Corporal Ellenbogen is an instructor at Buxton Ridge Military Academy, having worked there when Jake was sent there as a child.
Physical Appearance[]
Ellenbogen is a very muscular man with a chiseled physique, a shaved head, and a very pronounced chin. He is shown wearing a drill sergeant's uniform consisting of a hat, brown pants, and a white muscle shirt. He also has a dog tag and a whistle around his neck. According to Ruth Morgendorffer, Ellenbogen has only one thumb.
Character Overview[]
He is referenced by Jake in a few episodes.
According to Jake of Hearts, Jake had to learn to shave from Ellenbogen behind the munitions hut because his father had a razor phobia.
According to The Story of D, Jake still holds a grudge on him for rejecting a song Jake had composed for the school musical.
More importantly, Jake's memories of what he described as his abusive behavior, including a flashback during Of Human Bonding of what is probably Ellenbogen leaving him halfway up a climbing rope and mocking his obvious distress. Ellenbogen goes on to tell Jake that he's informed his father and that Jake won't be allowed to come home for the holidays.
Trivia[]
- Ellenbogen appears to be one of the sources of Jake's recurring nightmares, to the extent that when he wakes up yelling in Sappy Anniversary, then Helen reassures him that Ellenbogen is far away and it was only a dream.
- Even though Ruth Morgendorffer said that he only had one thumb, Jake's flashback shows him with two. He could have possibly lost it at some point after the events of the flashback.