Danny AKA The Tourettes Guy
- Abusive Parents: His father isn't shown to be very good to him. Danny himself is far from a model parent, regularly verbally abusing his son and occasionally physically abusing him. It's all Played for Laughs, though.
- Ambiguously Gay: Played for Laughs in "Sus Moments", which revolves around him spewing out a lot of Double Entendres.Danny's Son: "Well if you refuse to vote for nice people, you could end up with a bunch of dicks in charge!"Danny: "I prefer dicks..."(Cameraman starts corpsing)Danny: (Slams his fist on the recliner) "Dammit! Do not post that!"
- Angrish: Danny has a penchant for this. "SHIT! Murwargfuh FUCK!"
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: As shown during the outing to a grocery store and McDonald's as well as the road rage segment.
- The Alcoholic: Danny, who is almost always seen with a beer bottle. The official website claims that his behavior is likely influenced more by his drinking than his Tourette's.
- Berserk Button / Hair-Trigger Temper : Danny has tons of things that can set him off:
- Talking shit about Total cereal around Danny.
- Talking about Danny's dick without his permission.
- Wrinkling Danny's Randy Travis poster.
- Pissing on Danny's toilet seat.
- Hiding Danny's car keys. (Then again, that's probably for his own good if he gets drunk all the time)
- Squirrels humping Danny's tomato garden.
- Having bad-looking sideburns in front of Danny.
- When Danny's Dairy Queen ice cream melts.
- Trying to convince Danny to have something he doesn't want to eat.
- Interfering with Danny's favorite TV shows or not knowing about them yourself.
- Playing loud music in the vicinity of Danny.
- Big "NO!": Let's out one when a grocer tries to take away Danny's marshmallows.
- When Danny's son wants to have him try some Twizzler's, he does it thrice. And when that doesn’t work to get his son to quit, he screams out “butt fuck!” instead.
- Butt-Monkey: Danny is on the receiving end of a lot physical comedy: his chair falls over, his beer spews foam on him, a bird flies into his face, he bangs his head on a chandelier, he drunkenly falls down stairs, a supermarket cardboard standup falls on him, and more. The cameraman sometimes takes punishment, too.
- Catchphrase: “OH, BOB SAGET!!” and "Suck my dick... or cock!"
- Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally, he'll have just enough wit for a good comeback.Danny: You're a stupid pecker!
Danny's son: I'm telling mom!
Danny: She already knows! - Disco Dan: Seems to be stuck in the 80s.
- Department of Redundancy Department: "Suck my dick...or cock!"
- Dissimile: Danny loves using these.
- Freudian Excuse: Considering what his father is like, Danny probably has a pretty good one.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: A downplayed example, he wears glasses and is very anti-social.
- Hollywood Tourette's: Surprisingly downplayed, as Danny's potty mouth is said to have a number of factors behind it, Tourette's Syndrome only being one of them. He also displays other symptoms of the condition besides coprolalia, such as involuntary head movements (Hence his iconic neck brace). A good chunk of the series' humor is still derived from him swearing at inopportune moments, however.
- Hypocritical Humor: Danny admonishes his son for saying "shit", after saying it six times since he entered the room.Danny: I don't hate gays, but if some faggot ever tries to touch me...
- Danny wears glasses, but that doesn't stop him from calling Rick Moranis "four eyes".
- Calls an angry janitor, who has a beer belly but some buff arms, a fatass, while Danny...is fat.
- Jerkass: Danny, so much, crosses into this trope, as he often curses at others (though, given his defense of Total cereal to indicate he may have a 'cool book' and his angry nature, it may be that one has to bother him first, though he was after random people in an episode past his return) and even laughed when Shirlena was telling a sad story about her grandfather's Alzheimer's. But it's part of the humor.
- No Indoor Voice: He often shouts most of his lines.Danny's Son: Dad, there's some white stuff on the floor....Danny: THAT'S MY ASS!!!
- Parental Neglect: His response to hearing that his son fell down the stairs?Danny: Well QUIT IT!
(close up of mug that reads "World's Greatest Dad") - Pet the Dog:
- Despite all his nastiness he doesn't have anything against homosexuals, unless they try to touch him first, but that's really unlikely too.
- When his ex-wife is discussing her concerns regarding her parents' health problems, he does at least try and point out that she has other family members and relatives who'll still care for her.
- When he unintentionally insults the dad of two men who invited him over for dinner, upon being told that "the faggot with the tuba" was the two men's dad, he immediately apologizes.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: Downplayed. He uses homophobic slurs a lot, even in times where it's far less acceptable, but he posits that he doesn't hate gays... provided they don't touch him.
