Main Characters | Villains | Students/Kids | Faculty/Adults
open/close all folders
Norrisville High's Faculty and Staff
Principal Irving Slimovitz
Voiced by: Jim Rash
A grown-up dork who LOVES being Principal of Norrisville High School and approaches his job with extreme enthusiasm.
- Actor Allusion: Jim Rash playing the role of the overly enthusiastic but largely incompetent head of an educational institution that is more or less falling apart at the seams? Now where have we Dean that before? Bonus points for having John Oliver voicing another member of faculty.
- Adults Are Useless: He tries to calm the students down whenever danger comes to the school only to panic and then tell everyone else to panic while also failing to control many situations, especially the student rebellion during Let Them Eat Cake Fries (It also would've helped if he'd simple SAID they were making new food products rather than on a silly pamphlet).
- Butt-Monkey: His car gets destroyed a lot.
- Cloudcuckoolander: On his off hours, he wears cowboy boots and a 10 gallon hat while wearing diapers.
- La Résistance: Formulates one against the Sorcerer in the Season 1 finale with the students in his tour group.
- The Precious, Precious Car: He spends money from the school fund just to fix it.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: The only thing he hates worse than rule breakers are tattletales.
Mrs. Marlene Driscoll
Voiced by: Megan Mullally
A super-cheery (and slightly creepy) Science teacher who uses her own husband's skeletal remains as the class skeleton and talks to and through it like a ventriloquist dummy. She's a sweet old lady but she's definitely lacking a few marbles.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She knew her husband was a dangerous man, but she married him because of that reason.
- Apathetic Teacher: Mrs.Driscoll doesn't seem to care about grades or help failing students.
- Cloudcuckoolander: She's definitely off of her rocker; it's already bad enough that she owns Mr. Driscoll's skeletal remains but the fact that even carries the thing to school and ventriloquism on it is very disturbing. Then it turns out that, when he was alive, Mr. Driscoll was a Mad Scientist who was trying to make a doomsday device to destroy the world in order to become valedictorian of his university class. When Randy finds this out, he is rightly incredulous and disturbed that she married "that wacko".
- Everyone Has Standards: While she married Mr. Driscoll for being a dangerous Mad Scientist, even she doesn't like the idea of him building a doomsday device that could destroy the universe, and asks Randy to un-revive him when he tries.
- I Love the Dead: Brings around the skeletal remains of her husband and still loves him dearly despite being, well dead. Engaging in loving "conversations" with him through ventriloquism and even dancing with him.
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: Well, she is a science teacher.
Mr. Jerry Driscoll
Voiced by: Andy Dick
Mrs. Driscoll's husband whose skeletal remains are used as the class skeleton and dragged along by his wife. In the past he was once rivals with Viceroy during college.
- Ballistic Bone: Naturally as a reanimated skeleton, he makes use of his bones as a weapon when fighting the Ninja.
- Dem Bones: His skeletal remains are reanimated by Randy's "Art of Healing" spell gone awry in Dawn of Driscoll.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: As a reanimated skeleton, his eyes glow sinister yellow.
- Mad Scientist: Was this in life, This even extends to undeath after being revived, eagerly creating a machine that was supposed to destroy the entire planet.
- Monster of the Week: After being reanimated by Randy, he eagerly serves as the antagonist for the self-titled "Dawn of the Driscoll".
- Noodle Incident: How he died and was Stripped to the Bone is never explained. His wife came close in "Dawn of the Driscoll", but Randy interrupted her.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Considering he planned on creating two doomsday devices that would destroy the earth and the universe. He's definitely has some omnicidal tendencies.
- Posthumous Character: He died before the events of the series.
- Pungeon Master: Seems to make the most out of his reanimation by dropping skeleton-based puns as much as he wants. It's unknown if making puns was a thing he did in life or was something he picked up after being reanimated.
