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| 3 | [[folder: Sparks Nevada, Marshal On Mars & Expanded Universe]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | "Kids, shine your Astro-Spurs and don your Robot Fists, because it's time for ''Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!'' Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings fear to robots and aliens, and hope to the humans who make this frontier planet their home. He is Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!" |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !Sparks Nevada |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ->'''played by''': Creator/MarcEvanJackson |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Human lawman responsible for keeping Mars safe. [[CharacterCatchphrase He's from Earth]]. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * AmazonChaser: All of Sparks's love interests have been strong powerful women. |
| 15 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm [dramatic pause] from Earth." |
| 16 | * CharacterDevelopment: Gradually becomes less of an insensitive prick and more just uncomfortable expressing his emotions. In the finale, this culminates in [[spoiler: finally calling Mars "G'Loot Praktaw" for Croach.]] |
| 17 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Often comes across as an underachieving jerk, but he's actually a pretty competent lawman when push comes to shove. |
| 18 | * DeadpanSnarker: A wise-ass who is very rarely rattled by anything. |
| 19 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really does care about Mars and the people he protects, even though he doesn't act like it most of the time. |
| 20 | * LoveTriangle: Has a long-running one with Croach and Red. |
| 21 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Mildly so. Sparks finds native Marjun culture to be amusing and annoying more often than not. And he never fails to remind people that he's...from Earth. |
| 22 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Croach. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !Croach the Tracker |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ->'''Played by''': Creator/MarkGagliardi |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Native Marjun and companion to Sparks Nevada. He assists Sparks to reduce the Onus his tribe owes to Sparks for saving them. |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: Oddly enough. |
| 32 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Marjuns have blue exoskeletons, multiple physical senses beyond what humans have, and nanotech (Na'notek!) to heal most injuries. The males of the species possess eggsacs...and Croach maintains that his are exceptionally robust. |
| 33 | * {{Expy}}: He is the Tonto to Spark's [[Series/TheLoneRanger Lone Ranger]], with a dash of [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]] thrown in as well. |
| 34 | * InformedAbility: His designation as "Croach the Tracker" would lead one to presume he is a ScarilyCompetentTracker, but we only hear secondhand accounts of his skill. |
| 35 | * LifeDebt: Sparks rescued his tribe from a natural disaster, leaving them under Onus to him. They assigned Croach to serve Sparks until that Onus is repaid. |
| 36 | * LiteralMinded: His species doesn't understand metaphors or analogies, so he tends to take everything at face value. |
| 37 | * LoveTriangle: A long-running one with Sparks and Red. |
| 38 | * LudicrousPrecision: He tends to quantify and rank every physical experience ("this is the fourth most pleasing sensation I have ever experienced," etc.). |
| 39 | * SpockSpeak: Does not use contractions. |
| 40 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Sparks. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | !The Red Plains Rider |
| 43 | |
| 44 | ->'''played by''': Creator/BusyPhilipps |
| 45 | |
| 46 | |
| 47 | A human bounty hunter on Mars. She was an orphan raised by a tribe of Marjuns, raised between two worlds without really belonging to either one. |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | * ActionGirl: She can give Sparks a run for his money. |
| 50 | * LoveTriangle: With Sparks and Croach. |
| 51 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Other characters call her "Red Plains Rider," or sometimes simply "Red." Her adopted Marjun name is simply a long and complicated description of the circumstances of her adoption. Orphaned at a young age, she's not even sure what her original human name is. [[spoiler: It's apparently Dumpling Seldom.]] |
| 52 | * RaisedByNatives: Orphaned in a bandit raid, she was taken in as a youngling by a Marjun tribe. |
| 53 | * RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: she's romantically involved with Sparks Nevada and a brief marriage to Cactiod Jim before finally settling down into a monogamous relationship with Croach.]] |
| 54 | * WomanChild: She has some childlike quirks, possibly as a result of never really understanding how to be an adult human: |
| 55 | -->'''Red Plains Rider''': (regarding her Marjun coming-of-age party) There better be burgers and ice cream cake. |
| 56 | -->'''The Barkeep''': (witheringly) There's paella and a souffle. You didn't turn ''eleven''. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | !The Barkeep |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JoshuaMalina |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Mordecai Benmont Jiminy, owner and proprietor of the local saloon. He don't want no trouble in his place. |
| 64 | ---- |
| 65 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I don't want no trouble in my place!" |
| 66 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: He eventually acquires the Force Galactic, which makes him the single most powerful being in the universe. He's still a pretty nice down-to-earth guy, though.]] |
| 67 | * HappilyMarried: To Harriet, the Troubleshooter. One of the reasons he's so insistent on having no trouble in his place is because his wife's job is so stressful that he wants a peaceful homelife for her. |
| 68 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[spoiler: He is chosen as a vessel for the Force Galactic because his simple desire for peace makes him the perfect person to wield such incredible power.]] |
| 69 | * NiceGuy: Consistently pleasant, personable and compassionate. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | !Cactoid Jim |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ->'''played by''': Creator/NathanFillion |
| 74 | |
| 75 | |
| 76 | A frontiersman and folk hero, and occasional ally to Sparks and Croach. He's almost sickeningly likeable. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * TheAce: He's good at absolutely everything. But of course he's too humble to brag about it. |
| 79 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is this to Sparks, who envies how good he is at everything. Of course Jim doesn't rub it in...because he's good at being the better person too. |
| 80 | * {{Expy}}: He's an homage to Western folk heroes, like Davy Crockett and Buffalo Bill. |
