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* AfraidOfNeedles: Becomes a major plot point in "Blood, Sweat, and Fears".
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* DeadpanSnarker: He doesn’t mince words when dealing with people whose attitudes he finds distasteful.
-->'''Bart Rathbone''' (dressed in ‘60s attire): Great get-up, huh? Aw, hey don’t make ‘em like this anymore.
-->'''Whit''': Small wonder.
-->'''Bart''': Imagine finding a pair of old bell-bottoms, paisley shirt, turtleneck, and a chic-a-dill-ick headband all in the same place!
-->'''Whit''': The dump?
-->'''Bart Rathbone''' (dressed in ‘60s attire): Great get-up, huh? Aw, hey don’t make ‘em like this anymore.
-->'''Whit''': Small wonder.
-->'''Bart''': Imagine finding a pair of old bell-bottoms, paisley shirt, turtleneck, and a chic-a-dill-ick headband all in the same place!
-->'''Whit''': The dump?
* WeirdnessMagnet: Whenever something is going on in Odyssey, expect him to be in some way involved.
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* WhatTheHellHero: In “The Mortal Coil”, Tom calls him out on his attempts to fool around with death and the afterlife through the Imagination Station.
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* FriendToAllChildren: She may not be an inventing wiz or a science genius, but Whit's End wouldn't be the same without her willingness to reach out to everyone she meets.
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* FriendToAllChildren: She may not be an inventing wiz or a science genius, but as Whit observes in "The One About Trust, Part 2", Whit's End wouldn't be the same without her willingness to reach out to everyone she meets.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: She's notoriously horrendous at singing (and songwriting).
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* MasterCharacterHeroines: Persephone the Maiden
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* LethalChef: The fire department has apparently responded to the results of her attempts to cook at least nine times.
* MasterCharacterHeroines: Persephone theMaidenMaiden.
* MasterCharacterHeroines: Persephone the
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* ShipperOnDeck: Connie is a hopeless romantic; so far, her OTPs include Eugene/Katrina, Jimmy/Lucy (although she seems to have switched to Jack/Lucy upon seeing how much closer Jack was to Lucy than Jimmy was), and Trent/Mandy.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Connie is a hopeless romantic; so far, her OTPs include Eugene/Katrina, Wooton/Penny, Jimmy/Lucy (although she seems to have switched to Jack/Lucy upon seeing how much closer Jack was to Lucy than Jimmy was), and Trent/Mandy.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Felt this way about Larry Kent, who was selected valedictorian over him and was also the Big Man on Campus.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of social skills.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of social skills.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Felt Explains in "The Graduate" that he felt this way about high school classmate Larry Kent, who was selected valedictorian over him and was also the Big Man on Campus.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of socialskills.graces.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of social
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* EasyEvangelism: Averted ''hard''. His conversion to Christianity, while inevitable, was the most well-known conversion arc on the show, and it took him years following his introduction to accept Christ.
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* EasyEvangelism: Averted ''hard''. His conversion to Christianity, while inevitable, was the most well-known conversion arc on the show, and it took him years ''years'' following his introduction introduction, and a significant amount of soul-searching, to accept Christ.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic—perfectionistic, meticulous, and possessing high expectations.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic—perfectionistic, meticulous, and possessing high expectations.expectations of himself and others.
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* MasterCharacterHeroes: Apollo the Businessman
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* MasterCharacterHeroes: Apollo the BusinessmanBusinessman.
* MyOwnPrivateIDo: He and Katrina have the "elope first, plan later" variant; they elope at her father's deathbed, as recalled in "Plan B, Part I: Missing in Action", then have a ceremony for their friends and family back in Odyssey in "For Better or For Worse".
* MyOwnPrivateIDo: He and Katrina have the "elope first, plan later" variant; they elope at her father's deathbed, as recalled in "Plan B, Part I: Missing in Action", then have a ceremony for their friends and family back in Odyssey in "For Better or For Worse".
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* PhraseCatcher: When he indulges in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Techno Babble, he is often met with some variation of "In English, Eugene!"
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* PhraseCatcher: When he indulges in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and Techno Babble, TechnoBabble, he is often met with some variation of "In English, Eugene!"
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: When at first he refuses to rat out Richard Maxwell’s grade-changing scheme in “Eugene’s Dilemma”, he suggests to Nicholas that the grades be changed back to what they were originally and does his best to help, not predicting the possibility that they could be monitored.
* AmicableExes: With Tasha.
* CharacterDevelopment: He grows beyond his impulsivity, understanding the importance of prayer and reliance on God above himself.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: One of his prime character flaws; Jason has an unfortunate history of acting on impulse.
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* HappilyMarried: To Katrina.
* LoveLetter: Wrote one to Katrina that likened her to a pentium processor.
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->'''Voiced by''': Paul McCusker
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->'''Voiced by''': Paul McCusker
[=McCusker=]
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* PutOnABus: The aforementioned resignation was a result of his voice actor, Paul McCusker, taking a job in London; Glossman would later return in the Darkness Before Dawn saga.
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* PutOnABus: The aforementioned resignation was a result of his voice actor, Paul McCusker, [=McCusker=], taking a job in London; Glossman would later return in the Darkness Before Dawn saga.
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* IDontPayYouToThink: Says this almost word for word to Glossman in "Checkmate" when frustrated at Glossman's failure to give him full access to Whit's End.
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* MagnificentBastard: Doesn’t hesitate to rub it in Maxwell’s face that with all of the crimes he’s committed for the sake of Blackgaard’s schemes, he has nowhere to go.
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* Embarrassing Middle Name: "Mildred".
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* Embarrassing Middle Name: EmbarrassingMiddleName: "Mildred".
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->'''Voiced by''': Thom Pinto ("The Mortal Coil, Part 2"), Townsend Coleman ("A Name, Not A Number"-present), T.J. Lowther ("Memories of Jerry"), Christopher Fornof and John DeVito ("Silent Night")
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->'''Voiced by''': Thom Pinto ("The Mortal Coil, Part 2"), Townsend Coleman ("A Name, Not A Number"-present), T.J. Lowther ("Memories of Jerry"), Christopher Fornof and John DeVito [=DeVito=] ("Silent Night")
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->'''First appearance''': "Truth, Trivia, and 'Trina"
->'''Voiced by''': Pamela Hayden ("Truth, Trivia, and 'Trina" - "Plan B, Part I: Missing in Action"), Audrey Wasilewski ("A Most Surprising Answer" - present)
->'''Voiced by''': Pamela Hayden ("Truth, Trivia, and 'Trina" - "Plan B, Part I: Missing in Action"), Audrey Wasilewski ("A Most Surprising Answer" - present)
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->'''First appearance''': “The Nemesis, Part 1”
->'''Last appearance''': “Blackgaard’s Revenge, Part 2” (actual appearance), “I Slap Floor” (as part of Bernard’s story)
->'''Voiced by''': Earl Boen
* TheAce: Wealthy, politically savvy, gifted businessman; formerly an agent with European Security while covertly working with a terrorist group, and master manipulator and intimidator.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* AmericanAccents: Mid-Atlantic.
* ArchEnemy: To Whit and by extension everyone at Whit’s End.
* AristocratsAreEvil: He is very wealthy and no one will confuse him for a saint.
* BadBoss: Has a tendency to completely lose his temper and shout furiously at his underlings when things don’t go his way.
* BerserkButton: Disobeying him and failure by incompetence.
* BigBrotherBully: The scene between him and Edwin in “The Return” shows that he delights in intimidating and terrorizing his twin.
->'''Last appearance''': “Blackgaard’s Revenge, Part 2” (actual appearance), “I Slap Floor” (as part of Bernard’s story)
->'''Voiced by''': Earl Boen
* TheAce: Wealthy, politically savvy, gifted businessman; formerly an agent with European Security while covertly working with a terrorist group, and master manipulator and intimidator.
* AmbitionIsEvil
* AmericanAccents: Mid-Atlantic.
* ArchEnemy: To Whit and by extension everyone at Whit’s End.
* AristocratsAreEvil: He is very wealthy and no one will confuse him for a saint.
* BadBoss: Has a tendency to completely lose his temper and shout furiously at his underlings when things don’t go his way.
* BerserkButton: Disobeying him and failure by incompetence.
* BigBrotherBully: The scene between him and Edwin in “The Return” shows that he delights in intimidating and terrorizing his twin.
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* DeadpanSnarker: A very condescending one.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Well, sort of.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* EvilBrit
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Well, sort of.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* EvilBrit
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* ContinuitySnarl: In “The Battle”, he claims to be illiterate in the realm of computers, but “Blackgaard’s Revenge” revolves around him having programmed an imprint of himself into the Imagination Station.
* CrazyPrepared: Recorded his conversation with Jason weeks in advance of actually sending it to the police as a distractor.
* DeadpanSnarker:A very And a condescending one.
one at that.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas:Well, sort of.
Sort of; he financed her hip operation, but he did order Edwin to tell her that she owed him the hospital bill.
*FauxAffablyEvil
EvilIsHammy: Earl Boen is clearly enjoying himself.
*EvilBritEvilIsPetty: Part of the reason why he wants to blow up Whit’s End in “The Final Conflict”—not only will destroying the Underground Railroad tunnel prevent anyone else from finding and using the mineral, but Blackgaard also has a personal vendetta against the mere existence of Whit’s End.
* CrazyPrepared: Recorded his conversation with Jason weeks in advance of actually sending it to the police as a distractor.
* DeadpanSnarker:
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas:
*
*
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Hello, Earl Boen.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's rare that the audience knows exactly what he's after up-front.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures of Dr. Blackgaard depict him in a stylish purple suit with a cane and a ''cape.'' This from a politically savvy villain with a smiling, benevolent public image. RefugeInAudacity?
** There is exactly one other known picture of him, on the back of the original cassette box of "Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes", where he is depicted as a fairly ordinary-looking man in a business suit with a moustache and a dark complexion. Of course, personal mileage may vary -- this is a radio show, after all.
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website, "Where Bart Rathbone’s schemes are comical, Blackgaard’s are terrifying."
* MeaningfulName: Besides [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the obvious]], "Regis" means "King". Blackgaard has big plans.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: For reference, in his debut, he claims it's in child psychology.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's rare that the audience knows exactly what he's after up-front.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures of Dr. Blackgaard depict him in a stylish purple suit with a cane and a ''cape.'' This from a politically savvy villain with a smiling, benevolent public image. RefugeInAudacity?
** There is exactly one other known picture of him, on the back of the original cassette box of "Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes", where he is depicted as a fairly ordinary-looking man in a business suit with a moustache and a dark complexion. Of course, personal mileage may vary -- this is a radio show, after all.
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website, "Where Bart Rathbone’s schemes are comical, Blackgaard’s are terrifying."
* MeaningfulName: Besides [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the obvious]], "Regis" means "King". Blackgaard has big plans.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: For reference, in his debut, he claims it's in child psychology.
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* EvilPlan:
** Obtain land on [=McAlister=] Park over the Underground Railroad tunnel
** Have political influence in the town such that no one suspects him
** Get the mineral in the tunnel
** Get the formula for TA-418
** ???
** Profit
* EvilOldFolks: His age is never specified, but the gray streaks drawn in his hair indicate that he’s probably around Whit’s age, and Whit is in his mid-sixties; additionally, in "A Name, Not A Number, Part 1", Tasha has no trouble believing that Regis is old enough to have a granddaughter.
* EvilSoundsDeep:Hello, Earl Boen.
Boen seems to be enjoying himself.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HiddenAgendaVillain:It's It’s rare that the audience knows exactly what he's he’s after up-front.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures ofDr. Blackgaard depict him in a stylish purple suit with a cane and a ''cape.'' ''cape''. This from a politically savvy villain with a smiling, benevolent public image. RefugeInAudacity?
image.
** There isexactly only one other known picture depiction of him, on the back of the original cassette box of "Daring “Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes", where Schemes”; there he is depicted as a fairly ordinary-looking man in a business suit with a moustache and a dark complexion. Of (Of course, personal mileage may vary -- this vary—this is a radio show, after all.
all.)
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website,"Where “Where Bart Rathbone’s schemes are comical, Blackgaard’s are terrifying."
terrifying”; his mere presence turns the formerly comical scene of Edwin and Shakespeare frantically trying to leave town into an intense, foreboding exchange.
* MagnificentBastard: Doesn’t hesitate to rub it in Maxwell’s face that with all of the crimes he’s committed for the sake of Blackgaard’s schemes, he has nowhere to go.
* MeaningfulName:Besides [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast “Regis” is a Latin word for “of the obvious]], "Regis" means "King". king”, and Blackgaard has big plans.
is known for his ambition; Blackgaard is a different spelling of “blackguard”, which refers to a person who behaves in a dishonorable way or to insult someone, and Blackgaard is hardly an honest person and tends to talk down to people.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate:For reference, in his debut, he Phillip Glossman claims it's that he specializes in child psychology.psychology in “The Nemesis, Part 1”.
** Obtain land on [=McAlister=] Park over the Underground Railroad tunnel
** Have political influence in the town such that no one suspects him
** Get the mineral in the tunnel
** Get the formula for TA-418
** ???
** Profit
* EvilOldFolks: His age is never specified, but the gray streaks drawn in his hair indicate that he’s probably around Whit’s age, and Whit is in his mid-sixties; additionally, in "A Name, Not A Number, Part 1", Tasha has no trouble believing that Regis is old enough to have a granddaughter.
* EvilSoundsDeep:
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HiddenAgendaVillain:
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures of
** There is
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website,
* MagnificentBastard: Doesn’t hesitate to rub it in Maxwell’s face that with all of the crimes he’s committed for the sake of Blackgaard’s schemes, he has nowhere to go.
