Here is a list of characters from the adult animated series Agent Elvis.
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Elvis Presley
Voiced by: Matthew McConaughey (English)Foreign V As
The King himself. Elvis Presley was a rock superstar and part-time drug-busting vigilante until he was recruited by the Commander into The Central Bureau (or TCB for short). Now he has to learn how to balance his music career with his newfound responsibilities as a government spy.
- Affectionate Nickname: His friend/sidekick, Bobby Ray, calls him "E" for short.
- Badass Cape: This being Elvis, several of his outfits include a cape (one of which he used to slow down his and CeCe in mid-air long enough for Bobby Ray to catch them in an airplane). He also works as a government agent when he isn't a rock-and-roll musician, which means he kicks a lot of ass in this show.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: The series is about legendary rockstar Elvis Presley becoming a government spy.
- Boom, Headshot!: In the seventh episode, Elvis shoots a laser at a goon; the camera pans out to reveal, in gory detail, that the laser tore a hole clean through the goon's head, obliterating his eyes and nose while exposing the brain matter inside. The goon's two companions are understandably horrified.
- Broken Pedestal: He believed Richard Nixon to be a great man until he met him in person and found out he was horribly racist and anti-Semitic. After that, he had no trouble with insulting him to his face.
- Deadpan Snarker: He has an incredibly dry wit and hardly if ever raises his voice, giving off this effect whenever he trades barbs with anyone.
- Experienced Protagonist: By the first episode, he's already taken down several major criminals and various other people who want him dead. And this is before he gets recruited into TCB.
- Everyone Has Standards: He is a man of America, and fights to protect all Americans, not caring about their race whatsoever. It is because of this that he is disgusted with how much of an open racist Richard Nixon proves himself to be in their meeting, causing him to comment to Bobby Ray that he should've shot him for the garbage he was spewing.
- Go Out with a Smile: As he acts as a human heat shield to save Bobby Ray, Scatter and CeCe, Elvis is seen with a confident smile on his face as he faces an almost certain death from atmospheric re-entry.
- Happily Married: Downplayed. He genuinely loves his wife, Priscilla, though the show also alludes to the real-life Elvis' marriage problems by showing their relationship becoming increasingly distant. Due to his already packed schedule as a rockstar (which wasn't helped by him becoming a TCB spy), Elvis has little time to spend with his wife, and Priscilla is unhappy with him choosing to spend that time interacting with his female fans. In the final episode, Elvis' last thoughts were about him forgetting to check in on Priscilla.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The finale sees Elvis use himself as a human heat shield to get CeCe, Bobby Ray, and Scatter safely back to Earth. However, it turns out Howard Hughes has multiple clones of Elvis on backup for just an occasion.
- Historical Badass Upgrade: Elvis was actually an ordained government agent in real life, but he didn't get involved in actual espionage like this Elvis did. He also was a part-time drug-busting vigilante, which the real-life Elvis wasn't.
- Historical Hero Upgrade: Unlike the real Elvis, who got addicted to drugs and eventually died from it, this Elvis is completely sober and moonlighted as a part-time drug-busting vigilante prior to being recruited as a government spy. The real-life Elvis also had a history of infidelity, while this Elvis remains loyal to Priscilla, though later episodes allude to this by showing she isn't happy with him constantly signing autographs and taking pictures with his legions of female fans, if only because it distracts him from their increasingly distant relationship.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's pretty full of himself (though not without reason), fairly impulsive, and very stubborn, but he's generally also quite polite, loves his wife Priscilla, and is motivated by a genuine desire to protect his country. And he legitimately looks out for all Americans, considering he reacted with abject disgust when he found out how racist Richard Nixon was.
- Living a Double Life: In the public's eyes, Elvis is the King of Rock and Roll, but what they don't know is that he's also a government spy defending the country. The series revolves around him trying to balance his two jobs.
- Momma's Boy: Like the real Elvis, he is quite respectful towards his mother — in this case, his mother-figure, Bertie.
- Patriotic Fervor: He unironically considers America the greatest country in the world.
