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The Reapers

    Georgia "George" Lass 
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"That's me. I'd say I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not. I excel at not giving a shit."
Played By: Ellen Muth

  • Sex as Rite-of-Passage: George was a virgin when she died, but finally ends up sleeping with a guy in the second season. Not only does she end up with conflicting feelings about having finally done it, the guy views her as a one-night stand and their relationship quickly ends.
  • The Snark Knight: She could give Daria a run for her money.
  • Tomboyish Name: George is short for Georgia.
  • Undignified Death: A serious contender for the biggest one in all of fiction. She got flattened by a toilet seat from outer space.
  • You Can't Go Home Again: She learns this lesson the hard way, after she tries to visit her family, gets viciously rebuffed, and loses the memory of the story she planned to tell her mother.

    Rube Sofer 
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"A corpse is like a peach cobbler that got dropped on the floor. As good as it was, you still wouldn't want it anymore."
Played By: Mandy Patinkin

  • Deadpan Snarker: Heavy emphasis on the "Deadpan" part. His wit is as dry as it comes.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The heart of gold is hard to see at times, but definitely there. He does care about his team, and looks out for them even when they cause trouble.
  • The Leader: Of the main characters. He's one level up the Celestial Bureaucracy from the rest of the reapers, and he's the one who hands out the reaping assignments.
  • Perpetual Frowner: He almost never smiles. He's been in the reaping business for nearly a century, and it's clearly left him a bit jaded.
  • Team Dad: Albeit a cynical one. He acts as a mentor, affectionately calls George "Peanut," and does his best to manage their disparate personalities.

    Roxy Harvey 
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"You don't know me."
Played By: Jasmine Guy

  • Beware the Nice Ones: After being verbally abused whilst giving an obnoxious man a parking ticket, she eventually lost her temper and ripped his soul out for a few seconds before returning it, simply to teach him a lesson.
  • The Big Guy: A muscular woman who is not afraid to get physical when the situation calls for it. She starts the series as a meter maid, but eventually becomes a full-fledged cop. Lampshaded by George when she introduces Roxy to the audience:
    George: That's Roxy. She could kick your ass.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric. Very deadpan at times and more focused on her job than most of the other Reapers.
  • Not So Above It All: Her Seinfeldian Conversations with Mason demonstrate she can actually kind of understand the way he thinks.
  • Precision F-Strike: Her response to a (much larger) man yelling at her about parking tickets.
    Roxy: Sir, I'm gonna say this as politely as possible: I will fuck you up.
  • Sassy Black Woman : Jasmine Guy is half-black, half-Portuguese, and Roxy is street-smart, down-to-Earth, and doesn't suffer fools gladly.
  • Team Mom: Remarked by the waitress that she reminds her of her mother. George agrees.
  • Unwanted False Faith: Due to the aforementioned incident with the parking ticket, the man eventually started a cult believing God was a meter maid. Rube was not particularly thrilled to learn about this.

    Mason 
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"And then there's Mason. Oh Mason, Mason."
Played By: Callum Blue

  • The Alcoholic: This is the only way he can cope with his reaps.
  • Ass Shove: Mason once tried to smuggle drugs in a condom stuck up his ass. Hilarity Ensues.
  • Butt-Monkey: Albeit often self-inflicted. His dumbassery makes him the butt of many jokes
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: He died trying to trepan himself because he thought it would give him the ultimate high. Over the course of the series he has a number of odd money making ideas.
  • Drugs Are Bad: He is taught this when experiencing heroin exploding in his rectum and not (due to being undead) being able to die from the lethal dose, instead having to suffer all the horrible side effects.
  • Goggles Do Nothing: Wore these when attempting the ultimate high.
  • Immortal Immaturity: Since attempting the ultimate high, he has not matured a day.
  • No Social Skills: Apparently doesn't bathe, steals candy from children and money from the homeless, and has to be told that meals at the house he shares with Daisy and George are not "clothing optional".
  • Living Forever Is Awesome: Played with. Unlike his fellows who are angsty or just apathetic, he's actually pretty happy with his lot in death. On the other hand he envies the souls that get to pass on immediately while he has to stay behind, but this is because whatever's on the other side is better than the side he's on.
  • Mr. Fanservice: His antics frequently get him naked or half naked, treating the audience to several shots of his bottom or his Union Jack underwear, mostly played for laughs, though.
  • Only One Name: It's hard to say whether it's his first or last name.
  • Too Dumb to Live: He drilled a hole in his head to get high, with predictable results.

