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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Twice is seen with a normal human woman with blond hair, at the Halloween party (where they were dressed as Ronald & Nancy Reagan) and at Charlie's funeral.funeral, and [[spoiler:on a portrait in the future where he's President]]. The way he sits in her lap as she rubs his belly implies some degree of relationship.
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* ButtMonkey: Pim seems to get the short end of the stick a lot. Throughout the entire pilot we see him get worn down by attempt after attempt to make Desmond smile until he's a literal husk by the end of it. Then in the series proper, he falls in love with "Shrimpina" until she falls in love with Shrimp instead, he ends up on the sidelines in the Enchanted Forest until he goes mad with jealousy seeing Charlie do all the quests he's always wanted to do, and he almost gets murdered by the Forest Demon in the Halloween Special.
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* ButtMonkey: Despite his idealism and goal to share it with others, Pim seems to get the short end of the stick a lot. Throughout the entire pilot we see him get worn down by attempt after attempt to make Desmond smile until he's a literal husk by the end of it. Then in the series proper, he falls in love with "Shrimpina" until she falls in love with Shrimp instead, he ends up on the sidelines in the Enchanted Forest until he goes mad with jealousy seeing Charlie do all the quests he's always wanted to do, and he almost gets murdered by the Forest Demon in the Halloween Special.
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* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Alan is capable of understanding his gibbering. [[spoiler:Some time in the future, he gets the ability to speak actual English.]]
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* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Alan is capable of understanding Other characters seem to understand what he's saying despite his gibbering."speech" sounding like gibberish. [[spoiler:Some time in the future, he gets the ability to speak actual English.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Immediately bolts and leaves his coworkers behind as soon as the TV screen shatters at the end of the episode.
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* WTHCastingAgency: [[spoiler:Played for laughs. Glep reveals in the final episode that Hell is real and that Christianity was the correct faith all along, so of course Zach gets his ''openly Jewish friend'' Joshua Tomar to voice said lines.]]
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* AudienceParticipation: [[invoked]] Was introduced as part of one, where people would text their opinion on whether he would be in the show. [[ForegoneConclusion The rules of the poll were comically lopsided in Smormu's favor, making the whole process a blatant sham.]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: No explicit hints of any sexuality, but he happily "noms" Charlie's nose. Also showed up to [[spoiler:Charlie's funeral]] with Dave from Daveland, while Charlie and Glep showed up with women who might be their girlfriends. Maybe.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: No explicit hints of any sexuality, but he happily "noms" Charlie's nose. Also showed up to [[spoiler:Charlie's funeral]] with Dave from Daveland, while the girl seen with Charlie several times in S1, and the woman seen frequently with Glep showed up with also attend. These women who might not even be their girlfriends.girlfriends, however. Maybe.
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** He participates in the unbelievably savage death of the forest demon, but said demon was a violent monster who tried to eat one of his employees.
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** Was fully prepared to cold-bloodedly murder the Frowning Friends out of spite, but considering that they're both {{Hope Crusher}}s who want to [[spoiler:exterminate the people of Puerto Rico]], it's hard to see his actions as unjust. [[spoiler:He also relents when he sees how pathetic and cowardly they both truly are]].
** He participates in the unbelievably savage death of the forest demon, but said demon was a violent monster who tried to eat one of his employees.
** Was fully prepared to cold-bloodedly murder the Frowning Friends out of spite, but considering that they're both {{Hope Crusher}}s who want to [[spoiler:exterminate the people of Puerto Rico]], it's hard to see his actions as unjust. [[spoiler:He also relents when he sees how pathetic and cowardly they both truly are]].
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* NotWorthKilling: Decides this about the [[spoiler:Frowning Friends when he sees Grim begging for his life on his knees with piss streaking down his pants]]. He's quite satisfied with publicly destroying their reputations when their followers see what cowards they are. He even buries the hatchet with them [[spoiler:immediately before they get killed by the Renaissance Men]].
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* ButtMonkey: Pim seems to get the short end of the stick a lot. Throughout the entire pilot we see him get worn down by attempt after attempt to make Desmond smile until he's a literal husk by the end of it.
** He falls in love with "Shrimpina" until she falls in love with Shrimp instead. He ends up on the sidelines in the Enchanted Forest until he goes mad with jealousy seeing Charlie do all the quests he's always wanted to do. He almost gets murdered by the Forest Demon in the Halloween Special.
** He falls in love with "Shrimpina" until she falls in love with Shrimp instead. He ends up on the sidelines in the Enchanted Forest until he goes mad with jealousy seeing Charlie do all the quests he's always wanted to do. He almost gets murdered by the Forest Demon in the Halloween Special.
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* SpitefulSpit: He spits on the TV exec's face when he auditions for Mr. Frog, which somehow ends up landing him the role. However, despite his spitting being wildly popular with both his fellow cast members and with test audiences, the exec forbids him from spitting on the show, leading to Glep's debut performance being a tremendous flop.
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* DodgyToupee: Possibly. The dark-colored hair on the top of his head appears to be a toupee that's several sizes too small for his head, but it's unknown if it is one or if it's his actual hair.
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* TheScrappy: An InUniverse one. The vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle... because the text to vote against him is ''vastly'' longer and more complex than the text to vote for him.
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* TheScrappy: An InUniverse one. The vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle... because the text to vote against him is ''vastly'' longer and more complex than the text to vote for him. Charlie straight up leaves once he finally shows up and starts dancing.
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** He falls in love with "Shrimpina" until she falls in love with Shrimp instead. He ends up on the sidelines in the Enchanted Forest until he goes mad with jealousy seeing Charlie do all the quests he's always wanted to do. He almost gets murdered by the Forest Demon in the Halloween Special.
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-->'''Charlie:''' Look. I can barely explain the nutty adventure I've just went on. So I'm not going to I to-I don't-I don't wanna talk about it...it. ...I've seen the devil.
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** The television poll he was part of - as well as him doing nothing but singing - resembles ringtone characters such as Wonki, which were also referenced on OneyPlays.
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** The television poll he was part of - as well as him doing nothing but singing - resembles ringtone characters such as Wonki, which were also referenced on OneyPlays.[=OneyPlays=].
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* WTHCastingAgency: [[spoiler:Played for laughs. Glep reveals in the final episode that Hell is real and that Christianity was the correct faith all along, so of course Zach gets his ''openly Jewish friend'' Joshua Tomar to voice said lines.
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* WTHCastingAgency: [[spoiler:Played for laughs. Glep reveals in the final episode that Hell is real and that Christianity was the correct faith all along, so of course Zach gets his ''openly Jewish friend'' Joshua Tomar to voice said lines.]]
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** The television poll he was part of - as well as him doing nothing but singing - resembles ringtone characters such as Wonki, which were also referenced on OneyPlays.
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** His shirt also has the "I'm With Her" sticker slogan of the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Clinton]] campaign.
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:His "in loving memory" photo is of him ''on a slab at the morgue'', eyes and mouth wide open for reasons unknown.]]
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The fifth Smiling Friend voted into the show due to a nationwide online poll. [[spoiler: He dies]].
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* AudienceParticipation: [[invoked]] Was introduced as one, where people would text their opinion on whether he would be in the show. [[ForegoneConclusion The rules of the poll were comically lopsided in Smormu's favor, making the whole process a blatant sham.]]
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* TheScrappy: An InUniverse one. The vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle... ''with'' the text to vote against him being ''vastly'' longer and more complex than the text to vote for him.
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* TheScrappy: An InUniverse one. The vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle... ''with'' because the text to vote against him being is ''vastly'' longer and more complex than the text to vote for him.
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* TakeThat: To [[CousinOliver halfassed additions to a show's core cast]], especially ones that [[CreatorsPet get shilled to high heavens]].
