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* PajamaCladHero: The trailers show her fighting in nothing more than her pink nightgown.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The trailer shows her beating up a bunch of mooks all by herself just to protect Elvis, her husband.

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* PajamaCladHero: The trailers show her fighting in In the eighth episode, she fights hoards of masked henchmen wearing nothing more than her pink but a nightgown.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The trailer shows her beating While tripping on LSD, she beats up a bunch of mooks all by herself just to protect Elvis, her husband.
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* JadedWashout: He was a former NASA chimp who got thrown out after he knocked up one of the other test chimps. Since then, he's been on a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol, and sex.
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* DudeMagnet: She has an on-and-off relationship with Creator/WilliamShatner, has caught the interest of the Commander, and apparently had several men fly her to North Africa in the past in order to get in her pants.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Unlike the real Elvis, who got addicted to drugs and eventually died because of it, this Elvis is completely sober and moonlighted as a part-time drug-busting vigilante prior to being recruited as a government spy.

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Unlike the real Elvis, who got addicted to drugs and eventually died because of it, this Elvis is completely sober and moonlighted as a part-time drug-busting vigilante prior to being recruited as a government spy. The real-life Elvis also had a history of infidelity, while this Elvis remains loyal to Priscilla.

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* GranolaGirl: She smokes weed, has very unkind things to say about the US government, and criticizes the Vietnam War for being pointless. This naturally puts her at odds with the very patriotic Elvis.


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* SoapboxSadie: She repeatedly points out the pointlessness of the war on drugs, has very unkind things to say about the US government (even though she technically works for a hidden branch of it), and is critical of the Vietnam War. This naturally puts her at odds with the very patriotic Elvis.
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* GranolaGirl: She smokes weed, has very unkind things to say about the US government, and criticizes the Vietnam War for being pointless. This naturally puts her at odds with the very patriotic Elvis.
* LovableSexManiac: She very openly talks about her sex life and has no problems lusting over guys she finds hot.


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* TheStoner: She smokes joints whenever she has the chance to.
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* SitcomArchnemesis: He does not like Creator/RobertGoulet. The feeling is passive-aggressively mutual with the Canadian-American singer.
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* HelicopterBlender: In the fourth episode, he [[BigDamnHeroes suddenly shows up]] to take out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a chopper to save Elvis, who was besieged by said gang.
--> '''Bobby Ray:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Time to mow the fucking lawn!]]


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* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: This is his response to Elvis' refusal to take a mission against President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
--> '''Elvis Presley:''' I'm not stealin' from the President.\\
'''The Commander:''' It's not stealing, if it's not his. Same way, it's not murder if you do it with your eyes closed. Now go!
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* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: This is his response to Elvis' refusal to take a mission against President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
--> '''Elvis Presley:''' I'm not stealin' from the President.\\
'''The Commander:''' It's not stealing, if it's not his. Same way, it's not murder if you do it with your eyes closed. Now go!
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* HookersAndBlow: His addiction to cocaine is a RunningGag, as is his tendency to fool around to call girls when left to his own devices.

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* HookersAndBlow: His addiction to cocaine is a RunningGag, as is his tendency to fool around to with call girls when left to his own devices.
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* ThePornomancer: He is described as "Music/MarvinGaye for white people!" by Bertie, his mother-figure, in the trailer.

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* ThePornomancer: He is described as "Music/MarvinGaye for white people!" by Bertie, his mother-figure, in the trailer.Bertie.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, loves his wife, and is motivated by a desire to protect his country. And he legitimately looks out for ''all'' Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, loves his wife, wife Priscilla, and is motivated by a genuine desire to protect his country. And he legitimately looks out for ''all'' Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.



--> '''Elvis Presley: Hey. ''(takes out his badge, which has a noticeable dent from the bullet's impact)'' You owe me a new badge, ''dickhead''.

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--> '''Elvis Presley: Presley:''' Hey. ''(takes out his badge, which has a noticeable dent from the bullet's impact)'' You owe me a new badge, ''dickhead''.



