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* ILied: [[{{VideoGames/Portal}} His only joke so far.]]

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* ILied: [[{{VideoGames/Portal}} [[{{Portal}} His only joke so far.]]


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* TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whether

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* TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whetherwhether he's the protagonist or antagonist of the strip, specifically when [[ArchEnemy Internet]] is involved.



* [[{{NoGirlsOnTheInternet}} The Internet is not a girl]]



* ILied: [[Portal His only joke so far.]]

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* ILied: [[Portal [[{{VideoGames/Portal}} His only joke so far.]]
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* [[{{NoGirlsIOnTheInternet}} The Internet is not a girl]]

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* [[{{NoGirlsIOnTheInternet}} [[{{NoGirlsOnTheInternet}} The Internet is not a girl]]

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* MisterImagination

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* MisterImaginationMrImagination



* NonindicativeName: She isn't a MarySueClassic, nor is she

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* NonindicativeName: She isn't a MarySueClassic, nor is sheMarySueClassic.



* RecordProducer: Made to look like one, being in part an affectionate parody of the music industry.



* BaldOfAwesome

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* BaldOfAwesomeBaldOfAwesome: [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow Lost it over the years]]. He had hair up until the 1990s.



* MadArtist: Has her moments.

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* BiTheWay: Open to this despite having three male lovers.
* CloudCuckoolander
* TheDitz
* DramaticWind: Follows her around
* GodivaHair
* HairDecs: A flower
* [[HaremHero Harem Heroine]]
* HippieParents: She's this to her two boys, Animation and Comics
* IdiotHair
* MadArtist: Has her moments.
moments. She also embodies many TrueArt tropes.
* NewAgeRetroHippie
* ParentsAsPeople: She is very well aware of her own ineptitude and left her two children in the their respective fathers' care.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Because TrueArtIsOffensive

!'''Music'''
[[ShapedLikeItself Represents music as a means of communication]] Dresses like a "scruffy musician" stereotype. Art's brother and the parental figure of the Recording Industry.

* AntagonisticOffspring: Played with; His relationship with his ward has been cool at times, although they mutually are fond of each other and look to one another as family.
* ThePowerOfRock: The source and embodiment thereof.

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* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond guys are]] [[JerkAss jerkasses]]: He's a collosal asshole.

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* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond guys are]] [[JerkAss jerkasses]]: He's a collosal colossal asshole.



* ExtravertedNerd

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* ExtravertedNerdExtrovertedNerd



* [[NoGirlsInTheInternet The Internet is not a girl]]

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* [[NoGirlsInTheInternet [[{{NoGirlsIOnTheInternet}} The Internet is not a girl]]



* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extraverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.

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* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extraverted, extroverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.



* GeekPhysique: He's short.

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* GeekPhysique: He's lanky and very short.



* Hikikomori: Not very fond of the outdoors.

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* Hikikomori: {{Hikikomori}}: Not very fond of the outdoors.



* EverybodyKnowsMorse: Well, he does.

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* EverybodyKnowsMorse: EverybodyKnowsMorseCode: Well, he does.


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[[folder: The Spatials]]

!'''Visual Art—Marcela Picasso'''
Represents paintings, sculptures, and mosaics. Is the love interest of Theatre, Cinema, and Literature. Dressed in a long-flowing skirt and a blouse with a sweater vest.

* AmicablyDivorced
* MadArtist: Has her moments.
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A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.

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A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.
presses.



* NeverLiveItDown: His [[OldShame time as the "yellow kid."]]

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* NeverLiveItDown: His [[OldShame time as the "yellow kid."]] "]]



Characterized by their adherence to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption.

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Characterized by their adherence to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption.
consumption.



* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. Everyone younger than him views him as this.

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* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. Everyone younger than him views him as this.



TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.

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TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.
manager.



* TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whether

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* TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whether whether



!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[YouTube Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

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!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[YouTube [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''



* TagalongKid

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* TagalongKid TagalongKid



Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.

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Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.
Internet.



Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.

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Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.
Telecommunications.



A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.

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A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.
jacket.



* [[AwesomeBackpack Awesome]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] [[AwesomeBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.

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* [[AwesomeBackpack Awesome]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] HammerSpace [[AwesomeBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
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!'''Internet—[[RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[YouTube Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

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!'''Internet—[[RossumsUniversalRobots !'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[YouTube Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

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* DifferentAsNightAndDay: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.


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* PolarOppositeTwins: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.