- Status Quo Is God: He returns to being a regular skeleton at the end of his titular episode. Justified as almost right after he was brought back to life he eagerly went into villainy and nearly destroyed the universe.
Coach Green
Voiced by: John Oliver
Despite his joyful voice, this British gym teacher loves making up dangerous games for the students to play.
- Cloudcuckoolander: He's oblivious to the fact that activities such as flaming dodgeball are downright lethal to students.
- Ink-Suit Actor: His resemblance to his voice actor is very strong
. - Out of Focus: He started out having a somewhat relevant role in the early parts of season one, but as the series progresses his participating slowly becomes minimal, eventually lacking any kind of speaking role by the time the second season rolls around.
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Ringwald a.k.a. Tawny
A teacher in the school. In the prom of '85, she was "stood-up" by her date Dickie.A member of Norrisville high's faculty. Tawny was also a student in the school and in the past she was "stood-up" by Dickie in the prom of '85. Unbeknownst to her, Dickie was stanked by the Sorcerer and instead of fixing it the current Ninja at the time (Mac Antfee), decided to freeze him rather than destanking him.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Wears predominantly purple and is a pretty kind and considerate lady.
- Non-Indicative Name: Her nickname means "bright orange", but her entire outfit (even her hair) is predominantly purple. This causes trouble for Randy when trying to understand the stanked Dickie, he even lampshades how dumb her nickname is when he finally finds out who "Tawny" is.
- Out of Focus: Other than a small cameo in the episode "Grave Puncher! The Movie" where she appears accompanied by Dickie she basically disappears from the series after her A Day in the Limelight episode.
- Spell My Name With An S: It's either "Ringwald" or "Zingwald".
S. Ward Smith
Voiced by: John Witherspoon (Season 1), Gary Anthony Williams (Season 2)
The Metal Shop Teacher of Norrisville High, despite his blindness he is a master at it. He is also secretly the The Blacksmith of the Norrisville Ninjas, creating their massive arsenal of Stock Ninja Weaponry (he also does other stuff on the side obviously).
- The Blacksmith: Obvious pun aside, despite his lack of sight he has been forging the arsenal of the Norrisville Ninja's for several years.
- Blind Black Guy: In spite of his blindness, he's still able to craft some amazing swords and is surprisingly good with balloons.
- Cool Sword: Smith's specialty is making these (and other Stock Ninja Weaponry) for the Norrisville Ninjas. He forges Randy a new cooler ninja sword after the old one was broken by Randy's stupidity. His forge is filled to the brim with these as well, with one awesome-looking sword working as a lever to reveal his hidden kitchen/obstacle course. He also uses it to start said obstacle course to get there.
- Handicapped Badass: Being blind doesn't in the slightest stop him crossing a near deadly obstacle course, effortlessly.
- Master-Apprentice Chain: Not to the Ninja but his apprentice got Stank'd when he thought he was going to be replaced by Howard.
- The Nose Knows: Knows immediately that Randy is the Ninja upon meeting him because he "reeks of smoke bombs", which he states smell like farts.
- Punny Name: His full name is a play on "swordsmith".
- Secret-Keeper: Naturally due to his role as the blacksmith for the Norrisville Ninjas, he is one of the few people to easily know that Randy Cunningham is the ninja. Although he doesn't know what Randy looks like, for obvious reasons.
Other Adults
Mort Weinerman
Voiced by: Richard Kind
Howard and Heidi's father who, due to a corporate merger, now works for McFist Industries.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He maybe a bit of a dork, but when it comes down to it he's surprisingly competent and badass when needed be.
- Chairman of the Brawl: His method of breaking into McFist's weapon storage is to smash the roboape guarding it with a chair.
- Epic Fail: His killer robot, which can barely stand and ends up destroying itself without Randy ever having to attack it.
- The Friends Who Never Hang: Family variant, Mort never directly interacts with Heidi onscreen despite being her father, for the most part he's seen more often with Howard.
