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* ConsultingMisterPuppet

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* ConsultingMisterPuppetConsultingMisterPuppet: The former TropeNamer.
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The Leisure Suit Larry was renamed Casanova Wannabe. Cat can\'t be a Casanova Wannabe: he can\'t fail to make it with the ladies with no humaniform cat-ladies around.


* TheLeisureSuitLarry: Mostly because there are no women on board.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Male Holly may well be the MostTriumphantExample in the series.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Male Holly may well be the MostTriumphantExample best example in the series.
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* DaChief: In series VIII. Especially in ''Pete''.
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** Hell, he even has a deadpan mode.
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* KleptomaniacHero: The many things he has stolen include Rimmer's uniforms, his future self's wine bottle and AdolfHitler's briefcase.

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* TookALevelInBadass



* CloudCuckooLander: He's gone a bit senile with old age.

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* CloudCuckooLander: BunnyEarsLawyer: He's gone a bit senile with old age.
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* ConsultingMrFlibble

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* ConsultingMrFlibbleConsultingMisterPuppet
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--->Played by: Chris Barrie

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--->Played by: By: Chris Barrie
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!Mr Flibble
--->Played by: Chris Barrie

Another minor character who has achieved surprising fame despite his lack of screen time, Mr Flibble is a penguin hand puppet used by Rimmer when under the influence of a holovirus. Is known for his capacity to become very cross.

* AscendedExtra: Like the Toaster, he does interviews on the series' website.
* ConsultingMrFlibble
* OneSceneWonder: He's probably the most famous one-episode character in ''Red Dwarf''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TalkingToHimself: In-universe as well as in reality.

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* AlmightyJanitor The lazy example.

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* AlmightyJanitor AlmightyJanitor: The lazy example.



* DreadfulMusician He does ''NOT'' play the guitar well.



* HellBentForLeather



* NiceHat: Several!
* OddCouple: With Rimmer.



* DreadfulMusician He does ''NOT'' play the guitar well.

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* DreadfulMusician He does ''NOT'' play the guitar well.



* AbusiveParents
* AchievementsInIgnorance: If Rimmer really did screw up fixing the drive plate, according to Rimmer's comments in season 8, it's supposed to such a trivial task that only an epic screw up could possibly fail.



* AchievementsInIgnorance If Rimmer really did screw up fixing the drive plate, according to Rimmer's comments in season 8, it's supposed to such a trivial task that only an epic screw up could possibly fail.

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* AchievementsInIgnorance If Rimmer really did screw up fixing the drive plate, according to Rimmer's comments in season 8, it's supposed to such a trivial task that only an epic screw up could possibly fail.AntiHero: Type I.



* [[ByTheBookCop By The Book Technician]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass



* HiddenHeartOfGold: Very, ''very'' well hidden. It only slips out two or three times over the course of the entire series.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood



* JamesBondage - ''Terrorform''.



* LawfulStupid



* TheScrappy - An in-universe example.
* JamesBondage - ''Terrorform''.
* VirtualGhost




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* UnpopularPopularCharacter
* VirtualGhost



* AcePilot



* ReallyGetsAround: At least, he surely would if there ''were'' any lady cats on board.

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* ReallyGetsAround: At least, he surely would if LargeHam: His actor described him as having the body of James Brown, the voice of Little Richard, and the face of Richard Pryor. ''Damn''.
* TheLeisureSuitLarry: Mostly because
there ''were'' any lady cats are no women on board.board.
* SharpDressedMan


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* CloudCuckooLander: He's gone a bit senile with old age.
* DeadpanSnarker: Male Holly may well be the MostTriumphantExample in the series.


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* CoolShades

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* DirtyCoward: In early episodes

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* BrokenAce: Rimmer [[EmotionEater minus negativity and neuroses]] equals [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]] (what a guy!). Apparently.
* DirtyCoward: In early episodesepisodes.



* ImplacableMan

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* ImplacableManImplacableMan - Carefully balanced/outweighed by his cowardice.



