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* BadassBeard



* BadassBeard: King Throktar sports one of these.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He's very easily distracted, and actual shiny objects are one of his major weaknesses.



* BaldnessAngst: He tries to cover his balding head with a comb over, which fools no one. He doesn't take kindly to people mocking his hairstyle.



* BerserkButton: Mentioning his mother, or any harm coming to his ni-ni-lanky.
* BreathWeapon: Of a sort. His signature attack is the flaming logy.

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* BerserkButton: Mentioning his mother, mocking his hairstyle, or any harm coming to his ni-ni-lanky.
* BreathWeapon: Of a sort. His signature attack is the flaming logy.loogy.



* OddJobGods: Deity of various unimportant things.

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* GreenAndMean: He's an evil (albeit affable at times) god with green skin.
* OddJobGods: Deity of various unimportant things. things.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His mother addresses him as "Herbert". Whether "Quosmir" is his [[LastNameBasis surname]], a nickname, or a title is unknown.




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* SuperSpit: He hacks up and spits flaming mucus.



* LaughablyEvil: They're both pretty bad at being evil. Irmaplotz especially, due to being half-good on her father's side.




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* WomanScorned: Irmaplotz's entire motive for antagonizing Dave is due to him breaking up with her

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* HighHopesZeroTalent: An inversion--Dave's got the strength and the skills to become a barbarian (and can be a good barbarian when given the proper motivation), but he's got no interest in being a barbarian.



-->'''Dave:''' Oh, ''I'' see. Just 'cause she has a diabolical laugh and commands legions of horrible zombies and has "Evil Princess" embroidered on all of her hankies, you ''assume'' she's evil! That's so shallow!

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-->'''Dave:''' Oh, ''I'' see. Just 'cause she has a diabolical laugh and commands legions of horrible zombies and has "Evil Princess" embroidered on all of her hankies, hankies; you ''assume'' she's evil! That's so shallow!



* PaperTiger: As the Theme Song states, Dave is "huge but a wimp."

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* PaperTiger: As the Theme Song states, Dave is Dave's "huge but a wimp."



* RealMenWearPink: Parodied. Dave's "unmanly" interests are used to show how lousy he is at being a Barbarian, not as a sign of his being manly enough to get away with them.

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* RealMenWearPink: Parodied. Dave's Parodied--Dave's "unmanly" interests are used to show just how lousy he is at being a Barbarian, barbarian, not as a sign of his being manly enough to get away with them.



The youngest of the three siblings. Fang is a very rambunctious and uncivilized tomboy who loves to smash things. She has long red hair in a ponytail.

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The youngest of the three siblings. Fang is Fang's a very rambunctious and uncivilized tomboy who loves to smash things. She has long red hair in a ponytail.



* {{Foil}}: To Dave. Fang has the attitude and mentality of how a "real barbarian" should act, but is too small and scrawny to do anything with it; Dave has the strength and physique one would expect of a powerful barbarian, but does not like violence and prefers crafts instead.

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* {{Foil}}: To Dave. Fang has the attitude and mentality of how Combined with HighHopesZeroTalent--Fang's got passion/determination/attitude/mentality to be a "real barbarian" should act, proper barbarian but is too small ultimately to weak and scrawny to do anything with it; Dave about it. Dave, on the hand, has got the strength and physique one would expect skills/strength/physique that's expected of a powerful barbarian, but does not like violence and prefers crafts instead.he's got no interest in being one.



* IAmNotWeasel: [[CatchPhrase "I'm not a monkey!"]]



* IAmNotWeasel: [[CatchPhrase "I'm not a monkey!"]]



* TheNapoleon: Fang's the smallest member of the main cast and is also the most aggressive and short-tempered.



Dave, Fang and Candy's uncle. A rather clumsy sorcerer who usually wreaks havoc with his spells rather than being useful.

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Dave, Fang and Candy's uncle.uncle (their mom's older brother). A rather clumsy sorcerer who usually wreaks havoc with his spells rather than being useful.



* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Because of Malsquando, he always feels like he doesn't measure up.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Because of Malsquando, he always feels like he doesn't measure up.up as a sorcerer.



* {{Manchild}}: He's theoretically the guardian of the kids in their parents' absence, but is no more mature than any of them.

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* {{Manchild}}: He's theoretically technically the kids' guardian of the kids in while their parents' absence, parents are gone, but is generally no more mature than any Dave or either of them. Dave's sisters.
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* PlotAllergy: His various allergies are a RunningGag.



* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In one episode, she beats Dave up, but most times she's shown to be as strong as someone her age would be, or even weaker, losing a fight against an ''amoeba''.

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* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In one episode, she beats Dave up, but most times she's shown to be as strong as someone her age would be, or even weaker, losing barely being able to pull a fight against an ''amoeba''.small dog.
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* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In one episode, she beats Dave up, but most times she's shown to be as strong as someone her age would be, or even weaker, losing a fight against an ''amoeba''.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: PlayedForLaughs. He comes from the far off and "fantastical" future year of...1994, which is ten years ''before'' the series started airing.


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* OutsideContextProblem: He's a TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe, but his tech is so out of the realm of what the characters understand, he can't surprise them with it like he initially proposed.
-->'''Ned''': Behold! With the touch of a button, I open garage doors...without leaving my car!
-->'''Dave''': What's a garage?
-->'''Fang''': What's a car?
-->'''Oswidge''': I think "button" is another word for keister.

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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead

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* SignificantGreenEyedRedheadSignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Keeping in line with this trope, she’s one of primary heroes.


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* TomboyPrincess: The second-born princess, and by all accounts, a little [[WarriorPrincess warrior]] in her own right.
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* {{Manchild}}: He's theoretically the guardian of the kids in their parents' absence, but is no more mature than any of them.
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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While the most like a traditional barbarian, she does have her bit of a girly side. She keeps her dolls in one of the towers, although when she blurts this out, she backpedals and says, "Uh...I mean...all my ''weapons'' are in there!"

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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While the most like a traditional barbarian, she does have her bit of a girly side. She keeps her dolls in one of the towers, although when she blurts this out, she backpedals and says, "Uh...I mean...all my ''weapons'' are in there!"''weapons!''"
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* EvilNerd: Albeit his initial goal was simply to become Employee of the Month, gaining the power of time travel allows his villainous nature to run wild.
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* EvilLaugh: [[LampshadeHanging "You know, I used to sit around for hours practicing my evil laughter, but I never thought I'd get the chance to use it."]]

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* EvilLaugh: [[LampshadeHanging [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat "You know, I used to sit around for hours practicing my evil laughter, but I never thought I'd get the chance to use it."]]
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* EvilOverlord: A parody of the type.
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* HelpImStuck: In the first episode, Dave accidentally throws her in the air and she gets lodged blade-first in an enchanted tree stump. The rest of the episode revolves around the heroes trying to get her out.

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* HelpImStuck: In the first episode, Dave accidentally throws her in the air and she gets lodged blade-first in an enchanted tree stump. The rest of the episode revolves around [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield the heroes trying to get her out.out]].
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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Albeit she suffers MuscleAngst when confronted with an AmazonianBeauty, she's just as strong as Dave in practice.
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* InteractiveNarrator

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* InteractiveNarratorInteractiveNarrator: Highlighted in "A Pig's Story."
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Narrates all of the silliest day-to-day doings of Dave and his family in grand heroic fashion.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Narrates all of the silliest day-to-day doings of Dave and his family the main characters in grand heroic fashion.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Narrates all of the silliest day-to-day doings of Dave and his family in grand heroic fashion.



* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[SophisticatedAsHell With comical inconsistency]].
-->"And yea, the people do gather in honor of this, Dave's most special day—because hey, free food."

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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[SophisticatedAsHell With comical inconsistency]].SophisticatedAsHell: His register is all over the map.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Pretty much the whole gag.
-->"And yea, the people do gather in honor of this, Dave's most special day—because day—[[SophisticatedAsHell because hey, free food.food]]."

