| 1 | ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', being a {{long runn|ers}}ing sketch show, has numerous characters, with lots of {{Character Catchphrase}}s. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | List arranged by season of character's first appearance. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Seasons 1-5]] |
| 10 | %% 1975-1980 |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[WMG:Irwin Mainway]] |
| 13 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irwin_mainway.jpg]] |
| 14 | ->Played by Creator/DanAykroyd |
| 15 | |
| 16 | A ruthless profiteer who makes dangerous children's toys. Often appears on the show ''Consumer Probe''. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | * CoolShades: Irwin always wears sunglasses. |
| 19 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Makes dangerous children's toys such as Bag o' Glass, Johnny Switchblade: Adventure Punk, and Chainsaw Teddy, apparently legally. |
| 20 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Irwin's justifications for making dangerous toys are pretty insane. |
| 21 | --> '''Irwin Mainway:''' Look, you know, a kid, the average kid, he picks up, you know, broken glass anywhere: the beach, the street, garbage cans, parking lots, all over the place in the big city. We're just packaging what the kids want. |
| 22 | * SmugSnake |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[WMG:Samurai Futaba]] |
| 25 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/futaba2.jpg]] |
| 26 | ->Played by Creator/JohnBelushi |
| 27 | |
| 28 | A samurai warrior working in modern New York. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | * AnachronismStew: There is no reason for an 18th-century Japanese feudal warrior to be doing odd jobs in 20th-century New York. Other than RuleOfFunny, of course. |
| 31 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "YO MAMA-SAN!" |
| 32 | * KatanasAreBetter: No matter what the task, his katana is the perfect tool for it. |
| 33 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Has a different job in each appearance. |
| 34 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on Creator/ToshiroMifune's role on ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''. |
| 35 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: One particular sketch recasts him as a modern Italian-American who merely ''acts'' like a feudal samurai. |
| 36 | * {{Seppuku}}: Often attempts it over any disappointment. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[WMG:Emily Litella]] |
| 39 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emilylitela_5.jpg]] |
| 40 | ->Played by Creator/GildaRadner |
| 41 | |
| 42 | An old lady with hearing problems who appears on Weekend Update to complain about editorials. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Never mind." |
| 45 | * CompletelyOffTopicReport: Due to misunderstandings brought about by her hearing problems, her comments are always on the wrong topic. |
| 46 | * MondegreenGag: Due to her deafness, she misinterprets things and ends up talking about such topics as presidential erections, sax and violins on television, endangered feces, and the deaf penalty. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[WMG:Roseanne Roseannadanna]] |
| 49 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rosananadana.jpg]] |
| 50 | ->Played by Creator/GildaRadner |
| 51 | |
| 52 | A frequent commentator on Weekend Update. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 55 | ** "Well, it just goes to show you, it's always something." |
| 56 | ** "I thought I was gonna die!" |
| 57 | ** "It may surprise you that I, Roseanne Roseannadanna..." |
| 58 | * ShaggyFrogStory: Her editorials end up as stories about celebrities doing gross things. |
| 59 | * ShoutOut: She's named after local NYC news anchor Rose Ann Scamardella. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[WMG:The Coneheads]] |
| 62 | ->Played by Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/JaneCurtin, and Creator/LaraineNewman |
| 63 | |
| 64 | Aliens from the planet Remulak on an undercover mission to Earth, who have to pose as humans. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "We are from France." |
| 67 | * RubberForeheadAliens: Parodied, as they have gigantic conical heads. |
| 68 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In classic alien fashion. |
| 69 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Any time someone notices something off about them, they instantly kill all suspicion simply by claiming to be from France. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[WMG:Theodoric Of York]] |
| 72 | ->Played by Creator/SteveMartin |
| 73 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theodoric.jpg]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | A man from TheMiddleAges who worked as barber and a judge. As a barber he performed medical services for the town, since medicine wasn't exactly a real profession back then. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | * ComicallyIneptHealing: Theodoric's treatments are inept even by medieval standards, like bloodletting a man with broken legs that were already bleeding. |
| 78 | * EurekaMoment: Every sketch, Theordoric has a vision of leading a revolution where medicine or jurisprudence would be governed not by superstition and tradition, but by reason, then says, [[IgnoredEpiphany "Nah"]]. |
| 79 | * EyeOfNewt: One of Theodoric's recommended treatments was to apply a poultice made from powdered staghorn, gum of arabic, and boiled sheep's urine. |
| 80 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Lampshaded when Theodoric states that medical science once believed that a patient's lethargic condition would be due to witchcraft or demonic possession, then proceeds to blame it instead on a toad or small dwarf living in the patient's stomach. |
| 81 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Theodoric works as a barber (to parody medieval ideas of medicine), and a judge (to parody medieval jurisprudence). |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[WMG:The Blues Brothers]] |
| 84 | ->Played by: Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/JohnBelushi |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Elwood (Aykroyd) and Jake (Belushi) Blues are a pair of blues and soul singers from Chicago. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[WMG:The Festrunk Brothers]] |
| 89 | ->Played by: Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/SteveMartin |
| 90 | |
| 91 | Two brothers, Yortuk (Aykroyd) and Georg (Martin) who emigrated from Czechoslovakia and go to different social hangouts hitting on women. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "We are two wild and crazy guys!" |
| 94 | * FunnyForeigner: Their schtick is that they really don't get how to act American or talk to American women, despite trying way too hard by wearing tacky '70s clothes and filling their speech with nonsensically-used English expressions ("Let's catch some rays!" "You and what army?"). |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Seasons 6-10]] |
| 98 | %% 1980-1985 |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[WMG:The Whiners]] |
| 101 | ->Played by Creator/JoePiscopo (Doug Whiner) and Creator/RobinDuke (Wendy Whiner) |
| 102 | |
| 103 | A couple with nasally whiny voices who complain about everything, and claim to have diverticulitis. |
| 104 | |
| 105 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: One sketch has the Whiners in attendance at ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 106 | * {{Hypochondria}}: The Whiners refuse to eat anything other than macaroni and cheese because they think anything else will exacerbate their diverticulitis. |
| 107 | * ManChild: Both Whiners are annoyingly childish in their complaining. Unlike many man-children, the Whiners have no childlike redeeming values. Wendy Whiner is a rare female example. |
| 108 | * MeaningfulName: They pretty much are what they are called. |
| 109 | * RageBreakingPoint: The Whiners often push people around them to this. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[WMG:Mr. Robinson]] |
| 112 | ->Played by Creator/EddieMurphy |
| 113 | |
| 114 | An amoral man from the inner city. A send up of [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]]. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: According to numerous sources, the actual Mister Rogers found the skits hysterical. |
| 117 | * AffablyEvil: A shifty, thieving man with a sunny personality. |
| 118 | * AffectionateParody: It might not come off that way, but Eddie Murphy was quite clear that he loved Mister Rogers and that's why this sketch exists. |
| 119 | * DeconstructiveParody: The man hosts a children's show in the same manner as Mr. Rogers. However in this case, Mr. Robinson discusses life in the inner city and the various crimes he commits. |
| 120 | * DistantFinale: During the Season 45 (2019) episode Murphy hosted, we find Robinson still squatting in the same apartment even as the neighborhood has gentrified around him, with ample scope for porch-pirating the neighbors' internet purchases. |
| 121 | * LowerClassLout: The man embodies nearly every negative stereotype of poor, inner-city people. |
| 122 | * SuddenlyShouting: He easily switches from a sunny kids' show host delivery to angry shouting. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[WMG:Gumby]] |
| 125 | ->Played by Creator/EddieMurphy |
| 126 | |
| 127 | The [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} classic animated children's character]], who in his old age acts like a filthy Borscht Belt comedian. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | * AlterKocker: He has a strong Yiddish accent. |
| 130 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm Gumby, dammit!" |
| 131 | * HerCodeNameWasMarySue: One sketch has him writing and directing his own biopic. |
| 132 | * NoodleIncident: Something nasty happened between him and Pokey, so that he now insists no one even mention the horse's name. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Seasons 10-15]] |
| 136 | %% 1985-1990 |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[WMG:Harvey Firestein]] |
| 139 | ->Played by Creator/JonLovitz |
| 140 | |
| 141 | The gay host of the talk show ''Plug Away'', where celebrities come to plug their movies and/or products, only to be subjected to Harvey's insecurities about his looks. Based on the real-life actor and playwright [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein Harvey Fierstein]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I just want to be loved, is that so wrooong?" |
| 144 | * IAmNotPretty: Harvey is always asking his guests if they find him attractive, even the straight men. |
| 145 | * {{Gayngst}}: Harvey gets his feelings hurt whenever his guests are weirded out by questions whether they find him attractive (but it doesn't stop him from asking every time). |
| 146 | * {{Hypocrite}}: When Creator/KathleenTurner visits his show, she turns the tables and asks him if he finds her attractive (despite him being gay), and he gets just as weirded out by it as his guests get when he does it to them. |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[WMG:Church Lady]] |
| 149 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/churchlady.jpg]] |
| 150 | ->Played by Creator/DanaCarvey |
| 151 | |
| 152 | Church Lady is the host of ''Church Chat'', a talk show where she riffs on various visiting celebrities and public figures for their sinful lifestyles. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 155 | ** "Well, isn't that special." |
| 156 | ** "Could it be... SATAN?" |
| 157 | * DeadpanSnarker: Church Lady takes sarcasm up to eleven. |
| 158 | * HolierThanThou: Church Lady's raison d'etre. |
| 159 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Church Lady sometimes riffs evangelical public figures (such as Ted Cruz and Jim Bakker) for claiming to be more holy than everyone else, meanwhile it's pretty much her whole schtick. Though, granted, it may be less their attitude and more that she just doesn't believe they are actually all that holy to begin with. |
| 160 | * JerkassHasAPoint: She makes a number of quite intelligent and insightful comments about her guests (or at least, the parodies she interviews), correctly pointing out their shallowness, selfishness or stupidity. |
| 161 | * SnarkKnight: Despite being a parody of humourless {{Moral Guardian}}s, Church Lady is an absolute smart-ass. |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[WMG:Hans and Franz]] |
| 164 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hans_and_franz.jpg]] |
| 165 | ->Played by Creator/DanaCarvey (Hans) and Creator/KevinNealon (Franz) |
| 166 | |
| 167 | Two Austrian bodybuilders, hosts of ''Pumping Up with Hans and Franz'' |
| 168 | |
| 169 | * TheAhnold: One of the earliest examples. When Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger hosted, he played himself paying his "cousins" a visit. Schwarzenegger himself would later use parts of their act while campaigning for governor of California. |
| 170 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 171 | ** "I am Hans." "Und I am Franz." "And we're here to pump ''[clap]'' you up!" |
| 172 | ** "Girly mann." |
| 173 | * FakeMuscles: Part of their costume, though not InUniverse. |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[WMG:Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar]] |
| 176 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/waynes_world_2.jpg]] |
| 177 | ->Played by Creator/MikeMyers (Wayne) and Creator/DanaCarvey (Garth) |
| 178 | |
| 179 | The hosts of ''Wayne's World'', a community access cable show in Aurora, Illinois. |
| 180 | |
| 181 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Catch phrases are a big part of Wayne's act, even by ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' standards. (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] this on SNL's 40th anviversary; they rated catch phrases as the 5th best thing about Saturday Night Live, then proceeded to rattle off about a dozen of them.) Some famous ones: |
| 182 | ** "Party on, Wayne!" "Party on, Garth!" |
| 183 | ** "Excellent!" |
| 184 | ** "Shyeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt." |
| 185 | ** "No way!" "Way!" |
| 186 | ** "Shwing!" |
| 187 | ** "I think I'm gonna hurl!" |
| 188 | ** "{{Not}}" |
| 189 | * HiddenDepths: ''Wayne's World'' typically discusses pop culture, especially heavy metal, but the show often delves into sophisticated issues, such as when he had a discussion with Music/{{Aerosmith}} over the fall of communism. |
| 190 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Wayne and Garth occasionally drop in some big words. |
| 191 | * {{Sidekick}}: Garth. Obviously, because it is '''''Wayne's''' World''. |
| 192 | * TopTenList: Wayne and Garth often make top ten lists for Wayne's World. |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[WMG:Stuart Rankin]] |
| 195 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stuartrankin_1.PNG]] |
| 196 | ->Played by Creator/MikeMyers |
| 197 | |
| 198 | Owner of the shop ''All Things Scottish''. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | * BerserkButton: Just about anything that isn't Scottish will set Stuart off, but his biggest button is when people [[{{Scotireland}} confuse Scotland and Ireland]]. |
| 201 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "If it's not Scottish, it's crap!" |
| 202 | * CrazyPrepared: A running gag is that ''All Things Scottish'' has even the most obscure Scottish items in stock. |
| 203 | * ManInAKilt: Stuart wears a kilt. |
| 204 | * ThriftyScot: On one occasion, Stuart told a customer his cash register didn't work and that he'd give him his change later. |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[WMG:A Grumpy Old Man]] |
| 207 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gom_26.jpg]] |
| 208 | ->Played by Creator/DanaCarvey |
| 209 | |
| 210 | A Grumpy Old Man appears on weekend update to sneer at all the luxuries modern people have. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "That's the way it was and we liked it!" |
| 213 | * [[MedievalMorons Early 20th-Century Morons]]: He openly states that people in his day were ignorant morons, which is why they'd do things like standing outside during hurricanes to dry their hair and using the same condom multiple times. |
| 214 | * GrumpyOldMan: Well duh. |
| 215 | * ImprovisedArmor: The condoms back in his day, consisting of whole rabbit skins tied in place with bungee cords. |
| 216 | * WhenIWasYourAge: Or, as A Grumpy Old Man phrased it, "Back in my day...." |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[WMG:Toonces the Driving Cat]] |
| 219 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toonces1.jpg]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | The cat who can drive a car (just not very well). He drives around, all over the town. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | * AesopAmnesia: Lampshaded on one occasion. |
| 224 | -->'''Brenda:''' You think we should let him drive?\ |
| 225 | '''Lyle:''' [[TemptingFate Oh, Toonces has learned his lesson.]] |
| 226 | * CaptainCrash: Toonces drives off a cliff every time he's behind the wheel. |
| 227 | * DancingBear: Just because Toonces can drive a car doesn't mean he can do it ''well''. |
| 228 | * DrivingADesk: Well, the premise kind of calls for this, doesn't it? |
| 229 | * ExpositoryThemeTune: |
| 230 | -->''Toonces the Driving Cat\ |
| 231 | The cat who could drive a car.\ |
| 232 | He drives around, all over the town\ |
| 233 | Toonces the Driving Cat!'' |
| 234 | * GreenEyedMonster: In one sketch, Toonces becomes insanely jealous when another cat gets a driver's license, so he chloroforms the other cat and takes his place, with disastrous results. |
| 235 | * LampshadeHanging: The first skit concluded with a driving instructor asking, "How does he reach the pedals?" |
| 236 | * PhraseCatcher: "TOONCES, LOOK OUT!" |
| 237 | * ShoutOut: Toonces sketches often parody movies with notable driving scenes, such as Film/DrivingMissDaisy, Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay, Film/{{Bullitt}}, and Film/RebelWithoutACause. |
| 238 | * StockFootage: Toonces's crashes are stock footage clips of cars driving off cliffs. |
| 239 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one ever seems particularly surprised that a cat can drive a car (however poorly). |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[WMG:Massive Headwound Harry]] |
| 242 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry_0_6.jpg]] |
| 243 | ->Played by Creator/DanaCarvey |
| 244 | |
| 245 | * BloodyHilarious: Blood from Harry's head wound sickens and irrirates people when it gets on food, sofas, hats, and so on. |
| 246 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin |
| 247 | * WoundThatWillNotHeal: Massive Headwound Harry's headwound apparently doesn't heal. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[WMG:The Continental]] |
| 251 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_continental.jpg]] |
| 252 | ->Played by Creator/ChristopherWalken |
| 253 | |
| 254 | A creepy guy who employs various stalker-esque tactics to lure women to his apartment so that he can seduce them, only to fail miserably. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | * CasanovaWannabe: He uses tricks like stealing mail to lure women to his apartment, but makes an incompetent buffoon of himself. |
| 257 | * EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: The Continental believes this, hence why he loves nothing more than fine sham-pan-ya. |
| 258 | * FoodSlap: The women he's seducing tend to throw champagne in his face (often repeatedly). |
| 259 | * DirtyOldMan: He lures younger women to his apartment to try to seduce them, hilariously incompetently. |
| 260 | * ThePeepingTom: |
| 261 | ** In one sketch, the Continental has a telescope aimed at his victim's window. |
| 262 | ** In another, he's rigged a bathroom mirror so he can watch his guest use the toilet. |
| 263 | ** And in another, he's got a mirror on the floor so he can get a PantyShot. |
