Podcast / The Codot Verse

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The CodotVerse is a fanmade Batman/DC Universe series of audio plays written by Canadian voice actor husband and wife team Codot (known online as VoiceBoss) and Dee, unofficially starting in 2012 with the first Riddler Case Files as a Character Blog, but with the twist that Codot would also voice the answers in-character as Edward Nygma. In the 101st entry, this would later expand to include storylines involving multiple characters as well as other blogs such as a similar one with Jonathan Crane. In 2018, all the series were re-organized into one series collectively known as Rogues, with all the previous blogs being retired and redirected towards one organized blog. In addition to Tumblr, the episodes can be streamed through RSS, Spotify, Amazon Music, practically any podcast app you care to mention, or Codot’s Patreon, alongside exclusive non canon content.

The CodotVerse includes

• The Riddler Case Files ^note technically officially starts on #101 (2012-2018)
  • End of Days (2016)
  • Lock-Up's Lockdown (2017)
• Dr. Jonathan Crane, MD (2016-2018)
• Gotham City Police Department (2016-2018)
• Rogues (2018-ongoing)
  • Season 1 (2018-2022)
  • Best Served Cold (2019)
  • Murder in The House of Mystery (2022)
  • Regicide (current)

The CodotVerse contains examples of:

• Abusive Parents:
  • Edward Nygma’s father Jackie Nashton physically and emotionally abused Edward all throughout his childhood and while Edward insists that it wasn’t connected to becoming the Riddler, it’s clear that it did affect him. Jackie also emotionally and verbally abused Edward’s sister Susan, preferring her to become a Housewife over anything else. Edward tries to tell Susan that she had the choice to leave like he did, but she doesn't believe she ever did have a choice because she was seen as 'the good one'. Edward’s mother (Ellen) is implied to be a Resentful Guardian against Edward, blaming him for his father’s beatings instead of simply being what Jackie wanted from his son.
  • Jonathan Crane’s father used him as a test subject for fear, putting the boy through mental and physical trauma to the point where Jonathan attempted to kill him twice, succeeding the second time. His mother was emotionally distant, justifying her husband’s abuse of their son as "God’s will" and disappearing shortly after Jonathan’s first attempt at killing him.
• Accent Adaptation:
  • Jonathan Crane is given a rather thick Georgian accent; something that no official portrayals have, usually either given a standard American or British accent.
  • Dick Grayson also has a noticeable English accent acquired from spending most of his life up until meeting Bruce Wayne traveling across Europe.
  • Digger Harkness has a heavy Australian accent, acknowledging his Aussie heritage in the comics.
  • John Constantine in "Murder in the House of Mystery" has a strong Scottish accent. While he’s from England in canon, his exact heritage is Depending on the Writer.
  • Slade Wilson has a heavy Texan accent.
• Adaptational Nice Guy:
  • Downplayed. The Joker isn't nicer, exactly, but he does love Harley and treats her better than in most versions.
  • Jason gets along far better with the Batfamily as opposed to most versions. According to Word of God, he has a better relationship with Tim in particular and was more understanding of why Tim became Robin.
  • Waylon’s father is a Disappeared Dad in the comics, but here he was a Good Parents who loved Waylon unconditionally and did his best to raise him until he was tragically murdered by neighbors who hated Waylon.
  • Waylon in comics ranges from a Jerkass to a full on monster Depending on the Writer. Here, he’s a kind man and a borderline Harmless Villain who’s been misunderstood.
• Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
  • In the comics, Edward and Waylon rarely team up or speak to each other. Here, Waylon and Edward are friends, with the former being one of the few people who the latter genuinely cares about.
  • Harley and Pamela aren’t together here and don’t have a strong relationship with each other.
• Adaptational Sexuality: In the canon comics, Edward is stated to be bisexual. In the podcast, he’s biromantic asexual with a neutral view of sex.
• Affectionate Nickname: Edward calls his sister Susan “ZuZu”.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Harley apparently had a thing for supervillains long before she met the Joker.
• Aroused by Their Voice: Women keep having this reaction to Jonathan, much to Edward's bafflement. (It doesn't help that his own henchgirls and his sister feel this way.)
