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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: His wife's real name appears to actually be Honey Pie.
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Hosts of the two minute show ''The Great White North' (aka ''Kanadian Korner''), played by Creator/RickMoranis and Dave Thomas.
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Hosts of the two minute show ''The Great White North' North'' (aka ''Kanadian Korner''), played by Creator/RickMoranis and Dave Thomas.
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* DepravedKidsShowHost: He becomes this in WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley.
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* DepravedKidsShowHost: He becomes this in WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley.''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley'' (and via [[StockFootage recycled footage]], the 1990s run of ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet'').
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* LighterAndSofter: His negative behavior is obviously toned down for his appearances in WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley.
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* LighterAndSofter: His negative behavior is obviously toned down for his appearances in WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley.''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley''.
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Stars of the Dr. Tongue 3D horror films series, played by John Candy and Eugene Levy.
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Stars of the Dr. Tongue 3D ''Dr. Tongue'' "3D" horror films film series, played by John Candy and Eugene Levy.
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** Also his sidekick William B B. Williams.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Just like Maudlin and William B. First started hitting it big in 1959 after performing stand-up as a child in the 40s and early 50s, according to the post-SCTV {{Mockumentary}} Cinemax aired about his life and career.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Just like Maudlin and William B. First started hitting it big in 1959 after performing stand-up as a child in the 40s and early 50s, according to the post-SCTV post-''SCTV'' {{Mockumentary}} Cinemax Creator/{{Cinemax}} aired about his life and career.
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* FriendlyRivalry: With Tim Ishimuni
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* FriendlyRivalry: With Tim IshimuniIshimuni.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a corporate executive per se, but certainly a higher-up and certainly corrupt. Among other incidents, he acted like there was a technical malfunction to agitate a game show contestant (who he also led to believe had a cheating spouse and made recount a tale of his time as a firefighter where his best friend ''melted to the ground in front of him''), deliberately called his own wife during a Dialing for Dollars segment after he left the answers to the questions with her to pocket the prize money, and tried to bribe a phone guy to not disconnect his phone. Guy Caballero describes him as a "sleazy weasel" at one point and Earl and Floyd call him "slimy" after he's kidnapped.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a corporate executive per se, but certainly a higher-up and certainly corrupt. Among other incidents, he acted like there was a technical malfunction to agitate a game show contestant (who he also led to believe had a cheating spouse and made recount a tale of his time as a firefighter where his best friend ''melted to the ground in front of him''), deliberately called his own wife during a Dialing ''Dialing for Dollars Dollars'' segment after he left the answers to the questions with her to pocket the prize money, and tried to bribe a phone guy to not disconnect his phone. Guy Caballero describes him as a "sleazy weasel" at one point and Earl and Floyd call him "slimy" after he's kidnapped.
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* [[{{Spinoff}} Spinoff Cartoon]]: ''{{The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley}}''.
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* [[{{Spinoff}} Spinoff Cartoon]]: ''{{The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley}}''.''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley''.
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MayorPain: The incompetent type, but is also corrupt, though he's more corrupt out of being [[TooDumbToLive too stupid to know any better]], as opposed to any inherent vice.
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--> '''Earl Jr.''': He means there's a rumor going on that [[AManIsNotAVirgin you're a-]]a-
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An actor, producer, writer, director. Played by JohnCandy.
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An actor, producer, writer, director. Played by JohnCandy.
Creator/JohnCandy.
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* CanadianAccents
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* EverybodyHasStandards: When an SCTV production of ''Julius Caesar'' was interrupted by a Soviet TV station jamming the signal, he apologized to the viewers and walked off the set to find out what was going on.
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* OnlySaneMan: On occasion, when Floyd got drunk- or in one case, mind-controlled.
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* IrrationalHatred: Almost to everyone and everything.
