| 1 | [[center: [- [[Characters/{{Hatchetfield}} Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Hatchetfield Residents]] | Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies | '''Other Hatchetfield Residents''' | Characters/HatchetfieldOutsiders | [[Characters/HatchetfieldTheBlackAndWhite The Black and White]] | [[Characters/HatchetfieldParanormalPhenomena Paranormal Phenomena]]-] ]] |
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| 3 | Minor and supporting residents of Hatchetfield in the Franchise/{{Hatchetfield}} saga. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Due to the sheer length of this article, if a resident of Hatchetfield has any family members worth noting, move them all to Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | !Businesses and Organizations |
| 10 | |
| 11 | !!Beanie's Coffee Shop |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]]: Emma Perkins |
| 14 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies Families]]: Zoey Chambers |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder: Nora]] |
| 17 | !!Nora |
| 18 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty |
| 19 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_nora.jpg]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Emma, what's the deal over here?"'']] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ->''Hey, Mr. Business, how do ya do?''\ |
| 25 | ''Can we get a triple for you?'' |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Emma's boss, who makes all her employees sing. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | * 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. |
| 30 | * BenevolentBoss: To Zoey. Not to Emma. This may be because Emma makes it very clear that she doesn't like her job. |
| 31 | * 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 out she routinely spits in the coffee.) |
| 32 | * 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. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | !!Camp Idonwannabang |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Boy Jerry and Girl Jeri]] |
| 38 | !!"Boy Jerry" and "Girl Jeri" |
| 39 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson (Jerry) | Kim Whalen (Jeri) |
| 40 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp "Abstinence Camp"]]''' | ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie''[[note]]Jerry only[[/note]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_jerry_jeri.png]] |
| 43 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Jerry:''' ''"I got you, Girl Jeri."'' '''Jeri:''' ''"Hold me, Boy Jerry."'']] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ->''Virginity rocks! Just tuck it away''\ |
| 46 | ''Never touch anyone, anyone, not even your bae''\ |
| 47 | ''These boots don't knock, not today''\ |
| 48 | ''I'm stronger than everyone, everyone, not playin' no game'' |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Camp counselors and youth ministers at Camp Idonwannabang. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ---- |
| 53 | * TheCameo: Jerry makes a brief appearance in ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'' during the song "Hatchet Town". As he's not wearing his camp t-shirt, it's not apparent he's Jerry until a reporter accuses him of being the killer. In response, [[DirtyCoward he accuses Jeri of being the killer]], to no avail. The filmed version instead has the reporter accuse Gerald Monroe, leaving Jerry only identified in the soundtrack version. |
| 54 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Boy Jerry is split in half by Lumber Axe.]] |
| 55 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They run an abstinence camp that is hardline about maintaining virginity and publicly claim to both be voluntarily celibate, but they carry on a sexual relationship in secret, [[spoiler:which resulted in the birth of Lumber Axe. Making it worse, Boy Jerry thinks nothing of the fact that their monstrous son takes their teachings so seriously that he murders any camper who isn't chaste.]] |
| 56 | * MadLibsCatchphrase: When Boy Jerry is annoyed with someone, he tends to make very odd threats starting with "I oughta…". So far, we've heard "put you in a canoe", "cover you in syrup" and "let a bird walk all over you". |
| 57 | * OneSteveLimit: Their names are identical in pronunciation, hence the "Boy Jerry" and "Girl Jeri" designations. They've been calling each other that for so long that they even do so when alone together and regardless of how intimate or intense their conversations become. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | !!CCRP |
| 61 | |
| 62 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]]: Paul Matthews, Ted Spankoffski, Charlotte Sweetly, Bill Woodward |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder: As a Whole]] |
| 65 | !!Coven Communications, Research, and Power |
| 66 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Forever & Always"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | The company where Paul Matthews and his friends work in the tech department, located in a building formerly devoted to Hatchetfield's local newspaper. What specifically the company does is unknown. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | "Forever & 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. For characters affiliated with the sci-fi aspects of CCRP, specifically those who are something other than entirely human, see the CCRP section under [[Characters/HatchetfieldParanormalPhenomena Paranormal Phenomena]]. |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | * CompanyTown: Hatchetfield isn't ''completely'' a CompanyTown but CCRP is a very dominant job provider for the community, especially after "the plant" closed some time ago. What such a large and powerful company is doing building an elaborate headquarters in a "tiny town" like this is unquestioned by its grateful employees (and may be tied to Hatchetfield's status as an EldritchLocation). |
| 73 | * {{Cyberpunk}}: The future version of CCRP is right out of a story by Creator/WilliamGibson or Creator/BruceSterling. |
| 74 | * DressCode: Like most {{Standard Office Setting}}s, CCRP Technical seems to enforce a "business"/"business casual" dress code for its employees. Notable because this shirt-tie-slacks/sweater-and-skirt combo forms the IconicOutfit for the main cast of ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' and is how you can distinguish these characters from other roles the actors play. Also notable because in the year 2104 this no longer seems to be true (see NoDressCode). |
| 75 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: In the future of 2104, all of CCRP's operations in the Western Hemisphere of Earth are coordinated from a base "miles beneath the ground" known as "Sector-19". |
| 76 | * EveryoneIsArmed: Not in the present day, but in the 2104 version of CCRP, every single employee does in fact carry a deadly personal weapon of some kind with them, and is immediately willing to use them against Ted when he's trying to escape (echoing a gag from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''). |
| 77 | * EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture: The decor of the 2104 version of the CCRP building says every surface is "frosted glass and digital displays", with basic creature comforts like the water cooler and coffeemaker removed and nowhere to be seen. Everyone is doing their work with self-contained [[HolographicTerminal "holo-pads"]], and the disintegrator weapon Ted steals is a wholly nondescript oblong box with a single button as the trigger, apparently not made for any sort of precise aiming. |
| 78 | * EvilInc: The present-day CCRP is already making secret clones of their employees and using them as slave labor. By the future, they're part of the oligarchy that rules the Earth, has abolished all constitutional and civil rights, and treats all human beings as HumanResources. |
| 79 | * TheMasquerade: The "top floor" of present-day CCRP goes to some pretty extreme lengths to keep their activities secret from most of their own employees and the rest of the world. After the Great Crash and Buyout, the CCRP of 2104 has dropped this charade completely. |
| 80 | * MeaningfulName: A "coven" is, of course, a group of witches, and as the title of "The Witch in the Web" reveals, witches in Hatchetfield are far more than a superstitious myth. Executive Kilgrave reveals in "Time Bastard" that CCRP isn't just building secretive conspiracy-theory hypertech but outright {{Magitek}}, powered by the eldritch energies of the Lords in Black. |
| 81 | * MegaCorp: Even in the present day, CCRP's name indicates they've got their fingers in a lot of pies, including running a secret space colony on the Moon for nefarious purposes. By the 22nd century, they've become one of the corporations that tyrannically rule the planet. |
| 82 | * NoDressCode: Unclear if this was meant to be diegetic or not, but by the time the Future CCRP scene takes place in "Time Bastard", Robert Manion has already fully changed back out of his Prof. Hidgens outfit into a T-shirt, shorts and a backwards baseball cap -- which makes it a funny moment when he speaks up and says he's the current head of the Technical Department and has never seen Ted before in his life. (Matching up with stereotypes of tech workers becoming more and more casual, and an ironic contrast with the very buttoned-up Mr. Davidson in the present day.) |
| 83 | * NoOneSeesTheBoss: The highest-ranked employee of CCRP we meet is Paul's direct boss, Mr. Davidson, who runs the tech department. The actual bosses of this branch of CCRP work on the top floor, and no one ever interacts with them except through their liaison [[MouthOfSauron Sylvia]], who seems to be a mere receptionist. We finally see one of the ''real'' bosses of CCRP in the BadFuture, Executive Andrew Kilgore, and he's a pretty horrifying sight to see. |
| 84 | * OneNationUnderCopyright: At some point in the future, an event known as the "Buyout" occurs that passes all sovereignty from the defunct governments of the Earth to corporations like CCRP. |
| 85 | * SinisterSurveillance: Just one of the dystopian touches about the BadFuture in "Time Bastard" is that every single human being in the world is forced to carry a tracking implant their whole lives -- Ted not having one instantly reveals that he wasn't born in this time period and arrived via TimeTravel. |
| 86 | * SoulCrushingDeskJob: A lot of CCRP's employees seem to have this opinion of their work, although Paul personally doesn't seem to mind it. It gets a lot, lot worse in the BadFuture. |
| 87 | * StandardOfficeSetting: Is a particularly bland and generic one of these in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''. The show makes a point of never actually telling us [[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation what the hell CCRP even does]] or even what "CCRP" actually stands for, although [[AllThereInTheScript the script clarifies]] that Paul and his friends working for "CCRP Technical" just means they're the tech support department of a much larger company. It's all a front for them being EvilInc. |
| 88 | * VastBureaucracy: It's apparently very SeriousBusiness that Paul complete his weekly reports and have them turned in to Mr. Davidson exactly when he expects them, or it will "really gum things up in the office". Paul calls them a "statistical analysis", which means if he works in tech support he's probably keeping track of how much the rest of the company uses their network/computing resources. It turns out the tech support department is deliberately kept ignorant of the supernatural experiments and dark conspiracies orchestrated by the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness on the "top floor", with Sylvia acting as their only public liaison. By the year 2104, this VastBureaucracy has grown into a monstrosity that serves as the government of the whole planet. |
| 89 | * WalkingSpoiler: The true nature of CCRP ends up being part of TheReveal for both "Forever & Always" and "Time Bastard". |
| 90 | * WorldOfJerkass: The vast majority of CCRP's regular workers are ordinary, decent people in the present day. By 2104, when the {{Masquerade}} has dropped, the entire workforce casually accept CCRP's monstrous way of doing business as just the way things are, and are willing and even eager to do brutal violence against outsiders when commanded to. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder: Ken Davidson]] |
| 94 | !!Ken Davidson |
| 95 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim |
| 96 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''''' | ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_mr_davidson.jpg]] |
| 99 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"So, what do you want, Paul? What's that one concrete goal that motivates all of your actions?"'']] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ->''I'm looking for someone with strong ambition''\ |
| 102 | ''Someone to sell their specific vision''\ |
| 103 | ''Someone to share with precise precision their thoughts''\ |
| 104 | '''Cause I want you to want -- to want'' |
| 105 | |
| 106 | The boss at CCRP's tech department. |
| 107 | ---- |
| 108 | * AllThereInTheManual: His [[NoNameGiven first name or initial is never mentioned]] in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' itself, but the animated Kickstarter trailer showed the nameplate on his office door says "K. Davidson". His first name was given as "Ken" in a Twitter Q&A. |
| 109 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Is very happily married to his wife, but sings to Paul, "There's gotta be something that'll keep my hands off you!" |
| 110 | * AutoeroticAsphyxiation: Hilariously, ''this'' appears to be the TragicDream the Hive Mind exploited to assimilate him -- that he's never gathered the courage to tell his wife he wants her to choke him while he jerks off. |
| 111 | * TheCameo: Appears in the closing number of ''Black Friday''. |
| 112 | * CannotSpitItOut: Almost tells his wife he wants to be choked while he jerks off but balks at the last minute. |
| 113 | * ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Paul does his best to pull this when Mr. Davidson reveals that he wants his wife to choke him while he jerks off. |
| 114 | * CloudCuckooLander: Assimilation transforms him into one of these, such as memorably making "too many" curves with his hands while trying to describe a woman's hourglass figure. |
| 115 | * TheCorruptor: The HiveMind is converting the staff of CCRP Technical one by one by having Davidson call them into his office for an "evaluation". |
| 116 | * 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. |
| 117 | * HiddenDepths: Turns out to be ''extremely'' HeadTiltinglyKinky, much to Paul's horror. |
| 118 | * IWantSong: "What Do You Want, Paul?" is ''about'' I Want Songs, and he sings what he wants as an example. He also inverts it to attempt to get it to be an IWantSong for Paul, but Paul's not into it. |