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* MisterImagination: He likes to [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway imagine]] and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]

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* MisterImagination: MrImagination: He likes to [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway imagine]] and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod [[PhysicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]



* UsedToBeSuchASweetChild
* Wangst: About the [[NoodleIncident90s]].

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* UsedToBeSuchASweetChild
UsedToBeASweetChild
* Wangst: About the [[NoodleIncident90s]].[[NoodleIncident 90s]].




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Daughter of the Recording Industry and Video representing music videos as a distinct medium. A teenage girl dressed in party clothes.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: She has a thing for Internet.




* [[ThereAreNoGirlsInTheInternet The Internet is not a girl]]

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* [[ThereAreNoGirlsInTheInternet [[NoGirlsInTheInternet The Internet is not a girl]]



* Keet: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.

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* Keet: TheKeet: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.



* CompanionCube: A bullhorn/megaphone that he carries around.



* NiceHat

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* NiceHatNiceHat: A beret



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation
** [[GoodParents Good Parent]]
** ParentalSubstitute: To TV, to a certain degree.



Represents [[ShapedLikeItself photography]] as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer.

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Represents [[ShapedLikeItself photography]] as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer. \n Journalism's love interest.


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* BlitheSpirit


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* CompanionCube: A camera


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* NiceHat: A bucket hat


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[[folder:The Telegraphs]]

Represents technologies dedicated to transferring verbal and written information without the use of physical transportation. Nominally would include Internet.


!'''Radio—Giacomo Marconi'''
Represents radio technology as a whole and radio broadcasting in particular. Dressed a a disk jockey.

* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BaldOfAwesome
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Recording Industry
* MilitaryBrat
* PowerOfRock: Wields it as a weapon

!'''Telegraphy—Samuel Bell'''
Represents the sum total of telegraphic technology up to wire. Originally a sailor, now a distinguished old gentleman in an anachronistic Victorian suit.

* EverybodyKnowsMorse: Well, he does.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: He lives off odd jobs.


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* Bifauxnen
* CameraFiend
* IntrepidReporter
* Kuudere
* Tomboy
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* ExtrovertedNerd

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* ExtrovertedNerdExtravertedNerd



* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extroverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.

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* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extroverted, extraverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.

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A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: 1337sp33k and on occassion, Korean.
* ILied: [[Portal His only joke so far.]]
* Hikikomori: Not very fond of the outdoors.










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\n\n\n!'''Photography—Renee Daguerre'''

Represents [[ShapedLikeItself photography]] as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer.

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Representing the modern animation industry that traces its origin to the silent era. A wacky, animesque man dressed casually, wearing a [[AwesomeBackpack backpack]]. Art's son from Cinema and Comics' half-brother.






* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] Backpack: Wouldn't be Animation without it.

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* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[AwesomeBackpack Awesome]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] Backpack: [[AwesomeBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.



* GogglesDoNothing







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\n\n\n* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to his half-brother's red.
* TheStoner: Has shades of this
* TotallyRadical




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!'''Intranet—[[EverythingsBetterWithBob Robert]] Lickliter Bell'''

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!'''Intranet—[[EverythingsBetterWithBob Robert]] Lickliter Licklider Bell'''



* [[BadassBackpack Badass [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]]Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.

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* [[BadassBackpack Badass Badass]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]]Backpack]]: Hammerspace]] Backpack: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
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* BigBrotherIntinct: Very protective of his little sister Podcast

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* BigBrotherIntinct: BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister Podcast



* Animesque / Toon

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* Animesque / Toon



* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] [[BadassBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.

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* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] Badass [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] [[BadassBackpack Backpack]]: Hammerspace]]Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
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* FourFingeredHand

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* FourFingeredHandFourFingeredHands: Everyone else has five.

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* AnAnvilOnTheHead: Duh



* Animesque / Toon



* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[HammerSpace]] [[BadassBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.

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* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[HammerSpace]] [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] [[BadassBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.


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* ADorkAble



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this

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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Mail, Lit, and Journ have this sibling dynamic.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this
this. Except Journalism, [[BeigeProse of course.]]



* ADorkAble



* MrImagination: He likes to imagine and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]

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* MrImagination: MisterImagination: He likes to imagine [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway imagine]] and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]



* CoolLoser
* CoolUncle: To Comics, his nephew.



* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics, his nephew.

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* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics, his nephew.Comics



* ADorkAble



* HippieParents: Art and Literature.



** FunTShirt: Said shirt has a word balloon on it.



* GirlsLovePonies: In her younger days, relies on a horse.



* ADorkAble



* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The "foolish" one.



