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| 7 | The characters in Creator/{{Disney}}'s animated series, ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''. |
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| 9 | See the character page for ''Characters/PhineasAndFerb'' for characters originating from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. |
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| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | [[index]] |
| 13 | * [[Characters/MiloMurphysLawMainCharacters Main Characters]] |
| 14 | [[/index]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!Youth |
| 17 | !!!Jefferson County Middle School Students |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:Amanda Lopez]] |
| 20 | [[quoteright:195:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_21h12m00s293.png]] |
| 21 | [[caption-width-right:195:'''Cause you know I'm not pretending\ |
| 22 | That I am not in a need of mending\ |
| 23 | If I'm not broken then I'm bending'']] |
| 24 | A student in Milo's class and a perfectionist. Loves order and organization, and yet turns out to be Milo's love interest as the show progresses. |
| 25 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ChrissieFit |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | * AesopAmnesia: She has to learn the lesson that instead of keeping Milo away to avoid problems, he is good to have around due to how prepared and resourceful he is at fixing what breaks - or, more personally, that she should go with the flow more and have fun - several times before it sticks. After that, though... see OppositesAttract. |
| 28 | * ClingyJealousGirl: If anyone still had doubts about her feelings, Milo and Joni's "moment" triggered Amanda BADLY. |
| 29 | * ControlFreak: A rare non-antagonistic example. Basically, if she is in charge, things ''get done'', as she says, right away, period. Some of her classmates are [[TheDreaded scared of her]]. |
| 30 | -->'''Amanda:''' Your party planner has arrived with the bubble machine. Chaos is over. Order begins. You, cards on every table, color-coded by age, gender and cake preference. You with the funny hair, these banners should be all five feet from the ground. You, nail-biter, make sure all the utensils are parallel to each other. Step to it, people! |
| 31 | * HairColorDissonance: Amanda's black hair is represented with dark purple hair. |
| 32 | * LudicrousPrecision: Able to tell the arrival of a subway train to the second. |
| 33 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: Amanda reveals in "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club" that she actually has a ''wild'' side that no one knows about: once in algebra class, [[OutOfCharacter she didn't take ANY notes]]! |
| 34 | * ObsessivelyOrganized: Melissa suggesting the idea of color coordination not being important makes her twitchy and despite her being aware she's being manipulated, she is incapable of letting Milo's party be planned less than perfectly. "Smooth Opera-tor" shows that she's self-aware of it and outright admits to the main trio that she needs order and structure in her life. |
| 35 | * OppositesAttract: She, the ObsessivelyOrganized perfectionist obsessed with everything going exactly right, starts showing interest in [[WalkingDisasterArea Milo.]] |
| 36 | * ThePerfectionist: Plans her schedule with pin-point precision and "Smooth Opera-tor" confirms that anything even slightly out-of-whack drives her crazy. |
| 37 | * RelationshipUpgrade: She seems to get one with Milo by the end of "Managing Murphy's Law", telling him they're "just getting started" and kissing him on the cheek. |
| 38 | * RescueRomance: Of a sort. She apparently falls for Milo after he saves her meticulously planned dance from falling apart, breaking her out of a HeroicBSOD. A more literal rescue comes after during "Cake 'Splosion!", complete with BridalCarry. |
| 39 | ** Role reversal in "Ride Along Little Doggie": Milo falls after trying to climb out of the school auditorium's basement, and Amanda appears just in time to catch him, also with BridalCarry. |
| 40 | * ScheduleFanatic: Her schedule includes the exact time it will take her to peel and eat an orange. |
| 41 | * ShipTease: Initially, Milo's crush is one sided and Amanda is wary about the Murphy's law, as any other person. She starts to warm up to Milo and occasionally gets flustered around him when he does good, and he reciprocates. After the RelationshipUpgrade, they're noticeably affectionate with each other. |
| 42 | * SixthRanger: Starts hanging out much more with the gang in season 2. |
| 43 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Amanda is more feminine in contrast to the more tomboyish Melissa. Melissa speaks in boyish slang, enjoys martial arts, and lacks "femergy" while Amanda wears lipstick and earrings, is a bit of a neatness freak, and is generally more outwardly romantic with Milo, in contrast to how Melissa shares a rougher and more banter-like relationship with Zack. In "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club", Amanda gives Melissa a makeover to make her look more feminine, and Melissa doesn't appear too impressed with the results. Interestingly, Melissa is the one who more frequently wears [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses a skirt out of the two]]. |
| 44 | * UptightLovesWild: See OppositesAttract. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Mort Schaeffer]] |
| 48 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_4001.png]] |
| 49 | [[caption-width-right:250: ''We're just another band\ |
| 50 | We're not in need of a brand\ |
| 51 | And we're just getting started'']] |
| 52 | A burly student in Milo's class. He is into astrology, chakras and other esoteric matters regarding inner peace and harmony with the universe. |
| 53 | ->Voiced by: Creator/GregCipes |
| 54 | ---- |
| 55 | * GenreSavvy: PlayedForLaughs in "Battle of the Bands", as he notes all of the MusicStories tropes that the group is going through. |
| 56 | * GentleGiant: Despite his bulky physique, he's remarkably soft-spoken. |
| 57 | * GranolaGuy: Wagers Vegan Cheese Sticks into the betting pool in "Going the Extra Milo", and stockpiles chunks of Rose Quartz when the class arrives at the museum in "The Undergrounders." He even blames his bad luck during the football game on his blocked chakra. |
| 58 | * LovableJock: Is on the football team, and friendly with both [[ThePollyanna Milo]] and Bradley. |
| 59 | * NiceGuy: Reassures Milo that his own misfortunes are due to his chakras, and not Milo's Murphy Law Syndrome. |
| 60 | * SixthRanger: When the gang starts their own band, he becomes their drummer. In plots about the band, he hangs around with them. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Bradley Nicholson]] |
| 64 | [[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h41m13s459.png]] |
| 65 | [[caption-width-right:215:''Don't you know that we don't belong to you\ |
| 66 | We don't want to see your point of view'']] |
| 67 | A pessimistic student at Milo's class who is jealous of the attention Milo always gets. |
| 68 | ->Voiced by: Vincent Martella |
| 69 | ---- |
| 70 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Averted. When he asks Melissa if she minds if he sits by her, she cheerfully tells him to go ahead. He ends up backing away, however, because Milo is already on Melissa's other side. |
| 71 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His relationship with Milo, who he feels is always stealing his thunder. |
| 72 | * AttentionWhore: Envies Milo's constant misfortune because it makes him conspicuous. |
| 73 | * BodyHorror: A rare PlayedForLaughs example. After he reverts back to normal, his right hand stays as a plant. |
| 74 | * DeadpanSnarker: It's pretty much his trademark that he has a lot of salty remarks about Milo and Murphy's Law. |
| 75 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 76 | ** He's very honorable. In the pilot, when Melissa wagers that Zack and Milo will make it to school on time, he forfeits all the lunch items and Vitamin C tablets he placed in the betting pool. |
| 77 | ** Even he has never wished for there to be a world without Milo. Or if he has, he would never be rude enough to say it ''to Milo's face'', the way Elliot Decker does. |
| 78 | * GreenEyedMonster: He's jealous of the attention that Milo gets from his bad luck, especially his friendship with Melissa. |
| 79 | * IGaveMyWord: He gives up all the lunch items he wagered, without complaint, when Melissa wins their bet that Zack and Milo will make it to the first bell. |
| 80 | * InkSuitActor: He looks pretty similar to his voice actor, Vincent Martella. |
| 81 | * JerkassHasAPoint: |
| 82 | ** He's not wrong when he makes his criticisms about how Milo's bad luck causes a lot of trouble, and how adults never seem to account for it. It says something that Zack when he got a taste of Murphy's law had a similar opinion initially. |
| 83 | ** He points out to Melissa that partnering up with Milo could threaten her straight A streak. Which actually is true, and Milo works hard to make sure that his bad luck doesn't cause their project to fail. Meanwhile, Bradley comes in second in the competition since his group's egg only has a hairline crack. |
| 84 | * KickTheDog: Shown baiting a giraffe with food in "We're Going To The Zoo," then yanking it away at the last minute for no reason. |
| 85 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll / TeenGenius: Seems to waver between these. On the one hand, in "The Undergrounders", his frequent attempts at trivia smack of the former trope. But in "Sunny Side Up", his was the only other contraption that came close to meeting the goal of protecting the egg, hinting at the latter trope. |
| 86 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: He was among those who were [[spoiler:turned into Pistachions]] in ''Recap/MiloMurphysLawS2E01ThePhineasAndFerbEffect'' but, in a subversion of NoOntologicalInertia, even after [[spoiler:Derek was defeated in the past, he still retained a plant tendril in his right hand's place]]. |
| 87 | * NotQuiteBackToNormal: [[spoiler:He still has a plant tendril in place of his right hand.]] |
| 88 | * PokeThePoodle: Where Milo is concerned, the worst he does is snark about the former for his bad luck, and at Melissa for being friends with Milo. There is his KickTheDog moment towards a giraffe, though. |
| 89 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Like Milo, he regards a vitamin C tablet as betting currency because it's cold and flu season. |
