Game Grumps is full of many memorable characters. Mostly the ones they just made up, though.
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Arin Hanson (Egoraptor)
HEY I'M GRUMP
"One slice of chiz pizza please."
Arin "Grump" Hanson, also known by his internet alias, Egoraptor is the co-star of Game Grumps, alongside Jon Jafari. He is an accomplished and popular web animator, best known for the Awesome Series.
This shows up in Sonic '06 part 85; as soon as they learn how to fight Sonic the same way Silver fought Sonic. Jon is scared by this.
Arin: THROWING YOUR BITCH ASS! AH, IT'S NO USE! IT'S NO FUCKING USE! {laughs maniacally) IT'S NO USE! ARGH! YOU'RE DEAD, SON! YOUR MOTHERFUCKIN' DEAD, SONIC! I WIN! MY WIN! ARIN WINS, SILVER WINS, SONIC WINS!
Book Dumb: He can be very smart in fields he knows about, but being a high school dropout has put holes in what is generally considered common knowledge. However, he does have a GEDnote Good Enough Diploma to compensate.
He also compensates heavily with practical knowledge.
Commander Contrarian: In the context of the Ego/Jon relationship. Make a drinking game for how many times Arin entirely shoots Jon down when the latter talks about a game he thought was good and you're bound to need multiple kidney transplants.
Killed Off for Real: According to his panel at Shadocon, Egoraptor's suicide (at the end of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie) is canon in the Game Grumps continuity, and he's now a ghost.
Back from the Dead: He seems to be alive now, considering he's displayed a desire to kill himself again as a result of Mega Man X 7.
Never My Fault: When the Grumps make critical misunderstandings of how a game is played (Milky Way Wishes, Naughty Bear, Wario World), Arin typically blames the game for his mistakes. Contrast Jon, who typically mocks himself for such a mistake. This stems from their differences in game design theory; while Jon is more willing to be lax with how a game directs a player, Arin believes that games should be intuitively designed. However this means that anything so much as a tutorial screen can be enough to draw his ire.
Subverted occasionally, such as in Star Fox 64 where he occasionally admits that he's terrible at the game.
Nightmare Fetishist: Possibly? He finds the demonic eyeless corpse bride from Run Saber fairly attractive despite her face, even though he declared Rouge the Bat and Elise to be unattractive solely because of their faces.
One of Us: Ego, already a noted troper, mentioned reading some of Game Grumps quotes written down in text and his opinion of Metroid: Other M being quite unpopular.
He definitely reads it. He mentioned on Episode 8 of Donkey Kong Country how, according to this page, he is not 'Book Smart'.
Our Ghosts Are Different: Ghost!Arin is still able to hold a controller and play games after his suicide in the Rugrats episode.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Literally. In their promo video for their DENOUTTADEN shirt, Arin wears a trucker hat with the words "CHRISTMAS HAT" written on it in paper.
Third-Person Seductress: Favors playing as girls when games give him the option, and flat-out said in the first Resident Evil video that he picked Jill over Chris because of her butt.
Jonathan "Jon" Jafari (Jon Tron)
I'M NOT SO GRUMP
"BUMP BUTTS WITH HIM! BUMP BUTTS WITH HIM!!"
Jon "Not-So-Grump" Jafari, also known by his internet alias Jon Tron, is the co-star of Game Grumps, alongside Arin Hanson. He is known for his show.
Animal Motif: With birds. Calls himself a "bird fanatic" and a "bird whisperer". He also seems drawn to cute bird characters, like in the movie Rio. Then there's Jacques.
Axe Crazy: Less so than Arin, but it's definitely there.
Commander Contrarian: Not as big of an example as Arin since he's usually agreeable. However, he is prone to this occasionally, especially in certain Game Grumps Vs. episodes where he repeatedly claims to hate the game within the first five minutes without bothering to give it a chance. Case in Point: Ultimate Muscle on the Gamecube along with a few others.