| 119 | * LonersAreFreaks: "What Do You Want, Paul?" is him singing in the voice of the HiveMind expressing this view, demanding that Paul join some sort of group or affiliation or else be punished. |
| 120 | * PointyHairedBoss: We get to see almost nothing of him before he's assimilated, but the HiveMind seems to have turned him into a caricature of this trope, a CloudCuckooLander who treats his management position as an opportunity to force his employees to dish about their personal lives, and a captive audience to talk about his own. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder: Melissa]] |
| 124 | !!Melissa |
| 125 | !!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith |
| 126 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_melissa.jpg]] |
| 129 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Hi, Paul! Were you gonna sign up for the company softball league?"'']] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | Mr. Davidson's assistant and coordinator of the company's softball team. |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | * ADayInTheLimelight: She's the subject of "Hey, Melissa!", an unproduced ''Nightmare Time'' script which was read in a ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'' livestream, and reveals her to be [[spoiler:the ringleader of a serial killer gang called the Kitty Cat Club, who mutilate and murder men they perceive as dogs.]] |
| 134 | * 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.) |
| 135 | * PhraseCatcher: "Hey, Melissa!" |
| 136 | * ShrinkingViolet: At least she acts this way around Paul, implying she may have a crush on him. |
| 137 | * 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. |
| 138 | * 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.) |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder: Sylvia]] |
| 142 | !!Sylvia |
| 143 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen |
| 144 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Forever & Always"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hatchetfield_sylvia.jpg]] |
| 147 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"If my man saw you talking to me like that, he'd kick your head."'']] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | The receptionist from the top floor of CCRP, recently in a relationship with Bill. |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * LooseLips: She's so flustered about being asked (by her [[NoOneSeesTheBoss unseen superiors over the phone]]) to go into Ted's office in "Forever & Always" she starts talking loudly enough that anyone nearby can hear her using phrases like "temporal distortion". Luckily, CCRP's lower-floor employees are too clueless to think anything's amiss. |
| 152 | * TheMainCharactersDoEverything: We first get the hint CCRP isn't telling their lower-level employees everything about their operations when "receptionist" Sylvia is wandering around the building doing some pretty advanced technical scans for "temporal distortions". |
| 153 | * MouthOfSauron: Her job as a receptionist is partly to be the liaison between the "top floor" employees of CCRP and the entire rest of the company, with the agenda of the top floor and the meaning of the orders they pass to the other employees via Sylvia being an OverTheTopSecret. What we learn about CCRP actually being EvilInc in "Time Bastard" makes this trope name very appropriate. |
| 154 | * MuggleMageRomance: She's one of the few privileged to know CCRP's secrets about science-fiction {{Magitek}} while Bill is an exceptionally boring, mundane RidiculouslyAverageGuy who is completely in the dark about his employer's {{Masquerade}}. Even so, her overwhelming devotion to and admiration of her new boyfriend seems to be genuine. |
| 155 | * SassySecretary: She comes off as this exact stereotype at first, although it turns out there's more to her job as "receptionist" (and to CCRP as a whole) than meets the eye. |
| 156 | * SickeninglySweethearts: She and Bill are like this in "Forever & Always"; it's a pretty big mood and self-esteem booster for him compared to his previous sad-sack persona. |
| 157 | * SkewedPriorities: She's so revolted by Ted's masturbation, she would rather potentially allow a time-and-space-rending anomaly to continue destabilizing reality than risk going into his office. Hilariously, her successors at CCRP continue to take this stance for the next 85 years. |
| 158 | * UnexplainedAccent: Her {{Joisey}} accent is fairly out-of-place in small-town Michigan, although since CCRP is not a Hatchetfield-native company and she's a representative of the {{Mysterious Employer}}s on the top floor she may well be a transplant. |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | !!Miss Retro's Throwback Diner |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder: Miss Holloway]] |
| 165 | !!Miss Holloway |
| 166 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen |
| 167 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "The Witch in the Web"]]''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Daddy"]] | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]]''' |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_miss_holloway_singing.png]] |
| 170 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Hannah, sometimes things aren't black and white. Sometimes we have to use something bad to do something good."'']] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ->''Just run away with me, alight to parts unknown''\ |
| 173 | ''Just run away with me, you won't feel so alone''\ |
| 174 | ''Even though the rain keeps falling''\ |
| 175 | ''Follow my lead and we'll keep running''\ |
| 176 | ''Home'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | A friend of Duke's, whom he seeks out to help with particularly unusual cases. While Duke calls her a specialist, she calls herself a witch, and she seems stuck in the 1980s. |
| 179 | ---- |
| 180 | * EightiesHair: Wears her hair styled, teased and pouffed out into a truly awesome feathered '80s do; especially impressive in her first appearance, when Kim Whalen turned up with this haircut after having portrayed Becky Barnes not much earlier in the livestream. |
| 181 | * AdultsAreUseless: Like Duke, defied. She goes above and beyond to help Hannah, who she doesn't even know. And for once, an adult shows up who not only believes the kids' reports of supernatural events happening, but actually knows more about it than they do and can provide vital assistance and advice. |
| 182 | * AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Averted. Duke presents Miss Holloway to Pamela as something akin to a psychiatrist or therapist (a "specialist"), and her work with Hannah is very similar to that of a New Age-y therapist working with a patient via hypnosis and directed dreaming to deal with their nightmares. The difference is that Miss Holloway knows that Hannah's dreams are ''very real'' and her being unable to "defeat her nightmares" will have grave consequences not just for her but [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world]]. |
| 183 | * ArchNemesis: Surprisingly ends up being one for [[spoiler: Uncle Wiley from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', to the point where in half of the currently existing timelines she was the one who killed him once and for all, preventing the apocalypse. Of course, in the other half, he killed ''her'' instead, so their actual rivalry doesn't reach the present day outside of circumstances such as when he's brought back from her memories in "The Witch in the Web".]] |
| 184 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: An unexpected swerve of "The Witch in the Web" is when Miss Holloway saves Hannah from impending death in her "Nightmare Time" by pulling her out of her own mind into Miss Holloway's, letting us get a glimpse of ''her'' backstory and deepest fears. |
| 185 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: She doesn't actually do anything ethically questionable in "The Witch in the Web" itself, but she's honest to Hannah about the fact that she's had to make compromises in the past to stop a greater evil. |
| 186 | -->'''Miss Holloway''': Hannah. Sometimes things aren't black and white. Sometimes we have to use something bad to do something good. |
| 187 | -->'''Hannah''': It all has a price. |
| 188 | -->'''Miss Holloway''': I know. I can pay it. Let's just say... I have very good credit. |
| 189 | * CompellingVoice: Miss Holloway has one of these (represented by reverb on the soundtrack), allowing her to perform something like hypnosis on Pamela to put her into ForcedSleep and to use on Hannah and herself to go into a trance for a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, only taking effect far, far faster than anything RealLife hypnotists can do. |
| 190 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: [[spoiler: The PointOfDivergence between the main ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' timeline and the ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' timeline is the duel between her and Uncle Wiley at the Starlight Theater -- either she dies or he does. If she dies, Uncle Wiley lives to bring about the apocalypse on Black Friday at the Lakeside Mall or, failing that, one of his backup plans elsewhere; if he dies, the apocalypse gets canceled... for now. Wiley takes great pleasure in telling her that in half of the existing timelines she failed, and [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath he gruesomely mutilated and cannibalized her body]] before taking her jacket as a trophy.]] |
| 191 | * DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Her mysterious "[[DealWithTheDevil deal]]" allows her to revive about two hours after death, making it only inconvenient if those not in the loop ''discover'' that she is dead and she thus has to start over with a new identity. WordOfGod says that the only weapon that can kill her is the Black Blade, which in every timeline in which she is alive is presumably [[spoiler:safely embedded in the corpse of Uncle Wiley.]] |
| 192 | * DiscoDan: A woman living in the late 2010s who seems to prefer living as if it's the mid-80s. It's not made clear if this is just a weird affectation of hers or if she actually is a Gen Xer who's become TheAgeless with magic, though there's some tantalizing hints pointing to the latter. Hints have even been dropped toward a third option in which she is in fact more on the lines of Really700YearsOld but happened to like the 80s so much that she refuses to evolve further. |
| 193 | * FriendToAllChildren: There's tons of different approaches one might take to finding occurrences of evil magic that need fighting, and tons of different [[FriendOnTheForce government contacts]] one might pursue toward that end. Miss Holloway has chosen to make friends with a social worker for the Michigan CPS and go looking for children who need her help. |
| 194 | * GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Presents herself to Hannah as a "mostly" good counterpart to the ghost of Willabella Muckwab, although [[spoiler: Uncle Wiley]] dismissively sneers that between the two of them Willabella is the only ''real'' witch (and she doesn't really object). It turns out the only "good witch" with the power to actually stop Willabella is her descendant -- Hannah herself. |
| 195 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Through and through. The story of how she tried and failed to save the Three-Girl Creature and [[spoiler: ended up fighting and defeating Uncle Wiley]] would be an adventure in itself, never mind all the other adventures she's implied to have had in her long career. |
| 196 | * HerosClassicCar: PlayedStraight completely in her case -- a 1987 Pontiac Firebird is an even more classic example than Tom Houston's 1986 Fox-body Mustang. |
| 197 | * HotWitch: Openly accepts the title of "witch" -- "A good witch?" "Most of the time" -- and is undeniably hot. |
| 198 | * IconicOutfit: Her very '80s oversized denim jacket. [[spoiler: It turns out that her outfit is part of the backstory of ''another'' IconicOutfit -- the version of Uncle Wiley we met in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' wears the same denim jacket, as a trophy he took after he killed her.]] |
| 199 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: Duke and Miss Holloway flirt pretty heavily and pretty hard, but the story plays it coy enough that it's uncertain if they really are dating or it's just banter. |
| 200 | * InexplicablyAwesome: Why is she a witch? How does she know about the Black and White? What is her history with [[spoiler:Uncle Wiley]]? We don't need to know any of that to watch her kick ass. |
| 201 | * KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge: Has appointed herself in this role, seeking out the Black Book to "keep it safe" from others who'd abuse it. Hannah is dubious that this is a good idea. |
| 202 | * KilledOffscreen: As explained in "The Witch in the Web", in roughly half of all timelines she's a PosthumousCharacter, having died in 2005 in a battle against [[spoiler:Uncle Wiley]], whom ''she'' killed in the other half. This means she is almost certainly dead in the timelines of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', [[spoiler:in which Uncle Wiley is alive and wearing her jacket as a trophy]], and ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'', [[spoiler:in which the Black Book is in Mayor Lauter's possession.]] |
| 203 | * MentorArchetype: Is essentially Hannah's Obi-Wan Kenobi, although unlike him she does her best to be as honest as she can about anything Hannah will understand. |
| 204 | * MindManipulation: Her power over people's minds is pretty comprehensive, at least among the WeakWilled like Pamela Foster -- to the point where she's able to force a HeelFaceTurn on Pamela and leave her a post-hypnotic suggestion to turn herself in for putting Lex up to selling her pills, going to prison in Lex and Ethan's place. |
| 205 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: In “Killer Track,” telling anyone [[spoiler:about her past]] inflicts this on them. |
| 206 | * MuggleMageRomance: It's left [[ImpliedLoveInterest ambiguous]] whether there actually is anything romantic between Duke and Miss Holloway, but it's pretty obvious that Duke would at least ''like'' there to be. We get vague hints that -- assuming there isn't anything romantic between them -- it's at least partly because [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies the threats Miss Holloway fights are way above Duke's pay grade]]. |
| 207 | * MyGreatestFailure: We don't know if it's her ''greatest'' failure, but her encounter with the Three-Girl Creature was traumatic enough that it holds pride of place in her bad memories that bubble up during her own "Nightmare Time". [[spoiler: It's probably not the creature itself -- it's the fact that this adventure led to her duel with Uncle Wiley, which she barely survived.]] |
| 208 | * NiceGirl: She's compassionate, brave, and protective. |
