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Space Ghost
Space Ghost / Thaddeus "Thad" Eustace Ghostal
- Voiced by: George Lowe
"Greetings! Are you getting enough oxygen?"
The self-centered host of the show, Space Ghost is a former superhero who's since taken on the talk show wars.- Adaptational Jerkass: Played for Laughs, but Space Ghost is considerably less pleasant and rather abusive (especially when alluding to his time when Jan and Jace were his wards). Crosses into Adaptational Villainy at times as he also performs decidedly unheroic acts such as blowing up Paris and the Hoover Dam.
- Adaptational Wimp: Depends on the episode, but Rule of Funny can make him into one.
- Awful Wedded Life: A one-sided example with Björk, as it's pretty obvious Space Ghost finds her annoying (though admittedly, it's not hard to see why).
- Bestiality Is Depraved: He claims to have "banged a dog up the ass" on live television to earn extra money, and when Moltar censors him Space Ghost protests "it wasn't alive or anything".
- Butt-Monkey: If he can be humiliated, he will.
- Casanova Wannabe: Has tried and failed to woo the affections of various female guests. Those he (seemingly) succeeds with either later annoy him (Bjork) or something happens to prevent it from going any further (Rebecca Romijin).
- Cloudcuckoolander: His ideas and logic behind them are very... out there, to say the least.
- Disproportionate Retribution: After a montage of his worst moments, Space Ghost bombs Paris and blames France because "montage" is a French word.
- The Ditz: Rivals Brak and Tansit as the dumbest character on the show (though he's still moderately smarter than the both of them).
- The Dog Bites Back: He will blast Zorak, if the mantis pushes him too much (or just because). He also blasted Warren, his mentor who is heavily implied to have taken advantage of him, when the sentient plant tries to take over his show. Maybe.
- Extreme Omnisexual: He claims to have banged a dead dog up the ass, and gets upset when Moltar censors him saying it.Space Ghost: We can talk about anything, so long as Sister Mary Moltar isn't in the room.
Moltar: You're really digging yourself a deep hole.
Space Ghost: A hole I will bang my way ou-
[Moltar cuts away to a 'Technical Difficulties' sign] - I Just Want to Have Friends: Is shown to be pretty lonely, strives for acceptance, and occasionally tries to make friendly advances on not just the co-workers who hate him but also his guests. This is further explored in "The Justice Hole".
- Insane Troll Logic: Space Ghost engages this mentality at times, due to being a total Cloudcuckoolander. Such as believing he would assume the form of steam, to get back into the studio after being locked out. Or walking into his own house and not recognizing it because of some extra "lamps" (actually Zorak, Moltar and Jon Benjamin wearing lampshades) and deducing that he needs to buy a new house.
- It's All About Me: Taken to an extreme in "Chinatown", where he doesn't let Tyra Banks get in a word edgewise.
- Karma Houdini: While he got away with his abuse of Jan and Jace, and got out of having to pay them, Space Ghost generally averts this by getting beaten and/or locked away in jail for his more heinous acts.
- Though it should be noted that he did still technically get punished, as he got arrested at the end of "Lawsuit" (although it was for assaulting Zorak who tried to sue him as well). And as "Sequel" showed, Space Ghost was still in jail for it.
- Miles Gloriosus: Played with, in that Space Ghost is capable of combat, but he also has a tendency to make his experiences sound more bold than they actually were, and his combat prowess fluctuates based on Rule of Funny.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Space Ghost acts at the In-Between, being more of a jerk than Moltar, but somewhat less than Zorak.
- Nominal Hero: Again, Played for Laughs. Space Ghost claims to be a hero to millions, but as one can tell from the other tropes on this page, he's not a very good one.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Or rather, "Only Known By Their Superhero Name". In this show, Space Ghost's real name is Tad Ghostal but everybody still refers to him as Space Ghost.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: How different depends on the episode, but he's generally portrayed as some sort of ghost. Who still eats and drinks and breathes, sometimes. Despite claiming he doesn't need oxygen.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Literally, as shown in "Snatch."
