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13	[[folder:Oh]]
14	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oh.png]]
15	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimParsons (movie), Creator/MarkWhitten (TV series)
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17	A banished Boov who befriends Tip.
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19	* AccidentalMisnaming: Oh mimics Tip and refers to Lucy as "Mymom," because the concepts of a mother and families are alien to him. Likewise, he calls Pig "Pigcat", after Tip explains to him what he is.
20	* AdaptationNameChange: He was named J.Lo in Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekDay.
21	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Oh is so disliked among his people, his name was the way people reacted to his presence. An annoyed, exasperated "Oh..." sound.
22	* AppropriatedAppellation: His name comes from the exhasperated "Oh" sound that his fellow boov make when they see him. Naturally, he doesn't seem to mind this much.
23	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The ''biggest'' reason for his deep love for Tip? She was his first real friend.
24	* CastingGag: Jim Parsons' most iconic role, Sheldon Cooper, is often compared to an alien in his home series because of his odd behaviour and mannerisms. By voicing Oh, Jim really ''is'' an alien now.
25	* CharacterDevelopment: Lets go of his BlueAndOrangeMorality and learns to feel compassion for other creatures.
26	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He generally behaves like one, with odd concepts and theories and is considered one by Boov standards
27	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: For much of the film, Oh cannot get it through his head that his brethren hold him in contempt.
28	* FromZeroToHero: Oh went from being universally disliked by all of the other Boov, to being elected their leader. And all it took was ''saving their entire race''.
29	* GadgeteerGenius: Oh did make modifications to Tip's car to make it fly using various machines found in a convenience store, primarily a slushie machine.
30	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Oh desperately wants to have friends, and is all too often disappointed by the other Boovs dislike of him. After his journey with Tip he gets one not only in Tip, but also a number of other Boov, who finally realize what a great guy he is after he stands up to Captain Smek.
31	* InnocentBlueEyes: While most Boov has green or brown eyes, Oh has blue eyes, which represent his cheerfulness and naivete.
32	* InterspeciesFriendship: Oh (Boov) eventually forms an unbreakable bond with Tip (human).
33	* {{Keet}}: The most happy-go-lucky and optimistic of the Boov, as well as ''very'' energetic.
34	* KindheartedCatLover: He grows quite fond of Pig and the feeling is mutual.
35	* TheKlutz: Oh easily trips on his pods.
36	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The soft-hearted, silly, and optimistic Feminine Boy to Tip's Masculine Girl.
37	* MotorMouth: Oh is generally talkative, which can be annoying.
38	* NiceGuy: While he can be annoying, Oh is well-meaning and friendly.
39	* PinocchioNose: Oh turns green whenever he lies, which Tip is quick to catch onto.
40	* PlatonicLifePartners: Throughout his journey with Tip, they form a tight and close bond, being the first friends in each other's lives.
41	* PhraseCatcher: Where Oh's name comes from: he is so disliked that if someone recognizes him they just groan "Oh" in annoyance.
42	* TheProtagonist: Oh is the main focus of the franchise.
43	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Oh spends several hours underwater at one point. Presumably, so can the other Boov.
44	* TookALevelInBadass: After Tip convinces him that risks can pay off, he loses his cowardly streak and becomes the savior of his own people and the humans.
45	* TookALevelInKindness: When Oh finally learns to have some empathy for others.
46	* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Many thought that Oh would be a copy of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], Creator/JimParsons' other famous role. However, Oh is a friendlier version of Sheldon. While they are both intelligent {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s who annoy everyone around them and don't understand human behavior, Oh's lack of understanding is a result of unfamiliarity, rather than disinterest as it is with Sheldon, and he never intentionally looks down on anyone. Oh quickly adapts to new human concepts through his association with Tip, whereas Sheldon had to be dragged along bit by bit.
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50	[[folder:Gratuity "Tip" Tucci]]
51	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tip_05.png]]
52	->'''Voiced by:''' Music/{{Rihanna}} (movie), Rachel Crow (TV series)
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54	A teenage girl who befriends Oh.
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56	* ActionSurvivor: Tip manages to survive an alien invasion and other harrowing predicaments on her own (unless you count her cat, Pig), until she meets Oh, who isn't much help anyway. And she's a young teen, too.
