Freudian Trio/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

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* Ickis: Main character, ability to scare by growing to tremendous size is affected by his confidence which varies greatly depending on outside influence. (Ego)

* Krumm: Slothful, gluttenous, rife with body odour and with all the other flaws of unrestrained children. (Id)

* Oblina: Smart, motivated and studious, often trying to get the other two to pull themselves together. Kind of like if Hermione Granger was a black and white talking candy cane. (Superego)

 

* Teddy: Leader who wants to be everyone’s friend (Ego).

* Grubby: Bumbling comic relief who loves food (Id).

* Gimmick: Approaching things scientifically (Superego).

 

* Alvin: Leader (Ego)

* Simon: Reason (Superego)

* Theodore: Emotion (Id)

 

 

The Warner Siblings

* Bobby: Laid back, easy-going (Superego)

 

* Master Shake: Harmful to himself & others, especially Meatwad. Mocks his roommates every chance he gets (Id).

* Frylock: Scientific genius. Tries to maintain order (Superego).

* Meatwad: Innocent, but takes on bad habits from Shake (Ego).

 

* Ty Lee: [[Perky Female Minion|the perky, giggly, girly one]] (Id)

 

* Katara : Acts more by emotion than logic, but less than Aang. (Ego, leaning to Id)

 

* Ben Tennyson: Over-eager superhero. (Id)

* Gwen Tennyson: Brainy, understated, occasionally snarky. (Superego)

* Grandpa Max: Authority, knowledge, parental figure, former MIB-type. (Ego)

 

* Ben: As the leader, tries to do what the hero sees as right, though it may backfire. (Superego, later Ego)

* Gwen: Smart, voice of reason, gets along with both well. (Ego, later Superego)

 

Eventually, Ben finds out that one of his forms, Alien X, takes this concept a little too literally...

* Bellicus: Voice of rage and aggression. (Id)

* Ben: Voice of reason, "tie-breaker". (Ego)

 

* Vinnie: Fun-loving party animal and wise-cracker, who acts first and apologises later. Always has a grin, even when in pain. Colour scheme: white. (Id)

* Modo: Preaches traditional moral values and quotes the wisdom of his grandmother. [[Gentle Giant|Gentle-hearted giant]] whose anger is usually brought on by reflecting on the actions of others. Chooses to wait and plan rather than rushing in. Colour scheme: grey. (Super ego)

 

* Huey: Moralizing leftist (Superego)

* Riley: Gangster thug wannabe (Id)

* Tucker Foley: Fun-loving, comic relief, always tempted by his vice (Id)

 

* Porthos: leader and mediator (Ego)

* Athos: hotheaded man of action and appetite (Id)

 

''[[Duck Dodgers]]''

* [[Running Gag|Id]]: Representation of Dodger's Id. Caveman. [[Captain Obvious|(Id)]]

* [[Rule of Three|Superego]]: Representation of Dodger's Superego. [[Captain Ersatz|Superman knockoff.]] [[Overly Long Gag|(Superego)]]

 

* Ed: Big, dumb, brutish, and easily swayed (Id)

* Edd: Neat freak, [[The Smart Guy]] (Superego)

Depending on the nature of the episode, they sometimes switch roles: Rules-obsessed Edd can become the limiting Superego, while [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Ed can act as the Ego. Ironically, when this happens, it puts no-self-control Eddy in the Id position by default as he tries to reign in the extreme behavior of the other two and keep them focused on their goal (jawbreakers or money.)

 

* Bender: Boozing, smoking, [[Jerkass]] robot. (Id)

* Leela: Levelheaded, predictable [[Action Girl]]. (Superego)

* Fry: The [[Unfazed Everyman]]. (Ego)

 

The "Trio"

* Broadway (Id)

* Baroness: Her loyalty is divided between her Commander and her beloved Destro and mediates between both. (ego)

 

* Grim: More or less trying to survive being stuck with two insufferable children (Ego).

* Billy: Stupid and impulsive (Id).

* Mandy: Intelligent and [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan]] (Superego).

 

* Maggie is in the middle (Ego)

* Mrs. Calloway is the stern, proper one (Superego)

* Red Guy (Ego, sometimes Id)

 

* Jackie: Ego

* Jade: Id

* Heloise: Intelligent, only calm around [[Morality Pet|Jimmy]] and looks out for him due to her crush, but is easily angered, [[Enfant Terrible|sadistic]], and tries hard to be nice (Superego with some Id and Ego qualities)

 

* Jimmy: Intelligent, stubborn. (Superego)

* Sheen: Immature, stubborn, crazy. (Id)

* Carl: Timid, reasonable, and reluctant. (Somewhere between Id and Ego)

 

* Johnny: Id

* Dukey: Superego

* Susan & Mary: Ego

 

* Josie: Team leader who takes into consideration both Valerie's reasoning and Melody's intuition (Ego).

