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* TheCameo: Curt Mega's character in In the final number finale of ''Black Friday'' is, unlike everyone else there, not a pre-established ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', among several other unexpected Hatchetfield character -- but in a FreezeFrameBonus, he's revealed to be Ed when he checks his pocket to make sure that cast members, you can glimpse Peanuts is okay lurking in there.Ed's pocket.
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | "The ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' ("The Hatchetfield Ape-Man" | end credits of ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' episode 2 | "The Witch in the Web"
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Nora is a pretty BadBoss to Emma and does make many unreasonable demands and play favorites... but Emma is also pretty rude to the customers and bad at her job. (And that's ''before'' we find it she routinely spits in the coffee.)
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Nora is a pretty BadBoss to Emma and does make many unreasonable demands and play favorites... but Emma is also pretty rude to the customers and bad at her job. (And that's ''before'' we find it out she routinely spits in the coffee.)
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* AlliterativeName: "Dan and Donna" make for a catchy duo due to their similar names, and Donna Daggit has one herself.
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An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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* TheCameo: Curt Mega's character in the final number of ''Black Friday'' is, unlike everyone else there, not a pre-established Hatchetfield character -- but in a FreezeFrameBonus, he's revealed to be Ed when he at one point checks his pocket to make sure that Peanuts is okay in there.
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* UngratefulBastard: You can't expect too much gratitude out of a squirrel, but in TGWDLM, Peanuts repays Ed for all of his aid by burrowing into the man's chest and using him as shelter when PEIP bombs Hatchetfield.
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* RiddleForTheAges: A tongue-in-cheek WordOfSaintPaul comment from Jeff Blim is that the one secret of Hatchetfield that will never be revealed is where, exactly, the Man in a Hurry is in a hurry to get to.
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** RiddleForTheAges: A tongue-in-cheek WordOfSaintPaul comment from Jeff Blim is that the one secret of Hatchetfield that will never be revealed is where, exactly, the Man in a Hurry is in a hurry to get to.
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* YourTomcatIsPregnant: Nick Lang agreed to give a tongue-in-cheek completely pointless spoiler in a [[WordOfGod Q&A on Twitter]]: Everyone refers to Peanuts by "he/him" pronouns but Peanuts is actually female.
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[[folder: Ed]]
!!"Papa" Ed
!!!'''Played by:''' Curt Mega
!!!''''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 (picture only)
A Hatchetfield resident who took pity on Peanuts and brought him home to nurse him back to health.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Papa Ed's history as a military veteran was only revealed in livestream previews of ''Black Friday'' and is only ambiguously canon now (it seems that this background may have been moved over to the character of Tom Houston).
* AnimalLover: Pretty much all there is to his character.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Making a personal project out of saving a single baby squirrel isn't something a typical citizen would do, and his physical appearance in ''Black Friday'' -- unkempt hair, nervous disposition, layered grubby clothes -- makes him look like an eccentric BasementDweller.
* TheDividual: Ed only ever appears in the context of being the one who carries Peanuts the Pocket Squirrel around in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his pocket]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's not clear if he actually goes by "Papa Ed" or that was just Donna describing him as "Proud papa, Ed". Since it's the only time his name has ever been mentioned onstage, fans tend to go with calling him "Papa Ed".
* UnexpectedCharacter: Papa Ed and Peanuts appearing in the ending of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' was an even bigger surprise than the ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' cast showing up.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Seems to be this in the opposite direction for Alice as Ziggs -- Ziggs is the cooler, more exciting kid Deb would rather be dating, and Grace is the nicer, more respectable kid Bill would rather have as a daughter.
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* PurityPersonified: How Alice accuses Bill of seeing Grace, and claiming that that's what Bill would rather have for a daughter.
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* FanNickname: Creator/TeamStarkid has resisted actually calling him by the FanNickname "Hot Chocolate Boy", which is an AscendedMeme based on TheCameo he briefly has in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' and doesn't actually speak to his planned character in ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''. Unfortunately, there isn't really a good alternate name for him, since his name in the script ("Obnoxious Teen") is shared with the Creator/JoeyRichter character created as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in ''Theatre/BlackFriday''.
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* HollywoodNerd: Very much one of these, with the squeaky pubescent voice, the suspenders, his complaints about his "very low blood sugar" and the fact that we're introduced to him by him shamelessly snitching on Emma to her boss.
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* {{Expy}}: Is dressed as and -- in his pre-infected incarnation -- acts like Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh in ''Film/OfficeSpace''.
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Lex's kinda maybe sorta boyfriend, and her partner in the scheme to obtain and sell a Wiggly to run away to California.
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"Forever & Always"
** RiddleForTheAges: A tongue-in-cheek WordOfSaintPaul comment from Jeff Blim is that the one secret of Hatchetfield that will never be revealed is where, exactly, the Man in a Hurry is in a hurry to get to.
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"Time Bastard"
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Dating Alice but mentioned in ''Watcher World'' to have a crush on a non-binary classmate, suggesting, depending on what this unseen classmate might look like, that she's bi or pan.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Dating Alice but mentioned in ''Watcher World'' to have a crush on Ziggs, a non-binary classmate, suggesting, depending on what this unseen classmate might look like, suggesting that she's Deb is bi or pan.
* LoveTriangle: "Watcher World" reveals that Deb has a crush on Ziggs, and Alice is extremely insecure about how much cooler and more worldly Ziggs is than her, thinking it's a very real possibility that Deb may choose Ziggs over her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: "Watcher World" reveals that Deb and Alice are in something of a LoveTriangle with a [[{{Transgender}} non-binary]] student named Ziggs, with Deb being extremely insecure about how much cooler and more worldly Ziggs is than her.
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!Hatchetfield News
[[folder: Dan and Donna]]
!!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''The Hatchetfield Ape-Man'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 | ''The Witch in the Web''
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: They were a parody of this trope in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Paul tuning into the news just in time to catch the pointless HumanInterestStory about "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" and turning off the TV to head to work immediately before they start talking about the mysterious meteor impact the previous night.
* HumanInterestStory: The whole RunningGag with Dan and Donna is that they spend just as much or more energy on seemingly pointless stories about a local resident adopting a pet squirrel or an eccentric tourist's obsession with [[CryptidEpisode the local cryptid]] as they do actual newsworthy events.
* KentBrockmanNews: There usually aren't ''overt'' jokes in their broadcasts compared to the TropeNamer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but a lot about them is PlayedForLaughs, like their forced cheerfulness, Dan's CatchPhrase "That's amazing, Donna!" and their morning news show changing its name to the obnoxiously folksy "Morning Cup O' News" in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Episode 1.
* RealLifeRelative: One of the few instances of Creator/JoeyRichter and Creator/LaurenLopez being paired up as a duo in a Starkid show, since they were choosing not to draw attention to their RealLife romantic relationship before their engagement in 2020. Thanks to the fact that they were living together during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, they were one of the few sets of characters in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' who could actually physically appear together in the same window.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', with the PracticalVoiceover reporting on the Black Friday crisis coming from a much more PlayedStraight news broadcast out of New York.
* SimilarSquad: After Hatchetfield is destroyed in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', we run into their counterparts "Rachel and Rod" from the Clivesdale Morning News, reporting on the tragedy.
[[folder: Dan and Donna]]
!!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''The Hatchetfield Ape-Man'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 | ''The Witch in the Web''
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: They were a parody of this trope in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Paul tuning into the news just in time to catch the pointless HumanInterestStory about "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" and turning off the TV to head to work immediately before they start talking about the mysterious meteor impact the previous night.
* HumanInterestStory: The whole RunningGag with Dan and Donna is that they spend just as much or more energy on seemingly pointless stories about a local resident adopting a pet squirrel or an eccentric tourist's obsession with [[CryptidEpisode the local cryptid]] as they do actual newsworthy events.
* KentBrockmanNews: There usually aren't ''overt'' jokes in their broadcasts compared to the TropeNamer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but a lot about them is PlayedForLaughs, like their forced cheerfulness, Dan's CatchPhrase "That's amazing, Donna!" and their morning news show changing its name to the obnoxiously folksy "Morning Cup O' News" in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Episode 1.
* RealLifeRelative: One of the few instances of Creator/JoeyRichter and Creator/LaurenLopez being paired up as a duo in a Starkid show, since they were choosing not to draw attention to their RealLife romantic relationship before their engagement in 2020. Thanks to the fact that they were living together during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, they were one of the few sets of characters in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' who could actually physically appear together in the same window.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', with the PracticalVoiceover reporting on the Black Friday crisis coming from a much more PlayedStraight news broadcast out of New York.
* SimilarSquad: After Hatchetfield is destroyed in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', we run into their counterparts "Rachel and Rod" from the Clivesdale Morning News, reporting on the tragedy.
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!!Ziggs
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:'''
A classmate of
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: They were a parody of this trope in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Paul tuning into the news just in time to catch the pointless HumanInterestStory about "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel"
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*
* KentBrockmanNews: There usually aren't ''overt'' jokes in their broadcasts compared to the TropeNamer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but a lot about them is PlayedForLaughs, like their forced cheerfulness, Dan's CatchPhrase "That's amazing, Donna!"
* RealLifeRelative: One of the few instances of Creator/JoeyRichter and Creator/LaurenLopez being paired up as a duo in a Starkid show, since they were
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to
* TheGhost: Hasn't been seen yet, and WordOfGod doesn't know yet who'll play them, as the
* ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', with the PracticalVoiceover reporting
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[[folder: Sam]]
!!Sam
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Charlotte's husband, who frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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!!Sam
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Charlotte's husband, who frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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!!Sam
!!Grace Chastity
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like
Charlotte's husband, who frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
A local teen. Bill thinks she'd be a better girlfriend for Alice than Deb would. She also babysits Tim.
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* AirGuitar: Indulges in some air guitar and air drumming when backing up his wife in "Join Us and Die".
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just makes the fact that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in the shower and he "has the voice of an angel", to which she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just makes the fact that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in the shower and he "has the voice of an angel", to which she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.
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* AirGuitar: Indulges in some air guitar and air drumming when backing up his wife in "Join Us and Die".
TheGhost: She hasn't been seen yet.
*AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just makes the fact HeroOfAnotherStory: Given that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it Alice describes her as a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After"nerdy prude", it's likely she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husbandmeant to Charlotte, as well as being play a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys large role in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.
* MeaningfulName: She's a-- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: Hechurchgoer and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" isAlice describes her as a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation,prude, making both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotteher first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in the shower and he "has the voice of an angel", to which she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.last name very appropriate.
*
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband
* MeaningfulName: She's a
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation,
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.
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!! Doug
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A very deadpan police officer. One of Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.
!! Doug
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A very deadpan police officer. One of Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.
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!! Doug
Obnoxious Teen]]
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:'''Mariah Rose Faith
Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:'''''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Avery deadpan police officer. One of Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
!! Doug
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:'''
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* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
** AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness of the AscendedMeme to outsiders, Robert Manion didn't actually sing the line "What that bitch want, Doug?" in the [=YouTube=] version of the show, accidentally singing "What that bitch want, Sarge?" instead -- meaning Doug's name was only known to Kickstarter backers who got a copy of the script or to people who listened to the studio recording of the song on the album released months later.
* BitCharacter: Doug is only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorable enough that [[TheBusCameBack they come back]] as the police officer in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 3 Pt. 1, "Jane's a Car".
* FairCop: Being played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being this, which is one of the reasons fans latched onto them.
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is notable if only because their BitCharacter role in "Jane's a Car" means that for once they avert this trope for the Hatchetfield PD.
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
** AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness of the AscendedMeme to outsiders, Robert Manion didn't actually sing the line "What that bitch want, Doug?" in the [=YouTube=] version of the show, accidentally singing "What that bitch want, Sarge?" instead -- meaning Doug's name was only known to Kickstarter backers who got a copy of the script or to people who listened to the studio recording of the song on the album released months later.
* BitCharacter: Doug is only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorable enough that [[TheBusCameBack they come back]] as the police officer in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 3 Pt. 1, "Jane's a Car".
* FairCop: Being played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being this, which is one of the reasons fans latched onto them.
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is notable if only because their BitCharacter role in "Jane's a Car" means that for once they avert this trope for the Hatchetfield PD.
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous.
