The Characters

Or at least, the ones who aren’t Louis Ederson.

Mr. Chocolate

Although he wasn’t a main character from the start, Mr. Chocolate is indubitably the most important character in the Fire canon who isn’t a green cat. And contrary to what you might think, he was not a turd either. He was supposed to be a giant sentient hunk of edible chocolate.

He debuted in the first episode of the 2009 version of Fire, as a movie theater worker who shat out popcorn and soda from his mouth. I say “shat” because he made an elongated fart noise when he did so, which probably didn’t help him not look like a turd. Instead of staying as a bit character like he was supposed to be, he ended up being even more prominent in the second episode, before making a cameo appearance in the third.

That was when I started getting complaints that episode #3 didn’t have enough Mr. Chocolate, which is when I realized this random-ass character had become a fan favorite. In response, the next episode had him move in with Louis and the gang, and become a main character. From that point on, Mr. Chocolate would play second fiddle to Louis and join in on his antics.

Steve the Sock

The original Steve from Puppet House.

Steve was originally a main character from another failed series of mine named Puppet House, which was about a bunch of puppets living in a house. Mind-blowing shit, I know.

He was added to Fire in the 2009 version. He was supposed to be the voice of reason, detesting Louis’s crazy and destructive antics, but ended up being irrelevant to every episode’s plot and disappearing in the middle of each one.

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