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{{Infobox character|name=Claude "Torch" Weaver|image=<tabber>Anime=[[File:Claude Weaver.jpg|270px]]|-|Manga=[[File:Claude Weaver manga.jpg|270px]]</tabber>|names=Claude "Torch" Weaver|kanji=クロード・"トーチ"・ウィーバー|gender=Male|former affiliates=Unnamed wife|race=Caucasian|weapon=M2 Flamethrower<br>Lighter|status=Deceased|first appearance manga=[[Greenback Jane Part 2|Chapter 39: Greenback Jane Part 2]]|first appearance anime=[[Greenback Jane|Episode 16: Greenback Jane]]|japanese voice=Yōichi Nishijima|english voice=Jason Simpson}} '''Claude "Torch" Weaver''' (クロード・"トーチ"・ウィーバー ''Kurōdo "Tōchi" Wībā'') was a bounty hunter hired by [[Russell]]. ==Appearance== Claude was a bespectacled, middle-aged Caucasian man with a heavyset build, pale skin, and blonde hair styled in a flat top. He donned casual wear, consisting of a short-sleeved light blue polo shirt, khaki dress pants and light brown shoes. He always sports a grin when using his flamethrower. ==Personality== He was shown to be quite jovial and hammy, prone to making ironic commentary on his targets' doom in a very free-spirited manner. He is one of the few characters in the series that does not use foul language, preferring to make use of euphemisms, such as "darn" or "shucks," instead. As his nickname would suggest, Claude was a pyromaniac who used a lighter shaped-and-sized flamethrower as his weapon of choice, although for heavy-duty jobs, he would also use a full-sized flamethrower. In spite of his profession and callousness towards human life, Claude claimed to be religious, possibly of Christian faith (and possibly the [[wikipedia:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] due to the fact that his religion forbids consumption of alcohol) and was a [[wikipedia:Teetotalism|teetotaler]]. ==History== In the past, Claude murdered his wife by using his flamethrower on her, claiming that it "didn't even take five minutes" to char her completely.<ref name=":0" /> ===Greenback Jane=== At the [[Yellow Flag]], Claude was a newcomer among the various bounty hunters hired by [[Russell]] to capture [[Jane]], and [[Frederica Sawyer|Sawyer the Cleaner]] wished to know who he and [[Lotton]] were. After Claude clarified that he could not drink alcohol due to his religious beliefs, he showed the bounty hunters a large lighter and projected a large flame from it that almost destroyed the headlight above, scaring the bounty hunters. Afterward, he left with the other bounty hunters to find Jane.<ref>Chapter 39: [[Greenback Jane Part 2]]</ref> Going to the [[Lagoon Company dry dock]], Claude waited at the bottom of the dock building during the siege until Jane exited the second floor to escape. Terrified to see him, Jane politely asked if he could move out of her way, but he smiled and asked her if she wanted to join him for a barbecue, lighting his lighter at her and scaring her back up the stairs. As [[Revy]], [[Eda]] and [[Rock]] were surrounded with Jane on the second floor while the bounty hunters besieged the building, Claude lit the dock on fire with his flamethrower in order to flush them out.<ref>Episode 17: [[The Roanapur Freakshow Circus]]</ref> While Claude continued to torch the dock, Russell arrived and berated him for setting fire to the dock since the fire could have killed Jane. Eventually, the dock building fell apart as the ''[[Black Lagoon (boat)|Black Lagoon]]'' got closer to the harbor. When the PT boat swerved to let Jane and her saviors on board, Claude and Russell also managed to jump on deck. Subsequently, Russell ordered him to kill everyone on deck while the former would trash the engine room. After Revy dealt with the other bounty hunters, Claude kept her on her feet by continuously forcing her to take cover using his flamethrower. As she continued to get angry, he joked that he could cook her fast since he cooked his own wife quickly. As Revy lured Claude to a particular part on the boat, she ordered [[Dutch]] to swerve the boat again. Claude tried his best to hang on a second time but was thrown off, giving Revy the opportunity to shoot him. The bullet pierced his stomach and detonated his flamethrower's fuel tank in the process, killing him in a huge explosion as he flew off the boat.<ref name=":0">Episode 18: [[Mr. Benny's Good Fortune]]</ref> ==Trivia== *Though almost certainly coincidental, Claude is often compared by fans to [[wikipedia:Hank Hill|Hank Hill]] from the television series ''[[wikipedia:King of the Hill|King of the Hill]]'' due to their similar appearance and personality, particularly the avoidance of profanity and love for gas-based implements and activities (flamethrowers and barbecues for Claude; propane and propane accessories as well as barbecues for Hank). *In a popularity contest during the 10th manga collection release, Claude ranked 37th with 9 votes.<ref>http://sundaygx.info/blacklagoon_contest/</ref> *In a popularity contest during the 12th manga collection release, Claude ranked 46th (tying with [[Filano]] and the [[fourth brother]]) with 7 votes.<ref>http://sundaygx.info/blacklagoon_contest_12/</ref> ==References== <references /> [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:Mercenaries]] [[Category:Male Characters]] [[Category:Heaven's Shot]] [[Category:Dead Characters]]
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