Line #3 Characters/GravedaleHigh


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	[[folder:Main Characters]]
4	!!Max Schneider
5
6	->Voiced by: Creator/RickMoranis
7
8	[[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_max_schneider_6.jpg]]
9
10	A human teacher who ends up working at Gravedale High.
11	----
12	* CoolTeacher: His class most certainly respects him.
13	* InkSuitActor: Looks a lot like Rick Moranis.
14	* TokenHuman: The only human main character as well as the only human at the school.
15
16	!!Vinnie Stoker
17
18	->Voiced by: Roger Rose
19
20	[[quoteright:287:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_vinnie.jpg]]
21
22	A vampire with an attitude.
23	----
24	* BadassFingerSnap: Vinnie often snaps both fingers to activate his bat wings so he can fly.
25	* BrilliantButLazy: Max Schneider often has to motivate him in order to for him to earn better grades. This trait is best demonstrated in "Save Our School", where Vinnie runs for class president simply so he can get an A and has no intention of winning the election, but doesn't resign from his position when he wins anyway until he does everything he can to prevent Gravedale High from being torn down.
26	* DaywalkingVampire: Exposure to sunlight isn't shown to have any adverse effect on him.
27	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In "Fear of Flying", Vinnie says to his psychiatrist that he's "batty" over his mother.
28	* {{Expy}}: He's what [[Series/HappyDays the Fonz]] would be like if he were a vampire.
29	* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Vinnie is a vampire and is just as nice as the other monster students.
30	* GreaserDelinquents: Vinnie has slicked-back hair, a leather jacket, a devil-may-care attitude, and says things like "Ayyyyy."
31	* HellBentForLeather: Vinnie is never seen without his black leather jacket.
32	* HeroicBSOD: In "Fear of Flying", Vinnie gets a pretty bad one after being struck by lightning while retrieving Reggie's science project, and has trouble trying to fly again. Made worse by the fact that [[spoiler:he was challenged to a flying match called "Fly or Splat" against JerkJock gargoyle Nardo at 3:00 PM]].
33	* IronicFear: [[spoiler:After he was struck by lightning while flying in "Fear of Flying", Vinnie developed a fear of heights]].
34	* LateForSchool: Vinnie flies in late for class in most episodes.
35	* OddFriendship: Vinnie's best friend is Reggie, a werewolf, thus averting FurAgainstFang.
36	* RuleAbidingRebel: Vinnie is (aside from Reggie) probably the nicest and most level-headed of the class despite being a greaser.
37	* SleepyHead: Due to being a vampire.
38	* VerbalTic: Hey yo, Vinnie has one! That's cool.
39
40	!!Frankentyke
41
42	->Voiced by: Creator/FrankWelker
43
44	[[quoteright:213:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_frankentyke.jpg]]
45
46	A short Frankenstein monster who tends to be a troublemaker.
47	----
48	* BrattyHalfPint: He's a monster kid who often harasses and messes with his classmates.
49	* FrankensteinsMonster: He's a Frankenstein monster.
50	* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's often seen hanging out with Gill Waterman.
51	* ShoutOut: Seemingly of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], with a similar attitude and mannerisms, and even certain superficial resemblances in character design. ''The Simpsons'' had debuted one year before this show and [[FollowTheLeader were at the height of their popularity]].
52
53	!!Reggie Moonshroud
54
55	->Voiced by: Creator/BarryGordon
56
57	[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_reggie.jpg]]
58
59	A nerdy werewolf.
60	----
61	* AffectionateNickname: Vinnie often calls him "Reg."
62	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: ''Especially'' during the climax of "Monster on Trial", where he points out how physics play in driving.
63	* ItsAllMyFault: Reggie keeps saying this throughout "Monster on Trial".
64	* NerdGlasses: He's a nerd and he wears glasses.
65	* OddFriendship: He's best friends with Vinnie the vampire. Vampires and werewolves tend to be enemies in the media.
66	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Reggie appears to be the kind of werewolf who doesn't have a human form.
