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One-Shot Characters (in order of appearance)

Season 1

    Terrell Jenkins 

Terrell Jenkins

Played By: Malcolm Barrett

Episode: "The Gang Gets Racist"

A bar promoter and friend of Dee's from acting class.


  • All Gays Love Theater: Terrell points out Dee should have known that he, a theatre director in Philly, was gay.
  • Camp Gay: He SEES himself as this, but see Straight Gay below.
  • Incompatible Orientation: Dee has a crush on him, even though he's gay. Terrell in turn has a crush on Dennis, who's straight.
  • Nice Guy: Has the patience of a saint with the Gang’s racist remarks, and while he’s not into Dee, he is far kinder to her than a lot of her hook-ups.
  • N-Word Privileges: When talking about the last place he promoted, he says "we got niggas hanging from the rafters [because there is no more room on the floor]!" Unfortunately, Charlie repeats him and it comes across as a reference to lynching.
  • Only Sane Employee: When he was briefly employed as Paddys's promoter.
  • Straight Gay: Part of why Dee thought he was into her, and not her brother; he's pretty masculine and talks like a bro while shooting the shit.

    Janell Jenkins 

Janell Jenkins

Played By: Telisha Shaw

Episode: "The Gang Gets Racist"

A University student who briefly dates Charlie, and Terrell's sister.


  • Beware the Nice Ones: Punches Charlie in the face when he finds out he was just using her to prove to the Waitress that he's not racist.
  • Nice Girl: A proto-Ruby Taft in a way, as a nice girl genuinely interested in Charlie, who he's just using to get to the Waitress.

Season 7

    Roxy 

Roxy

Played By: Alanna Ubach

Episode: "Frank's Pretty Woman"

A prostitute Frank wants to marry.


Season 8

    Ruby Taft 

Ruby Taft

Played By: Alexandra Daddario

Episode: "Charlie and Dee Find Love"

The daughter of Howard Taft, of the extremely wealthy Old Money Taft family, who falls in love with Charlie.


  • Nice Girl: Genuinely interested in Charlie and sweet to him.
  • Spoiled Sweet: Unlike her brother. She's one of the richest people in Philly, but is a total sweetheart.
  • Romantic False Lead: For a single episode, it seemed like Charlie would move on from the Waitress and enter a long-term relationship with Ruby. Unfortunately, he was cruelly using her to make the Waitress jealous.

    Trevor Taft 

Trevor Taft

Played By: Josh Casaubon

Episode: "Charlie and Dee Find Love"

Ruby's brother who is or pretends to be interested in Dee as a date and Mac as a buddy.


  • Ambiguously Gay: Him "wrestling" with Mac is a lot further than most people would go just to humor a "Dinner for Shmucks" guest...
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretends to be a chill, friendly, down-to-earth guy; but he's really a spoiled asshole frat bro who likes to make fun of lower-class people.
  • Did They or Didn't They?: He and Mac claim they were just wrestling, but...
  • Laser-Guided Karma: He participates in a "Cruel Intentions" style game where he and his friends invite guests they see as beneath them to a party to make fun of them. Unlucky for him, he ends up choosing the Gang, which spirals into getting his dad's new business venture in trouble and him being blamed for it.
  • Rich Bitch: He's not openly mean, but rather smug and manipulative.
  • Smug Snake: Thinks he's leagues above the Gang, to the point of seeing them more as entertaining goofy pets than actual people. While he's not wrong about the Gang's idiocy and comedic failure to fit into society, he's not near as crafty as somebody like the Lawyer, and ends up being outsmarted by Dennis.
  • Upper-Class Twit: Reveals insider-trading secrets to a guy he doesn't even respect, just to brag. His father rightfully calls him an imbecile.

Season 12

     Dottie 

Played By:Jozella Reid

Episode: The Gang Tends Bar

A new regular, who Dennis would like to keep around.


  • Morality Chain: Having a level-headed regular for the first time in a while drives Dennis to actually want to make her experience at the bar a good one.
  • Sassy Black Woman: Her quips are delivered this way.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She was pretty patient with the Gangs' antics, and sympathetic to them wanting her as a regular; but there's only so much a sane woman can take.

     Brian Jr. 

Dennis's son, born in North Dakota.


Season 13

    Cindy 

Cindy

Played By: Mindy Kaling

Episode: "The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again"

The newest member of the Gang, introduced in the Season 13 premiere as a replacement for Dennis.