| 264 | * PovCam: The Continental is shot from the point of view of his intended victim. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[WMG:Dieter]] |
| 267 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dieter_1.jpg]] |
| 268 | ->Played by Creator/MikeMyers |
| 269 | |
| 270 | Host of the German talk show ''Sprockets''. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 273 | ** "Would you like to touch my monkey?" |
| 274 | ** "I am happy as a little girl." |
| 275 | ** "Now is the time on ''Sprockets'' when we dance." (end of each sketch) |
| 276 | * FunnyForeigner |
| 277 | * GermanHumor: Dieter parodies stereotypical German humor. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[WMG:Tommy Flanagan]] |
| 280 | ->Played by: Creator/JonLovitz |
| 281 | |
| 282 | A pathological liar who'd often appear in "Weekend Update" and spin outrageous lies to make himself seem more important. |
| 283 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Yeah, that's the ticket..." |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Seasons 16-20]] |
| 287 | %% 1990-1995 |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[WMG:Pat]] |
| 290 | ->Played by Creator/JuliaSweeney |
| 291 | |
| 292 | A person of AmbiguousGender in various situations. |
| 293 | |
| 294 | * AmbiguousGender: Pretty much the entire joke is people being disconcerted with the ambiguity or trying to figure out the answer. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[WMG:Linda Richman]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/linda1.jpg]] |
| 298 | ->Played by Creator/MikeMyers |
| 299 | |
| 300 | Host of a local New York call-in talk show ''Coffee Talk''. |
| 301 | |
| 302 | * FiveFiveFive: The call-in number for ''Coffee Talk'' is 555-4444. |
| 303 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 304 | ** "I'm getting verklempt!" |
| 305 | ** "Talk amongst yourselves." (while verklempt) |
| 306 | ** "Like buttah." |
| 307 | * JewishComplaining: Pretty much the whole point of ''Coffee Talk''. |
| 308 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: Linda Richman is based on Mike Myers's mother-in-law, Linda Richman, and Linda Richman the character is apparently toned-down from the real-life Linda Richman. |
| 309 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Besides verklempt (a real Yiddish word) Linda brings in a variety of words on the spectrum from actual Yiddish to Yinglish, some the words almost sounding like BuffySpeak. |
| 310 | --> '''Linda:''' He developed schpilkis in his gonnechtagazoink. |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[WMG:Richard a.k.a. The Richmeister]] |
| 313 | ->Played by Creator/RobSchneider |
| 314 | |
| 315 | An office worker who annoys his co-workers by riffing on their names as they use the copy machine by his desk. |
| 316 | |
| 317 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Occasionally his co-workers will admit some of the names he comes up with are pretty clever. |
| 318 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: It's implied that he's a lonely guy and his nicknaming habit stems from a desire to befriend his co-workers. |
| 319 | * TheNicknamer: His whole schtick is rattling off nicknames for everyone who works with him. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[WMG:Ed Glosser, Trivial Psychic]] |
| 322 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edglosser.jpg]] |
| 323 | ->Played by Creator/ChristopherWalken |
| 324 | |
| 325 | During a brief power outage, Ed Glosser's tanning booth experiences a slight malfunction. Forfeiting a darker base, he instead gains the mildly impressive ability to foretell insignificant events of the immediate future. |
| 326 | |
| 327 | * BrainFreeze: Ed Glosser prophesies ice cream headache on someone. |
| 328 | * ComicalOverreacting: Ed Glosser takes his prophecies very seriously even though they are trivial. |
| 329 | * MundaneUtility: The sketch parodies this trope. Also lampshaded when Creator/PhilHartman mockingly prophesies that Ed Glosser will complete the stack of papers on his desk by 5 o'clock. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[WMG:Nat X]] |
| 332 | ->Played by: Creator/ChrisRock |
| 333 | |
| 334 | The militant Black host of ''The Dark Side with Nat X'', a 15-minute talk show. Why 15? Because any longer and the man would call it welfare. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | * AngryBlackManStereotype: Parodied. |
| 337 | * CharacterCatchphrase: He greets his guests with "Sit yo ass down!". |
| 338 | * TopTenList: He has a top 5 list, which he says is because "The Man" wouldn't let him have 10. |
| 339 | * VaudevilleHook: When he's sick of his guests, he'll summon the Sandman (Creator/ChrisFarley) to sweep them offstage. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[WMG:Bill Swerski's Superfans]] |
| 342 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superfans.jpg]] |
| 343 | ->Played by Creator/JoeMantegna (Bill Swerski), Creator/GeorgeWendt (Bob Swerski), Creator/MikeMyers / Creator/JohnGoodman (Pat Arnold), Creator/RobertSmigel (Carl Wolloski), and Creator/ChrisFarley (Todd O'Connor). |
| 344 | |
| 345 | A panel of UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} sports fans with a radio show that airs from Ditka's Bar before every [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Chicago Bears football game]]. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | * BigEater: All the Superfans eat piles of unhealthy Chicago food, leading to their frequent heart-attacks. |
| 348 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Daaa Bearssss!" (as well as variations like "Daaa Bullssss!") |
| 349 | * CrisisOfFaith: They went through one when Da Bears fired Ditka. It became even more complicated when Ditka was hired by the New Orleans Saints. |
| 350 | * ComfortFood: Pat Arnold's reason for gaining weight; when a once in an lifetime talent such as UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan retires, a man can only turn to the solace of his cheese fries. |
| 351 | * {{Crossover}}: In one sketch, it's revealed that Todd O'Connor's cousin is none other than Irwin Mainway, who attempts to peddle shoddy Bulls merchandise on the show. |
| 352 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While the fans' predictions are always ridiculously impractical, Bob did once chastise Todd for predicting that UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan would score just under 200 points against the Pistons as 100 points was (and as of 2023 still is) the single game record. |
| 353 | * HeroWorship: The Superfans worship Mike Ditka, the head coach of the Bears at the time. They all dress like him, sport the same kind of moustache, and wear the same kind of sunglasses as Ditka does. |
| 354 | * IRejectYourReality: The fans' faith in the Bears more often than not crossed the line from optimistic to delusional: |
| 355 | -->'''Bob:''' So far, The Bears are four and eight. And although they are technically mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, do not count them out. |
| 356 | * [[MilesGloriosus Miles Gloriosus by Proxy]]: The Superfans respect no practical limits in their prognostications about the Bears and other Chicago sports teams. They shamelessly predict the Bears and [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Bulls]] to win by ridiculous margins, even with ridiculous handicaps like the Bears all being 14 inches talls (but with full-size Ditka). They even precicted that Ditka could defeat the Giants team all by himself. |
| 357 | * ObsessiveSportsFan: They base their entire lives around Chicago's sports teams, bordering on religious fervor. |
| 358 | * PutOnABus: The sketch was first used during the episode where Creator/JoeMantegna hosted with him portraying Bill Swerksi. When it became a recurring bit, they couldn't have Montegna appear so they replaced Bill with his brother Bob (with the repeated explanation that Bill was hospitalized after a heart attack). [[TheBusCameBack Bill would eventually return in the sketch that aired after Ditka was fired by the Bears as well as several cameos made by the characters in commercials and other promotional events.]] |
| 359 | * ScyllaAndCharybdis: When Mike Ditka became the head coach of the New Orleans Saints after the Bears fired him, the group found themselves divided on how to proceed. Carl became a Saints fan, Bob moved to the geographic halfway point between Chicago and New Orleans, and Todd deluded himself into believing it was still 1986. |
| 360 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: As true Chicagoans they love sausages; Todd also has a great appetite for pork chops. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[WMG:Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]] |
| 363 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keyrock2.jpg]] |
| 364 | ->Played by Creator/PhilHartman |
| 365 | |
| 366 | He used to be a caveman, but now he's a lawyer. |
| 367 | |
| 368 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me." |
| 369 | * ChewbaccaDefense: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer uses his caveman roots to convince jurors that he is more primitive and in-tune with nature and therefore his words are more truthful. |
| 370 | * ContemporaryCaveman: Yep |
| 371 | * InHarmonyWithNature: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope on himself (falsely) to gain the trust of jurors. |
| 372 | * OnlyOneName: "It's just Keyrock, your honor," after the judge called him Mr. Keyrock. |
| 373 | * SimpleCountryLawyer: Subverted; Keyrock claims to be a caveman who is completely out of place in the modern world, but he's obviously adapted just fine. |
| 374 | * SmugSmiler: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer flashes an evil grin at the camera every time he wins a case. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[WMG:Brian]] |
| 377 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brian.jpg]] |
| 378 | ->Played by Creator/AdamSandler |
| 379 | |
| 380 | Host of ''The Denise Show'', a talk show where Brian obsesses over his ex-girlfriend Denise (played by Creator/ShannenDoherty). |
| 381 | |
| 382 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Brian is very jealous of the guy he thinks Denise is dating and even threatens to kill him. |
| 383 | * HarassingPhoneCall: One of the things Brian does on ''The Denise Show'' is to make creepy phone calls to Denise and her new boyfriend. |
| 384 | * HollywoodRestrainingOrder: Brian reported that he was ordered to stay at least 300 feet from Denise. |
| 385 | * ObliviousToLove: Brian is so obsessed with Denise he doesn't notice when Denise's friend Sarah visits the show and very obviously flirts with him. |
| 386 | * PsychoEx: He's hosting a call-in talk show devoted to stalking and crying over Denise. |
| 387 | * TheShowMustGoOn: Brian says this after Denise comes on the show and very forcefully tells him to move on. |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[WMG:Bennett Brauer]] |
| 390 | ->Played by Creator/ChrisFarley |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A commentator on Weekend Update who doesn't "fit the mold". He spends his entire segment ranting about how the management is letting him do commentary despite not being "good looking" or having any "personal hygiene" like other commentators. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | * AirQuotes: Every major excuse he makes he indicates air quotes. |
| 395 | * FatSlob: Bennett's excuses himself repeatedly for being a fat slob. |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[WMG:Matt Foley]] |
| 398 | ->Played by Creator/ChrisFarley |
| 399 | |
| 400 | An incompetent motivational speaker. |
| 401 | |
| 402 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 403 | ** "My name is Matt Foley. I'm 35 years old, I'm thrice divorced, and I live in a '''van''' down by the '''river'''! |
| 404 | ** "Well, whoop-dee-freakin'-doo!/lah-dee-freakin'-dah!" |
| 405 | * DespiteThePlan: His speeches usually work, not because they're good but because the audience members want to do whatever they can to avoid having to deal with him again. |
| 406 | * HaplessSelfHelp: Matt is ''supposed'' to be a motivational speaker, but mostly he's an obnoxious loser who scares people into trying ''not'' to end up like him. |
| 407 | * TheKlutz: Each sketch ends with him breaking furniture by jumping on it. The first time was accidental, but it got such a big reaction that it became part of the character. |
| 408 | * LivesInAVan... down by the river! |
| 409 | * MustHaveCaffeine: Whoever is talking about him mentions he is scarfing down on coffee-based products, and in the gym sketch he takes a huge pot and chugs it. |
| 410 | * ScareEmStraight: His main motivational tactic is to show people that if they don't change they could become a big loser like him. |
| 411 | * StrawLoser: Matt is overweight, has had multiple failed marriages, lives in a van, and relies on welfare for food. Essentially, the opposite of what one would expect from a motivational speaker. |
| 412 | * SuddenlyShouting: His main scare tactic was to start quiet and build to a thunderous yell, usually paired with some variation of "I wish you would SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!" |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[WMG:Stuart Smalley]] |
| 415 | ->Played by: Creator/AlFranken |
| 416 | |
| 417 | Host of the self-help TV show, ''Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley''. |
| 418 | * CharacterCatchphrase: He ends every sketch with "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me." |
| 419 | * NiceGuy: He's a genuinely nice guy who wants to bring out what's best in others. |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[WMG:Opera Man]] |
| 422 | ->Played by: Creator/AdamSandler |
| 423 | |
| 424 | A "Weekend Update" character that sings about the news in an operatic style. |
| 425 | * GratuitousItalian: His songs consist of a mixture of Italian and English words with vowels added to the end to sound Italian. |
| 426 | |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[WMG:The Gap Girls]] |
| 429 | ->Played by: Creator/ChrisFarley, Creator/DavidSpade, and Creator/AdamSandler |
| 430 | |
| 431 | A trio of gossipy teenaged girls who work at the Gap store at a local mall. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Kristy is known to have had at least one ex-boyfriend ("that a-hole Paul"), but when a girl named Akeela (Charles Barkley) flirts with her, Kristy seems into it. |
| 434 | * BerserkButton: Lucy doesn't appreciate it when Kristy and Cindy joke about Michael Jackson being a child molester. |
| 435 | * BigEater: Cindy, who immediately starts gobbling down Kristy's fries the first chance she gets. She also helps herself to Kristy's soda. |
| 436 | -->'''Kristy''': I thought you were, um, trying to lose weight? |
| 437 | -->'''Cindy''' (''grabs Kristy by the neck''): '''''LAY OFF ME I'M STARVING!''''' ...ahaha! Diet starts Monday! |
| 438 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy and Cindy are appalled when they find out Kristy is still dating "that a-hole Paul." Even their archenemies Tammy and Misty from the Donut Hut think he's bad news and advise her to dump his ass. |
| 439 | * InsistentTerminology: They most often tell people to either belt or cinch their clothes regardless of what they're looking to buy. |
| 440 | * NightmareFetishist: The three of them have a habit of following court TV and openly discuss the case regarding the Menendez Brothers. |
| 441 | -->'''Lucy''': Have you guys been following the "Menenendez" trial? |
| 442 | -->'''Cindy''': Yeah, uh you see their lawyer's hair? |
| 443 | -->'''Kristy''': Oh my God SHE'S guilty! Of a bad perm. |
| 444 | -->'''Cindy''': Really! I object! I mean it's like being represented by Sammy Hagar. |
| 445 | -->'''Lucy''': Which of the brothers got his thing cut off? |
| 446 | -->'''Kristy''': Uh, I think it's the older one. |
| 447 | * SourSupporter: They often complain about working at the Gap store, from dealing with crazy customers and selling cheesy clothes, but they consider actually quitting to be an act of "defection." |
| 448 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Lucy apparently stops being friends with Kristy and Cindy after she quits the Gap to work at Jitters. |
| 449 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: No one can understand why Kristy's dating "that a-hole Paul." She finally wises up and dumps him when she finds out he used her phone to call another girl. |
| 450 | * YouKeepUsingThatWord: Lucy uses big words when defending Michael Jackson then cheerfully admits she doesn't know what they mean. She even mispronounces "conjecture." |
| 451 | -->'''Lucy''': That's not fair! You guys already convicted him! All his charges are based on hearsay and conjenture! It's all circumstantial and anecdotal evidence! |
| 452 | -->'''Kristy''': ''What?'' |
| 453 | -->'''Lucy''': I'm just telling you what I heard. |
| 454 | -->'''Kristy''': Do you even know what those words mean? |
| 455 | -->'''Lucy''': No! |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[WMG:The Herlihy Boy]] |
| 458 | ->Played by: Creator/AdamSandler and Creator/ChrisFarley |
| 459 | |
| 460 | A teenager (Sandler) seeking extra work from his neighbors, such as house-sitting, with Mr. O'Malley (Farley) passionately recommending his services. |
| 461 | |
| 462 | * LargeHam: Each sketch would see Mr. O'Malley getting increasing irritated with how Herlihy isn't getting hired. |
| 463 | |
| 464 | [[WMG:Lionel Osbourne]] |
| 465 | ->Played by: Creator/TimMeadows |
| 466 | |
| 467 | Host of ''Perspectives with Lionel Osbourne'', an early-morning talk show that primarily deals with African-American issues. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Seasons 21-25]] |
| 471 | %% 1995-2000 |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[WMG:Mary Katherine Gallagher]] |
| 474 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marykatherine.jpg]] |
| 475 | ->Played by Creator/MollyShannon |
| 476 | |
| 477 | An awkward Catholic schoolgirl who thinks of herself as a talented performer and tries to get into her school's productions. |
| 478 | |
| 479 | * AttentionWhore: Mary Katherine tries to insert herself into every production in the school's drama club, and other kinds of clubs and activities. |
| 480 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Superstar!", complete with VictoryPose. |
| 481 | * {{Slapstick}}: A lot of humor comes from her going all out and tripping and crashing into things. |
| 482 | * VictoryPose: She does one end of every sketch. |
| 483 | |
| 484 | [[WMG:Doug and Steve Butabi, the Roxbury Boys]] |
| 485 | --> Played by Creator/ChrisKattan (Doug) and Creator/WillFerrell (Steve) |
| 486 | |
| 487 | --> ''What is Love?\ |
| 488 | Baby, don't hurt me\ |
| 489 | Don't hurt me... no more'' |
| 490 | -->- Haddaway |
| 491 | |
| 492 | Two brothers (and usually a third party) who go clubbing at various venues, often seen bobbing their heads to the music. They eventually starred in their own movie, ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury''. |
| 493 | |
| 494 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "What is Love" by Haddaway. |
| 495 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: What drives women away is their poor sense of personal space while dancing. |
| 496 | * NoSocialSkills: Doug and Steve are very aggressive, creepy, and thickheaded in their attempts to pick up girls. Even when they find two girls that are actually interested in them, they can't help nearly blowing it. |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[WMG:Lucien Callow and Fagan]] |
| 499 | ->Played by [[Creator/MarkMcKinney Mark [=McKinney=]]] (Lucien Callow) and Creator/DavidKoechner (Fagan) |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Two foppish guys who dress like they are from the 1700s and are obsessively big fans of the celebrities on [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | * AntiquatedLinguistics: They speak in a fake old-sounding English accents. |
