Uncle Ernie

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Ernest (last name unknown)
Alias	Uncle Ernie
Origin	Tommy
Occupation	Church assistant
Powers / Skills	Manipulation
Goals	Molest Tommy (succeeded).
Crimes	Rape Pedophilia Sexual assault
Type of Villain	Perverted Destroyer of Innocence

“	You won't shout as I fiddle about...	„
	~ Uncle Ernie while molesting Tommy Walker.

Uncle Ernie is a major antagonist in The Who's rock opera Tommy. He is introduced in the song "Fiddle About" as Tommy's "wicked uncle", who molests the boy while babysitting him. Because Tommy is deaf, dumb and blind, he is unable to tell his parents what Ernie did to him

Years later, as portrayed in the song "We're Not Gonna Take It", Tommy has apparently forgiven Ernie and hired him as his assistant in his new church. Ernie's main job is to show the converts to their pinball machines.

Portrayals

• In "Fiddle About", Ernie is voiced by the bassist of The Who, the late John Entwistle.
• In "Tommy's Holiday Camp", Ernie is voiced by the guitarist and main writer of The Who, Pete Townshend.
• In the 1975 film, Ernie is portrayed by the drummer of The Who, the late Keith Moon.
• In the Who's 1989 live performance of the Tommy album, Ernie was portrayed by Phil Collins.

Biography

In the album, Uncle Ernie is a heavily trusted brother of either Captain or Mrs. Walker, while in the film, he is a perverted friend of Frank, Tommy's stepfather. After having Tommy's cousin, Kevin babysit him (who brutally tortured him), Nora and Frank have Ernie babysit Tommy despite being clearly drunk while this is happening ("Do You Think It's Alright?"). After the couple leaves, Ernie reveals his true colors and takes advantage of Tommy being blind, deaf and dumb and molests him. While in the album, no one finds out about the event, in the film, Frank threatens Ernie so that he never molests Tommy again, which works ("Fiddle About").

Later, Tommy is cured from his mental block and starts a religious movement and has Ernie introduce new campers to his holiday camp ("Tommy's Holiday Camp"). Along with Frank and Nora, Ernie becomes a camp counselor and shows people where their assigned pinball machines are ("We're Not Gonna Take It"). In the film, Frank and Nora are murdered by the rebellious campers, however it is unknown if Ernie survived this event.