Line #252 Characters/DesuDesBrigade


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5	!! Professor Otaku
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7	Prof has been reviewing things for a quite a bit longer than his peers, and coincidentally has the most primitive reviews, just his avatar snarking at some esoteric anime.
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10	%% * [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Ark.
11	%% * CausticCritic
12	%% * CovertPervert: "Huh boobs what?"
13	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Though more exasperated than deadpan, Prof doesn't get mad as much as bitter.
14	%% * DistaffCounterpart: He now has one, voiced by Overactor
15	%% * HeroicSacrifice: Gave his power to Vix in order to save JO.
16	%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold
17	%% * HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Until, y'know, he was.
18	%% * TheHero
19	%% ** AntiHero
20	%% * InkSuitActor
21	%% * NoSenseOfDirection: In Vixen's Let's Play of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''.
22	* NobleBigot: Towards Vix, he calls her Sugar Tits and other insulting nicknames, but is still a decent character.
23	%% * RuleSixtyThree: Profette.
24	* UnknownRival: Holds quite strong aversions against WebVideo/BennettTheSage of Website/ChannelAwesome and Blistered Thumbs, because he feels that he entered his turf by doing snarky reviews of bad anime. Bennett on the other hand never acknowledged knowing him. Former comrade WebVideo/JesuOtaku having popular crossovers with Bennett doesn't help.
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27	!! WebVideo/JesuOtaku
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29	By far the most successful and analytical of the Brigade, JO is notable for his in depth and objective reviews and his large amount of shows: JO Anime Reviews, In-Betweens, New Lyrics, and various {{Lets Play}}s.
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32	* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Let's see, he reviews anime, is making a retrospective on all the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' anime, dubs {{Anime Theme Song}}s, is analyzing the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' anime, has ''another'' job reviewing even ''more'' anime on Anime News Network and oh yeah, is currently working on ''a RadioDrama adaptation on the ENTIRE ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' manga'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking (also, he works at a theater)]].
33	* AuthorFilibuster: He used his ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' review as an opportunity to go on a rant about how Creator/StudioGainax are complete HACKS when it comes to making [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Psychological]] [[Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld Dramas]] and that they should stick to [[RuleOfCool over-the-top goofiness]] and simple morals. He addressed this fact on his Website/{{Twitter}}, and stated that the reason he did this was because ''FLCL'' was just way too simple for even ''him'' to talk about in length.
34	%% * [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Vixen.
35	%% * BreakTheCutie: WebVideo/BennettTheSage's goal for him. So far he's failed all three times.
36	* BriefAccentImitation: Takes on a self-admittedly goofy Brooklyn gangster accent for his ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' review.
37	%% * CovertPervert: As demonstrated in Pocky Spot 22.
38	* DearNegativeReader: Released a full-length one over his twitter sometime around mid/late-2011 in response to the frequent complaints about his aforementioned AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder.
39	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: His crossover review of ''Film/SuckerPunch'' with [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] was a pretty severe example of this, as he was presenting as female at the time.
40	* FakeBrit: He makes fun of this trope at the beginning of her Anime/{{Hellsing}} review.
41	--> Hello, and welcome to the [=JesuOtaku=] anime review. Your mission today is to sit right where you are and listen to me talk about vampires [[LampshadeHanging in a phony-baloney British accent.]] May God and Her Majesty be with you. Amen.
42	%%* FarmBoy
43	* HeroesLoveDogs: He's been shown playing with a roommate's dog and his love for wolves is part of why he loves Anime/WolfsRain.
44	* KindheartedCatLover: He has at least two cats who can show up in a review with him, notably Leo.
45	* PinkProductPloy: He bought a computer case which was part of a PC [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] came out to build for him because of its unique pink color.
46	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: In the opening to ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' review and his first line of the Franchise/{{Digimon}} retrospective. The snarktitles are not impressed.
47	--> ''Aow! It's August!''
48	* RunningGag: His gripes about {{Creator/GONZO}} and their varying production values.
49	%%* TheSmartGuy
50	* {{Squee}}: Not himself, but his snarktitles don't pass the chance in the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' review.
51	* StraightGay: One of the things about his previous identity as a woman that didn't change is the fact that he's romantically interested in men.
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54	!! Arkada
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56	The loud and proud Canadian badass, Ark is an oddity, he doesn't review the old school shows like Prof, nor Moe and Porn like Vix, and since Jesu Otaku reviews the bigger/cult shows, Ark seems to stick to recent releases that don't get the love and attention they might, or might not deserve.