* MeaningfulName:
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate:
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* RightHandCat: Sasha, in a couple episodes.
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* RightHandCat: Sasha, in a couple episodes.“The Battle”.
* ShadowArchetype:
** To Whit—both are experienced in international security, savvy businessmen, and skilled orators.
** To Jason—both are former international security agents, ambitious and goal-oriented, headstrong leaders, and incredibly arrogant and bull-headed when things don't go their way.
** To Edwin—they’re twins who are both egotistical and ambitious, but Edwin is lovably hammy while Regis is malicious and vindictive.
* SharpDressedMan: According to official artwork.
* ShadowArchetype:
** To Whit—both are experienced in international security, savvy businessmen, and skilled orators.
** To Jason—both are former international security agents, ambitious and goal-oriented, headstrong leaders, and incredibly arrogant and bull-headed when things don't go their way.
** To Edwin—they’re twins who are both egotistical and ambitious, but Edwin is lovably hammy while Regis is malicious and vindictive.
* SharpDressedMan: According to official artwork.
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* {{Troperiffic}}: Note ''how many'' named tropes apply to him compared to the other characters. Apparently, being an evil genius with big plans makes you much easier to label.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:Given a pretty close examination, too.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:Given a pretty close examination, too.]]
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* {{Troperiffic}}: Note ''how many'' named tropes apply to him compared to VillainWithGoodPublicity: Played with; in “The Nemesis” and “The Battle” he is a straight example, but once the other characters. Apparently, being an evil genius with big plans makes you much easier citizens of Odyssey realize the crimes he has committed, they take their grudge out on his twin brother Edwin, who moves to label.
town after Regis has left. Once Regis returns, Edwin’s reputation among the citizenry has helped to elevate Regis’s name back in a positive light.
*VillainWithGoodPublicity
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:GivenVirtualGhost: Given a pretty close examination, too.]]
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* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:Given
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* AffablyEvil: Though there are a few scenes that suggest that even his seemingly polite personality is just a face he puts on.
* [[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. As Dr. Blackgaard's plans draw to a close, he publicly contemplates running for mayor of Odyssey himself right before he is exposed as a criminal.]]
* MeaningfulName: "gloss" is a prefix referring to tongue, or speech, as in "glossophobia" as the fear of public speaking.
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->'''Last appearance''': “A Capsule Comes to Town”
->'''Voiced by''': Paul McCusker
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*
* DragonAscendant: Subverted; as Dr.
* FauxAffablyEvil: His polite manner is a cover for his haughtiness.
* MeaningfulName:
** “Gloss” also indicates a kind of shininess, and Glossman’s manner is nothing if not oily.
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* ObviouslyEvil: A recent picture from one of the albums depicts him as a greasy, underhanded weasel, which isn't ''inaccurate,'' but in the show, he's almost always outwardly polite and respectable.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
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* ObviouslyEvil: A recent picture from one of the albums depicts him as a greasy, underhanded weasel, which weasel—which isn't ''inaccurate,'' inaccurate, but in the show, he's almost always outwardly polite and respectable.
*[[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The kickstarter to the plot of “Not One of Us” is his resignation in disgrace from the city council after making racist statements against the Japanese.
* PragmaticVillainy: With the territory of being an Obstructive Bureaucrat comes the ability to use the system as a means of accomplishing his own personal ends.
* PutOnABus: The aforementioned resignation was a result of his voice actor, Paul McCusker, taking a job in London; Glossman would later return in the Darkness Before Dawn saga.
* SmugSnake
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* VillainousBreakdown: In "The Final Conflict",[[spoiler:when when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
out.
*
* PragmaticVillainy: With the territory of being an Obstructive Bureaucrat comes the ability to use the system as a means of accomplishing his own personal ends.
* PutOnABus: The aforementioned resignation was a result of his voice actor, Paul McCusker, taking a job in London; Glossman would later return in the Darkness Before Dawn saga.
* SmugSnake
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* VillainousBreakdown: In "The Final Conflict",
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* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]]: A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
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->'''Last appearance''': “The Final Conflict” (actual appearance), “I Slap Floor” (as a character in
->'''Voiced by''': Nathan Carlson
*
* TheAtoner: After “The Battle”.
* {{Badass}}: One of the toughest characters on the show, right alongside Jason.
** BadassBoast: To Blackgaard’s henchman Jellyfish in “Another Chance”:
--->'''Maxwell''': Looks like you’ll have to take me by hand…if you think you can.
* BerserkButton: Hurting Lucy.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Lucy from the Bones of Wrath in “Checkmate”.
* BreakTheHaughty: When Blackgaard reminds him of the fact that Maxwell’s criminal record means that he has nowhere else to go besides jail if he betrays the Doctor.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Deuteragonist}}: During the Blackgaard saga.
* TheDragon: To Regis in “The Nemesis” and “The Battle”.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In “The Battle”, his choice to betray Blackgaard is facilitated by the fact that Blackgaard was willing to send a power surge through the Imagination Station while Lucy was still in it.
** Even before that, in “The Nemesis, Part 2”, he questions the morality of possibly harming Tom Riley.
* GoodIsNotNice: Not above threats, intimidation, or physical violence.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Puts Eugene through this in “Eugene’s Dilemma”—either Eugene can reveal Maxwell’s use of Nicholas in his grade-changing scheme and Maxwell can take revenge on Nicholas by giving the college a bad report of him and send him back to an orphanage, or he can keep his mouth shut and allow Maxwell to continue profiting off of other students’ desperation and dishonesty.
* HeelFaceTurn: In “The Battle”.
* LaughingMad: When watching Blackgaard panic as Blackgaard’s Castle catches fire in “The Battle, Part 2”.
* ManipulativeBastard: Toward Lucy in his first few episodes, trying to convince her to give him and Blackgaard information on Applesauce.
** Also to Nicholas Adamsworth in “Eugene’s Dilemma”, using his access to the computers at Campbell County Community College and his role as Nicky’s counselor to facilitate a grade-changing scheme—students would pay Maxwell to have Nicky change their grades.
* MoralityPet: Lucy is his.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He sets Blackgaard’s Castle on fire in “The Battle” in order to get revenge on Blackgaard for harming Lucy, but an enraged Blackgaard turns an arcade game over on top of him, trapping him with the intention of letting him burn to death.
* RedemptionQuest: Is determined to win back Tom Riley’s trust in Darkness Before Dawn while at the same time fighting against Blackgaard; he ends up trying to steal Jellyfish’s computer because of a tip-off that it had information on it about Blackgaard’s activities and the true story behind an election intended to recall Tom as mayor.
* ReformedButRejected: Tom refuses to forgive him—up until Richard’s last appearance—for burning down his barn and almost killing both him and his horses.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
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* BewareTheNice Ones: He’s normally a friendly, welcoming guy, but as Richard Maxwell discovered, he can hold a grudge.
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* BewareTheNice Ones: BewareTheNiceOnes: He’s normally a friendly, welcoming guy, but as Richard Maxwell discovered, he can hold a grudge.
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* HopelessWithComputers: Tends to lean toward Type 2. He knows the basics, but he'll never be confused with a programmer.
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* HopelessWithComputers: HopelessWithTech: Tends to lean toward Type 2. He knows the basics, but he'll never be confused with a programmer.
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* HopelessWithComputers
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* HopelessWithComputersHopelessWithTech
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though (probably due to her superior social skills) mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though (probably due DaddysGirl: She was very close to her superior social skills) mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.father Armitage, and was heartbroken by the fact that her marriage to Eugene had to be celebrated at his deathbed.
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** In particularly recent episodes, [[spoiler:as the show focuses on them as a married couple]], she's gotten better.
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** In particularly recent episodes, [[spoiler:as the show focuses on them as a married couple]], she's gotten better.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though (probably due to her superior social skills) mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.
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* Agent Mulder: In “The Other Side of the Glass”; he’s almost immediately suspicious of the See-Right company because he does not regard it as simple coincidence that he, the creator of Power Boy, just happened to be in the same place at the same time as Bernard, the local window washer, while Bernard was washing a window manufactured by See-Right that had had the Power Boy symbol for help marked on it.
* All-Loving Hero: Enjoys making people happy.
* Big Fun: One of the most fun-loving characters on the show, and much reference is made to his weight.
* Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Very skilled cartoonist who writes and draws books that are hugely popular while simultaneously being a complete goofball.
* Catch Phrase: When he starts talking about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with “Because…well, just because”. In “Wooing Wooton” when his dad shows up and he’s nervous about seeing him again after nine years, he explains why with a panicked “Because! Just because!”
* The Clan: Has a very large extended family that is also exorbitantly wealthy.
* All-Loving Hero: Enjoys making people happy.
* Big Fun: One of the most fun-loving characters on the show, and much reference is made to his weight.
* Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Very skilled cartoonist who writes and draws books that are hugely popular while simultaneously being a complete goofball.
* Catch Phrase: When he starts talking about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with “Because…well, just because”. In “Wooing Wooton” when his dad shows up and he’s nervous about seeing him again after nine years, he explains why with a panicked “Because! Just because!”
* The Clan: Has a very large extended family that is also exorbitantly wealthy.
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* Agent Mulder: AgentMulder: In “The Other Side of the Glass”; he’s almost immediately suspicious of the See-Right company because he does not regard it as simple coincidence that he, the creator of Power Boy, just happened to be in the same place at the same time as Bernard, the local window washer, while Bernard was washing a window manufactured by See-Right that had had the Power Boy symbol for help marked on it.
*All-Loving Hero: AllLovingHero: Enjoys making people happy.
*Big Fun: BigFun: One of the most fun-loving characters on the show, and much reference is made to his weight.
*Bunny-Ears Lawyer: BunnyEarsLawyer: Very skilled cartoonist who writes and draws books that are hugely popular while simultaneously being a complete goofball.
*Catch Phrase: CatchPhrase: When he starts talking about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with “Because…well, just because”. In “Wooing Wooton” when his dad shows up and he’s nervous about seeing him again after nine years, he explains why with a panicked “Because! Just because!”
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* Good Feels Good
* Hidden Depths: He’s a quirky mailman, he’s a talented cartoonist, and he has an absurd depth of knowledge about barnyard animals.
* Intergenerational Friendship: With all the kids he meets, but especially with Grady, for whom he is also a Parental Substitute.
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* Like A Son To Me: With Grady, as highlighted in “Like Father, Like Wooton” and “The Highest Stakes”.
* The Mad Hatter: Really enjoys his zaniness; he sees that it helps him to connect with kids if he can act like he’s one of them.
* Man Child: He’s in his thirties and does take his responsibilities seriously, but he still does his job with a fun and bouncy flair.
* One Of The Kids: For good reason; as a kid, he was never really allowed to actually be a kid because of his wealthy family’s reputation, so he allows himself to indulge his sense of childish fun as an adult.
* Parental Substitute: To Grady.
* The Pollyanna: Has a very cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
* Quirky Curls: According to the artwork, he has thick curly hair.
* Remember the New Guy: In “Welcoming Wooton”.
* Serious Business: Comic books, especially his own. His entire motivation for investigating the See-Right company requires his assurance that anyone who would use the Power Boy symbol for “Help!” must really mean that they’re in trouble.
* Sweet Tooth: His signature order at Whit’s End is a banana split with licorice whips instead of bananas.
* Trademark Favorite Food: Licorice.
* Weirdness Coupon: Eugene puts it best:
* Friend To All Children
* Fun Personified
* Good Feels Good
* Hidden Depths: He’s a quirky mailman, he’s a talented cartoonist, and he has an absurd depth of knowledge about barnyard animals.
* Intergenerational Friendship: With all the kids he meets, but especially with Grady, for whom he is also a Parental Substitute.
* Kid-Appeal Character
* Like A Son To Me: With Grady, as highlighted in “Like Father, Like Wooton” and “The Highest Stakes”.
* The Mad Hatter: Really enjoys his zaniness; he sees that it helps him to connect with kids if he can act like he’s one of them.
* Man Child: He’s in his thirties and does take his responsibilities seriously, but he still does his job with a fun and bouncy flair.
* One Of The Kids: For good reason; as a kid, he was never really allowed to actually be a kid because of his wealthy family’s reputation, so he allows himself to indulge his sense of childish fun as an adult.
* Parental Substitute: To Grady.
* The Pollyanna: Has a very cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
* Quirky Curls: According to the artwork, he has thick curly hair.
* Remember the New Guy: In “Welcoming Wooton”.
* Serious Business: Comic books, especially his own. His entire motivation for investigating the See-Right company requires his assurance that anyone who would use the Power Boy symbol for “Help!” must really mean that they’re in trouble.
* Sweet Tooth: His signature order at Whit’s End is a banana split with licorice whips instead of bananas.
* Trademark Favorite Food: Licorice.
* Weirdness Coupon: Eugene puts it best:
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*Like A Son To Me: LikeASonToMe: With Grady, as highlighted in “Like Father, Like Wooton” and “The Highest Stakes”.
*The Mad Hatter: TheMadHatter: Really enjoys his zaniness; he sees that it helps him to connect with kids if he can act like he’s one of them.
*Man Child: ManChild: He’s in his thirties and does take his responsibilities seriously, but he still does his job with a fun and bouncy flair.
*One Of The Kids: OneOfTheKids: For good reason; as a kid, he was never really allowed to actually be a kid because of his wealthy family’s reputation, so he allows himself to indulge his sense of childish fun as an adult.
*Parental Substitute: ParentalSubstitute: To Grady.
*The Pollyanna: ThePollyanna: Has a very cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
*Quirky Curls: QuirkyCurls: According to the artwork, he has thick curly hair.