- Pocket Protector: In the first episode, a captive Elvis is shot by Charles Manson for bad-mouthing him, to the shock and horror of Elvis' friends. Just as the Manson Family starts celebrating, Elvis rises up from the ground, looking supremely pissed off as he reveals the badge that protected him.Elvis Presley: Hey. (takes out his badge, which has a noticeable dent from the bullet's impact) You owe me a new badge, dickhead.
- The Pornomancer: He is described as "Marvin Gaye for white people!" by Bertie.
- Refusal of the Call: It takes until the fourth episode for Elvis to agree to work for TCB, if only because CeCe really did a terrible job of selling her organization to him.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He does not like Robert Goulet. The feeling is passive-aggressively mutual with the Canadian-American singer. It graduates to a full-blown Arch-Enemy relationship after it's revealed that Robert Goulet sold out the entire world just to ruin Elvis' reputation.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: After quitting TCB in Episode 9, he ends up working with them again in the season finale when The Commander reveals that Malus is planning to use Elvis' global concert broadcast to put their plan into motion and the TCB agents that were meant to handle the mission were hospitalized. That said, Elvis makes it clear that he intends to be done with them after the mission is over.
- Uncertain Doom: In the finale, Elvis is last seen acting as a human heat shield to protect the rocket he and his friends are on, with the Commander noting to Howard Hughes that they may need a clone of Elvis ready to go. Because the series ends up cancelled after one season, we'll never get to see what ultimately comes after, whether he truly dies and gets replaced by a clone or somehow miraculously survives.
- Vigilante Man: Prior to being recruited as a government spy, he moonlighted as a vigilante who struck out against drugs and crime when he wasn't playing rock and roll, much to Bertie's disapproval.
- We Have Reserves: Turns out Howard Hughes made multiple clones of Elvis in case the real article died, which he seemingly does in the season finale.
- What the Hell, Hero?: CeCe very frequently calls him out for his recklessness.CeCe Ryder: Have you ever heard of not trying to kill us?!
Elvis Presley: I was wingin' it!
CeCe Ryder
Voiced by: Kaitlin Olson (English)Foreign V As
CeCe Ryder is a full-time US spy and Elvis' partner in TCB.
- Abusive Parents: Her alcoholic mother regularly called her a mistake, treated her as a competitor rather than a daughter her entire life, and slept with several of her boyfriends.
- Action Girl: She's Elvis' partner in the government agency and a full-time agent who is capable of kicking ass. Both the teaser and trailer show a few scenes where she and Elvis are fighting mooks together, being quite good at it.
- Big Eater: She is frequently shown scarfing down on food in casual scenes and occasionally during otherwise tense ones, possibly as a result of her recreational drug use.
- Expy: A redheaded spy who takes orders from a black bald man? Natasha Romanoff, eat your heart out.
- Foil: Serves as one to Elvis. Both of them work for the TCB, but while Elvis is a recent member, CeCe has been a member for several years. He's staunchly anti-drug, while she's a casual drug user. He's very patriotic and a defender of the US government, while she's openly critical of it. He can't stand The Grateful Dead, while she's a big fan of them (to the point of being willing to sleep with them if given the chance. And more importantly, their personal loyalty to TCB is vastly different; Elvis straight up quits when he discovers the Commander used him as a lab rat to weaponize his music, while CeCe remains loyal to them in spite of acknowledging how much of a bastard her boss is.
- Genki Girl: Despite her profession, she is a very talkative and lively girl.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: She very openly talks about her sex life and has no problems lusting over guys she finds hot.
- Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: Inverted, as she has no idea who her father is, not helped by the fact that her mother refuses to tell her just to fuck with her. In the season finale, it is hinted that she may actually be fellow TCB agent Robert Goulet's daughter, much to her dismay. This is the only reason she has for saving his life after Elvis knocks him into a volcano, as she needs him alive in order to verify if he is her father or not.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is a Punny Name based on one of Elvis' songs, "See See Rider".
- Motor Mouth: She doesn't do dead air. If there's silence, it's a guarantee that she'll try to fill it. And she talks very fast.
