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4->''"I GOT A NEED TO FEED! What's looking good today?"''
5->'''Voiced by:''' Nicky Jones, [[spoiler:C.H. Greenblatt (adult)]]
6
7Chowder is an excitable, young [[MixAndMatchCritters cat...bear...rabbit...thingy]] and apprentice of legendary chef Mung Daal. Chowder loves food and dreams of becoming a great chef one day.
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9* AffectionateNickname: Panini calls him "Num-nums".
10* TheApprentice: To Mung.
11* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: If there's anything involving a tasty snack, he'll become distracted.
12* AxCrazy: In the beginning of the episode "The Poltergeist".
13* BerserkButton: Don't you dare suggest he has something going on with [[StalkerWithACrush Panini.]]
14* BigEater: He is presumably ''the'' biggest eater ever conceived, due to his constant hunger & willingness to eat nearly anything. There was this episode where he ate during midnight & somehow got a werewolf-style curse. He then has to hide all the food in the catering facility from this alternate personality before sunrise. After sunrise, ''he eats the entire ball of the food that is about as big as the building in one gulp''. As Mung puts it in "The Flibber Flabber Diet":
15-->'''Mung:''' This kid is a bottomless pit.
16* BreakTheCutie: Episodes such as "Sniffleball", "Creme Puff Hands", and "Brain Grub" will ''really'' make you feel sorry for the little guy.
17* BrutalHonesty: Sometimes he will show absolutely no restraint in his opinion.
18* CelibateHero: Chowder is always insistent on rejecting [[SingleTargetSexuality Panini]]'s love for him, and whenever he catches her flirting with him, he always stops what he's doing to yell four words.
19-->'''Chowder:''' I'M NOT YOUR BOYFRIEND!
20* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: According to WordOfGod, he aged with his voice actor, Nicky Jones.
21* ChasteHero: He shows little to no comprehension of Panini's advances. [[spoiler: Averted in the finale, where he marries her.]]
22* CheerfulChild: He's almost always happy and upbeat.
23* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:In the last episode, it's shown that he marries Panini when they grow up.]]
24* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Later seasons will have this trope putting it a bit too mildly.
25* CreatorCameo: Only in the series finale, where [[spoiler: he is voiced by C. H. Greenblatt after adulthood]].
26* {{Cute Little Fang|s}}: Most of the time. He's sometimes shown with flat teeth when he's speaking.
27* {{Determinator}}: He's a complete and utter screw-up, but what keeps him going is his desire to be as good a chef as Mung, and he rarely, if ever, quits what he's passionate over.
28* DisguisedInDrag: Invokes this trope in the episode "The Broken Part", where after being chased by a guy after stealing the last Feetza 5000 replacement set from him, finds a store called "Ladies B Us", and disguises himself as a women and points the guy chasing him away in a different direction.
29* TheDitz: He's pretty dim; in one episode, he went up to use the bathroom, and ''forgot why he went up there in the first place.'' He only gets dumber from there.
30* DoesNotLikeSpam: Of all the things he has eaten, the only dish Chowder has not been able to enjoy are Meviled Eggs.
31* EveryoneHasStandards: He won't eat food off the ground.
32* ExtremeOmnivore: Besides meviled eggs, [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} bird vomit that is claimed to be bacon]], and [[{{Squick}} food from a toilet]] or off the ground, he'll eat anything.
33* FatIdiot: Especially in the later seasons.
34* FatalFlaw: Gluttony. Gluttony. GLUTTONY! When it comes to food Chowder wants it and he wants it right now. Warnings about dangerous foods that need special preparation to make safe will be ignored in favor of just shoving it in his mouth right then. He's so impatient that when told he can have something he desires if he's patient will lead to him angering others by constantly asking for it ''now''. He'll destroy edible property. Try to eat customers' food and generally make everything harder because he never thinks before he puts anything he merely even thinks is food in his mouth without a second thought.
35* {{Flanderization}}: Chowder was more simply naïve than a complete idiot when the show started out, but over time, he literally ventures into the TooDumbToLive territory. "Brain Grub" emphasizes this a lot.
36* {{Gasshole}}: He can be quite flatulent, though this is usually the result of certain foods that he consumes (such as Mayonnaise).
37* GirlsHaveCooties: He believes in this, [[spoiler: until he found out Panini loved him]].
38* GoalInLife: To be a great chef.
39* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Panini.]]
40* HatesBeingTouched: When it comes to Panini, that is.
41-->'''Panini''': Oh, num-nums! Are you...''(begins stroking Chowder's cheek affectionately)'' Ookaaay?"
42-->'''Chowder''': Please don't touch me.
43** In "The Bruised Bluenana," Panini touched him caused Chowder to shriek like a little girl and swat at her with a bunch of purple, red and yellow grapes.
44** In "Banned from the Stand", Panini holding Chowder's hand '''burned''' him.
45* IGotBigger: [[spoiler:He's taller than [[TheBigGuy Shnitzel]] as an adult. Then again he is supposed to be part bear.]]
46* TheIllegible: He can read, but ''boy can he'' '''''not''''' ''write''. And no, these aren't one-off gags:
47** When writing out Gazpacho's jokes in a book, half the writing wasn't even considered ''language'', and the other half was strawberry jelly (because Chowder ran out of ink). Then when he decide it to re-write it all, he somehow made it ''worse'' than before and used grape jelly instead (because Chowder ran out of strawberry).
48** Other episodes, such as "Chowder Loses His Hat", has Chowder trying to prove ownership of his hat to Chestnut with his name written in mustard inside, but it is of course, illegible. Chowder even says that Mung calls his writing "tragic". And in the episode "The Fire Breather", when Chowder runs away due to the damage of his uncontrollable fire breathing, he leaves a note for Mung. Mung reads it with Chowder narrating it, looking increasingly concerned and saddened, before he states that this was terrible; [[BaitAndSwitch because the handwriting was completely illiterate]] and nothing but scribbles, and Mung only got the message due to [[NoFourthWall the voice-over]].
49* InnocentlyInsensitive: At times he can be insulting without meaning to be.
50* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Gazpacho, Mung and Schnitzel.
51* {{Keet}}: He has an enthusiastic approach to almost everything.
52* KindheartedSimpleton: He's far from the sharpest knife in the drawer, but is a very sweet kid most of the time.
53* LethalChef: Downplayed. His cooking isn't very good most of the time, but it won't kill you. Played straight in "Burple Nurples", where Chowder unknowingly poisons a batch of the titular dish, and tries to sell them. [[spoiler: Good thing he set the price so high that no one would buy them.]]
54* LethallyStupid: He's incredibly ditzy, with most of their problems happening because he constantly ignores Mung's warnings and teachings about the potentially dangerous foods they deal with. It's gotten to the point that Mung has started to blame ''himself'' for the trouble that Chowder causes because he should know better than to expect Chowder to listen.
55* MixAndMatchCritters: According to WordOfGod, Chowder is a [[Main/BuffySpeak cat-bear-rabbit thingie.]]
56* MeaningfulName: His name is a kind of fish soup.
57* ManChild: In the final episode he became one when he was older until he learned to take responsibility.
58* TheMillstone: Whenever he tries to help someone out, it's almost a ''guarantee'' that he'll either screw it up or do something stupid to make the current situation even worse.
59* NiceGuy: He's a real sweetheart and cares about everyone around him, even if his attempts at helping [[TheMillstone often unintentionally makes things worse]].
60* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In "Endive's Dirty Secret", Panini dresses up to look really pretty to manipulate him into giving her the photograph which Mung captured of Endive caught in the act of her secret. Chowder's response? He simply doesn't understand what she's trying to accomplish [[ObliviousToLove due to his stupidity.]]
