Line #11 Characters/TheLeague


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4	!!General Tropes:
5	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: When it comes to Fantasy Football.
6	* JerkAss: All of them, with Ruxin being the worst.
7	* LovingAShadow: PlayedWith in regards to Shiva. The main characters all [[LustObject objectify and idolize her]], from naming their championship trophy after her and adorning it with memorabilia of her to invoking her name as if she's some kind of exotic goddess. The real Shiva finds all of this very gross and points out that they barely know her real self. But they don't care.
8	* MistakenForGay: A RunningGag that happens to all of the main characters except Taco at least once.
9	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: All of them to some extent, engaging in borderline-sociopathic hijinks all just to get the upperhand in fantasy football.
10	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Even without the constant volley of insults and pranks, every single member of the League (except Taco, who is too stoned to know or care) will manipulate and betray any other member for even the slightest advantages in their fantasy football games. At one point, Pete even tells his friends that they're the worst people he knows. They take this in stride.
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12	!!Peter "Pete" Eckhart
13	--> '''Played by''': Creator/MarkDuplass
14	The most successful of the League, having won the Shiva three times (although the last time was 2008, in the backstory).
15	* BrilliantButLazy: He tends to half-ass everything that isn't related to fantasy football.
16	* DeadpanSnarker: Constantly.
17	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't throw twelve-year-olds girls soccer match.
18	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kevin. Dirty Randy mistook them for actual life partners, and Ruxin plays it up by naming his fantasy football team "Pete Top, Kevin Bottom".
19	* InformedAbility: His prowess at fantasy football. While he hasn't landed the Sacko (at least not officially), Pete hasn't won since the series started, despite having the best record in the league.
20	* TeenyWeenie: Supposedly. Taco even made a song mocking him for it called "Pete's Tiny Erect Dick".
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22	!!Kevin [=MacArthur=]
23	--> '''Played by''': Creator/StephenRannazzisi
24	An assistant District Attorney and the League Commissioner. Won the Shiva in the controversial 2011 season (season 3)
25	* AmazonChaser: In "The Light of Genesis", his female Krav Maga instructor's fighting prowess awakens his "fear boner".
26	* AmoralAttorney: During the early episodes, though this gradually moved to him being moral but incompetent.
27	* ButtMonkey: In addition to things usually going badly for him and the won time he won the Shiva, he had to give up his Commissioner's position to keep it from being thrown out.
28	* HappilyMarried: To Jenny, despite some turbulence.
29	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pete. Dirty Randy mistook them for actual life partners, and Ruxin plays it up by naming his fantasy football team "Pete Top, Kevin Bottom".
30	* JizzedInMyPants: In "The Hot Tub", Kevin buys some "love pants" for his "sexaversary" with Jenny, but the pants end up being [[PaintedOnPants so thin it feels like he's not wearing them at all]]. This leads to disaster when he ends up running into Sofia and she ends up grazing against him one too many times in a crowded store, he ends up "dropping his hot soup" on her, much to her horror.
31	* LousyLoversAreLosers: Kevin is often implied to be a pretty bad lover, mostly by having [[TheLoinsSleepTonight trouble getting it up]].
32	* 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.
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34	!!Rodney Ruxin
35	--> '''Played by''': Creator/NickKroll
36	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).
37	* AlliterativeName
38	** Also his father Rupert and sister Rebecca.
39	* AmoralAttorney: Primarily works as a corporate lawyer for the most amoral of clients (serving as part of BP's legal team during the 2010 oil spill). When Kevin shows up at his office to get his advice on lying, Ruxin tells him he doesn't need to whisper as "lying is encouraged here".
40	* CannotConveySarcasm
41	* CatchPhrase: ''"Forever Unclean!"'' To a lesser extent, accusations of collusion, [[spoiler:to be fair, he was right at first.]]
42	* CreepyMonotone: He was once impersonated by the speech computer of a man with ALS.
43	* ConsummateLiar: Ruxin lies so often that he considers it "familiar waters" and it almost pains him to actually tell the truth. Kevin seeks him out for advice on how to lie in one episode.
44	* DeadpanSnarker: Practically every time he speaks.
45	* EmbarrassingNickname: Ruxin used to be called "the Herdsman" in high school because he could only get fat girls to date him.
