Characters / Nick Lutsko

Nick

I got brains and a good sense of humor. I'm not strange, I'm not a loser.

Portrayed By: Nick Lutsko

An unstable Conspiracy Theorist, aspiring music star, and former President of Halloween.

• Alter-Ego Acting: Interviewers have referred to the character as "Basement Nick".
• Conspiracy Theorist: Among other things, he believes celebrities are hot because they all drink baby blood, and suspects Donald Trump of hiding secrets in his ass.
• Depraved Kids' Show Host: In "Give Me a Show on Nick Jr.", he asks to be a Nickelodeon host while showing off his basement of creepy puppets and sink full of blood.
• Freudian Excuse: He went insane after Grandma banned him from his grandfather's funeral because his hair was white like Eminem.
• Institutional Apparel: In "Let Me Host S&L", he wears a bloodstained hospital gown after escaping from psychiatric care.
• Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat: Nick puts Vaseline on his face to enhance this. The album cover for "Songs on the Computer" even depicts characters swimming in an ocean of Nick's sweat.
• Purple Is Powerful: Wears a purple suit during his short reign as King of Halloween.
• Small Name, Big Ego: In-universe, he lives in his Grandma's basement and is thousands of dollars in debt, but believes he alone has the star power to save acts like Saturday Night Live and The Beatles.
• Unreliable Narrator: Mel claims he's lying about Big Pizza and the men in the tunnels.

Grandma

Grandma says there's a prophecy.

Nick's grandmother and owner of the Creepy Basement.

• Properly Paranoid: Her fear of Spirit Halloween animatronics comes true when Jeff Bezos mobilizes them to attack Nick. She's also right about the men in the tunnels unleashing hell on earth.

The Man in the Stairs

I wanna tell him about the man in the stairs, he kinda looks like Dan Bongino. Grandma tries to tell me not to go down there.

Portrayed By: Nick Lutsko

A menacing Humanoid Abomination that lives in Grandma's basement.

• What Happened to the Mouse?: "Unleash Your Spirit" ends with him attacking Nick in the basement, which is apparently resolved off-camera before "Give Me A Show on Nick Jr".

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos murdered Barnes & Noble. Jeff Bezos murdered Sears.

The CEO of Amazon and an enemy of Nick's, who appears as a living, malicious Spirit Halloween dummy.

• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: In "Unleash Your Spirit" he's only named as "this guy", apparently by Spirit Halloween's request.
• Not Me This Time: While he ruined Nick's Halloween party and locked him in the basement with the Man in the Stairs, he's revealed not to have murdered Grandma when she comes home alive.

Desmond

What in gremlin hell?

Portrayed By: Nick Lutsko, Mikey Fuller

The hero of Nick's Gremlins 3, the Half-Human Hybrid son of Gizmo and Jennifer Aniston.

• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Gremlins 3 features Desmond growing to a giant size after surviving a nuclear explosion.
• Dance Sensation: The Desmond Dip.
• Tomato in the Mirror: In "Celebration of Summertime", he discovers that his memories of being raised by Gizmo and Jennifer Aniston are false, and he was created from Nick's imagination to save the Gremlins franchise.
• You Killed My Father: He seeks to avenge Gizmo, who was killed by a gremlin-terrorist hybrid.

Mel

Grandma's bird hobbyist boyfriend and recurring Big Bad.

• The Ghost: Mel has never appeared onscreen.
• Gold Digger: He's dating Nick's grandma despite being not much older than him, and is interested in extorting money from the family.
• Feathered Fiend: He once owned a dozen mean, loud hyacinth macaws.

The Men in the Tunnels

The men in the tunnels are coming and Hell on Earth is nigh.

A species of carnivorous monster men living under Grandma's house.

• Fed to the Beast: Nick tries to feed Mel to them in "#1 Hit on Country Radio".

Big Pizza

Several weeks later, you've got broken bones. Laughing in my sleep, wondering where did Mel's money go?

Portrayed By: Eric Parham

A mafia thug hired by Mel to threaten Nick's life over his debts.

• Affectionate Pickpocket: In Gremlins 3: Dawn of Desmond, Big Pizza undergoes an apparent Heel–Face Turn and hugs Nick in reconciliation ... allowing him to steal the Gremlins 3 disk.

Gremlin Man

He's a badass hero with a cool-ass vibe.

Portrayed By: Nick Lutsko

Nick's proposed addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an immortal Flying Brick gremlin-human hybrid.

• Chest Insignia: "GM".
• Chick Magnet: "Gremlin Man can't keep the ladies away".
• Clark Kenting: He looks exactly like Desmond, but doesn't need glasses as he has "perfect sight".

Greezy Rick

Nope.

Portrayed By: Eric Parham

Longtime bass player in the Puppet People, the Gimmix, and the $100K Band.

• Inside a Computer System: In "Celebration of Country Music", Greezy is sucked into a computer and trapped in cyberspace.
• Metal Muncher: Enjoys eating the aluminum tabs from soda cans.
• Tulpa: "Celebration Of Summertime" reveals that like Desmond, he was created from Nick's imagination.
• Voice of the Legion: Speaks this way while possessed by the AI.

Cowboy Jon

The best thing about being a cowboy is that sometimes you get to ride a horse, yeah.

Portrayed By: Jon Elliot

The Cowboy saxophone and xylophone player of the $100K Band.

• Dance Sensation: His signature do-si-do.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Nick considers him a traitor and fake cowboy, but also considers his musical skills indispensable.
  Nick: Every time I think he cleaned up his act
  He sticks at least a half a dozen knives in my back
  Then he puts his Judas lips against that golden sax
  And suddenly I see he most certainly is a cowboy too.
• Un-Duet: In "Celebration of Country Music", he's forced to sing his half of "Man, I Feel Like A Cowboy" alone after Greezy Rick is sucked into the computer.

Playboy Pete

You know, there's three things in life I need more than anything in the world. And that's country music, gettin' slippery as sin and slidin' from dusk till dawn, and Gremlins 3.

Portrayed By: Eric Parham

Extreme playground owner, wanted convict, and sometime bass player.

• Psycho Knife Nut: In "Celebration of Country Music" he holds Desmond hostage with a bloody knife, and refuses to say whether he killed prison guards.

Ceviche Man

All hail Ceviche Man at Ceviche Man dot com.

Portrayed By: Eric Parham

A shrimp-themed character that Nick pitches to a room of movie executives.

• Cool Shades: Wears tiny ones shaped like flames.
• Gratuitous Spanish: As the representative of a Peruvian dish, he has catchphrases like "Feliz!" and "Muy caliente!"
• Hilariously Abusive Childhood: According to "Ceviche Man's Greatest Hits", he can't forgive his mother for covering him in ceviche and letting iguanas bite his skin.

Pumpkin Man

Don't touch that candy to your face till Pumpkin Man has deemed it safe.

Portrayed By: Nick Lutsko

A pumpkin-headed Halloween mascot who tests children's trick-or-treat candy.

• Boom, Headshot!: His fate after an armed father sees him sneaking into his son's room at night.
• White Gloves: Wears big Mickey Mouse gloves as part of his costume.