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* TakeThat: [[invoked]] To [[CousinOliver halfassed additions to a show's core cast]], especially ones that [[CreatorsPet get shilled to high heavens]].
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* ShooOutTheNewGuy: [[spoiler:His ultimate fate. And barely a minute after his first appearance!]]
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* TakeThat: To [[CousinOliver halfassed additions to a show's core cast]], especially ones that are {{Creator's Pet}}s.[[CreatorsPet get shilled to high heavens]].
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* AudienceParticipation: Was introduced as one, where people would text their opinion on whether he would be in the show. [[CreatorsPet The rules of the poll were comically lopsided in Smormu's favor, making the whole process a blatant sham.]]
* CreatorsPet: Invoked. The poll over whether he should be added to the series is seemingly ''designed'' to result in the pro-Smormu vote winning, between casting a vote for Smormu being significantly easier than casting a vote against Smormu, the poll having an [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]], and this Electoral College being overridden when Smormu loses it but (as a result of the easier text to vote for Smormu) gets more votes cast in his favor overall.
* CreatorsPet: Invoked. The poll over whether he should be added to the series is seemingly ''designed'' to result in the pro-Smormu vote winning, between casting a vote for Smormu being significantly easier than casting a vote against Smormu, the poll having an [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]], and this Electoral College being overridden when Smormu loses it but (as a result of the easier text to vote for Smormu) gets more votes cast in his favor overall.
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* AudienceParticipation: [[invoked]] Was introduced as one, where people would text their opinion on whether he would be in the show. [[CreatorsPet [[ForegoneConclusion The rules of the poll were comically lopsided in Smormu's favor, making the whole process a blatant sham.]]
* CreatorsPet: Invoked. The poll over whether he should be added to the seriesis seemingly was clearly ''designed'' to result in the pro-Smormu vote winning, between casting a vote for Smormu being significantly easier than casting a vote against Smormu, the poll having an [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]], and this Electoral College being overridden when Smormu loses it but (as a result of the easier text to vote for Smormu) gets more votes cast in his favor overall.
* CreatorsPet: Invoked. The poll over whether he should be added to the series
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* TokenHuman: He's the one and only human being working at the company.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse version as the vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle. Mind you, that's ''with'' the text to vote against him being ''vastly'' more complex than the text to vote for him.
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* AudienceParticipation: Was introduced as one, where people would type text their opinion on whether he would be in the show.
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* CreatorsPet: Invoked. The poll over whetheror not he should join be added to the Smiling Friends series is almost split right down seemingly ''designed'' to result in the middle. Mind you, that's ''with'' the text to pro-Smormu vote winning, between casting a vote for Smormu being significantly easier than casting a vote against him Smormu, the poll having an [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]], and this Electoral College being ''vastly'' more complex than overridden when Smormu loses it but (as a result of the easier text to vote for him.Smormu) gets more votes cast in his favor overall.
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* TheScrappy: An InUniverse one. The vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle... ''with'' the text to vote against him being ''vastly'' longer and more complex than the text to vote for him.
* SixthRanger: To the main four employees.
* TakeThat:Mostly for the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]]. Oddly enough, he actually ''lost'' the electoral vote and only won the popular vote, which wouldn't be counted as To [[CousinOliver halfassed additions to a win in an actual election.show's core cast]], especially ones that are {{Creator's Pet}}s.
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* ProperlyParanoid: He doesn't want to dress up for Halloween because he has seen people being [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad cancelled for wearing offensive Halloween costumes]]. The [[CruelAndUnusualDeath death]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[AnArmAndALeg the]] [[EatenAlive Forest]] [[KillItWithFire Demon]] only vindicates his concern, as he nonchalantly asserts his position as Charlie stares in horror at the brutal execution of his pursuer.
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* ProperlyParanoid: He doesn't want to dress up for Halloween because he has seen people being [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad cancelled for wearing offensive Halloween costumes]]. The [[CruelAndUnusualDeath death]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[AnArmAndALeg the]] [[EatenAlive Forest]] [[KillItWithFire Demon]] only vindicates his concern, as he nonchalantly asserts his position as Charlie Pim stares in horror at the brutal execution of his pursuer.
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!!Desmond
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mike Stoklasa]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"... Is this supposed to make me not want to kill myself?"]]
A depressed man at the end of his rope, whose mother employs the Smiling Friends to cheer him up.
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* BasementDweller: Moved back into his childhood bedroom, now a MessOfWoe.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler:What gets Desmond out of his funk is him realizing that he loves killing the Bliblies after he shoots one that charged at him.]]
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Neglects to wear pants in his room, continuing to do so as he walks barefoot in his boxers to everywhere that Pim and Charlie take him.
* DeathSeeker: But is willing to give a lad a chance to talk him out of it.
* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: He regains his will to live after finding out that he likes exterminating Bliblies, and develops a Bliblies Exterminating Business.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Why would he care about shoes when he can't give a care about life?
* DrivenToSuicide: His lost investment in life provides the conflict Pim and Charlie have to face. Ultimately, [[spoiler: [[HappyEnding he decides he wants to live]].]]
* FatSlob: Has really let himself go after the divorce, having grown a gut that hangs out of his stained shirt and over his boxers. [[spoiler: He cleans himself up brilliantly once he's on television.]]
* TheEeyore: ''Oh boy.'' [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
* {{Gonk}}: He's one sad, disgusting shell of a man to look at. [[spoiler:Not so much after he manages to find a new purpose in life, as he becomes significantly less ugly]]
* HeCleansUpNicely: [[spoiler:When he cheers up after finding his true calling in life, all of his hair grows back, his skin clears up, and loses its wrinkles and veins, his teeth become clean and white, and he starts wearing a nice suit.]]
* InkSuitActor: Of a sort; his design appears to take noticeable cues from that of [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]], another character that his VA, Mike Stoklasa, plays, right down to Stoklasa reusing the Plinkett voice for Desmond.
* InsaneProprietor: [[spoiler:Becomes a downplayed example when he founds Desmond's Bliblie Control. He is a sincere and direct spokesman, but in retrospect, he's still personally advertising [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilliputian]] genocide. Though to be honest, said Lilliputians are shown to be quite dangerous, chaotic pests.]]
* NoKillLikeOverKill: Implied. The gun he's trying to kill himself with appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, which, as detailed below in RareGuns, has one of the largest calibers out of any revolver. [[spoiler:He later shoots one of the bliblies on-screen with it by shooting it point blank, which quite literally obliterates it.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: His deteriorating mental health was brought on by how his wife took everything in their divorce and his children have cut all ties with him.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Him killing all of the Bliblies running amok in the Smiling Friends Office, it's implied through his commercial for his Desmond's Bliblie Control that he not only used his gun to kill them, but stabbed, smashed, and set the Bliblies on fire.]]
* QuickDraw: [[spoiler: Turns his gun away from his temple and onto a charging bliblie in a second, blasting the tiny berserker at pointblank range.]]
* RareGuns: The revolver he wields appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, a double-action five-round revolver which possesses the [[HandCannon largest caliber of any revolver as of now]].
* RecklessGunUsage: Justified. He was planning on shooting himself after all. Frankly, it's more surprising the gun doesn't accidentally discharge when he's on the roller coaster or bumper cars.
* RevolversAreForAmateurs: An average guy with an average gun.
* {{Sadist}}: Implied with his vow that if Pim and Charlie fail to cheer him up, they have to watch him kill himself, [[spoiler: and PlayedStraight once he kills his first bliblie.]]
* TheStoic: He doesn't vary much from his dull, bored tone.