    Betty Rhomer 
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"Do your nipples get hard when you sneeze?"
Played By: Rebecca Gayheart

  • Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Betty tags along with a recently deceased soul to the afterlife before her time. However it's loosely implied she might have ended up somewhere else.
  • Blithe Spirit: Being dead doesn't stop Betty from being full of life.
  • Catchphrase/Pre-Mortem One-Liner: "Happy thoughts!"
  • Cool Big Sis: Betty gradually becomes this to George before hijacking a lift to the afterlife.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: Dies by jumping off a cliff into a river for fun. It even takes a moment for her to realise that she's died, because she's still excited from the leap.
  • Hidden Depths: Comes across as ditzy and a little shallow, but is sweet, thoughtful, and charming underneath it all.
  • Precious Photo: Betty takes a picture of every single soul that she's reaped over the years, and keeps them in carefully labelled sacks.
  • Put on a Bus: Betty leaves halfway through season one.
  • Too Dumb to Live: She jumped off of a cliff for a cheap kick, with predictable results.

    Daisy Adair 
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Played By: Laura Harris (series), Sarah Wynter (Life After Death)

Lass Family

    Joy Lass 
"My mother. She hates balloons and the word 'moist'. She considers it pornographic."
Played By: Cynthia Stevenson
George's mother.
  • Abusive Parents: Is this the rest of the time to Reggie.
  • Doting Parent: Is this at times to Reggie (like when she begged her to let stand still so she could take a picture of her in her band uniform), who rebuffs her completely.
  • Drowning My Sorrows: Seen drinking in the middle of the day in season 1.
  • Housewife: Even after she gets divorced she doesn't go back to work.
  • Meaningful Name: Her name, when said quickly, sounds like "Joyless". It's clear from the first episode she's very unhappy with her life.

    Reggie Lass 
"She's not really invisible but she might as well have been."
Played By: Britt McKillip
George's little sister.

Happy Time

    Delores Herbig 
George's boss at Happy Time.
  • Ambiguous Criminal History: Whatever she got up to in The '80s involved "cocaine, tattoos, and all those restraining orders", and she doesn't bat an eye at bailing George out of prison.
  • Benevolent Boss: To "Millie," that is. Not to (living) George or her like.
    "She only gives this [George's] job to people she hates."
  • Dark and Troubled Past: "Cocaine, tattoos, and all those restraining orders."
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover/Crazy Cat Lady: She appears to house only one cat at a time; and is generally very sane about her pet-owning, though she does eventually go skydiving with her current cat during his death throes to fill his supposed "bucket list."
  • Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: Of that particular variety that thinks children are happy little elf-things rather than real people with the capacity to actually think. And she tries to talk to her employees like they're children. You see where I'm going with this. It gets hard to tell if she's being passive-aggressive or if she really thinks offering up "her big brown eyes" as a mnemonic to remember her name is a perfectly acceptable way to address adults.
  • Stepford Smiler: Played with, she sometimes appears to use the cheerful facade to hide her insecurities and loneliness remaining from her Dark and Troubled Past, other times it seems her experiences taught her to appreciate life and be empathetic to other people and all the cheer is genuine.

    Crystal Smith 
Played By: Crystal Dahl
The receptionist and "Millie"'s office rival-turned-friend, who looks eerily like a certain "toad"note  within the series.

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