Brent McHale

Brent McHale
Appearances	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Aliases	Baby Brent Chicken Brent
Physical Description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Blond
Eye Color	Blue
Height	6'3"
Biographical Information
Home	Swallow Falls
Age	8 (flashback) 22
Birthday	1987
Occupation	Mascot

Brent McHale aka Baby Brent or Chicken Brent is the secondary antagonist turned anti-hero in  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and one of Flint's companions in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. He was the official mascot of Baby Brent Sardines and Flint Lockwood's former school bully.

“	I am very curious about bullies. I have always wanted to know how they work. Brent is an attempt to understand them.	”
	— Director Phil Lord

Appearance

Brent has fair skin, messy blond hair, blue eyes, and a chubby build squeezed into what he usually wears underneath his clothes. He usually wears a blue jacket with three white stripes and 2 white Bs that stand for his name, with blue pants, also while making his appearance as Baby Brent as part of his costal fame he also wears an adult diaper underneath his clothes and blue-and-white open toed sandals.

His movement is loose and casual, implying he's never had a stressful day in his life. His facial expression is consistently "half-lidded and dopey, featuring angled eyes with bisecting pupils."

Personality

Brent rode on his fame as the mascot of Baby Brent Sardines and continues to live stuck in the glory of his past, down to still wearing a diaper and eventually a pair of sandals. Being treated like a celebrity by the townspeople has allowed him to breeze through life without struggle, making him arrogant and entitled. He grew up with a gaggle of fair-weather friends who basked in his fame and joined Brent in tormenting a young Flint for being a nerd, but is never shown to have a solid support system of friends before he befriended Flint and Sam.

Brent is stripped of his identity when the international community breaks the delusion of the value of his accomplishments. He accompanies Flint and Sam on their mission to destroy the FLDSMDFR in his adult diaper; in the process, he reforms his identity with the help of some man-eating chickens, and goes from Baby Brent to Chicken Brent. In addition "He learns what it means to work for something and to throw your heart (or giblets) into a cause greater than oneself."

Brent embraces his role as a dim-witted but loyal friend and employee, finding employment at Chick 'N' Sushi as a sign twirler. Chester V tries to use Brent's history of bullying Flint to tear their new friendship apart. "When Flint it mean to him, he doesn't quite understand why, but he also doesn't retaliate since he has grown emotionally since the first film."

He is forgiving, humble and considerate.

History

Early Life

In his infancy Brent McHale became the official mascot of Baby Brent Sardines and quickly became considered a town mascot and local celebrity in Swallow Falls (and their only "celebrity"). this was accomplished by wearing and revealing the diaper he uses in his guest appearances as Baby Brent when he was still wearing Baby Diapers as a young baby.

Even after his infancy as a true diaper baby while he was growing up and the company's shutdown, he still played the part of Baby Brent in public and was considered a famous icon in the town beloved by all, just as "stuck" in nostalgia for the sardine-focused past as the rest of the town.

Not much is known about Brent's family life besides the fact that his mother Brenda ran the Sardinees diner until its insolvency after the sardine economy crashed.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (TV Series)

Brent continued to act as the school bully in high school, dismissing Flint Lockwood's love for science and calling Sam Sparks and Flint nerds. Brent did not have a strong social group of his own, loosely hanging out with the school's mascot team and bonding with Mayor Shelbourne's son Gil over their toenail collections.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Brent McHale as "Baby Brent."

Brent McHale continued to ride on the infantile fame, and continued to accept his part he played as Baby Brent in public, making public appearances in front of adoring fans and still wearing a diaper that he revealed every single time when it called for that one moment. He would continue to make the same pose as in the company's logo, despite the obvious ridiculousness of his age and girth. This was called for when he came to cut the ribbon for the opening of Sardine Land and started by ditching his clothes except for his adult diaper revealing the diaper baby appearance to the audience before making his famous “Uh-oh!” Pose and cutting the ribbon.

Baby Brent being swallowed by a man-eating chicken.

Brent McHale's fame soon faded after Flint created the FLDSMDFR, however he tried to keep it together but failed in the process and eventually was stuck in his diaper making one more appearance as Baby Brent before finally fleeing. However he realized that his perceived fame was an illusion from living in a small, secluded island that he called his own home, Brent still wearing his diaper decided to help Flint and Sam ascend to the FLDSMDFR, hoping to find a new identity in the clouds. He was wearing his diaper during the assent and was glad he was at the time, in addition he got tossed up and down at a certain point during the assent, and eventually decided to follow Flint and Sam to make himself useful and got stuck in the hatch of the Flying Car 2 but he did everything he could to get free in the process and he eventually got free and followed Flint and Sam soon after and eventually landed right on top of them. In the event the trio was surrounded by man-eating chickens he considered them kind of cute however he let his guard down in the process and was eaten whole making his last moments as Baby Brent count. In retaliation he discovered his new identity after being eaten whole by the man-eating chicken that did it, and immediately called himself Chicken Brent, and used his newfound confidence to stave off the vicious food creatures and return Sam to the Flying Car when she went into anaphylactic shock.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Brent's change of heart was rewarded by him being included in Flint's circle of friends, a role he takes very seriously, even if he does not quite understand how to be of value to the group. While living in San Franjose, Brent found employment as a sign twirler for Chick 'N' Sushi, showing initiative and responsibility by even looking for someone to cover his shift when he left for Swallow Falls (even if the one "covering" his shift is a tree).

When Flint begins to reject Brent at the guidance of Chester V, Brent doesn’t retaliate, understanding that it would be unfair for Flint to completely forget about how much Brent had bullied Flint in the past. He still remained a loyal friend to the end, helping Flint and Sam reclaim the FLDSMDFR from Live Corp.

Video Game

Brent first reaches out to Flint when the dam holding back Mount Leftovers is about to collapse. He is already Chicken Brent by this point, having dressed like a chicken to try and "infiltrate the enemy." This did not work, so Flint has to rescue Brent from hostile sentient food.

Brent accompanies Flint and Sam to the Meat-a-Roid and offers Flint a variety of weapons, including Spray-On Shoes.

He and Earl Devereaux are the only characters not present in Flint's yard at the beginning of Act VII.

Behind the Scenes

Brent was the first character built for the movie. An inordinate amount of time was spent designing Brent's body hair to make him "look less creepy." Brent is the only character besides Flint who is built in detail all the way down to his toes. Brent's tracksuit was originally burgundy velour and was designed with the help of Imagework's TANGO cloth simulation software.

Trivia

• The catchphrase from Brent commercial isn’t original.
• Brent holding up signs for the mayor is a reference to Bob Dylan's promotional film clip for "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

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