Line #10 Characters/KingFallsAM


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3	[[folder:Sammy Stevens]]
4	-> '''Voiced By:''' Kyle Brown
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6	Sammy Stevens came to King Falls from "The Big City" to work on King Falls' late night radio show. His old job seemed to be a goofy morning radio show [[spoiler: with Jack and Lily Wright and then later worked as a radio shock jock in California]].
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8	* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ammy '''S'''tevens
9	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Except where Santa Claus is concerned. Grows out of it as the series goes on.
10	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Generally a pleasant guy, but [[spoiler: not above punching the mayor at a public event.]]
11	* BigBrotherInstinct: He develops this toward Ben, becoming much more aggressive toward Greg Frickard [[spoiler: after he drove Ben to numerous emotional breakdowns over the course of the show]].
12	** His instincts extend to more than just Ben, which is fitting for his role as [[spoiler:the Protector]].
13	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Maybe not to as drastic a degree as many examples, but a smear ad from Mayor Grisham in Episode 49 reveals that Sammy in his "Shotgun Sammy" days may not have been the even-tempered guy he is now. In "The King Falls Chronicles Part One" Lily reveals that Sammy was formerly an [[spoiler: XM Satellite radio shock jock who dropped off the radar shortly before taking his role at King Falls AM.]]
14	** Episode 68 reveals that [[spoiler: the reason Sammy came to King Falls was to pursue a lead on his missing fiancé/producer Jack Wright.]]
15	* CatchPhrase: "You've heard our story, let's hear yours."
16	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When [[spoiler: the Rainbow Lights depart from town]], the only thing he can really think of that's bad about it is that the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext are going to be disappointed.]]
17	* DeadpanSnarker
18	* EmbarrassingNickname: Sammy reeeeeaaaally doesn't like being referred to by his old shock jock moniker "Shotgun Sammy".
19	* FishOutOfWater: Initially. He feels at home in King Falls pretty quickly.
20	* GagHaircut: several people in town refer to Sammy's [[https://www.google.com/search?q=manbun&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS713US713&oq=manbun&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2865j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 man bun]] in a less-than-flattering manner.
21	* InformationWantsToBeFree
22	* IntergenerationalFriendship: It's hinted that he could be older than Ben, but [[VagueAge it's never stated how old either of them are.]]
23	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Feels this way about Ben's "notebook".]]
24	* TheLostLenore: The entire reason he quit his Shotgun Sammy gig was to find his [[spoiler:producer and fiancé, Jack Wright]] who had come to King Falls to research the town's infamous paranormal phenomena.
25	* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:"Who is Sammy Stevens?"]]
26	* OnlySaneMan: By the time of episode 32, he's probably the most down-to-earth character in the podcast. This... probably isn't saying much, but he's usually calm and collected most of the time.
27	* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Ben repeatedly tell each other they're like brothers and that they love each other.
28	* ShipperOnDeck: Has been rooting for Ben and Emily since finding out about Ben's crush on her.
29	* [[spoiler: StraightGay]]
30	* TeamDad: Many characters- including Sammy himself- refer to him as the "Sassy Dad Friend".
31	* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Sammy does not talk about his past at all, and whenever he's pressed to, he only offers vague answers and if pressed more, he's gets pissed. Episode 49 reveals that "Shotgun Sammy" may not have been a nice guy.
32	* VerbalTic: Sammy tends to give a sarcastic "mm-hmm" when a topic wears thin on his patience.
33	* YankTheDogsChain: He finally gets to hear [[spoiler:Jack's voice]] in Episode 100, but in the worst way possible. Either [[spoiler:his fiance has been corrupted or possessed by the Void]], or [[spoiler:it wasn't Jack at all, but something using his voice]].
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37	[[folder:Ben Arnold]]
38	-> '''Voiced By:''' Noah James
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40	The slightly neurotic producer and co-host of King Falls AM. A life-long town native, he's more accustomed to the strangeness in town than Sammy is, but more recently, things have been throwing him for bigger and bigger loops.
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42	* AbsurdPhobia: Garbage bears a.k.a. raccoons
43	* AffectionateNickname: Emily is the only one allowed to call him "Benny".
44	* AlliterativeFamily: '''B'''en and his mother '''B'''etty.
45	* AmbiguouslyBi: After Sammy sarcastically remarks that he will flirt with the good doctor just like he did with Emily (in the episode when they first meet), Ben simply asks "is he lovely too?"
46	** Additionally, Ben seems to have a crush on local recluse/town celebrity Rich [=McGuff=].
