History Characters / Fangbone

The Character Sheet for the Canadian animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'', the AnimatedAdaptation of the ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books.

* HurtingHero: Due to the enormous responsibility he has with protecting the Toe, he finds himself deeply pressured by his duties to the point where he can harm himself in the process.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: His duties as Toe-Keeper put him through a lot, from constant paranoia that anyone or anything could be a servant of Drool seeking to take the Toe when he least expects it to being forced to live in completely unfamiliar worlds where he doesn't know what to expect or who to trust.

* HurtingHero: Not to the extent of Fangbone, but more than once, the series has highlighted how he is more than a little stressed out by the fact that a single mistake from his part could lead to Venomous Drool regaining the Toe and conquering both Earth and Skullbania.

* TheSocialExpert: In contrast to Fangbone's "sword first, questions second" approach to strangers, Bill is more likely to try and engage with others by trying to talk to them and understand where they're coming from - a trait that has helped him and Fangbone defeat with a few of their opponents with minimal bloodshed.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: If only to focus on the fact that his Toe is missing.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the biggest and strongest barbarian in the Mighty Lizard Clan, as well as their chieftain.

* BadassInCharge: As leader of the Mighty Lizard Clan barbarians, he's also the strongest of them. Fangbone occasionally recounts his feats, such as carrying the entire clan on his shoulders to cross a river of lava or venturing underground to save a fellow tribe from a hostile race of subterranean humanoids.

* {{Nerd}}: He's frequently referred to as this by others, especially Skullbanians, due to his braininess. In practice, he's much more socially adept than average, and the only thing he's really a big nerd for is barbarian fantasy stuff like the Musculor series.

* {{Nerd}}: Dibby. He's obsessed with robots and constantly acts like one.

* NiceHat: His three-horned helmet.

* AdultFear: In "The Mom of No Return", when she finds out what her son does with Fangbone, she was so terrified that she wanted Bill to never see Fangbone again (even attempting to move away).

* NamedByTheAdaptation: He had no name in the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books, instead only being referred to as the Sorceror of Ribcage Rock.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair.

* AscendedExtra: In the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books, Venomous Drool never really got any attention from the story despite his Toe of Evil driving the narrative. The series rectifies this by giving him a much larger role in Fangbone and Bill's everyday adventures and later fleshing out his backstory, as well as giving a genuine reason as to why his Toe is the {{MacGuffin}} of the show.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end of "The Hound of Hounding", he does find his ill-attempted sword really pathetic.

* UnskilledButStrong: Despite possessing incredible evil magic, Drool's childish personality often makes him comically inept. He would merely be obnoxious rather than dangerous if he had no magic, but because he does have magic, he's a threat to all of Skullbania. Additionally, the power imbued in his Toe by Morg's Puddle of Concentrated Evil makes him a lot more powerful than he would naturally be as a wizard. [[spoiler:Appropriately, when Fangbone and Bill severe his Toe in the GrandFinale, he is wholly stripped of his magic and the Skullbanians tie him down with absolutely no effort.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In her first appearance in "The Warbrute of Friendship", she is shown doing attendance in a disinterested manner before groaning at the sight of her students being their usual bizarre selves and then staring longingly at the classroom across the hall and its perfectly normal students, establishing her as being ceaselessly fed up with her job of having to teach a WackyHomeroom.

* VillainPossessedBystander: She was briefly possessed by Venomous Drool in "The Warbrute of Friendship".

* YouDontLookLikeYou: He had a radically different design in the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books, sporting a buzzcut instead of glasses, as well as a completely different head and outfit. However, he still retained his goofy personality in the transition from story to screen.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: He is prone to mispronouncing words, like calling robots "rowboats", presentations "present stations", and astronomers "astro gnomes".

* UnskilledButStrong: Despite possessing incredible evil magic, Drool's childish personality often makes him comically inept. He would merely be obnoxious rather than dangerous if he had no magic, but because he does have magic, he's a threat to all of Skullbania. [[spoiler:Once he is wholly stripped of his magic in the GrandFinale, the Skullbanians tie him down with absolutely no effort.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StaceyDePass (Stacy, Eddie), Creator/DeniseOliver (Patty, Selena), Matt Baram (Robert), Shemar Charles (Dibby; "Warbrute of Friendship") Creator/CameronAnsell (Dibby; all other episodes)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Baram

** Then again, since the theme song is Skullbanian-themed, it could be referring to Bill from an average barbarian perspective, his Earth-based knowledge and all.