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58	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: He's unfortunately prone to this, some more egregious examples include [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Na-RU-to]] and [[Manga/{{Akira}} Ah-KEE-ra.]] Lampshaded in his review of ''Anime/TimeOfEve'', he even has a clipboard with the proper pronunciations on it.
59	--> Dammit, why am I not better at pronouncing these things?
60	%%* BadassLongcoat
61	%%* CloudCuckooLander: Mostly in crossover videos.
62	* EnemyWithout: In his ''DesertPunk'' review, Ark had to go head to head with his real life self Tristan, over whether or not it was okay to make a masturbation joke since Tristan has a girlfriend. Arkada wins by pointing out that TRISTAN has a girlfriend, not him.
63	* HandsomeLech: He's not a bad looking guy, but sometimes the way he talks makes one think he never gets any.
64	** But his whispering voice over his drawn avatar in the FourthWallMailSlot section is pure MrFanservice.
65	%%* HotBlooded: Sometimes.
66	* AnIcePerson: Vixen assigns Ark as this in her Let's Play of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', as he's from the snowy wastes of Canada, eh?
67	%%* {{Keet}}
68	%%* TheLancer
69	%%* LargeHam
70	%%* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]: To Prof.
71	* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Loves bursting into song.
72	* TheManBehindTheMan: He actually owns the website. This is used to defeat Vix in her ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'' review.
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74	!! Vixen
75	The curvy and angry fanservice queen of the Brigade. Vix sometimes reviews Hentai, which brings out all that hilarious bile. She also does reviews of disney films, which show her a bit calmer if no less snarky, and the Twilight franchise, which brings out even more bile than usual.
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77	%%* AnimalMotifs: Fox
78	%%* [[AntiHero Anti Heroine]]
79	* BerserkButton: Literature/TheTwilightSaga. She also isn't too fond of ecchi series.
80	** Sexism toward either gender also gets on her nerves; she hates Ecchi series for their portrayal of female characters as nothing more than busty MsFanservice and expresses similar disgust toward hentai. On the flipside, she also loathes works that imply that [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rape is somehow okay (or even romantic) if it happens to a man]] and once called a StrawFeminist character a hypocrite for preaching gender equality while simultaneously calling men "stupid".
81	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: After Tsubake's introduction, Vixen's TokenEvilTeammate[=/=]CuteAndPsycho qualities ended up being funneled into her. In the process, with JO gradually distancing himself and some of Ark and Prof's content getting a bit DenserAndWackier, Vixen slowly settled into the role of the OnlySaneMan to the rest of the team.
82	* ComedicSociopathy: Has killed Mal [[DeathIsCheap multiple times]].
83	%%* CuteAndPsycho
84	* CutenessOverload: Cute characters appear to be a weakness for her, especially non-sexualized shotas.
85	-->(''in her WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast review'') Luckily, Chip, Mrs. Potts' cute tea cup son... (''followed by subtitled d'awwwwing when he says something cute at the end'')
86	-->(''in her WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}} review'') Then we see Flounder, who in the Broadway version is [[{{Squee}} ADORABLE!]]
87	%%* GreenEyedMonster: Played for laughs.
88	%%* MsFanservice
89	%%* OfCorsetsSexy
90	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her cartoon avatar's eyes turn red when she's mad.
91	%%* [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]: To [=JesuOtaku=]
92	* [[RuleSixtyThree Rule 63]]: [[Anime/{{Vandread}} Xen.]]
93	* ShipperOnDeck: She [[{{Squee}} d'awwed]] when Ark talked about a sweet moment between him and his girlfriend during a [=DesuRattle=].
94	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only woman among the Brigade's founding members.
95	* VillainProtagonist: During her ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'' review where she imprisoned JO's voice in a tree (leaving his real self mute) and used it as a bargaining chip to get Prof's power.... too bad Ark controls the site.
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97	!! Malakye
98	The poor {{Moe}} loving video editor of the site, Mal is definitely not a major player, now has Mal's Monthly Manga and Sake Shots, so that may be changing.
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100	* AntiVillain: He says he's a supervillain, yet he's mostly talk and is one of the nicest members of the Brigade.
101	%%* BadassCape
102	* BerserkButton: The X-Box 360, apparently. He even went into a rant about it in the middle of a Pocky Spot.
103	%%* TheBigGuy
104	* TheChewToy: Vix likes to kill him. A lot. Though not as much these days.
105	%% CoolMask
106	* EveryoneHasStandards:
107	** Even ''he'' doesn't like ''Ikki Tousen''. Bear in mind, he's the only one of the Brigadiers who likes ecchi series.
