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* ArtShift: A number of animated shorts from Season 3 depict him as a cartoon character.

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* ArtShift: A number of animated shorts from Season 3 depict him as a cartoon character.



* ArtShift: A number of animated shorts from Season 3 depict him as a cartoon character.



* CriminalMindGames: The main use for his powers.

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* CriminalMindGames: The main use He's a huge fan of this trope. Most of the time after he causes trouble, or steals something, he leaves a clue (or several) for his powers.the Electric Company in the form of a rebus puzzle.



* RebusBubble: His superpower.

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* RebusBubble: His superpower.special ability is that he can generate rebus puzzles simply by waving his hand on a surface.



* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she'll aid Francine in some of her various schemes in trying to cause trouble in the neighborhood, most of what she's seen doing isn't nearly as harmful as what's Francine's done over the course of the show, and she never shows any outright glee or pleasure in beating the company like Francine does. She never turns into an EnfantTerrible and it's unclear whether Gilda even knows about most of Francine's shady actions or would turn on her if she ever found out.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she'll aid Francine in some of her various schemes in trying to cause trouble in the neighborhood, most of what she's seen doing isn't nearly as harmful as what's Francine's done over the course of the show, and she never shows any outright glee or pleasure in beating the company like Francine does. She never turns into an EnfantTerrible and it's unclear whether Gilda even knows about most of Francine's shady actions or would turn on her if she ever found out. She's also suspiciously absent in the "Prankster Planet" segments, [[EveryoneHasStandards thus implying that she wanted no part in Pranksters' schemes to suck up words or reverse the words.]]

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* {{Catchphrase}}: One of them would always start by asking, "What's the game today?"


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* SharePhrase: One of them would always start by asking, "What's the game today?"
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* MellowFellow: He sings every song in a friendly, laid-back tone of voice.

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* MellowFellow: He sings every song tends to sing in a friendly, laid-back tone of voice.
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* DarkChick
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* LampshadeHanging: When they were trying to think of "oo" words, one of them mentioned the word "cartoon".

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* LampshadeHanging: MediumAwareness: When they were trying to think of "oo" words, one of them mentioned the word "cartoon".

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* MellowFellow: Always sings in a friendly, laid-back tone of voice.

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* LimitedWardrobe: Always wears the same all-black outfit.
* MellowFellow: Always He sings every song in a friendly, laid-back tone of voice.
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* MellowFellow: Always sings in a friendly, laid-back tone of voice.
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* ThreeAmigos: Two are males, and one's a female.
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* [[SillySimian Silly Simians]]: In addition to thinking of words with certain phonetic sounds, they like to laugh and joke. They can even change colors.

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* [[SillySimian Silly Simians]]: In addition to thinking of words with certain phonetic sounds, they like to laugh and joke. They can even change colors.colors, as one of them did when showing that "green" is a "gr" word.
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* LampshadeHanging: When they were trying to think of "oo" words, one of them mentioned the word "cartoon".
-->'''Orangutan #1:''' Oh, I love cartoons!\\
'''Orangutan #2:''' Me, too!\\
'''Orangutan #1:''' Wouldn't it be cool to be in a cartoon?\\
'''Orangutan #3:''' Uh, guys? We ''are'' in a cartoon!
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* BerserkButton: Never break a promise to Danny Rebus; It's just not a good idea.

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* BerserkButton: Never break a promise to Danny Rebus; Rebus. It's just not a good idea.
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* [[SillySimian Silly Simians]]: In addition to thinking of words with certain phonetic sounds, they like to laugh and joke. They can even change colors.

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!!Allies of the Company
[[folder: Shock]]
->Played by: Chris Sullivan

Shock provides a steady beat in the neighborhood. He's a cook who helps out Leo in the Electric Diner and he often shows up when The Electric Company needs help. He may not say much, but The Electric Company has learned to watch and listen whenever Shock is around.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Shock usually plays a supporting role and almost never gets directly involved in the storylines. He does however get the occasional starring role in an episode, namely in "Gravity Groove" and "Wiki Wiki Walter"
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Due to not having any of his own wordball or vocabulary powers, Shock tends to not get actively involved when The Electric Company has to battle one of the Pranksters. However, he's still considered by the others to be one of them and they keep him around for support, and help around the Electric Diner. Not to mention being an incredible beat-boxer.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He's only ever referred to as "Shock", possibly due to his beatboxing skills. We never find out what Shock's real name is. Even the promotional material doesn't provide any intel on Shock's true name.
* TheQuietOne: He rarely speaks, only beatboxes.
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[[folder: Shock]]
->Played by: Chris Sullivan

