Guard — subwaysurf

Guard (Ted Lutz)
	; Guard dressing the original outfit.
Characteristics
Real Name	Guard (also known as Ted Lutz)
Cost	N/A (unplayable)
Limited	Unplayable

Not to be confused with Guard King, Guard Board or Crewmate Guard.

"	HEY!	"
- Guard when the game starts

The Guard (whose real name is Ted Lutz) is the main antagonist of Subway Surfers. At the beginning of every run, he and his dog will look for trespassers around the subway.

Whenever he catches a character spraying graffiti on one of the trains (vandalizing), he will chase them down the tracks until that character hits an obstacle.

If the character has only slightly bumped once into an obstacle, the guard will appear on the screen, gaining on them and will yell "Halt!"; if the character crashes into an obstacle or bumps twice into an obstacle or when he is present in the screen, they will be caught by the inspector, ending their run unless the player uses s or watches an ad to continue.

Appearance

The Guard appears to be a middle aged overweight train inspector. He wears an olive green patrol jacket and a hat the same color. He also wears dark brown khakis with a visible black belt black shoes, and also has a brown mustache. His eyes are not seen open at all (due to his big hat). Throughout the holiday and world tour editions, he would receive different outfits.

Limited Outfits (Variants)

Crewmate Guard ().

Special Outfits

Frankenstein's Monster (his dog is a skeleton) in Halloween, , , , , , , and .
Blue outfit in , .
Santa Claus outfit (his dog is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) in Holiday, , , , , , , , , , , , and .
Fantasy outfit in .
Bunny outfit in , , , , , , and (Yellow Bunny); , , and (Pink Bunny).
Captain outfit in many editions such as , and .
Brazilian Green outfit in ,,,,
Cowboy outfit in , and .
Mountie outfit in .
Knight outfit in .
Robot outfit (his dog also is a robot) in .
Chinese long mustache in , , , , , , and .
Swimming Suit outfit (his dog is a shark) in , , , and .
Creepy Bodyguard outfit (a reference to Lurch from the Addams Family) in and .
Snow Beast outfit (his dog is polar wolf) in . It also appeared in Tag Time Attack and in .
Romantic outfit in and .
Carnival costume (his dog is also in a Carnival costume) in .
Creepy Skeleton paint costume in .
Firefighting outfit (his dog also wears a firefighting outfit) in .
NYPD Police Officer outfit (his dog is a German Shepherd). This is his most common outfit in many editions (such as , or ) he uses the same outfit just with different colors. Also sometimes his skin gets darker in the editions like or .

Other names

The Inspector
The Security Guard
The Police

Trivia

It is possible for the Guard to be hit by a train. After bumping into an obstacle, run into a speeding train and he will collide with it, along with his dog.
- Sometimes, he, and/or his dog will run in place due to an animation bug.
Strangely, when getting caught, the Guard will land at the character from the air. Something similar happens when the character "bumps" on the side after they either finished the Jetpack or the Pogo Stick.
No matter how long players run, the Guard will always chase them until the end.
He is the only character in the game that is unplayable (excluding his dog).
He is one of the oldest characters in the game.
Despite his weight, he is extremely fast.
He has the most outfits in the game.
- He and his dog’s outfits also change automatically, depending on the location, so the player cannot change them by will.
His dog is never seen leaving his side (ever) in the game.
His real name is Ted Lutz, as revealed in a Subway Surfers dossier video.
He is one of the only adults in the game, teaming up with Saquon, Patrick, Odell, Tom, Lamar, Dak, Glorgalax, J Balvin, and Demi Lovato.
- He is also the first adult male in the game, the second being Saquon, the third being Patrick, the fourth being Odell, the fifth being Tom, the sixth being Lamar, the seventh being Dak, the eighth being J Balvin, the ninth being Glorgalax, and the tenth being Vittorio.
The guard is the only non playable character to have some of his animations removed.
When the character jumps, the Guard also jumps.
When the character rolls under a barrier, the Guard also rolls since .
- Since , the Guard no longer rolls.
- Since , the Guard makes shorter rolls.
- In the v3.0.1 update, his old animations were added back.
Since , he, his Dog, or him and his dog sometimes go invisible during a run.
- However, by , the bug that caused the occasional disappearance is fixed (especially with the dog sometimes after a run).
Since , his voice lines for when a player bumps into an obstacle is the exact same every time, rather than being randomized with different parts of the voice line and/or being low or high pitch.
There is a glitch where the Guard and his Dog stand on the air when running when the character is high, or when the character loses from a high place, making the character float as if the Guard was holding them.
He might have a mother, in trailer, in his house, there's a photo portrait of his mother.
On March 3, 2025, the guard became the first character to have his real-life version released on the game's social media.
- Also on social media, on September 1, 2025 the guard got a part-time job as a DJ.
- Also a photo on social media, the Guard is holding a Borussia Dortmund soccer kit.
In the Guard Board (Admin board) was released for April Fools 2025.
He and his Dog are absent in the game modes of and ''Subway Showdown''.
- However, when starting to play the Plant Invasion challenge, the Guard's dog is still heard barking, even if it doesn't appear.
- In Subway Showdown, he and his Dog are completely absent in this mode.
and are the only Easter editions without the Guard wearing the bunny costume.
Starting from , he doesn't wear a special outfit, only his original outfit (except for , , , , and ).