61-->'''Panini''': It's so hot today... you know what I'm saying?
62-->'''Chowder''': [[FlatWhat What.]]
63** He later gives her the photograph for the opposite, that she's [[DespiteThePlan "making him lose his appetite".]]
64* ObliviousToLove: In "Chowder Grows Up", he says he had no idea that Panini loved him. [[FailedASpotCheck Despite her overt and unabashed crush on him]].
65* ObsessedWithFood: It's amazing that he didn't become a giant from all the food that he eats.
66* OnlyFriend: It's said that he's Gazpacho's only friend.
67* OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: Not surprisingly, he's the only one who can stomach Flibber-Flabber.
68* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The blue boy to Panini's pink girl; he has bluish-purple fur while Panini has pink fur.
69* ProperlyParanoid: When faced with a choice of going down a river path leading to a happy sun and one going down a waterfall, he goes down the latter because he doesn't trust the look of the sun. He ends up being correct in his hunch, as the sun was prepared to hit him, Gorgonzola, and Panini with a club.
70* PuppyDogEyes: Uses them in "Burple Nurples" when trying to persuade Mung to let him cook something on his own, combined with "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." It eventually works, especially when he brings up the fact that Endive let Panini cook on her own, but Chowder can't stop saying "...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."
71* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He has a very round, appealing design.
72* SignatureHeadgear: The oddly-shaped purple hat he wears most of the time. He's so attached to it, an entire episode revolved around its loss and his frantic quest to get it back.
73* StomachOfHolding: Not unlike [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Rico]], he can hold various things in his stomach and disgorge them later.
74** To put that into perspective, he can store things such as ''an entire fair booth'' in that stomach.
75* SupremeChef: [[spoiler:Overcomes his incompetence and succeeds in getting his own apprentice in the finale.]]
76* TooDumbToLive: Not only does he usually drive the plot along by either destroying something in stupidity or just by being incredibly stupid, but, well, apparently he's ''literally'' TooDumbToLive without someone directing him. This is a guy who once thought the proper way to put away a spoon was to ''shove it in an electrical outlet'' after all (and judging from the marks it happened more than once).
77* TookALevelInDumbass: In the first season, he used to be a naïve little boy, but by the second season, he became much stupider, to the point of becoming completely TooDumbToLive.
78* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chowder can, and will, eat almost anything, but the food he likes the most is Thrice Cream.
79* WouldHitAGirl: He's smacked or thrown things at Panini's face whenever she gets too creepy or close for comfort. In one instance, he was even about to lunge himself at her for a ''straight up beat-down'' before Gorgonzola had to hold him back.
80* VitriolicBestBuds: With Panini [[spoiler:before they get married]]. A lot of his interactions with Panini are rife with disgust, though this is because of her unwanted romantic advances toward him. This is true on Panini's end, too, as even ''with'' her crush on Chowder, it doesn't stop her from being demanding and volatile with him if she feels the need to. That said, Chowder ''has'' acknowledged her as his friend, he just doesn't like her advances toward him.
81* VocalDissonance: In the finale, he still has his young voice as an adult. It eventually changes into his creator's voice by the end of the episode.
82* VocalEvolution: He sounds a bit older in later episodes, as his voice actor, Nicky Jones, hit puberty.
83* WalkingDisasterArea: Chowder just can't stay out of trouble. Whether by accident or simple cluelessness, Mung Daal's kitchen has been damaged and destroyed too many times to count. Most of the time, it's by something Chowder related.
84[[/folder]]
85
86[[folder:Mung Daal]]
87[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mungs2.png]]
88->''"You see, there is an ugly lady inside us all, and sometimes, that ugly lady makes us do things we're not proud of."''
89->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DwightSchultz
90
91He can be a bit scatterbrained, but when it comes to cooking, Mung Daal knows more than almost anyone. He pours his heart into every dish. Mung thinks he's a ladies man and frequently offers Chowder advice about finding love.
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93* AbandonedCatchphrase: Mung used to say "Sweet beans in a basket!" in the first trailer and pilot, but it wasn't kept past that point.
94* AmbiguouslyBi: He's been married to Truffles for hundreds of years and flirts with the ladies, but there's a surprisingly high number of Ho Yay moments between him and Shnitzel.
95* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all their bickering and arguing, “Mung On The Rocks” shows that Mung truly does love Truffles and is a miserable wreck without her in his life.
96* BelligerentSexualTension: With Truffles, which is odd, since they've been married for over 400 years and would have no reason to hide it.
97* BerserkButton: Endive brings out the worst in him.
98* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may seem a bit weird, but he's one of the most skilled chefs in the series.
99* ButtMonkey: Mentoring someone like ''[[TooDumbToLive Chowder]]'' will land you into this.
100* CasanovaWannabe: Fancies himself a ladies man, but most ladies are repulsed by him.
101* TheChessmaster: Downplayed. It's shown that Mung is capable of being pretty clever, such as turning Endives prank against her in ''The Prank'', and knowing that Chowder had broken his dice cycle, yet pretending to believe Chowder's lie about Ceviche so that he can bet on Ceviche winning the duel and get a new dice cycle in ''The Dice Cycle''.
102* ComplexityAddiction: "Certifrycation Class" demonstrates that Mung will simply ''refuse'' to follow a recipe to the letter because he has his own personal taste and pizazz on cooking. He can't even ''make a sandwich'' without trying to spruce it up because he disagreed with the recipe ingredients, resulting in him failing his exams and just stealing Endive's instead. It's stark HypocriticalHumor, because he'll get onto Chowder about not following a recipe, yet odds are half of the crazy stuff that happens in his cooking orders [[NiceJobBreakingItHero probably didn't have to happen if Mung wasn't so crazy.]]
103* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In ''The Deadly Maze'', Gumbo gives up on his quest for revenge on Mung, but settles for a parting gift instead to screw with him - an 3D-animated obese pig-centaur-thing dancing in his kitchen. Mung can only point and scream in pure terror while the episode ends.
104* {{Deuteragonist}}: It’s Chowder’s story and since he’s teaching Chowder, he’s effectively this in addition to being outright absent in only one episode.
105* EdibleThemeNaming: Moong dal is a type of Indian bean soup.
106* FatalFlaw: Mung's biggest problem is his pride; he takes great satisfaction as a good chef, and he is when nothing goes wrong. The problem is that Mung doesn't take it well when someone challenges his cooking skills, whether it's Endive or a customer, which causes him to make hasty decisions and make things worse. One example was in the ''Hey, Hey It's Knishmas!'' Christmas episode, where he refuses to buy a shmingerbread house from Endive after the ones he makes keep collapsing and blames Shnitzel for them. That said, what stops Mung from going into ItsAllAboutMe territory is that, above all else, he cares more about his friends than his ego. In the same episode, he does suck up his pride and buys a house from Endive so that he wouldn't break Chowder's heart; he also admits that he's also to blame for his failed shmingerbread houses instead of just Schnitzel.
107-->'''Truffles:''' Why don't you swallow your pride and just go buy a shmingerbread house?\
108'''Mung:''' No! Never! My pride is too BIG to swallow!\
109'''Truffles:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Do you really wanna be the one to disappoint Chowder on Knishmas morning?]]
110* GagNose: One of his most identifiable features is his massive honker.
111* HappilyMarried: Despite his constant flirting with women, his heart truly belongs to Truffles.
112* HenpeckedHusband: Is subject to psychological, verbal ''and'' physical abuse from Truffles.