| 90 | * UngratefulBastard: In "Milo's World", he shows no gratitude toward Milo for [[spoiler:saving him and everyone else from being turned into Pistachions, simply because he was (for some reason) not completely restored to normal]]. |
| 91 | * VillainousCrush: Well, he's more of a {{Jerkass}} than a straight-up villain, but it's clear he has a crush on Melissa. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:Chad Van Coff]] |
| 95 | [[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chadmml.jpg]] |
| 96 | A stocky boy in Milo's class. He is very superstitious and is absolutely convinced that Mr. Drako is a vampire. |
| 97 | ->Voiced by: Django Marsh |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | * AgentMulder: Believes in vampires, ghosts and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs ghost dragons]], among other things. |
| 100 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Devotes much of his time theorizing on what may or may not be of the supernatural, especially regarding teacher [[AmbiguouslyHuman Mr. Drako]]. |
| 101 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: One of his plans to "expose" Milo as a vampire in "Picture Day" was to hit him with a balloon filled with garlic water. |
| 102 | -->'''Chad:''' If he freaks out, he's a vampire!\ |
| 103 | '''Mort:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, because normal people don't freak out when they're hit with a balloon full of stinky water.]] |
| 104 | * SuperGullible: In "Acadecamathalon", Melissa is able to effortlessly con him out of $5 and ''accidentally'' convince him that he is, himself, a vampire. |
| 105 | -->'''Zack:''' I'm serious! Why would vampire hunters be here, ladling punch? |
| 106 | -->'''Chad:''' What if it's ''not'' punch? What if it's ''blood?'' |
| 107 | -->'''Zack:''' ''(sips punch)'' You're right!!! It ''is'' blood!!! |
| 108 | -->'''Chad:''' Really? |
| 109 | -->'''Zack:''' ''No!'' |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Lydia]] |
| 114 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lydiafull.png]] |
| 115 | %%[[caption-width-right:255:some caption text]] |
| 116 | A friend of Amanda and (presumably) Melissa who is very enthusiastic and loyal. |
| 117 | ->Voiced by: Creator/AlysonStoner |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Lydia was generally just a forgettable background character throughout Season 1 and the majority of Season 2, but in the episode "Escape", she finally had some time to shine when she, Coach Nolan, and Scott were all [[BottleEpisode trapped in an elevator]] and learned a few new things about each other. Lydia was notably revealed to be an improvisational actress. |
| 120 | * AbsurdPhobia: Ponies, as seen in "Managing Murphy's Law". |
| 121 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: The shape of her eyes make her appear to be somewhat Asian. However, her light complexion and brunette hair make her appear more Caucasian. Perhaps she's of mixed race. |
| 122 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: She collects scary masks. |
| 123 | * HiddenDepths: In "Escape", we learn that not only does she has a passion for improv, but she has a collection of scary masks, abnormally strong fingernails, and she once ate half of a book. |
| 124 | * TheIgor: To Amanda - minus the evil. |
| 125 | -->'''Lydia''': Amanda texted me and I just blindly followed her instructions. It's what I do. |
| 126 | * NonSequiturThud: She said a few of these in "Disaster of my Dreams" when she got motion sickness. |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Joni]] |
| 130 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonifull.png]] |
| 131 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 132 | A student at Jefferson County Middle School who always seems to find herself in various accidents. |
| 133 | ->Voiced by: Phoebe S. Hughes |
| 134 | ---- |
| 135 | * ButtMonkey: She's very prone to fall victim to misfortune, whether or not Murphy's Law is related. Joni even sustains more injuries than Zack as she has no way of protecting herself. |
| 136 | -->'''Milo''': Hey, Joni. Wanna sit with us? |
| 137 | -->'''Joni''': Hey, Milo. I just got my cast off from last time. |
| 138 | * NiceGirl: Is friendly towards Milo despite how much of her bad luck he causes, and doesn't seem too hung up over said bad luck. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | !!!Relatives |
| 142 | [[folder:Sara Murphy]] |
| 143 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h53m05s185.png]] |
| 144 | [[caption-width-right:230:''The journey is the destination.\ |
| 145 | We can handle complications,\ |
| 146 | As long as we're together.'']] |
| 147 | Milo's older sister. She is a big fan of the ''Doctor Zone'' franchise. |
| 148 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KateMicucci |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * CoolBigSis: Naturally. Despite the impact Milo's lousy luck has had on her life, she doesn't hold it against him at all and clearly loves hanging out with him, adamantly insisting that she'd hate attending events without him and negating his attempt to distance himself from her [[BigBrotherInstinct for her own safety]]. |
| 151 | * CrazyPrepared: To a level that rivals her brother. It makes sense since she's been dealing with Milo's bad luck ever since he was born. That's not even including the bad luck she probably suffered around her dad. |
| 152 | * {{Fangirl}}: Of ''The Doctor Zone Files.'' |
| 153 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: In the form of multiple cosplaying versions of herself. |
| 154 | * HereditaryCurse: Averted--while she is technically a descendant of Edward A. Murphy Jr. (the person that Murphy's law is named after), just like her brother and the people on their dad's side of the family, but she didn't inherit the bad luck. The creators say that this is because, just like the "Simpson Gene" in ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E17LisaTheSimpson Lisa the Simpson]]'', the curse of Murphy's Law only effects the men who're direct descendants of Edward A. Murphy Jr. |
| 155 | * HollywoodGenetics: She's the only blonde in a family of brown-haired people. Of course, it's entirely possible that she got her hair color from a recessive gene that both of her parents carry (since blonde hair is recessive to brown hair). Sara also might not be a natural blonde. |
| 156 | * ProperlyParanoid: Having Milo for a sibling can do that for you. |
| 157 | * SignatureHairDecs: Sara sports a pair of FourLeafClover pins in her hair, given that she's trying to ward off the bad luck brought by her brother. |
| 158 | * TwiceShy: She and her crush, "Neal from the comic book shop," go through roughly the same amount of stress over whether or not their evening out is supposed to be a date. |
| 159 | * TwoFirstNames: Either "Sara" or "Murphy" can be used as a first name. |
| 160 | * TheUnfavorite: Subtly hinted in "The Wilder West," when her mother recognizes that they always forget about her. |
| 161 | * VerbalTic: Has a tendency to end her sentences with punctuation; and by that, we mean she says which punctuation mark it is. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | !!!Others |
| 165 | [[folder:Elliot Decker]] |
| 166 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h39m19s896.png]] |
| 167 | [[caption-width-right:300: ''He's the caution king, he's the safety czar''\ |
| 168 | '''Elliot:''' ''I'm the being careful superstar!'']] |
| 169 | A volunteer school crossing guard who is all about safety and loathes Milo with a passion, finding him a danger for society. |
| 170 | ->Voiced by: Creator/ChristianSlater |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Disaster of My Dreams" and "World Without Milo" are centered around him. |
| 173 | * AnimalsHateHim: Birds seem to attack him a lot. |
| 174 | * ButtMonkey: Due to the fact he frequently attempts to engage or antagonize Milo, Murphy's Law tends to hit him right in the face, which generally results in comically horrible things happening to him, such as being disintegrated or being attacked by ducks. Even without that, though, nobody in the town really seems to like him very much anyway. |
| 175 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Well, well, well…" |
| 176 | * EnemiesEqualsGreatness: He learns that Milo's curse gave his life meaning, and regrets Milo's temporary non-existence in "World Without Milo." |
| 177 | * {{Expy}}: To some extent, he is the (male and adult) version of Candace Flynn in this series. |
| 178 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Elliot can never get some kind of promotion nor earn the school's respect. |
| 179 | * FreudianExcuse: When he was a kid he visited a circus and was given a bag of marshmallows as a treat by his parents. He ignored their warning to be safe and dropped his bag of marshmallows, which set off a catastrophic chain of events that collapsed the circus tent on top of him. Unbeknownst to him, Milo's dad was in attendance with his daughter, but he blamed himself for not being safe conscious enough. |
| 180 | * {{Hypocrite}}: In "Disaster of My Dreams". Despite his obsessions with safety, he resorted to unsafe actions while following Milo around, such as standing on a chair right outside the music room (causing it to be knocked over when he leans forward too much), or crawling around the school [[AirVentPassageway air vents]] (which he soon fell out of). He also chose to hide a malfunctioning water fountain from Principal Milder, rather than immediately try to fix it (which would have made him look more suitable for the job). But what really marks him as this is when he haphazardly covers up the hole in a classroom ceiling (which he made falling out of the air vent) with a [[PosterPatchUp poster]], and declares it "safe enough". |
| 181 | * InsistentTerminology: He's not a "crossing guard", he's a "Safety Czar". |
| 182 | * JerkAss: He goes out of his way to antagonize Milo, even trying to prevent him from watching a charity race in "Pace Makes Waste" (despite the fact that Milo had bought a ticket like everyone else, and his parents had organized the whole thing). |
| 183 | * KnightTemplar: Considers Milo a danger to the neighborhood and obsessively monitors him. |
| 184 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Despite his self-proclaimed safety expertise, his 'precautions' tend to be either pointless or downright dangerous, such as taping the fire-extinguisher cabinet shut in order to pad the corners. |
