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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: When they arrive, they demand Ben, Lucy and Kate to put their hands up and put their hands down their pants. They also embrace each other while

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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: When they arrive, they demand Ben, Lucy and Kate to put their hands up and put their hands down their pants. pants (though which of the three they were addressing is unknown). They also embrace each other whilewhile Lucy sings.



* {{Jerkasses}}: They sexually harass Ben and Lucy.

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* {{Jerkasses}}: They Upon arriving, they sexually harass Ben and Lucy.

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* AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay: When they arrive, they demand Ben, Lucy and Kate to put their hands up and put their hands down their pants. They also embrace each other while
* AmbiguouslyEvil: They impersonate police officers, hold the trio at gunpoint and shoot at Lucy, but whether they are actual criminals is unknown.



* {{Jerkasses}}: They sexually harass Ben and Lucy.



A zombie working with Ben in "Grave Mistake".

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A zombie working with Ben acting in Ben's film in "Grave Mistake".



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: She dies sucked out of the plane and [[TurbineBlender into the engines]].]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: She dies gets sucked out of the plane and [[TurbineBlender into the engines]].]]

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies. Whether he is too stupid to know or he's knowingly.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies. Whether he is too stupid to know or he's knowingly.knowingly malicious is unknown.



!! The Homeless Man
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!! The Mayor
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* OffWithHisHead: Ben decapitates him with his notepad at the start of the short.



* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is only cited in the video's description.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: She wonders if she's on Earth, so Lucy first assumes she's crazy. [[spoiler: But it's revealed that she was an Alien Queen in disguise.]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: She wonders if she's on Earth, so Lucy first assumes she's crazy. [[spoiler: But it's revealed that she was an Alien Queen in disguise.]]


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* OneWayVisor: Has one with green pixels to represent his eyes, not unsimilar to Future Tom's from ''WebAnimation/EddsWorld''. He explains he got it by lazer eye surgery, though it's unknown if it was an intended consequence of said surgery or not. It also emits beams that can control objects from a distance.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His visor's pixel eyes turn red when he's angry.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: Not him, but his "science labrador" has one, being voiced by Acapela's Will Up Close.

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* AmbiguousSituation: He seems to have a brackground similar to Ben and shares a few traits with him, such as his head shape, clothing colors, a similar voice or his MadScientist streak evoking Ben's eccentricity, though he's much more responsible. It's however unclear if he is related to Ben in any way or not, or even if he is an older version of Ben from the future. Not helped by his LastSecondWordSwap.

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A scientist who employs the trio in "Firing Squad".
* AmbiguousSituation: He seems to have a brackground similar to Ben and shares a few traits with him, such as his head shape, clothing colors, a similar voice or his MadScientist streak evoking Ben's eccentricity, though he's much more responsible. It's however unclear if he is related to Ben in any way or not, or even if he is an older version of Ben from the future. Not helped by his LastSecondWordSwap.LastSecondWordSwap and him telling the trio never to go to his lab or mentioning him ever again.


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* MadScientist: Downplayed in that he doesn't have the behaviour typically associated with the trope, instead being much more levelheaded. Nonetheless, his lab has a room containing paranormal specimens, another containing dinosaurs, laser weapons and explosions, and another contains the secret to everlasting happiness and fulfilment, he stores radioactive waste, and he wears a OneWayVisor that emits beams to let him manipulate objects, among other things.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In ''Firing Squad'', she throws Ben's camera away, which lands into radioactive waste and turns into a monster that the trio has to fight.


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* AmbiguousSituation: He seems to have a brackground similar to Ben and shares a few traits with him, such as his head shape, clothing colors, a similar voice or his MadScientist streak evoking Ben's eccentricity, though he's much more responsible. It's however unclear if he is related to Ben in any way or not, or even if he is an older version of Ben from the future. Not helped by his LastSecondWordSwap.
* LastSecondWordSwap: It sounds like he was about to say Ben when giving his name, but immediately and awkwardly changes to Bill Tedderson.
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* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Being an animator doesn't get her paid enough, so she has to work as a cashier. Unfortunately, Ben's shenanigans cost her her job and her income in ''Firing Squad''.
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* NoodleIncident: In ''Firing Squad'', she mentions being illegal in 98 countries.
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* Foreshadowing: She asks "Is this Earth?", as if she was senile, [[spoiler: but it foreshadows that she's an alien in disguise.]]

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: She asks "Is this Earth?", as if she was senile, [[spoiler: but it foreshadows that she's an alien in disguise.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: In ''Sky Scam'', when the plane is having turbulences, he thinks it's crashing and completely freaks out. It turned out that the plane ''was'' definitely crashing !


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* Foreshadowing: She asks "Is this Earth?", as if she was senile, [[spoiler: but it foreshadows that she's an alien in disguise.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She wonders if she's on Earth, so Lucy first assumes she's crazy. [[spoiler: But it's revealed that she was an Alien Queen in disguise.]]


