Line #184 Characters/EchoChamber


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!!Main cast
4	[[folder:Tom Pike]]
5	[[quoteright:328:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tompike_923.png]]
6
7	->''"I've never written anything like this before. I didn't want to be a ''screenwriter'', I wanted to be a ''playwright''!"''
8
9	The main character and creator of the vlogs.
10	----
11	%%* AllMenArePerverts
12	* BadBoss: To Zack.
13	--> "If you get in front of the camera, I will stab you, I will ''actually'' stab you!"
14	* ButtMonkey: Episode 10 pretty much solidifies Tom as this, what with him getting yelled at by The Administrator for something Dana said.
15	%%* FanDisservice: Him in his Batman boxers. ''Yeeowch.''
16	%%* FreudianExcuse: His BigLittleBrother overshadowing him.
17	* HypocriticalHumor:
18	--> '''Tom:''' ''(to Dana)'' Look, if you keep assuming that someone can't do anything right, sooner or later, you're gonna be proven wrong.
19	--> '''Zack:''' Yeah!
20	--> '''Tom:''' God, I wish I had some duct tape right now.
21	--> '''Zack:''' Why?
22	--> '''Tom:''' ''To shut you up''!
23	%%* InvokedTrope: He does this frequently.
24	%%* {{Jerkass}}
25	%%* LoserProtagonist
26	%%* NerdGlasses
27	%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rice with salt, apparently.
28	%%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
29	[[/folder]]
30
31	[[folder:Dana Shaw]]
32	[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danashaw_1981.png]]
33
34	->''"[I'm going on camera] because you need me to. I mean, Tom, you're... pretty hopeless. You're ''really'' hopeless, actually. You're like a lost little puppy, and whenever someone tries to help you out, you crap on the rug and bite their baby. But, see, that's where ''I'' can come in. I can be there with the rabies shots, and the carpet cleaner... and your incompetence means that I can actually make a difference here."''
35
36	The producer, eventually promoted to character.
37	----
38	%%* BrutalHonesty
39	%%* CannotSpitItOut
40	* DeadpanSnarker: She frequently snarks at Tom or Zack, but her jabs at Shannon really take the cake.
41	--> '''Shannon:''' You just don't understand anything about ''love''.
42	--> '''Dana:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, my heart. She breaks.]] ''(makes tear outline on cheek)''
43	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
44	%%* OnlySaneEmployee
45	%%* SurroundedByIdiots: Oh so much.
46	%%* {{UST}}: Some with Tom.
47	[[/folder]]
48
49	[[folder:Zack Wallnau]]
50	[[quoteright:189:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zackwallnau_3657.png]]
51
52	->''"Ha, [[TherapyIsForTheWeak therapy is for losers]]! ...I MadeMyselfSad."''
53
54	The cameraman.
55	----
56	%%* AllMenArePerverts
57	%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
58	%%* ButtMonkey
59	* CharacterBlog: His [[https://twitter.com/#!/DeadCatInABox Twitter account]].
60	* CharacterDevelopment: Zack starts to growing up out of his {{Manchild}} status in 2x11. [[spoiler: He leaves his dad's house and moves in with Gaelyn, gets a RelationshipUpgrade with her and quits ''Echo Chamber'' to find a real job]].
61	* ChildProdigy: His dad says he made heart-wrenching films at the age of nine.
62	* CloudCuckooLander: Oh God...
63	--> "Do you keep your dead cat in a box, too?"
64	* TheDitz
65	* TheFaceless: For a while. In 2.11, you finally get a good look at him.
66	* GotVolunteered: By Tom, of course.
67	* JustFriends: Is put into the ''not even as a friend'' zone by Dana. Zack then puts Gaelyn into the friend zone during Season 2. [[spoiler: Gaelyn [[RelationshipUpgrade pulls herself out of the friend zone by kissing him.]]]]
68	* LiteralMinded:
69	** Actually thinks Gaelyn was talking about fruit when she tried to invite him on a date.
70	** Brings an actual gun for the ChekhovsGun episode.
71	** In "Forgotten Birthday" Tom tells him to reverse his thoughts every time he thinks, to which he responded to by somehow talking backwards.
72	%%* {{Manchild}}: It runs in the family, apparently...
73	%%* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Dana.
74	%%* TherapyIsForTheWeak: But he could really use some.
