List of characters in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

This is a list of characters from the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy".

Main Characters

Grim Reaper

"Introduced in: "Meet The Reaper"

Grim is the Grim Reaper, a scythe-wielding skeleton in a black hooded robe. He is over 10,000 years old, speaks in a Jamaican accent, and was elected to his position when he was in middle school (though in one flashback he is shown stumbling upon his scythe and in another his mother and father gave him his scythe to start is career as the Grim Reaper). His scythe is the source of his powers and possesses many magical qualities; he is still capable of using magic without it, but these instances are rare.

By losing a bet to Billy and Mandy, he was fated to be their "best friend" forever. The children treat him more like a slave, though Billy is more friendly towards him and seems to admire him. He often is forced to do their chores and create supernatural fun for them. Grim enjoys all kinds of chaos, despair, torture, and many other dark things. He attends children's martial arts classes. Grim is slowly adapting to modern life, and is usually seen, in his free time, watching television mainly horror movies or soap operas. He also has a bottomless trunk where all types of dark objects are found. Billy usually abuses them, creating chaos and destruction. Grim was voiced by Greg Eagles.

Billy

"Introduced in: "Meet The Reaper"

Billy is an extremely happy-go-lucky child, with an IQ of -5, which is far below the upper limit of being mentally retarded. He has a pink, extremely large nose (it has been shown several times that the nose is removeable), wears a blue and white striped shirt, and covers his orange hair with a red hat. Like his father, he has a number of unpleasant habits, including nose-picking, flatulence, and male chauvinism. Prone to surprising and nonsensical fits of rage, he is extremely hyperactive, with a knack for causing all kinds of disasters, often related to abusing Grim's supernatural items. His fits of rage and the massive destruction he causes with supernatural magic can be so intense as to scare even Mandy away. He also has Arachnophobia, Entomophobia, Coulrophobia as well as a fear of the mailman. His Coulrophobia was cured after his Frat Boy dream that Grim scared him into. His arachnophobia is ironic in that he is the "father" of Jeff the Spider, who only wants to have a father-son relationship with Billy, and has a hard time understanding why Billy hates him.

In Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, it is revealed that he is also afraid of the mailman and that his worst nightmare is facing a spider-clown-mailman hybrid. Billy was voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz.

Mandy

"Introduced in: "Meet the Reaper"

Mandy is Billy's closest friend, but has been pessimistic and full of rage since before her birth. She has a blond devil-horn-like hairdo and eyebrows that are in a perpetual frown, although her expression will change in rare occasions when she is afraid or disgusted. Her outfit consists of a pink dress with a picture of a yellow flower on it. She is also the only human character to have no nose, but according to her, she doesn't have one because it is disgusting. This kind of attribute leads to many "nose jokes" referring to Mandy in the cartoon, such as "A noseless mother with bad shoes". In addition, it is revealed in the episode "Really Odd Couple", that she has two small nostrils. She never smiles and is quick to deny her smiles (with exception of the first season when her body is taken over by Billy); in fact, it was shown in the episode "My Fair Mandy" that if she smiled, the entire fabric of reality would warp. This is argued against by an episode in which Mandy falls in love with Piff and smiles multiple times. However, at the end of the first Billy and Mandy episode when the scene is about to close, Mandy smiles due to the fact that she gets to keep Grim's head for the night. The smile can be described as an 'evil grin' and not a happy smile. In the episode "Heart Burn" when Mandy takes a picture of herself to see if her True Heart is changing to good, her counterpart in the picture smiles. She is not above taking advantage of the stupid (as she says "I'm all for the abuse and exploitation of the stupid") and on several occasions has been described as pure evil, Grim refers to her as a "horrible demon child". She can easily intimidate inferior people into doing anything for her( with the possible exception of Billy's Mom), even her parents fear her, they often avoid her by hiding in a closet or going out somewhere away from the house and sending Mandy to Billy's house. It is sometimes implied that she isn't human. In "Keeper of the Reaper" it was stated that when she was born wolves came to try to raise her of their own, and her parents wonder if they were right to stop them. While she treats Grim and Billy horribly, there have been indications that she does care about them and consider them her friends.

In Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, it is revealed that her worst nightmare is to grow up to be an overweight optimist who is constantly happy; she also claims that nothing is more important then feelings and love. Her nightmare self is also married (and in love with) Irwin.

Mandy was voiced by Grey DeLisle.

Citizens of Endsville

Harold

"Voiced by": Richard Steven Horvitz

Harold, known commonly as Billy's father, is an overweight man with a large, bulbous nose and a lofty black pompadour. He is annoyed with his son at times but he is calmer than his wife. He resembles his son in appearance and personality, sometimes displaying even more stupidity than Billy himself. For example, Harold picked his brain out and ate it seconds later; his brain actually extends into his pompadour which was demonstrated after the upswept part was accidentally sliced off and the fragment of his brain exposed within. One episode makes reference that Harold is a former SEAL. It is implied that he was not always stupid, as he once got accepted to Harvard, but never saw the acceptance letter and as a result believes he would be better suited as an idiot. Gladys (Billy's mom) makes reference to Billy being a chiropractor like his father. Harold denies being a chiropractor. Nonetheless, Billy looks and acts like Harold.

Gladys

"Voiced by": Jennifer Hale

Billy's mother Gladys is a loving, tolerant and patient, yet mentally unstable woman despite having to deal with her husband, son, and the presence of the Grim Reaper as her eternal house-guest. She has red hair and is usually seen wearing a floor-length, lavender nightgown. She hates Grim to the point of psychotic obsession. She considers him a constant threat to her son's safety. She has a severe facial tic which usually appears when Billy is misbehaving, when her authority is challenged, or whenever Grim is present, most likely developed as a result of her nervous breakdown. She is prone to small fits of insanity and obsessive-compulsive episodes.

Nergal

"Voiced by": David Warner (Seasons 1-3), Martin Jarvis (Season 3 +)

Nergal is a mutant creature who lives in the center of the Earth. His name was taken from the Sumerian god, Nergal. He is an all-black supernatural being with green eyes and wearing a business suit. With the ability to shape-shift he can create several tentacles from his back that can electrocute his victims or turn them into beings looking like himself. What Nergal desires most is having friends, which he once stated that it is quite lonely in the center of the world. He is generally considered something of a loser and he often becomes histrionic over his failings. In his first appearances, Nergal was one of the main enemies of Billy, Mandy and Grim, but now as a member of Billy's family, he is a friend of them and Billy's uncle-in-law.

Nergal Junior

"Voiced by": Debi Derryberry

Nergal Junior is the son of Nergal and Aunt Sis. He is also Billy's first cousin. He looks more like his father than his mother. Like his father, he has the power to shapeshift and most of the time he appears in the form of a kid who rejected his offer of friendship when he first came to the surface. When he takes another's shape, he keeps his lime eyes, glasses, green tongue and sharp, yellow teeth. His true form is freakish and grotesque, and was never seen on-screen until in the episode "The Most Greatest Love Story Ever Told Ever". Like his father, he is lonely and can't find friends, and because of his desperation, he developed evil tendencies and terrorizes everyone who stands in his way, except for Billy and Mandy.

Aunt Sis

"Voiced by": Grey DeLisle

Aunt Sis is Billy's aunt. She is a sullen-looking woman with glasses, a large nose, and a hairstyle similar to Gladys. She is a spinster who has experienced four-and-a-half-minutes of love in her "pathetic, lonely life". In the episode "Love is Evol Spelled Backwards", Nergal decided to try and see if she was desperate enough to be his life partner. His attempt was successful and the two were married.

Mr. Snuggles

Billy's pet hamster that appeared in the pilot episode. He was a part of the bet that Grim would become Billy and Mandy's best friend if he lost a game of limbo with them. He made cameos in season 2 and 3 but Mr. Snuggles did not reappear until season seven with a white beard and cane as a sign of his aging.

Milkshakes

"Voiced by": Grey DeLisle

Milkshakes is Billy's male pink feline who is frequently put into unusual situations by the supernatural events that occur in his owner's life. Milkshakes usually shakes any situation off with a calm meow.