| 504 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: "Awesome" may be a stretch but they are wearing examples of clothes from Restoration England. |
| 505 | * InsultBackfire: Any criticism directed aginst Lucien and Fagan is generally met with eager agreement by those two, who thank the critic for their honesty. |
| 506 | * [[LoonyFan Loony Fans]]: They have formed quite obsessive fanhoods over various SNL cast members, especially Creator/NormMacdonald, who they mail cakes and sweaters to. |
| 507 | * {{Squee}}: The duo make a weird noise and kind of a bow whenever they are talking to one of their targets. |
| 508 | |
| 509 | [[WMG:Margaret Jo [=McCullen=] and Terry Rialto, later Lynn Vershad]] |
| 510 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/delicious_dish.jpg]] |
| 511 | ->Played by Creator/AnaGasteyer (Margaret Jo) and Creator/MollyShannon (Terry), later Creator/RachelDratch (Lynn) |
| 512 | |
| 513 | The demure hosts of the NPR program ''The Delicious Dish''. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Good Times." |
| 516 | * DoubleEntendre: They're prone to unwittingly utter double entendres, not getting the taboo meaning. |
| 517 | * MushroomSamba: Margaret Jo and Terry trip out when they accidentally ate some [[spoiler:portabella]] mushrooms. |
| 518 | * NaiveEverygirl: ''The Delicious Dish'' hosts are adult versions of this: just plugging along in life in their demure way, not understanding the odd things happening around them. |
| 519 | * PutOnABus: Terry Rialto was said to have left the show in order to open up her own yogurt factory, she was replaced by Lynn Vershad as host. Later, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Lynn would be replaced herself without explanation]] when Terry returned to the show. |
| 520 | * SpeakInUnison: Margaret Jo and Terry always announce the name of their show, ''The Delicious Dish'', and the week's topic, in unison. |
| 521 | * TheBusCameBack: Terry Rialto returned as host of ''The Delicious Dish'', without explanation of why she came back, to talk with Florence Dusty (Creator/BettyWhite) about her Dusty Muffins. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[WMG:Mango]] |
| 524 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mango.jpg]] |
| 525 | ->Played by Creator/ChrisKattan |
| 526 | |
| 527 | An effeminate nightclub dancer who inspires hopeless infatuation in people. |
| 528 | |
| 529 | * CampStraight: Mango is as camp as it gets but is not gay. |
| 530 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "You can't have the Mango!" |
| 531 | * DudeMagnet: Men are enthralled by him. |
| 532 | * LeitMotif: ...like the deserts miss the rain... |
| 533 | * OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: Women are not enthralled by him, except for his wife, his ex-girlfriend, and Creator/EllenDeGeneres. |
| 534 | ** Which makes [[FridgeBrilliance perfect sense]]. If he's so sexy he can turn straight men gay, then of course, he could turn a lesbian straight. |
| 535 | * TheTease: In spite of the fact that Mango doesn't really want all the attention, he can't help teasing people. |
| 536 | |
| 537 | [[WMG:Brian Fellow]] |
| 538 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brianfellow2.jpg]] |
| 539 | ->Played by Creator/TracyMorgan |
| 540 | |
| 541 | The host of ''Brian Fellow's Safari Planet'', a talk show for people who care for animals. |
| 542 | |
| 543 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "That's crazy!" and "I'm Brian Fellow!" |
| 544 | * CloudCuckoolander: He frequently asks ridiculous questions about the animals his guests bring, then has an ImagineSpot about the sketch's first animal. |
| 545 | * TheDitz: The ''Safari Planet'' announcer admits that Brian Fellow only has "a sixth-grade education", which shows. |
| 546 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: The ''Safari Planet'' theme song declares that Brian Fellow loves animals, and they love him back, making them "inter-species friends". |
| 547 | * MrImagination: He tends to zone out of some of his guests' speeches by fantasizing about the animals previous guests brought. |
| 548 | |
| 549 | [[WMG:Nick Burns]] |
| 550 | ->Played by Creator/JimmyFallon |
| 551 | |
| 552 | Your company's computer guy. He'll fix your computer, then he's gonna make fun of you. |
| 553 | |
| 554 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 555 | ** "Was that so hard?" |
| 556 | ** "MOVE!" |
| 557 | ** A very sarcastic and exaggerated "YOU'RE WELCOME!" after he fixes someone's computer. |
| 558 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's immensely rude and snide toward his coworkers. |
| 559 | * TechnoWizard: Nick can (usually) fix computers by random typing for a few seconds. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[WMG:The Ambiguously Gay Duo]] |
| 562 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agd.jpg]] |
| 563 | ->Voiced by: Creator/StephenColbert and Creator/SteveCarell |
| 564 | |
| 565 | Ace and Gary, superheroes from a TV Funhouse segment that are extremely close in an ambiguous way. |
| 566 | |
| 567 | * AmbiguouslyGay: [[TropeNamer Well, yeah.]] |
| 568 | * CanonImmigrant: The sketch originally debuted on Series/TheDanaCarveyShow, and was brought over to SNL after that series was canceled. |
| 569 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "What's everybody looking at?" Ace says this whenever he and Gary do something [[InnocentInnuendo that looks like something else]]. |
| 570 | * EyeBeams: Ace has eye beams. |
| 571 | * InnocentInnuendo: Ace and Gary do this all the time (we think). |
| 572 | * PhraseCatcher: "Nothing!" when Ace asks them what they're looking at. |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[WMG:Bruce Dickinson]] |
| 575 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bruce_dickinson.jpg]] |
| 576 | ->Played by Creator/ChristopherWalken |
| 577 | |
| 578 | He puts his pants on just like the rest of us, one leg at a time. Except, once his pants are on, he makes gold records. |
| 579 | |
| 580 | * CoolShades |
| 581 | * {{Idiosyncrazy}}: He really wants that cowbell. |
| 582 | * ARareSentence: "Babies, before we're done here, you'll all be wearing gold-plated diapers." |
| 583 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: "Yes, THE Bruce Dickinson" |
| 584 | * ThirdPersonPerson: "Never question Bruce Dickinson" |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[WMG:Gene Frenkel]] |
| 587 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gene_frenkel.jpg]] |
| 588 | ->Played by Creator/WillFerrell |
| 589 | |
| 590 | A fictional member of the real band Music/BlueOysterCult, who plays the cowbell. |
| 591 | |
| 592 | * HappyDance: Gene gets very animated when Bruce Dickinson asks him to explore the space. |
| 593 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Gene makes a passionate speech about "playing the hell" out of the cowbell. |
| 594 | * SeventiesHair: He wears a shaggy beard and an afro. |
| 595 | * SoreLoser: Takes it very hard when the rest of the band wants him to ease up on the cowbell, and eventually he gets into a minor altercation with Eric Bloom. |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[WMG:The Spartan Cheerleaders (Craig and Arianna)]] |
| 598 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spartans1_0.jpg]] |
| 599 | ->Played by Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/CheriOteri |
| 600 | |
| 601 | Two overly enthusiastic but unofficial cheerleaders at East Lake High School, who cheer on events they were not invited to. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one else at East Lake likes them, particularly since a lot of the events they cheer on are ones where there really shouldn't be any cheerleading. |
| 604 | * EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Even the chess team thinks they're lame. |
| 605 | * GeniusDitz: They really are good cheerleaders, even coming up with their own cheers, but they're just so peppy that no one can stand them. Additionally, one sketch implies that the reason they failed to make the actual cheerleading team is because they are incapable of following the team's rehearsed routines and always improvise. |
| 606 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: They're best friends, but encourage each other's crushes. |
| 607 | * IRejectYourReality: Even when the other school groups tell them how annoying and disruptive their cheers are to their events, they think they can make it up to them up by doing the perfect cheer. |
| 608 | * {{Keet}}: To a ridiculously hyper degree. |
| 609 | |
| 610 | [[WMG:Bill Brasky and Bill Brasky's Buddies]] |
| 611 | ->Played By Creator/WillFerrell, Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/DavidKoechner, Creator/TimMeadows |
| 612 | |
| 613 | Three to four extremely drunk businessmen who like to trade stories about their larger-than-life friend Bill Brasky. |
| 614 | |
| 615 | * AccidentalMarriage: Brasky and one of his friends accidentally got married when Brasky crashed that friend's daughter's wedding. |
| 616 | * TheAlcoholic: The friends always have large glasses of scotch with them. Brasky himself showers in vodka and grain alcohol and injects whiskey into his neck via syringe. |
| 617 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: On top of being far stronger and more durable and virile than any human could be, Brasky sweats Gatorade and sheds his skin once a year. |
| 618 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Occasionally, one of the buddies will mention an accomplishment of Brasky's that's ''not'' insane, like doing the makeup for ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''. |
| 619 | * AxCrazy: Brasky has no regard for human life and will cause serious bodily harm to people for his own amusement. |
| 620 | -->"I once saw him scissor-kick Creator/AngelaLansbury!" |
| 621 | * BadHumorTruck: Brasky drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls. |
| 622 | * BestialityIsDepraved: Brasky once gave a handjob to a manta ray. |
| 623 | * BiggerIsBetterInBed: If the stories about Bill using a rattlesnake for a condom and his foreskin being used as a tarp for Yankee Stadium are true. |
| 624 | * BoomerangBigot: Brasky hates Mexicans despite being half-Mexican himself. He also hates irony. |
| 625 | * BrownNote: Seeing Brasky naked supposedly drove Music/BrianWilson insane. |
| 626 | * ButtMonkey: One of the storytellers has a tendency to shout out embarrassing facts about ''himself'' (such as masturbating to the Teletubbies). |
| 627 | * EgomaniacHunter: Brasky's idea of hunting is as intense as all of his other hobbies: Not only has he killed all four of Series/TheBananaSplits [[MacheteMayhem with a machete]] ("They all begged for their lives except Fleagle,"), he also killed Creator/WolfmanJack with a trident, and once forced a captured deer to say his name by manipulating its lips with his hands ("It wasn't exactly it, but it was pretty good for a deer."). |
| 628 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Brasky once ate the Bible while water-skiing, ate a whole live chicken, inhaled a seagull, drank a whole glass of LSD, and can digest an entire turtle shell. After he had a four-day heart attack (one for every chamber), doctors found $60 in change in his stomach. |
| 629 | * ForcedPerspective: [[spoiler:When Brasky arrives, the camera is angled above and close to him, making him appear gigantic.]] |
| 630 | * TheGhost: Bill Brasky is never seen in full, and only occasionally from behind at the end of a skit. |
| 631 | * ImAHumanitarian: Brasky would eat a homeless person on a dare, once ate the entire cast of a stage production of ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', and accidentally ate a stripper hiding in the cake at his bachelor party. |
| 632 | * LargeAndInCharge: Brasky is always described as being absolutely massive, his height and weight increasing each time they state it. He can also palm a medicine ball and has dandruff the size of mice. [[spoiler:When Brasky arrives at the end of each sketch, the camera is angled such that he appears absolutely ''enormous'' compared to his friends, implying that of all the tall tales they spout about him, these may actually be true.]] |
| 633 | * MadeOfIron: Brasky can take a shotgun blast standing and only sprained his ankle after falling off the Empire State Building. |
| 634 | * MemeticBadass: InUniverse. Brasky's friends continually reel off various achievements Brasky has supposedly performed, each more implausible and unlikely than the last. In real life, Brasky's achievements were the inspiration for the infamous Website/ChuckNorrisFacts. |
| 635 | * PhraseCatcher: |
| 636 | ** "Bill Brasky is a son of a bitch." |
| 637 | ** "To Bill Brasky!" |
| 638 | * RefugeInAudacity: Brasky's entire life. |
| 639 | * SerialRapist: Brasky has apparently raped a lot of men, one of whom was Music/DavidBowie. |
| 640 | * SerialSpouse: Brasky has fifteen ex-wives. |
| 641 | * StillBelievesInSanta: Brasky believes in Santa and [[FanDisservice wants to put him in porno films]]. |
| 642 | * TallTale: Stories about Brasky are impossible, but they're apparently all true. |
| 643 | * UnexplainedRecovery: One sketch is set at his funeral. He gets back up at the end, alive and well, despite already having been autopsied. |
| 644 | * TheVietnamVet: Brasky served three tours of duty during the Vietnam War, and sired at least one child with a native woman while there. |
| 645 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Brasky's friends all love him despite how horribly he treats them. |
| 646 | -->''"Bill Brasky was a 10-foot monster who slept with all our wives! And punched us all in the face! And we love him for it!'' |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[WMG:Harry Caray]] |
| 649 | ->Played by Creator/WillFerrell |
| 650 | |
| 651 | Famed announcer for the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Chicago Cubs]]. At first he provided commentary for Weekend Update, then got his own show ''Space, The Infinite Frontier with Harry Caray''. |
| 652 | |
| 653 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Cubs win! Cubs win!" |
| 654 | * CharacterTics: His constant head wobbling. |
| 655 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Harry is clearly not all right in the head, which may be because he stared into the sun for an hour. |
| 656 | * UnexplainedRecovery: After the real Harry Caray's death in 1998, one of his guests on ''Space, The Infinite Frontier'' asks him if he didn't die. He just answers, "Yes I did. What's your point?" |
| 657 | |
| 658 | [[WMG:Creator/AlexTrebek]] |
| 659 | ->Played By Creator/WillFerrell |
| 660 | |
| 661 | The perpetually suffering host of ''Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}''. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | * DrivenToSuicide: In later editions of the sketch, he usually makes some remark about hating his job and contemplating putting a gun in his mouth. |
| 664 | * StraightMan: Unusually for a Will Ferrell character, Trebek is the normal one who has to react to the insane celebrities. |
| 665 | * SurroundedByIdiots: He is absolutely disgusted by the incompetence of the celebrities he has to deal with, and his loathing only gets worse with every episode. |
| 666 | |
| 667 | [[WMG:Creator/SeanConnery]] |
| 668 | ->Played By Creator/DarrellHammond |
| 669 | |
| 670 | The most frequent contestant on ''Celebrity Jeopardy''. |
| 671 | |
| 672 | * ArchEnemy: The guy who causes Trebek the most angst, and unlike his fellow celebrities, he seems to be doing it deliberately. |
| 673 | * DirtyOldMan: Starting with his "misreading" of "Let it snow."[[note]]"Le tits now."[[/note]] |
| 674 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first edition of the sketch, he was just as stupid as the other contestants. He was soon rewritten to focus more on being an immature, dirty-minded troll. |
| 675 | * LargeHam: He peppers his speech with particularly dramatic phrases, such as "The day is mine!" |
| 676 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: The wise guy to Trebek's StraightMan. |
| 677 | * {{Troll}}: It's clear that Connery could easily win the game if he wanted to, and all of his nonsense is done just to get a rise out of Trebek. |
| 678 | * YourMom: He makes at least one joke about banging Trebek's mom each episode. |
| 679 | |
| 680 | [[WMG:Creator/BurtReynolds[=/=]"Turd Ferguson"]] |
| 681 | ->Played By Creator/NormMacdonald |
| 682 | |
| 683 | The second-most-frequent contestant on ''Celebrity Jeopardy''. |
| 684 | |
| 685 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Since the sketch was Norm Macdonald's idea, he originally wrote it so Burt would be Trebek's ArchEnemy. However, when Norm was fired from [=SNL=], Darrell Hammond's Sean Connery took his place, and his Burt Reynolds just became a particularly antagonistic guest. |
| 686 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Like all the celebrities on the show. |
| 687 | * DiscoDan: He is based on Reynolds circa 1972. |
| 688 | * {{Troll}}: Almost as bad as Connery, with the exception that he doesn't do it as often, and his antics aren't reserved for Trebek. |
| 689 | |
| 690 | [[WMG:Azrael Abyss and Circe Nightshade]] |
| 691 | ->Played By Creator/ChrisKattan (Azrael) and Creator/MollyShannon (Circe) |
| 692 | |
| 693 | The hosts of ''Goth Talk'', a public access television show aired in the Tampa Bay area. |
| 694 | * BigBrotherBully: Azrael's older brother Glen is a stereotypical JerkJock FratBro who torments him on camera. |
| 695 | * ButtMonkey: Both of them get embarrassed during their shows, with Azrael suffering the most due to his older brother Glen frequently crashing the set. |
| 696 | * DarknessVonGothickName: Both of them have adopted goth names for themselves, but most people still call them by the real names. |
| 697 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Their real names are Todd and Stephanie and they hate when people refuse to call them by their goth names. |
| 698 | * {{Goth}}: Parodied. Their efforts to come across as dark and mysterious are constantly interrupted by things that remind the audience that they're really just dorky suburban teenagers. |
| 699 | * PaperTiger: Despite their best efforts, no one is intimidated by their personas. In fact, Azrael frequently gets beat up by his brother and other bullies. |
| 700 | * ParodyCommercial: They mention their fictional sponsor ''The Gloom Room''. |
| 701 | -->'''Circe Nightshade:''' Which reminds me, Goth Talk is sponsored by ''The Gloom Room'', for all your Goth needs. It's an ooorrrrgyyyy of the macabre... right next to the Pizza Hut, on Hibiscus Road! |
| 702 | * ThemeTune: [[ShownTheirWork Goth Talk's theme song]] is [[{{Music/Bauhaus}} Bella Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus]]. |
| 703 | * {{Wangst}}: [[invoked]] Most of their complaints about regular society amount to things like having to do chores or losing their retainer. |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[WMG:Leon Phelps aka "The Ladies Man"]] |
| 706 | ->Played by: Creator/TimMeadows |
| 707 | |
| 708 | A horny talk-show host who thinks he embodies what women want in a romantic partner. |
| 709 | |
| 710 | * ChivalrousPervert: He empathized with Monica Lewinsky as she was being shamed over her sexuality amid then-President Bill Clinton's affair with her. |
| 711 | * DiscoDan: He dresses in '70s fashion, complete with an afro. |
| 712 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He always has a glass of Courvoisier cognac on hand. |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[WMG:Sally O'Malley]] |
| 715 | ->Played by: Creator/MollyShannon |
| 716 | |
| 717 | An energetic 50-year-old woman who regularly auditions for jobs more suited for younger candidates. |
| 718 | |
| 719 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I like to kick, and stretch, and KICK! I'm 50!" |
| 720 | * TheDeterminator: She refuses to let her age get in her way of her physical feats, which is what ultimately wins people over. |
| 721 | * DiscoDan: She wears a 1970s-style red jumpsuit with her hair done in an afro. |
| 722 | * NotAllowedToGrowOld: Per her own admission, she's been 50 years old for decades. |
