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One of many cards in the Lie Detector game.

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One of many cards in the Lie Detector game.
game. You read it right; he's called "Fight Promoter" not "Flight Promoter".
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' James Rofle
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Finn
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bootsy Spankins, P.I.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bootsy [[spoiler:Bootsy Spankins, P.I. ]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Brendan Castner

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Brendan Castner Bootsy Spankins, P.I.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bootsy Spankins, P.I.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bootsy Spankins, P.I.Brendan Castner
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bootsy Spankins, P.I.

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* EvilLuddite: Has shades of this, as seen in "13 Dead End Drive", when [[spoiler:he locks Mike and Bootsy in his basement with him and destroys their cellphones.]]

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* EvilLuddite: EvilLuddite:
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Has shades of this, as seen in "13 Dead End Drive", when [[spoiler:he locks Mike and Bootsy in his basement with him and destroys their cellphones.]]



* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.

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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.]]



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. [[RealAfterAll The truth turns out to be more complicated.]]

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: ImaginaryFriend: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. [[RealAfterAll [[spoiler:[[RealAfterAll The truth turns out to be more complicated.]]]]]]



* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.

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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.]]



* InspectorJavert: To Board James [[spoiler: since he thinks James killed his friends.]]

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* InspectorJavert: To Board James [[spoiler: since he thinks James killed his friends.]]]]
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* DepravedHomosexual: The thing is like a toy got possessed by the spirit of Jeffrey Dahmer.

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* DepravedHomosexual: The thing is like a toy phone got possessed by the spirit of Jeffrey Dahmer.



* EvilIsHammy: "''Here it ''''coooooomes''''!!''"

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* EvilIsHammy: "''Here it ''''coooooomes''''!!''"'''coooooomes'''!!''"



-->'''Dream Phone''': Where you going? James! Where you going, James? I'm just gonna slit your '''FUCKING THROAT OPEN'''!

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-->'''Dream Phone''': Where you going? James! Where ''Where you going, James? [[EvilIsHammy Jaaaaaames]]''?! I'm just gonna slit your '''FUCKING THROAT OPEN'''!
OPEN'''!!
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: He's James's [[StalkerWithACrush Secret Admirer]]. But unlike Mr. Bucket, [[OhCrap he DOES]] [[{{Yandere}} want to hurt James]].


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* DepravedHomosexual: The thing is like a toy got possessed by the spirit of Jeffrey Dahmer.
* TheDreaded: In keeping with his KnightOfCerebus status, James remembers him with anger and fear even after his death, and is suitably terrified when he is (seemingly) [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]].
* EvilGloating: He's disgustingly [[SmugSnake smug]] about the fact that James will inevitably get the blame for his friends' murders.
-->'''James:''' They'll trace the call, or... ''something''!
-->'''Dream Phone:''' *''[[EvilLaugh chuckles]]''* Trace ''what''?! What're you gonna ''[[CassandraTruth tell them]]''?! That you got a ''call'' from a ''toy phone''?! From a ''girl's game''?!
* EvilIsHammy: "''Here it ''''coooooomes''''!!''"
* EvilIsPetty: The main reason he decides to kill James and his friends is because [[DisproportionateRetribution James repeatedly hung up on him]].
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* HiddenDepths: The aforementioned bioengineering degree.
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* MickeyMousing: Earlier appearances had him enter the room accompanied by a musical sound-effect.
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* DissonantSerenity [=/=] FauxAffablyEvil: It's always ''really'' creepy when he greets Mike and Bootsy with innocent smiles and gentle tones, especially when he approached Mike in "13 Dead End Drive" [[spoiler:with a noose, calmly asking to reenact a murder of the Hangman Killer]].

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* DissonantSerenity [=/=] FauxAffablyEvil: DissonantSerenity: It's always ''really'' creepy when he greets Mike and Bootsy with innocent smiles and gentle tones, especially when he approached Mike in "13 Dead End Drive" [[spoiler:with a noose, calmly asking to reenact a murder of the Hangman Killer]].
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Motherfucker Mike is basically a caricature of those people you knew who would be poor sports, cheat at games, refuse to help set it up, or get bored mid-way. If you played a lot of board games, you ''knew'' someone like this.

