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Imelda Pulse
Imelda Pulse (played by Siobhan Thompson) is an impeccably dressed, mysterious woman in a dark velvet cloak who "reeks of old money" MEN E1·00:10:31. She first gives Hunch Curio the false name "Stacy Fakename" MEN E1·00:11:11, then says "My name is Imelda Pulse. Perhaps you've heard of my family." MEN E1·00:12:40 MEN E1·00:11:19. She says her family has been in this town "since before the brain existed" MEN E1·00:12:44. She calls herself reckless, impulsive and a little crazy MEN E1·00:15:53.
Imelda Pulse is the "Femme Fatale" MEN E1·00:10:31 of the Prefrontal PIs, the impulsive old-money woman of the Pulse family, who wears a gold key on a chain MEN E1·00:10:31 MEN E1·01:44:54. In MEN_01 she hires Hunch, saying she has already made the big guy move: "I have already made that happen." MEN E1·00:18:31. At Sugah's she smashes the shiny rock Anastasia hands her and pulls the peanut out of Conrad's hand when he says he is deathly allergic MEN E1·01:41:23 MEN E1·01:42:19 MEN E1·01:42:25. In MEN_02 she admits she took the packet on impulse, "put it in his bag, left for the day" MEN E2·00:18:00, and denies breaking the keyhole: "Well, I used the key. I just didn't break the keyhole." MEN E2·00:24:07 MEN E2·00:18:00. She calms the Hippo Campus librarians, gets the Gobstopper Psychometer Project book, and proposes to steal it MEN E2·01:40:11 MEN E2·01:42:08 MEN E2·01:48:10. In MEN_03 she slaps Hunch across the face, declares "team balls in this situation" MEN E3·00:14:23, and rejects the idea of Conrad turning himself in MEN E3·00:06:21 MEN E3·00:14:23 MEN E3·00:15:03. Her Snoop points out the white key to everyone, and she hides under hats and newspapers while Chief Tightass looks for her in Anastasia's room MEN E3·00:27:11 MEN E3·00:55:02 MEN E3·00:56:01.
In MEN_04 she goes to Oblongata Station cloaked, gives Max the alias "Joanne Fakename" MEN E4·00:08:54, and orders champagne, flute and bottle: "Both!" MEN E4·00:04:23 MEN E4·00:08:54 MEN E4·00:11:42. She puts a key in the switchboard on impulse ("I can't wait that long.") and then waits when told to MEN E4·00:13:17 MEN E4·00:13:35. Her Savvy on the controls makes the big guy fire the grappling gun MEN E4·00:30:18. She pushes Conrad at the cops as the wanted Stacy Fakename, then takes her hat off and reveals herself as Imelda Pulse to join the ride MEN E4·00:38:52 MEN E4·00:39:58. On the radio she tells H. V. Lance that they have shit themselves, and at the mayor's she says "I'm beginning to think we need a new mayor." MEN E4·01:36:50 and hits him with frozen vodka MEN E4·01:10:41 MEN E4·01:36:50 MEN E4·01:39:15. In MEN_05 she climbs the fire escape with Hunch, talks Thalamus into opening his shop, and buys a pearl-handled pistol MEN E5·00:13:21 MEN E5·00:14:12 MEN E5·00:19:13. At Cerebell Pacific she turns Lance's hypervigilance on himself, dips him for a kiss, and asks "You want to go to Vagus and get married right after this?" MEN E5·01:02:04 MEN E5·00:58:03 MEN E5·01:00:12. As she runs out she tells him "I am in love with you." MEN E5·01:05:56.
In MEN_06 she puts her key into the central slot of the machine, shouting "Screw elected government officials! I'm old money!" MEN E6·00:15:30 MEN E6·00:15:55. She is thrown out of the booth with "Don't you know who I am! Unhand me, man!" MEN E6·00:19:37. She flashes the gangsters, telling them "Gentlemen, please, there are ladies present!" MEN E6·00:45:30 and later turns four of them against the Don's men: "You could work for one of the top dogs in the city." MEN E6·01:09:13. To Lance she says "I'm gonna need this to be an open relationship." MEN E6·01:09:54. In the epilogue Siobhan has her elope with hypervigilance, and later tells Hunch the song he could not remember: "Chattanooga Choo Choo." MEN E6·01:53:35 MEN E6·01:54:11.
