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* KickTheSonOfABitch: She callously murders a pilot just to inconvenience Doc. But said pilot admits he deserved it for cockily running a vehicle off the road and probably killing the occupants.



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* KickTheSonOfABitch: He wiped out the American ninjas. While they were amoral assassins for hire, he only did it because he was angry at them for refusing to aid his plans to takeover the US and to make movies.
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* {{Doppelmerger}}: In college, Dr. [=McNinja=] cloned himself multiple times, and his clones scattered to different schools to get degrees in different fields. After graduating, they all fused back together, forming one Doctor with all of their combined knowledge.

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* {{Doppelmerger}}: In college, Dr. [=McNinja=] cloned himself multiple times, and his clones scattered to different schools to get degrees in different fields. After graduating, they all fused back together, forming one Doctor with all of their combined knowledge. knowledge, except for one clone who was late to the reintegration, and who went oiff on his own to become Old [=McNinja=].

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* HeroesWantRedheads: Doc used to like her, and Old still does.



** And Page 3 of “The End: Part 1” in which he [[spoiler:blows up the United States Capitol Building.]]

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** And Page 3 of “The “The End: Part 1” in which he [[spoiler:blows up the United States Capitol Building.]]
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* CloneDegeneration: He believes that this is the case, because older cloning technology was flawed and resulted in clones not lasting very long. [[spoiler:Turns out, he was just suffering a major case of CloningBlues. Doc points out that Ben Franklin II, who was himself a clone of the original Franklin, would not have used a lesser method than the one that created himself, which allowed him to live just as long as the original.]]

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* CloneDegeneration: He believes that this is the case, because older cloning technology was flawed and resulted in clones not lasting very long. [[spoiler:Turns out, he was just suffering a major case of CloningBlues.CloneAngst. Doc points out that Ben Franklin II, who was himself a clone of the original Franklin, would not have used a lesser method than the one that created himself, which allowed him to live just as long as the original.]]



* FatalFlaw: His paranoia, is sometimes a detriment as much as blessing. [[spoiler:It ultimately leads to him getting a case of the CloningBlues over CloneDegeneration ''that isn't actually happening to him'' and giving him willingness to kill Doc. Thankfully the original snaps him out of it after they talk things out.]]

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* FatalFlaw: His paranoia, is sometimes a detriment as much as blessing. [[spoiler:It ultimately leads to him getting a case of the CloningBlues CloneAngst over CloneDegeneration ''that isn't actually happening to him'' and giving him willingness to kill Doc. Thankfully the original snaps him out of it after they talk things out.]]
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* GroinKick: Gives one to Gordito.

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* GroinKick: GroinAttack: Gives one to Gordito.

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* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: [[spoiler:Only appears in comic as a disguise for Dr. [=McNinja=].]]




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* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without mentioning that [[spoiler:Dr. [=McNinja=] is him.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: After [[spoiler:finally taking his mask off in the final chapter of the Webcomic and going into hiding from his family and everything. He goes under the name Pat Goodrich, Goodrich being the last name of his good friend whom has commited a HeroicSacrifice for the greater good (twice!)]].

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* MeaningfulRename: After [[spoiler:finally taking his mask off in the final chapter of the Webcomic and going into hiding from his family and everything. He goes under the name Pat Goodrich, with Pat being the shorthand for his first name which was sacrificed for a powerful spell and Goodrich being the last name of his good friend whom has commited who committed a HeroicSacrifice for the greater good (twice!)]].
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* ShipSinking: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p63/ Pretty finally.]]

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* %%* ShipSinking: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p63/ Pretty finally.]]
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* TheDarkChick: In Radical's Doc revenge squad. The alt text even says he thinks he is a peer because he is very arrogant.

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* MasterOfYourDomain: To ridiculous degree, although in practice he mostly uses it for some really ridiculous {{Organ Dodge}}s. He can move all his weak points into one spot to be immune to nerve attack and survived his encounter with the doctor by swallowing his brain so the rocks didn't pierce it when he got his EyeScream, just for a sample.



* OrganDodge: To ridiculous degree, he can move all his weak points into one spot to be immune to nerve attack and survived his encounter with the doctor by swallowing his brain so the rocks didn't pierce it when he got his EyeScream among other way to contort his vital organ out of harm's way.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is so well trained that he can rearrange his body's organs and vital areas.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is so well trained that he can [[OrganDodge rearrange his body's organs and vital areas.areas]].



