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== The Prints ==
== The Prints ==


A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.
A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.


* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Looks like a 40-something-that-looks-young-for-his-age
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Looks like a 40-something-that-looks-young-for-his-age
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Parents As People]]: He and comics do not get along often. He has his moments, though.
* [[Parents as People]]: He and comics do not get along often. He has his moments, though.
* [[Team Dad]]: To the Prints, [[Parental Substitute|particularly to Journalism]]. To his actual son, however...
* [[Team Dad]]: To the Prints, [[Parental Substitute|particularly to Journalism]]. To his actual son, however...
* [[Time Abyss]]: He has no stated age and is implied to be very old.
* [[Time Abyss]]: He has no stated age and is implied to be very old.
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* [[The Hero]]: The closest that the series has to one, really.
* [[The Hero]]: The closest that the series has to one, really.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: His [[Old Shame|time as the "yellow kid."]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: His [[Old Shame|time as the "yellow kid."]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: A newsboy cap with a press tag. Back in the day, he wore a fedora.
* [[Nice Hat]]: A newsboy cap with a press tag. Back in the day, he wore a fedora.
* [[Noveau Riche]]: As the [[Strawman News Media|yellow kid]].
* [[Noveau Riche]]: As the [[Strawman News Media|yellow kid]].
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* [[Basement Dweller]]: He lives in his family's basement.
* [[Basement Dweller]]: He lives in his family's basement.
* Bishounen
* Bishounen
* [[The Cape]]
* [[The Cape (trope)]]
* [[Clark Kent Outfit]]
* [[Clark Kent Outfit]]
* [[Emo Teen]]: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing [[The Dark Age Of Comics]]. This [[Darker and Edgier]] phase in the 1990s [[Great Comics Crash Of 1996|did not end well]]
* [[Emo Teen]]: Emo Young Adult, actually, representing [[The Dark Age Of Comics]]. This [[Darker and Edgier]] phase in the 1990s [[Great Comics Crash Of 1996|did not end well]]
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* [[Heroic Build]]: For a skinny dude, he's quite buff.
* [[Heroic Build]]: For a skinny dude, he's quite buff.
* [[Hippie Parents]]: Art and Literature.
* [[Hippie Parents]]: Art and Literature.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Mister Imagination]]
* [[Mister Imagination]]
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== The [[Audio Visuals]] ==
== The [[Audio Visuals]] ==
Characterized by their adherence to the [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption.
Characterized by their adherence to the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption.


* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: He has a soft spot for children
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He has a soft spot for children
*** [[Friend to All Children]]
*** [[Friend to All Children]]
* [[Madness Mantra]]: RATINGS
* [[Madness Mantra]]: RATINGS
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* [[Parental Substitute]]: To his sister, Video.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To his sister, Video.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Sometimes
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Sometimes
* [[New Media Are Evil]]: He views Internet as this. Everyone younger than him views him as this.
* [[New Media Are Evil]]: He views Internet as this. Everyone younger than him views him as this.
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: He does this to a lot of the media.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: He does this to a lot of the media.
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== '''Video—Mary Sue Farnsworth-Phillips''' ==
== '''Video—Mary Sue Farnsworth-Phillips''' ==
TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.
TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.


* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Of Radio
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Of Radio
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A tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed in a 70s pimp suit.
A tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed in a 70s pimp suit.


* [[The Big Guy]] / [[The Brute]]: Depending on whether
* [[The Big Guy]] / [[The Brute]]: Depending on whether
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Happily Married]]: To Video
* [[Happily Married]]: To Video
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Radio
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Radio
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* [[Adorkable]]: They all are, to some extent.
* [[Adorkable]]: They all are, to some extent.
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: In a way, this is what they technically would be.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: In a way, this is what they technically would be.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.
* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]: Internet and his twin brother Intranet.
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* [[Cute Kitten]]: [[LOLcats|He has one as a pet]]
* [[Cute Kitten]]: [[LOLcats|He has one as a pet]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Extraverted Nerd]]
* [[Extroverted Nerd]]
* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The "foolish" one.
* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The "foolish" one.
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Genius Ditz]]
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* [[New Media Are Evil]]: He gets accused of this often; while not unjustified, he sometimes feels it goes too far.
* [[New Media Are Evil]]: He gets accused of this often; while not unjustified, he sometimes feels it goes too far.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: The aforementioned cat
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: The aforementioned cat
* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Teens Are Short]]: Averted. He's taller than his father and is as tall as TV.
* [[Teens Are Short]]: Averted. He's taller than his father and is as tall as TV.
* [[Teen Genius]]
* [[Teen Genius]]


== '''Intranet—[[Everything's Better With Bob|Robert]] Licklider Bell''' ==
== '''Intranet—[[Everything's Better with Bob|Robert]] Licklider Bell''' ==
Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.
Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.


