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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Greater Tuna is the first play in a series of four starring Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, who between them play at least twenty-four different characters.Greater Tuna shows us what goes on in the day-to-day life of the many characters, but focuses the most on the chaotic family of one Bertha Bumiller. Other recurring characters of note include Vera Carp, leader of the Smut-Snatchers of the New Order, Petey Fisk of the Greater Tuna Humane Society, Arles Struvie and Thurston Wheelis of Radio Station OKKK, and Didi Snavely of Didi's Used Weapons.The series includes: |
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Sibling Rivalry |
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Sibling Rivalry: Stanley and Charlene. |
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Over-the-Top Christmas Decorations |
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Over The Top Christmas Decorations: A subplot is a three-way battle for Tuna's best Christmas yard display between Vera, whose display includes a nativity scene with live sheep, Santa Claus, Bing Crosby, the Grinch, and Natalie Wood, Didi Snaveley's pie pan Christmas tree lit by surplus military floodlights that causes retina damage if looked at for too long, and Helen and Ineda's 'All I Want for Christmas': two life-sized cowboy mannequins stuffed inside gift sacks. Helen and Ineda win. |
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Wholesome Crossdresser |
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Wholesome Crossdresser: Meta example. Mr. Sears and Mr. Williams (or whoever else is on stage) spend more time portraying the women of Tuna as they do the men. And it's awesome. |
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Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome |
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Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Bertha's husband Hank, leaving her free to marry Arles. |
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Granola Girl |
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Granola Girls: Star Birdfeather and Amber Windchime. |
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Rich Bitch |
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Rich Bitch: Vera Carp: "Normally, I'd pay the theater's light bill, but Lord, times are so hard. W.H. and I could barely afford new cars this year." |
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Cloudcuckooland |
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Cloudcuckooland: Tuna itself. |
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Scarily Competent Tracker |
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Scarily Competent Tracker: Leonard Childer's wife. "She could track a flea across a pane of glass." |
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Bratty Teenage Daughter |
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Bratty Teenage Daughter: Charlene Beaumiller. |
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Little People Are Surreal |
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Little People Are Surreal: Farley and Phoebe Buckhalter, the latter of which is played by a beehive hairdo on a stick manipulated by a stagehand. |
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Alien Abduction |
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Alien Abduction: R.R. Snavely. He hesitates for a second or two, then wholeheartedly sprints to the waiting UFO to escape his horrible wife. |
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Deadpan Snarker |
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Deadpan Snarker: Bertha. |
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Against My Religion |
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Against My Religion: Played straight and Subverted |
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Insane Troll Logic |
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Insane Troll Logic: Dixie refuses to allow the Tuna Little Theater to pay their electric bill late because it will lead to a Communist invasion. |
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Cloudcuckoolander |
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Cloudcuckoolander: Petey Fisk, R.R. Snaveley, and pretty much the rest of the town. |
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Acting for Two |
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Acting BY Two: Every role in every play is done by only two actors. |
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He Who Must Not Be Seen |
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He Who Must Not Be Seen: A few characters, but as the whole thing is two guys with costumes, a table, a couple of chairs, and an old radio set, it's to be expected. |
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Duck! |
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Duck!: Mentioned briefly by Petey Fisk in a speech about ducks. |
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Running Gag |
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Running Gag: Didi singing Christmas songs, interrupted by drags on her ever-present cigarette. |
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The Dog Bites Back |
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The Dog Bites Back: When it's revealed that Stanley killed the Judge. |
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Beware the Nice Ones |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Aunt Pearl, Dixie Deberry, and Didi Snavely's mother are the Christmas Phantom. |
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