• The Atoner: Father Muldoon is genuinely remorseful for the fact that he wasn't able to stop Jack Nashton from abusing his children (especially Edward who would later grow up into becoming The Riddler) and tries to make amends with Edward, isn't having any of it.
• Audience Participation: There are four Halloween events where listeners have to participate that would decide how the story ends:
  • "End of Days": Edward has been kidnapped, and the listeners must help Jonathan solve ten riddles to find out where he is. However, if they get three wrong, Edward dies.
  • "Lock-Up's Lockdown": Listeners must vote on who Edward brings with him to the final confrontation with Scarecrow and Bolton. But there's a catch: they must choose wisely, because Scarecrow and/or Edward can die depending on the team formed.
  • "Best Served Cold": To save Nora, listeners must help Edward answer riddles given to him by Brainiac to increase her chances of recovering. Any wrong answer will decrease her chances, and Victor has made it clear if she dies Edward will too.
  • Murder in The House of Mystery: Listeners must vote on how Edward, Jonathan, Harley, Oswald, Harvey, Jervis, Waylon, Selina, Digger and Joker die in the titular house. However the owners, Cain and Abel make it clear that despite the fact that the event is non canon, should the listeners fail to vote on a death, not only would the death be chosen, the character dies in canon.
• Bad Boss: Oswald Cobblepot is no-holds-barred regarding most of his subordinates, to the point of straight-up declaring them his property.
• Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: In Season 1, Lex says he doesn’t get his hands dirty for a reason and has Scarecrow unleash his fear gas on Joker.
• Bait-and-Switch: Edward and Jackie’s confrontation starts out calm, giving the impression that twenty years and illness gave Jackie a Jerkass Realization and genuine desire for a reconciliation. It takes seconds and a few words from Edward for Jackie to drop the act and reveal his true unrepentant colors and hatred.
• Big Brother Instinct: Edward straight-up calls his sister Susan his one weakness due to being his Morality Pet, even if he had to leave her alone with their abusive parents. The one time he loses his cool when confronting his ill father is when Jackie brags to Edward about molding Susan into a docile and submissive housewife. He also beat up a boy with a wrench who was sexually harassing her when they were teenagers and he hates Susan’s ex husband Dodd for being a Jerkass to her and her children.
• Big "WHAT?!":
  • Edward when Jonathan confesses to sleeping with Harleen at least twice in the past.
  • Jonathan in turn gives several when he learns that Edward had sex with Jackie’s nurse, Laura.
• Bilingual Bonus:
  • Much of Lucenzo’s dialogue is in untranslated Italian.
  • Edward is fluent in French and his conversations with his, Harvey and Oswald’s receptionist Ophelia are in untranslated French.
• Bittersweet Ending: Most of the arcs end with this:
  • "End Of Days" ends with Edward being saved by Jonathan from Hush. But Jonathan had to get Batman for help, resulting in Edward being sent back to Arkham.
  • "Pygmalion'' ends with Jonathan and Lyle being saved by Edward, Waylon and Ikky, with Edward delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. But Pyg still killed three police officers and put Harvey Bullock in a coma before going on the run. But Pyg is soon taken to Blackgate by Bruce, Dick and Jason and Harvey begins to recover. But it’s soon shown that both Lyle and Jonathan suffered physical and psychological trauma that neither of them address.
  • "Lock-Up’s Lockdown" is a mostly bitter example, ending with Lyle Bolton dead, Arkham Asylum in ruins, a disoriented Jonathan on the run and Edward learning that Ikky is alive but still missing. And it’s implied that there’s a conspiracy involving Jonathan. But Edward is released from Arkham to be deputy Mayor and he vows to find Jonathan and Ikky.
  • Season 6 ends Jonathan learning Ikky is alive and saving her from her captors and getting his job back. Oswald also gets Amanda Waller and her people to leave Jonathan alone, Edward gets closure with his childhood and reconciles with his estranged sister. But Edward and Jonathan are both beholden to Oswald, Jonathan is having difficulty readjusting and Jonathan learning the truth about Ikky destroys his budding friendship with Edward. In addition, Dick is put in a coma by Victor Zsasz as a result of Bruce refusing to help until it was almost too late, damaging the Batfamily and leaving Waylon and Jason bereft, Ikky’s main captor is revealed to be Jonathan’s former mentor Dr. Hugo Strange, who was using her to test Jonathan.
