The Pure Pwnage web series and TV series feature many of the same characters and actors, but there are also notable differences in the cast and the characters' experiences.
Web series
Jeremy (aka teh_pwnerer) – Jeremy (played by Jarett Cale) is 26 years old and is a stereotypical gamer. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his younger brother, Kyle. Jeremy spends the vast majority of his time playing video games and "pwning n00bs", using the online handle teh_pwnerer. He has been playing games since the age of two, when he used to "toaly pwn Pong".
Due to Jeremy's profound immersion in video game culture, his social skills have atrophied. Because Jeremy has lived in his basement for most of his life, he has had very little conversation with any other person and has therefore taught himself how to speak. His accent is slurred, full of interjections such as "like" and "'n' stuff," and employs Leetspeak. However, he has also developed the ability to quickly master any video game, and can play competitively against extremely skilled opponents. Jeremy often makes narcissistic comments about himself.
Kyle – Kyle (played by Geoff Lapaire) is Jeremy's younger brother and the director of the show. He determines what events to film, but usually just follows Jeremy around. Occasionally, he tries to introduce Jeremy to a diversion from video gaming. According to Jeremy, Kyle is a "total n00b" in many ways. Kyle is also made fun of by Jeremy for only having a single testicle when he is really normal.
The show is shot almost entirely from Kyle's point of view and he often talks to the other characters. There are some instances where Kyle is caught on camera. In Episode 2 ("Girls"), when Jeremy is talking about the one time he pwned, the mirror behind him gives a presumably accidental glimpse of Kyle filming. In addition, Episode 9 ("The Story of Dave"), gives a third person shot of Kyle filming when the group is ambushed, but his face is hidden behind the camera as usual. His face is finally revealed in Episode 12 ("Game Over").
In Episode 18 ("Just the Guys Pt. 2"), it is revealed that Kyle is also involved with producing pornography.
(aka fps_doug) – Doug (played by Joel Gardiner) is Jeremy's boisterous best friend and rival. Doug spends most of his time playing FPS games such as Counter-Strike: Source, America's Army, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and defeating his opponents by skillfully "getting the headshot". According to Doug, his skills frequently get him banned from servers due to accusations of him hacking. Doug has serious anger management issues, and can appear to be a psychopath, obsessed with FPS games to the point that he goes out training and practicing headshots in real life with an imaginary gun and holding the belief that carrying a knife whilst running makes him go faster. This stems from the fact that in many FPS games, you move faster while carrying only the melee or close range weapon. At the end of season 1, Doug gets mad at Jeremy because Jeremy feels he is getting too close. Later in episode 12 ("Game Over") Doug tries to kill Jeremy but is saved by Dave as later seen in Episode 13 ("Old Habits"). At the end of the first season, Doug betrays Jeremy for a conspiring, unidentified organization, but they reunite as friends during Jeremy's birthday party in Episode 16 ("Just the Guys Pt. 2") as they pwn together on Call of Duty 4.
Doug's triumphant catchphrase "Boom! Headshot!" has become a popular exclamation among FPS players and has appeared on many online message boards and chatrooms. The phrase is particularly popular in the online game Counter Strike: Source because that resulted in Doug saying it the most. "BOOM! Headshot!" is also featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as a callsign the player can set.
He is known to do many outrageous things like breaking his keyboard, and uncontrollable screaming when he dies in Counter-Strike. The most outrageous thing he did was after being rejected by Jeremy, while walking away and twitching, threw down his TV he was carrying which shattered.
Dave (aka Dawei) – Dave (played by Dave Lee) is a friend of Jeremy's and is notable for his cooking skills and his nonchalant sense of humour, is first introduced as a crew member in a "behind the scenes" featurette at the end of Episode 3 ("FPS Doug"). He excels at fighting games such as Street Fighter II but is usually seen cooking or casually observing Jeremy and Kyle's antics. He started his own web cooking show, Pro at Cooking.