* TheDutifulSon



** FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The "responsible" one.



* ParentalFavoritism



* CutenessProximity



!'''Video Gaming—Kirby Park'''

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair




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* AnAnvilOnTheHead: Duh
* AnimeHair
** [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* [[BadassBackpack Badass]] [[HammerSpace]] [[BadassBackpack Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
* CrazyPrepared
* FriendToAllChildren: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into DeadBabyComedy and NaughtyTentacles.
** CovertPervert


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* Adorkable

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* AdorkableADorkAble



* Adorkable



* [[Adorkable]]

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* [[Adorkable]]ADorkAble



* Adorkable

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* AdorkableADorkAble: They all are, to some extent.



* DifferentAsNightAndDay

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* DifferentAsNightAndDayDifferentAsNightAndDay: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.



* Adorkable

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* AdorkableADorkAble
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling



* BigBrotherIntinct: Very protective of his little sister Podcast



* Keet: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.




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* TeenGenius



Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to Internet.

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Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.



* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed
* TwinTelepathy:

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* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed
level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extroverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.
* TwinTelepathy:TwinTelepathy: Representing the interplay between intranets in real life and the Internet.




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Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.




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Internet's older sister, based on the Internet's predecessor. Dressed in an American military uniform.




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!'''Podcast—Miley Bell'''

* Kawaiiko
* YoungEntrepreneur


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!'''Cinema—Fritz Stevens'''

* CampStraight / SingleTargetSexuality: He's Visual Art's ex-husband, and tries to win her back, but fails.
** OscarBait: Tries to woo her with drama. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Fails]].
** SummerBlockbuster: What turned her off in the first place
** LeFilmArtistique: Even this doesn't work.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sometimes.
* NiceHat
* PrimaDonnaDirector
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Theatre.

!'''Animation—Charlie Steve'''

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* Bishounen/Bifauxnen

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* Bishounen/BifauxnenBishounen / Bifauxnen



* Adorkable

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* Adorkable[[Adorkable]]




*

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\n* TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.




* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depending on whether

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\nA tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed in a 70s pimp suit.

* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whether



* ScaryBlackMan



* WellDoneSonGuy/HappilyAdopted: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing.

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* WellDoneSonGuy/HappilyAdopted: WellDoneSonGuy / HappilyAdopted: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing.




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* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Averted. Internet is canonically older per history (if history were to be adhered to strictly, by about 20 years). Cue MST3KMantra.



Represents the modern Internet and the culture therein. Wears a blue hoodie over an orange longsleeved t-shirt. Son of Computer Tech and Telecommunication.

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Represents the modern Internet and the culture therein. Wears Looks like a blue hoodie over an orange longsleeved t-shirt. regular (if nerdy) teenager. Son of Computer Tech and Telecommunication.
Telecommunication, and the older of a pair of identical twins.



* ExtrovertedNerd




*

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* SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed
* TwinTelepathy:


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!'''Computer Technology—Timothy Babbage Bell'''

* GeekPhysique: He's short.
* HollywoodNerd
* ParentsAsPeople: Keeps Internet, who gives him all sorts of viruses, within arm's distance through a [[VisualPun wall of fire.]]
* ThePatriarch
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ShoulderAngels: Mac and PC. Linux appears and is ignored.

!'''ARPANET—Taylor Bell'''

* DrillSergeantNasty

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* OldMediaAreEvil: Many of them are JerkAsses




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* Adorkable
* AIIsACrapshoot: In a way, this is what they technically would be.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay
* HollywoodNerd




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Represents the modern Internet and the culture therein. Wears a blue hoodie over an orange longsleeved t-shirt. Son of Computer Tech and Telecommunication.

* Adorkable



* CuteKitten: [[LOLCats He has one as a pet]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* GeniusDitz
* [[ThereAreNoGirlsInTheInternet The Internet is not a girl]]
* JerkAss
* KnowNothingknowItAll




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* MouthyKid
* NewMediaAreEvil: He gets accused of this often; while not unjustified, he sometimes feels it goes too far.
* NonHumanSidekick: The aforementioned cat
* TagalongKid
* TeensAreShort: Averted. He's taller than his father and is as tall as TV.

