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* AnythingThatMoves / BiTheWay
* BigBrotherMentor
* BrilliantButLazy: Not so much "lazy" but more on "laid back"
* BumblingDad
* CloudCuckoolander: His head is in the clouds.
* CovertPervert: Not very open about it, though, but whenever he's caught...
** ChivalrousPervert
* GeniusDitz
* GreenEyes: Based loosely on the perceived tendency for literary protagonists to have green eyes.
* HeroicWannabe
* HollywoodNerd

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%% * AnythingThatMoves / AnythingThatMoves
%% *
BiTheWay
%% * BigBrotherMentor
%% * BrilliantButLazy: Not so much "lazy" but more on "laid back"
%% * BumblingDad
%% * CloudCuckoolander: His head is in the clouds.
%% * CovertPervert: Not very open about it, though, but whenever he's caught...
** %% * ChivalrousPervert
%% * GeniusDitz
* GreenEyes: Based loosely on the perceived tendency for literary protagonists to have green eyes.
%% * HeroicWannabe
%% * HollywoodNerd



* ImpoverishedPatrician: At points in history, he becomes this.

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%% * ImpoverishedPatrician: At points in history, he becomes this.



* NonActionGuy

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%% * NonActionGuy



* OnlySaneMan

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%% * OnlySaneMan



* TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his [[ParentalNeglect actual son]], however...

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%% * TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his [[ParentalNeglect actual son]], however...

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* OutdatedOutfit: Played with for most of them, who dress in clothes that wouldn't look too out of place in the 20th Century.

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* OutdatedOutfit: Played with for most of them, who dress in clothes that wouldn't look too out of place in the early 20th Century.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like a 40-something-that-looks-young-for-his-age

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks like a 40-something-that-looks-young-for-his-age40-something that looks young for his age



* ParentsAsPeople: He and comics do not get along often. He has his moments, though.

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* ParentsAsPeople: He and comics Comics do not get along often. He has his moments, though.



* TheHero: The closest that the series has to one, really.

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* TheHero: The closest that the series has to one, really.one.



* EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing his DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s, which didn't end well.

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* EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing his DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s, which didn't end well.



** FormerlyFit: He lost much of his musculature in the interim between the 1990s and the late 2000s.



Represents the postal system. The only female among the prints, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.

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Represents the postal system. The only female among the prints, print siblings, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.



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

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universo.In-universe. Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad.



* 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 This is also how he was viewed by those older than him views him as this.him.



* GirlFriday



!'''Animation—Charlie Steve'''

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!'''Animation—Charlie Steve'''Stevens'''



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

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Represents [[ShapedLikeItself photography]] as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer. Journalism's on-again, off-again love interest.



** AdoptivePeerParent



** Funny
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Represents theatrical productions including conventional plays, musicals, and operas. Dressed like a stereotypical theatre geek complete with scarf and [[{{Hamlet}} skull]].

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Represents theatrical productions including conventional plays, musicals, and operas. Dressed like a stereotypical theatre geek complete with scarf and [[{{Hamlet}} [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} skull]].
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!'''Writing—Elizabeth P. MacMillan, Esq.'''

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!'''Writing—Elizabeth P. MacMillan, [=MacMillan=], Esq.'''



* TheMatriarch

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* TheMatriarchMyBelovedSmother



!'''Printmaking and Sigilography'''

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!'''Printmaking and Sigilography'''Sigilography—John Pulitzer'''

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** Averted mostly with Mail and Comics. Mail is dressed like a modern mail carrier (albeit wearing pants and a tie) while Comics wears a T-shirt and jeans that never went out of style to begin with.

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** Averted mostly with Mail and Comics. Mail is dressed like a modern mail carrier (albeit wearing pants and a tie) while Comics wears a T-shirt and jeans jeans--a look that never went out of style to begin with.



* HeroicBuild: For a skinny dude, he's quite buff.

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* HeroicBuild: [[{{Superhero}} But of course]]. For a skinny dude, he's quite buff.



* TheUnfavorite: Treated as a bastard by his own father.

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* TheUnfavorite: Treated as a bastard An illegitimate child barely acknowledged by his own distant father.