- Too Dumb to Live: He's really not too bright, and on a few occasions, he's gotten into potentially lethal situations. Case in point, he carries a hot casserole dish without hot pads, and gets into a fight with a janitor who could have very easily beaten him within an inch of his life.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Not by much, but he seems to have stopped being physically abusive to his son for the most part in recent years, and gave him some sage dating advice.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: He's a jerk but funny stuff happens to him.
- Word-Salad Humor: A lot of the series' humor comes from his utterly nonsensical swearing.Go count your dick!
The George Foreman grill just took a SHIT!
And then I caught him in the backyard... MAKING AN ASS!
It's what happens when Alex Trebek has a picture of a giraffe in his ass during an earthquake!
The Tourettes Guy's dad
- Abusive Parent: No wonder Danny has problems.
- Actor Allusion: His actor, Sal Lizard, actually was a Mall Santa for much of his life, and also starred in The Vampire Santa as the eponymous monster.
- The Alcoholic: Often seen drinking beer.
- Berserk Button: Never call him a Mall Santa.
- Breakout Character: He's shown to be a very popular character.
- Deadpan Snarker: He's even better at it than his son.Danny's son: The biggest and strongest creatures on earth are vegetarians.
Tourette's Guy's Dad: Yeah, like the brontosaurus, and look what happened to that asshole!
(later)
Danny's son: It says here that Dr. Phil was in a porno movie.
Tourette's Guy's Dad: I believe it, because Dr. Phil is a biiiig dick! - Fat Bastard: Even more than Danny.
- Grumpy Old Man: What do you expect from the father of The Tourettes Guy?
- Hypocritical Humour: This line "So you wanna talk some shit, huh baldy?" Despite being bald himself.
- Jerkass: To everyone around him.
- Mall Santa: Is called one by Danny: "Fuck you and every mall Santa that looks like you!". Big mistake.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: He tries to act "black".
- Stout Strength: Husky but he will kick your ass if you piss him off.
- Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: He lives by this trope.
Shirlena
Danny's wife or, depending on the ep, ex-wife
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Danny.
- She Who Must Not Be Seen: We never see her face.
- Only Sane Woman: Compared to Danny, who's angry all the time.
- Really Gets Around: Danny claims that Shirlena "fucking everyone in Bismarck" is the reason why they divorced.
- Women Are Wiser: She is the only female in the family and is more reasonable than her son and husband.
The Tourettes Guy's Son
Danny's son. Unlike Danny and his grandpa, he's more li'l more timid.
- Big "YES!": He lets out one when Danny allows him to buy some popcorn in "Can't Take Him Anywhere.
- Calling the Old Man Out: He gives Danny a "The Reason You Suck" Speech when the latter rejects a breakfast meal that he made for him in "Tourettes Guy Gets The Hiccups":Well, you know what, Dad? You're nothing but a no-good, inbred, drunk piece of crap!
- Does Not Like Spam: He doesn't like Total.
- Fan Boy: Of Limp Bizkit and WWE Smackdown.
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: We never get to see his face. Word of God says that he wishes to remain anonymous.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: He's the Serious Child to Danny's Wacky Parent.
The Cameraman
The man responsible for sharing Danny's antics with the world.
- Ambiguously Related: It's unclear what exactly he's doing in Danny's house to begin with, especially since it's implied he doesn't live there. He may be a relative, a caretaker, or simply a family friend.
- Big Eater: Allegedly visited Danny's house one day and helped himself to 6 pancakes, 6 sausages, and three glasses of orange juice. Though, given that we only hear a second-hand account of this from Danny, he may have been exaggerating.
- First-Person Smartass: Will often directly comment on whatever situation Danny has gotten himself into.
- The Gadfly: Sometimes goes out of his way to aggravate Danny for the sake of comedy.
- The Hyena: While most characters find Danny annoying at best, the cameraman is usually more amused than anything. His amusement has gotten him Death Glares and worse from Danny.
- Iron Butt-Monkey: Tends to end up on the receiving end of Danny's more violent outbursts, be it intentionally or simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, having fallen down the stairs while being chased by him (and having a shoe thrown at him afterward), smacked with a broom, and knocked into a pile of empty beer cans by a box fan that Danny threw, to name a few moments.
- Out-of-Character Moment: The normally mischievous cameraman displays genuine fear while being chased by Danny's dad after dropping him while trying to help him off the floor, going so far as to run out to his car and drive away at top speed.
The Bird
Some random bird that flew in the house and Danny's more-or-less archnemesis (but this is mostly one-sided).
- Badass Adorable
- Killer Rabbit: A cute little bird who defeated a fully grown enraged man.
- Pint Size Power House: A small bird that managed to dodge all of Danny's attacks and knocked him out with a hit to the face.
