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The Heroes

Johnny Thunder

• Adventurer Archaeologist
• Awesome Aussie: From Brisbane.
• Badass Mustache
• Badbutt
• Dub Name Change: Known as Sam Grant in European countries.
  • Though some promo-material in Hungary gave his name as Villám Tamás (Thomas Lightning).
• Expy: of Indiana Jones
• Nice Hat: Indiana Jones-style.
• Revolvers Are Just Better: He always has one on him.
• X Meets Y: Indiana Jones meets the Crocodile Hunter.

Pippin Reed (formerly Gail Storm)

• Cryptic Background Reference: Pippin Reed has tangled with Alexia Sinister in the past, and that's all we know about it.
• Hot Scoop: As far as we can tell by LEGO standards.
• Intrepid Reporter
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: Suddenly can pilot planes after Harry Cane got Brother Chucked.
• Smurfette Principle: Occasionally subverted by the appearance of minor females.
• Technical Pacifist: Doesn't use a gun, but can throw a punch pretty well.

Dr. Charles Kilroy (formerly Dr. Charles Lightning)

• Absent-Minded Professor
• Bowties Are Cool: Never seen without one.
• Expy: The Henry Jones Snr to Johnny's Indy.
• The Mentor: To his nephew, Johnny.
• Nerd Glasses
• Nice Hat: Is never without his pith helmet.

Harry Cane

• Ace Pilot
• Badass Moustache
• Brother Chuck: Disappeared after the first theme.
• Punny Name: His name is a play on 'hurricane'.

Mike

Babloo

• Speaks Fluent Animal

Sherpa Sangye Dorje

Jing Lee

• All Chinese People Know Kung-Fu
• Anime Chinese Girl
• It's Personal: Jing Lee especially wants to see Emperor Chang Wu overthrown after her father was shot for opposing his rule.
• La Résistance
• Street Urchin: Johnny Thunder and his friends met Jing Lee as she was begging for food in the streets of Xi'an.
• Waif-Fu

The Villains

Lord Sam Sinister (formerly Mr. Hates, Baron von Barron)

• Aristocrats Are Evil: Lord Sinister and Baron von Barron, anyone?
• Arch-Nemesis: Has only failed to appear to oppose the Adventurers once.
• Beard of Evil
• Continuity Snarl: His name, his appearance, his title, such little backstory as he has...
• Dastardly Whiplash: Does actually look a little like Dick Dastardly...sometimes.
• Dub Name Change: Prior to the Dino Island line, he was known as Baron von Barron in America and Mr. Hates in Europe.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar down the side of his cheek.
• High-Class Glass
• Hook Hand
• Man of Wealth and Taste
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Two out of three of his canonical names.
• Nice Hat: Either a pith helmet or a top hat.
• Siblings in Crime: With Alexia.
• Spell My Name with an S: His surname was sometimes spelled "Sanister" in the Dino Island line.
• The Von Trope Family

Slyboots (formerly Sam Sinister)

• Beard of Evil: A goatee, no less.
• Dastardly Whiplash
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul
• Nice Hat: A top hat.

Señor Palomar

• Beard of Evil: A goatee, no less...see a trend?
• Dub Name Change: Known as Señor Gomez in European countries.

Rudo Villano

• Dub Name Change: Known as Max Villano in European countries.

Alexia Sinister

• Cryptic Background Reference: Pippin Reed has tangled with Alexia Sinister in the past, and that's all we know about it.
• Dark Chick
• Distaff Counterpart: Of Sam Sinister.
• The Man Behind the Man: Or rather, the Woman Behind the Man. She's the one who masterminded Sam Sinister's plots on Dino Island, after all.
• Siblings in Crime: With Sam.
• Spell My Name with an S: Her surname was sometimes spelled "Sanister" in the Dino Island line. The book Standing Small also identifies her as "Alexis".
• The Vamp: Alexia keeps trying to seduce Johnny Thunder to the villains' side.

Mr. Cunningham

• The Brute: He's so tough, he wants to wrestle a Tyrannosaurus rex!
• Evil Poacher
• Master of Disguise: According to his LEGO Mania biography, anyway.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: We are told that he is a Master of Disguise, but he never is seen wearing any disguises.

Maharajah Lallu

• Beard of Evil

Ngan Pa

• Egomaniac Hunter: He hunts yetis of all things.
• Evil Poacher

Emperor Chang Wu

• Bald of Evil: But with a ponytail.
• Good Hair, Evil Hair: Wears a Fu Manchu-style mustache.
• Yellow Peril: And not just because he's a LEGO figure.

Others

Pharaoh Hotep III

• Hurricane of Puns: If you dare to rob his tomb, you must face the curse... of forever being trapped in a room with him while he tells endless jokes revolving around use of the word "mummy".
• Mummy
• The Undead

Achu

• Magical Native American: Well, he is native to South America, so it counts.
• Noble Savage

Gabarros

• Spell My Name with an S: A literal case; his name is alternatively written as either Gabarro or Gabarros, with the latter spelling notably being used in Standing Small.