* StoutStrength: A very subtle example. The revolver he carries on his person is, as mentioned before, a Smith and Wesson Model 500, going by it's appearance, which weighs close to 5 pounds when fully loaded, and he's able to carry it with one hand for an entire day without any signs of tiring. [[spoiler:He also swiftly lands a headshot on a Bliblie charging at him while also only using one hand without experiencing any recoil from the gun's massive firepower.]]
* StrawNihilist: Explains his bleak out look on life, inadvertently causing Pim to [[BreakTheCutie question his own existence.]]
--> "Are the best parts of life just momentary distractions to keep yourself busy so you don't think about the harsh reality of life? I can ride roller coasters, make new friends, and spend time with my family all day long. But it doesn't change the fact that the sun is just gonna explode, and all this was for nothing."
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!!Pim
-> '''Voiced by:''' Michael Cusack
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[[caption-width-right:339:"We don't always get along, but we sure do love each other!"]]
An eager employee of the Smiling Friends.
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* TheAce: Once Charlie tries to tell him Desmond might be a lost cause, he counters saying that they haven't failed a client yet. [[spoiler: While they ''do'' succeed with Desmond, [[SubvertedTrope it's not due to Pim's efforts, which all wind up failing]].]]
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Little Guy to the taller Charlie.
* BodyHorror: That singular strand sticking out of his head isn't hair but rather an ''exposed nerve ending''.
* CharlieBrownBaldness: {{Subverted}} - Pim is just regular-style bald, and his single "hair" is a nerve ending standing straight up from the top of his head.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheIdealist. Pim genuinely wants to help people with their problems, but they're often too complex or deep-seated for him to realistically fix. Especially considering his simplistic methods of trying to cheer people up, like thinking taking a suicidal man to an amusement park will immediately rid him of his depression.
* EveryoneHasStandards: There are a few occasions that prove that his WideEyedIdealist views and enthusiasm have their limits. He's clearly disturbed by Mr. Frog's violent and AxCrazy tendencies, and appears ready to write him off as a lost cause after Mr. Frog seemingly kills his career once and for all for his comments to Jimmy Fallon on ''The Tonight Show''.
* ExpressiveHair: His strand wiggles a bit when he introduces himself. May be {{Justified}} given that it's actually a nerve ending, and would be connected to muscle rather than a follicle.
* ExtremeDoormat: Is awfully timid and apologetic to people, namely his sister and the frat members he attempts to make friends with.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's eager to help children out, but he doesn't quite know how to properly phrase his enthusiasm.
--> '''Pim:''' "This is gonna be great, Charlie! I love helping kids! [[MistakenForPedophile I love kids, Charlie!]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting I LOVE KIIIIDS!]]''"
--> '''Charlie:''' ''(Looks around nervously)'' "Uh, Pim, I--I would really not be, uh, screaming that at the top of your lungs."
* TheFool: He always manages to help his clients, in spite of his own incompetence.
* GenkiGuy: He's enthusiastic to get the job done and put a smile on anyone's face.
* HeroicBSOD: Implied, considering [[spoiler: the face he makes at the end of the pilot.]]
* IdiotHair: His exposed nerve ending replicates the look of one.
* InternalHomage: Pim wore glasses when he was much younger, as shown in his Enchanted Forest flashback. However, at his current age in the show, Pim has stopped wearing glasses. This ties into the continuity established a few episodes earlier, where [[spoiler: Charlie repeatedly insisted Pim needed to get his eyes checked.]]
* LandDownUnder: He speaks with a slight Australian accent.
* NiceGuy: Pim just wants to help people and he's very enthusiastic about it.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Pim may be an optimistic NiceGuy but even he's not above succumbing to bitter jealousy as seen when he and Charlie visit the Enchanted Forest and Charlie gets to go on the kinds of quests that Pim has always wanted to.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite looking and behaving like a child, he's old enough that a group of frat kids mock him over it.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Promises Desmond that he'll have a "big smile on his handsome face" at the end of the day. [[spoiler: Desmond DOES end up with a big smile on his face, but it came from finding a new purpose in his life, with Pim's efforts contributing nothing.]]
* SecretlySelfish: While Pim is a genuinely good person, he does have the occasional spout of selfishness shown in "Shrimp's Odyssey" and especially in "Enchanted Forest."
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a white button-up shirt with belted trousers.
* YellowPurpleContrast: The purple to Charlie's yellow.
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[[folder:Charlie]]
!!Charlie Dompler
-> '''Voiced by:''' Zach Hadel
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[[caption-width-right:350:"What's happening, big guy? What's with the gun?"]]
A more cynical and realistic employee of Smiling Friends.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: The subtext between him and Pim sometimes has slightly romantic overtones, he likes it when Alan "noms" his nose, and there's a definite sexual tension to him and Mip. He was also delighted by Salt and Pepper kissing. At the same time there's signs of him dating women, but they're very unclear. First Pim's future ImagineSpot of his daughter's wedding has Charlie seated next to and holding the hand of a much younger and conventionally attractive woman. Still, all that is just in Pim's head. We also see him arrive for the Halloween party with an unnamed girl in a [[SexyWhateverOutfit bikini-clad rat costume]] who's one interaction with him could be seen as being his girlfriend, but the dynamic isn't fleshed out enough to know for certain. Additionally she's present at his funeral but doesn't speak, which could point to her just being another one of Charlie's friends. His interaction with Mustard is also ambiguous. He's not responsive to her advances and his tone seemed to suggest that he didn't understand what she was really suggesting, but his body movements and nervousness afterwards suggest that he did understand, and potentially wanted to fool around with her, but it's unclear.
* AudienceSurrogate: To a point. His reactions to the absurd and often outright insane situations the Smiling Friends get themselves in are often more realistic than his compatriots'. For example, during his foray into Hell, he is accosted by a creature which waves its fingers in his face and screeches at him; after warning him once not to do that again, he punches the creature the next time they meet and he does that despite his warning.
* BackFromTheDead: In the season finale, he dies a horrible death from getting crushed by a tree. He gets better.
* BerserkButton:
** Charlie's normally a very chill guy who at best gets annoyed or disturbed by things; he rarely if ever shows actual anger. But invade his personal space like Jeremy the entertainment devil does, and he ''will'' get violent for the only time in the show.
-->'''Charlie:''' Dude, if you do that again I'm gonna punch you, I'm ''not'' kidding.
** Charlie's normal composure tends to take a hit when he has to do extra, ''unnecessary'' work to get things done. When he and Pim get captured by a witch and wind up miles from the princess' castle he actually yells about the situation. And his poor mood in the ChristmasEpisode is because he has to work on Christmas Eve.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to the smaller Pim.
* BrutallyHonest: He's often pretty blunt when he tries to get his point across, and not always so tactful.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's really not into his job, but he is able to get results, even cheering up Satan.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's pretty capable on the rare occasions he can get motivated enough to do anything, managing feats like ending the thousand-year war between TheGreys and the {{Giant Spider}}s and reaching the deepest depths of Hell on foot. In one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvnK2DqicnY thirty-second montage alone]] he kills a dragon, rescues mermaids from a trap, traverses a lava pit, and kills a medusa-esque monster.
* TheCynic: Charlie plays this role in the show in contrast with Pim as elaborated on below. He's at the very least jaded enough that when the Frowning Friends deploy a film of [[HumansAreBastards humanity and the world being full of bastardry]], he finds it too mild to react.
-->'''Pim:''' Charlie, DON'T LOOK!
-->'''Charlie:''' ...is this really supposed to be- I mean, I've seen ''way'' worse stuff than this on the internet, I don't-
* DeadpanSnarker: With heavy emphasis on the deadpan.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Just as Pim is a deconstruction of TheIdealist, Charlie is a deconstruction of TheCynic. He's often the first to shoot down Pim's more whimsical approach to helping their clients, and reacts to any extra effort he suggests in to their assignments with annoyance. Rather than making him the wiser and more effective of the duo, this attitude results in him being incredibly lazy and unhelpful, with the few times he does make an effort turning out to be just as misguided and ineffectual as Pim's, just for different reasons. Pim finally gets fed up with his attitude in the finale, pointing out his constant negativity makes him emotionally exhausting to be around since everyone else has to put in the extra effort to counteract it.