* MasterOfYourDomain: To ridiculous degree, he can move all his weak points into one spot to be immune to nerve attack and survived his encounter with the doctor by swallowing his brain so the rocks didn't pierce it when he got his EyeScream among other way to contort his vital organ out of harm's way.


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* OrganDodge: To ridiculous degree, he can move all his weak points into one spot to be immune to nerve attack and survived his encounter with the doctor by swallowing his brain so the rocks didn't pierce it when he got his EyeScream among other way to contort his vital organ out of harm's way.
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* AchillesHeel: Due to his messed up nervous system, Rayner had a single weak point that was located in his left butt cheek. However, after his humiliating defeat at Dan's hands he used his mastery over his body to move it to his left eyebrow, and he later moved it to his leg after it was amputated and replaced with a prosthetic, so he no longer has a weak point.

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* AchillesHeel: Due to his messed up nervous system, Rayner had a single weak point that was located in his left butt cheek. However, after his humiliating defeat at Dan's hands he used his mastery over his body to move it to his left eyebrow, and he later moved it to his leg after right before it was amputated and replaced with a prosthetic, so he no longer has a weak point.
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* BerserkButton: REALLY hates [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p83/ Pteradactyls.]]

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* BerserkButton: REALLY hates [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p83/ Pteradactyls.that one specific pteradactyl.]]

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: When he [[spoiler:poses as a standard version of Chuck Goodrich and becomes mayor of Cumberland]], he is almost universally adored to the extent that the city's highschoolers have obtained a 100% graduation rate in honor of him. A near hundred percent rating is soon after displayed in the news when he [[spoiler:overthrows the president and destroys Congress]].


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* UniversallyBelovedLeader: When he [[spoiler:poses as a standard version of Chuck Goodrich and becomes mayor of Cumberland]], he is almost universally adored to the extent that the city's highschoolers have obtained a 100% graduation rate in honor of him. A near hundred percent rating is soon after displayed in the news when he [[spoiler:overthrows the president and destroys Congress]].
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%%No spoilers outside of examples. The Dr.'s true first name, "Patrick", is covered in the list down below.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Subverted. He likens a battle between ninjas to battleship, claiming chess is too "rooky, pawny" for him. [[FridgeBrilliance To be fair]], [[StealthExpert it's not a bad metaphor]].

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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Subverted. He likens a battle between ninjas to battleship, claiming chess is too "rooky, pawny" for him. [[FridgeBrilliance To be fair]], [[StealthExpert it's not a bad metaphor]].
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* GeniusesHaveMultiplePhDs: The title character is an omnidisciplinary doctor with dozens of graduate degrees that he had attained by having dozens of clones of himself made with orders for them to go out into the world and study an individual subject (Many not even related to medicine). After a few years, the original McNinja and all of the clones were merged into one body—the Doctor [=McNinja=] we are familiar with from the web comic—with all of the knowledge acquired from the clones... Except for one, which is why he doesn't know agricultural science.

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* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: He is the king of the Radical Lands and before that he was slaying crazy monsters every day. His first act as king was decking Sparklelord through a wall.



* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He is the king of the Radical Lands and before that he was slaying crazy monsters every day. His first act as king was decking Sparklelord through a wall.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Given the sort of world she lives in, it is hardly surprising an authority figure as important as her can fight.



* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Given the sort of world she lives in, it is hardly surprising an authority figure as important as her can fight.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Subverted. His unnamed mummy is the real powerhouse of the duo.


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* FutureBadass: Badass enough to make the dinosaur army come running to fight him. A powerful technomage [[spoiler:and the last surving [=McNinja=] in that timeline]].

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* FutureBadass: Badass enough to make the dinosaur army come running to fight him. A powerful technomage [[spoiler:and the last surving surviving [=McNinja=] in that timeline]].



* OhCrap: His [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p24/ expression ]] when he realizes he just revealed he's a geek to Gordito.

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* OhCrap: His [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p24/ expression ]] expression]] when he realizes he just revealed he's a geek to Gordito.



* {{Necromancer}}: He has the power to bind and enslave the dead with his magics.