| 81 | * FamedInStory: He's a legend among the homesteaders on Mars. He even has his own theme song[[note]]"That theme song-having Cactoid Jim!"[[/note]]. |
| 82 | * HumbleHero: Extremely nice and polite, never one to brag about his achievements. |
| 83 | * NiceGuy: Very much so. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | !Rebecca Rose Rushmore |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ->'''played by''': Creator/LindaCardellini |
| 88 | |
| 89 | |
| 90 | A Western-Sector novelist, and sometime paramour of Sparks. |
| 91 | ---- |
| 92 | * DimeNovel: She writes these, and has come to Mars to add some real-life experience to her work. |
| 93 | * FantasticRacism: Absolutely hates native Marjuns. Even Croach's voice makes her nauseous. |
| 94 | * WomanScorned: After she and Sparks break up, she writes a scandalous and embarrassing novel about their time together. Which ends up being a best-seller. |
| 95 | -->'''Red''': (reading the book) Oh...that's just mean. |
| 96 | -->'''Rebecca''': It's true, though. |
| 97 | -->'''Red''': Yeah it is. That's why it's mean. |
| 98 | |
| 99 | !Pemily Stallwark |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ->'''played by''': Creator/MollyQuinn |
| 102 | |
| 103 | A teenage assassin from Earth's Moon. Winner and sole survivor of the last "punishment soccer" match, she is deadly and traumatized. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * ActionGirl: She's the toughest teenager around. |
| 106 | * AxCrazy: In early episodes, when the punishment soccer was still fresh in her memory. She mellows as the series progresses. |
| 107 | * {{Expy}}: Of Katniss Everdeen from ''Literature/TheHungerGames.'' |
| 108 | * LittleMissBadass: Almost to [[Series/GameOfThrones Arya Stark]] levels. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | |
| 111 | !Felton |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ->'''played by''': Craig Cackowski |
| 114 | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | A local townsperson. He often needs HAAALP from Sparks and Croach. |
| 117 | ---- |
| 118 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Always enters the scene crying for "HAAALP!" |
| 119 | * MotorMouth: He tends to overshare, and is hard to stop once he gets going. |
| 120 | |
| 121 | !The Saloon AI |
| 122 | |
| 123 | ->'''played by''': Annie Savage |
| 124 | |
| 125 | The Artificial Intelligence that runs the Barkeep's establishment. |
| 126 | ---- |
| 127 | * DeadpanSnarker: Unfazed by all the weirdness, she can dish it out even better than Sparks. |
| 128 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She's in love with Croach, who sometimes literally forgets that she even exists. |
| 129 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She has real, genuine feelings that are often ignored by others. [[NiceGuy Except the Barkeep]]. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | !The Troubleshooter |
| 132 | |
| 133 | ->'''played by''': Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown (Appearances 1, 2 & 5), Creator/MerrinDungey (Appearances 3 & 4), Creator/NatalieMorales (Appearance 6) |
| 134 | |
| 135 | |
| 136 | Harriet Alcott-Jiminy. Consultant for Nth Multiglobal. She travels the known universe, fixing technological problems and issuing citations for illegal use of hardware. |
| 137 | ---- |
| 138 | * ActionGirl: She fights robots and malfunctioning AI programs for a living...and sometimes simply writes tickets. |
| 139 | * HappilyMarried: To the Barkeep. |
| 140 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: She is essentially an IT person. But considering this universe is populated by murderous robots and Mad Scientists with Doomsday Devices, that makes her the equivalent of a Special Forces Operative. |
| 141 | |
| 142 | !Mercy Laredo |
| 143 | ->'''played by''': Jenny Wade |
| 144 | |
| 145 | A Human BountyHunter. Attended USSA Academy with Sparks and had a relationship with him that ended badly. She's still bitter about it. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * AxCrazy: Trigger-happy and short-tempered, willing and able to murder as many people as she's allowed to in the course of doing her duty. |
| 148 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Yeah, Sparks did not handle the breakup well, but actively trying to ''kill'' him every time they cross paths seems like a bit of an overreaction. |
| 149 | * EvilCounterpart: Like Red, she's a tough, no-nonsense ActionGirl with an on-again-off-again relationship with Sparks. But where Red is able to move on, Mercy is not, becoming murderously obsessed with Sparks. |
| 150 | * IronicName: Sparks claims that, back in the academy days, "they used her call her Mercy because she had none." |
| 151 | * RulesLawyer: The rules of the Bounty Hunter's Union permit the killing of up to three people in the course of taking a bounty. Mercy is perfectly willing to cause as much collateral damage as she's allowed to. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | !Jib Janeen |
| 154 | |
| 155 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PaulFTompkins |
| 156 | |
| 157 | |
| 158 | A shapeshifting alien spy from Jupiter. Come to Mars in search of secrets. So...ya got any? |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Jupiterians are purple shapeshifting beings that reproduce by impregnating other beings with spores. |
| 161 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Inevitably introduces himself by saying "Hi, all my buddies!" |
| 162 | * InformedAbility: He's supposedly so good at impersonating people that no one can tell when he's pretending to be someone else. We audience members know immediately that something's up. |
| 163 | * LargeHam: A Camp alien played by Paul F Tompkins. Nuff said. |
| 164 | * {{Shapeshifter}}: He can make himself look like anyone else. Whether or not he can ''act'' like them is another matter. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | !Captain Gene Peeples |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JamesUrbaniak |
| 169 | |
| 170 | Starship Captain and protagonist of the "Tales of the United Solar System Alliance" spinoff series. |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | * ActionSurvivor: Not really a soldier so much as an explorer. The events of the Murderman Invasion turn him into this. |
| 173 | * AmicableExes: Still on good terms with his ex-wife. |
| 174 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: To his daughter Erica, to the point of almost sending her boyfriend on a SuicideMission. [[spoiler: Her death in the Murderman Invasion is the the thing that almost destroys him.]] |
| 175 | * {{Expy}}: He's very much a [[Franchise/StarTrek Kirk]]: a bombastic, somewhat overbearing commander of a starship. |
| 176 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Losing his family in the Murderman Invasion almost broke him. He snaps out of it eventually, driven by his sense of duty and his new adoptive family.]] |