Character sheet — Mentopolis
Mentopolis sheet of Imelda Pulse (played by Siobhan Thompson). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- Self-description — Siobhan: "an impeccably dressed, mysterious woman in a dark velvet cloak" who reeks of old money. MEN E1·00:10:31
- Card background lines — Three lines under the title on her file card: Mysterious woman in dark velvet cloak; Reeks of old money; Impulsively reckless. MEN E1·00:10:34
- Real name and family — After the false name Stacy Fakename, she gives her real name, Imelda Pulse, and her family: "We've been in this town since before the brain existed." MEN E1·00:12:44 MEN E1·00:11:11 MEN E1·00:12:40
- Reckless and impulsive (her own words) — "I'm reckless. I'm impulsive. I'm a little crazy." she tells Hunch. MEN E1·00:15:53
- File stamp RECKLESS — Her file (number shown as '??') is stamped RECKLESS in the transcript caption of the full card; the frame reading does not carry the stamp. MEN E1·01:22:20
- Beloved — Card feature: +3 SLICK with people who love your work. MEN E1·01:22:20 MEN E1·01:22:26
- Overachiever — Card feature: +3 SLICK when interacting with authority figures. MEN E1·01:22:20 MEN E1·01:22:26
- Wealthy — Card feature: spend 1 Moxie to ease bad situations with cash. MEN E1·01:22:20 MEN E1·01:22:26
- Slick plus two (not named) — On the Slick contest against Hunch's lie test Siobhan says: "I rolled a 2 but I got a 4." A fixed 2 is added; its source is not said. MEN E1·00:11:32
- Moxie gained: one for a failed Slick contest — Brennan: "One Moxie token for Siobhan." after her Slick loses to Hunch's Snoop. MEN E1·00:11:42
- Overachiever used: authority figures — Brennan lets her treat the librarians as authority figures on a Snap Decision: "So you get the plus three, but you do have to roll." She says 13 plus 5, an 18, against Ollie's punch. MEN E2·01:40:04 MEN E2·01:40:09 MEN E2·01:40:11
- Wealthy used: eases a goon with cash — Siobhan: "I'm going to use one of my Moxies to buy to ease a bad situation with cash." and palms the goon some money; Brennan confirms she uses a Moxie. MEN E2·01:56:50 MEN E2·01:56:55
- Moxie given: one to Hunch — Offers Hunch a couple of Moxie on his Snoop; then "I'll give you one Moxie." MEN E2·01:45:50 MEN E2·01:45:56
- Moxie gained: collecting after a failed Savvy — Fails a Savvy (a 4); Brennan: "Time to start collecting some Moxie, anyway." The number of tokens is not said. MEN E3·00:13:03
- Moxie spent: four for +2 to Anastasia — Siobhan: "I'll use my four Moxie to give you two." She spends her four Moxie for +2 on Danielle's roll (costs doubled at this pressure). MEN E3·00:33:41 MEN E3·00:33:42
- Moxie gained: more on a failed Savvy 3 — Her Savvy 3 is among the failures; Brennan: "More Moxie here." The number of tokens is not said. MEN E3·00:44:35
- Slick plus two (named as a plus) — Siobhan on the Joanne Fakename Slick against Max: "I rolled a 2 and I have a plus 2." for exactly the difficulty 4; later she repeats it on a Slick 16 as "16 plus 2". The source is not named. MEN E4·00:09:12 MEN E4·00:39:10
- Alias Joanne Fakename — To Max, who is suspicious of the name Stacy Fakename: "Oh no, that's a fake name. My name is Joanne Fakename." MEN E4·00:08:54
- Slick plus five (not explained) — On a Slick of 1 with Thalamus: "That's a 1, but I do add 5 to it." The source of the 5 is not named. MEN E5·00:18:41
- Wealthy used: the purse pistol costs no Moxie — Brennan on the purchase at Thalamus's shop: "You have wealth. I won't even make you spend a Moxie for it." MEN E5·00:19:30
- Moxie lent on a Savvy 7 — Siobhan asks: "Can somebody lend me a Moxie?" on a Savvy 7; Trapp offers two (costs doubled), Hank offers one doubled; who pays is not said. MEN E5·00:31:29 MEN E5·00:31:36 MEN E5·00:31:39
- Slick plus five on the crit — After her 19 on the rerolled Slick she adds "a plus five"; the source is not named. MEN E6·01:30:48
- Beloved in play: a fraction love her work — Flashing the gangsters, Siobhan asks whether they love her creative and charitable work; Brennan: a fraction of them do. She gets a 16 for those and 13 for the rest. MEN E6·00:45:47 MEN E6·00:45:56 MEN E6·00:45:58
- Moxie gained: a failure token for the rest — After the Slick 16 that turns some of the gangsters, Brennan: "here's a failure token" for those she does not get. MEN E6·00:46:04
Items
