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This is a list of [[fictional characters]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[dramedy]] "[[Pushing Daisies]]." |
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| name = [[Pop rap]] |
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| stylistic_origins = [[hip hop music]], [[pop music]], [[contemporary R&B]], [[dance music]] |
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| cultural_origins = Early 1990's [[South Bronx, New York|South Bronx]], [[New York City]]/[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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| instruments = [[Turntablism|Turntable]], [[rapping|vocals]], [[drum machine]], [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], [[synthesizer]], [[beatboxing]] |
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| popularity = Global |
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| other_topics = [[Breakdance]] – [[Graffiti#Graffiti as an element of hip hop|Graffiti]] – [[Hip hop fashion|Fashion]] – [[List of hip hop genres|Subgenres]] – [[List of hip hop albums|Notable albums]] – [[World hip hop]] - [[boy bands]] |
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'''Pop rap''' (or '''hip-pop''') is [[hip hop music|hip hop]] with a [[pop music]] influence. The style became popular in the early 1990s, as hip hop music found commercial success. Pop rappers were more radio-friendly than artists in other [[hip hop music|hip hop]] genres. It was not uncommon for the songs to have raunchy subject matter, but on average the lyrics were not as obscene as those of other rap artists. By the turn of the millennium, gangsta rap and other more offensive forms took over the mainstream as hip-pop. Eminem gave a nod to the occurrence with his mock boy band single "My Band" from [[D12 World]]. |
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| [[Ned (Pushing Daisies)|Ned]] |
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| [[Lee Pace]]<br />[[Field Cate]] (at age 9) |
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| A pie maker who can return the dead to life with one touch. If the dead person stays alive for more than 60 seconds, someone else has to die in that person's place. If, after bringing the person back to life, he touches them a second time, the person becomes dead permanently. |
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==History== |
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| Charlotte "Chuck" Charles |
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The first commercial successful rap song mixed up with pop and funk was ''[[Der Kommissar (song)|Der Kommissar]]'' by the Austrian musician [[Falco]]. It was among the Billboard Hot 100 (#72){{Fact|date=July 2008}}. Pop-rap has been popular since its beginning in the late-1980s, after various [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artists commenced entering the mainstream. [[LL Cool J]] just may have been the very first pop-rapper in history, when he rose to prominence on his 1985 debut album ''[[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]''. When he joined [[Russell Simmons]]' Def Jam label and decided to try merging [[hip hop music|rap]] with pop and [[R&B]] influences, some people were skeptical that it would ever work. |
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| [[Anna Friel]]<br />[[Sammi Hanratty]] (at age 8) |
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| 28 |
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| Ned's childhood neighbor and boyhood crush. She was murdered on a cruise ship under mysterious circumstances. Ned brings her back to life, and has to be very careful not to touch her again. She has a wealth of information on odd and uncommon topics due to reading a large variety of books while growing up in a relatively repressed environment. She can also speak various languages as shown in the episode "Dummy", such as Japanese. At first, Chuck lived in the same room as Ned, but ever since Olive quit and mysteriously disappeared, she moved into Olive's old apartment. |
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However in the end, one of LL's singles, the [[hip hop music|rap]]-[[ballad]] "[[I Need Love]]", actually became a success. The origins of Pop-rap began with artists such as [[Tone-Loc]], and [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] putting emphasis right on their good-humored, storytelling skills, to great chart success. The were followers who also began recording similarly amiable party tunes and novelties. Since there had been a possibility of accepting this as real music, other [[Master of Ceremonies|emcees]] started to play up rap's connection to pop, [[R&B]], and [[dance music]]. |
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| Emerson Cod |
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| [[Chi McBride]] |
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| Late 30s |
