History Characters / GreenEggsAndHam2019

* CoolLoser: Nearly everyone likes Sam, but few people actually want to be his friend due to how clingy and obnoxious he can be.

* WomenAreWiser: She is much more focused and attentive than [[BrainlessBeauty Philip]], that's for sure.

* StepfordSmiler: He is a cheerful, happy-go-lucky guy... [[spoiler:who suffers from extreme abandonment issues because his mother left him at an orphanage when he was very young and nobody really wants to stick around with him.]]

* BadassBaritone: Has this courtesy of Jeffrey Wright.

%%* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: But of course.

* OffModel: In one or two shots after he starts graying, he's all blue instead. (Most notably on the train in the Bar Car)

!!Due to his status as a WalkingSpoiler, all spoilers here are unmarked per wiki policy. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned

[[folder:Sam-I-Am]]

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: [[spoiler:It turns out his of love for Green Eggs and Ham connects to his disappeared mother and he's actually a SadClown underneath his beaming smile .]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, seriously]]. Though not ''evil'' by any means, the last few episodes of Season 1 reveal that his claim to want to return Jenkins to his family in the wild was a lie and that '''he’s''' the one trying to sell him to Snerz as part of his career as a animal-smuggling scam artist, with a notorious enough rap sheet to catch the BAD GUYS' attention. Thankfully, his adventures and friendship with Jenkins and Guy inspire him to pull a HeelFaceTurn and help Jenkins for real]].
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Even though he is [[AdaptationalVillainy a scam artist and an animal smuggler in this version]], his friendly attitude towards Guy and everyone else is genuine. Heck, in the first episode, he seems to legitimately take pity on Guy when he sees that the poor man failed. He later pulls a HeelFaceTurn, becoming a bonafide NiceGuy.]]

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: In Season 2 Sam seems to identify with his Linda Schwartz persona to some extent, with Pam even making a point of using the correct pronouns to refer to her.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Sam, although not without moments of kindness, was the bad guy the entire time, wanting to turn Mr. Jenkins in as he's actually an animal-smuggling scam artist. But his time on the run with Guy made him switch sides in the end.]]
* BigEater: While his book counterpart was peddling the same Green Eggs & Ham meal for the whole book, this Sam gobbles down entire platters in seconds and would do so three or more times a day if given the opportunity. This actually bites him later, because [=McWinkle=] noticing his consumption of the meal is what makes him figure out where Sam's heading for next just by him figuring out which places would serve the dish.

** Knows little to nothing about animals and thinks being "Vegan" is some sort of life-threatening disease, yet he's capable of smooth-talking his way out of most situations, or as he puts it, "Guy's the brains and he's the 'other brains'." [[spoiler:He's not really an animal protector at all and his smooth-talking ways is based on him being a con artist.]]

** Sam's love of Green Eggs and Ham? [[spoiler:His mother always made it for breakfast and then one day she disappeared. He's eating it so much to see if he can find one that matches hers so that he can find her again and ask her why she left him.]]
** Sam's clinginess towards Guy? [[spoiler:He's never had a friend in his life or people who stick with him.]]
** Sam's limited knowledge about animals? [[spoiler:He was never a wildlife expert as claimed, but a con-artist and animal smuggler.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:His persona as a Wildlife Protection Agent returning the Chickeraffe to the wild was actually part of his scam, and was really sent by his boss, Mr. Snerz, to bring the Chickeraffe to him for his collection of rare animals. However, during the course of the series, he starts to actually like the Chickeraffe, and by the end of Season 1, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and returns the animal to his island home after all.]]
* ConMan: [[spoiler:His ''true'' job is being an animal smuggling scam artist.]]

