Mel Rickenbacker/3.0

Mel Bert Rickenbacker is a character role-played by Spaceboy.

General Description

Melbert Rickenbacker, known as "Mel" is an ~~old~~ elderly citizen of Los Santos with a flair for chaos. He is a founding member of Prune Gang and is an Affiliate of Chang Gang.

Personality

Mel is a wily gentleman who finds himself in peculiar situations. Despite his often kind and innocent demeanor, Mel is deceptively intelligent and highly dangerous and though he is on the older side, Mel is known to be "ride or die for his homies" and has absolutely no sympathy for a "snitch bitch".

Prune Gang

Back when Mel first met Eugene Zuckerberg, they decided to form the Prune Gang. Initially, it consisted only of elderly citizens which originally included Eugene, Mel, Gladys Berry and Gordon Parks. In its golden days, Prune Gang was seen as one of the most chaotic gangs in the city and have been arrested numerous times.

The Fella

Mel was once a professional wrestler known as "The Fella." He toured the world with the Worldwide Wrestling Corporation (WWWC). He was the WWWC champion from 1975 to 1989. He tore his ACL and now wears a knee brace.

Relationships

Mel is married to Trish Baggs since March 2019. They first met on a blind date set up by Eugene. Mel became completely enamored by Trish and on the very same day, asked her if she will "take his hand and grip it with her 'firm slug' in marriage". Later, they went to the Prune Gang turf, the cemetery, for their wedding ceremony. There, they were pronounced husband and wife to the sounds of explosions.

Quotes

"Thank you for your service." /e salute
"Hello!"
"Hi! I'm Mel Bert Rickenbacker and well, you're probably wondering how I got here..."
"What did you just call me?!" (after being called old)
"I fucking hate Stuart Little. I know what you’re thinking, this is some kind of funny joke, but no, Stuart Little is a piece of shit. A god damn rat got picked over actual children at an orphanage, and he’s supposed to be a hero? And I can’t even tell you how many damn times I’ve seen a great parking space only to turn the corner and realize Stuart Little is already parked there in his stupid little fucking convertible."
"MY BEST FRIEND'S THE MAYOR NOW I CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT"
”Welcome to Burger-Shot, get your food and fuck off”

Trivia

Mel is best friends with Eugene Zuckerberg and Gladys Berry.
He used to hate being called "old" but with his 70th birthday approaching, he wants to get comfortable with people calling him that.
He owns a 2012 Lamborghini Alentador which he named "Maria" and a Lamborghini Diablo which he named “Lilith“ nicknamed as “Lily”.
His preferred weapon of choice are the Knuckle Dusters.
Once served the remains of Mila Kunyit in tacos to help Ricky Robins.
Mel was helping Bovice until his disappearance.
Transplanted Leslie Ling's HIV infected kidney into Chips Ahoy.
Has had both pinky fingers cut off by Mr. Chang.
One of his plastic pinky fingers was cut off by Lang Buddha.
Although Mel owns two Lamborghinis, he has managed to amass over $1,000,000 in debt.
He saved Jean Paul's life once.
He once stole Charles White's favourite boots.