Represents the postal system. The only girl among the prints, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: She looks [[AmbiguousGender very androgynous]] but is actually a girl.

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Represents the postal system. The only girl female among the prints, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: She looks [[AmbiguousGender very androgynous]] but is actually a girl.woman.




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Represents [[ShapedLikeItself magazines]] and the magazine publishing industry.




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!'''Writing—Elizabeth P. MacMillan, Esq.'''
Matriarch of the prints and mother of the siblings. Represented as a GrandDame in Victorian clothing.

* BoringButPractical: Prefers substance to style.
* GrannyClassic: Comics' grandma
* TheMatriarch
* TimeAbyss
* ProperLady
* Really700YearsOld

!'''Printmaking and Sigilography'''
Patriarch of the prints and the oldest member of the family. The father of the siblings.

* BadassBeard
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Shorter than his children and grandson
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Represents movies. Dressed like a [[Creator/CecileBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television.

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Represents movies. Dressed like a [[Creator/CecileBDeMille [[Creator/CecilBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television.
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* Expy: Of Evan from AugustRush

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* Expy: Of Evan from AugustRushFilm/AugustRush
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!'''Graphic Design—Benjamin Sullivan

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!'''Graphic Design—Benjamin SullivanSullivan'''



!'''Cartography—Gerard Robinson Sullivan

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!'''Cartography—Gerard Robinson SullivanSullivan'''
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Represents movies. Dressed like a [[CecileBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television.

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Represents movies. Dressed like a [[CecileBDeMille [[Creator/CecileBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television.



* ForInconveniencePress1

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* ForInconveniencePress1ForInconveniencePressOne

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* HiddenDepths: Although he has a blue collar appearance, he has a strong preference for "fancy things."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Inspired very loosely by [[Creator/LarryTheCableGuy a certain blue-collar themed comedian]].



* SitcomArchnemesis: To Satellite communications

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* ScalingTheSummit: Formerly a mountaineer, based on how coaxial cable stations are usually found on mountains.
* SitcomArchnemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging To Satellite communicationscommunications]]




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!'''Satellite Communication—Sergei Alexandrov/Alexander Goddard'''

[[ShapedLikeItself Representing satellite communication infrastructure]].

* IHaveManyNames: Has two aliases, representing both [[TheColdWar Russian and American satellite technology]].
* ProfessionalButtKisser: He's been reduced to being Television's doddering yes-man.
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging Cable's]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cable.



[[folder: The "Curtain Crew"]]

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[[folder: The "Curtain Motives/"Curtain Crew"]]


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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cartography and Graphic Design]]

!'''Graphic Design—Benjamin Sullivan
Represents both charts and infographics as a medium and the discipline of design as opposed to art. Art's oldest son and an older brother to Comics and Animation.

* AloofBigBrother
* EccentricArtist: Less so like his [[HippieParents mother]], but it's still there.
* TheFinickyOne
* {{Hipster}}: Evokes the appearance of an art school grad
** Funny
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: American patriot and publisher Benjamin Franklin and architect Louis Sullivan, who coined the phrase "form follows function."
* NiceHat: A hipster fedora
* ThePerfectionist: Focused on creating aesthetically harmonious things
** SuperOCD
** RantInducingSlight: Anything that goes against his idea of aesthetic order

!'''Cartography—Gerard Robinson Sullivan
Represents Maps. Art's first ex-boyfriend and Graphic Design's father.

* BoldExplorer
* GentlemanAdventurer
* TheNavigator: But of course, assuming the place has already been mapped.
** DirectionlessDriver: What he is in unfamiliar locales.
* {{Hipster}}: In the modern day, he resembles an outdoorsy guy on Instagram who spends way too much time bragging about where he travels.
* ScalingTheSummit: Evoked. He looks like a mountaineer or hiker.
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* AstroTurfing: His specialty.

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* AstroTurfing: AstroTurf: His specialty.

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* {{Megane}}



* KnowNothingknowItAll

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* KnowNothingknowItAllKnowNothingKnowItAll: Not as all-knowing or as smart as he leads others to believe.




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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[{{GIFT}} happened]].



* CompanionCube: A bullhorn/megaphone that he carries around, plus a haunted {{Yandere}} Oscar.



