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  • Badass Adorable: They've shown off feats of awesomeness, and are adorable in their own right.
  • Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Hank (nice), Ben and Ginger (mean), and Angela and Tom (in-between).
    • Of the cats, Ginger serves as the mean while Angela and Tom can interchange between nice and in-between depending on the episode.

    Tom 
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Voiced by: Colin Hanks
"So what do you say we go out and have some fun?"

A gray, fun-loving if naive tabby cat and is the leader of the group.


    Ben 
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Voiced by: James Adomian
"I am a thinking man, Tom!"

An highly intelligent if flawed and socially imperfect Labradoodle who is the brains of the group.


    Hank 
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Voiced by: Tom Kenny
"Hi everyone! My name is Frank! Uggh...No, it's (chuckles) not!"

An total mutt and the lazy one of the group.


  • Big Brother Mentor: To Ginger. They hang out with each other and love having fun. Hank often tries to make sure Ginger doesn't go too far when being mischievous.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: Despite being shorter than almost everyone, he serves as the big guy to Ginger's little guy.
  • Cuckoosnarker: While not prone to sarcasm nor understanding it that much for that matter, in a World of Snark, Hank would be joking around with a bit of sass and sarcasm from time to time, this being more shown with Ben's strict nature about how he would usually order him to do or not and Hank would respond in a childlike way:
    • In "Ben's High Score":
    Ben: "Hank, will you confirm for everyone that you've never played the game "Flappy Talking Tom?"
    Hank: "Yeah all because you'd never let me! Wooo!"
    • Or later on just react to stuff everyone is thinking alike, this being shown when thinking about Ben doing stand up being an obviously bad idea along with everyone else like in the "Funny Robot Galileo" episode:
    Ben: "Guess who has two thumbs and is performing at the CEO's birthday party!"
    Hank: "Is it Angela?"
    Angela: "Yeah, is it Angela?"
    Ben: "No it's me! They booked me to do stand up!"
    *cricket sounds*
    Ben: "Stand up comedy?"
    Hank: "No thanks. I'm gonna go lie down."
  • Dogs Are Dumb: Hank is usually portrayed as The Ditz, The Cloud Cuckoo Lander, The Fool, or a Kindhearted Simpleton with his friends due to how silly, ditzy, and gullible he can be. But he is rather moderately dimwitted and more of a Genius Ditz than anything.
  • Dumbass No More: Interestingly enough, due to Hank learning more from his mistakes, gaining experience/wisdom, and getting smarter & more sympathetic as the show goes on, instead of being flanderized or getting dumber, he goes from being very foolish if a somewhat useful and slightly wise scatterbrain to grow as an comical and naive yet competent Genius Ditz.
  • Fat Idiot: Pot-bellied looking and somewhat dimwitted.
  • Fun Size: Excluding Ginger, he's the shortest member of the cast. He's so short, Ginger's classmates dwarf him.
  • Keet: He can be energized at times.
  • The Klutz: Hank can be prone to this on random occasion like in a moment in the "Hank the Millionare," where he tripped over Ben's foot while Hank was losing it.
  • Genius Ditz: While Hank's quite a lazy mutt with his friends, he can be shown to be highly talented and skilled with certain skills like drumming, cooking unique kinds of food and other kinds of skills, however, Hank is an true whiz at watching in an loyal and skilled manner with The Bongo And Mcgillicuddy show or just knowledgeable with media, television shows or even wisdom that comes from this by his high knowledge, experience, dedication, studies and observations about every episode to even defeat new villains of said show! While he can be kind of a Loony Fan for praising and having Undying Loyalty for the show (and not too excessive compared to many Loony Fans), he can be competent with that being one of his highlights of competence. He can also be competent because of his knowledge in general, even for lacking in some common sense.
  • Lazy Bum: His favorite hobby is watching TV while eating food. However, he's there for his friends when they need him and can use his laziness to get others interested like Ben as well at times.
  • Manchild: How else would you describe a full-grown dog who watches an cartoon daily and has childlike mannerisms with having fun?
  • The Millstone: Was this in Season 1 in "Friendly Customer Service" when Tom and Ben tried to escape from Gilbert and closed the door when he said it was cold outside.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: Due to his oddball tendencies as a Genius Ditz, he can be very comical or pretty funny whenever driven into insanity (for a plot where he has a problem) or when he can just be silly and fun-loving on his own.
    • (Sometimes Hank can be so humorous and comical in his silliness that he can be a source of amusement towards others, Hank once managed to make Ben amused in Hank The Millionaire).
  • Out-of-Character Moment: In Hank the Director, when it was his birthday and his friends wanted to help him make his parody of his show after a mistake they made; Hank becomes pretty condescending, grumpy, bossy, unhappy, antipathetic, demanding if clueless in some areas due to Hank being Hank, and excessively detail-oriented to the point that he seems to look like an obnoxious imbecile, but he learns An Aesop from the ups and downs from having a perfectionist's perspective of having fun.
  • Running Gag: When the Landlord comes into the house, Hank would sometimes treat him like he's a king, even though the Landlord isn't impressed. It stopped after the 2nd season.