| 723 | [[/folder]] |
| 724 | |
| 725 | [[folder:Seasons 26-30]] |
| 726 | %% 2000-2005 |
| 727 | |
| 728 | [[WMG:Debbie Downer]] |
| 729 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/debbie_downer.jpg]] |
| 730 | ->Played by Creator/RachelDratch |
| 731 | |
| 732 | * AsideGlance: She looks straight into the camera every time she drops some bad news. |
| 733 | * BearerOfBadNews: Pretty much every time she speaks. |
| 734 | * TheBore: Although in all honesty, if someone just feels bored after talking to her for any extended period of time, [[BreakTheCutie they should consider themselves lucky.]] |
| 735 | * BornUnlucky: Much, but not all, of her bad news is applicable directly to her. |
| 736 | * TheBusCameBack: In season 45 in 2020... just in time for the [=COVID19=] pandemic. |
| 737 | * {{Determinator}}: She will not stop talking dire facts and depressing people to death, ''ever'', no matter how much they beg her to stop. |
| 738 | * TheEeyore: She is depressed and dreary, all the time, every time. She is so dreary that she is infectious. |
| 739 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: She always gets on people's nerves with her depressing stories, but is always invited to gatherings. |
| 740 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: The few times Debbie has dropped a mention of her childhood, it was to give another dire fact about how much her life sucks. |
| 741 | * HopeCrusher: An unwitting example. Every one of her sketches have her walking up to someone who is feeling happy about some good thing that just happened to them and driving them to despair with her unceasing talk of bad news and worse personal experiences. |
| 742 | * TheKilljoy: The central gag of Debbie as a character is how effective she is at destroying all of the joy in everyone she meets. |
| 743 | * MeaningfulName: Debbie ''Downer'' is a walking vortex of despair. |
| 744 | * PersonAsVerb: Meta example. Her name has become a nickname for people who are [[TheEeyore depressing]] [[TheKilljoy killjoys]]. |
| 745 | * SantaClaus: Played by Creator/JackBlack, he appears in a sketch about a younger Debbie. |
| 746 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: According to an unaired sketch, she used to be a CheerfulChild, until her grandmother (Creator/BettyWhite) taught her to have a more dour outlook. |
| 747 | * StockSoundEffects: An "uh oh" sound plays after every bit of bad news during her AsideGlance. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | [[WMG:William Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzwilliam]] |
| 750 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/topothemorning.PNG]] |
| 751 | ->Played by Creator/JimmyFallon (Patrick Fitzwillam) and Creator/SethMeyers (William Fitzpatrick) |
| 752 | |
| 753 | Hosts of the Irish morning talk show set in a pub, ''Top O' the Mornin''. |
| 754 | |
| 755 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Save it!" (referring to the obvious joke about their names) |
| 756 | * FightingIrish: They can have bouts of sudden violence, such as when Patrick Fitzwilliam socked William Fitzpatrick in the eye once for no reason, but more often it's aimed at the wall. |
| 757 | * HairTriggerTemper: It's more like hair-trigger any emotion. It's not just hair-trigger anger which will cause them to PunchAWall, but also hair-trigger sadness that make them [[TryingNotToCry try not to cry]]. |
| 758 | * PunchAWall: Every episode something will set them off and they will punch a wall. In fact they refer to the wall as their punching wall. |
| 759 | * SentimentalDrunk: Something will mentions something very mildly sad, and the pair will start TryingNotToCry. |
| 760 | * TryingNotToCry: At least once every sketch. Usually multiple times. |
| 761 | |
| 762 | [[WMG:Colonel Angus]] |
| 763 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colonelangus.jpg]] |
| 764 | ->Played by Creator/ChristopherWalken |
| 765 | |
| 766 | An old carpetbagger who stops to stay the night at a plantation while heading down south. |
| 767 | |
| 768 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: Colonel Angus is the personification of that special act of stimulating a woman's genitals with one's mouth. |
| 769 | * ArtisticLicenceHistory: |
| 770 | ** Colonel Angus wears a Confederate army uniform, speaks in a Southern accent, and visits a plantation in the Antebellum South. Annabelle refers to him as a "carpetbagger," which is a ''Northerner'' who came south ''after'' the Civil War. (Possibly the writers just grabbed a bit of 19th-century slang and didn't check or care about its definition.) |
| 771 | ** He also seems to have fought in battles in the West, the majority of which occurred after the Civil War, at which point he shouldn't be wearing a Confederate uniform. |
| 772 | * CourtMartialed: Offscreen; Colonel Angus was stripped of his rank, so you have to call him by his given name, Enol Angus. |
| 773 | * HurricaneOfPuns: The whole sketch is puns on aspects of cunnilingus (or anallingus), either by or at Colonel Angus, including puns on his own name. |
| 774 | * NoodleIncident: The incident at Big Beaver. |
| 775 | * VisualPun: Colonel Angus carries an actual bag made out of carpet. |
| 776 | |
| 777 | [[WMG:Profs. Roger and Virginia Klarvin]] |
| 778 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luvahs.PNG]] |
| 779 | -> Played by Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/RachelDratch |
| 780 | |
| 781 | A.k.a. the Love-Ahs. A sexually adventurous couple who frequently overshares their love life with anyone who has no choice but to listen. |
| 782 | |
| 783 | * AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: They love spending time in the hot ''tub'' with their col''leagues'' and former room''mates''. |
| 784 | * BigEater: There's usually a giant platter of meat somewhere near them, or a giant feast takes place in their stories. |
| 785 | * CarpetOfVirility: Roger sports a huge tuft of fake chest hair. |
| 786 | * CrackOhMyBack: As a RunningGag, each of their sketches ends with the Klarvins getting frisky until something, usually Roger's back problems, leads to a huge MoodWhiplash. |
| 787 | --> '''Roger:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting NOW GET THE HELL OFF ME!]]'' |
| 788 | * EroticEating: Parodied. They relishingly hand-feed each other various meat dishes and when retelling their erotic endeavors, always make sure to mention which types of animal grease were involved. |
| 789 | * FanDisservice: They ruined the word "lover" for an entire generation. |
| 790 | * HaHaHaNo: Their default reaction when asked if a story or planned afternoon activity might ''not'' turn sexual for once. |
| 791 | * HippieTeacher: Two university professors who look the part of a middle-aged hippie couple and preach and practice free outdoor love. According to Rachel Dratch, they were inspired by one of her college professors. |
| 792 | * MakeOutKids: They regularly squick out their surroundings by being overtly physical with each other in public. |
| 793 | * MillsAndBoonProse: All over the place. The Klarvins' close friends talk like this as well. |
| 794 | * SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Being eccentric American academics, their diction is an odd mixture of [[PurpleProse lengthy, flowery phrasing]] and an [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent odd posh accent]] that, according to Will Ferrell, was modelled after Music/{{Madonna}} while she was trying to sound British in the early '00s. |
| 795 | * ThreeWaySex: Their sex stories usually involve a third or even fourth person, either one of their like-minded circle of friends or a complete random stranger. |
| 796 | * TooMuchInformation: Their whole shtick, though they keep it appropriate for network TV. |
| 797 | * VerbalTic: Their speech has a tendency to devolve into random moans. |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | [[folder:Seasons 30-35]] |
| 801 | %% 2005-2010 |
| 802 | |
| 803 | [[WMG:[=MacGruber=]]] |
| 804 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/macgruber2.jpg]] |
| 805 | ->Played by Creator/WillForte |
| 806 | |
| 807 | The titular character of the sketches. Making life-saving inventions out of household materials; getting in and [[CoversAlwaysLie out]] of ultra sticky situations; the guy's a friggin genius. |
| 808 | |
| 809 | Eventually [[Film/{{MacGruber}} got his own movie]]. |
| 810 | |
| 811 | * TheBusCameBack: For season 47 in 2022. That's a whoppng 12 years. |
| 812 | * ComicalOverreacting: Macgruber often overreacts to innocuous things other people do, like handing him an object. The innocuous thing is often something Macgruber had just asked them to do. |
| 813 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Played for laughs -- when he returns in 2022 he's gone completely MAGA. |
| 814 | -->"Have you ever heard of [=QAno-=]" (''kaboom'') |
| 815 | * DramaQueen: Macgruber takes just about everything, good or bad, as a personal attack. |
| 816 | * ExplosiveStupidity: Every time. PlayedForLaughs. |
| 817 | * InformedAbility: We're told that he is great at [[MacGyvering getting out of sticky situations]], but we never actually see it.... |
| 818 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's racist, homophobic, stupid, incredibly arrogant, and in one sketch goes broke due to playing the stock market and turns to theft and drugs, even stealing from his own friends to get by. Its a wonder anybody wants to work with him. |
| 819 | ** Turned up to eleven in his Season 47 sketch, where he becomes a far-right wing conspiracy theorist who thinks average Americans believe in limited government, only men having a say in "my body, my choice" in terms of health and vaccinations, and supporting suppressing voting rights for non-white people. |
| 820 | * LukeIAmYourFather: Macgruber at first seems like a straight parody of 80's hero [[Series/MacGyver1985 MacGyver]], but a later sketch pairs them together and [=MacGyver=] reveals that he is his ''father''. |
| 821 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: |
| 822 | ** In one episode, after finding out his son, Merrill (played by Creator/ShiaLaBeouf), was gay, he sent him a gay conversion camp and forces him to quote bible verses and talk about women. |
| 823 | ** Another episode has him dealing with working with a Black coworker named Darrel (played by Charles Barkley). In the first sketch, he uses questionable slang when addressing Darrel, whose name he continuously mispronounces, he starts to tell a questionable joke before the bomb explodes right before he could get to the racist punchline. In the second sketch, as he poorly attempts to be politically correct to Darrel when he asks for a literally black pen, as Darrel hands him the pen to use after being fed up with [=MacGruber's=] stupidity, he maces him with pepper spray, and does it again in the third sketch when it looked like they were about to make ammends. |
| 824 | ** In his most recent [=SNL=] episode, he becomes a far-right wing MAGA conspiracist who doesn't believe in Covid and vaccines, only believes in anarachist limited government, having "my body, my choice" only be applicable for men, and suppressing voting rights for non-White people, and also declares himself an Oath Keeper, which he is proud of being, also causing him to guess that it makes him part of the Proud Boys too. |
| 825 | * ProductPlacement: During one episode, Macgruber was sponsored by Pepsi, and, being Macgruber, he went all-in on the sponsorship, changing his name to Pepsuber and eventually not saying any words other than Pepsi (or Diet Pepsi). |
| 826 | * StereotypeReactionGag: Whenever there's a black, gay, Muslim, etc., person around, you can expect this. |
| 827 | * TimeBomb: A common sticky situation Macgruber finds himself in. |
| 828 | |
| 829 | [[WMG:Nuni and Nuni Schoener]] |
| 830 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snl140106artdealers.png]] |
| 831 | ->Played by Creator/FredArmisen (Nuni "Dadu" Schoener) and Creator/MayaRudolph (Nuni "Motha" Schoener) |
| 832 | |
| 833 | An eccentric couple of vaguely European art dealers, who manage to blissfully confound everyone who visits their uniquely-furnished apartment. |
| 834 | |
| 835 | * AffectionateNickname: Their daughter, Nuni (played by Creator/NataliePortman), refers to them as her "motha" and "dadu". On this page, entries referring to only one Schoener also do so, for clarity's sake. |
| 836 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Some of the treats that the Schoeners' manservant, Tato (Chris Parnell), serve them and their guest include rice paste, meat capsules, and melted beat-and-caper ice cream. |
| 837 | * ColorMotif: "Dadu" always wears purple suits. |
| 838 | * CoolChair: Their "sitting room" always has some rare chairs, though Nuni and Nuni usually find them more comfortable than their guests do. The sketch pictured takes this literally, as "Motha" sits in an armchair made out of ice. |
| 839 | * FashionableAsymmetry: "Motha"'s dresses each look sewn together from two different dresses. |
| 840 | * FirstNameBasis: Nuni and Nuni prefer their visitors to call them by their first names, despite all the confusion that "Mr. and Mrs. Schoener" would save. |
| 841 | * FunnyForeigner: The Schoeners tend to mispronounce some words, including the name of their female visitor (often played by Rachel Dratch). |
| 842 | * HappilyMarried: Nuni and Nuni always seem to get along rather well. |
| 843 | * PlanetOfSteves: Nuni, Nuni, and their children, Nuni (Creator/WillFerrell) and Nuni (Creator/NataliePortman), all seem to have the same name, though apparently with subtle differences in pronunciation.[[note]]"Motha" explains in the first sketch, "''Nu''ni is masculine, and Nu''ni'' is feminine", though the sketches don't always seem consistent on this -- especially since "Dadu" denies that his daughter is named after "Motha".[[/note]] |
| 844 | * WhosOnFirst: Confusion naturally ensues if the visitor accidentally uses the wrong pronunciation for the wrong Nuni. |
| 845 | |
| 846 | [[WMG:Angie Tempura]] |
| 847 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angietempura.jpg]] |
| 848 | ->Played by Creator/MichaelaWatkins |
| 849 | |
| 850 | Blogger of the notoriously snarkly website bitchpleeze.com, who visited Weekend Update a few times. |
| 851 | |
| 852 | * BigStupidDoodooHead: In spite of Creator/SethMeyers calling her website "notoriously snarky", most of Angie's insults are juvenile and silly. |
| 853 | * BookDumb: Angie doesn't know the current president or where North America is, but is up on all the Hollywood gossip. |
| 854 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Biiiitch Pleeeeze" |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[WMG:Stefon]] |
| 857 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stefon.jpg]] |
| 858 | ->Played by Creator/BillHader |
| 859 | |
| 860 | A critic who makes regular reviews of New York's hottest new clubs on Weekend Update. |
| 861 | |
| 862 | * CampGay: Stefon puts an Ed-Hardy-like chic on his campiness. |
| 863 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "This place has everything." |
| 864 | * CoolestClubEver: Stefon parodies this trope on his Weekend Update appearances, listing New Yorks hottest clubs and their increasingly absurd attractions. |
| 865 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: He's usually brought on the show to suggest fun family destinations around New York. Oblivious to this, he proceeds to describe an increasingly bizarre series of fetisistic nightclubs. |
| 866 | -->'''Seth Meyers:''' Stefon, not to belabor the point, but we were looking for some fun activities that a mom, a dad, a grandpa could enjoy. Umm, you ''instead'' took us on a tour of a coked-up gay [[TabletopGame/CandyLand Candy Land]]. |
| 867 | -->'''Stefon:''' [[{{Touche}} Accurate. That's accurate]]. |
| 868 | * {{Corpsing}}: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Most of Stefon's odd mannerisms are the result of Hader trying not to break out laughing. This is achieved by not giving him his ''real'' dialogue until he's on-camera and reading it off of his cue cards. |
| 869 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Stefon's first appearance had him and his brother (played by Creator/BenAffleck) as polar-opposite television producers. |
| 870 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Creator/SethMeyers.]] |
| 871 | * RecurringElement: Midgets seem to come up a lot, unfortunately enough. |
| 872 | -->"[[CrossesTheLineTwice Sorry, I meant 'fun size'.]]" (goes completely into meltdown) |
| 873 | * VocalDissonance: Every now and then Stefon's voice jumps into a completely different register just to pronounce a place name or BorrowedCatchphrase. |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[WMG:Vinny Vedecci]] |
| 876 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/la_rivista_della_televisione_vinny_vedecci.png]] |
| 877 | ->Played by Creator/BillHader |
| 878 | |
| 879 | Host of the Italian talk show ''La Rivista Della Televisione'', whose inept producers keep booking guests unable to speak Italian. |
| 880 | |
| 881 | * AlliterativeName: '''V'''inny '''V'''edecci. |
| 882 | * AsHimself: Vedecci's guest is often the episode's host playing themself. |
| 883 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Hader speaks in Italian-sounding gibberish when portraying Vinny Vedecci, but he'll sometimes throw in the occasional Italian word. |
| 884 | * CousinOliver: When Creator/BobbyMoynihan joined the cast in season 34, he was cast as Vedecci's young son, who runs on set to ask the guest a question in English, and cries over the guest's failure to understand it. |
| 885 | * EuropeansAreKinky: At one point he plugs his own series of pornographic films. |
| 886 | %%* ItaliansTalkWithHands |
| 887 | * MeaningfulName: It sounds like "[[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar veni, vedi, veci]]", a nod to the popular belief that modern Italians were descended from the ancient Romans. |
| 888 | * RambunctiousItalian: He's generally very loud and hammy, especially when he argues with his producer (Creator/FredArmisen). |
| 889 | * SmarmyHost: He can't seem to stop insulting his guests. |
| 890 | %%* SmokingIsGlamorous: |
| 891 | |
| 892 | [[WMG:Penelope]] |
| 893 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penelope_9.jpg]] |
| 894 | ->Played by Creator/KristenWiig |
| 895 | |
| 896 | A meek yet boastful woman who tries to become the life of every social gathering. |
| 897 | |
| 898 | * AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: She always tries to one-up other people at the gathering. |
| 899 | * CharacterTics: She always plays with her hair. |
| 900 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: She demonstrates several unusual skills, such as shrinking, changing color, or teleporting inside the TV. |
| 901 | * RealAfterAll: The last unbelievable anecdotes Penelope gives in most of her sketches become revealed as such. |
| 902 | * SerialEscalation: The boasts she makes in the first sketch sound down-to-Earth in comparison to her later ones. |
| 903 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Her relatives appear in a ThanksgivingEpisode, also playing with their hair, and wearing CoordinatedClothes similar to hers. |
| 904 | * VerbalTic: "So..." |
| 905 | |
| 906 | [[WMG:Anthony Crispino]] |
| 907 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crispino.jpg]] |
| 908 | ->Played by Creator/BobbyMoynihan |
| 909 | |
| 910 | Weekend Update's second-hand news correspondent, who relates all the news he heard second-hand from his contacts. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "You hear about this thing now?" in a squeaky falsetto. |
| 913 | * CharacterTics: Crispino frequently looks over his shoulder. |
| 914 | * EightiesHair: He wears a mullet. |
| 915 | * MondegreenGag: The second-hand news Anthony Crispino relates is always amusingly different from the actual news, by someone (Crispino or his second-hand sources) mishearing the original story. |
| 916 | * PornStache: He sports a good one. |
