History Characters / TheDreamstone

* EvilSoundsDeep: A rare mix of this ''and'' EvilSoundsRaspy, courtesy of Creator/GaryMartin's GutturalGrowler baritone.

* PetTheDog: He shows his Argorribles far more affection and care than he does his Urpneys. His obsession with sending nightmares seems as much to appease them as it is to terrorise the Land Of Dreams. He will also commend Blob for his sporadic moments of effectiveness.

* EvilSoundsDeep: A rare mix of this ''and'' EvilSoundsRaspy, courtesy of Gary Martin's GutturalGrowler baritone.

* LargeHam: Gary Martin's gravelly bellows help a whole lot.

* DisproportionateRetribution: They are not against submitting enemies to sadistic pranks or lengthy beatings for trying to ruin their lovely dreams (or even being ''[[RevengeMyopia forced to do it]]''), sometimes [[YouShallNotEvadeMe even dragging them back a second beating]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown when they felt they hadn't suffered enough]]. Later episodes downplayed the Noops to be much more pragmatic.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Her defeat in "Zarag Rules", getting flattened by the Urpneys' crash-landing vehicle.

* DecoyProtagonist: In the pilot he is played as the lead and undergoes the most CharacterDevelopment. Most episodes after overlook this in favour making the Urpneys {{Villain Protagonist}}s. He becomes more important again later on, though is probably still closer to a {{Deuteragonist}}.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: In the pilot, Rufus has repeatedly failed to uphold a job due to his over imagination. Following Amberley's suggestion, he takes employment from the Dream Maker, his daydreaming being an ideal qualification.

* ButtMonkey: She bumbles as much as Rufus does, but her abuse is much softer slapstick compared to that of [[IronButtMonkey the Urpneys]].

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Zigzagged. She bumbles as much as Rufus does, but her abuse is much softer slapstick compared to that of [[IronButtMonkey the Urpneys]].

%%* GrumpyBear

* PyrrhicVillainy: Sometimes Zordrak's forces succeed in sending nightmares. It took a ridiculous amount of labour and usually a ton of slapstick abuse in the process (and usually after too when the heroes [[DisproportionateRetribution get their revenge]]), but still, [[PokeThePoodle they ruined some dreams]]. Frizz and Nug even lampshade it wasn't worth it most of the time.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She gets caught in one of her booby traps when the Urpneys pass by.

* LaughablyEvil

* AdorableEvilMinions: The Urpneys are somewhat schlubby humanoid creatures with reptilian features, and not nearly as cutesy as the heroic [[TastesLikeDiabetes Noops]], but they are rather cartoony and harmless and hard not to sympathise with.

* OverarchingVillain: No matter which antagonist takes the lead in the episode, Blob, Frizz and Nug always play an active part of some sort.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: While some Urpneys have normal hair colors, others have hair that's blue or green or purple, etc. In the third and fourth seasons, Blob, Urpgor and Nug are the only Urpneys who ''don't'' have blue hair.

* CharacterisationClickMoment: With a SeriousBusiness provocation and very meek antagonists with greater stakes, the Noops often struggled to look heroic in the earlier seasons, and were often just reduced to ImmuneToSlapstick {{Hero Antagonist}}s. "A Day Out" established a more dire penalty for losing the stone to Zordrak however, with most episodes following giving them more SympatheticPOV and a NotSoDifferent role to the Urpneys, allowing them to look more clear cut benevolent.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The heroes followed more action adventure staples in the pilot and came off more as the underdogs, with their BornLucky nature and the ComicallyLopSidedRivalry established afterwards. They were also generally far less merciless towards the Urpneys originally, favouring violent pranks and beatings, while by the end of the show they are almost as much {{Punch Clock Hero}}es as they are {{Punch Clock Villain}}s.

* {{Flanderization}}: His BadBoss facets became the entirety of role Season Two onwards, to the point he was almost exclusively a threat to his own minions [[OrcusOnHisThrone instead of the heroes]]. His temper and [[SuddenlyShouting voice patterns]] also took over his personality, compared to Season One, where he was more dominantly a ColdHam.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: From Season Two onward. Since Zordrak usually leaves the schemes entirely in the Urpneys' hands (both in plotting and in action), his role as BigBad mostly consists of chewing out his minions and sitting on his throne bored.

* MirroringFactions: Later episodes made occasional hints to Rufus and Amberley being as much errand runners for the other heroes as Frizz and Nug were for Zordrak (and similarly weren't totally oblivious to it either). They even gain PunchClockHero tendencies like [[PunchClockVillain their foes]].

* GlassCannon: The heroes almost always outmatch the Urpneys [[HardWorkHardlyWorks with little effort]]. Perhaps because of this however, they rarely ever anticipate the odd times the latter prove NotSoHarmless, at which point they are usually left helpless and [[BornLucky reliant on dumb luck]].

* NotSoDifferent: Later episodes made occasional hints to Rufus and Amberley being as much errand runners for the other heroes as Frizz and Nug were for Zordrak (and similarly weren't totally oblivious to it either). They even gain PunchClockHero tendencies like [[PunchClockVillain their foes]].

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The heroes' SeriousBusiness approach looked proportionate in the pilot where they were dealing with Zordrak directly and the level of menace was treated seriously. After the show turned into a HarmlessVillain formula with [[TheDragAlong the Urpneys]] however, their war-like methods looked more melodramatic and even mean-spirited. The last third of the series added a far more dangerous reason for Zordrak wanting the stone to justify their aggressive vigilance with it, and also revised the Noops into more comedic {{Mirror Character}}s for the Urpneys to even back the sympathy value a little. At least one instance they reverted back to their original malice was treated as petty in-universe and ended with Frizz and Nug [[ATasteOfDefeat pranking them back as karma]].