The Perfection of Lavernius Tucker

Lavernius Tucker is the closest thing to a true protagonist throughout every season of Red vs Blue. Being the most prominent character throughout all 17 seasons of the series. He's also gone through the most noticeable development these 20 years and it's because of this I consider him to be a phenomenal character. Though I might be a bit bias as I grew up alongside the show.
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[@stevenvu5403]

I just realized that tucker has killed the most freelancers we see on screen. He killed Wyoming, Florida and you could make a case that he killed Maine as well.

[@HPkobold]

He’s a lance killer

[@fanofmediastuff269]

He and the others took part in it

[@killerbean6254]

Caboose killed south once and Tex countless times.

[@omarrojo9484]

More of a Sarge and Tucker combo when it comes to The Meta. Plus he also kills Felix so yeah, Tucker has the highest main antagonist Kill count

[@silvercypher8435]

​@@omarrojo9484 Felix ain't a freelancer

[@Xtermenator217]

I’m surprised you didn’t go into his relationship with caboose. As he became more of a leader, he became more of a friend to caboose. He stopped acting so childish and even took on a sort of big brother role to caboose. He became super protective over him to the point of not even letting people hurt his feelings.

[@cookiecraze1310]

For all the shit S15 gets (it's not actually that bad), it gave probably the biggest moment of Tucker trying to protect Caboose: When Temple starts to tell Caboose that Church is dead-dead, he says, deadly serious, stop. He knew it would break Cabooses heart to lose Church in a finale way.

[@Xtermenator217]

@@cookiecraze1310 yeah that’s actually what I was referring too when I said that. I personally really like season 15 but I don’t like how it showed us the reds and blues after chorus.

[@qrowing]

@@Xtermenator217 I enjoy season 15 if only because of that scene with Grif and Locus in the "Locus Pocus"

[@Xtermenator217]

@@qrowing season 15s comedy was great

[@mightbeapersonmaybe8379]

I've always seen that in season 12 when Dr Gray is "interrogating" the prisoner. He very seriously says "don't stick your dick in crazy" which is such a tucker advice

[@seihai-kun6726]

Truly a soldier worthy of the Boss's legacy.

[@leonardchurch814]

Big Boss: Ultimate soldier, and deadliest man alive. Tucker: A horny loser who got lucky a few times. Somehow one is a lot more humble than the other.

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

But The Boss wasn't a traitor she sacrificed everything for her country in the end even her legacy for all will remember her not for here great deeds in service of her country but for her defection all because of Volgin launching that American made nuke that is The Boss's legacy sacrifice and abuse.

[@CT-1975]

Boss: the fearless leader of delta squad also known as delta 38 also known as rc-1138 commanded the greatest team of commandos the galaxy ever knew tucker may use a weapon from a more civilized age but times have changed you have to realize boss is a lot scarier than you are and he can re arrange plenty architecture

[@CT-1975]

​@leonardchurch814 no he didn't get lucky he was an incredible soldier my dude

[@Atriox2004]

@@CT-1975Task Force 99 leader, Sgt Kreel was more skilled than Boss if you ask me.

[@jakegibbs9638]

Going back to the scene in season 10 when church finally blows a gasket you can see right when tucker realizes "this isn't my friend it's just a copy and he doesn't know me anymore."

[@MR.LMR1996]

Now I need a "The Glory of Sarge" or "The Beauty of Michael J. Caboose"

[@cartoonzentertainment]

Or “The Tragedy of Director Leonard Church” or “The Rise of Epsilon”

[@cookiecraze1310]

​@@cartoonzentertainment I'd love to see 3 episodes covering the Church family: Leonard Church (all 3 versions) Texas (Allison) South Carolina (Daughter of Church)

[@scouttrooper2871]

The Cappy ness of Butch Flowers

[@knightmare5097]

The Neverending Sorrow of Allison The Hilarious, yet Depressing Tale of Church The Painful Tale of Carolina The Lost Potential of New York The Downfall of Maine The Betrayal of South Dakota The Ego of Felix The Redemption of Locus The Loss of the AIs The Understanding of Grif The Asskissing of Simmons The Loyalty of Caboose The Adorableness of Donut The Rampant Homosexuality of Doc The Regret of Dr. Leonard Church The Importance of Epsilon Honestly I could make a list a mile long of this.

