Line #44 Characters/TheMiddleMan


1	!!Wendy Watson
2	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/NatalieMorales
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4	The POV character, she was a temp working at [[FunWithAcronyms A.N.D. Labratories]] when a genetic abomination reminiscent of a {{hentai}} tentacle monster attacked her and the Middleman stepped in. Now she's his apprentice/sidekick/partner.
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6	* ActionGirl: After her training with Sensei Ping.
7	%%* AlliterativeName
8	* BirdsOfAFeather: With Tyler.
9	%%* BrainyBrunette
10	%%* DeadpanSnarker
11	%%* DisappearedDad
12	%%* GenreSavvy
13	* IHaveManyNames: Lacey calls her "Dub-Dub" while the Middleman calls her "Dubbie." Tyler calls her "Dubs" and Noser always uses her full name. Ida uses a variety of sarcastic and/or insulting nicknames.
14	* JumpedAtTheCall: Her reaction to the knowledge that ghosts exist? "Oh cool!"
15	** "Cool!" is also Wendy's reaction to Zombies. And Vampires, and... you get the point.
16	** RefusedTheCall: At first. But it was mostly due to The Middleman and Ida framing her for the destruction of her last workplace that freaked her out. But then Ben decided to break-up with her and film it and the rest is history.
17	** Her accepting the giant monster's existence and leaping at it with a letter opener instead or running and screaming is what got her the job in the first place. She jumped at the call before there was even a call.
18	%%* MartialPacifist: Parodied.
19	* OrphansPlotTrinket: Her dad's lighter (though she's technically not an orphan).
20	%%* OtakuSurrogate
21	* RaceLift: She was a red-haired caucasian in the original comic. This leads to a bit of AdaptationExpansion in "The Sino-Mexican Revelation", which was adapted from the second volume of the comic, since now Wendy speaks Spanish.
22	* SpicyLatina: Invoked by Middleman '69, who refers to Wendy as "a hot and spicy Spanish girl."
23	* TechnicalPacifist: Wendy hates guns, but has a bit of a geeky affection for the sci-fi weapons the Middle organization uses. She also loves training with Sensei Ping, and she frequently protests the Middleman's tendencies toward violence. But she had no problem whatsoever beating a venomous Peruvian Pike to death.
24	* UnfazedEveryman: Her reaction to the lab explosion is how she got the job.
25	* YouNeedToGetLaid: Well, at least Lacey thinks so.
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27	!!The Middleman
28	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MattKeeslar
29
30	The titular character, he's a LegacyCharacter who fights comic book type monsters and {{Mad Scientist}}s with an array of gadgetry and good old fashioned fisticuffs. Works for [[HeroesRUs O2STK]], the Organization 2 Secret To Know.
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32	* AllergicToLove: A mild case.
33	* AlliterativeName: [[spoiler: Clarence Colton]].
34	%%* BadassInANiceSuit
35	%%* BadassNormal
36	* BigBrotherInstinct: Stated himself that thinks of Wendy like a little sister.
37	* {{Deuteragonist}}: While his name is the show's title and Matt Keeslar has top billing, this is Wendy's story much more than it is his.
38	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is only ever addressed by variations on his title and job description, such as "Middleman", "MM", "Double-M", "Wendy's Boss".
39	* DiscoDan: He acts like a GoldenAge square jawed super hero.
40	* GenreSavvy: He's been around the block enough to understand that the universe operates on genre work rules; it's a key part of his initial pitch to Wendy.
41	%%* GoshdangItToHeck
42	* NoNameGiven: He never gives out his real name. Even under the effects of a truth gas, all he'll divulge is that he shares the same name as his father.
43	* StarCrossedLovers: With Lacey.
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46	!!Ida
47	-> '''Played By:''' Mary Pat Gleeson
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49	The Middleman's robot assistant stuck in the form of a snarky middle-aged schoolmarm. Is constantly saying that Wendy Watson is a stoner.
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51	%%* AIIsACrapshoot
52	%%* DeadpanSnarker
53	* DisneyDeath: The one from the series' first half actually does die, but [=O2STK=] promptly sends an identical replacement.
54	%%* {{Jerkass}}
55	%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
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57	!!Lacey Thornfield
58	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/BritMorgan
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60	Wendy's roommate in their illegal sublet, she's an animal rights activist as well as another young, photogenic artist. She's also got the hots for the Middleman.
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62	* GranolaGirl: A fairly sympathetic example.
63	* MissingMom: Dr. Barbara Thornfield, MD, PHD.
64	* StarCrossedLovers: With the Middleman, but she has no idea why.
