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1!!The Flesh
2[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theflesh_9.jpg]]
3->'''Voiced by:''' Jim Krenn
4
5''The Flesh: He's super strong and super naked!''
6
7* TheBigGuy: The muscle of the group.
8* BarbieDollAnatomy: Perhaps a literal example. The Flesh is a modified Conan the Adventurer action figure depicted with a Ken-like bulge in place of Conan's hips/loincloth, and his nudity is always PlayedForLaughs.
9* CatchPhrase: "Ouchies" whenever he suffers from AmusingInjuries.
10** "Oopsie!"
11** "Gollers!"
12* DumbBlonde: A male example. The least intelligent member of the team.
13* FullFrontalAssault: He always enters fights naked.
14* HulkMashUp: The Flesh (who is super strong... and super naked) is a parody of The Hulk's DumbMuscle attributes. He lacks The Hulk's rage issues, but the naming convention and DumbMuscle attributes makes it clear.
15* InnocentFanserviceGuy: A naked muscleman who's evidently just too dumb to know any better.
16* LethalKlutz: He often accidentally injures someone as a result of trying to help them, to the point where [[FailureMontage a montage of him doing so]] was shown in the series' ClipShow, "And Justice For None".
17* ManChild: He's as mature as a 5 year old. [[FridgeBrilliance Which might explain why he's always naked]].
18* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He never wears clothes for some reason. Seeing as he's [[BarbieDollAnatomy an action figure]], he can get away with it.
19* SuperStrength: He's super strong and super naked.
20* TooDumbToLive: His dimwittedness often lands him in situations that endanger he and the rest of the League. Once he was warned by Bill the Lab Guy not to touch a guinea pig with a rare flesh-eating virus... and immediately did so anyway.
21
22!!Thunder Girl
23[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thundergirl.jpg]]
24->'''Voiced by:''' Cris Winter
25
26''Thunder Girl: She flies like thunder!''
27* ActionGirl: The only female member of the Action League.
28* {{Flight}}: Her Power and the only one apparently.
29* {{Leitmotif}}: One she sings herself, to a Music/JohnWilliams-esque tune, while flying.
30-->Thunder Girl! Flying like thunder! How others must wonder, what it's like to be me!
31* NonIndicativeName: Despite her name, she doesn't ShockAndAwe, though (Granted thunder is simply the loud booming noise that accompanies lightning).
32* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female lead on the show. Especially with the only other lead being Quarky.
33* WomenAreWiser: Of the heroes, she is usually the smartest. Granted this is an extremely low bar and she's definitely not as above her male counterparts as she'd like to believe.
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35!!Stinky Diver
36[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stinkydiver.jpg]]
37->'''Voiced by:''' Jim Krenn
38
39''Stinky Diver: A former naval commando with an attitude as bad as his odor!''
40* BadassNormal: He has no superpowers, but can still help the team.
41* BloodKnight: Sometimes. Certainly more violence-happy than the rest of the League.
42* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's had two events that have haunted his life. The first is when he failed to save his brother, Stench, from a flushing toilet. He was about to jump, but was afraid his wallet would get wet, and as a result, he was too late to save Stench. The second is when his own mother sold him out to the enemy in the Gulf War (for the money, of course).
43* IconicItem: His spear gun.
44* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty abrasive as the opening implies, but he's definitely one of the good guys. He also tends to insult the League almost as much as the Mayor and the Chief do, but "Armageddon Outta Here" and "Turkey of Terror" shows that he cares for them deep down.
45* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In "Turkey of Terror", Stinky's father wears blue flippers and gloves, while his mother wears a pink diving suit.
46* RedGreenContrast: In "Stink or Swim", Stinky is revealed to have a brother named Stench. While Stinky's flippers and gloves are red, Stench's are green.
47* ToiletHumor: Much of it literal; the opening credits sequence shows him being flushed down a toilet, and the plot of "Stink or Swim" involves the League helping him overcome his fear of flushing toilets when he fails to rescue a recreational swimmer trapped in one. Also, in "Winds of Evil", his house is revealed to be a toilet, and his beach house is revealed to be a port-o-potty.
48* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His accent bounces between British and Australian. Naturally, this gets lampshaded by the Narrator in the anthology spin-off.
49!!Meltman
50[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meltman.jpg]]
51->'''Voiced by:''' Scott Paulsen
52
53''Meltman: With the power to ... melt!''
54* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has an obvious crush on Thunder Girl, who unfortunately for him, doesn't return his affections.
55* BodyHorror: Downplayed, what with him being an action figure, but he's ''partially melted''.
56* HarmlessLiquefaction: the character is a melted ''Franchise/GIJoe''-like action figure who is said to have the power to melt. However, he is never actually seen using this power on his own, as the show's opening credits show that he's being melted by a magnifying glass, implying that he can't even consciously start melting himself and has to have others do it for him. Two specific episodes from the show where he's shown being melted are "Testimony of Terror" where he gets trapped in a waffle iron by a BrattyHalfPint who's a key witness in [[BigBad The Mayor's]] trial (and his body ends up shaped like a waffle), and "The Naked and the Dumb", where he gets knocked into a lamp as a result of trying to teach [[DumbMuscle The Flesh]] how to draw a triangle.
57* TheHeart: The nicest member of the group, besides maybe Flesh.
58* {{Kaiju}}: One episode has him become a giant known as Mega Meltman (portrayed by a guy in a Meltman costume).
59* LovableCoward: He's cowardly, but nice.
60* NonActionGuy: Would rather not be doing anything death-defying, strenuous, or even remotely dangerous. He usually ends up being thrown into the action accidentally.
61* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "And Justice For None" reveals that his real name is Barry Meltfarb, which the other members of the League laugh at him for. In the same episode, he clarifies that he had his name legally changed to Meltman.
62* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He has power to melt which he never uses. One episode of ''[=KaBlam=]'' has Henry note that he's ''already'' melted, and his real power might be that it didn't kill him outright... which isn't much better.
63* YouGetMeCoffee: The other members of the Action League often assign him to get them snacks, including sodas, pizza, and donuts.
64
65!!The Chief
66[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thechiefaln.jpg]]
67->'''Voiced by:''' Collin M. [=McGee=]
68* BlueIsHeroic: He wears a dark blue suit.
69* CatchPhrase: Tends to say "Blast it!" when displeased (which is to say, ''all the time'').
70* DaChief: It's in his name.
71* LargeHam: His volume switch seems to consist of "loud" and "louder".
72* TheLeader: Non-action example; he's the smartest member of the team and the one who sends them out on their missions.
73* MadLibsCatchphrase: His other catchphrase is saying that [character] is/will be [[TalksLikeASimile [comparative adjective] than]] a [noun] in/on a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal [location alliterative with noun],]] (i.e. "faster than Carl Lewis on the Concord").
74* MentorArchetype: Kind of parodied. He tries, but they never listen.
75* NoIndoorVoice: Even at lower volumes, he usually just sounds like he's yelling more quietly.
76* OnlySaneMan: Saddled with the frustrating task of keeping the team focused and not running around like idiots (well, even more like idiots). It's no wonder he never stops yelling.
77* SurroundedByIdiots: See Only Sane man above.
78* TokenMinority: Essentially subverted. The Chief is the only recurring African-American character on the show but nothing is ever made of it.
79
80!!Bill the Lab Guy
81[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billthelabguy.jpg]]
82->'''Voiced by:''' Jim Krenn
83* CatchPhrase: Two: "There's nothing I can do." and "Oh no, I was afraid of this."
84* DullSurprise: Always speaks in a dead monotone.
85* TheMedic: Whenever the Action League need medical assistance, he's the one they turn to, though more often than not he'll claim not to be able to do anything for them.
86* PapaWolf: In "Big Baby", when Stinky Diver wants to destroy Big Baby, Bill objects, telling him that Big Baby is a rare creature to be studied, not destroyed. When The Chief and Thundergirl tell him that Big Baby has captured his daughter, Quarky, Bill snaps and wants to destroy Big Baby.
87* TheSmartGuy: As the team's scientist this is what he's supposed to be, but the ineptitude he displays indicates that maybe he's not ''so'' smart after all.
88
89!!Quarky
90[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quarky.jpg]]
91Bill the Lab Guy's teenage daughter.
92
93* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Quarky Syndrome" is an episode that focuses primarily on her.
94* DamselInDistress: In "Big Baby", Big Baby captures her and the Action League must calm him down to rescue her.
95* PubertySuperpower: In "The Quarky Syndrome", she gets hit with nuclear waste from The Mayor's nuclear reactor and becomes a superhero named Superteen, gaining the abilities to fly and shoot lasers from her eyes.