[@yintheblessed]

​@@knightmare5097The Ambition of Sigma

[@GamerVB1539]

That one line where epsilon says "You're in charge of remembering me ok? Don't let tucker help he'll just fuck it up" makes SO MUCH SENSE now!

[@liampetersen3297]

And is pretty ironic 😢

[@Freelancer.Warzone]

Jokes aside makes EVEN MORE SENSE now that restoration is out.. the entire point of the season is to not let "Tucker" "remember" lmao

[@raymond_mak]

Butch Flowers didn't die of an aspirin overdose. He died because he was allergic to aspirin. The one that reported the cause of Flower's death was by Tucker before he takes his armour. Church went back to the past to try to save Cpt Flowers as he recalls him dying of a heart attack in his sleep so he was given aspirin the night before.

[@Xyzima]

That was a simulation by gamma Flowers actually just died of a heart attack or giving himself too much asprin

[@wizar6712]

Always loved that bit in the episode

[@cmackk7284]

​@@Xyzimai need a breakdown on what was gammas doing and what was real

[@Xyzima]

@@cmackk7284 everything from the blast to the past for church to him meeting up with the reds and blues was a gamma simulation to make it seem like events that weren't church's fault were his fault.

[@Mariopwnzu]

"The sword is a key that unlocks your death" - Michael J. Caboose

[@Drasticplace4]

I thought it was caboose who said “what if it’s a key that acts like a sword and when you stick it in people it unlocks their death”

[@Mariopwnzu]

@@Drasticplace4 Could be tbh, been a while since I've done my rewatch

[@omega_blue5009]

That was Caboose

[@thefinalcrusader4250]

Honestly that sounds like a sick ass line in a metal song

[@BrowncoatGofAZ]

Church: so it is a sword. It just happens to act like a key in very specific situations Caboose: or it’s a key all the time, and when you stick it in people, it unlocks their death.

[@creepersammyb2926]

we need character studies of every main character in rvb

[@ev6781]

Agreed

[@wavewingman5993]

I'm loving this trend where you release an in depth RvB character analysis every April Fool's. It was a pleasant surprise last year, and this year's no different. My only wish is that you'd do it more than once a year!

[@PR0MAN01]

I'd love a Sarge video. Because despite what many fans claim, Sarge actually has undergone alot of character development from S1 to 13.

[@mercury2157]

April 1st was the founding date for Rooster Teeth

[@2cool-he6ih]

We need a Church or Donut video.

[@damonlam9145]

If these April Fools videos are your way of trying out new territory, then I’m all in for more videos like these.

[@pigpower1189]

April 1st is rooster teeth’s bday

[@TTastic-pb5nt]

A jokester turned into a joke cracking warrior. Beautiful

[@shanecorcoran2542]

Thank you for understanding Tucker's character in Season 15, its such a great and underrated story that everyone misunderstands as derailment

[@PR0MAN01]

S15 is just short of greatness IMO. It has alot of great moments, but it suffers being a 1 season story instead of being the first part of a trilogy. Also, besides Temple, the Blues and Reds are really boring villains. There could've been so much you could do with dark mirrors of our main cast but instead most of them are just carbon copies of the main cast.

[@shanecorcoran2542]

@@PR0MAN01 I think it’s actually better as a 1 season story, it’s a solid epilogue for the chorus trilogy while also being solid setup for 16 and 17. The fact that the whole thing was connected by Chrovos and Donut was “supposed” to be teleported to Chrovos I found pretty stupid. I def agree with you on the blues and reds though. Temple is great, but everyone else is such missed potential. A big problem is that while I like Joe as a writer and I think he did good for season 15, he couldn’t really find a balance between serious and humor. This really hurt him with writing the blues/reds, especially Surge. Surge should have been an excellent reflection of pre-season 1 Sarge. Someone who didn’t care about his men and was a selfish leader. And while it’s sort of clear Joe was going for that, it comes off rather half baked and held back by Joe’s attempted humor for the times Sarge and Surge interact. While I do like Sarge’s arc in S15, I can understand how people misinterpreted it and it’s still rather half-baked. As a whole, the Blues/Reds are fine as rather ineffective villains in a physical sense, but they should have been more psychological villains. They’re meant to show the audience how much the reds/blues have grown and it COULD have been so good. But there wasn’t enough development for anyone besides Temple, Loco, and sort of Surge. Everyone else is pretty one-note or as you said it, carbon copies. I do enjoy Season 15 more than most RvB fans and I really think with more planning and better writing it could have been a top 3 RvB season, but with what we got it’s still satisfying, even with missed potential.