Shock provides a steady beat in the neighborhood. He's a cook who helps out Leo in the Electric Diner and he often shows up when The Electric Company needs help. He may not say much, but The Electric Company has learned to watch and listen whenever Shock is around.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Shock usually plays a supporting role and almost never gets directly involved in the storylines. He does however get the occasional starring role in an episode, namely in "Gravity Groove" and "Wiki Wiki Walter"
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Due to not having any of his own wordball or vocabulary powers, Shock tends to not get actively involved when The Electric Company has to battle one of the Pranksters. However, he's still considered by the others to be one of them and they keep him around for support, and help around the Electric Diner. Not to mention being an incredible beat-boxer.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He's only ever referred to as "Shock", possibly due to his beatboxing skills. We never find out what Shock's real name is. Even the promotional material doesn't provide any intel on Shock's true name.
* TheQuietOne: He rarely speaks, only beatboxes.
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* OutOfFocus:

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* OutOfFocus:OutOfFocus: Compared to the rest of the company, who have each gotten the chance to be the hero individually, Keith tends to get sidelined quite a bit, and doesn't get as much to do.



* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He's only ever referred to as "Shock", possibly due to his beatboxing skills. We never find out what Shock's real name is. Even the promotional material, doesn't provide any intel on Shock's true name.

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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He's only ever referred to as "Shock", possibly due to his beatboxing skills. We never find out what Shock's real name is. Even the promotional material, material doesn't provide any intel on Shock's true name.



* OddNameOut: She's the only member of the Pranksters whose name doesn't end in or rhyme with -anny (she ''could'' use "Franny" as a nickname, but no one ever calls her that). On top of that, she's the only member whose name has more than 5 letters.

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* OddNameOut: She's the only (official) member of the Pranksters whose name doesn't end in or rhyme with -anny (she ''could'' use "Franny" as a nickname, but no one ever calls her that). On top of that, she's the only member whose name has more than 5 letters.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she'll aid Francine in some of her various schemes in trying to cause trouble in the neighborhood, most of what she's seen doing isn't nearly as harmful as what's Francine's done over the course of the show, and she never shows any outright glee or pleasure in beating the company like Francine does. She never turns into an EnfantTerrible and it's unclear whether Gilda even knows about Francine's most shady actions or would turn on her if she ever found out.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she'll aid Francine in some of her various schemes in trying to cause trouble in the neighborhood, most of what she's seen doing isn't nearly as harmful as what's Francine's done over the course of the show, and she never shows any outright glee or pleasure in beating the company like Francine does. She never turns into an EnfantTerrible and it's unclear whether Gilda even knows about most of Francine's most shady actions or would turn on her if she ever found out.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she'll aid Francine in some of her various schemes in trying to cause trouble in the neighborhood, most of what she's seen doing isn't nearly as harmful as what's Francine's done over the course of the show, and she never shows any outright glee or pleasure in beating the company like Francine does. She never turns into an EnfantTerrible and it's unclear whether Gilda even knows about Francine's most shady actions or would turn on her if she ever found out.

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* NiceGirl: Definitely. Even among the standards of the Electric Company, she's incredibly warm and friendly. She often serves as a team's VoiceOfReason, being willing to give the Pranksters the benefit of the doubt, even if none of her teammaters do, and she's beloved by nearly everyone in the neighborhood, due to her helpfulness.



* TheSmartGuy: Probably the second smartest member of the Electric Company before Lisa.

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* TheSmartGuy: Probably the second smartest member of the Electric Company before Lisa.OutOfFocus:


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* {{Nice Guy}}s: The Skeleckians are an entire race of Nice Guys, as despite being socially awkward and having advanced technology, they're very humble about it, and tend to blend right in with normal humans, even sharing various interests.

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* VagueAge: Downplayed, according to the Season 3 character bios, in Season 3, all the Pranksters are of varying ages between 17 and 20, but it's never specified or stated which exact ages each of them are.



* ManipulativeEditing: Frequently uses this in her videos, such as in "Lights, Camera, Beetles" using out of context footage from the Electric Company and "Oh, Danny Boy" switching around Hector’s words about Danny. She ends up on the receiving end in "A Whole New Francine", and initially doesn’t understand how she’s guilty of the same crime.



