I was going to play a character inspired by Looney Toons in a game...

[David Lewis]

So a while back I asked for permission to use a version of Doug’s powers and backstory in a Mutants And Masterminds game I was going to play in, (not a 1-to-1 copy, more an ‘inspired by’ version. Think how many different Superman analogues there are, for example) to which Bob kindly gave his blessing. 

For any characters I plan on playing long-term, I tend to commission some art from Fiverr or similar for reference. Admittedly it can be VERY hard to find good art for reasonable (I.e affordable on my meagre salary) prices, but eventually found two I was happy with. 

I gave a  description (admittedly pretty vague in retrospect) description of Doug’s powers and basic equipment (grey leathers, big helmet with ear caps and visor, song magic and martial ability) and made a couple of additions for my own twist (more modern bat-clan style suit, a music note as a emblem and a visor inspired by the helmet from the Dead Space games.) 

Whilst the game, like so many others, ended up falling through before it began, I got two versions of the character drawn up. Here are the results for posterity. 


1. 
By Vinicius Lima

and 

2. 

by Fitra A Harahap


Hopefully it’s not an offensive result. Something to consider as a Ultimates-style alternate universe maybe. 
As a addendum, I got mostly through starting my character for M&M3e, with the Song power being mechanically represented by the Shapeshifting powerset (with the subheading being Other Powers Based On Songs)
This is as far as I got, but I would love some advice or alternate build suggestions if anyone knows what they’re doing.

PL 8 (142)
STRENGTH 1 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2


Skills:
Athletics 4 (+5)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 4 (+6)
Expertise (Engineering) 4 (+6)
Insight 2 (+4)
Intimidation 2 (+4)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Technology 2 (+4)


Advantages:
Ranged Attack 6, Set-Up, Teamwork


Powers:
"Song Powers" (Flaws: Device dependent, unreliable) [68]
Shapeshift 12 (Powers of Any Hero) (Extras: Temproary) (Flaws: Unreliable Powers, Random Identity Songs) (84 points)


Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +3


Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +2, Fortitude +5, Will +6


Complications:
Power Loss (Song Powers)- Hero will revert to unpowered form after expending a "pre-set" amount of energy. Larger uses of Extra Effort or other things will lower his powers further. Powers only last as long as the song playing.
Total: Abilities: 44 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 68 / Defenses: 12 (142)

[Bob Schroeck]

No, not offensive at all.

You say Bat-family, but I get a kind of Deadpool vibe off it, too.

[Vulpis]

Hmm, seeing this, I wonder if you ever tried doing Doug under GURPS, Bob...particularly 4th Ed rules. For some reason doing him as having an Modular Ability (gah, I keep wanting to say a Variable Power Pool or Multi-Power, but that's Champions..I know GURPS 4th has something similar, but I'd have to look it up to find out what the exact name is), a free pool of points to buy powers from, with a set of limitations on activating/changing those powers. Or come to think of it, have you tried building Doug in Champions?

[Bob Schroeck]

I know that Doug is possible, if hideously expensive, in GURPS 4E, but I've never actually gone ahead and built him. As for Champions, I did a conversion very early on, in the mid-90s, for a friend's Warriors spin-off campaign, but not since.

[classicdrogn]

I particularly like the first pic; I'm a sucker for that central stripe with pinstripe borders unitard layout, though I usually put the darker tone in the middle.

[Vulpis]

I particularly like the first pic; I'm a sucker for that central stripe with pinstripe borders unitard layout, though I usually put the darker tone in the middle.

That eye-grill puts me in mind of Snake-Eyes, to be honest.

[ckosacranoid]

Very cool art work for the man.