Characters / Mike Tyson Mysteries

The characters on Mike Tyson Mysteries include:

Main Characters

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson

Voiced by: Mike Tyson

A retired heavyweight boxer who solves mysteries.

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• Adam Westing: Mike Tyson voices an exaggerated parody of himself.
• Achievements in Ignorance: Sometimes he manages to resolve the episode's conflict by pure chance, sometimes not even being aware of the conflict to begin with. He also managed to kill God. With his braces. BY ACCIDENT.
• Badass Boast:
  • When he retired, he made a promise that only two things would ever make him raise his fists again: if he ever got access to a time machine, he'd go back in time and beat up Adolf Hitler, and if given the chance, he'd beat up the Grand Wizard of the KKK. Unfortunately, he beat up Casparov, the Grand MASTER of chess instead. Of course, he's beaten several other people as well, but not intentionally.
  • When he vows to help the Nicaragua Canal become greater than the Panama Canal, despite completely misunderstanding what the purpose of the canal actually is.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Nearly everything Mike says is just plain wrong, and misinformed, and mispronounced. He's just like that.
• Crazy Memory: He will tend to remember the wrong memory, like thinking Yung told him to stop living for himself when she was a baby despite the fact that babies can't talk and it was actually Marquess who told him to stop living for himself.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may be a moron, but FUCK he's one tough motherfucker. For starters, he is shown punching out a T Rex and that's just the beginning.
• The Cuckoolander Was Right: Somehow he is right about Cormac McCarthy being a centaur. And about 'Ain't Got No Time For Bird Sex' being a song and that Mexican guy at the bar in "Is Magic Real?" being a leprechaun. It's possible that he is in actuality a master of Bat Deduction and Obfuscating Insanity.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Cold-cocks The Devil himself in "Tent Revival".
• The Dreaded: See the Scary Black Man section.
• Drives Like Crazy: He's wound up causing the deaths of several astronomers behind the wheel, so much that some of them believe that in a conspiracy theory that someone's out to get them.
• Good Is Dumb: Mike has left his bad-boy boxing days behind him and cares more about helping people solve mysteries and raising his adoptive daughter, but all those head blows have apparently taken their toll...
• Heroic Comedic Sociopath: He usually means well, but he's incredibly dangerous to be around due to his stupidity, and he doesn't seem to really be all that cognizant of the many occasions when he horribly injures or kills someone. He's also prone to casually making violent threats to his friends, again without seeming to realize it.
• Lethally Stupid: He's been prone to unintentionally causing several injuries and fatalities to those around him, including but not limited to Garry Kasparov, Buzz Aldrin, Criss Angel, and several astronomers.
• Megaton Punch: Being...well, Mike Tyson, it isn't a surprise to know that when all else fails, he can usually solve the problem with liberal application of fist.
• Nice Guy: He really is. The problem is that a lifetime of getting punched in the head for a living have turned him into an incredibly dangerous idiot.
• Papa Wolf: Whenever Yung is in trouble, he jumps right into saving her and push anything and anyone out of his way. He assaults a Chupacabra and the Devil to protect Yung in two different episodes.
• Scary Black Man: This is Mike Tyson we're talking about. Oddly enough Mike is trying hard to avert this image, most of the time he's only scary once you realize how dangerously unhinged he is. Pigeon lampshades this trope when he asks Marquess if he was afraid that Mike was going to punch him out in one instance.
  "You know, he can kill you? He could kill all of us! I think sometimes we forget that that's MIKE TYSON!
• Selective Obliviousness: Will go Papa Wolf on anyone he thinks is messing with Yung Hee, but doesn't seem to notice when Pigeon does it.
• Self-Deprecation: Look at some of the other tropes listed here, then realize that not only is he voiced by the real Mike Tyson, but he's also the show's co-executive producer.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Manly Man to Marquess' Sensitive Guy.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In the later seasons, he acted a little less like the lovable idiot in the first 2 seasons, and was more prone to making more violent threats to his friends, and acted more and more neglectful of the missions, sometimes to a more sociopathic level.
• When All You Have Is a Hammer…: He will usually solve most of his problems by punching people.
• Would Hit a Girl: When Mike Tyson enters his "Fight-or-Flight" mode, he goes off running for his life, running up stairs past an old lady along the way. A moment later, he comes back, and punches her, just because he's in Fight-or-Flight mode.

