|
No-Shit |
|
| Pronouns: he/him |
| Aliases: No-Shit Novak, Novak |
| Episodes Appeared In: I See the Stars Are Here With Me (Season 3) |
| Created By: Scott Paladin |
| Voiced By: Vic Collins |
| Relationships: Cat Nygaard-Novak (daughter) Heck Novak-Nygaard (daughter-in-law) Charlotte Catsmother (former partner) |
| Occupations: Owner of Novak's Noodle Shop on Delaney Station (former) |
| Factions or Groups Belonged To: None |
¶ No-Shit
Overview
No-Shit Novak was the proprietor of the Noodle Shop on Delaney Station, until his death before the episode began. His only appearance is in the Season 3 episode I See the Stars Are Here With Me, written by Scott Paladin. He was voiced by Vic Collins. No-Shit was the father of Cat Novak, and a popular fixture within the Delaney Station community.
Description
No-Shit was a bristly, blunt man, with a penchant for peppering his speech with cursing. He is only heard as a voice message, scheduled to send when the liquor safe was breached. He was not given a physical description in I See the Stars Are Here With Me.
Trivia
- No-Shit Novak and his restaurant are heavily based on Shopsin's Grocery and its proprietor, Kenny Shopsin. Specifically the massive menu, abrasive customer service, and strict rules for customers.
- Scott Paladin planned to voice No-Shit initially, but when Ella Watts was cast as Cat, the role was offered to Vic Collins to better match accents between father and daughter.
- No-Shit is a nickname, as most names on Delaney are. While not canon, his actual name may possibly be Jackdaw, according to Scott Paladin.
¶ Breathing Space Appearances (May Include Spoilers)
¶ Season 3
I See the Stars Are Here With Me
No-Shit Novak, the proprietor of the Noodle Shop on Delaney Station, was known as a hard-ass but if he ever saw a kid on the station in need of food, he fed them no matter what. Heck was one of those kids, and befriended his daughter Cat. Heck even basically lived at the shop for a time, and often fixed the Noodle Shop as a way to repay No-Shit's kindness. His relationship with his daughter was another matter entirely, and became increasingly more complicated as she grew up. When Cat was brought home by a Ranger, after nearly leaving the station with Heck on a stolen ship, No-Shit was disappointed, but advised her not to get caught like that again. This in turn disappointed Cat - she soon stopped expecting him to be better than he was.
As his daughter Cat won scholarships to attend Greater Ganymede University, she knew she wanted to take Heck with her. No-Shit warned her against it, as he saw Heck had a bright future ahead of her as a shipbreaker. Cat left without saying anything to Heck, which broke both their hearts. Heck attempted to move on, still fixing the boilers at the Noodle Shop whenever No-Shit needed it.
When Cat returned from Greater Ganymede University, the two girls did not speak to each other at all. Their stalemate over the next few years was hard for No-Shit to watch. His death from myelitis was ultimately the event that caused them to exchange tentative words with each other again. Unbeknownst to Cat and Heck, No-Shit set a trap for them. Hoping they would raid his liquor safe after he passed, he armed an automatic trigger to seal them into the room for six hours. His moonshot from beyond the grave was that they would either kiss and make up or kill each other within that time.
¶ Season 4
They Will See Us for Miles
While No-Shit does not show up in the episode, he is discussed. It is revealed that No-Shit hired a dogwalker to find Heck's birth certificate and other important papers. This is seemingly the only way anyone on the station ever knew her birth name. It is also revealed that he and his former partner, Charlotte, met because of their respective addictions to substances. He was very open about his past with Cat, and had been recovered for 20 years by the time of his death. He also apparently handled the substances better than Charlotte did.