Sgt.Orville Snorkel is a major character from Mort Walker's comic strip Beetle Bailey.
Appearance[]
Sgt. Snorkel is an overweight man slightly taller than Beetle with a rounded head, a circular nose, large eyes with small pupils, protruding ears, and a large mouth with only one tooth on the bottom. Sgt. Snorkel wears a khaki-colored Army uniform with long sleeves and long pants, a matching garrison cap, a black tie, and brown shoes. He wears the US Army rank insignia of a Sergeant on his sleeves.
Occasionally, his uniform is dark green, but usually a different color green from Beetle Bailey and the other soldiers, possibly to distinguish him from them (as he is their supervisor). His belt is usually yellow, but is brown with a yellow buckle sometimes.
Personality[]
Snorkel is based on a sergeant Mort Walker had during World War II. Sgt. Octavious Savou, who yelled at his "boys" constantly in a booming voice, but one day he left a mimeographed Christmas poem pinned to their pillows. Mort gave Sarge this same mix of roughness and tenderness. He stomps on Beetle and then buys him a beer. The barracks is his home and he feels out of place in the real world. He is a manâs man and he is afraid of women. His nemesis is the fussy Lt. Fuzz, and his best friend is Otto, his dog. He overeats, over-reacts and overdoes just about everything. Sarge embodies all of the excesses that human beings are blessed with.