The Thnikkaman
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The Thnikkaman is the alter-ego of Bubs, wearing a pair of flashy sunglasses and a piece of paper taped to his chest with "TH" written on it. This seems to be Bubs' secret identity, as none of the other characters seem to know that the Thnikkaman is Bubs; in cliffhangers, Coach Z attempts to reveal the Thnikkaman's identity, only to be thwarted by his own bad hand-eye coordination. His powers of distraction are amazing, as shown in the email "monument" where he prevented Strong Bad from completing a monument to himself, as well as Homestar Runner from finally putting on some pants.
Whenever he arrives someplace, an unseen chorus sings "Here comes the Thnikkaman!", accompanied by those words dancing across the screen. Similarly, the chorus sings "There goes the Thnikkaman!" with the dancing words whenever he leaves. His famous catch phrase "Yeah, shut up, kid!" is usually given in response to the question "Can I/we have some?" (although what "some" refers to has not been revealed).
The Thnikkaman has once called Marzipan, where he asked her to join his "Thnikkaband". The call begins with the chorus singing "You got a call from the Thnikkaman!" and ends with "Here hang-ups the Thnikkaman!", each time with the words dancing across the screen.
The Thnikkaman is also obliquely referenced in virus, when Bubs walks across the screen with his mouth replaced by a "broken JPEG" reading "TH".
It has been speculated that the Thnikkaman is a parody of various Ovaltine commercials, in which children are participating in some unrelated activity and are interrupted by the Ovaltine man. When they see the hot chocolate drinks the Ovaltine man is carrying, the kids are distracted away from their activity.
Complete Filmography
- Debut: Email monument
- Email virus (reference)
- FAQ (cover drawing)
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2
- Email cliffhangers
