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Role.

The prison director. The main character.

Basic Statistics.

Gender: Male. Species: ??% Human, ??%Shapeshifter. Hair color: Black. Eye color: Blueish purple.

Social Statistics.

Known: Most inmates. Friends: Alice, Jared, Jailbot, Ash (briefly), Stringray/Lord Stingray (briefly). Enemies: The Lady (formerly), Time Police, Time Court Judge.

Metadata.

First performance: Bunny Love. Last appearance: The Super Prison Six.

The Warden / Warden.

Born on December 25, 1960 (real name Mark Davis) is the main protagonist of Superjail. He is the warden of the prison, but he is not exactly in control of the events that occur on a daily basis, such as the brutal murders. His full species is unknown, but he appears to be part human and part an unknown supernatural being.

Biography.

Warden of the Past: The Warden's father worked as a warden at a regular prison, and raised his son inside the jail (his bedroom was located in one of the prison cells). As a disciplinarian, he was extremely strict and emotionally abusive towards his son, going so far as to force him to decapitate a puppy, to which he had given a cookie (deeming the puppy useless to be a future guard dog, as it had felt love) and act as executioner for a group of sentenced prisoners, then whipping him afterwards. Reflecting his upbringing, the Warden conceived of Superjail as a child, building a miniature LEGO version of the jail, complete with a LEGO Jailbot, though his father dismissed his idea. Eventually, The Warden's father died in a freak accident when he accidentally stepped on a LEGO brick, setting off a chain reaction of actions that ended with him accidentally hanging himself. This led to The Warden, an only child, inheriting his father's business, then being picked up by social services and removed from his father's care. However, it seems that the beliefs he had formed did not correlate with the given system and so he "stood outside of it" by creating Superjail, a place he considers to be a perfect, ideal jail.

Personality.

His absolute dominance over Superjail causes numerous problems, as he thinks up twisted ideas that invariably wreak havoc on everyone. No matter how utterly ridiculous his plans are, they all seem perfectly rational to him. Despite his recklessness, he is still a technical genius, as evidenced by his ability to plan and build Superjail in the first place, along with various inventions and mechanisms (including Jailbot). He occasionally exhibits an underlying sense of morality and dedication on certain occasions, such as his promise to help his inmates and save them. The Warden is extremely narcissistic, to the point that he has seemingly committed all of the Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism and has exhibited many, if not all, of the traits associated with it. Due to his narcissism, he automatically loves anything that resembles him, even going so far as to design the various buildings and weapons of Superjail in his likeness, and gets excited when he sees things with his face on them. The warden's behavior may have started when his father died and he inherited his father's prison at a young age. The trauma, and being exposed to such an environment at a young age, may have caused a delay in his emotional development. Having had a less than appropriate childhood, thanks to his father's abuse, even in his adulthood he is very immature and exhibits childish tendencies, with The Lady even referring to him as a "man-child" in "Ladies Night".

Dark Side.

Despite his usual cheerfulness, The Warden is known for easily falling into pure evil. He seems to enjoy the murders that regularly occur at Superjail and has stated that he never misses an execution. In "Combaticus," he discovers a deadly combat arena while exploring an underground cave and gathers all the inmates to fight each other to the death, offering freedom to the last one left alive. In "Time-Police Part 1", it is revealed that if he continues with the idea of ​​making Superjail a franchise, he will eventually declare world war and conquer the entire planet, enslaving and killing millions of innocent people. In "Burn Stoolie Burn", when he gains the ability to manipulate fire, he goes berserk and begins an arson rampage in Superjail, completely losing control over his prison, staff, and inmates. He eventually destroys the entire prison and the volcano it's located in, transforming the prison into what is essentially Hell on Earth, as he rules over fiery, demonic creatures (though everything is restored afterwards).

Appearance.

The Warden is usually dressed in a purple tailcoat with matching trousers, a light yellow shirt, a red bow tie, a pink cummerbund, grey gloves, a purple top hat with a pink cummerbund, and a cane in his hand. He also wears sunset-effect sunglasses, which he never seems to take off. As with the glasses, he rarely takes off his gloves, not even when he goes to sleep. His hair is very short, spiky, and jet-black in color; he also has pale skin and a large gap between his teeth; the latter apparently being the result of a childhood incident in which one of his teeth was knocked out by being tied to a doorknob, as seen in a sketch in the Warden's scrapbook in "Ghosts". The Warden has a wardrobe of different outfits for other occasions, most of which remain purple and yellow (with the exception of his future self's costume in "Time-Police Part 1", some of his pajamas, and his captain's uniform). All of his other outfits revolve around his original stylish attire.

