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A sheet for characters from animated shows other than Caillou and Dora the Explorer commonly depicted in GoAnimate videos.
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The Glover Family (Little Bill)
General
- Adaptational Jerkass: It's GoAnimate, so naturally the kids are troublemakers and the adults give unfair punishments, such as unreasonably long groundings.
- Adaptational Villainy: Being "baby show" characters in the Grounded videos, it's pretty much a given that they're all sometimes cast as villains.
- Butt-Monkey: Lots of bad stuff befalls them.
- The Chew Toy: Most of their bad fortune is played for comedy.
- Dysfunctional Family: Like most families in GoAnimate, they're almost always at one another's throats.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: April and Bobby are both the responsible to Little Bill's foolish; he's the troublemaker and they try to keep him in line.
- Jerkass: Some of them can be less jerky than other members of the family, but they're all somewhat jerky.
Little Bill Glover
Completing the "baby show character" trifecta in the grounded videos is Little Bill. Much like Caillou and Dora, Little Bill's characterization as a curious youngster intrigued by the world around him is ignored in favor of him making his peers' lives a living you-know-what which, of course, leads to his grounding.
- Adaptational Jerkass: He's not the innocent kid you knew him for in his original show.
- Adaptational Villainy: A good kid in his actual show but not here.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Is a pain in the neck towards April and Bobby.
- Bald of Evil: Little Bill is bald and he's a troublemaker.
- Berserk Button: Don't Call him Little Pill!
- Bratty Half-Pint: A classic example; he's a bratty, troublemaking boy.
- Big Brother Bully: Inverted, he is a little brother bully towards Bobby and April.
- Butt-Monkey: Like every troublemaker out there, he's given extreme punishments.
- Cute Bruiser: He's cute but don't be fooled. Little Bill is totally strong.
- Darker and Edgier: He is a murderer in GoAnimate in contrast to his original counterpart.
- Enfant Terrible: Maybe not as much as the other troublemakers but still pretty evil.
- Evil Brit: Speaks with a British accent, and a brat.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to April and Bobby's responsible — he's a troublemaker while they're fairly reasonable kids.
- Freudian Excuse: Being mistreated by his parents is what makes him a troublemaker.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: His parents make his life a living hell.
- Jerkass: All troublemakers have this trait.
- Kids Are Cruel: His bratty behaviour is common among the children in grounded videos.
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Reality Subtext: Averted, actually. Little Bill was just as much of a grounded video target as he was after Bill Cosby's scandals and subsequent end of career. - Unexplained Accent: For reasons unknown, much like Daisy, he speaks with a distinctive British accent (usually the Brian or Lawrence voices are used) while the rest of his family (except Brenda) tend to speak in American accents. He could have gotten it from his mother, though.
- Villain Team-Up: Some videos have him as part of Caillou's circle of trouble-making friends alongside Dora.
- Would Hit a Girl: Just ask April, whom he commonly abuses.
Big Bill and Brenda Glover
Big Bill and Brenda, as in actual canon, are Little Bill's parents, and, as such are the ones who ground and punish Little Bill the most often whenever Little Bill acts up in these videos.
- Abusive Parents: Unlike Caillou and Dora's families, where usually only one of their parents is violent to almost Ax-Crazy levels, both Big Bill and Brenda are equally violent and abusive toward Little Bill whenever he acts up.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Almost goes without saying at this point; they tend to give unusually long grounding times.
- Adaptational Villainy: Like everybody — they're violent and abusive.
- Bald of Evil: Big Bill's bald and is a pointlessly harsh man.
- Berserk Button: Some videos have hamburgers be a pet peeve for Big Bill... for some reason.
- The Bully: They all gang up on Little Bill.
- Does Not Like Spam: Big Bill hates hamburgers.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: They do seem to love April and Bobby despite abusing Little Bill.
- Jerkass: They are all-around assholes.
- Jerkass Has a Point: They're right about most things Little Bill does even though they go too far in punishing him for it.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Big Bill and Brenda are both scary, but they don't always intend to.
April and Bobby
Little Bill's two siblings.
