2D

Stuart Pot (born Stuart Harold Tusspot, 23 May 1978), better known by his nickname 2D, is the fictional lead vocalist, keyboardist and frontman of British virtual band Gorillaz.

2-D is tall and very thin, standing at 6'2 (though this has not at all been consistently depicted throughout the years). He has long limbs and fingers. His eyes were completely black due to eye trauma (more specifically, due to 8-ball fractures, as broken blood vessels in both of his eyes caused his irises to fill with blood). He has had naturally blue hair ever since he was eleven, after he fell out of a tree, which caused all his hair to fall out and grow back deep azure blue. His original hair colour used to be brown.

2-D has consistently been depicted as a soft and gentle person, the kind who "would never hurt a fly", but also as extremely passive and easily distracted, being often described (mostly by Murdoc) as behaving akin to a lobotomized person (though he has never actually got one). This led him to suffer intense bullying throughout his childhood and become Murdoc's preferred target when committing his physical and psychological abuse from Phases 1 to 3 (as Russel was significantly stronger than him and Noodle was still a mere child). He has, however, been shown to be able to stand up for himself when needed, such as while being held captive for the shooting of the On Melancholy Hill music video and when confronting Murdoc after the band's reunion in Phase 4 or his return in Phase 5.

Stuart was born in Hertfordshire, England, to parents David and Rachel Tusspot, though his father changed his name to 'Stuart Pot' to prevent him from being bullied at school (a decision which ultimately led to Stuart being nicknamed 'Stu-Pot' instead). He spent most of his childhood and his early teen years in Hertfordshire before he and his family moved to Crawley, West Sussex following a lawsuit after he broke his piano teacher's hand.

He was educated at St. Wilfrid's School (the same school that educated the members of The CureW). His father, David Tusspot, worked as a mechanic and owner of the Tusspot's Fairground. His mother, Rachel Tusspot, was a nurse who supplied Stuart with migraine pills from his tree accident. While Stuart wasn't a very intelligent boy (indeed, he was often described as being "a bit thick"), he was known as a kind person and had a general love of music. His parents recall a little ten-year-old Stuart bouncing around in his room listening to The ClashW, Augustus PabloW, The Human LeagueW (his favorite band) and many other musicians of the sort. One day, he hit his head when falling from a tree at the age of eleven, causing all of his hair to fall out. When it came back it was a deep 'azure blue'.[4]

On 15 August 1997, when Stuart was 19, his life changed forever after hooligan Murdoc Niccals, age 31, purposefully crashed his Vauxhall Astra through the wall of Uncle Norm's Organ Emporium, where Stuart had been working, in an attempt to ram-raid the store and steal the synthesizers. Murdoc's bumper crashed into Stuart's face[5], landing him with an 8-ball fracture also known as hyphemaW, although he could still see through his injured eye. Murdoc was arrested and sentenced to carry out 30,000 hours (1250 days) of community service as well as care for the incapacitated Stuart for 10 hours every week.

One year later, in a poor attempt to impress some women, Murdoc performed a 360° spin in a Tesco 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. "A blue-haired, black-eyed god", Murdoc called him. Murdoc nicknamed Stuart '2-D', which stands for the 'Two Dents'. Rather amusingly, Stuart adored his new nickname, dropping the use of his birth name completely and even signing formal letters with the first name "Two" and surname "D". 2-D would appear to have a chronic history of violent blows to the head, coupled with a complete lack of natural intelligence. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett commented on this, saying that he has a blank sheet of paper where a brain should be. Despite this, he serves as Gorillaz's lead vocalist and songwriter for most of the band's albums.