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15	!!Manuel "Manny" Esteves Garcia III
16	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5a50faa5c3120f02a434aead.png]]
17	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilmerValderrama
18	A Hispanic handyman who lives in Sheet Rock Hills and does odd jobs around town with the help of his seven (later eight) talking tools.
19	* AllLovingHero: He’s probably one of the nicest people ever to grace a television screen, and seemingly ''never'' gets mad or even frustrated with anyone, regardless of what problems they (with “they” usually being Mr. Lopart and/or Pat) might’ve just caused.
20	* AncestralName: He’s the third “Manuel Esteves Garcia” in his family, with the first being Abuelito.
21	* HandyMan: His being one is the main focus of the show.
22	* GoodSamaritan: He always stops and helps people when they need it. This became a major plot point in the first ChristmasEpisode, as Manny’s insistence on stopping and helping people he comes across nearly prevents him from making it to Kelly’s Christmas party.
23	* GratuitousSpanish: His bilinguality is the source of much of it in the show.
24	* MrFixit: He is a handyman after all.
25	* NeverBareheaded: He’s never seen without his cap, except in "Wedding Day".
26	* NiceGuy: He’s incredibly kind, caring, and patient; this is of course so he can serve as a role model for his show’s impressionable young viewers.
27	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone just calls him Manny.
28	* ParentalSubstitute: He is like a father to the tools.
29	* SignatureHeadgear: His trademark orange and white repairman hat, which he is never seen without.
30	* SuperDeformed: He’s very chibi.
31	* TitleCharacter: That’s his name in the show’s title, all right.
32	* {{Workaholic}}: He never stops working. Even taking a vacation is a challenge for him.
33
34	!Manny's Tools
35	!!In General:
36	* AnimateInanimateObject: They’re tools.
37	* ColorCodedCharacters:
38	** Dusty - Red
39	** Rusty - Orange
40	** Felipe - Yellow (with a bit of green)
41	** Squeeze - Green
42	** Pat - Light Blue
43	** Turner - Dark Blue (with a bit of purple)
44	** Stretch - Purplish Pink
45	** Flicker - OrangeBlueContrast
46	* DisembodiedEyebrows: Most of their eyebrows float above their "heads", and even for the ones (namely, Stretch, Dusty, and Flicker) where the eyebrows stay in front of their body it's clear that their eyebrows still aren't actually ''attached'' to their body.
47	* InvisibleAnatomy: They’re all (except for Stretch, who uses his tape as an “arm”) inexplicably able to hold and manipulate objects despite lacking any sort of limbs or appendages.
48	* OnlyOneName: Being tools, none of them have surnames.
49	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Dusty and Squeeze are the only two female tools.
50	* VagueAge: Despite what CowboyBebopAtHisComputer may tell you, the tools’ ages aren’t known. The only concrete information we have about them is that Flicker is very young, and Stretch was ''probably'' the youngest member of the team before Flicker joined.
51
52	!!Dusty
53	[[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15.png]]
54	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie
55	A handsaw who’s a big fan of singer Danny Starr.
56	* {{Fangirl}}: Dusty is a Danny Starr fangirl and goes into complete fangirl mode whenever she sees him. She even fangasimed in the episode "Danny Starr", and fainted when Danny Starr knew her name.
57	* GenderBlenderName: “Dusty” is normally a male name.
58	* KidDetective: She tries her hand at being one (VagueAge aside) in “Detective Dusty”, where she manages to expose a ThievingPet. Her mystery-solving skills additionally come up in at least one other episode (which also, coincidentally, involved a pet problem) afterwards.
59	* PunnyName: She’s a saw named Dusty. [[DontExplainTheJoke (Sawdust, geddit?)]]
60	* {{Squee}}: Spent most of the episode “Danny Starr” producing one squee after another, as she’s a massive {{Fangirl}} of the titular singer.
61	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Unlike the show’s other female tools, she averts this, except in the HalloweenEpisode, when she somehow spontaneously manifested eyelashes while dressed as a ballerina.
62
63	!!Felipe
64	[[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_1.png]]
65	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
66	A bilingual Phillips screwdriver who’s rivals with Turner.
67	* AesopAmnesia: There have been many, many episodes where he learned to get along with Turner. Somehow the lesson never sticks.
68	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Most of the time.
