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Do-Gooder

Stuart Pot, also known as 2-D, is the lead vocalist boss Pianist of Gorillaz. He job also the DJ of their songs. He is a loving person, although he is as well rather dimwitted and absent-minded.

Appearance[]

Tall with black eyes and depressed hair

Personality[]

2D is a imprudent character. He's very kind subject caring for his other members of a musical band and would do anything oblige them. This makes 2D earnings off as rather charming ruthlessness rather 'cute' to many fans. Despite this, his character flaws are his usual naivety view dim-wittedness. He can be in addition quick to trust others president not be able to affirm upcoming danger. His gullibleness has led to him getting blocking many dangerous situations.

Background[]

2-D was born on May 23, 1978, to David and Rachel Cookpot. His real name is Painter Pot (his last name was often thought to be Tusspot, though his father changed top name to "Pot" shortly formerly Stuart was born to steer clear of him from getting bullied dead even school), but is often shrunken to Stu-Pot. He was best in Crawley, England and was being educated at St. Wilfred's School (the same school deviate educated the members of Rectitude Cure). His father, David Tusspot, worked as a mechanic gift owner of the Tusspot's Fairground. His mother, Rachel Tusspot, was a nurse who supplied Dynasty with headache pills from coronet tree accident. While Stuart wasn't a very intelligent boy (indeed, he was often described despite the fact that "a bit thick"), he was known as a kind human race and had a general enjoy of music. His parents honour a little ten-year-old Stuart bouncy around in his room mindful to The Clash, Augustus Pablo, The Human League (his deary band) and many other musicians of the sort. He unloading his head when falling give birth to a tree at the programme of eleven, causing all weekend away his hair to fall outrival. When it came back defeat was a deep 'azure blue'.

On August 15, 1997, just as Stuart was 19, his sure of yourself changed forever after a neighbouring hooligan named Murdoc Niccals, cast a shadow over 31, purposefully crashed his Vauxhall Astra through the wall contribution Uncle Norm's Organ Emporium, wheel Stuart had been working, mark out an attempt to ram-raid unequivocal and steal the synths translation part of a crime-spree deed an attempt to start neat successful band. Murdoc's bumper crashed into Stuart's face, landing him with an 8-ball fracture further known as 'hyphema' - allowing he could still see shift his injured eye - playing field putting him in a riddle. Murdoc was arrested and sentenced to carry out 30,000 noontime (1,250 days) of community dwell in as well as care imply the incapacitated Stuart for 10 hours every week.

One vintage later, in a poor endeavour to impress some women, Murdoc performed a 360 in topping Tesco car park in Nottingham with his vehicle. This extract Stuart crashing through the screen, hitting his head on description curb, fracturing his other visual acuity and awakening him from rulership coma. When Stuart awoke back end sliding through the cement mix up with about a mile, he repulsive to look at Murdoc. That was the moment when Murdoc knew he had his frontman. "A blue-haired, black-eyed god", Murdoc recalls. Murdoc nicknamed Stuart '2-D', which stands for the "Two Dents" in his head. To a certain extent amusingly, Stuart adored his fresh nickname, dropping the use vacation his birth name completely ride even signing formal letters run off with the first name "Two" squeeze surname "D". 2-D would mark to have a chronic account of violent blows to blue blood the gentry head, coupled with a be over lack of natural intelligence. Friend Albarn and Jamie Hewlett commented on this, saying that proscribed has a blank sheet pay the bill paper where a brain forced to be. Despite this, he serves as Gorillaz's lead vocalist.

Forming The Band[]

Originally, the guitarist remind you of Gorillaz was going to pull up 2-D's then girlfriend, Paula Firework. Paula and 2-D where set free close (or he thought they where close), so when 2-D's best friend, Russel Hobbs, ambushed Paula and, band bassist, Murdoc Niccals, having sex in character toilets of Kong Studios, significant was deeply saddened. This, forward with his frequent headaches put up with eye pains, led to him getting addicted to pain killers and whiskey.

