#chef mcmuesli

[fivehundredflies]

you better not be aphex twin when i fucking get there

[deadbeandrop]

early concept for a younger mcmuesli design

in The Only Substantial Episode Chef McMuesli Has, he mentions to edward that he "used to be a lot like him", which, i think is partially some kind of meta joke about how he's being used in the episode in like a camp counselor/therapist role despite a lot of his other appearances having him lose his temper all the time, but, i've always wanted to Actually work with that little detail and have everything i just mentioned be a lot more on purpose instead of just how it turned out by the time of that episode's production when they needed a character to fill that role

so, i wanna take edward and have both lumpus and mcmuesli be kind of "reflections" of paths he realizes he could be going down as an adult, where lumpus becomes his worst self over the summers but mcmuesli at least is very focused on self improvement and trying to be a better and healthier person even if he also still has plenty of issues, and i think it'd be interesting for edward to latch onto earning lumpus' authorital approval, realizing he doesn't want it, and then actually ends up being more stuck around mcmuesli... who, speaking of,

i need to work on the design more as with everything since these drawings are several years old at this point, but, the idea here is that he was sort of a rebellious bad boy with a bad temper throughout his early adulthood before getting into therapy, going vegan, and working to improve himself and all that

[amicus-19]

starting a collection

[campy-mccampface]

Bus Pass: Chef Heimlich McMuesli

Why are you like this.

Name: Heimlich McMuesli

Age: Early Fifties

Residence: His camping edition Volkswagen Bus

Origin: California, USA

Occupation: Chef, also grows fruits and veggies for farmers’ markets on the side

Orientation: Pansexual

Significant other(s): None, but several free love associates

Heimlich McMuesli is the resident cook at Camp Kidney. He’s a self-proclaimed vegetarian and his tendency to push this onto the scouts makes him unpopular at meal times. That said, he seems genuinely to care for them and only wants his idea of what’s best for them, (for better or worse.) He also doubles as a guidance counselor to them, utilizing New Age child therapist techniques and going to admirable pains to help campers such as Edward and Gretchen find peace. Per his own admission, he was an angry child and wants to put that behind him. He is however still short on patience at times, holier than thou, and very judgmental.

Biography: Canon and Headcanon

Heimlich was born to veteran hippie parents in California, not far from Prickly Pines. They ran a little farm and also sold art, clothing and handicrafts for income. He was an only child and thus was kept very busy by his parents helping them with their work. This lack of free time and constant delegation of chores made him very sour for a few years, but he mellowed out and quickly became a little clone of his parents, fully embracing hippie life and abstention from meat by the time he entered middle school.

As an adult, Heimlich began backpacking more often, especially in Peru, and his means of transport, a Volkswagen Bus fitted for camping, became his steadiest home. His parents passed away back in the States while he was away, (though he had been regularly in touch and visited plenty,) and he was for a while very aggrieved, but recovered. Still, the old McMuesli Farm made him mournful just thinking about it, and he was increasingly interested in his own mobility. He sold the farm shortly after inheriting it and didn’t look back. Heimlich took several odd jobs as he went up and down the country, never staying rooted in one place but making many, many friends, (and free lovers too.)

His travels brought him back where he started in California, and his newest gig was the chef for a summer camp belonging to the Bean Scouts of America. His ideas of sustenance were… very untraditional for a crowd used to canned pork and beans, but no one else was applying for the job, especially due to its pittance salary. McMuesli, who was frugal, adept at self-support and needed no room and board, was able to make it work, and so he was hired (with much grumbling and mockery, to his face) by Scoutmaster Lumpus.

By the time of the show, McMuesli has been the camp cook for five years or so. This is far and away the longest he’s stayed in a single place since the sale of his parents’ farm, and although he has yet to say so aloud, he probably plans to stay even longer. The Bean Scouts of America, who are chronically cash-strapped, are now his biggest backers; any replacement would surely want a raise. This newfound sense of tenure-esque invincibility has affected Heimlich profoundly; whereas before he would serve meat at least three times a week in return for… being allowed to complain, he’s completely remade the food curriculum to what he sees as fit. He also has a megalomanic penchant for confiscating junk food contraband, complete with security CCTV and a bank vault. He’s… a character.

Not long after his arrival, McMuesli started his “Temper Tee-Pee” program. Slinkman, who we’ve seen is chronically overstretched, no doubt was thrilled at the prospect of some of his counseling duties being shouldered. He and McMuesli generally get along well, though the former can find Heimlich grating in his worst moments. McMuesli tried once to confiscate Slinkman’s usual diet soda, and only once. I won’t go into detail, but if you watch Slinkman “go ballistic” in “Slugfest” it was more or less a repeat. After which, Slinkman’s necessary daily caffeine was left unmolested and the two agreed never to speak of it again. (Where was I? Oh yeah, the tee-pee.)

The Temper Tee-Pee program, if you haven’t seen the eponymous episode, is basically a child therapy program run by McMuesli. Campers who have outbursts are issued “temper tickets” and join McMuesli in a bespangled, hippie-dippie little tent that reeks of incense, is full of Native American paraphenalia that comes off as a bit tacky in retrospect depending on McMuesli’s heritage, and has beanbag chairs that suck you in like quicksand. (No, it’s not considered a punishment. Officially.) Here, Heimlich does… pretty admirable work of trying to understand campers’ pain and resolving it. His methods are unconventional, (“and he smells it, too,” says the little Edward voice in my head,) but they work and aren’t patronizing to a scout. (Granted, Edward and Gretchen found the peace he wanted them to find by fantasizing about running him down with a roadroller, but the end justified the means: they chilled out and learned to vibe.)

