Line #183 Characters/TenaciousD


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3	!!Characters from [[Series/TenaciousD the Series]]
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5	[[folder:Jack Black/J.B./Jables/Hollywood Jack]]
6	[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tenacious_d_456_123010_jack_black.jpg]]
7	->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackBlack (Adult), Troy Gentile (Child)
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9	Lead singer of ''Tenacious D'' and mastermind behind many of their schemes.
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11	* BirthmarkOfDestiny: He has the word "Tenac" on his ass, naming their band "Tenacious D" after Kyle reveals that he has an ass-mark too that spells "ious D".
12	* BlackSheep: In the film, it is established that JB was a Heavy Metal loving kid with a penchant for swearing in a Fundamentalist Christian family.
13	* LargeHam: As over-the-top and hammy as you would expect from Jack Black AdamWesting.
14	* MadArtist: Jack's ideas of finding ways of finding inspiration and rhythms for his songs come across as rather eccentric to say the least. Methods include: banging holes in the ceiling, subjecting himself (and Kyle) to freezing in his fridge and overheating via a steaming kettle, swallowing an incredibly long string to "purify (their) insides", drawing a pentagram on the floor with mustard and ketchup and drawing energy from it, and, most famously, breaking into the Rock and Roll History museum to steal the Pick of Destiny to harness its power.
15	* RageAgainstTheMentor: When KB is ousted as a fake, JB is rightfully pissed.
16	* {{Scatting}}: Does this a lot when singing.
17	* SmallNameBigEgo: Jack is very enthusiastic in Tenacious D's rocking abilities, often inflating how awesome he and Kyle are as rock stars and will go to any lengths to make sure that the rest of the world realizes this. Whenever a situation deflates this confidence (like Kyle ceasing to cooperate in writing a song or when the Open Mic host says that they need to write better songs), he usually lashes out in frustration and takes huge leaps to try and fix it.
18	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Jack pretty much plays simple power chords on guitar. But that's okay as KG usually plays lead, with Jack just providing fills and riffs.
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22	[[folder:Kyle Gass/K.G./Rage-Kage]]
23	[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tenacious_d_456_123010_kyle_gass.jpg]]
24	->'''Played by:''' Creator/KyleGass
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26	Lead guitarist, backup vocalist and StraightMan of ''Tenacious D'' and mastermind behind many of their schemes.
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28	* BirthmarkOfDestiny: When JB wants to name their band after a birthmark on his ass that spells out "Tenac", Kyle reveals that he has "ious D" one his ass.
29	* FatBestFriend: While both he and Jack are out of shape, Kyle is ''way'' fatter.
30	* JerkassBall: In "Angel in Disguise", Kyle tries to seduce Flarna, a girl that Jack has been trying to ask out for some time. He claims that he did this because loved her, but he only found out about her the night before when Jack told him with he confessed his feelings over her to him and has only actually interacted with her for a literal minute. Even if they have the same "type" or whatever, that is seriously a dick move to do to your best (lets face it, ''only'') friend.
31	* MentorArchetype: In the first act of the film, Kyle acts as such to Jack. While at first dismissive of him, he takes Jack under his wing after "saving" him from a group of [[Film/AClockworkOrange hooligans]] where he takes him under his wing. There he teaches him various "rocking tools" like the power slide and cock push-ups which actually helps them both later in the film. After he is found out as a fake, he fills into the quiet StraightMan role he is associated with.
32	* MistakenForBadass: When Jack first meets him, he is blown away by Kyle's guitarist skills and begs him to take him under his wing. He takes the credit for "saving" him from a group of hooligans and convinces Jack that he is a famous pro that has worked with the greats.
33	* PrematurelyBald: In a flashback, it is shown that he had male pattern baldness when he was in grade-school. He tried hiding it with a hat then and tries hiding it with a wig in the first act of the film.