*Remember the New Guy: RememberTheNewGuy: In “Welcoming Wooton”.
*Serious Business: SeriousBusiness: Comic books, especially his own. His entire motivation for investigating the See-Right company requires his assurance that anyone who would use the Power Boy symbol for “Help!” must really mean that they’re in trouble.
*Sweet Tooth: SweetTooth: His signature order at Whit’s End is a banana split with licorice whips instead of bananas.
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* BerserkButton: References to her weight.
* BigEater: Her ideal day involves shopping and a four-course meal at the mall food court, and she's been known to pig out on ice cream under the guise of "testing it for freezer burns".
* BigEater: Her ideal day involves shopping and a four-course meal at the mall food court, and she's been known to pig out on ice cream under the guise of "testing it for freezer burns".
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Plenty of her episodes revolve around this.
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* AdultChild: For a reason -- it becomes increasingly clear that, as a kid, he was never really allowed to ''be'' a kid. Now this is happening.
* CatchPhrase: Whenever he starts to talk about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with "Because... well, just because." In the episode where his past comes back for him and he still doesn't want to face it, it becomes a panicked, "''Because! Just because!''"
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* EvilTwin: Wellington isn't exactly "evil twin" evil, but he ''is'' an amoral reprobate, which makes for a sharp enough contrast.
** Despite JessHarnell's vocal range, they chose a different actor to voice him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
* CatchPhrase: Whenever he starts to talk about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with "Because... well, just because." In the episode where his past comes back for him and he still doesn't want to face it, it becomes a panicked, "''Because! Just because!''"
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* EvilTwin: Wellington isn't exactly "evil twin" evil, but he ''is'' an amoral reprobate, which makes for a sharp enough contrast.
** Despite JessHarnell's vocal range, they chose a different actor to voice him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
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->'''First appearance''': “Welcoming Wooton”
->'''Voiced by''': Jess Harnell
*AdultChild: For a reason -- Agent Mulder: In “The Other Side of the Glass”; he’s almost immediately suspicious of the See-Right company because he does not regard it becomes increasingly clear that, as a kid, he simple coincidence that he, the creator of Power Boy, just happened to be in the same place at the same time as Bernard, the local window washer, while Bernard was never really allowed washing a window manufactured by See-Right that had had the Power Boy symbol for help marked on it.
* All-Loving Hero: Enjoys making people happy.
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* Friend To All Children
* Fun Personified
* Good Feels Good
* Hidden Depths: He’s a quirky mailman, he’s a talented cartoonist, and he has an absurd depth of knowledge about barnyard animals.
* Intergenerational Friendship: With all the kids he meets, but especially with Grady, for whom he is also asharp enough contrast.
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* Like A Son To Me: With Grady, as highlighted in “Like Father, Like Wooton” and “The Highest Stakes”.
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*RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
Man Child: He’s in his thirties and does take his responsibilities seriously, but he still does his job with a fun and bouncy flair.
* One Of The Kids: For good reason; as a kid, he was never really allowed to actually be a kid because of his wealthy family’s reputation, so he allows himself to indulge his sense of childish fun as an adult.
* Parental Substitute: To Grady.
* The Pollyanna: Has a very cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
* Quirky Curls: According to the artwork, he has thick curly hair.
* Remember the New Guy: In “Welcoming Wooton”.
* Serious Business: Comic books, especially his own. His entire motivation for investigating the See-Right company requires his assurance that anyone who would use the Power Boy symbol for “Help!” must really mean that they’re in trouble.
* Sweet Tooth: His signature order at Whit’s End is a banana split with licorice whips instead of bananas.
* Trademark Favorite Food: Licorice.
* Weirdness Coupon: Eugene puts it best:
-->“The man once made a life-size fort out of Jell-O cubes. Understanding the way his mind works would be a challenge for Einstein!”
* WhiteSheep: One of a very small number of his family members who isn’t a terrible person.
* WolverinePublicity: There’s almost as much merch with him on it as there is with Whit, who’s been around for about fifteen years longer.
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* All-Loving Hero: Enjoys making people happy.
* Big Fun: One of the most fun-loving characters on the show, and much reference is made to
* Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Very skilled cartoonist who writes and draws books that are hugely popular while simultaneously being a
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* Friend To All Children
* Fun Personified
* Good Feels Good
* Hidden Depths: He’s a quirky mailman, he’s a talented cartoonist, and he has an absurd depth of knowledge about barnyard animals.
* Intergenerational Friendship: With all the kids he meets, but especially with Grady, for whom he is also a
** Despite JessHarnell's vocal range, they chose a different actor
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* Like A Son To Me: With Grady, as highlighted in “Like Father, Like Wooton” and “The Highest Stakes”.
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* Parental Substitute: To Grady.
* The Pollyanna: Has a very cheerful and optimistic outlook on life.
* Quirky Curls: According to the artwork, he has thick curly hair.
* Remember the New Guy: In “Welcoming Wooton”.
* Serious Business: Comic books, especially his own. His entire motivation for investigating the See-Right company requires his assurance that anyone who would use the Power Boy symbol for “Help!” must really mean that they’re in trouble.
* Sweet Tooth: His signature order at Whit’s End is a banana split with licorice whips instead of bananas.
* Trademark Favorite Food: Licorice.
* Weirdness Coupon: Eugene puts it best:
-->“The man once made a life-size fort out of Jell-O cubes. Understanding the way his mind works would be a challenge for Einstein!”
* WhiteSheep: One of a very small number of his family members who isn’t a terrible person.
* WolverinePublicity: There’s almost as much merch with him on it as there is with Whit, who’s been around for about fifteen years longer.
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!!Jason Whittaker
->'''First appearance''': "The Mortal Coil, Part 2"
->'''Voiced by''': Thom Pinto ("The Mortal Coil, Part 2"), Townsend Coleman ("A Name, Not A Number"-present), T.J. Lowther ("Memories of Jerry"), Christopher Fornof and John DeVito ("Silent Night")
* TheAce: Successful NSA agent, computer programmer, quasi-inventor, cook, and international missionary.
* AntiHero: Particularly when faced with a dangerous or otherwise sticky situation. He is the most likely to be told that he doesn't have to ignore basic morality to successfully counter evil, and he tends to be very cocky and aggressive when he thinks he knows what he's doing.
-->'''Jack''': We're not supposed to fight the way they fight!
-->'''Jason''': Well, sorry, but that's the only way I know how to fight.
* {{Badass}}: Arguably the biggest one on the show.
** BadassBaritone: Not as pronounced as Regis’s, but it still shows.
** HeartbrokenBadass: After he and Tasha have to break off their engagement, and then after he finds out that Monica Stone used him.
* BreakTheHaughty: His character arc in the Blackgaard Saga consisted of him learning the hard way that he isn’t as good as he thinks he is.
* ChickMagnet: Monica Stone and Tasha Forbes both showed attraction to him, and it's entirely possible that Eugene wasn't lying when he claimed Connie had a crush on him in "Love Is In The Air".
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* CodeName: Agent 1131, for the NSA.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently.
* {{Determinator}}: It takes a lot to keep him down for the count.
* {{Expy}}: Elements of his characterization hearken back to James Bond and Indiana Jones; the clothes he wears on the cover of Album 27: The Search for Whit are particularly Indy-esque, as is the adventure of the titular episodes, and he’s drawn in a tuxedo on the cover of Album 50.
* FatalFlaw: Pride and recklessness.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric—strong-willed, confident, and prone to aggression.
* FriendToAllChildren: Gets along very easily with the kids around town.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the most physically adept characters and also very quick-thinking and gifted in the realm of computer programming (though nowhere near Eugene's extensive knowledge).
* GoodIsNotNice: Upon seeing Rodney Rathbone visiting the hospital, Jason forcefully yanks him into an elevator, shoves him up against a wall, fiercely assures him that he and the Bones of Wrath will be brought to justice, and intimidates him into spilling all the information he knows.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Struggles with the fact that his line of work requires this, dissonant with his deeply-held Christian beliefs, in “The Labyrinth”.
* GuileHero: He's not always seen fighting physically, but he usually doesn't have to.
* HonorBeforeReason: Has a tendency to indulge in this.
* HotBlooded: Is much more brash and impulsive than most of the characters surrounding him; Glossman notes that this is easy to use against him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Revels in the excitement of the idea of heading the Israelites to counter the Bones of Wrath, and enjoys throwing himself into hands-on projects in general.
* LetMeAtHim: When sufficiently pushed. He nearly loses it with Philip Glossman before Glossman reminds him that the latter has the bureaucracy on his side, while Jason has...a high school student, the local nerd, a mayor up for recall, and a ragtag group of schoolchildren led by a guy who works at a gas station.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He and Whit share the same tendencies toward stubbornness and irrationality in stressful situations; Whit just takes longer to behave irrationally and it's usually related to a long-standing emotional blind spot (i.e. anything and everything to do with Jenny), whereas Jason is more susceptible to being emotionally manipulated in general.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Ares the Protector
* MrViceGuy: He tends to let his heart rule his head and he doesn't usually stop to plan at first, but he is a courageous person who genuinely wants to do the right thing.
* TheNameIsBond, James Bond: Introduces himself to Mustafa this way in “A Name, Not A Number, Part 1”.
* NervesOfSteel: Justified; the man was an NSA agent, a role that usually requires being calm in the face of danger.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish to Jack’s Noble in the appropriately dubbed “Jack-and-Jason era”.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to almost everyone else's Blue. His contrast with Jack in particular was part of what leads fans to fondly remember the famous "Jack-and-Jason era" that followed Whit's [[PutOnABus bus trip]].
* TheStrategist: Is often the one to come up with a plan.
* TooCleverByHalf: During the Blackgaard Saga.
!!Thomas Dale "Tom" Riley, Jr.
->'''First appearance''': "Whit's Flop”
->'''Last appearance''': "Suspicious Finds"
->'''Voiced by''': Walker Edmiston ("Whit's Flop"-"Suspicious Finds"), Chad Reisser ("A Matter of Obedience")
* AllUpToYou: In “Exit”, Whit is led away by Mr. Charles kidnapping and threatening Connie, but no one knows Tom is still in the utility shack containing the launch equipment, so he is put on the line with Jason to destroy the Imagination Station (a mission that goes down to the wire with Tom and would have taken about ten seconds with Whit).
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted; he’s a member of the city council at the start of the series and then becomes the city mayor because he wants to serve the town.
* BadLiar: He’s really bad at coming up with explanations on the spot—in “A Christmas Conundrum”, for example, he tells Eugene that the stereo he’s purchasing for Connie to give to Eugene for Christmas is for Tom's personal use instead, because he can use it for “all sorts of…listenin’-type things”.
* BewareTheNice Ones: He’s normally a friendly, welcoming guy, but as Richard Maxwell discovered, he can hold a grudge.
* BookDumb: He doesn't tend to follow technical discussions very easily, but he is very skilled and wise in the realms that serve a purpose to him.
* CallToAgriculture
* ClearMyName: In “Hard Losses”, he finds out that he is up for a recall mayoral election after false evidence was planted that he was paid off by the company that polluted his apple orchard; the episode ends with him welcoming the opportunity to clear his name and remind the townspeople why they elected him.
** Whit has to do this for him in “Exactly As Planned” when Tom is charged with blowing up the Novacom tower on his property and can’t remember enough of what happened to him for a not-guilty plea. Tom’s defense attorney, Michael Frazier, decides that the best route would be an insanity plea in which Novacom is exposed, with their criminal actions used as an explanation for why Tom would blow up the tower. Whit investigates the tower instead, and discovers the actual culprit: Arthur Dent.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FatalFlaw: Holding grudges and having a short temper.
* FrameUp: Is framed by false evidence planted by Glossman for a chemical spill that poisons his apples.
* GoodIsNotNice: While he’s normally a friendly guy, he held a grudge against Richard Maxwell for years after Maxwell burned down his barn, even when shown evidence that Maxwell had changed.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In Darkness Before Dawn, he is falsely accused of taking campaign donations from Edgebiter, the company that polluted his farm, as a payoff, and is recalled and dragged through the dirt as a result. (Fortunately, this is resolved when the townspeople discover that he was being framed by Regis Blackgaard as a power grab by the latter.)
* HeroicWillpower: Rather than become consumed with Whit’s afterlife simulation program in “The Mortal Coil”, he immediately recognizes that it is incredibly dangerous after experiencing it for only a few seconds and orders Eugene to shut down not only the program, but the Imagination Station itself.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Whit.
* HopelessWithComputers: Tends to lean toward Type 2. He knows the basics, but he'll never be confused with a programmer.
* HotBlooded: Responds very fiercely when he feels threatened, even to his friends.
* IrrationalHatred: Toward Maxwell.
* TheLancer: To Whit, serving as a voice of common sense and emotional support while contrasting Whit’s cooler head with a more fiery temper.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Poseidon the Artist
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: When he finds out that Richard, whom he had been constantly rebuffing and deriding, was severely injured trying to help him.
* TheMcCoy: Tends to react more emotionally to situations than logically.
* NiceGuy: For the most part, he is a friendly, welcoming guy who enjoys helping people and cares about the welfare of the town.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Perhaps the only time Tom is referred to as “Thomas” is in “Exactly As Planned”, when the judge declares him acquitted of the accusation of blowing up the Novacom tower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the mayor of Odyssey; he looks out primarily for the welfare of the town.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Just because he's a farmer with a thick country accent doesn't mean he doesn't have worthwhile things to say.
* WhatTheHellHero?: Jack, Jason, and Eugene all call him out on his treatment of Richard Maxwell.
