Line #46 Characters/MorkAndMindy


1	Character page for ''Series/MorkAndMindy''.
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5	[[folder:Mork]]
6	!!Mork
7	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robin_williams_in_mork_and_mindy.jpeg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:299:Nanu nanu.]]
9	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RobinWilliams
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11	An alien from the planet Ork sent to observe human behavior.
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13	* AdaptationalHeroism: People who see Mork's original appearance on ''Series/HappyDays'' after watching this series are likely to be shocked at what a {{Jerkass}} he originally was.
14	* AdultAdoptee: Due to a series of misunderstanding with INS, Mork is assumed to be an immigrant from another country. As he doesn't have a birth certificate or passport, Exidor (who's a full US citizen) steps in and adopts Mork as his "son" so he won't be deported.
15	* AlienAmongUs: The only humans who know that he is an alien are Mindy and her father.
16	* AmusingAlien: Would you expect an alien played by Creator/RobinWilliams to be anything but funny?
17	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mork may be a childlike jokester, but he is still an alien with limited telekinetic abilities, and can be a dangerous opponent when angered, as seen in "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's".
18	* BirthdayEpisode: He has a very unusual birthday in "Mork Runs Down".
19	* BizarreAlienBiology: Orkans age backwards, hatch from eggs, and laugh uncontrollably instead of sneezing. Plus, "parts are interchangable".
20	* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Mork sometimes misunderstands human expressions. Justified somewhat by Mork's alien nature.
21	* CatchPhrase: ''Nanu nanu''.
22	* CharacterizingSittingPose: He often sits upside down, with his head on the chair. The reason is that he is an alien, but since he is disguised as a human, this does look weird.
23	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's very goofy, partly because he's an alien, but he's eccentric even by alien standards.
24	* FantasticAnthropologist: Mork's job is essentially to observe humans in their natural habitat.
25	* HumanAlien: Is an alien, but unless he is using his alien abilities, you cannot tell that by looking at him. He does have a higher voice than most human men, however.
26	* HumorlessAliens: Mork has difficulty comprehending earth humor.
27	* InnocentAliens: The only times he's done something bad, it was out of simple naivete, and he's a very decent alien. Mindy even describes him as "the nicest alien [she's] ever met" (although she probably hasn't met any other aliens).
28	* MisterSeahorse: He was the one to get pregnant, which is apparently unusual even for an Orkan.
29	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Mork is chosen as Earth observer because his constant displays of humor make him out of place on Ork. This alienness only gets worse (and spreads to other areas) as Mork spends more time on Earth.
30	* NiceGuy: Mork is mostly pacifistic, good with kids, and humorous.
31	* PapaWolf: FunctionalMagic powers + Protectiveness = ''Big'' Trouble if you hurt Mearth.
32	* RaisedInALab: Mentions many times that Orkan scientists grew him in a test-tube.
33	* SarcasmBlind: "How would you like a knuckle sandwich?" "Sorry, I don't eat meat!"
34	* ShedTheFamilyName: Inverted; [[spoiler: Took Mindy's last name when they married in the fourth season. It was either going to be "[=McConnell=]" or "Travolta." (Fred told Mindy to shoot for Travolta.)]]
35	[[/folder]]
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37	[[folder:Mindy]]
38	!!Mindy [=McConnell=]
39	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pam_dawber_in_mork_and_mindy.jpg]]
40	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PamDawber
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42	A pretty female human who finds Mork and teaches him about human behavior. Eventually falls in love, marries Mork and raises an Orkan "child".
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44	* AffectionateNickname: Mork calls her "Min" and "Little Pooter", the latter mostly after they get married.
45	* AlliterativeName: Her first and last name both start with "M".
46	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Mindy spends a lot of time explaining things to Mork and making sure his strangeness doesn't get him in trouble or reveal his alien origins.
47	* DaddysGirl: Mindy and Mr. [=McConnell=] are very close. Somewhat justified in that Mindy's mother died when she was little, so her father was the one who raised her.
48	* FirstGirlWins: Mork dated other girls, but Mindy ended up becoming his wife.
49	* GirlNextDoor: A fairly generic but friendly woman.
50	* HappilyMarried: To Mork for most of the last season.
51	* InterspeciesRomance: It starts out as an InterspeciesFriendship with Mork, but then it evolves into a romance between an alien and a human girl.
52	* MissingMom: Her mother died prior to the start of the series. Mork briefly channels her spirit in the episode "A Morkville Horror".
53	* NiceGirl: She patiently puts up with Mork's eccentricities.
54	* SecretKeeper: The agrees to become this after learning Mork's alien identity in the first episode.
55	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Or alien. Whenever someone asks what she sees in Mork she usually cites his kindness and joy for life.
56	* StraightMan: Not that she has much choice, being a normal girl who is good at remaining calm in front of Mork's antics.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Fred and Cora]]
60	!!Fred [=McConnell=] and Cora Hudson
61	!!!'''Played by:''' Conrad Janis and Elizabeth Kerr
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63	Mindy's father, a widower with conservative values, and grandmother, who's less conservative and rock-loving.
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65	* AdvertisedExtra: Averted in season 1 where they are regulars. However in season 3 and 4 Mindy's father is credited as a regular but doesn't appear in 16 episodes.
