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* CatSmile: Her default smile.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: While Khan and co. aren't always evil and can even be somewhat virtuous, the company and its employees generally cold and ruthless by nature, and are generally involved in cold, moneymaking ventures. Buzz is by and large the nicest and friendlest character we ever meet attached to the company, with the most benign job.
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[[folder:Buzz]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Kenneth Mars

A recurring friend of Baloo's who works for Khan Industries as an inventor. Unlike most of Khan's usually strictly controlled employees, Buzz enjoys a lot of free rein to come up with crazy gadgets and inventions.
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* ClearMyName: In "Baloo Thunder," Baloo and Kit have to clear him after he is framed for corporate espionage.
* GadgeteerGenius: He's able to come up with a variety of amazing inventions, up to and including a ''jetpack.''
* MadScientist: Has this vibe on occasion. He's certainly kooky, though he's not exactly irresponsible in his inventing, his eccentricity does on occasion get the characters into trouble.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Chuck McCann uses his deep baritone voice as Dumptruck in this TV show.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: Chuck McCann [=McCann=] uses his deep baritone voice as Dumptruck in this TV show.
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* TheNapoleon: A tiny hothead who obssesses over throwing his weight around and not being disrespected.

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* TheNapoleon: A tiny hothead who obssesses obsesses over throwing his weight around and not being disrespected.


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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: He's a crocodile who specializes in smuggling.


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* TerribleTrio: Moe forms one with his two henchmen; a rhino and a gorilla.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's In-Between to Dunder's Nice and the High Marshall's Mean. He's short and ill-tempered, but does everything he can to please the High Marshall and has a frenemy relationship with Baloo.


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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the Nice to the High Marshall's Mean and Spigot's In-Between. He is gregarious and respectful to Baloo and his friends.


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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the Mean to Dunder's Nice and Spigot's In-Between. He's a BadBoss who threatens to shoot those who fail their task and disappoint him any way, most commonly Spigot.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he's put in charge of an air show, the factory sent the wrong sized planes. Spigot's solution was to recruit 12 year olds so the planes would appear to be normal sized next to them. But even he's not crazy enough to actually let kids fly. (His plan was to bolt the planes together and have one short adult pilot do all the flying)


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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: His evil plans are all ridiculous, and he's constantly under the thumb of a BadBoss. In fact, the only reason he hasn't fallen victim to YouHaveFailedMe is because the High Marshall thinks he would be a waste of a bullet.
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** In both the video game adaptations for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, he tries to acquire Higher for Hire in a hostile takeover. In [[VideoGame/TaleSpinCapcom the NES version]], he hires Don Karnage and his air pirates to stop Baloo from making his deliveries, and in [[VideoGame/TaleSpinSega the Genesis version]], he enters a contest to win a lifetime work contract from the city, which Higher For Hire can only win if they beat his seven day delivery record.

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** In both the video game adaptations for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Platform/SegaGenesis, he tries to acquire Higher for Hire in a hostile takeover. In [[VideoGame/TaleSpinCapcom the NES version]], he hires Don Karnage and his air pirates to stop Baloo from making his deliveries, and in [[VideoGame/TaleSpinSega the Genesis version]], he enters a contest to win a lifetime work contract from the city, which Higher For Hire can only win if they beat his seven day delivery record.
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* OutOfFocus: Despite being one of the main characters, she has the least amount of screentime compared to the others.
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* CoolPlane: The Sea Duck is Baloo's pride and joy. He's accomplished amazing things with it even though it's a cargo plane with no real weapons.
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%%* LukeNounverber* KidsHateVegetables: It is revealed in "Vowel Play" that Kit dislikes spinach. The episode begins with him in school, constantly misspelling "spinach" in front of his class and always being corrected by his teacher.
-->'''Kit:''' "Spin-ick". There!\\
'''Teacher:''' No, no, no! There is no "ick" in "spinach", Kit.\\
'''Kit:''' ''(chuckles)'' You wanna bet? Taste it! Ick!\\
''(Kit's classmates laugh)''\\
'''Teacher:''' Spell it correctly, please.\\
'''Kit:''' ''(sighs unhappily)'' I don't even like to eat it, let alone spell it.
* LukeNounverber: Kit's surname is a reference to both [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] and the the fact that he is known for cloud surfing.

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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Baloo hails from the Bruinwald aristocratic family, but they were all just as bad with money as he is. When he inherits the family castle, it gets repossessed to pay years of back taxes.



