U.S. Male (Jerry Reed)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	U.S. Male
Song/Album	"U.S. Male"/ The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed
Act	Jerry Reed (a year later, Elvis Presley)
Writer	Jerry Reed
Release Date	1967
ABILITIES
Powers	-Turn bone (possibly other materials) into putty with a touch "I'm gonna stretch your neck like a long rubber band" "I'm gonna leave your head about the shape of a stamp." -Impervious to weather "Through the rain and the heat and the sleet and the snow/ The U.S. Male is always on his toes."
Skills	Hypervigilance  "I been watching the way you been watching my miss/ For the last three weeks"
Attributes	Cynicism and suspiciousness "You ain't pullin' the wool over this boy's eyes."
Vulnerabilities	Is easily goaded by any attention to his girlfriend
Formidability	Mild-- only attacks when provoked, attacks one victim at a time.
Attractiveness	Is likely physically imposing, but has a temper
Source	overexposure to rubber cement? (speculative)
Goals	Protect his girlfriend's loyalty against all perceived threats
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	Bought his girl a "ring"
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A
Vehicles	possibly a mail truck
Dwelling	N/A
Milieu	the post office, his route
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male (it's right there in the name)
Age	Adult
Physique	Bodybuilder-esque (speculative)
Ethnicity	N/A
Origin	"born in a Mississippi town"
Ancestry	all-American
Profession	Postman (based on the metaphors he most readily employs, and his quoting the unofficial post-office motto: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.")
Education	High school-- knows his US geography, at least
SES	Low. Bought his girl a ring "on sale"
Relationships	a girlfriend he is violently possessive of
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	A bit too highly tuned
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert
Intelligence	Average, if that
Emotions	jealousy, possessiveness
Sanity	Can become murderously enraged "The U.S. Male gets mad, he's gonna do you in."
Enemies	Anyone he suspects of hitting on his girlfriend
Narrative Function	Antagonist
Other Notes	On first impression, it would be easy to write U.S Male off as just another hyper-jealous lunkhead of an overprotective boyfriend. On closer inspection, he waits for three weeks to warn a stalker off his girlfriend... and then does warn him instead of just literally rearranging his face. Which he can do. But what about on third impression? How does he treat his girlfriend without other men around? He considers her his "property," for one thing. We can assume he never lets her go out by herself-- who knows who might come after her? As closely as he watches her, he never seems to blame her for attracting the gaze of other men, or suspect her loyalty. But is willing to punish the those men for their wandering eyes, which he just knows they have. It is an interesting sort of jealously. He trusts himself, and he trusts her. But he doesn't really trust anyone else. Also, his power is unique. There are those characters who can reshape themselves, or turn others to stone. U.S. Male doesn't change himself, but only the shape of others.