Character Name

Manuel Rodriguez

Also Known As

Manny.

First Seen in

Laughing Corpse but mentioned by Anita in Guilty Pleasures

Character Description

Manny is fifty-four in GP/LaC. He has lots of thick black hair, streaked with grey surrounding his face. He has a moustache and is about five foot five/six.

Character Casting Picture

Actor/Comedian Cheech Marin has been selected to portray Manny Rodriguez.

Character Occupation

Animator, Vampire Executioner (retired)

Character Race

human - In GP, page 125, Anita says that he is 52.

Character Status

living

Character Associations and Ties

• He is Anita's mentor. He was the one who taught her when she joined the Animators Inc. firm.
• He still works as an animator, but has retired from performing vampire executions.
• When he was younger he was a vaudun priest with Dominga Salvador

Also seen in

Mentioned in Guilty Pleasures, but only seen in The Laughing Corpse.

Character Factoids

• Manny trained Anita to raise the dead, and to slay vampires. He was more of a traditionalist when it comes to weapons and methods.
• He is married and has four children, his youngest son, Tomas, has just started kindergarten in tLaC. His wife is a staunch Catholic.
• He was once a vaudun priest and used to practise voodoo with Dominga Salvador, more than twenty years ago.
• His wife, Rosita, tries to set Anita up on dates.
• He was badly injured on his last vampire execution and almost died. He spent four months in the hospital recovering. (tLaC)
• As a result of that, Rosita begged Anita to not ask him to help her hunt any more vampires. (tLaC)
• In LaC we learn that Manny was once Dominga Salvador's lover.
• He helped her perform rituals that required the sacrifice of a white goat - a human.
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Character Quotes

Popular sayings, quotes and quips attributed to this character:

• book, page, set-up, quote

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