** Of the BeYourself variety: [[spoiler:Him being himself -- as an insensitive goof -- makes people not want to be around him and he himself admits that he's constantly changing his personas because no one wants to be friends with the real him.]]
** Of the InnocentlyInsensitive type too: Most of the stuff that he does throughout the trip is truly insensitive -- in regards to Guy especially -- and the fact that he doesn't understand what he's doing wrong makes it all the more exasperating. [[spoiler:Not to mention that he's not really as foolish as we're made to believe; rather it's just a façade to hide the fact that he's a scam artist.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:One of his many identities is Dr. Linda Schwartz, and involves a wig, a loose sweater, and makeup.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:He's one out of two for Snerz; he wasn't trying to return the Chickeraffe to his real home, but to something even ''worse!'']]
* EmoTeen: [[spoiler:"You Only Mom Twice" reveals Sam when through an emo phase as a teenager.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler:He's on a journey to find his mother, while also being a con artist and smuggler. It gets to the point where it hurts when Guy brings up the fact that she abandoned him during a heated argument.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:While "evil" is a stretch, it turns out lovable Sam is actually a scam artist/animal smuggler in this setting.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles Del Griffith to Guy's Neil Page]]. Like Del, Sam is a cheerful drifter who's good nature and aplomb quickly become irritating for anyone forced to spend more than a few minutes with him, and he clearly enjoys Guy's company much more than Guy enjoys his. He's also loyal to [[spoiler:a woman who turns out to no longer be in his life (in this case, his mother rather than a deceased wife)]].

* {{Foil}}: The upbeat, jovial lucky fool to Guy. [[spoiler:His family background is also the opposite of Guy's: Guy has a loving family while Sam has a mother who dumped him in an orphanage.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He has ''plenty'' of this regarding his [[spoiler:true background as a animal smuggler/scam artist. Most of them can be found in the recap pages for the episodes, but some of the notable ones are:]]

** He and Guy disguise themselves by swapping hats. [[spoiler:One of his disguises actually had him swap a hat.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Sam's chipper demeanor and generosity earn him respect from almost everyone he meets, but his clinginess makes it hard for anyone to want to spend more than a few minutes with him. This is actually PlayedForDrama since [[spoiler:he revealed to Guy in "House" that he's always been alone and he's desperate for companionship ever since his mom just walked out on him.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Sam decides against giving Mr. Jenkins to Snerz after the adventures he had with Guy, and encouraging words from E.B.]]
* HeroicComedicSociopath: At his best, Sam is a BlitheSpirit who can be genuinely kind and empathetic. At his worst, he's an insensitive and witless gadabout who has no respect for the feelings or wishes of others. [[spoiler:And really, it's not right to call him "heroic," given his true background.]]

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He's a really sad guy wanting companionship, his love of Green Eggs and Ham stems from his desire to reunite with his mother. Oh and he's also an animal-smuggling scam artist, who also concocts persona after persona because he can't get anyone to want to stick around and be friends with "Sam."]]
* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler:Sam is a con artist who has several aliases - Furry Foot Bandit, Flim-Flam-I-Am, Sham Shamford, [[DisguisedInDrag Dr. Linda Schwartz]]...]]

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Sam is really desperate for companionship. How so? The second episode has him really wanting to bond with Guy and he's somewhat heartbroken when Guy refuses and even putting up signs on people's lawns to be his friend. [[spoiler:Then near the end of season 1, the audience learns that he's a scam artist with countless other identities. He tells Guy that he has all those other identities not just as part of his scams, but because no one ever wants to stick around with ''him'' for long, so he becomes other people. In "House" he admits that he's always been alone until he met Guy.]]

* KarmaHoudini: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He's willing to accept the consequences for [[spoiler:animal trafficking as long as he's allowed to send Mr. Jenkins back to his habitat, but [=McWinkle=] finds his efforts so noble that he decides to let Sam off the hook]]. He's also never confronted for [[spoiler:making Guy, Michellee and EB accomplices in his crime, presumably for the same reason]].
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Despite being a Wildlife Protection Agent, Sam is shown to just plain not know ''anything'' about the Chickaraffe, such as its tie diet and fear of fleas, and tries to tell Guy that goats don't climb when being chased by the Goat; Guy exasperatedly notes that goats are ''especially'' known for their climbing while the Goat is demonstrating just that. [[spoiler:This is a major sign that he's a con artist and not a legitimate wildlife protector.]]
* LonelyAmongPeople: Despite being very social and friendly, [[spoiler:he doesn't really have any friends that are willing to stick around him for very long due to his clinginess. Also because he was abandoned by his mother, he has spent most of his life growing up alone without having any friends there for him. All of this together adds up completely to explain why Sam is so obsessive over making friends with Guy-Am-I since he's the first person to stick around Sam for so long.]]
* LovableRogue: Deconstructed; his harebrained whims and reckless spending of ''Guy's'' money leave the pair broke midway through the show. [[spoiler:Especially true when he's revealed to be an animal-smuggling scam artist]].

