Characters / Fred

Fred Figglehorn

Played by Lucas Cruikshank.

• Anti-Hero: Calling him "heroic" is a massive stretch, given that all his actions are driven by pettiness and/or bizarre emotional impulses. He gets more heroic in the third movie, though.

• Asshole Victim: He is very much a bully himself, especially to those who bully him. Though given the comedic tone of the YouTube series, the movies, and TV show, this was likely intentional.

• Butt-Monkey: He consistently suffers all sorts of misfortunes, nothing ever goes right for him, he gets hurt a lot, is treated rather horribly by his mother, frequently picked on by Kevin and Judy, and often embarrassed in front of Judy. This is just scratching the surface, by the way.

• Bratty Half-Pint: He is rude and spoiled at times to others in the YouTube series, where he is six.

• Brick Joke: When the Ultra Momma calls Fred Frederick he asks "who?", because as revealed in the second movie his name is actually short for Ferdinand.

• The Cuckoolander Was Right: Turns out Devlin really was a vampire. Or at least he doesn't cast a reflection.

• Catchphrase: It's always any of three phrases for each YouTube episode.
  • "Hey It's Fred!"
  • "Oh My Gammit!" In later episodes and the movie era.
  • "Peace Out Homedog!"
• Celeb Crush: In the youtube videos he sometimes mentioned having a crush on Jennette McCurdy.

• The Chew Toy: The viewers are clearly supposed to be amused by the immense amount of hell and misfortunes he's subjected to.

• Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes he can be sassy and sarcastic to others.

• Disguised in Drag: In the movie it's one of the get ups he tries to get past Kevin with.
• The Ditz: While he is six years old (or at least he was in the original YouTube series), he still has a tendency to do incredibly, abnormally stupid things such as eating the contents inside a vacuum cleaner.
• Did Not Get the Girl: At the end of the first movie Fred and Judy apparently do end up together, but in the second movie it's said they broke up almost immediately. In "Fred is Back" they actually end up living together as adults, but Judy refuses to allow Fred to call her his girlfriend.
  • Incidentally the original ending written for the film invoked this trope, with Fred realizing his friendship with Bertha was more important than his obsession with Judy, but the network didn't like that ending.
• Dreadful Musician: Fred thinks he's a great singer, but he really isn't.
• Determinator: He went to extreme lengths to meet Judy to get her to be his girlfriend. He stalked her, and extensively planned on meeting her. He also traveled all the way to her new house when she moved.

• Flanderization: Inverted with The Movies, and for good reason: an entire two-hour movie where Fred talked in an incredibly annoying high-pitched, fast-paced voice would get old REAL fast. (He's still pitch-shifted, but not as much.)
• Future Loser: In "Fred is Back" we see that the only job he could get is working nights at a funeral home.
• Friend to All Living Things: Fred actually gets along nicely with Sparky the stray dog, the neighborhood squirrels and the cat with rabies.

• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: "Goddang it, my meds aren't in my underwear drawer!"
• Helium Speech: Justified that he is six years old in the YouTube series, but because he looks obviously older than that, he is this to the viewers.

• Hilariously Abusive Childhood: All the extreme mistreatment he endures at the hands of his mother and everyone else in the series is Played for Laughs.

• Imaginary Friend: John Cena plays his imaginary dad who is ideal to him, and Derf who is a more parallel, confident version of himself.

• Instant Web Hit: The video of him throwing up on Judy became known on YouTube as soon as it was uploaded, racking up thousands of viewers. Later, the video of him and Bertha's fake party had similar results when it was viewed by the entire class. Making them jealous of him and her.
• Idiot Hero: While he isn't necessarily a "hero", he is the protagonist, and is very stupid at that.
• Insistent Terminology: It's not a water gun, it's a "Master Blaster".

• Karma Houdini: He never gets punished for bullying his enemies back. In fact, he is often rewarded for his massively rude behavior.

