COPS (animation)/Characters

The characters list for COPS

C.O.P.S.
C.O.P.S. or the Central Organization for Police Specialists is a team of the best law enforcers in the United States. C.O.P.S. was founded and lead by "Bulletproof" Vess with the expressed purposes of stopping the Big Boss and his gang's rampant control over Empire City. Each member of C.O.P.S. has a special skill, weapon and/or vehicle used to effectively stop crime in its tracks.

Bulletproof

"Real Name: Baldwin P. Vess - An FBI agent brought into Empire City by Mayor Davis to take down Big Boss and his gang of crooks. He is gravely injured after a conflict with some of the crooks. To save his life, he is given an experimental surgery which gave him a special armor plated cybernetic torso to repair his body. The torso is bulletproof (get it?), can plug into other machines and control them and contains disks that can short circuit any robot or machine the crooks have up in their arsenal. As leader of C.O.P.S., Bulletproof assigns which officers are best suited to handle a case."


 * Catch Phrase: "It's Crime Fighting Time!", "Here's how the caper went down." and "Case Closed!"
 * The Captain
 * Cool Shades
 * Hollywood Cyborg
 * Mission Control
 * Positive Discrimination: He's a hyper-competent, African-American, FBI agent, cyborg who leads a crack team of heroes.
 * Punny Name: "Bulletproof" Vess?
 * Sunglasses at Night: It's extremely rare for Bulletproof to go shadeless, though he does lower them in at the end of the opening sequence.
 * We Can Rebuild Him

LongArm

"Real Name: P.J. O'Malley - A patrolman born and raised in Empire City, LongArm serves as the second-in-command of C.O.P.S. He is the 10th generation of O'Malleys to be a police officer and is a very firm believer in the law. He can detain or capture criminals using a device on his arm that fires out a single handcuff attached to a thin but strong cable (his "powercuffs")."


 * By-The-Book Cop
 * Generation Xerox: As stated, he is the 10th generation of O'Malleys to be a police officer.
 * Grappling Hook Pistol: LongArm's gauntlet.
 * Number Two
 * Officer O'Hara
 * Subverts Everybody Is Single: He's Happily Married and has a son.
 * Straight Man

Hardtop

"Real Name: Donny Brooks - A rookie patrolman and LongArm's partner before C.O.P.S. is formed, Hardtop along with Mainframe were not initially part of the team. They proved themselves to Bulletproof on the C.O.P.S. first case and became official members. With his highly skilled driving, Hardtop now drives the "Ironsides", an armored assault vehicle with an external machine gun area."


 * Badass Driver
 * Cool Car: With the "Ironsides"
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * The Everyman
 * New Meat
 * Punny Name: His real name, Donny Brooks.
 * Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy: Has brown hair in the cartoon and black hair in the comic.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Afraid of heights, but he overcomes this fear in the very first episode.

Mainframe

"Real Name: Tina Cassidy - A rookie officer who works as a police dispatcher. Mainframe along with Hardtop were not initially part of the team. They proved themselves to Bulletproof on the C.O.P.S. first case and became official members. Mainframe has a genius level IQ and is very adept with technology. Her high tech skills become a very crucial part in the C.O.P.S. cases."


 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Mission Control
 * Ms Fixit
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Highway in the comic.
 * Techno Wizard
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Mainframe is the tomboy to Mirage's girly persona.
 * Toyless Toyline Character

Mace

"Real Name: Colt Howards - Originally a member of the Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team, Mace is very skilled weapons expert and can contain the toughest situations single-handedly. He is rarely ever seen without his trusty laser bazooka."


 * Badass Normal
 * BFG: Isn't a Laser Bazooka a bit much for a policeman?
 * Cool Shades
 * Dating Catwoman: Nightshade was Catwoman.
 * Energy Weapon: His laser bazooka.
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Nightshade
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: The intro shows him cutting a neat circular hole in a freeway to drop a pair of escaping Crooks from below.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Nice Hat
 * Red Oni
 * Sunglasses at Night: Very rarely without his goggles.
 * Talking to Himself: With Sundown and Big Boss.

