The Boogieman

The Boogieman is a rejected "5th Horseman" of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and his real name is Flatulence, because of the foul smell he always brings with him. Boogieman made his appearance in Phase 3. His first appearance is in 2-D's Plastic Beach Ident where he is seen gassing 2-D. He is first fully seen in the "Stylo" music video in which he engulfed a highway patrol officer in a black smog before vanishing. In the "On Melancholy Hill" music video, he kidnapped a crying manatee atop of Melancholy Hill for no explained purpose. Cyborg Noodle fired two solid slugs at the Boogieman, which resulted in him pulling the manatee down with him off of the hill into the sea. He is next seen in the storyboard video for Rhinestone Eyes, where he appears to Murdoc on Plastic Beach, displays a memory of Murdoc and his agreement, and attacks Plastic Beach, summoning several planes similar to those that had attacked Noodle in the On Melancholy Hill video. Murdoc has stated in a blog on the Gorillaz website that he'd made some deals with the Boogieman (which, Murdoc said, was actually a demon) to ensure a career at the top of the music charts and to get rid of some unwanted people. In turn, Murdoc would give access to "various souls of innocent kids and stuff". Murdoc, however, made sure he wasn't around when the Boogieman would come by to collect his payment. And now he'd returned to take revenge on Murdoc (it is possible that gassing 2D was his last job for Murdoc). Murdoc also stated that he was shocked to see him in the Stylo music video footage, as he hadn't noticed him before. When the Boogieman invaded Plastic Beach during the events of Rhinestone Eyes, Murdoc had The Imposter Murdoc take his place so the wrong soul would be collected, settling the debt between the two. In the "DoYaThing" music video, he appears in the living room while reading a newspaper of completely normal form before glaring at 2-D. In the FreeMurdoc campaign Murdoc said that he had no idea what was going with the Boogieman as he unfriended him after he kept sending yoga pics. In The Now Now Q&A on June 29th, 2018, two different answers were given when was asked what happened to the Boogieman. One was that he became a star in the Boogie Nights and the other was that he is now working as personal chef for the Gorillaz, as of Murdoc's arrest.