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| “ | I think of [death row] as a bucket of piss to drown rats in! That's all! Anybody doesn't like it can kiss my ass! | „ |
| ~ Percy Wetmore expressing his sordid nature. |
| “ | I didn't know the sponge is supposed to be wet. | „ |
| ~ Percy claiming he "forgot" to wet the sponge as an attempt to get away with sabotaging Del's execution. |
Percy Wetmore is the secondary antagonist of the 1996 Stephen King serial novel The Green Mile, and its 1999 film adaptation. He is a sleazy, lazy, pompous, and extremely sadistic yet cowardly prison guard who enjoys toying with and tormenting death row inmates (particularly one named Eduard "Del" Delacroix), much to the chagrin of Paul Edgecombe and his colleagues.
He was portrayed by Doug Hutchison.
What Makes Him Pathetic?[]
- He is extremely loathsome. His haughty and exasperating nature generates contempt from both his fellow guards and the inmates.
- He lacks very many altruistic or positive traits, and is otherwise purely out to see death row inmates suffer until death.
- He is exceptionally cowardly, as shown when he panicked from being grabbed in an unwelcome fashion by William Wharton. Although Wharton is terrifying, it doesn’t take away from Wetmore’s cowardice as he remained scared enough to piss himself in front of everyone.
- Though he acts pompously when he is in a position of power, he immediately becomes defensive and craven at any semblance of a threat.
- When Wild Bill attempts to garrote Dean, Percy does nothing but stand by in fear, and Brutal has to get involved to neutralize the threat.
- After Percy causes Del to slip and fall, he gets groped by Wild Bill, causing him to wet his pants.
- After sabotaging Del's execution, he is taken by surprise and becomes frightened by Del's death, very likely because he was scared of the thought of such a gruesome death happening to him.
- Finally, when Paul and the other guards confront Percy to punish him for Del's death by locking him up in the padded room, Percy begs for them to let him go.
What Makes Him a Pinhead?[]
- He fails to consider what would happen if he foregoes wetting the sponge during Del's execution. This causes him to be caught by surprised and scared by Del's harrowing death.
- He makes no attempt to hide the fact that he had sabotaged Del's execution. After his fellow guards confront him, he makes a lousy attempt to weasel his way out of his predicament by blatantly lying that he did not know the sponge had to be wet.
- He lacks any genuine competence or skills. He is only manages to torment death row inmates because he has power as a prison guard, and when his power is taken away (refer to the above instances) he is unable to pose even a marginal threat.
Trivia[]
- He is the current icon of the Pathetic Pinhead Wiki and is also the icon of the Mature Template.
- He was the first Pathetic Pinhead ever proposed.
External Links[]
- Percy Wetmore at the Villains wiki
- Percy Wetmore at the Villainous Benchmark wiki
- Percy Wetmore at the Hate Sink wiki
- Percy Wetmore at the Stephen King wiki
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