- Butt-Monkey: They get a lot of bad luck, normally caused by Little Bill. April is also hurt by him constantly.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: They're both the responsible to Little Bill's foolish, being mostly well-behaved kids while he's the troublemaker.
- Hero Antagonist: Of course, they aren't as bad as other older siblings.
Grandma Alice
Little Bill's grandmother.
- Adaptational Jerkass: In the same vein as Caillou's grandparents and Abuela Marquez, she is portrayed as more of a Jerkass compared to her canon counterpart who is a Cool Old Lady.
- Grumpy Old Man: Elderly and cranky.
- Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: She is elderly and is a complete jerk!
The Read Family (Arthur)
Arthur Timothy Read
While not featured as prominently in grounded videos as Caillou, Dora, or even Little Bill (and despite not technically being a "baby show character"), Arthur is another fairly frequently appearing kid's show character in the grounded videos. As can be expected, he's not the Nice Guy that he is in his show and regularly causes trouble in the videos that he appears in.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Per the norm. While canonical Arthur did have his moments (as seen in episodes like "Arthur's Big Hit" and "A is for Angry"), he was generally a Nice Guy. Here, he's a brat and a troublemaker.
- Adaptational Villainy: Not the responsible, well-mannered boy you saw on his show.
- Bald of Evil: Shown with Charlie Brown Baldness and is the main villain of his grounded series.
- Big Brother Bully: Towards D.W. — he's often portrayed as hitting, cruelly pranking, or otherwise being mean to her.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: His usual portrayal has him be fairly close to his usual self until he is wronged in some way, after which he becomes a huge jerk, often with a foul-mouth to go with it.
- Bratty Half-Pint: To the point that D.W. in his original show pales in comparison.
- Butt-Monkey: Every troublemaking kid has terrible luck, often via bad punishments.
- Charlie Brown Baldness: Appears to be bald in most Comedy World depictions.
- Demoted to Extra: Possibly due to a mostly negative reaction to the "Arthur Gets Grounded" videos (likely because of the fact that Arthur, like it or not, is a largely beloved show with a large
Periphery Demographic), Arthur is gradually becoming a less frequent grounded target and only makes sporadic appearances in grounded videos nowadays, instead tending to appear as a neutral or even somewhat heroic character instead. - Evil Brit: Often has Lawrence or Brian as his default voice setting.
- Expy: Of Caillou, somewhat. Arthur sets himself apart from Caillou by typically being more of a loud-mouth rather than being Ax-Crazy.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: A foul-mouthed brat with glasses.
- Freudian Excuse: While Arthur tends to come off as a unpleasant person to be around, some videos show that it's possibly as a result of abuse from his parents.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Of course. The over-the-top punishments his parents give him are Played for Laughs.
- Gonk: Attempts to emulate Arthur's ears in the Comedy World theme tend to come off as...weird. (And the same goes for the rest of his family as well, though it looks especially weird with Arthur.)
- Jerkass: Once he gets set off, Arthur becomes a thoroughly ill-mannered potty-mouthed kid.
- Jerkass Woobie: Can you really blame him for being bad with the crap he takes from his parents?
- Kids Are Cruel: Usually behaves meanly towards D.W.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: In some videos, Arthur is shown swearing like a sailor when he winds up not getting his way.
- Sophisticated as Hell: He can be extremely rude, but never strays from talking in a distinctive South-Eastern English accent.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Again, per the norm with unironic ungrounding videos and deconstructions.
- Unexplained Accent: Despite originating from an American/Canadian co-production, Arthur is frequently voiced with the Brian voice setting, giving him a British accent.
Dora Winfred "D.W." Read
D.W. is, of course, Arthur's younger sister. Crazy as it sounds, she is fairly rarely portrayed as a troublemaker and instead is usually Arthur's target for trouble-making.
- Adaptational Heroism: Odd as it may seem, D.W. actually comes off as the most tolerable out of the Reads instead of the other way around.
- Berserk Button: Do not feed her spinach.
- The Chew Toy: Rarely leaves a video unscathed.