* CompanionCube: A bullhorn/megaphone that he carries around, plus a haunted {{Yandere}} Oscar.



* GenerationXerox: The younger version of himself is basically a Victorian version of his grandson Internet.



* ThePatriarch: Has two children (Radio and Telecommunications)

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* ThePatriarch: Has two children (Radio and Telecommunications)Telecommunications) and is the de facto head of the Telegraphs.

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* OutdatedOutfit: Played with for most of them, who dress in clothes that wouldn't look too out of place in the 20th Century.
** Literature typically wears a sweater vest and dress shirt, something that looks vaguely academic without looking out of style.
** Journalism's outfit is meant to evoke a Depression-era newsboy crossed with a journalist.
** Magazine's is based on a 1990s GAP model.
** Averted mostly with Mail and Comics. Mail is dressed like a modern mail carrier (albeit wearing pants and a tie) while Comics wears a T-shirt and jeans that never went out of style to begin with.



* HollywoodDressCode: A journalist/newsboy getup



* SharpDressedMan: Almost always depicted wearing a suit.



* HollywoodDressCode: Has the standard getup of a stereotypical PrimaDonnaDirector.



* PrimaDonnaDirector

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* TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his actual son, however...

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* TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his [[ParentalNeglect actual son, son]], however...



Print Literature's brother. Represents newspapers and magazines. He dresses as a cross between depression-era newsboy and 40s journalist.

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Print Literature's brother. Represents newspapers and magazines.newspapers. He dresses as a cross between depression-era newsboy and 40s journalist.



* NotSoAboveItAll



* SleevesAreForWimps: Under his jacket, his shirt has no sleeves.
** FunTShirt: Said shirt has a word balloon on it.
* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, for some reason.

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* SleevesAreForWimps: Under his jacket, his shirt has no sleeves.
He wears sleeveless shirts from time to time.
** FunTShirt: Said shirt His T-shirts usually have a logo in them; the one he wears the most has a word balloon on it.
* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, [[NinetiesAntiHero for some reason.reason]].



* AllGirlsLikePonies: She does, anyway. In her younger days, relies on a horse.

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* AllGirlsLikePonies: She does, anyway. In her younger days, relies loves horses and used to rely on a horse.them for transportation.



!'''Magazine Publication—Daniel Henry Pulitzer'''

* AdoptivePeerParent: Youngest of his siblings and takes on a semi-parental role to Comics.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling
* CoolUncle: He and Comics are very close.
* TheDandy




** [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] BigBrotherIsWatching

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** [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] BigBrotherIsWatching* {{Bishonen}}



* {{Yandere}}

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* {{Yandere}}



* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio

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* SitcomArchNemesis: Of RadioAllThereInTheManual: She and Radio [[Music/TheBuggles share a spiteful rivalry]].



* {{Yandere}}

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* {{Yandere}}
[[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: At least compared to the rest of her family.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio



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

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A tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed in like a 70s pimp suit.
music industry producer or a wealthy rapper.




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!'''Cable—Lyndon Turner'''
Representing coaxial cable distribution and, for much of his history, cable television.

* ProfessionalButtKisser: He's been reduced to being Television's doddering yes-man.
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Satellite communications
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Satellite.




* BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister Podcast

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister PodcastPodcast/Mobile



!'''Podcast—Miley Bell'''

Represents sound broadcasts sent over the Internet file that can be listened to over a device, usually an iPod.

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!'''Podcast—Miley !'''Podcast and Mobile—Miley Bell'''

Represents sound mobile technology and media accessible through portable devices (cellular phones, iPods, and associated ilk).

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Originally, she was made to represent "sound
broadcasts sent over the Internet file that can be listened to over a device, usually an iPod.
iPod."



* ButtMonkey: Often, for Internet.



* ILied: [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} His only joke so far.]]
* {{Hikikomori}}: Not very fond of the outdoors.

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* ILied: [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} His only joke so far.first joke.]]
* {{Hikikomori}}: Not Up until the advent of VideoGame/PokemonGo, not very fond of the outdoors.



!'''Cinema—Fritz Stevens'''
Represents movies. Dressed like a [[CecileBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop.

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!'''Cinema—Fritz !'''Cinema—Friedrich "Fritz" Stevens'''
Represents movies. Dressed like a [[CecileBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television.



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

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* CompanionCube: A bullhorn/megaphone that he carries around.around, plus a haunted {{Yandere}} Oscar.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To AnimationAnimation, to an extent.



* TheStoner: Has shades of this






* PowerOfRock: Wields it as a weapon

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* PowerOfRock: Wields it as a weapon



* IWasQuiteALooker: The only depictions he has thus far depict him before the 20th Century.



* HippieParents: She's this to her two boys, Animation and Comics

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* HippieParents: She's this to her two boys, Animation and Comicschildren.



* MadArtist: Has her moments.
* MissingMom: To Animation and Comics.



* ParentsAsPeople: She is very well aware of her own ineptitude and left her two children in the their respective fathers' care.
* SophisticatedAsHell: She likes to stick it to the man.

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* ParentsAsPeople: She is very well aware of her own ineptitude and left her two children in the their respective fathers' care.
* SophisticatedAsHell: She likes to stick it to the man.
care.



** FriendlyEnemy: They have their moments.

!'''Music—Ludwig Cobain'''

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** FriendlyEnemy: They have their moments.

!'''Music—Ludwig Cobain'''
FriendlyEnemy

!'''Music—[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Wolfgang]] J. [[Music/LouisArmstrong Armstrong]]'''



* ThePowerOfRock: The source and embodiment thereof.

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* ThePowerOfRock: The source JadedWashout: Tends to grumble and embodiment thereof.
complain about being past his prime. [[Really700YearsOld He has been doing this for millennia]].




* PeoplePuppets: Quite literally.
* ShapedLikeItself: Has wooden marionette arms.


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* PeoplePuppets: Quite literally.
* ShapedLikeItself: Has wooden marionette arms.




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* ButtMonkey: A lot of the other media have a strong dislike for him.


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* ManipulativeBastard


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* TheDandy


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* ProfessionalButtKisser
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* [[HaremHero Harem Heroine]]
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!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[RickAstley rick]] Bell'''

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!'''Internet—[[Theatre/RossumsUniversalRobots Rossum]] [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[RickAstley Fred]]e[[Music/RickAstley rick]] Bell'''
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Brown Eyes is no longer a trope.


* BrownEyes
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Being cut per TRS


* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
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Blond Guys Are Evil and Blondes Are Evil are no longer tropes.


* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond guys are]] [[JerkAss jerkasses]]: He's a colossal asshole.
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Trivia and YMMV tropes used In Universe.


* OldShame: He as the Yellow Kid, a power-tripping sleazebag who spread gossip and BlatantLies [[MoneyDearBoy for money]].

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* OldShame: In-universe. He as the Yellow Kid, a power-tripping sleazebag who spread gossip and BlatantLies [[MoneyDearBoy for money]].



* ExecutiveMeddling: A recurring theme

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* ExecutiveMeddling: A In-universe, a recurring themetheme.



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

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universo. Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad.
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* CuteKitten: [[LOLCats He has one as a pet]]

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* CuteKitten: [[LOLCats [[WebOriginal/LOLCats He has one as a pet]]
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!'''Puppetry and Puppet Theater—[[JimHenson Henson]] Hearne'''

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!'''Puppetry and Puppet Theater—[[JimHenson Theater—[[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Hearne'''
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into BlackComedy and NaughtyTentacles.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into BlackComedy and NaughtyTentacles.BlackComedy.
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* TheWorkaholic

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* TheWorkaholic
{{Workaholic}}

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Kuudere is now being used only for the fanspeak term; examples belong under Sugar And Ice Personality.


* {{Kuudere}}


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* SugarAndIcePersonality
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** TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].

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** TheMeanBrit: He speaks in a posh English accent, [[WilliamShakespeare [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare for obvious reasons]].

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removing red-link


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

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



* EverythingsBetterWithBob
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into DeadBabyComedy and NaughtyTentacles.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into DeadBabyComedy BlackComedy and NaughtyTentacles.

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* AdNauseam: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification In the Flesh]]


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* RepeatingAd: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification In the Flesh]]
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* GreenEyes

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* GreenEyesGreenEyes: Based loosely on the perceived tendency for literary protagonists to have green eyes.

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