    Ginger 
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Voiced by: Maria Bamford
"Sorry, not sorry."

An orange tabby kitten who is the kid of the group.


  • Big Guy, Little Guy: The little guy to Hank's small, but big guy.
  • Butt-Monkey: Ginger can be prone to this at times when he makes his mistakes, either if it's with attempting to deceive/manipulate Hank or being giving himself some comeuppance for his selfish behavior that helps making him more a nicer kitten over time like in the episode: "Untalking Tom"; Ginger has a brief younger version of a Buffoonish Tom Cat moment when he steals Tom's soup Angela made, ''not realizing that the soup was the chili pepper version of soup Angela made, Ginger runs with a cartoony, burning mouth gag like how Tom had this effect by accident. Or it can be prone from a Honor Before Reason scenario.
  • Bratty Half-Pint: Has moments of this. He whines when things don't go his way, and taunts his friends when something bad happens to them. Angela even called him out on his behavior in "App-y Halloween."
  • Cats Are Mean: He's usually a Jerk with a Heart of Gold but he's arguably the meanest of the cats.
  • Celibate Hero: Being a child, he's not invested in romance and heavily despises it.
  • Cheerful Child: Very perky and joyful. Justified as he's seven and still a child.
  • Everyone Has Standards: There are some lines he won't cross.
    • He doesn't like to cheat just to accomplish something.
    • He's very angry at Tom for pretending to be Billy just to get to Roy.
      Ginger: (Tom is washing the dishes as punishment) Keep scrubbing, Billy.
  • Foil: To Darren. Both are rivals and come from wealthy families. The difference is that Darren is snooty and mean; a case of spoiled rotten, while Ginger is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Pulls numerous of these throughout the series. He shot an arrow at Ms. Vanthrex's head so that the house can still be kept, getting a week's worth of detention. He also stayed behind to flush a big toilet so that Ben and Tom can go on to save the world from being cubed, resulting in him and Hank being cubed in the process.
  • Kids Are Cruel: Borderlines on this a lot in season 1 especially.
  • Mouthy Kid: AND HOW.
  • Naughty Is Good: An kitten who is very mischievous and is one of the protagonists that is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
  • Never My Fault: Played for Laughs. He'd usually ignore what trouble he has done.
  • Pet the Dog: Although a Celibate Hero, he doesn't mind helping Angela and Tom get together.
  • Prone to Tears: The most prone to breaking down and sobbing unconsolably when something bad happens to him. Justified as he's the youngest of the group.
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes: Likes to use this in order to get what he wants.
  • Spoiled Sweet: Comes from a rich family, and although he's a bit cheeky, he's more nice than rude.
  • Sweet Tooth: He loves candy. He loves so much he even had an Imagine Spot about eating the world's biggest candy bar.
  • Token Evil Teammate: He's the most devious of the group and tends to take on antagonist roles more often then the main characters.

    Angela 
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Voiced by: Lisa Schwartz
"Payne can't hurt me! Payne can't hurt me! Payne can't hurt me!"

A Turkish Angora and the optimistic girl of the group.