- Expy: Of Rosie in terms of how often she is The Chew Toy in the Arthur Gets Grounded videos.
- Nice Girl: Nicer than Arthur, at least.
- Not So Above It All: Despite being less of a troublemaker than her brother, she does get her moments of trouble-making.
- Only Sane Man: The rest of the Reads are mean-spirited psychos. D.W., on the other hand, is the least mean and calmest of the Reads.
- Spoiled Brat: Bizarrely subverted; Arthur seems to be the brat of the family in the grounded videos instead of her.
- Token Good Teammate: Arthur is a jerk, his parents are abusive, but D.W. is, shockingly enough, more mellow compared to anyone else in her family.
- Valley Girl: The Princess voice-setting is one of D.W.'s more common voice settings.
David and Jane Read
Arthur and D.W.'s parents. David and Jane, like other parents, mostly exist to punish Arthur (and occasionally D.W.) whenever he/she misbehaves.
- Abusive Parents: David tends to come off as the worst of the two, however, being violent towards Arthur on occasion and grounding Arthur for really petty reasons. (Even innocuous things as playing a certain video game or hanging out with his friends.)
- Adaptational Villainy: Canonically, Jane and David were nice (if a bit useless) parents. Here they're every bit as mean as the other parents.
- The Bully: Arthur gets tormented by them.
- Expy: David comes off as a less Ax-Crazy Boris. Jane shares a few similarities with Doris, as well, but she gives out much fewer Throw the Dog a Bone moments. Sometimes both parents even share the same voice settings as Boris and Doris.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Both parents are hot tempered, but especially David.
- Jerkass: They get mad over tiny things, and inflict rather painful punishments on Arthur.
- The Stool Pigeon: David is sometimes shown calling other kids' parents and getting them grounded just for being around Arthur, much less trouble-making with him.
- Tautological Templar: They think they are good characters, but they really are not.
Baby Kate
The baby sister of Arthur and D.W.
- Demoted to Extra: Hardly even appears in the grounded videos with Arthur. Or anyone else.
- Living Prop: She doesn't even do much in the scenes she does appear in. She's just there.
- The Speechless: Never says anything. Justified, as she's a baby.
Mystery Incorporated (Scooby-Doo)
Fred Jones
The protagonist of the Scooby-Doo series of videos, a rising trend series of videos started by Samster5677. Unlike in the series, Fred and his team's trademark myth-hunting is ignored, and his leadership has been replaced by an ignorant, volatile-tempered drunkard who has no problem with being violent to his friends. He is voiced by Paul.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Exaggerated to the point it's worth noticing that Fred shares no attributes with his canon counterpart.
- Adaptational Villainy: Has nothing in common with his TV show counterpart and is cast as the villain in most videos.
- The Alcoholic: He's commonly seen either referencing or drinking beer. In fact, this is possibly what explains his violent temperament in the videos.
- Ax-Crazy: As mentioned above, he has no problem giving his team members "concussion time" when they screw up, and is commonly shown driving recklessly.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: He has no problem with giving Scooby concussions. Scooby gets concussions less than anyone else though.
- Berserk Button: Has many things that make him mad, but some notable ones are disobeying him, hacking into his bank account, breaking the TV, selling the Mystery Machine, stealing his Nintendo Switch, going to places without him, drinking his beer, and spending his money.
- The Bully: Is aggressive and rude owards his teammates.
- Catchphrase: "It's concussion time!"
- Darker and Edgier: He's an awful leader compared to his original self.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Like many of his fellow GoAnimate "protags", Fred tends to flip out and go on a punishing spree over the most minor things.
- Drives Like Crazy: Drives the Mystery Machine very recklessly.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: None of the members of the Scooby gang like him. And for good reason. He is unkind with absolutely nothing to like about him!
- The Gambling Addict: He once spent all of his money on lottery tickets. He lost all of it.
- Hypocrite: Sometimes he tells the Mystery Inc to stop yelling while he too is shouting.
- Jerkass: Abusive of his own teammates and beats them up on a frequent basis.