* LovableCoward - In later episodes
* TheScrappy - An in-universe example

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* LovableCoward - In later episodes
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* TheScrappy - An in-universe exampleexample.



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CompletelyMissingThePoint
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass He's not afraid to use a bazookoid when he needs to.
* ReallyGetsAround At least, he surely would if there ''were'' any lady cats on board.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Initially - he becomes more of a BunnyEarsLawyer as time passes and the need for his skills increases. Imagine a wild cat becoming more domesticated or a kitten growing up.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint
CompletelyMissingThePoint: Frequently.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's not afraid to use a bazookoid when he needs to.
* ReallyGetsAround ReallyGetsAround: At least, he surely would if there ''were'' any lady cats on board.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One story would have dealt with Cat's gradual 'domestication' but was, sadly, not filmed.



* InsufferableGenius Yes, Holly. We know you have an IQ of 6000.

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* InsufferableGenius InsufferableGenius: Yes, Holly. We know you have an IQ of 6000.



* BerserkButton: If you blow off his dinner to play a VR game, he'll drag you out. With a tank.




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* StraightMan overlapping with TheSmartGuy: Kryten is typically the one coming up with a solution to the Dilemma of the Week, moreso after Holly stops being a regular character.



* TheAce

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* TheAceTheAce: Likely trope namer, definitely the codifier.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance If Rimmer really did screw up fixing the drive plate, according to Rimmer's comments in season 8, it's supposed to such a trivial task that only an epic screw up could possibly fail.
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Played by: David Ross (1988); Robert Llewellyn (1989-present)

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Played -->Played by: David Ross (1988); Robert Llewellyn (1989-present)



-->Played By: John Lenahan (1988), David Ross (1991)

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-->Played By: John Lenahan (1988), (1988); David Ross (1991)
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!Talkie Toaster

-->Played By: John Lenahan (1988), David Ross (1991)

A very minor, but very well-remembered, character, Talkie Toaster belongs to Lister, is equipped with artificial intelligence and, to the annoyance of everyone, completely obsessed with making toast. Was destroyed off-screen by Lister sometime during the first two series and rebuilt (with a completely different voice and appearance) by Kryten in Series IV.

* AscendedExtra: Talkie Toaster appears only in three episodes in the TV show, but plays an important and major part in the novel ''Better Than Life,'' and later went to do character interviews (complete with offers of toast) on the official Red Dwarf web page.
* CatchPhrase: "Would you like some toast?" and endless variations thereof.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* TheOtherDarrin: His second voice, David Ross, was the original Kryten.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A deleted scene from Series II has the Cat and the Toaster singing a duet. Sadly, the Toaster's lines were never recorded.
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* ReplacementScrappy: For Rimmer, in the seventh series. Also for ''herself,'' since the Kochanski from series seven and onward was an alternate version, and far less well-received by fans than the original one.
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*** He even blamed ''Lister'' for his shortcomings very early on.
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* ReallyGetsAround At least, he surely would if there ''were'' any lady cats on board.
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* PhraseCatcher

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* PhraseCatcherPhraseCatcher: What a guy!
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* InsufferableGenius An IQ of 6000, but no one can stand him/her.

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* InsufferableGenius An Yes, Holly. We know you have an IQ of 6000, but no one can stand him/her.
6000.
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* InsufferableGenius An IQ of 6000, but no one can stand him/her.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass He's not afraid to use a bazookoid when he needs to.
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** YMMV when it comes to his parents though, especially his [[''father.'' AbusiveParents]]

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** YMMV when it comes to his parents though, especially his [[''father.'' AbusiveParents]]''father''.
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** YMMV when it comes to his parents though, especially his [[''father.'' AbusiveParents]]
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*DreadfulMusician He does ''NOT'' play the guitar well.

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** To top it off, Rimmer describes him as ''exactly this'' once.
* PointyHairedBoss In series 8, it's revealed that Hollister bribed and blackmailed his way up to Captain Rank.
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* TedBaxter - Ego is Rimmer's ''other'' middle name.
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* JamesBondage - ''Terrorform''.
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** Or in earlier episodes, being dead.

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