Characters
| Role | Performer | Character Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Titus | Christopher Titus | The protagonist and center of the dysfunctional chaos of the show. Christopher tries to mediate things in his dysfunctional life (his hard-nosed, alcoholic father, his gifted, yet mentally deranged mother, and his stoner brother) and situations although he finds himself at loss for words in some situations. Christopher owns his own car shop called "Titus: High Performance" and has his brother Dave and friend Tommy employed there. Titus sometimes feels that Erin is in denial or disillusion when it comes to dealing with "crazy people" and has his own way of going about things, sometimes behind her back. Christopher is always striving to seek his father's approval but rarely gets far though it is clear that he loves both his parents despite their faults. |
| Erin Fitzpatrick | Cynthia Watros | Christopher's girlfriend and later fiancé, with a dysfunctional family of her own. Both her parents—Nora (Susan Barnes) and Merritt (Hamilton Camp)—are alcoholics, her sister, Kim, is a sexually promiscuous drug addict with a wild teenage daughter whom she hardly cares for, and her brother, Michael, is a criminal who is constantly beaten by his father). Erin put herself in denial when it came to dysfunctionality, often convincing herself that everything is fine. She often puts herself in over her head and Christopher usually comes to her rescue. She often tries to mend the relationship between Christopher and Ken but rarely gets far. She is the only girl that Ken likes and often is willing to do things for her. She is loving and caring but often is taken advantage of, causing her to sometimes do the exact opposite of what she really feels. She is based on Christopher Titus' then-wife Erin Carden. |
| Dave Titus aka Dave Scovill | Zack Ward / Adam Hicks |
Christopher's half-brother. Was abandoned by his mother (Ken's third wife, who left Ken because she couldn't handle having her self-esteem crushed by him) when he was young. Is a stoner who, despite his marijuana habit, is a savant when it comes to detailing cars and has flashes of genius (on "Houseboat", there was a flashback of Dave reviving his dead father, Ken, by opening a beer just as the paramedics were ready to pronounce Ken dead from a heart attack). |
| Ken Titus | Stacy Keach | Christopher and Dave's father, a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, skirt-chasing man who often pulls cruel pranks on his kids (Titus and Dave) to keep them from being "wussies" and was married and divorced five times (with all of Ken's ex-wives cleaning him out every time). Despite being an alcoholic, Ken has, to quote Titus, "never missed a car payment, never missed a house payment, never missed a day of work," and would make sure his kids were provided for before himself (often making himself going without for the sake of his kids if money was ever tight). |
| Tommy Shafter | David Shatraw | Christopher's buddy since childhood. The supposed "normal" one. Is often mistaken for being a homosexual—the result of emulating his father, Perry (who actually was gay, but kept it a secret while married to Tommy's mother). When Perry came out of the closet, Tommy severed ties with his father, not because of his homosexuality, but because Perry lied to his mother and abandoned her without any consideration for her feelings. In "After Mrs. Shafter", Perry realizes he was wrong to break up with Tommy's mom and tries to reconcile with her, only to find that Titus's dad wants to date her. In the end, Perry, Mrs Shafer, and Ken enter a sort of three-way relationship, which Titus and Erin find morally abhorrent, but Tommy likes, as it means he can bond with his father again. Perry can do the affectionate things she likes, while Ken and her can have sex. |
| Amy Fitzpatrick | Rachel Roth | Erin's rebellious teenage niece who lives with Erin and Christopher during the third season after getting in trouble for beating her uncle (Erin's brother, Michael) over the head with a skateboard. Lived with her drug addict mom (Erin's sister, Kim) and her abusive alcoholic stepfather (Kim's boyfriend, Bob), both of which were either too stoned or in jail too often to care for Amy. In "The Protector", it was revealed that Amy was sexually molested by a man who offered to care for Amy while Amy's parents were in jail (and the man is the father of a boy who harasses Amy at school). In "Errr", it's revealed that Amy is a lesbian and has a girlfriend named Charlie. |
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