| 177 | * KickedUpstairs: His actions during the Murderman Invasion get him "promoted" to a cushy teaching job at the USSA Academy. He's mostly okay with it, though. |
| 178 | * LargeHam: Doesn't get much hammier than James Urbaniak channeling William Shatner. |
| 179 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Feels a fatherly concern for Pemily Stallwark, and tries to take her under his wing. |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !Ginny West |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JanetVarney |
| 184 | |
| 185 | |
| 186 | The Troubleshooter's partner and romantic interest of Sparks. [[spoiler: She turns out to be a Jupiter Spy.]] |
| 187 | ---- |
| 188 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's sweet and fun and friendly. But she's also a Troubleshooter, so don't cross her. [[spoiler: She's also perfectly willing to leave the real Virginia West in a salt mine on Jupiter.]] |
| 189 | * DoggedNiceGuy: She pursues Sparks and tries to bring him out of his shell. |
| 190 | * KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Or at the very least, "send to a salt mine and replace."]] |
| 191 | * UnfazedEveryman: None of the weirdness that happens on Mars seems to get to her. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder: Beyond Belief]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | "It's time to send the little ones to Dreamland, and set your radio's dial to 'spooky.' Bolt the doors, lock your windows, and steel yourself for mysterious suspense, in this evening's final feature: ''Beyond Belief.'' Meet Frank and Sadie Doyle, the toast of the Upper Crust, headliners on the society pages...and oh yes, ''they see ghosts!''" |
| 198 | |
| 199 | !Frank and Sadie Doyle |
| 200 | |
| 201 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PaulFTompkins & Creator/PagetBrewster |
| 202 | |
| 203 | |
| 204 | High Society couple, freelance paranormal investigators, and heavy drinkers. |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * AbsurdPhobia: Bees. That time a bee got in fills Frank and Sadie with dread any time it comes up. In "The Haunting of Howard Schroeder", the Doyles are calmly explaining to Nightmares the Clown that nothing can frighten them, then immediately freak out upon seeing a bee. |
| 207 | * TheAlcoholic: The only thing they love more than each other is a good stiff drink. It's a toss-up at any given moment which means more to them. |
| 208 | * BattleCouple: They solve paranormal problems together. The Thrilling Adventure Hour comic even features them each fighting off supernatural baddies while engaging in CasualDangerDialog. |
| 209 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Frank had a childhood run-in with a demonic entity, which drove him to drink and monster slaying. Sadie seems to have had a less traumatic backstory. |
| 210 | * TheDreaded: The Doyles are well-known in the Nether Realms, and most entities know to stay away from them. Frank in particular is something of a RetiredBadass, a former monster slayer for a ChurchMilitant sect. |
| 211 | * {{Eagleland}}: A mix of both types. They'll help whoever's in need wherever they are (oftentimes reluctantly), but they're just as likely to plunder the treasures and poach the animals of other lands. |
| 212 | * GrammarNazi: Frank moreso than Sadie, but they are constantly correcting other people's grammar. |
| 213 | * GreenEyedMonster: Frank has a bit of a jealous streak, even though he trusts Sadie utterly. |
| 214 | * GuileHero: Sadie's specialty is sussing out the solution to the supernatural problem of the week through pointed conversation and keen observation. On occasion she has actually [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talked a monster to death]]. |
| 215 | * HappilyMarried: They are absolutely devoted to one another. Liquor is a close second. |
| 216 | * ReluctantHero: They would like nothing more than to be the IdleRich, sitting at home, drinking, and enjoying each other's company. Unfortunately [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive The Call Knows Where They Live]]. |
| 217 | * SeenItAll: It takes quite a lot to surprise them, let alone frighten them. |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !Pterodactyl Jones |
| 220 | |
| 221 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PattonOswalt (1st Appearance), Creator/ThomasLennon (2nd & 3rd Appearance), Creator/MarkGagliardi (4th Appearance) |
| 222 | |
| 223 | |
| 224 | Hotel Detective for the most haunted hotel in Manhattan, and an old friend of Frank's. His best friend is the ghost of a pterodactyl named Harvey. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: As another paranormal detective, he has adventures of his own, that Sadie admits she would love to hear about sometime. |
| 227 | * PrivateEyeMonologue: He speaks almost entirely in convoluted metaphor and Noir slang. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !Carter Caldwell |
| 230 | |
| 231 | ->'''played by''': John Ennis |
| 232 | |
| 233 | |
| 234 | ConfirmedBachelor and a friend of Sadie's. He doesn't quite have the same stomach for all these supernatural shenanigans as she does. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * CartwrightCurse: Terribly unlucky at love. |
| 237 | * ChickMagnet: He inexplicably always finds himself surrounded by attractive and interesting women. This wouldn't be a problem if he wasn't a...Confirmed Bachelor. |
| 238 | * LovableCoward: He's unashamedly afraid of ghosts and the supernatural. Though it's hard to blame him; when a seance goes wrong, hiding under the table seems like a reasonable course of action. |
| 239 | * ReplacementGoldfish: This character is usually brought in to serve as Sadie's foil when Paul F Tompkins is not available to play Frank. |
| 240 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Intelligent, sophisticated, and wears what are described as the thickest lenses this side of the Mississippi. |
| 241 | * StraightGay: You'd only know he was, ahem, a [[RunningGag Confirmed Bachelor]], if you paid attention to his choice of personal pronouns when he speaks of his desire for true love. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | !Donna Henderson |
| 244 | |
| 245 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JanetVarney |
| 246 | |
| 247 | A vampire and a friend of Sadie's. Married to Dave, Werewolf Detective. Mother of Michelle, the Apocalypse Baby. |
| 248 | ---- |
| 249 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's friendly and delightful. She's also a vampire. And a MamaBear. |
| 250 | -->'''Donna''': I'd say they didn't leave with as much blood as they had when they came in. If they left at all. If they left. |
| 251 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: She's a great friend and a pillar of the local community. She just happens to be a bloodsucking fiend. |
| 252 | * MamaBear: Because her daughter is a potential Harbinger of the Apocalypse, cultists and religious fanatics are constantly trying to get to her. They rarely get very far. |
