| The Mad King | |
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| Name | The Mad King |
| Sex | Male |
| Species | Human |
| Occupation | CEO of Monarch Labs |
| Introduced in | X-Ray & Vav Rise (mentioned only) Operation: Rescue Friend |
| Latest appearance | Reign Down |
| Voiced by | Ryan Haywood |
The Mad King is the former CEO of Monarch Labs, has tried to take over the city before being defeated by Hilda, ORF, X-Ray, and Vav.
He is the secondary antagonist of Season 1 and the main antagonist of Season 2.
Appearance[]
The Mad King wears a broken crown, a dark green suit with a black bowtie, a brown plaid kilt, and a sporran with a golden "R" proudly emblazoned on it. He has light brown hair, blue eyes and some facial hair.
Personality[]
Through his short time in the season 1, the Mad King lives up to his name. He claims to have a 'dead people collection' and threatens to pull off X-Ray's arms and 'applaud [his] demise' with them. the Mad King clearly enjoys torture as he commands ORF to whisper his name as ORF kills Hilda.
In season 2, he is shown to be a master manipulator and a cunning strategist. He also (seemingly) keeps puppies in his kilt as a means of bribery and has some form of telepathic connection with his crown, as he can summon it to come to him from several rooms away.
Episode appearances[]
Major appearances[]
- Operation: Rescue Friend
- Coal & Order
- The Madness of the King
- It's A Crazy Mad World
- The Anti-Vav Ray
- Divide & Conquer
- No You In Team
- Reign Down
Mentioned[]
Trivia[]
- The Mad King is based on Ryan Haywood's alter ego in the Minecraft Let's Play
- Like The Mad King in the Minecraft Let's Play, they are both sadistic and enjoy the suffering of others.
- The Mad King's cell in The Madness of the King may be based on Hannibal Lecter's cell from his first appearance in The Silence of the Lambs.
- His outfit comes from Ryan's primary Minecraft skin, Scottish Steve. The kilt is the identifying factor between that and Tuxedo Steve, Ray's Tuxedo Mask-like Minecraft skin.
- The Mad King's leitmotif is a piano and string instrument eerily tuned.
- Just like Ryan (in episodes 54-61 of The Minecraft Let's Plays), The Mad King imprisons a cow named Edgar in a small underground hole for her milk. ("Edgar is the one in the hole!" -Ryan Haywood, 7/26/2013)
- The Mad King commanding ORF to whisper his name whilst killing Hilda may be a reference to the Minecraft Galacticraft Let's Play, in which Ryan tells Michael Jones to whisper his name to the animals he is gathering food from.
- There is a special "Mad King" skin for the character Roland, in the online brawler game Brawlhalla.