Roger Klotz is the school bully in the Nickelodeon/Disney animated series Doug.
Personality[]
Roger is the local bully of both Bluffington Elementary School and Beebe Bluff Middle School. The main object of his bullying is Doug Funnie, ever since Doug first moved to town on account of the fact of Doug being the "new kid". Despite being a bully, he can be friendly at times, and is more of a friend to Doug in the Disney episodes, but still has some of his antagonistic traits. Despite his constant bullying and teasing of him though, Roger has maintains no true hatred or grudge towards Doug and it has been revealed on a moderate variety of occasions that he only bullies Doug out of jealousy of his more likeable esteem amongst their peers on account of his kinder and more honest personality. In one episode of the Nickelodeon series, Roger was bullied by Mr. Bone's nephew, Percy Femur, leading to having Doug defend him before Mr. Bone found out about his nephew being a jerk.
He lived with his mother and his pet cat, Stinky, in a trailer in Bluffington, until his mother sold the town for a large amount of money, and moved into a mansion, becoming the arch-rival of Beebe Bluff in terms of money. His parents are divorced, and his father lives in Bloatsburg (where Doug originally lived).
Roger's closest friends are Ned Capuhee, Boomer Bledsoe, and Willy White, who are often seen around him. They complete his gang, but are usually nicer than him (though this is usually when he's not around). Later on in the series, Roger develops a crush on Patti Mayonnaise and he and Doug begin to go in for her attention. Aside from them, Roger’s best friend is his pet cat Stinky, who acts the same role to Roger as Porkchop does to Doug, the former whom Stinky rivals and disputes with whenever the two come into contact.
According to the episode "Doug Graduates" (from Nickelodeon), he has been in the sixth grade for three years (counting the year the show takes place), making him two years older than Doug.
Trivia[]
- Roger was named after and inspired by an older kid who bullied creator Jim Jinkins in his youth (the two had become friends by the time Doug premiered).[1]
- Connie Benge has a secret crush on him in the Disney series as revealed in a Disney Adventures issue.
- His father works as a circus clown; his mother works as a hairdresser.
- His garage band in "Doug's No Dummy" is called "Roger and the Ulcers".
- In the original 1990 pilot, "Doug Can't Dance", Roger has another gang, and his voice was higher pitched.
- His favorite foods are brownies and hot dogs.
- Roger once had a crush on Doug's older sister, Judy in a Nickelodeon episode.
- Roger has always wanted a big plastic cow since he was a toddler.
- Roger used to have somewhat of a crush on Patti in the pilot episode of the series, but this was dropped later on. A 1993 trading card for the series from Topps lists that he still has a crush on her.
- He always wanted to own his own gas station.
- Roger reads Rich Guy magazine in the Disney series.
- Roger is afraid of vampires and snakes.
- He secretly attends ballet classes.
- He likes the Doctor Cop movies.
- His hair is cut to resemble bacon in the Nickelodeon series.
- He has special moments with Judy Funnie in three episodes: "Doug's Worst Nightmare", "Doug in Debt", and she really kisses him in "Doug Gets Booked".
- Out of all the pairings concerning Roger and female characters, Judy is the one he was most often shipped with.
- His catchphrase is "Joeycookamonga", which he first used in the Nickelodeon series episode, "Doug's in the Money". It became his permanent one in "Doug's New School".
- Along with Doug, Roger was one of the only characters in the Disney series to get a new voice actor, though his new voice was not as poorly received as Doug's, since Roger's new voice actor (Chris Phillips) sounded closer to Roger's original voice (Billy West).
- In the live show, he had his same original outfit.
- In a Nickelodeon episode, when Mr. Bone dumped water on everybody's heads, you may notice his hair looks like his Disney hairstyle when it was wet.
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References[]
- ↑ "Doug and Jim Jinkins: Separated at Birth?" article in Disney Adventures Volume 7, Number 5 (February 1997)
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