69	* DrivenToSuicide: This never actually happened, but it’s such a bad case of CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer that it’s worth addressing here. In the episode “Felipe’s New Job”, when Felipe is feeling useless, he does '''not''' actually try to end his life. He does, however, say these two lines, which appear to be where the rumor comes from:
70	-->'''Felipe:''' I'll just find a nice quiet place to rust.\
71	'''Felipe:''' Maybe Manny should just melt me down and use me for scrap metal.
72	* DubNameChange: In the Latin American dub, Felipe is called Phillip.
73	* GratuitousSpanish: He’s bilingual, and is probably the second biggest source of “random Spanish words inserted in an otherwise English sentence” in the show (with the first biggest, obviously, being Manny.)
74	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Felipe loves to sing but has a terrible voice.
75	* KeepItForeign: His name went from Felipe to Phillip in the Latin American dub, while the GratuitousSpanish he produces was changed to GratuitousEnglish.
76	* MeaningfulName: Felipe is a Phillips screwdriver and is bilingual in English and Spanish ("Felipe" is Spanish for "Phillip").
77	* TryingNotToCry: Has to resist crying, not for emotional reasons, but because the water from his tears could make his metal parts rust.
78	-->'''Felipe''' ''(Trying hard not to cry)'': I don't want to cry. It will make me rust.
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80	!!Pat
81	[[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_2.png]]
82	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny
83	A dimwitted and clumsy hammer.
84	* AesopAmnesia: He’s learned not to be so clumsy in at least two episodes (“Tool In A China Shop” and “Pat Lightly”), but it failed to stick both times.
85	* CharacterCatchphrase: Pat would like you to know that
86	-->'''Pat''': I’m a hammer.
87	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In “Pat’s Big Idea”, his stupid-sounding plan to free a forklift that had become vertically wedged in a doorway (ItMakesSenseInContext) by letting air out of the forklift’s tires actually works, much to his pride and the other tools’ shock.
88	* TheDitz: He’s not very bright, to put it mildly.
89	* HalloweenCostumeCharacterization: In the show’s first HalloweenEpisode he dresses as a clown, fitting his status as clumsy, dimwitted comic relief.
90	* IdentityAmnesia: In one episode, he hits his head (never mind that, as a hammer, he really should be immune to that) and becomes convinced that he’s a screwdriver. This has the unique distinction of being quite possibly the only case of amnesia in all of television that has an excuse for why him hitting his head ''again'' cures it.
91	* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHvEaekgH8 “I’m A Hammer”]], from the official soundtrack.
92	* TheKlutz: Very much so. His tendency to fall and break important things has [[{{Padding}} pushed many an episode up to full runtime.]]
93
94	!!Rusty
95	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_4.png]]
96	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredStoller
97	A nervous monkey wrench.
98	* AesopAmnesia: There have been a fair few times where he learned to face his fears or gained more confidence, only to go back to his normal scaredy-cat behavior in the very next episode.
99	* CowardlyLion: He’s very nervous and anxious, but in a few episodes (notably, “Rusty To The Rescue”) he’s managed to overcome his fears in order to save the day.
100	* FaintInShock: Has a tendency to faint when startled.
101	* FearOfThunder: Is revealed to have this “Rusty’s Second Wind”. He gets over it in the same episode with the help of Dusty.
102	* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkL_V5jvago “Rusty The Wrench”]], from the official ''Handy Manny'' soundtrack.
103	* LovableCoward: Cowardice is his main character trait, but he’s still devoted to helping Manny and the other tools.
104	* MagicFeather: In “Fearless Rusty”, Magic Marty casts a spell on Rusty to make him brave. Surprise surprise, it turns out that Magic Marty never did any actual magic and Rusty had the capability to be brave inside him all along.
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106	!!Squeeze
107	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_5.png]]
108	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman
109	A cheerful and childish pair of pliers.
110	* AscendedFangirl: Becomes this in [[Recap/HandyMannyS3E33 “The Wing And Nut Challenge”]] when she gets to participate in Wing and Nut’s live game show.
111	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Is occasionally referenced as being the newest (both in terms of age and in terms of when she joined) tool in Manny’s team, at least before Flicker supercedes her in this role.
112	* CheerfulChild: Very happy and cheerful.
113	* {{Fangirl}}: Of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Wing and Nut Show]]''.
114	* HeightAngst: Spends most of “Tight Squeeze” bemoaning being the smallest of Manny’s tools, until the problem of the episode (a rubber ring needed to attach the washing machine’s hose slipping down in a crevice where no one else can reach it) makes her realize that her small size can actually be a useful asset.
