Ninja Rick
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| Ninja Rick |
| First Appearance: Shortpacked! 09 February 2005 |
| YOB: ???? |
| Height: 5'8'' |
| Weight: 145 lbs |
| Ninja: Yes? |
Ninja Rick is a veteran member of the Shortpacked! team. He loves Ninjas with every part of his body. Especially his pee-pee. His is quite obsessive on the topic of Ninjas, and even seems to fancy himself a member of their mysterious ranks. It should be noted that Rick's idea of ninjas is derived more from movies and video games than from historical fact. This is a possible reference to Real Ultimate Power He does, however appear to have a significant amount of skill with the blade, to the point of even being able to deflect bullets fired at him from close range.
Ninja Rick is a bit of an excessive otaku-type, who thinks you can make anything Japanese by adding -chan to the end of the word. Too much manga and anime has addled his brain, resulting in delusions (see below).
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History
Very little is known about Ninja Rick's past. He is a mysterious character, and the only time he was ever in the spotlight was in the obviously delusional Moaning Sword storyline. This seems to imply that Ninja Rick doesn't see the world as others do--but that can be pretty well determined from his outward actions.
He has used his ninja skills to aid and protect Shortpacked! at least once during his membership there, most notably when he was summoned by Galasso to subdue a robber that was in the process of trying to hold up the store. It is unclear who would have won the battle, as it was interrupted by Robin wearing a makeshift Batman costume. However, it was a very close fight despite the robber having a handgun over Rick's sword.
He totally killed a guy.[1][2]
It has been revealed that by 2015, he'll be the only interesting character left in Shortpacked![3]. The future is a sad place.
Comedic usage
Ninja Rick does not usually take even a major role in storylines. If he appears at all, it's either a short gag, or deus ex machina. Most of his appearances take place outside of storylines, in one-shot style comics.
Trivia
- Ninja Rick is based on David Willis's art college cohort, Rich Dombeck.
- His "sword" cannot be sheathed until it has tasted blood. Ewww...
- His sword (the one he never puts away, not the afforementioned... uh... euphamism) appears to be metal, not plastic, as he stabbed someone with it (See the external link after "He totaly killed a guy").
