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Brad's Characters[]
The Cinema Snob[]
- Audio Erotica: Invoked once in The Nostalgia Critic's "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard" Christmas special.
- Badass Beard
- Byronic Hero
- Catch Phrase: "If I want X, I'll stick with Y, thank you very much!"
- Caustic Critic
- Child-Hater
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: Whenever he listens to relaxing music, images of torture, mass-murder and other assorted carnage flashes through his mind.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Does Not Like Shoes
- Even Evil Has Standards: While "Evil" is an exaggeration, he does react with fury whenever children or animals are harmed.
- Jerkass
- Mean Character, Nice Actor
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Well except for the lack of shoes.
- Stoic Spectacles
- Tall, Dark and Snarky: Well, two out of three, anyway. He's actually kind of short.
- True Art: Invoked. He believes art ought to be "foreigny" and in some cases offensive — he gave Salo a glowing review even though (or maybe because) it made him puke all the way through the video.
- True Art Is Incomprehensible: In universe.
Eighties Dan[]
A hapless party animal who was whisked out of the past by a time warp to the present day, Dan subjects his dysfunctional roommates and neighbors to the cheesiest kitsch to come out of the 1980s.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Crazy Prepared/Hammerspace: The inner pockets of his suit.
- Defictionalization
- Disco Dan
- Fish Out of Temporal Water: A line in the Halloween III review explains that 80s Dan fell into a time warp at the exact moment the 80s ended.
- Perpetual Smiler
Kung Tai Ted[]
A completely talentless "martial" "artist" who exhibits fight scenes from bad chop-socky action films from his back yard. His lines are all dubbed over... by himself.
Vic Dealio[]
The host of The Big Box, a sleazy late-night infomercial spokesman who introduces classic exploitation films in the titular "big box" (clamshell video cases) while flirting with his co-host, the Big Box Model.
- Brooklyn Rage: Although he's actually pretty laid back.
- The Voice
Other Characters[]
The Big Box Model[]
Vic Dealio's voluptuous, silent co-host on The Big Box, she presents each video and flirts with Vic.
- Brainless Beauty: She acts this way on camera.
- Ms. Fanservice
- The Voiceless
El Topo Chico[]
An obscure Mexican (?) wrestler (?) who wanders around conventions looking for attention in his trademark mask and tuxedo.
- Bad Boss: To his ward/assistant/manservant, El Niño.
- Beleaguered Assistant: El Niño.
- Fake Nationality: In-universe. He pretends to be Mexican.
- Gratuitous Spanish: His name means "the Mole Boy". It's actually the name of a brand of mineral water that Brian once drank while drunk.
- Masked Luchador
- Small Name, Big Ego
Shannon Shears[]
The host of Softly From Cable.
Team Snob[]
"Flaming" Brian[]
- Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: What he reviews on Flaming Brian's Kitchen.
- Gargle Blaster: What he drinks in the "sister series" to Brad Tries, Drunk Brian Tries.
- Lethal Chef: He has a show in which he tries out different insanely hot chili sauces, which he makes his friends try, usually by dipping otherwise palatable food in them.
- One Steve Limit: There are actually two Brians in Team Snob, but the other goes by his last name, Irving.
Irving / Virtual Boyd[]
- One Steve Limit: His full name is Brian Irving, but since there's already another Brian, he's referred to by his last name or as "Virtual Boyd".
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Jerrid. Discussed in "Brad and Irving Watch Bewitched".
Jake[]
- Butt Monkey: Brad keeps sending him to watch bad movies just to laugh at his pain.
- Deadpan Snarker
- The Eeyore
- Hair-Trigger Temper
Jerrid[]
- Bus Crash: Parodied--Brad's character in Brad and Irving says he was last seen boarding a plane with Henry Blake.
- Butt Monkey
- Dumb Muscle: Had a tendency to play these types of characters due to his size and intimidating appearance.
- Embarrassing Nickname: "Baldy McGiggles" and "Mister Potatohead", thanks to Jake.
- Put on a Bus: According to Brad himself, Jerrid was fired due to personal problems during filmings and due to him saying nasty things about Jillian to the fans behind her back.
Lloyd[]
- Cute Kitten
- Funny Background Event: He often shows up climbing the sofa in Brad's vlogs.
- Hostile Show Takeover: He once hijacked Oreo's Twitter account.
- Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Spoony's dog, Oreo.
- Talking Animal: He sometimes talks to Brad in a voice that sounds a lot like Vic Dealio's.
Sarah[]
- Happily Married: To Brian
- Sadly not anymore