Stuart "2D" Pot

Stuart Harold Pot

2D

23 May, 1978

Hertfordshire, England

40 (2018)

British

David Tusspot (Father) Rachel Tusspot (Mother) Unknown aunt (dead)

Gorillaz frontman, lead vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter

Human

Heterosexual

6'2" (1.88m)

Stuart Pot was born on 23rd May 1978, the son of David and Rachel Tusspot. However, shortly after his birth, his father changed his name to 'Stuart Pot' to prevent him from being bullied at school. The Pots lived in a normal comfortable family home in Crawley New Town. His Father, David, was a mechanic and all-round electronic tinker-er fairground rides. Stuart's mother was a nurse, and it was she who secured the endless supply of painkillers for the terrible migraines that Stuart suffered from. When Stuart was 11 years old he fell out of a tree, landing on his head, causing a complete and total loss of bodily hair. When it did finally grow back, the natural color was a vibrant azure blue. Stuart was a polite, well-mannered boy, with little to say for himself. Less charitable people could possibly describe the young Stuart Pot as, maybe, a bit thick. His upbringing, like Stuart himself, was mainly unremarkable and uneventful. Also despite what Stu-Pot says ("I was more into films back then. 'Meantime', 'Scum', 'Made in Britain'. Know what I mean? Plus, I was a big fan of zombie flicks too. 'Dawn of the Dead', 'Evil Dead', 'Zombie Flesh Eaters'. I was well into Lucio Fulci, The Godfather of Gore. I really loved his film 'Zombie' and 'The Gates Of Hell' too. And George Romero's stuff was brilliant! I liked Cronenberg's 'Rabid' and 'The Brood'. Abel Ferrara's 'Driller Killer' was another cool film. 'The Exorcist' and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' too. But 'Dawn of the Dead' is still probably my favourite. I dunno what it is but something about zombies just really creeps me out. The way they move really slowly but they always seem to get you in the end. Really freaks me out, but that's why I watch 'em, I guess."), music, alongside films, had always played a large part in his life. David and Rachel Pot both recall Stuart as an excitable ten-year-old jumping around his bedroom to a noisy backdrop of The Jam, The Specials, The Clash, Wire and Buzzcocks...

Stuart was working as a Saturday boy at Uncle Norm's Organ Emporium when his life changed forever after hooligan Murdoc Niccals, age 31, with the purpose of stealing keyboards, smashed through the wall of the building in his Vauxhall Astra, which landed bumper first on the side of Stuart's head, causing his eye to push inward, fracture. It also put him in a coma and a deep catatonic state instantly. Murdoc was arrested and sentenced to '30,000 hours of community service, plus 10 hours every week of caring for the vegetabilised Stu-Pot. Though Murdoc's 'Care in the Community' service usually involved as much mistreatmeant of the deaf, dumb and blind Stuart Pot as Murdoc could squeeze into his appointed time-slot. Kicking, slapping, punching, dragging, dunking, catapulting... nothing seemed to affect the catatonic kid. Until one incident went a little bit too far. In a poor attempt to impress some women, Murdoc performed a 360 in a car park in Nottingham with his vehicle. This sent Stuart crashing through the windscreen, hitting his head on the curb and fracturing his other eye. When Stuart awoke after sliding through the cement for about a mile, he turned to look at Murdoc. This was the moment when Murdoc knew he had his frontman. Murdoc then nicknamed Stuart '2-D', which stands for the 'Two Dents' that Stuart now had in his head instead of two eyes.

In 1998, 2-D and Murdoc moved into Kong Studios and assembled Russel Hobbs to join them. 2-D's girlfriend, Paula Cracker, was originally the band's first guitar player but was soon fired after Russel caught her giving Murdoc a blowjob in the studio toilets. 2-D was upset about this and he and Paula broke up. Later, 2-D began dating Rachel Stevens, a former member of S-Club 7 and invited her to the band's first gig at the Camden Brownhouse. After Gorillaz attended the record label signing party, Rachel broke up with 2-D the next day, after Murdoc spent most of the evening hitting on her to get her attention. After Gorillaz played their last gig at the Isle of MTV in Portugal, Gorillaz moved to Los Angeles to write a film and tension began to grow between the band members. After suggesting many crazy ideas for the film, Murdoc snapped and attacked 2-D, almost choking him. Luckily, Russel saved him, but after that fight, the band split up.

During the Gorillaz hiatus, 2-D stayed in Los Angeles. He spent a couple of nights at Britt Ekland's flat, but he left because of her habit of running around naked, banging on the walls and never getting any sleep. 2-D finally left L.A to work at his father's funfair in Eastbourne. He used to collect money for a ride called 'The Switchback Ride', and there he met Shane Lynch, a former member of Boyzone, and they became good friends. By the time they met, 2-D adopted a teddy boy style and used to stroll the city along with Shane. 2-D didn't really think about Gorillaz until a couple of years later, when he received a text message from Noodle and, with that, he decided to return to Kong with fully restored confidence after he realized he was responsible for the Gorillaz’ success.

