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| “ | You think this is a joke? Well, I got something in "store" for you: I'm about to open a new chapter in "Rhyme" and Punishment. You think you're "red-y" for my rhymes? You'll soon be "green" as envious limes. I see you're not "yellow", fellow, but I don't wanna make you "blue"—so get a clue, and "pur-pull" the plug before you're "plaid", or I'll "or-range" a rainbow on your parade. | „ |
| ~ Punsie's humiliation of Flapjack. |
Punsie McKale is a minor character in the Cartoon Network series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, serving as the main antagonist of the episode "Pun Times with Punsie McKale". He is a famous comedian whose comedic acts mainly consist of puns and gets invited to Stormalong Harbor to compete against Peppermint Larry in the Stormalong Pun-Off.
He is voiced by S. Scott Bullock.
Appearance[]
In both name and physiognomy, Punsie McKale is modeled after Patrick McHale, a writer for the show, and is thereby noticeably drawn realistically in comparison to the other characters with a smug grin etched on his face—adding an uncanny element to his appearance. He has brown hair and blue eyes along with fair skin and wears a stereotypical sailor outfit akin to that of Donald Duck.
Personality[]
Punsie is very charismatic and likeable, yet exhibits traits of narcissism: while hardly outright evil like certain other antagonists, he is quite arrogant and petty, first seen visiting the Candy Barrel prior to the Stormalong Pun-Off simply to intimidate Peppermint Larry and beat down his confidence with a barrage of creative puns. Punsie is also determined to retain his reputation as "king" and keep hold of the comedic spotlight at all times, never backing down from a challenge and going as far as to ruthlessly embarrass his competition to the point of tears—as evidenced by his treatment of a stage fright–afflicted and ridiculed Peppermint Larry during the Pun-Off.
Furthermore, he does not seem to take what he dishes out very well, shown when his aggression increases as Flapjack manages to stand up to him and riposte to his puns; this may result in him cruelly humiliating whomever he feels cornered by, even Flapjack, a child—which, unlike even his prior verbal assassination of Peppermint Larry, earns Punsie the silence and (possible) contempt of his hitherto entertained audience.
Subsequent to this, however, Punsie's final scenes show a different side to him: upon seeing his act replaced by slapstick despite his "victory", Peppermint Larry returns from backstage and talks to him to try and make light of their waning relevance—to which Punsie of all people forlornly replies, "Everything's a joke to you, isn't it?", shedding a single tear juxtaposed with his fixed grin; this suggests that his charisma and flippancy in truth mask a broken man and that his now-injured career is all he has, giving his character depth.
Peppermint Larry comforts him and they are both united by a mutual fate, freely punning and laughing amongst themselves without hostility at the end of the episode, possibly hinting at redemption for Punsie and his callous ways.
Trivia[]
- While merely being visual gags, Punsie's puns are shown to bend reality to suit them—such as by changing the shape of crumbled paper to that of an animal, having Peppermint Larry hatch a turkey egg, and morphing his own face to a more demonic form of itself that flashes every color on the rainbow.
- He is a parody of Patrick McHale, the creator of Over the Garden Wall.
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