* TheMillstone: Despite, or even ''because'' of his positive, never-say-die attitude, there are few situations so dire that Sam can't muck things up and make them ''worse''. This reaches a head when [[spoiler:he's trying to help his mom on her spy mission, due to A) his mom is a superspy and B) ''it's his mom that he's only just met for the last time in several years.'']]
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Sam comes up with all sorts of lies about his mom, and how much of a wonderful mom she was. Truth is, she left him at an orphanage at a young age, without any clue why. The one thing he remembers is that she always made him breakfast: Green Eggs and Ham. He's on a journey to find her, by tasting every Green Eggs and Ham, hoping to find the ones that taste like hers.]]
* NiceGuy: Sam is genuinely kind and caring to those around him, especially those he befriends. [[spoiler:He even pulls a HeelFaceTurn against his boss Snerz, a devious animal collector, and actually returns the Chickeraffe to his island home like he said he would]].

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Around Guy, at least. He is constantly clinging onto him, even when it makes Guy feel uncomfortable.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts like a fool who knows nothing about animals at all, [[spoiler:but he's really a scam artist, and is just covering up for the fact that he's not really a wildlife protector by acting like he's an incompetent one.]]

* OneLastJob: [[spoiler:He tells [=McWinkle=] that sending Mr. Jenkins home is this in the season finale.]]
* OneNoteChef: All we see him making is Green Eggs and Ham, but he's apparently very good at it. [[spoiler:This is probably tied into his backstory as this is what his mother made for him all the time.]]

** The one thing that Sam would show absolute terror of is the Old Goat. [[spoiler:This is because he is a rival animal poacher with an impeccable record, can easily outmatch him, and has been sent in to collect his quarry.]]
** In one of the more depressing scenes of the first season, [[spoiler:he is shown in shock after Guy chews him out for hiding his scam artist past and Guy stating that Sam doesn't "fit" anyone; not even his own mother.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Three of his scam-artist personas are: him with an eyepatch, him with ''two'' eyepatches and him with a different hat on.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Was dropped off at an orphanage by his mother one day.]]
* PickyEater: At no point is he ever seen eating anything but green eggs and ham, [[spoiler:even when it doesn't factor into his quest to find his mother by ordering and trying them.]] He lets himself be coaxed into trying tofu, which he likes, but only when cooked to resemble green eggs and ham.

* RedOniBlueOni: The hyperactive jolly Red to Guy's grumpy and sullen Blue, [[spoiler:but considering his past, his happiness isn't really true.]]

* SadClown: [[spoiler:Has a bright beaming smile that seems like nothing would crush it...it turns out his real personality is quite the opposite.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The titular Green Eggs and Ham of course. The reason why is PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:His mother always made it for breakfast before she dumped him in an orphanage. He's consuming so much in the hopes that one of them will taste similar to what his mother made him. Moreover, [=McWinkle=] actually uses this in order to figure out where Sam will be heading for next.]]
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:He turns out to be this, seeing as he is actually TheDragon to Snerz and a scam artist. That said, [[AffablyEvil his friendly personality is genuine]], he has moments of genuine kindness early on, and he pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the end.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: For Season 1: he has the ''largest'' amount of spoilers out of the main cast, and learning his true character will make the viewers all aghast.

* FrenchJerk: Squeaky speaks with a French accent and he's not a nice mouse at all; his escape plan that Sam and Guy thought would get them all out of there turned out to only be helpful for ''him'', because he's so small. Turns out he's turned cynical because he was arrested for stealing cheese for his family.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: To his hometown, he's loved and praised for all the accolades he received in high school... much to his annoyance.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Zigzagged, on one hand people like his friendly attitude but on the other hand no one wants to stay with him long enough to be his friend.

* WalkingSpoiler:We don't meet him until after TheReveal about [=McWinkle=] and Gluntz's true loyalties. [[spoiler:Early episodes are edited in a way to imply that the "big man" is Snerz.]]

