How many characters have actually fought in wars?
I’m sure there more than just him and Grandpa Pickles from Rugrats.
Mr.Krabs was in the navy but did he actually fight a war?
Veteran Characters
Mason Long
Noah Powell
Abe “Grandpa” Simpson and Mr. Burns were WWII vets
Zachary Reyes
I don't think it specifically states whether Krabs saw combat, but there's evidence in favor of it. Krusty Krab training video states that he fell into a depression after the war, and he has a bunch of old vet buddies with ridiculous injuries, like the torpedo chest guy.
Considering it's Spongebob, I think if the writers ever had to really explain how he got a torpedo in his chest, they'd just come up with some wacky non-violent reason for it, but until then I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that they saw some kind of combat together.
Liam Ross
Forgot pic
Asher Bell
Cotton Hill killed fiddy men and had his shins blown off in Korea
Luke Jenkins
There’s Donald Duck.
Jose Miller
I also remember a Barks comic where it was mentioned that Scrooge served in the Boer War, and he uses some of his old weapons. I believe it was one of the first stories where the Beagle Boys appeared, around 1950-1951
Dylan Peterson
No wonder Glomgold hates him.
William Allen
Oh and also in the cartoon "Fly With Von Drake" (1963), Ludwig Von Drake mentioned he served in the air force in 1917 (WW1). Also the fact that he's Austrian implies that he served on the baddies' side.
Dominic Perez
Aiden Lopez
Here's the full quote from Disney Wiki (the cartoon itself can be found online pretty easily)
>In Fly with Von Drake, Ludwig claims to have served in the air force in 1917, where he earned himself the dubious nickname of "Ludwig "Eddie Von Richthofen" Drake". During his first flight in combat, he shot down five planes--five planes from his own side, that is, with Ludwig remarking that he's been wearing glasses ever since.
Jayden Moore
>Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen re-organized from a balloon corps in 1912
Seems legit.
>During his first flight in combat, he shot down five planes--five planes from his own side, that is, with Ludwig remarking that he's been wearing glasses ever since.
Not surprising, given that aviation warfare was just starting up.
Nathan Diaz
And Skinner is a Vietnam vet
Jonathan Sullivan
And Skinner's father, Barney Gumble's father and Chief Wiggum's father served in the same company as Burns and Grampa Simpson
Ryan Diaz
Do friendly fire incidents count?
>"And that's when it happened. None of us saw it coming - most of all, me."
>"You've got 45 seconds, private! Let me see you clean that rifle!"
>"Yes, sir!"
>(Martin drops rifle, goes off)
>"Christopher Columbus on a cracked-wheat cracker, who discharged that weapon?!"
>"I shot my own colonel."
Nolan Clark
I don't remember this episode
Julian Taylor
yancy fry sr from futurama was a vietnam war veteran. it was basically his entire character.
Nolan Phillips
Wasn't it Korea?
>We had to eat Kim Chi. He was our interpreter.
John Baker
"Veterans Day," where Steely Phil singlehandedly wins the Battle of the Bulge. (And wedgies Goebbels.)
Martin Johannsen, Gerald's dad, ends up as a file clerk in Vietnam and saves a wounded soldier outside of An Loc, but not before shooting his CO in the butt due to inadequate basic training.
Elijah Jones
>WWI
>anybody being the baddies
I'm American to the core, but the Krauts were damn good adversaries during the First World War.
Wyatt Barnes
Everytime there's an Alien invasion in comics everyone should get veteran status.
Ayden Adams
Popeye was in the Navy
but it's hard to count WW2 propaganda cartoons because they literally all were
Kayden Ortiz
pic makes him look like he's hailing hitler
Jaxon Reed
>And wedgies Goebbels
It was Hitler
Ryan Miller
I think he just bought the cannon
Mason Bennett
But why would he be in South Africa at the time of the Boer War if he had NOT been drafted into the army? Weren't all able bodied Scotsmen required to fight on the British empire side.
Elijah Hill
Wouldn’t he have already been American at the time?
Jose Richardson
I dunno...Does/did moving to another country mean one could be exempt from the draft in time of war? Barks portrayed Scrooge as a young man during the late 1890s, so unless he was a draft dodger he must have taken part. (Besides, at least until he built his money bin, Scrooge was probably not an American citizen, but an illegal immigrant--13 year olds are definitely not allowed to legally move to abroad by themselves, and by the time he reached the age of majority he had left the US and was traveling all over the world to find his fortune).
Ayden Nguyen
Its the Roman salute, retard.
Chase Foster
They fought to keep foul language from children's ears.
Aaron King
>Geralt dad was at 'nam
>end up in a desk post
based and smart negro man
Henry Allen
Did Lou always have that stache in the various flashbacks?
Michael Gomez
>Weren't all able bodied Scotsmen required to fight on the British empire side.
No. Britain never had conscription outside of the world wars.
Isaac Rodriguez
They were able to have truces on Christmas and probably would've called the whole war off if it were up to those actually fighting in it.
Joseph Morgan
Landon Martin
Based pride poster
Christopher Gonzalez
Sebastian Gonzalez
Sebastian Powell
You have no idea how many I've been compared to him
t. Vice principal who served in the Gulf War
Dominic Johnson
>woodland camo in the desert
Eli Allen
iktf
I was a POG so my unit went to the Gulf wearing all woodland. Didn't touch a single desert cammie during my time there.
Juan Sanders
>Korea
Japan
>"TOJO TOOK MAH SHINS!"
William Ross
In the originals comics Popeyes mentions serving in the navy during the Spanish-American war, which was in 1898.
Jonathan Morris
I was an 11B. Saw combat in Operation Just Cause and Operation Restore Hope for whatever that's worth.
Hudson Moore
Kevin Swanson fought in the invasion of Iraq
David Young
he was in south africa searching for gold amids the diamond rush 1887
he could have dealings after the first boer war
Ayden Taylor
dont forget donald fought in the pacific as a commando
Luis Roberts
Nope. The first boer war lasted from 1880-1881, so he couldn't have bought it right after that war. Also, you're referring to a story made by Don Rosa 40+ years after Barks's story, so it has no bearing on the intention of that 1951 Barks comic.
Ian Hall
>drops rifle, goes off
Firearms don't work that way.
Nolan Sanchez
They do.
Most firearms misfires comes from dropping it. If the impact is enough to release the firing pin, it will discharge.
Sebastian Peterson
Lucas Allen
deserter
Christopher Collins
Japan did control Korea during WW2.
Tyler Clark
Oliver Rogers