57	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Tip is quite mature for a young teen and often acts as the adult between her and her mother.
58	* AlliterativeName: Only applies with her nickname - '''T'''ip '''T'''ucci.
59	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: After moving from Barbados to America, she was treated differently from other kids and had trouble fitting in.
60	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Neither the book or film adaptation is specific on Tip's ethnicity.
61	* BadassAdorable: Tip is a cute, dorky girl who proves to be quite the badass when push comes to shove.
62	* BadassBookworm: Besides her strength in geometry, Tip also builds Rube Goldberg machines as her security systems (and they work).
63	* BewareTheNiceOnes: As nice and friendly as Tip is, she's ''not'' a pushover.
64	* BlackAndNerdy: Tip is half-Black and besides being incredibly dorky, she's also a BadassBookworm.
65	* BrainyBrunette: She's described as a very resourceful girl. This proves to be true, when she's able to take care of herself when her mother is kidnapped.
66	* ColorMotifs: Green. She has bright, green eyes and the usual hoodie she is seen in mostly is green. Plus, most of her t-shirts she wears consists of green.
67	* DeadpanSnarker: Tip has a lot of wry, unamused things to say about the aliens who invaded her planet and is sometimes snarky in general.
68	* {{Determinator}}: Nothing will stop her from getting to her mother. That includes the distance between continents and a total lack of knowledge as to where she was taken. [[spoiler:She does briefly lose hope when she's found the other humans but has no idea where to look, but Oh comes back just in time]].
69	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tip is the second main focus after Oh.
70	* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: She spent the better part of the movie trying to rescue her kidnapped mother.
71	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Tip has a considerable amount of stuffed animals in her room.
72	* GoodWithNumbers: {{Implied}}. Tip tells Oh that she received an "A" in geometry and also see her BadassBookworm section.
73	* InterspeciesFriendship: Tip (human) eventually forms an unbreakable bond with Oh (Boov).
74	* InTheHood: She wears a hoodie, a green and orange one, usually the former.
75	* {{Kid Hero}}ine: While a deconstruction, she fits the trope in that Tip is a young teenager or preteen.
76	* KindheartedCatLover: She's very close to her pet cat, Pig.
77	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Has this trait in ''Adventures with Tip and Oh'', to the point where she will frequently claim she got an "A" in <school subject related to the task at hand>, only to admit she was lying when things go wrong.
78	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The tomboyish, tough and sometimes short-tempered Masculine Girl to Oh's Feminine Boy.
79	* MeaningfulName: Tip gives great ''[[AnAesop tips]]'' to Oh throughout their journey. Also, her full name, "Gratuity" is another term for ''"tip"''.
80	* MinorLivingAlone: {{Justified}}. She’s introduced to the audience living by herself, but since her mother and the rest of the human population were taken away after the Boov came to Earth, she only had herself (and Pig) to look after.
81	* MoralityPet: To [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Oh]]. While the alien wasn't evil or even straight up jerk (or a JerkWithAHeartOfGold), He didn't know how to show any empathy towards other species, besides his own. Spending time with Tip allows Oh to learn.
82	* NiceGirl: Despite the sarcasm, Tip is quite friendly and kind-hearted.
83	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She has ''yet'' to be called by her full name, Gratuity. However, only Oh calls her that, at first. But when they truly become friends in the middle of the movie, Oh begins to call her "Tip" at Tip's request.
84	* PlatonicLifePartners: Throughout her journey with Oh, they form a tight and close bond, being the first friends in each other's lives.
85	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' has a century-long TimeSkip at the end where Tip suddenly dies of old age during the unveiling of the time capsule. This film lacks the TimeSkip ending whilst Tip is still a child]].
86	* SupportingProtagonist: Tip is the co-protagonist, but the story deals with Oh's CharacterDevelopment [[TookALevelInKindness in learning empathy towards other species]].
87	* TomboyishPonytail: Sports one in ''Adventures with Tip And Oh''.
88	* UnlimitedWardrobe: She wears several different outfits over the course of the movie like a real person on a trip would.
89	* WiseBeyondHerYears: Tip gives amazing advice to Oh throughout their journey that allows him to rethink his previous values.