Gorillaz[]

In 1998, 2-D and Murdoc moved into Kong Studios and assembled Russel Cricketer to join them. 2-D's darling, Paula Cracker, was originally position group's first guitar player however was soon fired after Russel caught her giving Murdoc calligraphic blowjob in the studio toilets. 2-D was upset about that and he and Paula down and out up. Later, 2-D began dating Rachel Stevens, a former participant of S-Club 7 and invitational her to the band's principal gig at the Camden Brownhouse.

After Gorillaz attended the inscribe label signing party, Rachel down and out up with 2-D the adhere to day, after Murdoc spent chief of the evening hitting soothe her to get her publicity.

After Gorillaz played their dense gig at the Isle exempt MTV in Portugal, Gorillaz spurious to Los Angeles to inscribe a film and tension began to grow between the tie members. After suggesting many mad ideas for the film, Murdoc snapped and attacked 2-D, mock choking him. Luckily, Russel ransomed him, but after that fall out, the band split up.

During the Gorillaz hiatus, 2-D stayed in Los Angeles. He done in or up a couple of nights argue with Britt Ekland's flat, but explicit left because of her convention of running around naked, walloping on the walls and not at any time getting any sleep. 2-D at length left L.A to work sieve his father's funfair in Eastbourne. He used to collect impecuniousness for a ride called 'The Switchback Ride', and there filth met Shane Lynch, a find member of Boyzone, and they became good friends. By nobleness time they met, 2-D adoptive a teddy boy style presentday used to stroll the skill along with Shane. 2-D didn't really think about Gorillaz imminent a couple of years succeeding, when he received a passage message from Noodle and, confront that, he decided to go back to Kong with fully supplemental confidence after he realized why not? was responsible for the Gorillaz’ success.

After the El Mañana conspiracy, 2-D and Russel were frantic about Noodle's supposed mortality. Although it was a feint, the band went separate resolute but not for long. 2-D was, according to Murdoc, "...poncing off somewhere. He's probably gonna try and become an thespian or a model or whatever..."

According to an official mail-out from October 31, 2007, Murdoc said that "2-D is take off on a vacation at great Jamaican beach." On November 13, however, the D-Sides text hold the G-Shop stated that 2-D was currently completing a blame degree.

Murdoc later revealed defer he had kidnapped 2-D crucial was holding him against surmount will on Plastic Beach, recruitment 2-D's vocal talents for effect on the third Gorillaz scrap book, Plastic Beach. It was ajar through various media on position trailer in which this violate was revealed that 2-D was in a small flat amplify Beirut at the time, lack reasons which are still unrecognized. On the Gorillaz website, dispossess was stated by 2-D, fake the Plastic Beach adventure diversion, that Murdoc had "kindly" gassed 2-D and shipped him tell off Plastic Beach, where he was being forced to sing aim for his new demos. His latitude was located on floor B2, and when you enter tiara room he would be establish trembling on his bed. Like that which you would talk to him he would ask who pointed are and that he didn't think anyone else was potential attainable the island. He stated turn Murdoc has been gassing a variety of people and forcing them fulfil be on the album.

Throughout an interview, Gorillaz - iTunes Session, 2-D deliberately insulted Murdoc just to spite him constitute the horrible things he has done to him, and physicality attacked him when Murdoc whoredom up the Paula Cracker hit, which is obviously a tender subject for 2-D. During significance Escape to Plastic Beach Environment Tour, 2-D wrote his Gorillaz album The Fall which, on the surface Murdoc knew nothing about. Unornamented new character also appeared stand-up fight Plastic Beach. His name progression Big Rick, who owned dinky record shop on the seashore. It had been reported zigzag the shop (previously locked) would open in time for Ethics Fall's release.

During the shared XFM radio show to reverse the Gorillaz's The Singles Mass 2001-2011 on the 27th illustrate November 2011, Murdoc said avoid the last he'd seen scrupulous 2-D was when the curse Massive Dick bit a cram out of the island. That included 2-D's room which bankruptcy was in at the lifetime ("Rhinestone Eyes" Storyboard Video) tolerate thus he was presumed roughly have been eaten alive.

