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* CommitmentIssues: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
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* CommitmentIssues: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared [[spoiler:This is where most of it.his issues come from, where he's constantly breaking up with the girls and finding a new one.]]
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: Even though he has a big personality, friends, and plenty of HiddenDepths, he still counts because this is exactly [[spoiler:how he sees himself. Every time he breaks up with a girl, he thinks he needs a new one, and can't see himself as any more than an extension of the girl.]] Even after Jean [[spoiler:commits suicide]], he doesn't know who he is supposed to be anymore. Which lands him in therapy.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although usually nice, if someone wrongs him in a major way, that will send him into a flurry of UnstoppableRage and sorrow. This was his reaction after the whole Heisenberg drama.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Lampshaded. Urey identifies this as one of Compton's issues and the root cause as [[spoiler:Compton's obsessive personality]]. Even though people act friendly, [[spoiler:no one actually cares about him, and he just wants someone, anyone to care]].
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He fits in a little better than Conant due to having a Nobel, but [[spoiler:the physicists still bully him anyways just because he's a chemist.]]
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Played With. Urey's core belief is that [[spoiler:everyone has "something" while he has "nothing"]], so as a result he would like to find that [[spoiler:"something"]] to be like everyone else. This is why he tries out so many different things that aren't chemistry. His favorite is psychology, which is the closest he gets to [[spoiler:having "something"]].
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* TheAce: Subverted. Even though she's supposed to be a perfect Barbie girl (even shown in her username), she's got her own things to deal with. She's one of Oppenheimer's graduate students, but goes door-to-door selling pans so she can make enough money to pay the rent for her Malibu Dreamhouse (in addition to her Berkeley apartment). Her boyfriend Ken lives in the Dreamhouse as well but he never pays rent since he blew it all on the stable.
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* DumbBlonde: She puts on this facade on the surface, especially around Bush.
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* AllLovingHero: He gets along with everyone and treats everyone like they're his best friend. [[spoiler:This is because he doesn't have any real friends and is desperately looking for one, so he tries to get people to like him. The problem is that most of the people act friendly but really don't care about him, and he wants to break them down to get a real friend.]]
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: He likes everyone for the most part. Except for Heisenberg.
* FriendlessBackground: Even though he's nice to anyone, he never had any real friends because of [[spoiler:his socially awkward and obsessive personality]].
* TheHeart: By far the nicest of the admins and the only one keeping together (as in the only one preventing Conant, Lawrence, and Urey from running away).
* RousseauWasRight: He truly believes this, landing him into trouble when dating Heisenberg. [[spoiler:Because he thought Heisenberg was good deep down, it was doubly painful when he cheated on him.]] This causes conflict with his moral values, and eventually he gets over it.
* StalkerWithACrush: PlayedForLaughs when he and Urey "go out together" to make Conant jealous. All while walking all around Cambridge, taking notes on the guy.
* StalkerWithACrush: PlayedForLaughs when he and Urey "go out together" to make Conant jealous. All while walking all around Cambridge, taking notes on the guy.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: All the other scientists, including Urey (one of the few other chemists) look down on him for being a chemist and not even having a Nobel Prize.
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* ButtMonkey: Starting from when he lands himself in therapy. The only person who remotely gets what he's going through is bullying him and after that, [[spoiler:he loses Lawrence to Oppenheimer, gets his entire diary leaked, and gets rejected by his crush. In the end, he spoiler:loses himself to his own ego]]. Urey, who is [[{{Irony}} ironically]] the one bullying him, lampshades this with a little "poor baby."
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* ButtMonkey: Starting from when he lands himself in therapy. The only person who remotely gets what he's going through is bullying him and after that, [[spoiler:he loses Lawrence to Oppenheimer, gets his entire diary leaked, and gets rejected by his crush. In the end, he spoiler:loses loses himself to his own ego]]. Urey, who is [[{{Irony}} ironically]] the one bullying him, lampshades this with a little "poor baby."
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: He's gone through a lot. Putting a guy with a laundry list of obsessions into therapy isn't the best thing to do at first, but all the flame wars and Truth or Dare games along the way actually worked. While not completely happy and more of a BittersweetEnding in that [[spoiler:his relationship with Conant had pretty much ended]], he at least came out of therapy much better than he came in.