Talent.

The Guardian possesses magical shape-shifting powers, which he demonstrates frequently throughout the series. He appears to be able to turn into anything he wishes, and has been seen transforming into a car, a bee, a mug of beer, a breakfast plate, a giant rat, an atomic bomb, a stuffed turkey, a small tower, a pair of pants, the letter C, the letter U, an eyeball, a universe, a statue of Atlas, The Thinker, and has even, on very rare occasions, turned Jared into other things, such as a turtle, as seen in "Oedipus Mess", an airplane, and part of a ship. The Guardian can also turn into usable weapons, as demonstrated in the episode "Superstorm!". His shape-shifting powers are usually manifested during his monologues and rants, where he can be seen altering his physical appearance and height, and even making duplicates of himself. In "Burn Stoolie Burn", after warming Ash up, he is taught Ash's signature ability of manipulating fire by thinking of his happiest thoughts. The Warden learns this ability seemingly quickly and after creating just one ember, the destruction it causes cheers The Warden up and makes him even happier, allowing him to use this ability almost as well as Ash himself. However, this newfound power seems to corrupt his mind, as he ends up destroying his own prison in flames. In "Superhell!", Ash teaches him how to extinguish his fires and manipulate water by thinking of his worst memories, which in The Warden's case are his childhood memories of being abused by his father. He can also regenerate. Near the end of "The Superjail Six," when he was on fire and wearing only torn pants, his clothes magically reappeared and suddenly became extinct. On other occasions, he has materialized weapons such as a knife and a guillotine and used them on himself without taking any damage.

Relations.

Employees: Jared. Jared is essentially the Warden's scapegoat and is often the target of his abuse, which he often accepts without question. He believes Jared needs to calm down most of the time and clearly cares little, if at all, about Jared's feelings, mental health, and physical well-being. Most of the time, the Warden thinks Jared is incompetent, and in the rare moments he does agree with him, this is usually related to his own benefit or praise for him. However, they occasionally get along, such as in "Uh Oh, It's Magic", where they team up to defeat Prisoner Peedee, and on certain occasions, The Warden is shown to consider Jared a friend. The relationship between The Warden and Jared began when the latter first arrived at Superjail, after being arrested for dealing with the mob (something he didn't even know about) and being kidnapped there by Jailbot, and gave useful information regarding the repurposing of one of the machines used for the jail. The Warden offered Jared to work for him after seeing that his intelligence was a very useful aspect in helping Superjail. Jared didn't take up the offer at first, but did once a perverted inmate made some advances towards him.

Relationships 2.

Alice. The warden recruited Alice from her job at her previous prison, where he immediately took a liking to her cruelty towards prisoners and her "dazzling" appearance. He makes frequent advances on her throughout the series, all of which have proven fruitless. He is shown to apparently sleep with a miniature Alice doll at night, and in "Dream Machine", he is depicted dreaming about going on a date with her.

Relationships 3.

Jailbot. The Warden created Jailbot and takes great pride in him, describing his creation as his "finest hour." The Warden often sends Jailbot on missions to pick up new inmates or protect him from various objects and things, and is completely reliant on Jailbot to manage and provide maintenance to Superjail. In fact, he is completely lost without Jailbot, to the point of not knowing where the bathroom is. Jailbot does almost everything for The Warden, including getting him ready for the day. Jailbot views the Warden as a father figure, as seen in the episode "Dream Machine". The Warden is extremely upset in "Jailbot 2.0" when Jailbot breaks down, even bursting into tears and considering Jared's initial suggestion of replacing Jailbot to be "sacrilege". By the end of the episode, he is relieved when Jailbot is fixed, and affectionately refers to him as his "friend".

Relationships 4.

Prisoners/Convicts/Inmates and other characters. The lady. The Warden and The Madam, who is essentially the female counterpart of the Warden, are bitter rivals. He bet with The Madam in "Ladies Night" that his female prisoners were more civilized than his male prisoners, a bet he ends up winning thanks to interference from The Twins. The Madam ends up getting stung by one of the Spanish Flies released by The Twins and in a state of complete arousal, has sex with The Warden. The next morning, he gloats that he has won and refused the winnings and declared the ladies to be "too unrefined for such a high-class establishment as Superjail", if only to aggravate her further. In "Stingstress", Jared and Charise set up the Warden and Madam to become Superjail's "supercouple" in order to bring Superjail to peace (since the Madam had taken it over) and thus unite them. The Warden and Madam almost have sex for a second time, but this time the Warden was more interested in making balloon animals out of the condoms he was given rather than actually engaging in the act. Following The Lady's conversion into a hippie-type figure, she seems to have a more relaxed attitude towards The Guardian, although he still holds a grudge against her.

