History Characters / RegularShowSupportingCharacters

* OutOfFocus: '''''HOO BOY.''''' you thought Hi-Five Ghost was out of focus in the first two seasons? Thomas makes pre-Season 3 Fives look like a main character. Thomas is well known for just not having a lot of episodes that just don't focus on him, have him appear or both (in fact in Season 4, he appeared for only a fourth of the season). Though this understandable due to a few things:
** 1. The creator states this is because "no one ever hangs out with the intern".
** 2. He shown in his time on the show that he [[OptOut didn't want nothing to do with the Park Gang's shenanigans]].
** 3. In "The Real Thomas", it explains all the reason why when he was [[spoiler:revealed to be a Russian spy, and spies are known to act and do nothing interesting to blend in and not draw attention to them.]]

* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: [[spoiler:He's genuinely shocked that Natalie tries to have the park crew killed after finishing their mission.]]

** 3. In "The Real Thomas", it explains all the reason why when he was [[spoiler:revealed to be a Russian spy, and spies are known to act and do noting interesting to blend in and not draw attention to them.]]

* BigGood: Earl takes up the role in the second half of season 8 [[spoiler:until his death at Anti-Pops' hands]]. He has trained all previous incarnations of Pops, and has tattoos all over his body for every time Pops and Anti-Pops fight. Likewise, for several episodes, Earl trains Pops and helps him get through the fact he has to fight his brother, explaining he must defeat Anti-Pops or the world will reset itself once again.

* BigGood: Earl takes up the role in the second half of season 8 [[spoiler:until his death at Anti-Pops' hands]]. He has trained all previous incarnations of Pops, and has tattoos all over his body for every time Pops and Anti-Pops fight. Likewise, for several episodes, Earl trains Pops and helps him get through the fact he had to fight his brother, explaining he had to defeat Anti-Pops or the world would reset itself once again.

* BigGood: Earl takes up the role in the second half of season 8 [[until his death]]. He has trained all previous incarnations of Pops, and has tattoos all over his body for every time Pops and Anti-Pops fight. Likewise, for several episodes, Earl trains Pops and helps him get through the fact he had to fight his brother, explaining he had to defeat Anti-Pops or the world would reset itself once again.

** 1. The creator states this is because "[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome no one ever hangs out with the intern]]".

!!Thomas

* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Earl is definitely a virtuous take on [[Film/KillBill Pai Mei]]. They have bushy eyebrows, and long hair which is kept up in a ponytail, as well as a large beard. They also teach a protagonist to fight. However, whereas Pai Mei was the EvilMentor bordering on [[{{Sadist}} becoming sadistic]], Earl is an good-aligned MentorArchetype who adapts [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi's]] method of [[WaxOnWaxOff training]], and he is also shown to have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold an empathetic side]], as he tells Pops they will all be there for him.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Keeps the true purpose of the SPARK initiative from the crew and dodges Benson's questions when confronted. [[spoiler:Subverted as of "Space Escape": He only doesn't explain why Pops is important because there isn't time, and does everything in his power to protect the park crew. It's also made clear whatever the Park's mysterious mission is, it's a good one.]]

* BoyishShortHair: Sports this as an older woman during the 25 year park reunion.

* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Earl is definitely a virtuous take on [[Film/KillBill Pai Mei]]. They have bushy eyebrows, and long hair which is kept up in a ponytail, as well as a large beard. They also teach a protagonist to fight. However, Earl is infinitely less sadistic than Pai Mei, and he adapts [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi's]] method of [[WaxOnWaxOff training]]. Likewise, he is also shown to have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold an empathetic side]], as he tells Pops they will all be there for him.

* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Earl is definitely a virtuous take on [[Film/KillBill Pai Mei]. They have bushy eyebrows, and long hair which is kept up in a ponytail, as well as a large beard. They also teach a protagonist to fight. However, Earl is infinitely less sadistic than Pai Mei, and he adapts [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi's]] method of [[WaxOnWaxOff training]]. Likewise, he is also shown to have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold an empathetic side]], as he tells Pops they will all be there for him.

* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Earl looks and acts similar to [[Film/KillBill Pai Mei]], but is infinitely less sadistic while adopting [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi's]] method of [[WaxOnWaxOff training]]. Likewise, he is also shown to have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold an empathetic side]], as he tells Pops they will all be there for him.