| 209 | * NoNameGiven: No first name is ever mentioned for her. That said, she's also always "[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Miss Holloway]]", never just "Holloway", including when addressed by her ArchNemesis. |
| 210 | * PeoplePuppets: She has this ability too. [[spoiler: Impressively, she manages to use it to get an ''entire band'' to help her perfom a song that only she knows.]] |
| 211 | * PolicePsychic: The equivalent of this for Children's Protective Services, brought in off-the-books the way psychics are as a last resort for cases that seem to have no explanation other than the supernatural. |
| 212 | * Really700YearsOld: “Killer Track” hints this is the case, what with her mentioning [[spoiler:having to discard identities “…every 15 years or so, before people get suspicious.”]] |
| 213 | * ShroudedInMyth: Everything about Miss Holloway's history is this, including basic facts like her age. All we know is that she's been doing what she does -- trying to help and protect children -- for a long time, along with a few tantalizing hints like her telling Hannah she was a musician "a long time ago". She’d really [[spoiler:''like'' to tell people such as Duke, but she physically can’t, as the terms of some vague ‘deal’ cause anyone who hears anything about her past to immediately forget it ever happened.]] |
| 214 | * SpellBook: Hers is the TomeOfEldritchLore known only as the Black Book, written long ago by Willabella Muckwab in the blood of innocent children. Hannah is shocked that she even has it, much less is willing to use it, and still calls herself a good guy, but [[BadPowersGoodPeople Miss Holloway insists using evil magic for good ends is not only possible but sometimes necessary]]. |
| 215 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She has a cheerfully unequal relationship with her partner, where she always calls him "Duke" and he always calls her "Miss Holloway". He doesn't seem to mind. |
| 216 | * UnexplainedAccent: As with Curt Mega as Duke, Kim Whalen is also from Texas, and lets some Texas drawl into her speech as Miss Holloway too. (Mostly when she's talking to Duke, so this may not reflect her real background so much as showing her ability to mirror people's mannerisms and make them comfortable.) |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !!Morning Cup o' News |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder: Dan and Donna]] |
| 222 | !!Dan Reynolds and Donna Daggit |
| 223 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter (Dan) | Creator/LaurenLopez (Donna) |
| 224 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | ''Theatre/BlackFriday''[[note]]promotional material; Donna only[[/note]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "The Hatchetfield Ape-Man"]] | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Peanuts!"]]''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "The Witch in the Web"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E1HoneyQueen "Honey Queen"]][[note]]Dan only[[/note]] | ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_dan_and_donna_update.png]] |
| 227 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Dan:''' ''"That's amazing, Donna!"'']] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | ->'''Dan:''' ''I’ve never known darker times''\ |
| 230 | ''And I’ve covered the protests live''\ |
| 231 | ''At the Hatchetfield kennel''\ |
| 232 | ''I am Dan Reynolds''\ |
| 233 | ...with Action News weekdays at 10 p.m. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | The anchors of the local Hatchetfield news station. |
| 236 | ---- |
| 237 | * AlliterativeName: "Dan and Donna" make for a catchy duo due to their similar names, and Donna Daggit has one herself. |
| 238 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the first part of the song "Peanuts!" they engage the Man in a Hurry in a pointless VoxPops speculating on what would happen if Peanuts could talk, seemingly enthralled with the idea of being able to generate even more news content from him than they already do. Then, apparently, he ''does'' start talking and their response is to GoMadFromTheRevelation. |
| 239 | * 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. |
| 240 | * TheDividual: They've never appeared separately outside of their newscasts. |
| 241 | * FairWeatherFriend: In ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'', when Donna is accused of the murders, Dan immediately starts pointing fingers at her too. |
| 242 | * {{Flanderization}}: Dan and Donna are introduced to the audience talking about Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''; the song "Peanuts!" seems to take place in a universe where this one HumanInterestStory attracted ''so much'' interest he ends up being the only thing they ever talk about. |
| 243 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: When Peanuts starts [[TalkingAnimal talking]] it apparently disturbs their worldview so much to discover sapient animals exist that their minds completely break, and from that point on their mannerisms become fully unambiguously insane. |
| 244 | * 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. |
| 245 | * 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. |
| 246 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: Dan in particular develops a tendency to do this as he undergoes SanitySlippage in "Peanuts!" |
| 247 | * ParodyReligion: Peanuts' sapience in the song "Peanuts!" apparently greatly disturbs Dan and Donna's previously atheistic worldview and, it's implied, leads to them swinging to the other end of the spectrum and joining a religion based on ''worshiping'' Peanuts, a religion that then -- as in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' -- evolves into an ApocalypseCult that ends the world. |
| 248 | * PowerHair: Donna's canonical appearance (the one in "Peanuts!", where Creator/LaurenLopez had time to put on an actual costume and wig) gives her this kind of hair. |
| 249 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Dan and Donna are noticeably absent from ''Theatre/BlackFriday''; Donna gives us a HumanInterestStory about the Tickle-Me Wiggly doll's sudden popularity in the ''Black Friday'' preview video, but in the show itself the PracticalVoiceover reporting on the Black Friday crisis comes from a much more PlayedStraight news broadcast out of New York. |
| 250 | * SilentPartner: A RunningGag in early Dan and Donna broadcasts we heard featured Donna delivering the entire story, while Dan said nothing other than "That's amazing, Donna!" (their SimilarSquad in Clivesdale, Rachel and Rod, reverse the pattern, with Rod, also played by Joey Richter, doing all the talking while Rachel is ''completely'' silent) Dan gets to speak fully in "Peanuts!" and from "Honey Queen" onward. |
| 251 | * 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. Rachel never speaks, but Rod is also voiced by Joey Richter. |
| 252 | * TheVoice: They appeared only in voiceover in TGWDLM, playing on unseen televisions, and in the ''Black Friday'' preview. In subsequent appearances they have appeared onscreen. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | !!Needy Beast |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder: Rose]] |
| 258 | !!Rosary "Rose" |
| 259 | !!!'''Played by:''' Bryce Charles |
| 260 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]]''' |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_rose.png]] |
| 263 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Great. My life is in the hands... of Barbie."'']] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | The edgy lead guitarist of Needy Beast. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder: Thrash]] |
| 270 | !!Thrash |
| 271 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter |
| 272 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_thrash.png]] |
| 275 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Shit, man. I feel like I'm gonna shit!"'']] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | ->''Just run away if you want, if you dare''\ |
| 278 | ''The nightmare's gonna get you''\ |
| 279 | ''Just run away, if you want, if you dare!''\ |
| 280 | ''Daddy's gonna get you''\ |
| 281 | ''You can run if I don't catch you''\ |
| 282 | ''But Nightmare Time already caught you''\ |
| 283 | |
| 284 | The frontman of Needy Beast, secretly deeply insecure. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder: Skud]] |
| 289 | !!Skud |
| 290 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim |
| 291 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_skud.png]] |
| 294 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"What're we playin', though?"'']] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | ->''Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, baby!'' |
| 297 | |
| 298 | The burnout drummer of Needy Beast. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | !!Pizza Pete's Family Fun Zone |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Eddie Chiplucky]] |
| 305 | !!Eddie Chiplucky |
| 306 | !!!'''Played by:''' Curt Mega |
| 307 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]]''' |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_eddie_chiplucky.png]] |
| 310 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Is it magic? Psychic ability? Who knows? Once you get past the initial shock, you can sit back and enjoy the show."'']] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | The new owner of Pizza Pete's. A former Las Vegas gambler with an eye for kids with unique talents. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * MeaningfulName: "Chiplucky" is such a spot-on surname for a Las Vegas high-roller that it's safe to assume he chose it for himself. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | !!Roller-Rama |
| 318 | |
| 319 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldTheBlackAndWhite The Black and White]]: Otho |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder: Charles]] |
| 322 | !!Charles |
| 323 | !!!'''Played by:''' James Tolbert |
| 324 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]]''' | ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/desktop_screenshot_20231103_17002434.png]] |
| 327 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Good luck out there, champ. And remember... I got my thumb on the button."'']] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | The mysterious figure behind Roller-Rama, formerly Hatchetfield's roller-skating rink, now a secret gladiatorial arena where children with "a touch of the gift" battle each other. |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | * BigBad: Of ''Yellow Jacket'' since he's the one who's got Pokotho on a leash. |
| 332 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: A ludicrously wealthy man with an interest in gaining even more wealth and power for himself through the macabre power that surrounds Hatchetfield. |
| 333 | * TheCameo: In the filmed version of the ''Nerdy Prudes'' number "Hatchet Town", Charles makes an edited-in cameo as a suspect of the murders. In the stage version, that accusation was directed at Karen Chasity. |
| 334 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: As noted above, he appears in "Hatchet Town", during which he is accused of being the killer; He's genuinely offended by this. |
| 335 | * Fiction500: Offers Ethan a bribe of 100 million dollars as if it were a ComicallySmallBribe. |
| 336 | * KarmaHoudini: In ''Yellow Jacket''. While he's forced to let Ethan and the Foster sisters go and his plans to weaponize Hannah for profit fails, Charles himself survives with his business empire intact and views it as a minor bump in the road at worst. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder: Spitfire]] |
| 340 | !!Sophia / Spitfire |
| 341 | !!!'''Played by:''' Bryce Charles |
| 342 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]]''' |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_spitfire.png]] |
| 345 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I didn't need your help the other day. With Stopwatch? I would have figured it out on my own."'']] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | A 17-year-old gladiator at Roller-Rama, who has the power to manipulate fire. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * PlayingWithFire: As a pyrokinetic, it's easy to see why she's one of the most dangerous fighters in the games. |
| 350 | * SupernaturalMartialArts: She commands her fire using very precise punches and kicks, giving her strong vibes of a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender firebender]]. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder: Stopwatch]] |
| 354 | !!Daniel / Stopwatch |
| 355 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson |
| 356 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_stopwatch.png]] |
| 359 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Lucky! Some powers are good, but some stink."'']] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A very young Roller-Rama gladiator who can stop time while holding his breath. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * CheerfulChild: Despite being a child gladiator, he's bright and chipper and unfailingly nice to his competitors. |
| 364 | * CompetitiveBalance: While presumably not deliberate on anyone's part, his "touch of the Gift" would be absurdly overpowered if not for the fact that he has to hold his breath in order to do it; thus he can only take advantage of time being frozen for a few seconds at a time, and as Hannah hint-drops to Spitfire, if the arena is smoky he can't activate his powers at all. |
| 365 | * TimeMaster: He can freeze time briefly, allowing him to make moves in battle that can't be seen or countered. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | !!Starlight Theatre (including Hatchetfield Community Players) |
| 369 | |
| 370 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies Families]]: Zoey Chambers |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder: Producer]] |
| 373 | !!Starlight Producer |
| 374 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MaryKateWiles |
| 375 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wb_producer.png]] |
| 378 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We'd like to see a few... minor changes."'']] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | One of the producers at the Starlight Theatre and judge of the Local Writers' Workshop. |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * TheCameo: Mary Kate Wiles, known for her work with [=StarKid=] sister troupes WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy and Creator/TinCanBrothers, makes her second appearance in an actual [=StarKid=] property, brief though it is. |
| 383 | * ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, she and her fellow producers at the Starlight Theatre are willing to pay for Professor Hidgens's show, but only if he makes his all-male cast a group of women instead. |
| 384 | * NoNameGiven: The credits list her as simply "Starlight Producer". |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder: Stage Manager]] |
| 388 | !!The Stage Manager |
