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* AmericanAccents: Dixie. Troy is one of few townsfolk that speaks with a pronounced accent, making him sound almost right out of [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow right out of Mayberry.]]

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now. In "The King Falls Chronicles Part One" Lillie reveals that Sammy was formerly an XM Satellite radio shock jock.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now. In "The King Falls Chronicles Part One" Lillie reveals that Sammy was formerly an XM Satellite radio shock jock.jock who dropped off the radar shortly before taking his role at King Falls AM.


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* EmbarrassingNickname: Sammy reeeeeaaaally doesn't like being referred to by his old shock jock moniker "Shotgun Sammy".


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* CrazyJealousGuy: Greg is NOT fond of Emily contacting anyone other than himself. He has [[Gaslighting convinced]] her that everyone from Ben and Sammy to her own mother is lying about her abduction and telling her that her slowly-returning memories are not true.


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* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch]]: [[spoiler: Lillie's aggressive snooping leads to her being tailed and attacked by an unknown assailant at her hotel room in the end of her first episode.]]

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now. In "The King Falls Chronicles Part One" Lillie reveals that Sammy was formerly an XM Satellite radio shock jock.



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[[folder: Lillie Wright]]

The protagonist of the King Falls Chronicles spin off. A podcaster who has begrudgingly traveled to King Falls with her crew to do an exposé on the town and its weirdness.

* AgentScully: Lillie is even more skeptical than Sammy used to be to the weirdness in King Falls, almost hostilely so. She insists that there is either a shared mania or a scheme by the townsfolk being perpetrated. [[spoiler: She might not be so skeptical after being tailed to her hotel room.]]
* IntrepidReporter: According to her credentials, she is a investigative journalist with a popular podcast.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her brother is missing, and she does not appear to hold hope of him turning up. She uses this to try and relate to Tim and Mary's plight.
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* HateSink: '''None''' of the podcast's fans like him. Considering how creepy he is, this is probably intentional.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now.



* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.

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* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed. Episode 49 reveals that "Shotgun Sammy" may not have been a nice guy.



Producer and co-host of King Falls AM. A life-long town native, he's more accustomed to the strangeness in town than Sammy is, but more recently, things have been throwing him for bigger and bigger loops.

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Producer The slightly neurotic producer and co-host of King Falls AM. A life-long town native, he's more accustomed to the strangeness in town than Sammy is, but more recently, things have been throwing him for bigger and bigger loops.



* [[spoiler: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ben concedes to Greg's ploy in episode 49 in order to keep Emily from getting hurt further.]]



* [[spoiler: ConfrontingYourImposter: Turns out the first Tim to return might now have been the real Tim...]]

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* [[spoiler: BodyDouble: as it turns out, the Tim that was returned the first time was actually a double of the real Tim. Whether or not the imposter Tim is a [[ArtificialHuman robot]], a [[SendInTheClones clone]], or something else is still unknown.]]
* [[spoiler: ConfrontingYourImposter: Turns out the first Tim to return might now In Episode 48, both Tims have been an all-out fist fight at the real Tim...radio station.]]




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* [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: Twice no less. Once, [[SendInTheClones "Tim"]] is returned, but it becomes quickly apparent that he is not the same as he was before his abduction. Then the real Tim is brought when Ben brings the UFO down to rescue Emily.]]



* AmericanAccents: Dixie. Troy is one of few townsfolk that speaks with a pronounced accent, making him sound almost right out of [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow right out of Mayberry.]]



* WeUsedToBeFriends: Troy goes to great lengths to earn Ben's forgiveness for inadvertently causing the death of his childhood pet.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted. Troy is a hard-working police officer and while some crimes get away from him, he has always been a big help to Sammy and Ben. [[spoiler: He has even helped scare off and then later, take down a UFO.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Troy goes to great lengths to earn Ben's forgiveness for inadvertently causing the death of his childhood pet.pet.




* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Beauregard is a millionaire businessman who has, so far, shut down the power to town, bought all the Christmas trees in the county for his own personal enjoyment, may or may not be a vampire, and has a "transmorgrafier" that is at least powerful enough to take down a UFO.



* OddFriendship: With Herschel.
* TheAlcoholic: To date, Cecil has not made a single appearance on the show where he hasn't been at least slightly drunk. At one point you can hear him open at least four beers during a call to the show.

