William Murderface is a fictional member of the virtual Metal band Dethklok who are the lead characters in the animated series Metalocalypse. He is voiced by show's creator and co-writer Tommy Blacha.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 concept 3 Personality 4 Skills & Hobbies 4.1 Music Talents 5 Relationships 5.1 Nathan Explosion 5.2 Toki Wartooth 5.3 Skwisgaar Skwigelf 5.4 Pickles 5.5 Love 5.6 Family 6 History 6.1 Childhood 6.2 Season1 6.3 Season2 6.4 Season3 6.5 Season4 7 Trivia 8 References 9 Navigation

AppearanceEdit

Murderface has brown hair, lime green eyes, a heavy lateral lisp and a diastema, as well as tattoos on his stomach which state "Pobody's Nerfect" and "This Mess Is A Place." This is also a reference to Kirk Hammett's tattoos as he also has a tattoo on his stomach in that design. He is overweight and thick-featured, and is incredibly sensitive about his appearance, which his bandmates are oblivious to. His face looks like murder, hence his namesake. He hinted to Nathan that his grotesque looks may have been a factor in his parents' murder-suicide.

His use of his penis to play the Bass with had left Murderface's penis calluses, making it "gnarled" and looking like it had been "in a hornets' nest", according to Pickles. Band mates also refer to him as a "Cock Slap Bassist."

He is usually seen carrying a knife, which he uses to eat, mutilate, destroy, and do other things.

conceptEdit

Some fans believe his appearance is based on Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath.

PersonalityEdit

Murderface has a habit of urinating inappropriately (on a display of olives at the grocery store and on journalist Nick Ibsen's shoes) or referring to urination, and even has a one-man side project called Planet Piss, to which he seems to have very little real commitment^[1].

According to the Tribunal's expert, Dr. Gibbons, Murderface is a self-destructive personality who expresses his self-loathing through "bodily mutilation, tattooing, alcohol abuse, and coprophilia." According to Pickles, he is a nihilist and likes to collect "morbid crap" such as torture devices and American Civil War memorabilia.^[2]

Murderface has at least some familiarity with firearms as he recognizes the sound of his "driving gun" (an antique Mauser C96 handgun) after hearing it fired.^[3]

Despite outwardly being the angriest and most violent member of Dethklok, Murderface is arguably the most sensitive and insecure. He is convinced that he is hideous and unlovable, and refers to himself as "the fat one." He seems to go through periods of loneliness and depression, which are only magnified by his bandmates' complete inability to react to his emotions.

Murderface is an alcoholic, as he would rather cut off his penis than admit that "booze ain't food". He regularly throws tantrums when he is frustrated or annoyed, which has resulted in several destroyed bass guitars, two acoustic guitars, and one guitar of Toki's.

After a near-hamburger time experience (falling drunk from the Murdercycle, and subsequent mayhem) he was prompted to seek faith in several churches, including the Church of Satan and the Church of the Atheists. Eventually he decided that all religions were "the same boring crap" and gave up his search. ^[4]

He is quite homophobic, which becomes a sort of running gag with him as he is often put in situations where it comes close to suggesting homosexual desires. His distrust of doctors is mainly due to his homophobia and his misunderstanding of medical examinations of the male genitals (comparing it to being "jacked off").

While Murderface is fully aware of his own laziness (at one point, claiming that anything he has to work for isn't worth doing), he often believes he should be credited to more of the band's success than he is. His selfish and greedy personality grew so strong at one point that he (and Toki) unsuccessfully sued the other members of the band for writer's credits and residuals despite the fact that he doesn't produce or contribute anything in the songwriting process. His attitude got to be such a burden on the rest of Dethklok that they actually kick him (and Toki) out of the band.

Skills & HobbiesEdit

Murderface collects "morbid crap" such as torture devices, medieval weapons, and other implements of death. He also collects American Civil War memorabilia and is an American Civil War buff. In "Dethkomedy", he plays golf with the rest of Dethklok and Judge Alfonzo after their Dethwater civil suit.

Murderface thinks he is a great speller, but demonstrated his lack of skills in his preparation and appearance on "Celebrity Spelling Bee."

He has a driving license.

Music TalentsEdit

Murderface plays the bass guitar for the band; however, this seems rather unnecessary, as Nathan has stated that they mix his bass out of "pretty much every song." However, Murderface improves noticeably after Pickles introduces him to the concept of "free-balling," prompting the rest of the band to consider including his bass on their next album.^[3] He plays a black five-string Gibson Thunderbird Studio Bass with a white pickguard. He is able to play bass with his penis (which he refers to as his "hog").^[2]

In the episode "Cleanzo" it is revealed that Murderface has never written a complete song for Dethklok, despite claiming he was the "lead songwriter" in a press conference, and that his bass lines were figured out and shown to him by Skwisgaar, which he still doesn't perform well enough to actually merit any respect by the band. Murderface tries twice to write a song in "Cleanzo", first an acoustic song apparently called "Titty Fish" , the second, a reggae song for Dr. Rockzo; both of these attempts are thwarted after Murderface gets frustrated and smashes the guitar.