Determinator: Refuses to ragequit Sonic 06, despite Arin's multiple objections.
Ditzy Genius: While he's pretty knowledgeable about a wide variety of topics, he gets bogged down in misconceptions and Malaproper a lot.
He gives a scientifically accurate description of earthquake waves during their Donkey Kong Country 2 playthrough. Justified, since he's from California.
Fat and Skinny: The fat to Ego's skinny. Although the roles have actually reversed during the time they've spent together.
The Gadfly: Has admitted when he demands to be handed the controller after Arin dies in a game just to get him worked up.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: John has taken to invoking some Jerkass tendencies on the show, but most of the time it's readily apparent that he means well and is generally a really nice and sensitive person.
Large Ham: It's extremely rare that an episode goes by without Jon screaming something.
Red Oni: Jon is much more prone to shout and yell on the show than Arin is.
Self-Deprecation: Prone to spoofing his own habits and mocking himself in general.
When the Grumps make critical misunderstandings of how a game is played (Milky Way Wishes, Naughty Bear, Wario World), Jon will openly insult himself, usually with a joke. Contrast Arin, who typically blames the game's conveyance instead.
Sharp Dressed Man: The handul of non-game footage Game Grumps typically sports him wearing a nice black button shirt and compared to Arin's laid back and comfy pajama pants that's plenty sharp.
Singing Voice Dissonance: You would have no idea that someone with his speaking voice would have such an impressive singing voice.
Caption Humor: Sometimes speaks by including yellow captions in the videos.
Censorship Bureau: Is this for the Grumps, although he pretty much only deletes the N-word, or anything else they ask to be removed.
Everything's Better with Penguins: Apperently has a penguin calender, where he himself places a speech bubble reading "SQUARK!" on every one.
George Jetson Job Security: Jon fires Barry or threatens to fire him pretty often, usually without any reason whatsoever. Apperently, Jon's first response to Barry sleeping with his girlfriend would be "you're fired."
Hypercompetent Sidekick: For the videos, he handles the editing, uploading, naming, scheduling... in his own words, he does literally everything except the actual grumping about.
Jewish and Nerdy: According to Jon and Arin in the Nickelodeon Guts episode.
Messianic Archetype: Joked by the fans calling him a God. A few animations portray him as a cosmic being.
Name's the Same: When playing Resident Evil, the Grumps Lampshade how talking about Barry Burton (a Resident Evil character) could get confusing because of Barry the editor. Ironically it never comes up after the mention because the series stopped quickly.
Stylistic Suck: His Game Grep animated, done on April Fools.
The Voiceless: Enforced by Arin, who wants him to remain voiceless even when Jon wanted to put the footage of him performing Karaoke, so instead his singing voice is Cats meowing.
Averted, ultimately. His voice can be heard during the Game Grumps Magfest panel when a fan asked to ask him a question, and Jon put Barry on speakerphone, to uproaringapplause. His voice can also be heard in several videos on PBG's channel and Jon's alternate channel. Within the actual Game Grumps show his voice is heard during a Sonic 06 episode when a clip featuring Jon doing something embarassing is shown.
You Know I'm Jewish, right?: Jon and Arin laugh realizing the irony of asking him to edit replacing "Down's Syndrome" with "Jew", because he's the only Jewish member amoung them. He does it anyway.
Arin's fiancé and the star of two Youtube channels, Meeperfish (an animation channel) and Mortem3r (a channel giving advice on outfits, makeup and unboxing lootbags), and has also claimed to be the Game Grumps secretary. She is also a fashion model. Her voice has been heard on the show in only one episode (Chulip part 4), although Arin has teased that they may have her on the show to beat The Lion King Sega Genesis game. Has also made a Game Grumps Animated on her Youtube channel.
Crossover: With Game Grumps, in a sense. Her voice was briefly heard in one of their videos, just as their voice was heard in the background of a Mortem3r video. It makes sense, since they live and shoot their videos in the same house.
