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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the [[MagicalLand magical South Pacific island]] of Zephyria, a violent land of dark sorcery and MadScience where everyone and everything is animated. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the [[MagicalLand magical South Pacific island]] of Zephyria, a violent land of dark sorcery and MadScience where everyone and everything is animated. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then was divorced by Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.
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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the [[MagicalLand magical South Pacific island]] of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the [[MagicalLand magical South Pacific island]] of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world.violent land of dark sorcery and MadScience where everyone and everything is animated. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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[[folder:Linda Orvend]]
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->'''Played by:''' Artemis Pebdani

Linda is Zorn's boss at Sanitation Solutions, although their relationship gets off to a bad start: she's exasperated by his inability to fit in, while he assumes Linda is a man because he can't wrap his head around the idea of a female "superior". However, they gradually warm up to each other--so much so that they're engaged by the end of the first season.
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Craig, Edie's fiancee, is a psychology professor at an online college. He's everything Zorn is not: sensitive, rational, empathetic, and even-tempered (which is why Edie chose him). However, he's out of his league when he tries using reason to cope with the insanity that Zorn brings into his life.

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Craig, Edie's fiancee, is a psychology professor at an online college. He's everything Zorn is not: sensitive, rational, empathetic, and even-tempered (which is why Edie chose him). However, he has demons of his own, and he's out of his league when he tries using reason to cope with the insanity that Zorn brings into his life.
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimMeadows

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimMeadows
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* AbsurdPhobia: In "The War on Grafelnik", he's forced to reveal that he's afraid of SantaClaus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa to entertain his son, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.

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* AbsurdPhobia: In "The War on Grafelnik", he's forced to reveal that he's afraid of SantaClaus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa to entertain his son, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the living crap out of the guy.guy]]. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimMeadows

Craig, Edie's fiancee, is a psychology professor at an online college. He's everything Zorn is not: sensitive, rational, empathetic, and even-tempered (which is why Edie chose him). However, he's out of his league when he tries using reason to cope with the insanity that Zorn brings into his life.
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnnyPemberton

Alangulon (he prefers "Alan"), the teenaged son of Zorn and Edie, is literally half-human, half-Zephyrian--he's animated from the waist down. Alan is embarrassed by his father's antics, which threaten his efforts to be accepted at school and find a girlfriend--at least until his unique anatomy gets him a spit on the football team.

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnnyPemberton

Johnny Pemberton

Alangulon (he prefers "Alan"), the teenaged son of Zorn and Edie, is literally half-human, half-Zephyrian--he's animated from the waist down. Alan is embarrassed by his father's antics, which threaten his efforts to be accepted at school and find a girlfriend--at least until his unique anatomy gets him a spit spot on the football team.

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[[folder:Alan (Alangulon)]]

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Alan unintentionally kicks his bully across the locker room with his toon legs.

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[[folder:Alan (Alangulon)]]

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnnyPemberton

Alangulon (he prefers "Alan"), the teenaged son of Zorn and Edie, is literally half-human, half-Zephyrian--he's animated from the waist down. Alan is embarrassed by his father's antics, which threaten his efforts to be accepted at school and find a girlfriend--at least until his unique anatomy gets him a spit on the football team.

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Alan unintentionally kicks his bully across the locker room with his toon legs. He later causes an even worse injury to a rival football player.




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* IJustWantToBeNormal: ZigZagged. Alan begins with this attitude, then abandons it when his Zephyrian legs make him a popular football star, then returns to it when his fame turns him into a {{Jerkass}}, which endangers his relationship with Layla.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zorn, a 7' tall barbarian looking like he stepped out of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Toontown]], barely fazes the people in Orange County.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zorn, a 7' tall barbarian looking who looks like he stepped out of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Toontown]], barely fazes the people in Orange County.



* WalkingShirtlessScene: Zorn goes everywhere sans shirt. His boss does manage to get him to wear a shirt at work, but pants are still off the menu.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Zorn goes almost everywhere sans shirt. His boss does manage to get him to wear a shirt and tie at work, but pants are still off the menu.



->'''Played by:''' Creator/CherylHines

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/CherylHines
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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand [[MagicalLand magical South Pacific island]] of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.



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->'''Played by:''' Creator/CherylHines

Zorn's ex and Alan's mom, who got tired of Zorn's violence and selfishness and turned to Craig as a result. However, her time with Zorn changed her forever, and she's picked up a few tricks that your typical Orange County divorcee would never know...
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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie. Now, he's come to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Orange County]] to reconnect with his family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Still, he tries his best to forge a relationship with Alan, as well as get along with Edie and Craig, and he saved Headbutt Man from his own self-destructive tendencies.

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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Still, he tries his best to forge a relationship with Alan, as well as get along with Edie and Craig, and he saved saves Headbutt Man from his own self-destructive tendencies.
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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her, fathered Alan, divorced Edie, and now has come to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to reconnect with his family.

