History Characters / Ted

Donny's "son", implied to be a kid that he kidnapped.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He isn't heroic by any means, but he is nonetheless a protagonist who is homophobic, sexist, and racist, among other things.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even more-so than Matty himself, actually making Blair ''cry'' with his homophobic remarks.

* Can'tTakeCriticism: Matty assumes that anyone who points out any of his characters flaws, even if they do so gently, is "ganging up" on him and refuses to listen.

* EveryoneHasStandards: He might be a massive pervert, but he's legitimately horrified by the ludicrously large PornStash he finds on John's laptop in the sequel and takes it as a sign that John desperately needs romance in his life again.

!!Susan Bennet

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexBorstein (first film) Creator/AlannaUbach (series)

* FatBastard: Not as fat as [[WesternAnimation/Family Guy Peter Griffin]], but he's still noticeably pudgy. He is also quite an unpleasant individual.

* CharacterCheck: After going through some character development in the first movie, John stuggled to maintain his self-improvement and eventually reverted back to being a manchild. Given his second love interest doesn't challenge John, it's likely he never will act his age.

* MrViceGuy:

* AgeGapRomance: Lori's noticably younger than John, which is a point of frustration given she often has to be the adult in their relationship.

* OnlySaneWoman: When she's around John and Ted, big time. Eventually Lori loses patience and leves John for good in between films.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Despite having a stake in the second film, Tami-Lynn doesn't play as active a role as John does in getting Ted's personhood recognised by the legal system.

Donny's son.

%%* AntiVillain: Similar to his father.

%%* FamilyValuesVillain: See above.

%%* {{Jerkass}}

%%* StalkerWithoutACrush: Towards Ted.

* TheStoner: She smokes weed alongside her friend, Susan, at the latter's apartment. She also sells weed to pay for college tuition.

Johns’s cousin who lived with him and his parents in the 90’s.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlannaUbach

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ScottGrimes

* DeadpanSnarker: As is typical of a Seth Macfarlane character, he has a very sarcastic sense of humor.

* LazyBum: He prefers watching TV and smoking weed over doing work.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: His opinions on "chicks with dicks" porn shows his attitude towards trans women needs work.
-->"There are no chicks with dicks, only guys with tits!"

* TheSlacker: Ted has no ambition or motivation, and this is a source of ToxicFriendInfluence for John. Given his existence was dependent on a child's idea of what a best friend should be like, his laziness, immaturity and enabling of John's flaws are basically hardwired into his psyche.

* AntiHero: He's not exactly the ideal role model, is he? Drinking, swearing, smoking, doing drugs...

* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, "Teddy" was a sweet innocent little teddy bear. Cut to many years later, he's a foul-mouthed pervert, but still has a good heart.

** John's at least 12 years older than Sam. Then again, John doesn't act his age unless there's enough consequences.

** In the second he's fallen back into bad habits, preferring to watch B-movies when he should be helping work on Ted's case and making a scene at the court hearing the moment he's hit with a sensitive question.

[[folder:Blair]]
!!Blair

Johns’s cousin who lived with him and his parents in the 90’s
* BigSisterInstinct: She's very protective of John l, trying to keep him away from drugs so he’ll live a better life than her own brother.

John’s mother
* HiddenDepths: Is taking pottery classes and [[spoiler:is a qualified teacher]]
* NiceGirl: Susan unendingly sweet to everyone. Sge puts up with Marty’s bullshit with too much grace.

John’s dad

* {{Jerkass}}: Matty is an alchoholic, racist and selfish asshole in sharp contrast to his wife.