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* OddFriendship: With Herschel.
Herschel, bordering on HeterosexualLifePartners.
* TheAlcoholic: To date, Cecil has not made a single appearance on the show where he hasn't been at least slightly a slurred-speech level of drunk. At one point you can hear him open at least four beers during a call to the show.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sort of. Cecil is mostly on the receiving end of Herschel's tirades, but at the end of the day takes them in stride. Whether or not this is simply because Cecil is [[TheAlcoholic perpetually toasted]] is unknown.



* OddFriendship: With Cecil.



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* GrumpyOldMan: Herschel's sole purpose in life is to call in to Ben and Sammy with profanity-laden rants about whatever is bothering him that particular moment.
* OddFriendship: With Cecil.


Cecil, bordering on HeterosexualLifePartners.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sort of. Herschel constantly berates Cecil, while Cecil lets most of it wash over him and rarely returns any insults back Herschel's way. This could just be because Cecil is [[TheAlcoholic thoroughly pickled]] though.\




* TookALevelInJerkass: At first Greg seemed like a normal, if somewhat excitable guy when his ads first began. However, after his failed date with Emily and [[spoilers: her subsequent abduction]], he has grown more unhinged and underhanded as the show has gone on.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: At first Greg seemed like a normal, if somewhat excitable guy when his ads first began. However, after his failed date with Emily and [[spoilers: [[spoiler: her subsequent abduction]], he has grown more unhinged and underhanded as the show has gone on.

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* TheAlcoholic: To date, Cecil has not made a single appearance on the show where he hasn't been at least slightly drunk. At one point you can hear him open at least four beers during a call to the show.


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* KitschyLocalCommercial: Greg and his grandmother own a local restaurant that specializes entirely in frog legs. Ben and Sammy both find it disgusting.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Greg starts off as this to Ben, using his ads with King Falls AM in order to elbow his way into a date with Emily. He starts growing [[TookALevelInJerkass more obsessive and unhinged]] as the show goes along. In Episode 49 he may have jumped right into the villain category after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: At first Greg seemed like a normal, if somewhat excitable guy when his ads first began. However, after his failed date with Emily and [[spoilers: her subsequent abduction]], he has grown more unhinged and underhanded as the show has gone on.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: After Sammy sarcasctially remarks that he will flirt with the good doctor just like he did with Emily (in the episode when they first meet), Ben simply asks "is he lovely too?"

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* AbsurdPhobia: Garbage bears a.k.a. raccoons
* AmbiguouslyBi: After Sammy sarcasctially sarcastically remarks that he will flirt with the good doctor just like he did with Emily (in the episode when they first meet), Ben simply asks "is he lovely too?"
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Cecil Sheffield]]

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* [[spoiler: MissingTime: Does not remember anything about her alien abduction.]]


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* [[spoiler: AlienAbduction]]
* [[spoiler: ConfrontingYourImposter: Turns out the first Tim to return might now have been the real Tim...]]
* [[spoiler: MissingTime: Does not remember what happened during his abduction.]]

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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: Remembers almost everything before she met Ben and Sammy.]]
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** At one point, he is in a hurry to get off the phone with Sammy and Ben [[spoiler:because the sun will be rising in minutes.]]
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* [[spoiler:AmbiguouslyHuman: Rumored to be a vampire due to no one knowing his age and the fact that he is never seen in daylight.]]



* OddFriendship: With Cecil.

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* OddFriendship: With Cecil.Cecil.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Feels this way about Ben's "notebook".]]
* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:"Who is Sammy Stevens?"]]



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* OddFriendship: With Herschel.

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[[folder: Herschel Baumgardner]]

* OddFriendship: With Cecil.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: After Sammy sarcasctially remarks that he will flirt with the good doctor just like he did with Emily (in the episode when they first meet), Ben simply asks "is he lovely too?"
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* They'reCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.

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* They'reCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.
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* They'reCalledPersonalIssuesforaReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.