[@deuce5546]

The derailment happened in Season 16, he was much more infantile and immature like in BGC, in Season 15 he was incredibly mature and levelheaded. It's actually amazing how different the two interpretations are given the writers are the same

[@shanecorcoran2542]

@@deuce5546 to be fair, that was due to the time guns, at least I think that was the reason. It’s a cop out yes, but at least it’s justified and fixed in Season 17.

[@deuce5546]

@@shanecorcoran2542 But this doesn't really change the viewing experience of Season 16 in the slightest, Tucker is still annoying and I have to wait a whole season to get a very underwhelming answer for his behavior. If it was like Donut in the memory unit where he acts different and the show is self-aware about it, it would have been much better.

[@PR0MAN01]

I remember as a kid watching season 7 and Tuckers reintroduction where he takes on CTs team and saving Caboose, Grif, and Sarge being one of the coolest fucking scenes ever. Seeing this character I grew up with come back into the story being hyper competent was so cathartic.

[@bobertvc7492]

I never even realized how much meaner epsilon was to Tucker compared to alpha… man that hits way harder now 😢

[@bloodboundalpha1303]

The most iconic soldier in the cyan… teal.. uh, shamrock… maybe turquoise… thin-mint… no wait aqua… I think.

[@PBRatLord]

You really went and played "I want to stay at your house" while breaking down how sad the difference between Alpha and Epsilon and their tenuous rekindling of their relationship before the S13 ends truly is from Tucker's perspective

[@MiggehA1]

this man owes an entire planet's worth of child support

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Just for the one kid?

[@Freelancer.Warzone]

@@nicholasfarrell5981 one kid, no, he is now responsible to an entire race lmao

[@stickthelanding4785]

Tucker is my favorite member of the Red and Blue's team. We see him grow from a lazy private pervert to a badass warrior who was turned into a leader from time to time. I do hate the way Zero treated him and took away his sword.

[@mercury2157]

If Rooster Teeth day is dedicated to Red vs Blue characters, I'm totally fine with that. I just wonder who's next. Honestly, I think the Director is worth talking about, mainly because his ending in season 10 is literally the greatest scene to ever come out of a Rooster Teeth show, for whatever that's worth. Also, there's a point in Epsilon's life where he does end up recalling all of Alpha's memory

[@mixednarwhal]

At what point did he recall all of alphas memory?

[@mercury2157]

@@mixednarwhal season 10 at Valhalla

[@number3766]

Every april fools Thank you Edit: Scouting = Recon = Intel gathering Edit 2: Tucker actually fights the Meta alone for the entire time Sarge and Wash were talking. He is quoted during the "shotgun" conversation saying "Hey guys, I can't fight him by myself!"

[@liampetersen3297]

You mean reconnaissance😂 Took me a while to remember the scene that he was reference.

[@BlueCaboose42]

14:27 Looks like donut snuck into the studio and made some edits to the script

[@pheonixsoldier]

The lil bursts of Dad Tucker are my favorites. It just fits him, in a 'huh' kinda way.

[@pochecito12]

I am so happy you're covering Tucker, truly one of the best things to come out of RvB next to Wash, Church and Carolina.

[@illusiveaxeman9164]

This has actually given me an appreciation for the way Tucker is characterized in Season 15 that I didn't have before.

[@Comkill117]

I appreciate getting Donut’s armor color correct. Also I can’t believe only now that you point it out did I also realize that Alpha Church was pretty good friends with Tucker but Epsilon Church wasn’t as much. That’s actually kinda mind blowing considering how long I watched the series and never saw that so really cool to hear you talk about it.