Girly Girl: Her channel is about make-up and fashion, which should tell you enough.
Over Shadowed By Awesome: She has two Youtube channels of her own with completely unique content, but rarely are the comments anything other than "She's Egoraptor's fiancée?"
Arin and Suzy's two pet cats. They have appeared in a number of different live action Grump moments, most notably in a Kitty Cat Dance Party at the end of Joe and Mac.
That Poor Cat: The loud screeching of Mimi was apparently causing the Grumps annoyance when they were meeting with their investment banker.
Ms. "Mom Tron" Jafari
"Crazy man gonna give me a heart attack."
Jon's mother, who has called twice during their Sonic 06 playthrough. Notable for being one of two people to speak on Game Grumps apart from Jon and Arin.
Berserk Button: According to Jon, the word "pussy" sets her off.
Shrinking Violet: She seems really shy to speak on the show, and hangs up immediately after Arin and Jon spell it out that she is actually on the show. Justified in that she probably just didn't want to interrupt Jon.
Cloud Cuckoolander: Demonstrates his weirdness by sending the Grumps some fanmail he himself received and asking them to return it, much to their confusion.
Mean Brit: He busts the Grump’s chops when they aren’t playing the game right, but it’s all in good fun.
Motor Mouth: Talks really fast when he's excited, combined with his accent he is sometimes The Unintelligible to the Grumps, causing them to miss what he's saying and get him angrier.
Reluctant Fanservice Grump: Is only naked on the couch because apparently the Grumps are, but expresses he’s uncomfortable.
Appearing in their Jeopardy series, Fuckin' Larry proved to be a worthy foe for the Grumps, showing them up multiple times. Unfortunately, his difficulty in spelling 'South America' almost led to his downfall.
Ditzy Genius: He knows a lot of trivia and can remember it near-instantly, but if he doesn't know the answer he will still buzz in anyway and just spout gibberish.
Apparently he does know the answer (note how the gibberish in the quote has letters from South America,) but since he apparently wasn't programmed to give actual wrong answers, most of the letters are just replaced with random characters.
Odd Name Out: The players in Jeopardy are Nixon, Dixon, and... Larry.
"I dunno, I feel like they're just using me for my farts..."
Gloop the Fish, appearing in Banjo-Kazooie, is a depressed teenager whose farts can get you high. His friends exploit this, and are only his friends because of this, always trying to get him to come to parties just so he can fart for them. His cousin is Beesenbatz.
Inherently Funny Words: The Grumps lampshade the fact that the main reason the Gloop jokes are funny is because Gloop is such a funny name.
Moundo
"At least I'm not Pangea...."
Moundo, a mini boss in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, is not a rock. He is a grouchy mound who can't deny that he has a weight problem yet can't work out... since he's not human. If he were to be chiseled, it would hurt. The other rocks make fun of him because his mother was bad at naming.
Expy: His personality was based off of Biggoldick, a character Arin made up at some point.
Sweet Tooth: Apparently likes a kind of rock-filled ice cream (called Rocky Road, of course). He justifies it by claiming to have 'reverse diabetes' (or 'Rockabites').
"I'm still fucking pissed with other Bill, he's wearing my outfit!"
The main protagonists in the Grump's playthrough of Drakken. Brian-Frank-Steve-Willard-Johnathan-Mike The IV-Mike The III-Michael Jordan-Scott, Bill, Langley, and Big Bill (Bigger Bill) are on a journey to find a 7-11 and beat up random monsters.
Hyper Competent Side Kick: If neither Grumps read the instructions and are not paired with DK/Birdo.
Nice Guy: Of the frustrating sort according to Jon and Arin.
Death
"Just a heads up, the coffee's poisooooned!"
A recurring boss through the Grumps' playthroughs of Castlevania games, Death is a businessman with a windy cape even though he's inside a castle. He likes to keep skeletons on his boss arena to show off his work.
Accidental Pervert: He gets confused to a pervert because he creeps into people's houses and kills them.
