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Noel and Friends
Noel
The star of the show. An eccentric artist.- Adam Westing: Though given that it's Noel Fielding, there's no telling how much is an exaggeration.
- Amicable Exes: Noel and Dolly used to date. Now, despite their near-constant bickering, they seem to have no problem staying friends.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Noel's feud with King Tutta the mountain has shades of this. Throughout the episode a distant mountain keeps tutting and looking disgusted every time Noel makes a joke. Noel retaliates by scorching the mountain's cheek with a hot teaspoon, but later realises he was actually tutting because he was performing a capella with some other mountains, at which point Noel apologises and admits to being "slightly in love" with King Tutta.
- Better as Friends: Noel and Dolly have zero sexual tension despite having once dated. Noel gets a bit irritated whenever Dolly mentions men she dated behind Noel's back when they were together, though.
- Berserk Button: Don't tell him how to barbecue.
- Bishie Sparkle: Noel wears glitter on his cheeks throughout the final episode and he's as close to a real life Bishonen as you can get.
- Childhood Friends: Noel and Dolly have known each other since they were four years old, according to a deleted scene shown in the Making Of documentary on the series one DVD.
- The Dandy: Noel wears the most extravagant outfits known to humanity.
- Extreme Omnisexual: Being a talking animal or an object doesn't stop Noel from being attracted to someone.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Smooth's blue.
Smooth
Noel's butler and the Only Sane Man.- Civilized Animal: The only main character who acts sensible.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Smooth is "mixed race" as in, his father is human and his mother is an anteater.
- Mix-and-Match Critter: Half-human, half anteater.
- Only Sane Man: He's still pretty damn weird, but he's as close to normal as you can get in this show.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Noel's red.
- Servile Snarker: Is often the voice of reason to Noel, despite being part anteater.
Andy Warhol
Noel's housekeeper and possibly a robot.- Ambiguously Human: His robotic voice and movements, along with dispensing tickets when he laughs make it unlikely.
- Attractive Bent-Gender: Apparently Andy Warhol is this when he masquerades as Frida Kahlo. Although it's plainly just Andy in drag, Smooth still seems to fancy him.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Has very little in common with the real Andy Warhol.
- Machine Monotone: Especially pronounced when he laughs.
- Signature Laugh: When Andy Warhol laughs, a string of "individual laughter sheets, strung together like theatre tickets or sausages" comes from his mouth.
Dolly
Noel's best friend. A model and concept artist.- Amicable Exes: Noel and Dolly used to date. Now, despite their near-constant bickering, they seem to have no problem staying friends.
- Better as Friends: Noel and Dolly have zero sexual tension despite having once dated. Noel gets a bit irritated whenever Dolly mentions men she dated behind Noel's back when they were together, though.
- Childhood Friends: Noel and Dolly have known each other since they were four years old, according to a deleted scene shown in the Making Of documentary on the series one DVD.
- Extreme Omnisexual: Inanimate objects "really turn her on right now."
- The Fashionista: Loves clothing.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Supposedly has many jobs (model, DJ, knitwear designer) but we never see her doing any of them.
- Really Gets Around: Dolly has dated most of the cast. Several of them while she was still dating Noel.
- The Smurfette Principle: Dolly is pretty much the only recurring female in the universe.
- Unexplained Accent: Despite allegedly being Noel's friend since childhood, Dolly has a thick German accent. This is hardly the weirdest thing about the show.
Noel's Neighbours
Secret Peter
Noel's brain-damaged landlord.- Animate Inanimate Object: Appears to be a purple rock.
- Domestic Abuse: Secret Peter beats his wife. Played for laughs as she's a non-anthropomorphic peanut.
Tony Reason
A manta ray that's also a music producer.- Ass Shove: Apparently Tony Reason's method of familiarising himself with a new work colleague is to insert his finger into that person's anus. That said, Tony doesn't even have fingers, so Lord knows how he manages it.
- Civilized Animal: Acts very calm.
- Talking Animal: It turns out most marine life can talk, as seen when he argues with a hammerhead shark.
- Trademark Favourite Food: Tofu.
Todd Laguna
A hammerhead shark.- Does Not Like Spam: Hates tofu.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Tony tend to disagree on a lot of things, but don't seem to have any particular beef with each other.
Jeremy Beautiful Chest
A dancer with a large heart on his chest.- Cute Mute: Does not speak and has angelic features.
- The Dandy: Wears puffy sleeves and leather pants.
- The Voiceless: His only purpose is to dance.
Recurring Characters
Fantasy Man
A wannabe crusader with a cup on his chin who imagines questing through a virtual world when in reality he's just running around London being a nuisance.- Arch-Enemy: Manages to agitate a policeman that he refers to as "the Bobbatron".