47	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Hints are dropped throughout the show implying that Ben is a person of color.
48	* BerserkButton: After Emily [[spoiler: is returned]], merely mentioning Greg Frickard's name gets Ben sullen.
49	** On a more comedic note, making fun of his height, or lack thereof.
50	* CanNotSpitItOut: With Emily.
51	* CatchPhrase: "Cronkite. Brokaw. Ben Arnold."
52	* CrazyJealousGuy: Also with Emily. She eventually calls him out on it.
53	* DisappearedDad: Episode 64 reveals his mom raised him on her own and, if Alvin the Angry Elf's insults are anything to go on, his dad most likely walked out on them.
54	* EvilIsPetty: "Evil" to Greg Frickard, at least, as Ben orders all of the "romantic" frog flambes during Greg's date with Emily. And then eats Chipotle anyway.
55	* HairTriggerTemper
56	* TheHeart: Easily the most earnest and idealistic of the main characters, and often plays peacekeeper among the other protagonists, especially Sammy and Lily.
57	* InsistentTerminology: They're not ghosts, they're ''apparitions.''
58	** They're not raccoons, they're ''garbage bears.''
59	** He has quite a few terms for various animals, including "danger noodles" for snakes, and "wall crabs" for spiders.
60	* [[spoiler: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ben concedes to Greg's ploy in episode 49 in order to keep Emily from getting hurt further.]]
61	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
62	* JewishAndNerdy
63	* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Sammy repeatedly tell each other they're like brothers and that they love each other.
64	* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: "We're gonna bring those ''fucking'' U.F.O.s back here." ]]
65	* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:As of Episode 76, he and Emily are officially a couple]].
66	* ScheduleFanatic: Regarding the radio show.
67	* ThisIsUnforgivable: To Deputy Troy. [[spoiler: Troy caused the death of his pet by reporting it to the authorities, who threw the sugar glider in the river.]]
68	* TwoFirstNames
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72	[[folder:Emily Potter]]
73	-> '''Voiced By:''' Lauren Dunham (Episode 2-75), Jess Nurse (Episode 76-present)
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75	Town Librarian and historian. Often called on the show to discuss King Falls history.
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77	* AlienAbduction
78	* TheChosenOne: She is confirmed to be [[spoiler:the Unwritten One. For this reason, the Void sees her as a threat]].
79	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Much of her investigation of [[spoiler:the Heminists]] happens off-screen.
80	* HotLibrarian: Evidently.
81	* JustFriends: While they seem to hang out a lot, Ben and Emily both insist that they are just "good friends". However, [[spoiler: in Episode 20, she says that she would have liked Ben to be her boyfriend, before an incident during her date with Ben's SitcomArchNemesis Greg Frickard.]]
82	* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: Remembers almost everything before she met Ben and Sammy.]]
83	* [[spoiler: MissingTime: Does not remember anything about her alien abduction.]]
84	* PluckyGirl: After regaining her senses, Emily decides to take it upon herself to look into the conspiracies involving the rich and powerful men of King Falls. [[spoiler: She even leads the charge on a three-woman raid of the Himinist cult meeting in Perdition Woods.]]
85	* TookALevelInBadass
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89	[[folder:Deputy Troy Krieghauser]]
90	-> '''Voiced By:''' Eric Kimelton
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92	Deputy of the King Falls Sheriff's Department under Sheriff Gunderson. Seems to spend a lot of his time dealing with the delinquent Williams Boys, but often calls in to report major events at the scene, despite Mayor Grisham's hold over the Sheriff's Department.
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94	* CatchPhrase: He says "Hellfire" quite a bit, which slowly becomes "Shit-fire" over the course of the show.
95	* NiceGuy
96	* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted. Troy is a hard-working police officer and while some crimes get away from him, he has always been a big help to Sammy and Ben. [[spoiler: He has even helped scare off and then later, take down a UFO.]]
97	* TokenGoodTeammate: The majority of the people in charge of King Falls are corrupt hicks. Despite working for Judd Gunderson, he's genuinely good friends with Sammy and Ben. [[spoiler:Shortly after the 2016 election, he lost his job with the King Falls Police Department.]]
98	** As of Episode 76, Troy is now [[spoiler:the sheriff of King Falls]].
99	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Troy goes to great lengths to earn Ben's forgiveness for inadvertently causing the death of his childhood pet.
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103	[[folder: Chet Sebastian]]
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105	The host of King Falls AM ''before'' Sammy got the job. Despite his incredibly oversexed, sleazy nature, it's made clear time and time again that he's an excellent friend to Ben, Sammy, and Emily.