* DontAsk: Once he's brought back to life after going to Hell, he says a variation of this.
-->'''Pim:''' Charlie! How is this possible?
-->'''Charlie:''' Look. I can barely explain the nutty adventure I've just went on. So I'm not going to I don't-I don't wanna talk about it...I've seen the devil.
* EverybodyHasStandards: Just because he hates it when fast food restaurants make healthier food he doesn't think it justified to break [[ThouShallNotKill the Sixth Commandment]] over it.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: He has his moments. His reaction to several partygoers mistaking a demon's appearance for blackface, and ''ripping it to pieces and eating it alive'' is to nonchalantly mention that this is exactly why he doesn't bother dressing up for Halloween.
* GagNose: It's quite prominent, and makes up a good portion of his head (especially apparent when seen from behind and over his shoulder.)
* {{Hypocrite}}: His pep-talk about how Shrimp needs to get his life together so that women will find him attractive is interrupted midway through by him loudly coughing up phlegm hard enough for his stomach to pop out underneath his shirt.
* InkSuitActor: Caricatures of Zach Hadel made by his friends and himself often exaggerate the nose due to his nasally voice, all of which have been adapted into Charlie's character.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he's usually a lazy jackass, [[OnlySaneMan his advice is generally more practical than Pim's]] on the few occasions that he does actually try to do his job. He points out that Desmond is already suicidal and is likely a lost cause to them; that Shrimp should move on from Shrimpina and focus on getting his life together; and that they should focus on their assignment in the Enchanted forest and not get sidetracked by questing. Unfortunately his advice is rarely heeded, and on the occasions he is able to act on it he proves to be just as out of his depth as Pim is.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cynical as he may be, he seems to genuinely value his friendship with Pim and is shown as happy whenever the Smiling Friends actually do manage to help a client.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: His pointers to Shrimp for squatting at the gym are dangerously wrong. When another patron tries to give Shrimp genuinely helpful advice on how to properly position himself, Charlie shoos him away and tells Shrimp to ignore everything he said. It predictably ends with Shrimp dropping the barbell and injuring himself.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Quickly saw Desmond as a lost cause, and knew he couldn't be much help for him. Although, it may have been his lethargy talking.
* TheLancer: Accompanied by Pim on their jobs, he attempts to reel in his coworker's naïveté.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While he is the OnlySaneMan among the more colorful personalities at work, whenever he actually tries to help others his efforts go no better than Pim's tend to.
* OnlySaneMan: Along with being TheCynic, he often plays the straight man during the absurd situations around them, and has no issue pointing it out. And on the occasion that he isn't cynical or lazy, his advice is actually quite practical and down-to-earth as opposed to Pim's more optimistic but ultimately naïve and reactionary solutions. Though just like Pim he rarely has the expertise to successfully act on his suggestions.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: He mentions that he's been going to Salty's ever since he was a homunculus.
* ProperlyParanoid: He doesn't want to dress up for Halloween because he has seen people being [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad cancelled for wearing offensive Halloween costumes]]. The [[CruelAndUnusualDeath death]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[AnArmAndALeg the]] [[EatenAlive Forest]] [[KillItWithFire Demon]] only vindicates his concern, as he nonchalantly asserts his position as Charlie stares in horror at the brutal execution of his pursuer.
* TheSlacker: Once he let Pim take the lead, he couldn't come up with a single idea to help Desmond.
* StraightMan[=/=]OnlySaneMan: Probably the most normal employee out of the business.
* YellowPurpleContrast: The yellow to Pim's purple.
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[[folder:Alan]]
!!Alan
-> '''Voiced by:''' Michael Cusack
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Glep, did you take a paper clip? I counted seventy-four last time, and now there's only seventy-three."]]
Charlie's and Pim's meticulous co-worker.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears nothing but a blue necktie.
* AmbiguouslyGay: No explicit hints of any sexuality, but he happily "noms" Charlie's nose.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Is the tallest of his coworkers, and stark opposite of the diminutive Glep.
* ColdHam: He gives a HeroicVow to hunt down whoever took his cheese from the fridge, in as deadpan of a tone as he always does. [[spoiler: He barely even raises his pitch when he laments his crucifixion.]]
* ColorContrast: Solid red with a blue accessory. Plus, makes a RedGreenContrast with Glep.
* CreepyLongFingers: He has a good set of thin ones on him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out".
* DemotedToExtra: You'd be excused for thinking Alan might be the {{Deuteragonist}} to our two leads based on the pilot, as he leads the B-plot there. But that's the only time he does so in Season 1. This trope is heavily downplayed though as Alan's still a member of the main cast, and the only reason the trope comes into play is because his focus episode is the very first one.
* {{Determinator}}: No one takes Alan's precious piece of cheese and gets away with it.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Joins the Frowning Friends simply because they have a better 401K plan. He leaves later.]]
* ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler: The bliblies crucify him.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Seems grumpy and uptight throughout the episode, but laughs with Charlie and even playfully gives his nose a gentle bite while making ''nom'' noises at the end.
** He also reacts with the same genuine fear and confusion to the 3D alien popping out of the TV as Charlie and Glep.
* StraightMan: To the squatter who lives in the walls.
* SuperOCD: He keeps individual count of the paperclips in the break room.
* WhiteCollarWorker: Seems to stay and work from the office.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Glep]]
!!Glep
-> '''Voiced by:''' Zach Hadel, [[spoiler: Joshua Tomar (Elderly Glep)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Aw, ske boi de ja yediba."]]
A mysterious little creature who also works at Smiling Friends.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He is basically a tiny little creature that wears a purple wizard hat that's two-thirds of his own height.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The impishly small counter to the lanky and lean Alan.
* ColorContrast: His design is almost entirely green and purple, and he makes a RedGreenContrast with Alan.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Mr. Frog".
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Alan is capable of understanding his gibbering. [[spoiler:Some time in the future, he gets the ability to speak actual English.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Joined the Frowning Friends simply because they have a better 401K plan. He leaves later.]]
* TheNapoleon: He has a few moments. He gets fairly argumentative with his gibberish, and he's not afraid to ''literally'' spit in the face of his job recruiter and ''potential boss'' for insulting him.
* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:He is revealed to be the narrator of the first season finale]].
* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: [[spoiler:It's shown through a FreezeFrameBonus in the first season finale that Glep will eventually become The President]].
* TheSlacker: Spend the opening scene sleeping on his beanbag and later was seen watching a video on a tablet. Though he did later take up a mop after the Bliblies' invasion.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Immediately bolts and leaves his coworkers behind as soon as the TV screen shatters at the end of the episode.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The official closed captions for the pilot misspell his name as "''Fleb''".
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Twice is seen with a normal human woman with blond hair, at the Halloween party (where they were dressed as Ronald & Nancy Reagan) and at Charlie's funeral. The way he sits in her lap as she rubs his belly implies some degree of relationship.
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[[folder:The Boss]]
!!The Boss
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marc M.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Now get out there and make someone smile!"]]
A nurturing father who is the head of the Smiling Friends office.
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* AscendedExtra: Only has two scenes in the pilot, one of them being mere seconds long. He then goes on to be the most prominent of the supporting characters in first season.
* AxCrazy: The Frowning Friends' relentless business success completely pushes him over the edge and turns him into a snarling, gun-toting maniac. [[spoiler: [[StatusQuoIsGod This doesn't last long, thankfully.]]]]
