| “ | Welcome to my castle. I am Greta Von Gruesome. Cruel ruler of Zuchania, scourge of Bumblyburg, stealer of yodelers, and snappy dresser. | „ |
| ~ Greta Von Gruesome introducing herself. |
Greta Von Gruesome, also known as The Yodelnapper, is the secondary antagonist in the animated series LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures. She is a German (though she says she heralds from the land of Zuchinia) zucchini cyboric warlord with fingers that have an ability to shoot electric sparks. She also has a huge collection of Hula Dolls. She is currently in jail with Awful Alvin and his fake sidekick named Lampy. She is also one of LarryBoy's dangerous enemies that he must face, and due to the lessons imparted during his adventures, she is shown to typify materialism and dissonance. She appeared in both the episodes and the books of The Yodelnapper as the main antagonist, Leggo My Ego as a background villain, and The Good, the Bad, and the Eggly as the main antagonist.
She was voiced by Shari Belgeau in her first villainous role.
Biography[]
Origin[]
| “ | I gave up telemarketing for this? | „ |
| ~ Greta |
The origins of Greta Von Gruesome are shrouded in mystery, obscured by controversy, and blocked from view by a water buffalo with a bad attitude. It is rumored that she began her life of crime by stealing lollipops in the back streets of Finsterminster. The closest evidence of her past is that she was inherited the wealth of her uncle, including his castle. Although she is extremely wealthy, she bought anything that she just wanted. However, when buying did not seem fun for her, she turned to stealing. This was the start of her villain career, because greed revolved around the choices that she made. She looks to attain happiness, but her greedy nature is not doing her favors; and yet, she keeps feeding into her greed. She was formerly a telemarketer prior to giving that profession up to pursue her malicious urges (though she may have been joking).
Yoddelnapping[]
She first bought every Hula Heidi doll from the toy store known as Mr. Snappy's Extremely Gigantic Toy Emporium as she is a fan of the line, and to create an army of Hula Heidi dolls. Greta also kidnapped, or "yodelnapped" Einger Warblethroat along with the other four famous yodelers as part of her collection.
Stealing the Eggly[]
| “ | Concrete walls cannnot keep us out, now that we have the power of the overeasy eggly! Prepare to fire! | „ |
| ~ Greta |
She later teamed up with Awful Alvin and Lampy to steal the eggly, but they were thwarted by Larry-Boy and the Dark Crow.
Personality[]
| “ | One more dance step, and I'll serve you on toast with a side of bacon! | „ |
| ~ Greta's cruel impatience with Alvin's eccentricity. |
Greta is very fashionable and keen at using unique and efficient technology to suit her agendas, whether she is swooping in on Bumblyburg or simply making an entrance. However, as her surname implies, her personality is truly gruesome. She adores attention but looks down on other vegetables, showing no sympathy or concern for anyone's well-being save for her own. She is an oppressive, egotistical, power-hungry and manipulative tyrant who does not take foolishness that much and hence has very little patience for Awful Alvin's antics, especially the ones correlated to Lampy. One of her cruelest plans is when she infrequently kidnaps yodelers for her personal gain. She is also very cunning, ruthless and treacherous.
However, unlike Awful Alvin, Greta Von Gruesome is not much of a schemer who carefully plans out, she has shown to be quite reckless and temerarious, so she appears to act on impulse. Hence, she often followed Alvin's lead as he stole the Eggly, thought to use the newspaper girl Vicky as collateral, and egged a metal statue post to subdue the Bunnybot 3000 all while Greta quietly followed suit, although her arrogance prevented her from ever admitting this at all. She even went so far as to call him a "smelly little onion", although he rightly argued that due to his considerably more malevolent and strategic mind, he could "out-awful" her even in a state of partial bondage. Along with her obnoxious and arrogant vibes, Greta has shown that her manners are nonexistent, being remarkably rude and impolite. Due to her hubris, egomania, and overall unbelievable pettiness, Greta clearly suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
Trivia[]
- According to Tom Brancroft, she is somewhat a mix on an opera singer and Doctor Doom from the Fantastic Four series.
- He also stated that she was a zucchini from the start, then a grape before they stick with her final design.
- She is the second antagonist in Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures who is a female, the first being Mother Pearl.
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