• Black Sheep: Edward is the one for the Nashton family due to being The Riddler. Jackie and Ellen pretended that he died after running away and later becoming The Riddler. Ellen even packed away pictures of Edward, as if he never existed. Susan refused to play along and spent her teenage years fighting anyone who bullied her about Edward.
• Bound and Gagged: Not actually gagged (although Jonathan is so pissed at Edward that he might as well be), but knowing that Jonathan is not gonna come willingly, Edward and Waylon force Jonathan into a straitjacket on the car ride home.
• Breather Episode: "The Knight Shift" is a calmer return to the main plot after the emotionally heavy subplot of Edward confronting his family’s priest, father and sister in his hometown.
• Butt-Monkey: Jervis Tetch, especially in Lock-Up’s Lockdown and House of Mystery.
• Bystander Syndrome: Edward calls out his childhood pastor Father Muldoon for what he perceived as not noticing the obvious signs of child abuse he was experiencing, something Muldoon deeply regrets.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Jack Nashton gets a long overdue one in Episode 12.
• Calling Parents by Their Name: Edward to his father most of the time due to having that much contempt for him. The hospital confrontation shows that he also calls his mother by her name as well.
• The Cassandra: John Constantine in the House of Mystery event.
• The Chain of Harm: Season 6 reveals that Edward’s grandfather physically abused Jackie, who in turn physically abused Edward and emotionally abused Susan due to him both not knowing and not willing to learn any other way to parent. By the time the siblings reunite, Susan has become a mother herself and is working to be better than her father and grandfather.
• Character Blog: Most of the series started out as these, although this has mostly been retired as of fairly early on Rogues. Although Codot still does in-character answers on his blog on occasion, they're presumably non-canon.
• Chick Magnet: Jonathan Crane, much to his bafflement.
• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Jervis. He’s incomprehensible half the time and it’s implied that he’s not fully aware of his surroundings most of the time.
• Cool Car: Edward’s green vintage Buick Super 50.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting:
  • Alastor Sharpe noticeably sounds very much like Tim Curry.
  • Vic Sage has some obvious influence from Jeffrey Combs's performance in Justice League.
• Conspicuous Gloves: Edward is pretty much never seen (for lack of a better word) without his purple gloves even when out of costume.
• Conspiracy Theorist: Vic Sage, whose beliefs are pretty outlandish even in a science fiction universe with actual conspiracies.
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • Deathstroke and Captain Boomerang vs. Waylon. Slade and Digger get their asses handed to them.
  • Jonathan wipes the floor with Ikky’s captors with nothing but a gun.
• Darker and Edgier: Starting with Season 4, the podcast gets far more plot oriented, with the listener questions being dropped and the stakes getting higher.
• Deal with the Devil: Luthor’s protection deal for Edward turns out to be this, as it turns into him being a test subject.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best: Waylon’s father was genuinely loving of his son and did his best to raise him before he was murdered.
• Distressed Dude:
  • Edward gets this once a season for the first three seasons: getting kidnapped by Joker in Season 1, being held hostage by Lex Luthor in Season 2 and kidnapped and tortured by Hush in Season 3.
  • Jonathan and Lyle Bolton are held captive by Professor Pyg in Season 4.
• The Dreaded: Superman, as far as the villains are concerned. Even the arrogant Ed says there's a reason he doesn't live in Metropolis.
• Early-Installment Weirdness:
  • Season 1 is just Edward answering questions, including ones that reference comics he appeared in. It’s not until Joker and Harley’s visit that the universe begins to take shape.
  • In Jonathan's first appearance at the end of Season 1, his Georgian accent is lighter than later dialogue. He also doesn’t appear much until "End Of Days", which is surprising due to him being the co protagonist by Season 6.
• The Dreaded: Superman, to the villains.
• Enemy Mine: Oswald and Bruce Wayne agree to work together to run Arkham Asylum to prevent Lex Luthor from privatizing it.
• The Ending Changes Everything: The epilogue of "Lock-Up’s Lockdown" completely upends the plot: Edward learns that Ikky’s murder was faked. She was kidnapped and replaced with a different dead crow. Jervis was manipulated into aiding Bolton, who did partly to get revenge on Jonathan for operating on him and partly because someone else entirely had plans involving Jonathan.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Edward would sometimes react to darker listener questions with disgust or bafflement, especially one that asked if he'd ever committed sexual assault.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
  • Susan is the only person who Edward will admit that he loves. He goes to great lengths to keep her and her family safe and she works to stay in contact with him despite what he’s done.