** In the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Fangbone was treated as little more than a servant by the adult barbarians rather than a trained warrior in his own right. Also, whereas the show indicates that his title of Toe-Keeper makes him extremely important to the Mighty Lizard Clan, he was only entrusted with the Toe and sent to Earth in the books because Axebear couldn't afford to send away any of his warriors and decided Drool wouldn't believe that a child had been entrusted with his Toe of Evil.

* AdaptationDeviation: Something never stated or hinted at in the show at any point but mentioned in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books was that Bill had ADHD, although it's not so much the show removed his disorder as they simply never allude to it in any way.

* AscendedExtra: In the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Venomous Drool never really got any attention from the story despite his Toe of Evil driving the narrative. The series rectifies this by giving him a much larger role in Fangbone and Bill's everyday adventures and later fleshing out his backstory, as well as giving a genuine reason as to why his Toe is the {{MacGuffin}} of the show.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A downplayed example. She was much less world-weary in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books compared to how she is in the show, but was still a rather frazzled character who found herself baffled by Fangbone's ways.

* AdaptationDeviation: While all six kids were present in the original books (although Patty and Selena had slightly different designs), their eccentric personalities were presented as due to them being in the school's "special" class rather than simply being a WackyHomeroom.

* RaceLift: Interestingly, all three of the girls have their race changed from the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books. In the books, Stacy was black while Patty and Selena were both white, but in the show, Stacy is white while Patty and Selena become Asian and black respectively.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: He had a radically different design in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, sporting a buzzcut instead of glasses, as well as a completely different head and outfit. However, he still retained his goofy personality in the transition from story to screen.

* AdaptationDeviation: While there was a wizard in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books who helps Fangbone get to Earth, Twinkle-Stick is a radically different character in every respect from his appearance to his role in the series. [[WordOfGod As Michael Rex explained elsewhere]], the transformation of the one-off Sorcerer of Ribcage Rock into an eccentric mentor figure for Fangbone and advisor to Axebear was so that Fangbone would be able to interact with Skullbania far more regularly than he did in the books.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Twinkle-Stick was just a random wizard with no connection to the Mighty Lizard Clan.
* AscendedExtra: In the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Twinkle-Stick only appeared at the beginning of the very first book as an unnamed wizard who Fangbone had to seek out in order to hide the Toe on Earth. In the series, said wizard is not only given a name, but also takes up the role of mentor character and grandfather figure for Fangbone, as well as an adviser for Axebear.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: He had no name in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, instead only being referred to as the Sorceror of Ribcage Rock.

* CanonForeigner: Despite her increasingly prominent role in the series, Cid was not in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, nor did the books ever indicate the existence of the Shadowsteppers.

* AdaptationalModesty: In the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Axebear went shirtless all the time rather than wearing the red vest we see in the show.
* AscendedExtra: While he was present in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books, Axebear was only in the first book's introductory scene. His role in the series is significantly larger as he appears much more frequently and with a bigger influence on Fangbone's adventures with Bill.

* CompositeCharacter: In role and appearance, he's based on both the original Axebear in the ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' graphic novels, as well as a minor barbarian in the books named Gizzardfoot.

* MythologyGag: He's named after Weasel-Eye the Slippery, an ancestor of Fangbone mentioned in passing in the original ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'' books.

* AscendedExtra: Initially introduced as a minor antagonist in "The Duck of Always" who mainly served to flesh out the setting of Skullbania as more than just Drool and the barbarians, Cid became a much more significant character when the series entered its second half as the writers gave her a more significant role in Fangbone and Bill's adventures, as well as quite a bit of development. By the finale, she pretty much forms a PowerTrio with Fangbone and Bill.

* CharacterDevelopment: While initially introduced as one of Fangbone's enemies, she slowly becomes a close friend of Fangbone and Bill as she struggles with her relationship with the rest of the Shadowsteppers and learns important lessons from the two of them. By the end of the series, she's transformed Bill and Fangbone's friendship from BashBrothers to an outright PowerTrio.