A toy truck that Matty had as a child. He wished it to life on Christmas

[[folder:Lori Collins]]
!!Lori Collins
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MilaKunis

John's girlfriend.
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* AgeGapRomance: Lori's noticably younger than John, which is a point of frustration given she often has to be the adult in their relationship.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments especially when it comes to John acting like a kid.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:With John at the end of the movie. It doesn't work out.]]
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Lori attempts to do this with John. [[spoiler: This ends up causing their divorce in the sequel as John was fed up with her always trying to change him.]]
* LoveCannotOvercome: Lori and John divorced because John got tired of trying to maintain his character development.
* MsFanservice: In the scene where she's wearing nothing but a towel.
* NiceGirl: She’s one of the friendliest, most levelheaded women in the movie.
* OnlySaneWoman: When she's around John and Ted, big time. Eventually Lori loses patience and leves John for good in between films.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She's absent from the sequel, more than likely because of her divorce.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Lori stated that she loves John because he's funny and super sweet. She just wishes he would act his age.
* WomenAreWiser: More levelheaded and mature than [[ManChild John]].

[[folder:Donny]]
!!Donny
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GiovanniRibisi

Ted's stalker who became obsessed with Ted as a child.
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* AbusiveParents: His father was more interested in "making love to new mommy" in front of him and gave him a rake for a birthday present, as shown in the flashback.
* AntiVillain: Sort of a WellIntentionedExtremist, Donny tries to be a good father and desperately wants Ted for his son, because when he was a child he wanted a talking teddy but his father said no. [[spoiler: Significantly less so in the sequel, where he manages to cut a deal with an executive of a toy company to make more toys like Ted accessible... [[FromNobodyToNightmare by kidnapping Ted and dissecting him]].]]
* BerserkButton: Do not swear in front of his son.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of the film [[spoiler:and the sequel]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The director's cut shows a glimpse of Donny's childhood. His parents were negligent and unloving and given how awkward he is, it's assumed Donny never had any friends.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's creepyily obsessed with Ted, but he also loves his son and only wants him to have the childhood that he never had.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As a villain, he has an aversion to swearing.
* EvilCounterpart: To John. Both are grown men in a state of arrested development who yearned to have a friend and be accepted.
* EvilDuo: With his son.
* FamilyValuesVillain: He cannot stand foul language.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The epilogue reveals that he was released from jail because the idea of kidnapping a sentient bear was too stupid for the cops to believe.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: He finally got arrested for real in the sequel after nearly killing John.]]
* MoralMyopia: He's a sleazy kidnapper but considers foul language to be distasteful.
* PsychopathicManchild: His obsession with Ted (a teddy bear) & trying to keep him to himself makes him out to be this.
* SerialKiller: Seems to have the characteristics of one, such as a room full of news clippings and a rocking horse with a wig. Ted even lampshades the last one.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Towards Ted. He's not in love with him, he's just obssessed with having Ted as a toy.
* TragicVillain: Donny's childhood was just as lonely as John's, but while John at least had a stable homelife with loving parents, Donny lived in near-poverty with deadbeat parents.
* WeaksauceWeakness: What ultimately blows his cover [[spoiler: in the sequel- he has a compulsion to dance every time he hears Tiffany's cover of "I Think We're Alone Now".]]
* {{Yandere}}: A rare platonic example towards Ted.

[[folder:Robert]]
!!Robert
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AedinMincks

Donny's son.
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%%* AntiVillain: Similar to his father.
* BerserkButton: Don't swear in front of him.
%%* FamilyValuesVillain: See above.
* EvilDuo: With his father.
* FatBastard: [[spoiler:However, he managed to grow up to become Creator/TaylorLautner... Somehow.]]
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* KidsAreCruel: He ripped off Ted's ear just for cussing.
* ShesAllGrownUp: According to the narrator, Robert grew up to become Creator/TaylorLautner.
* SpoiledBrat: An interesting example, in that while his father makes it a point of never saying "no" to him and he's definitely a brat, his room is almost bare, he has something called a "play hour", and his father is physically abusive towards him.
%%* StalkerWithoutACrush: Towards Ted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike his father, he is not even mentioned in the sequel.

