The Ziggyz Show / Characters

A page describing the characters of The Ziggyz Show.

NOTE: This page is not in alphabetical order.

Kid Ziggy

 * Adaptational Nice Guy: Unlike the books where he was a bit mischievous, here he is a completely well intentioned guy.


 * Keet: He is vey gentle and energetic.
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Hat
 * Red is Heroic / Blue is Heroic: Wears a red and blue cap.

Hairy Ziggy

 * Adaptational Attractiveness: He has a yellow small fork on his hair.
 * Nice Guy
 * Funny Afro
 * The Pig-Pen
 * Hates Baths


 * Non-Standard Character Design: Unlike other ziggyz, he has hair.

Square Ziggy

 * Bandicam 2019-01-17 20-15-41-904.jpgAbnormal Limb Rotation Range: He can move his elbow way far than other Ziggyz. Justified as he is square, this may be his default shape.
 * Affective Nickname: Called Squaree by his Ziggy friends.
 * Deconstructed Character Archetype: In the books his squareness was used as a good thing, in the show, he is more likely to see his square shape as a bad thing or an impediment.
 * Nice Guy
 * Only Sane Man: He is often the voice of reason of the series.

Crazy Ziggy

 * Amusing Injuries: Prone to this.


 * Banana Peel: He tossed one on his Birthday Episode.
 * Butt-Monkey: Prone to accidents and injuries.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: As always...
 * Mad Eye: His left eye always whirls.
 * Instant Bandages: Whenever he crushes into things or slaps.

Pirate Ziggy

 * An Arm And A Leg: Subverted as he only has a missing hand on wich he wears his hook. However some books portrayed him with a pegleg.
 * Dressed Like A Pirate:Wears a hat with the Jolly Roger ziggy-fied, an eyepatch and a hook.
 * Butt-Monkey
 * Talking Like A Pirate: He speaks with a lot of Ah-Hoy!s and Arrrghs.
 * Pirates

Lord Ziggy

 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Has a red elephant as a pet on his circus.
 * Upper Class Twit: He tends to act with rudeness.
 * High Class Glass: Wears a monocle
 * Jerk With A Hearth Of Gold: He is a nice man after all.
 * Rich Bitch


 * Jerkass

Tenderheart Ziggy

 * Nice Guy: The nicest of all the Ziggyz.


 * Nice Hat
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Apologises A Lot 

Messy Ziggy

 * Big Eater: Eats a lot of messy food.
 * Everyone Has Standards: Despite beign so filthy, he likes having clean hands.
 * Expy: Of Mr. Messy and PigPen.
 * Hates Baths
 * Nice Guy
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: He speaks in a way that brings Peter Lorre to mind.
 * Non-Standard Character Design: He has gray outlines and waves of dust surrounds him in an animation style that doesn't follow the actual animation style of the show.
 * The Pig-Pen 
 * Smelly Feet 

Ball Ziggy

 * BallziggyTZS.pngThe Chew Toy: Subverted. He likes being kicked when playing football.
 * Rubber Man 
 * Non-Standard Character Design: Unlike the other Ziggyz, he has a solid body.
 * Instant Bandages: He's always seen with two bandages on each side of his body.

 

Ghost Ziggy

 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He is never seen or mentioned in the season 2 of the series.


 * Jerkass
 * Jerk With a Hearth of Gold: He scares people but only for fun.
 * Karma: Sometimes other Ziggyz scare him instead.
 * The Prankster
 * Special Effects Failure: Wears a very, VERY cheap ghost costume.
 * Nightmare Fuel Fetishist
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
 * You Don't Look Like You: In the books he had the body of a normal Ziggy, with his legs beign replaced by a ghost tail, here he is just a Ziggy covered with a bed sheet.