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* CoolShades: They both wear these.
* PornStache: They both sport a mustache and are... well, perverts.
* SingleTear: One of them is shedding one during Lucy's song.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is only cited in the video's description.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: She dies sucked out of the plane and [[TurbineBlender into the engines]].]]
* FalseReassurance: "Don't worry Sir! The plane is definitely crashing!" and "...you won't be injured. Because you'll be dead!"
* FauxAffablyEvil: She acts in a calm and professional manner... only to extort Ben into buying junk to keep fueling the plane.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red pupils and is the main antagonist of the episode she appears in.
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!!Kate Dexter

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!!Kate !!Katherine "Kate" Dexter
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* VagueAge: She ''looks'' like a little girl and is referred to as a minor in the first episode, but is present in a childhood photograph of the ostensibly adult Ben and Lucy looking identical to how she looks now.

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* VagueAge: She ''looks'' like a little girl and is referred to as a minor in the first episode, but is present in a childhood photograph of the ostensibly adult Ben and Lucy looking identical to how she looks now.now.

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!! The Old Lady
An elderly woman who appears in "Movie Massacre".
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!! Pervert Cops
A pair of perverts impersonating police officers.
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!! The Homeless Man
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!! The Mayor
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!! Charles
A zombie working with Ben in "Grave Mistake".
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!! Jodie
The flight attendant in "Sky Scam".
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!! Dr Bill Tedderson
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!! Ben Dexter

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!! Ben Benjamin "Ben" Dexter



* CampGay: Downplayed. Not actively flamboyant, but rather effeminate.

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* CampGay: Downplayed. Not actively flamboyant, He's artsy and feminine, but rather effeminate.this highlights his eccentricity more than his sexuality.



* CuteAndPsycho: In his more mad moments, he is this, such as in "Movie Massacre" and "Grave mistake".

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* CuteAndPsycho: In his more mad moments, he is this, such as in "Movie Massacre" and "Grave mistake".



* GayBestFriend: To Lucy.

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* GayBestFriend: To Lucy.Lucy, as revealed through WordOfGay.



* StraightGay: He's artsy and feminine, but this highlights his eccentricity rather than him being gay.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies. Whether he is too stupid to know.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies. Whether he is too stupid to know.know or he's knowingly.


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* CuteAndPsycho: In his more mad moments, he is this, such as in "Movie Massacre" and "Grave mistake".
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* ButchLesbian: Implied. More masculine and gruff than the Dexter siblings, never shows any attraction to men in the show, and her ex's gender is unclear.

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* ButchLesbian: Implied. More masculine and gruff than the Dexter siblings, never shows any attraction to men in the show, and her ex's gender is unclear.unclear, although her sexuality is never explicitly stated.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to the often violent Ben and Kate.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to The least malicious of the often violent Ben and Kate.
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* ButchLesbian: Implied. More masculine and gruff than the Dexter siblings, never shows any attraction to men in the show, and her ex's gender is unclear.



!! Benjamin "Ben" Dexter

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!! Benjamin "Ben" Ben Dexter



* AffablyEvil: Sweet guy, a good friend to Lucy.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies.

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* AffablyEvil: Sweet guy, a good friend to Lucy.
Lucy, an amoral filmmaker willing to murder old women and resurrect the dead to shoot his films.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies. Whether he is too stupid to know.


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* CampGay: Downplayed. Not actively flamboyant, but rather effeminate.
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* TookALevelInKindness: In the first episode, he orders Lucy to shoot an old woman for his film, points out her blame to the pervert cops and lets her get shot at while he films a kitten. He gets callous.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In Surprisingly callous in the first episode, few episodes. In "Movie Massacre", he orders Lucy to shoot an old woman for his film, points her out her blame to the pervert cops and lets her get shot at while he films a kitten. He gets callous.kitten on the street. In "Fingered", he throws Lucy towards the homeless man, a HarmlessVillain, but he was shown to be genuinely terrified of him. In the future episodes, he is much more caring of Lucy, even saving her in "The Firing Squad".

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!!Ben Dexter

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!!Ben !! Benjamin "Ben" Dexter



* AffablyEvil: Sweet guy, a good friend to Lucy.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: While generally a NiceGuy, he has little qualms on his filmmaking methods, ordering Lucy to shoot an old lady and resurrecting, rehabilitating and then slaughtering zombies.



* GayBestFriend: To Lucy.



* StraightGay: He's artsy and feminine, but this highlights his eccentricity rather than the fact that he's gay.

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* StraightGay: He's artsy and feminine, but this highlights his eccentricity rather than him being gay.
* TookALevelInKindness: In
the fact that he's gay.first episode, he orders Lucy to shoot an old woman for his film, points out her blame to the pervert cops and lets her get shot at while he films a kitten. He gets callous.


