History Characters / StayTuned

* DeadpanSnarker: Each Knable gets at least one moment throughout the film, but Helen is the most prominent.

---> "My doctor was right. Donuts will be the death of me!" [[note]]Says this as Robo-Cat attempts to kill him...while being trapped in a donut.[[/note]]
---> "Now I want you both to stay inside. You make sure those donuts are ready. I'm gonna be very hungry when I get back."

* SheCleansUpNicely: While she was never unattractive, this trope is definitely at play in the Noir segment, which doesn't go unnoticed by Roy.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The last we see of Spike is him stuck in a chandelier with Rivets, the Knables' neighbor's dog (he was sucked into Hell Vision, right below him. Crowley, the very man he demoted to field work earlier, cuts the rope with an axe, causing Spike to fall the ground and become dog chow.

Here is the character sheet for the 1992 film, ''Stay Tuned''. Please keep in mind that this page is currently under construction and all spoilers are currently unmarked.

---> "My doctor was right. Donuts will be the death of me!" [[note]]

---> "My doctor was right. Donuts will be the death of me!"

* BigNo: Does one after Roy gets shot by Spike in a showdown. Luckily, his remote took the bullet.

* EurekaMoment: Has one of these. When Darryl intervenes just as Roy is about to be decapitated, the latter remarks, "My God," prompting the executioners to believe that Darryl is God. Helen decides to take advantage of this...to Darryl's confusion.
--->'''Helen:''' Yes! It's...God! Right, God? Tell the infidels to release him!
--->'''Darryl:''' ''(to Diane)'' What's an infidel?
--->'''Diane:''' I-I don't know.
--->'''Helen:''' [[LaymansTerms Just tell them to release him!]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts this twice in the movie. The first time is when she saw Roy's new TV, and the second time is when they're both cartoon mice and Roy finds donuts.

* BigDamnHeroes: Does this just as his father is about to lose his head to the guillotine.
* ChekhovsGun: The machine he uses to hack into television airwaves at the beginning. He uses it stall of the execution of his father just long enough for them to let the timer run out.

* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: The beginning and end of the film is tied together with him narrating about his parents. The beginning is where he talks about his parents (particularly his father) and their failing marriage. The end has him talking about how their marriage improved and his dad cut down on TV and got a new job.

* TotallyRadical: Remarks "Totally wicked!" upon seeing the giant satellite dish for the first time

--> '''Diane:''' "You're pizza topping!"
* JerkAss: At several points throughtout the film, Diane is shown to be very rude to Darryl, who keeps trying to warn her about what happened to their parents. She calls him names like dipstick, dweebnik, and pus-head, and abrasively dismisses Darryl's warnings to stay away from the satellite dish. Though this does lessen once she discovers her parents inside and helps Darryl out.

* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: After he takes over Hell Vision following Spike's death.

* KlingonPromotion: Takes over Spike's position after Spike gets killed.

A neighbor of the Knables. He was under the thumb of his wife until Spike knocked on his door and offered him escape. Needless to say, he doesn't regret it.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Becomes a crime lord and the owner of a club after being sucked in, and enjoys every bit of it.
--->"Outside, I was Murray the Doormat. In here...Boss Seidenbaum."
* HenpeckedHusband: His wife, Sarah, definitely wore the pants in their marriage. It's because of this that he enjoys being in Hell Vision.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: After getting shot by a gangster, he gives Roy his remote just before he dies.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he doesn't have a lot of screentime, he is the character that sets the plot in motion, first by being the first one to get sucked into Hell Vision in the cold opening, and then by giving his remote to Roy after being gunned down.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Its reaction upon seeing the Robo-Dog Roy ordered.

* TeenGenius: In case the above tropes didn't make it obvious. [[note]]Although his age is never explicitly stated, Darryl's actor, David Tom, was thirteen years old at the time of filming, so it definitely qualifies.[[/note]]

Plumbing equipment salesman by day, couch potato by night, Roy spends his time on the chair watching TV, much to the ire and frustration of his wife, Helen (and to a lesser extent, his children). When he is approached by Spike about signing up for free trial for a new TV service, he happily signs the contract. Little did he know, he sold the devil his soul in the process.

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: According to Darryl, Roy has accused by Helen of going through a mid-life crisis. He said he wasn't.

* TeenGenius: In case the above tropes didn't make it obvious. [[note]]Although his age is never explicitly stated, Darryl's actor, David Tom was thirteen years old at the time of filming, so it definitely qualifies.[[/note]]

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Demotes Crowley to field work by banishing him to a channel for pissing him off, and says this to Pierce.
--->'''Spike:''' (in an eerily calm tone): Screw up in here, and you're dead meat...dead meat.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Is appalled by the deaths to happen to those trapped in Hell Vision, though it has more to do with the lack of subtext than the violent nature of them.

--->Pierce"I get his parking space."

* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: After getting shot by a gangster, he gives Roy his remote just before he dies

* ButtMonkey: Roy endures a lot of abuse, especially while in Hell Vision. From getting his ass handed to him a professional wrestler to having a camera slammed in his face twice and nearly losing an eye. Even before that, we see a montage of his doing his job, where he goes up to an office, only to see that the business moved to another office. Also, he tries to get his suitcase out of his car, only to have it fly out and land in the street...and ''immediately get run over by a semi-truck!''

