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* SympathyForTheDevil: After finishing a story where the protagonist meets a terrible fate, he will sometimes express sympathy for them, even though the protagonist is usually a terrible person, sometimes even a criminal.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: After finishing a story where the protagonist meets a terrible fate, he will sometimes express sympathy for them, even though the protagonist is usually a terrible rotten person, sometimes even a criminal.
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* CharacterCatchphrase: After finishing a story where the protagonist meets a terrible fate, he will sometimes say “Poor [insert protagonist’s name].
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* EvilLaugh: He very often lets out a high-pitched cackle.


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* TheHyena: He constantly laughs at his own jokes.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: After finishing a story where the protagonist meets a terrible fate, he will sometimes express sympathy for them, even though the protagonist is usually a terrible person, sometimes even a criminal.



* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He badmouths ''The Cryptkeeper'' to his face. 'Nuff said.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He badmouths insults ''The Cryptkeeper'' to his face. 'Nuff said.



* JerkAss: More than Drinkie & Smokey, He's very cruel, violent and downright psychopathic.

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* JerkAss: More than Drinkie & Smokey, He's very cruel, violent violent, and downright psychopathic.



* RunningGag: He always fails to end his speech on the very good rhyme.

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* RunningGag: He always fails to end his speech sentences on the very good a rhyme.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu: He badmouths ''TheCryptkeeper'' to his face. 'Nuff said.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu: DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He badmouths ''TheCryptkeeper'' ''The Cryptkeeper'' to his face. 'Nuff said.

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When The Big Bad Wolf blows his down, He screams like a girl, despite his deep voice

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When The Big Bad Wolf blows his down, He screams like a girl, despite his deep voicevoice.
* SkewedPriorities: He takes a swig from his alcohol while running away from the Wolf.


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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulu: He badmouths ''TheCryptkeeper'' to his face. 'Nuff said.


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* LaughablyEvil: His inability to rhyme and calling out the Cryptkeeper for mocking him for it despite not rhyming himself, makes for some quality laughs.
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!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JohnKassir

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!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JohnKassirCreator/JohnKassir (English), Creator/FrancisLax (European French, second voice)
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* AffablyEvil: While they're trying to steal the show from him, they're rather polite about it, and only go as far as incapacitating him instead of outright hurting him.
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* BadassAdorable: Dudley is cute and dorky with glasses and he managed to defeat The Zombie Pig.

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* BadassAdorable: Dudley is cute and dorky with glasses glasses, and he managed to defeat The Zombie Pig.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: He doesn't know how to read, Just like Drinkie.

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* NeverLearnedToRead: He doesn't know how to read, Just like Drinkie.read.
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* WildTake: He does this when he saw The Big Bad Wolf entering Dudley's house, even when vomits on the ground.

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* WildTake: He does this when he saw The Big Bad Wolf entering Dudley's house, even when he vomits on the ground.

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* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the episode, He successfully ate Dudley, revealing that he's not dead after getting eaten by the zombie pig.



* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the episode, He successfully ate Dudley, revealing that he's not dead after getting eaten by the zombie pig.
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* FlippingTheBird: His hand that was chopped gives a middle finger to Dudley.\

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* FlippingTheBird: His hand that was chopped gives a middle finger to Dudley.\

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* WildTake: He does this when reacting to his brother's dead bodies in his house.



* FatBastard: He's fat, and he alawys mistreats Dudley.
* GreenAndMean: Downplayed, He's a green pig, but not evil, he's just a jerkAss.

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* FatBastard: He's fat, and he alawys always mistreats Dudley.
* FlippingTheBird: His hand that was chopped gives a middle finger to Dudley.\
* GreenAndMean: Downplayed, He's a green pig, but not evil, he's just a jerkAss.jerkass.


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* WildTake: He does this when he saw The Big Bad Wolf entering Dudley's house, even when vomits on the ground.

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* GreenAndMean: Downplayed, He's a green pig, but not evil, he's just a jerkAss.



* NeverLearnedToRead: He doesn't know how to read, Just like Drinkie.



* SinisterSwine: Downplayed, He's a pig, but not evil, he's just a JerkAss

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When The Big Bad Wolf blows his down, He screams like a girl, despite his deep voice
* SimpletonVoice: His voice is deep, and he's very dimwitted.
* SinisterSwine: Downplayed, He's a pig, but not evil, he's just a JerkAssJerkAss.


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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Always vomits after drinking a lot of beer.


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* SmokingIsNotCool: He always smokes cigarettes.

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* AssholeVictim: After killing Drinkie & Smokey, He got eaten by the Zombie Pig. Subverted: It turns out that he's still alive at the end, and he finally ate Dudley.



* AssholeVictim: After killing Drinkie & Smokey, He got eaten by the Zombie Pig. Subverted: It turns out that he's still alive at the end, and he finally ate Dudley.


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* TeethDrool: He always drools in aggression before killing Drinkie.

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* BigBad: He's literary called "The Big Bad Wolf" and He's the main antagonist of the Third Pig.



* BigBad: He's literary called "The Big Bad Wolf" and He's the main antagonist of the Third Pig.
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* NiceGuy: Unlike other characters who aren't kind, He's the only pig who is very kind and friendly.
* OhCrap: He has three moments

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* NiceGuy: Unlike other characters who aren't kind, He's the only pig character who is very kind and friendly.
* OhCrap: He has three moments moments:

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* BadassBookWorm: Dudley is smart, and he created The Zombie Pig to seek revenge on The Big Bad Wolf for killing his brothers.

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* BadassBookWorm: BadassBookworm: Dudley is smart, and he created The Zombie Pig to seek revenge on The Big Bad Wolf for killing his brothers.


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* ButtMonkey: Getting mistreated by his brothers? check! Getting arrested by the police wolves without any crimes he committed? check! getting attacked by the zombie pig? check! and getting eaten alive by The Big Bad Wolf at the end? Check!
* EatenAlive: At the end of the episode, Dudley got eaten by The Big Bad Wolf.

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* IncorrectAnimalNoise: When The Big Bad Wolf blows Drinkie & Smokey's house down, He makes an elephant noise, despite that he's a wolf.



* IncorrectAnimalNoise: When The Big Bad Wolf blows Drinkie & Smokey's house down, He makes an elephant noise, despite that he's a wolf.
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!!Characters from The Third Pig

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Dudley is the main protagonist of The Third Pig. He's only pig who is very kind, smart and responsible.

* BadassAdorable: Dudley is cute and dorky with glasses and he managed to defeat The Zombie Pig.
* BadassBookWorm: Dudley is smart, and he created The Zombie Pig to seek revenge on The Big Bad Wolf for killing his brothers.
* BespectacledCutie: Dudley is the only pig who wears glasses.
* BreakTheCutie: After being arrested by the police wolves by mistake, he cries.
* NiceGuy: Unlike other characters who aren't kind, He's the only pig who is very kind and friendly.
* OhCrap: He has three moments
** When he saw Drinkie & Smokey's dead bodies in his house, He freaks out.
** When he The Zombie Pig tries to kill him, He freaks out but managed to defeat him.
** When he's about kill The Zombie Pig's dead body for the final time, The Big Bad Wolf puts him into the sandwich and ate him alive.
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Drinkie is a green pig who is addicted with beer.

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* TheAlcoholic: He's always addicted with beer.
* AllMenArePerverts: He was very perverted to the girls during party in the night.
* AnArmAndALeg: The Big Bag Wolf Chopped Drinkie's arms off with an axe.
* TheDitz: He isn't smart as his brother, Dudley.
* EyeScream: The Big Bad Wolf stabbed his eye with a fork.
* FatBastard: He's fat, and he alawys mistreats Dudley.
* JerkAss: He always mistreats Dudley.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite that he mistreats Dudley, He actually cares about him.
* OffWithTheHead: The Big Bad Wolf chopped Drinkie's head off with an axe.
* SinisterSwine: Downplayed, He's a pig, but not evil, he's just a JerkAss
* TooDumbToLive: Dudley warned Drinkie & Smokey not to open the door before The Big Bad Wolf comes in and eat them. How ever, Drinkie opened the door and end up being killed by The Big Bad Wolf.
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Smokey is a blue pig who always smokes.

* AllMenArePerverts: He was very perverted to the girls during party in the night.
* EatenAlive: After being flattened, The Big Bad Wolf ate him alive.
* CigaretteBurns: In the beginning of the episode, He throws a cigarette to the cat and burning it.
* TheDitz: He isn't smart as his brother, just like Drinkie.
* FatBastard: He's fat, and he alawys mistreats Dudley.
* JerkAss: He always mistreats Dudley, just like Drinkie.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite that he mistreats Dudley, He actually cares about him, just like Drinkie.
* SinisterSwine: Downplayed, He's a pig, but not evil, he's just a JerkAss just like Drinkie.
* SquashedFlat: The Big Bad Wolf crushed him with a door, causing his body to get flat.
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The Big Bad Wolf is the main antagonist of The Third Pig.

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* AxCrazy: He successfully killed and ate the Pigs.
* AssholeVictim: After killing Drinkie & Smokey, He got eaten by the Zombie Pig. Subverted: It turns out that he's still alive at the end, and he finally ate Dudley.
* BodyHorror: He as two moments:
** When he tries to blow Dudley's house made of bricks down, He accidentally spit his body inside out.
** After getting eaten by The Zombie Pig, His brain and some skeletal body are shown.
* BigBad: He's literary called "The Big Bad Wolf" and He's the main antagonist of the Third Pig.
* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the episode, He successfully ate Dudley, revealing that he's not dead after getting eaten by the zombie pig.
* JerkAss: More than Drinkie & Smokey, He's very cruel, violent and downright psychopathic.
* RunningGag: He always fails to end his speech on the very good rhyme.
* IncorrectAnimalNoise: When The Big Bad Wolf blows Drinkie & Smokey's house down, He makes an elephant noise, despite that he's a wolf.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the comic and cartoon spinoff, he has at least one alias, but if he has a real name, he never mentions it.

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the comic and cartoon spinoff, spinoff (the story "While the Cat's Away" and its adaptation in ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' have him use the name T. Charles Kingman, though only the former clarifies that it's an assumed name), he has at least one alias, but if he has a real name, he never mentions it.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Vault Keeper is demonstrated as a GadgeteerGenius in ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptKeeper''. This is most likely because in the original comics he was barely distinguishable from the Crypt Keeper and needed something to stand as his own character.
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His dad was a normal human with a birth effect, so let's not do that.


* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Given his origins [[spoiler:as the offspring of a carnival freak and a re-animated mummy]] it's hard to pin down his exact species beyond "undead humanoid", but regardless, no other creature like him appears in the series.
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He's got skin.


* AdaptationalUgliness: While still ugly in the comics, he at least had skin.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: While still ugly in the comics, he at least had skin.wasn't actively decomposing.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: While still ugly in the comics, he at least had skin.



* CompositeCharacter: Serves the role of himself, The Old Witch, and The Vault Keeper in the Live Action Series as the sole presenter of the stories. Averted in Tales From the Cryptkeeper, in which the other ghoulunatics appear in the second season and take over some of the hosting duties, as much as he wishes they wouldn't.

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* CompositeCharacter: Serves the role of himself, The Old Witch, and The Vault Keeper in the Live Action Series live-action series as the sole presenter of the stories. Averted in Tales From the Cryptkeeper, ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptkeeper'', in which the other ghoulunatics appear in the second season and take over some of the hosting duties, as much as he wishes they wouldn't.



* AdaptedOut: The Cryptkeeper is the only host for the live action show.

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* AdaptedOut: The Cryptkeeper is the only host for the live action show.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After serving as The Cryptkeeper's rivals for almost the entire second season, they disappear in Season 3, since the hosting segments were removed (The Cryptkeeper now being the catalyst for the stories instead of just telling them).
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* AnArmAndALeg: He plays a game of RockPaperScissors with The Cryptkeeper using body-parts as collateral. [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, he is only left with his head.]]
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Despite the fact that he and The Cryptkeeper are supposedly friends, the latter seems to be bored rigid in his company and they have no problem dismembering each other over a bet.

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