Highway

"Real Name: David E. Harlson - Originally a member of the California highway patrol officer for the SFPD, Highway rides the "Bluestreak" motorcycle, the fastest vehicle in the C.O.P.S.' arsenal. Because of the "Bluestreak's" speed, Highway often cuts the crooks off before they can escape."


 * Acquired Situational Narcissism
 * Badass Biker: With the "Bluestreak"
 * Bungling Inventor
 * Casanova Wannabe: Mostly in the comic.
 * Large Ham
 * Lethal Chef
 * Punny Name: David E. Harlson rearranges to Harl E. David-Son, and he's a motorcycle cop.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Mainframe in the comic.
 * Talking to Himself: With Barricade.

Bowser and Blitz

"Bowser's Real Name: Rex Pointer - Originally members of the Chicago PD's K-9 Unit, Bowser, is an expert animal handler with an interest in dogs and Blitz is Bowser's cybernetic canine partner that is very intellegent and can think like a human being. Blitz was once a normal dog, but, like Bulletproof, he had to be be rebuilt into a cyborg after a near fatal accident."


 * Badass Mustache: Bowser
 * The Beast Master: Bowser
 * Badass Normal: Bowser
 * Expy: Bowser and Blitz were mostly based on a similar human-and-canine duo, Mutt and Junkyard, from G.I. Joe, since the filecards for both toylines were written by Larry Hama.
 * Heroic Dog: Blitz
 * Hollywood Cyborg: Blitz
 * Intellectual Animal: Blitz
 * Mysterious Animal Senses: Blitz has many of these, evil detection, good person licking, evidence/criminal tracking etc.
 * Meaningful Name: "Rex" is a common dog's name, and "pointer" is a breed of dog.
 * Nice Hat: Bowser
 * Talking to Himself: Bowser, with Buttons McBoomBoom.
 * We Can Rebuild Him: Blitz

Barricade

"Real Name: Stan Bach - Origionally a cop from Detroit, Barricade often worked as a crowd control officer and also has skills as a negotiator for peaceful resolutions. He wears riot gear on patrol and uses the "MULE", a streamlined battering ram that can launch its head, to peacefully detain crooks and knock down doors and walls."


 * Blue Oni
 * Martial Pacifist
 * Massive-Numbered Siblings: His experience in crowd control comes from growing up in a household with eight kids and only one bathroom.
 * Odd Friendship: He becomes pals with the Instant Justice robot he had talked down at the end of "The Case of The Bogus Justice Machines".
 * Punny Name: "Stan Bach" sounds like "Stand Back", something a crowd control officer would say.
 * The Quiet One
 * Talking to Himself: With Highway.

Sundown

"Real Name: Walker Calhoun - A former Texas ranger, Sundown is a quick and gifted gunslinger, keeping a pair of pistols at his sides when needed. He also is proficient with a lasso."


 * Badass Mustache
 * Cowboy
 * Guns Akimbo
 * The Gunslinger
 * My Greatest Failure: Blames himself for the Face Heel Turn of his old partner Johnny Yuma.
 * Nice Hat
 * The Sheriff
 * Talking to Himself: With Mace and Big Boss.

Mirage

"Real Name: Suzie Young - Mirage is an officer origionally from San Fancisco where she acted as mostly on undercover missions. A master of disguise, Mirage is able to spy on the crooks unnoticed."


 * Fair Cop
 * Master of Disguise
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Don't let her necktie fool you, she is a simple girly girl while Mainframe is the tomboy.
 * Toyless Toyline Character
 * Twofer Token Minority: An Asian woman.

Bullseye

"Real Name: Hugh S. Forward (tv show) / Hugh S. Sikorsky (comics) - An ace helicopter pilot from the Miami PD, Bullseye flies the "Air Raid" a two-cockpit helicopter with twin machine guns. With the "Air Raid", Bullseye is as skilled in hunting down and capturing crooks as he is doing aerial reconnicense."


