WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the Doom Patrol Season 1 episode "Donkey Patrol," streaming now on DC Universe.

Alan Tudyk's sinister Mr. Nobody was established in the Doom Patrol premiere as an omniscient, and opinionated, narrator, fully aware that the oddball heroes are characters on a TV show he's convinced the world doesn't need. But in the second episode, "Donkey Patrol," he moves off the sidelines to become a full-fledged antagonist. Don't think he relinquish his storyteller role, however, as he actually expands upon his omniscience to include knowledge of not only comic creators, but also fandom.

We're provided with clues to the history of Nobody's grudge against Doom Patrol founder Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton), which can be traced back to Paraguay, so central to the villain's origin. We also come to realize that he's more than a sharp tongue and a fragmented face: Nobody is so powerful that his words may be able to alter events around him, although the Chief expresses skepticism about that.

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Aboard the Doom Patrol's school bus with his old foe in the opening moments of "Donkey Patrol," Nobody welcomes viewers back to the "shitshow" with a mustache-twirling glee as he catches them up to speed on events -- namely, that an enormous hole has opened up in Cloverton, Ohio, posing a threat that "our merry band of misfits" may not be equipped to confront. When a bemused Chief asks to whom he's speaking, Nobody demonstrates that he knows his audience perfectly.

Mr Nobody in Doom Patrol

"Grant Morrison fans, Reddit trolls with DC subscriptions," he replies nonchalantly, "and the three new fans who stuck around after the donkey fart." It's a small demographic, perhaps, but highly coveted.

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Morrison is, of course, the Scottish writer who jettisoned to fame at DC in the late 1980s, first with a stint on Animal Man and then, with artist Richard Case, a surreal reimagining of Doom Patrol. That run introduced such memorable characters as Crazy Jane (played on the live-action series by Diana Guerrero), the sentient roadway Danny the Street, the Charles Atlas parody Flex Mentallo, and the villainous Brotherhood of Dada.

Tudyk's character was very nearly little more than a footnote in Doom Patrol history, appearing as Mr. Morden in a single issue in 1964. However, Morrison reintroduced him during his run as Mr. Nobody, and gave him an origin, one involving an ex-Nazi scientist and a period spent in Paraguay. So, perhaps we should consider Nobody's name-drop as a simple "thank you."

Streaming now on DC Universe, Doom Patrol stars Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele, Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor, Diana Guerrero as Crazy Jane, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody, April Bowlby as Rita Farr, Joivan Wade as Vic Stone, and Timothy Dalton as Niles Caulder.