Baldwin P. "Bulletproof" Vess
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| ''C.O.P.S. | |
| Bulletproof | |
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| Real name | Baldwin P. Vess |
| Background | FBI Federal Agent |
| C.O.P.S Position | Founder and Commander in Chief of C.O.P.S. |
| Trademark Features | Wears dark sunglasses and has a bullet resistant cybernetic torso hidden underneath his trench coat, yellow shirt, and narrow tie. |
| Extra Specialty | A strong inspiration to the C.O.P.S.; a selfless, dedicated leader who cares for his city, his job, and especially his men. |
| Significant Episode Appearances | All episodes. Examples include The Case of The BulletProof Waldo, The Case of The Stuck-up Blimp, and The Case of Big Boss' Bye Bye. |
| Voiced by | Ken Ryan |
Character Profile
The most beloved, revered, and highly esteemed of all C.O.P.S., Bulletproof is a selfless, strong, caring, dedicated leader, an inspiration to the C.O.P.S. team, who's extremely loyal to his men, his city with all of its inhabitants, and his job, and never lets them down, not even once.Bulletproof is, hands down, the best Federal Agent there is as well as the founder and leader of C.O.P.S. He is an African American, the first African American leader and the only C.O.P.S. officer to appear in each and every episode in the series. He is easily distinguished by dark sunglasses he wears all the time except on one occasion when he's at the hospital bed bandaged up like a mummy after being seriously injured in an accident set up by Big Boss' Crooks in Part 1 of The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1. Afterwards, the only time when he's seen with his sunglasses off is when he's working at the desk in his office. Two examples of this can be found in The Case of The Big Bad Boxoids and The Case of The Missing Memory.
He's also distinguished easily by his Trench coat covering his stainless steel cybernetic armor suit that has a special computer jack, allowing him to control machines just by plugging himself into them. An example of this can be found in Part 2 of The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1. Bulletproof has short black hair and wears a yellow shirt with a narrow black tie, carrying a gun holster with a gun inside of his Trench coat on his left shoulder (in the cartoon), and carries a handcuff suitcase (in the toy series). He also wears reddish pants, and black and white shoes (brown pants and brown and white shoes in the toys series and the comics). Sometimes he wears an orange hat, as shown in The Case of Big Boss' Bye Bye
Origin
Special Agent Baldwin P. Vess is sent to Empire City by the U.S. Government to take down one of Empire City's most notorious criminals led by the criminal mastermind Big Boss. Unfortunately, Vess got injured badly. Two versions were made on how he got injured by the Crooks: the first involved being sandwiched inbetween a delivery fish van and a brick wall (as told in the first part of The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 and the second having him being blown away when Turbo Tu-Tone fired a bazooka at the 647 Precinct on the floor where Vess was at in the comics. Vess had to be taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors gave him a special armor plated cybernetic torso that allows him to resist bullets. While at the hospital he encounted Berserko, Big Boss' dim-witted nephew, who tried to take him down by firing rifles at him, but Vess' torso resisted the bullets allowing Bulletproof (as he was called later on) to get the best of him. While staying at the hospital, Bulletproof sent out police officer, P.J. O'Malley (Codename: LongArm) and rookie officer, Donny Brooks (Codename: HardTop) to round up the best law enforcers from all over the country. With these men and women, including LongArm, Hardtop, and Tina Cassidy (Codename: Mainframe), Special Agent Baldwin Vess (Codename: Bulletproof) became the founder and commander of C.O.P.S.Major Highlights
The Case of The Bulletproof Waldo
In this episode, Bulletproof came face to face with a clone version of himself that Dr. BadVibes had created: a robotic clone version of Bulletproof that was controlled and operated by a small robot named Waldo which tried to use him to replace the real Bulletproof and give C.O.P.S. a hard time. Turbo Tu-Tone snuck into Bulletproof's green car and seized control over it leaving Bulletproof trapped inside it all the way to his garage where Turbo used a large power magnet to pin Bulletproof way up in the air. Later on, Turbo sent out a little robot spider to kill Bulletproof, while he went out to rob a bank.In the meanwhile, Waldo went to the precinct, assuming the role of the real Bulletproof with Big Boss and BadVibes keeping a close watch on him through the monitor. When the coffee is brought out for the C.O.P.S. to drink, Waldo, out of curiosity, splashes hot coffee in his ear for an unpleasant experience to see what coffee is like, not liking it at all.
He then tried to pet Blitz, Bowser's robot dog companion. Blitz, however, who knows the real Bulletproof, is the only COP member who can easily identify Waldo as a faker. He growled and barked at him when Waldo tried to reach out and pet him. Noticing that something could be wrong with him, Bowser went to check on Blitz's circuitry and heard a distress signal coming from Blitz being given out by the real Bulletproof, who is in trouble in Turbo's garage. Bowser and Blitz raced to where the signal was coming from and arrived there right in the nick of time just before the robotic spider killed Bulletproof. Blitz destroyed the spider and Bowser freed Bulletproof from a huge magnet. The three C.O.P.S. sped back to the precinct just as Waldo was yelling at them, threatening them, and ordering the C.O.P.S. not to respond to a report of a bank robbery taking place at this time. He claimed that the report was a fake - and the C.O.P.S. were beginning to expect that this is not the Bulletproof they know and love. The real Bulletproof would never yell at them, restrain them from doing their jobs, nor give out harsh, cruel orders to them. Just then, the real Bulletproof, Bowser, and Blitz arrived.
"There the imposter! Arrest him!" Waldo demanded. "No way!" Mainframe called out defiantly. "I'll show you who's the real imposter!" the real Bulletproof yelled back, and a fight between the two Bulletproofs ensued until Bulletproof tricked Waldo into flying out the window and falling about five stories down to the concrete pavement. With that, Bulletproof sent the faker to the scrap heap.
"Bulletproof?" one of the C.O.P.S. asks as they point to him, seeing Blitz running up to greet Bulletproof and receive a warm stroke from him.
Bulletproof: "There is a bank robbery in progress at the Empire National Bank. Proceed there at once. IT'S CRIME FIGHTING TIME!"
The C.O.P.S. cheered, happy that the real Bulletproof has returned. With that, the C.O.P.S. gleefully headed off, arriving at the bank just in time to bag Turbo and send him all the way to the slammer.
Mainframe: "Welcome back, sir."
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