Characters from Salut les Geeks are listed on this page.
Mathieu and his personalities
Welcome to the beautiful world of Mathieu Sommet's brain. You will meet interesting people such as...
Mathieu Sommet
The host, actor and video reviewer. He's Mathieu's default persona.
- Alter-Ego Acting: Mathieu has described his alter-ego in Salut Les Geeks as having become a character in its own right, distinct from his real life persona.
- Brain Uploading: How he survives the season 5 finale.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Can go from the Geek's prepubescent voice to the Boss's deep evil laugh to the Hippie's cracking voice within seconds.
- Motor Mouth
- Only Sane Man: The host is more or less the "sane" persona : he's the one who analyse the videos the most seriously and isn't there to be a gag, unlike the others.
- The Snark Knight: He's incredibly cynical and snarky.
- Talking to Themself:...and they all represent not different characters, but part of his personality.
- Traumatic Haircut: Receives one in the asylum in the beginning of season 5.
The Boss
A scary sexually-obsessed businessman that you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.
- Cool Shades: Can overlap with Sinister Shades, given his personality.
- Early-Installment Weirdness/Flanderization: First appeared in the 4th episode, as a cynical businessman (without any sexual lines),then turned to a man who always talked about seeing the whores, and eventually became a creepily sexually-obsessed guy who would do anything.
- Extreme Omnisexual: Girls, boys, kids, old people, animals and even objects are not a problem for him.
- Eye Scream: In #69, he removes (offscreen) his sunglasses, and Mathieu is squicked by what he sees. According to the Boss' reaction, he has piercings on his eyeballs.
- "Flowers for Algernon" Syndrome: After Mathieu's death, he renounces his depraved lifestyle and settles for what he describes as a healthy, legal and monogamous relationship, with a wife and daughter. It doesn't last.
- Offing the Offspring[/]Til Murder Do Us Part: How it all ends.
- Heh Heh, You Said "X": Often laughs when the host dops a naughty word.
- Parental Incest: Claims to have done it with his Mother.
- Rape as Comedy: Most of the times, anything he says or does is about sex, whether you want it or not. And it's implied he raped the Geek at one point, if that's even possible.
- Satan: In a Crossover episode of Minute Papillon including the Salut les Geeks cast, he is revealed to be him. As it is from a crossover in another show, it may be not canon.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Always wears his business suit. Regarding his status as the team's pervert, it makes you wonder what kind of business he's in...
- Sinister Shades: He's the most "evil" of the whole cast (like when he tried to torture the Geek just for fun), and always wears his dark sunglasses.
- Verbal Tic: Tends to end his sentences with "gamin" ("kid")
The Geek
A young idealistic nerd and designated victim of the show.
- Butt-Monkey: If anyone has to be tortured/mocked/bullied/humiliated/abused (sexually or not) for the purpose of a gag, it will be him. And the other doesn't really seem to care or display any respect for him.
- Deadpan Snarker: His initial personality. It didn't last.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Of the main 4, he's probably the nicest and the only one without sunglasses, with Mathieu Sommet's own blue eyes which makes him look like an innocent kid, fitting the character.
- Older Than They Look: In one episode, it's revealed he's sterile and has a high voice since he tried to do the splits when he was thirteen. He's 43.
The Hippie
Just a crazy stoner, "bro".
- A God Am I: After Mathieu's death, he creates his own religion preaching peace and respect, and becomes the god of said religion. While he succeeds in gaining many followers, they take his preaching a little too seriously and end up ruthlessly persecuting anyone who disagrees with them.
- Nice Guy: Arguably the nicest of all Mathieu's personalities.
- The Stoner: As any stereotypical hippie, he smokes. A lot. And sometimes, not-so-legal stuff.
- Verbal Tic: Almost always ends his sentences with "gros" ("bro")
Master Panda
A panda who can sing, and does it very well.(Actually just Mathieu in a panda outfit but let's pretend we didn't notice). He's got his own sequence, L'instant Panda, at the end of each video since season 4. In season 6, he quits his job and decides take over the world and Mathieu's show.
- Ascended Extra: He appeared from time to time in the earlier seasons, but from season 4 onward he got his own sequence at the end of each episode, to replace the Scientist.
- Face–Heel Turn: After Mathieu's Death, he becomes one of the show's main villains.
- Glasgow Grin: He has one at the first L'instant Panda of season 5.
- Take Over the World: His goal, as of season 6.
- The Cast Show Off: His sequence L'instant Panda consist of making a song about the previous video, and showing the world that he can sing.
The Girl
The only girl, and that's all.
- Crosscast Role: Like the other characters, she's played by Mathieu Sommet.
