The characters present in the Jamaican reggae/dancehall series Stir It Up, done by the Twin of Twins duo (Patrick and Paul Gaynor). Nearly all of the voices are done by the Twins, and most of the characters are Expies of the real-life persons they are intended to portray.
Some of the characters are listed below.
Ian Lyad
One of the two main hosts of the show, and supposedly the more educated and cultured of the two. He is based on real-life Jamaican journalist and sometime pastor Ian Boyne; this fact was lampshaded when the Twins appeared as guests on Mr. Boyne's television programme Religious Hard Talk. Mr. Boyne himself was quite amused at the Twins' portrayal of him via Ian Lyad.- Black and Nerdy
- Catchphrase: "MY GOD!"
- "Being very intelligent..." or some variation thereof. In fact, he uses it so often that he actually gets upset when Beenie Man attempts to use it to rebuff Bounty Killa.
Ian Lyad: I'll have you know that that's my catch-phrase, you know. And I'll ask you to refrain from using my linguistic skills! - Everyone Has Standards: In Volume 3, despite the fact that he doesn't like how the guest characters have invited themselves into his home, Ian is outraged at Bob's suspicion that he, Ian, would conspire with his maid to poison their dinner.
- Informed Ability: He's the host of the Stir It Up radio talk show in title description only.
- Mistaken for Gay: During Volumes 2 and 3, Bob and Bounty Killa take some of Ian's statements out of context, resulting in this, and they threaten to kill him for it.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: He's the Straight Man to Mr. Muta's Wise Guy.
- Only Sane Man: He certainly believes so. Considering the wacky cast that he has to put up with, one can hardly blame him.
Mr. Muta
The other of the show's two main hosts, he is rude, confrontational, profane and very direct. He's not afraid to let his opinion be known, and will often take verbal pot-shots at guests and occasionally at Ian. He is based on the real-life Rastafarian poet, Mutabaruka.- Berserk Button: He'll flip out at the mere suggestion of what he perceives as sexual deviancy (oral sex, homosexuality, etc.)R. Kelly: Freakin' is like an art, you understand? You gotta hold that p—-y, you gotta...
Mr. Muta: Wha—?
R. Kelly: You gotta, you gotta—
Mr. Muta: NO! You gotta! You and Ian gotta!
Ian Lyad: What're you saying?
Mr. Muta: Nuh bring dem thing deh to Rastafari, 'bout we gotta! Gotta do, mi b——c——!!! (abruptly hangs up on R. Kelly) - Calling the Old Man Out: Does this to George W. regarding the White House having "nothing black" in it.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He does not like racists.
- Jerkass: 90% of the time.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The other 10%.
- Pet the Dog: He's capable of this, sometimes. One example: he counsels a teenage girl against following the poor advice of her friends simply to fit in with the crowd.
- Scary Black Man
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: He's the Wise Guy to Ian Lyad's Straight Man.
- Supporting Protagonist: Becomes this from Volume 10 onward, with the focus instead going to characters such as Ankle Socks, Big Wayne, and Pinky.
Mr. Bob Bob, the King of Reggae
A frequent co-host alongside Ian and Muta, he often feels like he gets the crappy end of the stick. He is based on the late reggae superstar, Bob Marley.- Berserk Button: Boy, does he hate being slighted or overlooked.
- Catchphrase: "Oonu tek Rasta fi p——hole?"
- My Friends... and Zoidberg: This often threatens to happen to him.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Despite being explicitly stated in Volume 1 to have been dead for 15 years, he's still able to interact with the other characters. Nobody comments on how impossible this should be.
Dear Pastor
A pastor and a frequent guest on the show, he opposes Muta on theological grounds and dispenses advice to callers. Based on Jamaican Baptist pastor and advice columnist Reverend Aaron Dumas, who is well-known for his "Tell Me Pastor" newspaper column and his "Dear Pastor" night-time radio call-in show.- Badass Preacher
- God Is Good: Preaches this often.