- Soapbox Sadie: She repeatedly points out the pointlessness of the war on drugs, has very unkind things to say about the US government (even though she technically works for a hidden branch of it), and is critical of the Vietnam War. This naturally puts her at odds with the very patriotic Elvis.
- Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond: Elvis is shocked that she isn't into his music when seemingly the whole world is.
- Spy Catsuit: Her default outfit is this. She says it's made of Italian leather in the first episode.
- The Stoner: She smokes joints whenever she has the chance to, which allows her to befriend Scatter.
- Undying Loyalty: Despite her many grievances with the Commander, she is ultimately loyal to the TCB, on account of her home life being so ungodly terrible that TCB is the closest thing she has to a stable family. This also means she is willing to hold Elvis at gunpoint when he seemingly decides to kill the Commander for manipulating his life.
Bobby Ray
Voiced by: Johnny Knoxville (English)Foreign V As
Bobby Ray is Elvis' friend, sidekick, and personal assistant.
- Been There, Shaped History: If his piloting a chopper with George Lucas in Episode 4 is any indication, he may have unwittingly provided the man with inspiration for a future film of his.
- Big Damn Heroes: He shows up in a chopper in the fourth episode as Elvis is besieged by a gang of mooks, shouting a Pre-Mortem One-Liner before taking the mooks out.
- Distressed Dude: He's kidnapped by the Manson Family in the first episode, though Charles Manson only did so in order to lure in Elvis.
- Genius Ditz: Somewhat slow-witted in demeanor, but he did make most of Elvis' gadgets before Elvis joined TCB, and he can pilot any vehicle.
- Helicopter Blender: In the fourth episode, he suddenly shows up to take out a gang of mooks with the propeller of a chopper to save Elvis, who was besieged by said gang.Bobby Ray: Time to mow the fucking lawn!
- Made of Iron: He gets knocked off of a cliff by Scatter in the fourth episode, but his body is recovered with no visible fractures, and he doesn't feel any ill effects after waking up.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In the season finale, he accidentally runs over Jack Lord and Hervé Villechaize, who incidentally turned out to be two TCB agents who were supposed to be partnered with CeCe on her mission to stop the Big Bad from using Elvis' global concert broadcast to spread a sonic weapon that drives people murderously insane. This forces Elvis, who had cut ties with TCB over them manipulating his life, to take on the assignment to stop his music from being used for evil...and also possibly end up dying by the end of the episode to boot.
- Sitcom Archnemesis: He has this sort of relationship with Scatter, with the feeling being mutual.
- Southern-Fried Genius: He was Elvis' main technical support prior to joining TCB and speaks with a pronounced Southern drawl. He's skilled enough to fix just about anything, and is capable of creating his very own space-worthy rocket to boot.
Bertie
Voiced by: Niecy Nash (English)Foreign V As
Bertie is Elvis' mother-figure. She helps him run his day-to-day life while he's off moonlighting as a government agent.
- Dude Magnet: She has an on-and-off relationship with William Shatner, has caught the interest of the Commander, and apparently had several men fly her to North Africa in the past in order to get in her pants.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Or mother-figure in any case. She does not approve of Elvis getting involved in massive fights with drug dealers and other assorted criminals, and tries to push him away from pursuing vigilantism.
- No Badass to His Valet: While she helps Elvis run his day-to-day life while he's busy moonlighting as a government agent, she isn't afraid to speak her mind about how much she disapproves of his activities. She openly describes Elvis to CeCe as "Marvin Gaye for white people", knowing that Elvis himself is walking close behind them.
- Parental Substitute: She's Elvis' mother-figure, making her the closest thing he has to a parent in the show in place of his real ones (Elvis' mother, Gladys Presley, was already dead by the 70s while his father, Vernon Presley, was getting up there in age).
- Sassy Black Woman: She is Elvis' mother-figure who helps run his day-to-day life while he's off working for the government. She's also has no problems mouthing off to people.
Scatter
Voiced by: Tom Kenny (all languages)
Scatter is Elvis' deranged, alcoholic, and trigger-happy pet chimpanzee.
