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| 3 | !!Main Characters |
| 4 | [[folder:Otto Rocket]] |
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| 6 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fa1674a8dc38df0e5ca0df8498704d8a_rocket_power_cartoon_network.jpg]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | -> Voiced by Creator/JosephAshton |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The leader of the group. A vain athlete whose arrogant attitude and short-sighted judgment always gets him in trouble (though he always seems to make things right at the end), Otto is usually seen to be the most driven and intense in skateboarding, surfing, etc. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * TheAce: He's pretty much a master of all extreme sports. In "Race Across New Zealand", he won or would have won all the trials if another contestant hadn't cheated. Except the last one, in which he gave up the win for his best friend. |
| 14 | * AffectionateNickname: His friends, his father and Tito sometimes refer to him as "Rocket Boy". |
| 15 | * AesopAmnesia: Sure he'll make things he screwed up right at the end, but he'll only end up doing something much worse the next episode. |
| 16 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: What Twister was to him in the episode "Total Luger". It's one of the few sports where Twister outshines Otto at. Otto actually resorts to cheating to beat him. |
| 17 | ** Also, Sam in "Sam: King of Kickball". After thinking he would become team captain, he gets shocked and annoyed by Sam proving better and eventually becoming team captain instead. He turns his back on Sam after Sam doesn't pick him on the team. |
| 18 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He has tan skin and dark red dreadlocks. He's eventually revealed to be half-Hawaiian. |
| 19 | * AttentionWhore: Don't get us started. |
| 20 | * BerserkButton: Simply put. Anyone being better than him at something. |
| 21 | * BigBrotherInstinct: For all his faults, Otto will ''not'' tolerate you messing with his friends. |
| 22 | * BookDumb: He was never good at school and even asks Sam how the surf is like in the Midwestern, landlocked state of Kansas. |
| 23 | * BreakTheHaughty: This will happen to him multiple times he behaves like the massive jerk he generally is. Otto has the adamant habit to either boast about his skills or resort to cheating when it seems he doesn't get his way in a game, and eventually, his conscience will come back and bite him just to give him a good experience on how he genuinely feels once he realizes his immorality. |
| 24 | * BrokenPedestal: Otto experiences this with his favorite skateboarding movie star, Donny Lightning, who is a HUGE Jerkass, has all his stunts done by a (female) stunt double, doesn't even know how to skateboard, and rudely rejects Otto's request for an autograph. |
| 25 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Reggie most of the times. |
| 26 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: He and Reggie both often call their dad Raymundo, which he doesn't seem to mind. |
| 27 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Good luck naming an episode in which Otto is let off the hook for his contemptuous actions. Even if the adults didn't get involved in his schemes, karma will eventually come back to bite him in some way. |
| 28 | * CheatersNeverProsper: He learns this the hard way in "Total Luger" and "Capture the Flag". |
| 29 | * CompetitionFreak: You don't say? |
| 30 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: More often than ever does he refuse to heed any authority figure's warnings to not do anything that would get him into trouble by doing it anyway simply to show how badass he is. Unsurprisingly, he pays for his mistake every time. |
| 31 | * {{Determinator}}: His defining trait throughout the whole show. |
| 32 | * EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a JerkJock he is, he is not a bully and is disgusted by people who bully others, especially if his friends are the target. |
| 33 | * FatalFlaw: His impulse and lack of good judgment, most of which nearly costs him his life, on multiple occasions. |
| 34 | * FearlessFool: Basically his main schtick. Otto will do ''anything'' to attempt the impossible just to show how cool and daring he could be, from jumping off the big air dare to sneaking into the back bowl. This, however, often backfires on him, and he would undoubtedly pay for his impulse. |
| 35 | * FigureItOutYourself: When Otto tries to tell Reggie he's been thinking of how he cheated against Twister in ''Total Luger'', and asks how he can make it up to Twister, she refuses to help him with his problem and says he has to figure it out himself. |
| 36 | * {{Flanderization}}: In the first few episodes, Otto's cockiness and jock tendencies were more toned down, and he often [[JerkassRealization caught onto his own mistakes rather quickly]], making him more of a MrViceGuy. After Twister became more of a lovable idiot however, Otto took his place as the egomaniacal JerkJock of the team. |
| 37 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish Sibling to Reggie's Responsible Sibling. |
| 38 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The choleric (reckless and egotistical) |
| 39 | * GreenEyedMonster: Anytime he sees someone surpass his skills as an extreme sportsman at whichever activities of said sport, he would show nothing but envy towards them. |
| 40 | * HypocriticalHumor: In the episode "There's Something About Breezy". |
| 41 | -->'''Breezy''': I kind of get the feeling Reggie's not too crazy about me. |
| 42 | -->'''Otto''': No way. She just doesn't like to lose. |
| 43 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He will never accept the fact that someone is better than him at something. Take the episode "Total Luger" for example, where he cheated and took a shortcut to beat Twister (who is a better luger in comparison) in a luging race. Or "Sam: King of Kickball" where he gets jealous when Sam is shown to be better at kickball and even becomes a team captain in the finals. |
| 44 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He wants exactly ''everything'' to be about himself and can never learn to take a back seat for once. |
| 45 | -->'''Reggie:''' What's the point of even doing this if you're not even gonna have any fun? |
| 46 | -->'''Otto:''' It's only fun if I win. |
| 47 | * JerkJock: Goes hand-in-hand with being an extreme sports athlete. |
| 48 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Even he takes the location of the "secret spot" seriously, and refuses to tell anyone so he doesn't betray his father's trust. Even when threatened by Twister to tell him, he later explains to the others how he was smart enough to leave out an important detail about where it really is in case something goes wrong. |
| 49 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure Otto is overly competitive, arrogant even to his friends, and looks down upon others who aren't as good, but he does learn from his past mistakes once in a while and is willing to do the right thing. [[BigBrotherInstinct And heaven help you if you mess with his friends.]] |
| 50 | * LargeHam: Is he ever. |
| 51 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-Zagged.]] Otto doesn't always get in trouble for breaking the rules, but for every sordid act Otto often pulls, he will indeed suffer the impending consequences. How often he's struck with this depends on how far his arrogance and rebellion goes. |
| 52 | * MirrorCharacter: Despite Lars being his fiercest competitor, Otto actually shares several traits to Lars, as both are [[CompetitionFreak Competition Freaks]] who can't stand losing and often rub it in whenever each of them would either beat each other or beat who else would go up against them in whatever competitive sport they play. |
| 53 | * MissingMom: His and Reggie's mother is revealed to have been deceased since the two were young. |
| 54 | * TheNapoleon: A downplayed example. Otto is really more arrogant than angry. |
| 55 | * {{Narcissist}}: Aside from the fact that he constantly boasts about his skills as an athlete, he also admires himself far too often. |