[@aaroncross6874]

Shows you how great the writing is in RvB when it was still good.

[@joshuakim5240]

Epsilon Church interestingly has a lot of relation dynamics mixed around compared to Alpha Church, which is a really good bit of writing. He's way less antagonistic towards the Reds but has more contempt for most of the Blues compared to Alpha with the exception of Caboose, who he's way more attached to compared to Alpha which makes a lot of sense considering how Caboose was effectively his foster father during Season 7 (Alpha would do anything to kill Caboose while Epsilon does everything he can to protect Caboose. The irony).

[@callsignmaverick3979]

Don’t you love how the new trailer just retconned the last four seasons as being in Church’s head before his death. Now Bernie has the opportunity to end Tuckers story the way he sees fit.

[@shanecorcoran2542]

But Tucker’s story was expanded upon nicely in 15-17 no?

[@callsignmaverick3979]

@@shanecorcoran2542 when he’s a badass, yes. When he is a dumbass, no. That’s my biggest problem with those seasons, the inconsistency. When Tucker and Sister are together, it’s great. When Tucker punches cyclops balls, it’s terrible.

[@TaylorWerdehausen-s3j]

Ha no devlopment for tucker specifically in new season lol

[@dravensanders6157]

I hope we get more RvB character breakdowns like this, I especially want to see Church and Carolina.

[@zombiedalekweck2243]

You can see how much he grows as later one he doesn't exactly find Caboose annoying anymore and instead sees him as a little brother almost. He's shown to get more protective over him in the chorus to the clone seasons, which makes sense as he's the only other survivor of the original three blue team and he's known Caboose for the longest at this point. When Temple begins to tell Caboose that Church is actually dead with no way back. Tucker does THE most serious dead line I've ever heard him say. Sure he's got angry and serious in other manners. But with this one line "Stop It." You can tell that from earlier when he said f-you in his usual style that he's being dead serious. Which also makes me think that they probably haven't explained that Church is like... fully dead beforehand. Since you know, deep down. I believe they all knew Church was gone. Which does make sense at the end of the day because as Wash put it, Caboose has a surprisingly fragile heart.

[@justsomemajor8923]

I would love to see one done on Grif because imo he has by far the most interesting development in the main cast of RvB Also he's my favorite lol

[@WholeLottaLove91]

Mine is a tie between Wash and Grif. I can relate to both of them the most.

[@dustyfedora]

8:33 Reconnaissance, the word you were looking for was Reconnaissance.

[@gingermenace8056]

First Washington and now Tucker?!?! Fuck yeah let’s gooooooooo. Next year we need Sarge

[@cookiecraze1310]

I want either Caboose or Church (both AI and Person). Caboose's development and acceptance of death is worth a look at, and the Lenard's are a whole can of beans.

[@doctornagalli3321]

14:28 If Connie was still in that armor, we all know what Tucker would say to this line.

[@redwolf705]

They did my boy so dirty in Restoration

[@jsapphire6940]

What do you mean he still has all developments from the chorus trilogy? All they did was not use him enough after restoration Tucker probably has PTSD

[@owl9130]

The idea of him being the Meta is actually a fascinating. issue was that restoration was working on a short deadline and an already dying studio, so they rushed through a lot of things that had great potential. I personally liked Restoration.

[@jsapphire6940]

@@owl9130 personally I love & frustrated with restoration. Plot wise it make sense for Tucker to be The Meta after season 13 then God's. I'm really irritated why didn't the writer for season 15 use Burnie pitch of Meta Tuckerr?

[@TheCrystonian]

This was a great video essay on Tucker. Tucker was and still is one of my most favorite characters, along with Alpha Church, in all of RvB due to how he grew as a character. I felt that out of all the characters he grew the most, gain new confidences and a stronger understanding of himself and his friends. His growth stood out the most to me compared to all the other characters. Thank you for this wonderful video and rekindling my love for RvB after the horrible "sequel" RvB: Zero.