!!Bernard Walton
->'''First appearance''': “By Any Other Name”
->'''Last appearance''': “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners”
->'''Voiced by''': Dave Madden (“By Any Other Name” – “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners”), David Griffin (“The Conscientious Cross-Guard”)
* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts to impress his future wife Maude in “Prequels of Love”.
* AgentScully: To Wooton in “The Other Side of the Glass”.
* AmericanAccents: Somewhere between Appalachian and North Midland—in other words, just rustic enough for a vaguely Midwestern small town but not so backwoods that he sounds like a Mississippi farmer on Adderall.
* BookDumb: Isn’t the most academically or technically minded guy around, not that he minds.
* BrutalHonesty: Never sugarcoats anything; for example, he’s not a bit shy about informing Marvin that the prophet Jeremiah never caught a break after his persecution by the Jews and eventually died in the Babylonian captivity.
* BuffySpeak: Has a difficult time describing Novacom's scheme and the reason for Eugene's amnesia to Maude in "A Most Surprising Answer".
* TheClan: Has a massive extended family that is both distantly related to and has a blood feud with the Meltsners.
* TheCynic: He certainly holds Christian values, but he has very few illusions about the world.
* DeadpanSnarker: Quite possibly the snarkiest character on the show.
* GoshDangItToHeck!: Has quite a few creative exclamations that he uses when surprised.
* GrumpyBear
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Maude, though he never misses an opportunity to poke fun at her.
* HopelessWithComputers
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With all of the kids with whom he associates.
** Also with Eugene, Connie, and Wooton, all three of whom are roughly thirty years his junior.
* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Arthur Dent insists upon pronouncing his name “BER-nard” instead of “Ber-NARD”.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hides his affection for his friends and the kids at Whit’s End under a thick layer of grousing and sarcasm.
* MentorArchetype / TricksterMentor
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted; according to him, you couldn’t possibly miss him, even among four siblings.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Walks into the Harlequin Theatre, taken over by Regis Blackgaard as a base of operations, as a loud, hillbilly-esque, dopey janitor; walks out having remotely hooked up Eugene’s computer to receive files from Blackgaard’s computer that are essential to taking him down.
* OddFriendship: With Eugene, who is a neurotic, academic, sesquipedalian, technologically fluent erudite, which Bernard is…not.
** Also with Wooton, who is goofy, cheerful, childish, and proudly hails from Cloudcuckooland.
* OnlySaneMan: Often shares this role with Whit.
* RefusalOfTheCall: In “Nova Rising”, he gets a message from AREM, who has already been playing a principle role in questioning Novacom’s presence in town, as he’s quitting Novacom to go back to producing BTV on his own. He ignores it (and tellingly does not appear in any of the Novacom episodes afterward).
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Inverted; he’s not academically brilliant, but he beats Eugene in several consecutive games of chess (and watches delightedly as Eugene progressively loses his sanity).
* StraightMan
* TheStoryteller: Regularly tells kids stories, usually from the Bible; the episode titles are typically formatted “Bernard and X”.
* StubbornMule: Tellingly, he has the B-plot in “Stubborn Streaks”.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Eugene in the early days.
* VocalEvolution: His voice gradually gets more deadpan over the course of the show.
->'''First appearance''': "The Mortal Coil, Part 2"
->'''Voiced by''': Thom Pinto ("The Mortal Coil, Part 2"), Townsend Coleman ("A Name, Not A Number"-present), T.J. Lowther ("Memories of Jerry"), Christopher Fornof and John DeVito ("Silent Night")
* TheAce: Successful NSA agent, computer programmer, quasi-inventor, cook, and international missionary.
* AntiHero: Particularly when faced with a dangerous or otherwise sticky situation. He is the most likely to be told that he doesn't have to ignore basic morality to successfully counter evil, and he tends to be very cocky and aggressive when he thinks he knows what he's doing.
-->'''Jack''': We're not supposed to fight the way they fight!
-->'''Jason''': Well, sorry, but that's the only way I know how to fight.
* {{Badass}}: Arguably the biggest one on the show.
** BadassBaritone: Not as pronounced as Regis’s, but it still shows.
** HeartbrokenBadass: After he and Tasha have to break off their engagement, and then after he finds out that Monica Stone used him.
* BreakTheHaughty: His character arc in the Blackgaard Saga consisted of him learning the hard way that he isn’t as good as he thinks he is.
* ChickMagnet: Monica Stone and Tasha Forbes both showed attraction to him, and it's entirely possible that Eugene wasn't lying when he claimed Connie had a crush on him in "Love Is In The Air".
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* CodeName: Agent 1131, for the NSA.
* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently.
* {{Determinator}}: It takes a lot to keep him down for the count.
* {{Expy}}: Elements of his characterization hearken back to James Bond and Indiana Jones; the clothes he wears on the cover of Album 27: The Search for Whit are particularly Indy-esque, as is the adventure of the titular episodes, and he’s drawn in a tuxedo on the cover of Album 50.
* FatalFlaw: Pride and recklessness.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric—strong-willed, confident, and prone to aggression.
* FriendToAllChildren: Gets along very easily with the kids around town.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the most physically adept characters and also very quick-thinking and gifted in the realm of computer programming (though nowhere near Eugene's extensive knowledge).
* GoodIsNotNice: Upon seeing Rodney Rathbone visiting the hospital, Jason forcefully yanks him into an elevator, shoves him up against a wall, fiercely assures him that he and the Bones of Wrath will be brought to justice, and intimidates him into spilling all the information he knows.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Struggles with the fact that his line of work requires this, dissonant with his deeply-held Christian beliefs, in “The Labyrinth”.
* GuileHero: He's not always seen fighting physically, but he usually doesn't have to.
* HonorBeforeReason: Has a tendency to indulge in this.
* HotBlooded: Is much more brash and impulsive than most of the characters surrounding him; Glossman notes that this is easy to use against him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Revels in the excitement of the idea of heading the Israelites to counter the Bones of Wrath, and enjoys throwing himself into hands-on projects in general.
* LetMeAtHim: When sufficiently pushed. He nearly loses it with Philip Glossman before Glossman reminds him that the latter has the bureaucracy on his side, while Jason has...a high school student, the local nerd, a mayor up for recall, and a ragtag group of schoolchildren led by a guy who works at a gas station.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He and Whit share the same tendencies toward stubbornness and irrationality in stressful situations; Whit just takes longer to behave irrationally and it's usually related to a long-standing emotional blind spot (i.e. anything and everything to do with Jenny), whereas Jason is more susceptible to being emotionally manipulated in general.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Ares the Protector
* MrViceGuy: He tends to let his heart rule his head and he doesn't usually stop to plan at first, but he is a courageous person who genuinely wants to do the right thing.
* TheNameIsBond, James Bond: Introduces himself to Mustafa this way in “A Name, Not A Number, Part 1”.
* NervesOfSteel: Justified; the man was an NSA agent, a role that usually requires being calm in the face of danger.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish to Jack’s Noble in the appropriately dubbed “Jack-and-Jason era”.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to almost everyone else's Blue. His contrast with Jack in particular was part of what leads fans to fondly remember the famous "Jack-and-Jason era" that followed Whit's [[PutOnABus bus trip]].
* TheStrategist: Is often the one to come up with a plan.
* TooCleverByHalf: During the Blackgaard Saga.
!!Thomas Dale "Tom" Riley, Jr.
->'''First appearance''': "Whit's Flop”
->'''Last appearance''': "Suspicious Finds"
->'''Voiced by''': Walker Edmiston ("Whit's Flop"-"Suspicious Finds"), Chad Reisser ("A Matter of Obedience")
* AllUpToYou: In “Exit”, Whit is led away by Mr. Charles kidnapping and threatening Connie, but no one knows Tom is still in the utility shack containing the launch equipment, so he is put on the line with Jason to destroy the Imagination Station (a mission that goes down to the wire with Tom and would have taken about ten seconds with Whit).
* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted; he’s a member of the city council at the start of the series and then becomes the city mayor because he wants to serve the town.
* BadLiar: He’s really bad at coming up with explanations on the spot—in “A Christmas Conundrum”, for example, he tells Eugene that the stereo he’s purchasing for Connie to give to Eugene for Christmas is for Tom's personal use instead, because he can use it for “all sorts of…listenin’-type things”.
* BewareTheNice Ones: He’s normally a friendly, welcoming guy, but as Richard Maxwell discovered, he can hold a grudge.
* BookDumb: He doesn't tend to follow technical discussions very easily, but he is very skilled and wise in the realms that serve a purpose to him.
* CallToAgriculture
* ClearMyName: In “Hard Losses”, he finds out that he is up for a recall mayoral election after false evidence was planted that he was paid off by the company that polluted his apple orchard; the episode ends with him welcoming the opportunity to clear his name and remind the townspeople why they elected him.
** Whit has to do this for him in “Exactly As Planned” when Tom is charged with blowing up the Novacom tower on his property and can’t remember enough of what happened to him for a not-guilty plea. Tom’s defense attorney, Michael Frazier, decides that the best route would be an insanity plea in which Novacom is exposed, with their criminal actions used as an explanation for why Tom would blow up the tower. Whit investigates the tower instead, and discovers the actual culprit: Arthur Dent.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FatalFlaw: Holding grudges and having a short temper.
* FrameUp: Is framed by false evidence planted by Glossman for a chemical spill that poisons his apples.
* GoodIsNotNice: While he’s normally a friendly guy, he held a grudge against Richard Maxwell for years after Maxwell burned down his barn, even when shown evidence that Maxwell had changed.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In Darkness Before Dawn, he is falsely accused of taking campaign donations from Edgebiter, the company that polluted his farm, as a payoff, and is recalled and dragged through the dirt as a result. (Fortunately, this is resolved when the townspeople discover that he was being framed by Regis Blackgaard as a power grab by the latter.)
* HeroicWillpower: Rather than become consumed with Whit’s afterlife simulation program in “The Mortal Coil”, he immediately recognizes that it is incredibly dangerous after experiencing it for only a few seconds and orders Eugene to shut down not only the program, but the Imagination Station itself.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Whit.
* HopelessWithComputers: Tends to lean toward Type 2. He knows the basics, but he'll never be confused with a programmer.
* HotBlooded: Responds very fiercely when he feels threatened, even to his friends.
* IrrationalHatred: Toward Maxwell.
* TheLancer: To Whit, serving as a voice of common sense and emotional support while contrasting Whit’s cooler head with a more fiery temper.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Poseidon the Artist
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: When he finds out that Richard, whom he had been constantly rebuffing and deriding, was severely injured trying to help him.
* TheMcCoy: Tends to react more emotionally to situations than logically.
* NiceGuy: For the most part, he is a friendly, welcoming guy who enjoys helping people and cares about the welfare of the town.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Perhaps the only time Tom is referred to as “Thomas” is in “Exactly As Planned”, when the judge declares him acquitted of the accusation of blowing up the Novacom tower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the mayor of Odyssey; he looks out primarily for the welfare of the town.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Just because he's a farmer with a thick country accent doesn't mean he doesn't have worthwhile things to say.
* WhatTheHellHero?: Jack, Jason, and Eugene all call him out on his treatment of Richard Maxwell.
!!Bernard Walton
->'''First appearance''': “By Any Other Name”
->'''Last appearance''': “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners”
->'''Voiced by''': Dave Madden (“By Any Other Name” – “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners”), David Griffin (“The Conscientious Cross-Guard”)
* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts to impress his future wife Maude in “Prequels of Love”.
* AgentScully: To Wooton in “The Other Side of the Glass”.
* AmericanAccents: Somewhere between Appalachian and North Midland—in other words, just rustic enough for a vaguely Midwestern small town but not so backwoods that he sounds like a Mississippi farmer on Adderall.
* BookDumb: Isn’t the most academically or technically minded guy around, not that he minds.
* BrutalHonesty: Never sugarcoats anything; for example, he’s not a bit shy about informing Marvin that the prophet Jeremiah never caught a break after his persecution by the Jews and eventually died in the Babylonian captivity.
* BuffySpeak: Has a difficult time describing Novacom's scheme and the reason for Eugene's amnesia to Maude in "A Most Surprising Answer".
* TheClan: Has a massive extended family that is both distantly related to and has a blood feud with the Meltsners.
* TheCynic: He certainly holds Christian values, but he has very few illusions about the world.
* DeadpanSnarker: Quite possibly the snarkiest character on the show.
* GoshDangItToHeck!: Has quite a few creative exclamations that he uses when surprised.
* GrumpyBear
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Maude, though he never misses an opportunity to poke fun at her.
* HopelessWithComputers
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With all of the kids with whom he associates.
** Also with Eugene, Connie, and Wooton, all three of whom are roughly thirty years his junior.
* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Arthur Dent insists upon pronouncing his name “BER-nard” instead of “Ber-NARD”.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He hides his affection for his friends and the kids at Whit’s End under a thick layer of grousing and sarcasm.
* MentorArchetype / TricksterMentor
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted; according to him, you couldn’t possibly miss him, even among four siblings.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Walks into the Harlequin Theatre, taken over by Regis Blackgaard as a base of operations, as a loud, hillbilly-esque, dopey janitor; walks out having remotely hooked up Eugene’s computer to receive files from Blackgaard’s computer that are essential to taking him down.
* OddFriendship: With Eugene, who is a neurotic, academic, sesquipedalian, technologically fluent erudite, which Bernard is…not.
** Also with Wooton, who is goofy, cheerful, childish, and proudly hails from Cloudcuckooland.
* OnlySaneMan: Often shares this role with Whit.