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| A [[private investigator]] who, after finding out about Ned's gift for bringing the dead back to life, becomes Ned's business partner. Never fails to voice his own opinion out loud. He enjoys relaxing with [[arts and crafts]] [[hobbies]], especially [[knitting]]. In the final episode of the first season he reveals that he has a daughter that he presumably has not talked with in some time and Ned didnt know about until that episode as mentioning her hurts Emerson. Emerson is often seen driving his like-new 1960s [[Lincoln Continental]] sedan. He also is seen to like pop-up books in the episode "Smell of Success" and his favorite pie flavor is [[rhubarb pie]]. |
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Many pop-rap hits [[sampling (music)|sampled]] hits as a backing track, "[[U Can't Touch This]]" by [[MC Hammer]] being the prime example, lifting the bass riff from [[Rick James]]' "[[Super Freak]]". Pop-rap artists were sometimes taken to court for the use of borrowing hooks from previous songs by other artists{{Fact|date=July 2008}} |
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| The Narrator |
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| [[Jim Dale]] |
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| An omniscient voice that puts the "fairy tale" in ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''' description as a "[[forensic]] fairy tale", commonly beginning the expositions about case information with the phrase "The facts were these:". |
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Other pop-rap [[M.C.]]s developed their own sounds, such as [[LL Cool J]] and [[Salt-N-Pepa]]. Very little of this commercially minded music was met with acclaim from hip hop enthusiasts or critics, however - [[Puff Daddy]]'s "loop it and leave it" style of sampling, which most of the time just consisted of rapping over someone else's instrumental, was criticized. |
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| Vivian Charles |
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| [[Ellen Greene]] |
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| upper middle age |
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| Chuck's aunt who was part of a [[synchronized swimming]] duo with her sister, Lily, who shares her personality disorder and love for fine [[cheese]]. However, unlike her sister, Vivian is more positive toward life. She is good with [[taxidermy]]. |
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==Notable artists== |
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| Lily Charles |
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| [[Swoosie Kurtz]] |
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| upper middle age |
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*[[2 In A Room]] |
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| Chuck's other "aunt" who lost her right eye when cleaning the [[litter box]]. Like her sister, Vivian, she shares her personality disorder and love for fine cheese. However, unlike her sister, Lily is more of a sourpuss. She is also a heavy drinker. While hallucinating under the influence of a heavily-dosed homeopathic mood-enhancing pie, she reveals to Olive that she is actually Chuck's mother (episode Corpsicle). |
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*[[Aaron Carter]] |
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*[[Black Eyed Peas]] |
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*[[Betty Boo]] |
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*[[Blake Lewis]] |
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*[[Bow Wow]] |
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*[[Cam'ron]] |
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*[[Die Fantastischen Vier]] |
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*[[Dr. Alban]] |
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*[[D-Mob]] |
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| Olive Snook |
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| [[Kristin Chenoweth]]<br/>[[Samantha Bailey]] (at age 9)<ref>[http://www.thepiemaker.com/pushing-daisies-tour-diaries-downtown-disney/ ThePieMaker.com]</ref> |
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| The former waitress at Ned's Pie Hole who also used to live next door to the Pie Maker. She is romantically interested in being touched by the Pie Maker, but due to Chuck "faking her own death" and coming out of nowhere, finds it hard to do so. She developed a relationship with Chuck's aunts when she began delivering pies to them, but has not told them of Chuck's continued presence to avoid hurting them. Before working at the Pie Hole she used to be a [[jockey]]. |
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| Digby |
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*[[Sean Combs|Diddy]] |
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| Orbit,<br>Orion |
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*[[DJ Bobo]] |
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| 3 (or 23) |
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*[[Eminem]] |
