Sir Raven
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Sir Raven is a fictional character in the animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Sir Raven is voiced by Julian Stone.
[edit] Overview
A hostile British anthropomorphic crow who hosts two episodes, Tricycle of Terror and My Fair Mandy. He wears a fez, a bathrobe, and carries a golden, jewel-encrusted goblet. Typically he sits by a fire, with a cat nearby, in a library decked out in Edwardian fashion, and comments on the episode at hand. He usually states that he doesn't care for the events which he hosts and yells loudly at the audience (see quotes below) for no particular reason. During these outbursts, Sir Raven is given an emphatic close-up.
Sir Raven appears to be a spoof of Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven. He may also be a spoof of Bullwinkle in some of the Mr. Know-it-All and Bullwinkle's Corner segments of Rocky and His Friends. Lastly he could be a reference to Alistair Cooke from Masterpiece Theater.
[edit] Quotes
- That's how our story ends. If you've been paying any attention, it's because you're a nerd with nothing better to do.
- And what of everyone else, you ask? Who cares. They all bore the snot out of me. THEEEEE... EEEEEND!
- Will Mandy win the pageant? Will she ever smile? I don't care. Instead, here's an important commercial message. IMPORTANT... COMMERCIAL... MESSAGE!
- YOU FOOLS!!! YOU'VE MESSED WITH NATURAL OORDAAAAA!
- Alas, poor Billy, destined to walk the sepulchered streets of suburbia. A doomed husk of a child. Do not cry for him... DO NOT CRYYY!
- And, so, throughout the week, they tried a number of dumb gags in an effort to get Mandy to smile. Let's watch a clip. WATCH... A... CLIIIIPP!