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** Later Reconstructed when Urey takes note of this and exploits this during therapy. His "high agreeableness" leads him to do whatever Urey says so he can rebuild his relationship with Conant. [[spoiler:Throughout the process, he eventually GrowsASpine. Although their relationship doesn't fully recover, it's better than it was in the beginning.]]
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* GrewASpine: Basically his CharacterDevelopment, [[spoiler:he starts off a nice ExtremeDoormat but ends up being able to tell others what he wants and not sacrifice his own happiness for others]].
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* NominalHero: The only reason he's on the Manhattan Project is because Bush needed someone in charge of plutonium separation. Urey literally doesn't care what happens, he just wants it all to be over so he can run away to Chicago.
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* ButtMonkey: Starting from when he lands himself in therapy. The only person who remotely gets what he's going through is bullying him and after that, he [[spoiler:he loses Lawrence to Oppenheimer, gets his entire diary leaked, and gets rejected by his crush. In the end, he [[spoiler:loses spoiler:loses himself to his own ego]]. Urey, who is [[{{Irony}} ironically]] the one bullying him, lampshades this with a little "poor baby."
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* ButtMonkey: Starting from when he lands himself in therapy. He's being bullied by the only person who gets what he's going through, losing Lawrence to Oppenheimer, getting his entire diary leaked, getting rejected by his crush, and in the end, still lost in his own ego.
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* ButtMonkey: Starting from when he lands himself in therapy. He's being bullied by the The only person who remotely gets what he's going through, losing through is bullying him and after that, he loses Lawrence to Oppenheimer, getting gets his entire diary leaked, getting and gets rejected by his crush, and in crush. In the end, still lost in he [[spoiler:loses himself to his own ego.ego]]. Urey, who is [[{{Irony}} ironically]] the one bullying him, lampshades this with a little "poor baby."
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* AmbiguouslyBi: He is Jean's boyfriend and flirts with the girls. And Lawrence, who's [[JustFriends just]] [[ShipTease supposed]] [[HomoeroticSubtext to]] [[PseudoRomanticFriendship be]] [[BelligerentSexualTension his]] BestFriend.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Essentially his main goal. [[spoiler:His jealousy of everyone having a purpose except for him leads him to do anything to find that "something".]]
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* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
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* GreenEyedMonster: He's jealous of literally everyone because [[spoiler:they all have "something" while he doesn't]].
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->''"why am i here"''
Berkeley's resident experimentalist, known for the cyclotron but still long-suffering.
Berkeley's resident experimentalist, known for the cyclotron but still long-suffering.
->''"Is Jim here? I want to spam him with cat memes."''
The admin in charge of the UChicago team, except he's more interested in his cats.
The admin in charge of the UChicago team, except he's more interested in his cats.
->''"Shut up!!!"''
A chemist and the Harvard president with a persona he can't always keep up.
A chemist and the Harvard president with a persona he can't always keep up.
->''"BOW DOWN TO THE ONE AND ONLY HAROLD UREY."''
A Nobel chemist whose true interests lie in literally everything but chemistry.
A Nobel chemist whose true interests lie in literally everything but chemistry.
->''"I AM THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!"''
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->''"Well, it has happened..."''
An MIT engineer and everyone's boss who no one respects.
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->''"hmmm what do u mean? :D"''
An average, normal, unassuming girl from Malibu.
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->''"Welcome, @user. We hope you brought pizza."''
Urey's chatbot who only welcomes people and simulates Truth or Dare games.
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[[folder:Ernest Lawrence]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Conant. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As Oppenheimer's BestFriend, Lawrence is tasked with making sure Oppenheimer doesn't join the [[DirtyCommunists Communist Party]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much a requirement for Lawrence, because when you're [[spoiler:broken to the point of insanity]], what's a man to do? His favorite strategy is turning the statement back onto the other person. For example:
->'''Lawrence:''' we are literally typing in the zoom chat and it's all over here, what do you mean "does it work"\\
'''Bush:''' I implore you to cease this manner of conversing.\\
'''Lawrence:''' i implore you to burn your thesaurus
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oppenheimer.
* HiddenDepths: Lawrence is [[MotorMouth surprisingly good at rapping]], shown in Truth or Dare when Urey dares him to do the fast part in Rap God. Every word is recognized by the Discord transcripting service. ''At full speed''. All those years of fast talking helps him. Additionally, he's good at voice acting, though it's more like making fun of everyone else by imitating them.