| 185 | * MoralEventHorizon: He's considered to have crossed this in-universe when he tells Milo the world would be better if he didn't exist. Even [[TheRival Bradley]] seemed shocked to hear this voiced out loud. |
| 186 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: He's the only one in the Milo-free AlternateUniverse that remembers Milo. Handwaved by Vinny suggesting the lead in his sign shielded him. |
| 187 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Is shaping up to be this for Milo. |
| 188 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Considers himself the "Safety Czar" for the town, despite being a mere crossing guard (typically a volunteer position), and tends to act with an air of authority not associated with such a position. |
| 189 | * VictoryIsBoring: He spent the initial parts of "World Without Milo" celebrating Milo's non-existence as a victory for safety. That said, without his self-proclaimed nemesis, he ends up really bored and depressed. |
| 190 | * YoureJustJealous: "Disaster of My Dreams" shows that he feels this way about the kids who mocked him for being a hall monitor during his school days. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Veronica]] |
| 194 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h32m15s772.png]] |
| 195 | [[caption-width-right:250:''She's not the kind of girl who is easily rattled.\ |
| 196 | She knows her way around a broadsword battle.\ |
| 197 | I want a girl in a suit of armor now!'']] |
| 198 | Milo's last babysitter (or his last babysitter ''standing'', as she puts it). Currently works at Ye Old Pizza. |
| 199 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DanicaMcKellar |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * ActionGirl: We're introduced to Veronica as she rides to the Murphy house on a motorcycle, dodging Murphy's Law instigated disasters nimbly, wearing armor and carrying a broadsword. The Flashbacks to Milo's childhood show that she had to be this in order to keep an infant Milo safe. |
| 202 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter: PlayedWith because she was apparently able to take Murphy's Law better than any other babysitter Milo had and remembers the experience fondly. |
| 203 | * BeyondTheImpossible: Milo explicitly says that no matter how strong Murphy's Law was, Veronica was stronger. |
| 204 | * CoolBigSis: She playfully ruffles Milo's hair while saying that he earned the AwesomeBackpack she gave him. |
| 205 | * CrazyIsCool: Clad in pseudo-medieval armor, using a bottle of diet sodas and mints for propulsion, she managed to safely deliver a pizza (and Diogee) to Milo and co. And then she rode off on an ostrich to get more soda. |
| 206 | * CrazyPrepared: She gave Milo his BagOfHolding, and managed to deliver a pizza to the Murphy household. |
| 207 | * FakeBrit: In-universe, as part of her job as a "Pizza Squire", she answered the video call with a fake British accent. As soon as she realized it was Milo, however, it became a case of NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent. |
| 208 | * {{Fangirl}}: She seems to be one for the Lumberzacks, singing the lyrics to "Chop Away at My Heart", and blowing Zack a kiss. |
| 209 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde-haired, a NiceGirl and a spectacular babysitter and pizza delivery-girl. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Neal]] |
| 213 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nealfromthecomicshop.PNG]] |
| 214 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 215 | Sara's comic-book obsessed love interest. |
| 216 | ->Voiced by: Maulik Pancholy |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He and Sara are both mega fans of Dr. Zone. |
| 219 | * KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Played with in "Milo's World", when everyone consistently addressed him as "Neal from the Comic Shop" instead of using his actual last name or simply just saying "Neal". |
| 220 | -->'''Melissa''': Hey, Neal from the comic shop. |
| 221 | -->'''Zack''': Yeah, hey, Neal from the comic shop. |
| 222 | -->'''Neal''': I have a last name, you know. |
| 223 | -->'''Melissa''': Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's "From the Comic Shop". |
| 224 | * LoveInterest: To Sara. |
| 225 | * NiceGuy: He is soft-spoken and seems to get along well with the other characters. |
| 226 | * PhotographicMemory: Neal claims to have semi-photographic memory in "Game Night", elaborating it's only useful for board games and where he parked his car. |
| 227 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: He has the less common spelling of his name, "Neal", as opposed to the more widely used "Neil". |
| 228 | [[/folder]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Max and the Lumbermaxes]] |
| 231 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/50_saw_away.jpg]] |
| 232 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Saw saw saw! Saw away at my heart!'' [[note]]Left to Right: Max, Max, the main Max, and of course Max[[/note]]]] |
| 233 | Zack's old bandmates, back when they were the Lumberzacks. Max took over as the leader of the boy band, and the rest of the band (Sean, Lyle and Melvin) renamed themselves "Max" as well. |
| 234 | ->Voiced by: Tyler Alexander Mann (Max) |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | %%* ArchEnemy: To Zack. |
| 237 | * TheBandMinusTheFace: InUniverse, they're this with Zack's departure. |
| 238 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Battle of the Bands", they tend to believe the opposite of what Zack says; they take Zack not wanting to challenge them as a challenge, and when they later offer to let him back in the band, they don't listen to him when he says "no", and arrange a rehearsal time. |
| 239 | * IdenticallyNamedGroup: They all renamed themselves "Max" after Zack's departure. |
| 240 | * IncrediblyLamePun: "The Lumberzacks" worked, but the name "Max", when pluralized, doesn't phonetically fit in with the plural of "Lumberjack". The only way for the pun to flow naturally is to say, "Max and the Lumbermax", but that makes it sound like there's only one backup singer. |
| 241 | * ItsAllAboutMe: After Zack's departure, Max made himself the lead singer, and renamed the band after himself. |
| 242 | * StealingTheCredit: Max has sort of stolen the credit for leader of the band away from Zack. |
| 243 | [[/folder]] |
| 244 | |
| 245 | !!Adults |
| 246 | !!!Parents |
| 247 | [[folder:Martin and Brigette Murphy]] |
| 248 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h24m45s431.png]] |
| 249 | [[caption-width-right:270:''You're the best remaining\ |
| 250 | When everyone better has been eliminated'']] |
| 251 | Milo's father and mother. Martin is a city safety inspector and Brigette is an architect. |
| 252 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DiedrichBader (Martin) & Creator/PamelaAdlon (Brigette) |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''artin '''M'''urphy. |
| 255 | * CrazyPrepared: It's necessary for members of the Murphy family. |
| 256 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: To show that it's not just Milo who has bad luck, Martin's brakes on his bicycle don't work and he ends up crashing through some shrubs in his backyard and is sent flying into his car. He happily gets back up and greets Melissa and Zack like nothing has happened and then asked Milo to get his crutches for him. |
| 257 | * ForgetfulJones: Brigette forgets that she has two children twice in "Wilder West". |
| 258 | * GoodParents: Brigette reassures Milo [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he's going to be extraordinary no matter what career he has]] when Career Day gets him confused and dejected and it's clear both of them love their kids a lot. |
| 259 | * HappilyMarried: Despite the luck Martin has, Brigette still loves her husband no matter what type of trouble he unintentionally causes. |
| 260 | * HereditaryCurse: Just like his son, Martin also suffers through misfortunes. |
| 261 | * HereditaryHairstyle: His father, brother and son all have the same haircut as himself. |
| 262 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: As of Season 1, many questions about their history are unanswered, namely how they managed to fall in love despite Murphy's Law. |
| 263 | * MundaneUtility: Martin actually uses his curse to make a living; as a safety inspector, it makes an excellent stress test for whatever facility he's assigned to investigate. A lifetime of having to be CrazyPrepared likely helps with suggesting improvements, too. |
| 264 | * TwoFirstNames: "Murphy" can be used as a first name. |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder:Richard Chase]] |
| 268 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h54m22s972.png]] |
| 269 | Melissa's father who's a firefighter. |
| 270 | ->Voiced by: Creator/AdrianPasdar |
| 271 | ---- |
| 272 | * FiremenAreHot: Richard's body has a more athletic build compared with the other adult males. |
| 273 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Unlike most of the townspeople, he is uncomfortable with Milo and his condition and wondered if Murphy's Law has an "on and off switch". However this is the result of his concern of what Murphy's Law has been doing to his daughter and safety in general. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Eileen and Marcus Underwood]] |
| 277 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h29m33s048.png]] |
| 278 | Zack's mother and father. Eileen is a trauma surgeon at the local hospital. |
| 279 | ->Voiced by: Music/VanessaWilliams (Eileen) & Creator/PhilLaMarr (Marcus) |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * AgentScully: Marcus didn't believe in Murphy's Law until he went fishing with Martin and Milo Murphy. |
| 282 | * DontCallMeSir: Inverted and Parodied in ''Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E09WorkedDay''. |
| 283 | --> '''Milo''': Hi, Zack's Mom. |
| 284 | --> '''Eileen''': Please, just call me "Dr. Zack's Mom". |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | !!!Jefferson County Middle School Staff |
| 288 | [[folder:Principal Elizabeth Milder]] |
| 289 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h05m35s015.png]] |
| 290 | The principal of Jefferson County Middle School. |
| 291 | -> Voiced by: Creator/MackenziePhillips |
| 292 | ---- |
| 293 | * BaitAndSwitchComment: She does this with her "I know a kid" stories. |
| 294 | -->'''Melissa''': Don't worry, Principal Milder. I promise I'll return your key. |