Relationships 5.

The twins. Aside from the pilot episode, The Warden makes no mention of The Twins and either remains unaware of their activity in Superjail or prefers to overlook their interference. They only briefly appear in front of him in the episode "Combaticus". He also witnesses "The Budding of The Warbuxx", but says nothing and acts as if it were completely normal.

Relationships 6.

Ash. In "Burn Stoolie Burn", after The Warden mistakenly believes that Ash wanted to help him (Ash was, in reality, robbing The Warden's safe with a group), he decides to allow Ash to help put up new wallpaper in his room instead of much more life-threatening tasks involving lice that can eat him. Soon after, Ash begins to become one of The Warden's most favored inmates, even to the point where The Warden not only gives Ash a VIP ride on the hot air balloon and clings to Ash when he thinks he's about to die, but The Warden even gives Ash his own pony and burns down his own jail (along with Ash) to prevent the other inmates from beating him up. The Guardian, before burning down his prison, describes Ash as an "innocent soul". In return for his kindness, Ash teaches The Guardian how to create fire out of nothing. In "Superhell!", Ash later teaches The Guardian how to put out fire by thinking of his worst memories, however, after the events of the episode, The Guardian has seemingly lost the memory of his friendship with Ash.

Relationships 7.

The warden's father. As a child, The Warden would constantly try to impress his father, but instead of earning praise, the older man would become angry at him. There is evidence of both verbal and physical abuse as seen in "Time-Police Part 1" where The Warden's father would yell at him and throw his toys. However, despite this, The Warden seems to hold no grudge against his father and even cried when he unintentionally caused his death and sent him to the orphanage. In a deleted scene from the same episode (which was cut in the final product), The Warden is shown to appear deeply depressed over how his father yelled at him and died before he could apologize (even though he probably wasn't going to), a sign that he doesn't blame his father for the things that happened between them, but instead blames himself. He believes that his father would be proud of his Superjail if he were alive, supporting the fact that he still craves his father's approval.

Relationships 8.

Jarum. Jarum was the Guardian's father's assistant and possibly became the Guardian's orphanage caretaker after his father's death. However, the details of their relationship are unknown.

Trivia.

Many Superjail fans frequently compare The Warden to Willy Wonka from the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (including its 1971 and 2005 film adaptations) and to The Once-ler from The Lorax, a film adaptation of Dr. Seuss's book of the same name, primarily due to his appearance. In an interview, series creator Christy Karacas admitted that he was initially unsure of what exactly The Warden would look like. After finding The Warden's voice actor, the show's producers decided to base The Warden's look on David Wain himself, essentially making him "David Wain in a Willy Wonka costume." In the video game Skullgirls, there is a color scheme based on The Warden for the character Peacock. In an interview, The Warden's voice actor David Wain says that The Warden's real name is Mark Davis. In the episode "Dream Machine", the Warden uses his dream to destroy the inmates only for things to go awry. In "Uh Oh, It's Magic!", it is revealed that The Warden doesn't drink much alcohol. But in "Superbar", he was seen getting drunk and it seemed like he wasn't used to drinking. In the episode "Hot Chick", The Warden is shown coloring with his right hand, but he uses his left hand more often than his right. In "The Super Prison Inquisitor", The Warden is shown to have blue/violet eyes when the camera zooms in on his eye. In many episodes, The Guardian is shown to have night terrors and even has medication for them in his medicine cabinet in the bathroom. The Guardian may be of Spanish origin, as he is frequently heard speaking Spanish, even referring to the Twins as "Two Brothers" and telling Lord Stingray "My house is your house."

The times he died.

He freezes to death in "In Cold Blood." Possibly killed by the Four Horsemen in "The Inquisitor of Superjail". Possibly dies by being set on fire and smoked to death by giant humanoids of himself in "The Last Pack". Killed by the prisoners/convicts/inmates inside one of his dreams in "Dream Machine". He dies twice in "Ghosts" and then comes back to life as if nothing happened.