Characters / Nerds and Monsters

This is the Character Sheet for the YTV cartoon, Nerds and Monsters.

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Nerds

Dudley Squat

Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain

The leader of the nerds. A stubborn little fellow who prefers to see everything organized and disciplined the way he likes it, expects it, and demands it.

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• Drunk with Power: Frequently. He often lets his leadership get to his head.
• Geek Physiques: Of the short and fat variety.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he can be stubborn and arrogant, he does actually care about his friends when worst comes to worst. He is also willing to undo his wrongdoings whenever his frequent selfish desires put them in trouble.
• The Napoleon: His temper's every bit as short as he is.
• Nerd Glasses: Wears large round spectacles.

Irwin Chang-Stein

Voiced by: Vincent Tong

A Chinese-Jewish-Canadian nerd with countless phobias, as well as allergies for almost anything imaginable. He has a crush on Becky.

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• Gag Nose: Has a big dopey-looking schnoz.
• Geek Physiques: Of the skinny variety.
• Nerd Glasses: Wears large squared glasses.
• Nerdy Inhaler: Carries an inhaler around with him he uses constantly.
• Twofer Token Minority: He's both Chinese and Jewish, making him both Asian and Nerdy and Jewish and Nerdy.

Becky Hooger

Voiced by: Tabitha St. Germain

The sole female nerd. A tall and excitable braces-wearing nerd fascinated by and determined to study all the strange creatures living on the island.

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• Cute, but Cacophonic: Her singing ability— or lack thereof— is pretty shrill. Ironically, the monsters consider it to be angelic.
• Friend to All Living Things: She loves animals and observing the behaviour of the creatures of the island.
• Geek Physiques: She's the tallest and skinniest of the nerds.
• Immune to Slapstick: Although this is a slapstick-heavy show, Becky noticeably avoids the most of it. This is probably because she's the sole female in the main cast (discounting Durn and Maiden Cheena).
• Nice Girl: She's easily the friendliest of the nerds and usually the most reasonable one too.
• The Smurfette Principle: The sole female nerd.
• Youthful Freckles: She's the sole nerd with freckles.

Stan Grissle

Voiced by: Ty Olsson

A dopey jock who was supposed to be going to Football Camp accidentally boarded the bus for Nerd Camp and got stuck with the nerds as a result. Becky has a crush on him.

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• The Ditz: He's really only slightly more intelligent than the monsters.
• Dumb Blonde: He's the sole character with blond hair and is quite stupid.
• Dumb Muscle: The strongest of the castaways and the least intelligent.
• Dumb Jock: He was the linebacker on the Beaverton Bulldogs team and a stereotypical dumb jock through and through.
• Simpleton Voice: He has quite a dopey voice to match his idiocy.

Monsters

Lyle

Voiced by: Brian Drummond

A small, blue monster. Unlike all the other monsters on the island, he is friendly towards the Nerds and strives to be intelligent, much to the dismay of uncle Zarg and his parents Urp and Durn.

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• My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Lyle doesn't see himself as being like any of the other monsters and takes more interest in the nerds' way of life.
• Nice Guy: he's a very friendly fellow and often the voice of reason when conflict emerges between the nerds and the monsters.
• Only Sane Man: He's the only one of the monsters who can actually be considered intelligent, logical, and rational.
• Token Good Teammate: Amongst the monsters, since he's the only one who's friends with the nerds.

Zarg

Voiced by: Brian Dobson

A hairy, blue monster with horns. He is the bad-tempered leader of the monsters, as well as Lyle's uncle, and is determined to rid his island of the nerds. Always beside him is his pool-toy "wife", Maiden Cheena.

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• Bad Boss: He frequently abuses his minion Skur and generally rules over the other monsters using fear.
• Big Bad: He's the leader of the series' antagonists and frequently threatens the nerds. However, he also does get plenty of episodes focused on him.
• The Caligula: His rulership over the monsters often runs like such.
• Companion Cube: His "wife" Maiden Cheena, a pool toy with a "Made in China" tag on it.
• Jerkass: He's a mean, bad-tempered bully towards both the nerds and the other monsters.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: His island was 'invaded' by what he can only consider to be aliens, so it's perfectly reasonable if he fights to rid his home of them by any means necessary.

Skur

Voiced by: Ian James Corlett

A purple, winged lizard-like monster. Although he is Zarg's second banana, he is absolutely fed up with his job and dreams of taking the throne (and Maiden Cheena) from Zarg someday.

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• Butt-Monkey: He gets the most slapstick and humiliation out of all the characters, although he usually deserves it.
• The Dragon: Towards Zarg, although he loathes only the dirty work he has to perform in the job
• Jerkass: Possibly even moreso than Zarg; although you'd probably feel that way too if you were in his position.
• Lean and Mean: He's the slimmest of the monsters but also a very unpleasant creature.
• The Starscream: He plots to overthrow Zarg, but due to his Butt-Monkey status, his schemes never amount to anything.

Urp and Durn

Voiced by: Lee Tockar (Urp) and Michael Adamthwaite (Durn)

Lyle's green-skinned parents. An ever-bickering two-in-one couple made of Zarg's sister Durn (the green monster with the tentacles and eyestalks) and her conjoined husband Urp (the one-eyed face on Durn's belly).

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• Cyclops: Urp has only one eye.
• The Dividual: Almost literally. Due to their conjoined state, they are always doing things in unison.
• Eye on a Stalk: Durn has her eyes on stalks.
• Like an Old Married Couple: They constantly argue with each other, with Durn usually bashing Urp.
• Why Couldn't You Be Different?: They're often disappointed by how their son would rather hang out with the nerds and strive to be intelligent and polite than be the successor to Zarg's throne and act as gross and mean as a proper monster should be.

Vink

Voiced by: Michael Daingerfield

A giant, pink monster with one eye and one horn. Stupid even by the monsters' standards, he acts as Zarg's muscle, but has the emotions and attention span of a small child.

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• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He's the biggest of the monsters by a noticeable amount.
• Cyclops: He has only one eye.
• The Ditz: Even amongst the monsters, Vink is noted for being incredibly stupid.
• Dumb Muscle: He's big, strong, and stupid - even moreso than all the other monsters.
• Simpleton Voice: Speaks in a dopey childlike voice.

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