| 253 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Over the course of the series she goes from a fairly-average vampire to the leader of the most powerful coven of supernatural beings in the Tri-State Area.]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | !Bobo Brubaker |
| 256 | |
| 257 | ->'''played by''': Craig Cackowski |
| 258 | |
| 259 | Supernatural con artist and former paramour of Sadie's. |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | * ConArtist: He has several supernatural con jobs in the works, including "Mummy Laundering." |
| 262 | * InLoveWithTheMark: Has a tendency to fall in love with the people he's scamming. |
| 263 | * LaughablyEvil: His sheer incompetence at running his cons makes him a complete non-threat. |
| 264 | -->'''Bobo''': So far I've been able to protect Minnie with this Ouija Board. |
| 265 | -->'''Frank''': Bobo, only ''you'' could find a way [[AchievementsInIgnorance to repel a ghost with what is essentially a]] ''[[AchievementsInIgnorance ghost magnet]].'' |
| 266 | * TotallyRadical: Inexplicably speaks with a stereotypical Surfer Dude accent. |
| 267 | |
| 268 | !Nightmares |
| 269 | |
| 270 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JamesUrbaniak |
| 271 | |
| 272 | MonsterClown, and demonic entity from Frank's childhood. [[NonIronicClown He's not that kind of clown]]. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * DeadpanSnarker: When he's not chewing the scenery, he's doing this. |
| 275 | -->'''Nightmares''': Congratulations, boys, you did it. You young boys have found the monster that's been killing all those young boys all this time! Do you young boys have a sense of irony yet? Possibly not, you're from Maine. |
| 276 | * EatsBabies: He's been known to devour a child from time to time. He regularly brags about it, at any rate. |
| 277 | * EldritchAbomination: The clown is only an earthly guise for his true monstrous form, a giant spider. |
| 278 | * EvilIsHammy: He's an evil clown voiced by James Urbaniak. Much scenery is chewed as his introductions alone feature a long, hammy monologue about what he has been about over various periods of time, then half that time, then half ''that'' time. |
| 279 | * {{Expy}}: Nightmares is quite obviously based on Pennywise from Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{It}}''. It becomes even more obvious during the flashback episode where Frank tells the story of how they first met, which parodies ''Film/StandByMe'', a book written by ''It's'' author Stephen King. |
| 280 | * HorrorHunger: Nightmares feeds on Fear, and creates it wherever he can. |
| 281 | * MonsterClown: He takes the form of an evil clown that terrifies everyone. Except Sadie. Sadie finds him hilarious, much to his consternation. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | !Carlisle Ravencastle, Dark Husband to the Midnight |
| 284 | |
| 285 | ->'''played by''': Creator/MarkGagliardi |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Vampire lord of Detroit, occasional enemy of Frank and Sadie. |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | |
| 290 | * BreakoutCharacter: Originally a one-shot character, no one expected him to be as popular as he turned out to be. |
| 291 | * TheDandy: Fey in mannerisms and fabulous in dress. |
| 292 | * DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Keeps dying and coming back. |
| 293 | * EvilIsHammy: Second only to Nightmares in his appetite for scenery. |
| 294 | * SissyVillain: Has a shrill, high-pitched voice and a collection of frilly parasols. |
| 295 | -->'''Carlisle Ravencastle''': You would mock my voice? |
| 296 | -->'''Sadie Doyle''': And your parasol. |
| 297 | -->'''Renfield''': It is the least frilly in The Master's collection! |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !Howard Schroeder |
| 300 | |
| 301 | ->'''played by''': Creator/AndyDaly (1st Appearance), Creator/ColinHanks (2nd Appearance), Creator/TomLenk (Young Howie) |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Former childhood friend of Frank's. Their experience with Nightmares the Clown left him fearful and traumatized. He's a doof. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * ButtMonkey: Something awful happens to him every time he shows up. Poor doof. |
| 306 | * CaptainObvious: Has a tendency to point out exactly what's going on to everyone. |
| 307 | -->'''Frank''': Yes, we see that, Howie. [[SarcasmMode How's that newscaster job going?]] |
| 308 | -->'''Howard''': [[SarcasmBlind Pretty great, actually.]] |
| 309 | * FormerlyFat: As a boy he was the "Stout Chum" of Frank and Peter. Does not appear to be any longer. |
| 310 | * JackOfAllTrades: Got bored easily as a child, so he quickly ran through a long string of different hobbies. As a result he has a broad range of experience with multiple subjects. |
| 311 | * NervousWreck: In an almost-constant state of anxiety. The doof. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !Dave Henderson |
| 314 | |
| 315 | ->'''played by''': Hal Lublin (1st Appearance), Creator/JoeMantegna (2nd Appearance) |
| 316 | |
| 317 | Police detective and Werewolf. Husband to Donna. Father to Michelle. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: A hulking, intimidating cop (who is also a werewolf), but a nice guy and a good husband and father. |
| 320 | * PrivateEyeMonologue: Not as bad as Pterodactyl Jones, but he has a very convoluted and Noir way of speaking. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder: Down In Moonshine Holler]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | "Ladies and Gentlemen. In response to all of your cards and letters, here is that for which you have clamored. A tale from America's Golden Age, in which a millionaire, in a quest for True Love, renounces his riches and disguises himself as a hobo. What man cannot relate to that? Only a man that has never loved. The Workjuice Corporation is pleased to present: ''Down in Moonshine Holler!''" |
| 326 | |
| 327 | !Banjo Bindlestuff |
| 328 | ->'''played by''': Craig Cackowski |
| 329 | |
| 330 | The millionaire Jasper Manorlodge, who renounced his wealth to become a vagabond adventurer, in order to find the Hobo Princess, his True Love. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * ChickMagnet: Nearly every episode ends with a woman he helped becoming enamored with him and asking him if "they could, as the storybooks say, live HappilyEverAfter?" But alas, Banjo's heart belongs only to the Hobo Princess. |
| 333 | * GuileHero: Part of his CharacterDevelopment is learning "The Hobo Way" - that is, thinking his way out of problems that could easily be resolved with his money. |
| 334 | * SecretlyWealthy: This humble hobo is really the fabulously wealthy Jasper Manorlodge, though only his Mentor Gummy knows this for sure. |
| 335 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Often Banjo will run into someone from Jasper Manorlodge's past, who will say that he looks familiar somehow. This will prompt Banjo to affirm that he is ''most definitely not'' Jasper Manorlodge, and he ''most definitely did not'' attend that garden party last spring that they were thinking about, etc. |
