Commander Trash

Ok, I thought I might give some insight into some of the characters I created for the Totally Freaky Trash Commandos toon. But first I think it would help to explain a little bit about the backstory behind TFTC and where the Commandos came from. Basically they were archaeologists, scientists backed by the army who arrived at a dig sight deep in the Amazonian rain forest. They came upon an ancient ziggurat wherein lay the mystery weapon that altered a lost race thousands of years before, making them genetic oddities that perished along with many of their creations and technologies. As the archaeological team wondered into the structure they found Harold Zarkmann, famed millionaire and philanthropist, standing amidst the relics of an ancient race. Harold explains to them that he intends to use an ancient weapon to transform the world into genetic oddities, but not before he has transformed the entire archaeological team. Zarkmann turns the weapon on them and the members of the team are changed from humans to powerful creatures with abilities that are truly out of this world.

We'll get to the evil Harold Zarkmann in another posting, but first I'd like to explain a little about the leader of the Trash Commandos, the brave and courageous cockroach, Commander Trash Himself!

            

There have been three or four versions of this character, redesigned to give him a super hero type appearance. The picture above shows his second design remodel. Although he kept the antennae protruding from his head from the original version. Here he has been given a spandex suit with a skull motif at its centre. Okay, not that original. 

The third and most recent attempt to give him a makeover looks ok, but he still looks like a super hero in a mask. 

So in the end I decided to go with his first appearance. At least now he looks like he is a soldier. Rambo eat your heart out! He is a cockroach through and through: a true survivor. It looks like he could walk away from a dozen nuclear test sites unscathed. And once more, he probably would, with a cigar in one hand and a lovely damsel in his other. Well something like that. 

Then I thought of how various toy companies create variants of their lead characters. The other two versions could simply be a variant of Commander trash, each wearing a different outfit for different assignments. Well, who knows? When you're a cockroach rooting through various degrees of garbage you need a suite for every occasion. 

Abilities include: calm leadership skills, and super strength.

Weaknesses: The fear that his mutation will remain permanent. At present Commander Trash holds tight to the hope that there is a cure for what he has become.