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The Great Thief Yatagarasu!
Fred Barnes, AKA Funnybone was born to a farming family in Nebraska in 1987. Growing up, Fred was unfortunately the victim of abuse by his extremely religious parents who viewed their extreme punishments as a way to keep their son from temptation. His only friend was his older brother, Zeke who introduced Fred to comedic legends such as Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges and Charlie Chaplin. Fred was immediately enamored by these men and sought to be just like them. To that end, he decided to become a comedian when he grew up, much to his parent's anger.
Fred spent the rest of his miserable childhood working on his comedic routine and testing it on his schoolmates and, to his delight, they actually liked it. When Fred was 19, he was kicked out of his parent's farm after a explosive argument ended with Fred punching his Father in the face. Fred, with help from his brother, moved to Centurion City and got a job as a Secretary for EDU Corp, a job he held while doing stand-up comedy routines in comedy clubs across the city hoping to get noticed by a talent agent. On Fred's 26th birthday, he was finally approached by a talent agent after one of his shows who offered him a role in a kid's TV show called Uncle Earl's Funhouse. The role, which immediately got Fred's attention, was that of Funnybone, Earl's childish prankster neighbor who often pranked Earl and his houseguests.
Fred immediately took the role and quit his job at EDU. To prepare for his role, Fred rewatched all of the comedians he admired as a child and decided to emulate Stan Laurel, except as a more childish and mischievous version of him. This decision proved to be a great one as Fred's performance on the show was well loved by both audiences and critics with critics praising both his jokes and acting, saying that his child-like behavior seem legitimate. What know one but Fred knew was that his childish behavior was not acting, he was really acting like a child. One of the reasons Fred was so interested in the role was the fact that he saw it as a way to live out the childhood he never had. This mindset helped Fred in his acting career but caused his mind to shift between Fred and his famous role, with Fred having a harder and harder time keeping him from coming out outside of the show.
On Fred's 29th birthday, he, along with the rest of the Uncle Fred cast and crew were fired after the studio executives noticed that the show's ratings were starting to drop. Fred, whose entire life revolved around the show at this point, was devastated. Fred took up drinking as a way to numb the sadness which came with losing his favorite job. This drinking however, caused the Funnybone persona to slip out more and more, sometimes getting Fred in trouble. Just a few weeks afterwards, Fred received news that Zeke had passed away in his sleep after a stroke. This news caused Fred to snap and he started to laugh. At first, his laugh was normal but as he continued to laugh, it sounded more and more like a sinister version of Funnybone's signature laugh. A new, twisted version of the Funnybone persona had taken over Fred's mind and wanted to have fun, at the expense of the people of Centurion City. Currently, Funnybone is in hiding, planning a series of games to entertain himself, and the heroes that will inevitably come for him.
Fred spent the rest of his miserable childhood working on his comedic routine and testing it on his schoolmates and, to his delight, they actually liked it. When Fred was 19, he was kicked out of his parent's farm after a explosive argument ended with Fred punching his Father in the face. Fred, with help from his brother, moved to Centurion City and got a job as a Secretary for EDU Corp, a job he held while doing stand-up comedy routines in comedy clubs across the city hoping to get noticed by a talent agent. On Fred's 26th birthday, he was finally approached by a talent agent after one of his shows who offered him a role in a kid's TV show called Uncle Earl's Funhouse. The role, which immediately got Fred's attention, was that of Funnybone, Earl's childish prankster neighbor who often pranked Earl and his houseguests.
Fred immediately took the role and quit his job at EDU. To prepare for his role, Fred rewatched all of the comedians he admired as a child and decided to emulate Stan Laurel, except as a more childish and mischievous version of him. This decision proved to be a great one as Fred's performance on the show was well loved by both audiences and critics with critics praising both his jokes and acting, saying that his child-like behavior seem legitimate. What know one but Fred knew was that his childish behavior was not acting, he was really acting like a child. One of the reasons Fred was so interested in the role was the fact that he saw it as a way to live out the childhood he never had. This mindset helped Fred in his acting career but caused his mind to shift between Fred and his famous role, with Fred having a harder and harder time keeping him from coming out outside of the show.
On Fred's 29th birthday, he, along with the rest of the Uncle Fred cast and crew were fired after the studio executives noticed that the show's ratings were starting to drop. Fred, whose entire life revolved around the show at this point, was devastated. Fred took up drinking as a way to numb the sadness which came with losing his favorite job. This drinking however, caused the Funnybone persona to slip out more and more, sometimes getting Fred in trouble. Just a few weeks afterwards, Fred received news that Zeke had passed away in his sleep after a stroke. This news caused Fred to snap and he started to laugh. At first, his laugh was normal but as he continued to laugh, it sounded more and more like a sinister version of Funnybone's signature laugh. A new, twisted version of the Funnybone persona had taken over Fred's mind and wanted to have fun, at the expense of the people of Centurion City. Currently, Funnybone is in hiding, planning a series of games to entertain himself, and the heroes that will inevitably come for him.