- Karma Houdini: Unlike many of the other characters who tend to have Laser-Guided Karma hit them, Fred has so far evaded all sorts of comeuppances and attempts to get back at Fred are useless. A good example of this is in the video "Daphne Blows Up The Mystery Machine
", where Daphne accidentally pops the tires on the Mystery Machine and is given Concussion Time. She wakes up in the hospital where the doctor tells her what happened and that he isn't reporting Fred to the police because "it's GoAnimate and no one gives a crap". Later videos suggest that Fred is just too powerful and he easily breaks out of wherever he's sent to, so the police don't even bother apprehending him no matter what he does. - Karma Houdini Warranty: His Karma Houdini status is subverted in these videos:
- In "Fred Jones tries to give Brian a concussion and gets beaten up and arrested", he tries to give Brian a concussion only to receive a painful beating from both him and the Angry German Kid and then put in jail.
- In Fred gets arrested in an airport, he is caught by airport security carrying a bag of weed and is arrested.
- Zigzagged in The Scooby Gang go to Universal Studios (FRED ARRESTED). Fred, furious at being at the titular amusement park, hijacks a plane and crashes it. He believes that he'll get away with it and is utterly shocked when he's arrested and goes to jail. However, he gets so indignant at being arrested that he turns into a Teeth Guy, escapes and attacks the rest of the Scooby Gang.
- Zigzagged again Fred's Fortnite Fiasco. Cailou's dad, angry that Fred caused Fortnite to temporarily crash, invokes punishment time on Fred. However, his screaming annoys the others so much that Shaggy invokes Ultra Instinct and tries to banish him... to the garage, somehow nullifying the punishment time.
- In "Fred Jones tries to give Brian a concussion and gets beaten up and arrested"
- Medium Awareness: He often has arguments with Samster5677, most notably the one where they argue over who Fred's real creator is.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: All his teammates are terrified of him.
- No Indoor Voice: He is always screaming at his teammates.
- Only Sane Man: While Fred is very much a Jerkass, a few videos portrays him as this as he will be dragged into situations he really doesn't want to be involved in. As well, while he is a penny-pincher, it's mostly because Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby would buy everything that isn't bolted down.
- The Scrooge: Though it's unknown as to how much money Fred has, he absolutely hates it when any of Mystery Inc. spends money. He attempts to keep a tight rein on the purse, but he'll gladly attack people if he feels they are spending too much, with one egregious example having Shaggy becoming an food reviewer, only for Fred to race in, smash his camera and give him concussion for doing this as it spends money. To be very fair, though, Fred does have a justified reason as Daphne will happily buy anything and everything she can get her hands on and Shaggy and Scooby would eat entire establishments to the ground. This video seems to suggest the reason why he's so stingy is because that money is his beer money. Come between his money and his beer and he gets violent. The only exception was the time he spent all his money on lottery tickets and scratch-off cards.
- "Stop Having Fun" Guy: In-Universe, Fred is shown to be so very happy to stop any thing the rest of the Gang from doing anything because it involves spending money.
- Teens Are Monsters: He is a teenager and a short-tempered lunatic.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: One of GoAnimate's biggest examples of this next to Boris and (on a bad day) Caillou, Fred is portrayed as a generally very unpleasant person who yells constantly, always seems angry, and frequently abuses his teammates over petty reasons.
- With Friends Like These...: He is friends with the gang but he injures them on a daily basis.
- Would Hit a Girl: Completely okay with giving his female teammates concussions.
Scooby and Shaggy
Two members of Mystery Inc. and supporting characters for Scooby-Doo videos. Scooby is the dog and Shaggy is a dirty blonde. Unlike Fred, they are relatively close to their canon personalities.
- Big Eater: A trait they share with their canon counterparts, if buying 250 dollars worth of food in Scooby Gang Goes To The Carnival is any indication.
- Canine Companion: Shaggy is a man who has Scooby the dog as his pet.
- The Ditz: Both of them aren't very smart.
- Dogs Are Dumb: Scooby has his stupid moments.
- Dumb Blonde: Shaggy isn't the sharpest person ever, and he's a dirty blond.