115	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Has long eyelashes to mark her as female.
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117	!!Stretch
118	[[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_6.png]]
119	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman
120	An intelligent tape measure.
121	* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: Stretch knows just about everything.
122	* GoodWithNumbers: Is supposedly really good at math; however, as ''Handy Manny'' is a PreschoolShow, the only math he actually gets to ''do'' is just counting.
123	* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ac-ugMkGM “Made To Measure”]], from the show’s official soundtrack.
124	* MultipurposeTongue: His “tongue” is actually his measuring tape, and he uses it both to take measurements and as an “arm” of sorts to hold and manipulate objects.
125	* OverlyLongTongue: His measuring tape functions as a tongue (among other things), and can extend to an unspecified but very great length. (Judging by how long real tape measures can get, his tape should have a maximum reach of twenty to thirty feet.)
126	* TheSmartGuy: The most knowledgeable and mathematically capable of Manny’s tools.
127	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Is able to speak even while his tape (which normally serves as his tongue) is extended.
128
129	!!Turner
130	[[quoteright:309:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_7.png]]
131	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker
132	A grumpy slotted screwdriver who has a rivalry with Felipe.
133	* AesopAmnesia: No matter how many times he learns to get along with Felipe, he’s always back to fighting with him by the very next episode.
134	* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of "Valentine's Day Party."
135	* DeadpanSnarker: In spades. Take this scene from “Wonder Tool” (for context, the titular device is a rather bizarre-looking multitool):
136	-->'''Wonder Tool Salesman''': You want to know [=WHY=] it’s called the Wonder Tool?
137	-->'''Turner''': Because you wonder ''what it is''.
138	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rather cynical and quick to point out faults, but ultimately means well. Oh, and he actually loves cute animals (except when other people are around), and shed a few tears (while vehemently denying that he was crying) during the death scene in the play from “Handy Manny And The Seven Tools”.
139	* LuminescentBlush: This was his reaction when Leela kissed him in “Tools For Toys”. (Never mind [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur how a screwdriver would blush…]])
140	* NotAMorningPerson: Various episodes such as [[Recap/HandyMannyS1E11 “Shoe Biz”]] and [[Recap.HandyMannyS3E21 “The Tools’ New Team”]] show that he dislikes getting up early.
141	* OnlySaneMan: Considers himself to be this, and while he’s not ''quite'' exempt from the wackiness that the tools demonstrate, this presumption is still right more often than it is wrong.
142	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tuna and Blue Cheese sandwich.
143
144	!!Flicker
145	[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_15_8.png]]
146	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle\
147	'''Debut:''' Season 2, [[Recap/HandyMannyS2E24 “Flicker”]]
148	A young, Spanish-speaking flashlight who becomes the newest member of Manny’s tool team in Season 2.
149	* AlliterativeName: '''Fl'''icker the '''Fl'''ashlight.
150	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He’s the youngest tool in Manny’s team.
151	* BigEater: Flicker loves food. Normally, he shouts out the names of different foods in Spanish and is eager to get some.
152	* CheerfulChild: He is this in spades.
153	* CousinOliver: Entered the show long after the rest of the main cast had already been established? Check. Much younger than any other members of said main cast? You bet. He’s significantly less annoying than most examples of the trope, however.
154	* FantasticLightSource: Flicker is not just used for Manny when it's dark, [[http://images.wikia.com/handymanny/images/9/90/Flicker_as_the_Spotlight.png he was also used as a spotlight once too.]]
155	* LanguageBarrier: Starts off only being able to speak Spanish, and while he does eventually pick up English his initial inability to understand or be understood by anyone except for Manny or Felipe is still a major point of his character for quite a while following his introduction.
156	* MeaningfulName: He’s a flashlight named after [[TenSecondFlashlight something that fictional flashlights have a tendency to do.]]
157	* NoIndoorVoice: Flicker has a tendency to get loud when he gets excited.
158	-->'''Flicker''': Pelicula! Pelicula!
159	* OrangeBlueContrast: His main body is orange, while the cylindrical piece surrounding his lens and the cap at his bottom that holds his batteries in are both blue.
160	* SixthRanger: He becomes the newest tool in Manny’s team partway through Season 2.
161	* YouthfulFreckles: Has these.
