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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Zig-zagged. He generally acts weird and is lost in his own world, but the moment he encounters an even weirder situation, he acts more normal. After he gets out of such a situation, however, he becomes weird again.


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* {{Foil}}: Whether Allan is [[StraightManAndWiseGuy the straight man or the wise guy]] depends on who he's interacting with, and he'll generally be the opposite of whatever the other person is. You can see this as early as the first episode: when he's in a mundane situation with Glep, the scene emphasizes his ObsessivelyOrganized trait by keeping a complete total of all the paper clips in the break room, but not long after this, he finds a far more eccentric squatter living inside the walls of the Smiling Friends office, which confuses and weirds Allan out.
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*HiddenDepths: Despite being a taciturn pencil pusher, his morning routine shows him sleeping next to an attractive lady who enjoys the night they had together.
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* CannotConveySarcasm: Due to the way he speaks, it's sometimes hard to tell whether he's being sarcastic or sincere.
-->'''Allan:''' ''[In response to Pim arguing in favor of the then-current president possibly winning for re-election]'' Oh, you're ''so'' right, Pim. I forgot about that factoid.
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** In a later episode, he gives Pim a quick peck on the top of the head.
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* InconsistentSpelling: Apparently, his name is officially spelled as "Allan", but some sources will spell his name as "Alan".
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* AmbiguouslyBi: On the one hand ShrugOfGod says he's dating the redhead he took to the Halloween party, and he's very much receptive to Mustard's attempt to seduce him. On the other hand, he's very clearly attracted to Mip and reciprocates his flirtations [[spoiler: and probably would have continued to if not for the fact that he and Pim find out firsthand from the Princess that he's actually a deranged stalker.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: In "Mr. President", [[spoiler:he votes for Mr. Frog and its his vote that [[DecidedByOneVote decides the election]]. When the Smiling Friends call him out on screwing their client, he gives his reason ([[TheUnintelligble which we never actually figure out]]), to which everyone immediately understands and forgives him.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: In "Mr. President", [[spoiler:he votes for Mr. Frog and its his vote that [[DecidedByOneVote decides the election]]. When the Smiling Friends call him out on screwing their client, he gives his reason ([[TheUnintelligble ([[TheUnintelligible which we never actually figure out]]), to which everyone immediately understands and forgives him.]]
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** Though it's only shown once, implying he doesn't do any work appears to set him off, as Pim saying that he has to pull Charlie's weight causes Charlie to (unwittingly) kick off the plot of ''Charlie Dies And Doesn't Come Back'' by [[AccidentalSuicide causing a tree to fall on him as he's angrily swinging at it with an axe]].

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** Though it's only shown once, implying he doesn't do any work appears to set him off, as Pim saying that he has to pull Charlie's weight causes Charlie to (unwittingly) kick off the plot of ''Charlie "Charlie Dies And Doesn't Come Back'' Back" by [[AccidentalSuicide causing a tree to fall on him as he's angrily swinging at it with an axe]].
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* {{Determinator}}: No one takes Allan's precious piece of cheese and gets away with it.

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* {{Determinator}}: No one takes Allan's precious piece of cheese and gets away with it. "A Allan Adventure" also has him enduring an escalating series of dangerous scenarios just to get a box of paper clips.

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* AxCrazy: The Frowning Friends' relentless business success completely pushes him over the edge and turns him into a snarling, gun-toting maniac. [[spoiler:[[StatusQuoIsGod This doesn't last long, thankfully.]]]]

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The Frowning Friends' relentless business success completely pushes him over the edge and turns him into a snarling, gun-toting maniac. [[spoiler:[[StatusQuoIsGod [[StatusQuoIsGod This doesn't last long, thankfully.]]]]]]
** [[spoiler:His reaction to Mr. Frog winning the Presidential election is to grab a sniper rifle and go out either to assassinate him or cause general mayhem and blame it on Glep]].