113* IgnoredExpert: Half of their problems happen because Chowder will quite blatantly ignore Mung's teachings and warnings about handling the potentially dangerous foods they deal with. This happened so frequently that Mung starts blaming himself for the situations because he should know better than to expect Chowder to listen to him.
114* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Chowder; Mung is 450+ years old.
115* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Mung can be very prideful and a bit conceited, he genuinely does care for Truffles, Chowder, and Schnitzel.
116* KidAnova: In his childhood.
117* LargeHam: He doesn’t waste time screaming when frustrated or excited.
118* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: A ''really'' old couple with Truffles, seeing how they've been married for over 450 years.
119* ManlyFacialHair: He claims his mustache helps him with the ladies.
120* MeaningfulName: His name is a portmanteau of "mung beans" and a dish made from them, "moong daal" . In fact, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Greenblatt intended the character to have an Indian accent, but ditched it in the end.]]
121* TheMentor: To Chowder.
122* MentorOccupationalHazard: He doesn't die, he's just usually on the receiving end of the {{Slapstick}}. In the episode "The Deadly Maze," Gumbo, his apprentice before Chowder, gave up on a {{revenge}} scheme against Mung after spending time with Chowder, stating that ''nothing'' he could do could be worse than the grief Chowder puts Mung through every day. In "Chowder Grows Up," Mung even lampshades it, remarking that one day, he'll either retire or be killed by Chowder.
123* NoAccountingForTaste: {{Downplayed}}. He argues a lot with Truffles, but the two are definitely HappilyMarried.
124* NotSoAboveItAll: Almost four hundred years of cooking doesn't mean he isn't quirky, and sometimes he can be worse than ''Chowder'' about some of his eccentricities.
125* PapaWolf: While he isn’t Chowder’s biological father, he’s the closest thing the boy has to one, and he will go all out on you if you dare harm him.
126* ParentalSubstitute: Not only is Chowder Mung's apprentice in cooking, but Mung also gives Chowder advice in a seemingly parental sort of way and Chowder lives with Mung and Truffles. There are times where Mung genuinely forgets Chowder isn't his son, such as in "Paint The Town" and gets distraught when he's reminded of this.
127-->'''Mung:''' Sheesh, what is wrong with that boy?! I'm telling you, he gets it from ''your'' side of the family!\
128'''Truffles:''' What are you talking about? Chowder isn't even our son!\
129'''Mung:''' (''crying'') ''I know.''
130* PerpetualPoverty: Apparently Mung is either insanely greedy, or he literally cannot afford to give Shnitzel a paycheck raise. Despite all the crazy things Mung can do for his house and the ingredients he pulls out of nowhere for his orders. Maybe he's just that greedy. Or maybe he's constantly in debt from having to rebuild his kitchen on a regular basis.
131* PretentiousPronunciation: Whenever he is talking about his mustache, he normally pronounces it as "moo-stache".
132* Really700YearsOld: Given that it's revealed in "Mung On The Rocks" he's been married to Truffles for 450 years, he must be ''unnaturally'' old.
133* SayMyName: How he usually greets his rival, Endive.
134* ShellShockedVeteran: A pretty bad case when it comes to Mince-Meach pie. Fifty years ago, when he first made the dish, he was under constant attack by the other Meaches for 25 years, permanently scarring him with an extreme fear of anything having to do with the dish.
135* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: In the season finale of Chowder Grows Up, he mentions that Chowder is destined to marry Panini and have a family with her.]] However, it could be more of a…
136** ShipperWithAnAgenda: Tries to get Chowder to reciprocate Panini’s feelings and submit to her advances to access essential ingredients such as flossberries and mood fruit.
137* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Does this twice, barely within a minute of each other in ''The Puckerberry Overlords''- the first when Chowder startles him, causing him to drop the super-unstable puckerberry Mung was plucking, and the second when he realizes Chowder's whole body is puckering in on itself from eating it.
138* SupportingLeader: Despite being the head of the Catering Company, he’s only the deuteragonist.
139* SupremeChef: He's widely considered to be the world's best chef. Although DependingOnTheWriter, some characters claim that he is the [[LethalChef exact opposite]].
140* SuppressedRage: Though his [[MemeticMutation memetic]] reaction to Chowder costing the blufferfish in "The Party Cruise" is the most notable example, this is a very common reaction to Chowder's [[TheDitz brand of stupidity]].
141-->'''Mung:''' ''(on the verge of a breakdown)'' '''''Chowder, sweetheart, dear boy!''''' The blufferfish got awayyyyyy! Because you and your friend Shnitzel wanted to be a couple of ''good-time charlies''!!!\
142'''Mung:''' ''(punches himself in the face three times before [[StepfordSmiler plastering on an obviously fake smile]])'' ''Don't you remember, silly?'' The ''new part'' for the ''Feetza 5000? Good boy.''
143* TrrrillingRrrs: Does this sometimes.
144-->'''Mung:''' Frrraple juice! Someone get me some ice-cold frrraple juice! Frrraple!
145* YoungerThanTheyLook: While it's apparent he is really old, he looks pretty fresh and flexible for being over 400 years to count.
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147
148[[folder:Shnitzel]]
149[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shnitzel.png]]
150->''"Radda, radda!"''
151->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (in "The Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkin")
152
153Shnitzel is a big, heavy rock monster (and yes, "rock monster" is [[BuffySpeak the exact term used in-universe]]) who works in Mung Daal's kitchen. He's a serious fellow who tends to end up cleaning up his co-workers' messes.
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155* {{Angrish}}: According to one episode, he talks exclusively in this and, when he's able to be relaxed, he actually speaks more clearly but he reverts back to this.
156* TheBigGuy: He's the biggest member in Mung Daal's kitchen and usually does the heavy lifting.
157* ButtMonkey: Nothing ever seems to go right for him. Any work in the kitchen usually involves him getting hurt or doing something he doesn't particularly enjoy.
158* TheComicallySerious: His reaction to most of Chowder's antics involves his usually annoyed expression.
159* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: [[DownplayedTrope Shnitzel isn't creepy]], but he noticeably has these, as well as thicker outlines around his eyes compared to other characters.
160* ADayInTheLimelight: The special "Shnitzel Quits" focuses entirely on him and how he quit Mung's catering company due to feeling he doesn't get the respect he deserves.
161* DeadpanSnarker: Even though the audience cannot understand him, he's quite the snarker, based on tone and body language. Actually lampshaded in this exchange between Chowder and Mung:
162-->'''Mung:''' Just think about ''dry''.\
163'''Chowder:''' Oh, like Shnitzel's sense of humour?\
164'''Mung:''' No that's too dry.
165* {{Gasshole}}: Next to Chowder, Shnitzel has the worst gastric problems of the cast. He even admits in his ImagineSpot from "The Wrong Customer" that he likes to fart when no one else is around through his imaginary interpretation of Mung.
166* GeniusBruiser: He's a massive powerhouse who does the heavy lifting and the most grounded of the four.
167* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:...to ENDIVE of all characters.]]
168* IntelligibleUnintelligible: All he ever says is "radda", aside for occasionally saying words like "the" or "over" leaving the entire cast to interpret what he's saying and is usually played for laughs.
169-->'''Chowder:''' I think something’s wrong with Mung.
170-->'''Shnitzel:''' Radda radda radda ra-radda.
171-->'''Chowder:''' Why would he be upset about Truffles? She's stopped yelling at us and she never comes in here now. It's perfect!
172-->'''Shnitzel:''' Aw, radda radda...
173-->'''Chowder:''' What do you mean I wouldn't understand?
174-->'''Shnitzel:''' Radda radda ra-radda radda!
175-->'''Chowder:''' What do you mean stop repeating everything you say?