Apart from playing the bass with his penis, Murderface has been shown to be able to play bass fluently with and without a pick.

RelationshipsEdit

Nathan ExplosionEdit

William seems to look up to Nathan as the leader of the band, but at the same time resents that he is not given more credit, (which he doesn't often deserve, anyway.)  William often agrees with Nathan's asessment of most situations, but often passes off Nathan's ideas as his own. (Often with Nathan still standing there and glaring at him.)  Nathan, like most of the other band members, seems to tolerate William, but sometimes only just barely.  Nathan has kicked William out of the band before, when William sued the band for his share in the creative process.

Toki WartoothEdit

Murderface often drags Toki into whatever hairbrained scheme he is currently passing off as a good idea, usually due to the fact that Toki is the only one naive enough to agree with William.  However, Murderface is often just as abusive to Toki as he is everyone else around him.  Toki, in turn, is just as likely to mock Murderface when the others are doing so, leading to a constant cycle of hatred and comeradery between the two of them.  William was the first to advocate kicking Toki out of the band, for instance, though none of the others seemed to take him very seriously.

Skwisgaar Skwigelf Edit

Murderface and Skwisgaar often have little to say to each other, as Skwisgaar's contempt of every human around him is even more noticeable when it come to Murderface.  Skwisgaar freely admits that he deletes and re-records Murderface's bass lines himself, much to the consternation of William.  Murderface hates the fact that Skwisgaar is handsome and talented, even going so far as to challenge Skwisgaar to a contest to determine who could have sex with more women in a given time.  (Skwisgaar won easily, as William bedded exactly zero women.)  Occasionally, however, William and Skwisgaar have done things together, such as watching "Faces of Death" while eating whipped cream and chocolate, when Toki was away at "Rock-a-Rooney Fantasy Camp."

PicklesEdit

Murderface and Pickles get along as well as Murderface gets along with anybody... which is to say, not very well.  Pickles is often the voice of reason when William has a stupid idea, to which Murderface often responds with hostility or complaining.  Murderface doesn't seem to hate Pickles any more than he hates anyone else, (including himself,) and often joins Pickles in his notorious drinking binges.

LoveEdit

Murderface shows that he has an attraction to Serveta Skwigelf, much to the dismay of Skwisgaar. In "Dethfam", Serveta's first appearance, Murderface tells Skwisgaar that his mother is cool, only for Skwisgaar to deny that.

Murderface is also shown to be unpopular with women due to his status as bass player and his unattractiveness. He has also been shown to sexually harrass/molest Dethklok's female employees. Although it should be noted that in "Dethgov" he is seen driving around in a police car with a beautiful women who appears to have been performing fellatio on him moments earlier.

FamilyEdit

HistoryEdit

ChildhoodEdit

William Murderface was raised by his grandparents Stella and Thunderbolt Murderface, after he lost his mother and father in a chainsaw murder-suicide, carried out in front of him by his father when William was just an infant^[5]. While in high school, Murderface's principal allowed him to play bass, drink, and smoke dope to earn his high school diploma after Murderface threatened to cut his eyes out if he didn't let him graduate.^[6]

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TriviaEdit

• In Dethcarraldo, his spirit animal is revealed to be a Tiger.
• He owns a custom-made dungeon, and supposedly spends most of his time there when not with the band.
• Murderface is generally the most disliked member of Dethklok due to his status as bass player.
• He is among the few members of Dethklok to suffer repeated physical injury (a running gag) from either his bandmates, Dethklok fans, his grandmother Stella Murderface, women, and/or Dethklok's enemies on more than one occasion.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Episode 16
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} citation
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Metalocalypse. "Dethclown." 20 August, 2006.
4. ↑ Metalocalypse. "Religionklok." 12 November, 2006.
5. ↑ Episode 7
6. ↑ Episode 13

NavigationEdit

Mordhaus Dethklok Nathan Explosion *Skwisgaar Skwigelf * Toki Wartooth * William Murderface * Pickles * Magnus Hammersmith (former) Employees Charles Foster Ofdensen * Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler * Jean-Pierre * Melmord Fjordslorn (deceased) * Abigail Remeltindrinc * Klokateers * Edgar Jomfru * Seth Misc. Ishnifus Meaddle * Facebones * Crystal Mountain Records