The main characters of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?
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Ash
Portrayed by: Ashly Burch
- Ambiguously Brown: Just like her brother, they are mixed-race (their mom is Thai/East Indian according to Ashly's Facebook profile).
- Ambiguously Gay:
- Ash herself gets this treatment in "Noir", where she agrees to help Blavis because of her "half-decent rack". She also gets excited over boobs in the "Lara Croft" and "Sexy Booth Babes" episodes.
- In the trailer
for her DLC pack for Saints Row IV, Ash is taken on a tour of Volition headquarters, spies a cardboard cutout of Shaundi, and takes it into the bathroom for some "alone time". Most of the Kerbal Space Program episode is Ashly expressing her admiration for Ashley Davis' ass using space analogies.
- In the trailer
- Ash herself gets this treatment in "Noir", where she agrees to help Blavis because of her "half-decent rack". She also gets excited over boobs in the "Lara Croft" and "Sexy Booth Babes" episodes.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: She is often this to Anthony, especially in the Team Fortress 2 episode.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: In the episode about Limbo, Anthony thinks this sorta thing would ensue when Ash asks whether he would look for her if she was stuck in a dark forest. When he asks whether she would come looking for him, she shoots down the possibility completely.
- Big "NO!": In the "Guitar Hero" episode, Ash decides to go poop on Anthony's bed while he's stuck playing Guitar Hero 2. It's only when it's all over does she realize she pooped on her own bed!
- Another one happens in the Yoshi's Cookie episode when Anthony exploits her habit of eating four cookies in a row.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Ash herself.
- Comically Missing the Point: Ash has her own ideas of what SJW mean.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Ashly goes back in time, to punch her mom when she was pregnant with Anthony.
- The Corrupter: Ash acts as one to her young cousin in the episode on This War of Mine.
- Crossdresser: Ash is fond of wearing suits (surprisingly, in "Noir", she isn't wearing a suit, but does have fake stubble), and dressed up as Francis from Left 4 Dead in one episode.
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- Depraved Bisexual
- Driven to Suicide: Her attempt to emulate Persona 3 goes as well as one would think. Anthony follows after a minute of trying and failing to explain the game."What's Persona 3?""A game where you fuckin' kill yourself, apparently."
- Elmer Fudd Syndrome: She slurs her speech when she replies to the Title Drop at the start of each episode. Depending on her level of insanity, it can persist the whole episode.Anthony: Hey Ash, watcha playin'?Ashly: Twauma Centah.
- Gamer Chick: The premise of the show revolves around her taking the games she plays a bit too seriously.
- Jerkass: Herself outside the show is definitely not this. But here, her antics generally involve someone getting hurt.
- Motor Mouth: Especially in Season Two and onwards.
- Nausea Fuel: In-universe, she steals the clothes off Papa Burch during the parody of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The look on her face says that she did not think that through.
- Overly Long Gag: She makes a sex joke and stares into the camera while unfitting music plays. She was there for nearly 2 hours.
- Pet the Dog: Theoretically, Ashly getting Anthony toilet paper in the Elite Beat Agents episode. Her method of delivery, imitating the gameplay of the series, is rather circuitous, however.
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: In "A Death in the Family Part 2":Ash: "It's-a-me, the bitch who gonna' kick your ass!"
- Reality Warper: She becomes this in the Quantum Conundrum episode by putting Anthony into other dimensions.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Anthony's Blue.
- Refuge in Audacity: She basically embodies this.
- Two Gamers on a Couch: Pretty much the basis of the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Super Smash Bros. Brawl episodes, among others. Well, two big poofy armchairs at least.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Ash wears an American flag over herself in the Civilization 5 episode.
- What Is This Feeling?: In the Mass Effect 3 episode, Ash comes to Anthony wondering why there's water coming out of her eyes playing Mass Effect 3. Specifically, when Mordin dies.
- You Are Too Late: Ashly declares that she's going to poop in Anthony's bed while he's playing Guitar Hero. Anthony tries to pause the game and stop her, but it turns out that she broke the pause button earlier. By the time he finishes playing, well...Ashly: You're too late! Enjoy the poop!Anthony: ...This is your room.Ashly: ...NOOOOOOO-(Cut to the credits screen))
Anthony
Portrayed by: Anthony Burch
- Ambiguously Brown: Just like his sister, Anthony is mixed-race.
- Ambiguously Gay: Which accounts for around 35% of the jokes in the series.
- Butt-Monkey: Usually on the receiving end of jokes from the others.
- Only Sane Man: To call him this would be an absurd understatement.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Ashly's Red
Papa
Portrayed by: Papa Burch
- Abusive Parents: To say the least.
- Cool Old Guy: Did everything in Saints Row the Third. Everything.
- Deadpan Snarker: Emphasis on deadpan.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: One episode reveals that he possesses an encyclopedic level of knowledge on the Twilight franchise.
- He's also shown to be a fan of soap operas in the Skyrim episode.
- Manly Tears: Played for Laughs. In the Viva Piñata episode the normally stoic Papa sheds a tear when the piñata that he has raised gets beaten to death with a baseball bat by Ashly.
Ashley
Portrayed by: Leigh Davis (formerly known as Ashley Davis)
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Less so than Ash, but still there.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Frequently referred to as Davis.