176-->'''Shnitzel:''' *grumbles*
177* JerkassHasAPoint: While he can be a bit rough around the edges, it's easy to understand why given the fact he constantly has to put up with his egocentric boss and dimwitted protege...
178* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ...but despite it all, especially in "Shnitzel Quits", it's been proven that Shnitzel really does care about Chowder and the rest of the gang, and they care about him.
179* TheLancer: To Mung.
180* MeaningfulName: His name is some sort of fried pig meat.
181* NoRespectGuy: He does much of the heavy lifting, cleaning up, and, more often than not, goes to bat for the rest of catering. However, this goes unnoticed.
182* OneWordVocabulary: The only thing he says is "radda". Except when Truffles spoke quietly for once... and then was told to go back to saying "radda". It is implied to be a language in and of itself, given the fact that Truffles was able to [[StunnedSilence shock him into offended silence]] by insulting him in his own tongue during an argument.
183* OnlySaneMan: To his chagrin.
184* PerpetualFrowner: Schnitznel rarely ever smiles, with his default expression being a grumpy frown.
185* TheReliableOne: He works directly under Mung and does a LOT of work in the kitchen. He does the heavy lifting, assists with preparing dishes, and does the cleaning up. Lots and LOTS of cleaning up. Episodes like ''Schnitzel Quits'' highlight just how much the Chowder, Mung, and Truffles need him around.
186* RetiredBadass: See {{Samurai}} below.
187* RockMonster: However, it's not clear what he's made of.
188* {{Samurai}}: Was this in his past. Though, he still knows how to fight like one. [[spoiler:Except not really.]]
189* SilentSnarker: "Dry sense of humor" anyone?
190* SuperStrength: It varies from episode to episode, but chances are that Shnitzel will be capable of lifting tons at a time.
191* WalkDontSwim: He can't swim, due to being made out of rock. So he has to stand in more shallow areas if he wants to go to a pool or beach, otherwise he's walking along the bottom holding his breath.
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193
194[[folder:Truffles Daal]]
195[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/you_stir_em_up_and_then_youre_done.png]]
196->''"What's going on in here?!"''
197->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraStrong
198
199Mung's wife, Truffles likes to be the boss and has a very competitive streak. While Mung handles the cooking, Truffles takes care of everything else.
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201* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite their arguments, she and Mung clearly show love to each other, with Truffles defending her husband's cooking despite [[HypocriticalHeartwarming insulting it at times herself.]]
202* BelligerentSexualTension: With Mung, which is odd, considering they've already been married for centuries and thus would have no reason to hide it.
203* BerserkButton: There are rules to follow in order to avoid her wrath.
204** If you bring gum home, you ''must'' share with her, or ELSE.
205** ''Never'' interrupt her mahjong game.
206** Leave her money box alone.
207** Only Truffles can [[HypocriticalHeartwarming pick on Mung Daal and his cooking]]; she severs ties with the Big Hat Biddies when the leader insults Mung, his cooking, and Chowder.
208* BigEater:
209** Not to Chowder's extent, but she's still a fat woman who also enjoys stuffing her face with foods like peanut butter [[{{Squick}} which she dips a whole stick of butter in and then eats it]].
210** In the online game "Bookin' Cook," she can show up as a customer at Mung Daal's catering that the player has to serve, and will be extremely impatient, making you have to serve her quickly. Sometimes she'll appear several times in a row with different, increasingly complicated orders.
211* DeadpanSnarker: She shows her sarcastic side quite often, particularly when it comes to the everyday antics that happen around the kitchen.
212* DemotedToExtra: She doesn’t have a big role in later episodes and is usually just there for the most part.
213* TheDreaded: EVERYBODY is terrified of Truffles when she's angry.
214* TheFairFolk: She's a mushroom pixie.
215* HairTriggerTemper: Has a ''very'' short fuse and terrifying wrath. In the online game "Bookin' Cook," she can appear as a customer at Mung's eatery, and her patience meter goes down way faster than everyone else's, forcing you to make her order quickly.
216* HappilyMarried: To Mung. She was genuinely upset when he forgot their anniversary but [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther despite their constant bickering, they clearly love each other.]]
217* HairColorDissonance: Ever notice how her hair is not grey, but ''lavender?''
218* HiddenDepths: She can apparently speak Schnitzels's "language"(whereas everyone else [[IntelligibleUnintelligible only understands what he's saying]]) or at the very least knows enough to insult him in it.
219* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Only she can pick on Mung, no one else.
220* IWasQuiteALooker: She was very cute and curvy when she was younger. She can apparently revert to this at will, as shown in "Dinner Theater" when she attracts some customers.
221-->'''Truffles:''' Guess I'll have to get out [[ShowSomeLeg the legs.]]
222** That said, the unmade episode, "The Mushroom Ball" would have retconned this, suggesting the image of her as "cute and curvy" was just an imagine spot.
223* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bossy, condescending, and greedy she may be, she really does love her husband, Mung and is actually a motherly figure for Chowder.
224* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: They've been married for over 300 years and ''very'' old.
225* MamaBear: Chowder’s pretty much her son and if you harm him, there will be hell to pay.
226* MeaningfulAppearance: Not only does her mushroom hat tie into her name, it also relates to her species as a "mushroom pixie".
227* MeaningfulName: Her name is a type of mushroom, hence her hat.
228* TheNapoleon: The shortest worker at Mung Daal's Catering Company and also the one with the shortest temper.
229* NeverMessWithGranny: She's easily the most short-tempered member of Mung Daal's kitchen, as well as the most intimidating, and is hinted at being even older than Mung himself. There's a reason she's considered TheDreaded of the show.
230* NeverMyFault: In "The Flibber-Flabber Diet", she holds Mung responsible for her weight gain, even though it's revealed she has a big appetite herself.
231* NoIndoorVoice: "The Trouble with Truffles" focuses on this, leading her to change her voice to a softer one. As we find out, this trope is justified, as with a softer voice, Mung, Chowder, and Schnitzel couldn't get any work done.
232* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Truffles normally explodes into utter rage at the slightest provocation and has no problem screaming at the top of her lungs at anything that annoys her but when Mung forgets their 450th Anniversary, after initially giving him an earful for it, Truffles spends the remainder of the time coldly ignoring Mung no matter how much he tries to entreat her.
233* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Series creator C.H. Greenblatt has mentioned in an interview that Truffles is based on his own mother.
234* Really700YearsOld: Given that it's revealed in "Mung On The Rocks" she's been married to Mung for ''450'' years, she must be unnaturally old (or possibly [[TheFairFolk perfectly naturally]]).
235* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Mung in a nutshell. "Big Ball" even lampshades this.
236-->'''Truffles''': You're going down, old man!
237-->'''Mung''': No, ''you're'' goind down, ''older'' woman!
238-->'''Truffles''': No, you!
239-->'''Mung''': No, you!
240-->'''Truffles''': No, you!
241-->'''Truffles and Mung''': ''*Cue Mung and Truffles immediately making out before pulling away abruptly.*'' Get away!
242
243* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female within the kitchen, not counting customers.
244* TookALevelInJerkass: In later seasons, she has become more hostile and disrespectful towards her employees.
245* YourMom: Initially, it seems like Truffles takes offense to this statement, but as it turns out, [[SubvertedTrope she agrees with it]], claiming that her mother has a, "huge tushy."
246[[/folder]]
247
248[[folder:Kimchi]]
249[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kimchi.png]]
250->'''Voiced by:''' [[CreatorCameo C. H. Greenblatt]]
251
252Chowder's pet, who lives in a cage next to his bed. Kimchi is a brown-colored cloud (an anthropomorphized flatus). He likes things that smell bad, and he "talks" by making flatulent sounds.