* MoneyDumb: Baloo is spectacularly good at piloting, and spectacularly bad at managing money. His cargo business was bankrupt and the Sea Duck nearly got repossessed before Rebecca bought him out. It runs in the family, as the Bruinwalds owe years of back taxes. When Baloo inherits the family castle, it immediately gets repossessed to pay off his tax debt.



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%%* DitzyGenius* DitzyGenius: She's an excellent businesswoman who quickly turns Baloo's cargo business around when she buys it. Unfortunately, she isn't nearly as StreetSmart as Baloo and is tricked by criminals more than once.
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** He outright states that "Khan Industries is the biggest corporation in the world." In the pilot, he offers Baloo a hundred thousand dollars to recover some stolen treasure (which, given the time period, would be almost $1.2 million in late 1980s money); by Khan's tone, this is barely a drop in the bucket to him.

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** He outright states that "Khan Industries is the biggest corporation in the world." In the pilot, he offers Baloo a hundred thousand dollars $100,000 to recover some stolen treasure (which, given the time period, would be almost $1.2 million in late 1980s money); by Khan's tone, this is barely a drop in the bucket to him.



* GreaterScopeVillain: He usually serves this role in episodes where Spigot serves as the antagonist. He seldom ever crosses paths with the heroes, but Spigot's villainous actions are usually driven by the High Marshal's threats to execute him for every petty little thing.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: He usually serves this role in episodes where Spigot serves as the antagonist. He seldom ever crosses paths with the heroes, but Spigot's villainous actions are usually driven by the High Marshal's threats to execute him for every petty little thing.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Although her name is pronounced "Myra" in the episode, [[AllThereInTheScript the script]] calls her "Mira" with an I.

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Although her name is pronounced "Myra" in the episode, episode (and spelled "Myra" in the closed captions), [[AllThereInTheScript the script]] calls her "Mira" with an I.I, leading fans to debate which spelling should be considered official.

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-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Jimmy Björndahl and/or Ulf Bergstrand, depending on the episode

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-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Jimmy Björndahl and/or Ulf Bergstrand, depending on the episode



-> '''Dubbed in French by:''' Geneviève Taillade

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-> '''Dubbed in French by:''' Geneviève Taillade



-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Anders Öjebo

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-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Anders Öjebo



-> '''Dubbed in French by:''' Michel Vigné

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-> '''Dubbed in French by:''' Michel Vigné



-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Ulf Källvik

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-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Ulf Källvik



-> '''Dubbed in Swedish by''': Ulf Källvik

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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Nobody takes Benson seriously until he reveals that he has the Khan pilot force on his side (through Khan's forged signature).
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The villain of Klang, from the episode I watched him in, does not have fake legs, just a fake jaw with fake arms.


* ArtificialLimbs: Has metallic arms and legs.

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* ArtificialLimbs: Has metallic arms and legs.bottom jaw clamp.

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* KnightInSourArmor: While he has JumpedAtTheCall a few odd times, he is often a somewhat resentful hero, especially since he so greatly lacks the HeroInsurance many other heroes have.

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* KnightInSourArmor: While he has JumpedAtTheCall a few odd times, times (often when fame or money are a motivation), he is often a somewhat resentful hero, especially since he so greatly lacks the HeroInsurance many other heroes have.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It is his series goal to buy his beloved plane, the Sea Duck, off of Rebecca. In "From Here To Machinery" however, after Baloo loses a competition to a automated pilot and leaves Higher For Hire and several other cargo businesses obsolete, Rebecca notes she'll need to sell the Sea Duck to keep a roof over her and Molly's heads. While Kit is mortified by this, a guilt-ridden Baloo just solemnly accepts it and slinks away.



* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Performer to Rebecca's Technician. Baloo has next to no business smarts and the cargo business was more or less a slum before Rebecca came along and rehauled it. However, Baloo is a talented pilot and usually far more StreetSmart than Rebecca. Many episodes demonstrate them to be in a co-dependent business relationship, since while Rebecca is the one maintaining Baloo's wages and preventing the Sea Duck being reclaimed, she is frequently unable to run a business without his piloting.



* JerkassHasAPoint: She takes ownership of Baloo's cargo business and sea plane from under him, but only because he keeps missing payments. As such, she can offer them back if he can make enough profit.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: She takes ownership of Baloo's cargo business and sea plane from under him, but only because he keeps missing payments. As such, she can offer them back if he can make enough profit. Her temperament throughout the show is often also down to Baloo's shirking and bad attitude. As abrasive as she can be towards Baloo, she just wants him to do a honest job most of the time.