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107	* ChivalrousPervert: For Chet's many faults and sexual misadventures, he displays no interest in Emily (for Ben's sake) and makes sure to support her, Ben, and Sammy whenever he can. By episode 93, he makes a point to be more respectful towards women.
108	* IBangedYourMom: Has done this to both Pete Myers and Greg Frickard.
109	* ReallyGetsAround: His sexual exploits are mentioned near-constantly.
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113	[[folder:Tim Jensen]]
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115	* [[spoiler: AlienAbduction]]
116	* [[spoiler: BodyDouble: as it turns out, the Tim that was returned the first time was actually a double of the real Tim. Whether or not the imposter Tim is a [[ArtificialHuman robot]], a [[SendInTheClones clone]], or something else is still unknown.]]
117	** [[spoiler: Episode 73 confirms that the imposter Tim is a [[ArtificialHuman robot]] double of the original Tim, seemingly controlled by the Science Institute.]]
118	* [[spoiler: ConfrontingYourImposter: In Episode 48, both Tims have an all-out fist fight at the radio station.]]
119	* [[spoiler: MissingTime: Does not remember what happened during his abduction.]]
120	* [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: Twice no less. Once, [[SendInTheClones "Tim"]] is returned, but it becomes quickly apparent that he is not the same as he was before his abduction. Then the real Tim is brought back when Ben brings the UFO down to rescue Emily.]]
121	* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: Episode 93 has him [[BigDamnHeroes saving Sammy and Ben from Robo-Tim]] and taking him on in a sort of metal suit capable of causing some damage to the seemingly indestructible robot.]]
122	* WalkingSpoiler: If that wasn't clear already.
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126	[[folder: Howard Ford Beauregard III]]
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128	The self-proclaimed "King of King Falls", an odd, reclusive man who claims to be a direct descendant of the town's founding family. Constantly insists that the show is spreading slander about him, and is an abrasive individual in general. Sammy and Ben aren't too fond of him, and he may be behind a good part of the more sinister events in the town.
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130	* [[spoiler:AmbiguouslyHuman: Rumored to be a vampire due to no one knowing his age and the fact that he is never seen in daylight.]]
131	** At one point, he is in a hurry to get off the phone with Sammy and Ben [[spoiler:because the sun will be rising in minutes.]]
132	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Beauregard is a millionaire businessman who has, so far, shut down the power to town, bought all the Christmas trees in the county for his own personal enjoyment, may or may not be a vampire, and has a "transmorgrafier" that is at least powerful enough to take down a UFO.
133	* EvilIsPetty: Buying all the Christmas trees in the tri-state area to make his own personal "holiday garden" probably counts.
134	* Really700YearsOld: It is all but confirmed that he is actually [[spoiler:Harrison Beauregard, the original founder of King Falls, cursed to live forever after the deaths of his wife and children, as punishment for the atrocities he committed against the natives]].
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138	[[folder: Cecil Sheffield]]
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140	* OddFriendship: With Herschel, bordering on HeterosexualLifePartners.
141	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: in episode 71 Cecil drops his signature slurred stupor [[spoiler: after being possessed by The Void]].
142	* TheAlcoholic: Cecil has almost never made an appearance on the show where he hasn't been at a slurred-speech level of drunk. At one point you can hear him open at least four beers during a call to the show.
143	* VitriolicBestBuds: Sort of. Cecil is mostly on the receiving end of Herschel's tirades, but at the end of the day takes them in stride. Whether or not this is simply because Cecil is [[TheAlcoholic perpetually toasted]] is unknown.
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147	[[folder: Herschel F. Baumgartner]]
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149	* GrumpyOldMan: Herschel's sole purpose in life is to call in to Ben and Sammy with profanity-laden rants about whatever is bothering him that particular moment.
150	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a rude, cantankerous, bad-mouthed old geezer who insults everyone he meets. He's also fiercely protective of Cecil, [[spoiler: as well as Sammy and Ben, as shown when he threatened Robo-Tim with a shotgun after he attacked the boys.]] Also, while he won't hesitate to call people communists or socialists (like calling Sammy "[[UsefulNotes/BernieSanders Bernie]]"), he never once holds being gay against anyone, including Ron Begley or [[spoiler:Sammy]].
151	* OddFriendship: With Cecil, bordering on HeterosexualLifePartners.
152	* OneTrueLove: There has never been anyone for him besides his late wife Edna; even years after her death, he still considers himself a married man.