!'''Intranet—[[EverythingsBetterWithBob Robert]] Lickliter Bell'''

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* EverythingsBetterWithBob
* TheWorkaholic

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!'''Print Journalism—JimmyPulitzer'''

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!'''Print Journalism—JimmyPulitzer'''Journalism—Jimmy Pulitzer'''



!'''Cartoons and Comics—[[Superman Clark]] Macmillian'''

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!'''Cartoons and Comics—[[Superman Clark]] Comics—Clark Macmillian'''




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* Executive Meddling: A recurring theme


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* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio
* NonindicativeName: She isn't a MarySueClassic, nor is she
* Yandere


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* TheBigGuy/TheBrute: Depending on whether
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* HappilyMarried: To Video
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Radio
* JiveTurkey
* KnightTemplar: Because DigitalPiracyIsEvil
* PapaWolf: To Music Video
* ScaryBlackMan
* VitriolicBestBuds: With TV, his brother in law.
* WellDoneSonGuy/HappilyAdopted: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing.

!'''Music Video'''


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[[folder:The Digitals]]
Representing computer-based media, this groups marker is the almost universal presence of NerdGlasses.


!'''Internet—[[RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[YouTube Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond guys are]] [[JerkAss jerkasses]]: He's a collosal asshole.
* BrattyHalfPint: A teenager, as opposed to the other media who are between 20 and 40.
* MilitaryBrat

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* AnythingThatMoves/BitheWay

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* AnythingThatMoves/BitheWayAnythingThatMoves / BiTheWay



* ButNotTooWhite/InscrutableOriental: He's part Irish, part Chinese.

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* ButNotTooWhite/InscrutableOriental: ButNotTooWhite / InscrutableOriental: He's part Irish, part Chinese.



* IronWoobie



* BadassDecay: His DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s [[GreatComicsCrashOf1996 did not end well]]



* EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing TheDarkAgeOfComics.

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* EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing TheDarkAgeOfComics. This DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s [[GreatComicsCrashOf1996 did not end well]]
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* AnythingThatMoves/BiTheWay

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* AnythingThatMoves/BiTheWayAnythingThatMoves/BitheWay



* MisterImagination: He likes to imagine and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]

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* MisterImagination: MrImagination: He likes to imagine and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with ease]]

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* GreenEyes




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* GrayEyes



* Asexuality: May have something to do with TV portraying sex unrealistically.



* Asexuality: May have something to do with TV portraying sex unrealistically.

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* Asexuality: May have something to do with TV portraying sex unrealistically.BlueEyes

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The de facto leader of the media, representing the television industry and live-action TV shows. He wears a suit and a lapel mic.

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The de facto leader of the media, representing the television industry and live-action TV shows. He wears a suit and a lapel mic.
mic. Video's older brother.



* A whole smattering of big brother tropes, including:
** BigBrotherMentor
** BigBrotherInstinct
** [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] BigBrotherIsWatching



* ButtMonkey: He's essentially a huge TakeThat to television networks in general.

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* ButtMonkey: He's essentially a huge TakeThat to television networks in general. But not all the time.



* Jerkass

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* JerkassExecutiveMeddling: Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad.
* JerkAss



* PsychopathicManchild

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* PsychopathicManchildPsychopathicManchild: Sometimes


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* [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes is ruining his life]]

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A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.



* SesquidelpianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this

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* SesquidelpianLoquaciousness: SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this




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Characterized by their adherence to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption.

* BigScrewedUpFamily



* ButtMonkey

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* ButtMonkeyButtMonkey: He's essentially a huge TakeThat to television networks in general.


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*** FriendToAllChildren


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* ParentalSubstitute: To his sister, Video.


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* ViolentGlaswegian: He's from Scotland, [[TruthInTelevision as television was invented there.]]

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[[folder:ThePrints]]

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[[folder:ThePrints]][[folder:The Prints]]
* Bishounen/Bifauxnen



* OldMediaPlayingCatchUp: They've been rivals to media newer than themselves since forever



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!'''Print Literature'''

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!'''Print Literature'''Literature—Sean Macmillan'''
Represents books, both fiction and nonfiction. Oldest of the prints and the patriarch of the print family. He wears a sweater vest and long sleeve shirt, evocative of an intellectual writer.



* BigBrotherMentor



* BumblingDad



* CloudCuckoolander

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* CloudCuckoolanderCloudCuckoolander: His head is in the clouds.



* GeniusDitz



* HeroicWannabe



* ImmortalImmaturity
* MisterImagination: He can materialize weapons and conditions with ease

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* ImmortalImmaturity
ImmortalImmaturity: He still manages to act like a goof despite his great age.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: At points in history, he becomes this.
* MisterImagination: He likes to imagine and [[RealityWarper can materialize weapons materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhyicalGod and climate conditions with easeease]]



* ParentsAsPeople: He and comics do not get along.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like a 40-something-that-looks-young-for-his-age
* OnlySaneMan
* ParentsAsPeople: He and comics do not get along.along often. He has his moments, though.
* TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his actual son, however...