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* {{Necromancer}}: He has the power to bind and enslave the dead with his magics.magic.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Dracula is a classic vampire who rarely show fear, so when he orders people to run when he sees Sparklelord it's kind of telling how things are bad.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Dracula is a classic vampire who rarely show shows fear, so when he orders people to run when he sees Sparklelord it's kind of telling how things are bad.



* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He kills the [[AnimalNemesis Birdosaurus]] just to deprive Doc of the satisfaction of killing it personally, and promptly laughs in the Doctor's face about it.]] It doesn't get much more petty than that. He even [[FlippingTheBird flipped the Doctor just to make clear how childish it was.]]

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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He kills the [[AnimalNemesis Birdosaurus]] just to deprive Doc of the satisfaction of killing it personally, personally and promptly laughs in the Doctor's face about it.]] It doesn't get much more petty pettier than that. He even [[FlippingTheBird flipped the Doctor just to make clear how childish it was.]]



* {{Expy}}: Averted. A number of fan guessed he was based on the Burger King, enough that Chris clarified that he actually came up with King Radical during a Mario Kart game where he played King Boo on a dirtbike. It ''does'' get brought up that they unintentionally look similar when the Ronald [=McDonald=] expy, [=McBonald=], ''mistakes'' him for the Burger King.

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* {{Expy}}: Averted. A number of fan fans guessed he was based on the Burger King, enough that Chris clarified that he actually came up with King Radical during a Mario Kart game where he played King Boo on a dirtbike. It ''does'' get brought up that they unintentionally look similar when the Ronald [=McDonald=] expy, [=McBonald=], ''mistakes'' him for the Burger King.



** Pride, he thinks his radical way are the best and that he should do everything in the most extreme way. [[spoiler:That's why he decides to fight the doctor one-on-one even after showing how easy it would have been to stab him with a chainsaw like his clone.]] The Doctor lampshades that it was his lack of humility that caused most of the problems.

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** Pride, he thinks his radical way are is the best and that he should do everything in the most extreme way. [[spoiler:That's why he decides to fight the doctor one-on-one even after showing how easy it would have been to stab him with a chainsaw like his clone.]] The Doctor lampshades that it was his lack of humility that caused most of the problems.



* LegacyCharacter: He's not the first King Radical. He was promoted when the previous King Radical died, and was chosen by ''the land itself''.

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* LegacyCharacter: He's not the first King Radical. He was promoted when the previous King Radical died, died and was chosen by ''the land itself''.



* PsychopathicManchild: The only thing he cares is about how radical things are, nevermind the danger and casualties. Also, he is from a place where Sicknasty or Cowabunga are titles for nobility. He tends to come across as an overgrown teenager when one takes a real close look at his behavior.

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* PsychopathicManchild: The only thing he cares is about is how radical things are, nevermind the danger and casualties. Also, he is from a place where Sicknasty or Cowabunga are titles for nobility. He tends to come across as an overgrown teenager when one takes a real close look at his behavior.



A powerful evil unicorn whom assasinated the former King Radical and then a led a revolution to take over the Radical Lands for himself and depose the current King Radical (Sir Sicknasty of Spades).

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A powerful evil unicorn whom assasinated who assassinated the former King Radical and then a led a revolution to take over the Radical Lands for himself and depose the current King Radical (Sir Sicknasty of Spades).



* FallenHero: Used to be [[spoiler:a knight of the Radical court alongside Sir Sicknasty of Spades, now King Radical]]. Downplayed though in that [[spoiler:he's alwayshated the king and his court for forcibly turning him to fit in with their terms of "Radicalness" and even assassinated the former king to get his title]].

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* FallenHero: Used to be [[spoiler:a knight of the Radical court alongside Sir Sicknasty of Spades, now King Radical]]. Downplayed though in that [[spoiler:he's alwayshated always hated the king and his court for forcibly turning him to fit in with their terms of "Radicalness" and even assassinated the former king to get his title]].



* LawfulStupid: They'll stop at nothing to fufill their goal of avenging NASA personnel.... and ''only'' NASA personnel, and only in situations where the harm has already been done, and with no regard for whether the NASA personnel in question ''deserve'' their protection in the first place. When the Doctor points out to one of them that it is helping a literal world ending supervillain, it actually gives a coherent response, indicating that they are fully aware of what they are doing too.