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! Board James (James Rolfe)



! Board James (James Rolfe)



! Motherfucker Mike (Mike Matei)



! Motherfucker Mike (Mike Matei)

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! Motherfucker Mike (Mike Matei)



! Bad Luck Bootsie (Bootsy Spankins, P.I.)



! Bad Luck Bootsie (Bootsy Spankins, P.I.)

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! Bad Luck Bootsie (Bootsy Spankins, P.I.)



!Mr. Bucket



!Mr. Bucket

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lets out a high-pitched scream after he accidentally spills coffee on his face from flinching in reaction to the Donut Disaster machine popping.



* YourAnswerToEverything: TabletopGame/CandyLand. He just ''won't'' shut up about it.

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* YourAnswerToEverything: TabletopGame/CandyLand.''TabletopGame/CandyLand''. He just ''won't'' shut up about it.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Cheats ''a lot''. I mean, how do you think he got the nickname "Motherfucker Mike"?
* LaserGuidedKarma / CoolAndUnusualPunishment: All the time, he's been cheating. The karmic whiplash? Mr. Bucket [[GroinAttack goes for his balls!]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Cheats ''a lot''. I mean, how How else do you think he got the nickname "Motherfucker Mike"?
* LaserGuidedKarma / CoolAndUnusualPunishment: LaserGuidedKarma: All the time, he's been cheating. The karmic whiplash? Mr. Bucket [[GroinAttack goes for his balls!]]


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* SoreLoser: Doesn't take his loss well at all when Board James, who was at a disadvantage, defeats him in ''Weapons and Warriors''.
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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:In "Nightmare and Beyond", the plot of the episode being his friends attempting to escape from his ColdBloodedTorture]].

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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:In "Nightmare and Beyond", the plot of the episode being his friends attempting to escape from his ColdBloodedTorture]].AxCrazy rampage.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: In the "Nightmare and Beyond" episode, being a psychotic murderer attempting to kill Mike and Bootsy]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler: In the "Nightmare and Beyond" episode, being a psychotic murderer attempting to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] and kill Mike and Bootsy]].
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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. The truth is more complicated.

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. [[RealAfterAll The truth is turns out to be more complicated.]]



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. The truth is more complicated.

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The "Full House/Urkel Games" episode hints at this. [[RealAfterAll The truth is turns out to be more complicated.]]
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* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler:Killing his friends while hallucinating about a murderous Dream Phone would make him an Amnesiac Killer. And even if the phone was the real culprit, the nature of the afterlife makes it entirely possible for him to have subconsciously turned it into a killer.]]

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* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler:Killing his friends while hallucinating about a murderous Dream Phone would make him an Amnesiac Killer. And even if the phone was the real culprit, the nature of the afterlife makes it entirely possible for him to have been responsible of subconsciously turned turning it into a killer.]]
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:His real nature, although it starts hidden [[TheKillerInMe even from himself]].]]

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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:His real nature, although it starts hidden [[TheKillerInMe ([[TheKillerInMe apparently even from himself]].himself]]), real nature.]]



* TheKillerInMe: [[Spoiler:Killing his friends while hallucinating about a murderous Dream Phone would make him an Amnesiac Killer. And even if the phone was the real culprit, the nature of the afterlife makes it entirely possible for him to have subconsciously turned it into a killer.]]

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* TheKillerInMe: [[Spoiler:Killing [[spoiler:Killing his friends while hallucinating about a murderous Dream Phone would make him an Amnesiac Killer. And even if the phone was the real culprit, the nature of the afterlife makes it entirely possible for him to have subconsciously turned it into a killer.]]

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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: His hidden, real nature.]]

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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: His hidden, [[spoiler:His real nature.nature, although it starts hidden [[TheKillerInMe even from himself]].]]



* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Bring up his dead friends and see if he's still nice to you then. '''''[[ItMakesSenseInContext "It wasn't me, IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS THE FUCKING PHONE!"]]''''']]

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* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Bring [[spoiler:Bring up his dead friends and see if he's still nice to you then. '''''[[ItMakesSenseInContext "It wasn't me, IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS THE FUCKING PHONE!"]]''''']]