  • Joker genuinely loves and respects Harley, treating her as an equal partner and praises her.
• Faking the Dead:
  • Lex Luthor appears during Joker’s podcast as he paid the clown a billion dollars to take out Superman, only for Joker to fail and fake his death.
  • Luthor later pulls this on Edward to test a new nanotumor designed to kill Brainiac. Nygma is none too pleased to learn he was a test subject.
• Freudian Excuse Denial: During Edward's massive "The Reason You Suck" Speech towards his father he declares that while being abused as a child didn't help matters, that he's the person he is regardless of what his father did to him.
  Edward: You provided the genetic material necessary to create me, but you get no credit for making me the man I am today. If I were in any way influenced by your parenting skills, I’d be sucking dick on a street corner, begging every man who smacks my face to let me call him "Daddy". Everything I am is down to me. You think I regret anything I’ve done? The lives I’ve destroyed, the people I’ve killed? I’ve always done exactly what I wanted to do. And as for you - you are naught but shit on my shoe, and today is the day that I finally wipe you off.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: While Jackie’s father’s treatment of him was terrible, the narrative makes it clear that it doesn’t justify his abuse of his children.
• Gilded Cage: After the events of Season One, Lex Luthor puts Edward in a luxurious apartment so he can work for Luthor, but he can’t leave. It doesn’t last long.
• Godzilla Threshold: To save Edward from Hush, Jonathan had to call in Batman, knowing they’ll both get sent back to Arkham after this.
• Good Shepherd: Father Muldoon is an otherwise good man, but was unfortunately deceived by Jack Nashton into not knowing he was a domestic abuser.
• Government Conspiracy: It’s revealed that Lyle Bolton was working for Amanda Waller.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Lex Luthor. As president, his persecution of nonhuman superheroes has left Batman scrambling to cover multiple cities and Oswald fighting to maintain control of Arkham.
• Hate Sink: Jackie Nashton has no redeeming qualities whatsoever: He’s abusive to his family (especially Edward), sexist, a hypocrite, a cheater and a bully. Edward notes that few tears will be shed when Jackie dies.
• Hollywood Atheist: This version of Edward to a T, partially due to religious trauma and his fixation on logic.
• Hospital Hottie: Edward exploits this trope by flirting with a nurse his father is attracted to just to further fuck with him. He also had sex with said nurse, much to Jonathan’s shock.
• Hostile Show Takeover: Joker takes over Edward’s show at the end of Season 1.
• I Have No Son!: Apparently whenever the people of Edward's hometown see him on the news as The Riddler, his parents claim that their son is dead and that they're not the same person. Ellen even packed away childhood pictures of Edward, erasing his existence.
• I'm a Humanitarian: This version of Lazlo Valentin (renamed Lucenzo Valentino) also has a tendency for cannibalism and one time made Jonathan unwittingly partake in it.
• Irish Priest: Father Muldoon.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It’s deep down, but Edward does have a heart.
• Jock Dad, Nerd Son: Jack Nashton and Edward are a pretty obvious example. Jack refused to understand his son and thought beating him would result in creating the son he wanted.
• Kick the Dog:
  • Literally in this case, as Bolton ends up killing Ichabod, Jonathan's pet crow. except not really.
  • Don't cross Edward Nygma if you're happily married...
• Laser-Guided Karma: Season 1 ends with Edward escaping Luthor’s clutches with help from Clayface and Mr. Freeze, before letting the Joker loose on the CEO.
• Living Emotional Crutch: Ichabod, Jonathan’s beloved pet crow. When she appears to have been murdered, Jonathan completely loses his control over Scarecrow and goes on a killing spree.
• Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: Being a criminally insane felon hasn't exactly helped Edward's parents view of him. Not that Edward cares either way.
• Mayor Pain: Cobblepot is clearly of the evil variety, being actually scarily good at his job (at least on the surface) even seemingly had actually done the task of turning Arkham Asylum around.
