Friends

Friends

Arnold Biefneiter Played by: Mickey Jones Seen in episode: 01-02 Occupation: Used to work at Bemins Van & Storage Co. Age: 37 (discounting the years he was frozen) Date/Place of Birth: 1900, Kansas City Nickname: Beef Beef is a man from the 1930's who, after being frozen for 48 years, can now freeze the things he touches. In 1937, while Beef was working at Bemins (sometime after Amelia Earhart's plane went missing), he got inside an experimental cryo-cabinet (whether intentionally or by accident it isn't known). He was presumed missing himself until 48 years later when, during a thunderstorm, the cryo-cabinet began to thaw and out stepped Beef - covered in icicles from head to toe. Beef was rushed to Humanidyne, where H.I.T. determined that he was melting and that he had to be kept under 32 degrees Fahrenheit or it would be fatal. They placed him in the lab freezer and the cold recharged his strength — a little too well. He busted out of the freezer and tore up the lab, demanding to know about Amelia (Earhart's disappearance was probably the only thing he remembered). A frozen candy bar sent him back into his frozen slumber, but not before Strickland and General Thiel saw his destructive potential. They immediately transferred him to a lab in the Military Division and began inhumane experiments to find how to harness his icy strength. Billy was not going to stand for this, so he and the freshly banded Misfits rescued Beef from the evil clutches of the military, using an ice cream truck for transportation, Jane as a stand-in for Amelia, and more frozen candy bars. When the Misfits were caught between the military and the impassable water barrier, Beef heroically chose to freeze the barrier solid so they could escape, even though he was already pretty melted and freezing it would raise his temperature even more. He survived the action and made it to the top of the mesa to celebrate the Misfits' victory with them. He appeared with them on the fronts of the magazines Timely, Partyboy, and Shapely. Freezing Power All Beef has to do is touch something and it freezes solid. This is known as contact temperature transference, or CTT. This saps his strength — especially if what he touches is very large — but cold recharges him and returns his superhuman ice strength. His freezing power froze a rat in the basement of Bemins, a beaker in the H.I.T. lab, and the entire water tunnel barrier.	Quotes: "Ameliaaaa!!" (01-02) "Amelia?" (01-02) "Ameliaaaa!" (01-02)
Dr. Telford Momquist Played by: Eric Christmas Seen in episode: 01-02 Occupation: Scientist / Former Administrator of Humanidyne Nickname: Dr. Mom Dr. Momquist is a sensible and kindly old scientist who used to administrate Humanidyne before Dr. Strickland took over. He is a "man of science", as El describes him. Dr. Momquist was on the team behind the neutron beam project, but once he saw the dangerous consequences that using the beam could have, he was completely opposed to the idea of building it into a cannon. He was shocked when he learned Humanidyne had already gone ahead with the construction of the cannon (H.I.T. was not involved in the project), and he tried to stop Strickland from selling it to anyone who would use it - which definitely meant it shouldn't be sold to the government. Dr. Momquist's protests only got him held prisoner in the Military Division at Humanidyne and slated as a guinea pig for the experiments with Beef's ice ability. Once Dr. Momquist was rescued by the newly formed Misfits, he told them of the impending danger of the neutron beam cannon. Since he had helped to design the bunker for housing it, he was able to tell them of the defenses, which the Misfits got past and were then able to expose the cannon. He was with the Misfits for their round of celebratory interviews and photo shoots, appearing with them on the cover of Timely magazine, quite happy that the Misfits had saved the day.
Angel Moreno Played by: Dean Devlin Seen in episode: 03 Age: 16 Angel is a 16-year-old dropout and graffiti artist from the barrio. He helped out the Misfits when Billy was trying to prove that his friend Augie was correct about where the Mayans had gone. Angel used a mysterious connection he had to his ancestors' knowledge — a sort of genetic memory — to read Augie's map and the inscriptions in Naquatl's temple. Gloria tried to be friends with Angel, but he told her he wasn't to be trusted. He proved this when Stoffer was trapping the Misfits in a sealed room; Stoffer gave Angel the choice to either die with his friends or help him to find the treasure. Angel chose the latter, but after discovering the temple and seeing the destruction he was allowing Stoffer to do to the Mayan artifacts, Angel turned back and helped the Misfits out. Because of his experience in the temple, Angel is now making sure his Mayan memories and painting skills are put to good use. Genetic Memory Genetic memory is the theory that certain cultural knowledge, language, and memories can be handed down genetically. Angel exhibited evidence of this when he was able to read and understand ancient Mayan writings with no prior study. Angel has no explanation as to how he knows what he does, only that his grandfather used to tell him stories about the Mayans and maybe that stuck with him somehow.