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* YeOldButcheredeEnglishe: [[SophisticatedAsHell With comical inconsistency]].

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* YeOldButcheredeEnglishe: YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[SophisticatedAsHell With comical inconsistency]]. inconsistency]].
-->"And yea, the people do gather in honor of this, Dave's most special day—because hey, free food."
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* YeOldButcheredeEnglishe: [[SophisticatedAsHell With comical inconsistency]].
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* CampStraight: Loves knitting, cooking, musical theater and the evil princess Irmaplotz.
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* EvilLaugh: [["LampshadeHanging You know, I used to sit around for hours practicing my evil laughter, but I never thought I'd get the chance to use it."]]

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* EvilLaugh: [["LampshadeHanging You [[LampshadeHanging "You know, I used to sit around for hours practicing my evil laughter, but I never thought I'd get the chance to use it."]]
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* EvilLaugh: [["LampshadeHanging You know, I used to sit around for hours practicing my evil laughter, but I never thought I'd get the chance to use it."]]
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* EvilIsPetty: Even when Irmaplotz tries to do a good deed like return a library book, she can't resist ripping a page out.

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* CardCarryingVillain: According to Dave, Irmaplotz has "Evil Princess" embroidered on all her hankies.



* EvilLaugh: One of several red flags marking Irmaplotz as ObviouslyEvil. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Dave just thinks it's cute]].



* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: PlayedWith. While Zonthara is a real evil queen, the true antagonist is her daughter, Princess Irmaplotz.



* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: PlayedWith. While Zonthara is a real evil queen, the true antagonist is her daughter, Princess Irmaplotz.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: With regard to Irmaplotz.
-->'''Dave:''' Oh, ''I'' see. Just 'cause she has a diabolical laugh and commands legions of horrible zombies and has "Evil Princess" embroidered on all of her hankies, you ''assume'' she's evil! That's so shallow!
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* NonActionBigBad: He is quickly defeated by Dave, who [[RealityEnsues uses his massive strength against the nerdish Ned]] to simply twist him into a pretzel and toss him aside before lifting and destroying his pyramid. Everything afterwards was Ned being HoistByHisOwnPetard.

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* NonActionBigBad: He is quickly defeated by Dave, who [[RealityEnsues [[CurbStompBattle uses his massive strength against the nerdish Ned]] to simply twist him into a pretzel and toss him aside before lifting and destroying his pyramid. Everything afterwards was Ned being HoistByHisOwnPetard.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Erica Luttrell

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->'''Voiced by:''' Erica Luttrell
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson and Erica Luttrell

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson and Erica Luttrell
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* CreepyGood: Has some of the most disturbing lines in the entire show and his presence is unquestionably unsettling, but he's nevertheless one of the heroes and only seeks to aid Dave and his family in fighting evil.


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* FreudianExcuse: His constant ramblings about his horrifying dreams and intrusive thoughts are due to being left alone for so long they dominated his mind, and by this point it's the only thing he can think of to talk about so people will finally notice him.


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* NightmareFetishist: He doesn't necessarily ''enjoy'' talking about messed up stuff, but at this point he feels compelled to focus on it after all that time left alone and clearly seems to get ''some'' fulfillment out of repeatedly droning on about darkness, death, and madness.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Fed up with Dave's rebellion, Ned brings a TyrannosaurusRex to Udrogoth to destroy him. The untamed dinosaur instead goes on a rampage and destroys everything Ned built. TheStinger [[spoiler: has Rex get Employee of the Month, which was Ned's initial desire for going back in time]].

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Fed up with Dave's rebellion, Ned brings a TyrannosaurusRex ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' to Udrogoth to destroy him. The untamed dinosaur instead goes on a rampage and destroys everything Ned built. TheStinger [[spoiler: has Rex get Employee of the Month, which was Ned's initial desire for going back in time]].
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** Mess with his sisters. [[SchmuckBait Go on,]] ''[[SchmuckBait try.]]''

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** [[BigBrotherInstinct Mess with his sisters. [[SchmuckBait sisters]]. Go on,]] on, ''[[SchmuckBait try.]]''

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