Irwin

"Voiced by": Vanessa Marshall

Irwin is Billy's nerdy friend who desperately aspires to be cool and frequently ends sentences with the word "yo". He has an unhealthy crush on Mandy and longs to gain her affection, often stalking her but is usually turned down or threatened by her as a response to his actions. This is possibly the reason why he continues to chase her, as he later admits that he likes who she is due to him having a dark side much like Mandy's but was taught otherwise by his father and eventually grew out of his bad behavior. He first devolped an intrest in her when Billy possessed her and told him he was neat. He was also a werewolf at one point. He is also only 1/4 human, his grandfather being Dracula and his mother being a Mummy.

Dick

"Voiced by": Phil LaMarr

Dick is Irwin's father who is a normal middle-aged man who ends a lot of his sentences with the word "dude". He married a mummy named Judy (who is Irwin's mother), who lives in a sarcophagus in the basement of Irwin's house. While it is never explained why, the basement looks like an Egyptian tomb. Irwin's father insists that their unusual pairing leaves "a lot of questions that don't need to be answered." He also owns an "Escalady" (a pun on a Cadillac Escalade). He is also half vampire, his father being Dracula.

Tanya

Tanya (Granmama) is Irwin's grandmother and Dick's mother. She usually ends sentences with "baby", as Irwin does with "yo", and his father with "dude" suggesting a family trait. She is also the wife of Dracula. Despite her angry demeanor, she seems to care for Irwin, but will sometimes embarrass him. She doesn't like to be challenged or insulted, and has a hatred of hip-hop music. Voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Dracula

"Voiced by': Phil LaMarr

Dracula is Grim's childhood idol and Irwin's grandfather. The once famous vampire lives in the Home Of The Ancients, a retirement home for old movie monsters. Dracula talks fast and likes to dance. He does not remember names well, and often calls Grim "Skeleton Man" or even "Dummy". He is argumentative and easily distracted and refers to himself in third person. When asked about drinking blood, he is very adamant that he does not suck but scrapes and licks the skin instead. In "Dracula Must Die", it was revealed that he had married Tanya years before and was thus the father of Dick and grandfather of Irwin, a fact that neither of them were aware of. Tanya had thought he left them, ironically, he was chased out by her.

In the fall of 2006, Dracula became the network's Halloweenhorror host in puppet form, along with Courage the Cowardly Dog. Dracula was yet again a host for the movie" Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure". He also made a cameo in the movie itself, during the musical number. Dracula is a direct reference to the cult blaxploitation film character, "Blacula" and is a combination of Redd Foxx and James Brown in personality. cite news|first=C.H.|last=Greenblatt|title=New Dracula Episode|date=2007-09-21|url=http://nerdarmada.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-dracula-episode.html|work=Nerd Armada|accessdate=2008-04-18 ]

Pud'n

"Voiced by": Jane Carr

A weak and easily frightened classmate of Billy, Mandy, and Irwin, Pud'n is often the victim and/or instigator of some trauma. He is a red-headed, freckled boy with buck teeth, and wears a hoodie. He has no parents but was indeed raised by wolves. Despite this, Pud'n loves dolls, bunnies, and flowers. At times, Pud'n can also be a terrifying force and show a dark side to his personality. One time he and Mindy filled in for Billy and Mandy as Grim's "horribile little brats." Pud'n freaked out on Scar after Scar mutated Bunnies and flowers with Grim's Scythe. As a result he freaked Grim out more than he normally does. Pud'n has won a go-kart race and has been almost murdered by his pet bunny.

Sperg

"Voiced by": Greg Eagles

Sperg is the local bully, who constantly bullies Billy, Irwin, Pud'n, and other kids to no end. He is a husky boy whose preferred method of terrorizing nerds is by administering his "deadly" wedgies. Despite his physical strength, he is frightened of Mandy because she is tougher than him. On his shoulder he has a heart tattoo that says "Mom". Sperg loves Butter Cup Candies.

Mindy

"Voiced by": Rachael MacFarlane

Mindy is obsessed with proving her worth to Mandy, who doesn't care for the spoiled girl (when Mindy first moved into Endsville, she wanted to become friends with Mandy but was rejected, starting her hatred for her). She considers herself superior to her classmates. Her father buys her outrageous gifts, and it's implied that her mom doesn't love her ("Oh mommy, why don't you hold me?"). Mindy is red-haired and freckled and she describes herself as "much prettier" than Mandy. She frequently calls her classmates "losers." But deep down inside she envies Mandy's wit and adventures with her friends Grim and Billy. She's always seen in her school clothes, even when out of school.