* BenevolentBoss: Kind and orderly with his subordinates, but can be a bit neglectful of his duties. The fact that Charlie can call him "crazy sometimes" and not get disciplined shows how relaxed his work environment is.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's so incensed by the Frowning Friends' negative impact on society that he actually charges into their compound and holds them both at gunpoint with an assault rifle.
* BigGood: As the head of the Smiling Friends office, he is in charge of the rest of our protagonists.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's certainly a very eccentric man, but he also runs a ''charity'' that makes enough money to lose 2.4 billion dollars in a few days. He also responds to each client personally before sending Pim and Charlie on the job, and in "Frowning Friends" he's even the one who cheers up the episode's "client".
* CoolOldGuy: Considerate of Pim and Charlie's feelings, and isn't shy to show them his support.
* CreatorThumbprint: The Boss's first scene has a strong resemblance to [[https://youtu.be/BjMAcDUmO8Y Zach's promo video for the Gremblo Art Show]], down to him chastising his son for biting him.
** The sudden drawl he adopts is fairly common in Marc M's work as well.
* CreepyGood: He's undeniably off-putting, no doubt about it, but he still runs a company solely dedicated to making other people feel better, and seems to take enthusiasm in this role.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For once he takes an active role in the story during "Frowning Friends".
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Invoked by the Boss, who refers to himself as "your favorite character; The Boss".
* Fiction500: Parodied. In "Frowning Friends", he casually mentions that his company lost $2.4 billion since the Frowning Friends moved in across the street, which was only a few days prior. Keep in mind that the Smiling Friends seem to consist solely of a single small office building and less than a dozen employees.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Zig-zagged. He seems to be very playful and certainly very nurturing to his infant son, but sets him aside on his desk instead of placing him in a crib.
* MisterSeahorse: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Implied, as he breastfeeds his son.]]
* NiceGuy: Runs a noble cause and does so in a very polite and friendly manner.
* NippleAndDimed: The FCC guys mind if a guy eats without a mosaic censor.
* NoNameGiven: Even he just calls himself The Boss. In his hallucinations he's called "Mr. M", but that's the most we get.
* OfficeGolf: Plays RealTimeStrategy games with his guildmates on company hours. He's later seen playing Dance Dance Revolution as well.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The arrival of the Frowning Friends makes him incredibly unsettled, in contrast to his usually chill demeanor. He eventually goes fully AxCrazy and starts hunting them with an M16.
* SharpDressedMan: The classic businessman attire of a black tux.
* TokenHuman: He's the one and only human being working at the company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Smormu]]
!!Smormu James Carter
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/OneyPlays Chris O'Neill]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Dada dee dado, dada deedee dade do!"]]
The fifth Smiling Friend voted into the show due to a nationwide online poll. [[spoiler: He dies]].
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* AudienceParticipation: Was introduced as one, where people would type their opinion on whether he would be in the show.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse version as the vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle. Mind you, that's ''with'' the text to vote against him being ''vastly'' more complex than the text to vote for him.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The little theme he sings at the end is [[WebVideo/OneyPlays Lyle's iconic channel intro as a snake charmer/Lets's Play-er]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The after-credits gag memorial is of Smormu himself, dying in 2022. [[KilledOffForReal This death is permanent]]]].
* TakeThat: Mostly for the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]]. Oddly enough, he actually ''lost'' the electoral vote and only won the popular vote, which wouldn't be counted as a win in an actual election.
--> '''Announcer:''' "IT'S SMORMU! YOU VOTED, AND WE LISTENED! THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE! SMORMU IS HERE TO STAY!"
** His shirt also has the "I'm With Her" sticker slogan of the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Clinton]] campaign.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only appears for the GainaxEnding, and is shown dead after the credits]].
[[/folder]]
!!Clients
[[folder:Desmond]]
!!Desmond
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mike Stoklasa]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"... Is this supposed to make me not want to kill myself?"]]
A depressed man at the end of his rope, whose mother employs the Smiling Friends to cheer him up.
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* BasementDweller: Moved back into his childhood bedroom, now a MessOfWoe.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler:What gets Desmond out of his funk is him realizing that he loves killing the Bliblies after he shoots one that charged at him.]]
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Neglects to wear pants in his room, continuing to do so as he walks barefoot in his boxers to everywhere that Pim and Charlie take him.
* DeathSeeker: But is willing to give a lad a chance to talk him out of it.
* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: He regains his will to live after finding out that he likes exterminating Bliblies, and develops a Bliblies Exterminating Business.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Why would he care about shoes when he can't give a care about life?
* DrivenToSuicide: His lost investment in life provides the conflict Pim and Charlie have to face. Ultimately, [[spoiler: [[HappyEnding he decides he wants to live]].]]
* FatSlob: Has really let himself go after the divorce, having grown a gut that hangs out of his stained shirt and over his boxers. [[spoiler: He cleans himself up brilliantly once he's on television.]]
* TheEeyore: ''Oh boy.'' [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
* {{Gonk}}: He's one sad, disgusting shell of a man to look at. [[spoiler:Not so much after he manages to find a new purpose in life, as he becomes significantly less ugly]]
* HeCleansUpNicely: [[spoiler:When he cheers up after finding his true calling in life, all of his hair grows back, his skin clears up, and loses its wrinkles and veins, his teeth become clean and white, and he starts wearing a nice suit.]]
* InkSuitActor: Of a sort; his design appears to take noticeable cues from that of [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]], another character that his VA, Mike Stoklasa, plays, right down to Stoklasa reusing the Plinkett voice for Desmond.
* InsaneProprietor: [[spoiler:Becomes a downplayed example when he founds Desmond's Bliblie Control. He is a sincere and direct spokesman, but in retrospect, he's still personally advertising [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilliputian]] genocide. Though to be honest, said Lilliputians are shown to be quite dangerous, chaotic pests.]]
* NoKillLikeOverKill: Implied. The gun he's trying to kill himself with appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, which, as detailed below in RareGuns, has one of the largest calibers out of any revolver. [[spoiler:He later shoots one of the bliblies on-screen with it by shooting it point blank, which quite literally obliterates it.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: His deteriorating mental health was brought on by how his wife took everything in their divorce and his children have cut all ties with him.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Him killing all of the Bliblies running amok in the Smiling Friends Office, it's implied through his commercial for his Desmond's Bliblie Control that he not only used his gun to kill them, but stabbed, smashed, and set the Bliblies on fire.]]
* QuickDraw: [[spoiler: Turns his gun away from his temple and onto a charging bliblie in a second, blasting the tiny berserker at pointblank range.]]
* RareGuns: The revolver he wields appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, a double-action five-round revolver which possesses the [[HandCannon largest caliber of any revolver as of now]].
* RecklessGunUsage: Justified. He was planning on shooting himself after all. Frankly, it's more surprising the gun doesn't accidentally discharge when he's on the roller coaster or bumper cars.
* RevolversAreForAmateurs: An average guy with an average gun.
* {{Sadist}}: Implied with his vow that if Pim and Charlie fail to cheer him up, they have to watch him kill himself, [[spoiler: and PlayedStraight once he kills his first bliblie.]]
* TheStoic: He doesn't vary much from his dull, bored tone.
* StoutStrength: A very subtle example. The revolver he carries on his person is, as mentioned before, a Smith and Wesson Model 500, going by it's appearance, which weighs close to 5 pounds when fully loaded, and he's able to carry it with one hand for an entire day without any signs of tiring. [[spoiler:He also swiftly lands a headshot on a Bliblie charging at him while also only using one hand without experiencing any recoil from the gun's massive firepower.]]
* StrawNihilist: Explains his bleak out look on life, inadvertently causing Pim to [[BreakTheCutie question his own existence.]]