66	* CoolOldLady: Grandma Cora rides a motorcycle and prefers modern music to the classical which Mindy's father likes. Imagine an old lady who loved both rock music and Mork with his lovable silliness, even after she learned he is an alien.
67	* PutOnABus: They were absent for the second season, but Mr. [=McConnell=] returned.
68	* StraightMan: Mindy's father even more so than her.
69	* TheBusCameBack: In "Old Muggable Mork", when Cora returns for a guest appearance and gets mugged, Mork disguises himself as an elderly lady to fight back against the muggers.
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72	[[folder:Exidor]]
73	!!Exidor
74	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertDonner
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77	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the point where ''Mork'' almost seems ''normal'' in comparison.
78	%%* CrazyHomelessPeople -Zero Context Example.
79	* FunnySchizophrenia: He talks to people who aren't there and holds an ever-changing set of unusual beliefs.
80	* HamToHamCombat: He would often engage in this with Robin Williams and more than hold his own.
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82
83	[[folder:Mr. Bickley]]
84	!!Mr. Bickley
85	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/TomPoston
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88	* AdvertisedExtra: He is credited as a regular in season 2 and 3. However in season 2 he only appears in 9 out of 26 episodes and in season 3 he appears in 11 out of 22 episodes.
89	* AwfulWeddedLife: He wasn't too close to his wife from a one-off comment that he made, although this could be his own fault.
90	%%* CrankyNeighbor: most of his character.- Zero Context Example.
91	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Bickley acts harsh, but every time someone shows him kindness, he becomes adorable.
92	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His full name is [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Franklin Delano]] Bickley.
93	* PetTheDog: Quite literally. While grumpy to most people, he dotes on his dog, Bickie.
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96	[[folder:Remo and Jean]]
97	!!Remo and Jean [=DaVinci=]
98	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JayThomas and Creator/GinaHecht
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101	* AdvertisedExtra: They are credited as regular characters in season 2 and 3 but they don't appear in several episodes of both these seasons.
102	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: They're last seen in the third season finale and are never mentioned again.
103	* FamousNamedForeigner: The two have the name "[=DaVinci=]." Mork even calls Remo "Leonardo's boy" when he first meets him.
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106	[[folder:Orson]]
107	!!Orson
108	!!!'''Played by:''' Ralph James
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111	* AdiposeRex: Implied. He's in a position of authority over Mork, and Mork [[YouAreFat often jokes about him being fat]].
112	* AmusingAlien: While not wacky like Mork, his misunderstandings of human nature sometimes makes him amusing.
113	* TheComicallySerious: Unlike Mork, he is completely serious, which leads to some amusing moments when he gets frustrated with Mork or does not understand humor.
114	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: He, along with the other Orkan elders, have banned free will and humor from Ork.
115	** In "The Wedding", when Mork announces his intentions to marry Mindy, Orson forbids him from doing so, because marriage has been outlawed on Ork. After Mork still goes through with the wedding, Orson turns Mork into a more obedient sheepdog, which results in Mindy confronting Orson, and Orson reluctantly consents, turning Mork back into his normal form.
116	* {{Expy}}: It's pretty obvious with his name, voice and mannerisms as well as his implied girth that he's meant to be a parody of Orson Welles.
117	* StrawVulcan: He believes emotions are dangerous.
118	* TheVoice: He's never seen, only heard.
119	[[/folder]]
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121	[[folder:Mearth]]
122	!!Mearth
123	[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mearth.jpg]]
124	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JonathanWinters
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127	* AlliterativeName: Apparently, he shares his mother's surname.
128	* BabysFirstWords: His first word was "powdered" (in reference to the milk in his "baby" bottle).
129	* CloudCuckooLander: Possibly even more so than Mork. In his debut appearance, he calls Mindy (and later himself) "shoe" and thinks she's his father and Mork's his mother (although that might be because Mork laid his egg).
130	* HalfHumanHybrid: His parents are an Orkan and a human.
131	* KiddyCoveralls: Mearth wears overalls as a visual reminder to the audience that [[YoungerThanTheyLook while he looks adult, he's still a child]].
132	* LiteralMinded: When Mindy bounces on the bed and asks what she's bouncing on, Mearth says, "Tush!".
133	* LittleProfessorDialogue: His second sentence was "Don't patronize me!".
134	* MeaningfulName: Mork says his name comes from his parents' shared first initial M, and "Earth." So Mork from Ork's son is Mearth from Earth.
135	* VagueAge: He's only about one technically, but how that translates to Orkan aging is a mystery: he learned to walk and talk when he was only a few hours old but still wore diapers and there was no mention of him being potty trained at any point in the series. He's also attended school.
136	* UncannyFamilyResemblance / IdenticalGrandson: Mearth is a dead-ringer for his great-uncle Dave [=McConnell=] (also played by Creator/JonathanWinters) although no one in-universe ever comments on this. (Although it might explain why [[FridgeBrilliance Fred and Cora never question the fact that this elderly adult man is somehow their (great) grandchild]], as the resemblance is undeniable.)
137	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Orkans [[MerlinSickness age backwards]], so the "adult" looking Mearth is much younger than he appears.
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Context Characters / MorkAndMindy