46	* FourEyesZeroSoul: A trait he shares with his father
47	* GreedyJew: Ruxin is an AmoralAttorney that is extremely greedy, to the point where he even lampshades being the poster boy for a Nazi propaganda stereotype of the trope.
48	* HenpeckedHusband: At first, though he barely cares about his wife and doesn't listen to her.
49	* HoistByHisOwnPetard
50	* InformedJudaism: He's ethnically Jewish, but is not practicing and only adheres to his Judaism when it benefits him (such as getting Baby Geoffrey into a prestigious Jewish preschool). He is married to a Catholic and his son was baptized (he told his mother that the church was a ''really'' progressive synagogue).
51	* LastNameBasis: He thinks "Rodney" is an EmbarrassingFirstName and insists on being addressed by his surname. His father, Rupert, has the same problem.
52	-->'''Somebody''': Rodney!
53	-->'''Ruxin''': Everybody calls me Ruxin.
54	* LousyLoversAreLosers: He is implied to be a pretty bad lover. He even tries to justify his [[SpeedSex trouble holding back]] to his wife as her being "too beautiful" but doesn't get much sympathy.
55	* NiceJewishBoy: Thoroughly averted. Ruxin is a lapsed Jew and a ''massive'' asshole.
56	* VillainousBreakdown: To the point where he [[spoiler:has a stroke]]
57	* UglyGuyHotWife: Mrs. Ruxin is played by [[MsFanservice Nadine Velasquez]].
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59	!!Dr. Andre Nowzick
60	--> '''Played by''': Creator/PaulScheer
61	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)
62	* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Andre genuinely thinks that his hair is clear and that he has enough to comb when he is alone rather than accept being bald.
63	* ButtMonkey: As noted in his description. The rest of the League generally spend a quarter of every conversation taking the piss out of him.
64	* CampStraight: Andre acts pretty effeminate at times, but he's a straight guy.
65	* CasanovaWannabe: He tries to be, particularly evident when he's discussing pickup artist tips with Pete.
66	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He is pretty much only part of the group's social circle to be verbally shat on and take a spot in the League, though it is occasionally subverted.
67	* {{Hipster}}: Has shades of this in how he dresses and some of his attempts at hobbies.
68	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Andre's fashion sense is a regular source of mockery for both its hideousness and the large amount of money he spends on it.
69	* KavorkaMan: Despite his physical unattractiveness, horrid fashion sense, and lack of social skills, Andre does have a fair amount of romantic partners over the course of the series, including resident LustObject Shiva and Pete's ex-wife Meegan.
70	* NoSocialSkills: And then some. It's heavily implied the reason he puts up with all the abuse from the rest of the league is because they are literally the only people who will talk to him.
71	* 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.
72	** 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.
73	* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks he's far more competent at his various hobbies than he actually is.
74	* UpperClassTwit: One of the richest members of the League and tends to spend that money on various hobbies that no one else cares about.
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76	!!Taco [=MacArthur=]
77	--> '''Played by''': Creator/JonathonLajoie
78	Professional moocher and Kevin's brother. Won the Shiva (under [[NoodleIncident unexplained circumstances]]) in 2006 (backstory) and the Sacko in 2014 (season 6).
79	* CloudCuckoolander: Mostly due to him perpetually stoned.
80	* 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.
81	* GeniusDitz: He is very skilled in music and having sex.
82	* KarmaHoudini: While he usually causes problems for the group with his bizarre behavior, he never suffers any consequences for it.
83	* NoddleIncident: Taco off-handedly mentions winning the Shiva Bowl prior to the start of the series, despite his complete ineptitude at fantasy football.
84	* ObfuscatingStupidity
85	* ParentalFavoritism: For reasons that baffle everyone, Kevin and Taco's mother somehow believes Taco is the more successful and honorable of the two brothers.
86	* 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).
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88	!!Jenny [=MacArthur=]
89	--> '''Played by''': Creator/KatieAselton
90	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).
91	* AmbiguouslyBi: Taco discovers and reveals that Jenny had sexual relations with another woman while in college, which she is deeply embarrassed about. She also fantasizes about Shiva while masturbating once.