--> "Are the best parts of life just momentary distractions to keep yourself busy so you don't think about the harsh reality of life? I can ride roller coasters, make new friends, and spend time with my family all day long. But it doesn't change the fact that the sun is just gonna explode, and all this was for nothing."
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Pim]]
!!Pim
-> '''Voiced by:''' Michael Cusack
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[[caption-width-right:339:"We don't always get along, but we sure do love each other!"]]
An eager employee of the Smiling Friends.
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* TheAce: Once Charlie tries to tell him Desmond might be a lost cause, he counters saying that they haven't failed a client yet. [[spoiler: While they ''do'' succeed with Desmond, [[SubvertedTrope it's not due to Pim's efforts, which all wind up failing]].]]
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Little Guy to the taller Charlie.
* BodyHorror: That singular strand sticking out of his head isn't hair but rather an ''exposed nerve ending''.
* CharlieBrownBaldness: {{Subverted}} - Pim is just regular-style bald, and his single "hair" is a nerve ending standing straight up from the top of his head.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheIdealist. Pim genuinely wants to help people with their problems, but they're often too complex or deep-seated for him to realistically fix. Especially considering his simplistic methods of trying to cheer people up, like thinking taking a suicidal man to an amusement park will immediately rid him of his depression.
* EveryoneHasStandards: There are a few occasions that prove that his WideEyedIdealist views and enthusiasm have their limits. He's clearly disturbed by Mr. Frog's violent and AxCrazy tendencies, and appears ready to write him off as a lost cause after Mr. Frog seemingly kills his career once and for all for his comments to Jimmy Fallon on ''The Tonight Show''.
* ExpressiveHair: His strand wiggles a bit when he introduces himself. May be {{Justified}} given that it's actually a nerve ending, and would be connected to muscle rather than a follicle.
* ExtremeDoormat: Is awfully timid and apologetic to people, namely his sister and the frat members he attempts to make friends with.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's eager to help children out, but he doesn't quite know how to properly phrase his enthusiasm.
--> '''Pim:''' "This is gonna be great, Charlie! I love helping kids! [[MistakenForPedophile I love kids, Charlie!]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting I LOVE KIIIIDS!]]''"
--> '''Charlie:''' ''(Looks around nervously)'' "Uh, Pim, I--I would really not be, uh, screaming that at the top of your lungs."
* TheFool: He always manages to help his clients, in spite of his own incompetence.
* GenkiGuy: He's enthusiastic to get the job done and put a smile on anyone's face.
* HeroicBSOD: Implied, considering [[spoiler: the face he makes at the end of the pilot.]]
* IdiotHair: His exposed nerve ending replicates the look of one.
* InternalHomage: Pim wore glasses when he was much younger, as shown in his Enchanted Forest flashback. However, at his current age in the show, Pim has stopped wearing glasses. This ties into the continuity established a few episodes earlier, where [[spoiler: Charlie repeatedly insisted Pim needed to get his eyes checked.]]
* LandDownUnder: He speaks with a slight Australian accent.
* NiceGuy: Pim just wants to help people and he's very enthusiastic about it.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Pim may be an optimistic NiceGuy but even he's not above succumbing to bitter jealousy as seen when he and Charlie visit the Enchanted Forest and Charlie gets to go on the kinds of quests that Pim has always wanted to.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite looking and behaving like a child, he's old enough that a group of frat kids mock him over it.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Promises Desmond that he'll have a "big smile on his handsome face" at the end of the day. [[spoiler: Desmond DOES end up with a big smile on his face, but it came from finding a new purpose in his life, with Pim's efforts contributing nothing.]]
* SecretlySelfish: While Pim is a genuinely good person, he does have the occasional spout of selfishness shown in "Shrimp's Odyssey" and especially in "Enchanted Forest."
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a white button-up shirt with belted trousers.
* YellowPurpleContrast: The purple to Charlie's yellow.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Charlie]]
!!Charlie Dompler
-> '''Voiced by:''' Zach Hadel
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[[caption-width-right:350:"What's happening, big guy? What's with the gun?"]]
A more cynical and realistic employee of Smiling Friends.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: The subtext between him and Pim sometimes has slightly romantic overtones, he likes it when Alan "noms" his nose, and there's a definite sexual tension to him and Mip. He was also delighted by Salt and Pepper kissing. At the same time there's signs of him dating women, but they're very unclear. First Pim's future ImagineSpot of his daughter's wedding has Charlie seated next to and holding the hand of a much younger and conventionally attractive woman. Still, all that is just in Pim's head. We also see him arrive for the Halloween party with an unnamed girl in a [[SexyWhateverOutfit bikini-clad rat costume]] who's one interaction with him could be seen as being his girlfriend, but the dynamic isn't fleshed out enough to know for certain. Additionally she's present at his funeral but doesn't speak, which could point to her just being another one of Charlie's friends. His interaction with Mustard is also ambiguous. He's not responsive to her advances and his tone seemed to suggest that he didn't understand what she was really suggesting, but his body movements and nervousness afterwards suggest that he did understand, and potentially wanted to fool around with her, but it's unclear.
* AudienceSurrogate: To a point. His reactions to the absurd and often outright insane situations the Smiling Friends get themselves in are often more realistic than his compatriots'. For example, during his foray into Hell, he is accosted by a creature which waves its fingers in his face and screeches at him; after warning him once not to do that again, he punches the creature the next time they meet and he does that despite his warning.
* BackFromTheDead: In the season finale, he dies a horrible death from getting crushed by a tree. He gets better.
* BerserkButton:
** Charlie's normally a very chill guy who at best gets annoyed or disturbed by things; he rarely if ever shows actual anger. But invade his personal space like Jeremy the entertainment devil does, and he ''will'' get violent for the only time in the show.
-->'''Charlie:''' Dude, if you do that again I'm gonna punch you, I'm ''not'' kidding.
** Charlie's normal composure tends to take a hit when he has to do extra, ''unnecessary'' work to get things done. When he and Pim get captured by a witch and wind up miles from the princess' castle he actually yells about the situation. And his poor mood in the ChristmasEpisode is because he has to work on Christmas Eve.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to the smaller Pim.
* BrutallyHonest: He's often pretty blunt when he tries to get his point across, and not always so tactful.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's really not into his job, but he is able to get results, even cheering up Satan.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's pretty capable on the rare occasions he can get motivated enough to do anything, managing feats like ending the thousand-year war between TheGreys and the {{Giant Spider}}s and reaching the deepest depths of Hell on foot. In one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvnK2DqicnY thirty-second montage alone]] he kills a dragon, rescues mermaids from a trap, traverses a lava pit, and kills a medusa-esque monster.
* TheCynic: Charlie plays this role in the show in contrast with Pim as elaborated on below. He's at the very least jaded enough that when the Frowning Friends deploy a film of [[HumansAreBastards humanity and the world being full of bastardry]], he finds it too mild to react.
-->'''Pim:''' Charlie, DON'T LOOK!
-->'''Charlie:''' ...is this really supposed to be- I mean, I've seen ''way'' worse stuff than this on the internet, I don't-
* DeadpanSnarker: With heavy emphasis on the deadpan.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Just as Pim is a deconstruction of TheIdealist, Charlie is a deconstruction of TheCynic. He's often the first to shoot down Pim's more whimsical approach to helping their clients, and reacts to any extra effort he suggests in to their assignments with annoyance. Rather than making him the wiser and more effective of the duo, this attitude results in him being incredibly lazy and unhelpful, with the few times he does make an effort turning out to be just as misguided and ineffectual as Pim's, just for different reasons. Pim finally gets fed up with his attitude in the finale, pointing out his constant negativity makes him emotionally exhausting to be around since everyone else has to put in the extra effort to counteract it.
* DontAsk: Once he's brought back to life after going to Hell, he says a variation of this.
