Pops

Pops Maellard is a rich, thin humanoid lollipop whose father owns the park as well as the house, which Pops shares with Mordecai and Rigby. According to the Cartoon Network website, he is a billionaire that was locked up and protected for all or most of his childhood, which is why he takes such child like delight in everything he sees and does. He made his unofficial debut in J.G. Quintel's 2005 short film "The Naive Man from Lolliland" as an unnamed immigrant from Lolliland. Later, he made a small cameo in the next short "2 in the AM PM." He then made an official appearance in The Pilot. As shown in Skips vs. Technology, Pops is about 101 years old.

Appearance
Pops is, simply put, lollipop-shaped. His body and limbs are all very stick-like while his head is unusually large. He always wears a gentlemanly suit-and-slacks as well as a top hat. Pops also sports a white curved moustache. Aside from his facial hair, Pops is entirely bald (and has been for quite a while, as seen in Prank Callers)

Cartoon Network Character Page Description
"Pops might look human, but is actually a lollipop from Lolliland. He's been filthy rich and ridiculously sheltered his whole life, so he takes a childlike delight in virtually everything."

Personality
Pops is in a perpetually optimistic mood, to a childish extent. He can best be described as being bubbly and effervescent most of the time, taking interest in the little things. However, Pops isn't one to be jolly when he is disrespected; when this happens, Pops does the unusual (Really Real Wrestling, Dizzy, etc.) Whenever he is not acting childishly, Pops acts like a gentleman, always addressing others politely, with one sole exception (Think Positive), where he serves as the main antagonist for the first time.

Pops' good mood makes him very gullible. Although anyone can take advantage of this, people (especially park workers) still respect Pops as a friend.

Pops-Themed Content

 * Pops' Taxi (Ello Gov'nor)
 * Pops's Harpsichord (Mordecai and the Rigbys)
 * Pops's House (The majority of episodes)
 * Pops's Ironing Board (Prank Callers)
 * Pops's Outfit
 * Pops's Junk (Creepy Doll)
 * Pops's Keyboard (This Is My Jam)
 * Pops's Phonograph (A few episodes)
 * Pops's Poetry Outfits (Rap It Up)
 * Pops' Garage (Some episodes)
 * Pops's Portraits (Many episodes)
 * Pops's Ballbo catcher (A few episodes)

Quotes

 * See Pops/Quotes

Trivia

 * Pops owns three cars, his Checker Taxi cab from Ello Gov'nor, his flying Mini Cooper from Really Real Wrestling, and Carmenita from Cruisin'.
 * He also made an appearance in 2 in the AM PM when the two clerks are fighting, the proto-Mordecai becomes proto-Pops.
 * He is the only recurring character who has not been an antagonist to Mordecai and Rigby before. Margaret and Eileen were rivals with them in Cruisin, Skips tried to stop the two from having fun on The Power in the episode The Power, Benson and Muscle Man with High Five Ghost are regular antagonists to them.
 * Pops' appearance bears a striking resemblance toward humans, even though he is a lollipop.
 * An explanation for Pops to use lollipops instead of money is that he is from Lolliland, where it is possible that lollipops were used as a form of currency. (For instance, a butterscotch ripple equates to $100.) However, his father does not seem to share this confusion, so it may just be due to his brain problems and sheltered life, although his father probably knows that lollipops are only used as money in Lolliland.
 * Pops' favorite thing to read is Mustache Monthly.
 * Pops is seen naked three times.
 * In Dizzy, his last name is revealed to be "Maellard".
 * In This Is My Jam it revealed that he can dance because he said that he is not going to use his "best dance moves" and he can play the keyboard.
 * He can also play the piano/keyboard in "This Is My Jam".
 * In Jinx it's shown that he likes to look at his reflection in the water fountain.
 * Along with Mordecai and Rigby, Pops appears in all of the season one episodes (if one counts the painting of him in Grilled Cheese Deluxe).
 * In "Prank Callers", Pops has no mustache in the 1980s, but he has one while he was in high school as shown in "Really Real Wrestling".
 * Pops became an antagonist for the first time in Think Positive.
 * It is shown Pops likes to play with military figurines in Think Positive.
 * In Think Positive, it's show that he is a talent drawer.
 * In Skips vs. Technology shows that he was born somewhere in the late 1800s, and we first see him as a child.
 * Also in In Skips vs. Technology shows that he use to have brown hair.

Gallery


The gallery for Pops can be viewed here.