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* LawfulStupid: They'll stop at nothing to fufill fulfill their goal of avenging NASA personnel.... and ''only'' NASA personnel, and only in situations where the harm has already been done, and with no regard for whether the NASA personnel in question ''deserve'' their protection in the first place. When the Doctor points out to one of them that it is helping a literal world ending world-ending supervillain, it actually gives a coherent response, indicating that they are fully aware of what they are doing too.



* SuperSmoke: It's form is very smoke-like and whatever kind of smoke it is, it is very ''strong''.

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* SuperSmoke: It's Its form is very smoke-like smoke-like, and whatever kind of smoke it is, it is very ''strong''.



Gordito's uncle and a former palaeontologist.

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Gordito's uncle and a former palaeontologist.paleontologist.



* CassandraGambit: He deliberately spreads rumor of his gang as a group of dinosaur riding banditos, believing that no one would believe such a ridiculous story and that this would prevent the target of his vengeance from knowing of him until it is too late. Though as King Radical's efforts make the world more and more a WorldOfWeirdness, he later acknowledges that at this point, it isn't so unbelievable after all.

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* CassandraGambit: He deliberately spreads rumor rumors of his gang as a group of dinosaur riding dinosaur-riding banditos, believing that no one would believe such a ridiculous story and that this would prevent the target of his vengeance from knowing of him until it is too late. Though Though, as King Radical's efforts make the world more and more a WorldOfWeirdness, he later acknowledges that at this point, it isn't so unbelievable after all.



* WellDoneSonGuy: His father (an expy of Creator/StephenHawking, hence the surname) is very unhappy about Martin's decision to use his powers to shill a grocery store chain and has long looked down on him for his less than stellar grades.
* YourSizeMayVary: Hastings fully admits that Martin's full size is however big he feels like drawing him. Humorously, Martin's exact height (15ft) were actually specified in an ad for ''Monster Mart.'' Arguably justified, as he mentions after the fight with Robster that he got a lot bigger than normal; it's entirely possible that Martin's monster form is ''actually' just as variable as it appears once he gets a proper handle on it.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: His father (an expy of Creator/StephenHawking, hence the surname) is very unhappy about Martin's decision to use his powers to shill a grocery store chain and has long looked down on him for his less than stellar less-than-stellar grades.
* YourSizeMayVary: Hastings fully admits that Martin's full size is however big he feels like drawing him. Humorously, Martin's exact height (15ft) were was actually specified in an ad for ''Monster Mart.'' Arguably justified, as he mentions after the fight with Robster that he got a lot bigger than normal; it's entirely possible that Martin's monster form is ''actually' just as variable as it appears once he gets a proper handle on it.



* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Throughout ''Spooky Stuff'', he is constantly hallucinating a ghost horse coming after him. Wanting him to fully embrace his transformation int an [[spoiler:Headless Horseman]]. With the help of Doc, he is able to hold it back... [[spoiler:Until an army of ghosts invade the plane he was in and shoot his head off with a ghost naval cannon]].

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* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Throughout ''Spooky Stuff'', he is constantly hallucinating a ghost horse coming after him. Wanting him to fully embrace his transformation int into an [[spoiler:Headless Horseman]]. With the help of Doc, he is able to hold it back... [[spoiler:Until an army of ghosts invade the plane he was in and shoot his head off with a ghost naval cannon]].



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/BenjaminFranklin was a real person. He was a major contributor in the construction of the United States of America and a noted polymath in his time.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/BenjaminFranklin was a real person. He was a major contributor in to the construction of the United States of America and a noted polymath in his time.



A mentally unstable doctor wearing a luchador mask. His primary means of healing his patients involves extreme methods, i.e. shoving the cure up their nose and then body-slamming them. Ran out of Cumberland by Dr. [=McNinja=].

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A mentally unstable doctor wearing a luchador mask. His primary means of healing his patients involves extreme methods, i.e. shoving the cure up their nose noses and then body-slamming them. Ran out of Cumberland by Dr. [=McNinja=].



* HarmfulHealing: His focus is on curing disease, with no regard to his patients surviving the treatment.

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* HarmfulHealing: His focus is on curing disease, with no regard to for his patients surviving the treatment.