* GrumpyBear: Though between his crushed dreams and the constant string of bad luck he endures at every turn, you can't blame him.

* {{Nerd}}: "You Only Mom Twice" reveals he used to be a stereotypical one as a teenager, complete with pimples, BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill, NerdGlasses and [[InopportuneVoiceCracking high-pitched voice cracks]]. Considering how much he cares about looking good, he obviously isn't too happy when he ends up being reverted to this stage of his life.

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: But of course.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Stress and depression have caused Guy to look vaguely middle-aged with prominent scowl lines. If his [[spoiler:high school classmates]] are of any indication, he's roughly in his late twenties or early thirties. He's so young his ''grandfather'' (who is said to literally move mountains) is still alive.

** In one of the more depressing scenes of the first season, [[spoiler:he is shown in shock after Guy chews him out for hiding his scam artist past and Guy stating that Sam doesn't "fit" anyone; not even his own mother. This is more poignant because Guy assumed that the story of Sam's mother was just another of Sam's lies.]]

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: [[spoiler:True to the book, Guy finally relents and eats the dish in "Anywhere", only this time it's to win back Sam's trust. Of course, he winds up enjoying it.]]

* KarmaHoudini: To a lesser extent than [[spoiler: Sam I-Am, being an innocent pawn in Sam's animal trafficking scheme]], although in the finale he does resist arrest when the BADGUYS show up at the gala and is let off scot free for it [[spoiler: thanks to Sam's negotiating]].

* MadLibsCatchphrase: OnceAnEpisode, when offered green eggs and ham, he responds with "I will not eat them in/with [X]".

* RageBreakingPoint: After he learns about [[spoiler: Sam's past and his multitude of lies]], Guy lets loose a tirade from the book's signature lines. For bonus points, just as he's about to speak, you can see flames in his eyes which shows that his patience has reached its peak.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Oh dear does Guy rage at Sam near the end of the season when he's revealed to be a liar and a scam artist. But he stops himself after he says that Sam doesn't "fit" anyone. [[ThatCameOutWrong Not even his mother.]]]]

* SourOutsideSadInside: On the outside, Guy is a cynical, bitter, sarcastic, and grouchy man. On the inside, [[spoiler: he suffers from some pretty deep seated self-esteem issues, mostly because his inventions always blow up and he has to work as a paint watcher while the rest of his family is much more accomplished than him.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Michellee throughout the first season. [[spoiler: They will.]]

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Even though he is [[AdaptationalVillainy a scam artist and an animal smuggler in this version]], his friendly attitude towards Guy and everyone else is genuine. Heck, in the first episode, he seems to legitimately take pity on Guy when he sees that the poor man failed. He later pulls a HeelFaceTurn, becoming a bonafide NiceGuy.]]

** Knows little to nothing about animals and thinks being "Vegan" is some sort of life-threatening disease, yet he's capable of smooth-talking his way out of most situations, or as he puts it, "Guy's the brains and he's the 'other brains'". [[spoiler:He's not really an animal protector at all and his smooth-talking ways is based on him being a con artist.]]

* CerebusRetcon: All of Sam's antics are given a harsher look once we reach "House".

** Of the InnocentlyInsensitive type too: Most of the stuff that he does throughout the trip is truly insensitive -- in regards to Guy especially -- and the fact that he doesn't understand what he's doing wrong makes it all the more exasperating. [[spoiler: Not to mention that he's not really as foolish as we're made to believe; rather it's just a facade to hide the fact that he's a scam artist.]]

* EmoTeen: [[spoiler: "You Only Mom Twice" reveals Sam when through an emo phase as a teenager.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sam decides against giving Mr. Jenkins to Snerz after the adventures he had with Guy, and encouraging words from EB.]]
* HeroicComedicSociopath: At his best, Sam is a BlitheSpirit who can be genuinely kind and empathetic. At his worst, he's an insensitive and witless gadabout who has no respect for the feelings or wishes of others. [[spoiler:And really, it's not right to call him "heroic", given his true background.]]

