Compared to the events of the following acts, this song seems painfully naive and hopeful though he has obviously had issues with rejection in the past, he cares about Penny enough to make him pursue her. Apparently he is only singing this in his head, however he accidentally says "love your hair" out loud and Penny reacts with confusion. He walks through the laundromat, serenading Penny with this bouncy and heartfelt solo. His featured song in this act is "My Freeze Ray," in which he discusses the different ways he will use his freeze ray to win Penny's heart and rule the world. He stutters sometimes, says things out loud when he doesn't mean to, and awkwardly courts Penny throughout the first act.
He is not necessarily a "good guy," so to speak, but he is portrayed in a lovable way that makes the viewer want to support him rather than the hero. Horrible is not the typical villain-he is actually the protagonist, while the supposed "hero" is his rival in life and love. Horrible is definitely trying to make himself look more suave and important than his viewers or nemeses.ĭr. White focuses on avatars that we create as visual representations of ourselves-more the characters we create in a video game than our physical appearance on a camera-though the idea is the same. We portray ourselves as more desirable to the opposite sex and more likable to the same sex in the hopes of gaining a popularity that we may not find in our physical lives. Michele White mentions this in her book The Body and the Screen she discusses the idea of avatars, where we put ourselves out on the Internet as who we want to be, not who we actually are. It's as if he transforms himself as he changes clothing. When he is not in his super-villain getup, he shows much more emotion and his lack of confidence/social awkwardness is much more obvious.
However, as the story follows him through his everyday activities, the viewer sees him (Billy, his real name, as he reveals to Penny) at his most relaxed and his most vulnerable-in more ways than one. This villainous image is obviously the side of him he wants the world to see whenever he is making entries in his blog, he is dressed up as if he is ready to commit dastardly deeds at any given second. He sits at his computer making his infamous weblog. Horrible is introduced to the viewer in his super-villain outfit of choice: a white lab coat and goggles strapped around his forehead.
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