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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Loves her brother, who she saved on multiple occasions.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to the often violent Ben and Kate.



Ben's demonic little sister who helps him with his movies. Voiced by Alice Ann Stacey.

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Ben's demonic little sister half-sister who helps him with his movies. Voiced by Alice Ann Stacey.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Her ex's gender is intentionally unclear.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: AmbiguouslyGay: Her ex's gender is intentionally unclear.

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* DeadpanSnarker: When you work with people like [[MadArtist Ben]] and [[CuteAndPsycho Kate]] on a regular basis, this is necessary survival strategy.

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* DeadpanSnarker: When you work with people like [[MadArtist Ben]] and [[CuteAndPsycho Kate]] on a regular basis, this is a necessary survival strategy.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: "Jerk" may be stretching things, as he's not so much actively malicious as he is short-sighted and a little selfish, but in any case, "Firing Squad" proves this about him. As bad as he can get, he genuinely cares about Lucy and Kate.
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* BadassAdorable: An adorkable tomboy capable of kicking plenty of ass.

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* RedOniBlueOni: The deadpan Blue Oni to Ben’s eccentric Red Oni.



* Adorkable: Sometimes, like when he dressed feminine or acts like a man child.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Sometimes, like when he dressed feminine or acts like a man child.


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* RedOniBlueOni: The enthusiastic and goofy Red Oni to Lucy's no-nonsense levelheaded Blue Oni.
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* Adorkable: Sometimes, like when he dressed feminine or acts like a man child.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: The most outwardly malicious of the trio.

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* TokenEvilTeammate: The most outwardly malicious of the trio.trio.
* VagueAge: She ''looks'' like a little girl and is referred to as a minor in the first episode, but is present in a childhood photograph of the ostensibly adult Ben and Lucy looking identical to how she looks now.
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* BigBad: Of the ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' short "Trick or Threat", being the one possessing Edd and Matt into trying to kill each other for [[DisproportionateRetribution not giving her candy]].
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He seems to operate on this, hence his ''highly'' unethical filmmaking methods.



* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being an unkillable demon child, Kate's the one member of the cast who's most likely to take a major beating in the show.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being an unkillable demon child, Kate's the one member of the cast who's most likely to take a major beating in the show.show.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The most outwardly malicious of the trio.

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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Lucy's Masculine Girl.



* EnfantTerrible: A Satanic little girl.

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* CuteAndPsycho: She's a small, adorable girl who's also a Satanic occultist.
* GirlishPigtails: Has them and they're cute.
* EnfantTerrible: A Satanic little girl.girl.
* IronButtMonkey: Justified because she can't die.
* NighInvulnerability: She can't die and has survived multiple injuries (being blown up, a plane crash, being beaten up by a giant gorilla, being attacked by a shark, being eaten by a giant bird, etc.) without so much as a single scratch.
* PowerFloats: Her powers give her the ability to fly.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Being an unkillable demon child, Kate's the one member of the cast who's most likely to take a major beating in the show.
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!!Lucy Rose

A struggling animator and the main character of the show. Voiced by Alice Ann Stacey.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite her (justifiably) exasperated exterior, she's shown to be a comic book nerd and a [=LARPer=] and admits to being social awkward.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Her ex's gender is intentionally unclear.
* DeadpanSnarker: When you work with people like [[MadArtist Ben]] and [[CuteAndPsycho Kate]] on a regular basis, this is necessary survival strategy.
* HiddenDepths: She's still somewhat bitter towards her ex for leaving her and she admits that Ben is her only friend.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Ben's Feminine Boy.
* OnlySaneWoman: Boy is she ever.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Ben, whether she likes it or not.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a (somewhat justified one) to Ben in "Firing Squad".

!!Ben Dexter

Self-proclaimed filmmaker and Lucy's best (and only) friend. Voiced by Tom Ridgewell.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: With Kate.
* CatchPhrase: "I'm a filmmaker!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Big time.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "Lucy, let's make a movie! Right! Hugging! '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion NOW!"]]'''
* MadArtist: He has his sister perform ''Satanic rituals'' to get actors for his films. And that's just for starters.
* OnlyFriend: Lucy admits that he's hers.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Lucy, whether she likes it or not.
* StraightGay: He's artsy and feminine, but this highlights his eccentricity rather than the fact that he's gay.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: As a kid, and also a couple of times in the intro.

!!Kate Dexter

Ben's demonic little sister who helps him with his movies. Voiced by Alice Ann Stacey.
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* AffablyEvil: She's perky and adorable, even if she's Satanic little monster.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: She can float, is unkillable, has access to all sorts of demonic powers, and according to a photo of Ben and Lucy when they were kids, she doesn't age. Notably, she's stated to only be Ben's ''half''-sister.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Ben.
* EnfantTerrible: A Satanic little girl.

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