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* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result BurgerFool: All of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
** AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdnesshis jobs are of the AscendedMeme to outsiders, Robert Manion didn't actually sing the line "What menial, mindless sort that bitch want, Doug?" in the [=YouTube=] version of the show, accidentally singing "What that bitch want, Sarge?" instead -- meaning Doug's name was only known to Kickstarter backers who got a copy of the script or to people who listened to the studio recording of the song on the album released months later.
* BitCharacter: Doug is only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorableteenagers are forced into, and he's incompetent enough that [[TheBusCameBack they come back]] as when Tom orders two items at Pizza Pete's (which is technically a SuckECheeses), that's too much for him to write down all at once.
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underage characters except for thepolice officer in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 3 Pt. 1, "Jane's a Car".
* FairCop: Beingones played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being Kendall Yakshe are this, which but Joey Richter playing a teenager in his 30s is one of the reasons fans latched onto them.
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman wouldstill especially notable (especially because longtime fans are aware how different he looks from "babyfaced" Joey when he was in his early 20s as the leading man of ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' and ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'').
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] makethem him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this toa lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is notable if onlybe impossible because their BitCharacter role he gets in "Jane's a Car" means that confrontation with Ethan Green, who's [[ActingForTwo also played for once they avert this trope for the Hatchetfield PD.
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous.
Robert Manion]].
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
** AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness
* BitCharacter: Doug is only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorable
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underage characters except for the
* FairCop: Being
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is notable if only
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous.
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!Toy Zone
[[folder: Frank Pricely]]
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
[[folder: Frank Pricely]]
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_pricely.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
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!!Frank Pricely
!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday''
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Frank is one of the few characters who never hears the voice of Wiggly and doesn't actually become BrainwashedAndCrazy when the Wiggly cult forms, remaining one of the "infidels" along with his employee Lex. This is possibly because Wiggly's plan required him to be obsessed with ''selling'' the dolls to other people rather than having them for himself, or the Black Friday sale would never have happened.
* AlasPoorVillain: Frank is not a good person, and much of what happens on Black Friday is his fault, but it's impossible not to pity him when you see him going down under a wave of screaming, feral customers, terrified and confused at how quickly everything went wrong. [[spoiler: And there's nothing funny or satisfying about his death as a HumanSacrifice at all.]]
* BadBoss: He's a pretty huge asshole to Lex, thinking nothing of making her work long hours on a holiday weekend and openly giving her shit about how lucky she is to have a job as a "dropout with a record". He's also pretty cruel about her sister's disability, and some have interpreted his controlling behavior and handsiness with Lex as sexual harassment. Lex probably hates him more than anyone else but her mom... [[spoiler: which doesn't make it any less traumatizing when she sees him murdered right in front of her.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first character to die but he dies shortly afterwards, and is one of only three characters to die onstage.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a very high level one, but nonetheless ruthless and concerned only about his profits. He plays fast and loose with store policy (and quite likely the law) when demand for the Wiggly dolls gets out of hand, and by so doing hastens the unfolding violence and [[spoiler: his own death]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He starts the day by smugly proclaiming his store isn't liable if anyone dies in the Black Friday excitement. Shortly thereafter he becomes one of the victims of Black Friday himself.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a totally unscrupulous businessman, but he thinks of Sherman Young as a "sicko" and is relatively quickly convinced to do the sensible thing and impose a one doll limit per customer rather than let him take all the merchandise. He also is the only adult character at the mall who never succumbs to the Wiggly cult at any point, calling them "crazies" [[spoiler: to his dying breath]].
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Yeah''. He's greedy, rude, and outright ''gleeful'' at the idea of a RetailRiot occurring in his store. Though [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he changes his tune when he sees how bad things are getting]].
* LargeHam: He's in a ''very'' exuberant mood on Black Friday, singing Christmas carols, dramatically posing in his entrances and calling Black Friday "the holiest day of the year".
* MeaningfulName: His last name is "Pricely" and he's a businessman concerned with prices. His decision to abandon consistent pricing for the Wigglies and allow a bidding war to emerge sparks the Black Friday disaster.
* MoneyFetish: All but stated that he has one, given all in innuendo in "Our Doors Are Open," and the fact that he literally (diagetically!) sings about his love of money more than once.
* OnlyShopInTown: Toy Zone is the only brick-and-mortar toy retailer in town (and in TheNewTens one of the few left in the country), forcing the whole town to gather there on Black Friday for their chance at a Wiggly doll. It turns out Uncle Wiley Toys' decision to only sell one very limited order of the dolls to one independent retailer wasn't just a typical scummy tactic to drive hype, but was calculated to cause violence and hasten the apocalypse.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist remark about Hannah being "dropped on her head" as a child.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement her crossing the MoralEventHorizon.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower.
* VillainHasAPoint: Black Friday is, after all, named that because it's the time of year when many retailers dependent on Christmas shopping finally get in the black. Frank is feeding the Black Friday Wiggly madness as much as he can because it's how he keeps his store alive.
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* {{Expy}}: His bizarrely nerdy dress sense and
* {{Fanon}}: Although it hasn't been confirmed, fans have
* AlasPoorVillain: Frank is not
* BadBoss: He's a pretty huge asshole to Lex, thinking nothing of making her work long hours on a holiday weekend and openly giving her shit about how lucky she is to have a job as a "dropout with a record". He's also pretty cruel about her sister's disability, and some have interpreted his controlling behavior and handsiness with Lex as sexual harassment. Lex probably hates him more than anyone else but her mom... [[spoiler: which doesn't make it any less traumatizing when she sees him murdered right in front of her.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first
*
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He starts the day by smugly proclaiming his store isn't liable if anyone dies in the Black Friday excitement. Shortly thereafter he becomes one of the victims of Black Friday himself.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a totally unscrupulous businessman, but he thinks of Sherman Young as a "sicko" and is relatively quickly convinced to do the sensible thing and impose a one doll limit per customer rather than let him take all the merchandise. He also is the only adult
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Yeah''. He's greedy, rude, and outright ''gleeful'' at the idea
* LargeHam: He's in a ''very'' exuberant mood on Black Friday, singing Christmas carols, dramatically posing in his entrances and calling Black Friday "the holiest day of the year".
* MeaningfulName: His last name is "Pricely" and he's a businessman concerned with prices. His decision to abandon consistent pricing for the Wigglies and allow a bidding war to emerge sparks the Black Friday disaster.
* MoneyFetish: All but stated that he has one, given all in innuendo in "Our Doors Are Open," and the fact that he literally (diagetically!) sings about his love of money more than once.
* OnlyShopInTown: Toy Zone is the only brick-and-mortar toy retailer in town (and in TheNewTens one of the few left in the country), forcing the whole town to gather there on Black Friday for their chance at a Wiggly doll. It turns out Uncle Wiley Toys' decision to only sell one very limited order of the dolls to one independent retailer wasn't just a typical scummy tactic to drive hype, but was calculated to cause violence and hasten the apocalypse.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist remark about Hannah being "dropped on her head" as a child.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement her crossing the MoralEventHorizon.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower.
* VillainHasAPoint: Black Friday is, after all, named that because it's the time of year when many retailers dependent on Christmas shopping finally get in the black. Frank is feeding the Black Friday Wiggly madness as much as he can because it's how he keeps his store alive.
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!Other Residents
[[folder: Man in a Hurry]]
!!The Man in a Hurry
[[folder: Man in a Hurry]]
!!The Man in a Hurry
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!!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''The Hatchetfield Ape-Man'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 | ''The Witch in the Web''
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: They were a parody of this trope in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Paul tuning into the news just in time to catch the pointless HumanInterestStory about "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" and turning off the TV to head to work immediately before they start talking about the mysterious meteor impact the previous night.
* HumanInterestStory: The whole RunningGag with Dan and Donna is that they spend just as much or more energy on seemingly pointless stories about a local resident adopting a pet squirrel or an eccentric tourist's obsession with [[CryptidEpisode the local cryptid]] as they do actual newsworthy events.
* KentBrockmanNews: There usually aren't ''overt'' jokes in their broadcasts compared to the TropeNamer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but a lot about them is PlayedForLaughs, like their forced cheerfulness, Dan's CatchPhrase "That's amazing, Donna!" and their morning news show changing its name to the obnoxiously folksy "Morning Cup O' News" in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Episode 1.
* RealLifeRelative: One of the few instances of Creator/JoeyRichter and Creator/LaurenLopez being paired up as a duo in a
!!The Man
* ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', with the PracticalVoiceover reporting on the Black Friday crisis coming from a
* SimilarSquad: After Hatchetfield is destroyed in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', we run into their counterparts "Rachel and Rod" from the Clivesdale Morning News, reporting on the tragedy.
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!Hatchetfield Police
[[folder: Sam]]
!!Sam
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Forever and Always''
An obnoxious resident of Hatchetfield who always claims to be in a hurry.
An obnoxious resident of Hatchetfield who always claims to be in a hurry.
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Forever and Always''
An obnoxious resident of HatchetfieldMusicals''
Charlotte's husband, whoalways claims to be in a hurry.frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
An obnoxious resident of Hatchetfield
Charlotte's husband, who
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends up just another one of the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: dies when the mall burns down]].
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to be his "little boyfriend". He also spends a lot of time leering at Becky in "What Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character that he was in ''too much of a hurry'' to say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to ThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' to supposedly "do his character justice" by letting him say actually say it this time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to after he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to be his "little boyfriend". He also spends a lot of time leering at Becky in "What Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character that he was in ''too much of a hurry'' to say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to ThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' to supposedly "do his character justice" by letting him say actually say it this time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to after he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends AirGuitar: Indulges in some air guitar and air drumming when backing up his wife in "Join Us and Die".
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which justanother one of makes the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: dies fact that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In themall burns down]].
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'motherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a hurry!"
gun on her.
*CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about wanting a Wiggly to be his "little boyfriend". He also spends a lot of time leering at Becky in "What Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into characterthe fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, hewas never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in''too much the shower and he "has the voice of a hurry'' an angel", to say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to ThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' to supposedly "do his character justice" by letting him say actually say she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes itthis time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of timeclear that when Jeff declares, "I'm in if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him intoapplause.
even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
*DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is like knows "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that making some kind of prior engagement that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he'sin still a hurry to get to after he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
competent singer.
*LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claimingWoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.dying so Charlotte releases him.
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm
*
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into
*
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's
*
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.
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[[folder: Homeless Man]]
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
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[[folder: Homeless Man]]
!!The Homeless Man
Doug ]]
!! Doug
!!!'''Played by:'''Creator/JoeyRichter
Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' |''Black Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
''Jane's a Car''
Amiddle-aged, homeless resident very deadpan police officer. One of Hatchetfield.Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.
!!The Homeless Man
!! Doug
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' |
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a member of the Cult of Wiggly in ''Black Friday''.
* CatchPhrase: "Spare change for the homeless?"
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness for jumping on the bandwagon, as he's in line to buy a Wiggly doll despite not being able to afford one, and the creators have half-jokingly confirmed a fan theory that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".
* CatchPhrase: "Spare change for the homeless?"
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness for jumping on the bandwagon, as he's in line to buy a Wiggly doll despite not being able to afford one, and the creators have half-jokingly confirmed a fan theory that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a member AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness of the Cult AscendedMeme to outsiders, in the [=YouTube=] version of Wiggly the show, Robert Manion flubbed the line that reveals Doug's name, accidentally addressing them as "Sarge" -- meaning you have to read the script (available only to Kickstarter backers) or listen to the soundtrack to know what the line was supposed to be and, therefore, where the meme comes from.
* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result of a single line in''Black Friday''.
* CatchPhrase: "Sparethe song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change for because it's at the homeless?"
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He'send of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably beenhomeless {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for some 15 years and, understandably, not in trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to[[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one first non-binary character in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
* BitCharacter: Doug isknown only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorable enough that [[TheBusCameBack they come back]] as "The Homeless Man".
the police officer in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 3 Pt. 1, "Jane's a Car".
*GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature FairCop: Being played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being this, which is one of the Apotheosis reasons fans latched onto them.
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug isdemonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", notable if only because their BitCharacter role in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom "Jane's a Car" means that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondnessfor jumping on once they avert this trope for the bandwagon, as he's in line to buy Hatchetfield PD.
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for aWiggly doll despite not being able to afford one, and the creators have half-jokingly confirmed a fan theory police officer) traits that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".makes their name so incongruous.
* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result of a single line in
* CatchPhrase: "Spare
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's
** Note that this has probably been
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to
* BitCharacter: Doug is
*
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a
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[[folder: Greenpeace Girl]]
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A witty environment enthusiast.
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A witty environment enthusiast.
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!Toy Zone
[[folder:Greenpeace Girl]]
!!Greenpeace Girl
Frank Pricely]]
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:'''Mariah Rose Faith
Creator/CoreyDorris
!!!'''Appears in:'''''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A witty environment enthusiast.''Black Friday''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_pricely.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
[[folder:
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:'''
A witty environment enthusiast.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_pricely.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
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* CatchPhrase: "Do you want to save the planet?"
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save the turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all the zombies, but the first sign Paul gets that something is very wrong is how she seems to have completely forgiven him after the previous day's altercation.
* NoNameGiven: Even though she becomes one of the recurring zombies who haunts Paul all the way to the end of the show, we never hear her called anything other than "Greenpeace Girl". The narrator of ''Jane's a Car'' also refers to her as such.
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save the turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all the zombies, but the first sign Paul gets that something is very wrong is how she seems to have completely forgiven him after the previous day's altercation.
* NoNameGiven: Even though she becomes one of the recurring zombies who haunts Paul all the way to the end of the show, we never hear her called anything other than "Greenpeace Girl". The narrator of ''Jane's a Car'' also refers to her as such.
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*
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all
* AlasPoorVillain: Frank is not a good person, and much of what happens on Black Friday is his fault, but it's impossible not to pity him when you see him going down under a wave of screaming, feral customers, terrified and confused at how quickly everything went wrong. [[spoiler: And there's nothing funny or satisfying about his death as a HumanSacrifice at all.]]
* BadBoss: He's a pretty huge asshole to Lex, thinking nothing of making her work long hours on a holiday weekend and openly giving her shit about how lucky she is to have a job as a "dropout with a record". He's also pretty cruel about her sister's disability, and some have interpreted his controlling behavior and handsiness with Lex as sexual harassment. Lex probably hates him more than anyone else but her mom... [[spoiler: which doesn't make it any less traumatizing when she sees him murdered right in front of her.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a very high level one, but nonetheless ruthless and concerned only about his profits. He plays fast and loose with store policy (and quite likely the law) when demand for the Wiggly dolls gets
*
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a totally unscrupulous businessman, but he thinks of Sherman Young as a "sicko" and is relatively quickly convinced to do the sensible thing and impose a one doll limit per customer rather than let him take all the
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Yeah''. He's greedy, rude, and outright ''gleeful'' at the idea of a RetailRiot occurring in his store. Though [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he changes his tune when he sees how bad things are getting]].
* LargeHam: He's in a ''very'' exuberant mood on Black Friday, singing Christmas carols, dramatically posing in his entrances and calling Black Friday "the holiest day of the
* MeaningfulName: His last name is "Pricely" and he's a businessman concerned with prices. His decision to abandon consistent pricing for the Wigglies and allow a bidding war to emerge sparks the Black Friday disaster.
* MoneyFetish: All but stated that he has one, given all in innuendo in "Our Doors Are Open," and the fact that he literally (diagetically!) sings about his love of money more than
* OnlyShopInTown: Toy Zone is the only brick-and-mortar toy retailer in town (and in TheNewTens one of
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist remark about Hannah being "dropped on her head" as
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement her crossing the MoralEventHorizon.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower.
* VillainHasAPoint: Black Friday is, after all, named that because it's the time of year when many retailers dependent on Christmas shopping finally get in the black. Frank is feeding the Black Friday Wiggly madness as much as he can because it's how he keeps his store alive.
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[[folder: Tim Houston]]
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:''' Kendall Nicole Yakshe
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom to buy him a Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:''' Kendall Nicole Yakshe
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom to buy him a Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.
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!Other Residents
[[folder:Tim Houston]]
!!Tim Houston
Man in a Hurry]]
!!The Man in a Hurry
!!!'''Played by:'''Kendall Nicole Yakshe
Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' |''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death''Watcher World'' | ''Forever and Always''
An obnoxious resident ofhis mother Jane, driving Tom Hatchetfield who always claims to buy him be in a Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.hurry.
[[folder:
!!Tim Houston
!!The Man in a Hurry
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' |
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death
An obnoxious resident of
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: Despite how resentful he seems to be of Tom at the beginning of the play, when WorldWarIII breaks out he ''absolutely refuses'' to let Paul and Emma leave town without his dad, even though it seems like Tom must be dead.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off a little bit like this, although he has one hell of a FreudianExcuse for being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young'' enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene of ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with his dad after its events, solely because it's impossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time in ''Jane's a Car''.
* TraumaButton: Tim used to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's been unemployed for over a year and has nowhere else to be -- and yet he's never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to being cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's not in a position to fix it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off a little bit like this, although he has one hell of a FreudianExcuse for being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young'' enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene of ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with his dad after its events, solely because it's impossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time in ''Jane's a Car''.
* TraumaButton: Tim used to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's been unemployed for over a year and has nowhere else to be -- and yet he's never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to being cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's not in a position to fix it.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends up just another one of the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: Despite how resentful he seems dies when the mall burns down]].
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to beof Tom at the beginning of the play, when WorldWarIII breaks out he ''absolutely refuses'' to let Paul and Emma leave town without his dad, even though it seems like Tom must be dead.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off"little boyfriend". He also spends a little bit like this, although he has one hell lot of a FreudianExcuse for being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild:time leering at Becky in "What Tim Wants" tells us Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character thatTom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happyhe was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune ''too much of a hurry'' to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young''say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene ofThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with to supposedly "do his dad character justice" by letting him say actually say it this time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to afterits events, solely he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it'simpossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time Man in ''Jane's a Car''.
* TraumaButton: Tim usedHurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist onbreak down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' thisParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's been unemployed line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for over a year and has nowhere else to be -- and yet he's never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to being cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's not in a position to fix it.one Wiggly ''right now''.
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to be
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off
* CheerfulChild:
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character that
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young''
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene of
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to after
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's
* TraumaButton: Tim used
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this
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[[folder: Sherman Young]]
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
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[[folder: Sherman Young]]
!!Sherman Young
Homeless Man]]
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:'''Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''BlackFriday''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
!!Sherman Young
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
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* BaldOfEvil: To play Sherman, Jaime wears a bald cap sporting a particularly unsightly combover.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with his mother who provides free room and board so he can focus on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasons he's unworthy to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks of Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is also obsessed with the characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with his mother who provides free room and board so he can focus on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasons he's unworthy to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks of Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is also obsessed with the characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
to:
* BaldOfEvil: To play Sherman, Jaime wears BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a bald cap sporting a member of the Cult of Wiggly in ''Black Friday''.
* CatchPhrase: "Spare change for the homeless?"
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularlyunsightly combover.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thankssusceptible to living with his mother who provides free room and board so he can focus becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness for jumping on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed outthe shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasonsbandwagon, as he's unworthy in line to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks ofbuy a Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is also obsessed with the characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's doll despite not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with himbeing able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection,afford one, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence maycreators have caused half-jokingly confirmed a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.fan theory that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".
* CatchPhrase: "Spare change for the homeless?"
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasons
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks of
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection,
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may
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!!Gary Goldstein
!!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
A local attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.
!!Gary Goldstein
!!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
A local attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.
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!!Gary Goldstein
Greenpeace Girl]]
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:'''Jon Matteson
Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:'''''Black Friday''
''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Alocal attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.witty environment enthusiast.
!!Gary Goldstein
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:'''
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Has the last name "Goldstein", an incongruous New York accent (in small-town Michigan), a pocket [[AllJewsAreCheapskates stuffed with coupons]], and a stereotypically Jewish profession.
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for his client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming all the dolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in the head]] until he dies]].
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around her body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for his client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming all the dolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in the head]] until he dies]].
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around her body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Has CatchPhrase: "Do you want to save the last name "Goldstein", an incongruous New York accent (in small-town Michigan), planet?"
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up apocket [[AllJewsAreCheapskates stuffed with coupons]], and a stereotypically Jewish profession.
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts''fake Greenpeace campaign to save the argument he made for his client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all thedolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on zombies, but the first sign Paul gets that something is very wrong is how she seems to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes have completely forgiven him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in after the head]] until he dies]].
previous day's altercation.
*BadassesWearBandanas: One of the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. InNoNameGiven: Even though she becomes one of the darkest scenes in recurring zombies who haunts Paul all the way to the end of the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every timewe see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body afternever hear her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All thecalled anything other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in than "Greenpeace Girl". The narrator of ''Jane's a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in Car'' also refers to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather aroundher body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]as such.
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts''
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all the
*
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
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[[folder: Gerald Monroe]]
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' (mentioned)
Linda's husband, father to her four children, and a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' (mentioned)
Linda's husband, father to her four children, and a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.
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[[folder: Gerald Monroe]]
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
Tim Houston]]
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:'''n/a
Kendall Nicole Yakshe
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''(mentioned)
Linda's husband, father| ''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom toher four children, and buy him a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
Linda's husband, father
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom to
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* {{Cuckold}}: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linda's cheated on him, more than once.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied to be completely oblivious.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied to be completely oblivious.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
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* {{Cuckold}}: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linda's cheated on him, more than once.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spendsAwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: Despite how resentful he seems to be of Tom at the beginning of the play, when WorldWarIII breaks out he ''absolutely refuses'' to let Paul and Emma leave town without his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it dad, even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to it seems like Tom must be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
dead.]]
*GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car andBrattyHalfPint: Tim comes into the mall off a little bit like this, although he has one hell of a FreudianExcuse for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:[[MadeOfIncendium Probably for The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is thebest for him and the kids closest cast member to being ''young'' enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in theend.]]]]
opening scene of ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with his dad after its events, solely because it's impossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time in ''Jane's a Car''.
*HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals TraumaButton: Tim used to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he'salso been unemployed for over a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Lindayear and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied has nowhere else to be completely oblivious.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with,-- and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates yet he's somewhat confused never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparentlybeing cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's allowed his wife not in a position to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over fix it.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends
*
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the
*
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with,
* WeightWoe: Apparently
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[[folder: Obnoxious Teen]]
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
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[[folder: Obnoxious Teen]]
!!The Obnoxious Teen
Sherman Young]]
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:'''Creator/JoeyRichter
Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''BlackFriday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.Friday''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
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* BurgerFool: All of his jobs are of the menial, mindless sort that teenagers are forced into, and he's incompetent enough that when Tom orders two items at Pizza Pete's (which is technically a SuckECheeses), that's too much for him to write down all at once.
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underage characters except for the ones played by Kendall Yakshe are this, but Joey Richter playing a teenager in his 30s is still especially notable (especially because longtime fans are aware how different he looks from "babyfaced" Joey when he was in his early 20s as the leading man of ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' and ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'').
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to be impossible because he gets in a confrontation with Ethan Green, who's [[ActingForTwo also played for Robert Manion]].
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underage characters except for the ones played by Kendall Yakshe are this, but Joey Richter playing a teenager in his 30s is still especially notable (especially because longtime fans are aware how different he looks from "babyfaced" Joey when he was in his early 20s as the leading man of ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' and ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'').
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to be impossible because he gets in a confrontation with Ethan Green, who's [[ActingForTwo also played for Robert Manion]].
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* BurgerFool: All of BaldOfEvil: To play Sherman, Jaime wears a bald cap sporting a particularly unsightly combover.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with hisjobs mother who provides free room and board so he can focus on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of themenial, mindless sort that teenagers Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There areforced into, and many obvious reasons he's incompetent enough unworthy to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact thatwhen Tom orders two items at Pizza Pete's (which he thinks of Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is technically a SuckECheeses), that's too much for him to write down all at once.
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underagealso obsessed with the characters except from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is theones one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played byKendall Yakshe are this, a woman, but Joey Richter playing a teenager in his 30s is still especially notable (especially because longtime fans are aware it's amazing how different he looks from "babyfaced" Joey when he was in his early 20s as the leading man of ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' and ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'').
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to be impossible because he gets in a confrontation with Ethan Green,well someone who's [[ActingForTwo also played normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity forRobert Manion]].him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with his
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that
* DawsonCasting: All of Starkid's underage
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to be impossible because he gets in a confrontation with Ethan Green,
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
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!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
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A regular customer at Beanie's. He is stiff and monotone and claims to have low blood sugar.