- Demoted to Extra: Was removed after the end of season three, probably because both the audience and
the creator found her not funny enough and sometimes sexist. She also didn't have much personality aside from being "the girl", compared to the rest of the cast.- In the (probably not canon) Crossover with Minute Papillon, the Girl's shirt and a skull with the wig used for the role are found by the Prof in catacombs.
- A character wearing the same disguise (minus the fake breasts) appeared a couple of times in later seasons, with very few lines (and sometimes not a all). She probably is meant to represent a female character when the presence of one is needed in a scene, instead of being the same character.
- Dumb Blond
- Girls with Moustaches: Since she's played by a man, it can happen sometimes when Mathieu didn't shave.
- Shoo Out the New Guy: Played straight. She was introduced late in the show, quickly became unpopular to both the audience and the creator and then unceremoniously vanished.
- The Smurfette Principle
The Prof
The host of La Science Infuse, a sequence that tried to explain strange questions from viewers with even stranger theories. Later replaced by L'instant Panda
- Demoted to Extra: He is a lot less present in the show since La Science Infuse disappeared.
- Enemy Mine : In season 6, he joins forces with Master Panda to take revenge for being fired, despite the Panda being the reason he was kicked off the show.
- Mad Scientist: When asked simple questions, his explanations tends to be crazy but makes perfect sense in his mind.
- Smart People Wear Glasses
The Redneck
A racist, sexist, homophobic and above all not particularly smart guy. First seen in season 5, he features more heavily in season 6.
- Angry White Man : His most defining characteristic.
- Barbarian Long Hair
- Dumb Blonde
- Catchphrase: "They took our jobs!" and "I saw it on TV!"
- TV Never Lies: See aforementioned catchphrase.
The Man with the Tie
A man who wears a tie. That's about it.
Other Characters
Jeanne
An artificial intelligence that guides Mathieu's conscience in the afterlife.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Benevolent A.I.: Appears to be this, though the reasons behind her existence are somewhat... vague.
- Computer Voice: She speaks with one.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Funny Robot
- Mouth of Sauron: She was created by and works for an entity simply referred to as "the operator".
- Really Was Born Yesterday: She introduces herself as "an artificial intelligence created three minutes and twenty seconds ago".
- Take Over the World: As she discovers mankind's stupidity, she becomes more and more convinced they would be better off with her as their overlord, and occasionally mentions her plans of world domination.
Dr. Frederic
A disgraced doctor, he has been informed of Mathieu's mental disorder and believes he can cure him.
- The Atoner: His main motivation. He was disgraced after his extreme methods were revealed, and believes that curing Mathieu of his multiple personalities will make him a respected doctor once again.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He is genuinely horrified when the Masked Man proposes to have Mathieu Lobotomised.
- Psycho Psychologist:
- Obliviously Evil: He is convinced Mathieu will benefit from his treatment and does not find out until near the end of the Masked Man's true motives.
- Redemption Equals Death: he is ultimately killed by the Masked Man, but his actions indirectly allow Mathieu to survive his death.
- Room Full of Crazy: the walls of his house are covered with news headlines that all speak of his disgrace.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Despite his somewhat dodgy methods, his intentions are genuinely good.
The Masked Man / Maxime Lassault
A mysterious man who wears a mask. Behind many of the events of season 5.
- Broken Ace: In the season 5 finale, it is revealed he is a young, handsome, athletic billionaire who was driven to insanity by his sister's death.
- Big Bad: In season 5.
- Dramatic Unmask: He turns out to be a character completely unknown to the audience.
- Driven to Suicide: Does so immediately after killing Mathieu.
- Malevolent Masked Men:
- You killed my sister: His sister committed suicide after appearing in Salut Les Geeks, causing his hatred towards Mathieu.
The Tattooed Man
Yet another mysterious man, this time with a triangle tattooed on his right arm.
- Ambiguously Evil: his goals are never made clear, and what little we see him do could only makes things more vague. For example, he leads Dr. Frederic and the masked man to Mathieu, leading to his death, but at the same time convinces the doctor to use a machine that enables Mathieu to survive his death.
- [[Doppelganger]]: In the season 6 trailer, it is revealed that he [[is identical in appearance to Mathieu]], the only physical differences being his tattoo and his eyes.
- Evil Twin: May or may not be evil, but appears to be an inverted version of [[Spoiler: Mathieu]]: he prefers tea over coffee, throws away his games and mangas, and appears to dislike Mathieu's Cat.
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Magnificent Bastard: What little we know about him makes him fill this - Mysterious Backer: He ensures Mathieu can continues his show despite being dead. What his ultimate goal is, no one knows.
- Occult Blue Eyes:
