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21-756: Blue Meanie(s) may refer to: In fiction [ edit ] Blue Meanies ( Yellow Submarine ) , fictional music-hating creatures in the films Yellow Submarine and Across the Universe Blue Meanies, fictional cat-like creatures in Katherine Applegate's book series Remnants Other [ edit ] Blue Meanies (Illinois band) , an American ska-core band founded in Carbondale, Illinois Blue Meanies (Canadian band) , later known as New Meanies Blue Meanies (Apple Computer) ,

42-637: A Nobody can in fact, be somebody. Jeremy Hillary Boob also appears in the music video for " Glass Onion ", released for the 50th anniversary of the album The Beatles (commonly known as "the White Album"). Jeremy Hillary Boob was originally named Jeremy Y. du Q. Adams, after Southern Methodist University professor Jeremy duQuesnay Adams . The character of Jeremy was intended as a parody of public intellectuals and polymaths , most notably theatrical director and physician Jonathan Miller , with whom story writer Lee Minoff had previously worked. He

63-479: A change of heart, so he embraces the word "yes" and takes on the title "His Newness." He concedes defeat and decides to "mix" with The Beatles and the Pepperlanders. While Pepperland's Blue Meanies appear to have become peaceful, at the very end of the film, when The Beatles appear in the flesh to the audience, John says that "newer and bluer Meanies have been sighted within the vicinity of this theatre." Like

84-561: A final, petty attempt at retribution, the Chief threatens to tear the newly-freed Nowhere Man into little pieces. However, he is thwarted by Jeremy's poetry and magic, sprouting roses from his nose and body. He flees with the rest of his army, unsure what to do now that "it's no longer a blue world"; Max suggests they flee to Argentina (a reference to the Nazis fleeing to Argentina after World War II ). However, Jeremy's roses cause The Chief to have

105-658: A former engineering group within Apple Computer The Blue Meanie , real name Brian Heffron, a professional wrestler "Blue Meanie", a slang term for police officers "Blue Meanies From Outer Space", a game on the VIC20 "Blue Meanie", a nickname for Holden Dealer Team special edition of the Holden VK Commodore Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

126-548: A friendly manner towards one another. As the Chief comments, "it can't last." The soundproof glass sphere covers the band, making their music inaudible, and in their panic to run away, the natives are fired at by the Blue Meanies' guns, whose missiles both drain their victims' color on contact and seem to petrify them. The Chief bombards the natives with various weapons and other evil species that vary in their ferocity and eccentricity. (After The Beatles' arrival to Pepperland,

147-757: A mysterious purple and green object that can turn from a typewriter to a tree, to an easel , a piano, and numerous other things. He spends the vast majority of his time frenetically creating art, using the various transformations of the object. He is seen carving stone, editing a nearly finished book, composing piano music, and painting in rapid succession. He also reviews his own works but states "it's (his own) policy to never read them". The band realizes that one of their songs sums Jeremy up well and they sing " Nowhere Man " about him as he cavorts with their magic. However, he soon becomes sad when he realizes they are going to leave. Feeling sorry for him, Ringo Starr offers to take him with them and he gratefully accepts. Later,

168-441: A pale blue boot on the right foot, a navy blue boot on the left. He has an unpredictable, if not split, personality, which sends him from quiet and friendly to loud, raging, and malicious — though no less buffoonish in either. Max is often the victim of his abuse, being punched, shot, or stomped on by a "Butterfly Stomper." He also has another Meanie carry around a stool so that he can sit down whenever he likes. He also states (until

189-597: A paradise where music and peace reign, in an attempt to crush its spirit. This prompts one of Pepperland's sailors , the former Commander , now the newly appointed Lord Admiral , known as "Old Fred" (or "Young Fred", according to the even older Lord Mayor), to escape in the Yellow Submarine to find help. Old Fred journeys to Liverpool , where he meets The Beatles , whom he enlists for help, since, as musicians, they would be able to restore harmony (and, indeed, melody) to Pepperland. The Meanies, in his absence, cause

210-513: A sharp-toothed "Snapping Turtle Turk" eats a young girl's paper windmill on purpose just to make her cry.) The Chief aims to reduce Pepperland's colorful hills and plants to bare thorns and thistles in a grey wasteland, with the only green existing in the form of giant apples that the "Apple Bonkers" pluck from trees to "bonk" on people's heads. Later in the film, the Meanies kidnap The Beatles' friend and comrade, Jeremy Hillary Boob , also known as

