Line #58 Characters/MythAdventures


1	Here is a list of characters found in the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series of books:
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3	!!Aahzmandius
4	A grouchy, greedy, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold occasionally nice pervect]] who was once a powerful sorcerer. At the beginning of the series he loses that power, but remains extremely cunning and strong. He becomes Skeeve's mentor, partner, and father figure, generally serving as either a Deutertagonist or TheProtagonist depending on the book.
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6	* BroughtDownToBadass: A prank gone wrong removes his magic skills, but he's still one tough cookie.
7	* FallenPrincess: Skeeve's sojourn on Perv reveals that Aahz had been a wealthy, brilliant, insufferably-smug Big Pervect On Campus in his college days, right up until his widowed mother lost the family fortune on bad investments. Although offered a scholarship, Aahz was too proud to accept one, and quietly left school without a degree.
8	* FreudianExcuse: Virtually all of Aahz's bad habits and vices can be traced back to specific events in his youth.
9	* GuileHero: The moment he opens his mouth, you're about to be conned.
10	* InsistentTerminology: He's a Pervect, not a Pervert.
11	* LizardFolk: Scaled, green, short, and strong as all get out, with pointed ears. Unlike typical Lizard Folk, he's also very, very intelligent and used to be a great magician. (And, you know, [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute a hero.]])
12	* MadeOfIron: Superior muscle strength and very tough scales allow Pervects to shrug off glancing hits from swords and such. As well as allowing them to yank iron bars out of walls and other such party tricks.
13	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Is often described having a ton of sharp teeth in his mouth. This is in part because he is a pervect, but even other pervects remark that, even by their standards, his smile is unnervingly toothy.
14	* MrViceGuy: It's inadvisable to stand between Aahz and money. [[TooDumbToLive Very, very inadvisable]].
15	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Blames himself for Skeeve's inflated ego later in the series and leaves the company in shame. A few books then focus on everyone trying to find him and convincing him to return, with Skeeve especially needing to help Aahz work through his guilt.]]
16	* PapaWolf: By the end of the first book, he basically views Skeeve as a son. Threatening Skeeve is a surefire way to get Aahz to either totally humiliate you or just outright kill you.
17	* ParentalNeglect: He admits to Skeeve that he mostly left his kids' upbringing to other people.
18	* TricksterMentor: How he mentors Skeeve, as well as the other characters.
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20	!!Bunny
21	The voluptuous daughter of the Fairy Godfather, a naïve but overall clever and organized girl who becomes one of Skeeve's most trusted friends.
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23	* AscendedExtra: She starts as a minor character whose importance is more that she is tied to Don Bruce, but overtime takes on more vital roles in the story. Eventually she replaces Tananda and as a female lead, and in some stories even becomes Skeeve's right-hand helper instead of Aahz.
24	* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Her crush on him doesn't affect her relationship with Skeeve himself, but her endless need to impress him makes her awful to work with.
25	* MsFanservice: Alongside Tananada, she is described being one of the most gorgeous girls in the series. She is usually found wearing short-cut dresses that show off how well-endowed she is.
26	* ShipTease: Both she and Skeeve have crushes on each other, but both are too shy to admit it.
27	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: According to her, she took up as a moll because men wouldn't hire her for business jobs lest it look like they had a mistress on the payroll.
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29	!!Chumley
30	A jolly and often unflappable troll who has both brains and brawn.
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32	* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Their females have green skin and hair, but are otherwise human. Their males are giant hairy ogres.
33	* TheBigGuy: He hides his GeniusBruiser status behind HulkSpeak in public.
34	* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: He is quite refined and erudite, but uses HulkSpeak for the purpose of ObfuscatingStupidity.
35	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Like other trolls, Chumley plays dumb to enhance his skills' marketability.
36	* OnlySaneMan: Skeeve comments that Chumley is the most stable of the group.
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38	!!Don Bruce
39	The Fairy Godfather and Bunny's father. He is a powerful and dangerous figure across the universe. Fortunately for the heroes, he is also honorable and becomes a close friend overtime.
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41	* AmbiguouslyHuman: He looks human like Skeeve and his own daughter Bunny, but there are a lot of hints he might be an actual fairy.