!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday''
A regular customer at Beanie's. He is stiff and monotone and claims to have low blood sugar.
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!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
Gary Goldstein]]
!!Gary Goldstein
!!!'''Played by:'''Robert Manion
Jon Matteson
!!!'''Appears in:'''''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday''
Aregular customer at Beanie's. He is stiff and monotone and claims local attorney who seems to have low blood sugar.be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.
!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
!!Gary Goldstein
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!!!'''Appears in:'''
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* TheCameo: Robert Manion appears in his costume in the closing number of ''Black Friday''.
* {{Expy}}: His bizarrely nerdy dress sense and mannerisms are meant to evoke Seymour from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* {{Fanon}}: Although it hasn't been confirmed, fans have seized on a number of hints about this character to conclude he's probably Ted's "nerdy younger brother" mentioned in "Watcher World". (Since Ted is confirmed to be currently 35 years old in "Time Bastard", this makes them PracticallyDifferentGenerations.)
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's been implied that he'll be the main character of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.
* {{Expy}}: His bizarrely nerdy dress sense and mannerisms are meant to evoke Seymour from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* {{Fanon}}: Although it hasn't been confirmed, fans have seized on a number of hints about this character to conclude he's probably Ted's "nerdy younger brother" mentioned in "Watcher World". (Since Ted is confirmed to be currently 35 years old in "Time Bastard", this makes them PracticallyDifferentGenerations.)
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's been implied that he'll be the main character of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.
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* TheCameo: Robert Manion appears in AmbiguouslyJewish: Has the last name "Goldstein", an incongruous New York accent (in small-town Michigan), a pocket [[AllJewsAreCheapskates stuffed with coupons]], and a stereotypically Jewish profession.
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for hiscostume client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming all the dolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in the closing number head]] until he dies]].
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of''Black Friday''.
the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: Hisbizarrely nerdy dress sense accent and mannerisms are meant to evoke Seymour demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
*{{Fanon}}: Although ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it hasn't been confirmed, fans have seized in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on a number of hints about this character Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to conclude get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he'sprobably Ted's "nerdy younger brother" mentioned in "Watcher World". (Since Ted is confirmed pretty used to be currently 35 years old in "Time Bastard", filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makesthem PracticallyDifferentGenerations.)
it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
*HeroOfAnotherStory: SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around her body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's been implied that he'll be Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the main character of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for his
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His
*
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes
*
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
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!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
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An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker(mentioned)
Linda's husband, father to her four children, andarmy veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker
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* {{Cuckold}}: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linda's cheated on him, more than once.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied to be completely oblivious.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
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[[folder: Peanuts]]
!!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied to be completely oblivious.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
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[[folder: Peanuts]]
!!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's "Hot Chocolate Boy" character (who was also called "Obnoxious Teen" in the script for ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'') to be manning the ticket booth at the cineplex, only for this to be impossible because he gets in a confrontation with Ethan Green, who's [[ActingForTwo also played for Robert Manion]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass: A lot of fans turned against Deb in "Watcher World", where it's revealed she's one of the RichKids and acts pretty callously toward her girlfriend, throwing a WildTeenParty without her right before they both leave for college.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: They were a parody of this trope in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Paul tuning into the news just in time to catch the pointless HumanInterestStory about "Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel" and turning off the TV to head to work immediately before they start talking about the mysterious meteor impact the previous night.
* HumanInterestStory: The whole RunningGag with Dan and Donna is that they spend just as much or more energy on seemingly pointless stories about a local resident adopting a pet squirrel or an eccentric tourist's obsession with [[CryptidEpisode the local cryptid]] as they do actual newsworthy events.
* KentBrockmanNews: There usually aren't ''overt'' jokes in their broadcasts compared to the TropeNamer from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but a lot about them is PlayedForLaughs, like their forced cheerfulness, Dan's CatchPhrase "That's amazing, Donna!" and their morning news show changing its name to the obnoxiously folksy "Morning Cup O' News" in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Episode 1.
* RealLifeRelative: One of the few instances of Creator/JoeyRichter and Creator/LaurenLopez being paired up as a duo in a Starkid show, since they were choosing not to draw attention to their RealLife romantic relationship before their engagement in 2020. Thanks to the fact that they were living together during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, they were one of the few sets of characters in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' who could actually physically appear together in the same window.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', with the reporting on the Black Friday crisis coming from a much more PlayedStraight news broadcast out of New York.
* SimilarSquad: After Hatchetfield is destroyed in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', we run into their counterparts "Rachel and Rod" from the Clivesdale Morning News, reporting on the tragedy.
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** AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness of the AscendedMeme to outsiders, Robert Manion didn't actually sing the line "What that bitch want, Doug?" in the [=YouTube=] version of the show, accidentally singing "What that bitch want, Sarge?" instead -- meaning Doug's name was only known to Kickstarter backers who got a copy of the script or to people who listened to the studio recording of the song on the album released months later.
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* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
* AscendedMeme: Doug's name is the result of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
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* ThrowItIn: Doug's name is the result of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: According to Uncle Wiley, only two of Linda and Gerald's four sons are biologically Gerald's. Gerald is implied to be completely oblivious.
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** Note that this has probably been {{Jossed}} by Nick Lang saying he feels strongly about [[QueerCharacterQueerActor casting trans and non-binary actors for trans and non-binary roles]], and that he regards the [[TheGhost as-yet-still-offstage]] character of Ziggs from ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 1 Pt. 2 "Watcher World" as the first non-binary character in Hatchetfield (and, indeed, in Starkid canon).
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* BitCharacter: Doug is only a background character in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', but the "controversy" over their gender made them memorable enough that [[TheBusCameBack they come back]] as the police officer in ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' Ep. 3 Pt. 1, "Jane's a Car".
* FairCop: Being played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being this, which is one of the reasons fans latched onto them.
* GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree.
* PoliceAreUseless: Doug is notable if only because their BitCharacter role in "Jane's a Car" means that for once they avert this trope for the Hatchetfield PD.
* ThrowItIn: Doug's name is the result of a single line in the song "Show Me Your Hands", and the GenderBlenderName is probably an unintentional result of which actors they could assign to be Sam's backup singers for that song (with the name being something they couldn't change because it's at the end of a rhyming line). Mariah Rose Faith made a tongue-in-cheek remark on Instagram that Doug looks feminine because they were assigned female at birth but identify as non-binary, which some fans seized on as FanficFuel.
* WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous.
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Minor and supporting residents of Hatchetfield in the Franchise/{{Hatchetfield}} saga.
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!Beanie's Coffee Shop
[[folder: Nora]]
!!Nora
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Emma's boss, who makes all her employees sing.
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* ActorAllusion: Played by Jaime Lyn Beatty, who actually does work in a coffee shop and served as the production's expert on realistically portraying one.
* BenevolentBoss: To Zoey. Not to Emma. This may be because Emma makes it very clear that she doesn't like her job.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Nora is a pretty BadBoss to Emma and does make many unreasonable demands and play favorites... but Emma is also pretty rude to the customers and bad at her job. (And that's ''before'' we find it she routinely spits in the coffee.)
* SmallNameBigEgo: Seems to harbor ambitions of turning Beanie's from a random crappy coffee shop into a local institution by turning the staff into entertainment for the customers. As Emma points out, this is a lot to ask of random low wage employees.
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[[folder: Zoey]]
!!Zoey
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Emma's manager, despite being ten years younger than her. According to Emma, she was part of an "awful" performance of Godspell that she takes great pride in.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The only reason she's into a "scumbag" like Sam (that and the [[GoodLookingPrivates uniform]]).
* AssholeVictim: Before she's assimilated, we see her suck up to her boss to get out of work, be rude to Emma, and is dating the married Sam, who she admits she only dates because he's a [[GoodLookingPrivates police officer]].
* DramaQueen: In both senses of the term. Seems to think her amateur theatre career is more important than actually doing her job.
* DramaticUnmask: Obviously we can tell the helicopter pilot is Mariah Rose Faith, but Emma's shocked reaction when she pulls the goggles off her face lets us know that it actually is Zoey.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Zoey snottily turns down Emma's offer of a ride home during the storm because she's seen Emma's "crappy car" and doesn't want to "crash and die". [[spoiler: Zoey later unexpectedly shows up to give Emma a helicopter ride, in which they do crash and almost die.]] Her saying this may also be a cruel comment toward Emma that doubles as foreshadowing, as it's later revealed that [[spoiler: Emma's sister died in a car crash.]]
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: The reveal that the helicopter pilot isn't just played by Mariah Rose Faith but actually is Zoey [[OhCrap shows just how bad things have gotten]] and how far the HiveMind has gone to screw with our heroes.
* InstantExpert: Gains the ability to pilot a helicopter due to the HiveMind she has.
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!CCRP Technical
[[folder: As a Whole]]
!!Coven Communications, Research, and Power
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Forever and Always'' (mentioned) | ''Time Bastard''
The company where Paul Matthews and most of his friends work, located in a building formerly devoted to Hatchetfield's local newspaper. What specifically the company does is unknown. [[spoiler:''Forever and Always'' and ''Time Bastard'' reveal that their incarnation of CCRP is responsible for the science fiction elements -- androids, clones, and time travel -- appearing in those stories.]]
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[[folder: Mr. Davidson]]
!!Mr. K. Davidson
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' (cameo) | ''Time Bastard''
Paul's boss, one of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Is very happily married to his wife, but sings to Paul, "There's gotta be something that'll keep my hands off you!"
* TheCameo: Appears in the closing number of ''Black Friday''.
* CannotSpitItOut: Almost tells his wife he wants to be choked while he jerks off but balks at the last minute.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Paul does his best to pull this when Mr. Davidson reveals that he wants his wife to choke him while he jerks off.
* HappilyMarried: Even if he gives ''way'' TooMuchInformation about what he wants to do with his wife in the bedroom, the way he describes Carol is actually pretty sweet.
* HiddenDepths: Turns out to be ''extremely'' kinky, much to Paul's horror.
* IWantSong: "What Do You Want, Paul?" He also inverts it to attempt to get it to be an IWantSong for Paul, but Paul's not into it.
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[[folder: Melissa]]
!!Melissa
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Mr. Davidson's assistant, who seems to enjoy softball.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's very excited when she asks Paul to join the company softball team.
* InformedFlaw: We aren't outright ''told'' that she's unattractive, but Paul clearly treats her this way, with polite but intense discomfort. This is obviously at odds with Mariah Rose Faith's real appearance and her other characters in this show. (The script calls for Paul's actor to pretend that Melissa has one extremely crooked tooth that he can't help but stare at when he looks at her.)
* {{Meganekko}}: Mainly to visually distinguish her from Mariah's other characters.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Comes ''very'' close to being this when she rings Mr. Davidson's wife just seconds after Mr. Davidson confesses that he wants his wife to choke him while he jerks off.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's not seen again after Mr. Davidson's song for the rest of the show. (Mariah Rose Faith was already playing Alice, Zoey, Greenpeace Girl, and the nurse at the end [[spoiler: who turns out to be assimilated]], so bringing her back for any other scenes would be basically impossible.)
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!Green's Auto Shop
[[folder: Ethan Green]]
!!Ethan Green
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"See this hat? It was gifted to me by a great warrior. Don't you fucking laugh."'']]
->''It beats bein' broke.''\\
''In this day and ages,''\\
''what's the use of wages''\\
''if you can't afford a smoke?''
Lex's kinda maybe sorta boyfriend, and her partner in the scheme to obtain and sell a Wiggly to run away to California.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: PlayedForDrama, the spurt of blood he spits out after the ''literal'' GutPunch when he gets between the rioters and Hannah is the first blood spilled in the riot, and leads to him being the first fatality. Hannah sees it and screams a repetition of her earlier prophecy "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Bad blood!]] [[ArcWords Bad blood!]]"]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: A literal example -- before Ethan can even begin to put up a fight he's on the ground having his head kicked in.]]
* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler: Considering what a fan favorite Robert Manion has become, people were expecting Ethan to be a major character through the whole show, with the previews making it sound like Lex and Ethan would be a BetaCouple to Tom and Becky, which makes his horrible death two scenes in an extra GutPunch -- and his reappearance as "Bad Double!" Ethan a one-two GutPunch.]]