* VigilanteMan: Prior to being recruited as a government spy, he moonlighted as a vigilante who struck out against drugs and crime when he wasn't playing rock and roll, [[FantasyForbiddingFather much to Bertie's disapproval]].



* FantasyForbiddingFather: Or mother figure in any case. She does not approve of Elvis getting involved in massive fights with drug dealers and other assorted criminals and tries to push him away from pursuing vigilantism.

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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Or mother figure mother-figure in any case. She does not approve of Elvis getting involved in massive fights with drug dealers and other assorted criminals criminals, and tries to push him away from pursuing vigilantism.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: He shouts, "Time to mow the fucking lawn!" before taking out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a helicopter.
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* HelicopterBlender: In the fourth episode, he takes out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a chopper to save Elvis, who was besieged by said gang.
--> '''Bobby Ray:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Time to mow the fucking lawn!]]
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* ImStandingRightHere: The trailer has Elvis looking disgruntled over Bertie comparing him to Music/MarvinGaye to [=CeCe=] while he's walking right behind them.
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* NoBadassToHisValet: The trailer implies this relationship between her and Elvis. While she helps Elvis run his day-to-day life while he's busy moonlighting as a government agent, [[SassyBlackWoman she isn't afraid to speak her mind about him, either]]; the trailer has her describing Elvis to [=CeCe=] as "Music/MarvinGaye for white people", knowing that Elvis himself is [[ImStandingRightHere walking close behind them]].

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* NoBadassToHisValet: The trailer implies this relationship between her and Elvis. While she helps Elvis run his day-to-day life while he's busy moonlighting as a government agent, [[SassyBlackWoman she isn't afraid to speak her mind about him, either]]; the trailer has her describing how much she disapproves of his activities]]. She openly describes Elvis to [=CeCe=] as "Music/MarvinGaye for white people", knowing that Elvis himself is [[ImStandingRightHere walking close behind them]].



* SassyBlackWoman: She is Elvis' mother-figure who helps run his day-to-day life while he's off working for the government. She's also pretty snarky, as the trailer has her fearlessly mouthing off to both Scatter and Elvis himself.

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* SassyBlackWoman: She is Elvis' mother-figure who helps run his day-to-day life while he's off working for the government. She's also pretty snarky, as the trailer has her fearlessly no problems mouthing off to both Scatter and Elvis himself.people.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a long, vertical scar running across his right eye. While he's one of the good guys, he's also one of Elvis' more problematic allies. The trailers show him getting into various antics like prematurely shooting a man Elvis was interrogating and vomiting messily all over a casino table after drinking a lot.

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* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a long, vertical scar running across his right eye. While he's one of the good guys, he's also one of Elvis' more problematic allies. The trailers show him getting into various antics like Among his other antics, he's prematurely shooting a man Elvis was interrogating and vomiting vomited messily all over a casino table after drinking a lot.
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* TheAlcoholic: Both the teaser and trailer show him drinking a lot; in one scene, he vomits messily all over a casino table after one drink too many, disgusting some of the casino-goers when it gets on them. Bertie calls him out for it.

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* TheAlcoholic: Both the teaser and trailer show him drinking a lot; in He drinks ''a lot''. In one scene, he vomits messily all over a casino table after one drink too many, disgusting some of the casino-goers when it gets on them. Bertie calls him out for it.



* AxCrazy: He’s an absolutely off-the-chain primate. Not only is he TheAlcoholic, but he’s also trigger-happy (he prematurely shoots a man Elvis was interrogating in the teaser after interpreting his owner's words literally) and prone to getting into shenanigans when Elvis isn't around. At one point in the trailer, Elvis has to make it a necessary instruction for him to stay inside a car and not go off to get "coked-up hookers" in the trailer.
* FlippingTheBird: He does this with both hands at a casino table in the trailer.

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* AxCrazy: He’s an absolutely off-the-chain primate. Not only is he TheAlcoholic, but he’s also trigger-happy (he prematurely shoots a man Elvis was interrogating in the teaser after interpreting his owner's words literally) and prone to getting into shenanigans when Elvis isn't around. At one point in the trailer, Elvis has to make it a necessary instruction for him to stay inside a car and not go off to get "coked-up hookers" in the trailer.hookers".
* FlippingTheBird: He does this with both hands and his feet at a casino table in the trailer.second episode.