- The Alcoholic: He drinks a lot. In one scene, he vomits messily all over a casino table after one drink too many, disgusting some of the casino-goers when it gets on them. Bertie calls him out for it.Bertie: Your ass needs to see a doctor, and I mean a lot of 'em!
- Ax-Crazy: He’s an absolutely off-the-chain primate. Not only is he The Alcoholic, but he’s also trigger-happy (he prematurely shoots a man Elvis was interrogating in the teaser after interpreting his owner's words literally) and prone to getting into shenanigans when Elvis isn't around. At one point in the trailer, Elvis has to make it a necessary instruction for him to stay inside a car and not go off to get "coked-up hookers".
- Flipping the Bird: He does this with both hands and his feet at a casino table in the second episode.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has a long, vertical scar running across his right eye. While he's one of the good guys, he's also one of Elvis' more problematic allies. Among his other antics, he's prematurely shooting a man Elvis was interrogating and vomited messily all over a casino table after drinking a lot.
- Historical Badass Upgrade: He's based on the real-life Scatter, a chimpanzee the real Elvis owned, who terrorized both Elvis' family and friends alike. Here, he's Elvis' Non-Human Sidekick in the spy business, and even before Elvis got recruited, he was perfectly capable of fighting the Manson Family alongside his master.
- Hookers and Blow: His addiction to cocaine is a Running Gag, as is his tendency to fool around with call girls when left to his own devices.Elvis Presley: You boys stay with the car... which means not buyin' coked-up hookers (points at Scatter while Bobby Ray looks at Scatter questioningly) he said really clearly this time.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He speaks only in chimp noises, but people seem to be able to understand what he's saying perfectly fine.
- Jaded Washout: He was a former NASA chimp slated to go to the moon before he got thrown out, on account of knocking up one of the other test chimps. Since then, he's been on a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol, and sex.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is a Ax-Crazy primate with a naughty demeanor but he is a loyal and helpful companion to Elvis.
- Non-Human Sidekick: He's Elvis' trouble-making pet chimp.
- Silly Simian: In a very darkly comedic sense considering his propensity for violence, hookers, and drugs, he's this to the show.
- Sitcom Archnemesis: He has this sort of relationship with Bobby Ray, with the feeling being mutual. At one point he kicked his motorcycle off the road and down a cliff for laughs.
- Undying Loyalty: To Elvis. While he's a problematic chimp who constantly frustrates Elvis with his antics, he's still loyal to Elvis and willing to help his owner out in a pinch.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: He's given the chance to become a celebrity again after his costar on a kids show he used to act for returns with a proposed comeback. Then said costar gets killed by one of the masked goons pursuing Elvis. Needless to say, Scatter goes even more berserk than usual. Though the fact that Elvis was high as a kite at the time and a lot of that episode from his side of things had him tripping balls, it leaves if that scene was real or not in question.
Howard Hughes
Voiced by: Jason Mantzoukas (English)Foreign V As
The real-life reclusive business magnate, film producer, and engineer, who works for TCB as an inventor.
- Alliterative Name: One of the most famous real-life examples, Howard Hughes.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Rather than live in pure reclusion until his death, Howard Hughes here actually was contracted to work for a secret government agency. He also invented the first VR headset, though he refuses to call it "virtual reality", considering the title an oxymoron.
- Cloudcuckoolander: His real-life weird activities are carried over to his fictional counterpart.
- Groin Attack: He electrocutes an unfortunate young Kurt Russell's testicles under the belief that he murdered Walt Disney.
- Historical In-Joke: His introduction makes reference to the long-running jokes about his urine collection, except it turns out he pees in jars and bottles because his piss is radioactive.
- Hollywood Acid: As a consequence of making himself radioactive some years back to give himself superpowers, his urine is now so irradiated that it melts everything on contact except the special jars he pees into whenever he has to go.
- Mad Scientist: Emphasis on mad, as he has all of his real-life counterpart's neuroticisms and insane ramblings cranked up to eleven.
