Big Tex Arkana

Big Tex Arkana is one of the antagonists in the Netflix stop-motion series Buddy Thunderstruck. He is the father of Tex Jr and owner of the Gold Brick Pawn shop. His plan is to let Buddy lose a truck race and sell Thunderstruck Trucking by thinking up ways to make his son win, even if it means to cheat.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) To start off the list, He is often notable for being a American Greetings and Stoopid Buddy Studioos ripoff of Mr. Krabs only with the personality of Moneybags due to him depicting as a greedy boar who owns a pawn shop and does illegal things in episodes he appeared in (though that turned down in the Sneezing Fits of Death onward) with "Buddy Double", "Get the Hock Out" and "Thunderstruck Rab Cab" all being the infamous offers of his greediness.
 * 2) The infamous scene where he laughs evilly while the screen turned to hellish red and stopped with creepy eyes like a hairy boar demon.
 * 3) He got away Scott free despite his illegal actions in earlier episodes 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.
 * 4) He has double standards as shown in 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 the same guy who is his son's rival in later episodes.
 * 5) *In "Get the Hock Out", he hires Buddy and Darnell to steal other people's things without even realizing that Big Tex has furniture at his house which shows his hypocrisy side yet again.
 * 6) He's also a complete cash cow with 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".
 * 7) 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.
 * 8) He’s extremely unlikable in "Get the Hock Out" and has (if not) the most notorious flanderization out of all the seven characters who appeared to be out-of-character in "Get the Hock Out" along with Auntie Uncle and Artichoke, as he illegality hires Buddy and Darnell without any money to pay him just to force Buddy and Darnell to scam and steal other people's things to the point of them becoming too depressed to punish both of them unlike Muncie and Artichoke who punished them for trying to steal things from them, even Muncie pointed that out for 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.
 * 9) He only cares about wanting Tex Jr to win a truck race so that he can steal Thunderstruck Trucking rather than celebrating Buddy's endless winning streak.

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.