Howie (Almost Naked Animals)

Howie is the main protagonist of the Canadian animated series Almost Naked Animals. He is the owner of the Banana Cabana and is a huge fan of Dirk Danger. He has a rivalry with his older sister Poodle, who owns a competing hotel named the Chateau Chattoo, and who seeks to drive him out of business. Howie is voiced by Robert Tinkler.

Why He Needs to Put Some Clothes On

 * 1) To get the hat out of the bag: His design is very ugly and uncanny, and is incredibly disturbing and repulsive to look at, since he is shaved, and he looks like a naked, furless version of Crash Bandicoot. In fact, his design can even give the Brothers Grunts' designs a run for their money. (To be fair, every character in Almost Naked Animals has the same problems with their designs.)
 * 2) Robert Tinkler (Max & Gingka) does a poor job voicing him, due to him sounding very annoying and bland.
 * 3) His smile is creepy and uncanny. It can even look unsettling at times.
 * 4) He is completely oblivious to everything and doesn’t care what happens around him.
 * 5) He has a really strange obsession with Dirk Danger, as he has various merchandise of Dirk all over his room and he talks about him all the time whenever he's hanging out in his room.
 * 6) He doesn’t seem to care about his employees and barely sympathizes for them. Instead, he frequently annoys them and gets on their nerves very often, not to mention he's also oblivious to how he treats them.
 * 7) * This is especially notable with Octo (who is Howie's best friend), since Howie often puts him in uncomfortable positions to the point that he suffers from pain. Thus, Howie can also qualify as a fake friend due to how he treats Octo.
 * 8) He refuses to listen to his friends' rules and does stuff that his friends tell him not to do, especially in "No Howies Allowed".
 * 9) * In The episode, Bunny does not want Howie to visit her while she has a sleepover, and Howie legitmally continues to try to get in her room,


 * 1) He can be quite destructive. He sometimes causes damage around the Banana Cabana, and it even gets to the point that he destroyed the hotel several times.
 * 2) He provides tons of gross-out humor, which is excessively nauseating and unfunny. Some of the humor he provides is inappropriate and risqué as well, such as a scene in one episode, where he lands on a bar on his crotch.
 * 3) He has even twerked a couple of times.
 * 4) He sometimes doesn't get punished for his actions (which is due to his idiocy), making him an Idiot Houdini.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He does have some moments where he cares about his friends, showing that he can be caring deep down.
 * 2) He can be admittedly funny every now and then.
 * 3) He actually does learn from his mistakes.
 * 4) He improved slightly in season 3 (except in "No Howies Allowed"), though not by much.