42	* FairyGodmother: A unique parody of this. Don Bruce can get you what you want, but there is always going to be a price.
43	* HorrifyingTheHorror: He is one of the few beings Aahz is sincerely afraid of.
44	* SoProudOfYou: He is sincerely impressed with Skeeve's accomplishments and is thankful for helping his daughter make something of herself. There is even a point he gives an entire speech on how much he respects and admires Skeeve.
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46	!!Gleep
47	Skeeve's pet dragon. A goofy but loyal critter who is more than he seems.
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49	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler: Gleep places a lot of value on Skeeve's happiness, but virtually no value on anyone else's life. His attempt to kill Markie is somewhat justified, but ...]]
50	* PokemonSpeak: at least at first.
51	* SomeCallMeTim: He tells the audience they might as well stick with "Gleep", as he doesn't have the patience to coach them through the proper pronunciation of his real name.
52	%%* TeamPet
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54	!!Guido and Nunzio
55	Two tough as nails gangsters who Don Bruce lends to Skeeve. Eventually they become more loyal to Skeeve and become his bodyguards.
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57	* BadassLongcoat: They are consistently described wearing big longcoats that make them look even tougher. Guido, at least, is very proud of his.
58	* BadassNormal: In a cast filled with Trolls, Pervects, and hyper-competent assassins and magicians, Guido and Nunzio stand out as incredibly impressive fighters despite being fairly regular humans with no real combat training.
59	* BodyguardingABadass: Neither Guido nor Nunzio bear the slightest illusions that they'd be anything more than a speedbump if someone actually tried to assassinate Skeeve. They both admit that to him and are quite open that their job is to save his life by getting killed first so Skeeve can muster a defense or run away.
60	* HiddenDepths: Both bodyguards are college-educated and highly experienced. Nunzio, especially, is a former schoolteacher and animal trainer, and displays knowledge of comic books, Broadway plays, and advanced economics.
61	* TheMafia: They're nice guys, but they ''are'' legbreakers for the Mob.
62	* PlotAllergy: Guido's allergy to garlic and fur becomes an inconvenience when Skeeve brings him along to Limbo, home dimension of both vampires and werewolves.
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64	!!King Roderick
65	An arrogant king who is one of the first major problems Skeeve and Aahz need to handle.
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67	* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Forced into it by that strongest of forces in the Myth Adventures universe: public opinion.
68	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Poor Roddy might have had a long and prosperous reign. [[spoiler: But he died mysteriously and with very convenient timing. As it happens, he really '''did''' die mysteriously with convenient timing... of natural causes.]]
69	* PrinceAndPauper: King Roderick planned to use Skeeve's facility with disguise spells to take a [[spoiler: permanent]] vacation.
70	* {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler: To safeguard Possiltum, Skeeve tricks both of its monarchs into donning rings that link their lives, so neither can murder the other without killing themselves. It's nothing more than a con -- as Queen Hemlock finds out when Roderick dies of natural causes and nothing happens.]]
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72	!!Massha
73	An flirty and enormously fat woman who many think is a magician, though really just has a lot of magical artifacts. She is definitely not to be underestimated though, she is about as clever as Aahz.
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75	* BigBeautifulWoman: In Hugh Badaxe's opinion, though admittedly not in many others'.
76	* BrawnHilda: Resembles this trope so much that one of her wedding guests is overheard to remark that "it (the wedding) won't be over until she sings." [[DudeNotFunny Bunny is not amused.]]
77	* HiddenDepths: Like most of the characters, there's a lot more to her, especially once you get to hear things from her POV.
78	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: The colors of Massha's clothing, hair and cosmetics clash virulently with one another. This trope also extends to her choice of decor for The Fun House and the trappings for her wedding.
79	* IntimateHealing: She negates the Geek's state of extreme inebriation by smooching him. Apparently, she's had this effect on a lot of drunks.
80	* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Well, maybe not in her eyes, but between the loud fashion sense and tons of magical doodads, she still is.
81	* TheNicknamer: Her default mode; examples include Hot Stuff, Dark and Deadly, Green and Scaly, and on one memorable occasion, Short and About To Become Extinct.
82	* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Vanity]]: Uses said fashion victim clothing, garish makeup, and loud, brash personality to hide her dependence on magical jewelry to do all her spellwork--and also her sensitivity and vulnerability thanks to being so overweight.