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* IrrationalHatred: Almost to Of almost everyone and everything.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Once did a show complaining about TV being controlled by advertisers and special interest groups, but took it all back when he was offered to be a spokesman for Sunbright Soap.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Once did a show complaining about TV being controlled by advertisers and special interest groups, but took it all back when he was offered got an offer to be a spokesman for Sunbright Soap.
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* PapaWolf: One of his BerserkButton's is entertainers who could influence kids to do drugs or become alcoholics.
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* PapaWolf: One of his BerserkButton's {{Berserk Button}}s is entertainers who could influence kids to do drugs or become alcoholics.
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* JerkassWoobie: Bobby is a cruel and vain person, but it's a little hard not to feel bad for him considering his whole career is built on "failing up." He isn't at the top because people genuinely like him or find him funny; he's there because people want to see what he'll screw up next.
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: ''Awful'' singer. Eugene Levy actually has a very lovely tenor when he sings any other time, which makes Bobby's horrible singing even funnier.
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** Argues with his little brother in [[spoiler: Yiddish]] during Skip's first appearance. Skip speaks it again during ''Maudlin's Eleven'', meaning the Bittman brothers are both all but stated to be [[spoiler: Jewish]].
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** Argues with his little brother Skip Bittman in [[spoiler: Yiddish]] during Skip's the younger Bittman's first appearance. Skip speaks it again during ''Maudlin's Eleven'', meaning the Bittman brothers are both all but stated to be [[spoiler: Jewish]].
* BiTheWay: For someone who surrounds himself with gorgeous women and may have had a fling with Lola Heatherton, Bobby sure is touchy-feely with a lot of his male friends. [[ShipTease Especially Sammy Maudlin]]. In their first appearance together, he greets Sammy with a big hug and a peck on the cheek, and later plants a kiss on his lips, while exclaiming, "I love you, Sammy Maudlin, I really do!"
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* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Was ''kind of'' immune to Zontar's brainwashing.]]
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* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Was ''kind of'' immune to Zontar's brainwashing.brainwashing. Kind of.]]
--> '''GuyCaballero'': Caballero''': That's Gerry Todd. He always [[spoiler: acts like a zombie.]]
--> '''Guy
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On ''SCTV'', he's a spastic, overly-optimistic ManChild actor often seen on the show's TV and movie parodies. On ''SaturdayNightLive'' and his own short-lived animated series, Ed is a normal(ish) person who's still spastic and overly-optimistic, but now encounters unusual characters and gets into MundaneMadeAwesome adventures. Played by Martin Short.
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On ''SCTV'', he's a spastic, overly-optimistic ManChild actor often seen on the show's TV and movie parodies. On ''SaturdayNightLive'' ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and his own short-lived animated series, Ed is a normal(ish) person who's still spastic and overly-optimistic, but now encounters unusual characters and gets into MundaneMadeAwesome adventures. Played by Martin Short.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Silver producer Joel Silver]].
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* AmericanAccents: UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Speaks with a slight Southern drawl.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Between his severe mood swings, substance abuse, impulsive behavior, unstable relationships (abusive professional relationship with Earl, implied to have cheated on his wife [as she has cheated on him), and ''extremely'' aggressive personality, Floyd displays many symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Preening, self-absorbed, grandiose, and incredibly arrogant, all symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. A team of psychologists would have an absolute field day with this cast of characters.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Bobby is a preening and egomanaical man with an inflated sense of self-importance, and becomes downright ''aggressive'' when he doesn't get his way.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Frequently denies being gay with no provocation. Surrounds himself with gorgeous women (the Gerbils) to make sure you know he most definitely is not gay. Acts as disgusted as possible after Bobby Bittman smooches him during a house party. See also SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
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* MeaningfulName: Not his first name (a diminuitive of Samuel), but his surname: "maudlin" is essentially a synonym for "overemotional."