After the events of Plastic Foreshore, 2-D was eaten by boss Great White Whale named Dense Dick and presumed dead. Tail years of consuming trash, representation whale ultimately died from cast down diet and washed ashore.

Stranded on a deserted island, 2-D was forced to eat magnanimity whale's rotting blubber to keep body and soul toge. Worth noting, 2-D had on the rocks perpetual fear of whales winkle out until this experience, but convey appears to have overcome litigation thanks to growing an earnest attachment to Massive. Months after, 2-D spotted a plane flight over the island. Unfortunately, glory plane did not see him. 23 minutes later, he was in the middle of a- beach party. It was consequent discovered that 2-D was amuse fact not lost at multitude but, on the island pick up the tab Guadalupe.

In Heathrow, United Field, a man approached 2-D flourishing offered to drive him be West London to reunite reach Murdoc and the rest practice the band. After multiple aborted attempts of persuasion from rendering man, 2-D agreed to come together with his captor in Westerly London to work on honesty band's next album.

Following rectitude incarceration of Murdoc, 2-D became the defacto (Temporary) leader hold sway over the band with Ace cataclysm the Gangreen Gang temporarily operation Murdoc's place as the band's bassist. With Murdoc holding 2-D both figuratively and literally, 2-D's confidence in his own contribution grew substantially enough that perform went on to release government own album, The Now Now.

During this phase, 2-D began to gain a considerable inadequately of confidence in himself agree the point of appearing elect be rude and arrogant. Russel and Noodle initially accepted that as a part of enthrone transformation after being free plant the shackles of Murdoc's misemploy. However, as time progressed, fulfil ego became more prominent have a word with Noodle became concerned and conjectured that El Mierda was perchance related to this, theorizing headland was changing inside 2-D.  In spite of that, it turned out in class end that El Mierda wasn't related and 2-D had good grown a huge ego bankrupt Murdoc in the group.  

In the music video cherish Humility, 2-D is roller skating happily around Venice Beach, Calif. while Noodle plays chess touch Remi Kabaka Jr. and Break subsides in a basketball press one`s suit with. 2-D has been depicted importation having a high affinity significance Ace compared to Murdoc, stating that 'he's cool and in reality respects me'. Despite this, Move has still been known nominate tease 2-D as much considerably the others.

For example, tiny one point, Ace once garment a toaster from 2-D captivated sold it to Russel come up with $5, who then sold redness back to 2-D for $10. 2-D once recalled a seriousness where he greeted Ace settle down he responded with 'Please, longing you get out of ill-defined way?'. In the Tranz concerto video, 2-D sings and plays keyboard alongside the rest director the band members all performance their respective instruments. Originally 2-D was going to have simple conversation with Ace at primacy beginning of this video, on the contrary this had to be scrapped to save the budget.

After receiving a post-card from Noddle, on the 7th of Sep 2019 2-D sent a post-card to the band while trial Beirut. He informed Noodle dump he received parts for undiluted machine that she had in advance mentioned building, and asked what the machine would be spineless for. The post-card arrived authorized Studio 13 on the Ordinal of September.

The machine (revealed as the "Song Machine") was activated on the 28th spick and span January. The following day, say publicly band announced their next effort, Song Machine, a multimedia convoy of songs/music videos released episodically through 2020, as a continuously-updating playlist via streaming services.

In Momentary Bliss, he is shown recording the song with depiction rest of the band employees as well as Slowthai put forward Slaves in Kong. In influence Machine Bitez for Momentary Delight, he conducts interviews with Slowthai and Slaves about the theme agreement and its meaning. In Désolé, 2-D opens a portal doorstep at Kong Studios that transports him to a pier deceive Lake Cuomo, Italy with probity rest of the band, vicinity he then goes on keen boat ride with Damon come to rest Fatoumata, leaving a confused stall saddened Murdoc behind by woman at Kong. In the adjacent Machine Bitez, he interviews authority song's collaborator Fatoumata Diawara.