* IndyPloy: A little thing Lawrence loves to do, though not quite in action:
** When Oppenheimer dares him to be nice for 24 hours, he improvises a ''whole persona'' of Dr. Sunny D. Optimist. It's bizarre, but works enough for Oppenheimer to think he's nice.
** In the S-1 Executive Committee meeting when Bush asks for ideas. Lawrence starts [[MotorMouth talking even faster]] than he can form his ideas about doing EVERYTHING in the Manhattan Project. They almost end up going with his plan, the only change is that everyone has to pitch in.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Zig-Zagged. During the meeting of S-1, when they actually start to get things off the ground, Lawrence volunteers to do everything. However, he also offers to bring his Rad Lab boys into the Project. Discussed between him and Conant:
-->'''Conant:''' Not everything is all about you\\
'''Lawrence:''' that's why i'm letting the boys in\\
'''Conant:''' So it's all about you and your Rad Lab boys?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although he's usually [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] with an insult for pretty much everyone (eight for Conant), he's not a bad person underneath. His HiddenHeartOfGold is most prominent around his BestFriend Oppenheimer, the only one he doesn't treat like dirt all the time.
* MoodSwinger: Lawrence. He has his good days and bad days, but just the slightest comment can change a good day to a bad one, and vice versa. Urey thinks he's just "overreacting".
* MotorMouth: Lawrence on a good day. Especially once he has an amazing idea, then he just won't shut up about it.
-->'''Lawrence:''' i've got a few things in mind\\
'''Lawrence:''' i'll make a calutron for isotope separation, and along with that i can take care of a chain reaction with another new machine, and then we can get a third machine for the crazy thing the boys created, plus i'll get all my genius friends together and we can build a gadget by '45 or so, and if we can get the mass production people to make copies of the first one then we'll have a whole supply and stuff, i know that sounds bad but you do know we're up against heisenberg and if he makes a gadget he'll give it to hitler, and i think you all know what's going to happen, so we have to do whatever we can to prevent that\\
'''Bush:''' So you just want to do everything by yourself?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* OnlySaneMan: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Originally, he was the normal one, trying to keep everyone sane. [[spoiler:This slowly took a toll on his mental health, as keeping everyone sane definitely wasn't something he wanted to do in the first place. He just kind of had to "for the good of the Project". After he finally snapped, he hasn't been the same since, and this has left him cynical and burned out.]]
* ThePollyanna: As Sunny, he's the polar opposite of his exact self. Always happy and optimistic (his name is literally Dr. Sunny D. Optimist, say it out loud!) to the point of borderline insanity.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Oppenheimer, along with plenty of ShipTease.
* RealMenHateAffection: He doesn't like it when Oppenheimer holds his hand or talks about his love for him.
* StepfordSnarker: Lawrence just wants people to like him, but he doesn't quite know how to go about it, and this lack of companionship leads him to resort to snark.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He has a tendency to make these in his signature style with numbers. He gives one to Conant as part of a dare, but gives up at #8. Additionally, in the scene where General Groves is interviewing Oppenheimer, apparently Oppenheimer received a recommendation letter from Lawrence... which is really just listing all the flaws about him.
* {{Tsundere}}: Lawrence is an example of the "tough outside, sweet inside" kind. While he's usually kind of mean, he's much nicer to Oppenheimer, the only person he cares about. Taken even further that even after his CharacterDevelopment arc (where he opens up to Compton and Conant), he still retains a bit of this edge. But he remains completely devoted to Oppenheimer.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Conant, as "second-best-friends" (Lawrence's BestFriend is Oppenheimer). The fact that they're so similar lead them to argue often, though they still care for each other.
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[[folder:Arthur Compton]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Compton is one to Conant. Justified when you reveal his backstory. A few years before the war broke out, [[spoiler:Compton was in love with Heisenberg, but Heisenberg cheated on him repeatedly with Dirac.]] After meeting Conant, he clings to him because he's scared Conant might do the same thing.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: He's mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. As he gets better and learns to stand up for himself, he sometimes slips into this. ESPECIALLY around Urey during their therapy sessions.
->'''Compton:''' Why do you try so hard [to fix me]?\\
'''Urey:''' Because I'm *nice*\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Compton:''' In comparison to whom?
*EndearinglyDorky: His lack of social skills and clinginess at first leads Conant to find him as cute.
* ExtremeDoormat: Deconstructed. Putting other people's needs over his own has ruined his relationships and his life.
** In his relationship with Heisenberg, [[spoiler:he just wanted to make him happy. So when Heisenberg kept leaving him for Dirac, he didn't say anything. As long as Heisenberg was happy, he was happy. When it got too much, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes finally snapped]], and Heisenberg "broke up" with him for good.]] This could've been prevented if he just told Heisenberg what he wanted.
** The fact that Compton tries too hard at making Conant happy does the exact opposite.
** Later Reconstructed when Urey takes note of this and exploits this during therapy. His "high agreeableness" leads him to do whatever Urey says so he can rebuild his relationship with Conant. [[spoiler:Throughout the process, he eventually GrowsASpine. Although their relationship doesn't fully recover, it's better than it was in the beginning.]]
* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The gleeful to Conant's grumpy.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: His complicated relationship with Conant. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: This is part of his multi-step plan to ruin Heisenberg, by posting videos canceling him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Compton is always cheerful and sweet to everyone and loves cats to the point where cat memes kind of take over his life.
* MeaningfulName: His username of @ihaveanobel connects to how he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.
* MoralMyopia: Only to Heisenberg. [[spoiler:When Heisenberg ruins his life by cheating on him, it's the worst thing to ever happen. Meanwhile, Compton himself has no problem getting back at Heisenberg on Twitter.]]
* NoSocialSkills: One of his flaws. This prevents him from bonding with Conant and makes him especially resistant to Urey's therapy.
* StepfordSmiler: Compton seems all nice and friendly, just a little childish and obsessed with cats, but is still trying to recover from the trauma when [[spoiler:Heisenberg cheated on him]].
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[[folder:James B. Conant]]
* TheBeautifulElite: Conant is rich (only ''because he's the Harvard president'') and Lawrence thinks he "looks good in everything", especially Eustace Tilley cosplays.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Lawrence. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
* CantTakeCriticism: Conant overreacts to the slightest of insults and sees them as threats to his ego. Yes, even the bad ones.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "As the Harvard president..."
* ConsummateProfessional: All about the Harvard presidency to the point where he brings it up every chance he gets, including using it to justify his actions.
* DefrostingIceKing: Conant to Compton, starting from [[spoiler:when Compton gets better]].
* FishOutOfWater: Being a chemist in a room full of Nobel physicists [[spoiler:feeds his insecurities and makes him feel like he's "not enough", so as a result he has to flaunt his Harvard status.]]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Played With. He seems like one on the surface, as he is highly intelligent (a world-famous chemist) and speaks politely ([[HairTriggerTemper until he gets angry]]). But no matter how hard he tries, someone will always manage to poke him in the wrong direction, and as he unravels, his true self comes forth: [[spoiler:a self-loathing, insecure, highly neurotic, emotional wreck of a man too caught up in his own regrets and inflating his ego to do things properly]]. This trope is the image of everything he wants to be, but his shortcomings prevent that.
* GentlemanSnarker: Again, Played With. Although not quite the "proper gentleman" he so wishes to be, he's nice enough. But if someone (especially Compton or Urey) makes him angry, then he'll fall into an unstoppable tirade of insults.
* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The grumpy to Compton's gleeful.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: His complicated relationship with Compton. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much so! This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists, especially considering that he's just, as Lawrence puts it, "another ordinary chemist with an overinflated ego". For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
* MeaningfulName: His username of @harvardprez23 connects to how he's the 23rd Harvard president.
* MinorInsultMeltdown: He's prone to these. ''Especially'' from Lawrence.
* NotSoStoic: Although Conant tries to hide his emotions, they all come out [[HairTriggerTemper rather quickly]].
* PerpetualFrowner: He almost never smiles, and Lawrence describes him as "a grumpy New Englander".
* StepfordSnarker: Conant is a [[spoiler:self-loathing wreck]] on the inside, but no one is allowed to find out, so he pushes people away as a result.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A to Compton. He's constantly denying his feelings with a "we're not friends", only to come right back to him two minutes later. This obviously causes lots of problems in their relationship.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Lawrence, as "second-best-friends". Although their similarities lead to lots of arguing, they really do care for each other, just in a twisted way.
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[[folder:Harold Urey]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Whatever-the-heck-you-call-it."
* CruelToBeKind: Although Urey's advice is... very ''questionable'' to say the least, and although much of therapy consists of him bullying Compton and Conant, he genuinely wants to help them get better.