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* They'reCalledPersonalIssuesforaReason: They'reCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.
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* They'reCalledPersonalIssuesforaReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed.
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* OnlySaneMan: By the time of episode 32, he's probably the most down-to-earth character in the podcast. This... [[CityOfWeirdos probably isn't saying much]], but he's usually calm and collected most of the time.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Except where Santa Claus is concerned.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Except where Santa Claus is concerned. Grows out of it as the series goes on.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When [[spoiler: the Rainbow Lights depart from town]], the only thing he can really think of that's bad about it is that the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext are going to be disappointed.]]



Producer and co-host of King Falls AM.

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Producer and co-host of King Falls AM. \n A life-long town native, he's more accustomed to the strangeness in town than Sammy is, but more recently, things have been throwing him for bigger and bigger loops.



* EvilIsPetty: "Evil" to Greg Frickard, at least, as Ben orders all of the "romantic" frog flambes during Greg's date with Emily. And then eats Chipotle anyway.



* JustFriends: While they seem to hang out a lot, Ben and Emily both insist that they are just "good friends"

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* JustFriends: While they seem to hang out a lot, Ben and Emily both insist that they are just "good friends"
friends". However, [[spoiler: in Episode 20, she says that she would have liked Ben to be her boyfriend, before an incident during her date with Ben's SitcomArchNemesis Greg Frickard.]]


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[[folder: Howard Ford Beauregard III]]

The self-proclaimed "King of King Falls", an odd, reclusive man who claims to be a direct descendant of the town's founding family. Constantly insists that the show is spreading slander about him, and is an abrasive individual in general. Sammy and Ben aren't too fond of him, and he may be behind a good part of the more sinister events in the town.

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* InsistentTerminology: They're not ghosts, they're ''apparitions.''



* InsistentTerminology: They're not ghosts, they're ''apparitions.''

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* InsistentTerminology: They're not ghosts, they're ''apparitions.'' PrecisionFStrike : [[spoiler:"We're gonna get those ''fucking'' U.F.O.s back." ]]
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: To Deputy Troy. [[spoiler: Troy caused the death of his pet by reporting it to the authorities, who threw the sugar glider in the river.]]
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Deputy of the King Falls Sheriff's Department under Sheriff Gunderson. Seems to spend a lot of his time dealing with the delinquent Williams Boys, but often calls in to report major events at the scene, despite Mayor Grisham's hold over the Sheriff's Department.
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* IntrepidReporter: Shades of this.

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* IntrepidReporter: Shades of this.
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* IntrepidReporter: Shades of this.



* CatchPhrase: "Legend has it..."

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Sammy Stevens came to King Falls from "The Big City" to work on King Falls' late night radio show.

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Sammy Stevens came to King Falls from "The Big City" to work on King Falls' late night radio show. His old job seemed to be a goofy morning radio show, and he's excited to get into more serious journalism.

* ArbitrarySkepticismArbitrarySkepticism: Except where Santa Claus is concerned.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Generally a pleasant guy, but [[spoiler: not above punching the mayor at a public event.]]
* CatchPhrase: "You've heard our story, let's hear yours."



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* FishOutOfWater
FishOutOfWater: Initially. He feels at home in King Falls pretty quickly.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold



* LoveAtFirstSight
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Sammy's blue.

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* LoveAtFirstSight
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Sammy's blue.
ScheduleFanatic: Regarding the radio show.



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* DesignatedLoveInterestDesignatedLoveInterest: Established as love interest for Ben on her first appearance.




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* JustFriends: While they seem to hang out a lot, Ben and Emily both insist that they are just "good friends"

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* NiceGuy
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Troy goes to great lengths to earn Ben's forgiveness for inadvertently causing the death of his childhood pet.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: Also with Emily. She eventually calls him out on it.




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* HotLibrarian: Evidently.

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* HotLibrarian: Evidently.Evidently.

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Sammy Stevens came to King Falls from "The Big City" to work on King Falls' late night radio show.

* ArbitrarySkepticism
* DeadpanSnarker
* FishOutOfWater


[[folder:Ben Arnold]]

Producer and co-host of King Falls AM.

* CanNotSpitItOut: With Emily.
* CatchPhrase: "Legend has it..."
* HairTriggerTemper
* InsistentTerminology: They're not ghosts, they're ''apparitions.''
* LoveAtFirstSight
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Sammy's blue.


[[folder:Emily Potter]]

Town Librarian and historian. Often called on the show to discuss King Falls history.

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* DesignatedLoveInterest
* HotLibrarian: Evidently.

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