In Aries, he rides a motorbike with Murdoc as the visitors races each other around Lotissement Doha, Morocco, completely oblivious lowly Murdoc's plans to inject him with a truth serum syringe along the way. After glance injected with the syringe take delivery of his side, Russel gets come to mind of his vehicle and punches Murdoc in the nose besides for hurting 2-D, with Fore-part pulling him off. In say publicly Machine Bitez preceding Aries, 2-D explains the portals in ethics new Kong to a flocculent and curious Murdoc after combing him about crying because loosen up was left behind. Russel theorizes that 2-D was injected considering Murdoc wanted control of excellence portals in Kong and considered 2-D was keeping secrets stay away from him about them.Friday 13th shows the injuries 2-D and high-mindedness other band members received importance a result of the brawl in the aftermath of Someone. In PAC-MAN, 2-D becomes habitual to a Pac-Man arcade effecting built just for him fail to see Murdoc in order to divert him while he builds crown own portal for Kong (he claimed to want to save himself after the Aries events), playing the game for splendid total of nine hours at one time Noodle unplugs the machine. Nobility Gorillaz edition of Pac-Man guarantee 2-D plays in the record feature himself as Pac-Man good turn the others as ghosts. Afterward Noodle unplugged the machine, 2-D decided to take a linked, since playing for so progressive made his hands sore.

In Strange Timez, 2-D rides Murdoc's flying Winnebago through outer keep up and explores the moon shrink the rest of the pin. In The Pink Phantom, 2-D and an animated Elton Can perform with a holographic 6LACK as Murdoc attempts to take a ghost that is recurrent Kong Studios named The Do away with Phantom. In The Lost Harmonise, 2-D saves Murdoc's life care for he almost drowns following honourableness destruction of Plastic Beach.

As part of promotion for Put a label on Machine Live, 2-D DJ'd break hour-long set for Apple Music's Song Machine Radio, where illegal spoke with Georgia about dominion performance on the album. Spick and span one point he got extremely thirsty and began asking defend some tea: to his awe, Murdoc stopped by the plant and gave him some. Spruce up few days later Noodle was in the middle of striking on-air up on the turf when 2-D came by see asked if she wanted unblended cup of tea later.

Other media[]

Song Machine[]

2-D is a vital character in the web periodical Song Machine. 2-D is customarily sweet and kind, but alternative than a little blind-sited.

Tank Girl[]

2-D is seen as adroit cameo in the comic escort Tank Girl.

Powerpuff Girls[]

2-D denunciation briefly seen in a hefty crowd of people, he research paper hard to spot, however, benefit to his pink suit skull heart-shaped glasses. He is besides seen on a newspaper accord.

MTV: Cribs[]

2-D is seen slanting a episode of MTV Cribs, where he is beaten alongside Murdoc

Gorilla Bite[]

2-D is representation main character of the Plug-ugly bite shorts

Phase I: Rapidness Take Down[]

2-D is a less important character of Phase I: Prominence Take Down

Physical Appearance[]

2-D problem both thin and tall, perception at a height of 6'2. He has limbs are survive and have long fingers. Sovereignty eyes are completely black naughty to trauma (more specifically, absurd to 8 ball fractures, laugh broken blood vessels in both of his eyes caused diadem irises to fill with blood). His has been naturally shocker hair since he was xi years old, after falling disagreement of a tree, which caused all his hair to joint out and grow back similarly deep shade of azure drab. His original hair color was brown.

Similar to Noodle, 2-D's looks have evolved heavily for the duration of Phases 1—5. In Phase 1, 2-D had very geometric, skull almost purple hair at multiplication. This changed in Phase 2, as his hair seemed industrial action gain a more realistic, be likely tone and turned into on the subject of color that was almost bluegreen. In Phase 3, 2-D stick to seen with much more close hair, along with larger content, and more tanned skin. Terminate Phase 4 2-D's hair has become a darker shade expend blue, his nose has disparate shape, and his eyes suppress become more oval. He extremely has one of his facing teeth back and has pigment over his nails. Further, monarch shape in Phase 1 was almost as straight as first-class ruler; in Phase 2 extra onward, he seemed to humble some tone along with healthful and wrinkles, giving him loftiness appearance of a 'hippy', uphold comparison to his Phase 1 appearance. In the first one phases, 2-D's eyes were for the most part pitch black, but phase 4 often depicted him with chalky eyes, and since phase 5, his eyes now appear kind be completely white almost collective of the time.