• Kiddie Kid: In the movies, Fred acts almost exactly the same as in the web series, and gets aged up about 10 years.
• Kids Are Cruel: Although often a victim, can be quite cruel to people from when he was six to his teenage years.
• Large Ham: He tends to act pretty dramatic and screams fairly frequently.
• Love Hungry: Over Judy. Constantly attempted to get her to meet him, even though she never knew he existed until the end of the film.
• Love Potion: Fred attempts to make one in an episode titled, what else, "Love Potion".

• Limited Wardrobe: In the YouTube series, he always wore his "Fred" shirt, and in the movie era, always wore a striped shirt with suspenders and jeans.

• Motor Mouth: He talks rather fast and extensively in his speech.

• Never My Fault: He never takes into account the things he does to others or thinks everyone is jealous of him.
• Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book: Fred often gets in trouble at school for drawing violent pictures.
• No Sense of Personal Space: He gets overly close to people and does not seem to respect others' privacy.
• No Social Skills: This is a given since his character is about being overly loud, rude, and even Innocently Insensitive to others.
• Playing a Tree: Fred gets cast as a tree in the school production of Grease. And he loves it.
• Pyromaniac: "I'm gonna start Judy's house on fire and watch all the kids inside burn."
• Power is Sexy: Briefly fell in love with a female bully at his school. Judy's a bully too, in every incarnation but the movie. Also his later love interest, Holly was a tough biker chick.
• Stalker with a Crush: He constantly believes Judy is in love with him and goes to great lengths to be with her. She eventually does at the very end but was never aware of his existence before.
• Sex Is Evil: "I saw you two about to kiss. That is wrong and it's sinful!"
• Small Name, Big Ego: He tends to act rather arrogant and full of himself, despite not having much to boast about.
• Son of a Whore: His mom is a prostitute, a heavy drinker, and a golddigger.
• Tantrum Throwing: He freaks out often with screaming and yelling.
• Time Skip: Implied in the first movie (and, by extension, the second)—it's stated that Fred's 15 (and his voice isn't as high), whereas the YouTube videos state that he's 6.

• Undercrank: How Fred gets his high voice and fast movement.
• Your Size May Vary: Fred is normal-sized in Fred Goes Grocery Shopping Feat. Annoying Orange, but is shrunk down to Liam the Leprechaun's size in Annoying Orange: vs. FRED!!!

• Unusual Euphemism: "WHERE'S MY HACKING MEDS?!"

Fred's Mom

Her name has been given as both Hilda and Cherie. Played by Siobhan Fallon Hogan in the movies, Lucas Cruikshank on youtube and Taryn Southern in "It's Fred".

• Alcoholic Parent: She is a heavy drinker from parties to bars, she never stops at one drink.
  "So get to bed I don't wanna influence you to like drink beer when you're older."
• Abusive Parents: She possibly abused Fred, and does nothing but neglect him.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: In "It's Fred" she is portrayed as a busty 20-something year old.
• Affectionate Nickname: Usually refers to Fred as "Freddy", "Baby" and "Sweetheart."
• Berserk Button: In the show, she does not take it well when someone calls her son a "freak".
• Big Eater: She often eats chips and other unhealthy snacks often and in rather large amounts.
• Catchphrase: "I'm takin' a nap."

• Comfort Food: She enjoys eating bread and crackers.
  Fred: Mom, you said you were gonna quit.
• Embarrassing Old Photo: In "Fred Brings Cherie to School".
• Fiery Redhead: In the show, she
• Financial Abuse: She often steals money from her son's room.
• Golddigger: Reads a book called "How to Marry a Rich Guy" and it seems she always goes after men with money.
• Invisible Parents: In the YouTube videos she's only heard through Lucas's deep voice.
• Hard-Drinking Party Girl: She drinks heavily at all the parties.

• Hypocritical Heartwarming: In "Ultra Momma" Fred and Hilda are being filmed for a "Nanny 911" style reality show. Hilda spends the entire episode abusing Fred in various ways, but when the nanny yells at Fred and pinches his ear Hilda beats the crap out of her.

• Messy Hair: In the movies and Nickelodeon show, her hair so big and curly it seems she never touched a hairbrush in a long time.
• The Mistress: "Fred 2" very subtly hints she had relations with Kevin's dad.

