Big Tex Arkana

Big Tex is one of the characters in the Netflix stop-motion series Buddy Thunderstruck. Big Tex is Tex Jr's father and owner of the Gold Brick Pawn shop. His plan is to steal Buddy's company by thinking up ways to make his son win, even if it means to cheat.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He's basically a Buddy Thunderstruck version of Mr. Krabs, but as a greedy boar who owns a pawn shop in earlier episodes he appeared in with "Buddy Double", "Get the Hock Out" and "Thunderstruck Rab Cab" being the biggest offers of his greediness.
 * 2) He is often notable for doing illegal things such as hiring two people (Buddy and Darnell) with no money just to scam and take people's items away despite them already paying for them in his pawnshop as seen in the infamous episode "Get the Hock Out" and stealing driving secrets from other people, both of which are very illegal and he could get arrested in real life.
 * 3) The infamous scene where he laughs evilly while the screen turned to hellish red and stopped with creepy eyes like a hairy boar demon.
 * 4) He got away Scott free despite his evil actions on Buddy like hiring Jacko to make everybody hate Buddy (which he got arrested for his crimes all over town), stealing Buddy's driving secrets for his son, "Tex Jr.", and even tricking Buddy and Darnell to steal other people's things just so that they can get their stuff back which however got stopped by Artichoke for stealing his motorcycle when he told them to get the chopper.
 * 5) He's also a hypocrite in earlier episodes, in "Buddy Double", when Tex Jr lost the truck race, Big Tex took it too seriously by yelling "Fart Nugget! Oh I hate me some Buddy Thunderstruck" yet he talks and made deals to him in later episodes.
 * 6) *In "Get the Hock Out", he hires Buddy and Darnell to steal other people's things without even realizing that he has furniture at his house which shows his hypocrisy side yet again.
 * 7) He has (if not) one of the seven most notorious flanderization out of all the characters who appeared in "Get the Hock Out" even worse than Buddy, Muncie, Auntie Uncle, Robby Burgles, Mama Possum and Artichoke as he breaks three laws (hiring people free, scamming and stealing), yet he never got arrested for any of these, turning Buddy and Darnell into sinful criminal truckers who cares more about being repo men than their usual careers and the latter even pee in front of women in public and they both got punished by Muncie and Artichoke for trying to steal things from them, though Darnell does have a point about being a repo man is bad and is illegal to steal other peoples' stuff which is one of the main reasons why "Get the Hock Out" was hated by many fans.
 * 8) *In fact, the people in Greasepit were so depressed and bad that they don't even bother to go to the Gold Brick Pawn Shop to get their stuff back or call Sheriff Cannonball on Buddy and Darnell for breaking, peeing, stealing and running over things with Buddy's truck.
 * 9) He's also a complete cash cow to his son Tex Jr. since he made promotions of him with his "lucky" 13 number, overshadowing Buddy Thunderstruck who is the most popular racer just because of Tex Jr taking the lead while he is late just for him to win the cash money despite his son being the least popular out of all the six racers (especially compared to Buddy's popularity among Figure 8 fans) since he crashes his truck and nobody interests in his promotions, especially the billboard Big Tex made in the episode "Buddy Double".
 * 10) When Buddy realized that stealing other people's things are against the law and told him to give everybody's stuff, Big Tex refuses so and say "Over my dead..." until Artichoke arrives.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) At least he got better since "The Sneezing Fits of Death" after Tex Jr. become friends with Buddy and Darnell.
 * 2) He become less greedier and cruel to Buddy and Darnell than earlier episodes.
 * 3) His boar design is decent.
 * 4) Harry Chaskin is spot on at his role.
 * 5) He is a decently funny character at times, especially in later episodes.
 * 6) The idea of a boar running a pawnshop is still interesting along with the show's idea.
 * 7) He got some karma from Artichoke along with Buddy and Darnell for stealing his motorcycle in Get the Hock Out, though this isn't enough to remove him from the Karma Houdini party.