* Valerie: Conscientious and intelligent (Superego).

* Melody: [[The Ditz]] but highly intuitive (Id).

 

* Josie: Team leader who mediates between Alexandria and Alexander (Ego).

* Alexander: Comically thrifty and structured (Superego).

* Alexandria: the [[Alpha Bitch]] whose favorite target of insult is Melody (but Melody never notices or cares) (Id).

 

* Peter: immature, often in trouble for it (Id).

* Judy: smart "Brain Queen", tries to control Peter (Superego).

* Batman(Superego):Keeping a cooler head than the other two and figuring out Project Cadmus was plotting against them in season 4.

 

* Korra: A brash and impulsive [[Destructive Savior]] who likes to pick fights and often acts before she thinks things through. (Id)

* Mako: A serious [[Control Freak]] who keeps his life in strict order and focuses intensely on his goals, out of fear of being turned [[Street Urchin|back out on the streets.]] (Superego)

 

''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]''

* K'nuckles: Older [[Anti Role Model|anti-role model]]. (Ego tending towards Id)

 

''[[Max Steel]]'', the three main female characters

* [[Token Evil Teammate|The Flea]]: Often selfish, two-faced and egocentric. (Id)

 

There are six [[A Worldwide Punomenon|mane]] characters, so there are two for each role:

* Twilight Sparkle: Intellectual, driven, conscientious, principled, and dutiful, but also obsessive compulsive, and at least initially cold and impersonal. (Superego)

 

 

Two-Face gains ''a third personality'' making him a one-man [[Freudian Trio]]:

* Harvey Dent: normal personality that is timid and easily bossed around (ego)

* The Judge: violent ''vigilante'' obsessed with justice (with a court-theme to match) that ultimately plans to kill his bad side (i.e. 'himself''), probably created by guilt from normal side (superego)

 

* Blossom: "commander and the leader" (Superego)

* Bubbles: "the joy and the laughter" (Ego)

* Melissa: Balance, common sense (Ego)

 

* Jonny: Fun-loving, impulsive, reckless, emotion-driven (Id)

* Hadji: Responsible, mature, logical, is into science and tech (Superego)

* Bad Bob: Has an eyepatch and a very large gun (Id)

 

* Rocko: Mature and common sense (Ego)

* Heffer: Food-loving and reckless (Id)

* Filbert: Responsible and logical (Superego)

 

* Bart/Homer: Id

* Lisa/Marge: Superego

* Maggie: Ego (Although there isn't much to go by)

 

* Lance: Id

* Illana: Superego

* Octus: Ego

 

* Sponge Bob Square Pants: Ego

* Patrick Star: Id

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] ''by Sigmund Freud himself''!

 

* Sam (superego); intellectual, calculating, level-headed

* Alex (ego); the most normal and plain of the three

 

''[[Transformers Animated]]'' -- Blitzwing ''is'' [[Split Personality|the power trio]].

* Icy (superego) - calm, collected, rational

* Random (ego) - creative, flexible, moderates between the first two

 

* Carlos- Id

 

* Optimus (Ego) - Level-headed and flexible, but can lose his temper and be aggressive.

* Rhinox (Superego) - Logical, rational, calm and quiet.

* Rattrap (Id) - Hot-headed, self-indulgent and insulting.

 

* War Dawn

** Megatron

** [[The Starscream|Starscream]] - [[Commander Contrarian]]

** [[The Stoic|Soundwave]]

** Galvatron (id)

** Cyclonus (superego)

** Scourge (ego)

 

* The Autobots:

** Optimus (Superego) - [[Beware the Nice Ones|Generally]] The most logical and level-headed of the group.

** Raf - Superego

* The Decepticons have two such trios.

** Megatron, tyrannical but calculating - Ego

** Starscream, emotive, cowardly and prone to carrying the [[Villain Ball]] - Id

** Interestingly, this trio adopts a colour scheme for each character: yellow for the neutral Marshall, cool grey for Dacowta, and warm cream for Cowlarado. This scheme is revisited in [[Biker Mice From Mars]]...

 

* [[An Ice Person|Icy]]: The leader. She tries to unite the other two towards their current motive. (ego)

* Darcy: Usually the calmest and most collected of the three. (superego)

* [[Psycho Electro|Stormy]]: The most impulsive and violent. (id)

 

 

Male teens:

* Storm: Superego