The Detective (Character)

The Detective (real name unknown) is a recurring fictional character in The Brothers Grunt. He is a bald, middle-aged, caffeine addicted police detective, whose prime goal is to apprehend the Grunts.

Appearance
The Detective appears to be a middle aged man, evidenced by his nearly bald head; what little brown hair he has is confined to a horseshoe shaped fringe around the side and back of his head. He typically wears a white button down short, blue tie, and brown trousers; complimented by a brown chest holster, containing his assigned pistol. He is almost always seen holding a steaming, white coffee mug, often brandishing it as if it were a gun while periodically taking sips; he seems to be addicted to caffeine.

The Detective drives an old, beat up station wagon.

Biography
The Detective first appears in the episode Make Mine a Grunt, where he places Frank in a police lineup after he is arrested for causing a disturbance at a nightclub. After taking reports from The Large German Man and The Lady with the Sunglasses, the Detective convicts Frank, sending him to prison.

His next appearance is in Where Angels Fear to Grunt, where he arrives at a biker bar on report that a dog “performed a 315 on the front sidewalk (defecated). He presents a mugshot of Frank, who had escaped from prison in the previous episode, labeling him a dangerous lunatic. His attempts to apprehend Frank fail, as he is suddenly assaulted by the dogs female companions, initiating a chaotic bar fight that allowed Frank to escape undetected.

He receives his first starring role in the episode aptly named The Detective, serving as the beginning of a story arc based around his personal mission to capture the Grunts. His interrogation of Frank, presumably having taken place off screen in Make Mine a Grunt, and initiating his obsession with finding the Grunts, is shown. The Detective is revealed to be haunted by his failure to keep Frank in prison, and even more so by the fact that his comrades do not seem to acknowledge the Grunts existence; after spotting Bing and Tony near a city restaurant, the Detective vows to track the Grunt Brothers down at any cost, in an effort to restore his integrity as an investigator.