1 | !!Wendy Watson |
2 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/NatalieMorales |
3 | |
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. |
5 | ---- |
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. |
26 | |
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. |
31 | ---- |
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. |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | !!Ida |
47 | -> '''Played By:''' Mary Pat Gleeson |
48 | |
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. |
50 | ---- |
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 |
56 | |
57 | !!Lacey Thornfield |
58 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/BritMorgan |
59 | |
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. |
61 | ---- |
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. |
66 | |
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.]] |
71 | ---- |
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. |
79 | |
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. |
84 | ---- |
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 |
87 | |
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]]. |
91 | ---- |
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 |
99 | |
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. |
104 | ---- |
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. |
111 | ---- |
112 | * TheChewToy: It tends to get its head ripped off. A lot. |
113 | |
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}}. |
117 | ---- |
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. |
121 | |
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. |
125 | ---- |
126 | |
127 | !!Manservant Neville |
128 | -> '''Played By:''' Creator/MarkSheppard |
129 | |
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. |
131 | ---- |
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. |
138 | |
139 | !!Ben |
140 | Wendy's boyfriend of over a year, breaks up with her for a film school project. |
141 | ---- |
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. |
144 |
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