Sissypants Murphy (Dolls for Friends)

"Sissypants murphy, he's so square, wears a blue leotard for underwear."

Poor, poor Murphy. He's the target of an endless barrage of verbal barbs and arrows. The new kid on the block and the recipient of the new kid ridicule.

"Sissy pants murphy, boo hoo hoo, cries like a girl cause he can't tie his shoe."

Compounding matters is the fact that he is also a sensitive little guy, and as a result sheds tears a little more often than the next street block bully.

"Sissypants murphy, you're such a nerd. Short and ugly and dressed like a turd."

Poor, poor sissypants. Won't someone invite him over and show him a little love? He REALLY needs it.

Mask-er-Raid (Dolls for Friends)

Something is slinking through the shadows. Can you see it? Perhaps not, perhaps it's nothing more than a perceived sense of motion-maybe dread, fear, uncertainty? Whatever it is, cognizant thought or raw emotion, you don't quite feel like you're alone.

You take a couple of steps, unable to shake the feeling that there is something dogging your heels. Nervously, you stop and peer deep, deep deep into the shadows, straining your focus, second by second eyes becoming adjusted to the dark, and that is when you see it.

You see the unseeable, hear the unhearable and witness what so few have witnessed that if you were to add it up it would be the sound of one hand clapping. Yes, it's Mask-er-raid, the phantom jelly. Defender of the defenseless and captivator of hearts and minds. He has been trailing you throughout your time in the city, ensuring the safety of your passage and warding off evil as it approaches.

You take a step back and take a deep breath-thankful to know that the rumors were true, that there is a defender of humanity, siding with the voiceless. Yet, you still think there is more to this. Why did he choose to reveal himself now after so many years of silent stewarding? You lean back into the shadows, straining again for sight-vision-clarity. As you open your mouth, you make a silent squeek, unsure of what to say beyond the single word, "Why?"

A moment passes until a raspy, dry response is returned, "I'm hungry, do you have a dollar for the value menu?"

Uno (Dolls for Friends)

We've been warned for years about the dangers of toxic waste and their effects on ocean life due to careless dumping. Yet, despite the multitude of warnings by the media we've never personally seen the the mutational after effects that this hazardous sludge imposes on its unsuspecting victims... until now.

Meet Uno, a jellyfish who is a third generation descendent of toxic dumping in the South American rain forests. With these types of mutations you never know exactly what type of unique characteristics each generation will develop. In Uno's case he developed the all too common singular eye, enlarged canine teeth and a slight glow when the lights are out (which is nice if you like a little night light when you sleep.)

Uno is now looking to relocate from his greenish, illuminated home waters to a new locale that is a little less inTOXICating and with a bit more visibility.

Bertram (Dolls for Friends)

Countless people migrate to Hollywood each year in the hopes of striking it huge in show business. Of those individuals, nearly all of them fail to recognize their dreams of success. After several years of scrimping and scraping they usually leave the stretches of southern California for brighter pastures-never having realized the dreams of their youth.

Bertram is one of those optimistic dreamers who came to la la land with ambition and plans to take the world by storm. He worked day and night trying to secure his position on the silver screen never losing focus on his brass ring of hope. That was three decades ago.

Now, pushing 50, Bertram is coming to grips with the fact that his spot in the limelight may never come to fruition. Despite his attempts to bring himself in line cosmetically with the rest of his contemporaries (obsessive teeth bleaching and enlarging, tucks, lifts, and even sewing literal stars to his body to emphasize his plans of making it big) he has had little success.

He's finally decided that it's time to fall back on his formal education (occupational therapist) and focus on taking his place in the ranks of "normal"society.

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Roger (Dolls for Friends)

Roger is a young jelly just starting out. He is a Medusa, aurita of the well known South American Medusa Auritas, one of the most prominent jellyfish families in deep blue sea. Born with a silver nettle in his mouth, Roger is used to getting what he wants. Although, this would tend to make other little ones, Roger doesn't put any stock into those types of things. He would rather chillax in his nursery playing with his exquisite train sets and other toys.

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Belvedere (Dolls for Friends)

Deep from the East Indies, Belvedere (middle rear) is known for his big game hunting, big scotch drinking and larger than life, English "HARUMPHs".

He has hunted on every continent, and is always looking for the next big catch. He's been known to sit on the porch in the moonlight, smoking his pipe and waxing nostalgic on the "good old days" and reminiscing about his various big safari adventures.

Note: Sorry, mustache wax not included.

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Wemble (Dolls for Friends)

He's perhaps the most proper rodent you'll ever meet, but what do you expect from a hamster that's been raised in the house of an upper crust English family?

Wemble comes from the best lines of Hamster breeding and speaks with an elegant, refined English accent that calls to mind such screen greats as Sir Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole and Richard Attenborough. Wemble loves his biscuits and religiously honors his tea time.

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