4) KLAUS NOMI
Though probably a reference above the head of many viewers, this villain is in fact based on a real-world musician. In universe, Klaus (along with Iggy Pop, another actual music dude) is the personal bodyguard of the Sovereign, leader of the Guild Of Calamitous Intent. As the Sovereign was heavily implied to be the real David Bowie, later debunked as a shapeshifter trading on Bowie’s rep, this led to a strange dichotomy never really examined in the series: Was this the real Klaus, having faked his death back in 1983? How and, more importantly, why would that have happened? Did he meet the Sovereign singing backup for him on SNL? And most important to me, how the heck did he team up with the Godfather of Punk?
The mind reels…