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Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her, her in Zephyria, fathered Alan, then divorced Edie, and now has Edie. Now, he's come to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to reconnect with his family.family, taking a sales job with Sanitation Solutions in the process. However, as hard as he tries to fit in with ordinary humans, his past keeps catching up with him--and his {{Jerkass}} tendencies just make things worse.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonSudeikis, '''Played by:''' Dan Lippert (live action stand-in)

Zorn is a barbarian warrior from the MagicalLand of Zephyria, which has a connection to our world. In the series' {{Backstory}}, he married Edie, shared adventures with her, fathered Alan, divorced Edie, and now has come to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles to reconnect with his family.

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* TrainingFromHell: One of the training regiments done to Craig includes carrying Zorn from his back while slowly walking up the stairs.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Zorn wants to do this to every problem he has, including people who steal hot sauce from the break room.

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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Zorn wants to do brought this to every problem he has, including mindset with him from Zephyria, where casual brutality is a way of life. He's still learning that in Orange County, attacking people who steal hot sauce from the break room.room is frowned upon.

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* BarbarianHero: What Zorn was in Zephyria.



* {{Expy}}: Zorn is basically one for [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]].

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* {{Expy}}: Zorn is basically one for a parody of [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]].He-Man]].
* FishOutOfWater: Zorn is a BarbarianHero attempting to cope with life as an office worker on Earth.



* {{Jerkass}}: Even ignoring the whole "bloodthirsty barbarian" thing, Zorn is often self-centered, insensitive and manipulative.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Still, he tries his best to forge a relationship with Alan, as well as get along with Edie and Craig, and he saved Headbutt Man from his own self-destructive tendencies.



* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa to entertain his son, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.

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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in In "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is Grafelnik", he's forced to reveal that he's afraid of Santa Claus.SantaClaus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa to entertain his son, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.

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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, Santa to entertain his son, having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, beating the crap out of the man who his mother was sleeping with. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.

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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, beating having caught his ex-wife being with another man and proceed to beat the living crap out of the man who his mother was sleeping with.guy. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, beating the crap out of the man who his mother was sleeping with.

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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, beating the crap out of the man who his mother was sleeping with. Also, he is afraid of skateboards due to the fact his father was using one to beat up his ex-wife's lover.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Revealed in "The War on Grafelnik" in which he is afraid of Santa Claus. According to Craig, as a child he witnessed his father, dressed as Santa, beating the crap out of the man who his mother was sleeping with.
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* FullNameBasis: Zorn's the only one who ever uses his Zephyrian name.
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* {{Expy}}: Zorn is basically one for [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]].
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zorn, a 7' tall barbarian looking like he stepped out of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Toontown]], barely phases the people in Orange County.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zorn, a 7' tall barbarian looking like he stepped out of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Toontown]], barely phases fazes the people in Orange County.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: A documentary about Zephyria paints him as a bloodthirsty terrorist.




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* WellDoneSonGuy: Her relationship with her mother is this ever since she dated Zorn.


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* SuperSpeed: Breezes through the Turkey Trot to this effect while the participants barely just started.

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* AmicableExes: Helps Zorn out when he gets back to Orange County, including giving himself on connecting to Alan as his father.

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* AmicableExes: Helps Zorn out when he gets back to Orange County, including giving himself herself time to help him on connecting to Alan as his father.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Wants to help Zorn out in adjusting to the workplace, but she has her limits.
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* DropTheHammer: Her Zephyrian weapon.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Zorn is this to his son Alan by virtue of being a half-naked barbarian carrying a sword in suburbia.

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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Zorn is this to his son Alan Alan, by virtue of being a half-naked half-naked, sword-carrying barbarian carrying a sword in suburbia.
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[[folder:Zorn]]

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Zorn is this to his son Alan by virtue of being a half-naked barbarian carrying a sword in suburbia.
* BadassBeard: Zorn during his younger years.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Zorn can summon wristblades from his bracelets.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Zorn, a 7' tall barbarian looking like he stepped out of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Toontown]], barely phases the people in Orange County.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Zorn wants to do this to every problem he has, including people who steal hot sauce from the break room.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Zorn goes everywhere sans shirt. His boss does manage to get him to wear a shirt at work, but pants are still off the menu.

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[[folder:Edie]]

* AmicableExes: Helps Zorn out when he gets back to Orange County, including giving himself on connecting to Alan as his father.
* MamaBear: Edie when she finds out Alan's been bullied at school.
* ReformedBully: Edie was a bully in her youth.

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[[folder:Alan (Alangulon)]]

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Alan unintentionally kicks his bully across the locker room with his toon legs.
* IAmNotMyFather: Alan mentally may not be like Zorn, but when his legs are shown, they're drawn like his old man's.

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[[folder:Craig]]

* NiceGuy: Craig is friendly with everyone, including Zorn when they first shake hands.

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[[folder:Linda]]

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