83	* SadClown: Once you get past the irreverent jokes and naughty humor.
84	* {{Stripperiffic}}: She dresses in a scanty fashion. Which is not doing anybody (except Hugh Badaxe) any favors {{Fanservice}}-wise.
85	-->'''Skeeve:''' I've always meant to ask; why don't you, ah... wear more.\
86	'''Massha:''' Magic is a high-stress profession. [[SelfDeprecatingHumor And if there's one thing worse than having a fat broad around, it's having a sweaty fat broad around.]]
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88	!!Queen Hemlock
89	A vain and power-hungry queen who is a recurring antagonist.
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91	%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A classic example.
92	* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler: She did not kill her husband just to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
93	* {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler: To safeguard Possiltum, Skeeve tricks both of its monarchs into donning rings that link their lives, so neither can murder the other without killing themselves. It's nothing more than a con -- as Queen Hemlock finds out when Roderick dies of natural causes and nothing happens.]]
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95	!!Quigley
96	A brutish self-proclaimed demon hunter.
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98	* FantasticRacism: His [[spoiler: first]] profession is demon hunter, essentially meaning his job is essentially tracking and killing aliens for being aliens.
99	* TheChewToy: Gets conned out of nearly everything he owns, turned to stone, buried, dug up, dragooned into a mission he doesn't even faintly understand, marooned in an alien dimension, and locked into an employment contract barely a step above slavery. And it's hilarious.
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101	!!Skeeve
102	The usual main character of most of the books. Often nervous, yet cunning when the need calls for it. His biggest strength though is his compassionate heart, helping him gather allies and form a corporation to help make the universe a better place.
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104	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Skeeve is pretty scary when he really loses his temper.
105	* CompressedVice: It takes an absurdly short amount of time for being the head of a corporation to go to Skeeve's head. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately, he gets over it overtime.]]
106	* GuileHero: he gets better at it as he goes along. Makes sense, seeing as he started life as a thief.
107	* MagneticHero: Most of the friends and allies tend to look to him as leader, though Aahz and Bunny can give him a run for the money, sometimes...
108	* NiceGuy: He's not top of the heap in brains, brawn or magical power; he tends to end up as the leader because he's likeable.
109	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Virtually every other member of the cast casually spouts references to 20th century Earth media, while Skeeve has trouble with simple idioms. Initially explained by his native dimension of Klah being a backwater, this gets called into question in later books when fellow Klahds like Nunzio prove to have the Earthly cultural literacy that Skeeve lacks.
110	* ShipTease: With a few different female characters, though most prominently Bunny.
111	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberry milkshakes... At least, once he gets over his initial distaste because they look like pink mud.
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113	!! Tananda
114	A female troll and is one of the faces of the series. A ferocious but kind hearted assassin who becomes one of the first members of Skeeve and Aahz' company.
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116	* AdvertisedExtra: Alongside Skeeve and Aahz, she is usually one of the most prominent characters on the book covers. This includes books where she is a minor character.
117	* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Their females? Green skin and hair, but otherwise human. Their males? [[Series/TheMuppetShow Sweetums]].
118	* {{Contortionist}}: Chained to a wall to hang by her wrists, she bends her foot back and high enough to slip a lockpick out of her boot with both thumbs ''behind'' her.
119	* CoolBigSis: Skeeve realizes that his initial crush on [[InSeriesNickname Tanda]] has developed into this.
120	* CuteMonsterGirl: Males of her race are Trolls. She's a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Trollop]] and, aside from her hair and skin color, basically human.
121	* DemotedToExtra: Was consistently one of the main characters early on, but overtime her roles got smaller and smaller. Eventually Bunny replaces her as the female lead, pushing Tananda even farther into the background.
122	* FemmeFatale: Before joining Myth Inc., she was an assassin.
123	* HitmanWithAHeart: A very nice person, despite one of her careers being "assassin".
124	* MsFanservice: It is made quite clear she is utterly gorgeous and voluptuous, wearing clothes that further enhance her beauty.
125	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Most of her outfits are described as being very revealing. This is done both for the sake of movement flexibility and taking advantage of her beauty.
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