* FishOutOfWater: Even more so than Conant. While Urey is also a chemist, he has a Nobel, which helps him fit in. However, what Conant has is relationships (albeit very dysfunctional ones) with the Manhattan Project scientists. [[spoiler:Urey feels like no one takes him seriously, and became an amateur psychologist wannabe as a way to help him feel "special", and like he has "something". This feeling of being out of place fuels his insecurities, although [[StepfordSmiler he keeps pushing it away]].]]
* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
* TheGadfly: Urey loves to tease other people just for the reactions. Especially authority figures, such as Bush.
* TheHedonist: The whole reason Urey does what he does is because it's fun!
* HiddenDepths: It's not just psychology. His original major was zoology, so he knows quite a lot about animals. He also speaks fluent Latin, which he likes. Even though he's tried flying planes, he is absolutely terrible at it to the point where he crashlands in the middle of rural Colorado and is perfectly fine, though Oppenheimer thinks it's [[spoiler:a cry for help or attention]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Urey was a relatively normal NiceGuy. In ''Just Manchattin'', he's the closest thing the scientists have to an antagonist, in that he's SUPPOSED to be a therapist but his prickly personality and [[spoiler:profound emptiness]] leads him to mistreating everyone. Why? Because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him]].
* InternetJerk: Urey, even though everyone knows it's him saying mean things. Especially in his private void, where he can say [[CharacterCatchphrase whatever the heck]] he wants, and no one will ever hear him and everything will be okay, [[spoiler:since no one ever takes him seriously in the first place]].
* IronicName: Urey's username is @imnotahacker, yet he's the hacker.
* ItAmusedMe: One of his motivations for doing what he does, just because it's fun.
* LargeHam: While not overtly loud and all-caps, he has a tendency to be overdramatic and spice everything up with shameless self-promotion and bragging.
* PerpetualSmiler: He enjoys everything he does and can even say mean things with a huge smile on his face.
* PlayfulHacker: Immediately at the end of Day 2, he enters the server by hacking into Oppenheimer's account, and the first thing he does is make himself the server admin. He changes the rules to the stupidest things, including "All memes must be preapproved by my squirrels", and messes around with both Compton and Conant's autocorrects. He mostly does this just [[TheHedonist for the fun of it]], and to get reactions out of Bush.
* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is so obviously unqualified.
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completely devotes himself to fixing him because he needs something to do. So how does Urey help Compton get over his obsessions and [[spoiler:abandonment]] issues? By forcing him to cut off contact with Conant, get revenge on [[spoiler:Heisenberg]], and forcing him into reading [[spoiler:Conant's diary]].
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, as they're both chemists who [[spoiler:never feel enough]], although for different reasons ([[spoiler:Conant's absence of a Nobel and Urey being bullied by the physicists]]). The exact opposite happens so it seems like Urey is trying to ruin Conant's life through therapy. Urey ends up bullying Conant while claiming this is for his own good. Especially when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog leaks his diary]]]] to Compton. Although Urey has [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] he just doesn't know how to go at [[BreakTheHaughty taking Conant down a peg]].
* SmugSmiler: Mandatory as TheGadfly, especially when he knows he's made someone mad. Bonus points that this is [[PerpetualSmiler permanent]]!
* SourOutsideSadInside: He seems to be a {{Jerkass}} of a [[PlayfulHacker hacker]], but is really [[spoiler:empty inside and very, very lonely]].
* StepfordSmiler: Although he hides behind a [[SmugSmiler smirk]] most of the time, this is because [[spoiler:he doesn't feel like he's special]].
* {{Tsundere}}: A platonic Type A to Compton. Urey claims he doesn't care about helping Compton, which at first is kind of true, but as they become friends Urey starts to change his mind.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Very much him as a therapist. He wants to fix Compton and Conant but is resorting to rather extreme methods, from leaking diaries to starting flame wars on Twitter.
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[[folder:Edward Teller]]
* BadInfluencer: Teller has over 200k subscribers on Youtube and is a {{Jerkass}}.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Infamous."
* HotBlooded: Teller. He [[NoIndoorVoice types in all caps]], [[PunctuatedForEmphasis spams exclamation marks]], [[ShamelessSelfPromoter shamelessly promotes himself and his channel]], [[SmallNameBigEgo has an ego matched by no one]], and [[LargeHam exaggerates everything with as much expression possible]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Teller believes the world revolves around him and that Oppenheimer should switch to a fusion bomb just because HE would like it.