| 336 | |
| 337 | !Gummy |
| 338 | ->'''played by''': Hal Lublin |
| 339 | |
| 340 | Banjo's Mentor in the ways of the Hobo. |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Will exclaim "Apple pie!" when he has a EurekaMoment or something good happens. |
| 343 | * EccentricMentor: He's quite a character, who teaches Banjo The Hobo Way. |
| 344 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hal Lublin cites Eddie Anderson from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' as an influence on Gummy's voice. He says he was taken by what a unique voice Rochester had. |
| 345 | * OnlyOneName: He apparently lost his last name in a poker game. |
| 346 | * ReallyGetsAround: Gummy has a surprising number of exes out there in the Hobo world [[spoiler: and at least one child from one of these relationships.]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | !The Hobo Princess |
| 349 | ->'''played by''': Creator/KateMicucci |
| 350 | |
| 351 | The object of Banjo's affections. Jasper Manorlodge met her at a party, not knowing who she really was, and fell in LoveAtFirstSight. [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to Banjo, she felt the same, and has been looking for him just as he has been looking for her.]] |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: when Banjo and the Princess finally meet, they agree to keep on traveling, but this time, together.]] |
| 354 | * DudeMagnet: Wealthy and attractive men flock to her [[spoiler: but she only cares for Jasper.]] |
| 355 | * TheGhost: She's only spoken of and never seen until the penultimate episode. |
| 356 | * GiftOfTheMagiPlot: [[spoiler: The reason Banjo could never find her in all his wanderings among hobos? Because she'd been doing the same in High Society circles, trying to find the rich man she fell in love with.]] |
| 357 | * TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: She left behind a fingerless glove that Banjo carries with him, hoping he finds the hand that belongs to it. |
| 358 | * ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: Initially she rejects Banjo's declaration of love: having spent so much time among the wealthy elite, she fears that she is no longer the Hobo Princess that Banjo fell in love with. In response, Banjo offers to take her with him on his quest; maybe they can find the Hobo Princess together.]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | !Alexander The Great |
| 361 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PaulFTompkins |
| 362 | |
| 363 | The Emperor of All Hobos. [[RunningGag Not the one from history]]. As the father of the Hobo Princess, he gave Banjo his permission to marry his daughter if he could find her. |
| 364 | ---- |
| 365 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: He has this vibe toward his daughter, which may be why he gave Banjo the standard ImpossibleTask to prove himself worthy of marrying her. |
| 366 | * TheGhost: Like the Hobo Princess herself, he's only mentioned in dialogue before appearing in the final episode. |
| 367 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his eccentricities, he does believe in due process and hearing all sides of an argument. |
| 368 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Invokes this when Banjo points out how the laws of Hobo society don't seem all that consistent. Or logical. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder: The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | "Look! In the distance! Above the horizon! Is that a lightning bolt? (NO!) Is that some sort of shooting star, or comet? (NO!) It's ''Captain Laserbeam!'' (YEAH!)" |
| 375 | |
| 376 | !Captain Laserbeam |
| 377 | ->'''played by''': Creator/JohnDiMaggio |
| 378 | |
| 379 | The premiere Superhero of Apex City. He has the power of one hundred lasers. He also may or may not be billionaire philanthropist Joshua Valor; I mean, you never see them together... |
| 380 | ---- |
| 381 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: One episode begins with him attending a Passover Seder. It's not made clear if he's actually Jewish or was just an invited guest. And he also celebrates Christmas, so it's hard to tell. |
| 382 | * BadassCreed: "When crime appears upon the scene, so does Captain Laserbeam! Flying at the speed of light, no villain shall escape my might! So long, and ''away!''" |
| 383 | * CallingYourAttacks: Will do this during fight sequences. ("Freeze Laser on all of you!") |
| 384 | * TheCape: Classic do-gooder superhero who fights crime and does charitable work for his city. |
| 385 | * FriendToAllChildren: He helps the orphans of Apex City through charity, and he maintains a team of Teen Sidekicks, the Adventurekateers. |
| 386 | * HeroicWillpower: His most frequently-utilized superpower. Memories of the Adventurekateers and how much they believe in him always give him the strength to carry on. |
| 387 | * MundaneUtility: Will occasionally use his powers for everyday tasks, like chopping nuts for a sundae, or bowling a perfect game for charity. |
| 388 | -->'''Captain Laserbeam''': Here are my library books. And here's a Laser Dime for the late fees! It's...it's just a regular dime, I know, but look how clean it is! Clean as a laser! That ought to be a saying! |
| 389 | |
| 390 | !Phillip Fathom, The Deep-Sea Detective |
| 391 | ->'''played by''': Creator/ChristopherMeloni (1st Appearance), Hal Lublin (All Subsequent Appearances). |
| 392 | |
| 393 | Superhero of Aquapolis. An ocean-themed crimefighter and detective. He's the hero the Ocean deserves. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | * BadassBoast: Does he ever have one: |
| 396 | -->'''Phillip Fathom''': I am the subaquatic darkness. I am the Abyssal-Pelagic Layer. I exert the pressure of Justice on the metazoan creatures who lurk in the deep! I am the hero the Ocean deserves! I don't need lighthouses to see that we're heading for the rocks. I am your deep-sea guardian. I am...your Semi-Amphibious Knight. |
| 397 | * BadassNormal: Lacking superpowers, he makes use of advanced gadgetry and his keen deductive mind. |
| 398 | * BatmanParody: He's the grim and gritty Batman of the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' in a universe closer to Adam West's 1960s ''[[Series/Batman1966 Batman]]'' |
| 399 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: HIS PARENTS DIED AT SEA! |
| 400 | * NoIndoorVoice: When he really hams it up: |
| 401 | -->'''Captain Laserbeam''':You don't have to yell.\ |
| 402 | '''Phillip Fathom''': I DO HAVE TO YELL! |
| 403 | * VerbalTic: As a parody of [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy the Nolanverse Batman]], he has a tendency to SHOUT ONE RANDOM LINE. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | !Tyler Foxworthy |
| 406 | ->'''played by''': John Ennis |
| 407 | |
| 408 | Professional henchman, and former Adventurekateer. |
| 409 | ---- |
| 410 | * FaceHeelTurn: As a kid he was one of the first Adventurekateers. Now he's a henchman, opposing Captain Laserbeam on several occasions. |