253----
254* CreatorCameo: He is "voiced" by C. H. Greenblatt.
255* DemotedToExtra: By the time season 2 rolled around, he barely shows up.
256* DubNameChange: In Japan, he is renamed "Natto" (fermented soy beans), possibly to [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan avoid having a character with a Korean name.]]
257* MeaningfulName: Kimchi is a Korean dish made with fermented vegetables, which has a rather strong smell.
258* NoMouth: He only has a pair of eyes.
259* TheUnintelligible: He only speaks through fart sounds.
260[[/folder]]
261
262[[folder:Ms. Endive]]
263[[quoteright:277:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/endive.png]]
264->''"I knew the day would come when you'd finally realize, that I... am... the better chef!"''
265->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MindySterling
266
267A female chef who teaches cooking to Panini with strict discipline. She regularly berates Mung Daal, whom she considers a rival. In the episode "Chowder's Girlfriend", it is revealed she despises boys and boyfriends because her fiance did not show up on their wedding day. The creator describes her as Martha Stewart with Oompa-Loompa colors.
268----
269* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Shnitzel in for most of the series. He ''really'' isn't very fond of her advances towards him. She sometimes shows some of this to Mung if they're alone together, to an equal amount of disgust.
270* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite her size, she can move quite quickly if she wanted to.
271* BerserkButton: '''''Never''''' try to peek on her in the shower, willingly or not. "Chowder's Babysitter" had her catch Chowder and Gazpacho in her bathroom and [[PervertRevengeMode chase them down furiously for revenge]]. Her ''massive'' [[YourSizeMayVary size increase]] during this point didn't help.
272* BigEater: While unmatched by Chowder's gluttony, she's definitely prone to stuffing her face [[JabbaTableManners in a disgusting fashion]].
273* DidntThinkThisThrough: In one episode, Endive locks Chowder and Mung Daal in a dungeon with a sack of growtatoes -- potatoes that grow as large as her house until they're fully peeled -- in a fit of rage. Only after she hears their terrified screams cut off by an ominous squishing sound does she realize that trapping two people in a room with those things isn't the best of ideas if you just want to give them a scare. [[spoiler:Thankfully, the squish turned out to be the growtatoes being turned into growtato salad, much to her relief.]]
274* DoesNotLikeMen: She has a habit of advising Panini to stay away from boys with a surprising amount of venom. Given her words, it's very likely she was stood up at the altar, so it's at least understandable.
275-->'''Endive:''' ''Stay away from boys!'' They are dirty. They are smelly. They tell you they love you so you wait by the telephone 'til they ''finally'' work up the nerve to propose! And ''then'', they have the '''gall''' to '''''not show up to the wedding'''''!
276* EmbarrassingHobby: She has an embarrassing secret that she loves to do [[WhatYouAreInTheDark when nobody's looking]], and the sight of it is gross enough to make anyone [[VomitDiscretionShot vomit on sight]], to the point that it's [[CensoredForComedy pixellated to the audience]] to keep it a secret. [[spoiler:It's revealed to be her eating her own toe jam with a fork, which is considered disgusting not because it's toe jam (it's a delicacy in Marzipan), but because [[FelonyMisdemeanor she does it with a fork and not a spoon]].]]
277* EveryoneHasStandards: She's willing to humiliate, embarrass, and torture Mung to flaunt her superiority and prove she is the better chef, but episodes like "At Your Service" and "The Prank" show that she is uncomfortable of the idea of actually killing her rival.
278* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: She's ''huge'', and not just in height.
279* {{Foil}}: To Mung. Both are the main chefs of their respective house/bakery of sorts and have a young apprentice. While Mung has his faults, he does love Chowder as if he was his own son while Endive regularly treats Panini as a servant than a daughter.
280* {{Gonk}}: The sight of her puckering up to Shnitzel is enough to make the flowers in his bouquet vomit. The sight of her ''[[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]]'' caused Gazpacho to faint.
281* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Shnitzel]].
282* TheHeavy: No pun intended given her girth. Though she’s not outright evil enough to be the BigBad, she’s the most malicious regular antagonist of the series.
283* {{Jerkass}}: Her personality is caustic, condescending, and just flat-out rude. An example of this is that one time she locked Mung and Chowder in a room with growtatoes and still wouldn't give them her moodfruit necklace.
284* LargeAndInCharge: She dwarfs over [[StalkerWithACrush Panini]] and any other person who works in her kitchen and is in charge of said kitchen.
285* MeaningfulName: A type of vegetable known for its bitter taste. Greenblatt had chosen it as it suited her personality.
286* PetTheDog: For as obnoxious as Ms. Endive can be to virtually everyone, she does tend to treat Panini fairly. [[DependingOnTheWriter Most of the time]].
287* RedheadInGreen: Inverted. She is green-haired and wears a red dress.
288* TheRival: To Mung Daal. She likes to flaunt her skills and sense of superiority to him, and the two are frequently at each other's throats trying to outdo the other.
289* ShipTease: A lot of this with Shnitzel (although unwanted), but, oddly enough, some with Mung. In "The Apprentice Games", she flirtatiously states that they are alone at one point. Panini herself has hypothesized that she picks on Mung so much because she likes him. And in "The Prank", when she believes she had killed Mung and Panini abandons her, she falls into despair and questions if she bullies Mung because she's afraid of her feelings for him, that she might like or even love him.
290* SoreLoser: If she doesn't get her way, she doesn't take it well. One example of this is when Chowder and Mung successfully do all of the ridiculous things she asks of them for mood fruit that she ended up buying first. Including [[spoiler:peeling her sack of growtatoes and turning them into salad as mentioned above]]. Out of ammo to throw at them, she instead throws the necklace of mood fruit to the ground and stomps it into paste, making their endeavors throughout the episode [[AllForNothing both metaphorically and literally fruitless]].
291* SupremeChef: As Mung's rival, she's another highly skilled chef in the city. Her catering prides itself more on its classiness and proper etiquette compared to Mung's more relaxed aesthetics.
292* VillainousGlutton: A quite unpleasant antagonist with an appetite to match.
293* {{Yandere}}: To Shnitzel in "Shnitzel Quits". Once Shnitzel revaeals he's already taken[[note]] by a female rock, no less[[/note]], Endive [[SanitySlippage goes off the deep end]].
294* YourSizeMayVary: Goes from being maybe two feet taller than most characters to being large enough to initiate a ColossusClimb, depending on the need of the plot.
295[[/folder]]
296
297[[folder:Panini]]
298[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/panini.png]]
299->''"Oh, hiiii, Chowder..."''
300->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LilianaMumy, [[spoiler: Creator/GreyDeLisle (adult)]]
301
302Panini is the apprentice to Ms. Endive. She's convinced that Chowder is her boyfriend and takes every opportunity to let him know this.
303----
304* TenMinuteRetirement: Every time she "[[SelfProclaimedLoveInterest breaks up]]" with Chowder, it boils down to this. The first time she does this in ''Chowder's Girlfriend'', she goes back to obsessing over Chowder in her next appearance.
305* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Chowder, to the point that her touch ''alone'' is enough to cause his skin to burn, however [[spoiler:this becomes averted in the series finale.]]
306--> '''Chowder''': Hey, Panini, guess what?\
307'''Panini''': You love me?\
308'''Chowder''': Ew. No.
309* BerserkButton: Anyone and anything that gets between her and her attempts to claim Chowder, even Chowder himself, will see she's not as cute as she looks.
310* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's cute at first glance, but she's not one to be crossed. She once violently forced Chowder to hold her hand and she almost beat Gorgonzola into a pulp after he kicked her in a misunderstanding.
311* CatsAreMean: Cat-rabbit-bear things, anyway. At the very least, she's been shown to be [[CatsAreSnarkers passive-aggressive and snarky]] toward other people, having rudely shooed away a customer from her food stand in "The Burple Nurples", though at worst she can be downright violent, having [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown outright assaulted]] Gazpacho in "The Bruised Bluenana", and fought Marmalade in a joust for the sole crime of [[{{Yandere}} being a girl and Chowder's friend]] in "A Faire To Remember".
312* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:In the last episode, it's shown that she and Chowder get married. Mung even outright says that they were destined to marry.]]
313* ClingyJealousGirl: She flips if she sees Chowder with another girl.
314* CuteLittleFangs: Her fangs are always present, even when her mouth is closed.
315* CuteMonsterGirl: She’s a rabbit monster, but she’s portrayed as loving.
316* TheCutie: Very little gets her down.
317* EarsAsHair: She has her tied back like a ponytail or topknot.
318* EggSitting: The plot ''The Bruised Bluenana'', where Panini jumps at the chance to [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretend she's Chowder's wife trying to nurse their bluenana child back to health]]. Chowder meanwhile is doing everything he can think of to get out quickly.
319* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite initially having no problem with the first prank, felt like Endive’s second prank was going too far, but ended up going along with it. However, she must have been coerced. She was horrified along with many other guests when Endive tried to bake Todd so he’d be better looking, despite not being bothered with his looks after getting to know him and finding his personality endearing.
320* ExplosiveBreeder: [[spoiler:Apparently, Panini is prone to this, given her rabbit-like species and that she has fifty babies in the series finale with Chowder, twenty of which she gave birth to in one day. Lampshaded by Chowder.]]
321-->'''Chowder:''' [[spoiler:But seriously. No more babies, okay?]]
322* {{Flanderization}}: She started off as a relatively nice girl with an innocent cute crush on the protagonist, and even capable of being exasperated with him at times. However, that crush gradually enveloped her personality, and she became horribly obtrusive and disrespectful to Chowder and his personal space. She gets a couple moments of being able to be near Chowder without obsessing over him and act like either a friend or a rival, but her stalkerish moments are still overwhelming.
323* GenkiGirl: Occasionally, especially when it comes to Chowder.
324* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She may be a [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] rabbit with a very romantic personality and girly appearance, but she has shown to be very violent and aggressive from time to time.
325* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Chowder.]]
326* {{Hypocrite}}: She obsesses over Chowder and ignores how much he wants to avoid her, but she does not like it when boys make a move on her. She is annoyed with Ceviche for his own affection for her, especially since it's not as deranged as hers. In addition, Chowder once has a wedding cake made for her because he was told that, since she kissed him, he has to marry her to save her reputation. However, she declines, saying that Chowder comes up to her every five seconds and that she needs her space.
327* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a bit crazy but can also be sweet. Despite not always being pleasant, she is shown to get along with some of the employees working for her company’s rival, willing to help Mung get the flossberries (but with an incentive) and immediately welcoming Schnitzel to Endive’s company and asking how his first day was (despite only going to him to ask about Chowder). At first, she was disgusted by Todd, but took a liking to him after getting to know him and was horrified that Ms. Endive was willing to bake Todd just because he wasn’t good-looking, showing that she’s not shallow about appearance.
328* KarmaHoudini: For all her intense stalking and harassment, [[spoiler: Chowder still ends up marrying and starting a family with Panini like she always wanted.]]
329* IGotBigger: [[spoiler:She's as tall as Chowder as an adult making her one of the tallest members of the main cast. Justified since she is supposed to be part bear.]]
330* LaughOfLove:
331** She tends to occasionally giggle or laugh when she's with Chowder, who doesn't return her feelings [[spoiler:until the series finale]].
332** She {{invoke|dTrope}}s this in "A Faire to Remember", when she pretends to laugh as she hangs out with Ceviché in an attempt to make Chowder [[OperationJealousy jealous]]. It doesn't work.
333* TheLoad: In one of the online games, she’ll drive customers up the wall if not taken care of quickly.
334* MeaningfulName: Her name is a type of Italian sandwich.
335* MoralityPet: She tries to be this to Ms. Endive on occasion with normally mixed results.
336* MotorMouth: At times. Like when she was asking Shnitzel what Chowder likes in "Shnitzel Quits".
337* MixAndMatchCritters: She's the same species as Chowder (who is a "cat-bear-rabbit thingy," according to the creator) but with rabbit ears. Most likely sexual dimorphism at work here.
338* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Though she has an unrelenting obsession with Chowder, she's usually one of the sweetest characters on the show.
339* OperationJealousy: In one episode, she pretended to be in love with Ceviche to make Chowder jealous when he starts hanging out with fellow CloudCuckoolander Marmalade.
340* PersonalSpaceInvader: Regularly in her more obsessive moments, she'll force herself onto Chowder with anything as light as a hug, to more creepily like touching his face or just flat-out stuffing herself into his clothes. Chowder usually [[HatesBeingTouched starts screaming or trying to force her away.]]
341* PhraseCatcher: All together now...
342--> '''Chowder:''' '''"I'm not your boyfriend!"'''
343** Made all the more hilarious by the fact that he'll sometimes immediately follow it up with cheerfully initiating conversation with her, or just slip it in as an afterthought.
344* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The pink girl to Chowder's blue boy; she has pink fur while Chowder has bluish-purple fur.
345* PinkMeansFeminine: She has pink fur.
346* PluckyGirl: That means big trouble for Chowder.
347* PostKissCatatonia: After Chowder gives a peck on the cheek in the Christmas episode.
348* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: She is a hybrid of a bunny and a cat, after all.
349* {{Satellite Love Interest}}s: She doesn't want anything to do, but have Chowder be her boyfriend and future husband. Not much is known about her personality (besides her huge crush on Chowder).
350* SelectiveObliviousness: Chowder's constant shouting of "I'm not your boyfriend!" doesn't cause Panini to recognize Chowder doesn't have feelings for her, at least positive ones. That or she's ignoring it in hopes of swaying Chowder into falling for her.
351* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest:
352--> '''Panini:''' "I am Chowder's girlfriend, and Chowder is my boyfriend, and we're totally going to be together forever and ever! And now, we're holding hands!"\
353[Cue overly long SpitTake from Chowder]
354* SingleTargetSexuality: She only wants Chowder and no one else. Ms. Endive once attempted to set Panini up with Carson, a realistic human character. For that reason, Panini turns him down and demands "I want Chowder!"
355* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A possibility for how she fell in love with Chowder.
356* StalkerWithACrush: In the early episodes, she was able to have a conversation with Chowder without coming on to him. Later? She wants to pass a law that will let her legally own Chowder.
357* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Given her [[StalkerWithACrush fanatical obsession]] [[SingleTargetSexuality with Chowder]] that often goes beyond simple PuppyLove, she’s up there with [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga Pataki]] as one of the horniest prepubescent girls in animation.
358* VocalEvolution: Like Chowder, Panini's voice deepened over time, due to her actress hitting puberty.
359* {{Yandere}}: In later seasons, that is. She was way cooler about her crush in the first season.
360[[/folder]]
361
362[[folder:Gazpacho]]
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365[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6063_9.png]]
366->''"Come. Sit. Buy my beans!"''
