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Herman was always depicted as an average, sexually open city-dwelling man whose sole goal was to bed as many women as possible. The Animal character was certainly one of the show's most active. That said, Herman was also young and kind of naive, and seemed harmless and approachable, for the most part. William Ragsdale infused the character with a puppy-dog-like quality. As the series went on, however, Herman also became more of a schemer, trying to get ahead at his work. The series was reasonably popular, and many members of Gen-X likely saw an episode or two without even trying. Throw in a few twists, and Herman's head was occasionally occupied by other visiting emotions. Jealousy appeared in one episode and was appealingly played by comedian/director Bobcat Goldthwait. Jealousy was only present when Herman found himself in competition for a job with his sister. The episode concluded with the other four emotions destroying Jealousy with a hand grenade. In another episode, Herman instigated an affair with a married woman while simultaneously dealing with the sadness of watching a beloved uncle on his deathbed. In that moment, Herman's head was visited by God (Leslie Nielsen), who could also have been a personification of Herman's spirituality and conscience. Because Genius is the logical one, he points out that God looks like Leslie Nielsen. It seems that's how Herman pictured the Almighty. Herman's headspace was, as mentioned, an attic, albeit a very cluttered one. There was no "control panel" like in "Inside Out," and the psyche-bound characters would merely interject the sitcom's main plot to provide color commentary. Like in "Inside Out," Herman's memories were stored via a filing system. In "Inside Out," memories were baseball-sized glowing spheres that were stored on tall shelves. In "Herman's Head," they were kept on paper in a literal filing cabinet.
