Appearance
Like the other Cenobites, Butterball has undergone extreme body modification and ritual scarification; other than his massive size, Butterball's other distinguishing feature is a series of stitches through his eyelids, which he usually keeps hidden by a pair of round sunglasses. Although he is apparently a high-ranking member of the Cenobites in the novella, and has the most dialogue in the book, in the films he is the most removed of Pinhead's entourage. Whereas Chatterer communicates with his fellow Cenobites by clicking his teeth, and physically restrains victims, and the Female Cenobite consults with Pinhead about the group's actions, Butterball is completely stationary and silent, occasionally licking his lips with a bloated tongue. He only becomes physically aggressive during climactic battles, attacking Kirsty at the end of the original Hellraiser, Channard at the end of Hellbound, and Kirsty again in the seventh issue of Barker's BOOM! Hellraiser series.
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