Alien Ziggy

 * Alienziggy.pngBizarre Alien Biology: He can pull out many arms out of his body and use his eyes as headlights.
 * Canon Foreigner: He was created specially for the show.
 * Human Subspecies: More like Ziggy subspecies.
 * Human Aliens
 * Humanoid Aliens 

Somersault Ziggy

 * Meaningful Name: He likes to do awesome somersaults and he reach splendid heights.
 * Double Jump: He can do these.
 * In A Single Bound
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Hat

Helicopter Ziggy

 * Die or Fly: In one episode, he thought his palettes where broken, but when he fall over his tall bed he could fly again.
 * Nice Guy
 * Ironic Fear: He is scared of heights!.
 * Heli-Critter


 * The Hero: He is seen as this by others, as he can fly he can rescue Balloon Ziggy from flying out his hand, save people from a building on fire, or rescue kittens from trees.

Sarcasm Ziggy

 * Amazing Technicolor Population: He's blue.
 * Canon Foreigner: He was created for the show.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Isn't called Sarcasm Ziggy for nothing.
 * Jerk With A Hearth Of Gold
 * Sour Supporter: Sort of...whenever the other ziggyz do anything.

Balloon Ziggy

 * Amazing Technicolor Population: Has a red face, but is a balloon so what gives...


 * Floating Face
 * Non-Standard Character Design
 * Flat Character
 * Facial Horror
 * Tear off Your Face

Sleepy Ziggy

 * Brilliant,But Lazy: He can run very fast as revealed when he was hungry and followed the smell of a pizza.


 * Catch-Phrase: "I'm kinda tired now..."
 * Heavy Sleeper
 * Lazy Bum
 * Unmoving Plaid: The star pattern on his hat has this effect.

Wrathful Ziggy

 * Amazing Technicolor Population: Unlike other Ziggyz, he is red. Although this can be due to him beign angry all the time.
 * Adaptational Villainy: Unlike the books when he was grumpy and that's it, here he has villainy tendences.
 * Big Ol' Unibrow
 * Grumpy Bear: Well, Duh!.
 * Nice Hat
 * Jerk With a Hearth of Gold
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Has a blue unibrow.

Stroky Ziggy

 * StrokyziggyTZS.pngAdaptational Villainy: Same case as Wrathful Ziggy.
 * Ambiguous Disorder
 * Split-Personality: He has two personalities represented by his stroked side and his normal side.
 * Body Horror
 * Facial Horror 
 * Two-Faced

Cool Ziggy

 * The Bully


 * The Stalker
 * Upper Class Twit
 * Eye Glasses: Wears small round lennon sunglasses.
 * Cool Shades
 * Cassanova Wannabee


 * Sunglasses at Night

Bow Ziggy

 * Adaptation Name Change: She was named Well Doomed Ziggy in the cards, but was renamed Bow Ziggy in the show, due to the original name being confusing for US viewers.
 * All About Me: She loves to talk about herself.
 * Flat Character: She isn't usually given a more developed personality.
 * Girlish Bowtie: A red star hairpin.
 * The Smurfette Principle: The only female Ziggy in the show.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: She has pink hair.

Mysterious Ziggy

 * The Un-Reveal


 * No Mouth: His mouth is covered by his turtleneck.
 * The One Who Must Not Be Seen
 * The One Who Must Not Be Heard

Lunch Ziggy

 * Big Eater
 * Heavy Sleeper
 * Nice Guy

Specky Ziggy

 * Ambiguous Disorder: He is way too nervous.
 * Butt-Monkey: He falls into this at times.
 * Eye Glasses
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: Averted. He isn't really that smart in the show, however, in the original books he was the smarterst ziggy.
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Lovable Coward

Thieve Ziggy

 * Affectionate Pickpocket: He does this at Police Ziggy
 * to steal his keys once.
 * Butt-Monkey


 * The Kleptomaniac
 * Bandito
 * The Voiceless: His comedic shorts are mute.

Police Ziggy

 * Big Ol' Unibrow: Type I.
 * Canon Foreigner: He was created for the show.


 * Hammerspace Police Force: He often pull random policial things out of nowhere.
 * Police Brutality: He often smacks Thieve Ziggy with a baseball bat.
 * The Voiceless: Like Thieve Ziggy, he never speaks on his comedy shorts.

Leggy Ziggy

 * Adaptational Attractiveness: Gains a Nice Hat.
 * Gentle Giant: Though he's only a giant in the sense that his legs are long.
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Hat