| 295 | -->'''Principal Milder''': I hope you do. I know a kid, who didn't return what I lent him and do you know what happened to him? |
| 296 | -->'''Melissa''': No? |
| 297 | -->'''Principal Milder''': Neither do I. If you see him, though, tell him 'I want my key back'. |
| 298 | * CannotTellAJoke: At the student award ceremony, she had to keep the audience entertained, while waiting for Milo to make it to the stage. She tried telling some jokes, some very cliche ones at that, and she botched every single one of them horribly. |
| 299 | -->'''Principal Milder''': So a horse goes to the doctor and says that his throat is feeling raspy. So the doctor says to him "[[SubvertedPunchline Why the long face?]]" …Oh, wait. |
| 300 | * CasualDangerDialogue: She's not one to "freak out", even when Murphy's Law destroys her entire office. |
| 301 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Elliot's bike fell from a tree and smashed her car windshield, on his first day as hall monitor. |
| 302 | -->'''Principal Milder''': You realize you're fired right? |
| 303 | -->'''Elliot''': But I haven't even been hired yet. |
| 304 | -->'''Principal Milder''': Oh! Well then, you're not hired. ''[leaves]'' The money for my windshield is coming from your wallet. |
| 305 | * TheLeader: Of the school. In "Some Like It Yacht", she was established as the leader of the teacher tribe, after they became stranded on a deserted island. |
| 306 | * MadeOfIron: When Coach Mitchell tried to knock her down and take leadership of the teachers' tribe in "Some Like It Yacht", she doesn't even flinch. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Ms. Murawski]] |
| 310 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h41m33s544.png]] |
| 311 | The science teacher at Jefferson County Middle School. |
| 312 | -> Voiced by: Creator/SarahChalke |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * CompanionCube: Her desk. The school sign even notes in "The Substitute" that her desk will miss her. |
| 315 | * GagNose: Has a big pointy nose. Considering her last name, and a well known stereotype, [[AmbiguouslyJewish she could be Jewish]]. |
| 316 | * HammerspaceHair: She pulls an egg out of her hair in "Sunny Side Up". |
| 317 | * RescueRomance: Develops a short-lived one with Scott the Undergrounder after he saves her and her desk. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Coach Nolan Mitchell]] |
| 321 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h39m31s759.png]] |
| 322 | The coach of the Jefferson County Middle School football team. |
| 323 | -> Voiced by: Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | * BrutalHonesty: During what was supposed to be a pep rally, he flat out tells the students that they're going to lose to Middletown Middle School's football team due to the school purposely failing their best players six times and they're practically adults. |
| 326 | * TwoFirstNames: Either "Nolan" or "Mitchell" can be used as a first name. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Mr. Kyle Drako]] |
| 330 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h37m32s085.png]] |
| 331 | A teacher who may or may not be a vampire. |
| 332 | ->Voiced by: Michael Culross |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | * ActuallyNotAVampire: Unclear. Chad firmly believes that Mr. Drako '''really is''' a vampire, but Milo and the others are still looking into it. |
| 335 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Despite him displaying behaviors of a vampire, dressing like a vampire, and even talking like a vampire, it's yet to be confirmed if he really is one. |
| 336 | * BigOlUnibrow: A Type II. |
| 337 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: If he's not a vampire, then he's a regular human who [[AnOddPlaceToSleep sleeps in random boxes and closets]], wears a cape-like "poncho", and tells his students not to "worry [their] pretty little necks." If he ''is'' a vampire, his affinity for his motorized scooter still demands explanation, as does the fact that the suspiciously-covered frames in his office don't hold [[MissingReflection mirrors]] but pictures of his ex-wife. |
| 338 | --> '''Melissa:''' Why don't you just take them down? |
| 339 | --> '''Drako:''' Then where would I hang my sheets? |
| 340 | * CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Subverted. He's weird but he's a NiceGuy. |
| 341 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He may or may not be a vampire, but he's shown to be an affable guy. |
| 342 | * DaywalkingVampire: If he is a vampire, he wears an umbrella hat and a lot of sunscreen when he's needed for outdoor activities. That, or he has a skin condition. He was also briefly outside during "Worked Day". |
| 343 | * EarlyBirdCameo: First shows up in "Worked Day" before we learn he's one of Milo's teachers. |
| 344 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He doesn't stay under the sun without a parasol and thick clothing and it shows. It adds fuel to the vampire rumors but ignoring those, he's not off-putting at all. |
| 345 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: If he's a vampire. He's a pretty laid-back and sociable guy, albeit a bit eccentric at times. |
| 346 | * NiceGuy: Volunteers at a thrift shop on weekends. |
| 347 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Zack and Melissa become instantly suspicious of what initially appears to be Mr. Drako in "Fungus Among Us" when he shows up outside without his protective umbrella-hat. [[spoiler: This Mr. Drako quickly turns out to be a disguised Pistachion who puts Zack and Melissa to sleep.]] |
| 348 | * TooImportantToWalk: Most of the time, he's seen riding a self-balancing scooter. |
| 349 | * VampireVords: He talks like this most of the time. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | !!!Bureau of Time Travel Employees |
| 353 | [[folder:Mr. Block]] |
| 354 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h51m05s642.png]] |
| 355 | The head of the B.O.T.T., Bureau of Time Travel, and the boss of Dakota, Cavendish, Brick and Savannah. |
| 356 | ->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill |
| 357 | ---- |
| 358 | * DaChief: The gruff, loud mouthed head of the Time Travelling Bureau. |
| 359 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Mr. Block doesn't treat Cavendish and Dakota well, but he knows that Milo is no threat and thinks [[InspectorJavert Cavendish wasting time and important resources to go after a middle-schooler]] is completely ridiculous. |
| 360 | * MeanBoss: He seems to only treat Cavendish and Dakota badly, but while they're considered the "lowest of the low" in the agency, they do still work for him. And in "A Christmas Peril", it's shown that he feels he can get away with stealing food off of people's plates simply because he's the boss. |
| 361 | * PetTheDog: In "A Christmas Peril", it's shown Mr. Block will (literally) stop himself if he's gone too far in pulling the boss card. Just when he was about to punish Cavendish and Dakota for repeated disruption of the timestream, [[spoiler:his older self comes in and softly tells him to let ''all'' iterations of them deal with their wound, because he knows things will get worse if they get punished]]. |
| 362 | * TimePolice: Head of the time travel agency. |
| 363 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: His fondness for pistachios before they went extinct is known by his subordinates, and the only reason Dakota and Cavendish protect pistachios is that he likes them. [[spoiler:Little does he know that the survival of even one pistachio plant '''could''' lead to the rise of the Pistachions, yet they can't convince him of that]]. |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Brick]] |
| 367 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h48m21s302.png]] |
| 368 | An elite time travelling agent, who is joined by Savannah. |
| 369 | ->Voiced by: Creator/BrettDalton |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | * TheAce: An extremely capable and high-ranking time travel agent, apparently having stopped several world wars (although this doesn't protect him and Savannah from being reassigned to Cavandish and Dakota's pistachio-protecting job). |
| 372 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He wears a tuxedo and is a highly-skilled agent, fighter and time traveler. |
| 373 | * AffectionateParody: Just like Savannah above, he is an affectionate parody of his VA's character Agent Grant Ward from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. |
| 374 | * ButtMonkey: Since "Missing Milo" he and Savannah seem to have replaced Cavendish and Dakota in this role. In "Spy Little Sister", he was this big time. |
| 375 | * HeroAntagonist: His job is to prevent major disasters, but he is very dismissive towards Cavendish and Dakota due to their low rank and tendency to bungle missions. He and Savannah also end up pursuing Melissa and Zack in "Missing Milo" because they mistakenly suspect them of being involved in stealing their time vehicle. |
| 376 | * JerkAss: With his partner Savannah as they have no qualms in either mocking Cavendish and Dakota or getting them in trouble for not following orders, even attempting to kidnap Melissa and Zack for interrogation as Savannah claims that it's better that way. |
| 377 | * NoSparks: Can't manage to drum up any of the expected BelligerentSexualTension with Savannah, [[ParodiedTrope though not for lack of trying]]. |
| 378 | %%* TimePolice: He is a time travel agent. |
| 379 | %%* TuxedoAndMartini: As an agent, Brick wears a tuxedo. |
| 380 | * WouldHurtAChild: In "Missing Milo", he and Savannah willingly stalked Zack and Melissa then menacingly chased them down the sewers. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Savannah]] |
| 384 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_19h45m56s880.png]] |
| 385 | [[caption-width-right:280:''I don't think that we're overstepping\ |
| 386 | When you say your hands and feet are a lethal weapon'']] |
| 387 | An elite time traveling agent, forming a team with Brick. |
| 388 | ->Voiced by: Creator/MingNaWen |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * TheAce: An extremely capable and high-ranking time travel agent, apparently having stopped several world wars (although this doesn't protect her and Brick from being reassigned to Cavandish and Dakota's pistachio-protecting job). |
| 391 | * ActionGirl: Regularly takes down various antagonists as part of her job. |
| 392 | * AdvertisedExtra: Savannah's VA is mentioned by name in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDVKeb29QQ "We're Gonna Do it Again"]] video promoting the show, but is by far the character mentioned there that has the smallest impact on the story. |