[@cookiecraze1310]

I hope they do make a proper S18 for RvB. It's abit of a bummer to end on Washington being brain damaged. With Church's sacrifice, it was heroic and tragic. With Washington's, it's just sad.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

Didn't expect a Patton quote to start off a video about Tucker but it works surprisingly well

[@kinglod2312]

Hearing the simple guitar strum love the red versus blue always makes me nostalgic

[@duxofducks]

14:27 "...He was able to beat off C.T. and his men without much issue" Bow-chika Bow wow

[@christianemerson4622]

Post season 13 was a HUGE detriment to Tucker's character. All of it rolled back what was built up, which sucks because what had been previously been built up gave me a character I enjoyed the most and loved to watch him grow

[@aghostwithin311]

Good thing those newer seasons aren’t canon anymore

[@stillinstasis8389]

I love how you keep saying beat off in stead of saying beat. I’m sure Captain Donut would approve of you!

[@Christian-gr3gu]

The temple of procreation was super weird and i still have no idea wtf they were thinking

[@benjaminstiles]

I love that, by the end, they are no longer “the reds and the blues” but “the reds & blues” they are not two halves, they are one collective.

[@shanecorcoran2542]

I absolutely adore this series, I watched the Wash one a few days ago and it was great, this one was even better. Keep it up man

[@horaciorodriguez4301]

Just watched the vid. Truly a great and uplifting video about one of the greatest characters in modern fiction. I thank you for covering this for everyone's sake.

[@milowolfface9392]

His friend killed himself in his head. Such an underused plot

[@ogopogoagogo]

Great analysis man, I hope Church gets an episode next year.

[@redquoter]

Nice vid - I always considered Church as the "main character" in RvB.

[@geckolord0337]

He really was overall but there definitely were times we got to follow other characters as protagonists. Obviously a good example is the freelancer chronicles but in the chorus trilogy Tucker definitely has more of the focus towards him

[@sebastiancollins01]

The Majesty Of Caboose when?

[@chadcuzbad7009]

Finally some red vs blue content, pls go in on this like csm, there’s a whole theory of everything you can put together here, someone else has technically done it but it’s a small channel called Jake or jake-dm4rk so almost no one has mentally put every event together like this channel channel has

[@PaperThinnGlennHall]

I'm glad these are a yearly bit

[@raymondyongho5757]

Wasn't expecting a deep-dive analysis of a Red vs Blue video.

[@xjudertheduder8364]

wash and tucker are some of my most fav characters out of rvb i grew up on rvb, i was born the year after it's release and we owned the dvds, watched it on repeat as a toddler. Seeing tucker's growth is something i cant explain in words, same with washington. They bounce off of one another so well and it warms my heart knowing others feel the same way. This series is so good, i encourage everybody to watch it LOL.

[@korinokami761]

I’m so happy anything pass season 13 isn’t cannon anymore

[@Moverboy]

Been waiting all year for this one ☝️ 🙏

[@deuce5546]

Need more Meti RvB videos, they fuel my soul

[@ghostavinci104]

Thank you, Notthebadguy! I love this!

[@TheSecondAngel]

Oh my god you did it thank you I loved your wash one and now I feel someone else agreed thank you so much.

[@jasonfrancese8359]

So happy to see another video essay about Red vs Blue that isn’t just unspecified talking about how it was really good and isn’t anymore.

[@ParadisePummeler]

"was able to beat of CT and his men without much issue" Bow chika bow wow

[@astersaur]

Oh my god?? Someone making videos about rvb in 2023? I am so happy please keep doing this?? Like I get it’s April fools but. This goes hard

[@daringdreamerzvideo1]

That moment “I want to stay at your house” comes on, my heart broke

[@agentumbra2374]

Love the little skit at the beginning also I'm glad to see someone else realize that the time gun was affecting Tucker's mind since I don't think many other people realised it was happening.

[@JustCobaltVA]

This video will likely be an introduction for many people. Since in recent years RvB has sadly lost its time in the spotlight. Which may be for the best tbh. Anyway, thank you for making this video, and talking about one of the many great characters RvB has to offer. ❤

[@emiliochavez2900]

I'm really excited to see what they do with Tucker in the final season

[@d.n5287]

The only bad thing about this video is that I have to wait till next April Fool's for more RvB character analysis.