| 411 | * FriendlyEnemy: He and Captain Laserbeam are actually on fairly good terms, despite being on opposite sides of the law. |
| 412 | * HypercompetentSidekick: More effective than most of his bosses. He'd be a pretty good criminal mastermind himself if he was interested in doing that. |
| 413 | * OnlySaneMan: In a world full of monsters, Supervillains, and Mad Scientists, he's often the only one who sees how the evil plots are going to eventually fail. |
| 414 | * PunchClockVillain: He's only doing this for the money. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | !The Adventurekateers |
| 417 | |
| 418 | Captain Laserbeam's band of Kid Sidekicks. They monitor police scanners and breaking news, and let him know where and when his help is needed. They vary in degrees of competence. |
| 419 | ---- |
| 420 | * DysfunctionJunction: Nearly all of them have some kind of messed-up, or less-than-ideal, home life that they tried to escape from by joining the Adventurekateers. |
| 421 | * KidsAreCruel: They're often petty and mean to one another, as kids are. Poor Patrick gets the worst of it. |
| 422 | * LoveDodecahedron: The Adventurekateer Clubhouse is a simmering crockpot of Teen Angst and hormones, and their personal relationships are immensely complicated and confused. |
| 423 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They're all geeks and nerds, united by their love of Captain Laserbeam. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | !!Adventurekateer Patrick |
| 426 | ->'''played by''': Craig Cackowski |
| 427 | |
| 428 | Patrick Salvatore Wong, a good-hearted husky dweeb who wants nothing more than to be loved and accepted by a Superhero. |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: By the end of the series, he's disillusioned with Captain Laserbeam and the Adventurekateers, and decides to strike out on his own.]] |
| 431 | * ButtMonkey: Poor Patrick is an outcast even among the Adventurekateers. |
| 432 | * FatComicRelief: His size is the often the source of many jokes. |
| 433 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: He joins Colonel Tick-Tock to become a Sidekick...and is later implied to actually ''become'' Colonel Tick-Tock at some point in the future.]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | !!Adventurekateer Dana |
| 436 | ->'''played by''': Annie Savage |
| 437 | |
| 438 | One of the nerdiest Adventurekateers. Insanely jealous of Judy Wallaker, but well, who isn't? |
| 439 | ---- |
| 440 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The unseen Judy Wallaker is the only person better at math than her, and that really annoys her. |
| 441 | -->'''Adventurekateer Chris''': She is the standard by which we are all judged. |
| 442 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Judy Wallaker, of course. |
| 443 | * TeenGenius: The most promising member of the Apex City High School Math League Applied Mathing Team. |
| 444 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She only wants her Dad to be proud of her. [[spoiler: Her Dad is Mister Marvelous, The Top-Notch Man, so that's a tall order.]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | !!Adventurekateer Todd |
| 447 | ->'''played by''': Creator/DannyStrong |
| 448 | |
| 449 | Todd Duncasont. A precocious and awkward Adventurekateer. Madly in love with Investigateen Vicky Wattle. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: He loves Vicky Wattle, and will do anything to win her heart. Phillip Fathom has to set him straight. |
| 452 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Lives with his psychologist uncle for some undisclosed reason. |
| 453 | * TookALevelInBadass: He's actively trying to, to make himself worthy of joining the Investigateens. He can make ten baskets in a row, and he's started doing puzzles. |
| 454 | |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder: Chronopatrol Universe]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | A SharedUniverse over multiple individual shows. |
| 460 | ---- |
| 461 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A great many historical figures were either agents of the American Victory Commission or allies of the Chronopatrol. |
| 462 | * CanonWelding: Colonel Tick-Tock and Amelia Earhart started out as separate universes, but once the time-travel element was added to the Amelia Earhart stories, it was eventually made into a single universe. |
| 463 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The series started out as just straightforward TwoFistedTales set during World War 2. Eventually the universe evolved to be much more complex, and involve time travel and a much larger cast of characters. |
| 464 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: In true comic-book superhero fashion, the first thing Colonel Tick-Tock and Amelia Earhart do when they finally meet is come to blows...both of them using the same artifact, no less. |
| 465 | * StupidJetpackHitler: Many stories feature shenanigans with time-traveling Nazis and Nazi super-weapons. |
| 466 | * TimeyWimeyBall: It's ''very'' complicated. [[MST3KMantra Just don't think about it too much]]. |
| 467 | |
| 468 | !The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock |
| 469 | |
| 470 | "The Past. The Present. The Future. These three elements make up Time as we know it. But Time as we know it is in peril! The Timeline is under constant siege. Only Her Majesty's Chronological Patrol stands between Time as we know it, and complete chaos. And one man is the pride of the Royal Chronopatrol! Standing sentry over every century, armed with his Trick Clock and his sense of duty, he makes history happen on schedule! His name is ''Colonel Tick-Tock!''" |
| 471 | |
| 472 | !!Colonel Tick-Tock |
| 473 | ->'''played by:''' Craig Cackowski |
| 474 | |
| 475 | A Victorian British Army officer, the pride of the Chronopatrol. He travels time to correct temporal anomalies and foil nefarious types who seek to undo history. |
| 476 | ---- |
| 477 | * AmbiguouslyGay: A fey and fastidious Englishman who calls everyone "darling" and has a lot of male "companions." It's never outright stated, but... |
| 478 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: His mandate is to "make history happen on schedule," so he's indirectly responsible for many historical events happening as they should. |
| 479 | * {{Expy}}: Let's see, a mercurial British time-traveler with a SwissArmyWeapon and a lot of platonic companions. [[Series/DoctorWho Nope, doesn't sound familiar at all]]. |
| 480 | * IAmVeryBritish: Lots of "pip-pips" and "cheerios" in his speech. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!Constance |
| 483 | ->'''played by:''' Annie Savage |
| 484 | |
| 485 | Colonel Tick-Tock's long-suffering wife. |
| 486 | ---- |
| 487 | * OnlySaneWoman: She asks very simple and logical questions about time travel and temporal paradoxes. And never gets a straight answer. |
| 488 | * StiffUpperLip: She takes Tick-Tock's weirdness and neglect in stride, like a Proper Victorian Lady. |
