Line #43 Characters/NickLutsko


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3	[[folder:Nick]]
4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nicklutsko.jpg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:I got brains and a good sense of humor. I'm not strange, I'm not a loser.]]
6	->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Lutsko
7	An unstable ConspiracyTheorist, aspiring music star, and former President of Halloween.
8	* AlterEgoActing: Interviewers have referred to the character as "Basement Nick".
9	* ConspiracyTheorist: Among other things, he believes celebrities are hot because they all [[LifeDrinker drink]] [[EatsBabies baby blood]], and suspects Creator/DonaldTrump of hiding secrets in his [[AssShove ass]].
10	* DepravedKidsShowHost: In "Give Me a Show on Nick Jr.", he asks to be a {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} host while showing off his basement of [[PerversePuppet creepy puppets]] and sink full of blood.
11	* FreudianExcuse: He went insane after Grandma banned him from his grandfather's funeral because his hair was white like Music/{{Eminem}}.
12	* InstitutionalApparel: In "Let Me Host S&L", he wears a bloodstained hospital gown after escaping from psychiatric care.
13	* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Nick puts Vaseline on his face to enhance this. The album cover for "Songs on the Computer" even depicts characters swimming in an ocean of Nick's sweat.
14	* PurpleIsPowerful: [[spoiler: Wears a purple suit during his short reign as King of Halloween.]]
15	* SmallNameBigEgo: In-universe, he [[BasementDweller lives in his Grandma's basement]] and is thousands of dollars in debt, but believes he alone has the star power to save acts like [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Saturday Night Live]] and [[Music/TheBeatles The Beatles]].
16	* UnreliableNarrator: Mel claims he's lying about Big Pizza and the men in the tunnels.
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19	[[folder:Grandma]]
20	[[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko9.png]]
21	[[caption-width-right:332:Grandma says there's a prophecy.]]
22	Nick's grandmother and owner of the CreepyBasement.
23	* ProperlyParanoid: Her fear of Spirit Halloween animatronics comes true when Jeff Bezos mobilizes them to attack Nick. [[spoiler: She's also right about the men in the tunnels unleashing hell on earth.]]
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26	[[folder:The Man in the Stairs]]
27	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko6.png]]
28	[[caption-width-right:350:I wanna tell him about the man in the stairs, he [[CelebrityResemblance kinda looks like]] Dan Bongino. Grandma tries to tell me not to go down there.]]
29	->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Lutsko
30	A menacing HumanoidAbomination that lives in Grandma's basement.
31	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: "Unleash Your Spirit" ends with him attacking Nick in the basement, which is apparently resolved off-camera before "Give Me A Show on Nick Jr".
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34	[[folder:Jeff Bezos]]
35	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko2.png]]
36	[[caption-width-right:350:Jeff Bezos murdered Barnes & Noble. Jeff Bezos murdered Sears.]]
37	The CEO of Amazon and an enemy of Nick's, who appears as a [[CreepyDoll living, malicious Spirit Halloween dummy]].
38	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In "Unleash Your Spirit" he's only named as "this guy", apparently by Spirit Halloween's request.
39	* NotMeThisTime: While he ruined Nick's Halloween party and locked him in the basement with the Man in the Stairs, [[spoiler: he's revealed not to have murdered Grandma when she comes home alive]].
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42	[[folder:Desmond]]
43	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko3.png]]
44	[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase What in gremlin hell?]]]]
45	->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Lutsko, Mikey Fuller
46	The hero of Nick's {{Film/Gremlins}} 3, the HalfHumanHybrid son of Gizmo and Jennifer Aniston.
47	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Gremlins 3 features [[spoiler: Desmond growing to a giant size after surviving a nuclear explosion.]]
48	* DanceSensation: The Desmond Dip.
49	* TomatoInTheMirror: In "Celebration of Summertime", [[spoiler: he discovers that his memories of being raised by Gizmo and Jennifer Aniston are [[FakeMemories false]], and he was [[{{Tulpa}} created from Nick's imagination]] to save the Gremlins franchise.]]
50	* YouKilledMyFather: He seeks to avenge Gizmo, who was killed by a gremlin-terrorist hybrid.
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53	[[folder:Mel]]
54	Grandma's bird hobbyist boyfriend and recurring BigBad.
55	* TheGhost: Mel has never appeared onscreen.
56	* GoldDigger: He's dating Nick's grandma despite being not much older than him, and is interested in extorting money from the family.
57	* FeatheredFiend: He once owned a dozen mean, loud hyacinth macaws.
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60	[[folder:The Men in the Tunnels]]
61	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko7.png]]
62	[[caption-width-right:350:The men in the tunnels are coming and HellOnEarth is nigh.]]