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He's a really sad guy wanting companionship, his love of Green Eggs and Ham stems from his desire to reunite with his mother. Oh and he's also an animal-smuggling scam artist, who also concocts persona after persona because he can't get anyone to want to stick around and be friends with "Sam".]]
* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler: Sam is a con artist who has several aliases - Furry Foot Bandit, Flim-Flam-I-Am, Sham Shamford, [[DisguisedInDrag Dr. Linda Shwartz]]...]]

* LovableRogue: Deconstructed; his harebrained whims and reckless spending of ''Guy's'' money leave the pair broke midway through the show. [[spoiler:Especially true when he’s revealed to be an animal-smuggling scam artist]].
* MadLibsCatchphrase: OnceAnEpisode, he offers green eggs and ham to Guy, saying "They're especially good in/with [X]".

** The one thing that Sam would show absolute terror of is the Old Goat. [[spoiler: This is because he is a rival animal poacher with an impeccable record, can easily outmatch him, and has been sent in to collect his quarry.]]
** In one of the more depressing scenes of the first season, [[spoiler: he is shown in shock after Guy chews him out for hiding his scam artist past and Guy stating that Sam doesn't "fit" anyone; not even his own mother. This is more poignant because Guy assumed that the story of Sam's mother was just another of Sam's lies.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: The hyperactive jolly Red to Guy's grumpy and sullen Blue, [[spoiler: but considering his past, his happiness isn't really true.]]

* SadClown: [[spoiler: Has a bright beaming smile that seems like nothing would crush it...it turns out his real personality is quite the opposite.]]

* StepfordSmiler: He is a cheerful, happy-go-lucky guy... [[spoiler: who suffers from extreme abandonment issues because his mother left him at an orphanage when he was very young and nobody really wants to stick around with him.]]

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: He turns out to be this, seeing as he is actually TheDragon to Snerz and a scam artist. That said, [[AffablyEvil his friendly personality is genuine]], he has moments of genuine kindness early on, and he pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the end.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shows a surprising level of art skill with her crayon drawing in "Dark", [[spoiler:hinting to her original occupation as an artist]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Needless to say, when she trist to prove she can be a "fun mom" E.B. becomes worried for her and is relieved when Michellee starts acting like her old self...if a tad more lenient.
* OutOfFocus: In "The Second Serving", she is absent from most episodes, as she stays behind in Glurfsburg while Sam, Guy and E.B. go on a quest. She does later join them.

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: She is pregnant in Season 2 but is able to help Guy and Pam fight the Zook soldiers in spite of that, even while in labor]].

* WackyCravings: [[spoiler: As lampshaded by The Narrator, her shopping cart in "To Yookia with Love" is full of pickles and ice cream. She also tells Guy when she meets him how she's been constantly eating in her pregnancy.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Guy throughout the first season. [[spoiler: They will.]]

[[OnlyKnownByInitials Elana Beth]], Michellee's adventure-hungry daughter and lover of animals. [[spoiler: Guy's step-daughter.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: E.B. receives major story focus in Season 2, Episode 5, "To Yookia with Love". She travels around Yookia with Looka, and the two uncover a major plot point that sets the stage for the rest of the season.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She is rather intelligent for her age and sometimes acts like the voice of reason to her own mother, but she is still innocent and rather impulsive.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Michelle describes E.B. as fragile, however, the next scene immediately shows E.B. hanging out the window trying to catch a panda. Showing that she has an adventerus streak and that she likes animals.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Contrary to what the promotional image says, he is ''not'' portrayed onscreen at all, much less as a talking loudspeaker. The loudspeaker itself comes from "Goat", where the announcer is voiced by Creator/DavidKaye.

* TheAce: Has been assigned and accomplished eight hundred and sixty-two missions prior to his and Gluntz's Chickeraffe job [[spoiler: and willingly throws it when he has all the cards.]]

* CardCarryingVillain: A LiteralMetaphor example. He and Gluntz carry a card that refers to them as "the BADGUYS". [[spoiler:Except they're actually not villains, and BADGUYS [[FunWithAcronyms is simply an acronym for Bureau of Animal Defense - Glurfsburg Upper Yipville Section]].]]

