Thistle Downe was Stan Pines' former love rival, for the affections of Carla McCorkle.
History
Thistle Downe was a musician in the 1970's and played a musical act called "Dimensional Healing with Thistle Down" at the Juke Joint. There he met Carla "Hotpants" McCorkle, who heard his transcendental music and fell for him even though she'd been dating Stan Pines. She left Stan for him and they started going out, much to Stan's disappointment.
Out of revenge, Stan drove Thistle's van into a ravine.
Personality
According to Stan, he was a "new age tree hugger," and presumably a mellow, stereotypical hippie.
Appearance
Thistle was a lanky, young man. He had long blonde hair and sideburns, with a tuft of hair for a beard. He wore a dark pink headband, a long sleeved purple shirt that reached down to his thighs, and red bell bottoms. In the style of a lot of traditional hippies, he also wore a flower in his hair, and carried with him an acoustic guitar.
Sightings
Season 1
- 117. "Boyz Crazy" (flashback, no lines)