[@masterfernando7518]

Holy sh** his doing again, awesome more R Vs.B 🎉😂

[@norticgiant7731]

Tucker has been my favorite character ever since I first watched the first episode

[@chaseopenlander4377]

Bro ngl I’m so glad that people still love this show thanks for this truly amazing content.

[@strelitziamystery21]

Cut to Restoration. THERE WAS SO MUCH WASTED POTENTIAL!

[@jsapphire6940]

You can tell Meta Tucker was the original pitch for shisno trilogy

[@guyferrari8124]

It was clear they wanted to make it much longer than they where able to

[@totallynotsalty8333]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED IT YET BUT THANK YOU

[@dillydraws]

Honstly as much as I Love caboose and wash, also church. Tucker will always be my favourite, seeing him grow, fail and become the most badass member of the reds and blue

[@casualdisdain1515]

This video was beyond great and opened my eyes to things Ive never noticed before! (and that's saying something because RvB might be my fav series of all time) Thanks for making me appreciate the show that much more. Really warms my heart considering the current state of RT and RVB. I would genuinely love to see my RvB related content in the future!

[@andynorth1776]

"Tucker beat off CT and his men." Bow Chicka Wow-Wow

[@thecheeserat2510]

Can we plz get one on church sometime this year? I love these rvb character analysis and wish they weren’t once a year lol.

[@jaegerventus]

These RvB videos are soo good man, please release more than once a year❤❤

[@vigors5696]

HE MARE ANOTHER RVB VIDEO! ❤❤❤❤ ABSOLUTE KING

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your videos!

[@goldenwaffles875]

14:26 Bow chicka bow wow

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

I was hoping for Maine and I got Tucker This is also pretty good

[@Peachbuniu]

Tucker is one of my favorite characters (if not favorite) and I love this video!! It’s so well made and I adore all the references and jokes (especially the reconnaissance joke) I would love love love to hear your take on Locus next!! Loving all the rvb videos so far, keep it up!

[@teensierkitty4214]

I wish April fool's happend more often love these yearly rvb uploads

[@VyceofMataMertha]

Nice touch with "I Really Want To Stay At Your House" in the background.

[@griffinchalfant1761]

Bow chica bow wow

[@SephticMI]

Mann I’ve been wanting more of these since the Washington one

[@drakeversteeg2782]

Great to see another red vs blue related video

[@NotSantana]

FINALLY ANOTHER RVB VIDEO KEEP MAKING THESE THESE ARE AMAZING

[@minty2_b]

I like all the little easter eggs in this video, like "press eleven"

[@jobamadotcom3497]

14:25 BEAT OF CT AND HIS MEN? bow chika bow wow.

[@username.mp4387]

Hell yeah been waiting ever since your Washington video for more rvb, seriously no complaints here if you do more

[@colton4109]

The fact that he can last .5 seconds agents tex means he should be a navy seal.

[@peterclaymore2239]

Woooooooo more RVB videos. Let’s goooooo !!!

[@temporary_error_3264]

Definitely need more RVB related content.

[@TODDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

Even his name is badass

[@spider-fighterdenoir6266]

I was just thinking about your video on Washington

[@MLPGamer44]

“I’m a lover, not a fighter!”

[@Slavetotheallmighty]

Tucker was always my favorite

[@harrymorris2361]

You know, It’d be kinda awesome to see you do more analysis of RvB characters… (hopefully caboose or Sarge is next) but the RWBY characters also have a lot of hidden meanings to their names. Blake and Yang probably being the most hidden, with Blake’s full name translating to “The beautiful lady in Black” from Old English and Italian, and Yangs meaning “Little Dragon of the Sun” from Mandarin

[@dillydraws]

I say we need a analysis of wash

[@harrymorris2361]

He’s already done that

[@harrymorris2361]

He’s already done that

[@thepriorstone4064]

It’s weird how Church is my favorite but as he left the lead role, Tucker also became my favorite. God the writing is so good

[@morganus1360]

Man, I like RvB. Probably the first and arguably the only truly good show RT put out.

[@deuce5546]

Camp Camp was pretty good

[@Unicorngod666]

Tucker’s my favorite character ever and is the reason I kept on watching the show thru the bad seasons and is the only character from season one to actually learn and develop