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The Bugaloos
A pop group made of attractive, British, flower-powered pixie-like humanoid insects and their more insectoid firefly friend.
I.Q.
Played by John "Big John" McIndoe
A Grasshopper (lead vocals, guitar).
- Bookworm: Bordering on Badass Bookworm (considering all the adventures he gets into).
- The Dandy: He's quite a snappy dresser.
- Disguised in Drag: Did this in one episode....as Benita!
- Ditzy Genius: Bordering-on. While he comes up with a lot of plans and schemes, they usually don't go as intended and Harmony takes up the slack.
- Guile Hero
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
- Little Bit Beastly: More like a winged pixie a la Tinkerbell than an insect.
- Prettyboy: Quite a handsome guy.
Courage
Played by John "Little John" Philpott
A Ladybug (vocals/drums)
- Brain Washed And Crazy: As a result of Easy Amnesia and Benita's manipulation.
- Cute Bruiser: Albeit a mainly non-violent one.
- Guile Hero
- Keet: He's quite bouncy and cheerful.
- Little Bit Beastly: More like a winged pixie a la Tinkerbell than an insect.
- Lovable Jock: A short, cute, boyish one.
- Prettyboy: He's a total babyface.
Joy
Played by Caroline Ellis
A Butterfly (vocals/tambourine).
- Damsel in Distress: This happens a number of times.
- Fairy Sexy: Although technically an insect, rather than a fairy. Her male co-stars to a lesser extent (being cute guys and all).
- Little Bit Beastly: More like a winged pixie a la Tinkerbell than an insect.
- Team Mom / Proper Lady: She's quite domestic and does most of the housework.
Harmony
Played by Armartie "Wayne" Laryea
A Bee (vocals/keyboards)
- Guile Hero
- Keet: Funny and humorous at times
- Little Bit Beastly: More like a winged pixie a la Tinkerbell than an insect.
- Street Smart: Though certainly not Book Dumb, he nonetheless tends to come up with the plans that actually work often on the back of I.Q.'s sensible-sounding-but-failed plan.
- Token Black: He's the only black person in the band and the show.
- Uncle Tomfoolery: Averted— he's a Cockney English guy!
Sparky
Played by Billy Barty (Body & Voice)
A Firefly
- Acrophobic Bird: Initially. He gets over it, though.
- The Eeyore
- The Klutz
- Tagalong Kid
The Villains
Benita Bizarre
Played by Martha Raye
A loopy old "Rock Witch" who'll do ANYTHING to be a famous rock star, despite having no talent whatsoever.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: OH GAWD! (Though like most examples, Martha Raye was a noted singer.)
- Little Bit Beastly: Possibly. Likely a bird.
- White-Dwarf Starlet
Funky Rat
One of Benita's flunkies. A weird little Nazi-rat.
- Brother–Sister Incest: Heavily implied with his sister, Broom Hilda.
- Gratuitous German
- Mooks
- Those Wacky Nazis: Inspired by them (but without the bigotry and genocide).
- Vampire Vords
- You Dirty Rat!
Woofer and Tweeter
Benita's other flunkies, a pair of anthropomorphized stereo speakers.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Both of them.
- The Fool: Both of them.
- Mecha-Mooks: A pair of dim-witted, speaker-based ones.
- Simpleton Voice: Woofer.
- Those Two Guys
- Tin-Can Robot: Or, in this case, Stereo Speaker Robots.
Broom Hilda
Funky Rat's Sister
- Ambiguously Evil: She's not really an active villain like her brother and his employer.
- Brother–Sister Incest: As much as could be implied in a children's show. She and Funky are uncomfortably close.
- Dark Horse Victory: Actually wins a contest that The Bugaloos were banking on Benita winning, much to their chagrin.
- Gratuitous German.
- Vampire Vords
- You Dirty Rat!
Supporting Characters
Peter Platter
The local DeeJay of Up-Town (the nearby city) and friend of the Bugaloos.
- Jive Turkey: He talks this way.
- Large Ham Radio: He's a cool Rock DeeJay, after all.
- Rollerblade Good: Or in this case, "Rollerskate Good".
Gina Lolawattage
Sparky's girfriend
- Distaff Counterpart: To Sparky
- Expy: Of Mae West (despite looking more like a female Sparky).
Nutty Bird
The resident Mail-Bird. An incredibly stupid vulture.
- Cloud Cuckoolander
- The Ditz
- Expy: Of Beaky Buzzard from the Looney Tunes cartoons.
- The Fool
- Simpleton Voice
