Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Greaser Character Analysis

Greaser is one of the bikers in the café where War, Famine, Pollution, and Death meet. He and three of his friends (Pigbog, Big Ted, and Skuzz) accompany the Four Horsemen for much of their ride toward London. He dies when he crashes into a pile of fish on the M25 motorway.

Greaser Quotes in Good Omens

The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Greaser or refer to Greaser. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Good and Evil Theme Icon
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Saturday Quotes

And then it was Pigbog’s turn.

“I, uh...I think I’ll be them answer phones. They’re pretty bad,” he said.

“You can’t be ansaphones. What kind of a Biker of the Repocalypse is ansaphones? That’s stupid, that is.”

“S’not!” said Pigbog, nettled. “It’s like War, and Famine, and that. It’s a problem of life, isn’t it? Answer phones. I hate bloody answer phones.”

“I hate ansaphones, too,” said Cruelty to Animals.

Related Characters: Pigbog (speaker), Big Ted, Skuzz, Greaser, Famine/Black/Sable, War/Red/Scarlett, Death, Pollution/White
Page Number and Citation: 261
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Greaser Character Timeline in Good Omens

The timeline below shows where the character Greaser appears in Good Omens. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Saturday
Destiny vs. Free Will Theme Icon
Humor and Absurdity Theme Icon
...When the woman sits down, the Sport category transforms to War. Two of the bikers, Greaser and Pigbog, discuss this. Pigbog wishes that there were more Bible questions. (full context)
Destiny vs. Free Will Theme Icon
Humor and Absurdity Theme Icon
The Four Horsemen ride with Big Ted, Greaser, Pigbog, and Skuzz behind them. The storm and the traffic are deafening—but behind the horsemen,... (full context)