List of Drawn Together characters
This is a list of characters appearing in the animated television series Drawn Together.
Main characters
Princess Clara
;Voiced by Tara StrongPrincess Clara is a parody of Disney princesses. Most of her humor revolves around her bigotry, gullibility, stupidity and religious fanaticism. Among reality show archetypes, she represents the "sheltered rich girl." According to creators Jeser and Silverstein, they partially based Clara on The Real World: New Orleans Julie Stoffer, a Mormon who had little experience dealing with gay people or people of other cultures and who tended to make offensive remarks without realizing it.
Originally, while Clara was portrayed as being bigoted, she never seemed to be genuinely and completely hateful. For example, she seemed to get along with both Foxxy and Xandir despite being bigoted and homophobic and acted surprised and confused when they were offended by her behavior, as well as having a brother-sister relationship with Wooldoor. She often clashes with Foxxy due to her bigotry, though she sees her as one of her best friends. Usually, Foxxy returns the same feeling, until she makes more bigoted remarks towards her.
However, later episodes show her as harsh, strident, fundamentalist and intolerant. Concerned solely with crusading against sinfulness, her desire to quench sin is so strong that she shows no concern for the happiness or well-being of others. In "Foxxy vs. the Board of Education", she vows to stop Spanky's gay marriage to Xandir despite Spanky's life being in danger without the insurance Xandir can provide. In "Clum Babies", she crusades against both Wooldoor's masturbation and the use of the Clum Babies to heal the sick despite the number of lives being saved and diseases being cured, but ultimately, and hypocritically, disguises herself in an attempt to procure a Clum Baby to cure her tuberculosis. On her behavior in this episode, executive producer Freiberger stated, "Clara's attitude about it all is completely in character for her as a character and for her as a symbol of the religious right. She's definitely a meat eater as we've seen in the past and she's not above killing animals. She is against harming embryos no matter how much good it will do for the living unless it benefits her directly. In that instance, she's more than willing to be a hypocrite to save her own life." Clara's vagina was originally a tentacled monster called the Octopussoir due to a curse by her wicked stepmother, but after multiple labioplasties became the Vajoana, who she likes to expose and allow to talk. Executive Producer Bill Freiberger has stated, when discussing Clara's behavior in "Spelling Applebee's", "While Clara is sometimes misguided out of ignorance or naïveté she is also very often misguided because she is a selfish, spoiled princess."
Because of her beliefs and bigotry, Clara is a frequent recipient of physical violence at the hands of the other housemates. For the most part, Clara is unaware that she is being offensive to others; her beliefs were instilled into her by her father. Throughout the first half of Season Three, Clara begins a dark, downward spiral, reaching her lowest point in "Lost in Parking Space"; believing that the Rapture had come and left her behind, Clara sells her soul to a delivery driver whom she believes to be Satan and dedicates herself to hurting others, ultimately becoming a torturer. However, when she discovers that her first victim is Foxxy, she realizes her mistake and rededicates her life to God, becoming a much kinder and sympathetic individual. In "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine", she is revealed to have a strong Electra complex towards her father, originated from him preferring to be with strippers rather than her, which causes her to have simulated lesbian sex with Foxxy in front of him.
In original artwork before the show's release, Clara was originally drawn as a blonde, with a different dress and a lighter skin tone.
Wooldoor Jebediah Sockbat
;Voiced by James Arnold TaylorA bizarre children's show character that is combination of Nickelodeon characters, SpongeBob SquarePants and Stimpy, with many of the typical reality-defying behaviors as seen in the Looney Tunes franchise and Tex Avery-directed cartoons of MGM. He is also good friends with Xandir, Spanky and sometimes Captain Hero. Most of his humor revolves around his childlike innocence, his happy-go-lucky nature or his general strangeness; he is often used to assume a variety of professions to fit the needs of the scene. Among reality show archetypes, he represents the "attention-starved weirdo". Wooldoor is the least mature out of all the main characters, reaching puberty in "Clum Babies"; though Ling-Ling is far younger in actual calendar years, despite being a fully grown individual of his species.
Originally, Wooldoor's role was to have been that of a bipolar drug addict. However, creators Jeser and Silverstein decided to change this when Comedy Central producers protested, noting that the cast's personalities were getting too dark, and they needed a character who was innocent and childlike to contrast with the darker tendencies of the others; though Wooldoor does indeed have a dark side, he rarely shows it. He was called Wooldoor Jebediah Sockbat by Unusually Flexible Girl. Wooldoor is originally described as a "Whacky Whatchamacallit", but the species are named "sockbats". The rest of his species was exterminated in a holocaust by a species of Strawberry Shortcake-like characters known as the sweetcakes.