34	* TheSlacker: When not playing his guitar on the street, he spends all of his time playing video games and watching TV while getting stoned off of his ass. He doesn't even pay for his own rent, his mom sending him rent checks monthly.
35	* StraightMan: While he usually goes along with Jack's crazy schemes, Kyle is usually the first to point out the flaws in his ideas (only to get ignored or verbally assaulted for his troubles).
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39	[[folder:Paul F. Tompkins the Open Mic Host]]
40	[[quoteright:145:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/open_mic_host_tenacious_d.png]]
41	->'''Played by:''' Paul F. Tompkins
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43	The Open Mic Host of the bar that Tenacious D perform in. Jack and Kyle usually have him read out an intro they have prepared for him.
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45	* CompositeCharacter: In the film, he is revealed to be [[spoiler:a sealed form of Satan, regaining his true form when Jack and Kyle leave the pick for him]].
46	* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: In the film, even in the ending credits, he is only referred to as "Open Mic Host".
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50	[[folder:Flarna]]
51	[[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flarna.png]]
52	->'''Played by:''' Laura Milligan
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54	A girl that Jack has a crush on in "Angel in Disguise." She loves clogging, spinal-piercings and {{Satan}}.
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56	* HollywoodSatanism: She is totally into {{Satan}}. And that's all we know.
57	* ObliviousToLove: She doesn't even know Jack's name, let alone the fact that he has a huge crush on her.
58	* OneShotCharacter: She only appears in "Angel in Disguise." She is never seen or mentioned again.
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62	[[folder:Captain Ed]]
63	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_ed_tenacious_d.jpg]]
64	->'''Played by:''' Ernest M. Garcia
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66	The owner of Captain Ed's Records and a veteran of the rock and roll industry.
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68	* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Jack and Kyle walk away in a huff, Ed looks to the audience and explains [[FiveStagesOfGrief the five stages a person must go through when confronting death (of a dream)]].
69	* TheCameo: Appears in the "Fuck Her Gently" music video as {{God}}.
70	* JadeColoredGlasses: Having experienced the rock and roll lifestyle for himself, he tries to encourage Jack and Kyle to "[[KnowWhenToFoldEm let the dream die]]".
71	* ReformedCriminal: He apparently did time in a Russian prison.
72	* SeenItAll: Having been a [[TheRoadie roadie]] to various bands in the past, Captain Ed have experienced thins that Jack and Kyle could only describe as "a cream-dream".
73	-->I was in a band once. A couple of bands. Yep, I've seen it all. I drove a car into a hotel-room once. Had a three-way with a pair of Siamese twins. Ate an entire horse.
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76	[[folder:Sasquatch]]
77	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sasquatch_pick_of_destiny.png]]
78	->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnCReilly
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80	The cryptid of perdition proven real with Tenacious D finds him by accident.
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82	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: He's the actual Sasquatch.
83	* DreadfulMusician: While at first the D are thrilled to find out that Sasquatch has a drum-set, they swiftly decide to evict him from the band (as gently as they could, mind you) on account of his being [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine even more enthusiastic then they are]] with his instrument, and unable to keep time.
84	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: In the series, Jack and Kyle meet Sasquatch in real life, even taking him on as their band's drummer for a very short period. In the film however, he makes his appearance as a part of JB's [[MushroomSamba mushroom-induce drug trip]]. Considering the film is a prequel to the series, this is the first time either of them have met him.
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88	[[folder:Hank Richeler]]
89	->'''Played by:''' Scott Adsit
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91	A writer that moves next door to Jack and Kyle in "The Greatest Song in the World".
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93	* DesignatedVillain: InUniverse. When Hank calls a police officer for Jack and Kyle's loud and disruptive behavior, they try and make it sound like he was the disruptive one and writes a song about how he was a "shiny demon" they defeated in a rock-off/wrestling match. Bizarrely, it works.