| 393 | * AffectionateParody: She and Brick are basically sendups of their respective VA's characters from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. |
| 394 | * BrutalHonesty: She bluntly tells Cavendish and Dakota that no one will ever get partnered with them because of their screw-ups and that they are low-level agents. |
| 395 | * ButtMonkey: Since "Missing Milo" she and Brick seem to have replaced Cavendish and Dakota in this role, even though they have the most thankless of jobs. |
| 396 | * HeadTurningBeauty: She's undoubtedly attractive, and tends to evoke this kind of response, even leading Dakota to hit on her. Even Cavendish is under the assumption that she's Brick's eye candy. |
| 397 | * HeroAntagonist: Her job is to prevent major disasters, but she is very dismissive towards Cavendish and Dakota due to their low rank and tendency to bungle missions. She and Brick also end up pursuing Melissa and Zack in "Missing Milo" because they mistakenly suspect them of being involved in stealing their time vehicle. |
| 398 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She has become this as of "Spy Little Sister!". |
| 399 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: She is usually seen wearing a long dress, jewelry and makeup, but that doesn't slow down the fact that she (like her partner, Brick) is one heck of a fighter and agent. |
| 400 | * NoSparks: With her partner Brick, [[ParodiedTrope despite their best efforts]] to evoke BelligerentSexualTension. |
| 401 | * TimePolice: She is a time travel agent. |
| 402 | * TuxedoAndMartini: As an agent, Savannah wears a long, sexy dress. |
| 403 | * WouldHurtAChild: In "Missing Milo", she and Brick willingly stalked Zack and Melissa then menacingly chased them down the sewers. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !!!Other |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Scott the Undergrounder]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milo_murphys_law_scott.png]] |
| 410 | [[caption-width-right:200:''He's a serious fixer-upper\ |
| 411 | That might be cruel but it's not wrong\ |
| 412 | And you know he's been down for oh, so long'']] |
| 413 | An eccentric pipefitter who, along with several other coworkers, got stuck underground for a month. After Milo and the gang leads them back to the surface, Scott chose to remain underground. |
| 414 | -> Voiced by: Scott Peterson |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Eccentric as he is, he was able to prevent Brick and Savannah from capturing Zack and Melissa by slowing them down with his traps. |
| 417 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Compared to the other workers trapped underground, Scott began to affect a rather eccentric manner, often declaring that someone "shall be our leader" despite the fact that the ''Undergrounders'' had already voted for a leader. |
| 418 | * CompanionCube: His 'girlfriend', Mildred; a milk carton with a smiley face. |
| 419 | * CrazyPrepared: Yes, he may not exactly right in the head, but he has the foresight to prepare various traps in case he was ever in trouble at his own place. They help Zack and Melissa escape from a pursuing Savannah and Brick when they chased them through his tunnels. |
| 420 | * HeCleansUpNicely: To prepare him for a date with Ms. Muraski, the trio cleans him up to where he looks attractive enough for her. |
| 421 | * IChooseToStay: Scott chose to stay to Subterranis while his comrades returned to their normal lives. |
| 422 | * RecurringCharacter: Scott made a number of cameos and also gets a major role in "Missing Milo". |
| 423 | * SanitySlippage: His eccentricities arose after he became stuck underground. |
| 424 | * TrapMaster: He has traps set up all over his underground lair. |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[folder:Orton Mahlson/Dr. Hankry Zone]] |
| 428 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h03m47s382.png]] |
| 429 | [[caption-width-right:290:''Sure, writing was my goal, but I'll be honest; I was making backup plans.\ |
| 430 | 'Cause they say write what you know, but all I knew was the zoning commission!'']] |
| 431 | Orton Mahlson is the creator of ''Doctor Zone'', a science fiction TV franchise Milo and Sara are huge fans of. He's also the actor of the show's eponymous main character, Dr. Hankry Zone. |
| 432 | ->Voiced by: Creator/JemaineClement |
| 433 | ---- |
| 434 | * BadBadActing: As part of the show's StylisticSuck, this is to be expected. |
| 435 | * BadassLongcoat: He wears a dark brown tailcoat. |
| 436 | * DescendedCreator: InUniverse, not only does he play the titular character of 'The Doctor Zone Files', he created the show. |
| 437 | * DoctorWhomage: He's very obviously based on the Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho''. |
| 438 | * FakeBrit: In-universe, Orton is a [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand New Zealander]] who plays a British character. |
| 439 | * TheFutureIsShocking: Being from the 1965, he was amazed at what he saw in the 21st century and some products of the 22nd century. He used his observation as inspiration for his show. |
| 440 | ** Subverted when Orton was praising the architecture of Jefferson Middle School. Milo told him that it was built in the same era as him. |
| 441 | * LivingMacGuffin: The plot of the Season One arc centers around the Pistachions trying to rule the world through his show. [[spoiler: Doofenshmirtz as Professor Time also saved the world from Pistachions by reading Orton's memoir.]] |
| 442 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Dr. Zone seems to be a mashup of the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian Era]], AncientRome, TheFuture, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a gift box]]. Dr. Zone is also implied to be a time traveler, an alien, and a cyborg. |
| 443 | * PungeonMaster: Dr. Zone almost always try to use puns with the word "time". |
| 444 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: The gift-shaped cast was [[spoiler: improvised by a Pistachion who impersonated Orton during the filming of the pilot episode and needed to disguise the fact that his hand was an undisguised branch]]. |
| 445 | * RummageSaleReject: He has mismatched footwear and a ''gift box as an arm'' to show that he has one foot in the future, one foot in the past, and one hand in the ''[[{{Pun}} present]]''. |
| 446 | * SignificantAnagram: Played with as "Orton Mahlson" is a phonetic anagram to writer Martin Olson. |
| 447 | * VisualPun: His right foot has some kind of futuristic gear on it, his left foot has an Ancient Roman sandal, and his right hand is wrapped up in a gift box. According to the theme song, this shows how he's got "one foot in the future, one foot in the past, and one hand in the present". |
| 448 | [[/folder]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder:Colonel Niblet and Lieutenant Tenant]] |
| 451 | A duo of government agents who seem to do some rather suspicious stuff in the background, such as spying neighborhoods with a camera drone, abducting cows and putting cybernetic brains in wildlife. |
| 452 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DanPovenmire (Niblet) & Creator/JeffSwampyMarsh (Tenant) |
| 453 | ---- |
| 454 | * TheGovernment: That's exactly what they are. |
| 455 | * ThoseTwoGuys: That's them alright. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Tobias Trollhammer]] |
| 459 | A washed-up action movie actor who plays the protagonist of the ''Krillhunter'' movies. Milo is his biggest fan. |
| 460 | ->Voiced by: Creator/PeterStormare |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * ActionHero: At least that's the character he plays in the movies. In real life, not so much. |
| 463 | * AlliterativeName: '''T'''obias '''T'''rollhammer. |
| 464 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: He's been known to waste millions upon millions of dollars on krill themed artwork. |
| 465 | * DisguisedInDrag: Did this in "Lady Krillers" and went under the alias [[PaperThinDisguise Tobina]]. |
| 466 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Could not stand for as little as one of the movies in his franchise not being all about him. |
| 467 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is ''terrified'' of the Menninkainen, a creature from the folklore of his homeland. When he mistakes Milo for it, he flees in terror. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Clyde Rickenbacker]] |
| 471 | A kind and imaginative inventor, who unfortunately has no financial knowledge. He used to be business partners with Victor Verliezer, but the two fell out and the latter took his dearest invention, C.I.D.D.. |
| 472 | ->Voiced by: Creator/BarryBostwick |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | * AffectionateNickname: "0-0" [[note]](Zero Zero)[[/note]], by C.I.D.D.. |
| 475 | * CoolOldGuy: Despite his age, he is very up-to-date, forward-thinking, and tech-savvy. |
| 476 | * GadgeteerGenius: He was able to create a robot as amazing as C.I.D.D.. |
| 477 | * {{Shoutout}}: He is voiced by Barry Bowstick, who also voice acted for the recurring character, Clyde Flynn, ''(note the first name)'', who was Phineas' maternal grandfather from Dan and Swampy's previous series, [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Ferb]]. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Heinz Doofenshmirtz (AKA Professor Time)]] |
| 481 | [[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8c37bfe1_9a13_4f1a_aff3_9199835241e0.png]] |
| 482 | [[caption-width-right:222:''So apparently I'm gonna be the one who'll finally figure out time travel.\ |
| 483 | Now that's a ton of scientific mysteries that I'll have to somehow unravel!'']] |
| 484 | Originaly from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz is an ex-evil scientist that is destined to invent time travel, and aided Milo and friends to defeat the Pistachions one last time. As of The Phineas and Ferb Effect, Doofenshmirtz becomes Milo's houseguest, and in turn a series regular in Season 2, following the collapse of Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. |
| 485 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DanPovenmire |
| 486 | ->For tropes about Doofenshmirtz in the show he came from, see Characters/PhineasAndFerbHeinzDoofenshmirtz |
| 487 | ---- |
| 488 | * BigGood: His destiny, as opposed to originally wanting to be the BigBad of the Tri-State Area, since, as Professor Time, he discovers time travel, and paves the way for the Time Police to be a thing. |
