Both characters have made numerous appearances in various short films, music videos, written propaganda and even concerts by the band.
[3] The game's booklet also contained more information about General Boy's back story: General Boy's career as a military intelligence officer was cut short over his claim that he experienced an alien abduction.
He was made to undergo psychiatric testing which resulted in progressive mental instability.
However, Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr. reprised his role as General Boy at the annual 2002 DEVOtional event held in Cleveland, Ohio.
[4] Under the General Boy pseudonym, Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr. is credited as a co-writer on "Enough Said", the closing track of Devo's 1981 album New Traditionalists.