* VillainousCrush: According to the Season 3 bios, Francine has a "secret crush on Hector".



* DrivenByEnvy: Many of her episodes are motivated by her want to get a role that one of the Electric Company members has, such as a major role in a play ("The Wordball is My Oyster"), a part in a music video ("Scent of a Human") or being the Junior Ambassador to the Skeleckians ("The Potato Custom").
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely cares about her uncle Sigmund Scrambler. In "Electric Accompany", her hypnotism of Keith was motivated by her want to help Sigmund advertise, and in "Bananas", she puts aside her dislike of the Company to ask help from them in getting Sigmund to confess his feelings to his crush.



* ShockwaveStomp: Her main ability is to scramble words with a stomp, but in "War of the Words", she also has the ability to stomp hard enough to rumble Hector’s images, and in Mission 4 of Prankster Planet, her powers are boosted enough for her to cause fissures in the ground (which leads to her trapping herself by destroying the ground around her).



* HiddenDepths: Much to Hector’s bewilderment, "He Ain’t Frozen, Just Immobile" reveals that he takes piano lessons.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Danny Rebus does this all the time. He takes offense at a lot of things and retaliates harshly. This is pretty much part of Danny's personality, the slightest offense like - accidentally misspelling his name on an invitation, or spills milk on his shoes, he overexaggerates and attempts to get his revenge.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Danny Rebus does this all the time. He takes offense at a lot of things and retaliates harshly. This is pretty much part of Danny's personality, the slightest offense like - accidentally misspelling his name on an invitation, or spills milk on his shoes, personality: he overexaggerates and attempts to get his revenge.revenge on people for the slightest offense such as accidentally misspelling his name on an invitation or spilling milk on his shoes.


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* AmusingAlien: They have several unusual norms, such as sending cheese into space and celebrating a holiday dedicated to socks.
* HigherTechSpecies: As unusual as they may be, they are intelligent, have technology powered by meteorites, have shrinking devices, and put someone on the moon 740 thousand billion years before humans did.
* HumanoidAliens: They look near-identical to humans, but with an unusual necklace that they wear at all times.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "What's the game today?"

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->'''Voiced by:''' Dominic Colón, Jenni Barber, and Creator/JoshSegarra
Three orangutans who demonstrated phonetic sounds.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "What's the game today?"
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* PutOnABus: In season three.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Annie's red.

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* %%* PutOnABus: In season three.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: He always had twenty-four seconds to crack the code to get out of whatever factory he was trapped in before the place exploded.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: He always had would have twenty-four seconds to crack the code to get code, always making it out of whatever factory he was trapped in before the place exploded.JustInTime.
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* LockedUpAndLeftBehind: Every episode started with him locked in some kind of factory, though it was never shown he got trapped in the first place.


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->'''Voiced by:''' Reggie Watts
A deep-voiced singer who appeared in many segments about phonetic sounds.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Jack Bowser always had twenty-four seconds to crack the code to get out of whatever factory he was trapped in before the place exploded.

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* NeverLearnedToRead: Played with. He would say in every episode, "I can't crack the code to get out. Help me read this!" Right afterward, though, he would always manage to read the code aloud, albeit sometimes stumbling over the words a bit.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Jack Bowser He always had twenty-four seconds to crack the code to get out of whatever factory he was trapped in before the place exploded.
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->Voiced By: H.D. Quinn

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* Inspired by Jack Bauer from ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''.

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* Inspired A bipedal blue dog, and a special agent, inspired by Jack Bauer from ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''.24]]''. He was always seen trapped in a factory of some sort, asking the viewer for help cracking the code to get out before the factory exploded (which would always happen in twenty-four seconds). The code consisted of a sentence or two, and reading it aloud twice opened the door.
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* FunnyAnimal: Jack Bowser was bipedal and wore a striped sweater.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Jack Bowser always had twenty-four seconds to crack the code to get out of whatever factory he was trapped in before the place exploded.
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* OddNameOut: She's the only member of the Pranksters whose name doesn't end in or rhyme with -anny. On top of that, she's the only member whose name has more than 5 letters.

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* OddNameOut: She's the only member of the Pranksters whose name doesn't end in or rhyme with -anny.-anny (she ''could'' use "Franny" as a nickname, but no one ever calls her that). On top of that, she's the only member whose name has more than 5 letters.
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