| 56 | * NeverMyFault: On many occasions, such as in the episode "Earnest Otto" when he blamed Twister for his broken board or in "Otto's Big Break" where he blames Reggie for his broken leg. |
| 57 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: He is often the cause of the foursome's occasional plights due to his arrogance and impulse. An example of this is shown in "Pool's Out For Everyone", where thanks to his big mouth, Otto broke his promise to keep Eddie's empty pool in his backyard a secret from the others and as a result, they end up crashing the latter's yard. |
| 58 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Most times, when someone unintentionally shows up Otto or proves themselves to better at something that he is, his ego will deny it outright before grudgingly accepting it; this makes it all the more unusual in "Powergirl Surfers" when he's paired up against Trish in an impromptu surfing challenge and doesn't even hesitate to say (in a squeaky voice) that she's really good. |
| 59 | ** Otto's also never been one to back down from a challenge, but in "Bruised Man's Curve", when the day to challenge Lars on the titular mountain board course arrives, Otto's confidence is shaken so much that he outright remarks that he can't do it. Reggie couldn't believe her ears at that comment. |
| 60 | * {{Pride}}: He shows this far too often. |
| 61 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: In "Falsely Alarmed", Otto tells Twister it's a bad idea to pull the fire alarm lever just to make Reggie and Sam show up sooner because he thinks the lever won't work without a fire. He proves himself wrong when he pulls the lever to prove his point to Twister. |
| 62 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Sam's Sensitive Guy. |
| 63 | * ShipTease: Even though he spends most of the episode "Return of Clio" being jealous of Reggie's friendship with her and being dismissive and rude to her, Otto and Clio share a few [[HeldGaze Held Gazes]] and are clearly flirting a bit by the end. |
| 64 | * SmallNameBigEgo: While he's definitely very proficient at sports, he often overestimates himself into believing he's better than he really is, such as believing he would perform the Super [=McVarial=] 900 in the competition after a tennis ball a day prior gave him an extra spin. |
| 65 | * SoreLoser: Otto has a ''really'' hard time accepting defeat or even a simple tie. |
| 66 | * TooDumbToLive: Otto falls towards this an awful lot. |
| 67 | ** In the episode "Big Thursday", he tried to surf with The Rhino in a turbulent storm and nearly drowns in the ocean, which would've happened had Raymundo not come around and rescued him. |
| 68 | ** In the episode "Big Air Dare", he and Reggie race each other in a big jump that was for adults only. While Reggie squelches herself from taking the jump, Otto pays for his mistake and breaks his leg. For extra points, rather than focus on the jump, he instead gloats over the fact he won the competition upon seeing Reggie squalching. |
| 69 | ** In the episode "Back Bowl", Otto and Twister sneak into a back bowl that is said to be off-limits and get lost. They nearly freeze to death until Raymundo and Tito rescue them. |
| 70 | ** In the episode "Hurricane Maurice", Otto and Twister get caught in the hurricane trying to retrieve the video camera Twister left at the pier a day prior and are almost crushed by the board in the wave until they are saved by Lt. Tice Ryan. |
| 71 | ** In TheMovie, he convinces Reggie to go surfing during a storm at an extremely dangerous surfing location ([[OOCIsSeriousBusiness not that she needed as much convincing as she normally would]] [[ParentWithNewParamour because she was angry at Raymundo for, in her mind, replacing her mother with his new girlfriend]]) and not only nearly gets them both killed but also their father when his retrieval attempt ends with all 3 of them trapped. |
| 72 | * TookALevelInJerkass: As mentioned in his flanderization above, Otto became even more arrogant and egotistical in the later seasons, even going as far to sabotage his father's wedding just to participate in a skating contest. |
| 73 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: He is often the source of the gang's troubles, as he would talk Twister and Sam into sneaking in a place that is clearly off-limits or playing hooky. |
| 74 | * UngratefulBastard: For once, Lars actually tried to team up with the other three in a hockey match while he replaces Otto, who is out with a broken leg. Does Otto accepts this? Nope! He instantly rides Lars away without so much of a "thanks". [[JerkassHasAPoint Well, part of the reason was that he wanted to call them out for lying to him earlier about the match being rescheduled, and just because he has a broken leg doesn't mean he can't play completely.]] Anyway, it's subverted when it doesn't work out (due to a hockey puck to his broken leg) and he gets the match postponed, where he decides that Lars can go ahead and take his place for the rematch. |
| 75 | ** He seems to be going for this trope at the end of "Back Bowl" and Reggie clearly thinks he's going to be mad that she and Sam broke their promise not to tell the adults about him and Twister going to the titular blocked-off area but instead Otto smiles and sincerely thanks her for it. |
| 76 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Whenever he does prevail in any form of competition, he never hesitates to rub it in his opponents' faces. |
| 77 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He acts more arrogant and full of himself than most other TV show protagonists. |
| 78 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Twister, even more so with Sam. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Regina "Reggie" Rocket]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e3d70de64f8d08d34fdeff64919db85_rockets_costume_ideas.jpg]] |
| 85 | --> Voiced by Shayna Fox |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Otto's older sister by two years. While no less competitive and skilled as an athlete, Reggie is also of calmer disposition and great maturity. She is also an aspiring publisher and most noted for her "Zine". |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * ActionGirl: Reggie is really talented at extreme sports. |
| 90 | * AffectionateNickname: Like her brother, she is sometimes referred to as "Rocket Girl" by Sam, Twister, Tito and Raymundo. |
| 91 | * AlliterativeName: Both her first and last name start with R. |
| 92 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Like her brother, she's half-Hawaiian. |
| 93 | * BerserkButton: |
| 94 | ** Reggie does not like being called Regina, not even by Raymundo. |
| 95 | ** She goes ballistic when Trent suggests that she should "definitely come watch" him and the guys play rugby. |
| 96 | ** Also, any sexist comment (such as saying someone else "plays like girls") towards her is sure to get her steamed. |
| 97 | * BrotherSisterTeam: With Otto most of the times. |
| 98 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: She and Otto both often call their dad Raymundo, which he doesn't seem to mind. |
| 99 | * CallingTheOldManOut: In "Race Across New Zealand", Ray spends most of the movie [[ParentalFavoritism blatantly favoring Otto over Reggie]] due to an incident where the father of another competitor beat him in the same competition when he was Otto's age. Reggie finally gets fed up with this line of thinking and ''rips her dad apart'', claiming that he doesn't care about her at all and just cares that Otto looks good. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Since she and Raymundo normally have a good relationship and Ray treats both kids fairly, this is pretty sobering.]] |
| 100 | * {{Chickification}}: Thankfully averted for the whole series, but Reggie does invoke this trope in one episode when she met Trent to try to get his attention by feigning her clumsiness in sports. |
| 101 | * CompressedVice: One episode has her learn a lesson about teamwork when she doesn't make the volleyball team due to hogging the ball in tryouts, which rings hollow since she already plays street hockey, another team sport, and even if this was her first time playing volleyball, she should at the very least know how a team is supposed to work together. |