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| Ned's [[Golden Retriever]], the first creature that he brought back to life after he was hit by an 18-wheeler truck; the fact that Digby is still alive despite his great age would seem to suggest that the resurrection suspends the aging process, but this has yet to be confirmed. The Pie Maker currently pets Digby with a fake arm (because if he were to touch Digby again, Digby would be dead forever). Digby is also quite intelligent enough to avoid Ned himself. Digby spends a significant amount of his time with Olive. |
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*[[Gerardo]] |
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*[[Father MC]] |
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*[[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] |
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*[[Flo Rida]] |
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*[[Freedom Williams]] |
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*[[Fannypack]] |
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*[[Huey (rapper)|Huey]] |
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*[[Ice MC]] |
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*[[Jerry Yan]] |
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*[[Jermaine Dupri]] |
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==Recurring characters== |
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===Coroner=== |
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*[[KJ-52]] |
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The '''coroner''' ([[Sy Richardson]]) works at the City Morgue where Ned, Emerson, and Chuck inspect (and secretly interrogate) dead bodies. He is often suspicious of all three of them and voices it by simply saying, "Mmmmmm-hmmmm." He has started hitting up Emerson for [[bribe]] money to keep quiet about his inspections. Emerson reluctantly pays him, but only because he believes it's simply for business. |
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*[[Kris Kross]] |
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*[[Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]] |
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*[[Lil' Romeo]] |
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*[[Lil' Wayne]] |
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*[[Mase]] |
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*[[Massari]] |
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*[[Maestro (rapper)|Maestro]] |
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*[[Nelly]] |
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*[[Neneh Cherry]] |
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*[[MC Hammer]] |
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*[[Mr. Lee]] |
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*[[Namie Amuro]] |
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Bryan Fuller recently revealed that the coroner is homosexual and is secretly in love with Emerson.<ref>[http://www.afterelton.com/blog/jameshillis/exclusive-bryan-fuller-reveals-gay-pushing-daisies-character-steals-our-hearts?&comment=37855 AfterElton.com]</ref> |
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*[[Sarai (rapper)|Sarai]] |
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*[[Shop Boyz]] |
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*[[Skee-Lo]] |
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*[[Sir Mix-a-lot]] |
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*[[Sisqo]] |
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*[[Soulja Boy]] |
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*[[Swizz Beatz]] |
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*[[The Outhere Brothers]] |
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*[[Tone Loc]] |
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*[[Tony Yayo]] |
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*[[Vanilla Ice]] |
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*[[Will Smith]] |
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===Alfredo Aldarisio=== |
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'''Alfredo Aldarisio''' ([[Raúl Esparza]]) is a homeopathic salesman who has a fear that Earth's [[atmosphere]] could be sucked away from space and treats himself with his own herbal wares. He secretly admires Olive Snook and gave Chuck a sample pack of [[antidepressants]]. Olive also secretly admires him, even though she still longs for the Pie Maker, but she has not yet had a chance to tell him this due to his going away on a trip. |
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===Oscar Vibenius=== |
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'''Oscar Vibenius''' ([[Paul Reubens]]) is an olfactory expert who works for the Department of Water and Power. He was almost framed by his former partner, Napoleon LeNez, for attempting to kill him, when in fact LeNez was staging his own attempts to try to publicize his latest book. He becomes intrigued with Chuck after noticing something slightly different in her scent, and he stole her mother's sweater to further investigate his suspicions. In ''Corpsicle'', Chuck gave him a sample of her hair so that he could continue his investigation into her scent, but he returned it to her without testing it in an effort to gain her trust. Beforehand, he had also shaved Digby's behind, as he was also interested in his peculiar scent. |
