Floyd and Jolene are a pair gators who serve as the main antagonists in the animated series Kissyfur. Their goal is to simply capture the youth of Paddlecab County so they can eat them. However, they are not against attempting to capture the adults, either, if the opportunity presents itself. Thankfully, their attempts are often foiled by Kissyfur's father, Gus, or the children themselves either fighting back or outwitting them. They are the archenemies of Kissyfur, Gus, Lennie, Toot, Beehonie, Duane, and Stuckey.
Floyd was voiced by Stu Rosen, while Jolene was voiced by Terence McGovern.
Personality[]
While both are generally bumbling and incompetent, Jolene typically is the brains, and as such, she is the one who formulates the plans and plots. Floyd is the brawn (he is very strong) and usually goes along with them, but will often be on the receiving end of Jolene's rage when their plans go awry. And yet, the two of them show a level of determination at their goal to capture and devour Kissyfur, and the swamp cubs despite repeated failures.)In fact, their motivation may be one of seeking vengeance against Gus, as well, after all of the times that he has stopped them. Nevertheless, they are determined and tenacious.
There is also a running gag where Jolene attempts to keep her red wig on and will become incredibly infuriated if it is torn/taken off by any means. Despite this, she often uses the wig to beat up Floyd when he fails.
Biography[]
As aforementioned, the two repeatedly attempt to entrap the youth of the area, including the titular character, Kissyfur, with the intent of devouring them. They are first seen in the pilot, "Bear Roots," when they are spotted by the Cackle Sisters, who sound the Gator Alarm. They are seen again less than a minute later when they attempt to kidnap and eat Kissyfur, who is stuck in a log due to a prank by Lennie, who, along with Beehonie, Toot, Stuckey, and Duane, out of fear of the gators, unintentionally left him to be found by them. However, Kissyfur, despite being utterly, completely terrified of the two gators, outwits them by tricking Floyd into searching the log in which he'd previously been stuck (Floyd had pulled him out when they had first met him) for other swamp cubs. This results in a beehive falling out of the log, landing on his snout, and the bees swarming him and Jolene, saving Kissyfur. They are seen later on when they tear down a bridge built by Lennie's father, Charles, thus knocking the swamp cubs and Charles into the water. They then try to chase them down to eat them, only to get foiled by Gus, who saves the swamp residents and then threatens to kill the gators if they keep coming after everyone, scaring them off.
In "The Lady is a Chump", Jolene had Floyd dress as a fake bear woman pretending to act as a new nanny for Kissyfur and the children. They initially fool everyone to an extent due to the well-crafted costume (despite Floyd's obviously falsetto impression and terrible cooking). They revealed themselves with their usual intent by trapping the children in a cage, but were foiled.
In the episode "The Birds and the Bears", Floyd and Jolene arguably cross the Moral Event Horizon when they steal Gus's paddlecab and lead him into a quicksand trap, leaving him for dead. Using his paddlecab, they capture the Cackle Sisters and the swamp cubs (except for Toot and Beehonie, who manage to elude them). Unfortunately for them, this attempt is foiled when Kissyfur and his friends manage to free his father, giving Gus the chance to once again put Floyd and Jolene in their place.
In "We are the Swamp", the gators are secondary antagonists, since Flo the Buzzard and Reginald the Snake take the role of main antagonists.
In "Here's the Beef", they appear in the latter half of the episode, preparing a fire to cook Kissyfur and his friends, along with Brutus, but Brutus, after getting out of the sinkhole, thanks to Kissyfur and Toot, chased the gators away.
In "Jam Wars", they were seen affected by the flood, and in the latter half, they follow empty jam jars leading to the mansion, where the Paddlecab Population was taking refuge. Upon infiltrating the mansion, after the gators tore down the house's foundation, they are seen pursuing Lennie's family and jam. In the end, Floyd gulped up a bunch of jam, but gets sick and obese as he is pulled back home by Jolene.
In "The Humans Must Be Crazy," they take advantage of Zoomer the Robot's directive to follow orders to capture the cubs. But it backfired when Jolene had the robot make a fire, at which point Zoomer uses a laser to burn the gators' home.
In "Whale of a Tail", the gators primarily intended to eat a young beached whale, then they had their attention toward Kissyfur and the others. When they saw Gus approaching, they retreated to a hiding spot, which was the whale's water spout, shooting them out of sight.
In "Kissyfur P.I.", in rare non-antagonistic roles, they -- well, Jolene -- is a victim of a thief who stole her wig. As the real thief, a dark gray woodrat, was making an escape, he was last seen being chased by the Gators.
In "Home Sweat Home", The Gators were intent on eating Kissyfur and the cubs, who ran away from home at night, but after a botched attempt, Jolene chased and clobbered Floyd.
In "Pooped Pop", the gators attempted to eat Emmy Lou and the Cackle Sisters, but were taken down by Gus' Paddlecab.
In "The Bear who cried Wolf", the gators attempted to eat Kissyfur, Lennie, and Howie, but thanks to Duane warning Gus, the gators were humbled yet again.
In "Egg McGuffin", the gators had a minor role at trying to shake a big egg from a nest, which led the plot, and in the end, they go to eat the hatched bird, but are humbled by the bird’s family. It is the one episode in which they are seen trying to eat someone other than the swamp cubs.
In "The Wishing Box", the gators intended to get the Music box, but changed to trying to eat the Cubs when they learned the box didn't grant wishes at all.
