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!!'''Tommy Solomon'''
->Portrayed by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt
Information Officer and Dick's "son". He's actually the oldest and perhaps smartest of the crew, and much of his character comes from being frustrated with the conflicts between his literal age and his teenaged body, such as why he can't date a middle-aged woman and hanging out at a senior's home where he fits right in.
* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.
* ButtMonkey
* CompulsorySchoolAge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Actually, he ''did'' get the girl. But Sally misconstrued Alissa's thoughts on graduation to her wanting to break up with Tommy, so she told her that ''he'' was breaking up with ''her''. He had two chances to get back with Alissa afterwards, and blew both of them. The first, Tommy wound up telling everyone at graduation in his valedictorian speech about how they made out on her parents bed. The second, he tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained scheme to push the two back together again.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic with a dash of Melancholic.
* GrumpyOldMan: Tommy's actually the oldest of the aliens, and quite pissed that he's in a young body subjected to raging hormones.
* ImportantHaircut: In season four he finally gets his hair cut. This is around the time Joseph Gorden-Levitt started to get older.
** TraumaticHaircut: Stated that he actually missed his longer hair.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Just because he's saner than everyone else doesn't mean he's exempt from acting like an idiot.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* OnlySaneMan: Among a quartet made up of a TedBaxter, a StatuesqueStunner, and a TooDumbToLive KavorkaMan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* TheSnarkKnight
* TeenGenius
!!'''Tommy Solomon'''
->Portrayed by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt
Information Officer and Dick's "son". He's actually the oldest and perhaps smartest of the crew, and much of his character comes from being frustrated with the conflicts between his literal age and his teenaged body, such as why he can't date a middle-aged woman and hanging out at a senior's home where he fits right in.
* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.
* ButtMonkey
* CompulsorySchoolAge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Actually, he ''did'' get the girl. But Sally misconstrued Alissa's thoughts on graduation to her wanting to break up with Tommy, so she told her that ''he'' was breaking up with ''her''. He had two chances to get back with Alissa afterwards, and blew both of them. The first, Tommy wound up telling everyone at graduation in his valedictorian speech about how they made out on her parents bed. The second, he tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained scheme to push the two back together again.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic with a dash of Melancholic.
* GrumpyOldMan: Tommy's actually the oldest of the aliens, and quite pissed that he's in a young body subjected to raging hormones.
* ImportantHaircut: In season four he finally gets his hair cut. This is around the time Joseph Gorden-Levitt started to get older.
** TraumaticHaircut: Stated that he actually missed his longer hair.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Just because he's saner than everyone else doesn't mean he's exempt from acting like an idiot.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* OnlySaneMan: Among a quartet made up of a TedBaxter, a StatuesqueStunner, and a TooDumbToLive KavorkaMan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* TheSnarkKnight
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!!'''Tommy Solomon'''
->Portrayed by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt
Information Officer and Dick's "son". He's actually the oldest and perhaps smartest of the crew, and much of his character comes from being frustrated with the conflicts between his literal age and his teenaged body, such as why he can't date a middle-aged woman and hanging out at a senior's home where he fits right in.
* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.
* ButtMonkey
* CompulsorySchoolAge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Actually, he ''did'' get the girl. But Sally misconstrued Alissa's thoughts on graduation to her wanting to break up with Tommy, so she told her that ''he'' was breaking up with ''her''. He had two chances to get back with Alissa afterwards, and blew both of them. The first, Tommy wound up telling everyone at graduation in his valedictorian speech about how they made out on her parents bed. The second, he tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained scheme to push the two back together again.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic with a dash of Melancholic.
* GrumpyOldMan: Tommy's actually the oldest of the aliens, and quite pissed that he's in a young body subjected to raging hormones.
* ImportantHaircut: In season four he finally gets his hair cut. This is around the time Joseph Gorden-Levitt started to get older.
