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* KarmaHoudini

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* KarmaHoudiniKarmaHoudini: While he usually causes problems for the group with his bizarre behavior, he never suffers any consequences for it.
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--> ''Creator/MarkDuplass

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--> ''Creator/MarkDuplass'''Played by''': Creator/MarkDuplass
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Anything That Moves is a disambiguation


* AnythingThatMoves: Including Rafi.
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!!GeneralTropes:

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!!GeneralTropes:!!General Tropes:
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* InformedAbility: His prowess at fantasy football. While he hasn't landed the Sacko, Pete hasn't won since the series started, despite having the best record in the league.

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* InformedAbility: His prowess at fantasy football. While he hasn't landed the Sacko, Sacko (at least not officially), Pete hasn't won since the series started, despite having the best record in the league.
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* CatchPhrase: ''"Forever Unclean!"''

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* CatchPhrase: ''"Forever Unclean!"''Unclean!"'' To a lesser extent, accusations of collusion, [[spoiler:to be fair, he was right at first.]]
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* FourEyesZeroSoul: A trait he shares with his father
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* ButtMonkey: In addition to things usually going badly for him and the won time he won the Shiva he had to give up his Comissioner's position to keep it from being thrown out.

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* ButtMonkey: In addition to things usually going badly for him and the won time he won the Shiva he had to give up his Comissioner's Commissioner's position to keep it from being thrown out.



* TheFriendNobodyLikes:Is pretty much only part of the groups social circle to be virbally shat on and take a spot in the League.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes:Is pretty much only part of the groups group's social circle to be virbally verbally shat on and take a spot in the League.



* TedBaxter: Thinks he's far more competent at his various hobbies than he actually is.
* UpperClassTwit: One of the richiest members of the League and tends to spend that money on various hobbies that no one else cares about.

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* TedBaxter: SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks he's far more competent at his various hobbies than he actually is.
* UpperClassTwit: One of the richiest richest members of the League and tends to spend that money on various hobbies that no one else cares about.



* ParentalFavoritsm: For reasons that baffle everyone, Kevin and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.

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* ParentalFavoritsm: ParentalFavoritism: For reasons that baffle everyone, Kevin and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.
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* Creepy Monotone: He was once impersonated by the speech computer of a man with ALS.

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* Creepy Monotone: CreepyMonotone: He was once impersonated by the speech computer of a man with ALS.



* UglyGuyHotWife

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* UglyGuyHotWife
UglyGuyHotWife: Mrs. Ruxin is played by [[MsFanservice Nadine Velasquez]].
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* NiceJewishBoy: Thoroughly averted. Ruxin is a lapsed Jew and a ''massive'' asshole.

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* UnFavorite: Despite being a lawyer, a father and far more rational and sane, Pete's mother constantly asks why he can't be as successful as Taco.

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* UnFavorite: Despite being a lawyer, a father and far more rational and sane, Pete's mother constantly asks why he can't be as successful as Taco.





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\n* UnFavorite: Despite being a lawyer, a father and far more rational and sane, Kevin's mother constantly asks why he can't be as successful as Taco.





** One episode shows Andre remembering telling a joke in a suave manner and Kevin and Taco laughing and complimenting him on his greatness. We then see the reality of the joke being dumb and the two just brushing Andrew off as an idiot.



* ParentalFavoritsm: For reasons that baffle everyone, Pete and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.

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* ParentalFavoritsm: For reasons that baffle everyone, Pete Kevin and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.
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* ParentalFavoritsm: For reasons that baffle everyone, Pete and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.
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* UnFavorite: Despite being a lawyer, a father and far more rational and sane, Pete's mother constantly asks why he can't be as successful as Taco.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't throw twelve-year-olds girls soccer match.
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* SelfServingMemory: Numerous times about his past and his standing with the crew. He's under the impression he bullied everyone on the team when in fact ''he'' was the one bullied constantly.

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* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs

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* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs
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* HotMom
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* HotWife

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* HotWifeHotMom

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!!GeneralTropes:
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: When it comes to Fantasy Football.
* JerkAss: All of them, with Ruxin being the worst.



* JerkAss: More so than the rest of the League, which is quite an achievement.



* HotWife




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* UglyGuyHotWife: Hot Wife to Ruxin's Ugly Guy. Ruxin fully owns up to it.




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* GuestStarPartyMember: Was part of The League for the first four episodes of season 2. They quickly regret this and have to trick him into leaving.
* JerkAss: Is far worse than the League which is really, really saying something.
* TheSociopath: The man has no limit to what he will do.

!!Dirty Randy
Rafi's best friend and partner-in-crime. A full time librarian and porn director.
* AnythingThatMoves: Including Rafi.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Once threatened Ruxin with a trident made of dildos.
* ThePungeonMaster: Believes puns are as vital to the porn business.




Ruxin's sone.

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Ruxin's sone.
son.
* ArtifactTitle: He's still called Baby Geoffrey long after he grows out of being one.



Kevin and Jenny's second child. Kevin sold his naming rights to Ruxin so that the 2011 season (season 3) would not be voided. Ruxin then sold the right to Taco in exchange for his first round draft pick. Taco then chose the name "Chalupa-Batman".