| 102 | * CondescendingCompassion: In "Radical New Equipment," the gang encounters a group of winter sport athletes who have different physical impairments, such as blindness and paralysis. Reggie is particularly impressed by Lizzie, a girl with a prosthetic leg, and tries to strike up a friendship, only to treat her like a helpless child and deliberately throw a snowboarding race because she thinks Lizzie can't compete with her. Lizzie [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reads her the riot act]]--"Let me guess. You thought you'd make me feel ''better about myself''"-- and tells her that she's a champion snowboarder because she's talented, not because people let her win. Thankfully, Reggie has a JerkassRealization and apologizes, and the two become genuine friends once she starts treating Lizzie like her equal. |
| 103 | * DeadpanSnarker: She often has a sarcastic streak when she is annoyed, especially when dealing with her brother's recklessness and lack of common sense. |
| 104 | * DoNotCallMePaul: As stated above, no one is ever allowed to call her Regina. |
| 105 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Radical New Equipment," the gang encounters a group of winter sports athletes with different physical impairments, such as blindness and paralysis. Reggie is particularly impressed by Lizzie, a girl with a prosthetic leg, and tries to strike up a friendship, only to treat her like a helpless child. Hoping to help Reggie understand that Lizzie is not helpless because of her disability. Reggie's father, Ray, and honorary uncle Tito tell her a story about their friend Leonard the lizard Brady; he used to be the best surfer around until he lost his eyesight. All his friends felt sorry for him because he could not surf anymore, until one day at night, he was able to surf in the dark with no problem. Tito explains that Brady did not let anything stop him from living his life to the fullest. He even uses his blindness to his advantage. Reggie got that Lizzie is making the best of a bad situation. Reggie left before Ray and Tito explain the real lesson that she should've learned. |
| 106 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Otto's Foolish Sibling. |
| 107 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic (the irritable sister). |
| 108 | * GirlinessUpgrade: It's minor, but in the episode "Ice Queens", Reggie participates in the figure skating competition while wearing a frilly, pink dress. |
| 109 | * HatesWearingDresses: Zigzagged. As stated above, the only time she was seen in a dress was in the aforementioned episode mentioned above. |
| 110 | * ItsAllAboutMe: She has a lot less of this attitude than her brother, but in one particular episode, she tried out for volleyball and ended up hogging all the glory for herself just to prove her skills. |
| 111 | * JerkassBall: She's nicer than Otto, but she does have her {{Jerkass}} moments, particularly in episodes such as "Powergirl Surfers" (where she blames Otto for accepting the cover and letting the editor prefer him over her) and "Reggie and a Net" (where she hogs the ball during volleyball tryouts just to show off her own skills). |
| 112 | * KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: In "Reggie: The Movie", Reggie goes to see a horror movie called ''Sharkenstein's Revenge'' that scares her so badly that she blows a big surfing competition the next day. In this case, her father actually gave her permission to see the movie if she thought she could handle it and, although she didn't want to see it, she was goaded into it by her friends calling her chicken. |
| 113 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Masculine Girl to Sam's Feminine Boy. |
| 114 | * MissingMom: Reggie and Otto's mother is eventually revealed to have passed away while the two were young. |
| 115 | * MomentOfWeakness: In the episode "Rainy Days & Sundaes", Reggie, Otto, and Twister make a huge mess of the Rockets' kitchen when they turn it into a slip and slide with sundae ingredients. When Raymundo comes home, Reggie ,not wanting to miss the Junior Triathlon, bails out the window, leaving Otto and Twister to suffer the punishment by themselves. Reggie is left feeling guilty for getting out of getting punished, while Otto and Twister are, for the mess they all made. Even though Otto and Twister agree to keep her role in making the mess a secret until after the Junior Triathlon, Reggie spends the episode feeling guilty until during the Junior Triathlon she decide to leave the sport event and go to her father and confess to him. It turns out he knew all along that she made the mess with Otto and Twister, and was waiting for her to tell him. While he was proud of Reggie for telling the truth, he still punishes all three by having them work at his restaurant during a rush hour. |
| 116 | * MsViceGirl: While Reggie certainly isn't free from JerkassBall moments, she is generally a much more well-behaved character and far more sensible than Otto. |
| 117 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While Reggie is usually considered more scrupulous and responsible, she does have her moments where she can be just as rebellious and reckless as her brother. |
| 118 | * OneOfTheBoys: She hangs out with her brother and his male friends very often, not to mention that she is the only girl in the street hockey games. |
| 119 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Like her brother, Reggie has a strong passion for extreme sports. In addition, she also has an affinity for volleyball. |
| 120 | * RaisedByDudes: She is without a mother, leaving her with her father and brother. |
| 121 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: And she's also no less competitive than her brother too. |
| 122 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's also the only female of the four main cast. |
| 123 | * StayInTheKitchen: She ''never'' takes this reaction well whenever it's thrown at her in some occasion, whether it's intentional or not. In one episode, she didn't take it well when Trent suggests that she should watch him and the rest of his friends play rugby, to which she misconstrued as an implication that girls can't play rugby. |
| 124 | * TeamMom: Most of the time. Reggie is the most responsible member of the gang, and frequently tells the others to "put on their jackets" or "zip up their backpacks so books don't fall out". Often tries to stop the guys from doing something stupid or dangerous. |
| 125 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Clio's Girly Girl. |
| 126 | * TomboyishName: Her real name is actually "Regina," but hates being called by her actual name and prefers to go by "Reggie." |
| 127 | * {{Tsundere}}: Type B to be exact. While Reggie is normally level-headed and rational, she has her moments where she overreacts over minor comments she often misconstrues as sexist remarks and has a tendency to be a bit bossy at times. |
| 128 | * TeamMom: In spite of her NotSoAboveItAll moments, she's still much more level-headed and morally grounded than her brother and friends, and typically serves as the voice of reason or responsibility in the group. |
| 129 | * TheUnfairSex: She has her moments of this, such as in one episode where she unfairly chastises Otto for accepting the cover for an oncoming magazine and refusing to throw it away all because Reggie herself feels she deserves her own story more. Had Otto and Reggie switched roles, Otto would be painted as an annoying AttentionWhore [[ItsAllAboutMe who thinks everything revolves around him]], which is especially true when he's painted the exact same way in "Reggie's Big (Beach) Break". |
| 130 | * YouGoGirl: Reggie often displays this attitude by showing her gender doesn't stop her from being just as competent of an athlete as the other guys, especially when she feels underestimated by others. Being the only girl and the oldest of the crew certainly helps. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[quoteright:161:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisterbig.gif]] |
| 136 | --> Voiced by Creator/UlyssesCuadra (seasons 1-3), Gilbert Leal (season 4) |
| 137 | |
| 138 | Otto's best friend who is Latino-American. An aspiring videographer, Twister is known for his lack of intelligence and is often teased by his big brother Lars. Despite his low intellect, however, he can get pretty clever at times. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | ---- |
