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== Hosts ==

=== Father Time ===

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The host of the show, who knows historical dates down to the second and wear watches from his shoulder to his wrist. Voiced by [[Frank Welker]].

* [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: The above quote. Sometimes he switches it and says "the place..." first.

* [[Mister Exposition]]

 

=== Big Fat Baby ===

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* [[Fartillery]]: The Kid Chorus uses him as this in "Big Fat Baby Theatre".

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Seriously, look at what he can survive in ''The History of Poland'' sketch.

* [[Running Gag]]: The kids request help changing Big Fat Baby's diaper, claiming the last time he had a clean diaper was before something that happened a long time ago.

 

=== Miss Information ===

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A ditzy but attractive tour guide who is always making mistakes with the information she gives out. Voiced by [[Saturday Night Live|Laraine Newman]].

* [[Brainless Beauty]]

* [[Dumb Blonde]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: True to the pronunciation of her name, she doesn't get a lot of facts right.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

=== World's Oldest Woman ===

[[File:WorldsOldestWoman_3306.jpg|thumb|300px|Not only is she the World's Oldest Woman, she also appears to be a [[Large Ham]].]]

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: As Cleopatra (as herself occasionally)

* [[Dirty Old Woman]]

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]

 

=== Loud Kiddington ===

[[File:LoudYellJump.jpg|thumb|300px|[[All That|QUIET!!! THIS IS A LIBRARY!]]]]

 

A mischievous brown-haired boy who likes to make his statements clear by shouting them in the loudest volume possible. Voiced by Cody Ruegger.

* [[Animated Actors]]: The episode "The Teddy Roosevelt Show" reveals he is also a writer for the show.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: At least the writers seemed to think of him as this.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The sketch where he portrays [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] becomes this when you learn that his voice actor plans to pursue a career in film scoring.

=== Froggo ===

[[File:FroggoCute_724.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[Feed Me]]!"]]

 

A short blonde kid so named for his deep, frog-like voice. Voiced by Nathan Ruegger.

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]

* [[Large Ham]]: When the Wright Brothers can't provide him with the tools he needs.

=== Charity Bazaar ===

[[File:CharityNotAmused_5148.jpg|thumb|300px|She is not amused either.]]

 

A melancholy blonde girl who almost always seem to be in a glum mood (except when singing).

* [[Catch Phrase]]: The above quote.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Wears a bow ''and'' a headband.

=== Aka Pella ===

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* [[Punny Name]]

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]

* [[Toy Ship]]: With Froggo.

 

=== Pepper Mills ===

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A hyperactive red-haired teenager who is constantly bugging people for their autographs. Voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]].

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ripoffski!" and "Gypola!" (which she sometimes says after getting autographs)

** [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]: "Hey, you're not ____________!" or "Wait a minute, you're not ____________!"

 

=== Toast ===

 

A sunburned teenager who never seems to have a clue about what's going on around him, and never has any interest in the things his guest stars talk about. Voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]].

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

** Toast's voice sounds like Dolph (one of the three bullies on The Simpsons. He's the redheaded one in the green shirt while Jimbo [Pamela Hayden] has a black shirt and a purple hat, and Kearney [Nancy Cartwright] looks like a punk version of Homer Simpson).

* [[Only One Name]]: Actually, we're not even sure if Toast is [[No Name Given|his real name]].

* [[Official Couple]]: With Pepper.

* [[The Stoner]]: Possibly, with some hints of Surfer Dude or Valley Boy.

 

=== Cho-Cho ===

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An obsessive Asian salesgirl who refuses to leave her customers alone till they have bought something from her. She is almost always accompanied by Lucky Bob. Voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]].

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Chopsticks" can always be heard as background music whenever she speaks.

* [[Toy Ship]]: With Lucky Bob.

 

=== Lucky Bob ===

[[File:LuckyBobNatural_7457.jpg|thumb|300px|Lucky Bob in his natural state.]]

Cho-Cho's slow-witted sidekick who likes quoting Ed McMahon. Voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]].

* [[The Ditz]]

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Albeit a male one.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: A lot of his mannerisms were based on the late Ed McMahon.

* [[Toy Ship]]: With Cho-Cho.

=== Pule Houser ===

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* [[Big Eater]]: One sketch had him sick from eating too much hot dog soup.

* [[Butt Monkey]]

 

=== Susanna Susquahanna ===

A Native American girl with a huge gap between her front teeth, which gives her great difficulty in pronouncing even her own name correctly. Voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]].

* [[Speech Impediment]]: She has a huge lisp.

* [[Toy Ship]]: With Pule.

 

== Other Main Characters ==

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The smartest man in the world, but also so incredibly shy that he wears really tall pants with which to partially cover his face. Voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]].

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: He finds it hilarious when this happen.

* [[Hammerspace]]: He can apparently store anything inside his pants.

* [[Official Couple]]: [[Opposites Attract|With Miss Information]].

* [[Punny Name]]

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Loud Kiddington's pet dog who is so named for his love of fetching round objects. Voiced by [[Frank Welker]].

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: To Loud.

* [[Talking Animal]]

 

=== Chit Chatterson ===

 

An egotistical salesman with some sanity issues. Voiced by [[Billy West]].

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]

 

=== Bill Straitman ===

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* [[Meaningful Name]]

 

=== Sammy Melman ===

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A smarmy network executive. Voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]].

 

=== Lydia Karaoke ===

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The resident network censor who sometimes objects to whatever antics the rest of the cast gets up to. Voiced by Nora Dunn.

* [[Designated Villain]]: She's pretty much the closest the Histerians have to a recurring antagonist.

** [[Butt Monkey]]: Sometimes, she gets the worst treatment out of all the characters (particularly when she gets blasted by torpedos and discovers the real reason why "Damn the torpedos" is an appropriate phrase, despite containing a word that's considered taboo on American children's TV). The treatment is [[Justified Trope|justified]] as, in most of Steven Spielberg's cartoons, network censors (along with studio executives) are [[Acceptable Targets]] to mock and make into villains.

* [[Media Watchdog]]

* [[Moral Guardians]]

=== Sarah Coopersmithfitzwarengoldenheimerstein ===

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* [[Overly Long Name]]

 

=== Nostradamus ===

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* [[Large Ham]]: What do you expect from a Paul Rugg-voiced character?

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Shaddap!"

 

=== Molly Pitcher ===

 

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: She's portrayed as being like Martha Stewart.

* [[Running Gag]]