* RefusalOfTheCall: In “Nova Rising”, he gets a message from AREM, who has already been playing a principle role in questioning Novacom’s presence in town, as he’s quitting Novacom to go back to producing BTV on his own. He ignores it (and tellingly does not appear in any of the Novacom episodes afterward).
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Inverted; he’s not academically brilliant, but he beats Eugene in several consecutive games of chess (and watches delightedly as Eugene progressively loses his sanity).
* StraightMan
* TheStoryteller: Regularly tells kids stories, usually from the Bible; the episode titles are typically formatted “Bernard and X”.
* StubbornMule: Tellingly, he has the B-plot in “Stubborn Streaks”.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Eugene in the early days.
* VocalEvolution: His voice gradually gets more deadpan over the course of the show.
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* ActorAllusion: Multiple references are made to Whit being a fan of the Andy Griffith Show, on which his first voice actor, Hal Smith, played Otis, the town drunk.
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!!Eugene Meltsner
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or God himself will stop him. And the first one's not a guarantee.
* DitzyGenius: He was created in response to a letter from a fan who asked if they'd be willing to create a character based on her father who was quote "brilliant but always loosing his keys".
* GeekPhysiques: Skinny.
* LastNameBasis: With almost everyone else. If he uses someone's first name or nickname, usually, it means ''something'' significant.
* PowerTrio: Superego. This part hasn't really changed much.
* PutOnABus: He came back.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or God himself will stop him. And the first one's not a guarantee.
* DitzyGenius: He was created in response to a letter from a fan who asked if they'd be willing to create a character based on her father who was quote "brilliant but always loosing his keys".
* GeekPhysiques: Skinny.
* LastNameBasis: With almost everyone else. If he uses someone's first name or nickname, usually, it means ''something'' significant.
* PowerTrio: Superego. This part hasn't really changed much.
* PutOnABus: He came back.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
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!!Eugene Meltsner
Heronamus Meltsner
->'''First appearance''': "Connie, Part 1"
->'''Voiced by''': Will Ryan ("Connie, Part 1"-present), John Charles Morris ("The Champ of the Camp"), Shane Baumel ("A New Era, Parts 1-3")
* AbsenteeActor: Will Ryan infamously left the show in 2000 for undisclosed reasons, and the entire Novacom saga had to be worked around Eugene's subsequent disappearance.
* AbsentMindedProfessor: When sufficiently exhausted, such as in "The Impossible".
* ActingUnnatural / BadBadActing: Showcased in "The Ties That Bind, Part 12", when Buck requests that he and Katrina not tell Detective Polehaus that Buck was beaten up in [=McAlister=] Park. Eugene follows through on this promise by acting as suspicious around Detective Polehaus as he possibly can, with a side helping of INeverSaidItWasPoison to round it all off.
* {{Adorkable}}: The straight-laced logical genius becomes a complete dork around Katrina.
* AesopAmnesia: Suffers to an almost literal extent in "A Most Extraordinary Conclusion". He contracts amnesia as a result of an overload in the programming for a government-funded application of the radio wave study, then resorts to attempting an overload of all of the memories programmed into the Imagination Station by the same method.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Felt this way about Larry Kent, who was selected valedictorian over him and was also the Big Man on Campus.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of social skills.
* BadassBookworm: Not as action-oriented as Jason, but has been known to do some really awesome things, including keeping highly sought-after research safe from ruthless thugs for months on end and helping to stop an international crime lord.
* BadLiar
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: During "Child's Play".
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and is infamous for his genius.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Occasionally a literal example; Eugene's competence is often hindered by his neuroses and tendencies to show off, such as in "All-Star Witness".
* CatchPhrase: "To borrow the colloquialism..."
** Less frequently, "In the vernacular..."
* CharacterDevelopment: Eugene came to town an insufferable, arrogant, show-offy genius who, though respectful of faith, often acted fairly condescending when met with the idea of belief in a higher power; today, he is much more warm-hearted and friendly, and tends to be more helpful rather than snobby. His character has developed to the point where his plot in "Tales of a Small Town Thug" centers around his disgust with and attempt to move away from all of the character traits he used to possess.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius: He was a bit of a handful as a kid, but there was no question that he was vastly intelligent all the same. He may have disintegrated a bathtub, but the fact that he was around seven years old and knew how to arrange chemicals from his garage to create a solvent still stands.
* CountryCousin: Downplayed; Bernard is his distant relative, but he's not so much "country" as he is "down-to-earth and non-erudite".
* DeadpanSnarker: Often in contrast to Connie's DramaQueen tendencies.
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or Godhimself Himself will stop him. And the first one's not a guarantee.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: In "Broken-Armed and Dangerous", the women arriving at June Kendall's birthday party all assume that Eugene is insulting them in some way when instead he is attempting to be polite and to reconcile the situation.
* DitzyGenius: He is a tried-and-true genius, academically brilliant and logical to the core, but is incredibly socially inept.
* EasyEvangelism: Averted ''hard''. His conversion to Christianity, while inevitable, wascreated in response to a letter from a fan who asked if they'd be willing to create a character based the most well-known conversion arc on her father who was quote "brilliant but always loosing the show, and it took him years following his keys".
introduction to accept Christ.
* EncyclopedicKnowledge
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With Connie (a.k.a. "The Avenger") in the culmination of a series of prank wars in "The Champ of the Camp".
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic—perfectionistic, meticulous, and possessing high expectations.
* GeekPhysiques:Skinny.
Skinny enough that a partially-blind dog once confused him for a fire hydrant.
* HiddenDepths: The local genius is also the local ukulele aficionado.
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Says this often.
* InsufferableGenius: Oh, so very much. He dials it back as part of his Character Development.
* LadyAndKnight: Wants to imitate this with Katrina before their wedding in "For Better or For Worse". He keeps failing at it, but Katrina is quick to remind him when she catches on that she loves him for who he is, not for the idealized version of himself that he wants to be.
* LargeHam: His neuroses tend to lend themselves well to this—see "Blood, Sweat, and Fears" and "Poor Loser".
* LastNameBasis: With almosteveryone else. everyone. If he uses someone's first name or nickname, usually, it means ''something'' significant.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Remarks that his father remains "surprisingly obstinate" on matters of faith. Mr. Whittaker isn't at all surprised.
-->'''Whit''': A Meltsner, being obstinate on matters of faith?
-->'''Eugene''' (sheepishly): Oh.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Becomes gradually less insufferable and arrogant the longer he is influenced by the more down-to-earth townsfolk of Odyssey.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Developed a crush on Katrina almost immediately upon meeting her.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Apollo the Businessman
* NoSocialSkills: He may be a genius with a nigh-eidetic memory, but Eugene often finds himself slowly digging himself deeper in social situations.
* OddCouple: Whenever paired with the more sensible and down-to-earth but technologically ignorant Bernard or Tom.
* TheOtherDarrin: Averted narrowly; the writers initially thought about having Steve Bridges stand in for Will Ryan to record the message on Whit's answering machine at the end of "Exit", but decided against it and simply spliced together old clips of Eugene.
* PairTheSmartOnes: With Katrina.
* PhraseCatcher: When he indulges in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Techno Babble, he is often met with some variation of "In English, Eugene!"
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Connie. Their relationship has developed considerably since their first meeting, from rivals to friends who love each other dearly and respect and admire one another.
* PowerTrio:Superego. This part hasn't really changed much.
Superego to Whit's Ego and Connie's Id.
* PutOnABus: Will Ryan, who played Eugene, left the show for undisclosed reasons, and naturally, so did his character. This was explained in-universe by Eugene and Katrina fleeing Odyssey to keep Eugene's research about the Radio Wave Study safe from Andromeda and to prevent Andromeda from capturing him. Hecame back.
famously returned to the show in "A Most Intriguing Question" with amnesia as a result of a National Institute of Health experiment gone wrong.
*SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Connie's Red.
** Occasionally plays the Red to Connie's Blue, such as in "Blood, Sweat, and Fears", where he is scared stiff of giving blood while she provides a voice of reason.
* RenaissanceMan: Skilled in physics, computer science, inventing, programming, physics, biology, and the ukulele.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Eugene's intellectual abilities are off the charts, but he also has almost no social graces and little experience interacting with average peers—which is probably partially due to the fact that he skipped several grades in his childhood instead of going through the usual thirteen years of schooling.
* SanitySlippage: PlayedForLaughs; he becomes increasingly unhinged as Bernard effortlessly beats him at chess over and over again in "Poor Loser".
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: A hallmark of his character. Though he still uses complex language, he is now much more inclined to speaking so that people can understand him rather than using long words for the sake of it.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Turns out to be his downfall when he brings a chess set to pass the time during a slow day at Whit's End and is beaten several consecutive times by Bernard.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: He knows phrases in a variety of languages, but tends to use Latin terminology the most often. Justified, since his area of expertise is science, many branches of which tend to use a lot of Latin terminology.
* TechnoBabble: Is inclined to indulge in this whenever he discusses computers or technological breakthroughs.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Has the occasional tendency of breaking out his ukulele at random moments.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Had a quasi-adversarial relationship with Tom, Bernard, and Connie in the early days, but there was no denying that each respected the other.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Had an infamously long and tumultuous relationship with Katrina. To no one's surprise, they do; they first elope at Armitage Shanks's deathbed in "Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action", then have an official ceremony for their friends back home in "For Better or For Worse, Part 2".
->'''First appearance''': "Connie, Part 1"
->'''Voiced by''': Will Ryan ("Connie, Part 1"-present), John Charles Morris ("The Champ of the Camp"), Shane Baumel ("A New Era, Parts 1-3")
* AbsenteeActor: Will Ryan infamously left the show in 2000 for undisclosed reasons, and the entire Novacom saga had to be worked around Eugene's subsequent disappearance.
* AbsentMindedProfessor: When sufficiently exhausted, such as in "The Impossible".
* ActingUnnatural / BadBadActing: Showcased in "The Ties That Bind, Part 12", when Buck requests that he and Katrina not tell Detective Polehaus that Buck was beaten up in [=McAlister=] Park. Eugene follows through on this promise by acting as suspicious around Detective Polehaus as he possibly can, with a side helping of INeverSaidItWasPoison to round it all off.
* {{Adorkable}}: The straight-laced logical genius becomes a complete dork around Katrina.
* AesopAmnesia: Suffers to an almost literal extent in "A Most Extraordinary Conclusion". He contracts amnesia as a result of an overload in the programming for a government-funded application of the radio wave study, then resorts to attempting an overload of all of the memories programmed into the Imagination Station by the same method.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Felt this way about Larry Kent, who was selected valedictorian over him and was also the Big Man on Campus.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows symptoms of Asperger's—extraordinary intellectual and technical competence at the expense of social skills.
* BadassBookworm: Not as action-oriented as Jason, but has been known to do some really awesome things, including keeping highly sought-after research safe from ruthless thugs for months on end and helping to stop an international crime lord.
* BadLiar
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: During "Child's Play".
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and is infamous for his genius.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Occasionally a literal example; Eugene's competence is often hindered by his neuroses and tendencies to show off, such as in "All-Star Witness".
* CatchPhrase: "To borrow the colloquialism..."
** Less frequently, "In the vernacular..."
* CharacterDevelopment: Eugene came to town an insufferable, arrogant, show-offy genius who, though respectful of faith, often acted fairly condescending when met with the idea of belief in a higher power; today, he is much more warm-hearted and friendly, and tends to be more helpful rather than snobby. His character has developed to the point where his plot in "Tales of a Small Town Thug" centers around his disgust with and attempt to move away from all of the character traits he used to possess.
* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius: He was a bit of a handful as a kid, but there was no question that he was vastly intelligent all the same. He may have disintegrated a bathtub, but the fact that he was around seven years old and knew how to arrange chemicals from his garage to create a solvent still stands.
* CountryCousin: Downplayed; Bernard is his distant relative, but he's not so much "country" as he is "down-to-earth and non-erudite".
* DeadpanSnarker: Often in contrast to Connie's DramaQueen tendencies.
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or God
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: In "Broken-Armed and Dangerous", the women arriving at June Kendall's birthday party all assume that Eugene is insulting them in some way when instead he is attempting to be polite and to reconcile the situation.
* DitzyGenius: He is a tried-and-true genius, academically brilliant and logical to the core, but is incredibly socially inept.
* EasyEvangelism: Averted ''hard''. His conversion to Christianity, while inevitable, was
* EncyclopedicKnowledge
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With Connie (a.k.a. "The Avenger") in the culmination of a series of prank wars in "The Champ of the Camp".
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic—perfectionistic, meticulous, and possessing high expectations.
* GeekPhysiques:
* HiddenDepths: The local genius is also the local ukulele aficionado.
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Says this often.
* InsufferableGenius: Oh, so very much. He dials it back as part of his Character Development.
* LadyAndKnight: Wants to imitate this with Katrina before their wedding in "For Better or For Worse". He keeps failing at it, but Katrina is quick to remind him when she catches on that she loves him for who he is, not for the idealized version of himself that he wants to be.
* LargeHam: His neuroses tend to lend themselves well to this—see "Blood, Sweat, and Fears" and "Poor Loser".
* LastNameBasis: With almost
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Remarks that his father remains "surprisingly obstinate" on matters of faith. Mr. Whittaker isn't at all surprised.
-->'''Whit''': A Meltsner, being obstinate on matters of faith?
-->'''Eugene''' (sheepishly): Oh.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Becomes gradually less insufferable and arrogant the longer he is influenced by the more down-to-earth townsfolk of Odyssey.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Developed a crush on Katrina almost immediately upon meeting her.
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Apollo the Businessman
* NoSocialSkills: He may be a genius with a nigh-eidetic memory, but Eugene often finds himself slowly digging himself deeper in social situations.