- Token Human: Not counting the guests, Space Ghost is usually the only human (or humanlike) character in the show.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Slowly became more and more of a self-absorbed, dim-witted Jerkass over the course of the series.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: "Cahill" demonstrates that he's afraid of thunder, much to Zorak's amusement.
Zorak
Zorak
- Voiced by: Clay Martin Croker
"Everytime I move my arm, it costs the Cartoon Network 42 bucks! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
An enemy of Space Ghost's he has since enslaved, Zorak serves as the show's bandleader. And main source of outward disdain.- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Sometimes fines himself very easily becoming distracted by something for the entire episode. Examples include the Christmas Special where he becomes obsessed with the "Click click click" lyric from Up on the Rooftop for the entire episode, and the World Premier Toon-In special where he obsesses over a danish that Van Partible was eating.
- Badass Boast: His reference as The Lone Locust/Mantis of the Apocalypse
- Butt-Monkey: Considering the Running Gag of Zorak getting blasted by SG's power bands.
- The Gadfly: He enjoys getting under Space Ghost's skin on a regular basis.
- Hypnotic Eyes: Which, among other things, he used in an attempt to make Ice-T get him some fly honeys.
- Hypocritical Humor: A Running Gag has Zorak getting annoyed or angry when people lie, even though he's definitely not above lying, himself.
- I'm a Humanitarian: There have been a number of jokes made about his species' leanings towards cannibalism.
- It's a Wonderful Plot: "Zorak" reveals that Zorak being born kept Space Ghost from becoming a successful celebrity and politician. Naturally, Zorak takes this as motivation to continue ruining his life.
- Jerkass: Out of the entire crew, Zorak is probably the most unpleasant of them.
- Lampshade Hanging: Most of Zorak's humor comes from him commenting on (i.e. ridiculing) the various things Space Ghost says and does.
- Mantis Mating Meal: Zorak (a giant mantis) mentions that his mom ate her dad, and he himself ate his little cousin as he mentions (and apologizes) it during a family reunion. His uncles don't seem to have a grudge though.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: While all three of them are jerks, Zorak is Mean by virtue of being the most outwardly spiteful and rude.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Zorak displays some tendencies of this. Perhaps his most evident is his proposed TV show, Blood Dumpster, where his Psycho Knife Nut character pursues someone through a tunnel for an entire episode.
- Product Placement: Played for Laughs in "Dimethylprimidinol Bisulfite", where he continuously shills the titular product. He also plugs one for Mentos, when asked if he's hiding another set of arms under his vest.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Seen when he cries over not getting any fly honeys in "Needledrop".
- Replacement Goldfish: The original Zorak was killed by Thundercleese at the 2003 New Years Eve party. When The Brak Show got cancelled later that same night, the Zorak from that show was hired to replace the original.
- Singing Voice Dissonance: Zorak has this sometimes, depending on the adaptation. In Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet, he would sing with his normal voice
. However, The Brak Show had one episode where he coughs up his old voice and he begins talking and singing in a heavenly voice. A later episode brought this voice back for another song. - Would Hurt a Child: Well, he did eat his nephew Raymond.
Moltar
Moltar
- Voiced by: Clay Martin Croker
"I'm on break."
Another enemy of Space Ghost's he has since enslaved, Moltar serves as the suffering director of the show. Usually only seen in his control room. Later served as the first host of the CN action-adventure block Toonami, before passing the reins onto the various TOM robots.- Ambiguously Bi: He's married to Linda, but has demonstrated a mancrush towards Erik Estrada. Also, according to Zorak, he's guilty of writing detailed Star Trek slashfics.
- In "Self Help", he asks all the guests for the episode for a kiss, not excluding Rich Hall
- Ax-Crazy: Moltar occasionally reveals this side of himself, such as when he attempts to blow up the planet (again)
- Bad Liar: A Running Gag with Moltar features his rather poor attempts to make himself or his ideas sound more impressive. Such as "Curling Flower Space", where he claims he was visited by a talking car, and then backtracks with a claim he was repairing his broken lungs.