-->'''Pim:''' Charlie! How is this possible?
-->'''Charlie:''' Look. I can barely explain the nutty adventure I've just went on. So I'm not going to I don't-I don't wanna talk about it...I've seen the devil.
* EverybodyHasStandards: Just because he hates it when fast food restaurants make healthier food he doesn't think it justified to break [[ThouShallNotKill the Sixth Commandment]] over it.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: He has his moments. His reaction to several partygoers mistaking a demon's appearance for blackface, and ''ripping it to pieces and eating it alive'' is to nonchalantly mention that this is exactly why he doesn't bother dressing up for Halloween.
* GagNose: It's quite prominent, and makes up a good portion of his head (especially apparent when seen from behind and over his shoulder.)
* {{Hypocrite}}: His pep-talk about how Shrimp needs to get his life together so that women will find him attractive is interrupted midway through by him loudly coughing up phlegm hard enough for his stomach to pop out underneath his shirt.
* InkSuitActor: Caricatures of Zach Hadel made by his friends and himself often exaggerate the nose due to his nasally voice, all of which have been adapted into Charlie's character.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While he's usually a lazy jackass, [[OnlySaneMan his advice is generally more practical than Pim's]] on the few occasions that he does actually try to do his job. He points out that Desmond is already suicidal and is likely a lost cause to them; that Shrimp should move on from Shrimpina and focus on getting his life together; and that they should focus on their assignment in the Enchanted forest and not get sidetracked by questing. Unfortunately his advice is rarely heeded, and on the occasions he is able to act on it he proves to be just as out of his depth as Pim is.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cynical as he may be, he seems to genuinely value his friendship with Pim and is shown as happy whenever the Smiling Friends actually do manage to help a client.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: His pointers to Shrimp for squatting at the gym are dangerously wrong. When another patron tries to give Shrimp genuinely helpful advice on how to properly position himself, Charlie shoos him away and tells Shrimp to ignore everything he said. It predictably ends with Shrimp dropping the barbell and injuring himself.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Quickly saw Desmond as a lost cause, and knew he couldn't be much help for him. Although, it may have been his lethargy talking.
* TheLancer: Accompanied by Pim on their jobs, he attempts to reel in his coworker's naïveté.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While he is the OnlySaneMan among the more colorful personalities at work, whenever he actually tries to help others his efforts go no better than Pim's tend to.
* OnlySaneMan: Along with being TheCynic, he often plays the straight man during the absurd situations around them, and has no issue pointing it out. And on the occasion that he isn't cynical or lazy, his advice is actually quite practical and down-to-earth as opposed to Pim's more optimistic but ultimately naïve and reactionary solutions. Though just like Pim he rarely has the expertise to successfully act on his suggestions.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: He mentions that he's been going to Salty's ever since he was a homunculus.
* ProperlyParanoid: He doesn't want to dress up for Halloween because he has seen people being [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad cancelled for wearing offensive Halloween costumes]]. The [[CruelAndUnusualDeath death]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of]] [[AnArmAndALeg the]] [[EatenAlive Forest]] [[KillItWithFire Demon]] only vindicates his concern, as he nonchalantly asserts his position as Charlie stares in horror at the brutal execution of his pursuer.
* TheSlacker: Once he let Pim take the lead, he couldn't come up with a single idea to help Desmond.
* StraightMan[=/=]OnlySaneMan: Probably the most normal employee out of the business.
* YellowPurpleContrast: The yellow to Pim's purple.
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[[folder:Alan]]
!!Alan
-> '''Voiced by:''' Michael Cusack
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Glep, did you take a paper clip? I counted seventy-four last time, and now there's only seventy-three."]]
Charlie's and Pim's meticulous co-worker.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears nothing but a blue necktie.
* AmbiguouslyGay: No explicit hints of any sexuality, but he happily "noms" Charlie's nose.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Is the tallest of his coworkers, and stark opposite of the diminutive Glep.
* ColdHam: He gives a HeroicVow to hunt down whoever took his cheese from the fridge, in as deadpan of a tone as he always does. [[spoiler: He barely even raises his pitch when he laments his crucifixion.]]
* ColorContrast: Solid red with a blue accessory. Plus, makes a RedGreenContrast with Glep.
* CreepyLongFingers: He has a good set of thin ones on him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Desmond's Big Day Out".
* DemotedToExtra: You'd be excused for thinking Alan might be the {{Deuteragonist}} to our two leads based on the pilot, as he leads the B-plot there. But that's the only time he does so in Season 1. This trope is heavily downplayed though as Alan's still a member of the main cast, and the only reason the trope comes into play is because his focus episode is the very first one.
* {{Determinator}}: No one takes Alan's precious piece of cheese and gets away with it.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Joins the Frowning Friends simply because they have a better 401K plan. He leaves later.]]
* ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler: The bliblies crucify him.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Seems grumpy and uptight throughout the episode, but laughs with Charlie and even playfully gives his nose a gentle bite while making ''nom'' noises at the end.
** He also reacts with the same genuine fear and confusion to the 3D alien popping out of the TV as Charlie and Glep.
* StraightMan: To the squatter who lives in the walls.
* SuperOCD: He keeps individual count of the paperclips in the break room.
* WhiteCollarWorker: Seems to stay and work from the office.
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[[folder:Glep]]
!!Glep
-> '''Voiced by:''' Zach Hadel, [[spoiler: Joshua Tomar (Elderly Glep)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Aw, ske boi de ja yediba."]]
A mysterious little creature who also works at Smiling Friends.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He is basically a tiny little creature that wears a purple wizard hat that's two-thirds of his own height.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The impishly small counter to the lanky and lean Alan.
* ColorContrast: His design is almost entirely green and purple, and he makes a RedGreenContrast with Alan.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Leads the B-plot in "Mr. Frog".
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Alan is capable of understanding his gibbering. [[spoiler:Some time in the future, he gets the ability to speak actual English.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Joined the Frowning Friends simply because they have a better 401K plan. He leaves later.]]
* TheNapoleon: He has a few moments. He gets fairly argumentative with his gibberish, and he's not afraid to ''literally'' spit in the face of his job recruiter and ''potential boss'' for insulting him.
* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:He is revealed to be the narrator of the first season finale]].
* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: [[spoiler:It's shown through a FreezeFrameBonus in the first season finale that Glep will eventually become The President]].
* TheSlacker: Spend the opening scene sleeping on his beanbag and later was seen watching a video on a tablet. Though he did later take up a mop after the Bliblies' invasion.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Immediately bolts and leaves his coworkers behind as soon as the TV screen shatters at the end of the episode.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The official closed captions for the pilot misspell his name as "''Fleb''".
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Twice is seen with a normal human woman with blond hair, at the Halloween party (where they were dressed as Ronald & Nancy Reagan) and at Charlie's funeral. The way he sits in her lap as she rubs his belly implies some degree of relationship.
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[[folder:The Boss]]
!!The Boss
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marc M.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Now get out there and make someone smile!"]]
A nurturing father who is the head of the Smiling Friends office.
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* AscendedExtra: Only has two scenes in the pilot, one of them being mere seconds long. He then goes on to be the most prominent of the supporting characters in first season.
* AxCrazy: The Frowning Friends' relentless business success completely pushes him over the edge and turns him into a snarling, gun-toting maniac. [[spoiler: [[StatusQuoIsGod This doesn't last long, thankfully.]]]]
* BenevolentBoss: Kind and orderly with his subordinates, but can be a bit neglectful of his duties. The fact that Charlie can call him "crazy sometimes" and not get disciplined shows how relaxed his work environment is.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's so incensed by the Frowning Friends' negative impact on society that he actually charges into their compound and holds them both at gunpoint with an assault rifle.