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	!!Supporting/recurring cast
78
79	[[folder:Mr. Administrator]]
80	[[quoteright:277:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mradmin_3145.png]]
81
82	->''"You have angered us, Mr. Pike, ''for the last time''! Your next video will be a work of genius or we will ''SHUT YOU DOWN''. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? End transmission."''
83
84	The TV Tropes Wiki admin that Tom contacts about his vlogs. [[spoiler:''And'' the administrator of Website/TheOtherWiki, who contacts Mark about ''[citation needed]''. Or so it seemed, until the season 2 final where they are shown to be an infinite number of iterations of Administrator Prime.]]
85	----
86	%%* BadBoss
87	%%* EvilSoundsDeep
88	%%* TheFaceless: [[spoiler: Until episode 2.11.]]
89	%%* MysteriousEmployer
90	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Zack, in episode 1.10:
91	--> '''The Administrator''': "After all, we are similar..."
92	* NotSoStoic: He actually laughs at one of Ace's videos.
93	* ParentalIssues: [[spoiler:He is shown... sympathizing with Zack]] in episode 1.10. No further explanation was given.
94	** In the season 2 finale it is revealed that [[spoiler: his "father" is really Administrator Prime, and he is just an instantiation of him.]]
95	%%* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep
96	%%* RoyalWe: His speech pattern. He also expects other tropers to refer to themselves in third-person.
97	%%* SeriousBusiness: Considers TV Tropes to be so.
98	%%* VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler:Except during his conversation with Zack]] in episode 1.10.
99	* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:When we finally see their faces, they have 8-digit numbers tattooed on their foreheads which they are referred to by.]]
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Shannon]]
103	[[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shannon_2229.png]]
104
105	->''"CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I can't believe Tom is still making his stupid little show with that... ''fat boy'' and that ''ugly chick''!"''
106
107	Tom's psycho ex-fiancee.
108	----
109	* AttentionWhore
110	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Tom starts sleeping with her again because she has great boobs, as many viewers have said in the comments.
111	* CharacterBlog: It's [[http://tvtropes.info/echochamber/ here]].
112	%%* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey
113	* InformedAbility: Her acting skills. Justified as ''she's'' the only one who says so.
114	* PsychoExGirlfriend
115	* ReallyGetsAround: If Dana is to be believed.
116	* SmallNameBigEgo: From her blog:
117	--> When will they see that their crappy little show would be so much better if I was acting in it? And writing it? And directing it?
118	* StalkingIsLove: Seems to believe this.
119	* StalkerWithACrush: Continuously follows around her ex-fiance Tom, completely oblivious that the relationship is over. When Dana states that she "could do better", and Shannon responds calmly, Dana infers that Tom is not the only one Shannon stalks.
120	* {{Yandere}}
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Dave Wallnau, aka "Dave the Sound Guy"]]
124	Zack's brother. Dave mans the boom mic behind the camera and never speaks. He thought Gaelyn's message for Zack was for him, and may have a crush on her.
125	----
126	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: If the gag at the end of Episode 2.2 bears out.
127	* ManChild: Even more than Zack.
128	* TheUnfavorite: To his dad.
129	* VisibleBoomMic: In Episode 1.6, Zack films Dave's reflection in a window.
130	* TheVoiceless: For all of season 1 and most of season 2. He gets to talk starting in season 2 episode 7.
131	[[/folder]]
132
133	[[folder:Porn Girl[[spoiler:/Alyssa]]]]
134	One of the interviewees for the female role. She had a brief relationship with Tom.
135	[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/porngirl_7871.png]]
136	----
137	* GirlOfTheWeek: ''Literally''.
138	--> '''Tom:''' But Porn Girl, this has been the best week of my life!
139	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: InUniverse only. The characters all call her Porn Girl, since they can't remember her real name. According to ''TerribleIntervieweesMontage'', it's [[spoiler:Alyssa]].
140	* RomanticFalseLead: Well, duh.
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Stephen Tonti, aka "Ace"]]
144	-->"Well, I ''am'' pretty cool. The internet doesn't lie."
145
146	The star of a rival series, ''[citation needed]'', sponsored by Website/TheOtherWiki. Has charisma in spades and quickly starts overshadowing ''Echo Chamber'''s popularity.
147	----
148	* AccidentalMisnaming: The only thing he's not good at is getting Tom's name right.
149	%%* TheAce
150	%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter
151	* DawsonCasting: Decides to play his younger self in a video for his webshow.
152	-->"Besides, I'm still just as adorable as I was ten years ago. Maybe more in some ways."