| 141 | * AsleepInClass: In "Snow Day" he attends an assembly he considers the best one he "ever stayed awake in". |
| 142 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He would sometimes let his mind meander in many occasions. |
| 143 | * BerserkButton: |
| 144 | ** Don't call him Squid. |
| 145 | ** Don't refer to him by his given name of Maurice. |
| 146 | * BigEater: Not as much as Sam, but he does love to eat a lot. |
| 147 | * BrilliantButLazy: Twister occasionally shows signs of this. In one episode, he is capable of being the captain of the team, but he later turns it down since he doesn't like thinking. He also passes a really hard spelling test in one episode because he actually studies for it, rather than (it's implied) blowing schoolwork off as usual. |
| 148 | * CainAndAbel: With Lars as the more controlled Abel. |
| 149 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Twister was way more of a {{Jerkass}} in the first handful of episodes, and unambiguously bullied and scapegoated Sam. Later on, his more air headed habits started to make him more harmless and likable, with Otto taking over as the JerkJock of the group. |
| 150 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tends to be pretty spacey at times. |
| 151 | * DoNotCallMePaul: He hates it when anyone would refer to him by his given name. |
| 152 | * TheDragAlong: He often finds himself being roped into Otto's rebellion in many episodes. |
| 153 | * DumbassHasAPoint: He isn't the brightest but he has his moments of sanity, such as when he warns Otto against surfing during a big storm. |
| 154 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: Twister dislikes his first name Maurice. |
| 155 | * {{Flanderization}}: While Twister was just merely a bit slow in the first few episodes, he becomes almost comedically stupid to a point where he can't even spell a simple word, such as "trouble". |
| 156 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The sanguine (the simple-minded sidekick) |
| 157 | * GeniusDitz: He was never too bright, but he is a skilled artist. |
| 158 | * TheGift: He's a connoisseur at cameras. |
| 159 | * HiddenDepths: Despite Twister's flanderization to a complete idiot, he's surprisingly artistic, has a lot of technical know-how with cameras, and is a competent hockey team captain, but he's just [[BrilliantButLazy too lazy]]. |
| 160 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He continues to listen to everything Lars tells him and falls for his simple tricks. Also, he believes that Merv is an alien after reading a comic book Sam gave him. |
| 161 | * HypocriticalHumor: The kid that hates being called by his real name makes fun of The Rhino's real name Walter. |
| 162 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: While nowhere near as much of a jerk as Otto, Twister has plenty of moments where he unintentionally comes off as a jerk, such as inadvertently insulting a handicapped snowboarder that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Otto]] was disgusted with. |
| 163 | * MeaningfulName: He got the nickname Twister from his love of extreme sports. Interestingly enough, his real name "Maurice" means "dark-skinned" in Latin. |
| 164 | * NoodleIncident: Twister had a puppy once, but lost it. Everyone knows about this except for Twister himself. |
| 165 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With the exception of his parents, everyone calls him Twister, though his friends and brother would call him by his real name when they are either annoyed with him or just want to tease him. |
| 166 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: When he would speak, his Chicano accent can be heard sometimes if the viewer would listen closely. |
| 167 | * SarcasmBlind: In many occasions, such as the episode "Blader Bowl". |
| 168 | -->'''Otto''': ''(mocking Sam)'' It's not my fault. I didn't ask him to put me on TV. |
| 169 | -->'''Twister''': Hey, Sam just said that a few minutes ago. |
| 170 | -->'''Otto''': I was making fun of him! |
| 171 | * SignatureHeadgear: His trademark kangol hat. |
| 172 | * TookALevelInDumbass: His stupidity in the later episodes get exaggerated to a point where he can't even spell simple words in a spelling test. |
| 173 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fish tacos. |
| 174 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Otto. |
| 175 | * YoungestChildWins: He and his teammates often beat Lars and his team in hockey matches. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Sam "The Squid" Dullard]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_mlmxsclcf41qz4rgp.gif]] |
| 181 | -->Voiced by Sam Saletta (seasons 1-2), Mike Lane (season 2), Creator/GaryLeRoiGray (seasons 2-3), Sean Marquette (season 4) |
| 182 | |
| 183 | |
| 184 | The fourth member of the main crew. While not as athletically gifted as the other three, he has found a niche as the brains and conscience of the group and is also a "rock-solid" goalie when they play hockey. |
| 185 | ---- |
| 186 | * AbusiveParents: Of the emotional kind. Sam's mother is a solid EducationMama and MyBelovedSmother who puts plenty of academic pressure on him while his father is a self-centered workaholic who ignores Sam when he visits and tries to pay for Sam's love instead of showing him any affection or attention. Both of which contribute to his extreme insecurity. |
| 187 | * AccidentalAthlete: Sam Dullard's goalie skills, which are discovered when he [[OffhandBackhand casually swats away a hockey puck coming at him from behind]]. |
| 188 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Despite not being very athletic. |
| 189 | * AffectionateNickname: The Squid. |
| 190 | * TheArtifact: According to WordOfGod, Sam wears an "N" on his shirt because he was originally meant to have moved to Ocean Shores from New York, but the letter was kept after his home state was changed to Kansas. |
| 191 | * BigEater: He is seen eating as much food as he could possibly chow down to. |
| 192 | * ButtMonkey: He is the least adept at extreme sports and is usually mocked by Otto and Twister for his inept skating ability. |
| 193 | * CharacterDevelopment: In the later seasons, he gets a little bit better at skating, though he doesn't quite reach Otto's level. |
| 194 | * CompressedVice: He was a jinx in just that one episode only, and it is never brought up again after that. |
| 195 | * CowardlyLion: Despite his frequent hesitance, Sam is capable of taking risks while attempting any of the extreme sports when the situation calls for it. |
| 196 | * DisappearedDad: Until the episode "Father's Day Off". Afterwards, he is never seen or heard from again. |
| 197 | * TheDragAlong: Since his friends are far more adept at skating than he is. |
| 198 | * EvenNerdsHaveStandards: In "Loss of Squid", Sam meets Oliver for the first time and is happy to have a friend who shares his interest in science and computers. However, Sam later gets bored of him because Oliver doesn't like sports or games, has no sense of humor, is afraid of any physical activity, and doesn't want to do anything else except study. At the end of the episode, Sam introduces him to the gang and tries to get him to play hockey. |
| 199 | * ExtremeDoormat: Causes himself to get pushed around a little too often. |
| 200 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The phlegmatic (voice of reason). |
| 201 | * GeekPhysique: He wears glasses and is pretty chubby. |
| 202 | * TheGift: Sam is shown that while he (at first) had almost no skill in roller blading, he was an obscenely good goalie. |
| 203 | ** Surprisingly he gets a lot better at any of the sports done as the show progresses. |
| 204 | * GradeSkipper: Despite being Otto and Twister's age, Sam has been revealed to skip two grades by his mother and is shown attending the same class as Reggie. |
| 205 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has blond hair to match his nice personality. |
| 206 | * HiddenDepths: He's actually really good at kickball. After one game in gym class, he started getting picked first, much to his surprise. He was made team captain in the finals. |