| 489 | * BreakoutCharacter: Doofenshmirtz was originally from ''Phineas and Ferb'', and of all the ''Phineas and Ferb'' characters, got the most screentime since the crossover. |
| 490 | * DitzyGenius: Just like in ''Phineas and Ferb'', Doofenshmirtz is great at inventing (and, in fact, is destined to invent something as revolutionary as time travel), but he definitely lacks the common sense to put his ingenuity to better use. |
| 491 | * EtTuBrute: Got really hurt when he found out Perry was secretly on the job while hanging out with him and protecting the city from his good deeds. |
| 492 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: He ''was'' pretty bad at being evil, and he's equally as bad at being good. |
| 493 | * LazyBum: Sara views him as this. In fact, he isn't very proactive at all between "Snow Way Out" and "Cake 'Splosion". |
| 494 | * RejectedApology: After betraying Doofenshmirtz, Perry tried reaching to him, via postcard, but Doof rejected this as [[DramaQueen it wasn't a physical call. From a landline]]. |
| 495 | -->'''Vanessa''': [[WackyParentSeriousChild Ugh, middle-aged drama]]. |
| 496 | * {{Transplant}}: He originated from ''Phineas and Ferb'' before becoming a series regular on ''Milo Murphy's Law''. |
| 497 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: His inators tend to cause more harm than good. Just like before he switched to the good side. |
| 498 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Doofenshmirtz apparently fears raccoons. |
| 499 | [[/folder]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder:The Other Mr. Block]] |
| 502 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_22_4.png]] |
| 503 | Full name Bob Block, this is Mr. Block's ancestor, from the present day. He's the head of the Paranormal Investigation Group, aka P.I.G., and hires Dakota and Cavendish in Season 2 to the Purgers of Intergalactic Garbage division, which is also P.I.G.. |
| 504 | ->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He shares the blood of the clearly caucasian Mr. Block, but his dark skin makes him appear to be Pacific Islander, African-American, or Mullatto. |
| 507 | * BenevolentBoss: The soft-spoken, positive leader of P.I.G., the Paranormal Investigation Group. |
| 508 | * BrutalHonesty: He straight-up calls Cavendish and Dakota incompetent when informing them that they're going to basically be janitors for alien refuse and not investigators. |
| 509 | * {{Foil}}: To his descendant. While the future Mr. Block is a grouchy PerpetualFrowner, has a gravelly voice and treats his employees poorly, this Mr. Block is even-tempered, speaks softly, smiles constantly, and is pleasant to his employees. |
| 510 | * InTheBlood: He's the ancestor of Mr. Block from the Time Traveling Bureau, and is also the leader of a clandestine government organization trying to keep the world safe. |
| 511 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: A little. If you look at the two Mr. Blocks, there are similarities in their faces and hair, but their general builds and personalities are totally different. |
| 512 | [[/folder]] |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[folder:Sergio [=McGuinness=]]] |
| 515 | A guy who wasted his entire life, trying to break the world record for fastest snowmobile, "The Snowmobile 3", only to be immediately one-upped, seconds after finally achieving his goal. |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * BrokenBird: During his time working on the snowmobile, Sergio's father and grandfather died and he missed their funerals. His wife got sick of his obsession and left him, taking the kids as well, leading to his life being ruined. The only positive outcome of this tragedy was that he broke the world record. Unfortunately, mere seconds after achieving his goal, Milo, Zack, and Melissa blew by on a snowmobile that moved ten times as fast as The Snowmobile 3 did, without them even trying. |
| 518 | * ButtMonkey: His whole life is a joke and every time he's on screen, his work is getting destroyed and his life is getting ruined. |
| 519 | * MeaningfulName: His last name is "[=McGuinness=]" and he's focused on breaking the world record. |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder:The Construction Worker and The Yes Man]] |
| 523 | Two construction workers. One of them makes comments on something, while his friend agrees with everything he says. |
| 524 | ---- |
| 525 | * RunningGag: Their appearances are this. |
| 526 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Neither of their names are known. |
| 527 | * YesMan: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Yep. He's the Yes-Man, alright.]] |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder:Trucker Ted]] |
| 531 | A recurring minor character who transports goods around from one place to another. He's commonly finding himself in various incidents, leading him to complain to his agent on the phone. |
| 532 | ->Voiced by: Bob Bowen |
| 533 | ---- |
| 534 | * ADayInTheLimelight: In "Parks and Wreck", he broke the fourth wall to express his joy in being given so much screen time. |
| 535 | * AlliterativeName: '''T'''rucker '''T'''ed. |
| 536 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: Every time he's on screen, he's either getting into or has just gotten into a truck accident. |
| 537 | * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: You'd think that after wrecking the truck after all these times, he'd get fired from his job as a delivery man. |
| 538 | * MrExposition: Explains what's going on, via [[NewhartPhonecall hartman phone call]], where he complains to his agent about what just happened. |
| 539 | * NewhartPhonecall: Always has these with his agent, who we never see, or even learn the name of, but in "Parks and Wreck", if you listen closely, you can hear the other end of the conversation sped up slightly. |
| 540 | * RunningGag: Him crashing a truck full of objects that fall out of the wrecked truck and fall into the scene, affecting what's going on, whether it be for [[DeusExMachina good]] or [[DiabolusExMachina bad]]. |
| 541 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Not only does he get into more accidents than usual, but he's also assigned to deliver a variety of very weird and obscure objects. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | !!Non-Human |
| 545 | !!!Animals |
| 546 | [[folder:Time Ape]] |
| 547 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap_2017_03_26_20h03m57s882.png]] |
| 548 | Dr. Zone's sidekick and brother. |
| 549 | ->Voiced by: Sophie Winkleman |
| 550 | ---- |
| 551 | * CharacterAsHimself: In the Doctor Zone Files opening |
| 552 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Time Ape's real form would make a normal man's [[YourHeadAsplode head explode]]. Subverted in that [[spoiler: Time Ape had already looked like an ape with a clock as his head before he got sucked into his home planet's implosion and turned into [[BrownNote a form no one can see]]]]. |
| 553 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears a pair of red boxers. |
| 554 | * LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Revealed in the movie to be Dr. Zone's brother.]] |
| 555 | * NonHumanHead: Non-''Ape'' Head. Time Ape has a clock instead of a head. |
| 556 | * NonHumanSidekick: Time Ape is, obviously, an ape and not a human. |
| 557 | [[/folder]] |
| 558 | |
| 559 | [[folder:Perry the Platypus]] |
| 560 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7d7e940d_ca4e_4e32_abf7_cb8981bf3cfb.png]] |
| 561 | [[caption-width-right:256:''Don't want to start a fight, he's trying to do what's right\ |
| 562 | So we ought to wish him success'']] |
| 563 | Originaly from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Perry the Platypus, AKA Agent P, is the pet platypus of Phineas and Ferb, and friend/former nemesis of Heinz Doofenshmirtz. In ''Milo Murphy's Law'', he's often assigned to keep Doof in check while the former evil scientist tries to do good. |
| 564 | ->Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker |
| 565 | ->For tropes about Perry in the show he came from, see Characters/PhineasAndFerbMainCharacters |
| 566 | ---- |
| 567 | * BefriendingTheEnemy: After a 9-year-long summer of battling with Doofenshmirtz, Perry and his inator-inventing rival have buried the hatchet and become somewhat of a team of do-gooders. |
| 568 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Perry went from being Doofenshmirtz' nemesis to his friend,… to his nemesis again. ("Sick Day") |
| 569 | * LampshadeHanging: It took 4 seasons of another show and one of this one, but Melissa notes how Perry suddenly has a full parachute on. |
| 570 | * OldHeroNewPals: In ''Milo Murphy's Law'', Perry now has strong friendships with Milo, Zack, Melissa, Diogee, Cavendish, Dakota, Cavenpuss, a few Octaliens, and most notably, [[BefriendingTheEnemy Doofenshmirtz]]. |
| 571 | [[/folder]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[folder:Recurring Raccoon]] |
| 574 | -->''You've seen him before, you're gonna see him soon. He's Recurring Raccoon.'' |
| 575 | A raccoon who recurrently appears out of nowhere and inconveniences the heroes. |
| 576 | ---- |
| 577 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''ecurring '''R'''accoon. |
| 578 | * AsideGlance: Sometimes turns to the camera and winks, when his jingle sings his name. |
| 579 | * CatchphraseInterruptus: In "Now I am a Murphy", his theme gets cut off as he gets captured. |
| 580 | -->''You've seen him before. You're gonna see him soon-'' |
| 581 | -->''(Recurring Raccoon gets attacked by a Cyborg Grizzly)'' |
| 582 | -->''…Okay, maybe not.'' |
| 583 | * DiabolusExMachina: If Milo weasels his way out of every possible negative outcome of a situation, the always unforeseen Recurring Raccoon is guaranteed to show up anyway and stir up trouble. |
| 584 | * {{Leitmotif}}: His Jingle. |
| 585 | * RascallyRaccoon: He likes to randomly show up and swipe things. |
| 586 | * RunningGag: At an extent, literally. His shtick is that he randomly appears out of nowhere, snatches away an object (often important to the characters) and then scampers away. |
| 587 | * WinkDing: Sometimes does this [[AsideGlance to the camera]], after his jingle is over. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Zippy, The World's Fastest Koala]] |