67	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Reggie tends to use big words, being the brainiest of Max Schneider's class.
68	* TeachersPet: He's the smartest of the class and always sucks up to Mr. Schneider. In "The Dress Up Mess Up," Reggie wants to buy an actual pet for Schneider, but Vinnie says that Reggie is already the teacher's pet.
69	* TeenGenius: He's a high schooler and he can invent many an amazing device.
70	* VerbalTic: Reggie's "Mr. Schneider, sir". The tic was even written down in one episode.
71	* WonderfulWerewolf: This werewolf is a gentle nerd.
72
73	!!J.P. Ghastly III
74
75	->Voiced by: Frank Welker
76
77	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_ghastly.jpg]]
78
79	A short blue-skinned rich kid.
80	----
81	* LorreLookalike: He's essentially a blue-skinned caricature of Creator/PeterLorre, even having the voice down pat.
82	* OutOfFocus: He never got a spotlight episode.
83	* ShoutOut: In demeanor, J.P. Ghastly reminds of J. Evil from ''WesternAnimation/MrAndMrsJEvilScientist'', but his design, looking at his melon-shaped head and blue skin, resembles that of Yetch from ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty''. Both are monster versions of Creator/PeterLorre, and J.P. shares the characteristic voice too.
84	* TheUndead: From looks, it's unclear what kind of monster J.P. is, but he must be an undead because in "The Grave Intruder" he mentions that if his heart had circulation as good as the ''Grave Intruder'', he might've still been alive. Sid calls him a "quirk" in "Long Day's Gurney into Night", which contextually could be as much a monster classification as an insult.
85
86	!!Gill Waterman
87
88	->Voiced by: Creator/JackieEarleHaley
89
90	[[quoteright:334:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_gill.jpg]]
91
92	A gill-man SurferDude.
93	----
94	* BigEater: He's got a voracious appetite.
95	* FishPeople: He's like a teenage version of [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon the Gill-Man]].
96	* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Frankentyke are established as being very close friends.
97	* SurferDude: He likes to go surfing and even addresses people as "dude".
98
99	!!Cleofatra
100
101	->Voiced by: Ricki Lake
102
103	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_cleofatra.jpg]]
104
105	An overweight mummy girl.
106	----
107	* BigBeautifulWoman: Cleofatra is attractive enough to land a monster celebrity. Frankentyke's older brother Big Frankie also finds her attractive.
108	* BespectacledCutie: She wears glasses and is definitely a cutie.
109	* BigEater: She is occasionally shown to have a big appetite.
110	* CelebCrush: Has one on werewolf actor Billy Headstone from the soap opera "Trudy and the Beast."
111	* GirlishPigtails: She has pigtails.
112	* NerdsAreSexy: A BigBeautifulWoman variant.
113	* StoutStrength: Despite looking out of shape, Cleo has no problem throwing muscular bouncers out of her way if need be.
114	* WeightWoe: She is obese and is sometimes shown to be insecure about her looks.
115
116	!!Blanche
117
118	->Voiced by: Shari Belafonte
119
120	[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_blanche.jpg]]
121
122	A zombie girl.
123	----
124	* AttractiveZombie: She's a zombie teenager who's very pretty.
125	* CatchPhrase: She has a tendency to follow improbable statements with "Rahlly, I did." This is the go-to line with which in the 1930s and 1940s Creator/KatharineHepburn was parodied. It is most likely derived from "They make up things. Yes, they do, really." as spoken by her in ''Literature/AliceAdams''.
126	* {{Expy}}: Her Southern belle tendencies and her name make her an expy of [[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire Blanche [=DuBois=]]]. In the episode "Monster Gumbo," she comments that she has "always depended on the kindness of monsters."
127	* FriendlyZombie: Despite being a zombie she's quite friendly. In fact outside of a couple of references to her being undead, she acts like a typical rich girl/Southern belle.
128	* GoldDigger: She only likes J.P because he's rich, and states that she wants to marry the richest monster in the world.
129	* MsViceGirl: Despite her greedy tendencies, she's incredibly nice.