153	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The only time Herschel has dropped his grumpy old man façade is [[spoiler: when Cecil is left unconscious after being possessed by the Void]].
154	* RetiredBadass: Has apparently fought in most wars America has been involved in during the 20th century, and is still an excellent shot and fearless in a confrontation.
155	* VitriolicBestBuds: Sort of. Herschel constantly berates Cecil, while Cecil lets most of it wash over him and rarely returns any insults back Herschel's way. This could just be because Cecil is [[TheAlcoholic thoroughly pickled]] though.
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160	[[folder: Greg Frickard]]
161	* AnimalMotifs: Connected to frogs through his restaurant; a few episodes imply he looks like one.
162	* CrazyJealousGuy: Greg is ''not'' fond of Emily contacting anyone other than himself. He has [[{{Gaslighting}} convinced her]] that everyone from Ben and Sammy to her own mother is lying about her abduction and telling her that her slowly-returning memories are not true.
163	* HateSink: '''None''' of the podcast's fans like him. Considering how creepy he is, this is probably intentional.
164	* KickTheSonOfABitch: In Episode 63, after spending half of the night fuming and threatening Sammy and Ben, Greg gets knocked to the ground by a solid punch [[spoiler: from a thoroughly pissed-off Emily]].
165	--->'''[[spoiler:Emily]]:''' Hi, Greg.\
166	* punch*\
167	'''[[spoiler:Emily]]:''' Bye, Greg.
168	* KitschyLocalCommercial: Greg and his grandmother own a local restaurant that specializes entirely in frog legs. Ben and Sammy both find it disgusting.
169	* MissingMom: Nobody has actually seen his grandmother in quite some time, apparently; Ben jokes that they 'share a dress size', implying that there's a [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]]-like situation.
170	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first Greg was simply somewhat creepy and was not-so-subtly trying to woo Emily before Ben could. Then he ends up [[spoiler:{{Gaslighting}} Emily into a relationship with him and has been connected to a group of powerful men who run the government and business of and around King Falls]].
171	* SitcomArchNemesis: Greg starts off as this to Ben, using his ads with King Falls AM in order to elbow his way into a date with Emily. He starts growing [[TookALevelInJerkass more obsessive and unhinged]] as the show goes along. In Episode 49 he may have jumped right into the villain category after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben, along with stealing and burning the archived tapes from the show to get rid of any contradicting evidence.]]
172	* TookALevelInJerkass: At first Greg seemed like a normal, if somewhat excitable guy when his ads first began. However, after his failed date with Emily and [[spoiler: her subsequent abduction]], he has grown more unhinged and underhanded as the show has gone on.
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176	[[folder: Lily Wright]]
177	The protagonist of the King Falls Chronicles spin off. A podcaster who has begrudgingly traveled to King Falls with her crew to do an exposé on the town and its weirdness.
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179	* AgentScully: Lily is even more skeptical than Sammy used to be to the weirdness in King Falls, almost hostilely so. She insists that there is either a shared mania or a scheme by the townsfolk being perpetrated. [[spoiler: She might not be so skeptical after being tailed to her hotel room.]]
180	** By Year 5 she's mostly moved past this; while she still believes that most of the weird stories about King Falls are false, she does know that the Void is a very real threat.
181	* BerserkButton: Lily doesn't take to kindly to people bringing up her brother's disappearance.
182	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her brother is missing, and she does not appear to hold hope of him turning up. She uses this to try and relate to Tim and Mary's plight.
183	* DefrostingIceQueen: Through Years 4 and 5, she gradually loosens up around the other characters, makes friends in King Falls, and mends her friendship with Sammy.
184	* {{Determinator}}: Once she sets her mind to something, there's no stopping her.
185	* DrowningMySorrows: In [[spoiler:Episode 79. Fortunately, she gets better with Sammy and Ben's help]].
186	* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch]]: [[spoiler: Lily's aggressive snooping leads to her being tailed and attacked by an unknown assailant at her hotel room in the end of her first episode.]]
187	* InformedAbility: Her reputation as a reporter falls into this somewhat. Supposedly she's an experienced and hard-hitting journalist, but we see very little of this in the actual King Falls Chronicles. She conducts herself rather unprofessionally by talking down to her crew, belittling or outright attacking the King Falls residents she interviews, and mouthing off to powerful, dangerous men like Grisham and Gunderson with little regard for possible backlash she and her crew might suffer.
188	* IntrepidReporter: According to her credentials, she is a investigative journalist with a popular podcast.
