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* DeterminedDefeatist: He's constantly surly, depressed, and annoyed with his life, but he explicitly states he keeps going out of some hope that if he keeps going it will get better somehow.

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* DeterminedDefeatist: He's constantly surly, depressed, and annoyed with his life, but he explicitly states he keeps going out of some hope that if he keeps going it his life will get better somehow.



* HappilyMarried: Duckman's relationship with Beatrice, until she died. Duckman's still affected by it and continues to mourn her for years as his only true love after his death.

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* HappilyMarried: Duckman's relationship with Beatrice, until she died. Duckman's still affected by it and continues to mourn her for years as his only true love after his her supposed death.



* ChessmasterSidekick: Not that it takes much to outthink Duckman to begin with.

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* ChessmasterSidekick: Not that it takes much to outthink out-think Duckman to begin with.



* HeroicSelfDeprecation: It's implied multiple times throughout the series that Cornfed suffers from critically low self-esteem, longing for a purpose in life which is manifested in his multiple exploits. Not to mention his anxiety over being a virgin for much of the show despite being well into adulthood. It wasn't until he met Duckman and started working for him that he found his life's true calling.



* StrawFeminist: She's prone to spouting anti-men rhetoric and is the first to complain on the subject of female rights, which she mainly just uses as an excuse to emasculate men. Predominantly Duckman.



* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Charles has lighter coloured hair then Mambo.

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* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Charles has lighter coloured colored hair then Mambo.
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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions and is played as an abusive KnightOfCeberus for Duckman.

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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions and is played as an abusive KnightOfCeberus KnightOfCerebus for Duckman.
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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions and is played as an abusive KnightOfCerberus for Duckman.

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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions and is played as an abusive KnightOfCerberus KnightOfCeberus for Duckman.

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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions.

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* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions.visions and is played as an abusive KnightOfCerberus for Duckman.


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* EvilCounterpart: Uncle Mo's essentially what Duckman would become if he had no scruples at all or cared for anyone but himself. Duckman himself acknowledges this comparison.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: How do you know saying goodbye to his boys in "The Amazing Colossal Duckman" is serious? Duckman remembers Mambo's name.



* DumbIsGood: The dumbest member of the family is easily the kindest.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While "I, Duckman" establishes his stupidity immediately (he swallowed Bernice's stopwatch), it's the final scene where he talks to Duckman that establishes how kindhearted he is and how unusually profound he can be.



* GoodIsDumb: The dumbest member of the family is easily the kindest.



* MissingMom: His mother, Beatrice, died when he was very young.

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* MissingMom: His mother, Beatrice, died when he was very young. "Research and Destroy" shows that she is the inspiration behind his poetry.



* AccidentalMisnaming: Duckman would often get Mambo's name wrong, usually referring to him as another time of dance like Meringue or Macarena.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Duckman would often get Mambo's name wrong, usually referring to him as another time of dance like Meringue or Macarena. On rare occasions, he doesn't even use a word starting with M.




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* TwinTelepathy: They demonstrate this ability in "Bonfire of the Panties" during a ride in the car. It was probably a given since they share a body.

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!!Eric Tiberius Duckman




!!Eric Tiberius Duckman

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* DeterminedDefeatist: He's constantly surly, depressed, and annoyed with his life, but he explicitly states he keeps going out of some hope that if he keeps going it will get better somehow.



* FreudianExcuse: See HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood below. Beyond that, his life is just a never-ending corridor of torture.

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* FreudianExcuse: See HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood below. Beyond that, his life is just a never-ending corridor of torture.torture which he continuously lampshades.



* HappilyMarried: Duckman's relationship with Beatrice, until she died. Duckman's still affected by it.

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* HappilyMarried: Duckman's relationship with Beatrice, until she died. Duckman's still affected by it.it and continues to mourn her for years as his only true love after his death.



* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: His mother constantly neglected him and he never really had a true father figure.

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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: His mother constantly neglected him in favor of sleeping around with multiple men in a mournful attempt to find a replacement for Duckman's father after his death and he never really had a true father figure.



** He recalls in "Cellar Beware" how he was caught stealing candy as a child. His father had the police chief put him in a jail cell to teach him a lesson. However, the chief hit his head fifteen minutes later and became comatose. Since no one else knew why he was there, Duckman was stuck in the cell for sixteen months.

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** He recalls in "Cellar Beware" how he was caught stealing candy as a child. His father had the police chief put him in a jail cell to teach him a lesson. However, the chief hit his head fifteen minutes later and became comatose. Since no one else knew why he was there, Duckman was stuck in the cell for sixteen months.months, still sadly believing his father would come for him and cared for him.
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* GoldTooth: He gets one in ''How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying''.

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* GoldTooth: He gets has one in ''How "The Longest Weekend" and "How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying''.Trying."
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!! Uncle Mo
-->'''Voiced by:''' Robert Klein

The last of Duckman's blood relatives, not counting his kids. He's an even bigger jerk than Duckman himself, and in his last days, decides to take advantage of a family curse in order to exploit and torture Duckman as much as he can.
* TheDreaded: His arrival causes Duckman to have horrible, nightmarish visions.
* EscapeArtist: Duckman captures him in a burlap sack, chains him up, locks him in a trunk, and chucks him down into the basement, and he escapes seconds later. He explains that he's pissed off so many people that he gets tied up and locked in trunks all the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Unlike Duckman, Mo is never shown to have any redeeming qualities.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He shows up for one episode and dies at the end, although he also briefly appears in another as a ghost.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: He can eat literally anything he can fit in his mouth; he's eaten ''fecal matter'' (both human and animal) on several occasions. Not once has he ever suffered any ill effects.
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* HappyDance: "You put your down, down. You thrust your pelvis, huh! You thrust your pelvis, huh!"
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* InkSuitActor: He appears to be a grotesque caricature of Gilbert Gottfried.
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* BondVillainStupidity:He leaves Duckman bound to a chair in ''Joking The Chicken'', promising to finishing him off after the concert is over. Seems like he didn't expect the janitor.

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* BondVillainStupidity:He BondVillainStupidity: He leaves Duckman bound to a chair in ''Joking The Chicken'', promising to finishing him off after the concert is over. Seems like he didn't expect the janitor.
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-->'''Voiced by:''''Creator/TimCurry

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* Leitmotif: An overly sweet music box-like tune plays almost every time they open their mouths.

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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: An overly sweet music box-like tune plays almost every time they open their mouths.
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* ThePerfectionist

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* ShipTease: With Beverly. They get married in the last episode.

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* ShipTease: With Beverly. They [[spoiler:They get married in the last episode.]]



* ShipTease: With Cornfed, much to Duckman's annoyance. They get married in the last episode.

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* ShipTease: With Cornfed, much to Duckman's annoyance. They [[spoiler:They get married in the last episode.
episode.]]



* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: She attempts to have her way with Duckman.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: She attempts to have her way with Duckman.
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* CatchPhrase: "What the hell are ''you'' starin' at!?" And when he's surprised, "Dwah!"

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* CatchPhrase: "What the hell are ''you'' starin' at!?" And when he's surprised, "Dwah!""Dwah!" And when he sees a hot lady, "Humina-humina-ha-wah!"

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