R. P. Tyler Character Analysis in Good Omens

Tyler is the Chairman of the Lower Tadfield Residents’ Association. He’s a well-off, middle-aged man and has a firm grasp on what’s right and wrong in the world. He feels it’s his duty to make sure that everyone else learns, so whenever anyone in the neighborhood does something he doesn’t like (like listening to music in public or allowing leaves to fall in his yard), he scolds the person in question and then writes a letter to the editors of the Tadfield Advertiser shaming his latest target. Tyler is walking his dog when the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Crowley, Madame Tracy, Aziraphale, and Shadwell come through Tadfield. He gives them convoluted directions to the air base (where Armageddon, the end of the world, is supposed to take place). He also harasses Adam and the Them—and tells Mr. Young that Adam is out past his bedtime.

R. P. Tyler Character Timeline in Good Omens

The timeline below shows where the character R. P. Tyler appears in Good Omens. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

R. P. Tyler, the Chairman of the Lower Tadfield Residents’ Association, stomps down the lane with his wife’s... (full context)

Tyler prepares to tell the bikers off, but one of them asks for directions to the... (full context)

After the Them ride away, R. P. Tyler is mentally composing a long letter about the failings of today’s youth when the sound... (full context)

Tyler realizes that he’s speaking to a ventriloquist—the old man on the back of the scooter... (full context)

Ten minutes from the village, R. P. Tyler stops and stares at the cows, which are somersaulting. He smells something burning. Behind him,... (full context)

...the house, and this doesn’t help his mood. It also doesn’t help that R. P. Tyler is shouting at him and calling him “Young.” Tyler tells Mr. Young that Adam isn’t... (full context)