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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
* Bishounen / Bifauxnen
* Bishounen / Bifauxnen
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble]]
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]
** Phlegmatic: Literature
** Phlegmatic: Literature
** Choleric: Journalism
** Choleric: Journalism
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* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: At points in history, he becomes this.
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: At points in history, he becomes this.
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: He likes to [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|imagine]] and [[Reality Warper|can materialize]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|weapons]] [[Physical God|and climate conditions with ease]]
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: He likes to [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|imagine]] and [[Reality Warper|can materialize]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|weapons]] [[Physical God|and climate conditions with ease]]
* [[Non Action Guy]]
* [[Non-Action Guy]]
* [[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]]
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* [[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.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Didactic|What do you mean, he's not didactic?]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Didactic?|What do you mean, he's not didactic?]]


== '''Print Journalism—Jimmy Pulitzer''' ==
== '''Print Journalism—Jimmy Pulitzer''' ==
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* [[Sequential Artist]]
* [[Sequential Artist]]
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]: Under his jacket, his shirt has no sleeves.
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]: Under his jacket, his shirt has no sleeves.
** [[Fun T Shirt]]: Said shirt has a word balloon on it.
** [[Fun T-Shirt]]: Said shirt has a word balloon on it.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Supposed to evoke this, for some reason.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Supposed to evoke this, for some reason.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Treated as a bastard by his own father.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Treated as a bastard by his own father.
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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]]
* Executive Meddling: A recurring theme
* Executive Meddling: A recurring theme
* [[Old Media Are Evil]]: Many of them are [[Jerk Asses]]
* [[Old Media Are Evil]]: Many of them are [[Jerk Asses]]
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** [[Big Brother Mentor]]
** [[Big Brother Mentor]]
** [[Big Brother Instinct]]
** [[Big Brother Instinct]]
** [[Bread Eggs Milk Squick|and]] [[Big Brother Is Watching]]
** [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|and]] [[Big Brother Is Watching]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He's essentially a huge [[Take That]] to television networks in general. But not all the time.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He's essentially a huge [[Take That]] to television networks in general. But not all the time.
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* [[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.
* [[TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|TV Tropes is ruining his life]]
* [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|TV Tropes is ruining his life]]
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: He's from Scotland, [[Truth in Television|as television was invented there.]]
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: He's from Scotland, [[Truth in Television|as television was invented there.]]
* Yandere
* Yandere
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* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Of Radio
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Of Radio
* [[Non Indicative Name]]: She isn't a [[Mary Sue Classic]], nor is she
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: She isn't a [[Mary Sue Classic]], nor is she
* Yandere
* Yandere


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* [[Papa Wolf]]: To Music Video
* [[Papa Wolf]]: To Music Video
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With TV, his brother in law.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With TV, his brother in law.
* [[Well Done Son Guy]] / [[Happily Adopted]]: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] / [[Happily Adopted]]: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing.


== '''Music Video''' ==
== '''Music Video''' ==
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* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Very protective of his little sister Podcast
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Very protective of his little sister Podcast
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: A teenager, as opposed to the other media who are between 20 and 40.
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: A teenager, as opposed to the other media who are between 20 and 40.
* [[Cute Kitten]]: [[LO Lcats|He has one as a pet]]
* [[Cute Kitten]]: [[LOLcats|He has one as a pet]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Extraverted Nerd]]
* [[Extraverted Nerd]]
* [[Foolish Sibling Responsible Sibling]]: The "foolish" one.
* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: The "foolish" one.
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[No Girls In The Internet|The Internet is not a girl]]
* [[No Girls In The Internet|The Internet is not a girl]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[The Keet]]: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.
* [[The Keet]]: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this.
* [[Know Nothing Know It All]]
* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]
* [[Military Brat]]
* [[Military Brat]]
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[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—[[Everythings 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]]
* [[Everythings 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.
* [[Twin Telepathy]]: Representing the interplay between intranets in real life and the Internet.
* [[Twin Telepathy]]: Representing the interplay between intranets in real life and the Internet.
* [[The Workaholic]]
* [[The Workaholic]]
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* [[Awesome Backpack|Awesome]] [[Hammerspace]] [[Awesome Backpack|Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
* [[Awesome Backpack|Awesome]] [[Hammerspace]] [[Awesome Backpack|Backpack]]: Wouldn't be Animation without it.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
* [[Four Fingered Hands]]: Everyone else has five.
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: Everyone else has five.
* [[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.
* [[The Stoner]]: Has shades of this
* [[The Stoner]]: Has shades of this
* [[Totally Radical]]
* [[Totally Radical]]