* {{Delinquent}}: He seems to have a record with the mall security guards, and is known as a bit of a bully at the high school. He's in on Lex's plan to drop out and run away to California. It's implied he's part of the Hatchetfield High "Smoke Club", with their signature move of [[RunningGag smoking two cigarettes at once in both hands]].
* DumbIsGood: He's easily the dumbest person in the cast, at least before everyone starts going crazy, but he's also one of the kindest.
* FakeAmerican: Played by Australian Robert Manion, and has a stereotypical GreaserDelinquents Chicago-ish accent that's humorously out of place in modern-day small-town Michigan.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "Lex... I'll get you to California, Lex. Then you don't gotta cry so much no more."]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: He has a single earring in his right ear. (Apparently the idea that a piercing in the right ear means you're gay is one of the things he's ''not'' old-fashioned about.) He's also wearing a single glove on his right hand, and his hair is combed to the right.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler: Neither Hannah, who psychically sensed Ethan's death, nor Tom and Becky, who actually witnessed it, get any time before the ending to mention his death to Lex -- his ''girlfriend'' with whom he just had a BigDamnKiss and for whom he was going to run away to California. Especially harsh since he was only even at the mall to look after Hannah while Lex carried out her plan and his death is indirectly her fault. And, in fact, when Hannah shows up as a prisoner of the cult with Ethan nowhere in sight she doesn't even think to ask what happened to him.]]
* GreaserDelinquents: Ethan is a [[DiscoDan bizarrely anachronistic]] version of a teen delinquent straight out of ''{{Theatre/Grease}}'', with his use of language, his HellBentForLeather outfit and even some of his weird gaps in knowledge all evoking TheFifties. (He seems shocked that a movie theater ticket costs as much as $15, and when pretending to film Lex he mimes turning the crank on an old-fashioned film camera, much to her confusion.) Ironically, he does not appear at all in the one obviously ''Grease''-inspired song "Our Doors Are Open."
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:His last moments in life are spent getting between Hannah and the rioters so she can run to safety, which leads to them curbstomping him to death in frustration.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The adults all seem to think he's a bad kid and a bad influence on Lex, and he's willing to use bullying and intimidation on other kids to get what he wants, but it turns out all his actions really are motivated by the desire to do anything necessary to get Lex and Hannah a shot at a better life.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Ethan has a habit of correcting people on their spelling and grammar despite apparently having NeverLearnedToRead, telling Lex "liar" is spelled L-I-E-R and correcting Hannah that the right way to say "badder" is "more bad".
* LargeHam: Ethan is more subdued than Robert Manion's usual characters but does play the GreaserDelinquents stereotype fairly broadly. [[spoiler: It's when he comes back as "Bad Double" Ethan that things get really hammy.]]
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: After a few scenes showing his affection for Lex and protectiveness towards Hannah, he is the first seen death in the show.]]
* NiceGuy: Takes a lot of devotion to move across the country for someone you're only sort of dating. It turns out that he's already spent his life savings (around $1000) to prepare for the trip to California without telling Lex, and has staked his whole future on starting a family with her.
* PaperTiger: He looks like a stereotypical thug and is able to intimidate the movie theater clerk with his appearance, but he's a big ol' softy with Hannah, and his first impulse when he sees the RetailRiot is to run up and ask if anyone is hurt. He tragically turns out to be somewhat useless in a real fight, at least compared to Tom, who fairly easily scares off the rioters who just [[spoiler: beat Ethan to death.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: He's the first fatality caused by the RetailRiot, and it is a brutal, senseless death. Becky examining him and realizing he's actually dead is a huge GutPunch for her and the audience.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: One of the most selfless characters in the show, who, even more than Lex, never even once hears Wiggly's voice or succumbs to his influence, and is horribly killed defending a child's life despite being barely more than a child himself.]]
* TreacherousSpiritChase: [[spoiler: Wiggly creates an EvilDoppelganger of Ethan in the Black and White to try to convince her to give herself up to Linda. It fails to convince her, but the impersonation does come close to [[BreakThemByTalking breaking her emotionally.]]]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Hard to talk about him without talking about the fact that he dies [[WeHardlyKnewYe quite early on in the show]], especially since the vocal fandom for his character revolves around "justice" for him.]]
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[[folder: Tony Green]]
!!Tony Green
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Jane's a Car''
Ethan's dad, who owns the auto shop where Ethan works.
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!Hatchetfield High School
[[folder: Deb]]
!!Deb
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Watcher World'' (mentioned)
Alice's girlfriend, who Bill dislikes.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Dating Alice but mentioned in ''Watcher World'' to have a crush on a non-binary classmate, suggesting, depending on what this unseen classmate might look like, that she's bi or pan.
* ButchLesbian: Deb is this to her girlfriend Alice's LipstickLesbian.
* TheStoner: Alice reveals to her father's horror that he was right about Deb; she's a hardcore stoner.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: When struggling to give an actual reason he hates Deb Bill throws out the fact that she's "always on her phone".
* StrawVegetarian: Bill seems to regard Deb being a vegetarian -- and defining "vegetarian" as not eating seafood, even on Red Lobster's Crabfest -- as yet another way she's deliberately antagonizing him.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Bill thinks Deb is this to Alice. Ironically, the one time we actually see Deb and Alice [[spoiler: before their assimilation]] Deb is the one standing up to [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure]], dragging Alice away from "the Smoke Club".
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!Hatchetfield News
[[folder: Dan and Donna]]
!!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''The Hatchetfield Ape-Man'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 | ''The Witch in the Web''
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
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!Hatchetfield Police
[[folder: Sam]]
!!Sam
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Charlotte's husband, who frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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* AirGuitar: Indulges in some air guitar and air drumming when backing up his wife in "Join Us and Die".
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just makes the fact that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in the shower and he "has the voice of an angel", to which she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Charlotte with at least Zoey, and implies in the song "You Tied up My Heart" that there were quite a few other women.
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[[folder: Sergeant]]
!!Sergeant
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A very deadpan police sergeant. One of Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.
[[/folder]]
!Toy Zone
[[folder: Frank Pricely]]
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_pricely.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Frank is one of the few characters who never hears the voice of Wiggly and doesn't actually become BrainwashedAndCrazy when the Wiggly cult forms, remaining one of the "infidels" along with his employee Lex. This is possibly because Wiggly's plan required him to be obsessed with ''selling'' the dolls to other people rather than having them for himself, or the Black Friday sale would never have happened.
* AlasPoorVillain: Frank is not a good person, and much of what happens on Black Friday is his fault, but it's impossible not to pity him when you see him going down under a wave of screaming, feral customers, terrified and confused at how quickly everything went wrong. [[spoiler: And there's nothing funny or satisfying about his death as a HumanSacrifice at all.]]
* BadBoss: He's a pretty huge asshole to Lex, thinking nothing of making her work long hours on a holiday weekend and openly giving her shit about how lucky she is to have a job as a "dropout with a record". He's also pretty cruel about her sister's disability, and some have interpreted his controlling behavior and handsiness with Lex as sexual harassment. Lex probably hates him more than anyone else but her mom... [[spoiler: which doesn't make it any less traumatizing when she sees him murdered right in front of her.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first character to die but he dies shortly afterwards, and is one of only three characters to die onstage.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a very high level one, but nonetheless ruthless and concerned only about his profits. He plays fast and loose with store policy (and quite likely the law) when demand for the Wiggly dolls gets out of hand, and by so doing hastens the unfolding violence and [[spoiler: his own death]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He starts the day by smugly proclaiming his store isn't liable if anyone dies in the Black Friday excitement. Shortly thereafter he becomes one of the victims of Black Friday himself.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a totally unscrupulous businessman, but he thinks of Sherman Young as a "sicko" and is relatively quickly convinced to do the sensible thing and impose a one doll limit per customer rather than let him take all the merchandise. He also is the only adult character at the mall who never succumbs to the Wiggly cult at any point, calling them "crazies" [[spoiler: to his dying breath]].
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Yeah''. He's greedy, rude, and outright ''gleeful'' at the idea of a RetailRiot occurring in his store. Though [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he changes his tune when he sees how bad things are getting]].
* LargeHam: He's in a ''very'' exuberant mood on Black Friday, singing Christmas carols, dramatically posing in his entrances and calling Black Friday "the holiest day of the year".
* MeaningfulName: His last name is "Pricely" and he's a businessman concerned with prices. His decision to abandon consistent pricing for the Wigglies and allow a bidding war to emerge sparks the Black Friday disaster.
* MoneyFetish: All but stated that he has one, given all in innuendo in "Our Doors Are Open," and the fact that he literally (diagetically!) sings about his love of money more than once.
* OnlyShopInTown: Toy Zone is the only brick-and-mortar toy retailer in town (and in TheNewTens one of the few left in the country), forcing the whole town to gather there on Black Friday for their chance at a Wiggly doll. It turns out Uncle Wiley Toys' decision to only sell one very limited order of the dolls to one independent retailer wasn't just a typical scummy tactic to drive hype, but was calculated to cause violence and hasten the apocalypse.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist remark about Hannah being "dropped on her head" as a child.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement her crossing the MoralEventHorizon.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower.
* VillainHasAPoint: Black Friday is, after all, named that because it's the time of year when many retailers dependent on Christmas shopping finally get in the black. Frank is feeding the Black Friday Wiggly madness as much as he can because it's how he keeps his store alive.
[[/folder]]
!Other Residents
[[folder: Man in a Hurry]]
!!The Man in a Hurry
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Forever and Always''
An obnoxious resident of Hatchetfield who always claims to be in a hurry.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends up just another one of the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: dies when the mall burns down]].
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to be his "little boyfriend". He also spends a lot of time leering at Becky in "What Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character that he was in ''too much of a hurry'' to say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to ThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' to supposedly "do his character justice" by letting him say actually say it this time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to after he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Homeless Man]]
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a member of the Cult of Wiggly in ''Black Friday''.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness for jumping on the bandwagon, as he's in line to buy a Wiggly doll despite not being able to afford one, and the creators have half-jokingly confirmed a fan theory that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Greenpeace Girl]]
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A witty environment enthusiast.
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* CatchPhrase: "Do you want to save the planet?"
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save the turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all the zombies, but the first sign Paul gets that something is very wrong is how she seems to have completely forgiven him after the previous day's altercation.
* NoNameGiven: Even though she becomes one of the recurring zombies who haunts Paul all the way to the end of the show, we never hear her called anything other than "Greenpeace Girl". The narrator of ''Jane's a Car'' also refers to her as such.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tim Houston]]
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:''' Kendall Nicole Yakshe
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom to buy him a Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: Despite how resentful he seems to be of Tom at the beginning of the play, when WorldWarIII breaks out he ''absolutely refuses'' to let Paul and Emma leave town without his dad, even though it seems like Tom must be dead.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off a little bit like this, although he has one hell of a FreudianExcuse for being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young'' enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene of ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with his dad after its events, solely because it's impossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time in ''Jane's a Car''.
* TraumaButton: Tim used to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's been unemployed for over a year and has nowhere else to be -- and yet he's never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to being cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's not in a position to fix it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sherman Young]]
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
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* BaldOfEvil: To play Sherman, Jaime wears a bald cap sporting a particularly unsightly combover.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with his mother who provides free room and board so he can focus on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasons he's unworthy to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks of Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is also obsessed with the characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gary Goldstein]]
!!Gary Goldstein
!!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
A local attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Has the last name "Goldstein", an incongruous New York accent (in small-town Michigan), a pocket [[AllJewsAreCheapskates stuffed with coupons]], and a stereotypically Jewish profession.
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for his client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming all the dolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in the head]] until he dies]].
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around her body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gerald Monroe]]
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' (mentioned)
Linda's husband, father to her four children, and a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.
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* {{Cuckold}}: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linda's cheated on him, more than once.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Obnoxious Teen]]
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
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* BurgerFool: All of his jobs are of the menial, mindless sort that teenagers are forced into, and he's incompetent enough that when Tom orders two items at Pizza Pete's (which is technically a SuckECheeses), that's too much for him to write down all at once.
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: "Hot Chocolate Boy"]]
!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday''
A regular customer at Beanie's. He is stiff and monotone and claims to have low blood sugar.
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* TheCameo: Robert Manion appears in his costume in the closing number of ''Black Friday''.
* {{Expy}}: His bizarrely nerdy dress sense and mannerisms are meant to evoke Seymour from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's been implied that he'll be the main character of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Peanuts]]
!!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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* TheCameo: Curt Mega's character in the final number of ''Black Friday'' is, unlike everyone else there, not a pre-established Hatchetfield character -- but in a FreezeFrameBonus, he at one point checks his pocket to make sure that Peanuts is okay in there.
