"We'll have so much friendly fun!"
- Nergal
Nergal Adam Nergalton Sr., also known as One or Senior is the main antagonist of the series. He is a being from the Center of The Earth with snake-like tentacles growing from his back and abdomen. These tentacles can deliver powerful shocks and act as extra arms. He’s named after the Mesopotamian god of death.
Biography[]
Nergal first appeared in Fiend is like Friend Without the 'R' when he kidnapped the trio in a desperate bid for companionship. Some time after this, he founded a carnival in order to meet people. As his manners are somewhat lacking these encounters did not end well, but his arrogance led him to brainwash everyone at the carnival anyway.
He attended Doomsday Junior High with Grim, Velma Green, Eris, Boogey, and Lord Pain.
He later married Billy's aunt, Sis. After a string of unsuccessful attempts to woo her, Billy's backfired attempt to sabotage their date helped Nergal win her over, thus making him Billy's paternal uncle by marriage. This fact has angered Billy to no end. Nergal settled down into a happy marriage and is seen to be a loving husband and father. In time, he also achieves a guarded but friendly relationship with the main trio.
Appearance[]
Nergal is quite tall with a slim build, black skin, green and purple eyes, a green tongue and green teeth. He wears a sharp black and red suit with a black necktie as well as heeled black boots. Due to his black skin, his clothes and boots seem to blend in with his skin.
Personality[]
Nergal values friendship above all, but his poor social skills, not helped by centuries of isolation, make him an outcast of both worlds. His actions are motivated by jealousy and a fear of abandonment rather than any desire to do harm. At his core, he wants to do good, but has little understanding of the personal boundaries of others and does not take rejection well. Consequently, he often ends up hurting and/or scaring people and being shunned anyway. While married life helps him keep these bad habits in check, he retains quite a bit of his cluelessness and immaturity. Even so, he loves his wife and son very much and remains close with his extended family. Nergal is also very hesitant to try new things outside of his comfort zone, like cleanliness because he never done it before but once he tries the new thing, he discovers he likes it.
Powers & Abilities[]
Electro Tentacles: Nergal can electrify enemies by ensnaring them in his snake-like tentacles, and create earthquakes. He also has the ability to temporarily transform people into shadowy figures like himself. His tentacles sometimes function as a method of transportation and are strong enough to carry several people. He is gifted with all kinds of technology and in his spare time builds and converts vehicles for easy travelling to the surface.
Skilled and Agile: He is quite Agile and more skilled compared to other monsters like Boogey, Eris etc.
Summoning Nergalings: He has the ability to summon his fiend-like creatures Nergalings to cause havoc.
Appearances[]
- Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R" (debut)
- Something Stupid This Way Comes
- Love is Evol Spelled Backwards
- Son of Nergal
- Substitute Teacher
- The Loser From The Earth's Core
- Runaway Pants
- Herbicidal Maniac (cameo)
- Nergal's Pizza
- The Greatest Love Story Ever Told Ever
- The Incredible Shrinking Mandy (cameo)
Films[]
Games[]
Trivia[]
- While it is never explained in-universe why Nergal lives in the Center of the Earth, it is implied that he was banished there.
- Nergal has been ranked by the YouTube Channel WickedBinge as the most Wicked character in the entire Series (Even beating out Mandy).
- Nergal makes a cameo in the Villanous (a Mexican animated television web series) episode "BH's Bizarre Bad-Venture", where he is in a courtroom alongside other Cartoon Network characters that somewhat resemble the four main characters (in Nergal's case, he bears a somewhat resemble to Black Hat).
- Nergal is also featured in many games from the franchise, being a boss in Grim's story mode in the Gameboy Advance game, and he's even a playable character in the consoles versions of the game, with his own story mode.
Gallery[]
See Nergal/Gallery