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“ | I know what you're thinking, but the funny thing is, I don't even like video games. | „ |
~ The Postal Dude |
“ | The Earth is hungry, it's heart throbs and demands cleansing. The Earth is also thirsty. | „ |
~ The Postal Dude before committing his mass murder spree in POSTAL and POSTAL Redux. |
“ | I regret nothing. | „ |
~ The Postal Dude's catchphrase. |
The Postal Dude is the titular main protagonist of the controversial Postal video game franchise.
Portrayals[]
- In POSTAL, POSTAL Redux, Postal 2 (including its expansions), and as an option in POSTAL 4: No Regerts, he was played by Rick Hunter in his first and only villainous role.
- In Postal III, POSTAL: Brain Damaged, and as an option in POSTAL 4: No Regerts, he was played by Corey Cruise in his first ever role.
- In the 2007 live-action film and as an option in POSTAL 4: No Regerts, he was played by Zack Ward, who also played Scut Farkus in The Christmas Story, Alex in Don't Blink, Nicholai Ginovaef in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Desmond Packard in Beyond The Law (2019), and Mickey Jean in Survive The Game.
- As the primary voice option in POSTAL 4: No Regerts, he is portrayed by video-game superstar Jon St. John, in his first villainous role.
Appearance[]
The Postal Dude is depicted as a middle-aged tall, thin man sporting a soul patch and red hair. He is always seen wearing sunglasses and a long trench coat whose color varies between games, as well as a t-shirt with a stamp of an alien. In Postal and Postal Redux, he has much longer hair and has fingerless gloves and is shown to have a red button-up shirt. In Postal 4, he wears a t-shirt with a monkey on it and wears a purple bathrobe. In the Postal 2 beta shown at E3 2002, the Postal Dude had no glasses, exposing his reddish eyes, and he was much taller and thin. In the film, he resembles that of his in-game counterpart but with a change in costume. He now wears a blue shirt with the world peace logo on it, but with ripped off sleaves. He also rarely wears his iconic sunglasses. He also has a tattoo of the anarchy symbol on his right forearm.
Personality[]
In the original game, the Postal Dude appears to be nothing more than a homicidal psychopath who hates everyone and everything. In the remake, when played on harder difficulties, the Postal Dude actually appears to be a paranoid schizophrenic who is having some form of a schizophrenic attack, believing that he is acting in self-defense and that he believes the world is out to get him. However, POSTAL Reduxs harder diary entries are non-canonical.
In POSTAL 2 onwards, the Dude is shown as an antisocial and reclusive loner who is usually just minding his own business. On the surface, he is a very easygoing and imperturbable guy, usually not minding the stuff happening around him and constantly making unflattering and sarcastic remarks about them. Despite all that, he also displays extreme psychotic tendencies, in particular his penchant for bouts of murderous violence against anyone he comes across for a variety of reasons, and sometimes for no reason at all. He tends to view these violent acts in a very blasé fashion (like he doesn't care), or with wry observations ("it's like bowling, only cooler!"), sick humor jokes ("Have a nice day!", "edged weapons -- someone could lose a limb...hehe, yeah!") Or cold self-reflection ("Guns don't kill people, I DO."). In general, he seems to take glee in murdering his enemies and those he does not like. He also loves his dog Champ dearly, going to great lengths to save him on both expansions of the second game. It is also shown that he is very impatient and has a dangerously short temper. Despite having no prior experience with firearms, he is shown to be very skilled with them, even able to improvise on the spot.
However, it is interesting to note that in POSTAL 2 and POSTAL 4: No Regerts, the Dude is only as violent as the player wants him to be, as the majority of the missions can be completed with or without violence. However, it is usually simpler to take the former route, as the pacifistic solutions often require money, which is very scarce, or the player to avoid confrontation with enemies; also, if the player clears POSTAL 2 with a perfect pacifist run, they are awarded with an extra message in the end which says, "Thank you for playing, JESUS." as a way to (almost mockingly) congratulate the player. However, given the sequels and the nature of the series, it is far more likely that the destructive path is the "canonical" one. Nevertheless, it's plausible he doesn't kill everyone at his town, and despite being generally misanthropic, he is shown to be in good terms with the Running With Scissors employees, despite being fired of the company on Monday.
Origins[]
Name[]
While he is called the Postal Dude in his role as the representative character of the Postal games, "The Postal Dude Jr." is canonically his full legal name. His mail and paychecks are made out to "P. Dude," a mail carrier addresses him as "Mister The Dude," and his (step)father's gravestone is marked "T. Dude Sr."
However, in Postal III's introduction, the Dude says that he "hates that fucking name". When the announcer asks him if he has a real name, he replies with "Uh, I forget. Kids don't do drugs".
In the film incarnation of the character, his name is never revealed. He is nicknamed "the Postal Dude" by the people of Paradise because they blamed him for the massacre at the Little Germany festival, when in fact Al Qaeda were largely responsible for the death toll, although he most likely did have some participation in the massacre.