- Captain Ersatz: Of Don Quixote.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": His real name is Sandy.
- Faceship: After getting hauled off by the police, Fantasy Man uses his fantasy power to evision himself and Big Chief flying away in a hot air balloon shaped like Fantasy Man's head.
- I Reject Your Reality: Unlike most characters who show up in the various jokes, Fantasy Man does not exist in Noel's world, but in (an) actual reality which he constantly tries to escape from into a 80's text adventure world.
- Talking Animal: His steed is a unicorn with a soulful singing voice.
- Windmill Crusader: Has gone on quests such as kidnapping a cat that he believed was "The Dream Tiger" (whack).
Big Chief Woolabum Boomalackaway
Fantasy Man's sidekick.- Aside Glance: When Fantasy Man mentions him being on far too much Special K.
- Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Which are obviously made out of clothes pegs and rubber gloves.
- Captain Ersatz: Of Tonto.
- I Reject Your Reality: Just like Fantasy Man.
- Magical Native American: He can see into the future, but only the next 15 minutes.
Sgt. Raymond Boombox
A yellow beat cop with a talking wound in his shoulder.- Amazing Technicolour Population: There's no explanation for why he's yellow.
- Arch-Enemy: Count Ziggenpuss
- Big Eater: Regularly stops for a snack while apprehending criminals.
- Big "NO!": Boombox has one when he lets his nemesis Count Ziggenpuss escape.
- Body Horror: His talking knife wound.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": All the other characters just know him as "New York Cop".
- Expy: He's essentially Groucho Marx if he was a cop.
- Police Are Useless: His anecdotes usually end with him failing spectacularly.
Roy Circles
A chocolate finger that works as a P.E. teacher and suffers PTSD.- Animate Inanimate Object: "Animate" being used loosely here, as his movements are limited to his face and arms.
- Anthropomorphic Food: He's got chocolate knees.
- Hesitant Sacrifice: He's fully prepared to sacrifice himself to a volcano if it means reuniting with his dead wife, except there's a sports day on tomorrow.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Dolly says that he's not actually a P.E. teacher and since we never see him interacting with kids...
Daddy Push
A man with a giant shell for a head.- Ambiguously Human: The shell could just be an accessory, except the eyes are out of place.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Does not appear in Series 2.
- Fish People: Or "aquatic invertebrate people".
- The Voiceless: He expresses himself with his arms.
Diamondback
A folk singer with metallic hair and multiple eyes.- Amazing Technicolour Population: His skin is a metallic shade.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Does not appear in Series 2.
- Interspecies Romance: His wife is a flamingo.
- The Voiceless: Outside of singing, he only communicates by shaking his eyes.
City Gent
A man who is disappointed with the state of the world, which he'll always blame on Ice Cream Eyes.- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Does not appear in Series 2.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Ice Cream Eyes' red.
- The Whitest Black Guy: He's a dead ringer for the trope's image.
Ice Cream Eyes
A man who lives in a freezer that always has an alibi whenever the City Gent blames him.- Amazing Technicolour Population: He's jet black. Probably from frostbite.
- Ambiguously Human: He can fit in a freezer.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to City Gent's blue.
Dondylion
A lion trapped in a zoo.- Back from the Dead: Having been run over by several vehicles in episode 6, he shows up alive and unharmed in episode 7. It's implied that this is because he's a figment of Noel's imagination.
- Madness Mantra: "It's all bleedin' coming together..."
- Suddenly Shouting: Each sketch ends with him screaming in anguish.
- Talking Animal: A babbling lion.
The Audience
A purple clown with mechanical insides.- Amazing Technicolour Population: Dark purple.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Does not come back for Series 2.
- Laughing Mad: The only time he doesn't laugh is when he's singing.
- Monster Clown: He actually appears to be quite friendly, despite being borderline incomprehensible and utterly horrific to look at.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Doo Rag's blue.
Doo Rag
A man with a zen voice who feeds the Audience mashed potatoes. He's also a doctor.- Covert Pervert: Watches Noel urinate with a creepy smile.
- Mellow Fellow: Even when chastising a child for plagiarism he acts totally unfazed.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to the Audience's red.
Joey Ramone
A claymation figure of the real Joey Ramone.- Amazing Technicolour Population: Like Raymond Boombox, his skin is yellow.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Goes without saying.
- They Killed Kenny Again: His legs have been hacked off and his head blown up, yet he's always in one piece in the next episode.
- Your Head A-Splode: As a result of a wheat allergy.
Terry
The only fan of the series.- Dropped a Bridge on Him: He seemed like he was going to be a regular character, but he died at the end of the second episode.
- Fanboy: Absolutely psyched to be in the second series, to the point where he'd take a meteor to save it.