| 389 | !!!'''Played by:''' Paul Gabriel |
| 390 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wb_stage_manager.png]] |
| 393 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Does this dialogue still read now that they're girls?"'']] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | Professor Hidgens's stage manager on his production of ''Workin' Girls''. |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | * BeleagueredAssistant: As the stage manager, he has to enforce the whims of the director. As you might expect, that's an exhausting task when your director is [[PrimaDonnaDirector Professor Hidgens]]. |
| 398 | * CreatorCameo: Played by Paul Gabriel, who is the actual stage manager for all Hatchetfield musicals (and takes an equivalent role in non-stage installments). |
| 399 | * NoNameGiven: The credits list him as simply "Stage Manager". |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder: Hailey Dilmore]] |
| 403 | !!Hailey Dilmore |
| 404 | !!!'''Played by:''' Angela Giarratana |
| 405 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E1HoneyQueen "Honey Queen"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]] | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2023_11_24_164541.png]] |
| 408 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Sorry it stinks in there. I can't stop dumping ass."'']] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | One of Zoey's several roommates and a fellow Community Player. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She's a bit part in "Honey Queen", seemingly a one-note joke about suffering diarrhea, but she is briefly seen offering Zoey a tea to soothe her throat. In "Killer Track", we see her searching the Honey Festival for a concoction to ''ruin'' Zoey's throat, revealing her to be seemingly just as duplicitous as Zoey herself. |
| 414 | [[/folder]] |
| 415 | |
| 416 | [[folder: Courtney]] |
| 417 | !!Courtney |
| 418 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LaurenLopez |
| 419 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]] | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2023_11_24_164837.png]] |
| 422 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Kick his ass, Thrash."'']] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | A member of the Hatchetfield Community Players, and girlfriend of Needy Beast's Thrash. |
| 425 | ---- |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder: Cast of ''Workin' Girls'']] |
| 429 | !!''Workin' Girls'' |
| 430 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen (Meg) | Bryce Charles (Eve) | Virginia Vass (Sue) |
| 431 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wb_workin_girls.png]] |
| 434 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | ->''It takes balls''\ |
| 437 | ''To be balls-to-the-wall''\ |
| 438 | ''It takes stones to believe that you think you're above it''\ |
| 439 | ''And you don't miss it at all''\ |
| 440 | ''It takes big fat fuckin' balls''\ |
| 441 | ''To be balls-to-the-wall!'' |
| 442 | |
| 443 | The cast assembled for Professor Hidgens's production of ''Workin' Girls''. The cast also includes Zoey Chambers as Henrietta Hidgens, Hailey Dilmore as Marge, and Courtney as Leia. See [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]] for Ruth Fleming, who plays Secretary #4. |
| 444 | |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * GenderFlip: Hidgens grudgingly submits to producing a gender-flipped version of his script. |
| 447 | * TheLadette: All of them, since Hidgens agrees to change all the genders in his script but refuses to change anything else. |
| 448 | * LazilyGenderFlippedName: While not as lazy as he could have been, Hidgens keeps their names as close to the names of himself and his college chums as he can: Henry, Greg, Steve, Stu, Mark, and Leighton become Henrietta, Meg, Eve, Sue, Marge, and [[Franchise/StarWars Leia]]. Chad, who makes no onstage appearance, remains Chad. |
| 449 | * NoNameGiven: The real names of the actresses playing Meg, Eve, and Sue are not given. It's also not textually stated that Leia is played by the previously seen bit character Courtney, though Lauren Lopez and Nick Lang agree that, since it's Lauren in the same wig, that's clearly her. The show's program, a FreezeFrameBonus otherwise full of deliberately nonsensical writing by Matt Lang, identifies Eve's actress as Cassandra King. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | !!Toy Zone |
| 453 | |
| 454 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]]: Lex Foster |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder: Frank Pricely]] |
| 457 | !!Frank Pricely |
| 458 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris |
| 459 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/BlackFriday''''' | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Daddy"]]''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hf_frank_pricely_new.png]] |
| 462 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"That would be nice. If our hot ticket item was on the shelves WHEN WE OPEN."'']] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | ->''Did you know? If you spend money''\ |
| 465 | ''Your kids will love you maybe''\ |
| 466 | ''We're slashing prices - it's brutality!''\ |
| 467 | ''Makes me question my morality,''\ |
| 468 | '''Cause our doors are open'' |
| 469 | |
| 470 | The owner of Toy Zone, Lex's workplace. |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | |
| 473 | * 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. As for why Wiggly didn't revoke this protection once the cult had already formed, one line from Linda implies that Wiggly [[EvenEvilHasStandards doesn't particularly]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness like Frank]]. |
| 474 | * 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.]] |
| 475 | * 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.]] |
| 476 | * BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Averted, but only narrowly -- Ethan is the first character to die but he dies shortly afterwards, and is one of only four characters to die onstage.]] |
| 477 | * 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]]. |
| 478 | * 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.]] |
| 479 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "Our Doors Are Open" is a very... sensual song, and has inspired many jokes about how Frank's sexual orientation is capitalism. |
| 480 | * 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]]. |
| 481 | * HiddenDepths: ''Daddy'' reveals that owning a toy store was his childhood dream, and the technological shift to online sales hurts him on more than just a fiscal level. |
| 482 | * {{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]]. |
| 483 | * 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". |
| 484 | * 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. |
| 485 | * 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. |
| 486 | * 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. |
| 487 | * PetTheDog: Almost literally; one of the ways "Daddy" establishes him as a sympathetic protagonist is when he is utterly gutted by the [[LostPetGrievance sudden passing away of his dog Buddy]] on top of his business troubles. |
| 488 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While talking to Lex [[KickTheDog he makes an extremely ableist reference to Hannah being dropped on her head as a child.]] |
| 489 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:While Ethan is the first character we see killed in the riots, Frank is murdered by Linda in cold blood to cement how this has gone from RetailRiot to ApocalypseCult.]] |
| 490 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How he dies, via boxcutter.]] |
| 491 | * {{Slimeball}}: He can be polite and even genial at times, but his charm is definitely the kind that leaves you needing a shower. |
| 492 | * 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. |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | !Government |
| 496 | |
| 497 | !!City Hall |
| 498 | |
| 499 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies Families]]: Mayor Solomon Lauter |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder: Miss Tessburger]] |
| 502 | !!Miss Tessburger |
| 503 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen |
| 504 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_miss_tesberger.png]] |
| 507 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"This is politics, Stephanie, learn to multitask."'']] |
| 508 | |
| 509 | Mayor Lauter's administrative assistant. |
| 510 | ---- |
| 511 | * DecapitationPresentation: Max does this with her head while confronting Mayor Lauter. |
| 512 | * OffWithHisHead: Decapitated by Max. |
| 513 | [[/folder]] |
| 514 | |
| 515 | !!Child Protective Services |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder: Duke Keane]] |
| 518 | !!Douglas "Duke" Keane, Jr. |
| 519 | !!!'''Played by:''' Curt Mega |
| 520 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "The Witch in the Web"]]''' | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]]''' |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_better_duke.png]] |
| 523 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Heya, darlin'!"'']] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | A children's social worker. In charge of monitoring Hannah's home life among others, he knows to go to Miss Holloway when situations with Hatchetfield's youth start to feel paranormal. |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * AdultsAreUseless: Defied. His hands are tied in some ways, but he does everything he can to help Hannah, and believes in Lex's innocence when she's arrested in "The Witch in the Web." He got into social work for the right reasons: wanting to protect people who can't protect themselves. |
| 528 | * AmazonChaser: He thinks Miss Holloway's abilities and powers are awesome, and cheerfully says he's in love with her after watching her in action. |
| 529 | * TheFriendlyTexan: Curt Mega actually is from Texas, and gives Duke a bit of a drawl. Duke, of course, is just about the nicest guy you could hope to meet in Hatchetfield. |
| 530 | * FriendOnTheForce: For Miss Holloway -- she pretty clearly doesn't work for the government herself, but he's able to stretch his authority as a social worker to bring her in as a "specialist" to help kids touched by the supernatural. |
| 531 | * GoodOlBoy: Fits this stereotype, with his mild Southern drawl, casual dress, beat-up station wagon, [[EightiesHair mullet]] and nickname, subverting a lot of people's stereotype of what a social worker should look and act like while nonetheless being a damn good one. (And helps alleviate the stereotypical portrayal of Pamela, with her similar accent and full embodiment of its LowerClassLout connotations.) |
| 532 | * HerosClassicCar: Averted, after the previous story in this episode had made a big deal of Tom Houston having one -- like most social workers, a beat-up old station wagon is the best transportation he can afford. Immediately lampshaded by the contrast with Miss Holloway's 1987 Pontiac Firebird. |
| 533 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: Duke and Miss Holloway flirt pretty heavily and pretty hard, but the story plays it coy enough that it's uncertain if they really are dating or it's just banter. |
| 534 | * MuggleBestFriend: Is this for Miss Holloway -- and, with Lex and Ethan in jail, is also the only Muggle friend Hannah has left. |
| 535 | * MuggleMageRomance: It's left [[ImpliedLoveInterest ambiguous]] whether there actually is anything romantic between Duke and Miss Holloway, but it's pretty obvious that Duke would at least ''like'' there to be. |
| 536 | -->'''Duke''': ''(in awe, after witnessing Miss Holloway's magic)'' I think I'm in love with you. You know that? |
| 537 | -->'''Miss Holloway''': ''(shrugs)'' Wouldn't blame you. |
| 538 | * NiceGuy: An upstanding gentleman who works hard to help the Fosters. |
| 539 | * OneSteveLimit: An extremely minor aversion; his nickname is "Duke" and not "Doug" so as not to step on the extremely minor [[BitCharacter police officer character]] Mariah plays in ''TGWDLM'' who unwittingly became an AscendedMeme. |
| 540 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His first name is Douglas, but everyone calls him Duke, his given name only being used when the stage directions introduce him and when Miss Holloway gives him a joking FullNameUltimatum when he flirts with her. |
| 541 | * PhraseCatcher: He is usually greeted with "Hiya, Duke," to which he responds "Heya, darlin'!" |
| 542 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: |
| 543 | ** Takes his responsibilities very seriously, but also has no illusions that kids like Lex have good reason to be distrustful of the system, and that Lex has a point that Hannah going into foster care has a high chance of making her situation worse, despite how cartoonishly awful a mom Pamela is. |
| 544 | ** Is also fully willing to accept that the supernatural exists and plays a serious role in the troubles of many of the kids he works with, and is willing to let Miss Holloway deal with it without asking too many questions. |
| 545 | * SecretKeeper: As a friend of Miss Holloway, he's in the loop about the supernatural nature of Hatchetfield, although he's knowingly and willingly LockedOutOfTheLoop when it comes to the full details about "Nightmare Time" he wouldn't understand. Miss Holloway would ''like'' to tell him all of her secrets -- and has, out of desperation for closure -- but everyone who learns about her past instantly forgets. |
| 546 | * UnexplainedAccent: Curt Mega lets just a tiny bit of his native Texas accent into his speech when playing Duke. |
| 547 | [[/folder]] |
| 548 | |
| 549 | !!Hatchetfield Police Department |
| 550 | |
| 551 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies Families]]: Sam Sweetly |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder: Doug]] |
| 554 | !! Doug |
| 555 | !!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith |
| 556 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "Jane's a Car"]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_doug.jpg]] |
| 559 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Sarge, it's your wife on the 911!"'']] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | A deadpan and self-serious semi-recurring police officer. |
| 562 | ---- |
| 563 | * AllThereInTheScript: Adding to the weirdness of the AscendedMeme to outsiders, in the [=YouTube=] version of 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. |
| 564 | * 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's masculine name but feminine appearance is due to being an [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} AFAB non-binary person]]. |
| 565 | * 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". |
| 566 | * TheComicallySerious: Their only real character trait. See the BlackComedy moment of what happens to poor Kathy's cat in "Show Me Your Hands". |