108	** Despite repeatedly proclaiming his undying love for Hatsune Miku, even Malakye is weirded out by a story about a man who [[CargoShip legally married a body pillow]].
109	* TheFaceless: Though a recent V-Log revealed what he looks like, so mystery solved.
110	* {{Fanboy}}: Of Music/HatsuneMiku, to the point of calling her his "goddess".
111	* KillItWithFire: In Vixen's Let's Play of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', with his trusted Fira.
112	%%* MadScientist: Created Tsubake.
113	* MrViceGuy: Has crippling addictions to moe, porn, and sake.
114	* OutOfFocus: After a guest appearance on Desurattle and a short-lived review series, he stopped getting any real focus before eventually just [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse vanishing from the team entirely]].
115	* RobotBuddy: Vocaloids actually. First there was Miku, who despite being silent for production reasons, was well loved due to her real-life stardom. But then Vixen blew her to hell, and he built Tsubake for this.
116	%%* RobotGirl: Miku and Tsubake are also this
117	* TokenEvilTeammate: Is a self-proclaimed supervillain with a KillerRobot sidekick.
118	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being one of the founding members of the group, his appearances got more and more scant until eventually he seemed to just disappear with no explanation as to where he went. His short-lived review series never updated, Tsubake's videos were moved to Vixen's section instead of his and on the disbandment, despite being one of the founding members, he doesn't even make a farewell video. Interestingly the old Bukkit forums listed him as a "former member" alongside Hitch, Rabbit and Kagami ''before'' the official disbandment, suggesting that left the group before the disbandment actually happened, but it was never explained where he went or why he left.
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120	!!Miku
121	A digital celebrity in Japan, as well as a favorite singer of Mal's, who helped Mal with Weekly Highlights and served as the site's mascot... Until Vixen tied her to a rocket and exploded her out of jealousy.
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123	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Her replacement by Tsubake was because the Brigade, while no action had been taken, didin't want to take the risk of getting their collective asses sued since they don't own Miku.
124	%%* RobotBuddy: To Malakye.
125	%%* RobotGirl
126	* VirtualCelebrity: Was this both in her actual career and on the site.
127	* TheVoiceless: Because Mal was too cheap to buy another microphone for her.
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129	!!Tsubake
130	Another Vocaloid, created by Mal from Miku's parts and more. She speaks in a robotic monotone and is very loyal to her master despite his obvious shortcomings, and believes they will one day rule the world. She also has her own aspirations for world domination, a rivalry with Vixen and a deep disgust for all of humanity.
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132	%%* AIIsACrapshoot
133	* BarbieDollAnatomy: According to Vix, she has no genetalia.
134	* BerserkButton: Don't call her a blow up doll. Unless you're funding her, you won't survive.
135	** Also as the beach video showed [[spoiler: Naked Humans. They're lucky she didn't kill them.]]
136	* BreakoutCharacter: As you can tell by the sheer number of tropes compared to the Brigaders.
137	* BusCrash: If the D2 Brigade's [[http://d2brigade.tumblr.com/post/118663833985/hope-everyone-had-a-great-mothers-day appreciation]] [[http://d2brigade.tumblr.com/post/118920396195/ah-so-youve-finally-defeated-tsubake-well tumblr blog]] is to be believed, Vixen eventually found a way to take Tsubake down for good.
138	* CovertPervert: According to the "Want You Gone" video she has a large collection of Yaoi porn, to the point where losing it was one of the two times she's been genuinely upset(not just grossed out by humanity.)
139	%%* CreepyMonotone
140	%%* CuteAndPsycho
141	* EarlyBirdCameo: Was mentioned in Mal's section of the site before her proper appearance on Pocky Spot.
142	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Was more subserviant to Mal, if still as violent when she first appeared. This changed quickly to the point where just Mal reprogramming her to call him Master counts as a serious threat.
143	* FantasticRacism: Accuses the viewers of this for repeatedly requesting that she sing, assuming that they're only doing it because she's a Music/{{Vocaloid}}. [[HypocriticalHumor She never acknowledges]] [[KillAllHumans the hypocrisy of this statement]].
144	-->'''Tsubake:''' People have been asking me to sing. Why? 'Cause I'm a Vocaloid? What, do you ask every Chinese person you meet to make you an egg roll too?
145	* GreenEyedMonster: Got jealous of a troupe cosplaying as Miku.
146	* [[HumansThroughAlienEyes Humans Through Robot Eyes]]: As clearly displayed by her trip to the mall, Tsubake does not grasp human culture, especially Christmas.