The Marquess of Queensberry

John Douglas, The Marquess of Queensbury "Marcus"

Voiced by: Jim Rash

A ghost who made Mike Tyson into the man he is today.

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• Accidental Misnaming: Everyone refers to him as "Marcus", not realizing that Marquess is a title and not a name, and he never corrects them onscreen. His real name is the same as the real 9th Marquess of Queensbury, John Douglas. He eventually calls out the team on misnaming him as them being monstrously ignorant and lazy along with him not giving a crap anymore.
• Ambiguously Gay: Or at least very foppish. Less ambiguous during Season 3, in which he is shown to have a boyfriend, a healer named Daniel(he tries to cover this up, though).
  • In "Broken Wings", Marquess nearly calls Daniel his boyfriend, but he ultimately refers to him as his "poker buddy". It fools NO ONE.
• Acrophobic Bird: The Marquess never flies up to escape whatever threat the team gets into. In "Tent Revival", it's revealed that he actually can't float more than a few inches off the ground.
• Adaptational Heroism: The real John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensbury, was a homophobic asshole who destroyed Oscar Wilde's life. It's implied on the show that those events actually happened, but "Marcus" has done a total 180 as a person in the 200 years since.
• The Alcoholic: Comes up occasionally. He's been caught drinking vodka in the morning, and he once assumed that the team was staging an intervention for him.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Doesn't believe in magic, despite the being a ghost, which Mike points out is kind of magic.
• But Now I Must Go: Almost left the team to become a full angel. However, after Mike unawarely kills God, he reluctantly rejoins the team - opting to not tell anyone that God is dead.
• Cannot Tell a Joke: Admits he's very bad at jokes. The one time he tries to make a joke ended with Yung Hee and Mike leaving the room and Marquess immediately regretting the joke for the rest of the night. Its still awkward the next morning.
• Clark Kent Outfit: Under all the foppish 19th century clothes, he is ripped.
• Classy Cane: He always carries one.
• The Conscience: Marquess tries to be this to Mike, and fails, due to Mike being too much of a Cloudcuckoo Lander to even acknowledge him half the time.
• Deadpan Snarker: Usually when dealing with Mike and Pigeon.
• Expy: A gay (or gayer?) Funky Phantom.
• Friendly Ghost: A completely benevolent ghost who works alongside his friends.
• Historical Hero Upgrade: The real 9th Marquess of Queensbury was an uncultured, homophobic sports nut who was notable for triggering the events that led to the arrest and conviction of Oscar Wilde for gross indecency. This was even lampshaded in Tent Revival. He goes back in time to make up for this in "The Gift".
• Historical In-Joke: Marcus arbitrary skepticism despite being a ghost, which might be a dig at the real John Douglas outspoken atheism.
• Hot Blooded Sideburns: Although he really isn't Hot-Blooded.^note Not that he still has blood anyway...
• Hypocrite: In Season 4, episode 5, he calls out the team lazy and ignorant for not referring to him by his real name (John Douglas). This in spite of the fact that he never refers to Pigeon by his real name (Richard) either.
• The Insomniac: He has troubles sleeping due to having too many thoughts.
• Irony: He's a ghost who's worried about death and his own mortality. Though this is somewhat justified as explained in "The Farmer's Daughter" where he says ghosts who die come back as even worse version of ghosts that are not able to touch things and even worse if they die a third time as Bedsheet Ghost.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: His classy It fit he wears are the same clothes he wears when he is alive.
• Mr. Fanservice: Has an incredibly attractive build under his conservative clothing. Both Yung and Pigeon are stunned at the sight.
• Noble Bigot: He prefers using the term "savages" when referring to native peoples because he finds it easier. He also loves the idea of "Red Indian" and "Oriental" themed parties, going into incredibly stereotypical detail on what he would want, not seeming to realize why Yung is getting so uncomfortable.
• Only Sane Man: Not that he doesnt have his quirks, but he's by far the most reasonable person on the team.
• Our Ghosts Are Different: His body and clothes are white.
  • He notes that there are different types of ghost, including ones that are only visible to him.
  • He also claims that he can still die, despite being a ghost, explaining his frequent terror at life threatening situations. After each death, he becomes a less tangible form of ghost, culminating in a Bedsheet Ghost, apparently. Also, if he has sex with a mortal, the world ends. It was very important that he be informed of this upon entering the afterlife.
• Parental Substitute: Due to Mike being the way he is, Marcus is shown to be this to Yung. And it shows, they have the most stable relationship out of all the main characters.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Mike's Manly Man.