| 567 | * CoolShades: They're Doug's IconicItem that let you know they're the character Mariah is playing. It made enough sense in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', where the song "Show Me Your Hands" took place outdoors in the middle of the day, but they make a lot less sense in "Jane's a Car" where they're wearing them inside a hospital at night (while trying to comfort an assault victim, no less). |
| 568 | * FairCop: Being played by Mariah Rose Faith, they can hardly avoid being this, which is one of the reasons fans latched onto them. |
| 569 | * GenderBlenderName: Their name is "Doug" even though they're played by Mariah Rose Faith. |
| 570 | * MinorityPoliceOfficer: If they actually are non-binary in-universe, although being a woman would still make them this to a lesser degree. |
| 571 | * 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. |
| 572 | * WildHair: One of Doug's most feminine (and unrealistic for a police officer) traits that makes their name so incongruous. |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder: Detective Shapiro]] |
| 576 | !!Detective Shapiro |
| 577 | !!!'''Played by:''' Bryce Charles |
| 578 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie''''' |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_shapiro.png]] |
| 581 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"There's something not right here. There's something deeply wrong with this whole town!"'']] |
| 582 | |
| 583 | A homicide detective, originally from Chicago, who recently joined the HFPD. |
| 584 | ---- |
| 585 | * GenreRefugee: Seems to have stepped right out of a serious detective TV show in the vein of ''Series/LawAndOrder''. |
| 586 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler: After Ghost Max is defeated, she's seen chugging a flask of whisky at the Homecoming dance.]] |
| 587 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Seems to die just before the climax of the show when Max smashes her head through her car's windshield. Peter attempts to check her pulse but admits he has no idea what he's doing. At homecoming, we find she has survived.]] |
| 588 | * OnlySaneMan: The only cop in Hatchetfield who doesn't seem to be a complete moron. Probably because she's not a local. |
| 589 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: Lets the teens off the hook after seeing Max's vengeful ghost with her own eyes.]] |
| 590 | * StraightMan: She's a lot more grounded and serious than her fellow police officers and Hatchetfield residents in general. |
| 591 | * TwoferTokenMinority: A Black woman with a stereotypically Jewish family name who is catholic. |
| 592 | * WrongGenreSavvy: She conducts herself the way a homicide detective on a cop show would and pieces together plenty of clues in a way that would make sense were she in one, but unfortunately for her she is in a HorrorComedy with paranormal elements she is not prepared for. |
| 593 | [[/folder]] |
| 594 | |
| 595 | [[folder: Officer Bailey]] |
| 596 | !!Officer Bailey |
| 597 | !!!'''Played by:''' Curt Mega |
| 598 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie''''' | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_bailey.png]] |
| 601 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We're small-town cops! We're a little out of our depth."'']] |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ->''I hate to relay the news''\ |
| 604 | ''But the football team might be screwed''\ |
| 605 | ''Stay inside, watch your children''\ |
| 606 | '''Cause a losing streak’s coming'' |
| 607 | |
| 608 | A belligerent police officer who works closely with Detective Shapiro. |
| 609 | ---- |
| 610 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Sam as a JerkAss trigger-happy cop. |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | !Schools |
| 614 | |
| 615 | !!Hatchetfield Community College |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder: Ziggs]] |
| 618 | !!Ziggs / Ziggy |
| 619 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jae Hughes |
| 620 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp "Perky's Buds"]]''' | ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 621 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "Watcher World"]] |
| 622 | |
| 623 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/desktop_screenshot_20231103_16591154.png]] |
| 624 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm sorry, dudes. I thought you were Republicans. But like, hell yes. Mad respect. Save the trees!"'']] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | ->''Roll it, pack it, light it up''\ |
| 627 | ''Smoke it, pass it, feel the buzz''\ |
| 628 | ''Just up the county road''\ |
| 629 | ''There’s a farm the townies know''\ |
| 630 | ''That’ll hook you up with all the perks you can think up''\ |
| 631 | ''Just smoke a fatty bowl of Perky’s Buds''\ |
| 632 | |
| 633 | A popular and fun non-binary former classmate of Alice and Deb. Specializes in graphic design. |
| 634 | ---- |
| 635 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Alice finds Ziggs much cooler and more worldly than herself, and fears Deb choosing Ziggs over her. |
| 636 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Alice's Betty to Deb's Archie. |
| 637 | * TheCameo: In the filmed version of the ''Nerdy Prudes'' number "Hatchet Town", Ziggs makes an edited-in cameo as a suspect of the murders. In the stage version, that accusation was directed at Dan Reynolds. |
| 638 | * TheGhost: Was not seen in the first season of ''Nightmare Time'', as the current Hatchetfield repertoire had no non-binary actors to portray them, leading to Jae Hughes joining the team in the second season. |
| 639 | * GranolaGirl: Wears a tie-dyed Music/TheGratefulDead shirt (and notes that they can't imagine anyone wearing such a shirt to ever be in a hostile mood), doesn't relish shooting birds to protect crops, declares "peace and love" as goodbye, and when stoned, is more nervous about the notion of the Metzgers voting Republican than coming back to shoot themself and Emma. |
| 640 | * LifeOfTheParty: One of their only known traits, along with just generally being attractive and "really cool". Apparently Ziggs bringing ''[[Creator/JackboxGames Quiplash]]'' to Deb's party is going to be the highlight of the evening for everyone. |
| 641 | * MaleGaze: Ziggs objects to the term due to being non-binary, but this is the main theme of their graphic design. |
| 642 | -->'''Ziggs:''' It's ''my'' gaze, and I like tig ol' biddies. |
| 643 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: When Bill doesn't know who "Ziggs" is, Alice clarifies that their real name is "Ziggy", before realizing in exasperation that Bill doesn't know who she's talking about at all. Alice and the script keep on exclusively calling them "Ziggs" after this point, though (and "Ziggy" itself is technically a nickname of "Sigmund"). It's unrevealed whether Ziggy is the name on their birth certificate or a name chosen when they came out; in "Perky's Buds", Ziggs and Ziggy are used interchangeably. |
| 644 | * PluckyComicRelief: Ziggs is apparently so reliably clever at ''[[Creator/JackboxGames Quiplash]]'' Alice is afraid Deb will fall over laughing right into bed with them, given half a chance. WordOfGod from Creator/NickLang says that Ziggs is a very "fun and funny" person, all that would be revealed about them prior to their debut. |
| 645 | * TheStoner: In "Perky's Buds", Ziggs works as a farmhand on Emma's cannabis farm and they both partake heartily in the crop they grow. |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder: Jenny]] |
| 649 | !!Jenny |
| 650 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen |
| 651 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_jenny_hq.png]] |
| 654 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Teddy...?"'']] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | ->''You bastard''\ |
| 657 | ''I don't care where you've been''\ |
| 658 | ''I need to know when it began''\ |
| 659 | ''And when were you then?'' |
| 660 | |
| 661 | Ted's best friend in college, whom he never had the guts to confess his love to and hasn't seen since. |
| 662 | ---- |
| 663 | |
| 664 | * AmbiguousSituation: The version of Jenny in the TitleSequence singing the ThemeTune "Time Bastard" is ''very'' different from the Jenny we meet in the story, and the lyrics seem to be about Jenny taking some [[BestServedCold long-delayed revenge]] against Ted for wronging her, saying he took horrible advantage of her once but [[InnocenceLost now she's wise to his tricks]] and will be turning the tables on him. [[spoiler: There doesn't seem to be any version of Jenny in the story who could actually be expressing this sentiment, since Jenny dies without ever finding out the truth about Ted's TimeTravel powers, leading to some WildMassGuessing over who exactly the speaker of this song actually is.]] |
| 665 | * CannotSpitItOut: Neither Young Ted nor Jenny have the emotional maturity to directly confess their feelings to each other at their age, leading Jenny to resort to writing Ted a DearJohnLetter just before she leaves town -- which she later admits was "cowardly". |
| 666 | * DearJohnLetter: Jenny drops a bomb out of nowhere on Young Ted by leaving a letter in his mailbox telling him she's leaving town with a new boyfriend she never told him about, because she's been in love with him this whole time and living as JustFriends has become too painful for her. The small but very real cruelty of doing this by letter rather than face-to-face helps scar Ted for life and turn him into the "bastard" he is by the present day [[spoiler: and sets up the situation that leads to Jenny's tragic death]]. |
| 667 | * EtherealWhiteDress: Bride!Jenny turns out to be this, with the Ted/Jenny wedding just an ephemeral hallucination created by Tinky. It's implied that the version of Jenny in her wedding dress who sings "Time Bastard" is another illusion tormenting Ted, either sent by Tinky or generated by his own guilty conscience. |
| 668 | * FunTShirt: She's wearing a T-shirt with the Ford logo on it when we finally see her for real, although since it's obscured for most of the scene it's probably not an intentional reference to anything. |
| 669 | * {{Hallucinations}}: The plot of "Time Bastard" is set up by Ted being granted a very convincing one of his and Jenny's wedding day by Tinky, leading to his obsession with finding the AlternateTimeline where he and Jenny stayed together. |
| 670 | * TheIngenue: Beautiful, innocent, and sweet, so much so that when her best friend Teddy appears as a much-older sleazy douchebag she doesn't take it personally and assumes he must be suffering for the same reasons she is. |
| 671 | * JustFriends: Young Ted put her on a pedestal so much he tries to keep their relationship as this, even though it's tearing him apart inside. It wasn't until it was too late -- after reading her letter -- that he realized she felt the same way, and the pain of this realization turned him into an embittered [[HeManWomanHater misogynist]] who uses women so he can NeverBeHurtAgain. |
| 672 | * KilledOffForReal: The ending of “Time Bastard” reveals that [[spoiler:she’s dead -- in all possible timelines, due to having died in 2004]]. |
| 673 | * MyGreatestFailure: Ted starts the story of "Time Bastard" musing on how letting Jenny get away without ever declaring his feelings for her was this. [[spoiler: By the end of the story he realizes it's far worse, and that his greatest failure was ''killing her'' -- a failure he can never undo, and which haunts him in his broken state as the Homeless Man for the rest of his life -- and presumably still haunts him once his soul goes into [[AndIMustScream the Bastard's Box]].]] |
| 674 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: The final cruelty of the disintegrator is that it leaves no corpse behind, just an unrecognizable small pile of ashes, meaning both Young Ted and Andy have ''no idea that Jenny is dead'' and each one assumes she left town with the other.]] |
| 675 | * NoNameGiven: She never gets a last name, since we only hear about her from Ted's POV. |
| 676 | * TheOneThatGotAway: She ends up unable to live with being JustFriends with Ted, and falls for someone else and leaves town with him. Ted looking back sees failing to have the courage to bare his feelings for her as MyGreatestFailure, and her leaving without saying goodbye in person or ever getting in touch with him again leaves him feeling utterly bereft as though she were TheLostLenore. [[spoiler: So he thinks. It turns out she really ''was'' TheLostLenore all these years, and it's his own fault.]] |
| 677 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:She’s actually dead by the time of ''[[Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals TGWDLM]]'' and ''Theatre/BlackFriday''.]] |
| 678 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Any significant character played by Kim Whalen is going to be this, of course, but it especially applies here, where Kim's whole job is to play a dream girl whose loss becomes the fulcrum a man's whole life pivots on (which she does very well). |
| 679 | * TargetedToHurtTheHero: [[spoiler: Her death is truly ''awful'' just to hear described, especially how the disintegrator draws out the process and leaves her in agonizing pain the whole time, staring into Ted's eyes saying, "[[GutPunch Ted, I'm scared... it hurts...]]" until there's [[NeverFoundTheBody nothing left of her]]. It's calculated to completely, irrevocably break both Ted's heart and his mind, and [[DrivenToMadness it succeeds]].]] |
| 680 | * UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: It was ''requited'' love, but the knowledge that he screwed things up with the love of his life through simple inaction hurt Young Ted enough that he resolved to never let himself have real feelings for a woman again. |
| 681 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: She and Ted look like a classic one of these couples who ended tragically because [[CannotSpitItOut neither of them had the courage to make their feelings known]]. [[spoiler:It turns out that what ''actually'' happened between the two of them was a lot more complicated and tragic.]] |
| 682 | * VirginInAWhiteDress: Ted's vision of Jenny as his bride is very much an idealized, fairy-tale version of this archetype, played by Kim Whalen as only she can -- although she subverts it with some sly naughtiness like reminding Ted [[TheStoner they were going to try edibles for the first time]] on their wedding night. |
| 683 | * WalkingSpoiler: The one scene she actually appears in in "Time Bastard" (as opposed to a hallucination of her) is a bunch of {{Wham Line}}s in a row. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !!Hatchetfield High School - Students |
| 687 | |
| 688 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]]: Lex Foster, Hannah Foster, Stephanie Lauter, Grace Chasity, Peter Spankoffski, Ruth Fleming, Richie Lipschitz, Max Jägerman |
| 689 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldFamilies Families]]: Ethan Green |
| 690 | |
| 691 | [[folder: Deb]] |
| 692 | !!Deb |