** TraumaticHaircut: Stated that he actually missed his longer hair.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Just because he's saner than everyone else doesn't mean he's exempt from acting like an idiot.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* OnlySaneMan: Among a quartet made up of a TedBaxter, a StatuesqueStunner, and a TooDumbToLive KavorkaMan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* TheSnarkKnight
* TeenGenius
!!'''Tommy Solomon'''
->Portrayed by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt
Information Officer and Dick's "son". He's actually the oldest and perhaps smartest of the crew, and much of his character comes from being frustrated with the conflicts between his literal age and his teenaged body, such as why he can't date a middle-aged woman and hanging out at a senior's home where he fits right in.
* TheBerserker: A rare comedic variation.
* ButtMonkey
* CompulsorySchoolAge
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Actually, he ''did'' get the girl. But Sally misconstrued Alissa's thoughts on graduation to her wanting to break up with Tommy, so she told her that ''he'' was breaking up with ''her''. He had two chances to get back with Alissa afterwards, and blew both of them. The first, Tommy wound up telling everyone at graduation in his valedictorian speech about how they made out on her parents bed. The second, he tried to sacrifice Alissa to save himself when it appeared that there was some maniac brandishing a power tool in Alissa's backyard. It was Sally and Harry pulling some hair-brained scheme to push the two back together again.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as information officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic with a dash of Melancholic.
* GrumpyOldMan: Tommy's actually the oldest of the aliens, and quite pissed that he's in a young body subjected to raging hormones.
* ImportantHaircut: In season four he finally gets his hair cut. This is around the time Joseph Gorden-Levitt started to get older.
** TraumaticHaircut: Stated that he actually missed his longer hair.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Just because he's saner than everyone else doesn't mean he's exempt from acting like an idiot.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* OnlySaneMan: Among a quartet made up of a TedBaxter, a StatuesqueStunner, and a TooDumbToLive KavorkaMan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* TheSnarkKnight
* TeenGenius
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** This is especially exemplified in the episode where [[spoiler: he protects his family by telling Kathy Bates' character that he is the only alien in the group and comes very close to having his head cut open as a result]], which is perhaps the first moment when he doesn't consider himself to be the most important thing in life, despite his frequent declarations to that effect.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Averted. Her parents both think Dick is the one for Mary. Mary's not sure how to feel about that. On Dick's part, he loathes the two for how they treated Mary when she was little, although he seems to think her dad is TheLesserOfTwoEvils while being simultaneously scared and disgusted of her mom.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Averted. Her parents both think Dick is the one for Mary. Mary's not sure how to feel about that. On Dick's part, he loathes the two for how they treated Mary when she was little, although he seems to think her dad is TheLesserOfTwoEvils the LesserOfTwoEvils while being simultaneously scared and disgusted of her mom.
* FreudianExcuse: Her parents dumped their emotional baggage on her when she was young. To a lesser extent, so did her brother Roy when he used her as TheScapegoat when their parents found his Playboys. Mary spent two years in therapy because she covered for him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Played with. In one episode she admits in a drunken stupor that years before she met Dick she once slept with Dr. Strudwick. Mary explains that when she did Strudwick had been separated from his wife, but Mary didn't know at the time it was only a trial separation. Dick is more outraged at the notion she slept with Strudwick of all people, not that he was married, and is more concerned with getting even with him than with Mary.
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* EthicalSlut: She's a self-proclaimed nymphomaniac and proud of it. As is her daughter Vicki. No one has any problem with this except they're sick of her stories.
** In one episode she mentions being tricked into attending an intervention twice.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Inverted. We've seen that she's kooky and very promiscuous, but she's still the Solomons' landlady and doesn't appreciate it when they're late paying rent.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: One-time occurrence. Once thought the ladies room had a hidden camera and dismantled the ceiling tiles looking for it. ''Dick'', of all people, was weirded out by this.
* ConspiracyTheorist: One-time occurrence. Once thought the ladies room had a hidden camera and dismantled the ceiling tiles looking for it. ''Dick'', of all people, was weirded out by this.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Mary. With Dick it depends on the episode.
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* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Got addicted to collecting stuffed animals called "Fuzzy Buddies". His friends and family staged an intervention when it reached the point that he had so many he was keeping them in the freezer.fridge.