367->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanaSnyder
368
369An anthropomorphic woolly mammoth storekeeper who sells strange produce and ingredients. He does his best to offer advice to Chowder when needed. He lives with his overbearing mother, who never appears (and at several points is implied to not even ''exist''). Gazpacho shows no interest in moving out and improving his own life, and his grasp on his sanity is... tenuous at best, which can lead to occasional moments of psychosis and paranoia, often with disastrious consequences to the episode's plot.
370----
371* AbusiveParents: From what we hear about his mom, she's ''very'' controlling of him; he once stated that she's "usually" mad at him, and that she "crushes hopes and dreams."
372* AffectionateParody / DeconstructiveParody: There is one episode where he dresses up as his mother and is playing it as a funny parody of Norman Bates from the Alfred Hitchcock movie ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. However, this may also work as a [[DarkParody dark deconstruction]] of his character. A ManChild who was constantly put down by his mother to a point where it messes with his development and even his sanity could go down the same insane path as Norman Bates.
373* AscendedExtra: Initially more of side character, Gazpacho started to gain more prominence as the show progressed, to the point he even had his own episode, titled ''[[CharacterTitle Gazpacho!]]''.
374* AxCrazy: He's essentially a nicer and (somewhat) kid-friendlier version of [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake.]]
375** In that episode he gives an offhand comment that he is going to kill Chowder, Gorgonzola and Panini after coffee. That's right, he's going to stab ''[[WouldHurtAChild three children, featuring his best friend]]''.
376** In "Dinner Theatre", he enjoys his villainous role a little too much, pretending to be this character outside practicing and at the end this line occurs with literal axe craziness:
377--->'''Chowder:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, at least no one got killed.]]\
378'''Gazpacho:''' At least... ''(takes an axe)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NOT! YET!!!]]
379** "Banned From The Stand" has Gazpacho going paranoid that Mung and Chowder are going to buy berries off of him by help from other people, which is at the beginning ProperlyParanoid, but then he goes overboard and thinks everyone is trying to help Mung and Chowder, speaking to himself in a crazy manner and banning everyone, including from every other stand and the bathroom, and his overly paranoid behaviour ends with him babbling incoherently right before banning himself from his ''own'' stand. This all happened because Mung and Gazpacho had a [[ComicalOverreacting disagreement]] [[DisproportionateRetribution on the berry's colour.]]
380** In "Chowder's Babysitter" he thinks Chowder is hiding in a meat grinder, and for some reason thinks the right course of action is to turn on said grinder. He realizes his mistake too late and can only react in horror as a pile of ground beef is deposited, making Gazpacho think he carelessly killed Chowder.
381* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He doesn't provide to make a situation less complicated.
382* CovertPervert: Chowder imagines him as such in "Brain Freeze".
383* ADayInTheLimelight: ''[[CharacterTitle Gazpacho!]]'' served as this for him, as the primary focus was on him for a change, instead of Chowder or the rest of Mung Daal's kitchen.
384* FriendToAllChildren: He is really good with kids and has taken on rolls like the umpire at kids sports games or scout leaders.
385* FurryReminder: As an anthro mammoth, he occasionally trumpets and snorts just like an elephant.
386* GambitRoulette: His plan on teaching the scouts how to fold napkins involved too many variables to count.
387* GRatedDrug: Lollistops are this to him, to the point that he routinely wears [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Lollistops patches]] on his neck.
388* IntergenerationalFriendship: He's (technically) an adult who's close friends with Chowder, who's around 10 to 12.
389* JerkassBall: He grabs this in "Banned From The Stand"; [[DisproportionateRetribution where he bans Mung from his fruit stand over a mere disagreement over the color of flossberries]]. When Mung takes his money to other stands, Gazpacho responds by banning him from ''all'' fruit stands, due to the "Fruit Vendor Code". Eventually, his paranoia gets the better of him and he begins banning anyone whom he suspects helping Mung, including himself. Luckily, a talk with Chowder[[note]]whom he had also-albeit reluctantly-banned from his stand due to being in cahoots with Mung[[/note]], combined with a MyGodWhatHaveIDone from Gazpacho, sets him straight... [[HereWeGoAgain only for another disagreement to erupt between him and Mung.]]
390* LargeHam: Keyword: Dana Snyder.
391* MammothsMeanIceAge: Subverted. He is a humanoid woolly mammoth but lives in an otherwise non-icy setting.
392* ManChild: Taken to the extreme in the series finale, where [[spoiler:he couldn't change anything to make his life better, so he ran away and made up a whole bunch of lies. Adult Chowder eventually finds him and brings him out of hiding.]]
393* MeaningfulName: His name is a cold vegetable soup.
394* MommasBoy: This was his codename during the episode, "The Heist".
395* MrViceGuy: He has his JerkassBall moments in "Banned From The Stand" and does come across as an immature ManChild. Despite this, Gazpacho is actually a decent and friendly guy who cares for his little buddy Chowder.
396* MundaneMadeAwesome: When he's a Scout Master, learning to fold napkins involves hiking a mountain that moves, abandoning most of the scouts along the way, having the few remaining scouts believe he has contracted Ray-B-Cs, try to run away from him, and nearly ''dying''. Oh, and sitting down and breathing required hazmat suits and flamethrowers.
397* MyBelovedSmother: [[spoiler:If she even exists, that is.]]
398* NoodleIncident: He states that he tried to [[NoFourthWall clean the Cartoon Network logo off the screen]], with no success.
399** According to "Chowder's Babysitter", he mentions that the entire episode's misadventure happens every time he volunteers to babysit[[note]]For context, he mistook a grinded-up steak as Chowder and was convinced he killed him. So they went to Endive's place to flush the "body" to the "great beyond" only for Endive to catch them and angrily chase them down[[/note]].
400* OnlyFriend: As noted by Mung in one episode, Chowder isn't just Gazpacho's closest friend... he's Gazpacho's ''only'' friend.
401* SanitySlippage: His mental faculties are...marginal even on a good day. One of the better examples of him going off the deep end occurs in "Banned from the Stand".
402* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:It takes him being a dark reflection of what Chowder was becoming for Chowder to accept his destiny.]]
403* SplitPersonality: Remember when Gazpacho [[spoiler:was revealed to be his own Mother!?]]. But then again that wasn't real. [[spoiler:OR WAS IT!? Just kidding it probably WASN'T!!]]
404* UnreliableNarrator: In "The Spookiest House In Marzipan".
405* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Giving Chowder a literal ChickMagnet in "Apprentice Appreciation Day" sets off the events of the episode, with Mung competing with Endive over who appreciates their apprentice more.
406* WasItAllALie: See ManChild above.
407[[/folder]]
408
409[[folder:Gorgonzola]]
410[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6068.png]]
411->''"Don't strain yourself, Pudge."''
412->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WillShadley, Creator/DwightSchultz ("The Toots"), [[spoiler:Creator/DaveWittenberg (adult)]]
413
414A young apprentice candle holder with a surly attitude. He resents Chowder due to him having a better job.
415----
416* FriendlyEnemy: In "Panini for President" and "The Blackout".
417* GreenAndMean: A green anthropomorphic rat who usually acts as a jerk towards Chowder.
418* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His sense of self-importance comes from the fact that his home life as Stilton's apprentice is extremely miserable, and when Chowder presses him for information on it, Gorgonzola ends up [[BrokenTears breaking down in tears]].
419* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's egocentric, surly, and mean to everyone around him, but he does have his amicable moments.
420* MeaningfulName: He is named after gorgonzola cheese. Greenblatt commented that since cheese was his least favourite food, he felt it would fit Gorgonzola's surly attitude.
421* PyrrhicVictory: He became much more successful than Chowder, so he technically "won" in their rivalry, but Chowder doesn't seem to care, and any attempt to rub his victory in his face turns out to be very futile.
