Milo Tock And The Humbug

"This is the humbug, a very dislikeable young man" -The Spelling Bee'south opinion of the Humbug

The Humbug is a character of The Phantom Tollbooth. He went along with Milo on his adventure.

Background [ ]

He commencement appeared at the Market Identify in Dictionopolis. According to the volume, he belonged to an old noble family, Insecticus Humbugium, which includes notable figures such as George Washington Humbug. He challenged the spelling bee to spell "preposterous" but the bee merely refused to. They then got into a fight and ended upward destroying the Marketplace. He is later seen attending the Majestic Banquet, after which he is volunteered by King Azaz to accompany Milo on his journey.

Milo then saw Chroma the Great who was conducting the sunset. After Chroma finished, he told Milo to wake him up at v:23 to carry the sunrise. In the morning, Milo forgot to wake up Chroma. Tock wanted Milo to go wake Chroma, merely Milo thought that it was a smashing idea to conduct himself only and so messed up, discoloring the sky, ground, and other things. He then drove up to the Mountains of Ignorance and saw the Terrible Trivium. The Terrible Trivium fabricated Milo, Tock, and the Humbug do worthless jobs. Humbug was the one that listened the near and even when Tock was pulling him away from the Terrible Trivium, he still did his chore of making a hole in a cliff with a needle.

Then, Milo found a path to the Castle in the Air in order to rescue Rhyme and Reason only got stopped past the demons of ignorance. Milo defeated them and rescued the two princesses. Afterwards, there was a commemoration and Milo said goodbye to Tock and the Braggadocio.

Looks [ ]

Book Advent: Short and black; has a more bug-like face, with a long "nose" protruding from it.

Film Appearance: Skinny and teal; has a more anthropomorphic face, with the upper part of the mouth merged with the nose with rounded ridges underneath, representing a mustache. He's very slim, and has a brown-colored hat.

Ever wears a adapt, but in the film he doesn't wear pants.

Personality [ ]

The Braggadocio is quite big-headed, believing that everyone likes him. He is too a scrap foolish, easily assertive the Terrible Trivium'due south tasks are of import, and assertive that Milo (an inexperienced usher) conducting the world'due south colors is a proficient idea. He also uses big words a lot and frequently complains. He doesn't similar the spelling bee and frequently fights with him for small reasons. the humbug is very bossy. The Humbug is also very anxious, equally he gets anxious easily and trembles a lot.

Relationships [ ]

Milo [ ]

Milo and the Humbug accept a skilful human relationship. Milo got mad at the Humbug when he wanted to quit "breaking" the "door" to Digitopolis. Later Blush conducted the sunset, the Humbug suggested Milo carry the sunrise. Milo idea that was a swell thought but it wasn't because he was inexperienced. Equally a result, he temporarily messed up the heaven. In the finish, Braggadocio missed Milo who was leaving the lands beyond the tollbooth. Overall, Milo and the Humbug have a strong relationship

Tock [ ]

Braggadocio and Tock don't have equally large a relationship equally Milo and the Humbug. Tock didn't like Humbug's thought of Milo conducting the sunrise. Withal, Tock withal likes the Humbug and vice versa.

Other [ ]

The Humbug is nice to pretty much everyone except the Spelling Bee who thinks he's very hard to like. He appears to have met Ever-present Word Snatcher before.

Gallery [ ]

Character	Where Milo met the character
Humbug	Dictionopolis

Trivia [ ]

The Braggadocio'southward name is a pun on the word "Humbug". Humbug literally means a fraud or impostor, implying an chemical element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. He also says "Everyone likes a humbug", which could exist a reference to the lollies.
The Humbug is an allegorical effigy to remind readers almost how obnoxious information technology can be to be too cocky-absorbed.