| 693 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JaimeLynBeatty |
| 694 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Killer Track"]] |
| 695 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "Watcher World"]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_deb.jpg]] |
| 698 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Look, she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to, okay?"'']] |
| 699 | |
| 700 | ->'''Alice:''' ''Did you know mom let Deb sleep over?''\ |
| 701 | ''And you’re right about Deb, she’s a hardcore stoner''\ |
| 702 | |
| 703 | Alice's girlfriend, who Bill dislikes. |
| 704 | ---- |
| 705 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Dating Alice but mentioned in "Watcher World" to have a crush on Ziggs, a non-binary classmate, suggesting that Deb is bi or pan. |
| 706 | * ButchLesbian: Deb is this to her girlfriend Alice's LipstickLesbian. |
| 707 | * FetishizedAbuser: This doesn't happen in ''TGWDLM'' --she's shown being protective of Alice and [[spoiler:Alice got herself killed by staying in Hatchetfield for an extra day without telling her dad]]-- but in ''Watcher World'', Bill's judgement of her as a suitable paramour for his daughter amounts to this. He says that she's a bad influence on Alice and doesn't treat her well, for someone meant to be a significant other, and they don't seem to have a future in mind. Case in point: Bill schedules a trip weeks in advance because he wants to bond with his daughter before she goes to college, and Deb spontaneously hosts a WildTeenParty, hinting to Alice that if she doesn't come, Ziggs may be more interesting. This sends Alice into a panicked frenzy; to add insult to injury, [[spoiler:Deb posts pictures on her Instagram of hooking up with Ziggs, all the while knowing why Alice couldn't make it]]. For this reason, once she and Bill snap out of Blinky's brainwashing, [[spoiler:Alice doesn't admit that Bill was right, but checks Instagram once to follow him and then tosses her phone into the backseat, showing that she's letting go of Deb's power over her]]. |
| 708 | * 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. |
| 709 | * PhoneaholicTeenager: When struggling to give an actual reason he hates Deb Bill throws out the fact that she's "always on her phone". |
| 710 | * RichKids: "Watcher World" reveals that, surprisingly, Deb's family is quite wealthy, with her parents owning a lake house -- complete with jet ski -- they let her use as a venue for a blowout WildTeenParty just before leaving for college, and are lenient enough Deb feels no need to hide that there will be alcohol and hooking up there, in sharp contrast to how Alice is treated by Bill. ''And'' she's going on a weeklong trip to Amsterdam with her grandmother immediately afterwards, and is deliberately going to pursue a StarvingArtist career with her parents' money to fall back on. It all puts Bill's dislike of Deb and belief that she's a ToxicFriendInfluence in a different, more sympathetic light. |
| 711 | ** Deb's wealthy background overturns a lot of assumptions people had about her based on her brief appearance in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' where she wore baggy, drab clothes in contrast to Alice's outfit, which now seems like Deb consciously adopting a {{Hipster}} identity. |
| 712 | * 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. |
| 713 | * TheStoner: Alice reveals to her father's horror that he was right about Deb; she's a hardcore stoner. |
| 714 | * 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. |
| 715 | * 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". |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder: Obnoxious Teen]] |
| 719 | !!The Obnoxious Teen |
| 720 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter |
| 721 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "Watcher World"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "Jane's a Car"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E1HoneyQueen "Honey Queen"]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hatchetfield_obnoxious_teen.jpg]] |
| 724 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Uh, sir, okay, this is not the type of place where you can haggle, sir, like, I don't set the prices, I'm just a high school kid."'']] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | A sleepy-eyed, squeaky-voiced high school student seen throughout Hatchetfield. |
| 727 | ---- |
| 728 | * ActorAllusion: Creator/JoeyRichter has described his tendency toward InopportuneVoiceCracking as the "bane of his existence" as an actor when he's trying to play a serious, impressive role, and casting him in this role comes off as mildly ribbing him for it (similar to when he cast himself as Scrags in ''Theatre/TheSolveItSquadReturns''). |
| 729 | * 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. |
| 730 | * DecompositeCharacter: At various stages in Hatchetfield's development, he's been intended to be unveiled as ''two'' different main characters, first Peter Spankoffski, then Richie Lipschitz, then Peter again, but it never ends up panning out that way and he remains a RecurringExtra. |
| 731 | ** The original intent for a recurring "obnoxious teen" character, originally played by Robert Manion, was for him to continuously make cameos around Hatchetfield before being revealed to be Peter Spankoffski. However, his second such appearance, in ''Black Friday'', required him appearing opposite Ethan, also played by Manion, requiring the creation of a ''new'' obnoxious teen played by Joey Richter, and in ''Nightmare Time'', it was Joey's version who was given the recurring gimmick. |
| 732 | ** In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', the character of Richie Lipschitz was originally written as an unexpected AscendedExtra role for the Obnoxious Teen. However, with Robert Manion's departure from the team, the role of Peter ultimately went to Joey, requiring Jon Matteson to take on the role of Richie. |
| 733 | ** In light of Joey being the new Peter, Nick Lang briefly considered a RetCon that Peter and the Obnoxious Teen were the same person all along, but soon realized that the singular timeline of ''Nightmare Time 2'' made that impossible, as in "Abstinence Camp" Peter complains that he'll miss the Hoeny Festival, while the earlier episode "Honey Queen" shows that the Obnoxious Teen did indeed attend. |
| 734 | * NerdGlasses: Creator/JoeyRichter puts on huge glasses -- even more exaggeratedly nerdy than those of Peter Spankoffski -- as an instant way to let us know who this character is. |
| 735 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He's a movie theatre ticket-taker in ''Black Friday'', an amusement park ride attendant in "Watcher World", and a waiter at Pizza Pete's in "Jane's a Car". His "Honey Queen" appearance doesn't ''quite'' keep up the running gag, as it's a volunteer gig. |
| 736 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: As with the Squeaky-Voiced Teen, the whole joke of his character is him struggling to enforce his employers' rules on customers who don't care, and who find that it's ''him'' trying to tell them what they can and can't do to be adding insult to injury. Ethan almost gets kicked out of the mall trying to browbeat him into giving him a discount at the movie theater in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', and "Watcher World" features him and Bill getting into a brief SeinfeldianConversation about what the concept of a "single rider" at an amusement park queue even means. This becomes much more BlackComedy when Bill and Alice get stuck at the top of the rollercoaster, and they have to deal with the scratchy voice of ''this guy'' coming over the intercom vainly trying to order them to stay in place and reassure them [[TheCavalryArrivesLate help is on the way.]] |
| 737 | * ShoutOut: Everything about him is an extended reference to the Squeaky-Voiced Teen from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', being a pimply teen RecurringExtra with a wheezy voice and nerdy mannerisms, who [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands keeps changing jobs]], struggles with said jobs, and is much-abused by his customers, who don't care much about the rules at the businesses employing him. |
| 738 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: This character only exists because the script for ''Black Friday'' originally called for Robert Manion's nameless character eventually revealed to be Peter Spankoffski (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 when Robert was cast as Ethan, who gets into a confrontation with the teen. Ironically, following Robert's departure from the team all three characters are played by Joey. |
| 739 | [[/folder]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[folder: Gabe]] |
| 742 | !!Gabe |
| 743 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim |
| 744 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp "Perky's Buds"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp "Abstinence Camp"]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_gabe.png]] |
| 747 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You know, I never thought I'd meet a girl as cool as my mom, but then I met you, Grace."'']] |
| 748 | |
| 749 | Grace's best friend, a church choir boy. |
| 750 | ---- |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder: Brad Callahan]] |
| 754 | !!Brad Callahan |
| 755 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter |
| 756 | !!!'''Appears in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E4YellowJacket "Yellow Jacket"]] |
| 757 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 758 | |
| 759 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nmt_brad_callahan.png]] |
| 760 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"It wasn't me... it was Webby! Oh ho ho ho!"'']] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | Star quarterback of the Hatchetfield High Nighthawks. |
| 763 | ---- |
| 764 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', the Nighthawks have a different star quarterback, Max Jägerman. Brad is name-dropped in NPMD, leaving it an inconsequential RiddleForTheAges as to where the ''Nightmare Time 2'' timeline diverged from the ''Nerdy Prudes'' one to make him top dog. |
| 765 | [[/folder]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | [[folder: Jason and Kyle]] |
| 768 | !!Jason Jepson and Kyle Clauger |
| 769 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/CoreyDorris (Jason) | Curt Mega (Kyle) |
| 770 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 771 | |
| 772 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_jason_and_kyle.png]] |
| 773 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Jason:''' ''"Who's ready to cream some Chemists?"'' '''Kyle:''' ''"Let's go! Fuck Clivesdale!"'']] |
| 774 | |
| 775 | ->'''Kyle:''' ''Who knew football’s a team game?''\ |
| 776 | ''Who needs a star quarterback to air it out''\ |
| 777 | '''Jason:''' ''Or whip you with a saturated towel?''\ |
| 778 | ''No more bullyball!'' |
| 779 | |
| 780 | Max Jägerman's cronies and fellow Nighthawks football players. |
| 781 | ---- |
| 782 | * FreezeFrameBonus: Their last names are never mentioned but can be seen on the backs of their football uniforms. |
| 783 | * LovableJock: Without the negative influence of Max they become much more pleasant. |
| 784 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: Jason, who reacts to Max mockingly asking if he should let Peter off with a warning instead of beating him up by enthusiastically agreeing that he should in fact do so. |
| 785 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Villainous variant as the two dumb thugs who flank Max. Without him bossing them around they have much more individuality. |
| 786 | [[/folder]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | [[folder: Brenda and Stacy]] |
| 789 | !!Brenda and Stacy |
| 790 | !!!'''Played by:''' Bryce Charles (Brenda) | Kim Whalen (Stacy) |
| 791 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys''[[note]]Brenda only[[/note]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_brenda_and_stacy.png]] |
| 794 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Stacy:''' ''"Money isn't everything. Looks are."'' '''Brenda:''' ''"And, like, if you're on the football team."'']] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | ->''N! I-G! H-T! Aw-awks!'' |
| 797 | |
| 798 | Steph's friends, the Hatchetfield High cheer squad. |
| 799 | ---- |
| 800 | * AlphaBitch: Brenda -- though the true alpha of the school is Max, and she mellows out considerably when he's no longer around. |
| 801 | * DumbBlonde: Stacy is a more straightforward bimbo in comparison to calculated mean girl Brenda, and this is symbolized by putting the iconically red-haired Kim Whalen in a blonde wig. |
| 802 | [[/folder]] |
| 803 | |
| 804 | !!Hatchetfield High School - Faculty |
| 805 | |
| 806 | * [[Characters/HatchetfieldMainResidents Main Residents]]: Tom Houston |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder: Miss Mulberry]] |
| 809 | !!Miss Mulberry |
| 810 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kim Whalen |
| 811 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 812 | |
| 813 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/npmd_ms_mulberry.png]] |
| 814 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"The point is, you got through it, together."'']] |
| 815 | |
| 816 | The biology and drama teacher at Hatchetfield High. |
| 817 | ---- |
| 818 | [[/folder]] |
| 819 | |
| 820 | !Other |
| 821 | |
| 822 | [[folder: Man in a Hurry]] |
| 823 | !!Barry Swift, the Man in a Hurry |
| 824 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JeffBlim |
| 825 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | '''''Theatre/BlackFriday''''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "Watcher World"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Forever & Always"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Peanuts!"]] | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E3DaddyAndKillerTrack "Daddy"]]''' | ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys'' |
| 826 | |
| 827 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_man_in_a_hurry.jpg]] |
| 828 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"The hell'd you stop the song for?! I'm in a hurry!"'']] |
| 829 | |
| 830 | A rude and impatient resident of Hatchetfield who always claims to be in a hurry. |
| 831 | ---- |
| 832 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: He ends up just another one of the Wiggly cultists worshiping Linda who [[spoiler: dies when the mall burns down]]. |
| 833 | * TheCameo: |
| 834 | ** He's the subject of the CouchGag of ''Nightmare Time'' Season 2 Episode 3, prior to appearing in the episode proper in "Daddy". |
| 835 | ** In the filmed version of the ''Nerdy Prudes'' number "Hatchet Town", Barry makes an edited-in cameo as a suspect of the murders. In the stage version, that accusation was directed at Officer Bailey. |
| 836 | * CatchPhrase: As you may have guessed, "I'm in a hurry!" |