* KickTheSonfOfABitch: While there have been a few times that Mr. Boss has descended into a violent and murderous madness, they have generally all been directed at people who deserved it.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out". He also replaces Charlie in the A-plot with Pim in "Gwimbly: [=DREEEDX4K=] (ADC)." ''A Allan Adventure'' is all about him going on a quest to retrieve some paperclips.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out". He also replaces Charlie in the A-plot with Pim in "Gwimbly: [=DREEEDX4K=] (ADC)." ''A "A Allan Adventure'' Adventure" is all about him going on a quest to retrieve some paperclips.
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* {{Fingore}}: When he forgets what paperclips are called, he twists his finger backwards to look like one, complete with a SickeningCrunch. While he no-sells it at first, after a beat he [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction calmly admits that he actually really hurt himself doing that]].
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* BrutalHonesty: A very recurring theme in Season 2. He's not afraid to speak his mind when he isn't interested in something, whether it be not attending to go with Gwimbly to the graveyard to mourn the loss of Mr. Millipede or calling Charlie's snowman straight up ugly.


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* TookALevelInJerkass: While not actively malicious in his actions, Allan gets into a lot of more scenarios where his insensitivity and general low tolerance of strangers gets put on center stage. One episode has him having a very heated conversation with a unpleasant convenience store worker,
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* KickTheSonfOfABitch: While there have been a few times that Mr. Boss has descended into a violent and murderous madness, they have generally all been directed at people who deserved it.
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* VocalEvolution: Pim's voice in "Desmond's Big Day Out" is much softer and higher pitched than it is in the series proper.

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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It's unknown what his role in the Smiling Friends charity group is, as Allan seems to be in charge of maintaining the office and its supplies, doing things like washing the dishes and checking the fridge. Glep is seen mopping the floor at the end of "Desmond's Big Day Out", but he simply could have volunteered to do that in Allan's place, given that sort of task would fall under his jurisdiction, as well as Allan being injured by the Bliblies, meaning he could've required a break from his job so he could recover.
** When pressured by a difficult client in the season 2 premiere, Charlie admits he has no idea what Glep's job is.

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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It's unknown what his role in the Smiling Friends charity group is, as Allan seems to be in charge of maintaining the office and its supplies, doing things like washing the dishes and checking the fridge. Glep is seen mopping the floor at the end of "Desmond's Big Day Out", but he simply could have volunteered to do that in Allan's place, given that sort of task would fall under his jurisdiction, as well as Allan being injured by the Bliblies, meaning he could've required a break from his job so he could recover.
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recover. When pressured by a difficult client in the season 2 premiere, Charlie admits he has no idea what Glep's job is.
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* DemotedToExtra: The first episode of season 2 has him relegated to the B-plot whilst Allan takes his place.

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* DemotedToExtra: Downplayed; The first episode of season 2 has him relegated to the B-plot whilst Allan takes his place.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out". He also replaces Charlie in the A-plot with Pim in "Gwimbly: [=DREEEDX4K=] (ADC)."

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out". He also replaces Charlie in the A-plot with Pim in "Gwimbly: [=DREEEDX4K=] (ADC)."" ''A Allan Adventure'' is all about him going on a quest to retrieve some paperclips.
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* EverybodyHasStandards:

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** He's horrified when President Jimble unintentionally pardons a genocidal dictator, even pointing that the man wiped a race of people out in a uncharacteristically serious and even angry-sounding tone of voice.

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** He's horrified when President Jimble unintentionally pardons a genocidal dictator, even pointing that the man wiped a race of people out in a uncharacteristically serious and even angry-sounding tone of voice. As apathetic as he is towards politics, he also states that even he grasps that speaking fondly of such figures is very, very bad.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: In the second episode of the second season, Charlie accidentally convinces the shadowy worm government to allow President Jimble to remain in office, even though Charlie wanted Mr. Frog to win. However, thanks to [[SpannerInTheWorks Glep's]] stray vote, Mr. Frog ended up winning anyway.]]


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Charlie bails on President Jimble in the final third of the episode, to which Pim -- who was also nearing his wits end with his ObliviouslyEvil antics -- [[EveryoneHasStandards is completely understanding about]].
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** He quickly finds himself getting exasperated by President Jimble continually making his chance of getting re-elected worse through due to his stupidity and incompetency. When Charlie decides to bail on the job, Pim makes no attempt to stop him and even considers not going through the debate due to how bad Jimble has been doing.