In "Gatoraid" They become Secondary Antagonists, when Big Louie muscles in on their territory.
In "Basket Case" they steal what they thought was a basket of food, a baby in a basket and left it, knowing it's trouble. Later, they spot the cubs and chase them. the chase ended when Floyd carried a boulder to a downed tree, which was too heavy for the tree to handle, breaks, and the boulder falls on the gators' heads defeated, as the boulder cracks into pebbles.
In "The Incredible Hunk", Floyd was talking with a small log with a fake orange wig, He thought was a female gator (Which Kissyfur, Toot, and Stuckey was inside). until Jolene told Him the Female gator was the cubs. The gators chased them until Kissyfur accidentally sped toward a few vines, sling-shooting their disguise toward the gators.
In "Double Dare Bear", The Gators dissatisfied from eating magazine pages of food, spot the cubs heading to a circus, and corner them, (After Jolene shushed Toot to stay quiet) The Cubs rowed away as the Gators pursued them, but they back off when They spotted Brutus, never to be seen until the Second Season.
In “The Great Swamp Swami”, The gators impersonate the Swamp Swami, after seeing Howie’s imitation, tricking the Cubs, and Charles, but are bested by Kissyfur, Howie, and Gus disguised in mud, imitating the Swami.
In “The Shell Game”, The gators steal Shelby’s shell and thinking Shelby’s still inside, try to pry him out, but they turn their attention to Kissyfur and Lennie who are on their trail, but Shelby outsmarts the gators.
In “Just in Time”, Floyd and Jolene we're ready to pounce on the cubs, but miss when the cubs zip off, causing the gators to miss. They go to attack Bessie and Claudette, but they miss when the chickens get on the paddlecab. Days later, when the population demanded Charles to relinquish the clock, and Gus snared by one of Charles’ traps, the gators capture Charles and the Cackle Sisters, but, thanks to Kissyfur tossing the clock at Floyd, it bought Gus enough time to humble the gators yet again.
In “G’day Gator and G’Bye”, Floyd and Jolene proceeded to attack the Swamp Cubs and Shelby the Turtle, but are defeated by Alligator Dundee, a gator fighting kangaroo. Later on, the gators badly disguise themselves as a deer, but are bested by Alligator Dundee. Then, as Alligator Dundee was ready to attack the gators, He is caught in a rope trap. The cubs make a run for it, but are caught by Floyd, except Kissyfir who tells Shelby what happened. Kissyfur and Shelby use a bellows to spray an adhesive and slimy substance at Floyd’s stomach and Jolene’s mouth, putting them out of commission.
In “Like Father, Like Son”, when Kissyfur unsuccessfully helps Toot’s Dad take down a tree, resulting in the both of the tied up over a branch, the gators get ready to devour them, once the rope holding the captives, break. However, during a swampball game, when Gus smacked the ball out of range, He, along with the swamp cubs and the swamp foxes (the cubs’ opponents) try to locate the ball, which landed on Jolene’s nose, notice that Kissyfur and Toot’s Dad are in danger. Gus jumps to the rescue, catching the captives just as the rope breaks. The gators, denied of their meal yet again, make a run for it.
In “Fork-tongued Frog”, The gators corner a salesman frog named Eugene, who pretended to be a prince, but thanks to Kissyfur using a hand mirror and finger paint, and Eugene’s incantation, He tricked the gators into thinking they’re sick.
In “Toot’s Treasure”, Floyd, after being tasked with finding some food, locates a ship filled with thousands of candy bars, and decides to keep them for himself, unaware that he left a trail for Toot to find. Later, at night, Floyd is attacked by Jolene for withholding food, and demanded Floyd to reveal where he found it. At the boat, the gators see Lennie depositing the candy in a lifeboat, ready to attack him and Toot. But, thanks to Kissyfur saving the young beaver as Beehonie used a log to shatter one of the ship’s windows, sinking it to the depths, as the gators, defeated, try to retrieve the candy, ruined after being immersed in the water.
In “Cub’s Club”, the gators play a game of Go Fish, Duane, who challenged Lennie in a scavenger hunt, takes Jolene’s wig and makes a run for it. As the gators chase Lennie, Duane uses a bandsaw to cut a rope support, causing a part of the clubhouse to smash the gators, defeating them.
In “Stuck with Stuckey”, While Stuckey the Porcupine are looking for Lennie’s cousins Dicky and Ricky, He spots the gators who just captured the young warthogs. Knowing that he won’t have enough time to warn anyone, Stuckey follows the gators and uses a flour sack, a cloth, a coil spring and some dirt, making it look like a pig, to trick the gators and knock them out cold, while freeing the Baby warthogs and head for Lennie’s house, seconds before Kissyfur arrived.
In “Flipzilla”, after knowing Gus away to visit a relative, The Gators take advantage of his absence to get the Swamp Cubs. They start by making a dam of logs to dry the swamp rivers. As the gators wait for someone to come by and unblock the water, they see the Swamp Cubs and grab Kissyfur. But, Flip, (after being powered by a meteor drenched in a pond) tosses them at the dam, freeing the water, and restoring the rivers. But, as Flip was ready to deal with the gators once and for all, He loses his powers. The gators capture Duane, with the intent to devour him. As the gators get ready, they see Flip between two fake trees (set up by Kissyfur and the cubs) with Flip knocking them over, to trick Floyd and Jolene into thinking Flip regained his powers, and ran for their lives.