 * Ace Pilot
 * Cool Plane: The "Air Raid".
 * Danger Deadpan
 * Meaningful Name: Hugh S. Sikorsky references to "Huges" and "Sikorsky", two helicoptor making companies.

Big Boss' Gang (The Crooks)
The Big Boss' Gang are some of Empire City's most nefarious criminals. Like the C.O.P.S., the members of Big Boss' Gang brings a special skill, weapon and/or vehicle used to commit their crimes.

The Big Boss

"Real Name: Brandon Babel - Big Boss is the source of most of the crime caused in Empire City. With no legitimate business practices as fronts or legitimate wealth from his fortune, Brandon Babel's identity as the Big Boss is obvious. He does very little to hide it, going as far as to extort the mayor and threaten the city publicly. He is also rarely seen without his servant Squeeky Kleen and partially mechanical pet weasel Scratch."


 * Big Bad
 * Catch Phrase: "Crime's a Wastin!"
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Despite all the crimes he has pulled on Empire City, he hates drugs and refuses to work with anyone that sells them.
 * Fat and Skinny: With Squeeky Kleen.
 * Laughably Evil
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: An obvious imitation of Edward G. Robinson, right down to the ", see?" at the end of many of his sentences. Not to mention the occasional "mah..."
 * Right-Hand-Cat: Scratch, who is actually a weasel, but still...
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * Surrounded by Idiots
 * Talking to Himself: With Mace and Sundown.
 * Villainous Glutton
 * Weasel Mascot: Scratch
 * You Killed My Brother: In the comic, he blames Bulletproof for the imprisonment and death of his twin brother.

Berserko

"Real Name: Barney L. Fatheringhouse - The nephew of the Big Boss, Berserko is an above-average crook who, while lucky at times, is psychotic, foolhardy and terribly incompetent. Because of this, he is imprisoned more than any other crook in Big Boss' inner circle. Twin handguns are his weapon of choice and he often rides the "Jail Bird" air speeder."


 * Adult Child
 * Badass Biker: the Jail Bird air speeder
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Combat Pragmatist: Whenever he catches the Smart Ball.
 * Cool Plane: the "Jail Bird" air speeder, kind of.
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Dumb Blonde: Oh yeah
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Evil Laugh: And what a laugh it is.
 * Laughably Evil
 * Lucky Bastard: If he escapes arrest, this is usually why.
 * Nepotism: Why he's so high up in Big Boss's organization.

Dr. BadVibes and Buzzbomb

"Dr. BadVibes' Real Name: Percival Cranial - Mad Scientist, Dr. BadVibes used to work for the Comtrex corporation, before he was fired for stealing. He joined Big Boss' gang almost immediately and proved his use almost as quickly. A gifted inventor, Dr. BadVibes inventions usually aid in the plans of the crooks. R2D2 Buzzbomb is BadVibes robot assistant who communicates with him with various beeps and whistles. He is very intelligent and emotional, often bribing his creator for help with his inventions and capers. Buzzbomb can also turn his hands into buzzsaws."


 * Alternate Company Equivalent: Seriously Buzzbomb is R2D2 WITH ARMS!
 * Bilingual Dialogue: Both
 * Cool Shades
 * Evil Laugh
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Laughably Evil: Both
 * Mad Scientist:
 * Meaningful Name: Last name "Cranial", and he has an oversized brain...
 * My Brain Is Big: Evidently, his brain is too big for his head to naturally hold, thus necessitating the glass braincase.
 * Mr. Fixit
 * Robot Buddy: Buzzbomb
 * The Smart Guy
 * Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Buzzbomb
 * Sunglasses at Night

Buttons McBoomBoom

"Real Name: Constantine Saunders - The Big Boss's personal bodyguard and hitman, McBoomBoom is an old-school gangster with a cold personality, and a hatred for bugs. His signature weapons are machine guns, a tommy gun he keeps in a violin case and two machine guns that are cybernetically implanted in his chest."