In the film, Wooldoor refers to himself as a "32-year-old schizophrenic drug addict with jaundice and several deformities."
It is shown in the episode "Drawn Together Babies", that he used to be a human named Walter Saget, but Captain Hero personally caused his "deformities" on a Sit and Spin while interrogating him.
In original artwork for the series, Wooldoor's nose was yellow, like the rest of his skin, and he wore socks with sandals.
Foxxy Love
;Voiced by Cree SummerA sharp-tongued African-American parody of Valerie Brown from Josie and the Pussycats. Her name is a combination of the names of blaxploitation characters Foxy Brown and Christie Love. She is a promiscuous mystery-solving musician. Most of her humor revolves around her sexual habits and her unsophisticated or uneducated manner of speech; she is often used to poke fun at black stereotypes, but is the wisest and most far-sighted of all the housemates, serving as the voice of reason in many episodes. She has at least two children, Qualmella and Timmy, as well as a teenage grandson named Ray-Ray. All were mentioned in a few episodes and were then taken away from her. She was also a member of an all-female band, The Foxxy 5, which consisted of various other female versions of black cartoon characters and is a reference to The Jackson 5 and the "mystery solving" cliché in cartoons. Among reality show archetypes, she represents the sassy black woman, often acting as the voice of reason among the cast members, though she does have certain issues that spark her fiery temper, such as people taking her Funyuns. Foxxy also has father issues; he left for cigarettes when she was three years old. Her tail and ears are the result of her father having sex with a fox.
In original artwork before the show's release, Foxxy Love wore a different outfit.
Toot Braunstein
;Voiced by Tara StrongAn overweight sex symbol from the 1920s based on rubber hose-animated cartoon characters from the golden age of American animation, particularly Fleischer Studios' Betty Boop, who demands to be the center of attention, cuts herself with razor blades when depressed, and often instigates conflict in the house. Most of her humor revolves around her unattractiveness, her gluttony, her poor personal hygiene or her frequent bouts of psychosis and alcoholism. Among reality show archetypes, she is the manipulative, although later evolves into the dumpy fat/unpopular girl archetype. According to creators Jeser and Silverstein, Toot is partially based on Amy Crews from Big Brother 3. Toot's passion for cheese, as well as her tendency to cry and put on weight, come directly from Crews. In an interview on Comedy Central's website, Strong states that Toot was her favorite role in the history of her career.
In original artwork before the series' release, Toot had longer hair, a thin waist with broad hips and wore a strapless dress. In the third season, Toot becomes a much more sympathetic character and her role as the series' mean-spirited character is largely taken over by Clara.
Ling-Ling
;Voiced by Abbey DiGregorioAn psychopathic and homicidal spoof of Pikachu from the Pokémon franchise. He is an orange-furred battle monster with an exclamation mark for a tail who battles using various supernatural abilities and speaks in pseudo-Japanese gibberish with English subtitles. Most of his humor revolves around his sociopathic desires or his difficulty assimilating into American culture; he is often used to poke fun at Asian stereotypes. Among reality show archetypes, he represents the culture-shocked foreigner. In "Freaks & Greeks", Ling-Ling's father states that Ling-Ling's full name is Ling-Ling Hitler Bin Laden Seacrest. However, according to executive producer Freiberger, this is just a gag and not canon. In "Super Nanny", it is shown that because Ling-Ling has slanted eyes he sees things as a manga instead of the way everyone else does. It was revealed that he had a bad relationship with his battle monster trainer, Gash, who would not allow him a chance to live his dream of becoming a dancer; in retaliation, Ling-Ling shot an electric ball at Gash and proceeded to disembowel him. Ling-Ling's abilities include eye-beams, generating spheres of destructive energy with his hands, growing spines and claws when angered, detaching his tail and using it as a sword, secreting an addictive psychotropic drug from his skin when disappointed, and being able to sew almost anything out of raw materials. One of the recurring gags about the "Japorean" language he speaks is the exclamation "Yoko Ono!" used in the place of "Oh No!". In the episode "Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!", Ling-Ling is identified as bisexual by a parody of The Terminator. In "Clum Babies", Ling-Ling struggles to pronounce the shampoo brand "Prell".
In original artwork before the series' release, Ling-Ling was green and much smaller, similar to Jerry the mouse from Tom and Jerry.