Line #21 Characters/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey


1	!Jake Cutter (Creator/StephenCollins)
2	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pilot020_5197.jpg]]
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4	%%* AcePilot
5	* BerserkButton: Hurting Corky.
6	%%* CharacterNarrator
7	%%* ChronicHeroSyndrome
8	* CoolPlane: Pilot of the ''Goose''.
9	* DaddyIssues: His father was not married to his mother and has never acknowledged him.
10	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Never gets a hold of Jack's eye for very long.
11	* TheGambler: And he's ''bad'' at it.
12	%%* GuileHero
13	* KnightInShiningArmor: Becoming one was his childhood ambition; largely for the [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]].
14	* SecretKeeper: Only person on the island who knows Sarah's a spy.
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16	!Sarah Stickney White (Cailtin O'Heaney)
17	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shanghaib12_9456.jpg]]
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19	%%* ActionGirl
20	* TheChanteuse: She's employed as a singer in Louie's bar.
21	%%* DamselOutOfDistress
22	%%* DisneyDeath: In "The Late Sarah White"
23	* FemmeFataleSpy: Her mission is to keep an eye on Axis activities in the Marivellas for Uncle Sam, and uses her feminine charms to get what she wants.
24	* FieryRedhead: She's got red hair and the temper to match.
25	* YouKilledMyFather: Her father was an AdventurerArchaeologist murdered by Anubis worshipers.
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27	!Corky (Jeff [=MacKay=])
28	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shanghaia36_1571.jpg]]
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30	%%* TheAlcoholic
31	%%* BumblingSidekick
32	%%* BookDumb
33	* ForgetfulJones: A RunningGag is how bad his memory is.
34	%%* MrFixit
35	%%* NonActionGuy
36	* SmallReferencePools: Thinks the RiddleOfTheSphinx is from ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow.''
37	* SweetTooth: Likes chocolate. It comes back to [[IncrediblyLamePun bite him]] whenever the dentist shows up...
38	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In "Naka Jima Kill" [[spoiler:the woman he's smitten with turns out to be a very ''male'' assassin.]]
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40	!Princess Koji (Marta [=DuBois=])
41	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shanghaib46_4083.jpg]]
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43	* BigBad: Sort of. She does deal with the guest bad guys who show up every other week, but she's also AffablyEvil towards our heroes, and is more a PunchClockVillain handling the dirty work for the Japanese government.
44	%%* DragonLady
45	%%* LadyOfWar
46	%%* NobleDemon
47	* TrainingFromHell: Makes her personal warriors go through it.
48	* VillainessesWantHeroes: Has a noticeable crush on Jake... which upsets her samurai bodyguard Todo
49	* {{Yellowface}}: She's clearly not Asian, implying she may have mixed blood through her mother. Todo, who is pure-blooded Japanese and a Samurai at that, still treats her as his princess adhering to traditional Japanese roles.
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52	!Rev. Willie Tenboom (Creator/JohnCalvinActor)
53	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pilot111_4868.jpg]]
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55	* AntiVillain: A German first, and a Nazi...not at all. He's far too friendly towards the people he's supposed to be spying on. [[spoiler:He's actually glad to see Jake had survived a particular deadly incident where Tenboom feared his intel might have gotten Jake killed]].
56	* TheArtifact: His double agent shtick is forgotten after the third episode.
57	%%* BecomingTheMask: Shows signs of this.
58	* ChivalrousPervert: When he learns from one of his regular "blessings" recipients that her younger teen sister had been compelled to work for a brothel tent, Tenboom goes on a rampage to tear the entire ''camp'' down to rescue all the girls.
59	* DirtyOldMonk: Develops a reputation for "blessings" among the native women of the island.
60	* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he offers a lot of "blessings" to a lot of island women, he still shows a healthy respect towards them... and gets [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge mad when he finds out]] a visiting brothel had forced younger girls into prostitution.
61	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything:
62	** Doesn't take his duties to the Reich very seriously.
63	** He is forced in several episodes to actively spy for the Reich, which causes him a lot of personal stress.
64	* ReallyGetsAround: The fact that he has so many "blessings" to give to the native women may have something to do with it.
65	%%* PunchClockVillain
66	* WrongGenreSavvy: He knows there's an American agent on the island acting against him... but he thinks it's ''Jake'' and has no idea the bar singer Sarah is his opponent.
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68	!Bon Chance Louie (Creator/RonMoody[=/=]Creator/RoddyMcDowall)
69	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lastchanb03_5920.jpg]]
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71	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
72	* BornLucky: Saved from execution with the guillotine blade wouldn't drop.
73	%%* TheCasanova
74	* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Averted; one of the most badass characters on the show.
75	* ADayInTheSpotLight: "Last Chance Louie."
76	%%* CampStraight
77	* FrenchJerk: Averted, one of the nicest characters on the island. Of course BewareTheNiceOnes
78	* MysteriousPast: And how! The little we do find out is that he's got a real tragic one.
79	* NoodleIncident: Has several in his past, with only one to reveal itself [[spoiler:when a friend who betrayed him during the First World War appears on the island, driving Louie to try and kill him the moment he sees him.]]
80	%%* TheOtherMarty
81	* PapaWolf: Willingly sends himself to the guillotine to protect [[spoiler:his illegitimate daughter.]]
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83	!Todo (John Fujioka)[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mourningb46_1.jpg]]
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85	%%* AxeCrazy
86	* BadBoss: Decapitates an oarsman for rowing too slowly.
87	* TheDragon: To Koji, as her bodyguard.
88	* EnemyMine: With Jake in "Naka Jima Kill" against the Japanese Defense Minister's would-be assassin.
89	* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Only when he and Jake are forced to be on the same side. In every other situation, he's a deadly threat.
90	%%* SatelliteCharacter
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92	!Jack the Dog (Leo)
93	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pilot157_4911.jpg]]
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95	%%* EvilDetectingDog
96	* GrumpyOldMan: From the UniverseBible: "think of Jack as an eighty-year old man who's seen enough of the world and ridiculous things people insist on doing to pretty much know what's coming next..."
97	* IntellectualAnimal: One bark for yes, two for no. (Most of the time).
98	%%* OnlySaneMan
99	%%* SecurityBlanket: His eye.
100	* VitriolicBestBuds: ''Never'' lets Jake off the hook for (repeatedly!) losing his eye.
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