162
163	! Other Major Characters
164	!!Fixit
165	[[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_16_1.png]]
166	-> '''Debut:''' Season 1, [[Recap/HandyMannyS1E3 “Julieta’s Monster”]]
167	A robotic dog constructed by Manny out of spare parts.
168	* DisneyDeath: Was rendered nonfunctional due to short-circuiting from rain in “Fixit’s Repair”, but Manny and the tools manage to restore her by the end of the episode.
169	* EarlyBirdCameo: Properly debuted in “Julieta’s Monster”, but appeared in the credits sequences of episodes going back to ''the series premiere''.
170	* RobotDog: Well, a robotic dog head on a set of treads.
171	* TeamPet: A robotic one for Manny and the tools.
172
173	!!Mr. Leonard Lopart
174	[[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_16_2.png]]
175	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny (Adult), Creator/ZacharyGordon (Child)
176	The owner of a local candy store, with a penchant for trying to repair things and failing miserably at it.
177	* AlliterativeName: '''L'''eonard '''L'''opart.
178	* AmbiguouslyGay: Yeah. he speaks in an effeminate voice, and has only his cat for company, both at work and at home.
179	* BlindWithoutEm: Has this problem, as shown when he loses his glasses in [[Recap/HandyMannyS1E17 “Detective Dusty”]].
180	* ButtMonkey: Suffers AmusingInjuries OncePerEpisode due to his refusal to allow Manny to help him with whatever he’s trying to (poorly) fix.
181	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: At one point in “Firefighter Manny” he accidentally rips his pants and jacket, revealing his GoofyPrintUnderwear for all the world to see.
182	* DoomItYourself: He creates about one failed [=DIY=] project per episode, due to a combination of general incompetence and refusing to accept Manny’s help.
183	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: In one episode, some ComedicUnderwearExposure reveals that he wears white boxers with a pink lollipop pattern on them.
184	* TheKlutz: About as clumsy as Pat.
185	* MadLibsCatchphrase: Most of his (false) explanations as to why he doesn’t need Manny’s help are formatted as “We Loparts [something]”, and usually as the more specific “We Loparts are experts in [subject related to what he’s trying to do]”.
186	* MommasBoy: He loves his mother.
187	* SmallNameBigEgo: Has a very overinflated image of himself which, despite obviously running counter to reality, still leads him to refuse to ever accept Manny’s help (with disastrous results).
188
189	!!Kelly Crenshaw
190	[[quoteright:238:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_16_3.png]]
191	->'''Voiced by:''' Nancy Truman
192	The owner of Kelly’s Hardware Store, which Manny frequently needs to visit in order to pick up parts for his repairs.
193	* CrazyPrepared: She always knows what Manny needs.
194	* ImpliedLoveInterest: Strongly implied to be in love with Manny, which he is also implied to reciprocate.
195	* DeusExMachina: Has everything Manny and the tools need. Sometimes, she even shows up with the thing needed as if on cue.
196	* WeSellEverything: No matter what Manny needs, her store has it. This includes various improbable items such as sleigh runners, baby rattles, and potted cacti.
197
198	!!Abuelito (Manuel Esteves Garcia Sr.)
199	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2024_03_16.png]]
200	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CarlosAlazraqui\
201	'''Debut:''' Season 1, [[Recap/HandyMannyS1E4 “Tool In A China Shop”]]
202	Manny’s grandfather.
203	* AncestralName: The originator of the name “Manuel Esteves Garcia”, which was passed down to his son and then to Manny.
204	* DadTheVeteran: Mentions having been a solider at one point in [[Recap/HandyMannyS1E8 “Pat The Screwdriver”]].
205	* DecemberDecemberRomance: Develops one with Mrs. Portillo. They end up marrying in the episode “Wedding Day”.
206	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone just refers to him as “Abuelito” even though, as “abuelito” is just Spanish for “grandfather”, only Manny should actually be calling him that.
207	* UnnamedParent: Until the "Wedding Day" episode where it's revealed to be "Manuel Estevez Garcia" (A name he passed down to his son, then to Manny).
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210	[[folder:Other Characters]]
211
212	!!Mrs. Portillo
213
214	* TheChessmaster: Mrs. Portillo manipulates Manny into taking a needed day off in one episode.
215	%%* HappilyMarried: To Abuelito.
216	* SupremeChef: Makes the best food in town, she even owns a bakery.
217
218	%%!!Inam
219
220	%%* TheGreys: Is an alien.