| 591 | [[EarWorm He's the fastest koala in the world, he's always running around]]. He causes trouble everywhere he goes. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * BewareTheCuteOnes: Despite being a fuzzy little animal, he's actually a rabble-rousing criminal with a thirst for causing chaos and [[ItMakesSenseInContext extorting the police for eucalyptus leaves]]. |
| 594 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He is a koala bear who moves faster than any other marsupial on the planet. |
| 595 | * {{Leitmotif}}: His jingle. |
| 596 | [[/folder]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | !!!The Octalians |
| 599 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 600 | A species of cephalopod aliens from the planet Octalia. A team of them has taken an interest in Milo and his condition and plots to take him to their home world for mysterious reasons. |
| 601 | ---- |
| 602 | * AlienAbduction: They've done this to Milo twice. |
| 603 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: They come in all colors. |
| 604 | * BornLucky: Or rather, ''not'' BornUnlucky. It's estimated that most of the Octalians don't have negative probability ions swarming around them, [[spoiler: causing Orgaluth, who ''is'' naturally BornUnlucky, getting all of the negative probability ions attracted towards her and become a WalkingDisasterArea]], resulting into the birth of the Sphere of Calamity. |
| 605 | * GoodAllAlong: The Octalians are introduced in a rather ominous way with little to no information about what they want Milo for, aside for his negative probability ions. It sets them up as Season 2's ArcVillain, [[SubvertedTrope but in the end]], they had no nefarious intentions and are actually quite polite. The only morally ambiguous thing they've done is abducting Milo. |
| 606 | * OctopoidAliens: They're colorful talking space octopuses that use four of their tentacles as arms and the other four as legs, with their funnels taking the place of ears. |
| 607 | * NoAntagonist: The Octalians only abducted Milo because they need him to stop a continually-growing sphere of negative probability ions [[ApocalypseHow that could potentially destroy their entire planet]]. |
| 608 | * {{Shapeshifting}}: Octalians have the ability to shapeshift, by absorbing the molecules of a subject, so that they can take their form. However, they need to hold their breath in order to take this form and they can only hold their position for as long as they can hold their breath. |
| 609 | * TranslationTrainwreck: Their translators malfunction when they're near [[TheJinx Milo]] and get stuck in [[ToServeMan Dining Mode]]: |
| 610 | -->'''Milo''': What? You're gonna eat me?! |
| 611 | -->'''Commander''': No, no, what I meant to say is: you are [[LastSecondWordSwap the buffet]]. […] What I'm trying to say is that you are [[DiggingYourselfDeeper delicious. Appetizing! Scrumptious!]] |
| 612 | * TranslatorMicrobes: They have translation devices in their neck collars. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder:Alien Commander]] |
| 616 | The leader of the Octalian crew that is sent to look for someone with negative probability ions. |
| 617 | ->Voiced by: Joanna Hausmann |
| 618 | ---- |
| 619 | * ActionMom: [[spoiler:We learn this action hero has a daughter named Orgaluth]]. |
| 620 | * DrillSergeantNasty: She is tough as nails and barks out orders to her minions. |
| 621 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: That one odd moment in "Sick Day" when sympathetic music started playing as Milo hugged the Commander, shapeshifted into his mother? [[spoiler: Turns out the Commander is a mother herself.]] |
| 622 | * LongLostRelative: In "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space", [[spoiler:we learn that she had a daughter named Orgaluth, who they got rid of, because she emits an [[DoomMagnet aura of chaos]], known as "Orgaluth's Law".]] |
| 623 | * NoNameGiven: Despite her being a major character with significant plot relevance and all of her lackeys being named, we still don't know what her name is. |
| 624 | ** Even [[spoiler: her [[SatelliteCharacter daughter]] has a name, (Orgaluth), but she, herself, doesn't.]] |
| 625 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female on the team. |
| 626 | [[/folder]] |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[folder:Loab and Khone]] |
| 629 | Two field agents from the Alien Commander's crew, who try (and fail) to carry out their leader's plans. |
| 630 | ->Voiced by: John Ross Bowie (Loab) & Cedric Yarborough (Khone) |
| 631 | ---- |
| 632 | * DirtyCoward: Khone was this in "Milo in Space", abandoning his team when things went wrong. [[spoiler: He brought them snacks as an apology when they returned home.]] |
| 633 | * ExtremeDoormat: The alien commander walks all over them. |
| 634 | * HarmlessVillain: Loab and Khone are completely incompetent as villains. They couldn't even infiltrate Milo's house, without getting tossed around like a frisbee by Diogee. [[spoiler: Eventually revealed not to be villains at all.]] |
| 635 | * ThoseTwoGuys: A [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal doltish, dainty duo]], with the brains a discarded burnt potato chip. |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:Orgaluth (SPOILERS!)]] |
| 639 | The daughter of the Alien Commander. She has [[FinaglesLaw Orgaluth's Law]], the Octalian equivalent to Murphy's Law. |
| 640 | ->Voiced by: Odessa Adlon |
| 641 | ---- |
| 642 | * BornUnlucky: Born with genes that attract negative probability ions, like the Murphys. This phenomenon is never seen before in Octalian culture, which is why they call it "Orgaluth's Law". |
| 643 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She appears in the Season 2 finale, which also serves as the final episode of the show. |
| 644 | * LongLostRelative: It was actually believed that her bubble of negative probability ions ''consumed her'' and has grown into an entity of its own. |
| 645 | * WalkingDisasterArea: Like Milo, Orgaluth has genes that attract negative probability ions, which would normally give her a similar condition to his. However, as Octalians aren't naturally surrounded by probability ions at all, Orgaluth gets surrounded by ''all'' the negative ones, causing Orgaluth's Law to be much more severe than Murphy's Law ever could. |
| 646 | * WalkingSpoiler: Pretty much everything about her is revealed as late as "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space", the finale of Season 2. |
| 647 | [[/folder]] |
| 648 | |
| 649 | !!!Other |
| 650 | [[folder:Lardee Boy]] |
| 651 | Beloved mascot of Lard World, Milo's favorite amusement park. |
| 652 | ---- |
| 653 | * BadJobWorseUniform: You gotta imagine that whoever's wearing that stupid costume, must be pretty miserable with themselves. |
| 654 | * BigFun: Lardee Boy is supposed to characterize someone like this. |
| 655 | * GagNose: His upturned nose shows off his pig-like nostrils, giving off the impression that someone like this really "[[LiteralMetaphor pigs out]]" on the lardy food at Lard World. |
| 656 | * HatOfFlight: Wears a classic propeller hat but it's never used for flying. |
| 657 | * IndyEscape: Lardee Boy played the role of the boulder in "Backward to School Night". |
| 658 | * {{Mascot}}: The mascot of Lard World. |
| 659 | * YouthfulFreckles: Lardee Boy has freckles on his cheeks and curly red hair. |
| 660 | [[/folder]] |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [[folder:C.I.D.D.]] |
| 663 | Short for Cybernetic Individual Domestic Droid, C.I.D.D. is a collaborative creation of Clyde Rickenbacker and Victor Verliezer. Despite Verliezer taking all the credit, C.I.D.D. has desperately looked for "zero-zero", before being reunited with his true creator, Clyde. |
| 664 | ---- |
| 665 | * AffectionateNickname: C.I.D.D. addresses Clyde Rickenbacker as "[[SpeaksInBinary 0-0]]" [[note]]Zero-Zero[[/note]] because he is his creator. |
| 666 | * CuteMachines: He sure is a cutie pie, alright. |
| 667 | * DarkHumor: C.I.D.D. made a quick joke about [[RobotWar robots]] [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] just to get a quick laugh out of seeing Milo, Zack, and Melissa's faces. |
| 668 | * DoubleMeaning: "Zero-zero" seems a bit nonsensical on the surface, but Milo figures out C.I.D.D.'s goal when applying Math Speak to it: on a graph, "(0,0)" refers to the origin, a.k.a. the starting point on the graph. When C.I.D.D. says he's looking for "zero-zero", he means he's looking for his origin, or in this case, his creator, Clyde Rickenbacker. |
| 669 | * FunWithAcronyms: "C.I.D.D." stands for "Cybernetic Individual Domestic Droid". |
| 670 | * JustAMachine: C.I.D.D. actually has the ability to feel both love and pain. He recognizes Clyde Rickenbacker as his creator and rightful owner and felt hurt when Victor physically abused him. |
| 671 | * RobotBuddy: To Clyde. |
| 672 | [[/folder]] |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[folder:Cavenpuss]] |
| 675 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cavenpusfull.jpg]] |
| 676 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You're not an abomination, Cavenpuss… You are a vibrant and interesting person slash platypus hybrid, and you deserve this."'']] |
| 677 | A creation made with Doofenshmirtz's Clone-Inator, from Cavendish's DNA. Being Cavendish's head on a platypus body, Cavenpuss is often referred to as an abomination. |
| 678 | ->Voiced by: Creator/JeffSwampyMarsh |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * AbortedArc: In "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space", there was originally going to be a scene where Cavenpus' egg hatched into a baby version of himself, but this was cut from the final product, due to time constraints. |
| 681 | * TheComicallySerious: It's hard for a distinguished gentleman, such as Cavendish, to be taken seriously when he's attached to the teeny-tiny body of a platypus. |
| 682 | * HalfHumanHybrid: A combination between a human and a platypus. |
| 683 | * MisterSeahorse: Despite being male, he still laid an egg. |
| 684 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The team completely left him out of their adventure in "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space". |
| 685 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite "Cavenpus" with one "S" being semantically correct, due to the root words being combined, he is listed as "Cavenpuss" with two "S"s in the credits. |
| 686 | [[/folder]] |
| 687 | |
| 688 | !!Antagonists |
| 689 | !!!The Pistachions |
| 690 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 691 | [[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mm_act2_53_2.jpg]] |