* BigGood: As the head of the Smiling Friends office, he is in charge of the rest of our protagonists.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's certainly a very eccentric man, but he also runs a ''charity'' that makes enough money to lose 2.4 billion dollars in a few days. He also responds to each client personally before sending Pim and Charlie on the job, and in "Frowning Friends" he's even the one who cheers up the episode's "client".
* CoolOldGuy: Considerate of Pim and Charlie's feelings, and isn't shy to show them his support.
* CreatorThumbprint: The Boss's first scene has a strong resemblance to [[https://youtu.be/BjMAcDUmO8Y Zach's promo video for the Gremblo Art Show]], down to him chastising his son for biting him.
** The sudden drawl he adopts is fairly common in Marc M's work as well.
* CreepyGood: He's undeniably off-putting, no doubt about it, but he still runs a company solely dedicated to making other people feel better, and seems to take enthusiasm in this role.
* ADayInTheLimelight: For once he takes an active role in the story during "Frowning Friends".
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Invoked by the Boss, who refers to himself as "your favorite character; The Boss".
* Fiction500: Parodied. In "Frowning Friends", he casually mentions that his company lost $2.4 billion since the Frowning Friends moved in across the street, which was only a few days prior. Keep in mind that the Smiling Friends seem to consist solely of a single small office building and less than a dozen employees.
* [[GoodParents Good Parent]]: Zig-zagged. He seems to be very playful and certainly very nurturing to his infant son, but sets him aside on his desk instead of placing him in a crib.
* MisterSeahorse: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Implied, as he breastfeeds his son.]]
* NiceGuy: Runs a noble cause and does so in a very polite and friendly manner.
* NippleAndDimed: The FCC guys mind if a guy eats without a mosaic censor.
* NoNameGiven: Even he just calls himself The Boss. In his hallucinations he's called "Mr. M", but that's the most we get.
* OfficeGolf: Plays RealTimeStrategy games with his guildmates on company hours. He's later seen playing Dance Dance Revolution as well.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The arrival of the Frowning Friends makes him incredibly unsettled, in contrast to his usually chill demeanor. He eventually goes fully AxCrazy and starts hunting them with an M16.
* SharpDressedMan: The classic businessman attire of a black tux.
* TokenHuman: He's the one and only human being working at the company.
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[[folder:Smormu]]
!!Smormu James Carter
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/OneyPlays Chris O'Neill]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Dada dee dado, dada deedee dade do!"]]
The fifth Smiling Friend voted into the show due to a nationwide online poll. [[spoiler: He dies]].
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* AudienceParticipation: Was introduced as one, where people would type their opinion on whether he would be in the show.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse version as the vote for whether or not he should join the Smiling Friends is almost split right down the middle. Mind you, that's ''with'' the text to vote against him being ''vastly'' more complex than the text to vote for him.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: The little theme he sings at the end is [[WebVideo/OneyPlays Lyle's iconic channel intro as a snake charmer/Lets's Play-er]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The after-credits gag memorial is of Smormu himself, dying in 2022. [[KilledOffForReal This death is permanent]]]].
* TakeThat: Mostly for the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Electoral College]]. Oddly enough, he actually ''lost'' the electoral vote and only won the popular vote, which wouldn't be counted as a win in an actual election.
--> '''Announcer:''' "IT'S SMORMU! YOU VOTED, AND WE LISTENED! THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE! SMORMU IS HERE TO STAY!"
** His shirt also has the "I'm With Her" sticker slogan of the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Clinton]] campaign.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only appears for the GainaxEnding, and is shown dead after the credits]].
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!!Clients
[[folder:Desmond]]
!!Desmond
-> '''Voiced by:''' [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mike Stoklasa]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"... Is this supposed to make me not want to kill myself?"]]
A depressed man at the end of his rope, whose mother employs the Smiling Friends to cheer him up.
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* BasementDweller: Moved back into his childhood bedroom, now a MessOfWoe.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler:What gets Desmond out of his funk is him realizing that he loves killing the Bliblies after he shoots one that charged at him.]]
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Neglects to wear pants in his room, continuing to do so as he walks barefoot in his boxers to everywhere that Pim and Charlie take him.
* DeathSeeker: But is willing to give a lad a chance to talk him out of it.
* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: He regains his will to live after finding out that he likes exterminating Bliblies, and develops a Bliblies Exterminating Business.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Why would he care about shoes when he can't give a care about life?
* DrivenToSuicide: His lost investment in life provides the conflict Pim and Charlie have to face. Ultimately, [[spoiler: [[HappyEnding he decides he wants to live]].]]
* FatSlob: Has really let himself go after the divorce, having grown a gut that hangs out of his stained shirt and over his boxers. [[spoiler: He cleans himself up brilliantly once he's on television.]]
* TheEeyore: ''Oh boy.'' [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
* {{Gonk}}: He's one sad, disgusting shell of a man to look at. [[spoiler:Not so much after he manages to find a new purpose in life, as he becomes significantly less ugly]]
* HeCleansUpNicely: [[spoiler:When he cheers up after finding his true calling in life, all of his hair grows back, his skin clears up, and loses its wrinkles and veins, his teeth become clean and white, and he starts wearing a nice suit.]]
* InkSuitActor: Of a sort; his design appears to take noticeable cues from that of [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]], another character that his VA, Mike Stoklasa, plays, right down to Stoklasa reusing the Plinkett voice for Desmond.
* InsaneProprietor: [[spoiler:Becomes a downplayed example when he founds Desmond's Bliblie Control. He is a sincere and direct spokesman, but in retrospect, he's still personally advertising [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilliputian]] genocide. Though to be honest, said Lilliputians are shown to be quite dangerous, chaotic pests.]]
* NoKillLikeOverKill: Implied. The gun he's trying to kill himself with appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, which, as detailed below in RareGuns, has one of the largest calibers out of any revolver. [[spoiler:He later shoots one of the bliblies on-screen with it by shooting it point blank, which quite literally obliterates it.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: His deteriorating mental health was brought on by how his wife took everything in their divorce and his children have cut all ties with him.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Him killing all of the Bliblies running amok in the Smiling Friends Office, it's implied through his commercial for his Desmond's Bliblie Control that he not only used his gun to kill them, but stabbed, smashed, and set the Bliblies on fire.]]
* QuickDraw: [[spoiler: Turns his gun away from his temple and onto a charging bliblie in a second, blasting the tiny berserker at pointblank range.]]
* RareGuns: The revolver he wields appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 500, a double-action five-round revolver which possesses the [[HandCannon largest caliber of any revolver as of now]].
* RecklessGunUsage: Justified. He was planning on shooting himself after all. Frankly, it's more surprising the gun doesn't accidentally discharge when he's on the roller coaster or bumper cars.
* RevolversAreForAmateurs: An average guy with an average gun.
* {{Sadist}}: Implied with his vow that if Pim and Charlie fail to cheer him up, they have to watch him kill himself, [[spoiler: and PlayedStraight once he kills his first bliblie.]]
* TheStoic: He doesn't vary much from his dull, bored tone.
* StoutStrength: A very subtle example. The revolver he carries on his person is, as mentioned before, a Smith and Wesson Model 500, going by it's appearance, which weighs close to 5 pounds when fully loaded, and he's able to carry it with one hand for an entire day without any signs of tiring. [[spoiler:He also swiftly lands a headshot on a Bliblie charging at him while also only using one hand without experiencing any recoil from the gun's massive firepower.]]
* StrawNihilist: Explains his bleak out look on life, inadvertently causing Pim to [[BreakTheCutie question his own existence.]]
--> "Are the best parts of life just momentary distractions to keep yourself busy so you don't think about the harsh reality of life? I can ride roller coasters, make new friends, and spend time with my family all day long. But it doesn't change the fact that the sun is just gonna explode, and all this was for nothing."
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