Yung Hee

Yung Hee Tyson

Voiced by: Rachel Ramras

Mike's adopted daughter.

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• Asian and Nerdy: She's a Korean-American girl and the 'geek' of the group
• Daddy's Girl: She clearly cares for her dad and shares his interest in solving mysteries.
• A Day in the Limelight: In "The Yung and the Restless", where she begins to ponder her future and whether or not she should still stay with the team.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Yung forgets all about Pigeon's jerkassery the moment she sees pictures of his real look, to the point she doesn't seem bothered with the fact he's still a pigeon. Come The Reveal in "Your Old Man", this a bit disgusting.
• Expy: She's a Korean version of Velma (the smart one of a mystery-solving crew, wears glasses and has short hair with bangs, along with wearing baggy clothing).
• Homeschooled Kids: Mike had her homeschooled, something Mike sometimes regrets.
  • So does Yung, who told him it was a bad idea. She's mostly self-educated due to Mike's lack of education and Cloudcuckoolander status.
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: Several people have mistaken her for a boy. Her tracksuits dont help, but even wearing a school uniform doesn't show much.
  Yung: Why does everyone think I'm a boy?
  Marquess: It's your haircut and I've told you that.
• Missing Mom: Yung Hee wonders why her mom abandoned her on Mike's doorstep when she was a baby. We find out the truth in "Your Old Man", Yung has a twin brother and her father is Pigeon. Her mother gave her away to Mike because she can't afford to take care of two kids and gave the least attractive baby away to be raised in a safe and strong environment.
• Nature Abhors a Virgin: She gets really testy whenever it's brought up.
• Older Than They Look: The show repeatedly states that she's 18, but she could easily pass as fourteen or fifteen.
• Only Sane Woman: Compared to her teammates in the Mike Tyson Mystery Team, she's more level-headed and reasonable.
• Pink Is Feminine: She wears a pink track suit.
• The Peeping Tom: In "Ogopogo!" she watched Pigeon and Sandra have sex and was gone for half an hour.
• Short Teens, Tall Adults: She's an eighteen-year-old girl and much shorter than her adult companions.
• Thrill Seeker: She wondered if solving mysteries wasn't for her when she applied for a retail job at a clothing store (it didn't help the mystery of the day was helping an old woman find her lost parrot, which annoyed Yung), but she reconsidered when her job was very mundane and boring, and then she happened to arrive just in time to stop the old lady from killing the group (because her parrot still remembered her late husband's words when she killed him for the insurance money), rekindling her interest in mysteries.
• Tomboy: Does not like it when Marquess tells her she needs to dress more girly.

Pigeon

Richard "Pigeon"

Voiced by: Norm Macdonald

A man whose ex-wife transformed him into a pigeon.