- GIS Syndrome: Scooby is usually presented as stock images of himself. It's probably for the best as he is otherwise difficult to present in most (if not all) GoAnimate themes.
- Like Is, Like, a Comma: Shaggy talks like this; peppering his sentences with "like".
- Nice Guy: Almost as nice as their canonical counterparts.
- The Quiet One: Scooby doesn't talk as much as the rest of the Gang.
- Super Mode: Shaggy has his memetic "Ultra Instinct" form, but after breaking the universe, he really doesn't like using it.
- Those Two Guys: Don't expect them to be apart very often.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Anything and everything from McDonald's.
- Verbal Tic: Shaggy adds "like" to his sentences a lot, much like he does canonically.
Daphne Blake
Fred's girlfriend who is obsessed with her phone. She is voiced by Julie.
- Adaptational Dumbass: She tends to be depicted as ditzier than she usually is in canon.
- Butt-Monkey: Out of all the Gang members, she gets attacked by Fred the most and frequently gets concussions from him.
- Deadpan Snarker: Sasses Fred at times.
- The Ditz: She's air headed and spacey.
- The Dog Bites Back: In this video, Daphne gets so fed up with Fred after he flipped out at them over being one cent over their limit at the mall, that she gets the rest of the Gang to spend all of his money. Subverted in that Fred doesn't take it well. At all.
- Domestic Abuse: Fred's not any less violent towards her than he is towards Shaggy, Scooby or Velma.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: An airhead but very good natured.
- The Load: While none of the gang seems to have jobs, Daphne seems to be the only one openly refusing to get a job. In "Daphne Spends $1,000,000 on Fred's Credit Card/Concussion Time", Daphne is offended at the suggestion of actually getting a job at McDonalds and decides to steal Fred's credit card.
- Ms. Red Ink: In many videos, she'll buy just about anything she likes, much to Fred's displeasure.
- Nice Girl: Although anyone's nice compared to Fred.
- Phoneaholic Teenager: She loves using her phone and is seen using it in nearly all of her appearances.
- Skewed Priorities: Daphne seems to value her phone more than her own life.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: She's much stupider than her canon counterpart.
Velma
The smartest member of the Scooby Gang. Not that that's saying much.
- Black Bead Eyes: And the only gang member who has these to boot.
- Blind Without 'Em: Well she is the trope image, after all; she's very nearsighted.
- Butt-Monkey: Fred beats her as often as the other members of the Scooby Gang.
- The Cracker: She once hacked into Fred's bank account to get back at him for buying a laptop he said she couldn't buy.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Nobody else in the gang has Black Bead Eyes but her.
- Nice Girl: Like any other member of the Gang that isn't Fred; she's mostly very polite.
- Only Sane Man: The only one of the gang who isn't an idiot, insane, or a jerk.
- The Smart Guy: Good with computers.
Other characters
Kai Lan
The title character and protagonist of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Like every "baby show" character; she's a bratty troublemaker.
- Adaptational Villainy: She's not the sweet kid you may know and love(?).
- Asian Rudeness: Ye Ye even calls her a "Chinese brat".
- Badass Adorable: Small yet can do all sorts of badass stuff.
- Creepy Child: She does quite a bit of creepy stuff.
- Cute and Psycho: A cute Chinese kid who is a jerk.
- Enfant Terrible: Not to the extent of the other kids, but still pretty evil.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Has one sick sense of humor.
- Jerkass: A total prick.
- Kids Are Cruel: Picks on everybody.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Although any troublemaker is this.
- The Rival: She's sometimes portrayed as a nemesis to Dora.
Angelica Pickles
In the few Grounded videos that involve Rugrats, Angelica Pickles tends to be the most common troublemaker for obvious reasons.
- Adaptational Villainy: While the canon Angelica already liked picking on the babies, she rarely (if ever) physically attacked them, as she's willing to do here.
- Badass Adorable: She's a toddler who is physically strong.
- Berserk Button:
- The existence of the other babies irks her.
- Don't talk to her while she's using her phone.
- Butt-Monkey: Far more so than she is canonically. Here, Angelica is far less successful in getting away with her wrong-doings.