Family[]
The Postal Dude has five known relatives.
- His mysterious stepfather, T. Dude Sr. (whom the Postal Dude hates, possibly implying childhood abuse) who died in 1996. His corpse is located in the Paradise Cemetery.
- His unnamed mother.
- Uncle Dave, a cult leader (in Postal 2 and the film) and a drug dealer (in Postal 2: Paradise Lost)
- His sister-in-law, Commander Hardrock, who hated her older sister (The Bitch) for "stealing the Dude from her".
- His real father, The Postal Dude Sr. (also known as "The Boss"), the insane kingpin of Edensin.
Powers And Abilities[]
- Marksmanship and weapon improvisation: Despite never being stated to have any previous experience with firearms, the Postal Dude is very skilled with them, as well as being able to make use of improvised weapons, such as scissors or garden shears.
- Stamina: The Postal Dude has a great deal of stamina and can seemingly run endlessly
- Strength: The Postal Dude is quite strong and can use his strength to beat several individuals in a row, despite having no apparent martial arts skills.
Quotes[]
“ | Hi there, would you like to sign my petition? | „ |
~ The Postal Dude making people sign his petition. |
“ | Please don't think me a bigot! I kill all races equally! | „ |
~ The Postal Dude after murdering a POC. |
“ | Yeah? Well, crack doesn't buy itself. | „ |
~ The Postal Dude to his nagging wife. |
“ | I bet you didn't expect to die today! Suprise! | „ |
~ One of the Postal Dude's voice lines. |
“ | That's the ticket! | „ |
~ The Postal Dude while urinating. |
Gallery[]
POSTAL 2[]
POSTAL 4: No Regerts[]
Other[]
Trivia[]
- The Postal Dude's age has never been revealed, though POSTAL 2's lead designer Steve Wik describes him being in his late thirties to early forties in POSTAL 2.[1]
- In POSTAL 2, when quick saving repeatedly in order to make progress in difficult areas (also known as save scumming), the Postal Dude may call the player out on the cowardly tactic, saying even his grandmother could beat the game eventually if she used the same method. Turning on cheat codes will make The Dude call the player a "sissy".
- The Postal Dude's favorite type of cheese is gruyère.
- If the Postal Dude is wearing a policeman's uniform or the lawman chaps in Paradise Lost, he will be allowed to do almost anything he wants to. Including, robbing and killing anyone he feels like, and will only be in trouble with the police if he attacks them.
- When the Postal Dude is kidnapped by Rednecks on Wednesday, there is a direct reference to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction when one of them uses Zed's infamous line "Bring out the gimp".
- Despite the vast number of awful things, the Postal Dude can do, whilst not caring at all what the hate groups do to other people (such as religious terrorism or cannibalism), if he goes into the arcade and finds a game known as "Teen Sniper", he will show pure disgust at the thought of killing kids saying, "That's clearly wrong.".
- It is possible to complete POSTAL 2 without the Postal Dude killing anyone, however this is not possible in Apocalypse Weekend as some missions require the player to kill a certain number of zombies and diseased cows, as well as a boss fight against Mike J.
- The Postal Dude makes an appearance as a playable character in Oh Sir! The Insult Simulator, having his own unique insults and weakness against sinful things.
- Barring Krotchy, the Postal Dude is the only human character that cannot be dismembered in Postal III.
- The mugshot from the intro of Postal III lists the Dude's height as 6' 8".
- According to background dialogue from POSTAL 4: No Regerts, the Postal Dude has a tapeworm.
- In development footage of the original POSTAL, he was meant to have a black jacket like his original design, but it was changed to red due to the black jacket blending into the background due to older computers.
- Due to both characters being played by Zack Ward, a running joke within the fanbase is that the Postal Dude and Scut Farkus are actually the same person and that the Postal games are a sequel to A Christmas Story.
- It is very possible that the Postal Dude from the first game and its remake is actually the main Dude's father in POSTAL 4: No Regertz.
- Another possibility is that the character you play as in the harder difficulties in POSTAL Redux is a separate character.
- If the player beats the game on average difficulty or higher in POSTAL 2, they can unlock "Enhanced Mode" which drastically improves the effectiveness of all the in-game weapons. The sawn-off shotgun becomes insanely overpowered in this mode by removing the need to reload, allowing the Postal Dude to defeat Mike J. in mere seconds even on the hardest difficulty.
- The Postal Dude's favorite band is Nickelback according to Mike J. on Tiktok.
- The Postal Dude in Postal (J2ME) is the only version of the character where he doesn't wear his iconic sunglasses.
External Links[]
- The Postal Dude on the Heroes Wiki
- The Postal Dude on the Postal Wiki
- The Postal Dude's film version on the Postal Wiki
References[]
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POSTAL POSTAL Redux POSTAL 2 POSTAL 2: Apocalypse Weekend Eternal Damnation Corkscrew RuLes! Postal III POSTAL 2: Paradise Lost Postal Film |