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97	[[folder:Lee]]
98	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lee_tenaciousd.jpg]]
99	->'''Played by:''' JR Reed
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101	JB and KG's biggest fan.
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103	* LoonyFan: Deconstructed and subverted. When he is first introduced in the series, it seems that he will be portrayed as such, pointing out many minor details about the band that one would not normally notice and doing an OffscreenTeleportation infront of them. When Jack and Kyle get a look at the website he made for them, ''they'' end up turning into ''his'' psycho-fans instead. By the time he comes home from work the next day, they've left him dozens of messages on his voice box, messaged all the hospitals in the area when he does not call back, somehow learn various personal details of him and break into his apartment to talk to him.
104	* {{Retcon}}: In the series, Lee first meets Jack and Kyle while the band was already formed and performing, having made a website of them on his own time. In the movie however, Lee first meets them when JB and KG first met by chance.
105	* StalkingIsLove: Of the platonic variety. By the end of the band's ObsessionSong about him, Lee admits that while it does scare him, he has never had anyone who cared so much about him, and the episode ends with Lee singing with them on stage about their friendship. Although JB takes pains to point out that he'll never be allowed to join the band.
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109	[[folder:Jesus Ranch Cult]]
110	->'''Played by:''' Cynthia Ettinger, Mark Fite, V.J. Foster, Dave Allen, Kate Mulligan, JR Reed, Michael Rivkin, Jeronimo Spinx, Jim Turner
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112	A {{Cult}} found in the middle of the desert which Tenacious D are driving through.
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114	* {{Cult}}: A rare, non-sinister example. The followers are all Christian [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]] that believe that one parts with a piece of their souls when they defecate, and that they need to bury their deceased bodies with all of their feces for their souls to be whole. Their leader Liggaguie admits that they are a cult and they spend time through singing and talent-shows. While generally peaceful and probably not the kind to brainwash, they do keep guns around and board up their doors when ask to leave by the County Health Department.
115	* GreenThumb: Because they keep the "collective leavings" of their members as part of their philosophy, their soil is very fertile, demonstrated with a potato the size of a human torso.
116	* LoopedLyrics: When they are asked to evict by the County Health Department, they stay in protest and spend hours singing the same song over and over.
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118
119	!!Characters from [[Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny the Movie]]
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121	[[folder:The Black Family]]
122	->'''Played by:''' Music/MeatLoaf (Bud Black), Cynthia Ettinger (Betty Black), Andrew Caldwell (Billy Black)
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124	JB's family from Kickapoo.
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126	* AbusiveParents: While it is never stated how well his mother treated him, his father hated JB for his rebellious streak and love for rock music, openly stating that his elder brother is ten times better than him and that Jesus loved him more.
127	* FantasyForbiddingFather: JB's dad beats him with a belt and warns him against becoming a rockstar, leading to his son running away from home.
128	* ProperlyParanoid: His belief rock and roll comes from Satan and will corrupt his son. It seems like just him being a crazy fundamentalist but he ends up being right on the money.
129	* RealityIsUnrealistic: In real life, Jack Black was an only child to Jewish parents who encouraged his dream of becoming a rockstar. In the film, they are Christians that tried to do the opposite.
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132	[[folder:Ronnie James Dio]]
133	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ronniejamesdio_tenaciousd.jpg]]
134	->'''Played by:''' Music/RonnieJamesDio
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136	Rock and roll legend, Dio makes several appearances in Tenacious D's canon.
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138	* TheCameo: Every role he plays when it comes to Tenacious D is usually just a cameo.
139	* TheChooserOfTheOne: He appears to a young JB through his poster and tells him to run away to Hollywood and find his band. [[spoiler:Many have theorized that this was [[CompositeCharacter actually]] {{Satan}} in a long-term plan to be reunited with the pick and unleash himself on the Earth.]]
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142	[[folder:Guitar Center Guy]]
143	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guitarcenterguy_tenaciousd.jpg]]
144	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenStiller
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146	An unnamed Guitar Center employee who tells the story of the Pick of Destiny.