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===Manuel=== |
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'''Manuel''' ([[Omar Avila]]) polishes the floors of the Pie Hole. He and Olive know each other through both staying after hours to clean up. |
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===Ned's Mother=== |
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'''Ned's mother''' ([[Tina Gloss]]) appears only in flashbacks. She passed away from a [[brain aneurysm]] while dusting Ned off with a broom. Ned brought her back to life for more than one minute and as a consequence, accidently killed Chuck's father, Charles Charles. That night, she, Ned and Chuck waited for Chuck's aunts to take her. Afterward, Ned's Mother tucked him into his bed and gave him a goodnight kiss, one that ended up being her very last. This is how Ned learned the rules of his powers: First touch, life, second touch, dead again, forever. |
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* [[Pop music]] |
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* [[Snap (music)]] |
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===Ned's Father=== |
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After his mother died, '''Ned's father''' ([[Jon Eric Price]]) sent him away to the Longborough School for Boys in the town of North Thrush. His parting words to him were "I'll be back". This would turn out to be a lie as one Halloween, Ned got a postcard that said he moved away from his house. So that night, Ned went to the new house to find his father with a new wife and two new twin boys. Since Ned was dressed up as a ghost, his father did not recognize him, so he gave him a Honeycomb Chew and wished him a happy Halloween. According to Lily, Ned's Father was a "jackass...who did us all a favor, [Ned] included." |
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He was recently spotted at the Pie Hole, though Ned failed to see him. |
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[[Category:Hip hop genres]] |
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===Other characters=== |
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Other recurring roles take the form of the younger versions of Ned, Chuck, and Olive, who are seen in flashbacks at the beginning of every episode. Another minor recurring role is [[Leyna Nguyen]] as a newsanchor. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://pushingdaisies.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Characters Characters] at [http://pushingdaisies.wikia.com/wiki/Pushing_Daisies Pushing Daisies wiki] |
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* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=bio#t=character Bios] at the [http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index Pushing Daisies official website] |
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Revision as of 15:39, 12 October 2008
This is a list of fictional characters in the ABC dramedy "Pushing Daisies."
Main characters
| Name | Portrayed by | Age | Description |
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| Ned | Lee Pace Field Cate (at age 9) |
29 | A pie maker who can return the dead to life with one touch. If the dead person stays alive for more than 60 seconds, someone else has to die in that person's place. If, after bringing the person back to life, he touches them a second time, the person becomes dead permanently. |
| Charlotte "Chuck" Charles | Anna Friel Sammi Hanratty (at age 8) |
28 | Ned's childhood neighbor and boyhood crush. She was murdered on a cruise ship under mysterious circumstances. Ned brings her back to life, and has to be very careful not to touch her again. She has a wealth of information on odd and uncommon topics due to reading a large variety of books while growing up in a relatively repressed environment. She can also speak various languages as shown in the episode "Dummy", such as Japanese. At first, Chuck lived in the same room as Ned, but ever since Olive quit and mysteriously disappeared, she moved into Olive's old apartment. |
| Emerson Cod | Chi McBride | Late 30s | A private investigator who, after finding out about Ned's gift for bringing the dead back to life, becomes Ned's business partner. Never fails to voice his own opinion out loud. He enjoys relaxing with arts and crafts hobbies, especially knitting. In the final episode of the first season he reveals that he has a daughter that he presumably has not talked with in some time and Ned didnt know about until that episode as mentioning her hurts Emerson. Emerson is often seen driving his like-new 1960s Lincoln Continental sedan. He also is seen to like pop-up books in the episode "Smell of Success" and his favorite pie flavor is rhubarb pie. |
| The Narrator | Jim Dale | An omniscient voice that puts the "fairy tale" in Pushing Daisies' description as a "forensic fairy tale", commonly beginning the expositions about case information with the phrase "The facts were these:". | |
