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6 | !!All Chans |
7 | |
8 | * QuirkyHousehold: A large and loving family, of which each member has their own quirky personality, not forgetting the dog Chu-Chu. |
9 | * SuperFamilyTeam: As a would-be family of detectives. |
10 | |
11 | !!Mr. Charlie Chan |
12 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrchan_1016.png]] |
13 | ->''"Advice after a mistake is like medicine after the funeral."'' |
14 | |
15 | The one and only Detective Chan. Usually picks up on the clues his children miss. |
16 | |
17 | * AdaptationalSkill: The only incarnation of Charlie Chan who speaks perfect English. |
18 | * TheExoticDetective: He's Chinese. |
19 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Leukine |
20 | * [[GoodParents Good Father]]: He manages to be a highly respected and in-demand detective ''and'' raises a brood of children lovingly and non-plussed. |
21 | * GreatDetective: Well he is Charlie Chan. |
22 | * SharpDressedMan: His classic blue suit and matching hat make him this. |
23 | * TeamDad: Literally |
24 | |
25 | !!All Chan Children |
26 | |
27 | * SharePhrase: |
28 | ** "Holy moly!" In response to witnessing something surprising. |
29 | ** "Hold it down!" Usually in response to noisier siblings. |
30 | ** "Wham! Bam! We’re in a jam!" Stanley’s official CharacterCatchphrase and sometimes used by the others as a BorrowedCatchphrase. |
31 | |
32 | |
33 | !!Henry Chan (Creator/RobertIto) |
34 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_henry.jpg]] |
35 | ->''"Well, gang, it's up to the Chan Clan now."'' |
36 | Mr. Chan's oldest son and the oldest of the ten kids--he generally acts as the leader of Chan-siblings. A hard worker and a thoughtful brother and son, but somewhat uptight. Especially towards his goofy twin. |
37 | |
38 | * AllDrummersAreAnimals: Subverted, he is the drummer but he has a very calm demeanor in general and doesn't go for flashy antics on the drums. |
39 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Will you take off that stupid disguise?" |
40 | * CoolBigBro: The natural leader, a hard worker, thoughtful, loving. He manages to accomplish this role to several younger brothers and sisters, although working with Stanley tries his patience. |
41 | * DeadpanSnarker: In response to Stanley's antics. |
42 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric/Melancholic |
43 | * MrFanservice: He is drawn as a handsome young man with a muscular form and great hair, as attractive as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Fred]] and [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats Alan]]. |
44 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Straight Man to Stanley's Wise Guy. |
45 | * TeamDad: When you've gotta deal with nine insane siblings. |
46 | * {{Tsundere}}: Mild Type A where Stanley is concerned. They truly are very close brothers, as is evidenced by the way they interact and always pair up. |
47 | |
48 | !!Stanley Chan |
49 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_stanley.jpg]] |
50 | ->''"Wham bam, we're in a jam!"'' |
51 | Henry's younger twin brother who also acts as his main partner in solving capers. Though he takes his work seriously, you'd never know it with all his silly jokes and disguises. |
52 | |
53 | * AttractiveBentGender: And how! |
54 | * BigEater: Implied. |
55 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Wham bam, we're in a jam!" |
56 | * [[CosplayOtakuGirl Cosplay Otaku Boy]] |
57 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine |
58 | * TheKlutz: Isn't famous for it like Nancy is, but still manages to trip over or into things quite a bit. |
59 | * TheLancer: To Henry. |
60 | * LargeHam: Wham bam! |
61 | * MasterOfDisguise: You can barely tell them from the real Stanley. However, the disguises almost always fall flat In Universe. |
62 | * PluckyComicRelief: Much to Henry's annoyance. |
63 | * SoUnfunnyItsFunny: His corny jokes. |
64 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Wise Guy to Henry's Straight Man. |
65 | |
66 | !!Suzie Chan |
67 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_suzy.jpg]] |
68 | ->''"We're gonna find it a good home. Where the people won't lock it in closets like Mr. Snively did!"'' |
69 | The oldest daughter and the third-from-oldest of the ten Chan-children. A sweet and even-tempered young lady with some bite to her. |
70 | |
71 | * CoolBigSis: Good natured, brave, protective to a brood of younger siblings. |
72 | * DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes. |
73 | * {{Expy}}: Suzie has often been compared to [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Daphne Blake]] in terms of appearance and temperament. The only difference is that Suzie is somewhat more perceptive, so she isn't shoehorned into the DamselInDistress role the way poor Daphne was. |