* HumanInterestStory: A fluffy news piece that the locals of Hatchetfield are fond of. Colonel Schaeffer agrees that his being the SoleSurvivor of the town will make for a good one as well.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the version of Hatchetfield seen in ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''--PEIP found him [[ChestBurster burrowed in his master's chest]].
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!Beanie's Coffee Shop
[[folder: Nora]]
!!Nora
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Emma's boss, who makes all her employees sing.
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* ActorAllusion: Played by Jaime Lyn Beatty, who actually does work in a coffee shop and served as the production's expert on realistically portraying one.
* BenevolentBoss: To Zoey. Not to Emma. This may be because Emma makes it very clear that she doesn't like her job.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Nora is a pretty BadBoss to Emma and does make many unreasonable demands and play favorites... but Emma is also pretty rude to the customers and bad at her job. (And that's ''before'' we find it she routinely spits in the coffee.)
* SmallNameBigEgo: Seems to harbor ambitions of turning Beanie's from a random crappy coffee shop into a local institution by turning the staff into entertainment for the customers. As Emma points out, this is a lot to ask of random low wage employees.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Zoey]]
!!Zoey
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Emma's manager, despite being ten years younger than her. According to Emma, she was part of an "awful" performance of Godspell that she takes great pride in.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The only reason she's into a "scumbag" like Sam (that and the [[GoodLookingPrivates uniform]]).
* AssholeVictim: Before she's assimilated, we see her suck up to her boss to get out of work, be rude to Emma, and is dating the married Sam, who she admits she only dates because he's a [[GoodLookingPrivates police officer]].
* DramaQueen: In both senses of the term. Seems to think her amateur theatre career is more important than actually doing her job.
* DramaticUnmask: Obviously we can tell the helicopter pilot is Mariah Rose Faith, but Emma's shocked reaction when she pulls the goggles off her face lets us know that it actually is Zoey.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Zoey snottily turns down Emma's offer of a ride home during the storm because she's seen Emma's "crappy car" and doesn't want to "crash and die". [[spoiler: Zoey later unexpectedly shows up to give Emma a helicopter ride, in which they do crash and almost die.]] Her saying this may also be a cruel comment toward Emma that doubles as foreshadowing, as it's later revealed that [[spoiler: Emma's sister died in a car crash.]]
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: The reveal that the helicopter pilot isn't just played by Mariah Rose Faith but actually is Zoey [[OhCrap shows just how bad things have gotten]] and how far the HiveMind has gone to screw with our heroes.
* InstantExpert: Gains the ability to pilot a helicopter due to the HiveMind she has.
[[/folder]]
!CCRP Technical
[[folder: As a Whole]]
!!Coven Communications, Research, and Power
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Forever and Always'' (mentioned) | ''Time Bastard''
The company where Paul Matthews and most of his friends work, located in a building formerly devoted to Hatchetfield's local newspaper. What specifically the company does is unknown. [[spoiler:''Forever and Always'' and ''Time Bastard'' reveal that their incarnation of CCRP is responsible for the science fiction elements -- androids, clones, and time travel -- appearing in those stories.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mr. Davidson]]
!!Mr. K. Davidson
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' (cameo) | ''Time Bastard''
Paul's boss, one of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Is very happily married to his wife, but sings to Paul, "There's gotta be something that'll keep my hands off you!"
* TheCameo: Appears in the closing number of ''Black Friday''.
* CannotSpitItOut: Almost tells his wife he wants to be choked while he jerks off but balks at the last minute.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Paul does his best to pull this when Mr. Davidson reveals that he wants his wife to choke him while he jerks off.
* HappilyMarried: Even if he gives ''way'' TooMuchInformation about what he wants to do with his wife in the bedroom, the way he describes Carol is actually pretty sweet.
* HiddenDepths: Turns out to be ''extremely'' kinky, much to Paul's horror.
* IWantSong: "What Do You Want, Paul?" He also inverts it to attempt to get it to be an IWantSong for Paul, but Paul's not into it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Melissa]]
!!Melissa
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Mr. Davidson's assistant, who seems to enjoy softball.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's very excited when she asks Paul to join the company softball team.
* InformedFlaw: We aren't outright ''told'' that she's unattractive, but Paul clearly treats her this way, with polite but intense discomfort. This is obviously at odds with Mariah Rose Faith's real appearance and her other characters in this show. (The script calls for Paul's actor to pretend that Melissa has one extremely crooked tooth that he can't help but stare at when he looks at her.)
* {{Meganekko}}: Mainly to visually distinguish her from Mariah's other characters.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Comes ''very'' close to being this when she rings Mr. Davidson's wife just seconds after Mr. Davidson confesses that he wants his wife to choke him while he jerks off.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's not seen again after Mr. Davidson's song for the rest of the show. (Mariah Rose Faith was already playing Alice, Zoey, Greenpeace Girl, and the nurse at the end [[spoiler: who turns out to be assimilated]], so bringing her back for any other scenes would be basically impossible.)
[[/folder]]
!Green's Auto Shop
[[folder: Ethan Green]]
!!Ethan Green
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ethan_green.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"See this hat? It was gifted to me by a great warrior. Don't you fucking laugh."'']]
->''It beats bein' broke.''\\
''In this day and ages,''\\
''what's the use of wages''\\
''if you can't afford a smoke?''
Lex's kinda maybe sorta boyfriend, and her partner in the scheme to obtain and sell a Wiggly to run away to California.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: PlayedForDrama, the spurt of blood he spits out after the ''literal'' GutPunch when he gets between the rioters and Hannah is the first blood spilled in the riot, and leads to him being the first fatality. Hannah sees it and screams a repetition of her earlier prophecy "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Bad blood!]] [[ArcWords Bad blood!]]"]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: A literal example -- before Ethan can even begin to put up a fight he's on the ground having his head kicked in.]]
* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler: Considering what a fan favorite Robert Manion has become, people were expecting Ethan to be a major character through the whole show, with the previews making it sound like Lex and Ethan would be a BetaCouple to Tom and Becky, which makes his horrible death two scenes in an extra GutPunch -- and his reappearance as "Bad Double!" Ethan a one-two GutPunch.]]
* {{Delinquent}}: He seems to have a record with the mall security guards, and is known as a bit of a bully at the high school. He's in on Lex's plan to drop out and run away to California. It's implied he's part of the Hatchetfield High "Smoke Club", with their signature move of [[RunningGag smoking two cigarettes at once in both hands]].
* DumbIsGood: He's easily the dumbest person in the cast, at least before everyone starts going crazy, but he's also one of the kindest.
* FakeAmerican: Played by Australian Robert Manion, and has a stereotypical GreaserDelinquents Chicago-ish accent that's humorously out of place in modern-day small-town Michigan.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "Lex... I'll get you to California, Lex. Then you don't gotta cry so much no more."]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: He has a single earring in his right ear. (Apparently the idea that a piercing in the right ear means you're gay is one of the things he's ''not'' old-fashioned about.) He's also wearing a single glove on his right hand, and his hair is combed to the right.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler: Neither Hannah, who psychically sensed Ethan's death, nor Tom and Becky, who actually witnessed it, get any time before the ending to mention his death to Lex -- his ''girlfriend'' with whom he just had a BigDamnKiss and for whom he was going to run away to California. Especially harsh since he was only even at the mall to look after Hannah while Lex carried out her plan and his death is indirectly her fault. And, in fact, when Hannah shows up as a prisoner of the cult with Ethan nowhere in sight she doesn't even think to ask what happened to him.]]
* GreaserDelinquents: Ethan is a [[DiscoDan bizarrely anachronistic]] version of a teen delinquent straight out of ''{{Theatre/Grease}}'', with his use of language, his HellBentForLeather outfit and even some of his weird gaps in knowledge all evoking TheFifties. (He seems shocked that a movie theater ticket costs as much as $15, and when pretending to film Lex he mimes turning the crank on an old-fashioned film camera, much to her confusion.) Ironically, he does not appear at all in the one obviously ''Grease''-inspired song "Our Doors Are Open."
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:His last moments in life are spent getting between Hannah and the rioters so she can run to safety, which leads to them curbstomping him to death in frustration.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The adults all seem to think he's a bad kid and a bad influence on Lex, and he's willing to use bullying and intimidation on other kids to get what he wants, but it turns out all his actions really are motivated by the desire to do anything necessary to get Lex and Hannah a shot at a better life.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Ethan has a habit of correcting people on their spelling and grammar despite apparently having NeverLearnedToRead, telling Lex "liar" is spelled L-I-E-R and correcting Hannah that the right way to say "badder" is "more bad".
* LargeHam: Ethan is more subdued than Robert Manion's usual characters but does play the GreaserDelinquents stereotype fairly broadly. [[spoiler: It's when he comes back as "Bad Double" Ethan that things get really hammy.]]
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: After a few scenes showing his affection for Lex and protectiveness towards Hannah, he is the first seen death in the show.]]
* NiceGuy: Takes a lot of devotion to move across the country for someone you're only sort of dating. It turns out that he's already spent his life savings (around $1000) to prepare for the trip to California without telling Lex, and has staked his whole future on starting a family with her.
* PaperTiger: He looks like a stereotypical thug and is able to intimidate the movie theater clerk with his appearance, but he's a big ol' softy with Hannah, and his first impulse when he sees the RetailRiot is to run up and ask if anyone is hurt. He tragically turns out to be somewhat useless in a real fight, at least compared to Tom, who fairly easily scares off the rioters who just [[spoiler: beat Ethan to death.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: He's the first fatality caused by the RetailRiot, and it is a brutal, senseless death. Becky examining him and realizing he's actually dead is a huge GutPunch for her and the audience.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: One of the most selfless characters in the show, who, even more than Lex, never even once hears Wiggly's voice or succumbs to his influence, and is horribly killed defending a child's life despite being barely more than a child himself.]]
* TreacherousSpiritChase: [[spoiler: Wiggly creates an EvilDoppelganger of Ethan in the Black and White to try to convince her to give herself up to Linda. It fails to convince her, but the impersonation does come close to [[BreakThemByTalking breaking her emotionally.]]]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Hard to talk about him without talking about the fact that he dies [[WeHardlyKnewYe quite early on in the show]], especially since the vocal fandom for his character revolves around "justice" for him.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tony Green]]
!!Tony Green
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Jane's a Car''
Ethan's dad, who owns the auto shop where Ethan works.
[[/folder]]
!Hatchetfield High School
[[folder: Deb]]
!!Deb
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Watcher World'' (mentioned)
Alice's girlfriend, who Bill dislikes.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Dating Alice but mentioned in ''Watcher World'' to have a crush on a non-binary classmate, suggesting, depending on what this unseen classmate might look like, that she's bi or pan.
* ButchLesbian: Deb is this to her girlfriend Alice's LipstickLesbian.
* TheStoner: Alice reveals to her father's horror that he was right about Deb; she's a hardcore stoner.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: When struggling to give an actual reason he hates Deb Bill throws out the fact that she's "always on her phone".
* StrawVegetarian: Bill seems to regard Deb being a vegetarian -- and defining "vegetarian" as not eating seafood, even on Red Lobster's Crabfest -- as yet another way she's deliberately antagonizing him.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Bill thinks Deb is this to Alice. Ironically, the one time we actually see Deb and Alice [[spoiler: before their assimilation]] Deb is the one standing up to [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure]], dragging Alice away from "the Smoke Club".
[[/folder]]
!Hatchetfield News
[[folder: Dan and Donna]]
!!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''The Hatchetfield Ape-Man'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2 | ''The Witch in the Web''
The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station.
[[/folder]]
!Hatchetfield Police
[[folder: Sam]]
!!Sam
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''
Charlotte's husband, who frequently cheats on her. One of the first victims of the apotheosis.
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* AirGuitar: Indulges in some air guitar and air drumming when backing up his wife in "Join Us and Die".
* AssholeVictim: The way he treats Charlotte makes it hard to get too worked up over Ted bashing in his skull... which just makes the fact that Charlotte ''does'' get worked up over it a bigger TearJerker.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sam ''does'' get a moment of sincere love and appreciation for his wife... After she's turned into a murderous singing undead rock star.