| 837 | * 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?" |
| 838 | * 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 made a RunningGag out of getting in ''too much of a hurry'' to say the entire line as rehearsals went on, so that by the time the show was actually performed, he says nothing at all, just brushing right past her. 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. |
| 839 | * CreditsGag: The cast announcement for ''Black Friday'' listed an unnamed "man in a hurry" 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. |
| 840 | * DecompositeCharacter: Statements from the creators indicate that the man who orders a complicated coffee from Emma in TGWDLM, pictured above, is ''not'' the same character as the Man in a Hurry, instead identified as "Rude Customer" or "Coffee Jerk". This is clearly a {{Retcon}}, as he wears the exact same costume as the Man in a Hurry (costume being a ''huge'' factor in identifying Hatchetfield characters due to how few actors there are) and shares the tendency the Man in a Hurry exhibits in ''Black Friday'' and onward of constantly being on his phone, but it seems the creators would now prefer this character to be used ''exclusively'' for "man in a hurry" jokes. |
| 841 | * 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. |
| 842 | * FlatCharacter: He's in a hurry. "Daddy" pokes fun at the idea of giving him HiddenDepths: he spends a great deal of time with Frank in that story, forming a genuine connection and offering a sympathetic backstory, with every word he says relating to the concept of being in a hurry. |
| 843 | * ImportantHaircut: His ''Nerdy Prudes'' appearance makes him the first of Jeff Blim's characters to appear after Blim trimmed the long shaggy hair he'd worn through the series until then. |
| 844 | * LargeHam: Once the RetailRiot goes full swing he takes the opportunity to exultantly scream "CHAOS REIGNS!" |
| 845 | * PsychoKnifeNut: After being driven insane and joining the Wiggly Cult, he starts wielding a knife. This allows him to outfight the more experienced but unarmed Tom. |
| 846 | * RecurringExtra: He's the second most recurring character in the series (after Ted) but seldom appears for more than a few seconds. |
| 847 | * RiddleForTheAges: A tongue-in-cheek 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. |
| 848 | * 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, attending a wedding, imprisoned in someone's basement... |
| 849 | * 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. |
| 850 | * 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. |
| 851 | -->'''Man in a Hurry''': All right, ''forget'' this line. I'll give you $500, cash money, for one Wiggly ''right now''. |
| 852 | * VoxPops: "Peanuts!" shows Dan and Donna doing one of these interviews with him about the Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel "phenomenon", only for it to backfire with him looking confused and wondering what they're talking about. |
| 853 | [[/folder]] |
| 854 | |
| 855 | [[folder: Homeless Man]] |
| 856 | !![[spoiler:Ted Spankoffski]], the Homeless Man |
| 857 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeyRichter |
| 858 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' | '''''Theatre/BlackFriday''''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Forever & Always"]] | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]]''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E1HoneyQueen "Honey Queen"]] |
| 859 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' |
| 860 | |
| 861 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tgwdlm_homeless_man.jpg]] |
| 862 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Look, a coat. And, oh, a hat. That's better. Now I just gotta find a home."'']] |
| 863 | |
| 864 | ->'' 'Cause I may not have a home, but that's way okay''\ |
| 865 | '' 'Cause I prefer to roam the streets all day'' |
| 866 | |
| 867 | A middle-aged, homeless resident of Hatchetfield. |
| 868 | ---- |
| 869 | * AddledAddict: He's TheAlcoholic when he can get his hands on booze; he ''used'' to be into some much harder drugs like [[PsychoSerum bath salts]] but, luckily for the [[ImAHumanitarian faces of everyone around him]], they haven't been as easy to find recently. |
| 870 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Being the Homeless Man was ''already'' this, in mundane non-supernatural terms -- the last fragments of your past self watching yourself become a pitiful insane wreck of a human being, sleeping in filth and eating dogs to survive. Then comes TheReveal that when he dies, he's denied blissful CessationOfExistence and instead gets an eternity in the unspeakable {{Hell}} that is the Bastard's Box.]] |
| 871 | -->'''Narrator''': [[spoiler: But don’t be too sad. [[FalseReassurance He still lives on]]... [[FateWorseThanDeath in a way]]. After his physical death, Ted Spankoffski finds himself trapped in the twisting, impossible maze that is the Bastard’s Box. For him, Nightmare Time has only just begun...]] |
| 872 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: In both of the first two full-length Hatchetfield shows, being an early victim of apotheosis in TGWDLM and a member of the Cult of Wiggly in ''Black Friday''. |
| 873 | * TheCameo: In the original release of ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp Season 2 Episode 2]], he appears in the CouchGag during the theme song, otherwise not appearing anywhere in the episode. This appearance is sadly absent from the [=YouTube=] version of the episode but can be heard on the soundtrack. |
| 874 | * CassandraTruth: At the beginning of "Forever & Always" -- "You aren't Emma Perkins!" [[spoiler: Ironically, this is him being RightForTheWrongReasons -- just seeing Paul and Emma together randomly {{trigger}}ed a stray fragment of his memories of Robot Emma from the future, but he has no actual reason to know that this Emma is the robot and not the real one.]] |
| 875 | * CatchPhrase: "Spare change for the homeless?" |
| 876 | * TheChewToy: A classic example of evoking guilty laughter about someone living on the very bottom of the societal pyramid. [[spoiler: TheReveal of his backstory in "Time Bastard" is an intentional GutPunch.]] |
| 877 | * CloudCuckooLander: Even by the standards of CrazyHomelessPeople, like when he gets in the line for a Wiggly on Black Friday planning to somehow buy a $49.95 product for three dollars. Oh, and [[FreezeFrameBonus on close examination]], he doesn't even ''have'' three dollars -- he has one dollar, a strip of toilet paper, and a receipt. |
| 878 | * TheComicallySerious: Creator/JoeyRichter has a lot of fun playing the Homeless Man this way, especially with his facial expressions as a cultist in ''Theatre/BlackFriday''. |
| 879 | * TheConstant: Among other constants existing in every AlternateTimeline in Hatchetfield, the Homeless Man is confirmed as one of them. [[spoiler: This is an intentional case of a GrandfatherParadox, because in any timeline that doesn't culminate in the plot of "Time Bastard", the BadFuture he comes from never happened -- and yet he's in all of them because his travels took him to 2004, one year before the timelines began to split.]] |
| 880 | * CrazyHomelessPeople: He's been homeless for some 15 years and, understandably, not in the best mental health for it. [[spoiler:As it turns out, his mind snapped from Tinky telling him there was no way back to his timeline, followed by hearing and seeing himself in what is essentially the bowels of hell, causing him to develop his loopy mannerisms a few minutes ''before'' becoming homeless.]] |
| 881 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: |
| 882 | ** His verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day" in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' plays up his long, tragic life on the streets for over-the-top BlackComedy. |
| 883 | -->The world is my house \ |
| 884 | The dogs are my food \ |
| 885 | Oh, look, a new blouse ''(puts on garbage bag)'' \ |
| 886 | And a new trash tattoo! |
| 887 | ** [[spoiler: TheReveal of how he ''became'' the Homeless Man in "Time Bastard" is way darker and more troubled than anything we could have imagined about this comical background figure.]] |
| 888 | * DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: We eventually find out the reason he became a CrazyHomelessPerson is a lot darker and more supernatural than we'd thought.]] |
| 889 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: According to the narrator in "Time Bastard", no one in Hatchetfield knows his name, so he is known only as "The Homeless Man". |
| 890 | * 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. |
| 891 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: The final trigger that breaks Ted's mind fully and turns him into the Homeless Man is Tinky opening up the Bastard's Box and just giving him a ''glimpse'' of the [[AndIMustScream eternal agony]] he has waiting for him after death.]] |
| 892 | * GrandfatherParadox: [[spoiler:He's confirmed to exist in every Hatchetfield timeline, which is ''hugely'' paradoxical as the "Forever & Always"/"Time Bastard" timeline is the only one in which he possibly ''could'' exist. Emma 2, from the same timeline, is confirmed to ''only'' exist in that one. It may have something to do with the fact that Ted has been "aborted from time and space" by being anointed by Tinky as "the Time Bastard", or with the fact that Uncle Wiley tells us "everything shattered" and {{Alternate Timeline}}s became a thing only after Hannah was born in 2005, whereas the Homeless Man appeared in the timestream a year before that.]] |
| 893 | * IconicOutfit: The Homeless Man is ''always'' seen wearing his bulky beige winter coat and his wool beanie hat -- which is an outfit that makes sense for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', which takes place well into winter, but not so much in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' when everyone else was outdoors in shirtsleeves. This is, of course, TruthInTelevision for people who don't have anywhere safe to keep their stuff and have to keep all their clothes with them. [[spoiler: Ted finding and putting on this outfit for the first time in "Time Bastard" is FiveSecondForeshadowing for the WhamLine that he and the Homeless Man are one and the same.]] |
| 894 | * IKissYourFoot: The Homeless Man memorably does this in "Adore Me", and seems to be even more enthusiastic about becoming a SycophanticServant in a [[ReligionOfEvil death cult]] than the others. |
| 895 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The reveal that he was Ted, someone casually misogynistic who [[LovableSexManiac talked about sex constantly]], retroactively makes the Homeless Man's behavior in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' rather ironic, as he's shocked and appalled at the Man in a Hurry talking about Becky's sex life and drinks ''deeply'' of his "respect women" juice in his interactions with Linda.]] |
| 896 | * KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Paul 23 and Emma 2 kill him because he's the only one who knows she's a robot.]] |
| 897 | * MyGirlIsNotASlut: For some reason in "What Do You Say?" it's the ''Homeless Man'' who's shocked at the idea that Becky Barnes might not be PurityPersonified and might actually ''have sex'' with her OldFlame Tom Houston instead of just batting eyes at him from across the room. (He is, of course, quickly proven wrong.) |
| 898 | * NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: [[spoiler: He's only fifteen years older than his past self he [[TemporalDuplication coexists with in Hatchetfield]], but his life on the streets has left him so aged and weatherbeaten no one notices the resemblance, even when they're right next to each other in "Forever & Always".]] |
| 899 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Trying to warn Paul [[spoiler:that his fiancee is a robot gets him KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade.]] |
| 900 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: [[spoiler: Ted unknowingly looks at his older self in "Forever & Always" and scoffs, "What a loser!"]] |
| 901 | * PetTheDog: After the horrific, amoral life he's led [[spoiler: both as himself and as Ted]], his last ever action in life is an altruistic urge to try to warn [[spoiler: his former best friend]] Paul that his wife isn't who he thinks she is. [[spoiler: [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished This is what finally gets him killed]] and sent to [[AndIMustScream the Bastard's Box]].]] |
| 902 | * PsychoSerum: "La Dee Dah Dah Day" mentions that he used to be addicted to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_salts_(drug) bath salts]] that filled him with constant rage and led to an unfortunate instance of [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizing a dead body]]. It's part of the long, long TraumaCongaLine of his life (as well as establishing that whatever is causing the zombie plague in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' it's not the "zombie drugs" that he was taking before). |
| 903 | * TheResenter: His verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day" is some ''major'' BlackComedy about how, [[HiddenDepths beneath his dull, listless affect]], he does in fact deeply resent all of the more-fortunate people he sees walking around every day and fantasize about brutally murdering them (especially while under the influence of "zombie drugs") and only the GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul effect of the alien HiveMind has caused it to lift, just now. All of which he cheerfully sings right to Paul's face to a peppy pop tune. |
| 904 | ** We get to see the Homeless Man's unfiltered rage in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', where it seems to be fueling his drive to join Linda's cult and become one of her most vicious and violent servants, including when he happily [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Hannah and drags her to Linda to be executed]]. |
| 905 | * TheReveal: In "Time Bastard", it is discovered that the Homeless Man is in fact [[spoiler: a 50-year-old Ted, having travelled back in time 15 years and been forced to take TheSlowPath back home. This is true of ''all'' incarnations of the Homeless Man, despite Ted dying young in nearly every other story in which he appears; later revelations indicating that this is because, in just ''one'' of Hatchetfield's myriad timelines, he travelled back in time to ''before'' the timelines began branching. Nick Lang also notes rather wryly that this means that Ted, already the Hatchetfield character with the largest amount of deaths to his name, has an even higher total than he first appears, as every time Hatchetfield is destroyed, ''two'' Teds die.]] |
| 906 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story of the Homeless Man being on "zombie drugs" and biting off someone's face was ripped from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack one particularly sensational headline]] from 2012 that both started a nationwide panic about bath salts and helped establish the [[OnlyInFlorida Florida Man]] meme. |