  • Distaff Counterpart: To Schmitty. She's accepted into the Gang as a replacement for one of their departed members but is A Lighter Shade of Black who is ultimately put off by their idiotic behavior and toxic herd mentality.
  • Foil: For Dennis. Unlike him she's a genuinely good and smart leader, who is supportive and encouraging to the other members of the Gang.
  • Good Counterpart: Basically Dennis if he wasn't an abusive, narcissistic bully. Subverted in that she's not necessarily "good", but more pragmatic and averse to needless cruelty.
  • The Leader: She quickly assumes this position within the group.
  • Lesser of Two Evils: She's a terrible person, but a fair leader who is incredibly supportive to the other members of the Gang. Not that it matters to them in the end.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Pretends to have genuine political convictions; but is really just playing the two sides against each other for her and her friends' gain.
  • Pet the Dog: Tells Dee she's perfect to be a Honey Trap because she's a beautiful woman, like it's a no-brainer.
  • Playing Both Sides: Her main scheme is based around milking the growing political divide by pandering to both pretentious liberals and MAGA conservatives. In reality, she doesn't seem to hold any real conviction and mocks those who do behind their backs.
  • Positive Friend Influence: With her encouragement, Mac gets into the best shape of his life, Dee has her looks complimented by the Gang, Charlie is able to maintain a relationship with the Waitress, and Frank doesn't spiral into quite as many self-destructive behaviors.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: She's a self-involved schemer like the rest of the Gang, but she doesn't devolve to their bickering and belittling because an environment of support makes their schemes more efficient.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She departs the Gang after realizing they're a lost cause and unwilling to let go of their toxic attachment to Dennis.
  • Token Minority: The only non-white member of the Gang.

Season 16

    Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul 

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul

Played By: Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul

Episode: "Celebrity Booze: The Ultimate Cash Grab"

The star of Malcolm in the Middle and his ill-tempered handler, respectively. (No mention is made of Breaking Bad).


  • Adam Westing: Cranston plays himself as a doddering "old boob" and gambling addict who constantly rants about his history in acting; while Paul plays himself as a domineering, easily-annoyed jackass.
  • Control Freak: Aaron Paul micromanages everything Bryan Cranston does on their tour, including not allowing him to shake hands.
  • The Gambling Addict: They slapped their face on branded liquor and go on tour promoting it because Bryan Cranston lost all his money gambling.
  • Greed: According to Bryan's speech, Aaron is never satisfied with what he has and always seeks more.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Bryan tears into Aaron for his domineering and greedy attitude but he's just acting.
  • Slumming It: Bryan expresses interest in Philly for this reason; it reminds him of starting out without much money and paying his dues. Aaron doesn't share his nostalgia.
  • This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: How Bryan ends his rant against Aaron.

Non-Human Characters

    Special Agent Jack Bauer 

Special Agent Jack Bauer

Debut: "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City"

A cat who was briefly Paddys' guard-cat.


  • Made of Iron: Jumps out of an exploded police car unscathed.
  • Morality Pet: One of the very, very few living things Dennis consistently treats with kindness and affection.
  • Nigh-Invulnerable: The guy at the junkyard who sells the cat to Dennis claims he's indestructible. As the end of the episode shows, he was not lying.
  • Shout-Out: Named for the protagonist of 24.

    Poppins 

Poppins the Dog

Debut: "Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down"

Mac's childhood dog, a semi-feral mongrel who's somehow still alive.


  • Extreme Omnivore: He'll eat anything, including cigarette butts.
  • Improbable Age: He was Mac's childhood dog. As of "A Woman's Right to Chop", he's still alive, and in that episode Mac is 40.
  • Made of Iron: Survives things no real dog could.
  • Morality Pet: For Mac, who acts like a happy little boy when Poppins is around. True, Mac is too stupid to actually care for his dog properly; but his intentions are purer with Poppins than with anyone else.
  • Not Quite Dead: Dennis and Frank think they've killed Poppins after the dog gets into the drugged juice they gave to Dee and attempt to hide the body from Mac by throwing it in the trash. It turns out to be a false alarm, however, as Mac discovers Poppins alive and well, chewing on a diaper at the bottom of the trash can.
  • Your Tomcat Is Pregnant: In "A Woman's Right to Chop". Except he's not; he just impregnated a female dog who looks just like him.

    Rum Ham 

Rum Ham

Debut: "The Gang Goes To The Jersey Shore"

A favorite dish of the Gang, invented by Frank; ham that's been soaked in rum. Included under "characters" because it is treated as something of a living thing by Frank.