153	* ItsAllAboutMe
154	* {{Jerkass}}: He's arguably a bigger one than Tom. He doesn't do anything outright horrible, but he has a bit of a smugness to himself. [[spoiler: That is, until he reveals that he didn't actually hire Dana because he needed her for the show, he merely had a crush on her. That, along with the way he rubbed it in her face, solidified his position of being a bigger {{Jerkass}} than Tom.]]
155	%%* MeaningfulName
156	%%* TheRival
157	[[/folder]]
158
159	[[folder:Gaelyn, aka "Blueberry"]]
160	[[quoteright:312:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gaelyn_6394.png]]
161
162	->''"Nobody really pays attention to me."''
163
164	The camerawoman for ''[citation needed]''. She has a crush on Zack, but he doesn't get it.
165	----
166	* ClingyJealousGirl: Becomes very jealous when she learns of Zack's feelings for Dana.
167	%%* DistaffCounterpart: For Zack.
168	%%* JustFriends: With Zack, much to her disappointment.
169	%%* InnocentBlueEyes: Naive and innocent, fittingly.
170	%%* {{Leitmotif}}
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Mark Wallnau]]
174	Director of Transmedia for Website/TheOtherWiki and Zack and Dave's dad.
175	----
176	%%* EvilOldFolks
177	* FantasyForbiddingFather: Mark thinks that there's no such thing as a [=PhD=] in art, and he's disappointed that Zack got one instead of "fulfilling his potential" by focusing on his cinematography career.
178	%%* GrumpyOldMan
179	%%* {{Jerkass}}
180	* KnightTemplarParent: Episode 2.11 shows that Mark really does care for Zack and is trying to protect him. However, his overly strict parenting style winds up making things worse for everyone.
181	%%* MyBelovedSmother
182	[[/folder]]
183
184	!!One-shot characters
185	[[folder:Uncle Bill]]
186	Zack and Dave's uncle, whom they take after more than their own father. Appeared in ''TerribleIntervieweesMontage''.
187	[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unclebill_1943.png]]
188	----
189	%%* CloudCuckoolander: It runs in the family.
190	%%* InformedAbility: His acting skills. On the other hand, it was ''Zack'' who said so...
191	%%* ManChild
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder:Elyse]]
195	Also appeared in ''TerribleIntervieweesMontage''. She may or may not have been there for the therapy session Tom hijacked.
196	[[/folder]]
197
198	[[folder:??? / Knife Guy / Wrench Guy / [[spoiler:Connor]]]]
199	Another terrible interviewee. He might be a serial killer. Or a civil engineer. [[spoiler:Or a therapist.]] We're not sure.
200	----
201	* AxeCrazy: Sure looks like it.
202	* BladeEnthusiast: He invokes the trope, playing with a folding knife throughout his scenes, the lampshades it with "Are you afraid of the knife?"
203	* NoNameGiven: Refers to many nicknames [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.info/echochamber/2012/02/06/word-of-god-terrible-interviewees-montage/ According to Dana, its Connor]].]]
204	* SerialKiller: Maybe.
205	* WrenchWhack
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Umphrey Bridgeport [[spoiler:aka Stefan]]]]
209	An associate producer hired by Mr. Administrator to whip Tom and Dana into shape when their bickering affects the show. Snide and ill-tempered, he insults Tom and Dana's work, even though the episode they make while he's in charge is much worse than anything they did before he took over. Appears in TyrantTakesTheHelm. Played by Stefan Dezil. Oh, and he's a WalkingSpoiler with HiddenDepths, so don't read the spoilers below unless you've seen TheStinger for his episode.
210
211	* BadBoss[=/=]{{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:...but it's all an act, a role that Mr. Administrator hired him to play.]]
212	* EvilBrit: [[spoiler:...but he turns out to be a {{Fauxreigner}}]].
213	* EvilCripple: He walks with a cane.[[spoiler:..which he doesn't really need.]]
214	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: [[spoiler:He drops it when out of character.]]
215	* ScaryBlackMan: Not in the usual way, but his formal, stern mannerisms make him quite intimidating. [[spoiler:It's a complete act, as when he drops the character, he acts much more laid back]].
216	* ShoutOut: His name is a reference to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' character Dolores Umbridge, one of the best-known examples of the trope he personifies.
217	* StoicSpectacles
218	* TokenMinority: Umphrey is the only non-white character to appear on the show.
219	[[/folder]]

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