231-804: Is "the bluebird of happiness ." Jeremy Hillary Boob In the film Yellow Submarine , the Beatles , on their way to save the fictitious region of Pepperland from the Blue Meanies , encounter Jeremy, a strange little brown-furred being with a blue face, pink ears and a fluffy, rabbit -like tail. He has an extremely eccentric and flamboyant personality. He lives in the Sea of Nothing, also known as Nowhere Land, and speaks mostly in rhyme . He describes himself as an "eminent physicist , polyglot classicist , prize-winning botanist , hard-biting satirist , talented pianist , good dentist too." Jeremy also owns

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252-412: Is the leader of the Blue Meanies and the primary antagonist from the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine . A flamboyant character with a high-pitched voice, he is set on conquering Pepperland and ruling with fear and oppression; he is a supreme despot given to psychotic tantrums and violent mood swings. His most heinous of crimes from The Beatles ' point of view, however, is his hatred of music . He

273-486: Is voiced by Paul Angelis , who also provided the voice of Ringo Starr . The Chief Blue Meanie arrives in Pepperland accompanied by Max, his assistant, and his large army of Meanies. He begins his campaign of terrorizing Pepperland by firing a massive glass ball at The Beatles' doubles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band , who play music in this peaceful and colorful world, where all the natives generally behave in

294-549: The "Nowhere Man." After the Beatles finally arrive in Pepperland, the Chief Blue Meanie is incensed when he sees the hills and trees returning to their proper colors at the sound of their music; he sends his fiercest weapon, "the Dreadful Flying Glove," after the heroes. The Glove is thwarted by The Beatles' song " All You Need Is Love ", and the Meanies flee, knocking over the Chief in the process. In

315-569: The Submarine breaks down, and Jeremy helps fix one of the propellers. This makes the Submarine almost too efficient, and it speeds off without them. Jeremy is later kidnapped by the Blue Meanies in the Sea of Holes, and is eventually found in Pepperland, hanging by the leg to the branch of a tree. When Ringo cuts him down, he then helps The Beatles to defeat the Meanies by covering the Chief Blue Meanie with flowers, thereby proving that

336-431: The hills and plants and life into the Pepperlanders (who had been petrified by various weapons in the Meanies' possession). With their spell now broken, the Meanies lose their hold on Pepperland: even their guns start shooting flowers instead of missiles. Those that do not flee are invited by The Beatles to stay and "mingle," and they make peace with their former enemies. The Chief Blue Meanie, also known as "His Blueness,"

357-570: The lovely and colourful Pepperland to turn into a very grey, dull, and oppressive place, wrought with thorns and thistles. Later in the film, a Meanie abducts The Beatles' companion, Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD , the so-called " Nowhere Man ." When The Beatles arrive in Pepperland, the audience sees how the Meanies have laid waste to the former paradise and petrified the natives. The Beatles find Pepperland's confiscated musical instruments and their own doubles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , and bring music back to Pepperland. This restores colour to

378-841: The main antagonists in the surreal 1968 Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine . They are a fictional army of disagreeable beings that abhor all music, allegorically representing all the bad people in the world. Their visual appearance was mostly designed by Heinz Edelmann . Producer Al Brodax said that the Chief Blue Meanie resembled production coordinator Abe Goodman. In the surreal universe of Yellow Submarine , The Blue Meanies attempt to silence and occupy Pepperland, an underwater utopia filled with color and music. The Meanies have blue skin and claw-like, six-fingered hands. They wear black masks around their eyes and hats that resemble Mickey Mouse's ears on their heads. They are humanoid in appearance — albeit with blue faces and very long noses. The Blue Meanies launch an attack on Pepperland,

399-564: The other Blue Meanies, The Chief is masked, has yellowed teeth, wears a navy blue woolen suit, and has massive, paw-like hands with six claws on each. He is taller than most of the other Meanies, and whereas the "common" Blue Meanies wear a hat reminiscent of Mickey Mouse ears, his hat looks more like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 's. While most of the Blue Meanies wear orange-and-yellow striped stockings with Mary Jane shoes, he (and his assistant, Max) wear jackboots , complete with spurs :

420-495: The title Blue Meanie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Meanie&oldid=1099098490 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blue Meanies (Yellow Submarine) The Blue Meanies are

441-489: The very end, when he starts warming to The Beatles) that "we Meanies only take 'no' for an answer" and gets extremely angry at the sound of the word "yes," even when being answered in the affirmative. Sometimes his own aggression gets the better of him and he needs to be revived with "nasty medicine," which makes him even more eccentric than he already is. He encourages his army of Meanies to be as unpleasant as possible, but after admitting defeat, he later confesses that his cousin

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