Principal Goodvibes

"Voiced by": Chris Cox

Principal Goodvibes is the principal of Billy and Mandy's school. His name was legally changed to Goodvibes, and he makes sure that his students feel good to the point of absurdity. It is later revealed in one episode that he sleeps in his car.

econdary characters

Hoss Delgado

"Voiced by": Diedrich Bader

Hoss is a spectral exterminator; a hunter of paranormal creatures. He possesses one real hand and one mechanical one, the latter of which can seemingly produce any tool he desires, most commonly a metal fist or chainsaw, and even a packet of Tic-tacs. Hoss is the take-no-prisoner figure in Grim Adventures, though in most episodes he acts in a clumsy and/or goofy manner. For a while he dated Eris, goddess of Chaos, and their relationship was very dysfunctional. Hoss is known to make incredibly odd and usually completely irrelevant metaphors, often when talking to someone who is either cowardly or stupid. Similarly he uses exclamatory phrases which are different but recognizable from their original form.He looks like Kurt Russell's character Snake Plissken from Escape from New York, and is an obvious parody of Ash Williams from the Evil Dead Trilogy.

Eris

"Voiced by": Rachael MacFarlane

Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and matron deity of the Discordianism religion, here portrayed as a curvaceous and beautiful, but vindictive, blonde-haired woman with a gap in her teeth. She delights in causing all kinds of chaos, and does a multitude of destructive things. She possesses the powerful Apple of Discord, a golden apple which can transform into any shape to perpetuate chaos. Billy calls it a magic banana. cite book|last = Meckler|first = Michael|authorlink = Meckler, Michael|coauthors =|title = Classical Antiquity And the Politics of America: From George Washington to George W. Bush|publisher = Baylor University Press|date = 2006|location =|pages = 176|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=5yRGz_EeslQC&pg=PA176&dq=%22Grim+Adventures+of+Billy+and+Mandy%22&lr=&sig=2r6l18D6MUA4RM9JM-bQWANqbSE|doi =|id =|isbn = 1932792325 ] Her accent and behavior are prone to sudden shifts, from a stereotypical valley girl to a refined British woman. Eris appears in "Wrath of the Spider Queen", attending the same school as Grim, Velma, Nergal, Lord Pain, and Boogey.

Jeff the Spider

"Voiced by": Maxwell Atoms

A spider that thinks Billy is his father after he hatched him. Unfailingly friendly, Jeff is naive towards Billy's arachnophobia-based hate for him, despite the fact that Billy frequently beats him with blunt objects, and usually blames himself for Billy's resentment towards him, although has, with Mandy's help, managed to scare him into loving Jeff in return.

General Skarr

"Voiced by": Armin Shimerman

General Skarr first appeared in the show Evil Con Carne, where he was Hector Con Carne's military commander. He is usually a cold-hearted, hateful and harsh man, with big interests in power and world domination. Yet when alone, he behaves more calmly, tending to his garden. He has a scar on his face. Retired from villainy, he moved into Billy and Mandy's neighborhood and is constantly struggling with the temptation to return to his evil ways. He attempts to distract himself usually by gardening. Whilst he is no longer a member of Evil Con Carne, Skarr has many weapons and mementos from his past which he stores in his private study. Among these, are his military outfit, and a large picture of himself with Hector and Ghastly.

Boogey Man

"Voiced by": Fred Willard

An old arch-enemy of Grim's since junior high school, and a former school bully, Boogey played pranks on Grim throughout his school career. Boogey is Grim's rival in scaring people, but usually fails in doing so. Constantly frustrated by his inability to scare modern-day children (he blames cartoons, video games and the tuba for this), Boogey visits Grim in the episode, "Bully Boogie". He challenges his old rival to a scaring contest, which he promptly loses, and is banished to another dimension, ironically, to the same dimension where he sent Billy to, one filled with spiny plants and a creature similar to the plants.