63	A species of [[PrefersRawMeat carnivorous]] monster men living under Grandma's house.
64	* FedToTheBeast: Nick tries to feed Mel to them in "#1 Hit on Country Radio".
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67	[[folder:Big Pizza]]
68	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigpizza.png]]
69	[[caption-width-right:350:Several weeks later, you've got broken bones. Laughing in my sleep, wondering where did Mel's money go?]]
70	->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Parham
71	A [[TheMafia mafia]] thug hired by Mel to [[EvilDebtCollector threaten Nick's life over his debts]].
72	* AffectionatePickpocket: In Gremlins 3: Dawn of Desmond, [[spoiler: Big Pizza undergoes an apparent HeelFaceTurn and hugs Nick in reconciliation ... allowing him to steal the Gremlins 3 disk.]]
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75	[[folder:Gremlin Man]]
76	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lutsko4.png]]
77	[[caption-width-right:350:He's a badass hero with a cool-ass vibe.]]
78	->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Lutsko
79	Nick's proposed addition to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, an immortal FlyingBrick gremlin-human [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]].
80	* ChestInsignia: "GM".
81	* ChickMagnet: "Gremlin Man can't keep the ladies away".
82	* ClarkKenting: He looks exactly like Desmond, but doesn't need glasses as he has "perfect sight".
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85	[[folder:Greezy Rick]]
86	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rick_54.jpg]]
87	[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase Nope.]]]]
88	->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Parham
89	Longtime bass player in the Puppet People, the Gimmix, and the $100K Band.
90	* InsideAComputerSystem: In "Celebration of Country Music", [[spoiler: Greezy is sucked into a computer and trapped in cyberspace.]]
91	* MetalMuncher: Enjoys eating the aluminum tabs from soda cans.
92	* {{Tulpa}}: "Celebration Of Summertime" reveals that [[spoiler: like Desmond, he was created from Nick's imagination.]]
93	* VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler: Speaks this way while possessed by the [[DigitalAbomination AI]]]].
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96	[[folder:Cowboy Jon]]
97	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cowboyjon.jpg]]
98	[[caption-width-right:350:The best thing about being a cowboy is that sometimes you get to ride a horse, yeah.]]
99	->'''Portrayed By:''' Jon Elliot
100	The {{Cowboy}} saxophone and xylophone player of the $100K Band.
101	* DanceSensation: His signature do-si-do.
102	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Nick considers him a traitor and [[PretenderDiss fake cowboy]], but also considers his musical skills indispensable.
103	-->'''Nick:''' Every time I think he cleaned up his act
104	-->He sticks at least a half a dozen knives in my back
105	-->Then he puts his Judas lips against that golden sax
106	-->And suddenly I see he most certainly is a cowboy too.
107	* UnDuet: In "Celebration of Country Music", [[spoiler: he's forced to sing his half of "Man, I Feel Like A Cowboy" alone after Greezy Rick is [[InsideAComputerSystem sucked into the computer]].]]
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110	[[folder:Playboy Pete]]
111	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pete_4.jpg]]
112	[[caption-width-right:350:You know, there's three things in life I need more than anything in the world. And that's country music, gettin' slippery as sin and slidin' from dusk till dawn, and Gremlins 3.]]
113	->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Parham
114	Extreme playground owner, wanted convict, and sometime bass player.
115	* PsychoKnifeNut: In "Celebration of Country Music" [[spoiler: he holds Desmond hostage with a bloody knife, and refuses to say whether he killed prison guards.]]
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118	[[folder:Ceviche Man]]
119	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cevicheman.png]]
120	[[caption-width-right:350:All hail Ceviche Man at Ceviche Man dot com.]]
121	->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Parham
122	A shrimp-themed character that Nick pitches to a room of movie executives.
123	* CoolShades: Wears tiny ones shaped like flames.
124	* GratuitousSpanish: As the representative of a Peruvian dish, he has catchphrases like "Feliz!" and "Muy caliente!"
125	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: According to "Ceviche Man's Greatest Hits", he can't forgive his mother for covering him in ceviche and letting [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent iguanas]] bite his skin.
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128	[[folder:Pumpkin Man]]
129	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pumpkinman.png]]
130	[[caption-width-right:359:Don't touch that candy to your face till Pumpkin Man has [[RazorApples deemed it safe]].]]
131	->'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Lutsko
132	A [[PumpkinPerson pumpkin-headed]] [[SpiritOfHalloween Halloween mascot]] who tests children's trick-or-treat candy.
133	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: His fate after an armed father sees him sneaking into his son's room at night.]]
134	* WhiteGloves: Wears big WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse gloves as part of his costume.

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