130	* PerkyGoth: Wears dark clothing and has bones in her hair, but is one of the more upbeat monsters in the class.
131	* SouthernBelle: She talks in a Southern accent.
132	* TeensLoveShopping: She's a shopaholic, making her a literal mall zombie.
133	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She sews her own clothes.
134	* VoodooZombie: Blanche is a post-60s zombie, but her ties to New Orleans (in "Monster Gumbo", the gumbo is her family recipe) suggests a link to Louisiana Voodoo and with that its zombies.
135
136	!!Duzer
137
138	->Voiced by: Kimmy Robertson
139
140	[[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_duzer.jpg]]
141
142	A gorgon girl.
143	----
144	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Duzer has a crush on Vinnie, but she vehemently denies this. This was only shown in "Long Day's Gurney Into Night."
145	* AlphaBitch: Duzer tends to be the most snooty and obnoxious of the students.
146	* CatchPhrase:
147	** Often derisively tells other people to "Get a life".
148	** She has a frequent tendency to ask rhetorical questions ending with "Or what?"
149	* GorgeousGorgon: She's a gorgon and very attractive.
150	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she can come off as being selfish and very mean, she has been known to be compassionate concerning her classmates and can be "blackmailed" into doing the right thing.
151	* {{Medusa}}: She is modeled after Medusa, which is actually her real name.
152	* MirrorCrackingUgly: Duzer manages to break her mirror just by looking at it in "Long Day's Gurney Into Night" since she is a Gorgon, but [[CuteMonsterGirl to the audience, she isn't drawn to look really ugly aesthetically]].
153	* PlayingCyrano: A variation in "Cleo's Pen Pal", where Cleofatra asks Duzer to pose as her on a date with werewolf actor Billy Headstone, who Cleo has a crush on.
154	* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: The episode "The Grave Intruder" had Duzer take over the school newspaper and use it to spread fabricated stories that resulted in a lot of trouble at the school, such as Dog-Faced Boy having rabies and Coach Cadaver having a human brain.
155	* SecretDiary: In the first episode, Frankentyke swipes Duzer's diary and reads aloud a page that says "Sometimes, I wonder if Vinnie Stoker even knows I'm alive" and tosses it out the window. Vinnie himself retrieves it, but Duzer takes it back before he's able to read it.
156	* ValleyGirl: To the point that "The Dress-Up Mess-Up" had her prioritize buying a new dress over chipping in with the other student's efforts of giving Schneider dinner reservations at a fancy French restaurant for his birthday.
157
158	!! Sid
159
160	->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
161
162	[[quoteright:331:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_sid.jpg]]
163
164	An invisible student.
165	----
166	* InvisibleIntrovert: Inverted; he's made himself an extroverted, impression-spewing ClassClown ''because'' he's invisible. He doesn't want people overlooking him, so he makes himself as noticeable as possible.
167	* InvisibleStreaker: He's made visible by his clothes, yet he appears to not wear pants.
168	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Quite a lot of his bits involve him doing impressions of famous celebrities. In particular, he spends the entirety of "Night of the Living Dad" [[ElvisImpersonator impersonating Elvis Presley]].
169	[[/folder]]
170
171	[[folder:Other Students]]
172	!! Seymour
173
174	->Voiced by: ???/??? ("Long Day's Gurney Into Night"/"The Grave Intruder")
175
176	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_clawedcyclops.png]]
177
178	A cyclops boy with clawed hands and feet who is part of Mr. Tutner's class.
179	----
180	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Seymour wears preppy clothes, but doesn't bother with a set of shoes. It might be hard for him to find footwear that accommodates his claws.
181	* {{Cyclops}}: Seymour is a cyclops who would otherwise look human if not for his three-fingered hands, two-toed feet, and claws on both sets.
182
183	!! Natasha Neckinski
184
185	->Voiced by: ???
186
187	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_natasha.png]]
188
189	A vampire girl who appears in "The Dress-Up Mess-Up".
190	----
191	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Natasha has a non-specific Central-to-East European accent.
