New Spring Characters was a recurring sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien where the writing staff would try out brand new character ideas in hopes that they might become recurring.
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April 15, 1998[]
- Danny, the bigot who's not well acquainted with common stereotypes
- Raymond, the psychic who has a very unique way of figuring out who people were in their past lives
- Kim, the impressionist in the witness protection program
- Higgins In A Bubble
- Jack Kowalski, the sniper who only takes out targets with brain stem shots
- Judith, the woman who manages to mention her Ivy League school in every sentence she speaks
- Mick Ferguson, the guy with bulletproof legs
March 31, 1999[]
- Kevin Olsen, the adult book speed reader
- Jeff Waterman, the guy with the amazingly extendable arm
- Sally Mercer, the girl with realistic Hollywood dreams
- Toshiro Nakamura, the Japanese businessman who wears the most badges of disgrace
- MC Scared Of Bees, the hardcore gangsta rapper who's scared of bees
- The Dangersons
April 16, 2000[]
- The caught by surprise guy
- The not caught by surprise guy
- Lightning Jones, the fastest man on Earth
- Dale Rogers, the Olympic diver with a flaw
- Robo-Hunk
- The cryogenically frozen heads of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth
April 6th, 2001[]
- Jeff Peters, the guy whose ass actually is grass
- Billy Sherwood the guy who has devoted his entire life to memorizing the most trivial parts of his rock 'n' roll record collection
- Chris Phelps, the drummer for Tracy Chapman
- Hot and Cold Napoleon
- Terrance Baxter with Finger Ghost
- Skip Daniels, the weatherman with an ufortunate birthmark
May 15, 2002[]
- Gregg Bitnow, the guy with a 30-pack of abs
- Man-Spider
- No Punchline Woody
- The Jell-O Brain that can't relate to other Jell-O products
- The number fex
- Whale and Barnacle Comedy Duo
April 30, 2003[]
- Harphoo, the whale who hates Greenpeace
- The Interrupter and his father, Interrupter Sr.
- Eskimo Sandwich
- Juicy The Apple
- Michael Jones and his unfortunate shadow puppets
May 11, 2005[]
- Nipple Hair Don King
- Gar Gar Blinks, the Star Wars character that's even more annoying than Jar Jar Binks
- The Guy Who Was Last In Line For Today's Show
- Hang-Gliding Vinnie Barbarino
- Bullemic Ms. Pac-Man
- Josh Newburger, the nudist who has no skeleton
- Chippewitz, the potato chip that has an image of Dennis Franz on it
- Bovinus, the Grim Reaper for cows
May 3, 2006[]
- Octane, the rapper with gasoline bling
- The Geisha Gumbas
- Mike Thompson, the narcoleptic office clown
- Dr. Love
- Three illegal immigrants singing Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
- Darth Bargain, the ruthless Sith telemarketer
- Leonard Newton, the guy who is deathly allergic to applause
- Punk Rock Cow
May 21, 2007[]
- The "tiny iPod with giant earbuds" guy
- Steroid-free Stallone
- The Strange Ranger
- Water cooler Bob Seger
- Johnny G., the guy who thinks Max Weinberg is hilarious
- The drunken Hasselbot from 2115
- The judge who cut Paris Hilton's jail sentence in half