he is easily angered and reacts violently when provoked, and often has to be restrained by Alan or Sir Oliver, with a particular weakness for jokes about his nose. He dresses in tartan clothing. He descends from a family of criminals: his father died when he was a child, and his mother died from machine gun fire during a botched robbery attempt. He has three younger brothers, a set of triplets called Tim, Tom and Tumb, who are professional criminals and frequently try to use Bob as a scapegoat in their criminal schemes, and Bob frequently berates his brothers. He is mostly at odds with Number One for poor salaries and tyrannical attitude, and Number One often beats him with a crutch when provoked. Despite this, he is one of the group's most trusted agents. Sir OliverSir Oliver of Olivers is an English nobleman and a TNT member, a persiflage of Arsene Lupin. He is an avid kleptomaniac and fraudster: in every issue he is shown stealing. Due to his charming and witty personality, he is very successful in his field, always managing to steal anything, from range of cinema tickets, spare change, wallets, and even larger items and vehicles with success. Running gag is that, whenever he steals a large number of goods, he phones his never-seen fence Bing to sell him the goods (and asks about Bing's brother, who is always in some kind of trouble). He wears a monocle, a bowler hat and stripped pants with a long coat, vest and a tie, maintaining a stoic, noble appearance, which helps him in his various schemes. He can be described as a gentleman thief. He comes from a wealthy family of Olivers, and his father owned a large business venture that went bankrupt by the time of his death: he and his two brothers went to a life of crime and were very successful while maintaining a noble appearance in the public: however, after they went their own ways, both of his brothers died. He managed to keep his criminal enterprise secret while being tailed by the police until he was discovered. He was sentenced to life in prison, but he managed to switch seats with an American criminal due to be transferred, and then he freed himself during a flight by parachuting himself out. He landed in New York and he was discovered by Number One while