The Commander
Voiced by: Don Cheadle (English)Foreign V As
The Commander is the leader of TCB and Elvis and CeCe's boss.
- Amazon Chaser: He seems to be turned on by Bertie's sassy, no-nonsense demeanor.
- Bald of Authority: He's completely bald, and is in charge of the entirety of TCB.
- Beard of Evil: He has a rather thick beard, and he is also a rather morally depraved and sociopathic individual, especially with his willingness to turn countless American celebrities into test subjects and murder them. Downplayed as despite his moral failings, he is still on the side of good (albeit barely).
- Been There, Shaped History: It's revealed that he's "Deep Throat", the federal agent who leaked information about President Nixon's criminal dealings to the Washington Post. He's also responsible for the careers and accompanying premature deaths of every famous American actor and singer from at least the 50's onward, on account of them all actually being TCB test subjects.
- Comedic Sociopathy: His threats, putdowns, and general cruelty wouldn't be so hilarious if it wasn't for Don Cheadle's lackadaisical delivery.
- Depraved Bisexual: He muses about using a theoretical cloaking device to peep in on other men in the bathroom, is also attracted to the sassy Bertie, and in general is a pretty terrible guy despite heading a government agency meant to protect the world.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He recalls once carving a waiter's femur into a salad fork because he made him wait too long for his food.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's only known to everyone as "The Commander," with his real name being a total mystery.
- Gag Penis: His dick is big enough to be used as a key to enter an area in TCB only he is supposed to access.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Sans beard, he's a dead-ringer for his voice actor.
- Irony: He gives his assistant Doyle nonstop grief in Episode 6 for his lack of situational awareness, but he gets knocked out by Bertie in Episode 9 during what he believes to be a date with her, ensuring he's still around when Elvis arrives back to interrogate him on his involvement in Elvis' past.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: He was responsible for the deaths of multiple celebrities and turned Elvis into a lab rat against his will to weaponize his music. That being said, while he's undoubtedly a terrible person, he isn't a full-blown terrorist willing to tear apart the entire world like Gabriel Wolf. Elvis ends up agreeing to work with TCB to stop Wolf in the season finale, if only because what Wolf plans to do is far worse.
- Manipulative Bastard: He manipulated the lives of multiple celebrities in hopes of harnessing their unique talents to control the world with Super Soldiers and then disposed of them in manufactured accidents when the projects didn't pan out. Elvis was on his way to becoming his latest addition before he found out.
- Mean Boss: He regularly demeans and threatens his employees in a very passive-aggressive manner, particularly his personal assistant, Doyle, who he outright calls a "pet".
- Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught: This is his response to Elvis' refusal to take a mission against President Richard Nixon.Elvis Presley: I'm not stealin' from the President.
The Commander: It's not stealing, if it's not his. Same way, it's not murder if you do it with your eyes closed. Now go! - Not Helping Your Case: After being confronted by an angry Elvis over Project Tupelo, The Commander had the "brilliant" idea of explaining the whole truth of why he did it (wanting to weaponize Elvis' music and turn him into a Super-Soldier for TCB) without a hint of shame. To his little credit, he instantly realizes how badly he handled that reveal when Elvis is prepared to shoot him again.
- Oh, Crap!: Goes through a moment of this in Episode 9 once he realizes how utterly screwed he is when Elvis makes it clear he is not happy from the revelation that his life was manipulated for years by him and the TCB. He fully thought he was going to die, but thankfully Elvis only decided to quit TCB (after shooting him in the shoulder that is).
- The Spymaster: He's a Nick Fury-style spymaster who both Elvis and CeCe take orders from.
- Sugary Malice: He is very friendly and casual even as he makes very explicit threats.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: He created a sonic weapon in an attempt to replicate Elvis' naturally alluring voice for warfare purposes. The result would end up getting stolen years later by the Big Bad to attempt to instigate a world-wide bloodbath.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: As the events of Episode 9 reveal, he has killed countless American actors and singers who were part of TCB projects of his, all when said projects ultimately either ended or failed. The section he had set up for Elvis suggests that he was prepared to employ this trope on him as well if Project Tupelo reached such a point.
