Angus Shackleton

**Angus Roy Shackleton III**, often simply called **Angus**, is the deuteragonist of *Middlemost Post*. He works as a mailman, more specifically a deliveryman, at the Middlemost Post.

## Personality

Somewhat surly but quite friendly, Angus takes his job and the rules he follows very seriously, but he is happy to indulge in a few diversions every once in a while as long as the job gets done.

His relationship with Parker J. Cloud is one of a cynical old man and a young boy - willing to go along with his adventures, but the voice of reason throughout.

## Physical appearance

Angus is a large, bulky man who wears a yellow shirt with red stripes, green pants, brown suspenders, white socks, charcoal-colored lace-up boots, and a blue knit cap topped with a white pompom. He also has a beard, a mustache, and hairy arms.

## Biography

Formerly a fisherman, Angus is a burly fellow who is bound to his job at the Middlemost Post Office as a deliveryman. He is known to have come from a long family known as the Shackletons, and is very serious about pass on their traits and traditions. He was born in June 1979, ad is now 44 years old (as of 2023). He met Parker J. Cloud when Parker was a storm, and went on to take a job with Angus in August 22nd 2006. He then gradually created his relationship with Parker and acted as a father figure to him. His pet is Russell.

## Appearances

* "Challenges" (debut)
* "Unboxing"
* "D.I.Y."
* "Travel"
* "Welcome"
* "Skip Ads" (no lines)
* "First Delivery"
* "Chore or Less"
* "BURT! The Musical"
* "Sunday No FunDay"
* "POSTBOT 3000"
* "Boom Goes the Cloud"
* "How Angus Got His Groove Back"
* "The Tooth Hurts"
* "The Middlemost Toast"
* "My Buddy, Buddy"
* "Love Letters"
* "Darker Parker"
* "Lady of the Tree"
* "The Sleepover"
* "The "B" Word"
* "Dog's Best Friend"
* "Out of Shape"
* "Premium Parker"
* "Toast of the Town"
* "Ariel Force One"
* "Itsy Bitsy"
* "They're All Named Reggie"
* "The Same Ol' Same"
* "Cloud of the Month"
* "A. Plumber"
* "Scary Stories to Tell Your Cloud" (also appears as Shmangus, Dingus, and "Alien Angus" in stories)
* "The Pumpkin Pageant"
* "I Know What You Did Last Mail-Off"
* "Dolores Moody"
* "P.I.R.A.T.E."
* "Inside Russell"
* "The Stinkhole Chronicles"
* "Parker Saves Christmas"
* "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
* "Dentist Trip"
* "Ranch on the Side"
* "King Cloud vs. Smogzilla"
* "Parker Gets Rich"
* "Ultimate Fighting Cloud"
* "Parker Gets the Bird" (pictures and stylized image)
* "Anchor Shackleton"
* "Side Hustle"
* "Burt Speaks"
* "Unhappy Campers"
* "Leprechauns 2"
* "Sporty Parker"
* "Hammy Time"
* "Mayor Ariel"
* "Hawk Man"
* "Jammy Good!"
* "The Box Smusher" (fantasy and mentioned)
* "Tie-Dye Eye"
* "The Gift of the Mech Suit"
* "Worst Curse Scenario"
* "Summer Santa"
* "Closed for Cocooning"
* "To Narwhal, With Love"
* "Fear and Loathing in Yellow Springs" (mirage and mentioned)
* "Pam & Jelly" (mentioned and flashbacks; no real lines)
* "Inside Angus"

## Trivia

* "I Named It Whiskers" is the first episode in which he does not appear.
	+ Additionally, Angus does not make a physical appearance in "Parker Gets the Bird", though his likeness can be seen in photographs and a stylized image during the episode.
* Throughout the series, there is a running gag where Angus can sometimes scream like a little girl.
* Angus refers to his knit cap as his "lucky beanie".
	+ The cap was knitted by his father, Angus R. Shackleton Jr., who gave it to his son on the day he retired.
	+ If he doesn't have it, he acts like a baby. When he uses the wrong one, his whole head melts.
		- However, it is actually exaggerated since the whole situation in "How Angus Got His Groove Back" only happened inside his head. It is shown he acts completely normal without his beanie in other episodes, such as:
			* The "First Delivery", where he was able to pass through most of the traps.
			* "The Stinkhole Chronicles", where he was able to trick the worm cult into thinking he was the worm king so he could not get eaten.
			* The "Dog's Best Friend", when using a chef hat and after it falls off.
* In "Inside Russell", Angus is revealed to be claustrophobic.
* In "Skip Ads", Angus had a secret hobby with knitting. Once he takes Knit-Man Monthly, he no longer hides it. His knitting habit also carried through the main series:
	+ In "Sunday No FunDay", he crafted the beanies for Parker and Russell.
	+ In "Hammy Time", he was able to use Knitting Wheel 3000, but it only made him exhausted and did not make much progress.
	+ In "Mayor Ariel". Ariel managed to convince Angus to craft a lot of beanies for her election.
* Angus prefers to be neutral in politics, as revealed in "Mayor Ariel".
* He is the younger brother of Santa Claus, as revealed in "Parker Saves Christmas".
* In "Burt Speaks", he used to have a girlfriend, but she broke up with him due to his hair smelling like wet seagulls.
	+ In the same episode, Angus is secretly attractive to jumpers.

* In "Anchor Shackleton", Angus was a sinker, so he could not swim. However, this gets resolved in the end.

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/JohnTrabbic/status/1559590544841457664