MXC - Characters - Main Characters

Main Characters

• Vic Romano (Victor Wilson provides his dub voice) (named after a character from a single episode of Miami Vice) is the co-host and play-by-play commentator. In Takeshi's Castle, Vic's character is Count Takeshi himself, the main character of the show. In MXC, Vic is level-headed, has a dark past of alcohol abuse, failed marriages, and various addictions and generally treats MXC as a serious competition. Vic was once also a professional baseball player who became addicted to "everything", including every type of drug, alcohol, and easy women. He once was an airline pilot during his stint of alcohol abuse, but states: "Luckily, nobody noticed." Notable catchphrases include "Right you are, Ken!", "Indeed!", and "Kenny!", which is usually followed by him smacking Kenny's head with a paper fan, in response to Kenny's commentary of the action. When the show was filmed in Japan, Vic's character was played by the then well-known Japanese actor and movie director Takeshi Kitano.

• Kenny Blankenship (Chris Darga provides the dub voice) Vic's co-host and color commentator. Blankenship is a high-school dropout whose uncle owns the network. Kenny's character is very unprofessional about hosting, far less serious about the job than Vic's character is. Despite his non-professional stand-point, he claims to make ten times the amount that Vic does because of his uncle being one of the network bosses. Kenny has also been stated to own a condo complex from all the money that he earns from hosting, and drives a Volkswagen Jetta. During hosting, Kenny usually spends his time commenting on the sexual appeal of the female competitors. Kenny's character was originally played by comedian Sonomanma Higashi.

• Captain Tenneal (John Cervenka provides the dub voice), whose name comes from the 1970s musical act Captain & Tennille, is the field marshal who conducts the contestants through each challenge with a sharp "Get it on!" Near the beginning of each MXC episode, he is seen addressing the contestants as a group, asking whether some broad assertion relating to one of the topics in the episode is true. After the contestants raise their hands to show agreement, the Captain usually declares "Well, you're wrong!", but on one occasion, the Cops vs. Cons episode of Season 1, he actually agreed with the contestants. After further explanation and give-and-take with individual contestants, he bellows "Let's go!" and leads the contestants forward to begin playing the games. Captain Tenneal is played by Hayato Tani and voiced by John Cervenka. In an early episode, Captain Tenneal's character was named Sergeant Toomey, after the insane drill sergeant in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. The name change was dropped and the character permanently became Captain Tenneal.

• Guy LeDouche (pronounced "gee" as in "geezer") (John Cervenka provides the dub voice) is the MXC field reporter. He is portrayed wearing a pith helmet, and his personality is that of a flamboyant man of suggested French descent who has a questionable sexual orientation, as he makes passes to many of the contestants he interviews, regardless of gender. In addition to this, he is seen to have a romantic interest in Captain Tenneal. He has other family member interviewers who show the same behavior, such as "Lyndon" (which plays off wacky political figure Lyndon LaRouche), "Geek", "Giddy", "Gip," "Goon", "Gawp", and "Gawk", along with females named "Gay", "Grandma", "Gab", "Gin", "Gidget", and "Gal". Guy is played by Junji Inagawa. The family is voiced by John Cervenka (male) and Mary Scheer (female).