Character Name
ManualManuel 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'sAnita'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:
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