Benny "Beltboy" Oberwinch

"*Sun's melting the glue in my hair.* "
― Beltboy
**Benny "Beltboy" Oberwinch** is the main protagonist of LISA: The Hopeful, accompanied by his two friends Lanks and Cyclops. He is the proclaimed bullet waster of the group, being described as having an unparalleled level of cool. He serves as one of the damage-dealers of the group, going in - literally - guns ablaze. Despite firing his guns in all sorts of directions, he never aims, meaning the rounds he fires aren't as effective as they could be, thus wasting tons of ammunition just to look cool. Nevertheless, he is the de facto leader of the gang, only succeeded by Rodriguez, who is their boss.

## Background

* Name: Benny "Beltboy" Oberwinch
* Fighting Art: Suppressing Fire
* Past Occupation: Fast Food Clerk
* Likes: Palling around
* Favorite Food: Candy cigarettes
* Most Hated Thing: Bad parents

This man's level of cool is unparalleled.

## Appearance

Beltboy is a young adult male of Caucasian descent, with brown eyes (usually covered by his sunglasses) and a mostly shaven head of black hair, styled into three liberty spikes to form a mohawk (which is kept in place by either glue or genuine hair gel). His outfit consists out of an opened black leather jacket, which has six golden buttons, a red neckerchief, and a distinctive looking brown leather belt with an "O" shaped buckle. His usual facial expression is that of a cocky, toothy smirk, giving him an aura of confidence that is very much different than what his genuine personality actually is.

## Personality

According to Taco Salad, Beltboy is an "idiot trying to be cool and in charge". When meeting enemies, he tends to be the spokesman of the group, trying to make decisions based on what's best for the group at large, making him function like a "belt" to keep the other two-thirds of the group together. As his friends drift further apart from each other, he adopts certain characteristics of both friends. Like Lanks, the group's well-being is of great concern to him, and like Cyclops, he is more than willing to pick a fight to say what needs to be said. The roles he plays in the story are also reflective of how he can relate to both of his friends.

## Overview

Beltboy, as a party member, focuses on dealing high amounts of damage to the enemy, evidenced by his skills that contain a majority of offensive moves. He also has some number of support-based skills, such as his Intimidate ability, which may inflict the Wary status to deal more damage. His Take Cover and Radical Pose skills inflict Hide and Super Cool respectively, two beneficial status effects to compensate for his low defense.

## Moveset

Beltboy utilizes a dial combo moveset, very much similar to Cyclops. Unlike Cyclops, his is less offense-oriented and more of a balanced moveset, as he has some damaging moves and some supportive moves. Unlike both Lanks and Cyclops, his attacks have nothing to do with fire. Instead, his finger guns have a water element.

## Battle Quotes

* Swiss cheese.
* Assblasted.
* Rest in peace.
* I may be out of bullets...

## Default Equipment

* Weapon : Rusty Arsenal
* Shield : N/A
* Head : N/A
* Body : Smelly Jacket
* Accessory : N/A

## Trivia

* He has similar elements to Buzzo from the original Lisa The Painful game, such as possessing hair-bangs that obscure their eyes as children, and having their eyes remained obscured as adults (Buzzo's eyes being obscured by his helmet and Beltboy's eyes being obscured by his sunglasses), as well as losing what obscured their eyes when they become critically injured near the end of the game, a constant toothy smile, and a past of being manipulated by a female friend. Unlike Buzzo, he had his group of friends to preform interventions for his own sake and to provide emotional support when times were tough.
* Beltboy, along with his companion Lanks, is around twenty-one (21) to twenty nine (29) years old. Source.
	+ Beltboy grew up during the flash. Source
		- Beltboy was around graduation age during the Wallyburger's cutscene. Source.
* Benny's nickname of Beltboy was derived from a gag based on the accuracy of him and his friends' nicknames. Liam's nickname "Lanks" is derived from his supreme height among his friends and his equally skinny physique, and Clyde's nickname "Cyclops" was derived from his missing left eye, while Benny's nickname is less apparent, despite his unique belt. Source.
* Beltboy has an unused 'healed' sprite, implying that he may have survived after the events of his Joyless ending. This was later to be confirmed after the announcement of Hopeful's sequel, LISA: The Hopeless.
* Curiously, when Benny gets shot in the head, he retains his sunglasses, even after donning an eyepatch to accommodate the injury, establishing his clear dedication to being the idiot in charge.
* When he gets shot in the eye, his class changes from Bullet Waster to Bullet Magnet.
* Much like his companion Lanks, he too suffered abuse at the hands of Craig Fuchs when encountered on the main 3 routes; though, unlike Lanks, he manages to escape before falling victim to the harm Lanks suffered.
* Beltboy is weak to the element Loving, reflecting the neglect he experienced at the hands of his parents. This neglect eventually led to him trying to run away with his childhood friend.
* Beltboy is often insulted by being called gay (by Cyclops), his friend's father calls him queer, a term for a homosexual person, and Ludd calls Cyclops his boyfriend. It's heavily implied Beltboy didn't harbor feelings for his friend or The Girl, but if Beltboy is canonically gay is yet to be outright confirmed.