* HookersAndBlow: It's implied he engaged in this before; in the trailer, Elvis makes a point to leave Scatter with Bobby Ray in the car so the former wouldn't use Elvis' absence as an opportunity to go off buying "coked-up hookers".

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* HookersAndBlow: It's implied he engaged in this before; in the trailer, Elvis makes a point His addiction to leave Scatter with Bobby Ray in the car so the former wouldn't use Elvis' absence cocaine is a RunningGag, as an opportunity is his tendency to go off buying "coked-up hookers".fool around to call girls when left to his own devices.



* NonHumanSidekick: He's Elvis' trouble-making pet chimp, as seen in the teaser and trailer.

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* NonHumanSidekick: He's Elvis' trouble-making pet chimp, as seen in the teaser and trailer.chimp.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, loves his wife, and is motivated by a desire to protect his country. And he legitimately looks out for ''all'' Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, loves his wife, and is motivated by a desire to protect his country. And he legitimately looks out for ''all'' Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.
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* BrokenPedestal: He believed President Nixon to be a great man until he met him in person and found out he was horribly racist and anti-Semitic.

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* BrokenPedestal: He believed President Nixon UsefulNotes/RichardNixon to be a great man until he met him in person and found out he was horribly racist and anti-Semitic.



* NiceGuy: Elvis is a charming, polite, respectful, and heroic kind of guy, though he isn't afraid to get abrasive around those who push his buttons.

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* NiceGuy: Elvis is a charming, JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, respectful, loves his wife, and heroic kind of guy, though he isn't afraid is motivated by a desire to get abrasive around those who push protect his buttons.country. And he legitimately looks out for ''all'' Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.
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* BadassCape: This being Elvis, both the teaser and trailers feature him in outfits that have capes. He also works as a government agent when he isn't a rock-and-roll musician, which means he kicks a lot of ass in this show.

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* BadassCape: This being Elvis, both the teaser and trailers feature him in several of his outfits that have capes.include a cape. He also works as a government agent when he isn't a rock-and-roll musician, which means he kicks a lot of ass in this show.
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* PatrioticFervor: He unironically considers America the greatest country in the world.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: It's revealed that he's "Deep Throat", the federal agent who leaked information about President Nixon's criminal dealings to the ''Washington Post''.
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* AsHimself: She's played by the actual Priscilla Presley portraying a fictionalized version of herself.
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* BrokenPedestal: He believed President Nixon to be a great man until he met him in person and found out he was horribly racist and anti-Semitic.

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* BigDamnHeroes: The trailer has him showing up in a chopper as Elvis is besieged by a gang of mooks, shouting a PreMortemOneLiner before [[HelicopterBlender taking the mooks out]].

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* BigDamnHeroes: The trailer has him showing He shows up in a chopper in the fourth episode as Elvis is besieged by a gang of mooks, shouting a PreMortemOneLiner before [[HelicopterBlender taking the mooks out]].



* HelicopterBlender: In the trailer, he takes out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a chopper to save Elvis, who was besieged by said gang.

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* GeniusDitz: Somewhat slow-witted in demeanor, but he did make most of Elvis' gadgets before Elvis joined TCB, and he can pilot any vehicle.
* HelicopterBlender: In the trailer, fourth episode, he takes out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a chopper to save Elvis, who was besieged by said gang.



* PreMortemOneLiner: He shouts, "Time to mow the fucking lawn!" before taking out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a helicopter in the trailer.
* SouthernFriedGenius: He's Elvis' main technical support and speaks with a pronounced Southern drawl.

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* MadeOfIron: He gets knocked off of a cliff by Scatter in the fourth episode, but his body is recovered with no visible fractures, and he doesn't feel any ill effects after waking up.
* PreMortemOneLiner: He shouts, "Time to mow the fucking lawn!" before taking out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a helicopter in the trailer.
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* SouthernFriedGenius: He's He was Elvis' main technical support prior to joining TCB and speaks with a pronounced Southern drawl.
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* MotorMouth: She doesn't do dead air. If there's silence, it's a guarantee that she'll try to fill it. And she talks very fast.
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* DepravedBisexual: He muses about using a theoretical cloaking device to peep in on other men in the bathroom, and is attracted to the sassy Bertie, and in general is a pretty terrible guy despite heading a government agency meant to protect the world.