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• Acrophobic Bird: Despite being in a bird's body, he refuses to fly.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Like Yung and Marquess, he doesn't believe in magic despite being turned into a pigeon. He thinks it's unrelated to his wife's threats. He also refuses to believe in God, despite his ex invoking Him to turn Richard into a pigeon, though this is because Pigeon is so self absorbed that he thinks that if something horrible happens to him, there is no God.
• The Alcoholic: He's usually seen drinking a can of beer or any other alcoholic beverages. He's gradually transitioned to pill use, and often mocks Marquess for his alcohol abuse.
• Ambiguously Bi: Usually only shows interest in women, but in "Tent Revival" when he sees how Marquess looks naked, he considers masturbating to him instead of Yung. As he hasn't shown any signs of attraction to any other men, it's not clear whether he's actually bi or Marquess is just that hot.
• Author Appeal: Mike Tyson himself is noted for his love of pigeons, and raises them as a hobby. One big whoppin' guess as to why one of the main characters is a pigeon.
• Bestiality Is Depraved: There are some women who will actually have sex with him.
• Brutal Honesty: Pigeon gives no shits about what he says, or how vocal he is about saying it.
• Butt-Monkey: In later episodes. Whether it be being burnt alive, nearly choked to death, attacked by hawk, or briefly dying from a drug overdose.
• Deadpan Snarker: He switches back and forward with the way he snarks, courtesy of Norm Macdonald.
• Death Seeker: In the season 2 premiere, "What's That Gnoise?" he is seen climbing into the oven to attempt suicide. He's never shown trying to kill himself afterward, but it's clear he doesn't enjoy life as a pigeon very much.
• A Dog Named "Dog": We don't find out his real name until "A River Runs Through It Into A Heart Of Darkness" where it's revealed to be "Richard".
• Drowning My Sorrows: Pigeon downs his drink after seeing an employee of famed author Cormac McCarthy who looks exactly like his wife.
• Expy: He's very reminiscent of Bender.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In "Broken Wings", after learning how to fly and saving the rest of the team's lives, he flies away yelling out to them:
  Pigeon: Hey! I love you guys!
  (Marquess and Yung smile at him as he flies away)
  Mike: I wonder if Pigeon can see that red-tailed hawk flying towards him?
  (Their smiles quickly fade away)
  (Smash Cut back to the hospital)
• Everyone Has Standards: Despite his general jerkass and obnoxious attitude towards every situation the team comes across, he is absolutely horrified when he finds a de-brained Bobby Fischer and the remains of Mr. Ensler stuffed inside several desk drawers.
  • He is absolutely distraught by some of the mysteries they received in "Old Man of the Mountain".
  • At times, even he thinks Mike can be too crazy at times, such as in "A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste" where he is left speechless when Mike would rather try to end the episode early on than to save someone's life. And in "Foxcroft Academy of Boys" he confesses to Marquess that he's afraid that eventually Mike might kill both him and Marquess due to his strength, his easily agitated behavior and his loose grip on reality.
  • He once met The Loch Ness Monster, and expressed a ton of pity when it reveals that its just extremely lonely. He reaches out to comfort the monster However, things quickly go south when Mike misinterprets this as Pigeon giving the signal to attack and kills the poor thing.
• Freudian Excuse: It's implied in "Losing It" that his sex addiction is due to his drunken father giving him to a Mexican hooker when he was 13, and Pigeon associating that event with losing weight and gaining self-confidence.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Mike is the only person who genuinely likes him, forcing Yung and Marquess to put up with him.
• Gag Penis: In Season 3 when he becomes human again, he has a very large censor blur covering his, as he put it, "World-Class erection".
  Richard: "I'd gotten used to seein' that lil' bird dick, this looks like a loaf of bread!"
• Hammerspace: Keeps a revolver as big as he is in his pocket. The fact that he's a pigeon with feathers instead of fingers doesn't appear to affect his ability to use it.
• Hidden Depths: Lampshaded in "A River Runs Through It Into the Heart of Darkness" when he questions how much (or little) the team really even knows about him.
  • Can read Chinese.
  • Despite claiming he was lying when he said he loves chess, Pigeon recognized Bobby Fischer on sight and quickly deduced where his brain had gone.
  • In, "Is Magic Real?" he's real quick to defend is ex-wife when Mike mistakenly calls her a witch. This plus his Drowning My Sorrows above, may mean he still loves her despite his constant cheating.
  • If he's not drinking or watching porn, he's often seen reading thick books.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Non-age example. In the words of Yung, "he was gorgeous!"
• Jerkass: He's not afraid to act like an asshole to his team.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mainly shown in "Broken Wings", where he learns to fly just to save the team's lives without expecting any real award and actually saying that he loves them.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Pretty much the only team member who questions why people send mysteries to Mike Tyson. And the only one aware that Mike is Lethally Stupid and dangerous to be around.
  • Also the only team member who is technically employed. As he told Yung and the Marquess^note  in his usual smug jerkass manner, it's not his fault they never had that conversation with Mike.
  • He's the only one who realizes that Deezy isn't a good agent.
• Narcissist: He has few redeeming qualities, if any, and consistently puts himself before others.
• Only Sane Man: Despite his Jerkass tendencies, he along with Yung Hee are among the few who actually seem aware of the level of utter ridiculousness Mike gets into, and will often bluntly point it out.
• Papa Wolf: Strongly implied in "Let's Make A Deal": when Yung Hee offers her soul to bring Mike Tyson back from the dead, Pigeon immediately offers his instead, preventing his secret daughter from making such a terrible sacrifice.
• The Peeping Tom: In "Is Magic Real?" at least, though probably does it regularly.
• Pet the Dog
  • In "What's that Gnoise", he doesn't make fun of Meg's kid who's overweight and actually gives encouragement at her gymnastic class. He say's it's because he was " a fat kid."
  • In "The Bard's Curse", he decides to comfort the heavily-drugged Marquess after he killed all the "demons" and goes along with Yung on not telling him the truth. Too bad Mike accidentally tells him that he killed several innocent people anyways.
  • In "Your Old Man", he discovers that Yung is his daughter. He decides to not tell the team as they would likely not take it well. Even then, he realizes how much of a jerk he can be to her and decides to play catch with her outside the house.
• Rage Against the Heavens: His rant on God has to be seen to be believed.
• Reckless Gun Usage: Once shot a man with his revolver for startling him. When the guy survived, he started shooting him repeatedly, even after being told to stop.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: He’s the most vulgar out of the team, and repeatedly drops [the f-bomb, the c-word, and any other swears that pop into his head.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He has it out for Deezy.
• Straw Nihilist: He's a suicidal hedonist prone to raging against God and asking what the point of things are.
• Surprise Incest: After creeping on Yung Hee for most of the prior seasons, he finds out in Season 4 that she's his biological daughter. He immediately drops his sexual harassment towards her after this.
• Troll: He tends to be this, mostly to Marquess.
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Pigeon is an alcoholic, sexually depraved, perverted, foulmouthed, selfish, mean spirited jackass, and as funny as he is, the show makes it clear he is a loathsome figure.
• Was Once a Man: Now he's a pigeon.
• Your Days Are Numbered: Discovers in "Your Old Man" that pigeon lifespan is 3-5 years, and he knows that his pigeon body has been living for around those same numbers.