[[folder:Rex]]
!!Rex
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoelMcHale

Lori's boss who is constantly trying to hit on her.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Lori. He's not unattractive, but his personality definitely is.
* AllMenArePerverts: When Lori leaves his office, he grabs a magnifying glass, inspects where she was sitting, and licks it. Perverted enough for you...?
* AntiVillain: He's not even a real villain, just an asshole and John's rival for Lori's affections.
%%* BadBoss: To Lori.
* CasanovaWannabe: He keeps hitting on Lori, but all his attempts are unsuccessful.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:[[AssholeVictim Even if he's a dick]], Lou Gehrig's disease is still a ''horrible'' way to die.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: His general opinion of women in general, regardless of whether they're single, already in a relationship, or married.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a sleazy, cocky narcissist.
* {{Slimeball}}: Rex openly creeps onto Lori and due to being her well-off employer, he refuses to take no for an answer. If this movie came out after the [=MeToo=] movement, his comeuppance would have probably been given extra emphasis.
%%* SmugSnake

!!Bennet Family
[[folder:Blair]]
!!Blair
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GiorgiaWhigham
Johns’s cousin who lived with him and his parents in the 90’s
* BigSisterInstinct: She's very protective of John l, trying to keep him away from drugs so he’ll live a better life than her own brother.
* MyGreatestFailure: She tried her hardest to keep her brother Kevin out of jail. She failed.

[[folder:Susan]]
!!Susan Bennet
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlannaUbach
John’s mother
* NiceGirl: Susan unendingly sweet to everyone. Sge puts up with Marty’s bullshit with too much grace.

[[folder:Matty]]
!!Matt Bennett
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ScottGrimes
John’s dad
* {{Jerkass}}: Matty is an alchoholic, racist and selfish asshole in sharp contrast to his wife.

[[folder:Dennis]]
!!Dennis
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!!!'''Played By:''' Bobby Strom
A toy truck that Matty had as a child. He wished it to life on Christmas
* BoomerangBigot: Is homophobic but later reveals he’s gay.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ted since he’s racist and an asshole like Matty.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlanaUrbach

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkWahlberg, Bretton Manley (young John), Colton Shires (teenage John) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/BrunoChoel (European French)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Played By:''' Aedin Mincks

->Played by: Creator/SethMacFarlane, Zane Cowans (young), Creator/TaraStrong (uncredited, "I Love You" function)

->Played by: Creator/MarkWahlberg, Bretton Manley (young John), Colton Shires (teenage John)
->Dubbed by: Creator/BrunoChoel (European French)

->Played by: Creator/MilaKunis

->Played by: Creator/GiovanniRibisi

->Played by: Aedin Mincks

->Played by: Creator/JoelMcHale

->Played by: Jessica Barth

->Played by: Creator/AmandaSeyfried

%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:At the end.]]

%%* PoliticallyIncorrectHero

* TheSlacker: Has no ambition or motivation, and this is a source of ToxicFriendInfluence for John.
* TakeThat: "Still better than Music/KatyPerry."

* UndyingLoyalty: Promised to always be best friends with John in their childhood.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Justified. When he was first "born", he was a media sensation, but 27 years have passed since then and he's since become one of those things in life you can't really explain but simply have to accept.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, "Teddy" was a sweet innocent little teddy bear. Cut to many years later, he's a foul-mouthed pervert, but still has a good heart.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Him and John. They may bicker and get on each others nerves, but they can't live without one another.

* FriendlessBackground: The reason that John made a wish for Ted to come to life was because he was shunned by the other neighborhood kids and he had no real friends.

* MrViceGuy: John can be immature and has a low tolerance for genuine jerks. Other than that, John is a friendly NiceGuy.
* {{Manchild}}: The first film is about John's inability to grow up in general.

* SirSwearsAlot: Not to an extent like Ted, but does swear like a sailor.
* TheSlacker: Due to Ted's influence, a thing which frustrates Lori.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Him and Ted. They may bicker and get on each others nerves, but they can't live without one another.

* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Attempts to do this with John. [[spoiler: This ends up causing their divorce in the sequel as John was fed up with her always trying to change him.]]

* OnlySaneWoman: When she's around John and Ted, big time.

%%* {{Jerkass}}

* OnlySaneWoman: When it comes to her, Ted, and John, Samantha is definitely this.

* TheStoner: The reason she gets along with Ted and John is because she's also weed lover.

* VocalDissonance: A cute teddy bear that sounds like [[Series/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] is going to take some getting used to.