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| + | Dell was the strongman of a vaudeville troupe and eventually married a successful [[Ethel Darling|Ethel]], a bearded lady who was madly in love with him. He eventually convinced her to let him be her manager and do solo acts instead of moving to Paris with the troupe. He convinced her that the upperclass would rather see her do cultured acts than comedy vaudeville, and changed her performances to reciting Shakespeare on stage, which was a horrible failure. |
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| + | At one point they were penniless and unemployed, and Ethel was carrying their unborn child. Out of desperation, Dell arranged a show and charged tickets to let people watch Ethel give birth to their son, [[Jimmy Darling]], who was born with deformed fingers. To squeeze more money out of the show, he offered to let the audience carry the "monster baby" for money, though many were too repulsed to want to. Later on, in a drunken stupor, Dell became irritated with Jimmy's crying and tried killing him as a baby, calling it an act of mercy due to his deformity. Ethel caught him and told him to leave, and he never returned for her or his son. |
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==Personality and Appearance== |
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Dell is completely bald, and is usually see wearing a leotard when performing in shows. When he isn't, he is wearing normal clothes, sometimes with fedora. |
Dell is completely bald, and is usually see wearing a leotard when performing in shows. When he isn't, he is wearing normal clothes, sometimes with fedora. |
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Revision as of 10:02, 25 October 2014
Dell Toledo (full name Wendell) is a strongman of the Freak Show. He is a character in Freak Show primarily portrayed by Michael Chiklis. [1]
Background
Dell was the strongman of a vaudeville troupe and eventually married a successful Ethel, a bearded lady who was madly in love with him. He eventually convinced her to let him be her manager and do solo acts instead of moving to Paris with the troupe. He convinced her that the upperclass would rather see her do cultured acts than comedy vaudeville, and changed her performances to reciting Shakespeare on stage, which was a horrible failure.
At one point they were penniless and unemployed, and Ethel was carrying their unborn child. Out of desperation, Dell arranged a show and charged tickets to let people watch Ethel give birth to their son, Jimmy Darling, who was born with deformed fingers. To squeeze more money out of the show, he offered to let the audience carry the "monster baby" for money, though many were too repulsed to want to. Later on, in a drunken stupor, Dell became irritated with Jimmy's crying and tried killing him as a baby, calling it an act of mercy due to his deformity. Ethel caught him and told him to leave, and he never returned for her or his son.
During that time, he met and married his second wife, Desiree, a woman with three breasts. They were in a successful troupe but had to leave when Dell killed a man he caught sleeping with his wife.
Personality and Appearance
Dell is completely bald, and is usually see wearing a leotard when performing in shows. When he isn't, he is wearing normal clothes, sometimes with fedora.
Parts of his personality show that he is a ruthless person, who doesn't care about anyone else but himself. But other parts show a regretful, and soft side. He seems to be in deep love with his now fiance, and treats her with a measurable amount of respect.
Story
Dell is the father of Jimmy Darling. When he threatened the deformed infant, Ethel ended their relationship at gunpoint. He is currently married to Desiree Dupree. They have been performing in Chicago but fled after Dell killed a homosexual man in a rage upon discovering him in bed with his hermaphrodite wife. Dell has joined Elsa's crew as a barker and chief of security.
He soon butts heads with his new boss when he insists that they circumvent the town's curfew by holding matinees. When he discovers the performers making a scene in a local cafe he berates them for giving them a free show. He deals with Jimmy's impertinence with a public beating. He further angers Elsa by giving her low billing on the program.
When Dell discovers Jimmy's plan to frame him for the murder of the police detective he arranges to turn suspicions to Meep the Geek.
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