Tuski Brown

Tuski is an anthropomorphic cat with grey fur, white paws and a white muzzle with a white blaze.

He wears a white collar shirt, a black waistcoat and a tie as his butler livery.

On his left shoulder, Tuski has an insulin pump strapped to himself.

Tuski's character model has a gouache paint characteristic to it, reminiscent of children's books.

Tuski is a polite, calm person with a love of tea and jazz music, talking about sipping tea and playing smooth jazz during livestreams. He writes and speaks with an educated voice and uses minimal to no swear words. His videos have a wholesome and relaxing tone to them.

He does not like mess, taking pride in cleaning Detective Mel Ambrose's office, and talking about how messy the place originally was with a shudder.

Tuski is not knowledgeable with technology, needing help from Mel to learn how to use Twitch. Tuski also appears to get annoyed by Mel Ambrose's actions, including Mel's references to memes and use of puns.

The two of them work as foils to each other, Tuski being more silver-tongued and graceful (once seen balancing two cups of coffee on his head to avoid spilling them) and Mel being more awkward and chaotic (having trouble talking to clients at his detective agency). Mel knows about memes and pop-culture, while Tuski considers jazz music to still be modern. These clashes sometimes cause Tuski's otherwise calm nature to crack.

Tuski is a cat who was born in 1915 and raised by his grandfather. He became a butler to Eugene Ambrose around 1935 because he needed the money and Eugene was of a rich family of foxes. During this span, Eugene is framed for a crime and Tuski takes on the role of acting as a detective to clear his name.

During the 2010s, Tuski meets and partners up with private detective Mel Ambrose (a descendant of Eugene), and together they solve mysteries.

Between cases, Tuski livestreams detective and butler-themed games. Mel set up the VTuber equipment and software for Tuski. The first game that Tuski debuts with, Tally Ho!, was recommended by Mel, describing it as a "butler simulator."

Although other characters have not made an appearance on streams, Tuski often references other people, including Detective Mel Ambrose. Tuski also knows a white cat named Inspector Snow, though Snow does not appear to like Mel.

Tuski will also occasionally Tweet on artist Katy133's account, signing posts with "-Tuski" when they're written by him.

It is left unexplained how it's possible for Tuski to have been born in 1915, yet able to Twitch stream in 2020, whilst still remaining 22 years old.

Tuski was originally a character from an in-development game called The Butler Detective, a mystery visual novel set in the 1930s. Comics and artwork of Tuski can be found on Katy133's DeviantART gallery, with art of Tuski dating back to 2012. Katy133 says she first had the idea for The Butler Detective in 2010, but (due to the large scope of the project) decided to make other games first to learn about game development, with plans to start development on The Butler Detective once she has finished her current game projects and collaborations.

Tuski was created by Katy133, a Canadian artist, animator and game developer. Tuski's 2D rig was created using Live2D.

Katy133 began posting screenshots of Tuski's rig on the 15 October 2020, later showing videos of rig tests two days later. On 18 October 2020, she posted a video of Tuski's rig miming a karaoke of the song Titanium titled, "Tuski Sings Titanium Like It's Still the 1920s."

Tuski made his Twitch debut on 24 October 2020, also releasing recordings of the streams on YouTube. Katy133 says she plans on improving the rig (adding tail animation and additional expressions) in the future.

• Tuski's fanbase is officially addressed as Detectives.
• Fans ship Tuski Brown with Detective Mel Ambrose. The ship name is "Melski."
• Tuski appears to lean into this by roleplaying as a butler who falls in love with his employer (named Rory Wintermint) while playing the game Tally Ho! (Mel is Tuski's employer, the implication being that Tuski is comparing Rory to Mel and himself to the player character.)
• Tuski's creator, Katy133, has also used memes to create relationship charts for Tuski and Mel's dynamic, mentioning Melski.
• Viewers of the livestreams on Twitch can collect Brownie Points (the custom name chosen for Twitch's channel points) to give to Tuski, requesting Tuski to read them an Aesop's Fable.
• All members in Katy133's Discord server is given the Detective role. The server has updates on Katy133's various projects and has a focus on Tuski: Naming the general chat channel the "Detective Agency" and using Tuski's face as the server's icon. $5 Patrons on Katy133's Patreon get exclusive access to a hidden channel in this Discord server.
• A fandom headcanon explaining how Tuski can use Twitch in 2020 despite being born in 1915 is, "Everyone stopped believing in time in 2020 so it stopped existing."

Tuski is a cat who was born in 1915 and raised by his grandfather. He became a butler to Eugene Ambrose around 1935 because he needed the money and Eugene was of a rich family of foxes. During this span, Eugene is framed for a crime and Tuski takes on the role of acting as a detective to clear his name.

During the 2010s, Tuski meets and partners up with private detective Mel Ambrose (a descendant of Eugene), and together they solve mysteries.

Between cases, Tuski livestreams detective and butler-themed games. Mel set up the VTuber equipment and software for Tuski. The first game that Tuski debuts with, Tally Ho!, was recommended by Mel, describing it as a "butler simulator."

Although other characters have not made an appearance on streams, Tuski often references other people, including Detective Mel Ambrose. Tuski also knows a white cat named Inspector Snow, though Snow does not appear to like Mel.

Tuski will also occasionally Tweet on artist Katy133's account, signing posts with "-Tuski" when they're written by him.

It is left unexplained how it's possible for Tuski to have been born in 1915, yet able to Twitch stream in 2020, whilst still remaining 22 years old.