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148	* PathOfMostResistance: He took the time to learn Latin in order to translate the scrolls about the Pick of Destiny came about. When asked why he didn't just take it to a translator, he said that he didn't want the translator to know about it too.
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152	[[folder:The Stranger]]
153	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tenaciousd_stranger.png]]
154	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimRobbins
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156	A fellow hunter of the Pick of Destiny that JB and KG run into on their travels.
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158	* DidntThinkThisThrough: He waits outside the Rock and Roll History Museum in order to mug JB and KG for the stolen Pick of Destiny, but it never occurs to him that his physical disability makes it possible for them to simply outrun him.
159	* HarmlessVillain: When JB and KG refuse to give him the Pick after they successfully steal it, he threatens to stab them both with a knife. Because he can barely walk even with a crutch, and all he has is a small knife, he has no hope of catching them when they realize they can just run away. Then he ends up getting arrested for their crime, since he's the only one left at the scene and he can't outrun the police either.
160	* ToThePain: As he approaches the duo with the intent of killing them, he boasts about how he'll cut out their balls and eyes.
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163	[[folder:Satan]]
164	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rock_satan_tenacious_d.jpg]]
165	->'''Played by:''' Music/DaveGrohl (Film), JR Reed (Concert)
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167	The Devil himself, {{Satan}} was defeated by an old magician and a blacksmith and banished to Hell. His chipped tooth was then used to forge the Pick of Destiny, a guitar pick that ensures the user's role in Rock n' Roll history.
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169	* BigBad: He orchestrated the plot of the movie to get back his tooth and regain his power.
170	* ClusterFBomb: He only appears in the climax of the film and he swears just about as much as JB does throughout the whole film.
171	* CompositeCharacter: He is revealed to be [[spoiler:Paul F. Tompkins the Open Mic Host's sure form]], and is implied to be the "shiny demon" from the Tenacious D song "The Greatest Song in the World", given that both follow the "[[LawfulEvil Demon's Code]]".
172	* TheDevilIsALoser: He can crank out a "fuckin' tasty" riff, and has magical powers, but in the end he still gets outwitted by [[LoserProtagonist Jables]] and defeated by [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard his own attack]]. Then has his horn turned into a bong, to add insult to injury.
173	* FlamingDevil: He accepts that if he wins the rock-off he gets Kyle to be his bitch. He makes pretty clear that he intends on turning Kyle into his own personal sex slave.
174	* LouisCypher: His human identity is the open mic host who owns a pretty gothic-looking nightclub. He may have been impersonating the guitar store clerk too.
175	* MadeOfMagic: His chipped tooth was fashioned into a pick that created {{Blues}} music and [[AwesomenessIsAForce ensures its user's place in Rock and Roll history]]. When JB and KG turn his severed horn into a bong (e.g., the Bong of Destiny), it clearly has magical properties (though what it does is left in the air).
176	* OhCrap:
177	-->''Oh, fuck! My fucking horn! Oh no...''
178	* RockMeAsmodeus: When JB and KG challenge him to a rock-off, he utterly curb-stomps the two in singing, guitar and drums.
179	* {{Satan}}
180	* SealedEvilInACan: When summoned by an old sorcerer in ancient times, he was banished back to Hell using his chipped tooth, unable to return to full-strength until he is completed. This later happens again when JB recites the same spell whilst holding his severed horn.
181	* ShockAndAwe: His main attack is when he throws up the horns and shoots [[EmeraldPower green]] [[YellowLightningBlueLightning lightning]] out of them.
182	* SirSwearsalot: He drops as many f-bombs in his one scene as JB does in the whole film.
183	* VillainSong: He sings significant portions of the movie's song "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", with the parts that especially fit having him gloat about how evil and powerful he is as well as how he looks forward to raping Kage after taking him back to Hell once he wins the rock-off.
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