| Vivian Charles | Ellen Greene | upper middle age | Chuck's aunt who was part of a synchronized swimming duo with her sister, Lily, who shares her personality disorder and love for fine cheese. However, unlike her sister, Vivian is more positive toward life. She is good with taxidermy. |
| Lily Charles | Swoosie Kurtz | upper middle age | Chuck's other "aunt" who lost her right eye when cleaning the litter box. Like her sister, Vivian, she shares her personality disorder and love for fine cheese. However, unlike her sister, Lily is more of a sourpuss. She is also a heavy drinker. While hallucinating under the influence of a heavily-dosed homeopathic mood-enhancing pie, she reveals to Olive that she is actually Chuck's mother (episode Corpsicle). |
| Olive Snook | Kristin Chenoweth Samantha Bailey (at age 9)[1] |
unknown | The former waitress at Ned's Pie Hole who also used to live next door to the Pie Maker. She is romantically interested in being touched by the Pie Maker, but due to Chuck "faking her own death" and coming out of nowhere, finds it hard to do so. She developed a relationship with Chuck's aunts when she began delivering pies to them, but has not told them of Chuck's continued presence to avoid hurting them. Before working at the Pie Hole she used to be a jockey. |
| Digby | Orbit, Orion |
3 (or 23) | Ned's Golden Retriever, the first creature that he brought back to life after he was hit by an 18-wheeler truck; the fact that Digby is still alive despite his great age would seem to suggest that the resurrection suspends the aging process, but this has yet to be confirmed. The Pie Maker currently pets Digby with a fake arm (because if he were to touch Digby again, Digby would be dead forever). Digby is also quite intelligent enough to avoid Ned himself. Digby spends a significant amount of his time with Olive. |
Recurring characters
Coroner
The coroner (Sy Richardson) works at the City Morgue where Ned, Emerson, and Chuck inspect (and secretly interrogate) dead bodies. He is often suspicious of all three of them and voices it by simply saying, "Mmmmmm-hmmmm." He has started hitting up Emerson for bribe money to keep quiet about his inspections. Emerson reluctantly pays him, but only because he believes it's simply for business.
Bryan Fuller recently revealed that the coroner is homosexual and is secretly in love with Emerson.[2]
Alfredo Aldarisio
Alfredo Aldarisio (Raúl Esparza) is a homeopathic salesman who has a fear that Earth's atmosphere could be sucked away from space and treats himself with his own herbal wares. He secretly admires Olive Snook and gave Chuck a sample pack of antidepressants. Olive also secretly admires him, even though she still longs for the Pie Maker, but she has not yet had a chance to tell him this due to his going away on a trip.
Oscar Vibenius
Oscar Vibenius (Paul Reubens) is an olfactory expert who works for the Department of Water and Power. He was almost framed by his former partner, Napoleon LeNez, for attempting to kill him, when in fact LeNez was staging his own attempts to try to publicize his latest book. He becomes intrigued with Chuck after noticing something slightly different in her scent, and he stole her mother's sweater to further investigate his suspicions. In Corpsicle, Chuck gave him a sample of her hair so that he could continue his investigation into her scent, but he returned it to her without testing it in an effort to gain her trust. Beforehand, he had also shaved Digby's behind, as he was also interested in his peculiar scent.
Manuel
Manuel (Omar Avila) polishes the floors of the Pie Hole. He and Olive know each other through both staying after hours to clean up.
Ned's Mother
Ned's mother (Tina Gloss) appears only in flashbacks. She passed away from a brain aneurysm while dusting Ned off with a broom. Ned brought her back to life for more than one minute and as a consequence, accidently killed Chuck's father, Charles Charles. That night, she, Ned and Chuck waited for Chuck's aunts to take her. Afterward, Ned's Mother tucked him into his bed and gave him a goodnight kiss, one that ended up being her very last. This is how Ned learned the rules of his powers: First touch, life, second touch, dead again, forever.
Ned's Father
After his mother died, Ned's father (Jon Eric Price) sent him away to the Longborough School for Boys in the town of North Thrush. His parting words to him were "I'll be back". This would turn out to be a lie as one Halloween, Ned got a postcard that said he moved away from his house. So that night, Ned went to the new house to find his father with a new wife and two new twin boys. Since Ned was dressed up as a ghost, his father did not recognize him, so he gave him a Honeycomb Chew and wished him a happy Halloween. According to Lily, Ned's Father was a "jackass...who did us all a favor, [Ned] included."
He was recently spotted at the Pie Hole, though Ned failed to see him.
Other characters
Other recurring roles take the form of the younger versions of Ned, Chuck, and Olive, who are seen in flashbacks at the beginning of every episode. Another minor recurring role is Leyna Nguyen as a newsanchor.