I was thinking of challenging myself with this one. No mentioning Reddit, anime, or Milhouse. But nope, I’m going straight for the low-hanging fruit.

Time has not been kind to Bart’s best bud. But while most such people would have been content with Reddit moderation and anime, Jason Thomas Nichols has decided to don a trenchcoat and go anime t-shirt vigilante.

First of all, it’s a terrible idea to try to confront someone at his home, even if you think a crime is being committed there. The guy’s comically huge schnoz could have easily been deleted. And if it happened in Texas, pretty much every feature from the nipples up, as well.

Knowing this, it’s easy to appreciate what it means that he’s still alive after Nichols had an apparent break with reality, imagined that one of his neighbors was somehow endangering his own daughter, then attempted to kick down the door with his shitty-ass flip-flops.

Then, when the guy was being ignored and told to leave, he went completely berserk:

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The guy kicked at the door with such confidence that it would give to his strength that he sent himself flying backward.

And it didn’t end there. The lunatic had somehow succeeded in gaining entry into the house, and the resident succeeded in holding him off with a shovel:

NEW: Man who identified himself as ‘Harry Dresden’ in the viral Ring doorbell footage, seen breaking into the home in footage from inside the house.

The resident was seen threatening to hit the intruder with a shovel.

The intruder has been identified as Jason Thomas Nichols,… pic.twitter.com/gPz8ZDuV0M

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 11, 2026

Jason introduced himself as Harry Dresden. I had to look up who that was, and apparently, it’s a fictional detective wizard. So apparently the guy had some sort of Harry Potter adjacent fantasy, or something. I don’t know, and I don’t much care.

But what he has now is four felony charges and bail set at $35,000.

Right now, the question people are eagerly answering is what would have become of the guy if he tried this at their house. And by the looks of his physique, you could do just about anything you want, even with your bare hands. The guy was loud, but also a bundle of impotent rage.

If it were my house, there would have been a non-zero chance that he’d have died the anime-style death that he might have preferred. Look up what an odachi is if you want an idea of how little I’d mess around.