221
222	%%!!Elliot
223
224	%%!!Mayor Rosa
225
226	%%!!Lola
227
228	%%!!Alvarez family
229
230	!!Mrs. Lopart
231
232	* DotingParent: Dotes on her son, Mr. Lopart.
233
234	!!Pepe and Chico
235
236	* DisappearedDad: Pepe and Chico don't seem to have a father; all they have is Lola (their mother) and Manny (their uncle).
237	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Look at Manny, then look at them. Don't they look exactly like Manny, despite only being his nephews?
238
239	!!Gary
240
241	%%* GreenAesop: Enforces it.
242	* NerdGlasses: Gary does seem like a nerd complete with glasses.
243	* NiceGuy: Helps out and takes in the Automotive Team.
244	* OlderThanTheyLook: Gary may seem like a teenager, but he's really a young adult, or why else would he be a mechanic?
245
246	!!Hank
247
248	* GoodParents: He loves his tools and maybe loves them more than how much Manny loves his.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251
252
253	[[folder:Manny's School for Tools and Other tools]]
254
255	!!Beamer
256
257	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Beamer may look totally innocent and nice in Manny's School for Tools, but in Art Show [[JerkAss Beamer is something else]].
258	%%* EnergyWeapon: Beamer's a laser level.
259	* HappilyAdopted: Beamer is implied to have no owner in the picture until "Art Show," when he got adopted by Carmella. She wanted to have her own tool.
260	%%* JerkAss: Though not on purpose.
261	%%* LargeHam: Oh, yes.
262	* SuddenlyBilingual: Beamer only spoke Spanish in "Manny's School for Tools: Squaring Off".
263
264	!!Zip
265
266	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired he was given to Gary.
267	* MotorMouth: Talks very fast.
268	* SuperSpeed: Along with his MotorMouth, he zips around.
269
270	!!Pinzas
271
272	* CheerfulChild: He is this and finds the fun in anything.
273	* MarqueeAlterEgo: He's a pair of pliers; now he's a screwdriver.
274
275	%%!!Sneeze
276
277	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired, he was given to Gary.
278
279	%%!!Tick and Totts
280
281	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired they were given to Gary.
282
283	!!Roland
284
285	* EarlyBirdCameo: During the episode "Picture Perfect" there are a set of books in the background. One of the books had something that resembled him on the cover.
286	* ForgetfulJones: Roland can't remember what he stores in his drawers.
287	* {{Hammerspace}}: Roland can store many tools.
288	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired he was given to Gary.
289
290	%%!!Spinner
291
292	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jack
293	%%* SuperSpeed
294
295	!!Jack
296
297	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Spinner
298	* PunnyName: He's a Jackhammer, and his name is Jack.
299	* SuperSpeed: He can moves fast as he is a power tool.
300
301	!!Lefty
302
303	* ContinueYourMissionDammit: Lefty did this when he heard the plane was late.
304	-->'''Lefty:''' But we don't have any time to spare!
305	%%* DotingParent: He is this to Junior.
306	* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired he was given to Gary.
307	-->'''Lefty:''' ''[chuckles]'' That's my son.
308	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Junior is much like his father; he even looks like his father too.
309	%%* SoProudOfYou: Lefty to his son.
310
311	!!Lily
312
313	%%* BrokenTears: Lily is prone to those when she's depressed.
314	%%* GoodParents: Lily as well as her husband, Lefty.
315	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired she was given to Gary.
316	* MamaBear: Lily is overprotective to her son, Junior. This often annoys him when she tells him the most ridiculous things about his health or safety. You can even see her checking Junior at the end of "Handy Manny's School for Tools: The Right Wrench".
317	-->'''Lily:''' Be Careful Junior, You'll Scratch your metal!
318	* TeenPregnancy: Lily herself is 22 years old, and her son, Junior, is 4 years old. So that made her 18 years old when she gave "birth" to her son Junior.
319
320	!!Junior
321
322	%%* HappilyAdopted: Shortly after Hank retired he was given to Gary.
323	* ShrinkingViolet: When he first met Rusty and Turner, even hiding behind Turner. But later he opened up to them after learning Rusty's a monkey wrench.
324	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Junior looks like a miniature version of his own parents. [[LampShades Felipe noticed it in Manny's School for Tools.]]
325	-->'''Felipe:''' Oh I can see now! He looks like you. (Felipe referring to the fact Lefty is Junior's father)
326	* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Lefty wants Junior to be like him.

Context Characters / HandyManny