• Minnesota Nice: Very much inverted with Jack Nashton, thick Minnesotan accent but a bigoted Jerkass albeit he was pretty good at hiding it from people.
• Missing Mom: Jonathan killed his father, but his mother’s whereabouts are unknown after leaving the family when Jonathan was eleven.
• Mugging the Monster: Edward and Jonathan are approached by a mugger in Metropolis, although they quickly turn the tables on him.
• Mundane Luxury: Waylon is incredibly grateful for Edward for the simple gesture of letting him sleep in a bed and use the bathtub, both things he hasn't received in years despite the fact that the two were staying in an upscale hotel.
• Named by the Adaptation:
  • The Music Meister's real name has yet to be given in official media, but is given as Alastor Sharpe here.
  • Edward’s parents aren’t typically given names in canon but here they’re Jack 'Jackie' Nashton and Ellen Nashton.
• Noodle Incident:
  • When Captain Boomerang arrives at Arkham, he and Edward are on a first name basis and clearly know each other from somewhere.
  • Bane reveals to Edward that he’s wanted in Mexico, but what Edward did there that resulted in that is never revealed.
  • Harley mentions that the last time Jonathan lost control of Scarecrow, he nearly killed her.
  • Susan’s relationship and marriage to her ex husband Dodd aren’t shown or described much but what little is shown makes it clear that she endured an Awful Wedded Life before finally leaving him.
• Not Quite Dead: Ikky survived Lyle’s attack, but Edward withheld it from Jonathan. Jonathan wasn’t happy.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Edward dismisses the Joker early on, saying that he's far from the threat he's often made out to be and is more of a nuisance. And then the Joker pays him a visit with a crowbar...
• Odd Friendship: Edward and Waylon. One is an antisocial In Sufferable Genius, the other is a Book Dumb reptilian man. However, Edward genuinely likes and respects Waylon and Waylon admires Edward.
• The One Where Everyone Dies: The House of Mystery event. Good thing there's a Reset Button.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: The Joker claims to have called "dibs" on killing Ed, and is outraged when Clayface tries to beat him to it.
• Only Sane Man: Susan is the most stable of the Nashton family: Jackie is an abusive asshole, Ellen is a spineless Stepford Smiler and Edward is a supervillain (although he loves her deep down).
• Overcomplicated Menu Order: When Edward and Jonathan end up at a Waffle House, the latter (due to not having eaten properly in days, possibly weeks.) orders practically the entire menu and then some. It takes a second table to fit it all:
  Jonathan: All Star Special: biscuit, grits with bacon, sausage and both kinds of ham. Cheesesteak omelet, biscuit, hash browns. T-bone and eggs, biscuit, hash browns. Sausage, egg, cheese Texas melt. Double everything. And triple hash browns. Smothered, capped, country. Double waffles. And a pie.
• Parental Favoritism: Deconstructed with Edward and Susan: Susan was Jackie and Ellen’s favorite because she was The Dutiful Daughter in contrast to his rebellious Insufferable Genius before he ran away from Duluth at eighteen. But it’s clear that Susan didn’t enjoy this: she missed her brother and felt trapped by her role as The Good Child, to the point where she sacrificed her dreams to please her chauvinistic father and didn’t believe she could leave, only try to not make the same mistakes with her own children. Even though they were treated differently by their parents, it’s clear they were affected.
• Pet the Dog: During their capture by Pyg, Lyle shows genuine concern about Jonathan’s injuries.
• Perky Female Minion: Query and Echo, though they're much less devoted to their boss than the trope usually implies.
• Politically Incorrect Villain:
  • Among being a general Jerkass, Jack Nashton calls his son several homophobic slurs, and has a Stay in the Kitchen attitude when it comes to women.
  • Captain Boomerang shows shades of this, hitting on Poison Ivy and telling her that he’ll “set her straight” after Edward tells him that Ivy is a lesbian.
  • Lyle Bolton is a bigot and throws slurs at the Southern Jonathan and the Italian Lucenzo.
  • Jervis Tech shows signs of homophobia and has an Entitled to Have You attitude towards women.
• Precision F-Strike: In "End of Days", after Jonathan opens the black box, a music box starts playing "Hush Little Baby", and he mutters "son of a bitch" as he realizes Thomas Eliot is behind Edward’s kidnapping.
