List of Red Dwarf characters
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This is a list of characters from the TV sitcom Red Dwarf.
Major characters
Overview
^n Season IX is officially titled "Back to Earth", with the numbering being retconned later.
^n Season XIII is officially titled "The Promised Land".
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Alter egos
Ace Rimmer
Arnold "Ace" Rimmer is an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer, also played by Chris Barrie. Ace first appears in the episode "Dimension Jump" (S4, E5) and is the antithesis of Rimmer. He is modest despite being a popular, knowledgeable, charming, daredevil hero. He comes from a seemingly perfect universe, in which Rimmer and Lister lived happy, successful lives and were good friends.
Ace's childhood paralleled Rimmer's up until the age of seven, when one of them was kept down a year at school while the other was not. The one kept down became Ace, who claimed that the shame of being a clear foot taller than his classmates inspired him to buckle down, fight back and work hard, while Arnold spent the rest of his life making excuses for his many failures.
Ace travels from planet to planet wearing a gold, fur-lined flight suit and saving people's lives.
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