189	* {{Jerkass}}: She's insulting toward the residents of King Falls, with or without provocation. After Troy helps her the first night when General Abeline gets her lost, she describes him on her podcast as "a sucker", and she barely gets through an interview with Olivia [=DuPont=] without giving up and insulting her for wasting their time, even though Olivia was the one who was invited for the interview in the first place. She's also dismissive and condescending to her intern, treats him with contempt when he shows fear, and [[spoiler:when he gets taken by the Void, she refuses to acknowledge that anything bad happened to him, instead calling him a coward for running away]]. And this isn't even getting into how she talks to Sammy, though to be fair the hostility is mutual.
190	** JerkassHasAPoint: However, in Episode 74 she does point out to Sammy that [[spoiler:his career as a shock jock was demeaning for him, and he's built up a solid support system in King Falls, so there's no point in him leaving, and running away from his problems again won't solve anything or make him any less miserable]].
191	** JerkassWoobie: It's also pretty clear that her caustic personality is a result of the loss of her brother, and the fact that she's in the town that she holds responsible for his disappearance.
192	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her verbal attack on Sammy in Episode 66 [[spoiler:gives Greg Frickard the clues he needs to out Sammy on air]].
193	* PursuingParentalPerils: A brother example. Her brother Jack was invested in researching and reporting on the paranormal, and Lily blames it for his disappearance. Despite this however, she decides to stay in King Falls to pursue its paranormal claims, even if its to debunk them.
194	* ShipTease: With [[spoiler:Katie Lynch]] in Year 5.
195	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Lily and Sammy used to be friends before her brother disappeared, and he subsequently left to go find him.
196	* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Sammy out for [[spoiler:discouraging Maggie Masterson from applying for a slot on King Falls Radio even though she was qualified for it]].
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200	[[folder: Jack Wright]]
201	Lily Wright's brother, and [[spoiler:Sammy's fiance and former producer. Before the events of the show, he became obsessed with King Falls and subsequently vanished, leading Sammy to come to King Falls to look for him]].
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203	* AllLovingHero: If his speech about love in [[spoiler:his, Lily's, and Sammy's old radio show]] is any indication.
204	* AmbiguousSituation: As of Episode 100, [[spoiler:it's impossible to say whether he's been corrupted or possessed by the Void, or the entity speaking to the radio station wasn't Jack at all and was simply using his voice]].
205	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Is currently trapped in the void]].
206	* TheLostLenore: His disappearance was what [[spoiler:brought Sammy to King Falls]].
207	* WalkingSpoiler: Neither his existence nor his [[spoiler:connection to Sammy]] are revealed until Year 3.
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209	[[/folder]]
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211	[[folder: Mayor Steven Grisham]]
212	The mayor of King Falls for what is now three terms.
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214	* BigBrotherIsWatching: Grisham ordered his assistant to listen to hours of the Sammy & Ben Show and make note of every single word they say.
215	* SitcomArchNemesis: For attempting to silence the radio multiple times, and [[spoiler: for almost certainly rigging the election so that Ron Begley would lose and he would stay in office.]]
216	* SmallTownTyrant: He has run completely unopposed in the last two mayoral elections. [[spoiler: When he ''is'' opposed, the votes are mysteriously rendered null and void. And he ''wins the election,'' nearly killing Troy in the process just so the ballots from the election station won't be counted.]]
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220	[[folder: Sheriff Judd Gunderson]]
221	The quiet and menacing sheriff of King Falls.
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223	* ChronicPetKiller: Not of his own pets, but [[spoiler:he throws Ben's childhood pet sugar glider into the river, and years later kills [[ReplacementGoldfish Peas the "cat"]] as well]].
224	* FauxAffablyEvil: His voice never goes above a quiet, folksy twang and his words are never anything but threatening.
225	* HateSink: There is absolutely nothing redeemable about him, and every time he appears, he usually ends up making the situation worse.
226	* MoralEventHorizon: It's hard to tell whether he crossed it when he [[spoiler:had Troy run off the road to sabotage the election]] or when he [[spoiler:killed Peas to goad Ben into attacking him so that Gunderson could arrest him]], but it's safe to say he's not coming back anytime soon.
227	* {{Mundanger}}: So far he doesn't seem to be involved with the rainbow lights or the Void, but almost every appearance of his has been a WhamEpisode for the worst reasons.
228	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After [[spoiler: Sammy is outed as gay]], Gunderson has no problem making snide remarks about [[spoiler: his]] romantic life.
229	* SoftSpokenSadist: He rarely breaks out of his "six-inch voice", which only makes him more unsettling.
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