Mr. Researcher

Whenever the Storyteller needs to know something, he turns to Mr. Researcher for help. As his name implies, he does research. A lot. He’s the Storyteller’s all around science guy (and occasional assistant editor).

History
Mr. Researcher first appeared on Indy Christian Review during the second season episode Attack of the End Times Movies to help explain to the audience the differences between various end times beliefs. He then went on to serve as the Storyteller's assistant editor, research assistant, and scientific adviser (though most of his knowledge was drawn from interacting with The Doctor).

The Battle for the Hat
Mr. Researcher was a vital part of the Storyteller's team during the Battle for the Hat against Genocron. He helped create the holographic duplicate of Uncle Bob to fake his death at the hands of Uncle Billy, as well as the device that ultimately trapped Genocron.

Vale Relator
Mr. Researcher was vaguely familiar with Latin, which allowed him to recognize and translate the message "Vale Relator" that the Storyteller received on his psychic paper. He informed the Storyteller that the phrase meant "Farewell Storyteller," which gave them both cause for concern.

He, like the others, were deceived by Alter-Zack when the latter posed as the Storyteller in order to find Genocron's prison. When asked, Mr. Researcher revealed to Alter-Zack that the Storyteller was the only one who knew where Genocron's prison was. Alter-Zack then erased Mr. Researcher's memory of the conversation. When the Storyteller finally returned from Alter-Zack's universe, Mr. Researcher barely seemed to notice that there were two Storytellers doing a review, but chimed in with some helpful information anyway.

Despite how helpful he had been during all this time, he wasn't fond of the changes the Storyteller kept making to the show. He even had reservations about him using the Storyteller moniker, which was first given to him by Genocron. The tension only became worse when the Doctor confronted the Storyteller about the true nature of the group, specifically why they all looked alike. The Storyteller revealed that they were all characters he had created for other shows that had somehow all come to life. Hurt and feeling betrayed, Mr. Researcher left with the others. Mr. Researcher was the first to return, though his attitude toward the Storyteller seems to have become cooler. He nonchalantly stayed outside when the Storyteller was attacked by End Times movies, though he did call in to give the Storyteller some helpful trivia about one of the films.

He later helped the Storyteller develop an anti-cussing field to censor Diamanda Hagan's foul language when she forced the Storyteller into doing a co-review with her. By the end of the review, the Storyteller had been broken so much by the experience that he ended up swearing himself, shorting out and destroying the anti-cuss field since it wasn't calibrated for him.

Genocron's Revenge
When it became known that Genocron had escaped his prison, set free by The Potential, Mr. Researcher helped the Storyteller travel to the Alterverse to meet with Professor Researcher and develop a way to defeat Genocron once and for all. While the Storyteller was away, Mr. Researcher took over Indy Christian Review. He was found by Genocron, who attacked him. The Storyteller arrived back at that moment, but was too late to save Mr. Researcher. Mr. Researcher was absorbed and killed by Genocron.

When Genocron took over the Storyteller's body and trapped him in his own mind, he was attacked by the other characters that originated from the Storyteller's imagination. This included manifestations of Mr. Researcher, Cowhead the Pirate, and the Mustard Monk, who had also been absorbed by Genocron earlier. With Genocron's banishment to another world, Mr. Researcher and the others peacefully returned to dormancy in the Storyteller's psyche.

One Last Time
Years later, the Storyteller donned the hat one more time to give Indy Christian Review a better sendoff than it had originally been given. This caused some of the old characters to manifest themselves again, the first of whom was Mr. Researcher. Mr. Researcher tried to give the Storyteller a better appreciation of the history of Christian films by showing him a sample of old films compiled by the Gospel Films Archive. He was angered when the Storyteller began riffing on the films, but his lecture was interrupted by the arrival of Alter-Zack.

By the end of the season, the Storyteller regained his appreciation for Christian films, and thanked Mr. Researcher for his help. Mr. Researcher bade the Storyteller farewell, and faded away once more.

When Diamanda Hagan roped the Storyteller into another co-review, Mr. Researcher reappeared to maintain the improved anti-cuss field, stating that he was inspired by the story of the Persian rugmaker to deliberately program a flaw so as to avoid offending God by making something perfectly.