- Gold key on a chain — Pulls a very shiny gold key on a chain from under her shirt; Brennan: it is one of the keys that let members of the Pulse Family speak directly to the big guy. MEN E1·01:44:54 MEN E1·01:44:57 MEN E1·01:45:24
- Endorphins vodka — Siobhan: "I grab a bottle of vodka for the road."; Brennan: a big bottle that says Endorphins across the top. MEN E3·01:01:03 MEN E3·01:01:12
- Frozen vodka — Siobhan: "I take the frozen vodka that I still have and hit him across the face with it." (the mayor). MEN E4·01:39:15
- Pearl-handled purse pistol — Asks Thalamus for a purse pistol with a pearl handle and he goes to get one; Brennan: Wealthy, no Moxie needed. MEN E5·00:19:13 MEN E5·00:19:30
- Pearl-handled purse pistol given away — lost: "I think I might give my gun to Ivana."; Brennan: she gives it to Ivana. MEN E5·00:50:19 MEN E5·00:50:25
- Key into the four-F console — Imelda: "Screw elected government officials! I'm old money!" and puts her key into the machine, a 16 on an exploding roll against Max's 12; the key turns the center slot and the PA boots up. MEN E6·00:15:30 MEN E6·00:15:37 MEN E6·00:15:55
By episode
MEN E1: The Big Guy
- Self-description: "an impeccably dressed, mysterious woman in a dark velvet cloak" who "reeks of old money" — 00:10:31
- Gives the false name "Stacy Fakename", then her real name: "My name is Imelda Pulse. Perhaps you've heard of my family." — 00:11:19, 00:12:40
- "We've been in this town since before the brain existed." — 00:12:44
- Claims to be "reckless. I'm impulsive. I'm a little crazy." — 00:15:53
- Says she has already made the big guy move: "I have already made that happen." — 00:18:31
- Wears a gold key on a chain: "I may have a little in with a big man." — 01:44:54
- Smashes the shiny rock Anastasia hands her — 01:41:23
- Pulls the peanut out of Conrad's hand when he says he is deathly allergic — 01:42:19, 01:42:25
MEN E2: The Scattered Mind
- Admits taking the packet by impulse: "I just took it, put it in his bag, left for the day." — 00:18:00
- Jokes that she should have had him "burn the packet and leave town and change his name, and maybe get bangs" — 00:17:38
- Denies breaking the keyhole: "Well, I used the key. I just didn't break the keyhole." — 00:24:07
- Takes a soap in the restroom — 00:26:39
- Asks the soda jerk for something new and is told "you come to Nostalgia's all the time! We only serve things we already liked!" — 00:37:28
- Suggests splitting up: "Why don't we all divide and go our own separate ways, and all of us come back together at the end?" — 00:50:48
- Recognised by a cheerleader at the Hippo Campus and says "No." — 01:36:03–01:36:06
- Calms the librarians with a Slick check (18), then gets the Gobstopper Psychometer Project book with a 21 — 01:40:11, 01:42:08
- Pays off a goon with a Moxie of Wealthy: "I'm going to use one of my Moxies to buy to ease a bad situation with cash." — 01:56:50
- Proposes to steal the book: "Well, we have it 'til Wednesday. And Wednesday is forever away, as far as I'm concerned. Let's just steal it!" — 01:48:10
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Answers Hunch's theory by slapping (Hunch answers "Okay, one more time!" — 00:06:31): "I slap him across the face." — 00:06:21
- On the idea of making Elias touch himself: "I personally have been trying to get him to inappropriately touch his balls in public for a long time." — 00:08:41
- Fails to recall other keyholes (Savvy 4) — 00:12:59
- Calls the high functions "boring": "Those people are so boring. Ambition? Ugh, no. Logic? Ugh." — 00:13:56
- Declares "team balls in this situation" — 00:14:23
- Rejects Conrad turning himself in: "I don't think Conrad should turn himself in." — 00:15:03
- Pushes Conrad to say the name: "Don't you want to say it, though? Just a little bit, in front of all these adults?" — 00:15:22
- Explodes a Snoop to 10 and points out the white key to everyone — 00:27:04, 00:27:11
- Reacts to the pocket square: "Oh no. So we got zapped by our own petard." — 00:28:52
- Adds to the book: "I make the man have a different colored hat. His hat has a big feather coming out of it now" — 00:32:03
- In Anastasia's room: "It's nice! I really like what you've done with the place." — 00:52:24; Siobhan notes "I don't take the chair." — 00:52:47
- Hides under hats and newspapers thrown by Anastasia (both roll Sneak, DC 8: Siobhan 8, Danielle 5) while Chief Tightass looks for her — 00:55:02, 00:55:07, 00:56:01