* OddCouple: Whenever paired with the more sensible and down-to-earth but technologically ignorant Bernard or Tom.
* TheOtherDarrin: Averted narrowly; the writers initially thought about having Steve Bridges stand in for Will Ryan to record the message on Whit's answering machine at the end of "Exit", but decided against it and simply spliced together old clips of Eugene.
* PairTheSmartOnes: With Katrina.
* PhraseCatcher: When he indulges in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Techno Babble, he is often met with some variation of "In English, Eugene!"
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Connie. Their relationship has developed considerably since their first meeting, from rivals to friends who love each other dearly and respect and admire one another.
* PowerTrio:
* PutOnABus: Will Ryan, who played Eugene, left the show for undisclosed reasons, and naturally, so did his character. This was explained in-universe by Eugene and Katrina fleeing Odyssey to keep Eugene's research about the Radio Wave Study safe from Andromeda and to prevent Andromeda from capturing him. He
*
** Occasionally plays the Red to Connie's Blue, such as in "Blood, Sweat, and Fears", where he is scared stiff of giving blood while she provides a voice of reason.
* RenaissanceMan: Skilled in physics, computer science, inventing, programming, physics, biology, and the ukulele.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Eugene's intellectual abilities are off the charts, but he also has almost no social graces and little experience interacting with average peers—which is probably partially due to the fact that he skipped several grades in his childhood instead of going through the usual thirteen years of schooling.
* SanitySlippage: PlayedForLaughs; he becomes increasingly unhinged as Bernard effortlessly beats him at chess over and over again in "Poor Loser".
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: A hallmark of his character. Though he still uses complex language, he is now much more inclined to speaking so that people can understand him rather than using long words for the sake of it.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Turns out to be his downfall when he brings a chess set to pass the time during a slow day at Whit's End and is beaten several consecutive times by Bernard.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: He knows phrases in a variety of languages, but tends to use Latin terminology the most often. Justified, since his area of expertise is science, many branches of which tend to use a lot of Latin terminology.
* TechnoBabble: Is inclined to indulge in this whenever he discusses computers or technological breakthroughs.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Has the occasional tendency of breaking out his ukulele at random moments.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Had a quasi-adversarial relationship with Tom, Bernard, and Connie in the early days, but there was no denying that each respected the other.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Had an infamously long and tumultuous relationship with Katrina. To no one's surprise, they do; they first elope at Armitage Shanks's deathbed in "Plan B, Part 1: Missing in Action", then have an official ceremony for their friends back home in "For Better or For Worse, Part 2".
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-->'''Voiced by''': Hal Smith ("Whit's Flop"-"The Time Has Come"), Paul Herlinger ("The Search For Whit"-"Kidsboro, Part 3"), Andre Stojka ("The Inspiration Station"-present), Jim Custer (young; "The Triangle", "Prequels of Love", "Great Expectations")
-->'''Voiced by''': Hal Smith ("Whit's Flop"-"The Time Has Come"), Paul Herlinger ("The Search For Whit"-"Kidsboro, Part 3"), Andre Stojka ("The Inspiration Station"-present), Jim Custer (young; "The Triangle", "Prequels of Love", "Great Expectations")
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Great Expectations" reveals him to have longed to become a pilot, but life kept getting in the way.
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!!Constance "Connie" Kendall
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: It's ''very'' rare to hear her referred to as "Constance".
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She was sixteen for a remarkably long time, something the writers didn't hesitate to poke fun at.
* PowerTrio: Id, back in the day. She matured over time... to a point.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: It's ''very'' rare to hear her referred to as "Constance".
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She was sixteen for a remarkably long time, something the writers didn't hesitate to poke fun at.
* PowerTrio: Id, back in the day. She matured over time... to a point.
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!!Constance Mildred "Connie" Kendall
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: It's ''very'' rareKendall
->'''First appearance''': "Connie Comes tohear Town"
->'''Voiced by''': Katie Leigh ("Connie Comes to Town"-present), Meagan Smith ("The Champ of the Camp")
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and was the valedictorian of herreferred graduating class.
* CreditCardPlot: At the center of one in "A Little Credit, Please".
* DamselInDistress: In "Waylaid in the Windy City" (by Regis Blackgaard), "Exit" (by Bennett Charles), and "Accidental Dilemma, Part 2" (by the Whisperer).
* DeadpanSnarker: When she isn't The Ditz.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Oscillates between being either the sanest, most levelheaded member of the cast sans Whit or the flightiest, depending on what the writers require for the episode.
* TheDitz: Whenever the show calls for it, especially in episodes that require her to be flustered, like "A Christmas Conundrum" and "Secrets".
* DramaQueen: When she gets worked up—and it's not hard to get her worked up.
* Embarrassing Middle Name: "Mildred".
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With Eugene, alias "Goggles", via prank war in "The Champ of the Camp".
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine—outgoing, compassionate, and scatterbrained.
* FriendToAllChildren: She may not be an inventing wiz or a science genius, but Whit's End wouldn't be the same without her willingness to reach out to everyone she meets.
* GenreSavvy: Astutely remarks (to fan delight) on how obvious it is that Buck is going to return and that Eugene and Katrina will be the ones to take him in.
* TheHeart: Aside from Whit's grandfatherly and welcoming persona, Connie is the emotional center of Whit's End, always welcoming to the kids and able to be one of them while still acting as"Constance".
an authority figure.
* IronicName: "Constance", as Connie herself proudly explains, means "firmness of mind".
* LargeHam: Whenever she has a freakout (and she has a lot of freakouts).
* MasterCharacterHeroines: Persephone the Maiden
* TheMatchmaker: She's a hopeless romantic; her primary role in "The Triangled Web" centers around her attempts to set up Jimmy and Lucy.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp:She was sixteen for Connie even hangs a remarkably lampshade on it, remarking that it feels like she's been "sixteen forever".
* NotSoDifferent: From Jules, her half-sister. While Jules has a bit more of a nihilistic attitude than Connie did, it's unquestionable that Jules's personality bears an uncanny resemblance to Connie prior to the latter's conversion to Christianity, which is probably not entirely unintentional.
* ParentalSubstitute: Her parents divorced not longtime, something before she moved to Odyssey, and her father was rather neglectful and uncaring towards her; Whit became the writers didn't hesitate father figure she never had, to poke fun at.
the point where she asked him to walk her down the aisle at her (almost) wedding to Mitch (and probably would have done even if her biological father had bothered to show up).
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Eugene. The evolution of their relationship from where they were in their first episodes to now is striking.
* PowerTrio:Id, back in The Id to Whit's Ego and Eugene's Superego.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Eugene's blue.
** As an indication of her character development, Connie has more recently played theday. She matured over time... Blue Oni to Eugene's Red, such as in "Blood, Sweat, and Fears", where she contrasts Eugene's neurotic phobia of needles with practical reasoning.
* RunningGag: "No one ever tells me anything!"
** "Sorry I'm late!"
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Mitch. This did not escape the notice of any of the main cast, to whom it became prime snark fodder.
* ShipperOnDeck: Connie is apoint.
hopeless romantic; so far, her OTPs include Eugene/Katrina, Jimmy/Lucy (although she seems to have switched to Jack/Lucy upon seeing how much closer Jack was to Lucy than Jimmy was), and Trent/Mandy.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Mitch. They don't. It's either the best decision AIO ever made or the worst, depending on who you ask.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: It's ''very'' rare
->'''First appearance''': "Connie Comes to
->'''Voiced by''': Katie Leigh ("Connie Comes to Town"-present), Meagan Smith ("The Champ of the Camp")
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and was the valedictorian of her
* CreditCardPlot: At the center of one in "A Little Credit, Please".
* DamselInDistress: In "Waylaid in the Windy City" (by Regis Blackgaard), "Exit" (by Bennett Charles), and "Accidental Dilemma, Part 2" (by the Whisperer).
* DeadpanSnarker: When she isn't The Ditz.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Oscillates between being either the sanest, most levelheaded member of the cast sans Whit or the flightiest, depending on what the writers require for the episode.
* TheDitz: Whenever the show calls for it, especially in episodes that require her to be flustered, like "A Christmas Conundrum" and "Secrets".
* DramaQueen: When she gets worked up—and it's not hard to get her worked up.
* Embarrassing Middle Name: "Mildred".
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With Eugene, alias "Goggles", via prank war in "The Champ of the Camp".
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine—outgoing, compassionate, and scatterbrained.
* FriendToAllChildren: She may not be an inventing wiz or a science genius, but Whit's End wouldn't be the same without her willingness to reach out to everyone she meets.
* GenreSavvy: Astutely remarks (to fan delight) on how obvious it is that Buck is going to return and that Eugene and Katrina will be the ones to take him in.
* TheHeart: Aside from Whit's grandfatherly and welcoming persona, Connie is the emotional center of Whit's End, always welcoming to the kids and able to be one of them while still acting as
* IronicName: "Constance", as Connie herself proudly explains, means "firmness of mind".
* LargeHam: Whenever she has a freakout (and she has a lot of freakouts).
* MasterCharacterHeroines: Persephone the Maiden
* TheMatchmaker: She's a hopeless romantic; her primary role in "The Triangled Web" centers around her attempts to set up Jimmy and Lucy.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp:
* NotSoDifferent: From Jules, her half-sister. While Jules has a bit more of a nihilistic attitude than Connie did, it's unquestionable that Jules's personality bears an uncanny resemblance to Connie prior to the latter's conversion to Christianity, which is probably not entirely unintentional.
* ParentalSubstitute: Her parents divorced not long
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Eugene. The evolution of their relationship from where they were in their first episodes to now is striking.
* PowerTrio:
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Eugene's blue.
** As an indication of her character development, Connie has more recently played the
* RunningGag: "No one ever tells me anything!"
** "Sorry I'm late!"
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Mitch. This did not escape the notice of any of the main cast, to whom it became prime snark fodder.
* ShipperOnDeck: Connie is a
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Mitch. They don't. It's either the best decision AIO ever made or the worst, depending on who you ask.
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-->'''First appearance''': "Whit's Flop"
-->'''Voiced by''': Hal Smith ("Whit's Flop"-"The Time Has Come"), Paul Herlinger ("The Search For Whit"-"Kidsboro, Part 3"), Andre Stojka ("The Inspiration Station"-present), Jim Custer (young; "The Triangle", "Prequels of Love", "Great Expectations")
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Both kids and adults alike love and respect him.
* ActorAllusion: Multiple references are made to Whit being a fan of the Andy Griffith Show, on which his first voice actor, Hal Smith, played Otis, the town drunk.
* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts to propose to Jenny, recounted in "Prequels of Love".
* Adventurer Archaeologist: Subverted. Whit has been trained to do legitimate archaeological work; the adventure begins when he's forced to do it at gunpoint.
* AffectionateNickname: "Whit", as most folks around Odyssey call him. Tom Riley often calls him "John Avery", especially when exasperated or frustrated with him.
-->'''Voiced by''': Hal Smith ("Whit's Flop"-"The Time Has Come"), Paul Herlinger ("The Search For Whit"-"Kidsboro, Part 3"), Andre Stojka ("The Inspiration Station"-present), Jim Custer (young; "The Triangle", "Prequels of Love", "Great Expectations")
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Both kids and adults alike love and respect him.
* ActorAllusion: Multiple references are made to Whit being a fan of the Andy Griffith Show, on which his first voice actor, Hal Smith, played Otis, the town drunk.
* {{Adorkable}}: His attempts to propose to Jenny, recounted in "Prequels of Love".
* Adventurer Archaeologist: Subverted. Whit has been trained to do legitimate archaeological work; the adventure begins when he's forced to do it at gunpoint.
* AffectionateNickname: "Whit", as most folks around Odyssey call him. Tom Riley often calls him "John Avery", especially when exasperated or frustrated with him.
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* CoolOldGuy: Ordinary, down-to-Earth version.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As a rule, he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but there are a handful of episodes where he comes off as [[MoralDissonance disturbingly manipulative]].
* PowerTrio: Ego, to Connie's Id and Eugene's Superego, back in the early days.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As a rule, he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but there are a handful of episodes where he comes off as [[MoralDissonance disturbingly manipulative]].
* PowerTrio: Ego, to Connie's Id and Eugene's Superego, back in the early days.
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* CoolOldGuy: Ordinary, down-to-Earth version.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As{{Badass}}: In many respects:
** BadassBookworm: It's not as prevalent as his love of inventing and the sciences, but Whit has arule, rather expansive repertoire of books and has even written a few.
** BadassGrandpa: He's at least in his sixties and has two grandchildren (one of whom is a young adult), but that doesn't stop him from going on archaeological expeditions, fighting an evil corporation (by occasionally less-than-clearly-legal means), sneaking into a notorious archaeologist crime lord's penthouse to retrieve vital information to arrest him (and taking a blow to the head with a heavy vase), or crafting a rather clever plan to put a B-list terrorist in jail while simultaneously faking his own son's death to keep him away from the agency and his old enemies.
** RetiredBadass: He's perfectly content behind the counter at an ice cream shop, but he's quite willing to demonstrate just why he was once on retainer at the NSA if need be.
* BatmanGambit: Makes one of these to catch thenicest Whisperer in "Accidental Dilemma". To wit:
** Through untraceably anonymous means, he revealed to Rusty Gordon, who was blogging about Odyssey, that Jason was an NSA agent, knowing that Rusty would be foolish and malicious enough to expose Jason online.
** Fully aware that the Whisperer would kidnap Jason to get at Applesauce, he allowed them into Whit's End, where there were explosives rigged in the tunnels beneath Whit's End (sound familiar?) where a laptop programmed with Applesauce resided.
