Joe Towne is a secondary character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. He appears various times in the background and/or speaking a few lines. He appears to be friends with Rufus.

Appearance
He appears to have a fake beard. He wears a baseball cap on his head with an Oxford shirt.

Personality
He is an average joe with occasional eccentric tendencies, but overall due to his average and generic nature, his mood tends to best represent what the rest of the generic town citizens are feeling during most events. However he does have his own odd habits which make him standout from the rest of the generic populace, such as his desire to wear a fake beard and dance and appear at random moments.

History

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Monkey Thought Translator Test
He is first seen playing cards with Rufus in Tim's Sardine Bait and Tackle and was present when Flint showed his Monkey Thought Translator and Steve subsequently made a huge mess in the shop
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

By the time of the film, he is again seen playing cards with Rufus in Tim's Sardine Bait and Tackle. When Brent McHale appears they greet him as "Baby Brent" and humor him when he starts picking on Flint Lockwood and boasts about his ribbon cutting ceremony with his female admirers.

They laugh along with him as he leaves the store and Joe refers to him as a delight. They then leave the store to attend the unveiling of Sardine Land, which Flint later ruins.

After the FLDSMDFR begins creating the food weather, he is seen dancing in the breakfast rain with Rufus.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
He makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. After Flint agrees to work at LiveCorp, he and his friends are shown in a wide photo-like shot. Joe steps into the frame for the last few seconds of the shot. He also drives the Live Corp Employee Bus.