| 207 | * InformedAbility: In one episode where Ocean Shores is taken by a unlikely snow storm, Sam shows to be quite good in winter sports, to his friends' surprise. This, however, is casually ignored in the episodes where the main characters travel to pratice snowboarding. |
| 208 | * InsultBackfire: Squid was used to identify the new kid on the block and originally belonged to Twister, who hated it. When Sam arrived they gave him the squid nickname and he was generally pleased to have a nickname at all. |
| 209 | ** Mostly a nickname that wasn't "Dink". |
| 210 | ** Given that squids are extremely powerful and efficient predators, (to the point of some taking on [[ThreateningShark sharks]]) it's somewhat bizarre that this is even used as an insult in the first place. |
| 211 | *** Reggie explained it was short for "squirrelly new kid". |
| 212 | ** Sam further embraced the Squid name in "Race Across New Zealand" when a local upon hearing his nickname told him the story of a mythological squid which became a spirit animal to Sam. |
| 213 | * IronicName: His last name is Dullard, which refers to a slow or stupid person. Despite this, he's actually the smartest of the main cast; he's in the same class as Reggie even though she's two years older. |
| 214 | * TheJinx: Though only for that one episode only [[CompressedVice and it's never brought up again.]] |
| 215 | * LiteralMinded: In "Otto Mobile", he agrees to cover up for Otto at the Shore Shack and Reggie assigns him dishwashing duties, explaining that everyone works their way up from the bottom. Unfortunately, he interprets it as having to start with the dish at the bottom of the pile. |
| 216 | * MagikarpPower: In "The Longest Day", Sam was able to fully finish a full-day race by taking his time while everyone else wound up being too tired or injured to complete it to earn the gang a spot on Ocean Shore's Wall Of Fame. |
| 217 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Feminine Boy to Reggie's Masculine Girl. |
| 218 | * MeaningfulName: Sam's last name, "Dullard," is initially used to identify him as a more intellectually inclined character. |
| 219 | * NervousWreck: Sometimes. Sam can get pretty apprehensive whenever he's about to attempt a trick of any of the extreme sports. |
| 220 | * NiceGuy: He's easily the nicest character of the foursome. |
| 221 | * OnlySaneMan: He's pretty much the only levelheaded one of the foursome. |
| 222 | * PickedLast: Has happened to him so often that he really doesn't really think anything of it. He's positively stunned in "Sam, King of Kickball" when his savvy at the game gets him picked first. |
| 223 | %%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Far too often. Especially in the episode "Womp Race 2000". |
| 224 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Otto's Manly Man. |
| 225 | * TheShortGuyWithGlasses: He's the shortest of the group, wears glasses, and is very often the one with a plan. |
| 226 | * ShorterMeansSmarter: The shortest of the group and the brains as well. |
| 227 | * TheSmartGuy: He's the brightest of the gang and the one who usually comes up with the plans to help everyone out. |
| 228 | * TokenWhite: Otto and Reggie are half-Hawaiian and Twister is Latino, leaving Sam the only Caucasian character of the lead cast. |
| 229 | * TookALevelInBadass: Got better at skating in the later seasons. This is specially noticeable in the episode "The Great Day" where he can keep himself into the ZGZ competition, surpassing even Lars and overcoming every challenge [[spoiler: until he and the gang leaves to go to the airport]]. |
| 230 | * WeakButSkilled: While not as athletic as the other three, he's an excellent goalie and has a gift of knowledge, acting as the brains of the group. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | |
| 234 | !! Secondary Main Characters |
| 235 | [[folder:Raymundo "Ray" Rocket]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ray_rocket.png]] |
| 238 | -->Voiced by Creator/JohnKassir |
| 239 | |
| 240 | Otto and Reggie's single father, Ray is a widower and a surfer of some renown. He owns a restaurant named The Shore Shack, where he works alongside his friend Tito, as well as an equipment rental and repair shop called Rocket Boards. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * AbsurdPhobia: He is terrified of dogs, especially poodles, after seeing movie called "Attack of the 50 Foot Poodle". |
| 244 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: This is largely averted, as he shares many of Otto and Reggie's interests, and they enjoy hanging out with him. Come Christmas, though, he insists on traditions that they've long since outgrown and now consider embarrassing. |
| 245 | * AngerBornOfWorry: His attitude towards his kids after either of them would get into trouble that would almost cost them their lives, which is usually followed by him [[YouAreGrounded punishing them]]. |
| 246 | * BumblingDad: Sometimes. He can be pretty clumsy at times. |
| 247 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: His standard response to the kids getting in trouble, such as making them clean up the messiest dishes at the Shore Shack. On one occasion, Otto broke his leg while snowboarding in an off-limits area, so Ray simply had him sit on the balcony and watch everyone else do banal tasks. The sheer boredom of this drove Otto crazy. |
| 248 | * FauxHorrific: He's actually afraid of a harmless poodle. |
| 249 | * GoodParents: He truly loves his kids and does his best to try and raise Otto and Reggie right. |
| 250 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tito. |
| 251 | * {{Manchild}}: Strongly implied and sometimes played straight. He's a 40-something burn out who regularly slacks off on his job and often is seen pursuing his leisure delights and regularly engages in dalliances with the women of Ocean Shores. |
| 252 | * OneHourWorkWeek: Ray runs a second business, an equipment rental and repair shop called Rocket Boards, but it's rarely mentioned and even more rarely visited, and Ray spends most of his time at the Shore Shack. |
| 253 | * PapaWolf: He's a pretty easygoing guy, but put his kids at risk like The Rhino did and all bets are off. In fact, Ray is very protective of all the kids, and is always ready to protect them when the need arises. |
| 254 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sure Ray is very easygoing, but if either one of his kids get themselves in trouble, he's not afraid to lay down the law. |
| 255 | ** More specifically, whenever Otto does something dangerous that could have cost him his life, when everyone is safe, Raymundo goes full Father mode and punishes him. |
| 256 | * ShipTease: He has many of these moments with Officer Shirley.[[spoiler:Ultimately, nothing comes of it, as Ray ends up getting remarried to Tito's cousin, Noelani, who was also really close with his first wife.]] |
| 257 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Combined with UnreliableNarrator, Ray sometimes exaggerates how cool he was when he tells stories of his glory days. |
| 258 | * StrugglingSingleFather: Downplayed. Ray is stuck raising his kids on his own. But he doesn't seem to have much of a problem with it and is actually doing decent at his job at the Shore Shack. |
| 259 | * TopHeavyGuy: He's muscular on the waist up with rather scrawny legs. |
| 260 | * TotallyRadical: He has a tendency to use outdated lingo from his time. |
| 261 | * TraumaButton: In the ChristmasEpisode, the kids bristle over his insistence on following traditions from when they were little, and he gets increasingly tweaked by their complaining. It turns out he clings to these old traditions because the kids' late mother loved them so much. |
| 262 | * WhatTheHellHero: He's given quite a few tongue lashings to his kids, especially Otto when he's in full-on TooDumbToLive mode. |
| 263 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Raymundo is severely cynophobic, being afraid of poodles in particular. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Tito Makani]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_3725.jpeg]] |
| 269 | -->Voiced by Ray Bumatai |
| 270 | |
| 271 | Ray's best friend, a Hawaiian surfer and self-styled philosopher who helps Ray run his business. |
| 272 | |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Combined with his age, he still is able to perform sports such as surfing. |