Mr. Adams
A very controversial cop who uses less than legal methods to do his job. Based on Renato Adams, a former senior superintendent of Jamaica's police force, who gained notoriety for the March 2001 killing of seven youths in an alleged shootout in Braeton, Kingston, and for his involvement in a flare-up of violence that took place in West Kingston between July 7-10 later that same year.- Karma Houdini: He never even gets called out for crossing the
Moral Event Horizon. - Killer Cop: "I have a 9 o'clock appointment fi go kill some innocent people."
- Vigilante Man
- Would Hurt a Child: Admits to shooting his own young nephew because the boy drew and crayoned a gun in his exercise book.
Ras Whitey
A white man who has taken up the Rastafarian way of life. A frequent guest on the show, but he clashes often with Mr. Muta.- Butt-Monkey: He's been gang-beaten and swindled out of his finances in the past.
- I Know Karate: "I used to practice with these Buddhist monks who taught me a lot of things...I'll show you my Eagle's Claws of Shaolin!"
- Innocent Innuendo: This once caused him to be beaten by a group of Rastafarians, as he explains to the others.Ras Whitey: I said, "No! Rastafari is for the love of all mankind!" He (leader of the gang) said to me, "We don't love mankind, we love womankind." I was - oh, my God - I was kicked, I was punched, I was called names! They called me Judas, they called me Jesus, they called me Caesar, they called me Luciano - who's Luciano?
- Mistaken for Racist: By Muta. The fact that he calls Muta some very unsavory names doesn't help matters at all.Ras Whitey: Mr. Big, Thick and Black, you think you can scare me?Mr. Muta: Oh, you turn racist now! Ooohh!Ras Whitey: Hey man, I'm not afraid of you! You loud-mouthed, thick-lipped -Mr. Muta: —wha—!
Amuro and Adube Abugane
An African couple who are introduced in Volume 7. Amuro Abugane is a university professor, and Adube is his neglected and very frustrated wife.- Broken Pedestal: Professor Abugane becomes this for Muta.
- Establishing Character Moment: Adube storms into the studio moments after her husband has left her alone in the car. This sets the stage for the listener to find out about the antagonistic relationship they have.
- Henpecked Husband: Amuro eventually breaks down and offers to become this to Adube in an effort to convince her not to leave him. It disappoints Muta.
- Hypocritical Humor: Professor Abugane brags that in Africa, if a woman cheats on her husband, he can be authorized to kill her for her infidelity, whereas a man can cheat on his wife without fear of repercussion. When Adube reveals that she's cheated on him and threatens to leave him, however, he breaks down in tears and begs her to stay, even offering to let her "rule over his head"...much to Muta's utter disappointment.
- Last-Name Basis: Amuro Abugane is referred to as "Abugane" by nearly all the other characters, and only his wife Adube calls him by his first name.
Big Wayne
A major character introduced in Volume 10, and the Villain Protagonist of Volume 11.- Abusive Parents: At one point he shouts at his own daughter and makes her cry just because he sees her as needlessly interrupting his conversation with Bingie Roy.
- Cain and Abel: He is the Cain, while his cousin Bingie Roy is the Abel. True to the trope, after Bingie Roy calls Big Wayne out for his lack of ambition, Big Wayne sets him up to be killed.
- Hate Sink: He is the single most despicable character in the story arc that is started in Volume 10. Even fellow douchebag Ankle Socks has some redeeming moments (however few those may be) compared to him.
- Manipulative Bastard: Makes use of the Manipulative Editing trope to try setting different persons up to kill each other or frame them for things they didn't say or do, and threatens lackeys into doing whatever he wants them to do.
- Never My Fault: He refuses to even consider or remember that the reason he is still in poverty is that Bingie Roy had offered him a partnership in a snack-selling enterprise to make money for themselves, only for Wayne to turn up his nose at it because he didn't see the value of using the venture to save money over a period of time.
- The Resenter: Hatefully envious toward his cousin Bingie Roy for the latter's rising success and wealth from building on his entrepreneurial selling of banana chips, as well as angry at Bingie Roy for calling out his own lack of ambition to better himself.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Bingie Roy is using some of his own money to send Big Wayne's daughter to school. Big Wayne's response is to complain about how his son isn't getting the same privilege (although Roy points out in response that the son in question hasn't merited that level of sacrifice).