* NoKillLikeOverkill: One dose of a ultra-deadly poison ''should'' cure you. But let's use two, just to make sure.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: One dose of a an ultra-deadly poison ''should'' cure you. But let's use two, just to make sure.



The president of the United states. [[spoiler:Goes missing in The End - Parts 1 and 2]].

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The president of the United states.States. [[spoiler:Goes missing in The End - Parts 1 and 2]].



A vampire the Doctor met at college, a shaky truce has been set that Sebastian and his vampires will not harm human in exchange blood bank supply from the Red Cross.
* CursedWithAwesome: He loves being a vampire and is disgusted when another animal contracted their gift.

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A vampire the Doctor met at college, a college. A shaky truce has been set that Sebastian and his vampires will not harm human humans in exchange for the blood bank supply from the Red Cross.
* CursedWithAwesome: He loves being a vampire and is disgusted when another animal contracted their gift.contracts his gifts.



* TheHedonist: He enjoys a life of decadence where they drink the blood of a baby who was fed with fine steaks from a cow that was fed with cream.

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* TheHedonist: He enjoys a life of decadence where they drink he drinks the blood of a baby who was fed with fine steaks from a cow that was fed with cream.



[[folder:Archibald and his Mummy.]]

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[[folder:Archibald and his Mummy.]]Mummy]]



* BadassBureaucrat: While he doesn't have much in terms of physical badassery he makes up for it in being very brave and unwavering.

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* BadassBureaucrat: While he doesn't have much in terms of physical badassery he makes up for it in by being very brave and unwavering.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Both are supporting characters yet they've done some pretty big impacts on the plot. Both good and bad, [[spoiler:the mummy assists Gordito in deactiving Cumberland's Zombie Defense System, while Archibald gives up his mayoral status to one of the alternate Chuck Goodrich's. These are the good and the bad, respectively.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Both are supporting characters characters, yet they've done some pretty big impacts on the plot. Both good and bad, [[spoiler:the mummy assists Gordito in deactiving deactivating Cumberland's Zombie Defense System, while Archibald gives up his mayoral status to one of the alternate Chuck Goodrich's. These are the good and the bad, respectively.]]
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* FallenHero: Not that he [[AmbiguouslyEvil seems all that villainous]], but he's certainly the major antagonist, and he pays little regard for the consequences of his actions or who they hurt. Back in Radical Land he was their king and, by virtue of AsskickingEqualsAuthority, their greatest hero. But being trapped in a far lamer dimension has made him depressed, and it has even made him forget things about the Radical Lands, prompting him to "fix" his current world by ''any means necessary''. Taken a step further in the ''All The King's Dirtbikes and All The King's Men'' arc, where it's revealed that [[spoiler:he's actually an alternate universe version of Chuck Goodrich.]]

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* FallenHero: Not that he [[AmbiguouslyEvil seems all that villainous]], but he's certainly the major antagonist, and he pays little regard for the consequences of his actions or who they hurt. Back in Radical Land he was their king and, by virtue of AsskickingEqualsAuthority, AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, their greatest hero. But being trapped in a far lamer dimension has made him depressed, and it has even made him forget things about the Radical Lands, prompting him to "fix" his current world by ''any means necessary''. Taken a step further in the ''All The King's Dirtbikes and All The King's Men'' arc, where it's revealed that [[spoiler:he's actually an alternate universe version of Chuck Goodrich.]]
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* WhereDidWeGoWrong: On the receiving end of this from his parents. His mother became a ninja through training, and thus did not learn how to raise a ninja child. His father came from a long line of ninjas and was never taught how for traditional reasons. They tried to inspire him using Batman. But instead of becoming a proper, ruthless, amoral mercenary, their son used his ninja skills for vigilantism and chose medicine as his main career.

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* WhereDidWeGoWrong: On the receiving end of this from his parents. His mother became a ninja through training, and thus did not learn how to raise a ninja child. His father came from a long line of ninjas and was never taught how for traditional reasons.reasons as it's considered to be the mother's job. His grandfather, who ''did'' know how, tried to fix it a bit late, and ended up dying in the process. They tried to inspire him using Batman. But instead of becoming a proper, ruthless, amoral mercenary, their son used his ninja skills for vigilantism and chose medicine as his main career.

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