Editing Monty (comic strip) (section)

=== Previous characters ===
* '''Robotman''' the original character for which the comic was originally named. He was portrayed at first as visiting Earth, but was later revealed to have been built by Monty in a secret government project. He originally lived with the Milde Family.
* '''The Milde Family''' was the original supporting cast for Robotman during the 1980s. They portrayed an American middle-class family that lived in suburbia. It was made up of Robotman's best friend Oscar who was an insecure boy about 10 years old, his cynical teenage brother Gary, and their parents. When the strip shifted focus away from Robotman, they stopped appearing.
* '''Bruce'''; Robotman's evil twin. He too was phased out after Monty's debut.
* '''Olga'''; was one of Monty's girlfriends in the mid-90s.  She was a personal trainer, large-boned and muscular, in contrast to the out-of-shape Monty.
* '''Loco Ohno''' was Monty's on-again/off-again girlfriend, a parody of [[Yoko Ono]]. She was cynical and artistic, very different from the optimistic and technology-minded Monty. She was a devoted feminist, often finding men being the root of evil.
First Appearance: April 16, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2001/04/16 |title=Monty by Jim Meddick for April 16, 2001 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
Last Appearance:April 27, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2004/04/27 |title=Monty by Jim Meddick for April 27, 2004 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
* '''Gretchen''' is a coffee waitress on whom Monty has a crush.  She, however, does not return the feelings. She's a friend and is currently single.
First Appearance:
*'''Lorri''' (also spelled ''Laurie'') was Monty's aggressive girlfriend. She works at a garage.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2004/09/29 |title=Monty by Jim Meddick for September 29, 2004 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
First Appearance: September 29, 2004<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

* '''Chimpy''' was a talking [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]. Chimpy constantly attempted to demonstrate his superiority to (or at least parity with) human intelligence and culture, but in fact, he was not particularly bright. For example, he attempted to use a circular saw as a hammer. He left the strip for no apparent reason two years after his debut.
First Appearance:July 3, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2001/07/03 |title=Monty by Jim Meddick for July 03, 2001 |publisher=GoComics |date=2001-07-03 |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
Last Appearance: December 20, 2003 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2003/12/20 |title=Monty by Jim Meddick for December 20, 2003 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
* '''Dave-7''', formerly known as Mr. Pi, was an alien from [[Rigel]] and served as Monty's straight man. Dave-7 lived with Monty. He was very logical and deeply involved in studying sciences such as [[quantum mechanics]]. There were occasionally ominous references to his race's plans to take over the earth. Nothing has come of them yet. The closest they ever got was to the moon. Then Chimpy got his hands on Dave-7's fleet-command-device, thinking it was a video game, and annihilated the entire fleet.
First Appearance: April 2, 2001<ref name="gocomics.com"/>
Last Appearance:
* '''Giggles''' the Gumdrop-Eating Bear was introduced when Robotman met him in a "coping with cuteness" support group. His relentlessly cheerful personality is embraced by readers and syndicate executives who love him and his tie-in merchandise, but the other characters find him creepy and off-putting.