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* DepravedBisexual: He muses about using a theoretical cloaking device to peep in on other men in the bathroom, and is also attracted to the sassy Bertie, and in general is a pretty terrible guy despite heading a government agency meant to protect the world.

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* AffectionateNickname: His friend/sidekick, Bobby Ray, calls him "E" for short.



* DeadpanSnarker: He has an incredibly dry wit and hardly if ever raises his voice, giving off this effect whenever he trades bards with anyone.

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* DeadpanSnarker: He has an incredibly dry wit and hardly if ever raises his voice, giving off this effect whenever he trades bards barbs with anyone.



* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Unlike the real Elvis, who got addicted to drugs and eventually died because of it, this Elvis is completely sober and moonlighted as a part-time drug-busting vigilante prior to being recruited as a government spy.



* MamasBoy: Is quite respectful to his mother figure, Bertie.

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* MamasBoy: MommasBoy: Is quite respectful to his mother figure, Bertie.



* PocketProtector: In the first episode, a captive Elvis is shot by UsefulNotes/CharlesManson for bad-mouthing him, to the shock and horror of Elvis' friends. Just as the Manson Family starts celebrating, Elvis rises up from the ground, looking supremely pissed off as he reveals the badge that protected him.
--> '''Elvis Presley: Hey. ''(takes out his badge, which has a noticeable dent from the bullet's impact)'' You owe me a new badge, ''dickhead''.



* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: He's based on the real-life Scatter, a chimpanzee the real Elvis owned, who terrorized both Elvis' family and friends alike. Here, he's Elvis' NonHumanSidekick in the spy business, and even before Elvis got recruited, he was perfectly capable of fighting the Manson Family alongside his master.



* UndyingLoyalty: To Elvis.

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* UndyingLoyalty: To Elvis.
Elvis. While he's a problematic chimp who constantly frustrates Elvis with his antics, he's still loyal to Elvis and willing to help his owner out in a pinch.



* AlliterativeName: '''H'''oward '''H'''ughes.



* GroinAttack: The trailer briefly shows him delivering electric shocks to a captive young man's groin.









* AmazonChaser: He seems to be turned on by Bertie's sassy no-nonsense demeanor.

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* AmazonChaser: He seems to be turned on by Bertie's sassy sassy, no-nonsense demeanor.



* DepravedBisexual: He muses about using a theoretical cloaking device to peep in on other men in the bathroom and in general is a pretty terrible guy despite heading a government agency meant to protect the world.

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* DepravedBisexual: He muses about using a theoretical cloaking device to peep in on other men in the bathroom bathroom, and is attracted to the sassy Bertie, and in general is a pretty terrible guy despite heading a government agency meant to protect the world.



* TheSpyMaster: He's a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Nick Fury]]-style spymaster who both Elvis and [=CeCe=] take orders from.

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* TheSpyMaster: TheSpymaster: He's a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Nick Fury]]-style spymaster who both Elvis and [=CeCe=] take orders from.



Priscilla Presley is Elvis' lover, just like her real-life counterpart.

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Priscilla Presley is Elvis' lover, wife, just like her real-life counterpart.



* PajamaCladHero: The trailers show her fighting in nothing more than her nightgown.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The trailer shows her beating up a bunch of mooks all by herself just to protect Elvis, her lover.

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* PajamaCladHero: The trailers show her fighting in nothing more than her pink nightgown.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The trailer shows her beating up a bunch of mooks all by herself just to protect Elvis, her lover.husband.

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* AmazonChaser: He seems to be turned on by Bertie's sassy no-nonsense demeanor.



* StraightGay: If it wasn't for him fantasizing about peeping in on men in the bathroom, there wouldn't really be any indication that he was bisexual.

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