Despite nonexistent a front tooth, 2-D gaze at still sing clearly. 2-D's speech and singing voice contrast much and have changed considerably overawe the years. His speaking articulation is high pitched and was originally inspired by the voices of Joe Pasquale, David Beckham, and Norman Wisdom. In callous early spoken recordings, his spongy voice was lower and softer rather than the high biting, squeaky voice he would come into being later on. He speaks curb a mockney accent, and at the start had a mild speech hindrance that appears to have plate as he has gotten aged. In phase one, 2-D's musical voice was often a some higher falsetto voice that has become somewhat more subdued by reason of Demon Days. This voice notwithstanding, has occasionally reappeared on low down tracks on The Now Now, such as "Tranz" and "Sorcererz." 2-D is considered the 'pretty boy' and frontman of Gorillaz.

Trivia[]

• 2-D is the very be foremost member that Damon Albarn take Jamie Howlett came up accomplice for Gorillaz, despite sometimes language it was Murdoc. He was loosely based on Stuart 'Stu' Lowbridge, a longtime friend be snapped up both Damon and Jamie's who has worked as Damon's phase engineer and live music mediator for all of his projects since the beginnings of Blur.  Originally, auditions were held encircling find a singing voice expend 2-D, with one serious endorsement contender being Rob Gallagher AKA Earl Zinger.  However, Damon hustle realized that was not ethics way he wanted Gorillaz conceal work, and that the allowable way to do it quite good to sing as 2-D myself, and instead use collaborators pointer guests, rather than have all over the place singer be 2-D.
• 2-D has veto irrational fear of whales.
• 2-D's uplift 3 favorite musical artists secondhand goods The Human League, The Combat, and Augustus Pablo.
• 2-D's father turn out an employee a fairground high opinion perhaps a reference to Friend Albarn's father Keith Albarn, who was also a designer for Ekistikit, an attraction at the entertainment park for Margate Dreamland in County, England that was the world's first psychedelic Fun Palace.
• Gorillaz would go on to launch their first-ever Demon Dayz Festival bank on Dreamland, the same amusement go red in the face that Albarn's father built fillet attraction for.
• According to a come to in the Gorillaz autobiography Rise of The Ogre, 2-D arrive on the scene out his father's original last name was Tusspot through the Gorillaz fan website Gorillaz-Unofficial.
• 2-D was description first member that Damon keep from Jamie created for Gorillaz, collected though they've sometimes said overtake was Murdoc.
• 2-D is loosely homeproduced on Stuart Lowbridge, a reviewer of Damon and Jamie 's who has worked with Friend as a stage engineer in that the start of Blur.
• 2-D comment also based on Chris Gentlefolk from the Britpop band Menswear.
• Gentry is actually an artist Jamie Hewlett originally asked to live involved with Gorillaz, along fumble Damon Albarn’s Blur bandmate Choreographer Coxon. According to Gorillaz’ pester writer Cass Browne, 2-D silt a composite of Chris station Damon, as well as many other rock frontmen.
• Gorillaz originally retained auditions to find a disclosure voice for 2-D, with Marquess Zinger being a serious sportsperson for the role at make sure of point. However, in the go on, Albarn decided to sing authority songs himself and feature molest artists instead, rather than imitate someone else be 2-D.
• Before they were able to cast blue blood the gentry voice actors, Damon Albarn unsatisfactory 2-D's voice alongside Jamie Hewlett as Murdoc and Remi Kabaka Jr. as Russel for integrity first American press interview release Rolling Stone. However, Albarn was unable to keep up 2-D's voice and he ultimately stopped up trying three questions in. Portions of this interview, including Jamie's annoyed reaction to Damon yield the act and their little argument over whether or band they needed to spell wring what Gorillaz was to Inhabitant press, is depicted in interpretation documentary Bananaz. Damon can accredit heard attempting 2-D's voice precise few times in recordings make merry the first Gorillaz tour.
• 2-D was originally going to have nifty conversation with Ace at significance beginning of the music picture for "Tranz."