** The laptop was (allegedly) rigged with an explosive that Jason claims was activated by him pressing a button on it; the tunnel bombs go off while Jason was in the tunnel, making it appear that Jason sacrificed himself to destroy the program and keep the Whisperer from getting at it.
** In reality, Jason is alive and well and ends the episode living it up on the French Riviera. Not only did the plan lure the Whisperer to his own recapture, but it kept Jason's old enemies from finding him by making it appear that he was dead.
* BecauseISaidSo: Not always keen on explaining his plans...at least, [[RunningGag not to Connie]].
** In "Accidental Dilemma", this is turned on its head, as she turns out to be the only one besides himself and Jason who knows about the Batman Gambit involving the Whisperer, when in the past Eugene was predominantly the one who knew what was going on.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While normally a kindly, warm-hearted man who simply wants to reach peopleyou'll for the Gospel, he is not one to be crossed. Regis Blackgaard, Dalton Kearn, the Whisperer, and just about everyone involved with Novacom found this out to their costs.
* BigGood: Unquestionably Odyssey's. One wonders why they even have mayoral elections when the town is basically run from an ice cream shop. (Arthur Dent even mentions in "Opportunity Knocks" that he was told that Whit, not Mayor Faye, is the one who really knows what makes the town tick.)
* BullyingADragon: Any time someone like Bart Rathbone or Cryin' Bryan Dern tries to push him around. He maintains a clear head and patient air, but when sufficiently provoked, they regret their decision fast.
* TheBusCameBack: "The Search For Whit" centers around Whit's return to the show after two years' absence.
* CharacterOutlivesActor: Whit was infamously Put On A Bus in the mid-1990s because of Hal Smith's death, with the in-universe explanation that he went on an archaeological expedition in Jerusalem. He returns in "The Search for Whit", voiced by Paul Herlinger, who continued in the role until his 2008 retirement (he died about a year later). Andre Stojka then took over the role and has been voicing the character evermeet, since.
* ChildhoodFriends: He and Jack Allen have been best friends since they were little.
* CoolOldGuy
* CrazyPrepared
* EccentricMentor: The wisest character on the show is the owner of "an ice cream shop and discovery emporium" that contains virtual reality technology that is enviable even today.
* EncyclopedicKnowledge: He "dabbles" a bit.
* FullNameBasis: Often introduces himself as "John Avery Whittaker" (but most folks around Odyssey call him "Whit").
* GadgeteerGenius
* GenreSavvy: In more than one genre—both on his adventures and in dealing with the kids.
** He doesn't just let Barry Muntz at the plans for the Imagination Station unbridled in "Breaking Point"; he left out one component in the plans without which the station would not work, just in case Muntz would prove untrustworthy (which he did). Nick Mulligan is suitably impressed.
** Played into his Batman Gambit with the Whisperer; he knew perfectly well what he was getting into and remained one step ahead of it all, even if Grady's kidnapping could have turned out to be a Spanner in the Works.
** In "The Other Side of the Glass, Part 3", he was well aware that the See Right company had no intentions of not bringing in their illegal midnight shift just because they were aware that the Odyssey gang had their eyes on them—"that's money out of their pockets".
** He had good reason to suspect that Trent would try to go on an adventure about people doing important things for God in "Something Significant", so he programmed the Station to take Trent on the planned adventure no matter what Trent tried to do.
* GoodIsNotDumb: He is a conservative evangelical and he is no fool.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He doesn't fool around when Novacom tries messing with Odyssey, or when Blackgaard attempts to harm his loved ones.
* GuileHero / ScienceHero: Tends to fight more with his wits and technological know-how than with physical skill.
** ActionHero: In his WWII days.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Not typically—he usually has a pretty shrewd idea of who is on his side and who isn't most of the time—but "What Happened to the Silver Streak" is an example of his innocent-until-proven-guilty point of view backfiring when the girl accused of stealing a train, whom he had been defending all episode, was revealed to actually be the one who took it and clearly regrets nothing.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Becomes suspicious of Arthur Dent in "Opportunity Knocks" when Dent mentions Tom Riley's name in connection with land on which Novacom planned to build a tower after having acted as though he did not know who owned the property.
* LikeASonToMe: For Eugene; he also explicitly states that Connie is "like a daughter".
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Osiris the Male Messiah
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Or rather, not allowed to grow ''old''. Though it is questionable as to how much time has actually passed in Odyssey, there's no doubt that Whit is perpetually somewhere around his sixties.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Averted; the show is set primarily at his workplace, and he's usually doing his job there. Not only is he working the counter, but the show also regularly throws in lines about him having to do inventory and get ordering done.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His employees and friends refer to him as "Whit". His introductory narration is the most notorious example:
-->'''Whit''': Hi, I'm John Avery Whittaker—but most folks around here call me "Whit".
* PapaWolf: He does not take it well when the kids at Whit's End are put in danger.
** Case in point: he spent almost the entirety of "Breaking Point" staunchly refusing to let any outsider get anywhere near the blueprints of the Imagination Station at Whit's End Connellsville, sacrificing his time in Odyssey and work at the Whit's End thereare as a handful result. He finally caved not because he was working himself to exhaustion, but because Alex nearly got hurt in the Imagination Station back in Odyssey.
* ParentalSubstitute: For both Connie and Eugene, the latter ofepisodes where he comes off as [[MoralDissonance disturbingly manipulative]].
* PowerTrio: Ego, towhich was freely acknowledged by Eugene's father Leonard; Connie's Id father is neglectful and selfish, while Eugene's Superego, back father was thought to be dead for twenty years.
** Particularly evident in Connie's case, as Whit was the one who was going to walk her down the aisle in her [[spoiler:almost]] wedding.
* PowerTrio: Is the ego to Eugene's Superego and Connie's Id, especially in theearly days.earlier seasons when the two of them were constantly sniping at each other.
* PutOnABus: Famously in the episode "Gone" due to Hal Smith's death.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: There's a pretty good reason why most of the kids around town (and many adults as well) are nearly constantly coming to him for advice.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As
** BadassBookworm: It's not as prevalent as his love of inventing and the sciences, but Whit has a
** BadassGrandpa: He's at least in his sixties and has two grandchildren (one of whom is a young adult), but that doesn't stop him from going on archaeological expeditions, fighting an evil corporation (by occasionally less-than-clearly-legal means), sneaking into a notorious archaeologist crime lord's penthouse to retrieve vital information to arrest him (and taking a blow to the head with a heavy vase), or crafting a rather clever plan to put a B-list terrorist in jail while simultaneously faking his own son's death to keep him away from the agency and his old enemies.
** RetiredBadass: He's perfectly content behind the counter at an ice cream shop, but he's quite willing to demonstrate just why he was once on retainer at the NSA if need be.
* BatmanGambit: Makes one of these to catch the
** Through untraceably anonymous means, he revealed to Rusty Gordon, who was blogging about Odyssey, that Jason was an NSA agent, knowing that Rusty would be foolish and malicious enough to expose Jason online.
** Fully aware that the Whisperer would kidnap Jason to get at Applesauce, he allowed them into Whit's End, where there were explosives rigged in the tunnels beneath Whit's End (sound familiar?) where a laptop programmed with Applesauce resided.
** The laptop was (allegedly) rigged with an explosive that Jason claims was activated by him pressing a button on it; the tunnel bombs go off while Jason was in the tunnel, making it appear that Jason sacrificed himself to destroy the program and keep the Whisperer from getting at it.
** In reality, Jason is alive and well and ends the episode living it up on the French Riviera. Not only did the plan lure the Whisperer to his own recapture, but it kept Jason's old enemies from finding him by making it appear that he was dead.
* BecauseISaidSo: Not always keen on explaining his plans...at least, [[RunningGag not to Connie]].
** In "Accidental Dilemma", this is turned on its head, as she turns out to be the only one besides himself and Jason who knows about the Batman Gambit involving the Whisperer, when in the past Eugene was predominantly the one who knew what was going on.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While normally a kindly, warm-hearted man who simply wants to reach people
* BigGood: Unquestionably Odyssey's. One wonders why they even have mayoral elections when the town is basically run from an ice cream shop. (Arthur Dent even mentions in "Opportunity Knocks" that he was told that Whit, not Mayor Faye, is the one who really knows what makes the town tick.)
* BullyingADragon: Any time someone like Bart Rathbone or Cryin' Bryan Dern tries to push him around. He maintains a clear head and patient air, but when sufficiently provoked, they regret their decision fast.
* TheBusCameBack: "The Search For Whit" centers around Whit's return to the show after two years' absence.
* CharacterOutlivesActor: Whit was infamously Put On A Bus in the mid-1990s because of Hal Smith's death, with the in-universe explanation that he went on an archaeological expedition in Jerusalem. He returns in "The Search for Whit", voiced by Paul Herlinger, who continued in the role until his 2008 retirement (he died about a year later). Andre Stojka then took over the role and has been voicing the character ever
* ChildhoodFriends: He and Jack Allen have been best friends since they were little.
* CoolOldGuy
* CrazyPrepared
* EccentricMentor: The wisest character on the show is the owner of "an ice cream shop and discovery emporium" that contains virtual reality technology that is enviable even today.
* EncyclopedicKnowledge: He "dabbles" a bit.
* FullNameBasis: Often introduces himself as "John Avery Whittaker" (but most folks around Odyssey call him "Whit").
* GadgeteerGenius
* GenreSavvy: In more than one genre—both on his adventures and in dealing with the kids.
** He doesn't just let Barry Muntz at the plans for the Imagination Station unbridled in "Breaking Point"; he left out one component in the plans without which the station would not work, just in case Muntz would prove untrustworthy (which he did). Nick Mulligan is suitably impressed.
** Played into his Batman Gambit with the Whisperer; he knew perfectly well what he was getting into and remained one step ahead of it all, even if Grady's kidnapping could have turned out to be a Spanner in the Works.
** In "The Other Side of the Glass, Part 3", he was well aware that the See Right company had no intentions of not bringing in their illegal midnight shift just because they were aware that the Odyssey gang had their eyes on them—"that's money out of their pockets".
** He had good reason to suspect that Trent would try to go on an adventure about people doing important things for God in "Something Significant", so he programmed the Station to take Trent on the planned adventure no matter what Trent tried to do.
* GoodIsNotDumb: He is a conservative evangelical and he is no fool.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He doesn't fool around when Novacom tries messing with Odyssey, or when Blackgaard attempts to harm his loved ones.
* GuileHero / ScienceHero: Tends to fight more with his wits and technological know-how than with physical skill.
** ActionHero: In his WWII days.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Not typically—he usually has a pretty shrewd idea of who is on his side and who isn't most of the time—but "What Happened to the Silver Streak" is an example of his innocent-until-proven-guilty point of view backfiring when the girl accused of stealing a train, whom he had been defending all episode, was revealed to actually be the one who took it and clearly regrets nothing.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Becomes suspicious of Arthur Dent in "Opportunity Knocks" when Dent mentions Tom Riley's name in connection with land on which Novacom planned to build a tower after having acted as though he did not know who owned the property.
* LikeASonToMe: For Eugene; he also explicitly states that Connie is "like a daughter".
* MasterCharacterHeroes: Osiris the Male Messiah
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Or rather, not allowed to grow ''old''. Though it is questionable as to how much time has actually passed in Odyssey, there's no doubt that Whit is perpetually somewhere around his sixties.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Averted; the show is set primarily at his workplace, and he's usually doing his job there. Not only is he working the counter, but the show also regularly throws in lines about him having to do inventory and get ordering done.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His employees and friends refer to him as "Whit". His introductory narration is the most notorious example:
-->'''Whit''': Hi, I'm John Avery Whittaker—but most folks around here call me "Whit".
* PapaWolf: He does not take it well when the kids at Whit's End are put in danger.
** Case in point: he spent almost the entirety of "Breaking Point" staunchly refusing to let any outsider get anywhere near the blueprints of the Imagination Station at Whit's End Connellsville, sacrificing his time in Odyssey and work at the Whit's End there
* ParentalSubstitute: For both Connie and Eugene, the latter of
* PowerTrio: Ego, to
** Particularly evident in Connie's case, as Whit was the one who was going to walk her down the aisle in her [[spoiler:almost]] wedding.
* PowerTrio: Is the ego to Eugene's Superego and Connie's Id, especially in the
* PutOnABus: Famously in the episode "Gone" due to Hal Smith's death.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: There's a pretty good reason why most of the kids around town (and many adults as well) are nearly constantly coming to him for advice.
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* RetiredBadass: The usual story is that he fought in World War II... and this isn't to say intrigue has left his life.
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* RetiredBadass: The usual story ScarsAreForever: Well, this one is rather obvious; he was injured in WWII and is missing a piece of his right ear.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He very rarely takes on this attitude, usually abiding by the law. However, in "Exit", he and Tom are trying to get access to where Andromeda is housing its signal for the Launch Date, and the door is unfortunately locked; Whit casually mentions that there is a crowbar in his trunk, at which point Tom pointedly asks him if that qualifies as breaking and entering. Whit's response:
-->'''Whit''': I'll ask Agent Bourland for a search warrant...later.
* TheSmartGuy: Eugene usually plays this role, especially when it comes to straight fact-recall, but Whit is overall easily the brightest person in the room much of the time.
* TeenGenius: "Great Expectations" reveals him to have been one.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Great Expectations" reveals him to have longed to become a pilot, but life kept getting in the way.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: In "The Mortal Coil", he makes an Imagination Station program that simulates the afterlife, not figuring that hefought in World War II... and this isn't could possibly get addicted to say intrigue has left his life.
its effects.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He very rarely takes on this attitude, usually abiding by the law. However, in "Exit", he and Tom are trying to get access to where Andromeda is housing its signal for the Launch Date, and the door is unfortunately locked; Whit casually mentions that there is a crowbar in his trunk, at which point Tom pointedly asks him if that qualifies as breaking and entering. Whit's response:
-->'''Whit''': I'll ask Agent Bourland for a search warrant...later.
