Mr. Trudge was a botanist encountered by the Quests while they were investigating a rash of disappearances in the Louisiana bayou. He was very secretive and always wore black gloves. Trudge had once worked for another botanist whose experiments had accidentally created a sentient plant monster. After his colleague was killed, Trudge was partially mutated by the plant creature which caused his hands to turn green and branchlike, necessitating the gloves.