74 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic |
75 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Sweet and protective of animals, as indicated by the quote. |
76 | * GirlyGirl: Like any of Hanna-Barbera's teenage girl protagonists, she is pretty and stylishly dressed in a feminine manner. |
77 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Anne's Tomboy. She wears her shoulder length flipped hair in a headband, wears a minidress with slippers with a low heel, wears a bit of makeup, and serves as a TeamMom in contrast to her tomboyishly dressed younger sister. |
78 | * TheHeart: A loving and motherly big sister. |
79 | * SilkHidingSteel: Looks like most of the pretty and unassuming girls from Hanna Barbera line up, but she is tougher and more perceptive than most of them and is tasked with the extra responsibility of being a TeamMom to her brothers and sisters. |
80 | * TeamMom: Sometimes, as she is the oldest girl in her family. |
81 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a pale blue dress and is a sweet girly girl. |
82 | |
83 | !!Alan Chan |
84 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_alan_1.jpg]] |
85 | ->''"I'm hip!"'' |
86 | The technological genius of the Chan Clan, and the most laid back of the kids, who happens to be Suzie's twin brother. Teases Anne constantly, but is shown to have affection for her. |
87 | |
88 | %%zce* AsianAndNerdy: Not as much as Tom, though, but definitely qualifies! |
89 | * CoolShades: Pink round glasses. |
90 | * FashionDissonance: Out of all the characters, Alan wears the most sterotypical '70s clothing. Look at his pink-tinted lenses and those striped bellbottoms. |
91 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine |
92 | * GadgeteerGenius: He built the [[CoolCar Chan Van]]. |
93 | * RealMenWearPink: And purple, too. |
94 | %%zce* TheSmartGuy: Not as much as Tom, but definitely up there. |
95 | * TeenGenius: And how? |
96 | * [[TranslatorBuddy Translator Brother]]: For Tom, sometimes Scooter does this as well. |
97 | |
98 | !!Anne Chan |
99 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_anne.jpg]] |
100 | ->''"'''And''' the women!"'' |
101 | The tomboy daughter and feminist of the Chan Clan. Often clashes with Tom and Alan, but they're all quite close nonetheless. |
102 | |
103 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Tom's Brains. |
104 | %% * DeadpanSnarker |
105 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric |
106 | * HotBlooded: She's willing to beat her siblings. |
107 | * SheCleansUpNicely: You'd be amazed at seeing her in dresses. |
108 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Suzie's Girly Girl. She wears a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans and is hot blooded in contrast to her feminine older sister. |
109 | * TomboyishBaseballCap: She wears an orange-on-white t-shirt with a matching orange baseball cap. |
110 | * {{Tsundere}}: Mild Type B. |
111 | * YouGoGirl: Not to the extremes, though. |
112 | |
113 | !!Tom Chan |
114 | [[quoteright:142:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomchan_5352.png]] |
115 | ->''"Indubitably."'' |
116 | Youngest of the five oldest, oldest of the five youngest, Tom is arguably the middle child. The intellectual of the Chan Clan. Like Alan, he's prone to busting his sister's chops now and then and is often distracted on the job by his scholastic findings. |
117 | |
118 | %%zce* AsianAndNerdy: So much that he could be the TropeCodifier. |
119 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Anne's Brawn. |
120 | * ComplexityAddiction: His suggestion of catapulting themselves over a wall when ''the gate was open'', among other things. |
121 | * EncyclopaedicKnowledge: He could get along with Literature/EncyclopediaBrown. |
122 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic |
123 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: SO much. |
124 | ** LittleProfessorDialog: How old is he exactly? |
125 | * TheSmartGuy: And how! |
126 | * TeenGenius: And how! |
127 | |
128 | !!Flip Chan |
129 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_flip.jpg]] |
130 | ->''"What'd I tell ya, Pop? Like knocking over a piggy bank."'' |
131 | The oldest of the four youngest, and the most gung-ho about helping his father. |
132 | |
133 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Like [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]] if he were human, but usually doesn’t let playing detective get in the way of being a kid and having fun. |
134 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric |
135 | * GenreSavvy: He certainly knows a lot of the lingo and is said to watch a lot of detective movies. |