422* RagsToRiches: He quite literally wore rags as a kid but in the episode, "Chowder Grows Up" he has shown to the rich and successful CEO of "Candle Corp Industries".
423* TheResenter: He's primarily motivated by his resentment of Chowder having a better job than him despite Chowder not being very bright. To where in the grand finale, his reason for helping Chowder grow up is so he can have ''someone'' to brag to about his successes. Hilariously, it still fails as after he brags to Chowder, Chowder just congratulates him and Gorgonzola screams at Chowder to be jealous of him.
424* TheRival: More or less self-declared to Chowder. For his part, Chowder seems not to notice or care, much to to Gorgonzola's chagrin.
425* SignatureHeadgear: The lit candle on top of his head. Oddly enough, it's implied in some episodes that the candle is actually part of his ''body'', since he can make it burn brighter at will. With the way he genuinely panics when he's about to be submerged in water, shouting that his candle flame will go out, it could also be a sign of the flame being either tied to his health or is just of deep value to him personally.
426* TheSnarkKnight: Almost always a snide (and sometimes sarcastic) comment at the ready, especially when Chowder is around.
427* ToxicFriendInfluence: When he isn't going after Chowder's throat [[UnknownRival for no reason]], he's this. Most notably in "Panini for President", where he tries to influence Chowder to win a club election unfairly so he could use him as a [[PuppetKing Puppet President]]. This is lampshaded by Panini at the end of the episode where she tells Chowder "He's not your friend, he's like a villain or something".
428* UnknownRival: He views his relationship with Chowder like a competition to become the most successful, but Chowder couldn't care less. This sticks in the finale where, despite Gorgonzola actually becoming the CEO of a company, Chowder ''still'' doesn't care and is just happy for him, which only further upsets him.
429* VitriolicBestBuds: Gorgonzola fancies himself as Chowder's enemy but the latter is too airheaded and happy-go-lucky to pick up on it, and they more often than not end up having to work together.
430* VoiceChangeling: In "The Toots", he is able to mimic Mung Daal's voice perfectly.
431* YouDirtyRat: He's petty and mean, and antagonizes Chowder just because he's jealous of Chowder's job. He isn't quiet ''evil'' though, as he'll sometimes do something benevolent and even help Chowder on occassion, but he's still a {{Jerkass}} and has the appearance of a rat.
432[[/folder]]
433
434[[folder:Ceviché]]
435[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6065.png]]
436->''"After I escort you home, could I weed your garden and hang some dry wall?"''
437->'''Voiced by:''' Elan Garfias
438
439Ceviche is a dancer and the apprentice of Pate. He is fairly easygoing and has a crush on Panini. Because of this, he follows her around and does what she says.
440----
441* BlackBeadEyes: Has tiny black dots for eyes. However, in "The Dinner Theater", there is sclera around them in a close-up of his face.
442* CampStraight: Dresses in a leotard and has pink hair, but is madly in love with Panini.
443* TheChewToy: Ceviché has a tendency of getting beaten and battered through no fault of his own. His very last appearance has him going over a waterfall and breaking his face as a result.
444* CreepyMonotone: "We must avenge Panini's death!"
445* DoggedNiceGuy: To Panini.
446* HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler:With Marmalade, [[http://chgreenblatt.tumblr.com/post/114500523397/helloi-really-want-to-knowwhat-was-ceviche-doing according to]] WordOfGod.]]
447* HopelessSuitor: Unlike Chowder, he actually has feelings for Panini. Unfortunately, she's Chowder-sexual. Even after marrying Marmalade, Ceviché still has a torch burning for Panini.
448* LoveTriangle: He loves Panini who loves Chowder who [[spoiler:doesn't accept Panini's affections until the GrandFinale]]. He, however, is loved by Marmalade.
449* MeaningfulName: Ceviche is a seafood dish found in Latin American cuisine.
450* StalkerWithACrush: Unfortunately for him, Panini has only eyes for Chowder.
451* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate is never revealed in the season finale. Greenblatt had to explain it online.
452[[/folder]]
453
454[[folder:Chestnut]]
455[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6087.png]]
456->''"Dink-a-loo, dink-a-lee, Chestnut is what I be."''
457->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToneLoc ("The Sleep Eater" to "Hey, Hey It's Knishmas!"), Creator/JohnDiMaggio ("The B.L.T.'s" onward)
458
459A tiny, blue, gremlin-like creature who's somewhat greedy and likes making mundane objects into his personal home décor.
460----
461* BaritoneOfStrength: He's got one of the deepest voices in the entire show, and he's a lot stronger than he looks.
462* {{Greed}}: Whatever object he comes across, he wants it, and won't give it back unless bartered with. This includes Chowder's hat and the entirety of Mung's person.
463* InsistentTerminology: He always comes up with assumptions about whatever he finds, and even when he's corrected, he insists on calling it whatever he's already decided it is. He calls Mung a dining table, and he calls Chowder's hat a vacation home.
464* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's as small as a cookie, yet he's strong enough to grab a stop sign and bash Shnitzel in the face with it.
465* ThirdPersonPerson: Chestnut always speaks his name in the third person, besides when singing.
466[[/folder]]
467
468[[folder:Mr. Fugu & Foie Gras]]
469[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6095.png]]
470[[caption-width-right:300:Mr. Fugu (left) and Foie Gras (right)]]
471->'''Mr. Fugu:''' ''"The valet must wait. I always eat first."''
472->'''Foie Gras:''' ''"Meow meow, meow meow meow, meow."''
473->'''Mr. Fugu voiced by:''' Creator/BobJoles
474->'''Foie Gras voiced by:''' Creator/GeorgeTakei (yes, ''that'' Creator/GeorgeTakei)
475
476A red balloon who is Mung's best customer, and his cat valet. Mr. Fugu is known to be an absolute glutton who never lets his valet have any food.
477----
478!!Tropes applying to Mr. Fugu:
479* BigEater: His appetite is bigger than Chowder's. Any time he's presented with food, he orders a mountain load, and relentlessly wolfs down on it.
480* ControlFreak: When it comes to his birthday parties, he's very tight-laced about the themes he has for them, to the point of ruling his parties with an iron fist (as in, having the attendants [[LiteralMetaphor punch each other with iron fists]]).
481* EntitledBastard: He always feels entitled to eat before his valet, and never leaves anything left for them.
482* ExtremeOmnivore: He'll eat anything, from tacos, to Thrice Cream, to clouds, to ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick bird vomit]]''.
483* Fiction500: He seems to have an endless supply of money, with him telling a taco vendor that money is no object to him. It's for this reason that Mung considers him such an important customer, as his finances go to repairing the kitchen every time it's destroyed.
484* {{Gasshole}}: After he's done eating, he expels a noxious brown gas, and immediately becomes hungry again.
485* IronicName: He's named after fugu, which is another name for pufferfish. Odd for an incredibly fragile balloon to be named after a creature known for being spiky.
486* VillainTakesAnInterest: [[DownplayedTrope Less a villain]] and more of an ''incredibly'' selfish AntiHero, but he takes an interest in Chowder because he thinks he would make for an incredibly entertaining valet.
487
488!!Tropes applying to Foie Gras:
489* CreepyMonotone: Whenever he speaks, he talks in a deep, monotone voice that creeps out everyone around him.
490* OneWordVocabulary: The only word he's able to muster is "meow".
491* SatelliteCharacter: There's not a lot to him besides being Mr. Fugu's means of getting around.
492* TheStoic: Part of the reason why he's Mr. Fugu's designated valet is that he never complains, and always remains silent.
493[[/folder]]

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