Harry Played by: James Sloyan Seen in episode: 04 Occupation: Research Scientist Harry is a brilliant scientist and a bit of a dreamer. He has, as his son Josh puts it, an IQ of "190 zillion." He had been working as a test tube washer at Humanidyne and was fixated on making contact with extraterrestrials, when he finally got a signal using the equipment in his garage and a discarded Transicon unit he'd repaired. Harry invited the Misfits to dinner to tell them the great news, and while showing them the signal in his garage, he sent out a dinner invitation to the aliens. But when he went excitedly to nearby Garden Grove to greet the cosmic visitors, he found out he'd been mistaking a missile for a mothership and took charge of getting the missile to strike harmlessly into a mountainside. Because of the brilliant thinking he'd shown, Harry was given a new job as full research scientist at Humanidyne, and he is now more down to Earth when it comes to talking to aliens and keeps it as merely a side project.
Josh Played by: Gary Riley Seen in episode: 04 Josh is Harry's teenage son. Josh was unhappy that his father had drifted so far into fantastical and impractical projects. This made Josh cynical towards his father's research and he started to feel a little underloved. Johnny B zeroed in on how Josh was feeling about his dad and talked to Josh about it, trying to help the kid out. Josh reluctantly went to the rendezvous point to meet with the 'aliens', but got fed up when – once again – it turned out not to be the amazing contact his father had been hoping for. However, seeing his dad's dedication and passion made Josh realize that his dad actually wasn't all that different than he'd been when Josh was younger, and that maybe he really wouldn't want his dad to be any other way. He was happy when Harry was promoted to a better job at Humanidyne, one Josh thought was worthy of a scientist of his dad's caliber, and even got back into hanging out with his dad on his fantastical projects.
Link Played by: Jesse Dizon Seen in episode: 05 Link is a very curious and very persistent primitive from a tribe somewhere in the Philippines. He had paddled almost 8,000 miles to Venice Beach hoping to find 'Shunda' (really the space shuttle), which he believed would help the soul of his drowned son ascend to heaven. However, when he arrived he wasn't greeted very well. He was taken into custody, sedated and handed over to Dr. Komack and his anthropology department so they could determine what was best for him. Having lived so remotely in the rainforest, Link had no experience with modern culture and could speak no English. Billy's first attempts at communicating with Link didn't go so well, so Billy decided that music, the universal language, was their best bet. Johnny B was brought in and, within minutes, had Link dancing and trying to communicate his need to his new rock 'n' roller friend. The Misfits and Deanna, the anthropologist assigned to Link's case, took him around town to see where he'd lead them. Link got separated from them for a bit, and went off on his own, experiencing the quirkiness of Californian culture on his walk down Hollywood Boulevard. Once Link made his quest known to the Misfits, they did everything in their power to help him, and he was eventually able to put the totem representing his son aboard the shuttle. He then returned to his homeland, happy.
Dr. Deanna Walter Played by: Stephanie Faulkner Seen in episode: 05 Occupation: Anthropologist Deanna was assigned to Link's case when he was brought in for study. She didn't like how Link was being treated, and wanted instead to help Link do whatever he had come to California to do. She was willing to put her job on the line if that's what it took (which it did), and stuck with Link all the way. Billy noticed Deanna spoke differently when she spoke to El, and told El "she likes you". El was unsure about this since she and he had just met, but was willing to at least let it stand as a theory, and maybe he'd even tell her... he liked her too. When Deanna and El were in the library researching about Link, Deanna told El she wished she could be more like him, the sort who didn't take chances. This didn't do much to help El get up the nerve to ask her out on a date, but he did in the end force himself to have the confidence to just ask her openly. But before he could, she accidentally triggered his shrinking. She hadn't known of El's ability, and fainted when she saw him shrink. She was cool with it when she woke up though, and the two of them did go on a date together to the dancing party at the beach house.