| 692 | [[caption-width-right:318:''If it's not one thing, it's another'']] |
| 693 | The Pistachions are a species of mutated pistachio trees bent on world domination. They are the first ArcVillain and the primary antagonists in [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E23MissingMilo Missing Milo]], [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E34FungusAmongUs Fungus Among Us]] and the crossover with ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', entitled [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS2E01ThePhineasAndFerbEffect The Phineas and Ferb Effect]]. |
| 694 | ---- |
| 695 | * PlantPerson: They're anthropomorphic pistachio trees. |
| 696 | * RetGone: With the sole exception of Derek, the entire first generation of Pistachions were erased from existence when their father was killed before evolving. |
| 697 | * TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Their king is also their dad. |
| 698 | * WeaksauceWeakness: They can be killed by uric acid (which is found in urine). Diogee has defeated King Pistachion this way, by peeing on his infantile form. |
| 699 | ** Another weakness was discovered in The Phineas and Ferb Effect: [[spoiler:Wyatt Burp orange soda. The brand was discontinued when it was discovered that the soda was harmful to the environment, and since the Pistachions are PlantPeople…]] |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:King Pistachion]] |
| 703 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mm_act2_39.jpg]] |
| 704 | [[caption-width-right:350:"I claim this land for Pistachions! We will now rebuild it in our image! You know, except for South Beach; that place is perfect the way it is."]] |
| 705 | An evil mutant pistachio tree from the future, created when Balthazar and Vinnie managed to save a pistachio tree that unbeknownst to them, had been fertilized with a mutant blob created from pistachio tree fertilizer. |
| 706 | ->Voiced by: Rhys Darby |
| 707 | ---- |
| 708 | * AffablyEvil: He's introduced taking a commemorative family photo with his children after they've finished ransacking the future and capturing all of the Time Bureau agents. |
| 709 | * BadFuture: After growing to his full size he takes over the world in Balthazar and Vinnie's original time period. |
| 710 | * BigBad: The main antagonist in "Missing Milo". |
| 711 | * ADogNamedDog: King Pistachion is named exactly like his species. |
| 712 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: All of his minions are actually his own children. He shows off his family album which contains memories such as one of his children eating a congressman, a city being ransacked, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking one of his children's birthday parties.]] |
| 713 | * ImplacableMan: After he notices Milo and the surviving time travelers he pursues them nonstop, chasing them across the city, and even through time without letting up. He's completely unfazed after getting hit by a car, and even after Milo finally manages to harm him by siccing woodpeckers on him he ''still'' doesn't slow down. It takes destroying his younger defenseless self in the present to finally get rid of him. |
| 714 | * LargeAndInCharge: Much larger than any of his minions. Justified, considering that they are his children. |
| 715 | * LaughablyEvil: He's a legitimate threat, but also has humorous mannerisms that provide much comic relief. |
| 716 | * PredecessorVillain: Despite his defeat, he still casts a large shadow over the episode Fungus Among Us and the upcoming crossover as his son Derek picks up where he left off. |
| 717 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: His minions are dispatched pretty quickly once Milo gets his backpack back, but King Pistachion himself is a much tougher foe, only defeated when his defenseless past self is destroyed. |
| 718 | * RetGone: With his younger self destroyed, he and his children never existed… well, except for one… |
| 719 | [[/folder]] |
| 720 | |
| 721 | [[folder:Derek]] |
| 722 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/derekpnfeprofile.png]] |
| 723 | [[caption-width-right:200:"Plants forever!"]] |
| 724 | A Pistachion that got stuck in the timestream after Dakota, Cavendish and Milo shook him off. Because of this, he still exists even after King Pistachion and his children are defeated, and ends up in 1955, where he plans another takeover by replacing humans with Pistachions. His ultimate plan is to turn all humans into Pistachions after enough have been captured. |
| 725 | ->Voiced by: Creator/JeffBennett |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * BadBadActing: Part of Derek's plan involved replacing Orton and using the money the Dr. Zone empire to take over the world. However while Orton was by no means a good actor himself, he was a good enough writer to gain a cult following. While Derek was 'neither' a writer or an actor. So the show ended up being so bad it was canceled after only two episodes, causing the mega-hit Dr. Zone franchise to be RetGone from the present, and delaying Derek's plan by decades. |
| 728 | * EvilGloating: When he outnumbers Milo, Dakota, Cavendish and Orton, Derek monologues about his evil plan, which is apparently long enough for the gang to escape. When he berates his fellow Pistachions why they didn't warn him earlier, it's because they didn't want to interrupt him. |
| 729 | * CaptureAndReplicate: Derek's plan (or at least Stage One of said plan) is to replace the humans with Pistachions and lock them up, until they outnumber the humans. Planning this took him about ten years, and he appears [[BadFuture to be rapidly succeeding fifty years after that]]. He himself had replaced an intern, as well as Orton Mahlson shortly before the filming of the Dr. Zone pilot episode. |
| 730 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: Wearing the Orton mask for fifty years has caused his head to permanently take on its shape. |
| 731 | * NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:In "The Phineas and Ferb Effect", he manages to fully convert Milo, Phineas and Ferb's friends and family into [[FaceHeelTurn evil Pistachions]], and have them cornered, alongside Dakota, Cavendish, Orton and Doofenshmirtz. If it weren't for future Doofenshmirtz, aka Professor Time, Derek would've won.]] |
| 732 | * ParadoxPerson: Derek has become one thanks to being stuck in the timestream, otherwise he would have ceased to exist along with his father and siblings. |
| 733 | * VillainousLegacy: He's flung through time and survives King Pistachion's defeat, then he launches his own plot to overthrow the human race. Cavendish and Dakota are well aware of the danger he poses and attempts to prevent his return. |
| 734 | [[/folder]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | !!!Minor Antagonists |
| 737 | [[folder:Victor Verliezer]] |
| 738 | The CEO of technology company vTech, and Clyde Rickenbacker's old business partner. He has a high opinion of himself and has taken credit for the creation of C.I.D.D.. |
| 739 | ->Voiced by: Creator/JoelMcHale |
| 740 | ---- |
| 741 | * AlliterativeName: '''V'''ictor '''V'''erliezer. |
| 742 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: The evil corporate executive of vTech, who steals other people's inventions and takes credit for making them. |
| 743 | * EvilAllAlong: He seems to be a pretty nice guy at first, before Milo sees how he treats C.I.D.D. backstage. |
| 744 | * FailedAttemptAtDrama: Failed to make a [[TheReveal dramatic entry]], when returning in "A Clockwork Origin". |
| 745 | * {{Flanderization}}: In his first appearance, he was merely a CorruptCorporateExecutive. He descends into full-blown villainy in his second appearance, planning to rebuild Danville's historic clock tower into a HumongousMecha that will destroy the town if he isn't paid to stop it. |
| 746 | * JerkAss: To the point that even ''[[NiceGuy Milo]]'' doesn't like him. |
| 747 | * {{Narcissist}}: He sees himself as an inventor, on par with Newton, Galileo, and Einstein. |
| 748 | * StealingTheCredit: Victor takes credit for inventing C.I.D.D., when it was really Clyde Rickenbacker's idea. |
| 749 | [[/folder]] |
| 750 | |
| 751 | [[folder:Cyborg Grizzly]] |
| 752 | A grizzly bear captured by the government and made into a killer cyborg [[DidntThinkThisThrough programmed to annihilate mankind]]. |
| 753 | ---- |
| 754 | * AttackAnimal: He was programmed to be an unstoppable government weapon and [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]]. |
| 755 | * {{Cyborg}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin He's half robot and half bear]]. |
| 756 | * EscapedFromTheLab: The Government trapped him in a cage, which they put out in the woods, but he was able to break right through the bars and escape without them even knowing. |
| 757 | * EverythingsWorseWithBears: Or at least it would be if this guy could [[HarmlessVillain land even a single punch on his primary victim]]. |
| 758 | * HarmlessVillain: Despite being a deadly cybernetic grizzly bear out for Milo's blood, due to Murphy's Law he can't even lay a paw on Milo. Milo never even noticed he existed. |
| 759 | * MisplacedRetribution: Despite the Government being the ones who ruined life, he's dead set on destroying Milo for one embarrassing incident that he caused a while back. |
| 760 | * MoodDissonance: We learn how he was inhumanely tested on and turned into a cyborg killer to the tune of a happy-go-lucky pop song. |
| 761 | * {{Revenge}}: The Cyborg Grizzly wants this on Milo, for indirectly embarrassing him in "Now I Am a Murphy". |
| 762 | * TragicVillain: As explained in "The Mid Afternoon Snack Club", The Cyborg Grizzly started off as a happy, innocent young cub, before being tranquilized, kidnapped, and surgically modified. The Cyborg Grizzly wishes he could have just lived the life of a [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal grizzly bear]], but thanks to The Government, now he's cursed with a partially robotic body. The pent up rage pushes him to villainy. |
| 763 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: And can you blame him? After the way the Government treated him all throughout his life, one would begin to question who the real villain is. |
| 764 | * UnknownRival: In his second appearance he's after Milo for what happened to him the first time. Even after this, Milo has no idea he exists. |
| 765 | * UnwittingTestSubject: He never wanted to be tested on. He was tranquilized and forced into that life. |
| 766 | [[/folder]] |
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