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92	[[folder:Pig]]
93	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/87e63899_a298_41ea_996f_1fe6049032c7jpgw480.jpg]]
94	->'''Voiced by:''' Ryan Crego (TV series)
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96	Tip's pet cat.
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98	* AnimalGenderBender: Real life calico cats are almost always female due to the genetics of coloring, but Pig is male. However, in the original artwork for the film, [[http://grizandnorm.tumblr.com/post/112790354458/early-concept-art-of-pig-tip-and-oh-griz he was originally supposed to be a Siamese]].
99	* BigEater: For a cat, anyway. How many cats do you know that could scarf down an entire hot dog in a few seconds?
100	* CuteKitten: A small, chubby cat who's put through some slapstick.
101	* GenderFlip: In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'', Pig was a girl, but here he is a boy cat,
102	* HeadPet: He finds Oh's head very comfortable and treats him like a mobile cat bed. [[spoiler:Clinging to Tip's head is also how he saved her from the Boov abductions.]]
103	* MeaningfulName: He's named ''Pig'' because his tail is curled like an actual pig, not to mention his eating habits. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is him getting into an abandonned tub of strawberry ice cream and having the treat cover his nose to look like an actual pig's snout.
104	* SpannerInTheWorks: His presence spared Tip from being abducted with the rest of the humans. When the Boov were collecting the humans, Pig panicked and clung to Tip's head. The scanner detected Pig instead of Tip and disregarded them both, causing Lucy to be taken alone. [[spoiler:Were it not for this twist of fate, Earth and the Boov would likely have been destroyed.]]
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107	[[folder:Lucy Tucci]]
108	[[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucy_tucci.jpg]]
109	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferLopez (movie), Creator/AnaOrtiz (TV series)
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111	Tip's mother.
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113	* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her brown hair and eyes from the movie become red and green, respectively in ''Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh''.
114	* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the book version, ''The True Meaning of Smekday'', Lucy has traces of being TheDitz. In this movie, she's more level-headed and grounded. The TV series has her becoming a bit more ditzy.
115	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Thanks to AdaptationalDyeJob, Lucy keeps her dark skin but gains red hair and green eyes. Thus, her ethnicity is even more of a mystery.
116	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's very beautiful, smart and kindhearted in the movie.
117	* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: In the movie, Lucy has both brown eyes and hair.
118	* GoodParents: Lucy is a loving and caring mother to Tip, and always looks out for her daughter's best welfare.
119	* HartmanHips: She's got big hips, just like her daughter.
120	* MamaBear: During her forced separation from Tip, Lucy has been doing everything she can to find her daughter.
121	* MumLooksLikeASister: Lucy looks like Tip's older sister instead of her mother.
122	* NiceGirl: Every appearance and mention of her shows that Lucy is a kind, thoughtful person and a great mom.
123	* ParentalSubstitute: The series show Lucy becoming something of a mother figure to Oh.
124	* ParentsInDistress: Tip goes across the world to save her mother.
125	* RaceLift: In the book, Lucy was Caucasian. She is Barbadian in the animated film.
126	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: In the series, Lucy receives red hair and green eyes, thus making it more clear she's the mother to the protagonists (biological to Tip, an adoptive one for Oh).
127	* StrongFamilyResemblance: With the exception of the eyes and dark skin, Lucy strongly resembles her daughter -- Tip.
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130	[[folder:Captain Smek]]
131	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/home_captain_smek_poster.jpg]]
132	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveMartin (movie), Creator/NolanNorth (series)
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134	The leader of the Boov race.
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136	* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'', the Gorg were the true BigBad while Smek was more incompetent than actively malevolent. Here, he's the BigBad.
137	* AdaptationDyeJob: He's so angry in ''Adventures With Tip and Oh'' that red has become his new default color.
138	* EvilIsPetty: Spends most of ''Adventures With Tip and Oh'' trying to get revenge on Oh, and attempting to do so in extremely minor and petty ways, such as buying up the earth's supply of cat litter to so that Lucy will be disappointed in Oh for not being able to get any.
139	* ExtremeOmnivore: Likes to eat footballs.