| 489 | * UnfazedEveryman: Very little rattles her. Considering who she's married to, it's understandable |
| 490 | |
| 491 | !!Trick Clock |
| 492 | ->'''played by:''' Hal Lublin |
| 493 | |
| 494 | Colonel Tick-Tock's sentient tool and constant companion. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * SwissArmyWeapon: The Trick Clock can do just about anything time-related, whether it be opening portals or aging objects or people forward and backward. |
| 497 | |
| 498 | !Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer |
| 499 | |
| 500 | "News On Parade! Dateline: The Wild Blue Yonder. The question on everyone's lips: whatever happened to Amelia Earhart? The answer in nobody's ears: in 1938, America's Soaring Sweetheart faked her disappearance at sea, to serve in the American Victory Commission's Covert Division, as their top-secret one-woman Air Force! Now, via classified Chrono-technology, ''Amelia Earhart, The Fearless Flyer'', traverses time in her Lockheed Electra, in the name of Truth, Liberty, and the American Way! |
| 501 | |
| 502 | !!Amelia Earhart |
| 503 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/AutumnReeser |
| 504 | |
| 505 | American pilot and agent of the American Victory Commission. She fights Nazis anywhere and any-when. |
| 506 | ---- |
| 507 | * AcePilot: She's ''Amelia Earhart.'' |
| 508 | * ActionGirl: AcePilot, crack pistol shot, and tough-as-nails fighter. |
| 509 | %%* AmbiguouslyBi: Flirtatious with both men and women throughout history. |
| 510 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The entire premise is that she faked her death to travel time and fight Nazis. |
| 511 | %%* ButchLesbian: |
| 512 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Autumn Reeser calls her voice for Amelia a "bastardized Creator/KatharineHepburn impression." |
| 513 | * RealWomenDontWearDresses: She eschews traditional feminine garb...though that might be more an issue of practicality, being a soldier and a pilot and all. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | !!Abby Adams |
| 516 | ->'''played by:''' Annie Savage |
| 517 | |
| 518 | Agent of the American Victory Commission and Amelia's handler. She really hates those dirty krauts... |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | * ActionGirl: In the early Jefferson Reid episodes, she was an active field agent, fighting alongside Jefferson Reid. |
| 521 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Implied to be romantically involved with both Amelia and Jefferson Reid. |
| 522 | * MissionControl: She gives Amelia her assignments and relays information. |
| 523 | |
| 524 | !!Joan of Arc |
| 525 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/BusyPhilipps |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc The one from history]]. Agent of the American Victory Commission and companion of Amelia. |
| 528 | ---- |
| 529 | * ActionGirl: She ''is'' Joan of Arc, after all. |
| 530 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: She's an Agent of the American Victory Commission and occasional time traveler herself. |
| 531 | * BloodKnight: Alarmingly enthusiastic about lopping off Nazi heads. |
| 532 | * LargeHam: Busy Philipps is clearly having a great time doing this over-the-top sultry French accent. |
| 533 | |
| 534 | !!Merriweather |
| 535 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/MarkGagliardi |
| 536 | |
| 537 | British veteran of World War One and Amelia's manservant. Apparently Amelia won him in a poker game. |
| 538 | ---- |
| 539 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He appeared in the early episodes before the SharedUniverse was developed, then vanished without explanation. |
| 540 | * IAmVeryBritish: Very proper and very British. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | !Jefferson Reid, Ace American |
| 543 | |
| 544 | "Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America! The Workjuice Corporation and Patriot Brand Cigarettes are proud to present the two-fisted adventures of: ''Jefferson Reid, Ace American!'' Righteous Defender of Democracy! No more virtuous American exists! With the strength of John Henry, and the wisdom of the Founding Fathers, Jefferson Reid is precisely as American as Mom, apple pie, and his nation's favorite pastime!" |
| 545 | |
| 546 | !!Jefferson Reid |
| 547 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/NathanFillion |
| 548 | |
| 549 | Top Agent of the American Victory Commission, waging a covert war against Nazi Mad Scientists during World War 2. |
| 550 | ---- |
| 551 | * CaptainPatriotic: Embodies all that is good about America, and fights to defend her. |
| 552 | * DecoyProtagonist: He was originally going to be the flagship character for what would eventually become the Chronopatrol SharedUniverse, but the writers preferred using Nathan Fillion as Cactoid Jim whenever he was available, so Jefferson Reid faded into the background and Amelia Earhart became the main protagonist instead. |
| 553 | * KidSidekick: He goes through several ill-fated Teen Sidekicks over the course of his episodes. |
| 554 | * SuperSoldier: The strength of John Henry enables him to punch down solid stone walls. |
| 555 | |
| 556 | !!General Rex Flagwell |
| 557 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio |
| 558 | |
| 559 | Commander of the American Victory Commission. |
| 560 | ---- |
| 561 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Tends to shout "Sweet Cajun Fire!" whenever he's surprised. |
| 562 | * DaChief: He's in charge of America's covert operations against the Nazis, and he's very stressed out. |
| 563 | |
| 564 | !The Algonquin Four |
| 565 | |
| 566 | "Dateline: the 1920's. A celebrated group of New York's sharpest wits met daily at The Algonquin Hotel, enjoying barbs and bon mots. Until one day a comet struck and those present found themselves possessed of powers beyond the ken of mortal men. They are: ''The Algonquin Four!'' |
| 567 | ---- |
| 568 | * TheFantasticFaux: Harry Houdini has Mr. Fantastic's stretching powers, Woodrow Wilson has invisibility and a WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker laugh, Robert Benchley has power over flame and poetess Dorothy Parker, in her own words, "I'M A ROCK MAN!!" |
| 569 | %%* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dorothy Parker and Harry Houdini are two of them. |
| 570 | |
| 571 | !!Dorothy Parker |
| 572 | |
| 573 | ->'''played by:''' Annie Savage |
| 574 | |
| 575 | The author and literary critic, transformed by a comet into a superhuman rock monster. |
| 576 | ---- |
| 577 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Dorothy Parker Smash!" |
| 578 | * HulkMashUp: She fulfills the Thing's role in TheFantasticFaux of the group. However, her mannerisms, such as HulkSpeak, make her more like the Incredible Hulk. |
| 579 | * HulkSpeak: Dorothy Parker no use proper grammar. |
| 580 | * IronyAsSheIsCast: In-Universe. The brilliant acid-tongued wit Dorothy Parker as a big dumb rock monster. |
| 581 | |
| 582 | !!Harry Houdini |
| 583 | |