- Context-Sensitive Button: Whenever Moltar is shown working, he's always pulling the same lever for every single thing. This is lampshaded a few times in the show.
- Directed by Cast Member: In-Universe, Moltar technically isn't a part of the cast like Space Ghost and Zorak, but is merely the series' director and editor. Despite that, he's featured just as often as the other two and regularly interacts with his "co-stars" and the guests.
- Humanoid Abomination: Implied with The Unreveal discussed in Nightmare Face
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: For a definition of "Nice", Moltar is generally the least assholish of the three.
- Nightmare Face: He's implied to have one under his helmet, judging by Zorak's reaction in one episode's gag where Moltar removes it for a dollar.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Not as much as Zorak, but he does like to watch car crashes and things burn.
- No-Respect Guy: On a few occasions, he laments about how much he's unappreciated by the general public and (in favor of) his crewmates, including his musical performance in "Boatshow", the fact that he doesn't have any lines on the show in "Lawsuit", his lack of an introduction in "Eat a Peach", and the fact that "apparently" he scares children that too much to be used for promotional material in "Baffler Meal", which surprising holds even in real life, as Brak's usually favored over him.
- Not So Above It All: Despite usually being the voice of reason, Moltar isn't above things like encouraging Space Ghost to touch the replicating pod with Zorak, or childishly cutting off George Clinton to push Erik Estrada's interview.
- Only Sane Man: When Space Ghost and Zorak are your coworkers...
- The Unreveal: He takes off his helmet on a couple of occasions, but his face is covered by a bright flash of light.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: "Needledrop" reveals that Moltar is afraid of ghosts, after he unwittingly summons one. However, he makes it clear that he hates, not fears SG.
The Council of Doom
General
The Council as a Whole
A team formed of Space Ghost's other villains, they make periodic appearances on the show.- Adapted Out: The Creature King is the only member of the Council from the 60s series to not make an appearance outside of older footage from the original series.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: They sometimes collaborate with Space Ghost on his projects, such as acting as his telethon call panelists.
- Poor Man's Substitute: In-verse and Played for Laughs, as the often derided Lokar and Tansit took on Zorak and Moltar's spots, after they were made mainstays on the talk show.
Brak
Brak
- Voiced by: Clay Martin Croker (first episode only), Andy Merrill
- Breakout Character: To the point of being an Ascended Extra in Cartoon Planet and getting his own show.
- Cats Are Mean: Subverted. While he is a catlike being, he's rather innocuous as a villain.
- Character Catchphrase: "Hi, my name is Brak!" and "All Hail Brak!", both of which were initially all he would say.
- Characterization Marches On: When Coast to Coast first started, Brak and his brother Sisto were nothing more than parodies of Beavis And Butthead. Later on, Brak developed his own character.
- Cloudcuckoolander: It's part of what made him a Breakout Character in the first place.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: The general attitude towards him. Brak has adorable mannerisms, but is generally pretty loud and can be intrusive and obnoxious about it.
- The Ditz: Besides or perhaps alongside Tansit, Brak is the only character on the show who's dumber than Space Ghost.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: In the first episode, his voice is EXACTLY like Zorak.
- Extreme Omnivore: If "Surprise" is anything to go by, his favorite foods include asparagus, ibuprofen, and used cotton swabs.
- Fan Disservice: Not to the same degree as Tansit, but he did go topless in "King Dead" (read: his chest was recolored)
- Hidden Depths: "Telethon" shows that he's surprisingly well-educated about the Renaissance.
- It's All About Me: At least in the days when he tended to just yell his name.
- Phlebotinum-Induced Stupidity: The original Space Ghost cartoon showed Brak to be a quite well-spoken and crafty villain. The explanation for his sudden stupidity is that in the episode The Lure, he flies his ship into a swarm of alien termite-like creatures called piranha mites (or nebula of pirranamyte). He survived the encounter, but was left completely stupid afterwards.