- Hot Guy, Ugly Wife: Mort's a pretty decent looking guy, however it's implied that his unseen wife is pretty hideous.
- Lovable Traitor: Mort's a pretty nice guy, even if he did try to help McFist kill the Ninja, the beloved town hero that's been protecting Norrisville for generations, just so he could get a promotion.
- Papa Wolf: When he mistakenly believes the Ninja is after his son, his response is to steal one of Viceroy's Robots, and pilot it to destroy the Ninja personally.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: He shares Howard's belief that an inflatable pool filled with their own sweat is an acceptable substitute for a legitimate one.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He only stayed on to help McFist destroy the Ninja to better provide for his family.
- Yes-Man: In contrast to his rather strong-willed children, he's rather spineless. However "Mort-al Combat" proves he does have his limits, where his son is concerned.
Marci Johnson McFist
Voiced by: April Stewart
Hannibal's wife and Bash's mom. She's a sweet woman who actually knows about her husband's quest to destroy the ninja and her own son's bullying, yet doesn't do much about them and may even encourage them about it.
- Affably Evil: Unlike her husband and son, she is genuinely kind and friendly. On the other hand, she openly supports her husband's quest to destroy the ninja.
- Dark Mistress: Slightly deconstructed as her tolerance and acceptance to Hannibal's villainy also extends to her own son's Jerkass tendencies.
- Generation Xerox: Barring some grey hairs and a few wrinkles, she's pretty much identical to her mother, Ruth, in terms of appearance and temperament albeit she's a bit less blunt.
- Happily Married: Oddly enough, she and her husband McFist are on good terms.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: She has a thin waist, but her chest and hips are quite large.
- Parent with New Paramour: Her husband, Hannibal McFist and her son Bash do not get along.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: While Mr. McFist isn't exactly handsome, Ms. McFist is dropdead gorgeous.
- Understanding Wife: She chooses not to interfere with her husbnad's plans to defeat the Ninja.
- Unexplained Accent: She has a Canadian accent for some reason.
Terry McFist
Voiced by: Steve Zahn
Hannibal's older brother. The actual heir to McFist Industries.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He fears to become like this like his father and brother.
- New-Age Retro Hippie: He has the mannerisms and even ends several of his sentences with "dude" or "man".
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: He has issues with his father preferring Hannibal over himself.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: After taking over McFist Industries, when the "wind" (fart) powered rides don't get enough power from the cows he switches over to abducting people to harness their prune smoothie induced "wind".
Characters from the Past
The First Ninja
Voiced by: Joel McHale
The first of the Norrisville Ninjas and the last of the Norisu Nine.
- 10-Minute Retirement: Leaves Norrisville to its fate after the Sorcerer obtains the Tengu Stone. Randy and Howard's efforts to stop the villain regardless inspire him to come back and help.
- Arch-Enemy: Until their final battle, he was this to the Sorcerer throughout most of his life. On his part, the Sorcerer greatly dislikes him for both banishing the Sorceress to the Land of Shadows and imprisoning him underground.
- Big Damn Heroes: Prevents the Sorcerer from killing Randy and Howard and finally gets to toss him into the pit.
- Brought Down to Normal: After his time as the Ninja had ended, he put all of his knowledge and experience gained from his tenure into the Ninjanomicon, expelling them from his mind.
- The Comically Serious: The First Ninja is very serious and high-strung but he has his moments.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Appears in a few episodes before his proper debut.
- Good Is Not Nice: He might be a hero, but his personality was anything but nice, being shown to be an arrogant and short-tempered person.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: He serves as this for the whole series. He is the first Norrisville Ninja who passed his knowledge on to others.
- Ice-Cream Koan: Half of his lines are made up of these in contrast to the genuine riddles and lessons the Ninjanomicon provides.
- Kill It with Fire: Has a stronger variation of the Tengu Fire Ball that takes the form of a roaring dragon. It's powerful enough to disable the Sorcerer for a modest amount of time. Randy thinks it's absolutely awesome and wants to learn how he does that.