* [[The Dutiful Son]]
* [[The Dutiful Son]]
* [[Everything's Better With Bob]]
* [[Everything's Better with Bob]]
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extraverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extraverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable.
** [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The "responsible" one.
** [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The "responsible" one.
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== '''Computer Technology—Timothy Babbage Bell''' ==
== '''Computer Technology—Timothy Babbage Bell''' ==
Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.
Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.


* [[Geek Physique]]: He's short.
* [[Geek Physique]]: He's short.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Parents As People]]: Keeps Internet, who gives him all sorts of viruses, within arm's distance through a [[Visual Pun|wall of fire.]]
* [[Parents as People]]: Keeps Internet, who gives him all sorts of viruses, within arm's distance through a [[Visual Pun|wall of fire.]]
* [[Parental Favoritism]]
* [[Parental Favoritism]]
* [[The Patriarch]]
* [[The Patriarch]]
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== '''Video Gaming—Kirby Park''' ==
== '''Video Gaming—Kirby Park''' ==


A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.
A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.


* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: 1337sp33k and on occassion, Korean.
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: 1337sp33k and on occassion, Korean.
* [[I Lied]]: {{Portal His only joke so far.}}
* [[I Lied]]: [[Portal|His only joke so far.]]
* Hikikomori: Not very fond of the outdoors.
* Hikikomori: Not very fond of the outdoors.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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* [[Friend to All Children]]: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: A [[Nice Guy]], but way into [[Dead Baby Comedy]] and [[Naughty Tentacles]].
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: A [[Nice Guy]], but way into [[Dead Baby Comedy]] and [[Naughty Tentacles]].
** [[Covert Pervert]]
** [[Covert Pervert]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to his half-brother's red.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to his half-brother's red.

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The Prints

A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses.

Print Literature—Sean Macmillan

Represents books, both fiction and nonfiction. Oldest of the prints and the patriarch of the print family. He wears a sweater vest and long sleeve shirt, evocative of an intellectual writer.

Print Journalism—Jimmy Pulitzer

Print Literature's brother. Represents newspapers and magazines. He dresses as a cross between depression-era newsboy and 40s journalist.

Cartoons and Comics—Clark Macmillian

Literature's son from Visual Art. Represents comics as a storytelling medium, including He and dad don't get along often. Closer to his uncle and his half-brother, Animation. Wears a heavy overcoat over a gray shirt with a word balloon in it.

Mail—Cody Williams

Represents the postal system. The only girl among the prints, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier.

The Audio Visuals

Characterized by their adherence to the simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment, usually for broadcast or home consumption.

Television—Walter Logie Farnsworth

The de facto leader of the media, representing the television industry and live-action TV shows. He wears a suit and a lapel mic. Video's older brother.

Video—Mary Sue Farnsworth-Phillips

TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager.

Recording Industry—Vince Raymond Phillips

A tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed in a 70s pimp suit.

Music Video

Daughter of the Recording Industry and Video representing music videos as a distinct medium. A teenage girl dressed in party clothes.

The Digitals

Representing computer-based media, this groups marker is the almost universal presence of Nerd Glasses.

Internet—Rossum Frederick Bell

Represents the modern Internet and the culture therein. Looks like a regular (if nerdy) teenager. Son of Computer Tech and Telecommunication, and the older of a pair of identical twins.

Intranet—Robert Licklider Bell

Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet.

Computer Technology—Timothy Babbage Bell

Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications.

ARPANET—Taylor Bell

Internet's older sister, based on the Internet's predecessor. Dressed in an American military uniform.

Podcast—Miley Bell

Video Gaming—Kirby Park

A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket.

The Films

Cinema—Fritz Stevens

Animation—Charlie Steve

Representing the modern animation industry that traces its origin to the silent era. A wacky, animesque man dressed casually, wearing a backpack. Art's son from Cinema and Comics' half-brother.

Photography—Renee Daguerre

Represents photography as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer. Journalism's love interest.

The Telegraphs

Represents technologies dedicated to transferring verbal and written information without the use of physical transportation. Nominally would include Internet.


Radio—Giacomo Marconi

Represents radio technology as a whole and radio broadcasting in particular. Dressed a a disk jockey.

Telegraphy—Samuel Bell

Represents the sum total of telegraphic technology up to wire. Originally a sailor, now a distinguished old gentleman in an anachronistic Victorian suit.

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