| “ | FLINT LOCKWOOD! | „ |
| ~ Officer Earl's most famous quote, which has become a meme. |
Officer Earl Devereaux is a major character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Earl is the only police officer of Chew & Swallow (formerly Swallow Falls).
He is voiced by Mr. T in the 1st film and Terry Crews in the second film and Earl's Scouts short, who also portrays Julius Rock in Everybody Hates Chris, Hale Caesar in The Expendables films, Terry Jeffords in Brooklyn Nine Nine (which also starred Andy Samberg), and Bedlam in Deadpool 2.
Appearance[]
Earl is a tall, and very muscular black man who is incredibly athletic and well built, although he has rather short legs when compared to the rest of his body. He wears a blue officer's uniform with short sleeves and short pants, along with white sneakers and socks. His officer's cap also has a gold badge on it.
During his time working in a bakery, he donned on a "pretty" pink dress and cupcake hat (which appeared to be the bakery's uniform) and was forced to shave off his rugged beard and mustache. However he quickly grew it back once he quit his job and donned on his old uniform once again despite not being an officer anymore.
Personality[]
Earl is a very athletic and overprotective man whose passion for his job is often excessive, tackling jaywalkers and nimbly leaping into action at the slightest sign of trouble (which he can sense through the tingling of his chest hairs). He often catches Flint Lockwood in the middle of potentially dangerous experiments or suspicious activity, creating a tense relationship between them.
He cares about the safety of the people of Swallow Falls and has a strong moral compass. He takes his share of blame for the food storms, admitting that he didn't even protect his own son during the storms, and organizes an evacuation.
Despite his boisterous and over-the-top devotion to policing Swallow Falls, he is also a caring and loving family man who is willing to do anything for his wife and son. He tells his son Cal that he loves him on a daily basis, even swallowing his pride and reaching out to Flint to request Cal's favorite food for his birthday (ice cream). His relationship with his son serves as a lesson for parents, to learn the value of discipline and limitations when raising a child.
Despite his manly impression, Earl is no stranger to his feminine side. He is a phenomenal cupcake baker and is not opposed to cross-dressing in pursuit of a goal.
Skills[]
Earl displays his ability to sense trouble and athleticism.
Earl is an physically capable local cop who has several abilities, including:
- Athleticism: Earl is very athletic and can leap into action quickly.
- Sensing trouble: Earl can sense trouble by feeling a tingling in his chest hairs.
- Baking: Earl is a talented cupcake baker.
- Cross-dressing: Earl is not afraid to cross-dress to achieve his goals.
History[]
Cloudy: The Series[]
Earl was the only known teacher at Cannery High, with a penchant for pop quizzes and classes on his infant son Cal and fitness routines in addition to the school's core curriculum. Flint's history of invention mishaps made Earl skeptical of Flint, often blaming Flint for mishaps in his own life, to the chagrin of his wife Regina.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs[]
Earl appears as a minor antagonist early on in the movie who sees Flint as a menace to the town. He attempts to arrest Flint after the wayward FLDSMDFR destroyed Sardine Land, but Mayor Shelbourne insisted Flint be released in order to continue making food rain from the sky. Earl begrudgingly comes to appreciate the good the FLDSMDFR has done for the town, even asking Flint if could make it snow ice cream for his son's birthday.
Earl helps his family escape from the foodvalanche while lifting a raft made of giant food over his head (with son and wife still on it).
Earl allows Cal to indulge in Flint's wondrous food weather, but learns the danger of allowing such indulgences when Cal eats too much junk food at the grand reopening of Chewandswallow and goes into a food coma. He realizes that by being complacent and greedy in their desire for the delicious food, he and the rest of the town were as much to blame for the disaster as Flint. He trusts Flint to fix his invention's mistakes, and helps the townspeople evacuate by helping them build boats made of sandwiches. During the evacuation, he and his family carried their sandwich raft and tried dodging as many as Giant foods as he can.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2[]
When Chester V insists on relocating the residents of Swallow Falls during the cleanup effort, Earl is the first to speak up and insist that the residents stay home. However, he respects the sanctity of yellow police tape and reluctantly agrees to Chester's plan.
Earl's employment at Ms. Crumblymuffin's cupcake shop in San Franjose makes it very clear that while Flint is living his dream working for Live Corp and Sam is doing well as a weather reporter, the rest of the relocated residents are not necessarily enjoying themselves as much. He immediately leaps at the chance to return to Swallow Falls ("I'm not a barista! I'm a police-ta!") and assumes the role of protector of the group.
Later, after Flint and the gang witness the watering hole of Foodimals, Earl tries to maintain a facade of stoic manliness. The arrival of the Sentinels of Safety makes Earl's role as protector redundant, leaving him on the sidelines, unsure of his purpose. So it is no surprise he stands with Sam when she confronts Flint about turning away from his friends in his hero worship of Chester. However, he is still skeptical about the foodimals, warning Sam that petting a Cheespider is "foodicide," until it's revealed that the Cheespider is just a large, meaty sweetheart.
Earl and the others are kidnapped by Sentinels of Safety and tied up with yellow police tape, which Earl cannot break. When Flint (with the help of Steve) rescues the gang, Earl joins the horde of Foodimals and helps reclaim the FLDSMDFR. This time, upon restoring the FLDSMDFR, he repeats his line from earlier: "It's enough to make a grown man cry." But this time, he recognizes that it's okay to show strong emotions, allowing himself to cry tears of joy.
Trivia[]
- He was originally intended to be a gym coach who was also a volunteer policeman, therefore the reason why he's athletic.
- Earl's danger-sensing chest hair is reminiscent of Spider-Man's "spider sense."
- His DNA is somewhat absorbent, as shown as when his tear fell on a blueberry it gave him muscles and chest hair.
- Earl is allergic to cats.
External Links[]
- Officer Earl Devereaux on the Near Pure Good Wiki
- Officer Earl Devereaux on the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Wiki
- Officer Earl Devereaux on the Sony Pictures Animation Wiki
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