 * A-Team Firing: In the comic, he doesn't want to kill anyone, just make them suffer greatly, but he normally doesn't hit anybody.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Looks like hitman from The Mafia, complete with the fedora.
 * Berserk Button: Bugs.
 * Chest Blaster: The chest guns mentioned above.
 * Cyborg
 * Evil Albino
 * More Dakka
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Senseless Violins: The toy comes with a huge cello case, and we bet it isn't because he's got a recital coming up.
 * Indeed, the action figure's gun fits inside the cello case.
 * Talking to Himself: With Bowser
 * We Can Rebuild Him

Rock Krusher

"Real Name: Edmund Scarry - Unlike most crooks, Rock Krusher likes being in jail, but when the Big Boss is in need of his services, he can easily break out. Rock Krusher is incredibly strong and resistant to harm. His tool of the trade is a jackhammer."


 * Adult Child
 * Less so than Berserko
 * Bald of Evil
 * Cardboard Prison: All of Big Boss' gang can break out of prison, but Krusher actually willingly lives there until Big Boss needs him.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Though in all fairness, while he's no genius, he's not incredibly dumb and if often shown to be one of the more competent members of the Crooks. The guy did almost succeed in taking over a prison and destroying half the city. At any rate, he's no Berserko.
 * Laughably Evil
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Super Strength
 * Weapon of Choice: A jackhammer.

Ms. Demeanor

"Real Name: Stephanie Demeanor - Ms. Demeanor is an ugly, callous, musclebound crook who is as strong (if not stronger) than Rock Krusher, picking large items and punching through walls with little effort. She also is armed with a pistol whenever the situation requires it."


 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Boobs of Steel: The largest bust of the four main woman characters and she's incredibly strong.
 * Darkskinned Blonde: In the cartoon.
 * Evil Redhead: In the comic.
 * Punny Name
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * The Starscream: In the comic, she wants to usurp Big Boss by seducing Berserko.
 * Super Strength
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's quite manish compared to Nightshade... unless you count the clothes.
 * Toyless Toyline Character

Turbo Tu-Tone

"Real Name: Ted Stavely - Turbo Tu-Tone is Big Boss' personal getaway driver and auto mechanic. He is able to drive and control any vehicle, though he mostly drives the "Roadster", a drag racer with an external machine gun area."


 * Badass Driver
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Cool Cars: Notably the "Roadster".
 * Cool Shades
 * Drives Like Crazy
 * Good Hair, Evil Hair
 * Evil Laugh
 * Real Men Wear Pink: Turbo's shirt.

Nightshade

"Real Name: Rafaella Diamond - Nightshade was from a very rich family, but was disowned when she turned herself to a life of crime. She now is an expert cat burglar on the Big Boss' payroll, but she isn't too chummy with him and is only in his racket for the potential monetary gain."

""Please, don't turn out like me.""
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Big Sister Instinct: Towards her innocent little sister.
 * Classy Cat Burglar
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Dating Catwoman: She was Catwoman to Mace's Batman.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She has a little sister whom she cares deeply about...
 * Even Evil Has Standards:...and whom she will do anything to keep out of a life of crime.


 * Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: In a twist that shocks no one, jewels are her favorite thing to steal.
 * Master of Disguise
 * Rich Bitch
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * Spy Catsuit: Used during her robberies.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly girl to Ms. Demeanor, but with tomboy clothes
 * Toyless Toyline Character
 * Twofer Token Minority: An African-American woman.
 * Maybe. She seem to lean more towards Ambiguously Brown

Squeeky Kleen

"Real Name: Dirk McHugh - The Big Boss' personal servant, Squeeky Kleen has a special microphone attached to his ear where he can only hear the words of Big Boss. He is almost always by the Big Boss' side, rarely working on the plans with the other crooks."


 * Comm Links: Squeeky's earpiece, used to keep in touch with the Big Boss at all times.
 * Fat and Skinny: With the Big Boss.
 * Harmless Villain
 * Punny Name
 * Toyless Toyline Character: The only man in the category.
 * Yes-Man