Rupert Grimsby

Rupert Grimsby appears in various ThunderHumor shorts and tells a selection of stories with odd or funny morals. He appears to speak in a soft tone and lives in a dark room from which he tells his stories.

History
Rupert first appeared in So So, where he tells 'the story of an apple'. His animation style in his older shorts such as So So is dramatically different. His next appearence was Wish Dish which is about a 'dish that can grant two wishes'. After that, he appeared in A Birderous Deed, about a goose.

His latest appearence, No-Legged Johnny is much shorter than others, and his name was only revealed in this episode. The animation style has changed a lot, going from slow-paced zoomed shots to fast animation and wider shots.

There have been complaints that No-Legged Johnny was too unlike other Rupert stories.

Evolution
Rupert was originally very mysterious. At first he wasn't even given a name, and various nick names such as 'Creepy Old Story Guy' and 'Rag Man' popped up amongst commenters.

As time went on, Rupert's style slightly changed, possibly due to a change of animating programme. As stated above, the latest episode (No Legged Johnny) was much faster.

In Pony & Boy, flashes of a more detailed Rupert can be seen throughout the story, eluding that Rupert is telling the story.

Trivia

 * Rupert is one of the few characters to not appear in the most recent title sequences, despite characters as minor as the child from Father and Son Bonding popping up in the secondry crowd.
 * The dead man from which Rupert eats a peice of skin from Wish Dish (stating 'Death is so cold') appears to be a dead version of Rupert himself.