Recurring Characters

Deezy

Voiced by: Chuck Deezy

Mike's agent, he occasionally joins in on the team's mysteries before eventually living with them.

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• Ascended Extra: Originally appearing in "Ty-Stunned", and his since became a recurring character.
  • He eventually becomes a full-on member of the team in the season 4 premiere.
• A Day In The Lime Light: "Help a Brother Out" gives a lot of insight about his life outside the team.
• The Chew Toy: He's constantly ignored or mistreated throughout the series. Becoming a member of team hardly has him around for actual mysteries.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Downplayed. Not counting Mike, the rest of the team's opinion on Deezy fluctuates a lot. Yung and Marquess, while somewhat bothered by him, don't really mind him that much while Pigeon outright hates the guy.
• The Load: He is not a good agent. Something only Pigeon seems to realize.
• Nice Guy: He's a very affable guy and rarely ever gets angry.
• Only One Name: If he has a first name, it's never mentioned. Even his ID simply reads 'Deezy'.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Him and Pigeon really hate each other.
• Sixth Ranger: He becomes an official member of the Mystery Team in season 4, complete with his own outfit.
• Tagalong Reporter: Fills this role in "Ty-Stunned" and "Losin' It".
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Season 4 can be best described as Deezy's Humiliation Conga. However, during the finale, he gets bailed out of jail thanks to Yung and has nothing bad happen to him. Unlike most other episodes, where he usually experiences something cruel at the end.

Sandra Sanchez

The ex-wife of Richard (Pigeon). She is (partially) responsible for turning Richard into a pigeon.

• Genius Ditz: Shades of this. Despite being a very talented witch capable of turning people into animals, she seems a bit lacking in common sense. Her solution to reuniting with Richard (Pigeon) after falling in love with him again is not to turn him back into a human, but to turn herself into a pigeon (much to Richard's chagrin). She then flies out over a lake containing a mythical sea monster and is promptly eaten.
• The Ghost: Has never made a physical appearance until "Ogopogo!".
• Killed Off for Real: After turning into a pigeon, she is immediately eaten by Ogopogo.

One-off Characters

Abner Callmouth-Griegs

The man who apparently used to live in Mike's house. Cursed to spend eternity mercilessly tormented by a witch.

• Cruel and Unusual Death: He is mercilessly tortured by an extra-dimensional witch who murders his family and then feeds them to him. That's a pretty horrible thing to happen to someone, but then factor in that he's doomed to live it for all eternity.
• Didn't Think This Through: He figures out how to use the witch's magic portal and tries to swap Mike, Marquess and Yung in place of himself and his family (which doesn't work). He could've simply used said portal to escape. Marquess even calls him out on this.
• Eternal Recurrence: Doomed to watch the witch murder his family and feed them to him...over and over again for all eternity.
• I'm a Humanitarian: A tragic example. The witch butchers his wife and children while he watches helplessly. Then, she cooks their remains in a pot into a stew which she then feeds to him. He's cursed to relive this for eternity.
• Oh, No... Not Again!!: Says this when the witch moves in to murder his family and repeat the cycle of evil he's been trapped in for eternity.

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