Gina Played by: Rhonda Aldrich Seen in episode: 06 Gina is smart and pretty and self-sufficient. She ran away from home at the age of seven, and lived her life on her own for years. This made her sympathetic towards other runaways, and she took some in and became "Mama Gina" to them. She took pains to see that they had a nice place to stay down in the sewers, and that's where she and they hid out from society. Gina was content to live her life this way – solo and without any close relationships – until she met Johnny B and he changed her mind. They became close and Johnny B couldn't stand the thought of Gina going back down in the sewer tunnels, which the Misfits had found to be dangerously filled with bad air. When Johnny B went down to get Gina and the runaways out, he got lost and needed Gina's help to get him out so he could bring assistance. This caused her to finally open up, and she agreed, asking for his help in return. He gladly helped her, and saved her life too, carrying her away from the explosions in the tunnels in a series of speedruns. With help from Jane, Gina was given a program supported by social services called 'Bounce Back', where she could still care for the runaways, but under much better conditions. She lets others into her life now, and even went out on a second date with Johnny B.
Eddie & Donald Played by: Gary Frank & ?? Seen in episode: 07 Occupations: Research Scientist & Research Subject Eddie is a research scientist at the Ocean Center. He works there with Donald, a very intelligent dolphin. Eddie had taken Donald in as a motherless baby dolphin, and the two of them were inseparable afterward. Eddie's research project with Donald involves Donald bringing back sonar 'pictures' of his ocean world, "echo loquation" as Eddie dubbed it. Donald is perhaps the only dolphin who can do this. When Donald returned pictures of a skeleton and flamingos, the National Tattler got hold of the story and sensationalized it. This was the last straw for the Delta Foundation, who already didn't think very highly of Eddie's project, and they pulled the plug. Eddie knew it would be disastrous for Donald to be sent away and felt that nobody else would be able to continue the research that was so important to him and Donald. So the Misfits stole the dolphin to ensure that Eddie and Donald wouldn't be separated. It turned out that Eddie's research, and subsequently he and Donald, were being used by drug traffickers to locate one of their downed shipments. Donald, Eddie, and the Misfits were able to take care of the traffickers and the Delta Foundation couldn't dismiss the progress with Donald anymore. Eddie was given back his project, with improvements, and Donald brought himself home a girlfriend.
Bessie, Irma, & Barney Played by: June Allyson, Eda Reiss Merin, & Ray Walston Seen in episode: 08 Bessie, Irma, & Barney are three eighty-something seniors who experienced superhuman side effects when they ate some space-irradiated burgers. Bessie is practical and acts like an older sister to the other two. She really liked the superstrength the radiation temporarily gave them. It made her feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and her back no longer gave her trouble. She could powerlift like a pro, something that won them a little bet money out on the beach. Irma is quiet and tends to over-worry about stuff. She felt young again and really enjoyed having 20/20 vision again, no matter for how short a time. Barney is a sweet old man and also a shameless flirt, flirting with Gloria when in the Burger Barn. With the effects of the radiation, Barney was perfectly able to speak his mind, something his age had been preventing. He decided that if their new youthful state wasn't going to last forever, then they should do something with it while they had the chance. The three seniors went to the opening of a nearby nuclear power plant where the governor was speaking, so they could tell the world what it was like to be old. Their actions at the plant started the ball rolling for some reform to how the old get treated. Super Strength The superhuman strength the three seniors acquired allowed them to lift furniture and easily throw it around the room. Bessie could pump 400 pounds (200 pounds more than Johnny B can), and she pulled open an iron fence with her bare hands. When H.I.T. gave a bit of the space burgers to the lab mouse Boy Charles, she too got the same strength and was nearly uncontrollable. Unfortunately the radiation also caused extreme claustrophobia – when confined, Boy Charles went ballistic. This also happened for the seniors when they got trapped in the nuclear reactor, and Irma accidentally broke through the 40-gauge steel coolant pipe. The radiation from the burgers and the radiation from the reactor canceled each other out and the strength and youthfulness vanished.
Brick Tyler Played by: Dale Robinette Seen in episode: 09 Occupation: US Secret Agent Brick is a secret agent with bionic enhancements. He and Billy had played football together at college, with Brick as passer and Billy as catcher. The problem was, Brick would always take all the credit for their wins. This really needled Billy, and he acquired a strong distaste for Brick's ego. Brick would act the same way on his operations for the government, and other agents hated putting up with Brick's raging ego. Brick had psychologically blocked the fact that he was bionic because it was too extreme for him to accept. So it came as quite a blow to him when the bad guys used a chainsaw to get at the top-secret "football" suitcase Brick was escorting and he was left staring at his bionic arm - a part of him he didn't even remember was a part of him. Brick lost all confidence in his own abilities, feeling that it was the bionic enhancements doing everything, not him. The Misfits were assigned to accompany Brick on the mission to retrieve the suitcase, specifically to make sure his lack of self-confidence didn't persist. It didn't – in fact, Brick's ego came back as strong as before, if not worse, and it jeopardized the mission. The Misfits eventually got Brick to see his shortcoming for what it was, and he realized the importance of being a team player. He and Billy were able to use the football move they had perfected in college and kept the suitcase from the terrorists. Bionics Brick's bionics cost 11.4 million dollars and were originally done by H.I.T. He was brought back in to them to repair his arm after the chainsaw/suitcase incident. Brick has a bionic arm that can lift about 1000 pounds, a bionic ear that lets him hear far-off conversation, and bionic legs that increase his running speed.
