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}}'''Mr Haffalife''' a close-minded executive whom [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with Trip|Jenny Everywhere]] drove to reform his ways in [[Universe (The Freak Issue)|one universe]].
}}'''Mr Haffalife''' a close-minded executive whom [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] drove to reform his ways in [[Universe (The Freak Issue)|one universe]].
== Description ==
== Description ==
=== Physical appearances ===
=== Physical appearances ===
Mr Haffalife was a man with a large nose, a mustache and voluminous curly hair. He wore a shirt with vertical stripes and a large, eccentric bowties. Although once lithe, he claimed to have become the plumper figure he was when [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with Trip|Jenny Everywhere]] due to personally sampling too many of the doughnuts sold at his fun-fair. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
Mr Haffalife was a man with a large nose, a mustache and voluminous curly hair. He wore a shirt with vertical stripes and a large, eccentric bowtie. Although once lithe, he claimed to have become the plumper figure he was when [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] due to personally sampling too many of the doughnuts sold at his fun-fair. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
 
=== Personality ===
=== Personality ===
Mr Haffalife was a troubled, neurotic personality, who was obsessed with promoting the most momentary, instantaneous, meaningless entertainment possible — a limiting childhood vision of a “library of instant fun” which he chased off a cliff with no regard for other people's input. He was generally dismissive of his employees' feelings, insisting that he had had it worse than them in his own circus career and thus they had no cause to complain. However, Haffalife was not ultimately an evil man, and harboured genuine affection for his childhood [[Giant Panda]] stuffed toy (such that he became wholly dysfunctional when it was stolen). He was eventually made to see the error of his ways and grew to appreciate true circus craft once again. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
Mr Haffalife was a troubled, neurotic personality, who was obsessed with promoting the most momentary, instantaneous, meaningless entertainment possible — a limiting childhood vision of a “library of instant fun” which he chased off a cliff with no regard for other people's input. He was generally dismissive of his employees' feelings, insisting that he had had it worse than them in his own circus career and thus they had no cause to complain. However, Haffalife was not ultimately an evil man, and harboured genuine affection for his childhood [[Giant Panda]] stuffed toy (such that he became wholly dysfunctional when it was stolen). He was eventually made to see the error of his ways and grew to appreciate true circus craft once again. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
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Mr Haffalife acquired [[Giant Panda]] as a young boy. He had a vision of a “library of fun,” with fun and game instead of books, no waiting for anything and no requirement to focus on anything seriously. After a career as a circus clown, Haffalife fulfilled that vision in the form of a fun fair on the pier of a coastal city. He hired many circus performers, such as a young woman called [[Ani]], but only had them work stalls, always delaying the day he would let them actually perform. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
Mr Haffalife acquired [[Giant Panda]] as a young boy. He had a vision of a “library of fun,” with fun and game instead of books, no waiting for anything and no requirement to focus on anything seriously. After a career as a circus clown, Haffalife fulfilled that vision in the form of a fun fair on the pier of a coastal city. He hired many circus performers, such as a young woman called [[Ani]], but only had them work stalls, always delaying the day he would let them actually perform. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
=== Meeting Jenny Everywhere ===
=== Meeting Jenny Everywhere ===
After learning of the plight of his employees through a “circus freak” known as [[Dromedary Man]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with Trip|Jenny Everywhere]] learned how unstable Haffalife had become as a result of [[Gordon]] and [[Trav]] stealing Giant Panda. She helped the circus performers put on a show behind Haffalife's back, which was a huge success. Haffalife, walking in on the performance, was initially apoplectic, but lost his nerve when Jenny returned the stolen Giant Panda to him as a gesture of peace, and, breaking down crying, apologised for his misdeeds. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
After learning of the plight of his employees through a “circus freak” known as [[Dromedary Man]], [[Jenny Everywhere (The Freak Issue)|Jenny Everywhere]] learned how unstable Haffalife had become as a result of [[Gordon (The Freak Issue)|Gordon]] and [[Trav]] stealing Giant Panda. She helped the circus performers put on a show behind Haffalife's back, which was a huge success. Haffalife, walking in on the performance, was initially apoplectic, but lost his nerve when Jenny returned the stolen Giant Panda to him as a gesture of peace, and, breaking down crying, apologised for his misdeeds. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Freak Issue (comic story)|The Freak Issue]]'')
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 9 May 2023

Mr Haffalife a close-minded executive whom Jenny Everywhere drove to reform his ways in one universe.

Description

Physical appearances

Mr Haffalife was a man with a large nose, a mustache and voluminous curly hair. He wore a shirt with vertical stripes and a large, eccentric bowtie. Although once lithe, he claimed to have become the plumper figure he was when Jenny Everywhere due to personally sampling too many of the doughnuts sold at his fun-fair. (COMIC: The Freak Issue)

Personality

Mr Haffalife was a troubled, neurotic personality, who was obsessed with promoting the most momentary, instantaneous, meaningless entertainment possible — a limiting childhood vision of a “library of instant fun” which he chased off a cliff with no regard for other people's input. He was generally dismissive of his employees' feelings, insisting that he had had it worse than them in his own circus career and thus they had no cause to complain. However, Haffalife was not ultimately an evil man, and harboured genuine affection for his childhood Giant Panda stuffed toy (such that he became wholly dysfunctional when it was stolen). He was eventually made to see the error of his ways and grew to appreciate true circus craft once again. (COMIC: The Freak Issue)

Biography

Youth

Mr Haffalife acquired Giant Panda as a young boy. He had a vision of a “library of fun,” with fun and game instead of books, no waiting for anything and no requirement to focus on anything seriously. After a career as a circus clown, Haffalife fulfilled that vision in the form of a fun fair on the pier of a coastal city. He hired many circus performers, such as a young woman called Ani, but only had them work stalls, always delaying the day he would let them actually perform. (COMIC: The Freak Issue)

Meeting Jenny Everywhere

After learning of the plight of his employees through a “circus freak” known as Dromedary Man, Jenny Everywhere learned how unstable Haffalife had become as a result of Gordon and Trav stealing Giant Panda. She helped the circus performers put on a show behind Haffalife's back, which was a huge success. Haffalife, walking in on the performance, was initially apoplectic, but lost his nerve when Jenny returned the stolen Giant Panda to him as a gesture of peace, and, breaking down crying, apologised for his misdeeds. (COMIC: The Freak Issue)