  • Bizarre Taste in Food: The ultimate combination of Frank's strange eating habits and the whole Gang's alcoholism. Mac and Frank still eat it after it's bee in the open sea for hours.
  • The Bus Came Back: Makes its triumphant return at the end of "The Gang Misses the Boat".
  • Companion Cube: To Frank; he even laments that it was Rum Ham lost at sea and not Mac.
  • Disney Death: Is seemingly lost at sea, but later fished out by the Guidos.
  • Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Ham soaked in rum.
  • Expy: Of Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away; an inanimate object with a vaguely human face that the protagonist anthropomorphizes while stranded in the ocean. Frank even calls out, "I'm sorry, Rum Ham!"
  • Legacy Character: The slabs of ham in "The Gang Misses the Boat" and "Frank Falls Out the Window" are obviously not the same as the one in "Jersey Shore", but in the former the Gang greets its arrival with an enthusiastic "Rum Ham!" like they're seeing an old friend.

    Dennis Sex Doll 

The Dennis Sex Doll

Episode: "The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again"

A sex doll Mac ordered, designed to look like Dennis.


  • Cargo Ship: The Gang accuses Mac of "pumping his loads" into it, which he eventually admits to. Toward the end of the episode, Cindy correctly deduces that they all ended up having an orgy with it.
  • Incest Subtext: Frank, Dennis's adoptive father, participates in an orgy with a sex doll that looks like him; and Dee, his twin sister, watches.
  • Love Dodecahedron: Hilariously ends up in the center of one. Mac "pumps his loads" into it, the Waitress (because of her crush on Dennis) cheats on Charlie with it which leads to their breakup, then Mac, Charle, and Frank have a strange orgy with it while Dee watches.
  • Really Gets Around: Par of the course for a sex doll; Mac "pumps his loads" into it, the Waitress fucks it, and eventually the whole Gang have an orgy with it.
  • Replacement Goldfish: Mac got him to "fill the hole" left bt Dennis. Later Charlie, annoyed at the Waitress's "neediness", leaves it with her while he's at work. She ends up fucking it.
  • Toxic Friend Influence: Just looking at him and imagining what the real Dennis would say drags the Gang back down to dysfunction.
  • Two-Timing with the Bestie: Kind of; he's filling in for Dennis, and the Waitress "cheats" on Charlie with him.

    The Monkey 

The Monkey

Episode: "The Gang Replaces Dee with a Monkey"

A monkey Frank hires to replace Dee.


  • Amplified Animal Aptitude: In real life, a monkey could theoretically be trained to pour and deliver a beer. But this one does so on a consistent basis, along with being able to mix drinks (albeit in a basic form). All part of a plan to rob the bar.
  • Black Comedy Rape: The Monkey is implied to have sexually assaulted the Gang in their sleep. Charlie and Dennis are repulsed, but Mac seems to take it rather in stride.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: "The Gang Gets Cursed" reveals that he got stuck under the kegs and died after robbing the Gang.
  • Karma Houdini: Gets away with drugging, "mouth-raping", and stealing from the Gang...
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: ... Until it's revealed that he got stuck under some kegs and died.
  • Killed Offscreen: Mac finds his body a season later and keeps his paw as a good luck charm.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Robbing and sexually assaulting the Gang leads directly to his death.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Outsmarts the Gang by pretending to be a cute subservient pet and getting them blackout drunk; then robs them.
  • More Popular Replacement: In-Universe, the Gang discovers that the Monkey is better at serving drinks than Dee ever was.
  • Slipping a Mickey: The Monkey drugs the Gang's beers with whiskey in order to rob them while they're passed out.

    Risk E. Rat's Pizza and Amusement Center Mascots 

Risk E. Rat's Pizza and Amusement Center Mascots

Episode: "Risk E. Rat's Pizza and Amusement Center"

The main mascots for the Gang's favorite childhood arcade, Risk E. Rat, and his friends. They've changed a lot over the years, so a lot of tropes about them come from In-Universe media analysis.


  • Buxom Beauty Standard: Sneaking a peak at Justine the Teen Dream's boobs was; according to Mac, Charlie, and Dennis; an important moment in "becoming a man".
  • Character Catchphrase: Risk E's used to be, "That's what the bone's for!", but this was phased out.
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Several of the non-Risk E. mascots got the shaft, such as Justine the Teen Dream, Chef Greaseball Linguini, and Dr. Slice, for being offensive stereotypes or creepily sexualized.
  • The Dandy: Dapper Duck dresses... well, dapperly.
  • Expy: Of Chuck E. Cheese's mascots (animotronic and costumed) specifically; also more broadly to mascots of theme parks such as Disneyland.
  • Deliberate Values Dissonance: Their 50s and 80s personalities and characterization, that the Gang remembers so fondly, are actually reckless, ephebophilic, ableist, and racist.
  • Fearless Fool: Risk E. used to be one, engaging in risky behavior without any safety gear. Nowadays he at least wears a helmet.
  • Hidden Depths: The guy in the dog costume does a silly voice just like the other costume characters, but reveals he's a licensed child therapist when settling a dispute between a kid and Mac.
  • Kindhearted Simpleton: Dingbat/Dapper Duck; although Downplayed in current days.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Justine the Teen Dream in-universe.
  • Simpleton Voice: Even after changing his name to be more sensitive, Dapper Duck still has one.
  • Speech Impediment: Dingbat Duck spoke with a stutter in the past. This was phased out in the current day, as it was seen as offensive.
  • Took a Level in Kindness: Between Frank and his childrens' childhoods, Risk E. went from a mean authority figure who would slap and berate children, to an edgy rebel who entertained them and encouraged them to "do what [they] want".
  • Would Hurt a Child: Risk E. slapped and verbally abused Gino back in the day.