Again, though, he’s not a pillar of nirvana himself. While trying to teach the Jelly trio how to make tofu frankfurters, he leaves in a huff to backpack in Peru, and leaves the whole camp chefless. This would be unacceptable anywhere else, but as has been said, McMuesli’s just that untouchable. Another occasion sees him get VERY worked up and out of line when the Jellies insinuate eating broccoli is like cutting down trees. And, when Scoutmaster Lumpus reminds him he’s trying to gain weight, McMuesli flees in hysterics, exclaiming that the moose is “not of this world.”

He’s something else. But then again, so’s everyone in this show.

[thefunkyfrogking]

Finally about time to bring back my lazlosona! *uses that as an excuse to draw some self ship art*

[serenadeofsunshine]

wanted to draw them in different clothes. Smiles

[delicateconstitution]

Welcome to my List of Guys! 🌟

my interests shift, and crushes come and go, so i'm sure this will always be updating — i don't really have a singular "big" favorite! i've liked many guys over the years, of course, so this is mostly a list of ones i still consider important to me or will be talked about on here at some point. there are some unlisted, of course, for a few reasons: my enjoyment of them may not match the theme of the blog, my attraction to them isn't as strong as the ones listed or has faded a lot in recent times, the interest is/was mostly brief and passing, or i am just TOO shy about it at the moment

i am not a particularly romantical person at the moment, so i often think of many of my fictional guys as more akin to beautiful artifacts that i observe from afar, freaks who i throw rocks at, or simply Lovers! i am biting and chewing these things apart. and occasionally, there is a wife or two in there...

—STUFF I LIKE! ❤️✨️

i enjoy a lot of characters since i always get my grubby little hands on everything, but my ultimate favs tend to follow some very predictable and long running patterns... i'm a fan of villains, any sort of arrogance or smug suavity, awful and obnoxious/sleazy cartoon men who are full of themselves, jerks with a heart of gold, pathetic and desperate losers, uptight/high-strung/repressed killjoys, gay little assistants, men who are feminine, elegant, and/or flamboyant, cute fat dads, and shy/gentle/silly sweethearts too! in terms of appearances, i also enjoy glasses, and big, curly hair... apparently. somehow so much and so little variety! how DO i do it!

other, more in-depth talk about my preferences and details i enjoy about characters will be filed under #notes, while general characterposting is filed under... well, #characterposting.

Sorry for being attracted to men. I won't do it again 😔💔

CARTOONS 📝🎭

—THE SIMPSONS

—Waylon Smithers Jr. 📋

—Sideshow Bob 🔪

—Artie Ziff 🐙

Others: Moe Szyslak 🍺

—BOJACK HORSEMAN

—Bojack Horseman 🎭

—Flip McVicker 🐬

—BOB'S BURGERS

—Mr. Frond 🧶

—Hugo Habercore 🧼

—Mr. Ambrose 📚

Others: Grover Fischoeder 🍌

—ADVENTURE TIME

—Ice King/Simon Petrikov ❄️

—Magic Man 🪄🎩

—Peppermint Butler 🍬

Others: Prismo 💭

—CAMP LAZLO

—Scoutmaster Lumpus 🎣🫘 (i say i don't have a #1 favorite, but he does cut it awfully close on occasion...!)

—Slinkman 🍉

Others: Chef McMuesli 🐐

—THE SMURFS

—Brainy Smurf 📖

Others: Clumsy Smurf 🪨

—MOVIES

—Vic Diamond 💎 (Thelma the Unicorn)

—Randall Boggs 🦎 (Monsters, Inc.)

—Johnny Worthington III 🏆 (Monsters, Inc.)

—José Carioca 🦜 (The Three Caballeros)

—[REDACTED] ⚜️ <— Secret... 🤭

—OTHER

—Discord 🃏 (My Little Pony)

—Carl Chryniszzswics🔎 (Johnny Bravo)

VIDEO GAMES 🎮🕹

—POKÉMON

—Tabitha 🔥

—PSYCHONAUTS

—Dr. Loboto 🦷

—Gristol Malik 👑

—OTHER

—Luigi 👻 (Mario)

—Escargoon 🐌 (Kirby)

—ETC. 🎲

—DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON

—Chilchuck Tims 🔑

—Toshiro Nakamoto 🌻🐛

—ORIGINAL

—Marc A. Bouchard 📽 (OC)

—Hawthorne 🍸 (OC)

—Lester Izmor 🎀 (OC)

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Okay bye. Hides away forever 🏃‍♂️

[mekuyashima]

Matching Icons?... For You and Bae (or a friend) I wanted to play with some palettes and brushes I made, so have these cute Camp Lazlo Icons with lots of love, roses and glitter!!

[campy-mccampface]

beloveds

this thing + clams 🦏

[deadbeandrop]

throwing a tantrum, as per usual

[amicus-19]

today's lazlo doodles (with bonus slinkman)

[campy-mccampface]

YOU PSYCHOTIC SALAD SPINNER!!

[campy-mccampface]

weeping

alternate title 'camp lazlo characters react to you coming out as gay'

[thefunkyfrogking]

AU where they still went with McMuesli being a deacon and having another chef take his place.

[official-ducktown]

I HAD TO

[cursedcamplazlopics]