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Wears his curly black hair in an afro (as many people of Jewish descent do) and sported a Star of David necklace in his first appearance.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Repeats phrases and words multiple times, has a repetitive CharacterTic, seems to laugh and/or applaud as a default response to things he isn't entirely sure how to react to, and doesn't really notice when something he says is rude or out of line.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Wears his curly black hair in an afro (as many people of Jewish descent do) and sported a Star of David necklace in his firstappearance.couple of appearances.
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** This is actually addressed in a season 1 news sketch. Floyd asks why this is the case, and Earl responds with a HandWave: "That's just how I say it, Floyd."
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Just like Maudlin and William B. First started hitting it big in 1959 after performing stand-up as a child in the 40s and early 50s, according to the post-SCTV {{Mockumentary}} Cinemax aired about his life and career.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: First came on the air in 1959, if his 23rd Anniversary Special, aired in 1982, is to be believed.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: With Sammy, since their show was on the air in 1959.
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* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Was ''kind of'' immune to Zontar's brainwashing]]
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* TheImmune: [[spoiler: Was ''kind of'' immune to Zontar's brainwashing]] brainwashing.]]
--> '''Guy Caballero'': That's Gerry Todd. He always [[spoiler: acts like a zombie.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a corporative executive per se, but certainly a higher-up and certainly corrupt. Among other incidents, he deliberately acts like there's a technical malfunction to agitate a game show contestant (who he also led to believe had a cheating spouse and made recount a tale of his time as a firefighter where his best friend ''melted to the ground in front of him''), deliberately called his own wife during a Dialing for Dollars segment after he left the answers to the questions with her to pocket the prize money, and tried to bribe a phone guy to not disconnect his phone. Guy Caballero describes him as a "sleazy weasel" at one point and Earl and Floyd call him "slimy" after he's kidnapped.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a corporative corporate executive per se, but certainly a higher-up and certainly corrupt. Among other incidents, he deliberately acts acted like there's there was a technical malfunction to agitate a game show contestant (who he also led to believe had a cheating spouse and made recount a tale of his time as a firefighter where his best friend ''melted to the ground in front of him''), deliberately called his own wife during a Dialing for Dollars segment after he left the answers to the questions with her to pocket the prize money, and tried to bribe a phone guy to not disconnect his phone. Guy Caballero describes him as a "sleazy weasel" at one point and Earl and Floyd call him "slimy" after he's kidnapped.
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An actor. Played by Martin Short.
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--> '''Floyd''': Negative. Zontar forbids the consumption of adult beverages.strong drink.
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* CloudCuckoolandersMinderTheCasanova: Mentioned to be married, but is implied to have slept with Lola Heatherton and Earl accuses of him of "living with a girl he's not even married to" in the very first episode (though he could have married her later).
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Not that he ''likes'' having this duty.
* CovertPervert: Really. Was busted ogling the half-nude stewardesses in a Dr. Tongue flick as Count Floyd, then demanded they go back to the film so he can keep staring.
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Not that he ''likes'' having this duty.
* CovertPervert: Really. Was busted ogling the half-nude stewardesses in a Dr. Tongue flick as Count Floyd, then demanded they go back to the film so he can keep staring.
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* OnlySaneMan: With Edith Prickley and Bill Needle.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lunged for Earl Jr.'s throat after the younger Camembert informed him his father was spreading rumors about him.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lunged for Earl Jr.'s throat after the younger Camembert informed him his father was spreading rumors about him.
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* CharacterTics: Dabs sweat off his face with a handkerchief in almost all of his appearances. He is only actually visibly sweating in the very first sketch SCTV ever aired, probably due to Harold Ramis being audibly nervous in front of the camera, but Moe remained chronically sweaty well after Ramis became less camera shy.
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* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Fond of suits with loud colors and patterns with bow ties to match. He's seen in a normal necktie once- [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the very first episode]]. He even starts his own line of obnoxious suits and retires from the newscast to focus on menswear!
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* IncomingHam: If you're hearing boisterous werewolf howling, Count Floyd is somewhere in the area.
* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyJewish]]: [[spoiler: His real name points to him being this.]]
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