* BastardBoyfriend: ''So much''. Is a massively Bastard Husband to Charlotte, as well as being a Bastard Boyfriend on the side to many other women, most recently Zoey (who's still [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in the phase]] where she finds this charming). "You Tied Up My Heart" is a -- forced, insincere, alien-composed -- classic apology song for this behavior.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: He and two other cops are infected by the spores.
* ClicheStorm: "You Tied Up My Heart" is a muddled series of insincere romantic clichés clearly just intended to get Charlotte to untie Sam, which just makes it all the more heartbreaking that Charlotte responds sincerely to it.
* CreepyCute: Sam adopts this affect after his assimilation, both when pleading for Charlotte to untie him ("Don't you twust me?") and when singing along with "Join Us and Die."
* FightingFromTheInside: In the otherwise totally PlayedForLaughs sequence "Show Me Your Hands", he has a heartbreaking moment where he almost seems to come back to normal when he looks in Charlotte's eyes... before he pulls a gun on her.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Sam has no illusion about the fact that the main thing women see in him is the authority that comes from his uniform (and his gun).
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like Charlotte, he never comes back after Hidgens shoots him, despite most victims of apotheosis displaying the ability to heal from any damage. Likely, this is because Hidgens tied him down and dissected him.]]
* NotHimself: Charlotte first realizes something is wrong when she hears Sam in the shower and he "has the voice of an angel", to which she reacts with comical horror.
* PoliceBrutality: Makes it clear that if anyone disobeys his (conflicting) orders he'll shoot them. Seems to have a habit of roughing up suspects even while they're trying to obey his orders, just to show he can.
* RecklessGunUsage: Was apparently already prone to using his sidearm to randomly intimidate people before assimilation [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] him into even more of a caricature of a bad cop.
* VillainSong: He gets three of these. The first is "Show Me Your Hands" where he first confronts the main characters and sings that if they don't obey him he'll shoot them. The second is You Tied Up My Heart, a song he uses to get Charlotte to sympathize with him and release him. The third is "Join Us (And Die)" which is the most traditional villain song where they reveal they've given up subterfuge and become openly violent.
* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: Half his brain falls out after his head is mauled, yet he's still a competent singer.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be dying so Charlotte releases him.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Charlotte with at least Zoey, and implies in the song "You Tied up My Heart" that there were quite a few other women.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sergeant]]
!!Sergeant
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A very deadpan police sergeant. One of Sam's backup singers for the "Show Me Your Hands" number.
[[/folder]]
!Toy Zone
[[folder: Frank Pricely]]
!!Frank Pricely
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_pricely.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']]
->''Did you know? If you spend money,''\\
''your kids will love you, maybe!''\\
''We're slashing prices.''\\
''It's brutality!''\\
''Makes me question my morality,''\\
'''cause our doors are open...''
The owner of Toy Zone, the only toy store in Hatchetfield, who has obtained an exclusive shipment of Tickle-Me Wigglies.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Frank is one of the few characters who never hears the voice of Wiggly and doesn't actually become BrainwashedAndCrazy when the Wiggly cult forms, remaining one of the "infidels" along with his employee Lex. This is possibly because Wiggly's plan required him to be obsessed with ''selling'' the dolls to other people rather than having them for himself, or the Black Friday sale would never have happened.
* AlasPoorVillain: Frank is not a good person, and much of what happens on Black Friday is his fault, but it's impossible not to pity him when you see him going down under a wave of screaming, feral customers, terrified and confused at how quickly everything went wrong. [[spoiler: And there's nothing funny or satisfying about his death as a HumanSacrifice at all.]]
* BadBoss: He's a pretty huge asshole to Lex, thinking nothing of making her work long hours on a holiday weekend and openly giving her shit about how lucky she is to have a job as a "dropout with a record". He's also pretty cruel about her sister's disability, and some have interpreted his controlling behavior and handsiness with Lex as sexual harassment. Lex probably hates him more than anyone else but her mom... [[spoiler: which doesn't make it any less traumatizing when she sees him murdered right in front of her.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first character to die but he dies shortly afterwards, and is one of only three characters to die onstage.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not a very high level one, but nonetheless ruthless and concerned only about his profits. He plays fast and loose with store policy (and quite likely the law) when demand for the Wiggly dolls gets out of hand, and by so doing hastens the unfolding violence and [[spoiler: his own death]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He starts the day by smugly proclaiming his store isn't liable if anyone dies in the Black Friday excitement. Shortly thereafter he becomes one of the victims of Black Friday himself.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a totally unscrupulous businessman, but he thinks of Sherman Young as a "sicko" and is relatively quickly convinced to do the sensible thing and impose a one doll limit per customer rather than let him take all the merchandise. He also is the only adult character at the mall who never succumbs to the Wiggly cult at any point, calling them "crazies" [[spoiler: to his dying breath]].
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Yeah''. He's greedy, rude, and outright ''gleeful'' at the idea of a RetailRiot occurring in his store. Though [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he changes his tune when he sees how bad things are getting]].
* LargeHam: He's in a ''very'' exuberant mood on Black Friday, singing Christmas carols, dramatically posing in his entrances and calling Black Friday "the holiest day of the year".
* MeaningfulName: His last name is "Pricely" and he's a businessman concerned with prices. His decision to abandon consistent pricing for the Wigglies and allow a bidding war to emerge sparks the Black Friday disaster.
* MoneyFetish: All but stated that he has one, given all in innuendo in "Our Doors Are Open," and the fact that he literally (diagetically!) sings about his love of money more than once.
* OnlyShopInTown: Toy Zone is the only brick-and-mortar toy retailer in town (and in TheNewTens one of the few left in the country), forcing the whole town to gather there on Black Friday for their chance at a Wiggly doll. It turns out Uncle Wiley Toys' decision to only sell one very limited order of the dolls to one independent retailer wasn't just a typical scummy tactic to drive hype, but was calculated to cause violence and hasten the apocalypse.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist remark about Hannah being "dropped on her head" as a child.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement her crossing the MoralEventHorizon.]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower.
* VillainHasAPoint: Black Friday is, after all, named that because it's the time of year when many retailers dependent on Christmas shopping finally get in the black. Frank is feeding the Black Friday Wiggly madness as much as he can because it's how he keeps his store alive.
[[/folder]]
!Other Residents
[[folder: Man in a Hurry]]
!!The Man in a Hurry
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Forever and Always''
An obnoxious resident of Hatchetfield who always claims to be in a hurry.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends up just another one of the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: dies when the mall burns down]].
* CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!"
* CovertPervert: He shares Sherman's line in "Feast or Famine" about wanting a Wiggly to be his "little boyfriend". He also spends a lot of time leering at Becky in "What Do You Say?"
* CreatorInJoke: The "Man In A Hurry" character was supposed to blow off Greenpeace Girl's pitch in TGWDLM by saying "I'm in a hurry", but Jeff got so into character that he was in ''too much of a hurry'' to say it, just brushing past her instead, which was funny enough to ThrowItIn. He was brought back for ''Black Friday'' to supposedly "do his character justice" by letting him say actually say it this time. As of ''Nightmare Time'', the character is now a RunningGag.
* CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed this guy as the role Creator/JeffBlim would be playing. [[spoiler:This was to conceal the return of General [=MacNamara=].]] The gag became well-known enough ahead of time that when Jeff declares, "I'm in a hurry!", the ''Black Friday'' audience breaks into applause.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Anyone who knows anything about what Black Friday shopping is like knows that making some kind of prior engagement that he's in a hurry to get to after he buys the doll is showing colossally bad judgment. To be fair, his attitude may be because he himself is coming to realize this.
* LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!"
* PhoneaholicTeenager: He spends all of "What Do You Say?" on his phone, either excitedly texting about the gossip or trying to get the two reunited lovers on video.
* RunningGag: He appears throughout the Hatchetfield saga, always claiming to be in a hurry despite being in places such as in line for Black Friday shopping, in line for a roller coaster, or attending a wedding.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was already an asshole in TGWDLM, and he doesn't come off much better in ''Black Friday'' -- taking the opportunity to perv out on Becky and surreptitiously film her during "What Do You Say?" -- but the HatePlague upgrades him to an attempted ''murderer'' when he stabs Tom.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Multiple different people play a role in triggering the RetailRiot, but it's the Man in a Hurry's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin characteristic impatience]] that causes all semblance of order to break down.
-->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Homeless Man]]
!!The Homeless Man
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday'' | ''Forever and Always'' | ''Time Bastard''
A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a member of the Cult of Wiggly in ''Black Friday''.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in ''Time Bastard'', no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man".
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The nature of the Apotheosis being this is demonstrated pretty well by the Homeless Man's verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", in which he sings cheerfully about the freedom that homelessness provides him.
* WeakWilled: It's implied he's particularly susceptible to becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy due to a fondness for jumping on the bandwagon, as he's in line to buy a Wiggly doll despite not being able to afford one, and the creators have half-jokingly confirmed a fan theory that he wasn't assimilated at all during "La Dee Dah Dah Day".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Greenpeace Girl]]
!!Greenpeace Girl
!!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A witty environment enthusiast.
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* CatchPhrase: "Do you want to save the planet?"
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save the turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Applies to all the zombies, but the first sign Paul gets that something is very wrong is how she seems to have completely forgiven him after the previous day's altercation.
* NoNameGiven: Even though she becomes one of the recurring zombies who haunts Paul all the way to the end of the show, we never hear her called anything other than "Greenpeace Girl". The narrator of ''Jane's a Car'' also refers to her as such.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tim Houston]]
!!Tim Houston
!!!'''Played by:''' Kendall Nicole Yakshe
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Jane's a Car''
Tom Houston's nine-year-old son, recently bereaved by the death of his mother Jane, driving Tom to buy him a Wiggly doll to make him happy on Christmas.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: Despite how resentful he seems to be of Tom at the beginning of the play, when WorldWarIII breaks out he ''absolutely refuses'' to let Paul and Emma leave town without his dad, even though it seems like Tom must be dead.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Tim comes off a little bit like this, although he has one hell of a FreudianExcuse for being an unhappy kid.
* CheerfulChild: "What Tim Wants" tells us that Tom always saw Tim as this and is deeply wounded to see how withdrawn and unhappy he's become since Jane died.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The obsessive need to get a Wiggly doll to make Tim happy was ''all in Tom's head''. Tim himself, like all children, is immune to Wiggly's powers, and "doesn't even want that piece of shit".]]
* CrossCastRole: Although unlike Starkid's other instances of this trope (including Sherman Young in this same show) there's no PlayedForLaughs here, it's merely that Kendall is the closest cast member to being ''young'' enough to play Tim.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the opening scene of ''Black Friday'' and never reunites with his dad after its events, solely because it's impossible for Tim and Hannah to appear onstage at the same time. Despite this, his well-being and happiness is the motivating factor for his dad Tom, who is arguably the play's protagonist. He gets more face time in ''Jane's a Car''.
* TraumaButton: Tim used to be into cars and other vehicles, but has cooled off on them since the accident.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A twist on this ParentalNeglect trope. Tom ''is'' home all the time -- in fact, he's been unemployed for over a year and has nowhere else to be -- and yet he's never ''emotionally'' present, and refuses to just talk to Tim or be a human being around him, as opposed to being cold and standoffish and then trying to buy his love with gifts. And to make it worse [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Tim seems to understand what's wrong with his relationship with his dad]] much more than Tom does, though he's not in a position to fix it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sherman Young]]
!!Sherman Young
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'''
An avid toy collector who's ''very'' excited about the Tickle-Me-Wiggly product line.
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* BaldOfEvil: To play Sherman, Jaime wears a bald cap sporting a particularly unsightly combover.
* BasementDweller: Apparently has [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob no responsibilities]] that prevented him from getting in line at Toy Zone a week before Thanksgiving, thanks to living with his mother who provides free room and board so he can focus on his life's passion of being creepy about children's toys.
* BerserkButton: When Lex spitefully tells him she tossed out the shipment of miscolored Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls she promised him, he loses all control and goes into a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
-->'''Sherman''': When they mess up the colors, it makes them ''more valuable!'' ''(slams Lex's head against the floor repeatedly)'' Those are ''collector's items!'' YOU KILLED THE PONIES, AND ''NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!''
* CargoShip: In-universe, he intends to preserve ''one'' of the Wiggly dolls in its original packaging for posterity, and the rest will be used for less... savory purposes.
