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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]]

Revision as of 00:59, 9 January 2014


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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