147	** Taken a step further in the second Christmas special, where her disgust with humanity and the shock of finding out Malakye is her equivalent of God causes her to have a mental breakdown
148	* KillAllHumans: A subset of her world domination plans, evidenced by the fact that she calls us all meatbags.
149	* KillerRobot: Has killed dozens of people, and whoever she hasn't killed (Brigaders aside), she's horribly mutalated or tortured.
150	%%* LaughablyEvil
151	* MoralityPet: While Mal isn't stopping her rampages, he's the only one who can stop her wrath.
152	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted. While she regards Mal as her master, she has no problem pointing out his addiction to moe porn and sake, not to mention going into a catatonic shock after realizing that Mal is her creator, and by religous logic her God.
153	** Not to mention she considered being reprogrammed to call Mal "Master" a punishment.
154	* NotSoAboveItAll: Her secret stash of Yaoi Porn showed that while she may hate us all, there is a little tiny bit of humanity inside of her, as shown when she thought she lost it, and was actually geuinley greatful that Vixen got it back for her.
155	* RefugeInAudacity: The only reason her murderous actions aren't too disturbing is because they're so entertaining.
156	* RoboSpeak: Speaks in a very [[MachineMonotone emotionless monotone.]]
157	%%* RobotGirl
158	%%* SitcomArchnemesis: To Vixen.
159	* SmallNameBigEgo: As shown on her Formspring account, she thinks little of the other Brigaders and also thinks she's unstoppable and that nothing is a threat to her.
160	%%* SmugSnake
161	* TokenEvilTeammate: Took this position from Mal and ran with it.
162	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Mal orignally programmed her to be {{Moe}}. She fixed that and plots the brigaders' deaths on a regular basis.
163	* VocalEvolution: At first, she spoke with a MachineMonotone, but after her voice box short-circuits in Pocky Spot 35, she gets a new, more expressive voice.
164	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Ripped a guy's arms off for trying to kiss her under the mistletoe. She's also both amazed an horrified at the lengths "Meatbags" will go to get laid.
165	** She also ends up on a date with a UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} self-checkout named Hugh..unfortunately, she didn't realize it was a date and thought they were planning world domination while Hugh thought she was a dominatrix.
166	* YaoiFangirl: Has a large collection of Yaoi porn apparently.
167	%%* YourSizeMayVary
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169	!! Kagami
170	The first SixthRanger to join the Brigade, Kagami makes [=AMVs=] and showcases them with her show K-Station. She got onto the group In-Universe by blackmailing them with a possible lawsuit about Tsubake killing her boyfriend.
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172	* BlackWidow: It's implied that she's the one who killed her boyfriend.
173	* FrivolousLawsuit: As seen in the introduction, it was either let her in, or face a massive lawsuit.
174	%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: When we first see her.
175	%%* SixthRanger
176	* TheFaceless: Has thus far only appeared as an avatar... until the Megacon video.
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178	!! Rabbit
179	The second SixthRanger to join the Brigade, she hosts To Read Or Not To Read, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Which tells people whether or not to read certain Manga]].
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181	* AnimalMotifs: Obviously, a bunny girl.
182	* ClingyJealousGirl: As seen in Vixen's review of Kaichou wa Maid-Sama, she mocks the main male character when Vixen calls him perfect and throws water on her when she starts getting too attracted to him.
183	%%* CloudCuckooLander: In recent appearances.
184	* CuteAndPsycho: Probably the most adorable member of the site... who also electrified Hitch's balls just for the hell of it.
185	* DropInCharacter: Is seen quite often in Vix's newer reviews due to being her roommate.
186	* EarlyBirdCameo: Did Vixen's ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'' several months before actually joining the site.
187	* FakeBrit: Inverted. She's naturally British, but uses an American accent for her show.
188	* HotLibrarian: Does her show in the Brigade HQ's Library.
189	* InkSuitActor: Though as of her latest review, she's switched to live action.
190	* LesYay: With Vixen, though in this case they invoked this on purpose to get her on the site.(In-Universe anyway).
191	* KidAppealCharacter: One of Vixen's closest friends in real life and in-universe and recently joined the cast of Vixen's reviews, as well as being the youngest member of the team.
192	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Averted. Her American accent sounds as natural as her British one.
193	%%* [[SixthRanger Seventh Ranger]]
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195	!! Hitch
196	The final SixthRanger to join the site. He hosts Anime Movie Review which looks at... Anime Movies.
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198	* ChivalrousPervert: While He enjoys Hentai and knows his stuff about the subject, he has a lot of respect for women. He also enjoys strong female leads and deplores rape.
199	** He also put together and uploaded a preview of AMR - on his birthday.