| 275 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Aside from the fact that "Tito" isn't a Hawaiian name, there is no letter T in the Hawaiian alphabet. |
| 276 | * BigFun: His chubbiness doesn't stop him from having a good time. |
| 277 | * CatchPhrase: "Aloha to that!" whenever he agrees with something another character has said. |
| 278 | * CordonBleughChef: Due to his love for pineapples, Tito's dishes for the kids tend to be averse to them to say the least. |
| 279 | * FormerlyFit: "Tito-Thon" sees him struggle with this. His old surfing buddies visit and sign him up for an upcoming triathlon, which Tito dreads, especially when seeing his buddies are all still in great shape. When last-minute exercise doesn't get him anywhere and faking an injury proves too shameful, Tito enters, comes in dead last, and is hailed by the main cast and his buddies for going the distance. |
| 280 | * MadLibsCatchphrase: "Like the ancient Hawaiians say, [insert proverb of questionable validity here]. |
| 281 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ray. |
| 282 | * IceCreamKoan: Downplayed. Most of Tito's "Ancient Hawaiian" sayings offer useful advice, and usually aren't so abstract that Ray and the kids can't understand them. He's not ''completely'' immune to it, though. |
| 283 | --> '''Tito''': The coconut, though hard and brown, in the spring gives milk to the sand, after being kissed by the green water. |
| 284 | --> ''(kids stare at him, baffled)'' |
| 285 | --> '''Tito''': I know. It comforts me, too. |
| 286 | * ProverbialWisdom: Often speaks in proverbs or abstract quotes, primarily from "The Ancient Hawaiians." |
| 287 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He's from Hawaii, so pineapples are one for him, even though the children aren't fond of his dishes with said fruit added to them. |
| 288 | * UnreliableNarrator: Like Ray, Tito tends to exaggerate the flashbacks of him and Ray to get his point across. One time he did this deliberately (claiming he and Ray surfed ''50''-foot waves) as a way to motivate Otto into facing his fears. |
| 289 | * VerbalTic: Always starts his proverbs with "Like the Ancient Hawaiians say..." or something similar. |
| 290 | * WildSamoan: While not technically being Samoan, he is of Samoan descent and has his moments where he tiptoes around this trope. |
| 291 | [[/folder]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Lars Rodriguez]] |
| 294 | [[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bfdc2a8e23096ab52896fb502efcc5b8.jpg]] |
| 295 | -->Voiced by: Creator/LombardoBoyer |
| 296 | |
| 297 | Twister's older brother who routinely picks on Twister and the rest of the kids. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * AloofBigBrother: As if bullying Twister wasn't enough, the brothers even compete against each other in hockey matches, much to their parents' dismay since it's hard to support their sons when one of them wins while the other loses. |
| 301 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When his team plays against the main four in hockey, they often lose. |
| 302 | * BigBrotherBully: To Twister. He has a habit of "whomping" Twister every chance he gets. |
| 303 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Twister despite the above trope. He doesn't want his kid brother to get actually hurt and is willing to do lots of things to ensure that doesn't happen. |
| 304 | * ButtMonkey: When he and his gang compete against the main four, he, along with his gang, are often the losers of the game. |
| 305 | * CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to Twister's Abel. |
| 306 | * DisappointingOlderSibling: So much that he and Twister are often bitter rivals in the street hockey matches, much to their parents' dismay. |
| 307 | %%* CompetitionFreak: Only rivaling Otto for this. |
| 308 | * EvilCounterpart: Lars often acts like an older, less likable version of Otto with few of Otto's redeeming features and his flaws (particularly the SoreLoser and CompetitionFreak parts) amplified. |
| 309 | * GangOfBullies: He is often seen with his lackeys Pi and Sputz (and later in the second season, Animal). |
| 310 | * GoKartingWithBowser: In one episode, he plays hockey with Reggie, Sam and Twister, filling in for Otto who suffered a broken leg. Then Otto convinces Lars to leave in the middle of the game. |
| 311 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: He rarely shows it, but he does really care about his brother deep down. |
| 312 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Only Lars can pick on Twister. It's a brother thing. |
| 313 | * {{Jerkass}}: Probably the biggest one on the show (even worse than Otto and [=MacKenzie=]) |
| 314 | * KarmaHoudini: Averted for the most part, but in "Night Prowler", he narrowly escapes being caught by the police when they caught the other four kids sneaking out at night. |
| 315 | * LeanAndMean: He has very little muscle mass but makes up for it with his mean streak. |
| 316 | * NeverBareheaded: The only times he was seen without any type of headwear on his head is the episodes "Bruised Man's Curve" and "Outta My Pit!". |
| 317 | * PetTheDog: Sure Lars may be an asshole, but deep down, he [[BigBrotherInstinct wants nothing bad to happen to Twister]] and he does occasionally help the gang out. One example is "The Great Sandcastle Race" where he and his gang save Otto and Co.'s sandcastle from the waves until the judges see it. |
| 318 | * TheRival: To Otto. He's also this to the others, but mostly to Otto. |
| 319 | * RulesLawyer: "You lose the puck, you lose the game!" |
| 320 | * SignatureLaugh: He has a high-pitched crackle. |
| 321 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Although he played a small role in "Total Luger", Lars is still indirectly the cause of why Otto cheated against Twister. He showed his friend Pi a map of the track, and gave him instructions to cheat (which he was against), which Otto saw and heard. If it hadn't been for Lars, Otto wouldn't have taken the shortcut. (Unlike Otto, however, Lars actually planned to make Pi cheat in the race.) |
| 322 | -->'''Lars:''' (pointing on a map)Take the shortcut here. No one sees you off the course, and then, you reenter the race here. |
| 323 | -->'''Pi:''' Dude, that's cheating! |
| 324 | -->'''Lars:''' Duh! It's only cheating if you get caught. |
| 325 | * SoreLoser: Like Otto, Lars can't stand losing and never takes a loss well. |
| 326 | * TeensAreMonsters: Or at least very obnoxious. |
| 327 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Also like Otto, Lars has a habit of taking great pleasure in rubbing his victory in the faces of his opponents after beating them, especially to Otto and the rest of his crew. |
| 328 | * VagueAge: It was never stated just how much older he was than Twister, though he's likely somewhere between 12 to 14. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Violet Stimpleton]] |
| 332 | -->Voiced by: Creator/EdieMcClurg |
| 333 | |
| 334 | A friendly neighbor of the Rockets who's good friends with Ray. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * CoolOldLady: Reggie looks up to her like an aunt. And the other kids see her as one too. |
| 337 | * HappilyMarried: With Mervin. |
| 338 | * HeroicBSOD: When her award-winning violets are accidentally destroyed by the kids. They pull her out of it by winning her a go-karting trophy. |
| 339 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Reggie. |
| 340 | * LethalChef: Her meals tend to be inedible to say the least, such as Ribbon Candy with real ribbons. |
| 341 | * MoralityPet: Without her, we'd never see Mervin's soft side. |
| 342 | * NiceGirl: Probably the friendliest character on the show. |
| 343 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Violet's Violet. You ''know'' something is bad when ''Merv'' is the nice one and she's genuinely shaken up and ''miserable''. |
| 344 | * ThePollyanna: Almost always looks on the bright side of everything, as she tends to find joy in her life. |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Mervin Stimpleton]] |
| 348 | -->Voiced by: Creator/HenryGibson |
| 349 | |
