The Trash Man

The Trash Man is the Source of All Life in the PokeMark Cinematic Universe. He created the universe, before Sal and H\*p split off from him.

## Abilities

In his prime, The Trash Man was capable of many things. This is due to the sheer power of H\*p and Sal. This includes teleportation, the ability to summon duplicates/avatars of oneself, near-infinite creation, survive without gravity, live basically forever, and more. His ultimate feat is his ability to leave the known Universe, entering the Realm Beyond.

However, even in this state, the one thing he couldn't do is diverge from the stated timeline. This is because he is destined to be born as PokeMark, live out his life, absorb Sal and H\*p and eventually transcend spacetime to create the Universe. Thus, he must ensure that these events happen accordingly, and thus allows tragedy to happen in the name of universal stability.

After the Split, where Sal and H\*p would re-emerge, The Trash Man was weaker, still able to exist outside the realm of spacetime and without aging. In this husk, he's able to pull people from one point in time to another, as shown when he sent PokeJark back to the 1500s. Even still, he cannot cause/allow events to occur which will prevent the sequence of events that leads to the creation of the known Universe.

## History

### Early Life

* See PokeMark for the Trash Man's early life

After absorbing H\*p and Sal, PokeMark would live on with his newfound power for billions of years. He would see galaxies be created, only to die. He would see interplanetary civilizations rise and fall, and he would explore the universe until it would all end. With the collective knowledge gained by every civilization, he had more intelligence and understanding about the Universe than anyone to ever live. However, he was able to see the end of times, and thus was able to ascend beyond the known Universe using the sheer power of H\*p and Sal. This is where he would appear outside the known realms of spacetime, where he would see the beginnings of civilization. It was then that he knew his true purpose - He was to create the very Universe he would inhabit.

### The Split

After creating the known Universe, including the stars, sky and planets, as well as the higher planes of existence such as the Heckrealm and Valhalla, The Trash Man would create life. However, he grew lonely, so he also created Angels to serve him and assist with watching over humanity. After life began to truly evolve and prosper, he felt H\*p and Sal within him, and sure enough, he could no longer contain them. Thus, they split off from him once more.

Lacking memory, they would only have one thing: Their inner ideology, their inner nature. H\*p gravitated toward evil once more, and Sal gravitated toward good once more. The Angels that the Trash Man created had divided themselves. Some stayed with the Trash Man, as neutral. Some gravitated toward Sal's pure good, whilst some leaned toward H\*p's pure evil.

The Trash Man, meanwhile, was a husk of his former self. Having lost a significant portion of his power, he was forced to watch the battle play out.

### The First War

The Angels amongst Sal, and the Angels amongst H\*p, began to war with each other. The Angels amongst The Trash Man, including Willem DaFoe, would protect the Trash Man. Eventually, Sal's angels won, sending the Angels who served H\*p to the Heckrealm, and dividing H\*p into two: H\*p and Le\*n.

### Observing History

The Trash Man would continue to observe the known Universe, seeing the timeline that would lead to his existence and thus the creation of the Universe. The Trash Man - although having extreme moral doubts about allowing tragedy and genocide to occur - knew that the most important thing of all was ensuring that his own birth and life would happen, as anything else would lead to all of existence being wiped out.

Thus, he would memorize everything that happened throughout the timeline and ensuring it remained consistent. This included visiting PokeMark to influence him to create the PokeMark channel.

### Sending Dr. Gamer Back

The Trash Man saw that Doctor Gamer was destined to go back to 1543, in order to prevent a large-scale invasion of H\*p's minions. Thus, he pulled Jark from the year 2022, and thrust him back to save Ireland, and the soldiers of Ireland. He would grant Jark a modern military-grade rifle, to help give him an edge against the less-technologically advanced world.

### The Battle of Elegance and Entropy

After ensuring that all would remain as it is and fulfilling all he needed to do, he had one purpose: To help his past self against H\*p's last stand.

It is unknown what exactly the battle is yet, since it has not been written, but what is known is that Sal gave his entire essence to PokeMark, to fight H\*p and win, absorbing H\*p and becoming the Trash Man, transcending beyond time, restarting the loop again.

### Retirement

Now being fully mortal, able to die - of old age or other causes - The Trash Man went by a new name: Danny DeVito. There, he would pursue a life of acting - something DeVito had always wanted to do. He was offered a role in the movie Detective Pikachu, but due to his knowledge of Ryan Reynolds playing Pikachu, he passed. He got married and had children, and lived a life in peace.