200	%%* [[SixthRanger Eighth Ranger]]
201	* FacePalm: His reaction to this in his Vampire Wars review after believing that "Project D" stands for "Project Dracula"
202	-->'''Kuki''': Well, if they are using "Dracula"...
203	-->'''Hitch''': How much of you wanna bet it's "Van Helsing?"
204	-->'''Kuki''': I shall be known as "Bat!"
205	-->'''Hitch''': (doing it repeatedly) Face palm! Face palm! Face palm! Face palm! Face palm! Face palm!
206	* FemaleGaze: His Brigade avatar has a noticeable crotch bulge. This wouldn't be noteworthy except that no such thing exists on any of the other male Brigaders' avatars.
207	** And you only see him in his videos from the waist up so we can't confirm if it's part of his outfit or this trope.
208	* KindHeartedCatLover: When not reviewing, he's actually a very sweet guy who adores felines. This extends to using Lolcats as censor bars.
209	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. He and Prof both go by "CJ".
210	* LovableSexManiac: To a degree, but he somehow contests Prof for the site's biggest pervert after ''La Blue Girl''.
211	%%* StraightMan
212	* TemptingFate / BrickJoke: After learning of the afore mentioned Project D being done at a NASA base, he said, "I am so outta here the moment they mention space vampires!" Much later in the review, near the end, when the vampire tells Kuki about their battle with evil aliens across the universe...
213	--> '''Hitch:''' Done. I am '''not''' doing space vampires! No! Done. Done! Dammit!!
214	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted, Prof and Ark brought him on in universe to even out the ratio of female to male Brigaders... and because he owns a sombrero.
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216	!!Steven Lajr
217	Known as Holy Diver on Website/{{Youtube}}, he teams up with Vixen to review the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' franchise.
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219	%%* CausticCritic
220	%%* GroinAttack: On himself. See below.
221	* HeroicBSOD: Shot himself in the balls when he found out that ''Literature/BreakingDawn'' was being split into 2 films.
222	%%** MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Immediately regretted it.
223	%%** ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime
224	%%* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Vixen's blue, ironically.
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226	!!Hugh
227	A UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} scanner that Tsubake met during her trip to Walmart. He later asked her out under the impression she was a dominatrix... yeah the only reason he's still alive is that he has loads of money and now works as Tsubake's weapons supplier.
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229	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a nice enough guy...until you realize that he only asked Tsubake out because he thought she would have sex with him, and then blew up at her for it. He also steals money from innocent people.
230	%%* CovertPervert
231	%%* DoggedNiceGuy
232	* HappinessInSlavery: He's perfectly alright with his job, provided he takes a little bit from the people who use him.
233	** He also happily funds Tsubake... despite the fact that she would kill him the second he stopped being useful and he's well aware of this.
234	* HopelessSuitor: He didn't have much of a chance before he called Tsubake a fetish doll, and she freely admits he's just there to give her money as far as she's concerned.
235	%%* SecretlyWealthy: By stealing money from the people who use him.
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237	!!Profette
238	An OppositeSexClone of Professor Otaku who showed up at the end of his review of ''Anime/{{Pretear}}''. She also reviewed ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' and Prof went back to normal... but she ended up sticking around.
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240	%%* DistaffCounterpart
241	%%* GenderBender
242	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: No clue as to where she came from, why she came here, or why she's still here.
243	* NoFourthWall: Is self aware that she's a fictional character.
244	%%* OppositeSexClone
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246	!!Ditzen
247	A combination of Ditto and Vixen, Ditzen is Vixen's ditzy clone who lives in the attic and takes over the Q&A for her.
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249	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: She choose her name as a combination of Ditto and Vixen because Pokemon is Japanese... seriously, that's it.
250	* BasementDweller: Attic Dweller: But unlike most examples of this trope it's not by choice. It's either live in Vixen's attic or get shot.
251	%%* TheDitz
252	* MeaningfulName: Doubly so -- her name is both a combination of Ditto and Vixen to show that she's a clone and shows off that she's TheDitz.
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254	!! Steve and Joe
255	A pair of stock footage cameramen who appear in every episode of AMR to Hitch's annoyance. They shoot Hentai and comment on the sex related clips on the show.
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257	* PhraseCatcher: SHUT UP!
258	* StockFootage: From the Hentai Anime "Chain of Lust." There, their names were Masaki Kitazawa and Koji Miyamoto.
259	* UnwantedAssistance: They show up in Hitch and Vixen's review of ''La Blue Girl'' and insist on talking about the clitris in their usual fashion despite Hitch telling them not to, correctly guessing he'd get more electric shocks as a result.
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