* TheKillerInMe: [[Spoiler:Killing his friends while hallucinating about a murderous Dream Phone would make him an Amnesiac Killer. And even if the phone was the real culprit, the nature of the afterlife makes it entirely possible for him to have subconsciously turned it into a killer.]]



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full "Full House/Urkel Games Games" episode hints at this. The truth is more complicated.



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full "Full House/Urkel Games Games" episode hints at this. The truth is more complicated.



* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: [[MindScrew Maybe]]. Several episodes afterwards suggest that James killed his friends and hallucinated that the phone killed them]].

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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: [[MindScrew Maybe]]. Several episodes afterwards suggest that James killed his friends and hallucinated that the phone killed them]].them.]]
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* [[spoiler: SerialKiller:]] [[spoiler: ''13 Dead End Drive'' and ''NIGHTMARE and Beyond'' heavily imply if not outright make it out that he's the Hangman Killer.]]

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* [[spoiler: SerialKiller:]] SerialKiller: [[spoiler: ''13 Dead End Drive'' and ''NIGHTMARE and Beyond'' heavily imply if not outright make it out that he's the Hangman Killer.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:In "Nightmare and Beyond", the plot of the episode being his friends attempting to escape his ColdBloodedTorture]].

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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:In "Nightmare and Beyond", the plot of the episode being his friends attempting to escape from his ColdBloodedTorture]].
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: His hidden, real nature.]]
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* AlterEgoActing: Board James is a character, just like the AVGN, though it's probably a safe bet that he's much closer to the RealLife personality of James Rolfe than the Nerd.

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* AlterEgoActing: Board James is a character, just like the AVGN, though it's it is [[spoiler:(was)]] probably a safe bet that he's much closer to the RealLife personality of James Rolfe than the Nerd.



* NiceGuy: Especially in comparison to the [=AVGN=]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted. ''[[EvilAllAlong Very]]'' subverted.]]

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* NiceGuy: Especially in comparison to the [=AVGN=]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted.[[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. ''[[EvilAllAlong Very]]'' subverted.]]

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.
* {{Jerkass}}: Cheats ''a lot''. I mean, how do you think he got the nickname "Motherfucker Mike"?



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.
* {{Jerkass}}: Cheats ''a lot''. I mean, how do you think he got the nickname "Motherfucker Mike"?



* TheKlutz

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* TheKlutzTheKlutz: To the point of making him TheJinx.



* TooDumbToLive
* RememberTheNewGuy

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* TooDumbToLive
RememberTheNewGuy: His debut.
* RememberTheNewGuyTooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Lucky for him, he's not really alive.]]



* NotSoHarmlessVillain
* PerversePuppet

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* NotSoHarmlessVillain
NotSoHarmlessVillain: He lives for sucking balls, and he's ''good'' at it.
* PerversePuppetPerversePuppet: A perverse [[LivingToys Living Toy.]]
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His Deadly Danger Dungeon game [[spoiler:kind of [[Foreshadowing foreshadows]] the finale.]]

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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His Deadly Danger Dungeon game [[spoiler:kind of [[Foreshadowing [[ForeShadowing foreshadows]] the finale.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: Of James Rolfe... at first.

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* AuthorAvatar: Of James Rolfe... at first.least until [[WhamEpisode the Season 2 finale]].



* NightmareFuelStationAttendant

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* NightmareFuelStationAttendantNightmareFuelStationAttendant: His Deadly Danger Dungeon game [[spoiler:kind of [[Foreshadowing foreshadows]] the finale.]]



* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]

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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]][[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.



* DeadpanSnarker
* ElvisImpersonator: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.

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* DeadpanSnarker
DeadpanSnarker: He likes to snark.
* ElvisImpersonator: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode. According to one possible interpretation provided by WordOfGod [[spoiler:that might be the ''real'' Elvis.]]



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]][[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.



* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]

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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]][[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: In the "Ouija / Domino Rally" episode.



* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]

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* [[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]][[spoiler:ImaginaryFriend]]: The Full House/Urkel Games hints at this. The truth is more complicated.

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