| 917 | * VocalDissonance: Crispino can get into a pretty high register when the Weekend Update anchor second-guesses his second-hand news. One time he [[SelfParody self-parodied]] this by singing like one of [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Chipmunks]]. |
| 918 | |
| 919 | [[WMG:Two Gay Guys From New Jersey]] |
| 920 | ->Played by: Creator/BillHader and Creator/FredArmisen |
| 921 | |
| 922 | A stereotypical pair of Jersey Guidos, who are also a gay couple. |
| 923 | |
| 924 | * StraightGay: Walking macho mobster stereotypes, who are also married. |
| 925 | |
| 926 | [[WMG:Greg]] |
| 927 | ->Played by: Creator/BillHader. |
| 928 | |
| 929 | Co-host of Game Time with Randy and Greg. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Definitely not an alien.]] |
| 930 | |
| 931 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Again, he is ''not'' an alien. |
| 932 | |
| 933 | [[WMG: [=DeAndre=] Cole]] |
| 934 | ->Played by: Creator/KenanThompson |
| 935 | |
| 936 | The host of "What Up With That?", a talk show airing on Creator/{{BET}} that "[takes] on the issues of the day with soul." |
| 937 | |
| 938 | * OverlyLongGag: Basically the entire premise of the sketch. After Cole finishes singing the show's lengthy opening theme song, he sits down and attempts to introduce the day's topic...which causes him to launch into an encore of the theme song. When he finally gets around to introducing the show's three celebrity guests (two celebrities appearing as themselves, while the third is always Creator/BillHader as Music/FleetwoodMac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham), the first one manages to get just a few sentences out before something they say prompts Cole to interrupt them with yet ''another'' rendition of the theme song, this time featuring [[CouchGag a non sequitur partway through]] (such as Mary Kay Letourneau and her student/lover or Creator/BryanCranston dancing in leopard-print underwear). Finally, Cole announces that they've run out of time, never getting to talk to either the second guest or Buckingham. |
| 939 | |
| 940 | [[/folder]] |
| 941 | |
| 942 | [[folder:Seasons 36-40]] |
| 943 | %% 2010-2015 |
| 944 | |
| 945 | [[WMG:"Sex Ed" Vincent]] |
| 946 | -> Played by Creator/PaulBrittain |
| 947 | |
| 948 | A sketchy "sex educator" who films infomercials for his seminars given in seedy hotels. |
| 949 | |
| 950 | * AnatomicallyImpossibleSex: He doesn't really understand the ins and outs of sexual anatomy, especially when it comes to male/male intercourse. His idea of "safe homosexual sex" includes the head of one partner's penis pressing into the side of the other partner's penis, and that's just the beginning. |
| 951 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He introduces himself as a "sex education educator". |
| 952 | * EroticEating: One part of his seminar is on how to make food sexy, including [[GagPenis putting two grapes between a hot dog]], and [[BoobBasedGag putting two red lifesavers on a halved cantaloupe]]. |
| 953 | * RattlingOffLegal: He's required to read a disclaimer from the New York Department of Health saying that his seminars are for novelty purposes only, after which he openly disagrees. |
| 954 | * SexMiseducationClass: Clearly, you shouldn't trust this guy to give you sexual advice. |
| 955 | |
| 956 | [[WMG:Herb Welch]] |
| 957 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/herb1.jpg]] |
| 958 | -> Played by Creator/BillHader |
| 959 | |
| 960 | An elderly reporter for WXPD News New York. His advanced age and overall disrespectful nature make him rather unfit to continue his long career. |
| 961 | |
| 962 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: Played for laughs with an old archive photo of Herb on the scene when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby Jack Ruby]], and still trying to get a word from one of them. |
| 963 | * CantTakeCriticism: Anytime the news anchors tell him to stay on topic and continue the story, he'll fling an insult at them under his breath. |
| 964 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being born in 1920, Herb has shown some outdated beliefs, in one case saying a female news anchor should StayInTheKitchen, much to the other anchor's disapproval, also with several not-so-nice comments about her and others ethnicity. |
| 965 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Herb Welch's appearance and character is loosely based off of reporter Dick Oliver and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtzG3wdF_IU an on-air argument he had with anchor Jim Ryan over covering a story.]] |
| 966 | * NotQuiteDead: PlayedForLaughs. His sketches always end with the news anchor getting a notice that Herb died five seconds ago. Herb, seemingly unresponsive, quickly revives and goes back to attacking people with his microphone. |
| 967 | * PetTheDog: Despite his behavior, some of the interviewees will end up taking his side over the anchors at the studio, out of equal parts respect and pity. And that's before he dies on them. |
| 968 | * RunningGag: He will always smack people with his microphone, to the point where he'll use another microphone he hid if they dodged the first one, to the point of reaching off-screen and hitting them from the ''opposite direction''. |
| 969 | * ScatterbrainedSenior: He often goes off-topic from whatever news story he's supposed to be covering, usually about events or people from past decades. |
| 970 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Herb seems to go out of his way to hit his interviewees with his microphone, and insults his coworkers whenever they tell him to stay on-topic. |
| 971 | * ShellShockedVeteran: One time he thinks he's broadcasting to the troops in the war, and another has him attack Principal Yee after hearing his name. |
| 972 | --> "Bonzai, huh? Remember me?!" ''(starts hitting him with the microphone)'' |
| 973 | |
| 974 | [[WMG:Jonathan Cavanaugh-san and Rebecca Stern-Markowitz-san]] |
| 975 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/j_pop_america_fun_time_now.png]] |
| 976 | -> Played by Creator/TaranKillam and Creator/VanessaBayer |
| 977 | |
| 978 | Two students at Michigan State University who host the campus access television program ''J-Pop America Fun Time Now'', much to the dismay of their Japanese studies professor and faculty advisor (Creator/JasonSudeikis). |
| 979 | |
| 980 | * AllJewsAreAshkenazi: If Rebecca's surname is an indication. |
| 981 | * AnimeHair: Jonathan has spiky ShonenHair, while Rebecca has twintails. |
| 982 | * BookDumb: In one sketch, their professor says they are the worst and loudest students in his class. |
| 983 | * GenkiGirl: Their general demeanor while hosting the show. They dance hyperactively to the theme song, and often announce their guests in an excited tone of voice. |
| 984 | * GratuitousJapanese: Almost always used incorrectly. To name just one example, you don't use "-san" when referring to ''yourself''. |
| 985 | * OccidentalOtaku: About as stereotypical as you could get. They attach UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics to their very non-Japanese names, address their professor as "sensei", and speak in exaggerated Japanese accents, to the point where the professor calls it "a loving form of racism". |
| 986 | * SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Whenever their professor accuses them of being racist, Jonathan rebuts by mentioning his Japanese girlfriend[[note]]played by Fred Armisen, whose grandfather was a [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan Zainichi Korean]][[/note]], who is usually sitting in the corner of the studio. |
| 987 | * YellowFever: Jonathan states that his passion for Japanese culture started after he met his girlfriend, yet he emphasizes that she is Japanese on every occasion. Played straight with guest Martin (Creator/JonahHill), who asks him for tips on how to attract a Japanese girlfriend. |
| 988 | |
| 989 | [[WMG:The Californians]] |
| 990 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/californians.jpg]] |
| 991 | -> Main characters played by Creator/FredArmisen (Stuart), Creator/BillHader (Devin), Creator/KristenWiig (Karina), Creator/KenanThompson (Trey), and Creator/VanessaBayer (Rosa). |
| 992 | |
| 993 | A soap opera based in California, in the hills south of Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles to be specific.[[note]]You take the 101 to Laurel Canyon Boulevard, make a right at Ventura, then a left at Coldwater Canyon.[[/note]] |
| 994 | |
| 995 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Stuart: "Devin? What are you doing here?" |
| 996 | * FirstLawOfResurrection: Karina was said to have died in a car accident, but appeared in a later sketch to say she wasn't dead. Happened to several one-off characters as well. (This is a soap opera, after all.) |
| 997 | * ReactionShot: After a major revelation, they show a sequence of reaction close-ups of every character on stage. |
| 998 | * ShownTheirWork: The directions the characters give are all realistic. |
| 999 | * SurferDude: Trey, the character played by Creator/KenanThompson who always shows up in the third segment. |
| 1000 | * TruthInTelevision: Though the sketches exaggerate it, telling people how you got somewhere is something people who live in Los Angeles do ''a lot''. Especially if you managed to avoid traffic. |
| 1001 | * ValleyGirl: |
| 1002 | ** Most of the characters, especially Karina. (Although the exaggerated accent they use is more like a Malibu surfer accent than a Valley accent.) |
| 1003 | ** Averted when Rosa's long lost son, played by Pete Davidson, shows up and wonders what accent everyone is speaking. |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | [[WMG:Principal Daniel Frye]] |
| 1006 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frye.jpg]] |
| 1007 | -> Played by Creator/JayPharoah |
| 1008 | |
| 1009 | The principal of Booker T. Washington High School, who often interrupts school events to make announcements about various shenanigans at the events. |
| 1010 | |
| 1011 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "ATTENTION TEACHERS AND STUDENTS!" |
| 1012 | * IntoxicationEnsues: A few of his announcements involve someone drinking a spiked substance, and the antics that ensue. |
| 1013 | * MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Frye has called out students making out in a bounce house and a Mufasa costume. He even mentions in one sketch that this just happened to the school's mascot, a live horse. |
| 1014 | * SexyWhateverOutfit: During the school's Halloween party, he calls out a student wearing a topless "African princess" costume, as well as another one who is easily mistaken for an actual baboon because they cut out the butt of the baboon costume and painted their buttocks red. |
| 1015 | * SpeechImpediment: He often wheezes and stutters when he speaks, possibly as a result of being out of breath. |
| 1016 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Principal Frye and the other staff members making the announcements seem exhausted at all the trouble their students get into. |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | [[WMG:Niff and Dana]] |
| 1019 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/niffanddana_snl38_2012.jpg]] |
| 1020 | -> Played by Creator/BobbyMoynihan and Creator/CecilyStrong, respectively |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | A duo of co-worker friends who always think they're about to get fired when a supervisor gets all employees together for a meeting and go off on loud, angry, long-winded rants pointing out the annoying flaws of every co-worker no matter how seemingly frivolous. |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | * BaitAndSwitchComment: During the firing from Barnes & Noble, they tell PJ to quit acting like a sadsack, with Niff pointing out that he's got a big dick and should act like it. |
| 1025 | * BrutalHonesty: They let out to the other co-workers about how they truly feel about them during their rants. |
| 1026 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch ...Bitch]]" or variations thereof. |
| 1027 | * EveryoneHasStandards: If they genuinely feel sorry for someone (or some information comes out, like the person being a burn victim), they'll just skip to the next person. They also don't take offense when the others aren't [[EasilyForgiven willing to forgive them]] for their hurtful comments. |
| 1028 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Once the one who's actually getting fired is revealed, Dana and Niff immediately mellow out and regret their overreactions. |
| 1029 | * SatelliteCharacter: As weird as they are, two even weirder characters tend to follow them to each new job -- Carl (Tim Robinson), the one actually getting fired, and Andrew (Creator/TaranKillam), who's ObviouslyEvil. |
| 1030 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: They give these to every employee who irked them though it's, arguably, inverted at times. |
| 1031 | * TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: How their rants come off. |
| 1032 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Always together at the various jobs they worked at (UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, etc.). |
| 1033 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Niff "as in Kenniff". |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | [[WMG:Drunk Uncle]] |
| 1036 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drunkuncle2.jpg]] |
| 1037 | -> Played by Creator/BobbyMoynihan |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | A commentator who appears on Weekend Update completely sloshed, like some uncles you've probably had. |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | * TheAlcoholic: As per the name, he usually shows up with a drink in hand and is always too wasted to have a coherent thought. |
| 1042 | * BlowingARaspberry: Drunk Uncle makes raspberry noises when talking about kids today. |
| 1043 | * DrowningMySorrows: Drunk Uncle starts crying at some point during every appearance, then launches into a rant about how he didn't accomplish much in life. |
| 1044 | * AGlassInTheHand: Drunk Uncle crushed his whiskey glass when Colin Jost asked him about Hillary Clinton. |
| 1045 | * {{Malaproper}}: Drunk Uncle mixes up all the current popular jargon that kids today use. |
| 1046 | --> "Can I light an e-cig with my bitcoins, please?" |
| 1047 | --> "Excuse me, is this pommegranite juice gender-fluid?" |
| 1048 | * RacistGrandma: A male, middle-aged to early elderly uncle version. His interactions with Michael Che and his comments about minorities and other social issues show him to be very bigoted. |
| 1049 | * RussianRoulette: [[spoiler:On Bobby Moynihan's last show, Drunk Uncle asked Colin Jost to do one shot with him, then pulled out a revolver with five bullets and one empty chamber.]] |
| 1050 | * WhenIWasYourAge: Drunk Uncle rants about kids today. |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | [[WMG:The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party]] |
| 1053 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/girl_at_a_party.jpg]] |
| 1054 | ->Played by Creator/CecilyStrong |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | A regular Weekend Update guest who shares her unique opinions about current world issues. |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | * BrainlessBeauty: She is very beautiful but showcases little common sense and acts like she knows everything. |
| 1059 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "'Xactly..." |
| 1060 | * CloudCuckoolander: Most of the tangents she goes on are self-contradictory at best and just plain surreal at worst. She also gets random impulses to do inappropriate things like sing a Negro spiritual or stick her hand in the host's face. |
| 1061 | * TheGhost: She usually ends by yelling at one of her friends somewhere out of frame (and not always the same one). |
| 1062 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: She talks a lot about topics she barely has a grasp on to the chagrin of anyone who she talks to. |
| 1063 | * {{Malaproper}}: Has trouble with big words, leading to phrases like "tragesty" and "reprehendible." |
| 1064 | * NoNameGiven: Especially jarring when SpecialGuest Creator/ReeseWitherspoon appears as a carbon copy of her, but gets a proper name (Mackenzie). |
| 1065 | * NonSequitur: Pretty much every train of thought she has begins and ends completely irrespective of the surrounding conversation. |
| 1066 | * SoapBoxSadie: Parodied. She preaches about social issues like poverty and bigotry, but clearly has no idea what she's talking about[[note]]Some examples: "There are homeless people out there who can't even pay their mortgages." "For every four men, there are two women." "Why can't Secret Santa just be openly gay?"[[/note]] and is just trying to assert her authority over the host. Even stranger is that she brags about using blackface for Halloween (but insists it should be called "African-American face" and claims Seth is "reverse racist" for not letting her do a minstrel show. |
| 1067 | * TooDumbToLive: During the COVID-19 pandemic she shows up at the news screaming for Michael Che to let her put her hands in his mouth and reveals that she has the highly infectious and deadly virus but still decided to appear and attend parties when she should have been quarantined. |
| 1068 | * ValleyGirl: Non-intellectual, super feminine, and has a high-nasally voice that puts emphasis on certain words. |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | [[WMG:Ex-Porn Stars]] |
| 1071 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ex_porn_stars.jpg]] |
| 1072 | ->Played by Creator/VanessaBayer (Brecky) and Creator/CecilyStrong ([[NoNameGiven the other one]]) |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | Two seemingly-drug-addled former porn stars who make advertisements for expensive products hoping they'll get free stuff. |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | * BadBadActing: They deliver their lines in a sensual monotone and frequently mispronounce their names. |
| 1077 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: The two have had sex with gerbils, seals, corpses, .... |
| 1078 | * ILoveTheDead: Brecky tried to have sex with a quiet guy who turned out to be a corpse. |
| 1079 | * {{Malaproper}}: |
| 1080 | ** Innocent words and phrases often come out sounding very dirty. |
| 1081 | ** They also never get the name of the product correct. |
| 1082 | * NoNameGiven: Cecily Strong's character is never named in their ads, and at least once claims to be in witness protection. |
| 1083 | * ReallyGetsAround: Even for ex-porn-stars, they have had a lot of sex all over the place. |
| 1084 | * StrictlyFormula: All of their ads follow a rigid structure (they endorse a product but consistently get the name wrong, veer way off-topic into discussing past sexual exploits, the guest host plays another porn vet who tries to interrupt, finally does, and refers to the product with an entirely different [[{{Malaproper}} malapropism]]). |
| 1085 | |
| 1086 | [[WMG:Sheila Sauvage]] |
| 1087 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sheila_0.jpg]] |
| 1088 | ->Played by Creator/KateMcKinnon |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | If you're ever at a singles' bar at the point of Last Call, you may encounter Sheila Sauvage... and you might not regret it. Yet. |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | * BeautyInversion: Kate [=McKinnon=] is beautiful. Sheila Sauvage is... not. |
| 1093 | * BrainBleach: Pity the bartender of the singles' bar at closing time. |
| 1094 | * FanDisservice: A lot of people would pay good money to see Kate Mckinnon making out with anyone. Don't worry, they'll regret it as much as you will. |
| 1095 | * LadyDrunk: By her very nature. |
| 1096 | * NoodleImplements: For some reason there'll be stuff like cling wrap and those dental things to hold your lips open close at hand. |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | [[WMG:Morgan and Kyra]] |
| 1099 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/girlfriends.jpg]] |