65	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Usually there's a A-plot with MM and WW and a B-plot with Lacey and Noser/Pip/someone else. Sometimes they converge.
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67	!!Noser
68	-> '''Played By:''' Jake Smollett
69
70	Another tenant in Wendy's building, he usually stands out in the hall with his guitar and speaks [[WaxingLyrical mostly in pop culture references]]. [[InformedAbility We never actually see him play.]]
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72	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
73	* TheDreaded: Noser's talent and reputation as a ventriloquist are so great that the mere mention of his name causes one contestant in a competition to drop out, leave and quite possibly quit competing all together.
74	* InformedAbility: Not only his guitar playing skills, but his skills as a ventriloquist.
75	* OldShame: His childhood career as a ventriloquist.
76	%%* OnlyOneName
77	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Noser spends an awful lot of time not playing the guitar. He also has an incidental sideline in not riding a motorcycle, and an entire episode built around his not being a ventriloquist.
78	* WaxingLyrical: He loves speaking in song lyrics.
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80	!!Roxy Wasserman
81	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ElaineHendrix
82
83	A reformed succubus who works as a fashion designer and fronts a modeling agency, she helps MM with mystical problems.
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85	* DarkIsNotEvil: The whole point of her fashion agency actually. It gives Succubi and Incubi a place to work and get reformed like she did.
86	%%* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself
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88	!!Sensei Ping
89	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MarkDacascos
90	Trainer for both the Middleman and Wendy. Possibly awesome incarnate. Knows the [[TouchOfDeath Wu-Han Thumb of Death]].
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92	%%* BadassNormal
93	* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Though mentioned a lot, he's seen in a total of one episode.
94	%%* JerkAss
95	%%* LargeHam: He's played by Mark Dacascos. Nuff said.%%Zero-context example, Word Cruft.
96	%%* MickeyMousing: His ''every move''.%%Zero-context example.
97	%%* OlderThanTheyLook
98	%%* ThirdPersonPerson
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100	!!Tyler Ford
101	-> '''Played By:''' Brendan Hines
102
103	A prior candidate for the Middleman's apprentice, instead he met Wendy, forgot her with [[EasyAmnesia two day amnesia]], then met her again and became her boyfriend.
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105	* EasyAmnesia: Knocked on the head once and has two day amnesia. Yeah, just go with it.
106	* MissedTheCall: His roommate mislaid his job offer letter.
107	%%* ThePeteBest
108
109	!!Interrodroid 3000 through 7000
110	A training robot that helps around the Middleman HQ.
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112	* TheChewToy: It tends to get its head ripped off. A lot.
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114	!!Pip
115	-> '''Played By:''' Drew Tyler Bell
116	Son of the owner of the apartment building Wendy and Lacey live in, he's a really big {{jerkass}}.
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118	* BadassPreacher: In the Mirror-Middleverse.
119	* ContemplateOurNavels: His one man act was called "Hey, Mr. God, What About Me?"
120	* JerkAss: A really, really big one, and a plagiarist on top of that.
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122	!!Joe 90
123	-> '''Played By:'''
124	Another resident of Wendy's and Lacey's apartment, a failed law school student who makes very phallic sculptures.
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127	!!Manservant Neville
128	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MarkSheppard
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130	The CEO of FATBOY Industries, which makes everything from coffee to ice cream to the uMaster, a virtually featureless cube that just happens to be ''the'' cool gadget that every young, creative artistic type just has to have.
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132	* AGodAmI: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse.
133	* BlandNameProduct: The uMaster, which is treated as a synthesis of every cool i-gadget Apple has ever made (but only to the extent that everyone has to have one, as we are never shown what, if anything, the uMaster actually does.)
134	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Maybe. In the altUniverse, he was good, so he might be evil in this universe. Confirmed by the Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse. He ends up very nearly taking over the world.
135	* EvilIsHammy: Mark Sheppard has ''way'' too much fun at the live reading, even overacting his death.
136	* InkSuitActor: The comic incarnation of the character was very different to the TV version, but was deliberately drawn to resemble Creator/MarkSheppard long before the chance to actually cast him came along.
137	* WellIntentionedExtremist: His plan to [[spoiler: become a Living God]] is environmentally motivated.
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139	!!Ben
140	Wendy's boyfriend of over a year, breaks up with her for a film school project.
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142	* {{Jerkass}}: Granted he feels terrible about the whole "breaking up with Wendy for a project" thing at first, he still did something so selfish in the first place and later posted it online.
143	* TrueArtIsAngsty: [[invoked]] The reason he breaks up with Wendy; his professor didn't think he had enough pain in his life.
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