The Boogey Man is prominently featured as the main villain in the television movie "Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure" where he testified against Grim in front of the Underworld Court. After getting his old nemesis fired from his position as reaper, he volunteers to take Grim and his accomplices out for a sail with his pirate crew, so that he may dispose of the former reaper.

Lord Charles Pain

"Introduced in: "House of Pain"

Lord Charles Pain is Grim's servant who comes from the Plane of Eternal Suffering (he later says he is really Charles from the Plane of Happy Ponies). He first appeared in "House of Pain". He was also featured in "Everything Breaks" as Mandy's servant. He carries a mace and shield, wears a spiked helmet and he has a red and black cape and turquoise armor. He has tattoos all over his body which originally featured Grim, but were later altered to show his devotion to Mandy.

Lord Pain was voiced by Henry Gibson.

Fred Fredburger

"Voiced by": C. H. Greenblatt

Fred is an idiotic green, elephant like creature with small horns who has a short attention span and a love of nachos. He lives in the underworld, and first appeared in the episode "Keeper of the Reaper". His dialogue consists of saying his name constantly and saying "yes" at random times, usually the end of a sentence. He is usually an annoyance to other characters, especially Grim. He speaks in simple English, and likes to spell words, particularly his own name. He was also one of the characters in the Cartoon Network Yes! campaign with part of the name of it being derived from one of his most common phrases, "Yes".

Judge Roy Spleen

"Voiced by": Phil LaMarr

Judge Roy Spleen is the judge of the underworld court. He and the whole Underworld Court first appeared briefly in the episode Home of the Ancients, but had much more major role in the episode Keeper of the Reaper. He is also seen in as Grim's school teacher and presided over Jeff's wedding in "Wrath of the Spider Queen".

Nigel Planter

Voiced by: Jake Thomas

A spoof of Harry Potter, Nigel Planter is a boy with glasses and an "L"-shaped pen-mark on his forehead. He's a young whiny wizard from Weaselthorpe House at Toadblatt's School of Sorcery. He often ends up being beaten up but when not close to danger he shows his full overconfidence and a deluded self image, often taking credit for things he did not do. Lord Moldybutt stated that his parents were dead, but this conflicts with "One Crazy Summoner" when Nigel stated that his father has been held back at Toadblatt's for many years. On rare occasions, it is implied that he held mild romantic affections for Mandy. In the episode "Order of The Peanuts", it was stated that Nigel was the last heir to the Planters Peanuts Company giving an explanation to his terrible track record as a wizard.

Dean Toadblatt

"Voiced by": John Vernon & Billy West (for "Order of the Peanuts")

Dean Toadblatt is the headmaster of Toadblatt's School of Sorcery. Toadblatt is a large, humanoid toad wearing a purple wizard's robe. He hates Nigel Planter with a passion.

Lord Moldybutt

"Voiced by": John Kassir

A spoof on the villain in Harry Potter series, Lord Voldemort. He gave Nigel a L-shaped pen mark (which he thought to be a scar) when he was young, referring to Harry Potter's lightning scar. Whenever his name is said, or just the words Moldybutt, great misfortunes happen such as the objects within the proximity becoming completely destroyed. In consequence, people call him "he-who-should-never-ever-be-named". He actually is just a real-estate agent who has been trying to inform Nigel Planter to his heirship to the Planters Peanut Company.

The Secret Snake Club

"Voiced by": Tom Kenny (Wiggly) Billy West (Viper and King Cobra)

A Role Playing Group consisting of three nerdy boys at Endsville Elementary who comprise the "Secret Snake Club". The members alias' include Wiggly, Viper (also known as Jerome), and King Cobra. Their main meeting room is Jerome's family's basement, which is actually his grandmother's bedroom. All three wear long red robes, have secret code names and have poor personal hygiene. Each member of the Secret Snake Club has a "level", as they are RPG fanatics. Because of their fanaticism, they have been shown to throw crayons and crumpled-up balls of paper at each other during arguments, all the while shouting "Fireball" and "Lightning bolt". Together they are committed to their dark agenda: summoning snakes which would devour the cool kids, leaving nerds to rule the earth.

See also

* Voice cast in the show

References