| 1100 | ->Played by Creator/AidyBryant (Morgan) and Creator/CecilyStrong (Kyra) |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | The hosts of ''Girlfriends Talk Show'', a low-budget affair where all the guests are people from the girls' school or families, etc. Unlike most recurring duos from SNL, Morgan and Kyra are very different from each other, so we make separate lists of tropes for them. |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | '''Morgan''' |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Morgan tries to be nice all the time, but push her too far and she can get feisty. |
| 1107 | -->'''Morgan:''' No, ''you'' should be called Roach Warehouse! |
| 1108 | * ButtMonkey: Whether it's getting shafted by an oblivious Kyra or her own fault. |
| 1109 | * PetTheDog: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDZRHBJ3DI Just as Morgan might be at her lowest yet, she gets a surprise visit...]] from [[spoiler:Music/OneDirection]]! |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | '''Kyra''' |
| 1112 | |
| 1113 | * BrainlessBeauty: She is very beautiful and popular, but rather showcases a lack of social awareness and sensitivity and says "Awesome!" regardless of the context of that happened or she was told. |
| 1114 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 1115 | ** "Awesome!", regardless of (and sometimes in spite of) context. |
| 1116 | ** "My boyfriend's crazy!", after a lengthy and rather disturbing tale about what her boyfriend did. |
| 1117 | * EroticEating: Implied. She frequently talks about how her considerably older boyfriend likes to watch her eat things from afar. |
| 1118 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: She seems utterly clueless about how overslaughing and publicly embarrassing Morgan hurts her. |
| 1119 | * MayDecemberRomance: She's in her teens, and her 'boyfriend' graduated in the '70s, making him about 60. |
| 1120 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: She shows no affection or regard for Morgan, even letting her other friends bully Morgan in front of her. |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | [[WMG:Olya Povlatsky]] |
| 1123 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olya.JPG]] |
| 1124 | ->Played by Creator/KateMcKinnon |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | A regular guest commentator on ''Weekend Update'', Olya hails from a remote and desolate village somewhere in Russia -- and that's putting it nicely. |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | * DeathSeeker: As a result of living in a PlaceWorseThanDeath. |
| 1129 | * PopCultureIsolation: To a far greater extent that the bulk of Russia, which adds up to something like 20 years behind the rest of the world. |
| 1130 | * RussianGuySuffersMost: She's still technically the hottest girl in her village, but still. |
| 1131 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: In her appearance in season 38 she claims to be 18. She looks like someone's grandma. |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 | [[WMG:Willie]] |
| 1134 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/willie.jpg]] |
| 1135 | -> Played by Creator/KenanThompson |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | An upbeat commentator on Weekend Update who comes by to try to cheer the anchors up, but only ends up depressing them because of his awful life. |
| 1138 | |
| 1139 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "It's like they always say....", inevitably followed by something horrible. |
| 1140 | * ChewToy: Willie's a magnet for bad things happening. Also, Willie's old dog Lucius (though Lucius had enough self-respect to attempt to escape sometimes). |
| 1141 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: Willie occasionally tells stories of him trying to trick people into putting him down. |
| 1142 | * ImAHumanitarian: Back when he worked for old man [[spoiler:Jeff Dahmer]]; not the most glamourous job but at least he got a free home-cooked meal out of it. |
| 1143 | * ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler:"It's like they always say: sex dolls don't have toe tags, Willie."]] |
| 1144 | * PerpetualSmiler: Despite his awful life, Willie doesn't stop smiling. |
| 1145 | * ThePollyanna |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | [[WMG:Shallon]] |
| 1148 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shallon.jpg]] |
| 1149 | [[caption-width-right:300:"I sacrifice myself for you, Santa!"]] |
| 1150 | ->Played by Creator/NasimPedrad |
| 1151 | |
| 1152 | Ten-year old girl whose class is visited by a variety of adult speakers giving safety lessons. |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | * AdultsAreUseless: Shallon makes mincemeat of well-meaning adults trying to teach her class about safety. |
| 1155 | * AmbiguousInnocence: It's never quite clear if Shallon really is as clueless as she lets on or if she is fully aware of what she is doing and is simply trolling the speakers, though either way she certainly is responsible for leading the rest of the class on. |
| 1156 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Shallon and her classmates always miss the point the adult is trying to say. In fact they usually get it completely reversed. |
| 1157 | * DisappearedDad: Shallon claims she has never met her father. Doesn't stop her from rationalizing talking to strangers because they might be her dad's friends. |
| 1158 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Shallon takes anything an adult says and twists it nearly to its opposite meaning, or to something completely unrelated. Her classmates also do that, to a lesser extent. For example, after being warned not to talk to strangers: |
| 1159 | --> '''Shallon:''' Okay, so then you go, "What's your name?" "I'm Shallon." "Where you from?" "I'm from Orange County." Everything checks out, then hop in that van and get that candy. |
| 1160 | |
| 1161 | [[WMG:Miss Meadows]] |
| 1162 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meadows.jpg]] |
| 1163 | ->Played by {{Creator/Vanessa Bayer}} |
| 1164 | |
| 1165 | A poetry specialist from the Newbery Writing Workshop who is a substitute teacher in inner city classrooms. |
| 1166 | |
| 1167 | * CharacterTics: She makes a sound like a yipping sea lion whenever she gets excited (which is a lot). |
| 1168 | * GenkiGirl: Is ''really'' enthusiastic about poetry. |
| 1169 | * HippieTeacher: Long wavy hair, flower dress, turquoise necklace. Yep, she's a hippie. |
| 1170 | * TeacherStudentRomance: One sketch has Music/MileyCyrus making a pass at her, another sketch has Music/{{Drake}}. They both get Miss Meadows worked up, for different reasons. |
| 1171 | * TokenAdult: She tells her inner-city classes that she used to be just like them. |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | [[WMG:Jebidiah Atkinson]] |
| 1174 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jebediah_atkinson.jpg]] |
| 1175 | ->Played by Creator/TaranKillam |
| 1176 | |
| 1177 | Speech critic for the Patriot and Union who wrote a negative review of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, who vists Weekend Update to read his reviews. It turns out Jebidiah has been a critic for quite a long time, but for some reason he dresses like it's the early 1800's. |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | * BlatantLies: He keeps insisting that his critiques are fair and open-minded, just before tearing everything to shreds. |
| 1180 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Next!" |
| 1181 | ** To a lesser extent, "I haven't liked ANY (form of media) '''EVER'''!!" |
| 1182 | * FloweryInsults: Jebidiah gets very creative with all his insults. |
| 1183 | * {{Immortality}}: Jebidiah was witness to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Sermon on the Mount]], so he's been around for a long time. |
| 1184 | * NoodleIncident: "Tommy, you know who you are."[[note]]Taran ad-libbed this line after accidentally mispronouncing Tony (as in Tony awards) as Tommy.[[/note]] |
| 1185 | * PetTheDog: One Weekend Update actually ends with Jebidiah quickly yelling "Go see ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', it's adorable!"[[note]]Taran's wife Creator/CobieSmulders happens to star in the movie.[[/note]] |
| 1186 | * SelfDeprecating: Jebidiah's review of Series/SaturdayNightLive: "The same tired characters doing the same tired {{catch phrase}}s. [[LampshadeHanging Next!]]" |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | [[WMG:Barbara [=DeDrew=] ]] |
| 1189 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barbara_dedrew.jpg]] |
| 1190 | ->Played by Creator/KateMcKinnon |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | Proprietor of the cat shelter Whiskers 'R We, who periodically puts out ads for cat adopt-a-thons. |
| 1193 | |
| 1194 | * AccidentalPervert: Barbara's girlfriends all grope her under the (extremely thin) guise of petting the cat she's holding. Barabara will inform them of the truth and add, "and I think you know that." |
| 1195 | * AuthorAppeal: That these skits enable noted cat-lover Kate [=McKinnon=] to hug and pet various adorable little cats in the process of doing her job is surely just a coincidence. |
| 1196 | * CrazyCatLady: Barbara's girlfriends have all changed their names to have feline characteristics. Barbara herself is not as crazy. |
| 1197 | ** Averted by Cat Muller (played by Creator/CharlizeTheron) who admits she was just pretending to be interested in cats. |
| 1198 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Barbara has a new girlfriend every sketch. |
| 1199 | * LongLostRelative: An intern Barbara hires (Paw-drey Hep-purrn, played by Music/BillieEilish) turns out to be Barbara's frozen-egg daughter. (Probably.) |
| 1200 | * SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: Barbara credits the cats she's selling with some of the worst human sentient behaviors, including [[AGodAmI megalomania]] and [[HostageSituation kidnapping]], as well as some more mundane ones like [[LivingEmotionalCrutch co-dependency]]. The cats themselves, however, are perfectly normal cats. |
| 1201 | * StalkerWithACrush: While Barbara herself just wants to find homes for the rather eccentric and disturbed cats under her care, Barbara's girlfriends/co-workers all seem very fixated on ''her'', to rather alarming and unhealthy degrees at times. |
| 1202 | |
| 1203 | [[WMG:The one-dimensional female character of a male-driven comedy]] |
| 1204 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1dfemale2.jpg]] |
| 1205 | ->Played by Creator/CecilyStrong |
| 1206 | |
| 1207 | Colin Jost sometimes interviews her on Weekend Update. |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 | * AdvertisedExtra: In one sketch, she reveals that she has the least amount of lines in the comedy, despite her name appearing in the title: [[spoiler:''Bagging Heather''.]] |
| 1210 | * GenreSavvy: She seems well-versed in the clichés of her genre. |
| 1211 | * TheGlassesGottaGo: She outright admits that her beauty seems more noticeable without her glasses. |
| 1212 | * LastNameBasis: She calls Colin Jost by his last name. |
| 1213 | * MsFanservice: She calls herself the embodiment of male fantasies of a girl who has masculine interests, but still looks hot. Pretty confusing, huh? |
| 1214 | * OnlyOneName: Her first name is given Heather. She probably doesn't even have a last name. |
| 1215 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Sometimes she shows up just to enter a hasty hookup with Jost. |
| 1216 | * SequelNonEntity: She reveals that when the sequel to the comedy rolls around, it'll be like she never existed. |
| 1217 | * TheStoic: She can't show too much emotion in her face and voice, or else she'll lose her sex appeal, and just become a nag. |
| 1218 | |
| 1219 | [[WMG:Reese de'What]] |
| 1220 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dwhat4.jpg]] |
| 1221 | ->Played by Creator/KenanThompson |
| 1222 | |
| 1223 | The host of ''Cinema Classics'', Reese often presents little-known movies or deleted scenes from known ones, though he may be working through some issues of his own. |
| 1224 | |
| 1225 | * AwfulWeddedLife: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]], though, he's probably not doing himself any favors by repeatedly being insensitive towards his wife, such as saying she's fat, among other things. |
| 1226 | * EpisodeDiscussionScene: Reece introduces (and sometimes also interludes) a scene from an old classic movie. |
| 1227 | * MadLibsCatchphrase: One of the most elaborate ones to date. |
| 1228 | -->"It was asked, "Why X?" But do not ask me. I am not a good guesser. Just ask my wife. One time she asked me (fairly important question) and I answered (fairly insensitive answer). [[WorstWhateverEver Worst (special occasion) EVER.]]" |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | [[WMG:Totinos Wife]] |
| 1231 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/totinosbayer.JPG]] |
| 1232 | [[caption-width-right:350:What about my hungry guys?]] |
| 1233 | ->Played by Creator/VanessaBayer |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | An unnamed wife that only cares about feeding her husband and his friends Totino's pizza rolls. |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | * AmbiguouslyBi: In the sense that there is serious doubt that she is attracted to men at all. She immediately falls in love with [[Creator/KristenStewart Sabine]] and comments that she has "[[ClosetKey awoken her]]". |
| 1238 | * BlandNameProduct: She frequently reminds viewers to prepare plenty of pizza rolls for "[[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl The Big Game]]". |
| 1239 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Any variation on feeding her "hungry guys". |
| 1240 | * DomesticAbuse: Her husband only seems to view her as a talking Totino's dispenser, and snaps at her when she points out she has nothing else to do. She visibly flinches when the guys celebrate loudly. |
| 1241 | * ExtremeDoormat: She apparently usually just sits in her kitchen, waiting to make more Totino's pizza rolls. |
| 1242 | * GenreShift: Her second commercial turns into an ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' teaser, with her hungry guys being possessed by some paranormal force. Her third commercial turns into a French love drama with Kristen Stewart. |
| 1243 | * LesYay: As mentioned, she falls in love and has an entire affair with [[Creator/KristenStewart Sabine]]. On her kitchen. ''An open kitchen just behind her husband and his friends.'' |
| 1244 | * NeverGivenAName: She tells Sabine that she never had a name. |
| 1245 | * ObsessedWithFood: Her entire ''world'' seems to revolve around Totino's. She even calls Sabine [[AffectionateNickname her Totino]]. |
| 1246 | * OffscreenBreakup: In between the first two commercials, she and the hungry guy played by Creator/JKSimmons divorced, then she married Steve, the hungry guy played by Creator/BeckBennett. |
| 1247 | * StayInTheKitchen: So she can cook more Totino's at a moment's notice, of course. |
| 1248 | * StepfordSmiler: Her smile is never quite genuine. She drops it when she meets Sabine. |
| 1249 | * {{Womanchild}}: In her first skit, she seems to be engrossed in the toddler's Activity Pack her husband gave her and even proudly shows him a connect-the-dots bee she drew. |
| 1250 | |
| 1251 | [[WMG:Gemma]] |
| 1252 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gemma_1.PNG]] |
| 1253 | ->Played by Creator/CecilyStrong |
| 1254 | |
| 1255 | A British aspiring singer who is always dating the current host's character and keeps having awkward run-ins with Gene (Creator/KenanThompson) and his girlfriend. |
| 1256 | |
| 1257 | * BritishTeeth: Depending on the sketch, she sports a set of crooked teeth and a light overbite. |
| 1258 | * CharacterCatchphrase: ''"I'm Gemma. I'm Bri'ish."'' |
| 1259 | * TheDitz: Brightness isn't her strength. |
| 1260 | * HasAType: Her partners are mostly disturbingly outspoken TallDarkAndHandsome men who are obsessed with her accent and delusional about her musical talent. |
| 1261 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: Let's just say Cecily tones down her singing abilites ''a lot''. Occasionally, Gemma also [[PissTakeRap adds a little rap in]]. |
| 1262 | * {{Stripperific}}: Her outfits are usually quite revealing. |
| 1263 | * TooMuchInformation: She likes to open conversations with details about her intimate grooming. |
| 1264 | [[/folder]] |
| 1265 | |
| 1266 | [[folder:Seasons 41-45]] |
| 1267 | %% 2015-2020 |
| 1268 | |
| 1269 | [[WMG:Colleen Rafferty]] |
| 1270 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_rafferty_0.jpg]] |
| 1271 | ->Played by Creator/KateMcKinnon |
| 1272 | |
| 1273 | A woman from rural America (probably Appalachia based on the accents) who, along with other people from her town, has some unlikely experiences, and lives to share her very different experence from her townmates' with investigators. It quickly becomes clear that Ms. Rafferty's experiences were a lot more unpleasant than those of her companions. |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | * AlienAbduction: Her first sketch has her and her friends Sharon (Creator/CecilyStrong) and Todd (Creator/RyanGosling), recount to the CIA what happened after aliens abducted them. This happened to them again by the next time Gosling hosted ''SNL''. By the time of Kate's final episode she's been abducted a third time, [[spoiler:and then volunteers to go with them permanently.]] |
| 1276 | * BackFromTheDead: Her second sketch has her, Sharon, and an unnamed friend played by Creator/BrieLarson, describe to the American Medical Association when they took a glimpse of the afterlife, after a car crash, then had their souls returned to their mortal bodies. |
| 1277 | * BigWhat: Ms. Rafferty exclaims this whenever Sharon and their other friend describe a beautiful sight that they witnessed, but she missed. |
| 1278 | * BoobBasedGag: Ms. Rafferty claims that her guides for all of these misadventures like to play with her boobs, and re-enacts this on an unwilling Sharon. |
| 1279 | * ButtMonkey: Ms. Rafferty always has a more miserable experience than Sharon and their other friend do. |
| 1280 | * TheChewToy: While both her friends were lowered from the UFO gently with a tractor beam, she gets dumped by the roadside. At least it was over quickly. |
| 1281 | * IChooseToStay: In Kate's final episode, the Aliens cut a deal for providing the Pentagon with technology in exchange for an abductee permanently living with them. Colleen volunteers immediately. |
| 1282 | --> '''Colleen:''' Sure, why not? I've always kinda felt like an alien on this planet anyway. |
| 1283 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Ms. Rafferty's first line of her second appearance admits that her story is a "similar concept...different execution." (In context, she refers to when the {{Guardian Angel}}s of her and her friends took their souls out of their seemingly-dying bodies.) |
| 1284 | * MadLibsCatchphrase: She always has some segue into pointing out that her experiences were vastly different from Sharon and her friends'. |
| 1285 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: Well, pantsless anyway, as she always loses them ''somehow'' during her misadventures. |
| 1286 | * SantaClaus: Her friends got to visit Santa Claus, but Ms. Rafferty had to settle for the lesser-known Santa-Claus-wannabe Krinklemaus taking her on a trip to the stables. |
| 1287 | * SeenItAll: Ms. Rafferty insists that each of her unpleasant misadventures doesn't actually represent the worst experience for her. |
| 1288 | * SmokingIsNotCool: Ms. Rafferty always smokes cigarettes during her interviews. |
| 1289 | * TimeTravel: While her friends got pulled through a time portal to a utopian future she went through the wrong side and wound up in the stone age. |
| 1290 | * UnfinishedBusiness: Season 44. Mrs Rafferty and her two friends are visited by ghosts that need them to do something for them. Theirs were to fulfill lifelong ambitions or make peace with loved ones -- hers was to enact petty [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]] on the ghost's ex-girlfriend by dropping an "upper-decker" in her toilet. |
| 1291 | * UnusualEuphemism: Ms. Rafferty has a tendency to lose her pants, then refer to her privates with an original term during the interview. |
