Derek is a demon from the underworld who was summoned by Johnny in the episode "Johnny's Inferno". He tries to trick Johnny into committing (relatively mundane) acts of evil, but fails numerous times due to coincidences that end up benefitting others.
Appearance[]
Derek is a short imp or chort-like demon with typical cloven hooves, pointy tail, sharp claws, sharp teeth and dark red hair who wears a simple red-colored business jacket with a white dress shirt complete with a little black necktie. Unlike most demons, Derek does not have any horns, as he explains that he has not yet earned them due to having no luck tempting sinners into doing evil deeds.
Personality[]
Derek declares himself to be a demonic being of pure evil dedicated to spreading chaos and misery wherever he goes, however his idea of what qualifies as "evil" is rather pathetic to say the least, as most of his evil deeds consist of simply annoying people or causing mild inconveniences, like paying in pennies or cutting in lines. He also prefers not to perform evil deeds himself, since according to Derek's own words, an evil deed is only truly evil if a mortal (ie Johnny) does it.
Trivia[]
- According to Johnny's poor attempt to follow the instructions of the Evil Secrets of the Nether Regions book, in order to summon Derek, one has to draw a circle made of pretzel crumbs (originally powdered head of toad) and then put their left foot in the circle, then poot their left foot out of the circle, then chant "raise your arms to the power of the underworld and you shake it all about!" while actually raising your arms.
- Derek has a nearly identical design and voice to Johnny's guardian angel, Maurice. This likely means he is Maurice's demon counterpart, or a relative of his.
- Derek would not be the last demon to antagonize Johnny, as Johnny would later tangle with another demon named Damien in Damien's Day Out.
- The limited comic series Super Secret Crisis War! also had Johnny briefly get into conflict with a robot minion of the demon Aku.