NPCs · first: MM E1
Fletcher Cottonbottom
Fletcher Cottonbottom is Sylvester's arch nemesis, the son of Sylvester's former employer, Lord Ignatius Cottonbottom, the late head of the British Museum MM E1·00:32:05. Grant says Fletcher was in line to receive a great sum of insurance money, until Sylvester interrupted that plan MM E1·00:32:05. The body of a newspaper article shown in the first scene calls him a "criminal mastermind and archrival" and "the late Fletcher Cottonbottom" MM E1·00:30:28.
Fletcher Cottonbottom is Sylvester's arch nemesis, the son of Lord Ignatius Cottonbottom, whom a newspaper calls "the late Fletcher Cottonbottom" MM E1·00:30:28 MM E1·00:32:05. In MM_02 Brennan shows Sylvester, in a flash of lightning on the dock, a pale figure taking his hood off and stretching two long ears, and names him Fletcher Cottonbottom MM E2·02:11:34. In the Bavaria flashback of MM_03 he is a snow-white rabbit with a pipe MM E3·00:04:00. He tells Sylvester "this time, the fox doesn't catch the rabbit" MM E3·00:05:59. In MM_04 Brennan says he was the "Naponyan of crime" and that he disappeared under the falls and his body was never found MM E4·00:08:22 MM E4·00:10:02.
In MM_05 the players guess that the masked figure on the hillside is Harding the turtle or Armond MM E5·01:35:14. In MM_06 Daisy tells the room "Fletcher Cottonbottom has been alive this entire time." MM E6·01:20:12. In MM_08 Daisy says that Gangie's London address is in Cottonbottom's handwriting MM E8·00:15:48. In MM_09 Rekha asks whether Fletcher Cottonbottom is Mr. Harding, which is only a guess MM E9·01:52:30. Brennan answers "Ambrose Harding can't be Fletcher Cottonbottom." MM E9·01:53:00. Brennan tells the players that Fletcher is somewhere in the house in disguise MM E9·01:58:08. In the MM_10 boathouse Lars guesses that Cottonbottom may be dressed as a snail, an armadillo or a turtle MM E10·00:53:23.
Lawrence Longfoot is a hare and newspaper magnate who at the squire's party announces that the Brockhollow Estate will gift more than 150,000 pounds to the Anglican Church, raises a glass to Sylvester and takes his photo with a flash camera MM E1·01:35:55 MM E1·01:36:05 MM E1·01:38:52 MM E1·01:39:44. In MM_10 Sylvester says "That would be the nail in the coffin, at long last, of Fletcher Cottonbottom." MM E10·01:32:37. Rain then melts the makeup on Lawrence Longfoot's hand MM E10·01:32:48. Fletcher Cottonbottom says "My dear Mr. Cross, at long last we meet again" MM E10·01:33:21. Brennan's recap calls him a rabbit disguised as a hare and says "Lawrence Longfoot, AKA Fletcher Cottonbottom" took the picture that triggered Mrs. Molesly's fit MM E10·01:35:13. Brennan says the flash that triggered her fit in the study was that of the camera itself, and that the masked figure on top of Loam Hall was this same figure, its crunch the sound of the camera breaking under Gangie's shovel MM E10·01:36:31. Brennan adds that Lars had clocked the masked figure in the head in the elevator fight, which let Cottonbottom hide in plain sight as the injured Longfoot MM E10·02:36:17. He shoves Sylvester out of the window MM E10·01:36:57. He says that Squire Badger "got cold feet and tried to ruin everything" MM E10·02:04:02. He tells Gangie "I had to recommend your services in secret" MM E10·02:05:18. He shoots Gangie in the chest MM E10·02:05:31.
On the roof Daisy pushes him into the lightning rod, and Brennan says "Daisy D'umpstaire, you have killed Fletcher Cottonbottom." MM E10·02:11:45. In the epilogue Daisy says he had threatened to turn over information about her, and that is why she left Sylvester at the altar MM E10·02:40:35.
By episode
MM E1: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
MM E2: A Scandal in Britannia
MM E3: A Time For Clues
- Fletcher Cottonbottom — snow-white rabbit with fluffy ears and a pipe, Sylvester's archrival; card "FLETCHER COTTONBOTTOM / A VISION OF EVIL" — 00:04:00, 00:04:10
"But I'm afraid this time, the fox doesn't catch the rabbit." — 00:05:59
Says his family's name was betrayed: "You were ours! You worked for us!" — 00:06:34
MM E4: The Stabber of the Evening
- Fletcher Cottonbottom — heir of Sir Ignatius, Sylvester's archrival; the "Naponyan of crime"; disappeared "under the falls" and his body was never found — 00:06:13, 00:08:22, 00:10:02
"Fletcher Cottonbottom became obsessed with Sylvester back in the day for ruining his family's reputation" — 00:06:13
MM E8: Outfoxed
MM E9: The Belly of the Beast
- Fletcher Cottonbottom — Brennan: "You know Fletcher Cottonbottom is somewhere in this house in disguise." — 01:58:08; also "Fletcher Cottonbottom has been somebody able to move throughout the party the entire time." — 01:36:00; Rekha: when lightning struck he was seen in the bathroom, same place as the circuit breaker — 01:33:09
MM E10: Unfinished Business
- Fletcher Cottonbottom — revealed at the top of the tower, in the persona of Lawrence Longfoot, when rain melts the makeup on Lawrence Longfoot's hand after Sylvester says Fletcher's name; he greets "My dear Mr. Cross, at long last we meet again" — 01:32:48, 01:33:21
- Brennan's recap: "Fletcher Cottonbottom, a rabbit disguised as a hare"; Brennan's account: "perhaps triggering the lightning rod" so that under the guise of a lightning strike Lawrence Longfoot, "AKA Fletcher Cottonbottom", could take the picture that triggered Mrs. Molesly's fit; the crunch of the masked figure on top of Loam Hall was the camera breaking under Gangie's shovel — 01:35:13, 01:36:31
- Shoves Sylvester out the window, climbs the roof, shoots Gangie; says he "had to recommend your services in secret" and that Squire Badger "got cold feet and tried to ruin everything"; says to Daisy "Mr. Longfoot, I think you'll find that I've been here all along, moving amongst you" — 01:36:49, 02:04:02, 02:05:18, 02:09:15
- Killed by Daisy when she pushes him into the lightning rod: "Daisy D'umpstaire, you have killed Fletcher Cottonbottom." — 02:11:45
- Daisy later says he had threatened to turn over information about her, which is why she left Sylvester at the altar — 02:40:35