* EvilCounterpart: To Guy, being large and grouchy, but [=McWinkle=] is genuinely successful at his profession.[[spoiler: Subverted when he's revealed to be GoodAllAlong]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though GoodIsNotNice, [[spoiler: his objective is still to protect an endangered animal]]. And while her antics regularly frustrate him, he's still [[TrueCompanions a loyal team mate]] to Gluntz and [[PetTheDog goes easy on her when she deserves it]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:When Sam offers to give himself up in "Anywhere", on the caveat the BADGUYS let Mr. Jenkins go home, [=McWinkle=] lets the heroes go without a fight, Sam included, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even if not capturing Sam would ruin his perfect record]].]]

* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Type 2. She's a dedicated wildlife conservationist and good at heart, but she can be abrasive and unnecessarily cruel in her interrogation methods.]]

* DoesNotLikeSpam: She thinks that cantaloupe is a "garbage fruit".

* GeniusDitz: Uses ExactWords for an interrogation and states that she knew about Sam's love of Green Eggs and Ham "like three episodes ago" to [=McWinkle=]

* NiceGirl: Sweet and friendly to everyone despite her occupation, [[spoiler: but she's on the side of good so this is an exception.]]

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: She majored in Animal Linguistics in college, [[spoiler: a logical course for a wildlife protection agent in training.]]

* DaChief: [[spoiler: Of the Bureau of Animal Defense Glurfsburg, Upper Yipsville Section.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: We don't meet him until after TheReveal about [=McWinkle=] and Gluntz's true loyalties. [[spoiler:Early episodes are edited in a way to imply that the "big man" is Snerz.]]

* AndCallHimGeorge: [[spoiler: Near-literally loved his pet Flemur to death as a child, swinging it around and hugging the life out of it every chance he got. The reason he keeps so many "pets" under lock and chain as an adult is because his mother didn't want to break his heart by telling him that it was his unintentionally aggressive way of showing affection which drove his first pet to run away.]]

* BadBoss: He regularly yells at, abuses and threatens his YesMan, [[spoiler: Sam]] and all of his other employees.

* FreudianExcuse: His beloved pet flemur ran away from him when he was a child, [[spoiler: and unbeknownst to him, it was because the poor thing couldn't take [[AndCallHimGeorge his potentially lethal playing habits]], convincing his mother to let it run away and take the blame.]] As such, rather than learning to be a better caretaker of animals, he doubles down on his possessiveness and now has a whole menagerie of pets chained to a wall so they'll never get away.
* HiddenDepths: Subverted. His childhood tale of how his mother got rid of his beloved pet only sounded sympathetic on his side. [[spoiler: His mother revealed that she released his pet because his sense of possession bordered on animal cruelty, showing that not only was Snerz always a SpoiledBrat, but he was never even taught ''not'' to be.]]

* MeanBoss: As seen in "There", he has a tendency to fire his employees for no apparent reason.

* RedemptionRejection: In the final episode, [[spoiler:he has the chance to jump to safety from a cold-air balloon and let the Chickeraffe go, or else keep trying to get to it and risk being injured by a wind turbine. Michelee tries to get him to leave with an inspiring speech about letting something go if you love them, and it almost seems to get through to him... and then he snaps "Nope!", makes a stronger effort to reach Mr. Jenkins, and the heroes have to take action.]]

* SelfServingMemory: During an interview with a reporter about his childhood, Snerz reveals that he'd had a pet Flemur once, and the two were inseparable. Then his mother accidentally left the door open one night and the Flemur escaped. As it turns out, [[spoiler: the only thing true about this story was the fact that the Flemur got out. Snerz's mother reveals that her son was much too rough and clingy towards the Flemur, and she allowed it to escape upon seeing how miserable it was in his care]].

* {{Trumplica}}: Snerz has bouffant yellow hair (actually a fluffy animal he forces to cover his baldness), runs a conglomerate, collects a series of gold-plated objects and is heck-bent on proving he's better than everyone else. He also does the two "peace sign" salute, and actually says he has "all the best words" in "There".

* TheNameless: Is only referred to by his position as the YesMan, but knowing this show [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep his name might actually be "Yes Man".]]

