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Ned

What makes me different has also brought everyone I love into my life.

• Adorkable: Big time.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: He raises the dead, but doesn't believe in ghosts.
  • Fantasy Kitchen Sink: The dialogue is ambiguous, but there may also be C.H.U.D.s in this world, too.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows
• Bad Liar
• Blessed with Suck
• Butt Monkey: If something bad happens to a main character, there's about a ninety percent chance it will be Ned.
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Devoted To You: An unusual male example. Helps that he's played by Lee Pace.
• I Just Want to Be Normal: To be fair, his powers have made his life a lot worse.
• Indirect Kiss
• Loners Are Freaks
• Long Lost Sibling: Two of them—his twin half-brothers.
• Love Makes You Crazy
• Mistaken for Murderer
• Motor Mouth
• Mundane Utility
• Nice Guy
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: His attempts at simple kindness have a tendency to go wrong.
• No Name Given: Strangely enough he's the only regular character with no last name given. Coincidence? Probably not...
• Of Course I'm Not A Virgin
• Parental Abandonment
  • Disappeared Dad: He shipped Ned off to boarding school and started a new family with another woman. The only notification that he gave of any of this to Ned was a generic "We've Moved!" postcard. He later abandoned that family, too.
  • Missing Mom: She had an aneurysm. Ned revived her but she later touched him again.
• Power Incontinence
• Ridiculously Average Guy: His powers aside, he's very much unremarkable and seems to prefer it that way.
• Sugar and Ice Personality
• They Fight Crime
• Twitchy Eye
• When He Smiles: A male version. Ned frowns so much that when he does smile, it's pretty amazing.
• Window Love
• The Woobie
• You Can Always Tell a Liar: His right eye starts twitching.

Charlotte "Chuck" Charles

'I'd kiss you if it wouldn't kill me.'

• Back from the Dead
• Genre Savvy
• Genki Girl
• Family Relationship Switcheroo
• Has Two Mommies
• Indirect Kiss
• Informed Judaism
• Nightmare Fetishist: Suddenly being surrounded by talking dead people (and becoming one yourself...) can do that to you.
• Omniglot: Being sheltered her whole life with her aunts led to her discovering a cache of language lesson tapes, which she took to heart.
• Parental Abandonment
  • Disappeared Dad: He died to balance out the revival of Ned's mother.
  • Missing Mom: ...she died. She's actually Lily.
• Repetitive Name
• They Fight Crime
• Tomboyish Name
• Victim of the Week
• Waking Up At The Morgue
• Whodunnit To Me
• Window Love

Emerson Cod

• Badass
• Bald Black Leader Guy: Even in childhood flashbacks.
• Born Detective
• Catch Phrase ("Oh, HELL no!")
• Deadpan Snarker
• Hidden Depths: Started out in art school.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: He's massive at 6"5" and gets a lot of scenes with 4"11" Olive.
• Jerkass
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Men Don't Cry
• Money, Dear Boy: He'll do pretty much anything for a quick buck.
• Private Detective
• Real Men Knit
• Scary Black Man
• They Fight Crime

Vivian Charles

• Cool Old Lady
• Entendre Failure
• Hates Being Touched
• Horrible Judge of Character
• Locked Out of the Loop
• Moe Moe
• Sibling Yin-Yang
• That Reminds Me of a Song

Lily Charles

• Badass
• Cool Old Lady
• Deadpan Snarker
• Eyepatch of Power
• Lady Drunk
• Locked Out of the Loop
• Luke I Am Your Mother / Family Relationship Switcheroo
• Mushroom Samba
• Orgasmically Delicious: Whether it's the mood enhancers, the cheese crust, or Ned's mad skillz, nobody reacts to Ned's pies like Lily does.
• Perpetual Frowner
• My Secret Pregnancy
• Sibling Yin-Yang

Olive Snook

• Beware the Nice Ones: She's very sweet until You set her temper off.
• Big Eater: Is a stress eater to the tune of six whole pies in one sitting.
• Clingy Jealous Girl
• The Cutie: She's played by Kristen Chenoweth. This is pretty much a given.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Kristin won an Emmy for the part, despite the fact that the show only lasted two half-seasons.
• Foot Popping
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• Locked Out of the Loop
• Lonely Rich Kid
• Love Makes You Crazy
• Pint Sized Powerhouse
• Secret Keeper
• That Reminds Me of a Song
• You Can Always Tell a Liar: She starts answering questions with questions.

• Back from the Dead
• Canine Companion