192	* LiveMinkCoat: Natasha's dress for the fashion show includes a stole that's truthfully a live mink she personally stole from the zoo.
193	* ShoutOut: Natasha has two evident sources of inspiration. Firstly, she echoes Vampira from ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack'' with her accent and mannerisms. Secondly, her updo and semi-revealing outfit (during a fashion show) mimic the look of Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark.
194
195	!! Triops girl
196
197	->Voiced by: ??? ("The Grave Intruder")
198
199	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_bluetriops.png]]
200
201	A three-eyed girl who is part of Ms. Dirge's class.
202	----
203	* ExtraEyes: The girl has three eyes: two on the usual spots and one on her forehead. They blink in succession rather than tandem.
204	* GirlishPigtails: The three-eyed girl wears her hair in pigtails. They, along with her freckles and her preppy fashion sense, give her a youthful appearance.
205	* YouthfulFreckles: The three-eyed girl has cheeks full of freckles that compliment her unusual amount of eyes. They, along with her pigtails and her preppy fashion sense, give her a youthful appearance.
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Other Staff]]
209	!! Headmistress Crone
210
211	->Voiced by: Georgia Brown
212
213	[[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_crone.jpg]]
214
215	The headmistress of Gravedale High.
216	----
217	* DeanBitterman: She's the head of the school and she tends to have an ill-tempered demeanor.
218	* LiteralMetaphor: She's described as ruling the school with an iron fist and happens to actually have a prosthetic hand made of iron.
219	* RightHandCat: She owns a green cat named Clawford.
220
221	!! Boneyard
222
223	->Voiced by: Creator/BrockPeters
224
225	[[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_boneyard.jpg]]
226
227	The school bus driver.
228	----
229	* CreepyMortician: He dresses in black and the bus he drives resembles a hearse.
230
231	!! Coach Cadaver
232
233	->Voiced by: Creator/JonathanWinters
234
235	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_cadaver.jpg]]
236
237	The school gym teacher.
238	----
239	* AlliterativeName: His surname has the same first letter as his job.
240	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: As big a jerk he is, "Frankenjockey" shows that he cares about his mother enough to call her every once in a while, plus he takes it personally when Schneider interrupts his call and causes Cadaver's mother to hang up thinking that her son was referring to her when he said "human slime".
241	* FantasticRacism: He often voices his dislike of Max Schneider for being human.
242	* FatBastard: He's an obese gym coach who's mean to Schneider's class and resents Schneider for being human.
243	* {{Jerkass}}: Even without his [[FantasticRacism hatred of Schneider for being a human]], Cadaver is still pretty mean for how rude and condescending he is to Schneider's students.
244	* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: In "The Grave Intruder", he temporarily removes his own brain and is still able to function without it.
245
246	!! Miss Dirge
247	->Voiced by: Eileen Brennan
248
249	[[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_miss_dirge.jpg]]
250
251	Another teacher at the school.
252	----
253	* FrankensteinsMonster: Particularly the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.
254	* RecurringExtra: She typically has little purpose other than to be a background character.
255
256	!! Chef Sal Monella
257
258	->Voiced by: Maurice [=LaMarche=]
259
260	[[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_sal.jpg]]
261
262	The school chef.
263	----
264	* ThePigPen: He's very proud of his filthy kitchen and really doesn't like having to clean it.
265	* PunnyName: His name is a play on "salmonella".
266
267	!! Mr. Tutner
268
269	->Voiced by: Creator/TimCurry
270
271	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravedale_tutner.jpg]]
272
273	The school's history teacher, who happens to be a mummy with bad breath.
274	----
275	* PunnyName: His surname alludes to the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen.
276	* YouNeedABreathMint: Just about everyone who gets near him is bothered by his halitosis to the point of making remarks about it.
277
278	!! Miss Webner
279
280	->Voiced by: Sarah Gould
281
282	[[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miss_webner.jpg]]
283
284	Another teacher at the school.
285	----
286	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: She has six arms and is definitely not one to trifle with.