- Self-Deprecation: Created as a response to the lukewarm reviews the first series received.
One-Off Characters
Ghost of a Flea
William Blake's creation come to life.- Bizarre Alien Biology: He has a prehensile tongue, a power cord for a tail and lightbulbs in his spine.
- Vocal Dissonance: He normally has a nigh-pitched voice that's barely intelligible, but can switch to a contralto tone when he's singing.
Little Chrissy, Claw, Spoon Snake & McCoy
A travelling group on a quest to see the Jelly Fox.- Amazing Technicolour Population: Should come as no surprise, since they live "over the rainbow".
- Cartoon Creature: McCoy might be a sea urchin, but the character designs are too loose to confirm.
- Catchphrase: Spoon Snake can only say "Am IIIIIIIII nothing?".
- Cat Folk: Little Chrissy.
- Color-Coded Characters:
- Little Chrissy is red, the leader and has a history of bloodshed.
- Claw is blue and passive.
- Spoon Snake is green and as the only character with a secondary colour, acts a little out there.
- McCoy is yellow and unruly.
- Expy: Of the protagonists from The Wizard of Oz.
- Informed Attribute: McCoy apparently has diabetes (not that it stops him from enjoying a soda with the other three despite Little Chrissy saying he can't because of it) and is apparently racist.
- Tin Man: Little Chrissy is an inversion. Instead of having a hidden heart of gold, he's a serial killer who wants to forget about his past.
- Verbal Tic: Claw goes "Hm-hmmm" and McCoy makes crunching sounds.
King Tutta
A mountain that keeps clucking his tongue to the annoyance of Noel.- Arch-Enemy: Noel considers him one.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Noel takes his tongue-clucking too personally and rubs a hot teaspoon on his face, leaving a red mark.
Ian Guage
A French-sounding lounge singer and tennis player.- Ambiguously Human: Has pastries stuck on his face and when his head explodes, it's immediately replaced with a chrome sphere.
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: His words don't translate to anything.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Of Jacques Brel.
- Your Head A-Splode: His musical advances towards a piece of toast are rejected so many times he eventually explodes with the heartbreak.
The Tiger with Chlamydia
A giant tiger-head on legs that gives chlamydiya by striking people with his prehensile penis.- Incoming Ham: THE TIGER WITH CHLAMYDIYA! DUM DUM DUUUUMMMMM!
- Kaiju: As tall as a skyscraper.
Paul Panfer
A Hawaiian panther-man and film star.- Cat Folk: Has the head of a panther, among other things.
- Character Shilling: His movies have two hand puppets talking about how cool he is and nothing else.
- Mix And Match Creature: On top of being a panther-man, he's also got breasts, blue skin and multiple eyes.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's explicitly compared to Elvis Presley.
- Surfer Dude: Always seen surfing. He even uses his surfboard as a weapon against Magnum P.I.
Fantasy Block
A giant that stifles Noel's creativity.- Arc Villain: Of the second episode in Series 2.
- Fat Bastard: He looks like the Michelin Man and tears down ideas.
- Knight of Cerebus: Since the entire series relies on Noel's imagination, Fantasy Block's presence poses a serious threat.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Getting Terry Gilliam's shit on his skin makes him explode.
Reality Man
A television executive that wants to turn Luxury Comedy into a reality series.- Arc Villain: Of the third episode in Series 2.
- Evil Counterpart: To Fantasy Man. He even has the chin-cup.
- Executive Meddling: In-universe.
- Fantastic Racism: He vandalises the wardrobe to Narnia in a manner reminiscent of xenophobic harassment.
- Jerkass: Calls Noel "Fantasy Dick".
- Knight of Cerebus: Along with Fantasy Block, he's a serious threat to the fantastical elements of the series. Taking it up a notch in that he was able to curb-stomp Fantasy Man and Big Chief with no effort.
- Self-Deprecation: He enjoys watching panel shows with celebrities talking about current events in an irreverent manner. Sounds like Never Mind the Buzzcocks, of which Noel Fielding is a regular panelist.
- Take That!: Towards reality tv shows, Big Brother in particular.
The Cucumbers of Cool
An alien race of cucumber people that inspired the definition of the word "cool".- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Fantasy Block and Reality Man. Instead of representing the death of creativity, they're just run-of-the-mill villains that are defeated by reasoning.
- Cool Teacher: One of the cucumbers wants to be a teacher, though his coolness is debatable.
- Cursed with Awesome: As a result of being obsessed with trendiness, none of their race has the skill set needed to advance their civilisation.
- Informed Attribute: Despite being the harbingers of cool, they act incredibly dorky.
- Plant Person: Overlapping with Anthropomorphic Food.
