Character Name

Zerbrowski, no first name is ever given

Also Known As

Zee

First Seen in

Guilty Pleasures

Character Description

Five foot seven, Curly black hair that is showing grey. Never appears to wear matching clothes. Anita accuses him of gaining a little weight. Wears glasses.

Character Casting Picture

Actor Tom Hanks has been chosen to portray Sergeant Zerbrowski.

Character Occupation

Detective with RPIT. Promotion from Detective to Sergeant after NiC and before CS.

Character Race

human - not a null, but has shown no obvious metaphysical talents... talents, though his wild hunches often pan out. (tKD)

Character Status

living - probably in his early forties

Character Associations and Ties

• A member of the St. Louis Police force. Regional Preternatural Investigation Taskforce.
• Anita's friend.
• He is married and has preteen kids. (tLuC)

Also seen in

Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, Lunatic Cafe, Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins, Incubus Dreams, Danse Macabre

Character Factoids

• His wife's name is Katie. They have been married for over ten years. They got engaged after dating for only two months. He was already a cop when they met.(tLuC)
• They have two children. (?ref?)(tKD)
• He loves to tease Anita and has done so since they first met. His sense of humor is weird and quite merciless, and he is a cheerlful lecher. (tLaC)
• He likes his coffee with a lot of sugar and a dab of cream. (tLaC)
• He occasionally smokes. (tLAC)
• Zerbrowski discovered Anita's fondness for penguins after Dominga Salvado sent the killer zombies to her apartment. (tLaC)
• He doesn't hold her relationship with Jean-Claude against Anita, but also doesn't claim to understand it.
• He is badly injured in tLuC. (slashed by a shapeshifted witch in leopard form)
• He has a pair of pajamas with 'choo choos' on them. (CotD)
• He lives in the suburb of St. Peters. (tLuC)
• His car is usually a mess, full of fast food wrappers, soda cans, and trash. He figures the litter is enough to discourage the thieves and doesn't always lock it. (tLuC)
• Anita has only seen him once when he didn't have a food stain on him somewhere, which was on his tenth anniversary. He was out on a date with Katie when he was called in. (tLuC)

Character Quotes

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