| 350 | Violet's grumpy, short-tempered husband. |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * CloudCuckoolander: Occasionally shows weird, over-the-top behavior (obsessively hunting gophers, staking out a possibly non-existent "prowler"). No surprise that Twister believes he's a space alien in one episode. |
| 353 | * TheEngineer: He's a retired electrical engineer and enjoys building models and tinkering with electronic devices. He shares this interest with Sam and subsequently gets along better with him than Otto, Reggie or Twister. |
| 354 | * HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to set him off. |
| 355 | * HappilyMarried: As abrasive as he is, it's very clear that he loves his wife. |
| 356 | * {{Jerkass}}: Unlike most of the adults, Merv is an outright antagonist in many episodes. He rarely goes out of his way to be deliberately mean, but he's ''extremely'' tightly-wound and easily angered, and thus cuts Ray and his kids very little slack when they get on his bad side. He does get occasional PetTheDog moments, though. |
| 357 | * JerkassHasAPoint: The Rockets have been known to sneak into his swimming pool when he's away for extended period of time, so it's not hard to see why he's so short with them. |
| 358 | * LargeHam: Angry shouting seems like his default mode of speaking. |
| 359 | * MoralGuardians: Especially when he tries to ban skateboarding. |
| 360 | * MoralityPet: Violet is the only character he's consistently nice to. |
| 361 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Frequently dismisses the antics of the main characters, yet he engages in his own silly behavior, such as his obsessive gopher hunt and marveling over a new piece of technology. That time where Twister thought he was an alien ended with him deliberately messing with the kids ForTheLulz. |
| 362 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ordinarily whenever accidents happen, he's ''very'' much of the kind of person to get angry and act like it was done on purpose. However, when the kids mistakenly destroy Violet's flowers, he doesn't hold it against the children at all. He recognizes it was an ''accident'' and that they feel genuinely bad for what happened, and he's more than willing to work with the children to try and make it up to Violet; it helps that the kids themselves didn't try to downplay the situation themselves and were immediately open to ideas, compared to their usual behavior of trying to hide their deeds or deflect blame. |
| 363 | * OppositesAttract: He's short-tempered, constantly angry and hates kids; Violet is friendly and gets along with Ray and the kids. |
| 364 | * PetTheDog: Has his moments. In one episode he makes Otto work as a caddy in exchange for fixing his skateboard. Otto hates caddying at first, due to how strict Merv is about his golf game. When Merv realizes how much Otto is resenting the experience, he [[TookALevelInKindness lightens up considerably]] and finds a way to teach Otto how to enjoy himself while playing golf. |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Conroy Blanc]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | The owner of Madtown Skatepark and good friends with the gang. |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | * BerserkButton: When Twister face-planted onto his new vert ramp, he is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness extremely angry]]. |
| 372 | * CoolTeacher: Becomes Otto and Twister's teacher in "Mr. B Is In The House" after getting his teaching certification over the summer. |
| 373 | * FirstNameBasis: He lets the kids call him by his first name, showing how close he is to them. He puts his foot down once he becomes a teacher, making his students call him "Mr. B." while school is in session. He still lets everyone call him "Conroy" at the Skatepark, though. |
| 374 | * HiddenDepths: He comes across as a pretty chill guy whose only interest is running the skatepark, but he spent his summer earning his teaching certification. |
| 375 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: He's good friends with the gang, especially Otto, to the point where he even helped them learn a few tricks. |
| 376 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he considers the gang his friends, he's not afraid to punish them when they act out of line, such as giving Otto and Twister detention during a skating competition because they won't do their schoolwork. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | !!Recurring Characters |
| 380 | [[folder:Eddie Prince of the Netherworld]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | A friend of the gang who calls himself "Prince of the Netherworld" and wears a demonic goalie mask. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * CreepyGood: He freaks out a lot of people with his {{Goth}} wardrobe and interests, he's also consistently a good friend to the gang despite being lower on their totem pole and occasionally taken advantage of. |
| 385 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He's consistently one of the nicest characters on the show |
| 386 | * FailedAttemptAtDrama: Almost every time he's seen, he tries to sound intimidating in a demonic voice, only to ruin it seconds later. |
| 387 | -->'''Eddie:''' (after Twister insults him) You shall pay for your mockery. (takes off mask and starts crying) I'm telling my mom. |
| 388 | * LargeHam: When wearing his demon mask, in stark contrast to his soft-spoken nature when not wearing the mask. |
| 389 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: In "Netherworld Night" we learn that his father owns a magic shop, and has a similar affectation of wearing a cape and speaking in a Dracula accent as part of his act. |
| 390 | * LonersAreFreaks: Subverted; he himself while a little strange is a genuinely nice person, though everyone else including the gang finds him creepy, which is why they were initially reluctant to go to his house in "Netherworld Night". |
| 391 | * MaskOfConfidence: His personality is noticeably different when wearing his mask. When wearing it, he tries to sound tough and is a lot more extroverted. When he's not is usually when he acts a lot softer, easily being pushed around by the gang, being a lot more reserved, and even a bit timid. |
| 392 | * NonActionGuy: He's far from the toughest character, such as being scared up a tree by a dog even after finding out it was a chihuahua, and complaining he has a "boo-boo" when falling off his skateboard in one episode. |
| 393 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: Despite an aversion to causing trouble, it was his idea to go out on mischief night. |
| 394 | * PerkyGoth: Even when not using his Prince of the Netherworld persona, he has a fascination with horror movies and the underworld. He's pretty cheery and upbeat most of the time. |
| 395 | * SpoiledSweet: It's subtle, but his family is apparently well off being one of the few characters with a backyard pool. "Rocket Repairs" has his parent buy him a nice new skateboard none of the other characters could afford and it's shown he carries a large wad of cash with him. Despite all this, he's even nicer than anyone in the gang, even Sam, who come from middle-class households. |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | [[folder:Sherry]] |
| 400 | * StraightMan: To Reggie in her more hot-headed moments. |
| 401 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen without her friend Trish. |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[folder:Trish]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | * TheAce: Is said to be one of the best surfers in town; even ''[[CompetitionFreak Otto]]'' was reluctant to face her in a surfing contest. |
| 407 | -->'''Otto:''' I gotta surf against ''Trish!?'' She's really good! |
| 408 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen without her friend Sherry. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Oliver van Rossum]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | * DependingOnTheWriter: He is either Sam's other friend, or rival. |
| 414 | * GradeSkipper: He is in high school and even helps his biology teacher. However, in later appearances he is attending the same school as the main characters. |
| 415 | * GretzkyHasTheBall: When invited to play street hockey with the gang, he asks what position he'll play; the quarterback, jockey, or outfielder. He's assigned scorekeeper. |