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** He quickly finds himself getting exasperated by President Jimble continually making his chance of getting re-elected worse through due to his stupidity and incompetency.incompetent actions. When Charlie decides to bail on the job, Pim makes no attempt to stop him and even considers not going through the debate due to how bad Jimble has been doing.
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** He quickly finds himself getting exasperated by President Jimble continually making his chance of getting re-elected worse through due to his stupidity and incompetency. When Charlie decides to bail on the job, Pim makes no attempt to stop him and even considers not going through the debate due to how bad Jimble has been doing.
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* InkSuitActor: Caricatures of Zach Hadel made by his friends and himself often exaggerate the nose due to his nasal voice, all of which have been adapted into Charlie's character. Charlie also isn't able to handle James when he displays psychopathic tendencies and just folds to his whims without trying to quietly guide James into an acceptable compromise.

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* InkSuitActor: Caricatures of Zach Hadel made by his friends and himself often exaggerate the nose due to his nasal voice, all of which have been adapted into Charlie's character. Charlie also isn't able to handle James when he displays psychopathic tendencies and just folds to his whims without trying to quietly guide James into an acceptable compromise.

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Allan's getting more screentime in S2.


Charlie's and Pim's meticulous co-worker.

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Charlie's and Pim's meticulous co-worker.co-worker, who handles maintenance of the office.



* DemotedToExtra: You'd be excused for thinking Alan might be the {{Deuteragonist}} to our two leads based on the pilot, as he leads the B-plot there. But that's the only time he does so in Season 1. This trope is heavily downplayed though as Alan's still a member of the main cast, and the only reason the trope comes into play is because his focus episode is the very first one.
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** As much as he's a fan of Mr. Frog, even Charlie is horrified by his erratic and sociopathic behavior, especially when he says something unbelievably racist on Jimmy Kimmel.


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** He's horrified when President Jimble unintentionally pardons a genocidal dictator, even pointing that the man wiped a race of people out in a uncharacteristically serious and even angry-sounding tone of voice.
** Shortly after, Jimble's sheer incompetence becomes too much to handle for Charlie, who gives up on him and abandons the job. This is especially apparent as he's the only client Charlie has done this with.
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* EasilyForgiven: In "Mr. President", [[spoiler:he votes for Mr. Frog and its his vote that [[DecidedByOneVote decides the election]]. When the Smiling Friends call him out on screwing their client, he gives his reason ([[TheUnintelligble which we never actually figure out]]), to which everyone immediately understands and forgives him.]]
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld / VagueAge: The second episode of Season 2 reveals that Glep was born on [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNbnn79bsAASZRa?format=jpg&name=large the year 329]]. This would put him at around ''1694 years old'' at the time the episode premiered. Likely PlayedForLaughs, as this information can only be found in a FreezeFrameBonus.

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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld / VagueAge: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The second episode of Season 2 reveals that Glep was born on [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNbnn79bsAASZRa?format=jpg&name=large the year 329]]. This would put him at around ''1694 years old'' at the time the episode premiered. Likely PlayedForLaughs, as this information can only be found in a FreezeFrameBonus.
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Misuse; the Boss is gonk at best


* TheCutie: He might be an older man, but he's a kindhearted and caring individual who comes across as being nice to virtually everybody and is generally an incredibly benevolent character who loves making the world a better place, even if it's one step at a time, to the point where he founded a charity based off of doing this.

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* BrattyHalfPint: Glep's the smallest of the group (even smaller than Pim) but that doesn't stop him from being a feisty, back-sassing little fella.

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* BrattyHalfPint: Glep's the smallest of the group (even smaller than Pim) Pim), at 1'6'', but that doesn't stop him from being a feisty, back-sassing little fella.


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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld / VagueAge: The second episode of Season 2 reveals that Glep was born on [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNbnn79bsAASZRa?format=jpg&name=large the year 329]]. This would put him at around ''1694 years old'' at the time the episode premiered. Likely PlayedForLaughs, as this information can only be found in a FreezeFrameBonus.
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The fifth Smiling Friend voted into the show due to a nationwide online poll. At the end of his debut episode, the votes are counted and he is inducted as the fifth official Smiling Friends cast member. [[spoiler:Then he dies.]]

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The fifth Smiling Friend voted into the show due to a nationwide online poll. At the end of his debut episode, the votes are counted and he is inducted as the fifth official Smiling Friends cast member. [[spoiler:Then he dies.]]

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