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* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: In "The Lookalike Girl of Evil" Tommy initially crushes on Gabby's cousin Jabby because she acts standoffish towards him. When Gabby disguises herself as Jabby, he becomes unnerved by "Jabby"'s sudden affections and runs off, believing she's too "dreamy" for him. This implies he is uninterested in [[StalkerWithACrush Gabby]] specifically because she is overly dreamy and obsessive towards him.
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* TookALevelInKindness: A minor case in Season 2. She's still bossy and overbearing, but she's nicer to Tommy than she was in Season 1. She forces Tommy to miss a movie marathon to attend his cousin Norbert's piano recital, but later rewards him for doing so by taking him to a theme park at the end of the episode; the Season 1 version of her never rewarded Tommy for doing anything.
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Swanky has died on at least three separate occasions, having been disintegrated by both a stray firework in "The Day of Judgement" and by Bob in "The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave... Ever", and sucked into a black hole along with the rest of Earth in "Curse of the Frozen Tommy". By the next episode, he's perfectly fine with no lasting injuries.
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* CanadaEh: He speaks with an extremely exaggerated Canadian accent.
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A 13-year-old boy who lived alone in his lighthouse before the aliens crashed into it. Though he wants to live a normal life, he finds himself dragged into his new houseguests' antics while trying to teach them about human culture.

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A The main protagonist of the show. Tommy is a normal, taffy-loving 13-year-old boy who lived alone in his lighthouse before the aliens crashed into it. Though he wants to live a normal life, he finds himself dragged into his new houseguests' antics while trying to teach them about human culture.



The leader of the aliens and Tommy's best friend. In his attempts to make Tommy happy, he often ends up dragging him into various misadventures.

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The leader of A small, neurotic green dinosaur-like alien who acts as the aliens group's leader, and Tommy's best friend. In his attempts Dinko frequently causes chaos in [=DeSpray=] Bay by misunderstanding Earth culture or by trying to make help Tommy happy, in his daily life with his inventions. However, he often ends up dragging him into various misadventures.generally means well and will always help Tommy in any way he can.



* BerserkButton: Hoo boy, Dinko has a few: don't put Tommy in danger, don't try to take the title of best friend out from under Dinko (he is absolutely ''obsessed'' about that and will go into a bunch of hair-brained schemes to reestablish himself as Tommy's best friend), and don't call Dinko by the wrong name.

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* BerserkButton: Hoo boy, Dinko has a few: don't put Tommy in danger, don't try to take the title of best friend out from under Dinko (he is absolutely ''obsessed'' about that and will go into a bunch of hair-brained schemes to reestablish re-establish himself as Tommy's best friend), and don't call Dinko by the wrong name.



The big guy of the aliens, Gumpers is a dumb brute who loves to eat and is scared of almost everything.

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The big guy A large, pink alien who resembles a mix between a toad and a gorilla, and the muscle of the aliens, aliens. Gumpers is has a dumb brute who loves to eat heart as big as his appetite, and is scared afraid of almost everything.everything. He frequently tags along with Tommy and Dinko in their misadventures. He's dim, but has flashes of wisdom from time to time.



-->'''Gumpers:''' Dinko wanted me to tell you that in cookie hours, forty minutes in chocolate cake, that it'll be pancakes and you guys can go to the sandwich.

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-->'''Gumpers:''' Dinko wanted me to tell you that in cookie hours, forty minutes in and chocolate cake, that it'll be pancakes and you guys can go to the sandwich.



The most refined alien of the group, Swanky frequently finds himself the victim of the others' antics. He wants to sleep in Tommy's bed and attempts various schemes to steal it for himself.

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The most refined A tall, skinny, blue alien who resembles a mix between an insect and a bird, and the brains of the group, group. Swanky is a pretentious, sarcastic, self-centred prima-donna who loves caviar and crabs, and frequently finds himself the victim of the others' antics. He wants concocts schemes to sleep in either get rich or steal Tommy's bed and attempts various schemes to steal it for himself.



An alien who resembles a parrot. Flip lives in his own world and frequently speaks in gibberish with only the last few words being anything coherent.

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An hyperactive, green and purple alien who resembles a parrot.parrot, and the wildcard of the aliens. Flip lives in his own world and frequently speaks in gibberish with only the last few words being anything coherent. He loves to cause trouble and mess with others, particularly Swanky.



Dinko's pet who resembles a dog.

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A purple dog-like alien who appears to be Dinko's pet pet. He's a friendly dog who resembles a dog.has an extremely long, elastic tongue (that is implied to be smarter than he is).



Tommy's spoilt, bratty next door neighbor who frequently bosses him around.

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Tommy's spoilt, bratty next door neighbor next-door neighbour who frequently bosses him around.around. She is very short-tempered and is feared by all of [=DeSpray=] Bay.



A Mexican girl who has an unrequited crush on Tommy.

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A Tommy's other next-door neighbour. Gabby is a Mexican girl who has an obsessive, unrequited crush on Tommy.Tommy, to the point where she can smell when he's "doomed". In Season 2, she mellows out slightly and befriends Tommy and the aliens.



A British nerd who's descended from [=DeSpray=] Bay's founders and has a crush on Melba.

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A rich, nerdy British nerd who's boy who is descended from the founders of [=DeSpray=] Bay's founders and Bay. Granville has a an obsessive crush on Melba.Melba and despises Tommy because he believes Tommy is also trying to win him over. He frequently suffers comedic abuse at the hands of the aliens.



A jock who frequently bullies Tommy.

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A Canadian jock who frequently bullies Tommy.Tommy and Granville. He is extremely passionate about sports (particularly football) and frequently calls everyone "losahs".



A sea captain who runs the local taffy shop.

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A crazy old sea captain who runs the local taffy shop.shop Tommy and the aliens hang out at. He's one of the only recurring adults in the show and frequently takes on other jobs.



A crotchety old man who runs the crab shack.

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A crotchety old man who runs the crab shack.shack, and Cap'n Spangley's main nemesis. He frequently insults the rest of the cast and complains about the happenings around him.



A French boy who sometimes appears in the background.

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A French boy who sometimes dresses like Napoleon. He usually appears in the background.as a minor background character and rarely speaks.



Tommy's unseen mother who communicates with him through a speaker in the lighthouse.

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Tommy's unseen obnoxious, overbearing mother who communicates with him through a speaker in the lighthouse.lighthouse. She never appears on-screen and seems to be oblivious to the aliens living with Tommy.
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* TokenMinority: The Mexican Gabby is the only non-white human character in the cast.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the show, in addition to their MultipleHeadCase gimmick, they're also entertainers who sing. This calls to mind another alien from the toyline who never appeared in the show, Chillz, who was also a singer who came from a planet where everyone was born an entertainer.

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