• Only in It for the Money
  Fred: My mom will do anything for money, trust me she's told me some pretty weird things.
  • And also:
  Fred's Mom: Fred, you better not take your clothes off in front of that camera unless someone pays you!
• Parental Incest: It was sometimes hinted at in the web series that she was sexually abusive towards Fred.
• Parental Neglect: Has been known to leave Fred home alone for days at a time.
  • She even left Fred home alone on Thanksgiving.
• Perpetual Poverty: According to Fred in the first movie, she makes $375 dollars a year yet is able to support her and her son.

• Single Mom Stripper: Works as a prostitute.

• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: "Nobody lays their hands on my son but me!"
• Sleepyhead: She takes naps and sleeps quite a bit.
• Verbal Tic: "You're a good boy."

Judy Munsley

The girl next door whom Fred has a crush on. Played by Pixie Lott in the movie, Lucas Cruikshank on youtube, Loraine Newman in "It's Fred" and Jennifer Veal in "Fred is Back"

• Even Evil Has Standards: Judy thinks Kevin setting Fred up on a fake date with her was going too far.
• Future Loser: As an adult she ends up becoming a stripper and living with Fred. She also can't get over Kevin, which causes her to start crying at random.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Judy will often shout "Oh my gosh Fred!"
• Girl Posse: Has one in the movie and in "It's Fred".
• Girliness Upgrade: Was originally said to be a tomboy.

• Lady Drunk: Grows up to be one.
• Mood-Swinger: In the first movie Fred throws up on Judy at her party and she tells him to leave, but then she runs after him seconds later.
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: In the first movie, Pixie Lott's character Judy is explicitly stated to be Southern. However, you wouldn't know it since Pixie speaks (and sings) with her natural British accent throughout the whole film.
  • I'm fairly sure that Fred was the one who claimed that Judy was Southern, and... well, we know how Fred is. Fairly sure it was completely deliberate.
• Pet the Dog: The end of the first movie Fred's wacky scheme for instant popularity doesn't work, but Judy turns up at his house to sing with him. Maybe

• Put on a Bus: The Nick franchise stopped using the character when they could no longer use Pixie Lott in the role, rather than just replacing her like they did Bertha. We never get a full explanation as to where she's gone though, just that she broke up with Fred.
• Spooky Séance: Holds one in an attempt to communicate with her dead grandmother.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Holly in "Fred: the Show".
• Took a Level in Kindness: In the the first film at least. On the online series, she was rather rude and hated Fred. In the first film however, she actually seems to care for him and even seems to like him. She did seem concern for him when he ended up embarrassing himself at her party and actually tried to stop Kevin from teasing him.

Kevin Libo/Dawg

Fred's bully. Played by Jake Weary (Lucas Cruikshank in the youtube videos)

• Adaptational Attractiveness: Originally Kevin was mentioned as being overweight and sweaty. In the adaptations he's played by Jake Weary.
• An Arm and a Leg: In the animated series Kevin gets limbs torn off as a result of Fred's actions twice.
• The Chew Toy: He suffers all kinds of misfortune.
• Big Brother Instinct: Despite being horrible to Fred, Kevin seems to care about his little sister Talia. In the climax of the second movie, his main concern is saving his sister from supposed vampires, which he accomplishes by “stabbing” vampire Fred with a wooden stake.
• The Bully: He torments Fred to no end, even when it would make no sense to. He enjoys it too.

• Butt-Monkey: He suffers many injuries.

• Casanova Wannabe: Although he has dated Judy, he's not the ladies man he wishes he was.
  Kevin: Four girls signed [my cast] already.
  Fred: Why did they all use the same pen?
  Kevin: Cause girls like the color red!
• Demonic Possession: In "Fred Goes to a Funeral" Kevin gets possessed by the spirit of Judy's grandma.
• Even the Guys Want Him: A running joke in "Fred: the Show" was his bully henchman talking about "Kevin's beautiful eyes."