The Nightman Cometh Characters

    Little Boy/The Dayman 

Little Boy/The Dayman

Played By: Dennis Reynolds

Debut: "The Nightman Cometh"

A little boy held in servitude by a cruel troll, who must rise to become a man via The Power of Love.


  • And Show It to You: How he disposes of the Nightman, ripping the beast's heart out and showing it to him.
  • …And That Little Girl Was Me: The Dayman appears at the end of the show to reveal that the story was all about how he used to be the Little Boy and became the Dayman.
  • Bragging Theme Tune: "Dayman."
  • Coming of Age Story: The play chronicles his rise from a scared little boy to an all powerful hero.
  • The Dog Bites Back: He was forced into slavery by Antonio the Troll and later fights back, killing his master and later his abuser, the Nightman.
  • Good Counterpart: As the Dayman, to the Nightman.
  • Good Is Not Soft: He defeats both of his adversaries in incredibly brutal ways.
  • Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue": As the "Dayman" song reveals, he is essentially Charlie's Author Avatar.
  • The Hero: He saves the Coffee Shop Princess and slays the villains.
  • Incestuous Casting: In-Universe Siblings Dennis and Dee play the Little Boy and the Coffee Shop Princess, who are each other's romantic interests. Charlie attempted to stay away from this initially by casting Mac as the Little Boy, but Dennis' insistence in playing the part leads to some very awkward and unbelievable onscreen romance.
  • Informed Kindness: The Dayman is said to be a master of friendship in his Bragging Theme Tune, yet spends most of his screentime brutally murdering his two enemies while callously mocking them. Justified in that his character is written by Charlie, whose understanding of what it means to be a kind person is warped to say the least.
  • Kid Hero: Subverted. Despite his appearance, name, mannerisms and the way other characters refer to him, he is meant to be a young man. Charlie's complete inability to convey this and the heavy pedophilic undertones that stem from it as a result become a running gag.
  • Light Is Good: The Dayman is the "champion of the sun", and the ultimate hero of the play.
  • Manchild: Charlie describes him as "a young man with the spirit of a boy", his costume consists of blue footie pajamas and his room resembles a child's.
  • This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: When he kills the Troll.
    "You know what it is, bitch."
  • Took a Level in Badass: Goes from a defenseless little boy to the invincible Dayman by the end of the play.

    Coffee Shop Princess 

Coffee Shop Princess

Played By: Dee Reynolds

Debut: "The Nightman Cometh"

A princess in love with a little boy.


  • Incestuous Casting: In-Universe siblings Dennis and Dee play the Little Boy and the Coffee Shop Princess, who are each other's romantic interests. Charlie attempted to stay away from this initially by casting Mac as the Little Boy, but Dennis' insistence in playing the part leads to some very awkward and unbelievable onscreen romance.
  • Mistaken for Pedophile: She's deeply in love with the little boy, who is meant to be a young man but is only ever referred to in ways that make him sound like an extremely young child. Defied by Dee, who's worried about people perceiving her as a pedophile because of her character.
  • Pink Means Feminine/Princesses Prefer Pink: She wears a pink dress.
  • Write Who You Know: Invoked. Considering the Waitress works at a coffee shop, she's probably loosely based on her.

    The Nightman 

The Nightman

Played By: Mac

Debut: "The Nightman Cometh"

A grim reaper type figure who seeks the little boy's soul/hole.