| 907 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: Even though it's a gag we can see coming a mile away, it's still incredibly funny when the Homeless Man suddenly switches from his gruff, awkward voice to a soaring Broadway tenor to sing the second verse of "La Dee Dah Dah Day", especially coupled with the LyricalDissonance of what he's singing about. |
| 908 | * TheSlowPath: [[spoiler:When Ted Spankoffski is TrappedInThePast, he gets back to 2019 by living as a homeless man for 15 years.]] |
| 909 | * TakingUpTheMantle: Hilariously, he of all people is the first to try to claim leadership of the Wiggly cult ("No, ''I'm'' the prophet! I'M THE PROPHET!") after Linda and Sherman are both dead. |
| 910 | * TrappedInThePast: [[spoiler: He exists because Ted went back too far in time and was unable to return to the future.]] |
| 911 | * TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: The primary reason his mind is broken and he's unable to even recognize any of the people or things he once knew as Ted Spankoffski is realizing [[MyGreatestFailure he's directly responsible for killing Jenny]], his OneTrueLove, and that there's no way he can use TimeTravel to fix it. This, followed by Tinky gleefully showing him the inside of the Bastard's Box, an AmbiguousSituation where he becomes fully aware of the horror of being a living TimeParadox in a StableTimeLoop, shatters his sanity and drives his mind to suppress any knowledge he has of who he is and what's happened in his life thus far, leaving him barely able to function. Tinky "curing" him and giving him his full knowledge of his identity and history as Ted back, before tossing him into [[AndIMustScream the Bastard's Box]], is one final KickTheDog moment for him.]] |
| 912 | * TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: The big {{reveal}} in "Time Bastard" is that Ted Spankoffski and the guy everyone in Hatchetfield knows as "the Homeless Man" are one and the same, thanks to TemporalDuplication.]] |
| 913 | * WalkingSpoiler: His backstory -- even knowing that he ''has'' a backstory and he isn't just a background comic relief character -- is a massive one. |
| 914 | * 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". [[spoiler: This isn't quite as funny after we find out why; he's weak-willed because he was DrivenToMadness by the [[GoMadFromTheIsolation overwhelming loneliness]] of the souls in [[FateWorseThanDeath the Bastard's Box]], and he likes to follow the crowd because his desperate, futile drive in the fifteen years since has been to "find a home".]] |
| 915 | * YouHaveToBelieveMe: His screaming rant that Emma is an impostor at the beginning of "Forever & Always", after years of insanity have erased any context for this piece of knowledge. |
| 916 | [[/folder]] |
| 917 | |
| 918 | [[folder: Greenpeace Girl]] |
| 919 | !!Harmony Jones, the Greenpeace Girl |
| 920 | !!!'''Played by:''' Mariah Rose Faith |
| 921 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb "Jane's a Car"]] |
| 922 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' [[Recap/NightmareTimeS2E2PerkysBudsAndAbstinenceCamp "Abstinence Camp"]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greenpeace_girl.jpg]] |
| 925 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Hi! Can I talk to you about saving the planet?"'']] |
| 926 | |
| 927 | ->''Sometimes I just wanna shout''\ |
| 928 | ''On top of roof and mountaintops''\ |
| 929 | ''That all the world is paved in gold''\ |
| 930 | ''Yesterday is retroactive''\ |
| 931 | ''Got myself a new perspective''\ |
| 932 | ''I strut it up and down the road''\ |
| 933 | |
| 934 | A witty environment enthusiast. |
| 935 | ---- |
| 936 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Like all of Mariah Rose Faith's characters from ''TGWDLM'' who came back in Season One of ''Nightmare Time'', she's gone from brunette to blonde in "Jane's a Car". Only really notable because one of the things [[spoiler: Jane]] notices about her is her hair. [[spoiler: She, Becky, and Jane's original appearance make a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio, and later on Jane quips when deciding to [[GrandTheftMe steal Becky's body]] "I always wondered what I'd look like as a redhead".]] |
| 937 | * ButtMonkey: Mildly so -- every time we see her out canvassing it's in the face of an endless stream of passersby blowing her off or rudely rejecting her. (TruthInTelevision, of course.) |
| 938 | * CatchPhrase: "Do you want to save the planet?" |
| 939 | * DeadpanSnarker: She unnecessarily goes out of her way to make Paul feel bad about being caught in his lie that he already gives to Greenpeace; apparently having to wear a [[HappinessIsMandatory fake smile]] in the face of everyone's rudeness all day is getting to her. |
| 940 | * 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. |
| 941 | * GranolaGirl: Subverted. Paul seems quite taken aback that she's a savvy, spunky DeadpanSnarker without much of a hippie peace-and-love attitude to her, despite her profession. This ends up being one of the qualities [[spoiler: Jane]] likes about her. |
| 942 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: Makes up a fake Greenpeace campaign to save the turtles just to catch Paul in a lie about having already donated. |
| 943 | * 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". Both Tom and the narrator of "Jane's a Car" also refer to her as such, as does Pete in "Abstinence Camp". Her name, Harmony Jones, was revealed the day of the release of ''Nerdy Prudes''; Matt Lang explains that he keeps attempting to have her introduce herself as "Harmony Jones, the Greenpeace Girl" but those scenes keep getting cut. |
| 944 | [[/folder]] |
| 945 | |
| 946 | [[folder: Gary Goldstein]] |
| 947 | !!Gary Goldstein |
| 948 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jon Matteson |
| 949 | !!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/BlackFriday''''' |
| 950 | |
| 951 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gary_goldstein.jpg]] |
| 952 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Ow! Right in the subpoena!"'']] |
| 953 | |
| 954 | A local attorney who seems to be on several of Hatchetfield's wealthy population's payroll. |
| 955 | ---- |
| 956 | * 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. |
| 957 | * 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]]. |
| 958 | * 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. |
| 959 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: One of the most dramatic personality transformations in the show, PlayedForLaughs. |
| 960 | * 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. |
| 961 | * 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. |
| 962 | * 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. |
| 963 | * TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Apparently he's the only lawyer in Hatchetfield, or at least very much the preferred attorney of all of Hatchetfield's wealthy elite. |
| 964 | * MomentOfLucidity: [[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."]] |
| 965 | * OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: In RealLife (see ArtisticLicenseLaw on the ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' 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 both of them sharing the ''same lawyer'', who instantly turns on Linda once Sherman calls upon him. |
| 966 | * 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. |
| 967 | * PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Ends up cradling Linda's dead body after her BoomHeadshot from Becky.]] |
| 968 | * PrimalStance: All the cultists end up acting like this, but Gary gets special mention for how he completely morphs into a snarling, spitting image of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] immediately after [[spoiler: killing Ethan]]. |
| 969 | * SharpDressedMan: All the other men in the Black Friday line are dressed in sweaters, jeans, or pajamas, 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. |
| 970 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: He's last seen carrying Linda's corpse off the stage after her death somehow [[MomentOfLucidity 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.]] |
| 971 | [[/folder]] |
| 972 | |
| 973 | [[folder: Peanuts]] |
| 974 | !!Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel |
| 975 | !!!'''Played by:''' n/a |
| 976 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Peanuts!"]] |
| 977 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' |
| 978 | |
| 979 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightmare_time_peanuts.jpg]] |
| 980 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Emma:''' ''"Awwww. Peanuts!"'']] |
| 981 | |
| 982 | ->'''Dan and Donna:''' ''Oh he's your guide if you ever need one''\ |
| 983 | ''He's pocket-sized if you ever see one''\ |
| 984 | ''He's had a meteoric rise''\ |
| 985 | ''Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel!'' |
| 986 | |
| 987 | An injured baby squirrel who was found by "Papa" Ed, a local Hatchetfield woodworker. Ed nursed the squirrel back to health, and Peanuts is most often found in his savior's pocket. |
| 988 | ---- |
| 989 | * TheCameo: In the finale of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', among several other unexpected Hatchetfield cast members, you can glimpse Peanuts lurking in Ed's pocket. |
| 990 | * GiantAnimalWorship: Something like this seems to end up happening in the BadFuture that the song "Peanuts!" leads to, although presumably he didn't literally grow to giant size (the photo showing this event is somewhat abstract). |
| 991 | * HumanInterestStory: A fluffy news piece that the locals of Hatchetfield are fond of. In the ending of ''TGWDLM'' Colonel Schaeffer agrees that his being the SoleSurvivor of the town will make for a good one as well. |
| 992 | * TheLittlestCancerPatient: An animal version (and therefore even more intensely cutesy version) of this trope -- he was found as a baby squirrel "too small to survive" who'd fallen out of a tree and been left for dead by his mother. His adoptive father ends up having to crowdfund to build him a house. |
| 993 | * LovedByAll: Everyone who knows about Peanuts seems to love him and find his story adorable ("[[RunningGag Aww! Peanuts!]]"), with the single mild exception of the Man in a Hurry (who may just be in [[RunningGag too much of a hurry]] to want to talk about him in a VoxPops with Dan and Donna). |
| 994 | * NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Peanuts' appearance in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' is, obviously, just a stuffed prop, and in "Peanuts!" he's played by StockFootage (and as the prop again for the one photo of Curt Mega holding him). |
| 995 | * SoleSurvivor: |
| 996 | ** Of the version of Hatchetfield seen in ''The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals''--PEIP found him [[ChestBurster burrowed in his master's chest]]. |
| 997 | ** The lyrics of "Peanuts!" lampshade that he hasn't died once yet in any of the Hatchetfield stories. |
| 998 | -->'''Dan''': If there's an apocalypse he'll survive it! |
| 999 | * SurrealMusicVideo: "Peanuts!", the end credits song of ''Nightmare Time'' Episode 2. Starts off as a cute song about Peanuts, but devolves into a story about Peanuts attaining sapience and becoming the idol of a cult. |
| 1000 | * TalkingAnimal: The climactic event of the SurrealMusicVideo "Peanuts!" is Dan and Donna revealing that after they've spent a long time wishing Peanuts could speak, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor their wish came true]] and Peanuts is now confirmed as a sapient being, leading them -- and possibly all of society -- to GoMadFromTheRevelation. |
| 1001 | * TeamPet: "Peanuts!" talks him up as a collective one for all of Hatchetfield, and recommends that people forming groups to go on a stereotypical KidsWildernessEpic make him the AnimalCompanion they adopt. |
| 1002 | -->'''Dan and Donna''': Oh, he's your pal \ |
| 1003 | When you go on adventures! \ |
| 1004 | He's your boot on the ground \ |
| 1005 | When you're looking for treasure! |
| 1006 | * TrendAesop: "Peanuts!" seems to be giving us a parody of this -- even something as seemingly wholesome and harmless as Hatchetfield's obsession with a saccharine HumanInterestStory somehow leads to disaster in this AlternateTimeline. |
| 1007 | * UngratefulBastard: |
| 1008 | ** 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. |
| 1009 | ** "Peanuts!" mentions a milder version of this -- he generally repays people's kindness to him by "leav[ing] poops in your shoes". |
| 1010 | * YetAnotherBabyPanda: Peanuts is, of course, a joke about this trope, although part of the joke is they ''don't'' use him as the kicker and instead [[WorstNewsJudgmentEver promote him in importance]] above actually relevant stories. |
| 1011 | * YourTomcatIsPregnant: Nick Lang agreed to give a tongue-in-cheek completely pointless spoiler in a Q&A on Twitter: Everyone refers to Peanuts by "he/him" pronouns, but Peanuts is actually female. |
| 1012 | [[/folder]] |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | [[folder: Ed]] |
| 1015 | !!"Papa" Ed |
| 1016 | !!!'''Played by:''' Curt Mega |
| 1017 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Peanuts!"]] |
| 1018 | !!!'''Mentioned in:''' ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' |
| 1019 | |
| 1020 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightmare_time_ed_0.jpg]] |
| 1021 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Donna:''' ''"Proud papa Ed has been squirreling away on his [=GoFundMe=] page to build Peanuts his very own, get this Dan, squirrel house!"'']] |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | ->'''Dan and Donna:''' ''He fell into a townie’s arms''\ |
| 1024 | ''The town was charmed by him (So charming, yeah)'' |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | A Hatchetfield resident who took pity on Peanuts and brought him home to nurse him back to health. |
| 1027 | ---- |
| 1028 | * 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). |
| 1029 | * AnimalLover: Pretty much all there is to his character. |
| 1030 | * TheCameo: Curt Mega is the only actor in the final number of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' not to be wearing the costume of a pre-established Hatchetfield character; he's revealed to be Ed from the occasional glimpses of Peanuts. |
| 1031 | * {{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. |
| 1032 | * TheDividual: Ed only ever appears in the context of being the one who carries Peanuts the Pocket Squirrel around in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his pocket]]. |
| 1033 | * 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". |
| 1034 | * TheVoiceless: Ed sings along with the chorus in "What If Tomorrow Comes?" (which is [[MusicalWorldHypotheses probably non-diegetic]]), but has never actually spoken while onstage. |
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