-->'''Sherman''': ''One'' will be used exclusively for bathtime... ''I'' will tickle one doll, and one doll... will tickle me...
* CollectorOfTheStrange: It's not necessarily strange in the bad way for an adult to collect children's toys... but taking it to the extent Sherman does certainly is.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A discordant and screeching one, including during musical numbers.
* CrossCastRole: Jaime is taking over Creator/LaurenLopez's typical role of playing an oddly effeminate male character.
* TheDragon: There are many obvious reasons he's unworthy to be TheChosenOne in Wiggly's ReligionOfEvil, but those same qualities make him useful to Linda as an absolutely shameless herald and enforcer. He seems positively giddy about being given the dirty work of executing Lex, to prove just how little he values human life compared to toys.
* DepravedBisexual: The fact that he thinks of Wiggly as "my little boyfriend" but is also obsessed with the characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tells us that, at least, he's not picky about the ''gender'' of the children's cartoon characters he sexually fantasizes about.
* EccentricMillionaire: He -- or his parents -- ''must'' be this, if he's willing to drop $45,000 all at once just to buy out Frank's whole stock of Wiggly dolls.
* EntitledBastard: Thinks there's nothing wrong with him being able to buy out ''all'' the Wiggly dolls from everyone else in town just because [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob he has the money and he had nothing better to do but start camping out in line a week early]]. Previously bought up all the new Franchise/MyLittlePony dolls before any actual kids could get them, and when Lex expects gratitude for helping him do this, responds "You're in retail! It's your job to help me!" Thinks that Lex throwing out mispainted ponies [[SkewedPriorities constitutes murder]] and justifies executing her in return.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:When Lex shoots him with a gun she produces from seemingly nowhere.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Sherman''': Where'd... that... come... from?]]
* HollywoodApocrypha: Linda is the one who actually holds the rank of Wiggly's "Prophet", but she seems happy to let Sherman be the one to come up with florid, Biblically-phrased interpretations of her message to preach to her followers, e.g. calling the Black Friday riots "the Great Battle".
* HollywoodNerd: A more fully realized version of this stereotype than usual, but still a combination of pretty much every negative trait of "nerds" in the popular imagination.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Has already decided that ''all'' of the Wiggly dolls in the store will be his and he won't be satisfied with anything less, regardless of how this affects the rest of the town ([[DidNotThinkThisThrough or how they'd react to him doing this]]).
* JarPotty: Happily tells everyone about this disgusting little detail of how he pulled off camping out in the Black Friday line a full week before anyone else arrived.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There's a lot of this going around during "What Do You Say?", but Sherman notably gets a ''lot'' wrong in his line "He was embedded in Afghanistan" about Tom -- Tom was in ''Iraq'', not Afghanistan, and "embedded" is a term for war journalists, not actual servicemen (who are "deployed").
* {{Meganekko}}: Not the only character in this show with glasses, but his are ''huge'' and unsightly.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Sherman ''used'' to at least be civil to Lex as a regular at Toy Zone, if only to facilitate getting what he wanted, which is why there's a brief HopeSpot when Lex seems like she's about to get through to him based on their history together.
* PeripheryDemographic: In-universe, Sherman is an incredibly harsh TakeThat against [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] and other fandoms dominated by adults for products intended for children, and against the entitled, consumerist form of FanMyopia and FanDumb in general.
* PerverseSexualLust: Sherman's sexuality revolves around fictional children's characters and inanimate representations thereof, and it seems unlikely he has ever had any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with a living human, nor does he have any desire to.
* PetTheDog: Sherman is never really ''nice'' at any point in the show, but the fact that he's able to join in gossip about Becky and Tom's relationship with the other townspeople in "What Do You Say?" at least shows he has some interest in things outside his toy collection, and the little celebratory dance he does with Gary when Becky tells Tom "I missed you" is admittedly {{Adorkable}}.
* PrimalStance: Unlike the other shoppers, he ''already'' had terrible posture like some kind of feral animal ''before'' the riots begin.
* PsychopathicManchild: ''Holy shit yes'', and to an extreme degree even for Starkid. He apparently [[MommasBoy lives with his mother]], has no interests or social life outside of his toy collection, and is already willing to go to insane lengths to pursue his interests ''before'' Wiggly fever sets in.
* TheRenfield: By Act 2 he essentially becomes this trope to Linda Monroe -- the skulking, pathetic henchman to the commanding and attractive villain. Like the TropeNamer, he was already a vile specimen who'd rejected most human values long before the BigBad showed up, and was just waiting for an appropriately vile cause to sell himself to.
* SissyVillain: And not the flamboyant, confident kind but the cringing, creepy kind. Naturally so, since he's played by a woman, but it's amazing how well someone who's normally as charismatic as Jaime makes him so thoroughly loathsome.
* UngratefulBastard: Lex used to be nice to Sherman and do him favors, probably out of pity for him more than anything else, and Sherman doesn't seem to see this as anything but what he's due from retail employees as a repeat customer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Wiggly's influence may have caused a riot to break no matter what, Sherman ordering ''all'' 850 Wiggly dolls for himself sure sped things up.
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[[folder: Gary Goldstein]]
!!Gary Goldstein
!!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday''
A local attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Has the last name "Goldstein", an incongruous New York accent (in small-town Michigan), a pocket [[AllJewsAreCheapskates stuffed with coupons]], and a stereotypically Jewish profession.
* AmoralAttorney: Will press anyone's case for a fee, no matter how absurd or reprehensible, and hilariously ''immediately contradicts'' the argument he made for his client Linda Monroe against Sherman Young claiming all the dolls when Sherman reveals he's ''also'' got Gary on retainer. Of course, he goes on to be much more straightforwardly and horrifyingly amoral when Wiggly fever makes him [[spoiler: [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kick Ethan Green in the head]] until he dies]].
* BadassesWearBandanas: One of the funniest entrances in the show is when we catch up with Gary again in Act 2 and find out he's stripped down to his shirtsleeves and has tied his necktie around his forehead as a headband in an attempt to look like some kind of warrior.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs.
* DirtyCoward: As part of Jon going ''ham'' with turning Gary into a loathsome monster. In one of the darkest scenes in the show, it's still somehow ''hilarious'' that [[spoiler: immediately after beating a helpless Ethan to death and gloating over it]], all Tom has to do is lunge toward him and he scuttles off into the shadows squealing like a rat.
* {{Expy}}: His accent and demeanor, at least before he turns feral, is pretty much just [[Characters/TheSimpsonsGovernmentJudgesLawyersPoliceCriminals the Blue-Haired Lawyer]] from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* ExtendedGreetings: He apparently always introduces himself as "Gary Goldstein, attorney-at-law". This is PlayedForLaughs when he [[MotorMouth rushes through it in one breath]] the second time when, after Frank caves to his demands on Linda's behalf, he suddenly [[HypocriticalHumor reappears as Sherman's lawyer]] to get him to reverse it.
* FrivolousLawsuit: The very shaky grounds he gives for both Linda and Sherman's cases in their dispute -- Linda's "anxiety disorder" and Sherman, a rich white guy, being "discriminated against" -- indicate he's pretty used to filing lawsuits of this kind.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite.
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the main page) both Linda and Sherman have a point in their legal dispute -- at the very least, since they directly disagree about the simple issue of whether there should be a limit per customer on Wiggly dolls, ''one'' of them must be in the right -- but the show treats both of them calling their lawyer as a high-handed abuse of power on their part, mainly thanks to the HypocriticalHumor in their lawyer being ''the same person''.
* PerpetualExpression: Jon Matteson is so committed to his performance that ''every time we see Gary'' after his transformation his face is a rictus of pure rage with his teeth fully bared. It only gets funnier every time he appears.
* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]]
* PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting {{Expy}} of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]].
* SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans or PJs, but he's fully decked out in a three-piece suit (and his [[SignatureDevice trusty Bluetooth in his ear]]) as though he's going in to the office. Apparently, being Linda and Sherman's lawyer means he considers himself always on the job. This only makes it funnier to watch him rapidly transform into a disheveled feral rage zombie over the course of the show.
* SnapBack: [[spoiler: A PlayedForLaughs version of this trope, one that turns the running themes of Linda's endless phone conversation and Gary's descent into savagery into one ''hell'' of a punchline. As Linda's body falls to the ground after Becky's BoomHeadshot, the wailing worshipers gather around her body, and then Gary suddenly seems to wake up, picks up the phone and says calmly, "Gerald? It's Gary. Yeah. We gotta talk about the will."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[SnapBack snaps him back to normal]] -- presumably to bring her body to Gerald so they can "talk about the will" and [[RealLifeWritesThePlot giving Jon and Lauren time to change back into Paul and Emma]] for the finale. He isn't among the remaining cultists who fight to the death over the last Wiggly in the burning mall, and it's unknown what happens to him in the end.]]
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[[folder: Gerald Monroe]]
!!Dr. Gerald Monroe
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' (mentioned)
Linda's husband, father to her four children, and a practicing plastic surgeon at Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty.
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* {{Cuckold}}: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linda's cheated on him, more than once.
* ExtremeDoormat: Linda is an obvious GoldDigger who spends his money and treats him like hired help, and he does nothing but patiently put up with it even though you'd think as the wealthy doctor financing her lifestyle he'd have more say in the relationship. It turns out to be {{foreshadowing}} -- Linda's alluring BastardGirlfriend traits end up getting a whole cult full of (mostly) men to slave for her and (literally) kiss her feet in the same way.
* GetawayDriver: Linda didn't ''know'' there would be any crime or violence involved when the day started, but she did still want him sitting in the car with the engine running and the heater on so she could hop in immediately after she got the dolls she was at the mall to buy. He ends up continuing to do this for ''eighteen hours''.
* TheGhost: Never leaves the car and comes into the mall for the course of the whole show, though he repeatedly asks to. [[spoiler: [[MadeOfIncendium Probably for the best for him and the kids in the end.]]]]
* HenpeckedHusband: ''And how''. To make it worse, Uncle Wiley reveals he's also a {{cuckold}}.
* HypocriticalHumor: Not that it's uncommon in real life, but the name of "Inner Beauty Rhinoplasty" is obviously one.
* NewhartPhoneCall: On a continuous one with Linda over the course of the show.
* OnlySaneMan: By Act 2, Gerald is the only character outside the mall anyone has ongoing communication with, and his unheard half of the NewhartPhoneCall indicates he's somewhat confused as to how a simple shopping trip turned into a violent battle over an ApocalypseCult.
* WeightWoe: Apparently he's allowed his wife to put him on a diet and treat him like a child over it.
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[[folder: Obnoxious Teen]]
!!The Obnoxious Teen
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Friday'' | ''Watcher World'' | ''Jane's a Car''
A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield.
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* BurgerFool: All of his jobs are of the menial, mindless sort that teenagers are forced into, and he's incompetent enough that when Tom orders two items at Pizza Pete's (which is technically a SuckECheeses), that's too much for him to write down all at once.
* {{Expy}}: His wheezy voice, nerdy mannerisms, and the way he [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]] make him a dead ringer for the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ticket-taker in ''Watcher World'', and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in ''Jane's a Car''.
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[[folder: "Hot Chocolate Boy"]]
!![[FanNickname Hot Chocolate Boy]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Manion
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' | ''Black Friday''
A regular customer at Beanie's. He is stiff and monotone and claims to have low blood sugar.
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* TheCameo: Robert Manion appears in his costume in the closing number of ''Black Friday''.
* {{Expy}}: His bizarrely nerdy dress sense and mannerisms are meant to evoke Seymour from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's been implied that he'll be the main character of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die''.
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[[folder: Peanuts]]
!!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel
!!!'''Played by:''' n/a
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals'' (mentioned) | ''Black Friday'' | end credits of ''Nightmare Time'' episode 2
An injured baby squirrel who was found by a local Hatchetfield woodworker and army veteran. The man nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket.
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* TheCameo: Curt Mega's character in the final number of ''Black Friday'' is, unlike everyone else there, not a pre-established Hatchetfield character -- but in a FreezeFrameBonus, he at one point checks his pocket to make sure that Peanuts is okay in there.
* HumanInterestStory: A fluffy news piece that the locals of Hatchetfield are fond of. Colonel Schaeffer agrees that his being the SoleSurvivor of the town will make for a good one as well.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the version of Hatchetfield seen in ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''--PEIP found him [[ChestBurster burrowed in his master's chest]].
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