History Characters / DaveTheBarbarian

* HumourDissonance: InUniverse, he uses this deliberately for his second plot, with old jokes such as ''Why did the chicken cross the road?'' not having grown stale yet (or even existing.)

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She's almost always barefoot. Might overlap with EarthyBarefootCharacter.

* PlayingWithFire: Like other dragons, he can breathe fire (although he's usually shown breathing lightning instead).

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: At least OncePerEpisode.

* GuileHero: Parodied. He's not the sharpest sword and he once fashioned an improvised megaphone "using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone". The trope is also overall played mostly straight with him, since, despite being massive, musclebound barbarian who could likely pound any adversary he faces into dust, he doesn't ''like'' violence and instead prefers to figure out ways to solve a conflict non-violently or at the very least by addressing the core of the issue instead of attacking the whole enemy head-on.

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael [=McShane=]

* HiddenDepths: As shown in "Beef!," Faffy can write perfectly stories in English (albeit completely nonsensical ones).

%% * BerserkButton: Taking advantage of his good manners isn't highly recommended.

* DumbMuscle: He is very strong, but not very smart.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Mystic Amulet of Hogswineboar.

* TheEeyore: ''Everything'' he says is either a comment on the pointlessness of life or just plain disturbing. A RunningGag is that the family mentions they ''really'' need to get out of the stable more.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: She is a redhead with an olive skintone.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: She is a redhead with an olive skintone.

* {{Nerd}}: Ned is the stereotype. Flat top, large framed glasses, buttoned up shirt with pocket protector, you name it.

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

* GivingRadioToTheRomans[=/=]UsefulNotes/BatteriesNotIncluded: His first EvilPlan. After some experimenting, Ned enslaved Udrogoth and beyond by getting everyone hooked on Game Guy video games and bribing their servitude with batteries.

* TimeTravel: Ned became a threat to Udrogoth when he gaints the Time Zipper, allowing him to go back to any time period he wishes.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Faithfully worked 9 years in a pants factory, never attaining the position of employee of the month he sought so much. When given the chance to leave his mundane life and make a name for himself by rewriting history, he embraces the opportunity.

->'''Voiced by:''' Estelle Harris

* BerserkButton:
** [[BigBrotherInstinct Mess with his sisters]]. Go on, ''[[SchmuckBait try.]]''
** Taking advantage of his good manners isn't highly recommended, either.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dave is really just a LovableCoward and generic NiceGuy. However, the few times one of his {{berserk button}}s is pressed, he shows that messing with a musclebound barbarian is a bad idea.

* DatingCatwoman: With Princess Irmaplotz.

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

* BerserkButton: Anything that threatens her shopping habits will learn why you don't mess with the princess.

* NiceHat: He's rarely seen without his sorcerer's hat.

* TheUnintelligible: He only speaks in grunts, burps, and roars.
** A brief gag in "Bad Food" shows that [[SuddenlyVoiced he can speak English but keeps it a secret from Dave]].

* EvilIsHammy: Quite literally.

* EvilOverlord: A parody of the type.

* BerserkButton: Mentioning his mother, mocking his hairstyle, or any harm coming to his ni-ni-lanky.

* OddJobGods: Deity of various unimportant things.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite both being evil, Irmaplotz and Zonthara are shown to love each other and have a good relationship. Zonthara even gives her good advice like saying that proper relationships have to be built on honesty.

* CowardlyLion: The theme song lampshades this, although Dave learns to be more brave and fierce later on.

* FearlessFool: Briefly suffers this while wearing the Red Sweater of Courage. He arranges three of his worst foes to unite against him to fight. Instead of making a plan to beat them like normal, he just rushes into the fight head first and gets his butt handed to him.
* GentleGiant: He's huge and muscular but also very gentle, even to the Dark Lord and his baddies. It's not very often that he'll use his strength against enemies.
* GuileHero: Parodied. He's not the sharpest sword and he once fashioned an improvised megaphone "using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone".

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dave is really just a LoveableCoward and generic NiceGuy. However, the few times one of his {{berserk button}}s is pressed, he shows that messing with a musclebound barbarian is a bad idea.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dave is really just a coward and generic NiceGuy. However, the few times one of his {{berserk button}}s is pressed, he shows that messing with a musclebound barbarian is a bad idea.

* SuperStrength: Dave can lift incredible weight without trouble, such as lifting a pyramid.

* 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!''"

* IneptMage: [[spoiler:He never actually went to Sorcerer School, he was just a cook.]]

* RealityWarper: We learn in 'A Pig's Story' that the narrator doesn't tell the viewers what happens, but it's that whatever the narrator tells the viewers, happens. Which means that if he were to, say, lost his voice, ''[[MassOhCrap everyone]]'' panics because it means that the narrative, and the world with it, grinds to a halt.

over two thousand years old and has never been properly treated since. In her own words, she's as sharp as a bowling ball.

* JerkWithAHeartGold: For all her faults, there have been plenty of times that show Candy really does genuinely love and care about others besides herself.

* HiddenDepths: He can write perfectly legible stories in English (albeit completely nonsensical ones).

* VocalDissonance: He's a brightly-colored magical horse who delivers every one of his depressing or horrifying lines in a dead-on Creator/ChristopherWalken-impersonation.

* EvilLaugh: His cackling is very signature, and considered "the best in the business" by Malsquando.

* EvilSorcerer: He's a very good one, but evil nonetheless.

* GoodIsDumb: Faffy has a one-digit IQ.

* NonHumanSidekick:

* PlayingWithFire: Like other dragons, he can breathe fire.

Candy's magical flying steed. He spends most of his time alone in the stables, and the isolation... hasn't been good for him.

* VocalDissonance: He's a brightly-colored magical horse who delivers every one of his depressing or horrifying lines in a dead-on Creator/ChristopherWalken impersonation.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How Lula felt toward her older sister, Molly, better known as ''Mjolnir.'' Was the subject of an episode where Lula had the family pretend they were better off to impress her. Turns out they didn't need to since Molly mentioned Lula was happy having people who appreciated her (why she left Thor.) Furthermore, turns out Molly always looked up to her younger sister, for being the smart one of the family.

* ExcaliburInTheRust: Lula's over two thousand years old and has never been properly treated since. In her own words, she's as sharp as a bowling ball.

* 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]].

* GoneHorriblyRight: In one episode Oswidge turns Faffy into a powerful guard dragon to protect from some unknown threat. However the spell was off in that it never specified ''what'' to guard, so Faffy ''protected'' everything from everything else, attacking indiscriminately.

* HiddenDepths: He can write stories in English (albeit completely nonsensical ones).
* NonHumanSidekick

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

* ActionGirl: [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the episode.]] Though she is consistently shown to be almost as strong as Dave.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: A bit bratty and tends to be hard to deal with at times, though part of it stems from her responsability as ruler.

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

* {{Manchild}}: He's technically the kids' guardian while their parents are gone, but is generally no more mature than Dave or either of Dave's sisters.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves ham and other pork related food the most.

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* BattleCouple
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: It's often hinted that Fang, at least, is unhappy about their absence.