* TheSmartGuy: Eugene usually plays this role, especially when it comes to straight fact-recall, but Whit is overall easily the brightest person in the room much of the time.
* TeenGenius: "Great Expectations" reveals him to have been one.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Great Expectations" reveals him to have longed to become a pilot, but life kept getting in the way.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: In "The Mortal Coil", he makes an Imagination Station program that simulates the afterlife, not figuring that he
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CatchPhrase: Whenever he starts to talk about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with "Because... well, just because." In the episode where his past comes back for him and he still doesn't want to face it, it becomes a panicked, "''Because! Just because!''"
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* CatchPhrase: Whenever he starts to talk about something like why he never got any toys as a kid, he trails off with "Because... well, just because." In the episode where his past comes back for him and he still doesn't want to face it, it becomes a panicked, "''Because! Just because!''"
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* SuddenlyShouting: In "Box of Miracles", [[spoiler:when Whit tries to leave -- "NOOOOO!"]]
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* SuddenlyShouting: In "Box of Miracles", [[spoiler:when Whit tries to leave without taking his warnings seriously -- "NOOOOO!"]]"NOOOOO, ''YOU CAN'T!!!''"]]
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* SuddenlyShouting: In "Box of Miracles", [[spoiler:when Whit tries to leave -- "NOOOOO!"]]
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Annnd I\'m cutting this note. But seriously, more characters; folders for the cast; separate sections for the \"Sagas\"; yea or nay?
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This is the character sheet for the Focus on the Family radio drama ''Adventures in Odyssey'' Since it is a very [[LongRunners long running]] show, the character list for this show may possibly be in the thousands.
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Incidentally, I\'m specifically considering — here and on the main page — putting tropes related to the Blackgaard and Novacom Sagas into their own folders. I\'ve got lists, but I\'m hesitant to just sprinkle them among the tropes for the show at large. Thoughts?
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* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: It's ''very'' rare to hear her referred to as "Constance".
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!!Richard Maxwell
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]] - A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]] - A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
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* EvilIsCool: True to the spirit of the show, his acts of evil aren't romanticized one bit, but all the same...
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* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
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* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]]]
!!Richard Maxwell
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]]: A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Arthur Dent
The general manager of Novacom Broadcasting.
* AffablyEvil
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* EvilBrit
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After being depicted as a creepy villain for his first few appearances, he still finds the time to calmly, sympathetically explain one of the more frustrating aspects of show business to Connie.
* UncannyValley: He's charming, polite and energetic -- and yet, in his first couple appearances... There. Is. ''Something''. About his voice.
!!Mr. Bennett Charles
* BaldOfEvil
* TheDragon
!!The Chairman
The rarely-heard-from chairman of Andromeda Incorporated.
* BigBad: Ultimately, of the Novacom Saga.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive - And how.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
* TheGhost: Until "Exit", and his two minutes of airtime.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: "It's over... for now." ... Well, yes, so it is.
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
!!Richard Maxwell
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]]: A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Arthur Dent
The general manager of Novacom Broadcasting.
* AffablyEvil
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* EvilBrit
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After being depicted as a creepy villain for his first few appearances, he still finds the time to calmly, sympathetically explain one of the more frustrating aspects of show business to Connie.
* UncannyValley: He's charming, polite and energetic -- and yet, in his first couple appearances... There. Is. ''Something''. About his voice.
!!Mr. Bennett Charles
* BaldOfEvil
* TheDragon
!!The Chairman
The rarely-heard-from chairman of Andromeda Incorporated.
* BigBad: Ultimately, of the Novacom Saga.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive - And how.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
* TheGhost: Until "Exit", and his two minutes of airtime.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: "It's over... for now." ... Well, yes, so it is.
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
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Obviously, this isn\'t an exhaustive list. More major characters would certainly be welcome.
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* TheOtherDarrin{{Meganekko}}: Confirmed in official artwork.
* TheOtherDarrin
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* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.well.
!!Richard Maxwell
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]] - A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
!!Dr. Regis Blackgaard
* TheChessmaster
* DeadpanSnarker: A very condescending one.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Well, sort of.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* EvilBrit
* EvilIsCool: True to the spirit of the show, his acts of evil aren't romanticized one bit, but all the same...
* EvilLaugh
* EvilSoundsDeep: Hello, Earl Boen.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's rare that the audience knows exactly what he's after up-front.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures of Dr. Blackgaard depict him in a stylish purple suit with a cane and a ''cape.'' This from a politically savvy villain with a smiling, benevolent public image. RefugeInAudacity?
** There is exactly one other known picture of him, on the back of the original cassette box of "Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes", where he is depicted as a fairly ordinary-looking man in a business suit with a moustache and a dark complexion. Of course, personal mileage may vary -- this is a radio show, after all.
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website, "Where Bart Rathbone’s schemes are comical, Blackgaard’s are terrifying."
* MeaningfulName: Besides [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the obvious]], "Regis" means "King". Blackgaard has big plans.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: For reference, in his debut, he claims it's in child psychology.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RightHandCat: Sasha, in a couple episodes.
* SurroundedByIdiots: So he believes, anyway.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Note ''how many'' named tropes apply to him compared to the other characters. Apparently, being an evil genius with big plans makes you much easier to label.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:Given a pretty close examination, too.]]
!!Philip Glossman
* AffablyEvil: Though there are a few scenes that suggest that even his seemingly polite personality is just a face he puts on.
* [[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. As Dr. Blackgaard's plans draw to a close, he publicly contemplates running for mayor of Odyssey himself right before he is exposed as a criminal.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* ObviouslyEvil: A recent picture from one of the albums depicts him as a greasy, underhanded weasel, which isn't ''inaccurate,'' but in the show, he's almost always outwardly polite and respectable.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
!!Richard Maxwell
* TheAtoner
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]] - A key factor in "The Battle".
* HeelFaceTurn
!!Erica Coleburn
An old friend of Aubrey Shepard who shows up for a few episodes during the Novacom Saga.
* PerkyGoth: They aren't all nice.
* PutOnABus: By Mr. Charles, thereby skirting the issue of just how Aubrey would deal with her after her actions. (Turns out she's a XanatosSucker.)
* ToxicFriendInfluence
!!Dr. Regis Blackgaard
* TheChessmaster
* DeadpanSnarker: A very condescending one.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Well, sort of.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* EvilBrit
* EvilIsCool: True to the spirit of the show, his acts of evil aren't romanticized one bit, but all the same...
* EvilLaugh
* EvilSoundsDeep: Hello, Earl Boen.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's rare that the audience knows exactly what he's after up-front.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most official pictures of Dr. Blackgaard depict him in a stylish purple suit with a cane and a ''cape.'' This from a politically savvy villain with a smiling, benevolent public image. RefugeInAudacity?
** There is exactly one other known picture of him, on the back of the original cassette box of "Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes", where he is depicted as a fairly ordinary-looking man in a business suit with a moustache and a dark complexion. Of course, personal mileage may vary -- this is a radio show, after all.
* KnightOfCerebus: To quote the official website, "Where Bart Rathbone’s schemes are comical, Blackgaard’s are terrifying."
* MeaningfulName: Besides [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the obvious]], "Regis" means "King". Blackgaard has big plans.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: For reference, in his debut, he claims it's in child psychology.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* RightHandCat: Sasha, in a couple episodes.
* SurroundedByIdiots: So he believes, anyway.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Note ''how many'' named tropes apply to him compared to the other characters. Apparently, being an evil genius with big plans makes you much easier to label.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost]]: [[spoiler:Given a pretty close examination, too.]]
!!Philip Glossman
* AffablyEvil: Though there are a few scenes that suggest that even his seemingly polite personality is just a face he puts on.
* [[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. As Dr. Blackgaard's plans draw to a close, he publicly contemplates running for mayor of Odyssey himself right before he is exposed as a criminal.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* ObviouslyEvil: A recent picture from one of the albums depicts him as a greasy, underhanded weasel, which isn't ''inaccurate,'' but in the show, he's almost always outwardly polite and respectable.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: In "The Final Conflict", [[spoiler:when he realizes he has been publicly implicated by Jellyfish and has no way out, what follows is a good fifteen seconds of stammering and dead air before he dumps everything on his lawyer and ducks out.]]
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!!John Avery "Whit" Whittaker
* AllLovingHero: He would certainly reject the trope's old label of "The Messiah", but as far as the concept of a nigh-upon universally kind, friendly character goes, he's up there.
* CoolOldGuy: Ordinary, down-to-Earth version.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As a rule, he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but there are a handful of episodes where he comes off as [[MoralDissonance disturbingly manipulative]].
* TheOtherDarrin: That's three Darrins and a JonasQuinn now.
* PowerTrio: Ego, to Connie's Id and Eugene's Superego, back in the early days.
* RenaissanceMan
* RetiredBadass: The usual story is that he fought in World War II... and this isn't to say intrigue has left his life.
* TricksterMentor
!!Connie Kendall
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She was sixteen for a remarkably long time, something the writers didn't hesitate to poke fun at.
* PowerTrio: Id, back in the day. She matured over time... to a point.
!!Eugene Meltsner
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or God himself will stop him. And the first one's not a guarantee.
* GeekPhysiques: Skinny.
* LastNameBasis: With almost everyone else. If he uses someone's first name or nickname, usually, it means ''something'' significant.
* PowerTrio: Superego. This part hasn't really changed much.
* PutOnABus: He came back.
!!Katrina Shanks
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though (probably due to her superior social skills) mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.
* DistaffCounterpart: For the first half of her run, her role was basically "girl set up to be Eugene's girlfriend" (not to say she wasn't good at it) to the point where nearly all of her appearances were episodes dedicated to their relationship. This changed by the time they returned to the show, though it's hard to say if her personality became "less like Eugene" or just plain "less distinctive" -- many fans felt that it was the former.
** In particularly recent episodes, [[spoiler:as the show focuses on them as a married couple]], she's gotten better.
* {{Meganekko}}
* TheOtherDarrin
* PutOnABus: With Eugene. Both later returned.
!!Wooton Bassett
* AdultChild: For a reason -- it becomes increasingly clear that, as a kid, he was never really allowed to ''be'' a kid. Now this is happening.
* CloudCuckoolander
* EvilTwin: Wellington isn't exactly "evil twin" evil, but he ''is'' an amoral reprobate, which makes for a sharp enough contrast.
** Despite JessHarnell's vocal range, they chose a different actor to voice him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
* AllLovingHero: He would certainly reject the trope's old label of "The Messiah", but as far as the concept of a nigh-upon universally kind, friendly character goes, he's up there.
* CoolOldGuy: Ordinary, down-to-Earth version.
* DependingOnTheWriter: As a rule, he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but there are a handful of episodes where he comes off as [[MoralDissonance disturbingly manipulative]].
* TheOtherDarrin: That's three Darrins and a JonasQuinn now.
* PowerTrio: Ego, to Connie's Id and Eugene's Superego, back in the early days.
* RenaissanceMan
* RetiredBadass: The usual story is that he fought in World War II... and this isn't to say intrigue has left his life.
* TricksterMentor
!!Connie Kendall
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She was sixteen for a remarkably long time, something the writers didn't hesitate to poke fun at.
* PowerTrio: Id, back in the day. She matured over time... to a point.
!!Eugene Meltsner
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* {{Determinator}}: Where Connie is stubborn, and Whit at least knows his limits, when Eugene seriously puts himself to a task, it's fair to say that nothing short of physical dehabilitation or God himself will stop him. And the first one's not a guarantee.
* GeekPhysiques: Skinny.
* LastNameBasis: With almost everyone else. If he uses someone's first name or nickname, usually, it means ''something'' significant.
* PowerTrio: Superego. This part hasn't really changed much.
* PutOnABus: He came back.
!!Katrina Shanks
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To rival Eugene, though (probably due to her superior social skills) mostly when talking ''to'' Eugene.
* DistaffCounterpart: For the first half of her run, her role was basically "girl set up to be Eugene's girlfriend" (not to say she wasn't good at it) to the point where nearly all of her appearances were episodes dedicated to their relationship. This changed by the time they returned to the show, though it's hard to say if her personality became "less like Eugene" or just plain "less distinctive" -- many fans felt that it was the former.
** In particularly recent episodes, [[spoiler:as the show focuses on them as a married couple]], she's gotten better.
* {{Meganekko}}
* TheOtherDarrin
* PutOnABus: With Eugene. Both later returned.
!!Wooton Bassett
* AdultChild: For a reason -- it becomes increasingly clear that, as a kid, he was never really allowed to ''be'' a kid. Now this is happening.
* CloudCuckoolander
* EvilTwin: Wellington isn't exactly "evil twin" evil, but he ''is'' an amoral reprobate, which makes for a sharp enough contrast.
** Despite JessHarnell's vocal range, they chose a different actor to voice him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: "Welcoming Wooton". Worked pretty well.
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This is the character sheet for the Focus on the Family radio drama ''Adventures in Odyssey'' Since it is a very [[LongRunners long running running]] show, the character list for this show may possibly be in the thousands.thousands.
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Gahh I need to remember how to do this again.
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This is the character sheet for the Focus on the Family radio drama ''Adventures in Odyssey'' Since it is a very [longrunners:long running] long running show, the character list for this show may possibly be in the thousands.
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This show needs a character list. I\'ll try to fill this in as much as I can, but I am but one person.
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