- Last of His Kind: His eight "brothers" were all killed by the Sorcerer.
- Martial Arts Headband: Standing out from the ninjas that came after him, he dons a red, long and flowing headband around his head. As an added bonus he can use it as a weapon in a similar manner to how Randy uses his scarf.
- No Name Given: Even in the episode where he gets a spotlight, we never learn his true name.
- Other Me Annoys Me: While Randy isn't technically him. Randy is still the current/future Ninja and unfortunately for Randy, he earns the First Ninja's ire through a combination of ruining his ambush and his inability to shut up. Although the First Ninja slowly warms up to his successor once Randy re-inspires him.
- Shaping Your Attacks: The First Ninja's stronger variation of the Tengu Fire Ball is in a shape of a dragon head.
- Sophisticated as Hell: After going on detail on how much Randy ruined his plan to capture the Sorcerer. He caps it off by calling him a jerk.
- Unscrupulous Hero: "Aplopalypse Now" reveals that he forced his best friend Plop Plop to become the guardian of one of the Sorcerer's balls for 800 years against his will, basically trapping him inside an enchanted temple where he was completely isolated from the world and everyone else, only allowing him to receive a visit of the ninja's successors to replenish his supplies every four years.
Plop Plop
Voiced by: Adam Pally
Plop Plop is the First Ninja's squire and friend, very similar in appearance and personality to Howard.- Big Fun: A chubby, very friendly guy with a childish personality.
- Nice Guy: He was shown to be a very friendly character in contrast to Howard's more Jerk with a Heart of Gold personality.
- Identical Stranger: Looks almost exactly like Howard.
- Unfortunate Names: Plop Plop is a very strange name, that immediately gets Howard and Randy into a laughing fit upon hearing it.
- Really 700 Years Old: When Randy and Howard meet him again in "Aplopalypse Now" 800 years later he shows no signs of aging, neither physically or mentally.
Ninja of ' 05
Voiced by: Patrick Warburton
The Norrisville Ninja back in 2005, a large burly man that isn't too different from Randy, in fact the two actually met when he was still six years old. Saving the former's life when he was fighting the stanked Marci.- Calling Your Attacks: Just like Randy he tends to call out his moves, although unlike Randy instead of yelling "Smokebomb!" when using the aforementioned gadget, he instead says "Poof-power activate".
- Early-Bird Cameo: Appears as a doodle in "Ninjception" before his proper debut in "When Howie Met Randy".
- Everyone Has Standards: He was a little freaked out when a six year-old Randy was actually trying to slice Marci's her head off instead of cutting up her apron to destank her. Of course, Randy was six and didn't know better.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: One of the more notable differences in his suit (besides the fact it had to accommodate for his figure and stature), is that his right arm is sleeve-less while his left arm has a black sleeve that has the Norisu Nine symbol across his arm. Although both of his hands have red wristbands and black fingerless gloves
- Heroic Build: He stands out from almost every Norrisville Ninja by being absolutely shredded and tall.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: He has a very noticeable jawline underneath his mask and as a Norrisville Ninja he is plenty heroic.
- Meaningful Appearance: Unlike the previous ninjas and even future Ninja, his outfit has finger-less gloves. Which fits naturally with his brawnier figure and brawler-like fighting style.
- Scarf Of Ass Kicking: Like most of the Ninjas (save for the first), he has a scarf that looks awesome.
- Tempting Fate: After hearing then six year-old Randy gleefully saying that he was trying to cut Marci's head off, he comments that it's probably a good thing he won't be the next Ninja.
- Top-Heavy Guy: Most of his burliness is focused his broad torso, wide shoulders and very burly arms, while his legs are more on the slender side.
- Younger Than They Look: In the '05, at least. He looks and sounds much like a young adult, but given how the Ninja succession works, he could've very well be a senior in high school when he met six-year-old Randy.