!'''Print Journalism'''

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\n!'''Print Journalism'''Journalism—JimmyPulitzer'''
Print Literature's brother. Represents newspapers and magazines. He dresses as a cross between depression-era newsboy and 40s journalist.



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* DeadpanSnarker
* GrammarNazi: Can't stand grammar errors



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* RichBastard: During his [[StrawmanNewsMedia "yellow kid"]] days.

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* IronWoobie
* NeverLiveItDown: His [[OldShame time as the "yellow kid."]]
* NiceHat: A newsboy cap with a press tag. Back in the day, he wore a fedora.
* NoveauRiche: As the [[StrawmanNewsMedia yellow kid]].
* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics, his nephew.
* RichBastard: During his [[StrawmanNewsMedia "yellow kid"]] days.yellow kid days. And then Radio came and he lost it all.
* SmokingIsCool: He smokes a lot.
* Wangst: He likes to ramble about how he's a dying medium.

!'''Cartoons and Comics—[[Superman Clark]] Macmillian'''
Literature's son from Visual Art. Represents comics as a storytelling medium, including He and dad don't get along often. Closer to his uncle and his half-brother, Animation. Wears a heavy overcoat over a gray shirt with a word balloon in it.

* Adorkable
* Antihero: Or so he wants to think
* BadassDecay: His DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s [[GreatComicsCrashOf1996 did not end well]]
* BasementDweller: He lives in his family's basement.
* Bishounen
* TheCape
* ClarkKentOutfit
* EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing TheDarkAgeOfComics.
* FlyingBrick: He has superpowers which he uses for [[MundaneUtility stupid everyday things]] such as:
** EyeBeams to warm the coffee
** Flight to walk in midair.
* GenerationXerox
* GrayEyes: [[TheSilverAgeOfComics Silver]], actually.
* HeroicBastard
* HeroicBuild: For a skinny dude, he's quite buff.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MadeOfIron
* MisterImagination
* SequentialArtist
* SleevesAreForWimps: Under his jacket, his shirt has no sleeves.
* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, for some reason.
* TheUnfavorite: Treated as a bastard by his own father.
* UsedToBeSuchASweetChild
* Wangst: About the [[NoodleIncident90s]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: Deathmate is his kryptonite.

!'''Mail—Cody Williams'''
Represents the postal system. The only girl among the prints, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.

* Bifauxnen
* TheDeterminator
* GenderBlenderName

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!'''Television—Walter Logie Farnsworth'''
The de facto leader of the media, representing the television industry and live-action TV shows. He wears a suit and a lapel mic.

* AntennaHair: Duh
** IdiotHair
* Asexuality: May have something to do with TV portraying sex unrealistically.
* ButtMonkey
* ChickMagnet
* Jerkass
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a soft spot for children
* MadnessMantra: RATINGS
* NetworkDecay: He's prone to this, to the point that he's called out often.
* PsychopathicManchild
* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. Everyone younger than him views him as this.
* SlasherSmile
* StupidSexyFlanders: He does this to a lot of the media.
* Yandere

!'''Video—Mary Sue Farnsworth-Phillips'''

!'''Recording Industry—Vince Raymond Phillips'''
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Phlegmatic: Literature
** Choleric: Journalism
** Melancholic: Comics
** Sanguine: Mail
* SesquidelpianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this
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!'''Print Literature'''
* Adorkable
* AnythingThatMoves/BiTheWay
* BrilliantButLazy: Not so much "lazy" but more on "laid back"
* ButNotTooWhite/InscrutableOriental: He's part Irish, part Chinese.
* CloudCuckoolander
* CovertPervert: Not very open about it, though, but whenever he's caught...
** ChivalrousPervert
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
* GreenEyes
* HollywoodNerd
* ImmortalImmaturity
* MisterImagination: He can materialize weapons and conditions with ease
* NonActionGuy
* ParentsAsPeople: He and comics do not get along.
* TimeAbyss: He has no stated age and is implied to be very old.
* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic What do you mean, he's not didactic?]]


!'''Print Journalism'''
* Adorkable
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* CaffeineBulletTime
* TheHero: The closest that the series has to one, really.
* IntrepidReporter
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* RichBastard: During his [[StrawmanNewsMedia "yellow kid"]] days.

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