After the El Mañana conspiracy, 2-D and Russel were frantic about Noodle's supposed death. Although it was a hoax, the band went separate ways but not for long. 2-D was, according to Murdoc, "...pouncing off somewhere. He's probably gonna try and become an actor or a model or whatever..." then moving forward he began his music career

Murdoc said that 2-D was "away on a vacation at a Jamaican beach." On 13 November however, the D-Sides text in the G-Shop stated that 2-D was currently completing a law degree.

2-D returned to the band during the events of Plastic Beach after being forcefully kidnapped by the Boogieman under Murdoc's command.

Murdoc revealed that he had kidnapped 2-D and was holding him against his will on Plastic Beach, enlisting his vocal talents for use on the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. It was revealed through various media on the trailer in which this kidnapping was revealed that 2-D was in a small flat in BeirutW at the time, for reasons which are still unknown. In the Plastic Beach adventure game on the Gorillaz website, 2-D stated that Murdoc had "kindly" gassed him and shipped him to Plastic Beach, where he was forced to sing for Murdoc's new demos. His room was located on floor B2.

During the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour, 2-D wrote a new Gorillaz album, The Fall, all by himself, which Murdoc apparently knew nothing about.

Throughout the iTunes Session interview, 2-D deliberately insults Murdoc just to spite him for the horrible things he has done to him, and physically attacked him when Murdoc brought up the Paula Cracker incident, a sore subject for 2-D.

After the events of Plastic Beach, 2-D was eaten by a Great White Whale named Massive Dick and was presumed dead. After years of consuming trash, the whale ultimately died from its diet and washed ashore.

Stranded on a deserted island, 2-D was forced to eat the whale's rotting blubber to survive. Worth noting, 2-D had a perpetual fear of whales up until this experience, but now appears to have overcome it thanks to growing an emotional attachment to Massive. Months later, 2-D spotted a plane flying over the island. Unfortunately, the plane did not see him. 23 minutes later, he was in the middle of a beach party. It was later discovered that 2-D was in fact not lost at sea but, on the island of Guadalupe.

In Heathrow, United Kingdom, a man approached 2-D and offered to drive him to West London to reunite with Murdoc and the rest of the band. After multiple failed attempts of persuasion from the man, 2-D agreed to reunite with his captor in West London to work on the band's next album.

Following the incarceration of Murdoc, 2-D became the temporary leader of the band, with Ace of the Gangreen Gang temporarily taking Murdoc's place as the band's bassist. With Murdoc holding 2-D captive both figuratively and literally, 2-D's confidence in his own abilities grew substantially enough that he went on to release his own album, The Now Now. During this phase, 2-D began to gain a considerable amount of confidence in himself to the point of appearing rude and arrogant. Russel and Noodle initially accepted this as a part of his transformation after being free from the shackles of Murdoc's abuse. However, as time progressed, his ego became more prominent and had grown huge without Murdoc in the group.
In the music video for "Humility," 2-D is roller-skating happily around Venice Beach, California while Noodle plays chess with Remi Kabaka Jr. and Ace subsides in a basketball court. 2-D has been depicted as having a high affinity towards Ace compared to Murdoc, stating that 'he's cool and really respects me.' Despite this, Ace has still been known to tease 2-D as much as the others. For example, at one point, Ace once stole a toaster from 2-D and sold it to Russel for $5, who then sold it back to 2-D for $10. 2-D once recalled a moment where he greeted Ace and he responded with 'Please, will you get out of my way?'

"Stuart has a kind heart and sings like an angel. 2D joined Gorillaz after Murdoc ran him over with his car, twice. 2D doesn't mind, he still has his dream of one day working in a funfair. But Gorillaz will do for now. Some people say 2D has his head in the clouds. It's more like he has clouds in his head. 2D describes himself as having many layers, like a lasagna."

2-D is a very tall and thin guy. His height is 6'2ft (188cm), which is why he has long legs. He also has big palms. His hair has been a vibrant azure blue color after he fell off the tree when he was 11. His pushed inwards eyeballs were completely black since each one of them has been once fractured because of Murdoc, but now they are completely white as 2'D's mental condition has became better after Murdoc was imprisoned and replaced by Ace. 2-D is also missing 2 front teeth. 2-D wears a white T-shirt with a red collar, short green shorts, long white socks and white roller skates with red and green wheels. There's also a watch with a blue strap on his left hand.

1. 2-D found out his father's original surname was Tusspot through the Gorillaz fan website Gorillaz-Unofficial and didn't believe it.
2. 2-D can't tie shoelaces and has to ask someone to do it for him.
3. His speech has a Cockney accent (or close to it).
4. 2-D is considered a "handsome man" and the frontman of the Gorillaz group, he is childishly naive and good-natured.
5. 2-D is a kind-hearted man suffering from vision and intellectual problems. He got all his injuries because of Murdoc, but because of the constant beatings, he doesn't really realize that anything happened at all.
6. Despite the absence of two front teeth, 2-D sings cleanly and clearly.
7. 2-D is addicted to painkillers.
8. Embolophrasia can often be observed in 2-D's casual speech.
9. 2-D sometimes squints his eyes.