287	* RecurringExtra: She doesn't serve any role other than as a recurring background character.
288
289	!! Mr. Gross
290
291	->Voiced by: Creator/FrankWelker
292
293	[[quoteright:532:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mister_gross.jpg]]
294
295	A substitute teacher who was hired to teach Max Schneider's class after he left due to a misunderstanding.
296	----
297	* {{Expy}}: He looks a lot like a bespectacled [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] in a coat and a bowtie.
298	* FatBastard: He's an enormously stocky jerk who likes stuffing his face above anything else.
299	* DeathByGluttony: The class ultimately get rid of him by tricking him into overeating until he explodes.
300	* SadistTeacher: He's very unrelenting to the kids.
301	* VillainousGlutton: Not outright evil, but he is very mean and certainly enjoys devouring food. He even makes it clear when explaining his rules that he'll only allow eating in his classroom if ''he's'' the one doing the eating.
302
303	!! Miss Burns
304
305	[[quoteright:313:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miss_burns.jpg]]
306
307	A dragon substitute teacher who was sent to replace Mr. Gross after he blew up. She doesn't last, either.
308	----
309	* BreathWeapon: She can breathe fire, at least before Reggie tricked her into activating the sprinkler system so the water would extinguish it.
310	* FatBastard: Like Mr. Gross, she's overweight and far from being pleasant company.
311	* SadistTeacher: She uses her own fiery breath to intimidate the class and makes them take 12 tests on the same day.
312	[[/folder]]
313
314	[[folder:Other Characters]]
315	!! Kahuna Bob
316
317	->Voiced by: Creator/CharlieAdler
318
319	[[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kahuna_bob.jpg]]
320
321	A former surfing champion and Gill's idol.
322	----
323	* BackToSchool: His episode ends with him joining Mr. Schneider's class so he can finally have a chance to finish high school, though he doesn't appear again in the subsequent episodes.
324	* BrokenAce: He's disillusioned over being tricked out of his money due to putting his surfing career over finishing his education, which makes him very upset when he found out Gill chose to quit school to have more time for surfing lessons.
325
326	!! Billy Headstone
327
328	->Voiced by: Creator/PhilHartman
329
330	[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billy_headstone.jpg]]
331
332	A famous monster actor who stars in Cleo's favorite soap opera ''Trudy and the Beast''.
333	----
334	* CaptainErsatz: He's an overt pastiche of Vincent, the titular beast from ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast1987''.
335	* ChickMagnet: He is evidently very well-liked by female monsters.
336	* PuddleCoveringChivalry: He tries to use his cape to cover up a puddle for Duzer, who he was misled into believing is Cleo, but she dismisses his gesture as corny.
337
338	!! Marty
339
340	->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
341
342	[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marty_the_agent.jpg]]
343
344	A phony dad Frankentyke made to try and cover up the truth that his father was the human scientist who created him, inadvertently given the brain of a smarmy talent agent.
345	----
346	* FrankensteinsMonster: He is assembled from dismembered body parts like Frankentyke, who intended to cover up that his father is human.
347	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: He gets the hell out of dodge once Frankentyke's real dad shows up.
348	* SmoothTalkingTalentAgent: Frankentyke intended to use a genius's brain for his fake dad, but had to make do with an agent's brain when he and Gill accidentally dropped it in the process of assembling him. Thinking the label meant "agent" as in secret agent, Frankentyke isn't amused to later learn that his fake dad has the brain of a Hollywood agent, and with it the tendency to charm others with insincere praise.
349
350	!! Frankentyke's Dad
351
352	[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/father_of_frankentyke.jpg]]
353
354	The human scientist who created Frankentyke.
355	----
356	* EinsteinHair: He has poofy gray hair like mad scientists are typically depicted with.
357	* GoodParents: It is very apparent that he loves his Frankenstein monster son.
358	* KarloffKopy: His voice is a blatant impression of Creator/BorisKarloff.
359	* MadScientist: He created Frankentyke.
360	* UnnamedParent: He isn't given a name.

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