COLONEL MOODUS

'Colonel Moodus' is a character in Joseph Heller's classic novel ''Catch-22''.
Colonel Moodus is the son-in-law of General Dreedle, who torments Moodus, never allowing him out of his sight. Moodus pines for General Dreedle's attractive 'nurse' (Dreedle's girl), knowing that he would be busted to private if he ever acts on his desires. At one point in the novel, a fight breaks out in the officer club and Chief White Halfoat punches Moodus in the nose. After that, Dreedle keeps returning to the club trying to get Halfoat to do it again.
It is Moodus who prevents Dreedle from having Major Danby shot in a fit of pique.