Lonnie McGee & Dwayne Schott Played by: Joel Polis & Joel Polis Seen in episode: 10 Occupation, Lonnie: Mechanic Occupation, Dwayne: Motorcycle Racer Twins separated at birth, Lonnie and Dwayne didn't know they each had a brother. Lonnie grew up as an orphan, never got to go to school, and basically got a bum deal in life. He made the best of it, however, and held down a job as mechanic at a go-cart track. Dwayne on the other hand got all the breaks and became a famous motorcycle racer with all the perks. Johnny B had known Lonnie for a long time, and when Lonnie started to act weirder than usual, Johnny B took him to see H.I.T. They were able to trace the odd visions that Lonnie couldn't shake to the National Raceway. The Misfits and Lonnie went there and they found out about Dwayne and his recent disappearance. So that nobody would know Dwayne was missing, Lonnie stepped into Dwayne's shoes, and this really had an effect on him. He knew now how it felt to be respected and his perspective on who he was changed. After racing like a pro on his first time on the track and saving Dwayne from would-be murderers, Lonnie improved his situation by becoming his own boss at the go-cart track. Dwayne offered to set him up as a racer, which Lonnie declined, but the two of them agreed to keep in touch now that they had found each other. Twin Bond A twin bond is a sympathetic bond that can allow one twin to experience what the other twin - who is often in a different location - is experiencing. In Lonnie and Dwayne's case, it was strong enough that Lonnie could get recognizable images of things Dwayne saw, and know the names of people that only Dwayne had met. Using these images, Lonnie was able to find where Dwayne was being held. Dwayne didn't feel the bond as strongly as Lonnie did, or else he ignored it so he could focus more on his career, but he did have mood shifts and other things that were probably caused by the bond.
Didi Holiday Played by: Joan Sweeny Seen in episode: 10 Occupation: Murchco Racing Team Crewmember Didi has the managerial position in Dwayne Schott's racing team. She used to go out with Dwayne, but had basically cut it off because of Dwayne's inconsistent behavior. When the Misfits brought Lonnie to the racetrack, Didi initially mistook Lonnie for Dwayne. She went along with the plan to let Lonnie stand in for the missing Dwayne Schott, but really didn't like the set-up. After learning of Lonnie and Dwayne's twin bond and getting Dwayne back from his kidnappers, Didi was more understanding of Dwayne and they got back to being good friends.
Sarah Played by: Robin Riker Seen in episode: 11 Sarah is an activist who is extremely idealistic and can be sympathetic to just about any good cause. She has trouble keeping jobs for long, because she invariably finds something that gets her righteous ire up and has to quit. She's good at talking people into doing things they would otherwise never do, she's even able to out 'Billy' Billy. She did activist activity all through college, where she'd repeatedly get Billy to go along with her protests, even to the extent of landing them in jail. When she found mistreated animals at the lab where she was temping, the plan to rescue them became one more in her long line of good-hearted schemes. Only, things didn't work out so well – Sarah was doublecrossed and kidnapped, lives were put in danger, and a manmade plague was almost started. Luckily, she and the Misfits were able to put things back to rights. Because her naive desire to 'do the right thing' had backfired, Sarah thought that she should hang up her activist hat altogether so that it would never happen again. However, with the importance of protesting against all forms of covert germ warfare research brought to her attention, she went right back to her usual crusading ways.
Nikolai & Tatyana Andreavitch Played by: James Laurenson & Christie Houser Seen in episode: 12 Occupation, Tatyana: Gymnast Nikolai defected from Russia to America in 1973, using a disappearing act in a magic show as a cover. It pained him to leave his home country, because it meant leaving behind his wife and young daughter, Tatyana. Tatyana grew up in Russia and practiced to become a gymnast. When her mother died of what was said to be pneumonia five years after Nikolai had left, Tatyana blamed her father for it, feeling that all the questioning from the Russian police had weakened her mother. When Tatyana's gym team came to America, Nikolai wanted to seize the opportunity to talk to the daughter he hadn't seen in years, but his request was denied by the officials. He asked his friend Billy for help, and with the Misfits was able to make contact with Tatyana for the first time since leaving Russia. Tatyana only agreed to the secret meeting to give her father news of her mother's death. But Nikolai was still the warm and caring father he had always been and when he asked Tatyana to defect to America also, she had a tough decision to make. In the end she chose to be with Nikolai in America, which made him very happy, and the mission to get her out to American soil (using the same trick of doing it during a disappearing act) went successfully.