* RageBreakingPoint: After seeing the new Roy got after signing up with Hell Vision, she furiously packs her bags and prepares to leave him. When she sees him adjusting the dish, she picks up a nearby shovel and angrily beats on it, which activates it.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While as a mouse, Helen pulls out a picture of Darryl and Diane, who are also mice. Strangely, their mouse forms have buck teeth, something their parents lack.

* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair of red horn-rimmed glasses, and is very smart to boot. Amusingly, the photo of him as a mouse (see above) has him wearing a black pair that's ''much larger than his head.''

Roy and Helen's youngest child and the narrator/tritagonist of the film, Darryl is an electronics whiz-kid who is the first to discover Roy and Helen trapped in the TV world.

* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair of red horn-rimmed glasses, and is very smart to boot.

* TheSmartGuy

* LargeHam: Courtesy of Jeffrey Jones

* ButtMonkey: Possibly moreso than Roy. He gets banished into field work by Spike when he (implicitly) accuses him of screwing up, accidentally breaks off a finger, gets attacked by wolves, losing an arm and a leg in the process.

* {{Fingore}}: Accidentally breaks off a finger in the Northern Overexposure while explaining the odds of surviving Hell Vision to Roy and Helen.

--->"I get his parking space."

A neighbor of the Knables. He was under the thumb of his wife until Spike knocked on his door and offered him escape.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he doesn't have a lot of screentime, he is the character sets the plot in motion, first by being the first one to get sucked into Hell Vision in the cold opening, and then by giving his remote to Roy after gunned down.

Plumbing equipment salesman by day, couch potato by night, Roy spends his time on the chair watching TV, much to the ire and frustration of his wife, Helen (and to a mlesser extent, his children). When he is approached by Spike about signing up for free trial for a new TV service, he happily signs the contract. Little did he know, he sold the devil his soul in the process.

** TheHero: Roy

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a down on his luck couch potato selling plumbling equipment to a heroic family man running a fencing school.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Is considered this at points by Diane.

Here is the character sheet for the 1992 film, ''Stay Tuned''. Please keep in mind that this page is currently under construction and all spoilers are currently ummarked.

A neighbor of the Knables. He was under the thumb of his wife until Spike knocked on his door and offered him

An intern at Hell Vision.

Plumbing equipment salesman by day, couch potato by night, Roy spends his time on the chair watching TV, much to the ire and frustration of his wife, Helen (and to lesser extent, his children). When he is approached by Spike about signing up for free trial for a new TV service, he happily signs the contract. Little did he know, he sold the devil his soul in the process.

* TheAce: She's had far greater success in her job compared to Roy, as she is a top-level executive for a vitamin company (She had recently been promoted to senior product manager) and with an MBA. to go with it.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EugeneLevy

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnRitter

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I didn't know this was part of the deal, I thought I was getting a new TV!"'']][[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in mouse form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/staytunedtropes_roy_mouse.png[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Pam Dawber

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->'''Portrayed by:''' David Tom

->'''Portrayed by:''' Heather McComb

A high-ranking executive at Hell Vision, and the main antagonist of the film. He is tasked with luring suckers into Hell Vision with the intention of killing them, all to provide entertainment for the Boss himself

* BadBoss: Banishes Crowley

->'''Portrayed by:''' Erik King

* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he doesn't have a lot of screentime, he is the character sets the plot in motion, first by being the first one to get sucked into Hell Vision in the cold opening, and then by giving his remote to Roy after killed.

** Also, suggesting to take his position from him is enough to irk.

Roy's more successful, but long-suffering wife and the film's deuteragonist. Helen is a senior product manager for a vitamin company who has been trying to get Roy away from the television, but to no avail.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts this twice in the movie. The first

* GenreSavvy: When you've spent a decent chunk of your life watching TV, this comes in handy after being sucked into Hell Vision. This is most prominent in the cartoon segment where he [[MacGuyering MacGyers]] a trap that forces Robo-Cat into a bathtub and [[ElectrifiedBathtub electrocutes it by pushing a hairdryer into the tub.]] and invokes InstantHomeDelivery
** WrongGenreSavvy: However, in the wrestling segment, he thinks that wrestling is fake and nobody gets hurt. Immediately winds up on the recieving of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown

* GenreSavvy: When you've spent a decent chunk of your life watching TV, this comes in handy after being sucked into Hell Vision. This is most prominent in the cartoon segment where he [[MacGuyering MacGyers]] a trap that forces Robo-Cat into a bathtub and [[Electrified Bathtub electrocutes it by pushing a hairdryer into the tub.]] and invokes InstantHomeDelivery

* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: The beginning and end of the film is tied together with him narrating about his parents. The beginning is where he explains

* SuperPersisentPredator: It's relentless in chasing Roy and Helen, even after being electrocuted.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:

* PapaWolf: Extremely downplayed example

* Establishing Character Moment: His first on-screen appearance shows him hacking into television reception, establishing his knack of tinkering, which becomes crucial later on.

* PlayfulHacker: Hacks into TV airwaves to advertise tapes of his sister French-kissing her boyfriend.

Here is the character sheet for the 1992 film, ''Stay Tuned''. Please keep in mind that this page is currently under construction.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Is considered at points this by Diane.