- Enfant Terrible: She's three years old and loves bullying the babies.
- Evil Brit: Most users give her British voice settings.
- Girlish Pigtails: A trait that she has canonically; she has pigtails and is a three-year-old girl.
- Jerkass: Though, really, she isn't really much worse than she is canonically.
- Spoiled Brat: Again, par for the course with Angelica. She barely even takes a level in Jerkass from her canon characterization.
- Unexplained Accent: Commonly has a British voice setting, while none of the other characters (including her parents) do.
Noddy
While nowhere near as commonly used in the Grounded videos as Caillou, Dora, Little Bill or Arthur, Noddy from Noddy's Toyland Adventures Noddy makes appearances in these videos from time to time, usually as a troublemaker, but also has his fair share of appearances as a hero or bystander. As per the norm, characterization of him varies from user to user; in many cases, he's not the Cheerful Child you know him for, and will instead regularly cause mischief much like all the other troublemakers. He's usually voiced by David.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Like all other "baby show" characters; he's the troublemaker.
- Adaptational Villainy: Pretty much a given at this point — he's usually cast as the villain.
- Butt-Monkey: Much like every other troublemaker, he gets given unfair punishments.
- Depending on the Writer: Whether or not he's a troublemaker varies, considering he has appeared in a few "[Character] Misbehaves at [Resort]" videos as a good guy. Most users seem to depict him as one, however.
- Enfant Terrible: Less so than some other troublemakers but still evil.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Much more easily-angered than his original series.
- Jerkass: It's GoAnimate, so he's very rude and mischievous.
- Perverse Puppet: A wooden doll who will stop at nothing to get his way.
- Vocal Dissonance: Much like Caillou, as his usual voice setting is David, he sounds much older than he looks.
Trip
Trip, the rival to Ash Ketchum in Pokémon the Series: Black & White, is a popular character to use as a trouble-maker in the grounded videos, whether they are actually Pokémon oriented or not.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Trip could get a little rude toward Ash in his home series, but it was clear that it was just an act. Here, though he really is a genuine Jerkass.
- Adaptational Villainy: Canon Trip is a somewhat aloof character who acts like a jerk and who became nicer over time. Here, Trip is your typical GoAnimate brat with none of that.
- Adapted Out: He is almost never featured with his Pokémon, not even as stock images.
- Canon Foreigner: Has invented parent characters.
- GIS Syndrome: Some videos have Trip (and other Pokémon characters) as stock images of themselves.
- Small Reference Pools: It seems odd that Trip (despite his Hidden Depths) would be the main trouble-maker from the Pokémon anime, giving one the idea that someone saw his initial treatment of Ash in his debut episodes (but saw no others where Trip went through Character Development), made a grounded video out of him, and the fanbase just ran with it.
Barney the Dinosaur
Formerly one of the most popular targets of mockery, you can expect Barney to appear in quite a few cartoons. Surprisingly, he gets off quite lightly most of the time compared to most kids-friendly characters.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Several users, when not affected by GIS Syndrome, design Barney as a human with purple and green skin.
- Berserk Button: Don't steal his money.
- Bounty Hunter: He was once hired by Boris and Miss Martin to kill, and later capture, Caillou. He succeeded.
- Butt-Monkey: When he's not a troublemaker, several videos depict him getting killed by troublemakers. Even more so when the culprit is rewarded for it.
- Evil Counterpart: Some users have a "Good Barney" (purple and green) and an "Evil Barney" (red and purple).
- Fat Bastard: When he's a troublemaker and not a stock photo, he's usually depicted as pudgy.
- GIS Syndrome: Several users simply use a shock photo of Barney when he's in a video.
- No Indoor Voice: He tended to use the infamously loud "Kidaroo" voice setting before it was removed.
Elmo
videos.- Adaptational Villainy: Is usually cast as the troublemaker.
- Bratty Half-Pint: A troublesome three-yer-old boy.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: In PappyAnimate2012’s videos, him and Caillou are rarely seen without each other.
- Third-Person Person: Much like his canon counterpart, he refers to himself in third person.