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* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Technician to Baloo's Performer. Rebecca is utterly niave to the piloting side of the cargo business, and is frequently a bad judge of clientele. She is however much more BookSmart and business motivated than Baloo, leading her to mostly single-handedly overhaul his cargo business into a halfway professional management. This means Rebecca is largely the reason Baloo even has as job or the Sea Duck to fly in the first place, though as observed in 'Save The Tiger", Rebecca is completely incapable of running the business without Baloo as her pilot.
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* LaserguidedKarma: They're defeated by having their plane's propeller jammed. They then crash in the distance, igniting the Urgonium that they were carrying. They somehow survive and are forced to work in the mine as punishment by Shere Khan.

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* LaserguidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma: They're defeated by having their plane's propeller jammed. They then crash in the distance, igniting the Urgonium that they were carrying. They somehow survive and are forced to work in the mine as punishment by Shere Khan.
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* CoolOldGuy: He's an easygoing flight instructor whose training was effective that he was able to guide a panicking and amnesiac Baloo into landing a damaged plane during a thunderstorm purely through radio instructions. This is long before Baloo even finds out about Joe's decorated past.

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* CoolOldGuy: He's an easygoing flight instructor whose training was so effective that he was able to guide a panicking and amnesiac Baloo into landing a damaged plane during a thunderstorm purely through radio instructions. This is long before Baloo even finds out about Joe's decorated past.

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* LaserguidedKarma: They're defeated by having their plane's propeller jammed. They then crash in the distance, igniting the Urgonium that they were carrying.

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* LaserguidedKarma: They're defeated by having their plane's propeller jammed. They then crash in the distance, igniting the Urgonium that they were carrying. They somehow survive and are forced to work in the mine as punishment by Shere Khan.



* UncertainDoom: The last we see of them is their plane blowing up in the distance, with them in it. Whether they died or not isn't brought up.
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* DamselInDistress: At the start. Klang and his men tie her up, load her on a camel, and send it running with her on it, presumably to die in the desert. Baloo and Louie notice and rescue her.

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* DamselInDistress: At the start. Klang and his men tie her up, gag her, load her on a camel, camel (all offscreen), and send it running with her on it, presumably to die in the desert. Baloo and Louie notice and rescue her.
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* DamselInDistress: At the start. Klang and his men tie her up, load her on a camel, and send it running with her on it, presumably to die in the desert. Baloo and Louie notice and rescue her.
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* AntiVillain: His villainous roles in the show are equal to his heroic ones. Khan himself says he desires only money and power, not [[EvilVersusOblivion the end of the world]] or [[ForTheEvulz committing villaint for the heck of it]]. The episode where Baloo competes against an Auto-Aviator sees Shere Khan giving the professor who created the machine a chance to prove its mettle against the world's best pilot. Khan is a villain in the sense that the Auto-Aviator winning would put Higher-for-Hire and businesses like it out of business. Khan doesn't care, as long as the Auto-Aviators bring him money. So Khan can be amoral without being immoral.

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* AntiVillain: His villainous roles in the show are equal to his heroic ones. Khan himself says he desires only money and power, not [[EvilVersusOblivion the end of the world]] or [[ForTheEvulz committing villaint villainy for the heck of it]]. The episode where Baloo competes against an Auto-Aviator sees Shere Khan giving the professor who created the machine a chance to prove its mettle against the world's best pilot. Khan is a villain in the sense that the Auto-Aviator winning would put Higher-for-Hire and businesses like it out of business. Khan doesn't care, as long as the Auto-Aviators bring him money. So Khan can be amoral without being immoral.
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* TheBrute: "[[Franchise/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time]]!"

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* TheBrute: "[[Franchise/FantasticFour "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time]]!"
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[[folder:Thaddeus E. Kland]]

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[[folder:Thaddeus E. Kland]]Klang]]



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[[folder: Kitten Kaboodle]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille

A well-known Starrywood actress. She invites Baloo to co-star with her on her latest movie as a reward for saving her from an accident.

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[[folder: Kitten Kaboodle]]
[[folder:Thaddeus E. Kland]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille

A well-known Starrywood actress. She invites Baloo to co-star with her on her latest movie as
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The serpentine leader of
a reward cult searching for saving her from an accident.the ancient city of Tinabula.


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* ArtificalLimbs: Has metallic arms and legs.
* BadassLongrobe: Sports a long black cloak.
* DarkIsEvil: Dresses in a black fedora and cape and is quite sinister to boot.
* EvilBrit: Courtesy of Tim Curry.
* EvilIsHammy: Given that he's voiced by Tim Curry, this is expected.
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[[folder: Kitten Kaboodle]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille

A well-known Starrywood actress. She invites Baloo to co-star with her on her latest movie as a reward for saving her from an accident.
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