Supporting Characters
| Character | Voice | Body | Face/Head | Comments |
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| Ethyl Phillips née Hinkleman | Florence Stanley | Brian Henson (seasons 1-2), Rickey Boyd (seasons 3-4) | The 72-year-old humanoid Edmontonia, wheelchair-using mother of Fran moved in with the Sinclairs after the episode "Hurling Day". After being persuaded by Robbie and Fran that she does not have to go through with Hurling Day, and tantalized by the prospect of making Earl's life a continual misery, Grandma Ethyl becomes a permanent member of the Sinclair household, becoming a regular guest star. She regularly takes swipes at Earl with her cane and often calls him "Fat Boy". "Hurling Day" was Ethyl's first (chronologically) episode, but her first-taped appearance was "Employee of the Month," in which she comes to visit the Sinclair home. In one of the episodes we learn that she also has a son, Stan, Fran's elder brother. | |
| Roy Hess | Sam McMurray | Pons Maar | David Greenaway | Roy is Earl's closest friend at work and outside of work. Roy refers to Earl as his "pally boy", and is a dull-witted Tyrannosaurus Rex. He also has a brother named Roy. He is also shown to have a fetish for long necks, and is blown away when he gets his first look at Monica Devertebrae, instantly smitten. He also briefly fell in love with Earl's twin sister Pearl, but broke it off in the end because she looked too much like him. |
| B.P. (Bradley P.) Richfield | Sherman Hemsley | Steve Whitmire | Steve Whitmire | 42-year-old Bradley P. Richfield is Earl's large, intimidating, tyrannical and vehement boss. He is the executive supervisor of the WESAYSO Tree Pusher's Division and is a carnivorous humanoid Triceratops with the horns on the frill making him look like a Styracosaurus as well. He seems to possess intelligence far surpassing that of most of the males in the series, though he uses it most often for purely selfish and malicious reasons. His behavior is akin to that of a sociopath, and has no regard for the long-term consequences of his actions. However, he is very protective of his daughter, Wendy, going so far as to track her with a global positioning system, and eating the boys she dates without her knowledge. He enjoys terrorizing his employees, especially Earl. In almost every episode that shows the WESAYSO real estate development site, he calls in Earl Sinclair to come in to his trailer. |
| Monica Devertebrae | Suzie Plakson | n/a | Julianne Buescher | An Apatosaurus semi-regular character who debuted as a neighbor in the episode "Unmarried with Children" and the only four-legged dinosaur to be seen. She is identified by Charlene as "Brontosaurus lady". She fills the role of a strong, independent female in a "male's world" with a career and active social life and this is very intimidating and unnerving to many males. She is also the only known friend of "housewife" Fran. Monica is usually viewed from the neck up with her head in the Sinclair house and any occasional body shots would be from outside the Sinclairs' house with her body in claymation. It took four to five puppeteers to handle the movement of Monica's head and neck. |
| Spike | Christopher Meloni | David Greenaway | N/A | Robbie's friend who debuted in "How to Pick Up Girls" as Robbie's rival. He is a semi-regular character who resembles a humanoid Polacanthus with a black leather jacket. He usually refers to Robbie as "Scooter". He has an accent and uses slang reminiscent of Andrew "Dice" Clay, and is often depicted as the "bad influence" character of the series. He displays delinquent qualities, like getting arrested for trespassing and showing knowledge of how to hot-wire a car, and generally having "a problem with authority." Despite this however, he never acts out of malice, and is genuinely concerned for Robbie's well being and despite his rebellious nature is actually a positive influence to the show. For instance, he gets Robbie to quit using Thornoids (a parody of Steroids), and attempts to get Robbie a date with his crush. He also tried to convince Robbie not to date Mr. Richfield's daughter, whom he mistakenly believed to be eating her boyfriends. He often makes wisecracks about Robbie's father but shows respect to his mother to a degree. A running gag is that often in the kitchen of the Sinclair family trying to eat something. |
| Ralph Needlenose | ??? | ??? | ??? | A Troodon who is a co-worker of Earl Sinclair and Roy Hess. The Full-Bodied costume used for Ralph is often used for one-appearance minor characters. |
| Gus Spikebake | ??? | ??? | ??? | A Ceratosaurus who is a co-worker of Earl Sinclair and Roy Hess. The Full-Bodied costume used for Gus is often used for one-appearance minor characters. |
| Sid Turtlepuss | Michelan Sisti | John Kennedy | Michelan Sisti | A Psittacosaurus who is a co-worker of Earl Sinclair and Roy Hess who is seen more than the other characters. He enjoys bagels and donuts. The Full-Bodied costume used for Sid is often used for one-appearance minor characters. |
| Mr. Pulman | Allan Trautman | Bruce Lanoil (first time), Tom Fisher (later appearances) | Allan Trautman | A bespectacled Troodon who is a teacher at Bob LaBrea High School. He is shown to have no sense of humor and strictly follows whatever science the dinosaur council enforces, which were the belief that the Earth is flat (Charlene's Flat World) and potato-ism (The Greatest Story Ever Sold). Like Ralph Needlenose, the Full-Bodied costume used for Mr. Pulman is often used for one-appearance minor characters. |
| Mindy | Jessica Lundy | Star Townsend | Julianne Buescher | A female dinosaur who is the best friend of Charlene Sinclair. There are two different characters with the same name that are both friends of Charlene. Mindy is more often mentioned than she appears. Charlene desires to have play dates with Mindy, such as going to the mall or rollerblading at the beach. There were also two unrelated characters called Mindy:
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| Howard Handupme | Kevin Clash | N/A | N/A | A Walter Cronkite-esque dinosaur who is the newscaster for DNN (short for Dinosaur News Network). He is one of a few characters that isn't a Full-Bodied character. |
| Chief Elder | Various Voices | Various Performers | N/A | Also known as the Elder-in-Chief, the Chief Elder presides over all of the government in Pangaea. It is assumed that he is the head of the Council of Elders. There had been different Chief Elders in different appearances:
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