  • Animal Eyes: Cat eyes, specifically.
  • Antagonist Title: Of The Nightman Cometh.
  • Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of the play.
  • Cats Are Mean: Mac wears cat eye contacts to make him appear both tougher and scarier. It ends up making him look even goofier than he already did.
  • Dark Is Evil: He dresses in all black and is named "Nightman".
  • Informed Ability: For the embodiment of all evil, it's Antonio who does all of the actual work. The extent of the Nightman's role is paying Antonio and (unsuccessfully) fighting the Dayman.
  • Large Ham: Mac plays him this way. It actually leads him to become an audience favorite, but not for the reasons Mac intended (he wanted to come off as a scary badass, not a goofy Large Ham).
  • Mistaken for Pedophile: He's supposed to be something of a grim reaper type figure after the Little Boy's soul, but Charlie's writing, Frank's continuous pronunciation of "soul" sounding like "hole" and Mac's attraction to Dennis all make him come off as a rapist.
  • Sssssnake Talk: He speaks with a lot of hisses.
  • Villain Song: "It's Nature, Shit Happens", which was unfortunately cut from the final version of the episode.
  • Write What You Know: In-universe. There's a strong possibility that the Nightman is based off of Charlie's Uncle Jack...

    Antonio the Troll 

Antonio the Troll

Played By: Frank Reynolds

Debut: "The Nightman Cometh"

A grotesque troll who keeps the little boy in servitude.


  • Fat Bastard: He's played by Frank Reynolds who is fairly overweight himself.
  • Greater-Scope Villain: Antonio is the one who the Nightman pays for the Boy's soul/hole, and keeps the Boy in servitude. The play makes it clear that he is a secondary party who doesn't work for the Nightman.
  • Greed: If you want to get into that Boy's soul/hole, there's a toll to pay. A toll enacted by a troll, a troll toll, if you will.
  • The Heavy: While the Nightman is the main antagonist, Antonio is the one who does all of the major villainy that we get to see.
  • Karmic Death: He's killed by his own slave.
  • Large Ham: Due to being played by Frank.
  • Villain Song: "Troll Toll."
  • Write What You Know: In-Universe, his role as someone who allows the Nightman to take the Little Boy's soul, and then his attempts to keep the Little Boy trapped and controlled, suggests he might be loosely based on Charlie's mom.

Lethal Weapon Characters

    Riggs 

Martin Riggs

Played By: Dennis Reynolds & Mac; Dee, Charlie, Pepper Jack (The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7)

Debut: "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"

A loose cannon cop with a come-and-go Australian accent.


    Murtaugh 

Roger Murtaugh

Played By: Dennis Reynolds & Mac; Pepper Jack, "Don Cheadle" (The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7)

Debut: "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"

An older cop who's sometimes black and sometimes isn't.


    Lazarus 

Chief Lazarus

Played By: Frank Reynolds

Debut: "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"

A corrupt Native American chief.


  • Actor Allusion: With his umbrella factory in LW6. It's easy to associate Danny DeVito with umbrellas.
  • Animal Motifs: Chief Lazarus is given an exaggerated shark motif. His office overlooks a massive aquarium holding his pet sharks and is seen messily eating a shark steak and using shark metaphors/analogies in his first scene. In Lethal Weapon 5, he is killed when Murtaugh throws a glass of water at him while he's against the transformer which electrocutes him to death.
  • Backup Twin: His new goon is the twin brother of his henchman from the previous movie.
  • Bad Boss: He uses his own goon as a human shield.
  • Back from the Dead: He is resurrected in Lethal Weapon 6 by a Native-American witch.
  • Big Bad: Of Lethal Weapon 5 and 6.
  • Brownface: Native American Chief Lazarus is played by caucasian Frank Reynolds.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: Of his casino. He also owns an umbrella factory, likely a planned safe haven for after his apocalyptic rain dance.
  • Jabba Table Manners: As seen when he meets with Riggs and Murtaugh for the first time.
  • Large Ham: Frank is really enjoying playing a villain. Lazarus shouts, snarls, froths and groans.
  • Meaningful Name: Chief Lazarus comes back from the dead.
  • Native American Casino: He's a Native American who owns a casino.
  • Really Gets Around: As one of the actor's stipulations, Chief Lazurus gets lots of ass.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After being brought back from the dead, he sets out on a mission of revenge and to do a rain dance that will drown the city.
    • Averted. Instead he transforms the witch into a young woman, and has sex with her.

    Police Chief 

Police Chief

Played By: Charlie Kelly

Debut: "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"

The police chief.


  • Bad "Bad Acting": Charlie's acting in Lethal Weapon 5 is so terrible that Dennis and Mac seriously consider cutting him out completely.
  • Da Chief: Of the Police Department.
  • Mr. Exposition: He tells the two detectives the basic plot of the movie.
    "Turns out another person just died from tainted tap water. Turns out someone taint—someone tapped the tainted water supply. (pointing at Murtaugh) The person who just died was your wife."

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