  • Badass Adorable: She is overly cute (or cutesy), but she sure can kick butt when it's called for. She took down an army of corn, cured germs with her family's soup, stopped Ginger from going overboard with the assertive app, and that's just a few to start off with.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: The emotional kind of this because she's had moments where she'd lose her happy zone when impatient, being provoked by annoyance, and being labeled as a bad singer in "Angela's Critic" as prime examples of this.
  • Can't Take Criticism: When she is claimed to be bad at something she was passionate about, a prime example of this is the "Angela's Critic" episode, she doesn't take things very well and would vlog a meltdown. Much to the point that Tom & company would usually help her cheer up.
  • Cheery Pink: She always wears pink shirts and is just as cheerful.
  • Clingy Jealous Girl: She's much better at hiding it than Tom but she did slip up when she saw him with Parallel Universe Angelica.
  • Depending on the Writer: Her ability to take criticism varies. Half the time, she can get upset or sad if no one likes her songs. The other half of the time, she's shown to not mind it and even states that she ignores her haters. One episode even showed both sides just for laughs.
  • Innocent Blue Eyes
  • Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The light to Becca's dark. Becca's sarcastic and moody, and Angela's peppy and optimistic. They're friends despite the difference.
  • Love Confessor: The first time she ever admitted her feelings for Tom was when she told Ben after eating a lot of icecream.
  • Nice Girl: In spite of her cheerful naiveté, she along with Tom are the nicest cats around.
  • Official Couple: Eventually with Tom.
  • Plucky Girl: She's very optimistic, peppy, & motivated with her thoughts and feelings (unless she gets dramatic when being labeled as bad at singing). She can also be very determined with her passionate singing and shares a positive spirit she has when it's called for.
  • Relationship Upgrade: Finally happens with her and Tom in the season 1 finale.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: In typical fashion, she is capable of being helpful and wise, but is also quite naïve and cheerful with her positive vibes.

    Becca 
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Voiced by: Maria Bamford

A rabbit and the new girl of the group.


  • Ascended Extra: Gets more focus in the 5th season after only appearing in 2 episodes in her debut season.
  • Hartman Hips: She has a fairly built figure and thick legs to boot.
  • Heel–Face Turn: In her debut episode, Becca starts off as an antagonist who is Angela's rival, but when Becca and Angela find out that their rivalry was a misunderstanding, Becca becomes Angela's friend.
  • Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The dark to Angela's light. Angela's peppy and optimistic, and Becca's sarcastic and moody. They're friends despite the difference.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Angela’s Girly Girl, being interested in things like blindfolded parachuting, spooky themed parties, and alien movies.
  • Valley Girl: Her personality overall. She can be an really snarky one, and has the tone pf voice to match with it.

Supporting Characters

    Jeremy The Germ 
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Voiced by: Josh Fadem (Season 1-3), Tom Kenny (Season 4 onwards)

A germ who lives in the garage.


    Carl Trump 
Voiced by: Brian Stack

A rich businessman with whom Tom and his friends occasionally cross paths with. His given name is Carl and believes that "CEO" stands for "Chief Everything Officer".


    The Landlord 
Voiced by: Dave Willis

Tom and Hank's landlord, who rents out his garage to them. He dislikes excessive noise and often threatens to evict his tenants if they do anything he dislikes or fail to pay their rent. He is a former ping pong champion.


  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While his kind moments are rare, it's enough to say that he's not truly a bad person. If he's in a good mood, he's more or less approachable.

    MC 
Voiced by: James Adomian

An event organiser and host who wears a helmet showing a pixelated display of a face and wears a jersey.


  • Genki Guy: He's almost always bouncy and full of energy.
  • Given Name Reveal: In "The Sixth Friend", we find out that it's Maurice Claremont.

    Rhonda 
Voiced by: Lisa Schwartz

The waitress and owner of the diner which is often visited by Tom and his friends.


    Santa Claus 
Voiced by: Tom Kenny

An imaginary figure, shown to be a real figure in the show, who shows up in Christmas-themed episodes of the show.


  • Once a Season: Only appears in the Christmas episodes due to being Santa.

    Dr. Internet Doctor 
Voiced by: Brian Stack

A medical doctor who runs his practice through web cams. He sometimes pretends to work in other related professions such as being an online therapist.


    Victoria Payne 
Voiced by: Suzi Barrett

A music critic known for being really harsh on upcoming singers. She hosts a show where she gives the singers a thumbs up or thumbs down.


    Darren 
Voiced by: George Back

A rich kid who is initially shown to be a rival to Ginger at a tennis tournament. He is later revealed to be the nephew of the CEO.


    Roy Rakoon 
Voiced by: Tom Kenny

Tom's new neighbour, a raccoon who initially appears to be a rich, cool philanthropist but becomes Tom's rival and is shown to be a manipulative criminal.



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