Princess Jaye Played by: Elaine Wilkes Seen in episode: 13 Jaye is a princess from a small foreign country. She's independent minded and gets just a little bossy when things aren't going her way. Because she'd had a tough time growing up in a sequestered life at the palace, she reached out through letters for a penpal her own age. This was how she met Gloria, and they became good friends. So when Jaye was in need of some help to 'steal' the Windsor Bracelet and rescue her fiancé William, Gloria was there for her. Jaye's plan didn't go as she'd hoped though and she had to use Johnny B's help to get it back on track. She hated to do this because she could tell he was falling for her and she didn't want to fall for him too since she was already betrothed. She eventually told Johnny B that she had a fiancé and, after thanking him for the help he'd given her, asked him to just let her do the rest on her own. Johnny B unhappily followed Jaye's wishes and left her to hand the bracelet over to Cassatti on her own, but changed his mind afterward and came back. Which turned out for the best because Jaye needed rescuing from Cassatti. Johnny B kept Cassatti from kidnapping Jaye, then left before he had to say goodbye to her.
Derek Avery Played by: Wolfe Perry Seen in episode: 14 Occupation: Basketball Player Jersey #: 24 Nickname: The Fly Avery is a pro basketball player for the L.A. Wolves. He grew up in Watts, like El, and the two of them are great friends. Avery's career was jeopardized when unlucky things happened on the court when he was called in. Irate fans started calling him 'The Jinx'. This got Avery pretty bummed, and he began to believe he was a jinx, and even noticed unlucky things happening off the court. In actuality, the 'jinx' was being caused by other players on the team who were being paid by their crooked owner to intentionally throw the games. The other things Avery was attributing to the jinx were merely coincidences and Gloria's TK one of the times. Once the real reason behind the jinx was exposed by the Misfits, Avery was no longer blamed for the team's bad luck streak. Plus, Coach Sonny was able to buy up the now ownerless team, and he made Avery their captain.
Milt Played by: Vic Polizos Seen in episode: 16 Milt started out as a wannabe wrestler, just a fan of his favorites that he watched at the arena. But his view of how he thought of himself changed when he rescued Nate and Heddy from two Mob cronies enforcing a protection racket. It was only with Gloria helping him telekinetically that Milt was able to stop the attack, but he wasn't aware of this and was inspired to become the Avenging Angel, "champion of the underdog". Milt was thrilled with how he could put on the costume and persona and be a hero. He went whole hog and took out an ad in the paper so those in need could more easily contact him. Gloria felt awful for letting Milt believe he was capable of being the Avenging Angel, but it made her feel even worse when she thought of how crushed he'd be to find out he wasn't, so she didn't say anything about it to him. Instead, she wound up helping him stop the cronies again. This didn't make the Mob boss Mr. Rogers happy at all and he took steps to get Milt a gig at the arena, where Milt would then be taught a lesson. With Milt now in danger, Gloria had to let on to him that the Avenging Angel wasn't all his doing. He didn't believe her until she helped him out in the ring – though just enough that Milt was able to finish the match himself. Milt took the loss of being a hero on the chin and went full time into wrestling. According to Mrs. Willis the telepath, he'll win at least once.
Nate & Heddy Played by: Jimmy Lydon & Ivy Bethune Seen in episode: 16 Occupation: Hot Dog Vendors Nate and Heddy are an elderly couple who run the hot dog counter in the plaza where the wrestling arena is located. Johnny B has known them "for years", and thinks Nate's hot dogs are "the best in town". Nate and Heddy were hit by Mr. Rogers' protection racket, and were roughed up by his Mob clowns. Even though they got saved by Milt (with Gloria's help), Heddy still thought it was too dangerous for anyone to get involved or try to stop the racket. Nate was glad that someone was finally standing up against it, and wanted to speak out, but he lost his nerve when Riggs came poking around and threatened to tell Mr. Rogers. Nate and Heddy supported Milt and went to his first wrestling gig, where Mr. Rogers' crooked schemes were brought to an end by Milt and the Misfits.