• Embarrassing Old Photo: The photos of him and Fred playing together as toddlers.
• Jerkass: His main characterization is to be as mean as possible to Fred. The first movie showcases his cruelty as he goes out of his way to follow and harass Fred even when Kevin’s arm is broken.
• Love Potion: In the TV show one causes him to briefly fall in love with Fred.
• Shaped Like Itself: Kevin doesn't like toothpaste that tastes like toothpaste.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Fred, he is his nemesis.
• Villainous Breakdown: Kevin at the end of the third film after Fred and his camp's song turns out to be surprisingly good and his plan B fails completely. When Fred actually wins, Kevin loses it.
  • Also has one in the first movie when Judy shows up at Fred's door.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He has an extreme fear of thunder.

Bertha

Fred's only friend. Played by Jennette McCurdy in the first movie, Daniella Monet in the sequels and TV show, and Lucas Cruikshank on youtube.

• Adaptational Heroism: She is Fred's neighbor and only friend in the movies and TV show.
• Ascended Extra: Prior to the movies and TV show, she never had much of a big role at all.
• Brainy Brunette: She's a way more reasonable character and has brown hair.

• Girlish Pigtails: She wears her hair in pigtails often.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the movies and TV show, she can be rude but loves Fred as a friend.
• Kids Are Cruel: In the YouTube series, she hated Fred and tormented him. Averted in the movies and TV show.
• Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game: Ads for "Fred: the Show" put Bertha as a main character, but she's absent from most episodes.
• Luke Nounverber: In one episode of the show her name is seen written as Bertha Friendofred
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Masculine girl to Fred's feminine boy.
• Only Sane Man: She's one of the more reasonable characters who bothers to sympathize with Fred.
• Perky Goth: She is happy and has a gothic flair.
• Pig Latin: Bertha has her own version where you add 'ong' to the end of each consonant. e.g. wongimongpong=wimp.

• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She is very girly in fashion and style but loves boy-ish and rough activites.

Claudio Gregory

A psychopath who once kidnapped Fred, and later rented a room in their house from Fred's mom, played by Lucas Cruikshank.

• '20s Bob Haircut: He sports a girly black bob haircut.
• Back for the Finale In the final installment of the New Fred series and the end of the Fred series in general Claudio returns revealing he was the original owner of Fred's Youtube channel and he makes peace with Fred.
• Babysitter from Hell: In "Fred is Left Alone With Claudio".

• Creepy Crossdresser: He has a black bob haircut and besides being cruel and rude, is rather uncomfortable to look at.
• Creepy Monotone: He always talks in a creepy continuos monotone voice which is uncomfortable to listen to.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Lucas stopped making videos with Claudio because he was scaring kids.
• The Kindnapper: "I'm going to take care of you from now on."
• Parental Substitute: Believes he is one to Fred.
• Psychopathic Manchild: He is kindergarten-level in mentality and sense of humor and tries to be a "good" to adults.

• Sissy Villain: He looks feminine for a guy but is an obsessive kidnapper and torments Fred to no end.
• Stepford Smiler: He continuously smiles at Fred's mom, and does so to hide his bullying of Fred.

• The Cameo: Briefly on Fred's website in "Fred 2".
• Would Hurt a Child: He has no trouble bullying Fred, who was 6 years old in the YouTube series.

Fred's Dad

Fred has never met his dad. Originally he was said to be in prison, in the movie it's hinted his dad may be Danny Janetti, the man who used to live at Judy's house.

• Blatant Lies: Fred's mom used to tell Fred he was a rock star before revealing the truth.

• Noodle Incident: What it was he did to end up on death row.
• Prison: He is in prison.
• Disappeared Dad: Fred's dad lives in the State Pen.

Fred's Imaginary Dad

Played by John Cena, only shows up in the movies.

• Action Dad: In the dream sequence in the first movie, he has a humvee and goes to save Judy from kidnappers.
• Department of Redundancy Department: In the first movie.
  John Cena: It's Judy. She's been kidnapped, by kidnappers.
• Imaginary Friend: He is merely a figment of Fred's imagination and behaves like his conscience.
• Jock Dad, Nerd Son: He is played by John Cena, an already muscular man, and Fred is the skinny school freak.
• Large Ham: Duh.
• Serious Business: He is determined to help Fred make it his mission to make his life as good as possible.