The King of Town

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"My life is a joke."

This article is about the character. For the toon, see The King of Town DVD. For the Decemberween character, see The King of Town (Decemberween).

Biography

The King of Town is the ruler de jure of Free Country, USA. However, nobody wishes to acknowledge this; it's therefore possible that this character is a satire on the obsolescence of monarchy. He is not considered funny or cool by anyone. One of his main problems is that he is a glutton and will eat anything in front of him (except peas and whatsit). His favorite food is butter. He employs The Poopsmith and a few other characters. His age is known to be somewhere in his 60's. He also leads the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band during the Fall Float Parade. According to a message he left on Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2, he can play the guitar, and along with The Cheat, he has a cut a remix demo called "Not Talkin' About Butter". He also apparently has his very own "quite popular cartoon show" according to the email senior prom, but it was pre-empted in favor of a Strong Bad Email.

• Domicile: King of Town's Castle
• Debut: first seen: Marshmallow's Last Stand, first talked in King of Town DVD
• Complete Filmography

Character Video Transcript

{Page Title: Go Go Cookie Dough!!} {Place: King of Town's Castle}

{The King of Town is standing outside next to his castle. One of his sheep stands behind him.}

THE KING OF TOWN: Hello, my loyal subjects. I am The King of Town. Please remain standing while I finish my speech and consume the contents of this bowl. {holds up a bowl momentarily} Now, despite rumors to the contrary, I did not just buy a crown at the costume palace and ask people to start calling me The King of Town. I earned my title the same way I earned a free combo meal: by purchasing one of equal or lesser value. I also did not ever try to eat my own moustache. I live in yon castle {gives a nod to his castle}, and employ a Poopsmith for reasons I don't care to disclose. And furthermore, now I'm going to eat this bowl of corn dog batter. {picks up a bowl of corn dog batter and begins to eat it}

Fun Facts

• An Old Characters Page claimed he was Marzipan's father, but The Brothers Chaps have said they dropped this idea early on. "That was just something that we just toyed around with there briefly, but then decided that’s not the way we wanted it to go. We just put that up, but most people don’t visit the Museum, so hopefully it doesn’t cause too much mass confusion." — Matt Chapman
• At the end of the clip, the sheep continues chewing, even though the VCR is paused. This is because the sheep was created as a movie clip, which animates independently of the main timeline.
• The King claims he got his title (and a value meal) by purchasing one of equal or lesser value. This is contrary to most value purchases which give you something free when you purchase a similar item of equal or greater value.
• According to A Decemberween Pageant, a King of Town was involved in the discovery of the first Decemberween. It is not clear, however, whether that King of Town and the current one are the same individual.
• The King slightly resembles the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood character on PBS-TV named "King Friday XIII," who rules the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
• He was once slim and trim, but according to flashback, he got his weight from the lifetime supply of fishsticks because nobody claimed them.
• Apparently, the King has a ham for a heart, as shown in Halloween Fairstival.
• The king is very proud of his 200-Pound bag of Awwww Gratin Potatoes, as seen in the bet.

Also known as...

• The Kaiser (Old-Timey)
• Perducci (Dangeresque)
• The Prince of Town
• Kingio
• King Castlefunny
• The New KOT

Halloween Costumes

• Cap'n Crunch in Homestarloween Party.
• Hagar the Horrible in The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
• Mario in Pumpkin Carve-nival.
• The Hamburglar in 3 Times Halloween Funjob.
• The Mayor of Halloweentown (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) in Halloween Fairstival.
• Colonel Sanders (the founder of KFC) in Halloween Potion-ma-jig.

Favorite Foods

The King of Town has several food items that he loves to eat. (Some of which we never see him eating, but are stored in his pantry or mentioned)

• Animal Phat
• Army-Style Mayo
• Awwww Gratin Potatoes
• Butter-da
• Candy Corn-shaped Halloween lights
• Chicken (both baked and Kentucky Fried)
• Cocoa Butter
• Corn dog batter
• Decemberween Bunnies
• Fifty frickin' buffalo wings
• Fluffy Puff Mayo
• Giant Piles of Salt
• Good Gravy
• Ham
• Ice Style Cream
• Lamb
• Pizza
• Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins
• Potate
• Prescription ice cream
• Raw eggs
• Regurgitated food (at least a ham sandwich that Homestar ate)
• Salisbury Sundaes
• Schenectady Crispies
• Toilet Paper
• Turduckens
• Various deodorant products

See Also

• The King of Town Evolution
• Other Costumes
• Nicknames

External Links

• watch The King of Town's character video
• view the Flash file for The King of Town's character video