Earth Pony Handlebar Hank

[Skye]

[ Pony Related Character ]

Name: Handlebar Hank

Gender: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Earth Pony

Pelt Color: Chestnut brown

Mane/Tail Color & Style: Black, long and flowing. A STUPENDOUS handlebar lip ferret grows from under his nose.

Eye Color: Hunter Green

Cutie Mark: A Horseshoe with Hoofcuffs around it.

Physique: Large, stocky, sturdy. A little pudgy from good pickings, a little firmly built from run-ins with the law!

Residence: Painted Pinto Desert

Occupation: Bandit and Apple Rustler!

Motivation: Ain't gonna stand fer that dad-burn law makin' a hard life harder fer them that choose to live free!

Likes: Apples, Pies, Taking Candy from Babies, Making the Appleoosa Sheriff lose his cool, cactus and agave tea (His taste is thankfully easy to aquire out here!), shiny shiny bits, Sterling Silver, the fine dancing fillies at the Salt Lick, sleeping under the stars, poker

Dislikes: Jail, the high price of salt at the bar, losing his hat, sleeping under the bars, getting kicked out of the saloon, those dadburn griffons that always cheat at poker, the law always hasslin' him, those pantywaisted tickers at the Appleoosa assay office always trying to cheat a pony out of his stake, the bank for cheatin' a pony out of his stake

Character Summary:

Hank was born in an indepedent camp just outside of where Appleoosa currently stands. His parents and much of his adopted family were never satisfied with how things were run in most towns and chose instead to live the life of an outlaw. Salacious Sally, his mom, and Thunderflank Pete met at the local watering hole and felt they were just suited together and got themselves hitched just months later. Hank naturally came along. The only offspring of his parents before the sheriff caught up and took Pete in for cattle rustling (The cows got tired of complaining about all the noise from the rustling and asked the Sheriff to do something), Hank grew up with a disillusionment of the law. Always keeping a pony from what was truly theirs in life, and that was just about everything! Since then, his mother taught him the ways of living in the desert. How to make a delicious tea from the cacti and agave plants that lived in the desert, as well as how to find local springs. His knowledge helped him survive through most of his colthood right on up into stallionhood. His friends, few and far in between they were, all taught him valuable lessons about what was useful and what to avoid.

You won't believe how proud of his mustache he is. That thing never gets in the way, never ends up in anything, and yet that monster is the first thing to enter the room before Hank does. It wiggles from side to side, it bobs up and down, that beast is just plain irresistable and ridiculous, but he never stands for getting laughed at. After all, his father had one just like it when he was around, though nopony can be sure if it isn't the -same- mustache with just a different pony behind it.

A rough and tough customer, loud, crass, and occasionally obnoxious, Hank believes in taking what he wants when he wants it. That includes the winning hand at poker! He's never been very good at it, considering it gets really hard to focus when your cards keep slipping off the table. The big broad-rimmed hat he's worn since he was a colt might seem a bit roomy for the one-track thoughts going on upstairs, but the only things that manage to stay under there is his lucky poker chip and his lucky first horseshoe. He's been in and out of jail so many times, ponies often wonder why he doesn't just get his mail delivered there. Hank's got a weakness, though, oh yes he does. He loves them Appleoosa pies! And them lovely dancing fillies down at Miss Sterling Stone's. He's visited on occasion, and just seeing Ms Stone always sobers this pony up. It can't possibly be that deep down, Hank's actually got a polite and well-meaning spirit? Nah, couldn't be! But he's never caused a ruckus at Sterling's, regardless of his reputation elsewhere.

On the road, however, ponies are fair game and he's worked up a sizeable reputation for harassing the stagecoaches on their way through! He hasn't yet worked up the courage or the smarts to rob the train that comes through. Them train ponies pack a powerful whollop! And keeping clear of the local buffalo is a chore, too. His cutie mark appeared one day after his fifth stint in jail, and he learned that it wasn't all that bad. Three square meals a day, a roof over your head, a comfortable cot to rest yer head on, if only he could pester that sheriff to let him stay longer. In fact, he got so good with finding ways to get the sheriff to toss him in the slammer that he's even got a cell all picked out.

[MudBug]

FABULOUS MOUSTACHE

[Thunder Hoof]

that mustache well take the west over all a lone.

[Skye]

He mustache you a question!

[Kalpira]

I dunno why, but I dun like ponies with mustaches xD

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Maybe he should have a brother named Fu Manchu.

[Skye]

Maybe he should have a brother named Fu Manchu.

Or a sidekick! He could be a caprine known as The Goatee Kid.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Maybe he should have a brother named Fu Manchu.

Or a sidekick! He could be a caprine known as The Goatee Kid.

But... a Goatee and a Fu Manchu are not the same.....One is a beard and one is a mustache.

[Thunder Boomer]

Looks good. I can't find anything I have qualms about, and his mustache is fantastic. Approving this.