Gerry Geronimo
Gerry represents Simon

Glonek’s Imagination. He’s

a bright yellow rabble-rouser,

always ready to break into

song and make everyone

laugh. But the Captain

imprisons Gerry in Simon's

teenage years and he

languishes in the Glonek

prisons until Nora, Lisa's

Imagination, sets him free in

an explosion of love at first

sight. He comes to power

during the Valentine’s Day

Revolution, enjoys a

honeymoon period, is slowly

worn down and finally falls out

of favour, as do all politicians.

An agitator, too romantic

to be a real leader, Gerry is

incapable of compromise.

A real lefty!

The Captain
Simon’s Reason, a cold and

self-satisfied being. From the

height of his power, the

Captain’s sworn motto is:

stability, rigour & authority

and he reigns as a pitiless

dictator over Simon’s inner

self. Until the day he is

deposed by the Valentine’s

Day Revolution. Humiliated,

he retires from political life to

write his memoirs. When the

Depressor surges ahead in

the polls, Gerry recalls the

Captain to form a government

of national union but within

the newly uninhibited Simon,

he never regains his former glory.

Mister S
The third component of the

Pole of Pluralist Psyche,

Mister S symbolises Simon's

Subconscious. He is a

charming manipulator,

cynical, lawless, faithless

and does as he pleases.

With a very high opinion of

himself, he refers to himself

with the royal ‘we’, as did

Napoleon. ‘Appearing’ to

Gerry, who is recovering from

a failed assassination

attempt on his own life,

Mister S takes advantage

of the situation to remove

him from power. Soon after,

Mister S has to make

concessions and agree to

share the spoils. Regardless,

he is still really in charge.

Arnold Depressor
Depression constantly haunts

Simon, personified by Arnold

Depressor. In the beginning

the Depressor is a sort of big

red sticky ball. Over time he

takes on a human form, a

respectable guise, designed

not to frighten voters. He

becomes Arnold Depressor,

a mixture of Le Pen, Mao,

Mussolini and Adolf Hitler,

his absolute hero. A total

nihilist, Arnold has but one

goal - psychological jihad -

Simon's suicide.

Professor Appelflap
The Glonekian Mister Fixit.

A scientific authority

representing Simon’s body.

He considers himself above

politics and only wants what’s

best for Simon. A renowned

inventor, he is the father of

the sex-appeal multiplier and

the Geronimobile. Although he

is notoriously bad-tempered,

Appleflap has everybody’s ear,

particularly Gerry’s. As for the

Captain, he finds the professor

insolent and Mister S

despises his mathematical

practicality.

The Committee of Ethics

This is the Cabinet of the

Glonekian government.

It consists of six all but

brain-dead members, each

one as doddery and

incompetent as the other.

The geriatrics’ sole purpose

is to maintain their positions

by flattering those in power.

Whoever that may be.

Their two favourite

occupations are eating

and sleeping.