Background Characters

Throughout the Superthings series, there have been many civilians or unused Superthings that appear in the background of scenes, or are used only to progress a small plot point. They are not usually possible to purchase as figures or in other merchandise. This article will compile some that have appeared several times or seem notable.

Background characters are more common in older series because there weren't many superthing characters early on, and empty spaces needed to be filled. In later series such as Kazoom Kids, the role of these characters was filled by existing collectable superthings instead.

Because the gender and pronouns of many of these characters are unknown, the majority of this article will use gender neutral language to describe them.

## Series 2

##### The Elves

The first background characters to appear in Superthings are Santazing's elves in Series 2, Episode 12. They work under Santazing and appear in only one episode. They all look the same, being yellow bells with long ears, green hats and being small in stature.

## Series 3

##### Flying Academy Teacher

This character teaches at the Kaboom City flying academy. They only appear in one episode, that being Episode 14. They seem to be an old-fashioned brown bomber hat (a hat that pilots wear) with yellow goggles, the soft interior of the hat being interpreted as a bushy moustache and eyebrows. They have white gloves and brown boots.

##### Civilian Doctor 1

Also in episode 14, a doctor arrives to attend to the bag of rice that got damaged in the superslider crash. They only appear on one episode. They are some sort of red medical kit with a yellow and black + (plus) symbol on the front, wearing a white jacket and orange boots and gloves. They are holding a red bag while wearing a green mask, implying they are a superthing working as a hero.

##### Messy Basketball Fan

This character appears in Episode 18, and is a large, red-and-blue foam finger civilian, with yellow-and-black striped sleeves and blue boots. They appear in only one episode, annoying Enigma by being messy and loud throughout the game, only to fall asleep and not find out who won. Their design is very similar to that of Superfan from Guardians of Kazoom, perhaps meaning that the designers either reused the design as a reference to Episode 18, or that the two characters are somehow related.

### Civilians

There are various background characters shown in Episode 19 due to its nature as a flashback, set far before most of the modern superthing characters existed. Some are hats and canes, while others include a cocktail glass and an egg.

### Villains

They were the former villains of the city before the events of Series 1. Apart from Mikron, there is also a teapot, a folded tuxedo bib and a radio.

### Headteacher

He served as the headteacher for Mr. King's school, where in the episode, he presented Grafon to a young Mr. King alongside other barrel students.

### Typewriter

This typewriter was seen in the episode briefly confronting Mikron, before the latter causes him to be hospitalized.

### Purse Doctor

This was the doctor who took care of an injured Mr. King in the hospital after he got injured during Grafon and Mikron's fight, and presumably gave him his robotic arm. He resembles a medical purse.

## Series 4

### Doughnut Guy

This character is a doughnut with pink icing and gold sprinkles. They wear a beret, yellow gloves, blue shoes and purple trousers. They seem to own an onion or garlic-shaped dog as seen in Episode 3 of Secret Spies, which was seen being walked by Smiley Spike later in the same episode.

### Doughnut Guard

Their first appearance is in Episode 37, where they work as a security guard. In this episode they wear a security guard uniform, and also have rainbow sprinkles.

It's safe to say that this character really likes doughnuts.

#### Manny McTennis

Manny Mctennis is a yellow tennis ball that gets interviewed by Shakespen in the News Zings Today spinoff series, in the episode "RAYCER ATTACKS!". He is notable because he has a first and second name, and also some voiced lines. According to the infobox on screen, he is a citizen, and describes Raycer's attempt to change the temperature of Kaboom City as "like the streets had air conditioning", saying also that it was "quite pleasant".

#### Unnamed Soft Drink Superthing

In Episode 33, Professor K held a demonstration on live television in which he created a slightly dopey hero. This superthing was a purple can of grape juice with a straw, green gloves and a cyan mask, and was created specifically for the episode because the designers didn't want to give any existing Superthings a bad name by portraying them as unintelligent. As a result, this is one of very few hero characters who is not available as a figure.