| 584 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/JoshuaMalina |
| 585 | |
| 586 | The renowned Escape Artist, transformed by a comet into a superhero. |
| 587 | ---- |
| 588 | * AlterKocker: Joshua Malina plays him as a cantakerous old Jewish guy. |
| 589 | |
| 590 | !!Robert Benchley |
| 591 | |
| 592 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/MarkGagliardi |
| 593 | |
| 594 | Literary critic, transformed by a comet in to a flaming superhero. |
| 595 | ---- |
| 596 | * CampGay: He's...[[IncrediblyLamePun flaming.]] |
| 597 | * {{Expy}}: Of the Human Torch from The Fantastic Four. |
| 598 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Contemporary writer Darby Donovan is often the subject of his sick burns. |
| 599 | * TheTrickster: He's the practical joker of the group. At least one time he hurt Dorothy Parker's feelings inadvertently. |
| 600 | |
| 601 | !!Woodrow "Woody" Wilson |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/JamesUrbaniak |
| 604 | |
| 605 | 28th President of the United States, now a superhero. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * InNameOnly: The portrayal here bears almost no resemblance whatsoever to the historical figure. In fact he's a closer match to WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker in mannerisms. |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[folder: Desdemona Hughes, Diva Detective]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | "And now, we take you to the Hollywood of Yesteryear, and a tale of mystery and murder featuring Tinseltown's Woman of a Thousand Faces: ''Desdemona Hughes, Diva Detective!''" |
| 614 | |
| 615 | !Desdemona Hughes |
| 616 | |
| 617 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/JamieDenbo |
| 618 | |
| 619 | The Diva Detective herself, a former Silent Movie star, now a private detective, solving crimes among Hollywood's elite. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Betty, hold my purse." |
| 622 | * {{Expy}}: If Norma Desmond from ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' got over herself and became a detective, she'd be Desdemona Hughes. |
| 623 | * InformedAbility: Desdemona's costume changes are represented by Jamie Denbo switching to various over-the-top accents. Being an audio show, we listeners have to take the characters' word for it that she's completely unrecognizable. |
| 624 | * LargeHam: She's a former Silent Movie actress; it kind of comes with the territory. |
| 625 | * LetsGetDangerous: Whenever she asks Betty to hold her purse, stuff is going to ''go down.'' |
| 626 | * MasterOfDisguise: As an actress she was famous for her ability to change her appearance completely. As a detective she has parleyed this into an uncanny ability to hide in plain sight and get information from people who wouldn't ordinarily talk to a detective. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | !Betty Hughes |
| 629 | |
| 630 | ->'''played by:''' Creator/ArdenMyrin (1st Appearance), Creator/BusyPhilipps (2nd Appearance) |
| 631 | |
| 632 | Desdemona's younger sister. A former, ahem, "Working Girl," and now works as her sister's assistant and chronicler. |
| 633 | ---- |
| 634 | * TheDitz: Not the brightest bulb on the tree. |
| 635 | * SleepingWithTheBoss: Claims she was having an affair with Jack Warner, and when she got caught that ended her budding acting career. |
| 636 | * TheWatson: Desdemona's eager assistant, and narrator of their adventures. |
| 637 | |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[/folder]] |
| 640 | |
| 641 | [[folder: Others/Miscellaneous]] |
| 642 | |
| 643 | !K of the Cosmos |
| 644 | |
| 645 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PaulFTompkins |
| 646 | |
| 647 | An all-powerful alien being from the Blue Dimension, who likes to mess with our characters for "fun and whimsy." |
| 648 | ---- |
| 649 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: He cares not for human morality; he only does what seems like fun. |
| 650 | * {{Expy}}: His name and omnipotent nature are reminiscent of Q from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration.'' There are also aspects of Mister Mxyzptlk from Franchise/{{Superman}} in his character as well (his unpronounceable real name, the terms of banishing him, etc.) |
| 651 | * LargeHam: He leaves no scenery unchewed. And probably can use his powers to regenerate it to chew it again. |
| 652 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Possesses godlike powers in our dimension. In the Blue Dimension he's fairly ordinary. [[spoiler: And his body looks like it's made entirely of butts.]] |
| 653 | -->'''K of the Cosmos''': So close to being whimsical, but then it crosses over into gross! Oh my enduring shame! |
| 654 | * RealityWarper: There seem to be no limits to his power on this plane of reality. He can alter people's appearances and transport them between worlds. Whatever strikes his fancy to do. |
| 655 | * TheUnpronounceable: K is a nickname he chose for himself. His true name, he says, is so complicated that it would take several human lifetimes to pronounce it correctly. |
| 656 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Despite his omnipotence, he's fairly easily banished. It doesn't help that he'll readily volunteer that information in order to seem more whimsical. [[spoiler: He also got beat up by Phillip Fathom, which means that either his physical body is very weak, or Phillip Fathom is ''just that badass.'']] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | !The King of Coffee |
| 659 | |
| 660 | ->'''played by''': Creator/PaulFTompkins |
| 661 | |
| 662 | The mascot for Workjuice Brand Coffee, the fictional sponsor of the Thrilling Adventure Hour. |
| 663 | ---- |
| 664 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: He's loud, eccentric, and silly. But he's also a king, and ''will'' order someone's execution for disrespecting the good name of Workjuice. |
| 665 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He only cares about coffee, and what is good for coffee. |
| 666 | * LargeHam: As a king, and the incarnation of a caffeinated beverage, he is extremely theatrical. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | !Dan Bucatino |
| 669 | |
| 670 | ->'''played by''': Craig Cackowski |
| 671 | |
| 672 | Owner of the Bucatino office supply company, and patriarch of the Bucatino clan. Protagonist of a series of advertisements for his company. It's doing great. And by great, he means not so good. |
| 673 | ---- |
| 674 | * CosmicPlaything: It's hard not to think that the universe just has it in for poor Dan and his business. |
| 675 | * StepfordSmiler: Dan remains pleasant and upbeat throughout all the commercials, as he's describing an escalating series of personal and professional disasters. |
| 676 | * WhiteSheep: Dan is clearly the most honest of his extended family, what with his brother embezzling from the company and his sister-in-law running scams on the side, and his wife (maybe) having an affair... |
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