Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 3, 1975, Russel Hobbs was
a well-spoken, considerate and respectful child. However, trouble
seemed to linger around him. Originally, Russel attended The
Xavier School for Young Achievers, but was forcibly removed when
he mauled several other students when, incidentally, a demon
possessed him. After being expelled, the possession and the
anxiety sent young Russel into a coma. He would not wake for
another four years, at which time a man called Father Merrin
exorcised the demon inhabiting Russel's body.

(Guard, Break Tackle, Multiple Block)
((Block, Pro, Razor Sharp Claws))

(Mighty Blow, Piling On)
((Jump Up))

(Strip Ball, Mighty Blow)
((Claw))

(Tackle, Kick)
((Claw))

(Tackle, Shadowing)
((Claw, Razor Sharp Claws))

(Tackle)
((Claw))

(Block, Fend)
((Claw))

(Tackle)
((Claw, Razor Sharp Claws))

(Tackle)
((Claw, Razor Sharp Claws))

2D is actually a nickname derived from the fact that he has a dent in
each eye socket, both caused by run-ins with Murdoc's vehicle. His real
name is Stuart Pot (his last name was often thought to be Tusspot,
though his family changed their name to Pot shortly before Stu was
born), most of the time shortened to Stu-Pot. He was born and raised in
Hertfordshire, England. His father, David Tusspot (who died in his sleep
shortly after Demon Days was released), worked as a mechanic and
owner of the Tusspot's Fairground. His mother, Rachel Tusspot, was a
nurse who supplied Stu-pot with headache pills. Stu-Pot wasn't very
intelligent. He was known as a kind person and had a general love of
music. He hit his head when falling from a tree at the age of eleven,
which caused his hair to fall out. When it came back it was a deep 'azure
blue'. He was forced to move to Crawley, West Sussex, as a result of a
lawsuit filed by Ivana Abramovitch for breaking Abramovitch's hand.

(Sidestep)
((Very Long Legs, Two Heads))

In Rise of the Ogre it is revealed that Murdoc was dumped on his father's
doorstep in infancy and went on to a very abusive childhood. It has been
proposed that his many addictions and his sour attitude were due to his
abusive and very bad childhood. Sebastian Jacob Niccals ("or Jacob
Sebastian Niccals, depending on who's asking") was a spiteful drunk of
a man who often verbally abused and exploited his sons. No one
actually knew for certain who his mother was but most think he was born
to a woman in a mental hospital for the terminally bored (though there
are many other creative possibilities that contradict the theory). The local
pub had a routine talent show that Murdoc was often forced to participate
in so he could win his father drinking money (Murdoc once played
Pinocchio, singing "I've Got No Strings"). Though he and his older
sibling Hannibal never got along (he was responsible for two of the eight
separate times Murdoc's nose was broken), it was through his older
brother that Murdoc was introduced to his favorite bands, such as the
Clash (though Murdoc found Black Sabbath on his own).

(Shadowing)
((Dauntless, Horns))

At age 10, Noodle arrived on the Gorillaz' doorstep in a FedEx crate, in
response to the ad they placed for a guitarist in the NME. She could not
speak any English beyond the word "Noodle", thus earning her the alias.
She quickly got settled in England with the Gorillaz, and was accepted
as the fourth member of the band.

In Rise of the Ogre, it is revealed that during the band's hiatus in
November, 2003, Noodle went back to Japan to find out the truth about
her past after being haunted by strange nightmares while on tour. Upon
her return to Japan, Noodle regained her memory after hearing the code-
phrase 'ocean bacon' at a restaurant. There she coincidentally met with
her creator/mentor, Mr. Kyuzo, who was working as the head chef in the
restaurant, and who explained the memories she had regained. It turned
out that she was one of the test subjects in a secret government super
soldier project, but she was trained specially as a musician. As a result,
she is a master of many weapons, languages, and musical
instruments, but her specialty is the guitar, both as a musical
instrument, and an instrument of destruction. Out of the 23 children
created for the project, Noodle was the only one to survive; the others
were all destroyed by the government. Mr. Kyuzo had smuggled her to
safety in England after reading the aforementioned ad placed by the
other three Gorillaz members in the NME; She had specifically chosen
the Gorillaz because he was aware of the usual international success of
English bands and he believed that Noodle could enjoy success in
relative obscurity. The other two code-words (one to erase her memory
and the other to turn her into a frenzied killing machine) are known only
to Noodle and, presumably, Mr. Kyuzo, though Murdoc has a very keen
interest in finding out what they are.

(Shadowing)
((Dauntless, Horns))

(Accurate, Tackle)
((Big Hand))