136 | * HotBlooded: Like Scrappy-Doo, he is fast to respond to any sort of slight. |
137 | * KidDetective: The one who jumps at the mystery call fastest among the younger kids. |
138 | * LeeroyJenkins: Prone to leaping before he looks. |
139 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Justified as he is a kid detective. |
140 | |
141 | !!Nancy Chan |
142 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_nancy.jpg]] |
143 | ->''"Chu-Chu! That's no way to treat a guest."'' |
144 | The second oldest of the youngest. Clumsy, chubby and a little easily scared, but just as invested in solving mysteries as her siblings. |
145 | |
146 | * BigEater: A female example. |
147 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic |
148 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: To a smaller extent than Suzie. |
149 | * TheKlutz: She tends to fall down a lot. |
150 | * PluckyGirl: Seems rather unfazed by her status as the Team Klutz. |
151 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Justified trope, given she is a kid detective. |
152 | * TokenMiniMoe: Not to the same extent as Mimi, but still... |
153 | |
154 | !!Mimi Chan |
155 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_mimi.jpg]] |
156 | ->''"You just wait for your elders!"'' |
157 | The youngest daughter of the Chan Clan and the second-youngest of the ten kids, she's prone to bossing Scooter around and clinging to Nancy when frightened. |
158 | |
159 | * CheerfulChild: Always in a happy mood when she's having fun. |
160 | * TheCutie: She's downright adorable. |
161 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic |
162 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Runs in the family and justified. |
163 | * TokenMiniMoe: The cutest Chan sister. |
164 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Scooter. |
165 | |
166 | !!Scooter Chan |
167 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charliechan_scooter.jpg]] |
168 | ->''"Boy, what a brain, chief!"'' |
169 | The youngest of Detective Chan's children and Flip's devoted sidekick. |
170 | |
171 | * AnimalLover: Shows shades of this in episode 5 when he takes pity on Mr. Snively’s abandoned dog and suggests bringing him home, much to Mimi’s disapproval. |
172 | * BigBrotherWorship: Hates being bossed around by his sisters (except Anne and Susie) but will take orders from Flip without question. |
173 | * CheerfulChild: Next to Mimi. |
174 | * CuteBruiser: A male example. In the comics, he punched out (what he thought was) a phantom calling his family names. |
175 | * [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine, seemingly with Choleric tendencies. |
176 | * HotBlooded: Defensive of his family and always bickering with Mimi. |
177 | * LeeroyJenkins: Quick to jump to meddling and mystery solving. Sometimes even more than Flip, who has to hold him back from rushing in. |
178 | * Malaproper: Being a little kid, he sometimes mispronounces words, saying “magnesia” when he means “amnesia” and the like. |
179 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Justified, as he is a kid detective. |
180 | * TagalongKid: Mimi certainly treats him like this at times, despite being only a year older than him. |
181 | %% * TokenMiniMoe |
182 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Mimi. |
183 | |
184 | !!Chu-Chu |
185 | [[quoteright:131:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chuchu_76.png]] |
186 | ->''Arf, arf!'' |
187 | |
188 | The family dog. Though mostly comic relief, he gets quite a few moments of awesome. |
189 | |
190 | %% * HeroesLoveDogs |
191 | * LoveAtFirstSight: With Fifi in episode 10. |
192 | * NotNowKiddo: Often mistaken for wanting to play with the kids when he's actually trying to tell them something important. |
193 | * TeamPet |
194 | |
195 | !!Mrs. Van Inkley |
196 | |
197 | A one-episode character and an apparent friend of Mr. Chan. |
198 | |
199 | * AscendedExtra: Combined with PromotedToLoveInterest--she tends to be very prominent in fanfics of the show and is often portrayed as a love interest to Mr. Chan. |
200 | %%* NonIdleRich |
201 | |
202 | !!Prince Hareem |
203 | |
204 | A one-episode character and Henry's friend. |
205 | |
206 | %%* DistressedDude |
207 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Henry knows something is wrong when Prince Hareem seems to not want to talk to him. |
208 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's a race car driver, which is the starting point of the drama in episode 9. |
209 | |
210 | !!Prince Hareem's rival |
211 | |
212 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's one of Prince Hareem's biggest racing rivals. |
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