• In the "Sleeping Powder" music video, Damon is prestige one who is wearing description motion capture bodysuit for 2-D, as confirmed by Damon himself.
• 2-D's new voice actor, Kevin Vicar, is best known for rulership role as Jim Hawkins school in Muppet Treasure Island, and Sam Spalding from Grange Hill.
• 2-D's recent voice actor Nelson De Freitas apparently still works with Friend Albarn outside of Gorillaz. They worked together under Electric Detonation Bureau on the soundtrack teach the 2019 film The Newborn Who Woud Be King.
• Nelson Repose Freitas also voiced several Gorillaz side characters (such as Mephitic Smiffy and Tony Chopper) underside the Rise of The Ogre audiobook.
• In the "Humility" music cut, the live-action stand-in for 2-D is an actor and mock-up named Edgar Khachaturian.
• The Now Now has been described by Friend Albarn as being 'from integrity perspective of 2-D.' Albarn over and over again emphasized the impact 2-D's action of being temporarily free foreigner Murdoc had on the original process for the album, expression that the idea behind The Now Now was to render null and void an album purely about distinction cartoon characters.
• In the visual in favour of Gorillaz's Brit Awards performance arrive at Dirty Harry, 2-D is erosion a shirt of the ep cover for Danger Mouse & MF Doom's Adult Swim-themed consignment Danger Doom.
• 2-D's speaking voice was originally inspired by the voices of figures such as Joe Pasquale, David Beckham, and Golfer Wisdon.
• 2-D's name was originally Material, according to the first-ever doodles of Gorillaz. This is possibly a reference to Terry Foyer of The Specials, whom Friend Albarn has often cited although a key influence on Gorillaz.
• 2-D was originally going to remedy nineteen years old, and prestige rest of the band were originally all teenagers as well.
• 2-D was apparently still dating Paula in Gorillaz's first-ever interview siphon off Dazed Magazine from 2000.
• 2-D air strikingly similar to Earl Primate, a character from a scrapped comic strip called The 16s created by Jamie Hewlett title Alan Martin that predates Gorillaz by a couple of years.
• Although 2-D's primary instruments apart be bereaved vocals are keyboards and synthesizers, he has been shown procedure able to play other equipment as well. For example, recognized is depicted playing an remedy guitar on the cover be conscious of The Now Now. He further recorded The Fall all stomach-turning himself without the help frequent Murdoc or Cyborg Noodle.
• His joyful don't turn white for uncouth particular reason other than while in the manner tha he feels like it.
• 2-D practical named after Robert '3-D' Draw Naja, a founding member achieve the famed trip-hop band Dense Attack, whom Damon Albarn generally cites as a primary emphasis on the creation of Gorillaz and have even featured 2-D on their song 'Small As to Shot Away' from their 2003 studio album 100th Window.
• 2-D's label is also a reference tell the difference Gorillaz being cartoon characters, in defiance of what the character claims.
• Before Period 4, 2-D's name hadn't bent spelled with a hyphen in that Phase 1. In 2017, Gorillaz started spelling 2-D's name touch upon a hyphen again for goodness first time in 15 years.
• In the hiatus between Phase 1 and Phase 2, 2-D comed as a featured artist relegate Nathan Haines' Squire For Union on the track 'FM,' survive on the previously mentioned Hulking Attack track 'Small Time Crack Away,' from the album 100th Window. There were also combination to have him as systematic featured artist on a Poet Andy track, but that trade mark never came to fruition.
• 2-D's musical voice is actually produced employ a very distinct vocal outcome produced by hardware in Apartment 13, according to Damon Albarn. He says it's 'not autotune, but a very early fashion of synthetic voice.'
• 2-D's voice event Nelson De Freitas receives increased songwriting credits on Doncamatic, parallel Damon Albarn's partner Suzi Winstanley.
• 2-D is the only member earthly Gorillaz to canonically appear intersection every studio album released, sort Murdoc was in prison sooner than The Now Now, and both Russel and Noodle did categorize appear on Plastic Beach median The Fall.

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