Priscilla Presley
Voiced by: Priscilla Presley (English)Foreign V As
Priscilla Presley is Elvis' wife, just like her real-life counterpart.
- Action Girl: She takes on a group of mooks by herself to protect Elvis in Episode 8. Subverted in that she was just going through a hallucination like her husband was due to them both ingesting experimental LSD.
- Alliterative Name: Priscilla Presley.
- As Himself: She's played by the actual Priscilla Presley portraying a fictionalized version of herself.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Part of the growing friction in her and Elvis' marriage is the fact that Elvis constantly delays their very limited together time to sign autographs for and take pictures with his legions of female fans.
- Pajama-Clad Hero: In the eighth episode, she fights hoards of masked henchmen wearing nothing but a nightgown. Except it turns out the henchmen were never real, and she was just tripping on LSD the entire time.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: While tripping on LSD, she beats up a bunch of mooks all by herself just to protect Elvis, her husband. Except it turns out there were no mooks, and she was just sharing a hallucination with Elvis.
Robert Goulet
Voiced by: Ed Helms
Robert Goulet is a Canadian-American singer, just like his real-life counterpart. He is also an agent of TCB, and someone with a long-standing two-sided rivalry with fellow singer & recent TCB agent Elvis.
- Adaptational Jerkass: He's shown to be a very smug individual, especially when interacting with Elvis.
- Adaptational Villainy: He's so insanely jealous of Elvis' success that he's willing to help a terrorist organization's plan to ruin the man's career.
- Green-Eyed Monster: The reason behind his hatred of Elvis is that he is insanely jealous of the man's success, his legion of followers, and his extremely good looks. Not only that, but from his perspective, he also came in out of nowhere to take TCB from him as well. It is because of all of this that he is willing to sell out the world to take Elvis down.
- Hidden Disdain Reveal: Played with, as he and Elvis regularly take passive-aggressive shots at each other whenever they can. In the season one finale, however, the true depths of his hatred for Elvis are revealed, as he loathes the man and his success so much that he's willing to help Malus kill countless people around the world if it means Elvis' reputation is left in tatters.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Goulet and Elvis absolutely hate each other in the show to the point that the former willingly helps Gabriel and the rest of Malus tear the world apart just to ruin Elvis' reputation. In real life, they were quite cordial with each other, outside of a single incident where Elvis angrily shot a TV that was showing Goulet singing, which has been mostly attributed to Elvis' drug abuse rather than any actual beef between the two.
- Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: He is revealed to have slept with CeCe's mom in the past, which (in addition to the fact that CeCe regularly waxes her upper lip) suggests that Goulet might be her father. It is this and only this that CeCe saves his life after he is exposed as the mole for Malus, as she needs to know if he is her father or not.
- The Mole: The final episode of the series revealed him to be an agent of Malus, working with Gabriel Wolf for the goal of ruining Elvis' career by making him the most hated man in the world.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He does not like Elvis Presley. The feeling is passive-aggressively mutual with the American singer. It graduates to a full-blown Arch-Enemy relationship after it's revealed that Robert Goulet sold out the entire world just to ruin Elvis' reputation.
The Head of Malus (UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1)
Voiced by: Kieran Culkin
Gabriel Wolf was a former fan of Elvis who turned against him massively after his father was killed and his house was burned down in a freak accident caused by his father burning one of Elvis' albums.
- Big Bad: As the head of Malus, he's the one behind the various goons Elvis fights throughout the show.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Let's just say that he has some very..."out there" ideas of what constitutes parts of Christianity and the Bible. It doesn't help that he got these beliefs from his equally "out there" religious father.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He decides to unleash a deadly sonic weapon across the world using Elvis' concert broadcast, threatening the lives of billions, all just to make Elvis look bad.
- Misplaced Retribution: Big time. The only way Elvis was involved in Wolf's personal tragedy was that it was caused by his father trying to burn one of Elvis' LP's. Elvis never even met Wolf when Wolf was still a child.