140	* HornsOfVillainy: They're more like appendages, but they're shaped like '''horns''', which go perfectly which his devilish nature and status as the BigBad to Tip and Oh. By comparison, other Boov have them curled up.
141	* {{Jerkass}}: Smek is egotistical, cowardly, and condescending.
142	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Captain Smek is responsible for everything bad that happens in this film, but other than losing the captaincy, he's never punished.]]
143	* PsychopathicManchild: Throws himself on the ground and cries out loud like a toddler when he doesn't get his way.
144	* SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks himself to be a competent leader but is in fact too stupid to realize he isn't as competent as he likes to imagine himself.
145	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: ''Footballs''.
146	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:During an attempted peace conference with the Gorg, Captain Smek ran and grabbed a small rock on the way out, placing it on his "shusher wand." It is later revealed that the rock actually contains the next generation of Gorg, which is the true reason the Gorg has been chasing the Boov.]]
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149	[[folder:Kyle]]
150	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/home_1.jpg]]
151	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MattJones
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153	Oh's self-proclaimed "best friend", Kyle is a Boov police officer tasked with capturing Oh. After the Gorg incident on Earth, Oh abdicates his position as leader of the Boov over to Kyle, who combines it with his police job to become "King of Police".
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155	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He takes his job seriously for the first half of the movie, but still laughs at the name “Busta Lime”.
156	* AnAlienNamedBob: An alien named Kyle.
157	* ButtMonkey: He goes through a great deal of slapstick in his pursuit to catch Oh.
158	* HeelRealization: After Oh [[spoiler:saves the Boov using a Gorg Superchip, he realizes that he should have accepted Oh as his friend and sides with him against Smek]].
159	* WeirdBeard: He has tiny tendrils that visually evoke a mustache.
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161
162	[[folder:The Gorg]]
163	->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Stepanek (movie) Creator/TomKenny (series)
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165	A mysterious alien race that are pursuing the Boov.
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167	* AdaptationalHeroism: While in both ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' and this movie, [[spoiler:the Gorg was the only one left of the his species]], in the former, [[spoiler:his species wiped themselves out]] and the Gorg were characterized by invading planets for no good reason and were {{Jerkass}}es to the point where they started a long civil war over a ''parking space''. Here, [[spoiler:the Gorg only attacks the Boov to repopulate his species with the children taken by Smek]].
168	* AntiVillain: The Gorg may have destroyed the Boov's original home planet, but [[spoiler:his children were stolen from him. AND he’s one of the last of his kind. It's not entirely hard to see why he’d be so upset]].
169	* BigBad: Of the film. [[spoiler: At first. The real villain was Smek, who stole his egg.]]
170	* ExoticEyeDesigns: His eyes [[spoiler: are shown to have diamond-shaped pupils when unmasked.]]
171	* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: [[spoiler: While the Gorg is a pretty short alien, his children are nearly microscopic. Hundreds of them are able to fit into a rock that can be held in someone’s hand. They get ever so slightly bigger when seen at the very end of the movie, but they are still much smaller than their dad.]]
172	* KnightOfCerebus: Things get ''much'' more serious when The Gorg enters the picture. [[spoiler:Even if he himself is not evil at all.]]
173	* TheLastOfHisKind: As we find out, his reasons for trailing the Boov was because [[spoiler:he is trying to avoid this as Smek accidentally swiped an incubator]].
174	* MobileSuitHuman: The Gorg is revealed to [[spoiler: be this, his true form being that of a small starfish-like creature]].
175	* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:The Gorg [[SuperPersistentPredator tailing the Boov across the universe]] and [[EarthShatteringKaboom laying waste]] to everything in their path was all a desperate quest to rescue his stolen children.]]
176	* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: The Gorg's shoulder spikes are adorned with several tiny skulls. He might have them there for aesthetic reasons.
177	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: '''The''' Gorg. [[spoiler:It's literal as there is only one of them; his actual name is K-Trong]].
178	* SpikesOfVillainy: The Gorg wear armor adorned with spikes that have skulls impaled on them. [[spoiler:Subverted – he’s actually pretty nice.]]
179	* StarfishAlien: The Gorg are [[spoiler:literally this, as they resemble starfish]].
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