- Simpleton Voice: He talks in an exaggerated slur to make him sound dumber.
- Too Dumb to Live: He's had moments, such as believing a very irate Space Ghost is going to give him a bath, even after watching SG take Zorak's head off.
Lokar
Lokar
- Voiced by: Andy Merrill
- Ambiguously Gay: He has referred to Moltar and Zorak as "lover", once inquired Moltar about selling scented thongs, and was a little too into the idea of Moltar playing the role of his 50s girlfriend in the planned theme of "Surprise".
- Hell Is That Noise: His dialogue is accompanied by odd insect buzzing.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Lokar always speaks in such a manner, to make himself sound refined as well as to insult people. That said, it has backfired, such as when he unwittingly referred to Space Ghost as "beautiful".
- Trrrilling Rrrs: Has a tendency to roll his R's for dramatic and pompous effect.
Tansit
Tansit
- Voiced by: Don Kennedy
- Adaptational Wimp/Badass Decay: In his first few appearances, he started out as slightly menacing, muscularly stocky, and had a deep raspy voice. But in his later appearances he's cowardly, flabby, and sports a nebbish voice.
- The Chew Toy: Even moreso than Zorak. Tansit is often the subject of disrespect whenever he appears. He even lampshades it, once, when he bemoans how he often gets invited to the show, only to end up doing jack.
- Character Catchphrase: "PREDICATE!" In his earlier appearances.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: According to Word of God, Tansit was literally forgotten about by the other characters. Of course, he was also fired in one episode, which could explain his absence, as well.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: "Hi, mom!"
- Fan Disservice: Strips down to his underwear in "King Dead", and noticeably has a gut
- Noodle Incident: Tansit mentions an incident in "Surprise", where Moltar wouldn't let him stab Space Ghost with the "rusty metal".
- Prone to Tears: He cries very easily.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. While he has noticeable red eyes and is a villain, Tansit is a total joke.
Metallus
Metallus
- The Unintelligible: Originally had a robotic voice, but later just communicated in robotic buzzing and droning
Black Widow
Black Widow
- Voiced by: Judy Tenuta
- Adaptational Name Change: In the original series, she was renamed from Black Widow to Spider Woman in her later appearances to prevent confusion with the Marvel Comics of the same name. Ironically enough, for this series it was changed back to Black Widow for similarly obvious reasons.
- Abhorrent Admirer: She makes numerous advances towards Space Ghost, much to the disgust of him and the rest of the villains.
- The Smurfette Principle: The only female member of the Council of Doom, as well as the general/recurring cast.
Others
Chad Ghostal
Chad Ghostal
- Voiced by: Brad Abelle
- Beard of Evil: Which, as a Running Gag, constantly changes
- Faux Affably Evil: "Hipster" really showed this side of him, as Space Ghost's suave "replacement" who nevertheless made threats and intended to rob The Millionaire blind at his party.
- Jive Turkey: As part of his smooth persona
- Kick the Dog: "Hipster", in particular, had Chad gleefully singing about how he was able to beat someone (Brak) up.
Harvey Birdman
Harvey Birdman
- Voiced by: Scott Finnell
- Butt-Monkey: It'd be easier to count how much goes right for poor Harvey than what goes wrong. He really is, as Space Ghost puts it, a "Six-piece Chicken McNobody".
- Character Catchphrase: BIRRRRRRRRRDMAN!
- The Chew Toy: His appearances in "Pilot" and "Sequel" are pretty much made of him getting disrespected by everyone, desperately trying (and failing) to keep his marriage together, and, in "Pilot", gets fired due to falling asleep from the lack of sunlight.
- The Dog Bites Back: In "Pilot", he sics Avenger to maul the crap out of Lokar, after the latter constantly insults him. And after all the crap he takes in "Sequel", he takes the surly Space Ghost head-on.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: He demands respect but, predictably, he gets none whatsoever.