| 1292 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Both Ms. Rafferty and Sharon, enough that it affects an additional friend each time. Ms. Rafferty in particular takes it up to eleven -- when they bring the AlienAbduction skit back in season 43, it's all but stated that ''the exact same aliens are at it''. |
| 1293 | -->"I see those big fat gray aliens with the same stupid eyes, and I'm hit with the realization -- it was my first second date since 2009!" |
| 1294 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: In the Paranormal sketch, she states she's only 27 years old and one of the researchers has a brief outburst to this effect. |
| 1295 | |
| 1296 | [[WMG:Chad]] |
| 1297 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chad_1.jpg]] |
| 1298 | ->Played by {{Creator/Pete Davidson}} |
| 1299 | |
| 1300 | A typical millennial college jock type, who's so mentally and emotionally detached that everyone around him seems to know more about what he's done than he himself. |
| 1301 | |
| 1302 | * AdamWesting: As an apathetic millennial with mental problems and a simple sense of humor who somehow keeps attracting women way out of his league, he shares a lot with Pete Davidson's public image. |
| 1303 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted -- even with the psycho killer right in front of him, it's clear he has no idea ''which'' day. |
| 1304 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Okay." Usually accompanied by a slight nod of acquiescence: no matter what anyone says or does to Chad, he's as likely to respond with "Okay" as with anything else. It becomes almost Zen-like. |
| 1305 | ** Averted when his philosophy professor leans in to kiss him: Chad leans back and says "No thanks" in exactly the same tone of voice that he usually says "Okay". When the professor humbly apologises, Chad replies "Okay." When the professor then loses it and throws a globe against the wall in a fit of rage, Chad says in his usual tone of voice "Oh no, your globe." |
| 1306 | ** In the Season 46 sketch where Adele plays a ghost in a haunted mansion, she lifts her necklace to show the horrific bloody wound in her neck where her husband killed her. Chad says in his usual tone of voice "Oh no, your neck." |
| 1307 | * ChickMagnet: From a housewife to a doctor to [[Creator/JenniferLopez J. Lo]] to [[spoiler:an ArmoredClosetGay professor.]] |
| 1308 | * FormulaBreakingEpisode: |
| 1309 | ** After sketches about affairs with people he shouldn't, season 44 has one about a psycho killer out to get him instead. |
| 1310 | ** Season 45 has guest host Creator/RuPaul AsHimself, who has his eye on Chad... for a protege. |
| 1311 | ** In season 46, guest host Music/{{Adele}} is a Winchester-type ghost who just needs Chad to settle her UnfinishedBusiness. [[spoiler:[[ShaggyDogStory Unfortunately, an accident with a coat-of-arms ends with Chad]] killed.]] |
| 1312 | * GagPenis: When he wanders into Ru Paul’s Drag Race he gets a little confused on which direction to tuck, Paul is impressed by his size but tells him to redo it anyways. |
| 1313 | * HehHehYouSaidX: He snickers briefly whenever anyone uses a word that has a sexual connotation. |
| 1314 | * JabbaTableManners: In the psycho killer sketch, the pizza he's eating is all over the floor before he's finished one slice. |
| 1315 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: It's revealed in a later episode that his father, Brad (played by [[spoiler:Creator/AdamSandler]]), who died before Chad was born, is almost exactly like Chad. [[spoiler:In the Mars mission skech, Chad would meet the exact same fate (apart from the space thing).]] |
| 1316 | * KavorkaMan: His sketches often involve attractive high-status characters falling head over heels for him, like fantasy realm queens, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim a professor]] being played by Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, and even Music/JenniferLopez herself. Showcased at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpG__12j6FI the auction]], in which the auctioneer starts bidding at $50. |
| 1317 | -->'''Auctioneer:''' I feel like I'm in [[Series/StrangerThings the Upside Down]] right now. Chad's Grinch impression took us to 700 ''grand''. |
| 1318 | * MistakenForProfound: People tend to interpret his oblivious non-responses as whatever they need to hear at that point. |
| 1319 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: If a woman so much as drops a hint she wants to sleep with him, he strips down in record time. |
| 1320 | * NoSocialSkills: Do not tell Chad that he's free to leave a conversation if he wants to, [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny because he will]]. |
| 1321 | * ObliviouslyEvil: In the crazed killer sketch, Chad draws the ire of a former classmate whom he apparently bullied. He accuses Chad of calling him names and of sleeping with his girlfriend, sister, and mother. You get the sense that, based on his reactions, Chad genuinely had no idea that he was hurting this guy's feelings. He even apologizes for it in his typical, detached manner. |
| 1322 | --> Oh, my bad. |
| 1323 | * ThePigPen: In the psycho killer sketch, he's turned the living room into an unsafe dump in one night. |
| 1324 | * ReallyGetsAround: From an affair with a housewife he's been cleaning the pool for, to potentially dozens of college girls. And according to the psycho killer sketch, ''the girl's sister and mother!'' |
| 1325 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: In the Mars mission sketch he's been having an affair with another astronaut played by Music/MileyCyrus, who reveals that she's now carrying his baby -- which makes him head out the airlock faster. |
| 1326 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: So far he has gotten himself killed in two sketches, with no sign he won't show up again. |
| 1327 | * ThisLoserIsYou: The general premise. |
| 1328 | * UnfazedEveryman: Deconstructed. Chad is unfazed by ''everything'', to the point where it looks like there's something very, very wrong with him. |
| 1329 | * YourHeadAsplode: On his Mars mission he takes his helmet off, which quickly turns his head into red goo. |
| 1330 | |
| 1331 | [[WMG:Krissy Knox]] |
| 1332 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krissyknox.jpg]] |
| 1333 | ->Played by Creator/EmmaStone |
| 1334 | |
| 1335 | A pin-up model who appears on a poster in the room of a boy named Sean who struggles with schoolwork. She appears to him in his dreams (alongside the people from Sean's other posters) to help him with his schoolwork, [[UnwantedAssistance sort of]]. Later her twin-sister Brandi Knox also appears. |
| 1336 | |
| 1337 | * BrainlessBeauty: She is a beautiful woman who was voted into Maxim's Top 50 but she is often very idiotic. |
| 1338 | * DumbBlonde: She's obviously not too bright. |
| 1339 | * JabbaTableManners: We don't see it, but she talks a whole lot about sloppily eating nasty gross hot dogs. |
| 1340 | * OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Krissy is one of Maxim's Top 50 Girls from Rural Areas. |
| 1341 | * SimpletonVoice: She speaks with a high, nasally voice. |
| 1342 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]BackupTwin: One time Sean decided that Krissy was being too distracting, so he tore down her poster, only to reveal the poster of her twin sister Brandi Knox, also played by Creator/EmmaStone, who acts exactly the same as Krissy but is a redhead. |
| 1343 | * TheTease: She pretty much ignores the other posters who are trying to help Sean with his homework, and just tries to titillate him by being gross. |
| 1344 | |
| 1345 | [[WMG:Guy who Just Bought a Boat]] |
| 1346 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boat5.jpg]] |
| 1347 | ->Played by {{Creator/Alex Moffat}} |
| 1348 | |
| 1349 | A guy who just bought a boat, who appears on Week-Up to give dating advi (that's "advice")[[note]]:and has a small penis.[[/note]]. |
| 1350 | |
| 1351 | * CoolShades: He wears sunglasses on his brow. The ''intention'' is to make him look cool.... |
| 1352 | * CompensatingForSomething: He often goes on about his privileges before bluntly stating (often with an UnusualEuphemism) that his penis is small. |
| 1353 | * {{Facepalm}}: Colin Jost does this often because the puns are so bad. |
| 1354 | * [[HollywoodMidlifeCrisis Hollywood Mid-life Crise (that's "Crisis")]]: He's probably having a mid-life crisis (or maybe he's just like that). |
| 1355 | * HurricaneOfPuns: He's constantly making a whole bunch of bad puns, often playing of Colin Jost's name. |
| 1356 | * [[NonSequitur Non Sequite (that's "Sequitur")]]: He will suddenly throw in comments about how small his penis is or how bad in bed he is. |
| 1357 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Guy who Just Bought a Boat thinks he's too cool to use all the syllables in a word, and that he knows all the ways to get the lades (that's "ladies"), but he's basically just some guy who bought a boat. |
| 1358 | |
| 1359 | [[WMG:David S. Pumpkins]] |
| 1360 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/david_pumpkins.jpg]] |
| 1361 | ->Played by Creator/TomHanks |
| 1362 | |
| 1363 | A made-up Halloween character in a pumpkin party suit, who's the main attraction in a "100 Floors of Frights" elevator ride. |
| 1364 | |
| 1365 | David S. Pumpkins eventually got his own [[WesternAnimation/TheDavidSPumpkinsHalloweenSpecial Halloween special]]. |
| 1366 | |
| 1367 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Creator/DaveChappelle apparently sees him as this, when admitting that a giant wig alone couldn't make one of his characters (Dante, a big-afroed employee of the diner [[StealthPun Jheri]]'s Place) "...the next David S. Pumpkins." |
| 1368 | * AnimatedAdaptation: WesternAnimation/TheDavidSPumpkinsHalloweenSpecial. |
| 1369 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Any questions?" |
| 1370 | * {{Deconstruction}}: David Pumpkins can be seen as a deconstruction of Halloween monsters, which are often more cliche than scary these days. |
| 1371 | * FauxHorrific: David Pumpkins says he's going to "scare the hell out of you", but all he does is confuse the people on the ride. |
| 1372 | * JumpScare: [[spoiler:He finally gets a scream out of the passengers when he appears behind them, inside the elevator, and startles them with his catchphrase.]] |
| 1373 | * MysteriousMiddleInitial: |
| 1374 | --> '''David Pumpkins:''' What's my name? |
| 1375 | --> '''Skeletons:''' David S. Pumpkins! |
| 1376 | --> '''David Pumpkins:''' Any questions? |
| 1377 | --> '''Beck:''' Yes! Several! |
| 1378 | ** However, co-creator Bobby Moynihan revealed in an [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-s-pumpkins-middle-name_us_583d80e8e4b06539a78a4a6f interview]] that the S stands for [[spoiler:Simon, "for no reason whatsoever."]] |
| 1379 | * NonAnswer: Never gives a helpful answer when asked about who he is. |
| 1380 | --> '''Andrew Dismukes:''' David Pumpkins from...? |
| 1381 | --> '''David S. Pumpkins:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Before!]] |
| 1382 | * OverusedRunningGag: {{Discussed}} (more like Complained About) after David Pumpkins kept appearing in the "100 Floors of Frights" ride. |
| 1383 | --> '''Beck:''' "Why did you go all-in on David Pumpkins?" |
| 1384 | --> '''Elevator guy:''' "Look, it's 100 Floors of Frights, they're not all gonna be winners." |
| 1385 | * SuddenlyEthnicity: In his return, he claims to be from Ibiza, a Spanish island. |
| 1386 | --> '''David S. Pumpkins:''' "¿Preguntas?"[[note]]Questions?[[/note]] |
| 1387 | --> '''Andrew Dismukes:''' "¡Si, mucho preguntas!"[[note]]Yes, many questions![[/note]] |
| 1388 | * ThoseTwoGuys: David Pumpkins' dancing skeleton sidekicks. |
| 1389 | -->'''Beck:''' And the skeletons are...?\ |
| 1390 | '''Skeletons:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Part of it]]! |
| 1391 | ** From their return in 2022: |
| 1392 | -->'''Andrew Dismukes:''' And the skeletons are...?\ |
| 1393 | -->'''Skeletons:''' Next to him! |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | [[WMG:Woman from Dirty Talk]] |
| 1396 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dirtytalk2.png]] |
| 1397 | ->Played by Creator/MelissaVillasenor |
| 1398 | |
| 1399 | A woman in a dull relationship who tries to talk dirty in the bedroom as a way to spice things up. |
| 1400 | |
| 1401 | * BowChickaWowWow: The music starts playing whenever they start talking dirty, and inevitably stops very quickly.... |
| 1402 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Everything she says misses the point of dirty talk entirely. |
| 1403 | * DeadSparks: They have sex on a schedule one per week. It should be noted that it doesn't seem to affect her interest in sex much, at least not once reminded what day it is. |
| 1404 | * InstantTurnOff: She instantly turns off her boyfriend with her odd way of talking dirty. |
| 1405 | * LiteralMinded: When her boyfriend called her a little freak, she did an impression of Elephant Man. |
| 1406 | * NoNameGiven: Her boyfriends just call her a pet name. |
| 1407 | |
| 1408 | [[WMG:Mrs. Gomez]] |
| 1409 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gomez_79.jpg]] |
| 1410 | [[caption-width-right:260:"Oh no!"]] |
| 1411 | ->Played by Creator/MelissaVillasenor |
| 1412 | |
| 1413 | A woman on her deathbed who has some very important last words for her children. |
| 1414 | |
| 1415 | * CoolOldLady: She had a heart attack when she fell into a mosh pit at a Music/{{Nickelback}} concert.[[note]]We'll benevolently count Nickelback as cool[[/note]] |
| 1416 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: She dies while she, her children, the medics, and some kind of adopted son or protogé played by Creator/SterlingKBrown all sing a rousing rendition of "How You Remind Me". |
| 1417 | * HollywoodHeartAttack: At the end of the Nickelback song she has another heart attack, screams, "Oh no!", and dies instantly. |
| 1418 | * MagicalDefibrillator: She faints in the middle of the Nickelback song and the medics come in and jolt her suddenly awake (in perfect time with the song) with defibrilators. |
| 1419 | |
| 1420 | [[WMG:Angel: Every boxer's girlfriend from every movie about boxing ever]] |
| 1421 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angel1.JPG]] |
| 1422 | ->Played by {{Creator/Heidi Gardner}} |
| 1423 | |
| 1424 | A woman who appears on weekend update to share opinions on the news, who has a ''lot'' of emotional baggage from her relationship with every movie boxer ever. |
| 1425 | |
| 1426 | Heidi Gardner said that the idea for Angel came from her realisation that Creator/RachelMcAdams in ''Film/{{Southpaw}}'' was speaking the same dialogue as Creator/AmyAdams in ''Film/TheFighter''. |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 1429 | ** "I'm taking the kids to my sister's." |
| 1430 | ** "I'm the fighter." |
| 1431 | * ChocolateBaby: In season 48 one of her children is revealed to be the child of [[spoiler:Adonis Film/{{Creed|2015}}.]] |
| 1432 | * {{Determinator}}: She's the fighter. |
| 1433 | * DramaQueen: Every time she's asked about a news item it triggers an emotional tirade, no matter how positive or unrelated to boxing it is. |
| 1434 | * HollywoodNewEngland: Season 44. A mention of "Creator/DonnieWahlberg Drive" (he hails from Boston), "Gronk" (Rob Gronkowski from the New England Patriots), a ShoutOut to ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and [[spoiler:Creator/MattDamon playing the titular boxer]] cements her story as taking place in Boston. |
| 1435 | * MamaBear: She ''will'' leave you and take the kids to her sister's if you continue on your destructive path. Even you, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Apple]]. |
| 1436 | * NostalgiaFilter: Angel wonders when all the new progress is going to be enough, proudly whipping out her iPhone 4S. |
| 1437 | * WetBlanketWife: She wants him to give up boxing, and if he doesn't, well.... |
| 1438 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Her kids (whom she is taking to her sister's) are Mikey, Nikki, and...Peppers. Later sketches added a fourth, a baby named ''Keno''. |
| 1439 | ---> '''Michael Che:''' You named your son Keno? |
| 1440 | ---> '''Angel:''' ''Daughter.'' |
| 1441 | ** The most recent sketch features Angel’s boyfriend Tommy [[spoiler:(played by Creator/MattDamon)]] making an appearance…and revealing (to Angel’s surprise) that she’s pregnant again. |
| 1442 | ---> '''Tommy:''' We’re gonna name the baby Gronk! |
| 1443 | ---> '''Angel:''' Even if it’s a girl! |
| 1444 | * YourMakeupIsRunning: Angel's makeup is smeared on the corners of her eyes from crying. (But only little, because she has to remain strong so she can take the kids to her sister's.) |
| 1445 | |
| 1446 | [[WMG:Jules, who sees things a little differently]] |
| 1447 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jules_97.jpg]] |
| 1448 | ->Played by {{Creator/Beck Bennett}} |
| 1449 | |
| 1450 | A smug hipster who appears on Weekend Update to share opinions on the news. |
| 1451 | |
| 1452 | * CloudCuckooLander: To put it politely. |
| 1453 | -->'''Jules:''' Everyone on the red carpet is asking "who are you wearing?" I wanna ask "who are you ''being''?" I wanna tell all the actresses [[CrossesTheLineTwice "take your clothes off! I want to see who is underneath!"]]\ |
| 1454 | '''Colin:''' Yeah, you can't do that, that's really bad... |
| 1455 | * FeeFiFauxPas: In February 2019 he rolls onto stage with a Chinese greeting. Chinese New Year was actually over for a week at the time. |
| 1456 | * UpperClassTwit: His dad invented Oxycotin and sold guns to Al-Qaeda, so he doesn't have to "work", if that makes sense. |
| 1457 | * VaudevilleHook: Notably the first guy Colin's been forced to push out of frame once he's done. |
| 1458 | |
| 1459 | [[WMG:Matt Schatt]] |
| 1460 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mattschattsnlmikeyday.jpg]] |
| 1461 | ->Played by {{Creator/Mikey Day}} |
| 1462 | |
| 1463 | A remarkably unimpressive, nerdy man who somehow has managed to marry a gorgeous woman way too out of his league much to the confusion of anyone they encounter. |
| 1464 | |
| 1465 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Matt and his wife genuinely love each other, but especially Matt's wife loving him despite (or maybe ''because'' of) his dorkiness. |
| 1466 | * {{Fanboy}}: Collects ''Smurfs'' action figures in the second skit and even has a [[EmbarrassingTattoo "Smurf Life" tramp stamp]]. |
| 1467 | * GiveGeeksAChance[=/=]SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Practically parodied with whoever is playing Matt’s wife. |
| 1468 | * KavorkaMan: A very downplayed example. |
| 1469 | * NiceGuy: Is a kind, soft-spoken man. |
| 1470 | * ReallyGetsAround: Implied. His second wife played by [=JLo=] remarks "you can't keep a stallion in the stable." |
| 1471 | * SerialSpouse: Married to Creator/MargotRobbie in the first skit,[[Music/JenniferLopez JLo]] in the second, and Creator/AnaDeArmas in the third. |
| 1472 | * TeenyWeenie: In the first sketch, his wife mentions that he was born with ''only'' testicles, though the second sketch has the CampGay interior designer give him a feel and declare him "just average." In his third appearance he is said to be "a hanging five and a standing four", so gets ''smaller'' when he is fully erect. |
| 1473 | * TripleNipple: {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in his third appearance where it is revealed he has many extra nipples all over his body, with a new one popping up "every couple of years". |
| 1474 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed. Matt himself isn’t really all that bad-looking, but when compared to the bombshell playing his wife… |
| 1475 | * UnfortunateNames: Among the many things that perplex people is his last name, Schatt. A scene reporter interviewing him tells him frankly that spelling it with two Ts doesn't make it any better, and an anchor wonders why he doesn't go by "Matthew". Then in season 48 they reveal his middle name, Patrick, and together... |
| 1476 | -->"Your name is ''Matt Pat Schatt''?" |