• Pretty Boy: Edward’s looks are often commented on favorably, with a cop from his hometown calling him “pretty like your ma.”
• Previously on…: Episode 18 opens this way as a signal that "yes we have remembered the main plot".
• Retired Outlaw: Mr. Freeze and Killer Croc (or at least, they're trying.) It’s implied that after the events of "Best Served Cold", Victor will leave crime for good.
• Road Trip Plot: A good chunk of Rogues Season 1 is spent on the trip to get Jonathan back to Gotham, sure there is the stuff with Oswald Cobblepot and Task Force X on the side, but most of the first eighteen episodes are focused more on character development than the conspiracy.
• The Runaway: Edward ran away from home to escape Jackie’s abuse when he was a teenager.
• Sanity Slippage:
  • Starting with the events of "Lockup’s Lockdown", Jonathan’s mental state starts going downhill as Scarecrow starts to take over. He eventually flees Gotham, resulting in Edward looking for him.
• Self-Made Orphan: After Edward speculates that he did so, Jonathan confirms that he killed his own father. Edward later confesses that he's had patricidal thoughts at an early age, and the only reason he doesn't do it on his father’s hospital bed is that he thinks killing would be too good for him.
• Shameful Strip: Edward and Jonathan turn the tables on a Metropolis mugger by forcing him to strip at gunpoint before gassing him with fear toxin to make the experience even more humiliating.
• Shout-Out:
  • Jonathan jokingly uses the phrase "frontier psychiatry" on the mugger in Metropolis at one point.
• Southern-Fried Genius: Crane is as Georgian as a peach, but no less intelligent than his canon counterparts.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Edward is stated to resemble his mother, with his father’s red hair. Susan physically takes after her father.
• Surprisingly Happy Ending: "Best Served Cold" ends on a relative high note for the cast: Edward defeats Brainiac and saves Nora, who’s overjoyed to see Victor despite his appearance. In addition, Gotham City is saved from a second Ice Age by Jervis. While he’s sent back to Arkham, Batman promises to put the action on his record to help him out.
• Take That!:
  • One ask in Season Two is Edward tearing into his counterpart in Gotham.
  • Supplemental recordings include Jonathan taking potshots at his counterparts in Gotham and Batman: Arkham Series.
  • In the Patreon exclusive "The Rogues Take Patreon" series, Edward’s first ask results in him giving a less than stellar assessment of his counterpart in The Batman (2022).
• There Is Only One Bed: Straight up lampshaded in Episode 11, although they defy it by having Jonathan sleep in the bathtub.
• Spot the Imposter: Done by insulting Clayface's ego.
• Trumplica: Lex Luthor is a blatant Trump parody, both being a wealthy businessman and placing a “superhero ban”.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Ed has to be forced by Jonathan to thank his fans for saving his life.
• Useless Bystander Parent: Edward and Susan’s mother did little to stop Jackie’s abuse, pretending that they were a happy family when they weren’t.
• Verbal Tic: Harley has a tendency to Squee when someone (usually Joker) says something nice to her.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: As the series progresses, Edward and Jonathan become more friendly to each other, but still clash constantly.
• Villain Protagonist: Most of the series focus on the point of view of Gotham's criminal underworld, only occasionally cutting to the heroes; most notably Edward Nygma being more or less the main protagonist.
• Villain with Good Publicity:
  • Jackie Nashton publicly acted as a salt of the earth man while privately beating and berating his son.
  • Oswald after becoming elected Mayor.
  • Lex attempts to be this after being elected President, but it’s implied that it’s not working. And then Amanda Waller takes over.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • More like "Villainous Hero", but Jonathan is not happy to learn that Edward didn't tell him Ikky was alive sooner.
  • Barbara tears into Bruce for leaving Dick and Jason alone to deal with Zsasz. While he does go back for them, he’s too late to prevent Dick from getting into a coma.
• Wicked Cultured: Edward enjoys nice clothes, luxurious restaurants, big band music and classic cars.
• You Have Failed Me: Edward gives one to Query and Echo for forgetting to tell him about the expired tags on his car which while ''incredibly'' minor got spotted by a cop when he was transporting a convicted felon across state lines. For good measure, he makes Query break Echo's thumbs as punishment for this, although fortunately Edward is called away by Oswald before it could occur.