Joe is a character in both the Walkyverse and Dumbing of Age. In both continuities he is a total poon-hound, Jewish, and Danny's reluctant best friend.
Walkyverse
Easygoing and totally self-centered, Joe Rosenthal is a borderline misogynist with a sense of humor and a permanent smirk. He doesn't want a lot out of life - mostly just the chance to score as often as possible with as many members of the opposite sex as he can get drunk.
He has a secret lust for something other than the ladies, though. No, not for the dudes, for the arts of mechanical nerdcraft. It's a side of him he's ashamed about, and for good reason. If the ladies found out that he's totally into Transformers and - gasp - science, then the 2030+ hatchmarks on the side of his bunk won't be increasing so rapidly anymore.
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=Roomies!===
Joe and Danny are best friends and were roommates together at college, where he slept around a lot. Joe also had a large collection of Transformers, that would be hidden if a female came by, except for Joyce. Around this time, Joe had a brief relationship with Joyce's roommate, Sarah. Joe's parents divorced during his college years. He was also re-abducted by the Aliens during this time, alongside Joyce. He also began picking on Joyce, and when Howard was introduced he also began picking on him.
After the death of Ruth, Joe had a brief epiphany about his treatment of Joyce and Howard, and lessened his harsh attitudes - helped by Joyce joining SEMME after being they were saved from the aliens by Sal. Becoming closer to Sarah, the two were present at the end of Roomies!.
It's Walky!
Going into a comatose state and later marching upon Washington DC after being controlled by the Head Alien, Joe was nearly enrolled into SEMME but was taken back to Indiana by Sal in order to protect Danny. When Walky appeared later looking for Joyce's friends, he tried to get him to reveal her whereabouts, but failed.
After graduation, Joe moved to New Jersey to pursue his dream of making Robots. When Sal appeared and took him back to SEMME, he was initially wary but was won over by the chance to create robots. Inventing his own death, that he died in a firey orgy, the news was broken to a crushed Danny and Billie.
For a while, he worked in the SEMME labs under Professor Doc, then he was assigned to Squadron 48, and eventually stationed in Squadron 128. Joe's stay with Professor Doc displaced Dina's position in the labs, leading to her angst about not fitting in. During his foray with the girls of Squad 48, Joe began forming a close relationship to Joyce, eventually gaining feelings for her. His crisis about the singularity of his relationships, either entirely emotional or entirely physical, lead to his attempts to find a deeper love, especially after the Faans! crossover.
During the construction of the USS Destiny, he began an online friendship. It quickly became apparent to Joe that he was falling for his internet girlfriend, despite never seeing her or knowing her name. In the process, he changed his horndog attitude after thinking his online girlfriend was first Robin and then her former squadmate. Focusing more on the personality behind the person, he ended up becoming better friends with Robin. She later helped him get on with Rachel when he first met her and his reputation preceded him.
During the final encounter between SEMME and The Martians, Joe and Rachel worked together to create Ultra Car, who was built out of Danny's old SUV. The three of them rode Ultra Car into outer space, where they battled the zombie crew of the USS Destiny and destroyed the Martian mothership. After this, Joe set up Rosenthal Robotics to handle the management of the remade Martian Resurrection Chambers and build more machines like Ultra Car. After a brief attempt at attacking Monkey Master which resulted in Danny getting badly hurt, he settled into the job.
Trivia
- Joe is based on one of David Willis's childhood friends, Dave Ressman, and was also named after him for a while. In junior high, the character was unDaved and renamed "Joe Ranksman," and then finally for Roomies!, his last name was changed into something real.
- He seems to have some sort of Force-like perception ability, relating entirely to stuff which is either sexual in nature, or which he would find arousing amongst women he knows.
- By his own account, Joe has bumped uglies with 2030 women (as of January 2004. The number has surely crept higher by now).Only 67 have expressed regret, and every 50th girl gets a coupon for half-off any entree at Fazoli's.
- He refers to the night that Ruth died saving Danny's life and Joyce was taken by SEMME as the "GREAT SHIT SHOWER OF 1999"
- Joe seems to be an amazingly lucky guy; despite his 2000+ sexual encounters, it has never been stated, suggested, or implied that he has ever suffered an STD of any sort. Well, except once.
- Even though it was through Robin's Flashback, Joe is the third official character to make in appearance in all four comics that take place in the Walkyverse. The first was Joyce with the cameo of one of her plushies in Shortpacked! and Ultra Car if back when he was just a plain old SUV in Roomies! counts. He eventually did appear in person in Shortpacked!
- If you look closely at the first box of this Shortpacked! comic, you'll see him in the same square as Mike. Since Mike was dressed as a Confederate soldier, wearing fake facial hair, and is supposed to be dead, he probably didn't reconized him.
Dumbing of Age
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