96* PutOnABus: She stopped appearing on the show after the second season due to viewers finding her annoying.
97* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only other main female character besides Thundergirl.
98* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: She wants to be a scientist, just like her father. However, it is revealed in "The Revenge of Hodge Podge" that Bill makes her take up ballet, which she hates.
99
100!!Justice
101
102* EvilDetectingDog: In "Hey, Who Stole My Face?", he is the first one to notice The Mayor impersonating The Chief by wearing his face, as he growls angrily at The Mayor and bites him.
103* TeamPet: The league's faithful dog.
104* TimmyInAWell: He often warns The Chief whenever The Mayor is up to something evil.
105
106!!The Mayor
107[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/themayoraln.jpg]]
108->'''Voiced by:''' Jim Krenn
109
110The main antagonist of the show.
111* {{Archnemesis}}: To The Action League and he is the most recurring antagonist.
112* BigBad: The most frequent villain in the show.
113* CardCarryingVillain: He clearly relishes being evil.
114* CatchPhrase: "[[OhCrap Uh oh,]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck here's trouble]]." whenever something goes wrong.
115* CorruptPolitician: He's the mayor and a villain.
116* EvilIsHammy: He's a ridiculously over-the-top villain who gloats and laughs maniacally at every opportunity.
117* EvilSoundsRaspy: He speaks in a hushed and hoarse voice.
118* FauxAffablyEvil: When interacting with the heroes, he always addresses them with mock politeness.
119* LaughablyEvil: Given what kind of show this is, it's not surprising.
120* MayorPain: Of both the "Evil" and "Incompetent" varieties.
121* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is given the same voice that the WDVE crew gave to then-mayor of Pittsburgh, Tom Murphy.
122* PhraseCatcher: The narrator always calls him "his ''dis''honor, the Mayor".
123* VillainsOutShopping: In "The Wrath of Spotzilla", he was enjoying a soccer game when Spotzilla attacked. He panicked with the rest of the crowd.
124
125!!Big Baby
126[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigbabyaln.jpg]]
127->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryConnickJr
128
129A baby doll who makes havoc on its way until tamed.
130* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He is two-feet tall, which is tall compared with other toys.
131* CreepyDoll: He cries in a creepy tone and leaves devastation in his way when not satisfied.
132* HulkSpeak: He speaks in third person with an adult male voice, as in "BABY MAD!"
133* SealedEvilInACan: Big Baby was in a toybox in the basement until the ''Music/{{KISS}}'' concert accidentally woke him up in the episode ''Rock-a-Big-Baby''.
134
135!!Hodge Podge
136[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hodgepodge.jpg]]
137[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see him before the accident.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hodgepodgebefore.png]][[/labelnote]]
138->'''Voiced by:''' Jim Krenn
139
140The Action League's former accountant who became a mutant cyborg after an accident they inadvertently caused. Now he's out for revenge.
141* AbhorrentAdmirer: When he sees Thunder Girl, whose body has been haphazardly rebuilt by Quarky using parts of the other chopped up Action League members, he is immediately attracted to her as she is now a freak like him. She responds by smacking him and he is sent flying into the blender again.
142* AffablyEvil: Even after becoming the powerful mutant cyborg he is, he still has a rather milquetoast accountant voice. And unlike The Mayor, he actually has a good reason for hating the League.
143* BodyHorror: Describes himself as a "mutilated mutant" and unfortunately for him, it's rather accurate. His body is always constructed from toy parts and household items arranged in odd places. The only thing left from his old body is (part of) his head.
144* CreateYourOwnVillain: Was the Action League's accountant, but became the freak he is now thanks to the incompetence of the Flesh & Bill the Lab Guy.
145* FromNobodyToNightmare: He went from being the Action League accountant to a mutant cyborg thanks to an accident involving a blender and being put back together with Bill's various spare parts.
146* TheMentallyDisturbed: His origin episode begins with the League on high alert because he's escaped from the asylum. Going through what he did couldn't have possibly been good for his mental health.
147* MeaningfulName: A "hodgepodge" is a jumbled mixture of miscellaneous things, which perfectly describes his current state.
148* StartOfDarkness: As shown in a flashback, the reason why he wants to destroy the League and Bill is because they ruined his life, albeit accidentally.
149* WeCanRebuildHim: After he was chopped up in the blender, Bill the Lab Guy rebuilt him into a freakish cyborg, much to his horror.

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