| 1477 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Pretty much the point of the humor behind his character. People around them wonder just how a guy like Matt could ever land beautiful woman, ranging from [[GoldDigger his being wealthy]] to [[BlindAndTheBeast her being blind]]. |
| 1478 | |
| 1479 | [[WMG:Carrie Krum]] |
| 1480 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carrie_8.jpg]] |
| 1481 | -> Played by Creator/AidyBryant |
| 1482 | |
| 1483 | A seventh grade girl who's a self styled travel expert. |
| 1484 | |
| 1485 | * NinetiesHair: She is styled to look and dress like a young preteen girl from the early to mid 1990s with her hair in a high curled ponytail held by a scrunchie and the bangs leftover from [[EightiesHair the decade before]]. |
| 1486 | * CallBack: One time Carrie complains about suffering a massive back injury, which is actually the backstory of Aidy's other recurring character Melanie (except that [[spoiler:Melanie later fell into a painkiller-induced coma and didn't awaken ''till she was over 20.'']]). |
| 1487 | * CheeryPink: She is a excitable and relentlessly cheerful child clad in hot pink outdoor gear from TheNineties. |
| 1488 | |
| 1489 | [[WMG:Wes Willard]] |
| 1490 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wes_9.jpg]] |
| 1491 | [[caption-width-right:270:"Mother f—"]] |
| 1492 | ->Played by Creator/MikeyDay |
| 1493 | |
| 1494 | Host of the Weekend Update segment "Where's Wes?", Wes travels the world and challenges the viewers at home to guess where he is, with the first person to guess correctly winning a free trip to that location. |
| 1495 | |
| 1496 | * HomeParticipationSweepstakes: The segment offers a free trip to the first person to guess We's location on Twitter or a (nonexistent) "Where's Wes" app. |
| 1497 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm not telling!" |
| 1498 | * CurseCutShort: Wes starts to curse when he realizes he just spoiled the game, but the segment ends abruptly. |
| 1499 | * PhraseCatcher: Colin Jost always follows up the segment with, "You guys have your first clue." |
| 1500 | * PressStartToGameOver: Wes accidentally reveals his location in the very first sentence he utters. |
| 1501 | * TravelMontage: The segment shows Wes visiting a bunch of locations all over the world, sometimes overlaid on a map. |
| 1502 | |
| 1503 | |
| 1504 | [[WMG:Lazlo Holmes]] |
| 1505 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lazlo3.jpg]] |
| 1506 | -> Played by Chance the Rapper |
| 1507 | |
| 1508 | A [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation New York Knicks]] reporter for MSG Network who frequently finds himself having to fill-in for other sporting events on the network. |
| 1509 | |
| 1510 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Frequently says "That's what's up" when forced to reply to something he did not understand. |
| 1511 | * CripplingOverspecialization: A sports reporter who's only knowledgeable about basketball. |
| 1512 | * FishOutOfWater: A basketball reporter by trade, he finds himself out of his depth when he's forced to cover ice hockey or e-sports. |
| 1513 | * StunnedSilence: Lazlo was speechless when he saw one of the e-sports gamers he interviewed take a bunch of groupies backstage. |
| 1514 | |
| 1515 | |
| 1516 | |
| 1517 | |
| 1518 | [[WMG:Abraham H. Parnassus]] |
| 1519 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oilbaron2.jpg]] |
| 1520 | -> Played by Creator/AdamDriver |
| 1521 | |
| 1522 | An oil man (baron, as some have called him) who visits his son's class for Career Day. |
| 1523 | |
| 1524 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Crush your enemies!" |
| 1525 | * DartboardOfHate: Parnassus attacks a dead bird to demonstrate the ins and outs of the oil industry which is to CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES. |
| 1526 | * {{Expy}}: He's a darkly comical version of Daniel Plainview, the VillainProtagonist of ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''. |
| 1527 | * ForTheEvulz: Parnassus cares little about the profits of the oil industry, his only goal is to CRUSH HIS ENEMIES. |
| 1528 | * TheGhost: H. R. Pickens, who Parnassus CRUSHED INTO THE GROUND. |
| 1529 | --> '''Samantha:''' Who is H. R. Pickens? |
| 1530 | --> '''Abraham H. Parnassus:''' [[AppealToObscurity EXACTLY]]! |
| 1531 | * LargeHam: Parnassus turns the ham up to eleven. |
| 1532 | * ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: Parnassus recalls to the class how he CRUSHED H. R. Pickens. |
| 1533 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Parnassus is not content to just win, he must CRUSH HIS ENEMIES, GRIND THEIR BONES INTO DIRT, and so on. His final revenge was to marry H.R. Pickens' ''[[MayDecemberRomance granddaughter]]'', and their son is the one in class. |
| 1534 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: While he's clearly an oil man, it's still extremely vague as to what he ''does' from day-to-day. When asked to highlight what he does, he only answers "CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES!" |
| 1535 | |
| 1536 | [[WMG:Bailey Gismert]] |
| 1537 | [[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bailey_9.jpg]] |
| 1538 | -> Played by {{Creator/Heidi Gardner}} |
| 1539 | |
| 1540 | A teenager running her own Youtube channel dedicated to pop culture reviews, brought on to Weekend Update to illustrate the point of view of kids nowadays. Turns out live tv is further out of her depth than she anticipated... |
| 1541 | |
| 1542 | * CharacterTics: Whenever Michael Che's questions start to upset her, Bailey starts fiddling with her hair. |
| 1543 | * DramaQueen: The pressure of school and family on top of her social media work sometimes sends her into a live meltdown on air. |
| 1544 | * PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: End of every segment, Bailey asked the audience to Like and Subscribe to the video, even though the segment appears on [[WhatAreRecords network television]]. |
| 1545 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: Bailey develops inappropriate crushes on the characters in the movies she reviews (including [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu Pikachu]] and [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Buffalo Bill]]), as if they were real people. |
| 1546 | |
| 1547 | [[WMG:Chen Biao]] |
| 1548 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chao2.jpg]] |
| 1549 | -> Played by Creator/BowenYang |
| 1550 | |
| 1551 | A government official from China who's something of an unofficial ambassador to the US -- which seems to be his real job. |
| 1552 | |
| 1553 | * AlwaysCamp: In his first appearance he's revealed to be wearing some very fancy shoes under the desk. |
| 1554 | %% * NerdGlasses |
| 1555 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: During the trade war between China and the US, Chen was saddled with the role of trade advisor -- upon the outbreak of [=COVID19=], he was hastily reassigned to the health department. |
| 1556 | |
| 1557 | [[WMG:Loni and Josh]] |
| 1558 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jl_3.jpg]] |
| 1559 | -> Played by Creator/CecilyStrong (Loni) and Creator/MikeyDay (Josh) |
| 1560 | |
| 1561 | Two incredibly dumb kids who are the students of an edutainment show called "The Science Room". |
| 1562 | |
| 1563 | * TheDitz: It's safe to say that these kids are ''definitely'' not bright; they struggle to correctly answer even the most ''basic'' scientific question (like, "what happens when you stick in a needle in a balloon"), much to the frustration of the host. |
| 1564 | * EnragedByIdiocy: As the sketch goes on, whoever's playing the host will get slowly aggravated by Loni and Josh's stupidity to the point of having a brief breakdown. |
| 1565 | * FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Loni often delivers nuggets of advice she gets from her older sister, who ReallyGetsAround. Of course, since most of what she says is ''very'' inappropiate for a kids show, the host often has to keep her quiet. |
| 1566 | * PronouncingMyNameForYou: In the "Jason Sudeikis" episode, Loni's mother (played by Melissa Villasenor) reveals that Loni's name is actually pronouced "Low-ni" not "Lon-nee"[[note]]It was actually a mistake made by Villasenor, but Sudeikis rolled with it with an improvised reaction[[/note]]. |
| 1567 | --> '''Host (Sudeikis):''' "LOW-NI"?! I've been calling her "Lon-nee" the whole damn time! ''(turning to Loni)'' "LOW-NI"?! You didn't speak up for yourself?! |
| 1568 | |
| 1569 | |
| 1570 | |
| 1571 | [[WMG:Jan Krang]] |
| 1572 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_40_55.png]] |
| 1573 | A woman who frequently attempts to get Teenagers to stop "harrasing" her by proposing some rather... extreme solutions. |
| 1574 | -> Played by Creator/AidyBryant |
| 1575 | |
| 1576 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Jan Krang... J-A-N-K-RANG." |
| 1577 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Frequently suggests massive and extreme solutions to the issue of "teenagers misbehaving nearby her place of residence." One sketch had her attempting to have all teenagers banned from her apartment complex because of the kids who gather outside her apartment to "huff white claws and give each other sixty-niners." |
| 1578 | * MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: She frequently complains about teenagers performing sex acts nearby her. Although her terminology is... interesting, to say the least. In one sketch she complained about a bunch of teenagers "analing each other." |
| 1579 | * NoIndoorVoice: Downplayed. She never screams at the top of her lungs, but she still puts on a very loud voice even when speaking directly into a microphone. |
| 1580 | * TheParanoiac: While she frequently complains about teenagers doing things near her, it's strongly implied that she never actually sees what they're doing, especially because she frequently doesn't seem to know what she's talking about. She makes a reference to teenagers "huffing White Claws" even though White Claws are an alcoholic beverage. |
| 1581 | * TeensAreMonsters: She certainly seems to think so. |
| 1582 | |
| 1583 | [[WMG:Woodbridge High School Theatre Troupe]] |
| 1584 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/troupe.JPG]] |
| 1585 | A group of theatre kids that have written their own shows about the hot-button issues in America. |
| 1586 | -> Played by Creator/AidyBryant,{{Creator/Beck Bennett}},Creator/KateMcKinnon,Creator/KyleMooney,Creator/TaranKillam / Creator/MikeyDay, and host |
| 1587 | |
| 1588 | * {{Main/Anvilicious}}: Their social commentary is subtle like a sledgehammer. One of their more "nunanced" bits includes a line of people waiting to be shipped off to concentration camps, before loudly announcing that the year is 2017. |
| 1589 | * CharacterCatchphrase: They will say "Wooooow." in unison after they have (in their view) made a poignant statement. |
| 1590 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: As the audience members frequently point out, their efforts to make meaningful social commentary through their shows just expose how shallow their understanding of the issues actually is. |
| 1591 | -->'''Audience Member 1:''' The program says, “Tonight’s proceeds go to Standing Rock, let’s get those native Americans the pipeline they want.”\ |
| 1592 | '''Audience Member 2:''' Yeah. I don’t think they know what’s happening there. |
| 1593 | * MonochromeCasting: The group is 100% white, which makes the way they tackle racial issues in their plays even more tone-deaf. |
| 1594 | * SoapboxSadie: All four of their acts are exclusively about protesting various injusticies in America (badly). Incidentally, their set also includes boxes for them to sit or stand on. |
| 1595 | * SpoiledSweet: They clearly don't have any world experience on anything they try to tackle, but they do seem to genuinely want to improve society. It's just that their sketches lack any subtlety, and they charitably donate all their proceeds... to people who absolutely do not need them, like Creator/NeilPatrickHarris. |
| 1596 | |
| 1597 | [[/folder]] |
| 1598 | |
| 1599 | |
| 1600 | [[folder:Season 46+]] |
| 1601 | %% 2020-2025 |
| 1602 | |
| 1603 | [[WMG:Xan Mob]] |
| 1604 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yeet_7.jpg]] |
| 1605 | -> Played by Creator/PeteDavidson (Guaplord) and Creator/TimotheeChalamet ($mokedcheddathaassgetta) |
| 1606 | |
| 1607 | A rap duo who set a record for downloads on [=SoundCloud=], who appear on a roundable discussion on rap music. |
| 1608 | |
| 1609 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 1610 | ** YEET! |
| 1611 | ** SKRRT! |
| 1612 | * CriticProof: [[invoked]] Their songs are terrible and offend the other panelists to the point they're willing to inflict physical violence on them. Yet somehow, they've gotten billions of streams online. |
| 1613 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: Guaplord "raps" in a whiny nasally voice that's about as far from hip-hop as it gets, but it's on key. |
| 1614 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Most of their knowledge of hip-hop stems from offshoots of the genre (and Music/FallOutBoy) rather than authentic artists. They don't realize this, of course. |
| 1615 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Thanks to their ignorance of real hip-hop, they have no idea who artists like Music/TheNotoriousBig are. |
| 1616 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: The duo makes a hash of hip-hop, although, if we're being fair, they're not imitating real hip-hop artists, but the amateurish offshoots they see on Tiktok (and the Kia Hamsters). |
| 1617 | * PutOnABus: When Chalamet reprised his role during his second hosting stint (two seasons after Davidson's departure from the show), his character explains that Guaplord is now laying low in Turkey after having [[TakeThat gotten involved in the fundraising efforts for New York City Mayor Eric Adams]]. |
| 1618 | * SpeakInUnison: They sometimes answer questions in unison. |
| 1619 | * VeryPunchableMan: They are so overconfident about their bad rapping, they end up getting a smackdown from [[Music/TheRoots Questlove]]. |
| 1620 | |
| 1621 | |
| 1622 | [[WMG:Angelo]] |
| 1623 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angelott.png]] |
| 1624 | ->Played by Creator/AristotleAthari |
| 1625 | |
| 1626 | A lounge singer who enchants his exclusive audience with improvisational songs. |
| 1627 | |
| 1628 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Say for me?" and "Thank you for this." |
| 1629 | * EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Cecily's character has no problem constructing a deeper meaning around Angelo's art. |
| 1630 | * {{Ruritania}}: He originates from a war-torn, vaguely Eastern European country called "Margapalfacepesa". |
| 1631 | * SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein: His song lyrics are a [[SingingSimlish vaguely English word salad]], beginning with "If I ever.." and ending with a "...toniiiiight!". |
| 1632 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSong: His improvisational tunes all sound the same. |
| 1633 | * TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Figuratively and literally. His work is internationally renowned and Cecily's character eats it all up, but her StraightMan companion doesn't understand it whatsoever. |
| 1634 | -->'''Cecily:''' It's called culture, Doug! Read a book. |
| 1635 | |
| 1636 | |
| 1637 | [[WMG:The Iceberg that sank the ''Titanic'']] |
| 1638 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iceberg_7.jpg]] |
| 1639 | [[caption-width-right:300:"Nobody's talking about the Water!"]] |
| 1640 | ->Played by Creator/BowenYang |
| 1641 | |
| 1642 | The iceberg that sank the ''Titantic'' visits Weekend Update to promote his new album. |
| 1643 | |
| 1644 | * AnimateInanimateObject: He's a talking iceberg. |
| 1645 | * AvantGardeMusic: His album is a Hyperpop EDM New Disco Fantasia called [[ADogNamedDog Music]]. |
| 1646 | * CampGay: Sparkly white outfit, sings a song called "Loverboy". |
| 1647 | * LiteralMetaphor: |
| 1648 | -->'''Iceberg''': There's so much going on beneath the surface that you can't see. |
| 1649 | -->'''Colin:''' Yeah, like an iceberg. |
| 1650 | * NeverMyFault: He doesn't take any responsibility for his role in the sinking of the ''Titanic'', blaming the drownings on bad shipbuilding and the Water. |
| 1651 | |
| 1652 | [[WMG:Claudia Flores, Protective Latino Mom]] |
| 1653 | [[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3826_8.jpeg]] |
| 1654 | |
| 1655 | ->Played by: Creator/PedroPascal |
| 1656 | |
| 1657 | A typical (for the most part) suburban Latino housewife, who's always had the time for her son Luis (Marcello Hernandez), whether he wants it or not. |
| 1658 | |
| 1659 | * BerserkButton: Any little hint that there's something wrong with Luis, just because it reflects badly on her. |
| 1660 | -->[[PunctuatedForEmphasis "My son! DON'T HAVE! A.D.D.! HE JUST LIKE TO JUMP!!"]] |
| 1661 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her sketches all have to do with her obvious offense at Luis dating a white girl. [[PetTheDog At least until the first sign that this girl was raised right.]] |
| 1662 | * DeadpanSnarker: Prone to making blunt or sarcastic remarks about girlfriends yet to earn her approval. |
| 1663 | * HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Let's just say she's an old master of PassiveAggressiveKombat. |
| 1664 | * IWantGrandkids: If she approves of Luis' latest girlfriend, she immediately starts pressuring the couple to give her grandchildren. |
| 1665 | * IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: It's basically a garishly made-up Creator/PedroPascal in a wig and dress and fake bust for good measure. He didn't even shave. |
| 1666 | * MyBelovedSmother: By her very nature. |
| 1667 | * PunctuatedPounding: She's prone to slapping Luis to the rhythm of her scolding. |
| 1668 | * QuitYourWhining: When Luis was a depressed TroubledChild, she simply ''ordered'' him to stop being depressed and to "Do something else!" |
| 1669 | * SatelliteCharacter: Her second episode introduces her sister Rosa (Music/BadBunny), who's just like her in every way barring hair color. |
| 1670 | |
| 1671 | [[WMG:Lisa from Temecula]] |
| 1672 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lisa4.jpg]] |
| 1673 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Cook my meat!"]] |
| 1674 | ->Played by Creator/EgoNwodim |
| 1675 | |
| 1676 | A germaphobic lawyer from Temecula eating dinner with her sister's friends. |
| 1677 | |
| 1678 | * ArtisticLicensePhysics: The table shakes a lot more than Lisa's actions should produce. |
| 1679 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Lisa prefers extra, extra well-done steak, with ketchup. |
| 1680 | %%* {{Determinator}}: She's gonna cut that extra, extra well-done steak/dress every single vegetable in her salad. (Needs more detail about the "why"s and less clumsy wording) |
| 1681 | * MistakenForFlirting: Lisa takes everything the episode's host says as an attempt to "get some butt tonight" (to quote her first appearance), even if they don't seem romantically attracted to women. |
| 1682 | * NeverMyFault: Lisa blames the eatery on all the spilled drinks and scattered food caused by her own shaking of the table. |
| 1683 | * PickyEater: She won't eat any meat that looks the least bit undercooked. |
| 1684 | * PlayingTheVictimCard: When someone comes to the table to report that people were making complaints, Lisa asks if it's because the guests at her table belong to a minority, even though some clearly don't belong to the one she names. |
| 1685 | * {{Slapstick}}: Most of the humor comes from the exaggerated physical effect of the table shaking (and from subsequent {{Corpsing}}). |
| 1686 | * TerrifiedOfGerms: She won't risk any chance of her meal making her too sick for her next trial. |
| 1687 | * VocalEvolution: Ego Nwodim began exaggerating Lisa's Temecula accent on the character's second appearance. |
| 1688 | [[/folder]] |
| 1689 | ---- |
| 1690 | ->'''Wayne and Garth:''' ''And scene.'' |
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