| 416 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Sam. But really only pertaining to contests like sandcastle building or robot battling. Other than that, Oliver gets along well with the gang and even tries out skating once in a while. |
| 417 | * SmartPeopleBuildRobots: In the episode "Extreme Nerd", he is stated to win the same robot engineering contest every year. |
| 418 | * TookALevelInKindness: In his first few episodes he's aloof, arrogant and holds nonacademic pursuits in open contempt. After befriending Sam though, he does make an effort to play sports and usually gets along with the rest of the Rocket Gang, [[DependingOnTheWriter though not always]]. |
| 419 | [[/folder]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[folder:Officer Shirley]] |
| 422 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/DeniseDowse |
| 423 | ---- |
| 424 | * ShipTease: She and Ray have some of this going on, [[spoiler:although the finale has Ray marrying a relative of Tito's]]. |
| 425 | %%* UnresolvedSexualTension: She and Ray. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:[=MacKenzie=] Benders]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mackenzie_35.png]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | -->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RosslynnTaylorJordan |
| 433 | |
| 434 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "Lost and Find" focuses on [=MacKenzie=] being separated from her parents and the main four have to help her reunite with her parents. |
| 435 | * BrattyHalfPint: Is very violent and tempermental towards everyone she meets, even towards her own parents at times. |
| 436 | * CuteButCacophonic: She is only 5 years old, but she tends to scream very loudly. |
| 437 | * DemotedToExtra: Seldom appears after the first season with the exception of a speaking role in season three’s “Card Sharked” and a cameo in Sam’s video game in “Sim Sammy.” |
| 438 | * EnfantTerrible: She is feared among the residents of Ocean Shore for her hot temper and violent tendencies. Even her own parents are terrified of her. |
| 439 | * EveryoneHatesMimes: Physically assaults a group of street mimes for no reason (as well as another annoying street performer called "Toga Man"). |
| 440 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being 5 years old, she is able to judo flip Twister and knocks out Lars with one punch. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Lieutenant Tice Ryan]] |
| 444 | --> '''Voiced by''': Dale Dye |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * AdamWesting: Dye himself was a Marine, so Ryan is essentially that type of personality as a lifeguard. |
| 447 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Frequently loud and barking orders, especially when training new lifeguard recruits. The ChristmasEpisode shows he's even like this when training Santa Helpers. |
| 448 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his gruff demeanor and strict enforcement of the rules, he is dedicated to the safety of everyone who sets foot on his beach. He can be quite understanding of the kids and his recruits when the situation calls for it. |
| 449 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: A common element of his lifeguard training program is to have Tito (a former graduate) fake an emergency in the water as a final test for nearby recruits. |
| 450 | * SoProudOfYou: He congratulates Twister and Sam for passing the SecretTestOfCharacter and being the most improved of their class. |
| 451 | * TopHeavyGuy: His legs look scrawny compared to his muscular upperbody. |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !!Minor Characters |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Josh Grody]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Despite Sam's efforts to be his friend, Josh is a popularity-seeker and it's eventually revealed that he sees Sam as a "geek" and used him just to get closer to the Rocket gang. |
| 461 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Josh Grody, a one-shot character from "All About Sam", temporarily becomes this to the Rocket gang. Sam, sympathetic towards him due to knowing how it feels to be the lonely new kid himself, convinces the others to let him hang out with them, only for the kid to annoy the gang with his lame attempts at slang, his sucking up to Otto, and even his picking on Sam (which he claims to be simple fun). When Josh tries to replace Sam at a game and it becomes clear how little he thinks of the person who tried to help him in the first place, Otto, Reggie, and Twister make it clear to Josh that Sam's goodwill was the only reason why they tolerated him and quickly unfriend him. |
| 462 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Unfortunately, he only seems to want to be friends with "cool" people. He at first tries to join the gang by hanging out with Sam but Otto, Reggie and Twister find him obnoxious and only tolerate him due to him being "Sam's friend". After Josh reveals he doesn't even like Sam, they don't hesitate to kick him out of the group. He later tries to join up with Lars and his crew after being rejected by the gang, and presumably is met with rejection again. |
| 463 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first, it seems that he just wanted to have friends and fit in, but even after Sam reached out to him and got the others to hang out with him, he repays him by picking on him and trying to steal his spot in the group. He's such a jerk that Sam and the others finally lose their patience with him and unfriend him. |
| 464 | * UngratefulBastard: He was not met with open arms by the Rocket gang, but Sam is sympathetic to him and tries to make him feel welcome. How does he repays Sam? By picking on him and trying to replace him in the group. |
| 465 | [[/folder]] |
| 466 | |
| 467 | [[folder:Clio]] |
| 468 | * TheAce: Clio is a highly skilled figure skater and has demonstrated the ability to become an InstantExpert in sports without really training for it. She quickly masters ice hockey (though being a figure skater probably helped) and she became a surfer on par with Otto and Reggie after trying it for only one summer. |
| 469 | * ClashingCousins: Subverted. It seems this way at first between Clio and Twister, especially after she outs his first name (Maurice) to the gang and he mentions that she bugs him a lot. Despite this, the two are very close and she visits him and her family often, and Twister eventually gets sick of Otto putting her down and defends her to his best friend. |
| 470 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Played with. Reggie and Clio challenge each other to do their respective sports with both believing they are unable to do it, but Reggie and Clio actually both ''win'' when they compete, proving each other wrong. However, this leads to them gaining a respect for each other that leads to them becoming close friends by the time of their next meeting. |
| 471 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: Not her, but she's the one who outs to the others that Twister's real name is Maurice, [[BerserkButton which infuriates him]]. |
| 472 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Clio is definitely a little snobbish, brazen and opinionated, but she's also a plucky girl who loves to be social and in general seems like a sweet and caring person once you get to know her. |
| 473 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: Her biggest flaw is that she just doesn't know when to let sleeping dogs lie, especially where Reggie is concerned. |
| 474 | -->'''Sammy:''' Your cousin's asking for it again, Twister! |
| 475 | * ShipTease: Despite his initial dislike of and jealousy towards her (and her frequent ragging on him) she and Otto share a few subtly romantic moments in "Return of Clio". |
| 476 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Reggie's Tomboy, being more into graceful sports like ice skating and loves to wear nice dresses and being fashionable over competition and more "boyish" aspects of sports. |
| 477 | * SpicyLatina: Downplayed, but she can be very hot-headed, competitive and clashes with Reggie a lot. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
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