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Kevin and Jenny's second child. Kevin sold his naming rights to Ruxin so that the 2011 season (season 3) would not be voided. Ruxin then sold the right to Taco in exchange for his first round draft pick. Taco then chose the name "Chalupa-Batman". While Kevin and Jenny have since renamed the baby Christopher the League still refers to him as Chalupa Batman.

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* InformedAbility: His prowess at fantasy football. While he hasn't landed the Sacko, Pete hasn't won since the series started, despite having the best record in the league.




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* ButtMonkey: In addition to things usually going badly for him and the won time he won the Shiva he had to give up his Comissioner's position to keep it from being thrown out.
* HappilyMarried: To Jenny, despite some turbulence.




* ButtMonkey/TheFriendNobodyLikes


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* ButtMonkey/TheFriendNobodyLikes

ButtMonkey: As noted in his description. The rest of the League generally spend a quarter of every conversation taking the piss out of him.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:Is pretty much only part of the groups social circle to be virbally shat on and take a spot in the League.
* {{Hipster}}: Has shades of this in how he dresses and some of his attempts at hobbies.
* NoSocialSkills: His
* TedBaxter: Thinks he's far more competent at his various hobbies than he actually is.
* UpperClassTwit: One of the richiest members of the League and tends to spend that money on various hobbies that no one else cares about.



* ActorAllusion: Jon [=LaJoie=]'s character attempts to draft Canadian players and spoke French when not high.
* TheCastShowoff: Jon [=LaJoie=]'s singing.




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* TheManBehindTheMan: To Kevin until she got her own spot in the League





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* TheGhost: Unlike the other Out of Towners he never showed up in person.

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* VillainousBreakdown: To the point where he [[spoiler:has a stroke]]
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[[folder: The League]]
!!Peter "Pete" Eckhart
The most successful of the League, having won the Shiva three times (although the last time was 2008, in the backstory).
* BrilliantButLazy

!!Kevin [=MacArthur=]
An assistant District Attorney and the League Commissioner. Won the Shiva in the controversial 2011 season (season 3)

!!Rodney Ruxin
A Lawyer. Won the Shiva in 2010 (season 2), then won the Sacko in 2011 (causing him to have a stroke) and 2012 (seasons 3 and 4).
* AlliterativeName
* AmoralAttorney
** Also his father and sister.
* CannotConveySarcasm
* CatchPhrase: ''"Forever Unclean!"''
* Creepy Monotone: He was once impersonated by the speech computer of a man with ALS.
* ConsummateLiar
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* JerkAss: More so than the rest of the League, which is quite an achievement.
* LastNameBasis
-->'''Somebody''': Rodney!
-->'''Ruxin''': Everybody calls me Ruxin.
* UglyGuyHotWife

!!Dr. Andre Nowzick
A plastic surgeon and ButtMonkey. Won the Shiva in 2009 and 2014 (seasons 1 and 6), thus making him the second most successful in the League. Won the Sacko in 2010 (season 2)
* ButtMonkey/TheFriendNobodyLikes


!!Taco [=MacArthur=]
Professional moocher and Kevin's brother. Won the Shiva (under [[NoodleIncident unexplained circumstances]]) in 2006 (backstory) and the Sacko in 2014 (season 6).
* ActorAllusion: Jon [=LaJoie=]'s character attempts to draft Canadian players and spoke French when not high.
* TheCastShowoff: Jon [=LaJoie=]'s singing.
* CloudCuckoolander
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Inverted in "Flowers for Tacho". After being sober for the first time since he was 8, he's perfectly happy being smart. However, the rest of the League is not (mainly because they now cannot beat him), and force him to get high again.
* GeniusDitz: He is very skilled in music and having sex.
* KarmaHoudini
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* ReallyGetsAround: He was able to travel the world for several months, without spending any money, by relying his Eskimo Brothers (men[[labelnote:*]]usually. He did mention having an Eskimo Sister through a bisexual partner.[[/labelnote]] who have had sex with women he has also had sex with).
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs

!!Jenny [=MacArthur=]
Real estate agent and Kevin's wife. Gave her husband much needed fantasy football advice, until she got her own spot in the League in 2010 (season 2).

!!Vince
An out-of-town player, who left the League before the 2010 season (season 2). Was replaced by Rafi, who was then replaced a few weeks later by Jenny.

!!Chuck
An out-of-town player.

!!Ted
An out-of-town player. Dies of AIDS after the 2013 season (season 5).

!!Shivakamini Somakandarkram
The namesake of the Shiva.
* AlliterativeName

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[[folder: Family]]
!!Sofia Ruxin
Ruxin's wife
* OddFriendship: With Taco, the only member of The League she likes (possible because he isn't interested in football).

!!Rafi
Sofia's Brother.

!!Baby Geoffrey Ruxin
Ruxin's sone.

!!Ellie [=MacArthur=]
Kevin and Jenny's first child.


!!Chalupa-Batman [=MacArthur=]
Kevin and Jenny's second child. Kevin sold his naming rights to Ruxin so that the 2011 season (season 3) would not be voided. Ruxin then sold the right to Taco in exchange for his first round draft pick. Taco then chose the name "Chalupa-Batman".
* AwesomeMcCoolname
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