** Initially dismissive and burdened by Mr. Jenkins, Guy soon comes to care for the bird's wellbeing along with Sam. [[spoiler: The former before the [[HeelFaceTurn latter]].]]
** Originally awestruck with the idea of a pet chickeraffe, E.B.'s compassion for Mr. Jenkins immediately leads her to empathize with Sam and Guy's story, eventually convincing the same in her mother [[spoiler: and Sam himself.]]
** [=McWinkle=] and Gluntz are determined to fulfill their final and first mission respectively of claiming the chickeraffe for their employer, [[spoiler: the chief of a wildlife protection agency, and return it to the Glurfsburgs Zoo.]]
** [[spoiler: Sam's original intentions of poaching the chickeraffe was just another job to fund TheQuest to find his mother.]]

* LiteralMetaphor: He's an actual "fox guarding the hen house".

* {{Expy}}: He is [[Theatre/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]] as a mouse - a French-accented character who was arrested for stealing food for his starving family. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in his song line "All I could pay was an {{Homage}}".

* AchillesHeel: While he's well near unstoppable, Gluntz is able to leave him in a stupified trance by bleating like a goat in a certain way.

* GratuitousSpanish: He tends to pepper his dialogue with words like "compadre" and "amigo".

* ThemeNaming: They all have RhymingNames with the family name "Ma".

Cows that appear in the background [[spoiler: and are revealed as the masterminds of the Yook, Zook war. According to Gluntz, that is.]]

* WarForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler: They (possibly) escalated the Yookian-Zookian tensions to full-on conflict to bolster the sale of dairy products.]]

* DrunkOnMilk: After her fallout with Sam in "The Sam Who Came in From the Cold", she [[DrowningMySorrows drowns her sorrows]] with hot sauce.

* FullNameUltimatum: He mentions that his mom only calls him by [[spoiler: his full list of titles]] when he's in trouble.
* NiceGuy: Looka is ultimately a very sweet kid. He doesn't understand why there is a war between Zookia and Yookia and believes that fighting because of the way people butter their toast is silly and meaningless (he does think that doing it butter side down is a bit weird but even then it's clearly just an opinion). [[spoiler: When E.B. reveals that she is affiliated with the Zooks, he doesn't call her out for hiding it from him and immediately tries protecting her from his father]].

* RebelPrince: [[spoiler: Actually the Crown Dooka of Yookia. He constantly sneaks out of the palace to hang out by the wall and constantly defies his father]].
* UnmanlySecret: His [[spoiler: royal]] bedroom is chock full of plush toys.

One of Zookia’s top spies.

* NiceGuy: A bit eccentric, but very welcoming and friendly to Pam and Sam and even [[spoiler: ends up giving them his boat]].

* Really700YearsOld: He is 267, but because of the island's effect, he looks like a young adult. [[spoiler: He does turn into an old man after leaving the jungle to give Sam and Pam his boat, only to go back to his preferred age.]].

* NiceHat: Wears a black cowboy hat. [[spoiler:He hands it to Gluntz after he lets Sam go.]]

* NiceHat: She wears a black beret.

* NiceGuy: Looka is ultimately a very sweet kid. He doesn't understand why there is a war between Zookia and Yookia and believes that fighting because of the way people butter their toast is silly and meaningless (he does think that doing it butter side down is a bit weird but even then it's clearly just an opinion). [[spoiler: When E.B. reveals that she is a "Zook", he doesn't call her out for hiding it from him and immediately tries protecting her from his father]].

* TheMillstone: Despite, or even ''because'' of his positive, never-say-die attitude, there are few situations so dire that Sam can't muck things up and make them ''worse''.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Although Guy has been in much merchandise related to the book, this is the first time he has ever been named in any adaptation of the book- he was often just called "Grouchy Guy" or "Sam’s Friend" beforehand.

* OutOfFocus: In "The Second Serving", she is absent from most episodes, as she stays behind in Glurfsburg while Sam, Guy and E.B. go on a quest.She does later join them.

* OutOfFocus: In "The Second Serving", she is absent from most episodes, as she stays behind in Glurfsburg while Sam, Guy and E.B. go on a quest.

* DemotedToExtra: In "The Second Serving", she is absent from most episodes, as she stays behind in Glurfsburg while Sam, Guy and E.B. go on a quest.

* MeaningfulName: Her usual clothing includes a green ''blouse''.