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* SadistTeacher: While handing out a test to his class, he openly told them that none of them would be able to solve question four, which made up half the test. In one particular moment of frustration, he ordered them to write letters to their parents apologizing for wasting their money, which they had to bring to class with envelopes and stamps.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He's a lot more competent in his role as security officer, but his efforts are frequently overlooked.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Just because he's saner than everyone else doesn't mean he's exempt from acting like an idiot.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Averted. Her parents both think Dick is the one for Mary. Mary's not sure how to feel about that. On Dick's part, he loathes the two for how they treated Mary when she was little, although he seems to think her dad is TheLesserOfTwoEvils while being simultaneously scared and disgusted of her mom.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: She found her thesis in the bottom of box labelled "SugarPuffs".Puffs."
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* MyNewGiftIsLame: The Solomons each selected their human forms from a type of catalog. Harry's "came with a free tote bag", implying an overall lack of craftsmanship and providing an excuse for why his eyes don't open, but Harry characteristically seems happy at the bargain.
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* PetTheDog: Wrote a rather scathing review of Alissa's performance in the high school play, but told Tommy (the editor of the school paper at the time) that she would understand if he didn't print it since Alissa was his girlfriend.[[hottip:* :Reference to Jedediah Leland's scathing review of Susan Alexander in ''Film/CitizenKane'', which this plotline was a WholePlotReference to.]]
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* PetTheDog: Wrote a rather scathing review of Alissa's performance in the high school play, but told Tommy (the editor of the school paper at the time) that she would understand if he didn't print it since Alissa was his girlfriend.[[hottip:* :Reference [[note]]Reference to Jedediah Leland's scathing review of Susan Alexander in ''Film/CitizenKane'', which this plotline was a WholePlotReference to.]][[/note]]
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The skanky white-trash daughter of Mrs. Dubcek and Harry's on-off girlfriend. She repeatedly fails to understand that Mary is NotThatKindOfDoctor and has a Southern accent for some reason[[hottip:* :This is Jan Hooks' natural accent and she hardly ever plays a character without it.]]. Ultimately, she ended up being Queen of the Universe. Don't ask.
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The skanky white-trash daughter of Mrs. Dubcek and Harry's on-off girlfriend. She repeatedly fails to understand that Mary is NotThatKindOfDoctor and has a Southern accent for some reason[[hottip:* :This reason[[note]]This is Jan Hooks' natural accent and she hardly ever plays a character without it.]].[[/note]]. Ultimately, she ended up being Queen of the Universe. Don't ask.
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* AfraidOfDoctors: In the HalloweenEpisode.
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Tommy's second girlfriend. Interestingly enough, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik also dated each other in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
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* CastingGag: Interestingly enough, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik also dated each other in''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
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* CastingGag: Interestingly enough, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik also dated each other in
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* ActorAllusion: After years as [[Film/Coneheads Prymaat Conehead,]] Ms. Curtin finally gets to play the ''human.''
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* AmbigiouslyGayAmbiguouslyGay: In Judith's very first episode, Mary is MistakenForGay and Judith responds by sending her a lovely bouquet of flowers with a card Mary refuses to read.
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* EthicalSlut: She's a self-proclaimed nymphomaniac and proud of it. As is her daughter Janet.
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** One of the first season episodes focused on Dick discussing the concept of "ass kissing" to the other aliens in regards to a {{Jerkass}} professor who is having a party thrown in his honor, and fails to understand why people continue to suck up to him face-to-face yet badmouth him behind his back. Dick's blatant and carefree honesty towards the professor actually causes the professor to like Dick, so much so that when he dies at the party, Dick is shocked to discover he has to speak at his wake.
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** One of the first season episodes focused on Dick discussing the concept of "ass kissing" to the other aliens in regards to a {{Jerkass}} professor who is having a party thrown in his honor, and fails to understand why people continue to suck up to him face-to-face yet badmouth him behind his back. Dick's blatant and carefree honesty towards the professor actually causes the professor him to like Dick, so much so that when he considers him a friend. When the professor dies at the party, Dick is shocked to discover learn afterwards that he's expected to deliver the eulogy at the funeral because the professor figured he has to speak at his wake. was the only person who wouldn't lie.