92	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In "Training Camp", Jenny is sexually frustrated due to Kevin [[NoPreggerSex refusing to have sex with her while she's pregnant]], so she resorts to masturbating in her parked car (while fantasizing of [[LustObject Shiva]] no less). She orgasms while [[CallingYourOrgasms screaming Shiva's name]], only to realize the guys are crowded around the car window, much to her embarrassment.
93	* ClingyJealousGirl: Jenny is not usually the jealous type and doesn't care if Kevin watches porn or finds some other woman hot, but one episode has her getting jealous of Kevin's attraction to Sofia.
94	* OneOfTheBoys: A somewhat unusual example in that she's not really a tomboy and is certainly feminine, she's just really good at fantasy football and can engage with and challenge the guys on their own terms. She also seems more comfortable interacting with the guys than with Sofia.
95	* SportsWidow: Averted; she's arguably a bigger football fan (and indisputably a better fantasy football player) than Kevin is.
96	* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Woman Behind the Man]]: To Kevin until she got her own spot in the League
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98	!!Vince
99	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.
100	* TheGhost: Unlike the other Out of Towners he never showed up in person.
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102	!!Chuck
103	An out-of-town player.
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105	!!Ted
106	--> '''Played by''': Creator/AdamBrody
107	An out-of-town player. Dies of AIDS after the 2013 season (season 5).
108	* InformedJudaism: The only time he is confirmed to be Jewish is when a rabbi performs his funeral.
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110	!!Shivakamini Somakandarkram
111	--> '''Played by''': Creator/JaninaGavankar
112	A high school classmate of the main characters and the namesake of the Shiva.
113	* AlliterativeName
114	* MsFanservice: The main character's nerd classmate who [[SheIsAllGrownUp grew up]] to be a massive sexpot and HospitalHottie. This is why the main characters named their trophy after her and overall treat her like a LustObject.
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119	!!Sofia Ruxin
120	--> '''Played by''': Creator/NadineVelazquez
121	Ruxin's wife
122	* ClingyJealousGirl: Sofia forbids Ruxin from watching porn, for she considers it cheating. She even gets mad when she finds out he masturbates to a picture of her.
123	* LysistrataGambit: Withholding sex is Sofia's most common way of punishing Ruxin.
124	* MsFanservice: Sofia is a HeadTurningBeauty and SpicyLatina TrophyWife who is often treated as a LustObject for all the male characters (including her brother) and frequently shown in revealing outfits or some state of undress (usually via ToplessnessFromTheBack]].
125	* OddFriendship: With Taco, the only member of The League she likes (possible because he isn't interested in football).
126	* SportsWidow: Sofia knows to leave Ruxin alone when he and the rest of the league show up to watch football.
127	* UglyGuyHotWife: Hot Wife to Ruxin's Ugly Guy. Ruxin fully owns up to it.
128	* WetBlanketWife: Sofia very much dislikes fantasy football, so she's often portrayed as a nag towards Ruxin and his friends for their obsession with it. She also tends to be controlling and demanding of Ruxin, thinking he doesn't put enough effort into being a good parent and husband, and is often suspicious that he's up to some bizarre scheme (and considering [[ConsummateLiar what he's like]], she's often correct to suspect him).
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130	!!Rafi
131	--> '''Played by''': Creator/JasonMantzoukas
132	Sofia's Brother.
133	* CloudCuckoolander: Rafi is absolutely bonkers, has no boundaries, and is always doing and saying things that are super extreme and inappropriate.
134	* 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.
135	* JerkAss: Is far worse than the League, which is really, really saying something.
136	* TheSociopath: The man has no limit to what he will do.
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138	!!Dirty Randy
139	--> '''Played by''': Creator/SethRogen
140	Rafi's best friend and partner-in-crime. A full-time librarian and porn director.
141	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Once threatened Ruxin with a trident made of dildos.
142	* PungeonMaster: Believes puns are as vital to the porn business.
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145	!!Baby Geoffrey Ruxin
146	Ruxin's son.
147	* ArtifactTitle: He's still called Baby Geoffrey long after he grows out of being one.
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149	!!Ellie [=MacArthur=]
150	Kevin and Jenny's first child.
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153	!!Chalupa-Batman [=MacArthur=]
154	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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