- Compliments Anastasia's lying: "You have gotten so good at lying. I am proud of you." — 01:00:05
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
- Wears a cloak: "I am cloak up, but in a way that's like, look at that mysterious woman, how mysterious she is." — 00:04:23; Sneak 10, then "Wait, 11." — 00:05:18, 00:05:21
- Gives Max the alias: "Oh no, that's a fake name. My name is Joanne Fakename." — 00:08:54; Slick 4 (a 2 on the die and plus 2) — 00:09:12
- Orders "a champagne" and, asked flute or bottle, "Both!" — 00:11:35, 00:11:42
- Puts a key in the switchboard on impulse: "I can't wait that long." — 00:13:17; waits when told: "I'll wait. That's fine." — 00:13:35
- Savvy 7 on the controls (Snap Decision) so that the big guy fires the grappling gun — 00:30:01, 00:30:18
- Pushes Conrad at the cops: "Hey, look who I found. It's Stacy Fakename and she's Wanted." — 00:38:52; Slick "16 plus 2" — 00:39:10
- Unmasks herself to join the ride: "I take my hat off <…> and reveal that I am Imelda Pulse." — 00:39:58
- Snoop 18 after a double explosion while the group talks of tattoos: "Let me show you how it's done." — 01:04:20
- Takes the radio to tell Lance: "did you know that we just shit ourselves and maybe can't remember our own name?" — 01:10:41
- Tells the mayor "I'd do it again." — 01:32:21; "I'm beginning to think we need a new mayor." — 01:36:50
- Hits the mayor with frozen vodka: "I take the frozen vodka that I still have and hit him across the face with it." — 01:39:15
- To the mayor-Freeze: "You're a valid response, but, I cannot stress this enough, not for right now." — 01:41:12
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
- Climbs the fire escape with Hunch and talks Thalamus into opening: "We're so sorry to disturb you at this late hour" — 00:13:21, 00:14:12
- Buys the pearl-handled pistol: "Well, while I'm here, I actually do want a purse pistol. What've you got?" — 00:19:13
- Orders the rest "wrapped up and sent to my house" and calls it "absolutely a gift, for me!" — 00:25:18, 00:25:27
- Gives her gun to Ivana: "I think I might give my gun to Ivana." — 00:50:19
- Goes sneakily to Cerebell Pacific by a back way (Savvy 4 fails) — 00:54:39, 00:55:32
- Faces Lance with impulse: "I'm always looking to get into something." — 00:57:07
- Turns Lance's hypervigilance on himself ("I'm suspicious of everybody.") and dips him for a kiss — 00:58:03, 01:00:12
- Slaps him and then proposes: "You want to go to Vagus and get married right after this?" — 01:01:05, 01:02:04
- Tells Elias through the key: "As I tell him what to do, I think of Conrad" and imbues "this is the first time we've ever done a good thing" — 01:03:14
- Has Ivana shoot the keyhole again: "Yeah." — 01:04:37
- Running out with Lance: "I am in love with you." — 01:05:56
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Tells Lance to be lookout: "Lance, you're gonna have to play lookout." — 00:09:16
- Asks Ivana about siblings and likes champagne for the same reason as vodka: "I like to drink champagne because then you say what you really think." — 00:10:34, 00:11:15
- To Stacy: "I really think that right now, you are what this city needs." — 00:13:44
- "Here's what I say. We run. And if we run into anybody and we have to, then…we fight." — 00:14:34
- To Max: "Screw elected government officials! I'm old money!" and puts her key into the machine (16, exploding) — 00:15:30, 00:15:37, 00:15:55
- Thrown out of the booth after Slick 8: "Don't you know who I am! Unhand me, man!" — 00:19:31, 00:19:37
- Flashes the gangsters (Slick 16, a fraction love her work; failure token for the rest): "Gentlemen, please, there are ladies present!" — 00:45:30, 00:45:58, 00:46:04
- Turns four gangsters on their old boss: "You don't wanna work for this guy, right? You could work for one of the top dogs in the city." (Slick 23 or 25) — 01:09:13, 01:09:26
- To Lance, her "fiance": "I'm gonna need this to be an open relationship. I am a woman that can't be tamed." and "Get down here and help this man up!" — 01:09:54, 01:10:10
- Epilogue (Siobhan): elopes with hypervigilance; "She's at Sugah's every night"; after months to years feels empty and visits a rickety old office: "Chattanooga Choo Choo. That's that song you couldn't remember." — 01:53:35, 01:54:11