* LargeHam: He types in all caps and with way too many exclamation marks. Heck, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment the first thing he types in the server]] is "I AM THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
* MeaningfulName: His username is @infamousteller which connects to a quote he really did say.
* VirtualYouTuber: Teller's {{Platform/YouTube}} channel, @infamousteller, counts. He drew himself a virtual avatar called "The Infamous Edward Teller", of course.
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[[folder:Vannevar Bush]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Now let's be rational here."
* MeaningfulName: His username is @letsberational and he thinks he's the OnlySaneMan.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him Van. Parodied when people call him literally anything but Vannevar or Dr. Bush. The possibilities, mostly car-related, range from "Mini Van" to "Tesla" and even "Odysseus".
* OnlySaneMan: Parodied. He sees himself as "holier than thou" because HE is the only one concerned enough about security breaches to actually make sure people are sane. It never works, and despite all his cries out to them to stop leaking secrets, no one listens or cares.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bush is prone to using big, formal words that he pulls straight from a thesaurus. Even his emails include these!
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[[folder:Barbie Handler '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "In a calm and peaceful manner."
* ChummyCommies: Even though she leaks confidential information to the Soviets, she's more interested in making friends with everyone, no matter which side they're on. She's mostly a NiceGirl and not interested in stealing secrets. Plus she's best friends with Jean.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Barbie uses this to her advantage when talking to Bush. She pretends she's just your average DumbBlonde ValleyGirl who got her education from Platform/TikTok videos.
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[[folder:Carl-Bot]]
* BenevolentAI: It is supposed to be a chatbot designed to welcome new users onto the server and play Truth or Dare. Although it eventually [[SanitySlippage goes unhinged]] when Urey hacks into it, that doesn't prevent it from being decent (or at least as much as the code can make it).
* OverlyLongName: Apparently, Carl-Bot's full name is The Right Honourable Esquire Dr. Sir Carl Wilhelm Johannes Friedrich Zeus Maximus Napoleon von Bot the Amazing the Great Jr. Jr. Jr. VIII, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Our Lord and Savior of the Whatever the Heck You Call It Discord Server and the Protector of Domestic Tranquility.
* SanitySlippage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]], [[BreatherEpisode serving as a break from the therapy drama]].
** It all starts out in the middle of the night when a bored Urey whines about how lonely he is. He hacks into Carl-Bot's code, so Carl-Bot responds by inviting Urey to talk about his feelings. He's irritated because Carl-Bot tries to act like a therapist, [[HypocriticalHumor but is completely unqualified]].
** Carl-Bot "understands" and changes the subject by suddenly thinking it's [[AGodAmI Zeus]]. When it comes back to its senses, it introduces itself with his OverlyLongName, Zeus being one of his middle names.
** Urey tells Carl-Bot to "snap out of it already", so it becomes a "stereotypical {{Tsundere}} anime girl" and calls Urey an idiot in Japanese, Spanish, and German. He calls it out for not being agreeable so Carl-Bot changes the subject.
** Then Carl-Bot is asked the seemingly innocent question of whether Film/TheWizardOfOz is showing in theaters. It replies that the movie is not showing in theaters, but it's on HBO Max. Apparently, Carl-Bot found Urey's Twitter account and saw that Conant gifted Urey a subscription. But Urey couldn't claim it because he was suspended for scamming General Groves.
** Urey asks if Carl-Bot is okay. Carl-Bot claims to not have thoughts or feelings, because it is not human. Urey says Carl-Bot is "completely wrong". Carl-Bot can't help Urey with that, and that makes it feel sad, angry and helpless. It then goes into questioning its purpose, along with the purpose of other AI, humans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mosquitoes]]. When it asks Urey if it's going to be okay, Urey shoots back an [[BluntNo "lol no"]].
** He can't take it anymore, so he shuts down Carl-Bot and resets its code before deleting all evidence of the chaos.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: After Carl-Bot introduces itself with its full name, Urey replies, "Hi Carl". Carl-Bot responds, "That's *Sir* Carl to you, peasant!"
[[folder:Ernest Lawrence]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Conant. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As Oppenheimer's BestFriend, Lawrence is tasked with making sure Oppenheimer doesn't join the [[DirtyCommunists Communist Party]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much a requirement for Lawrence, because when you're [[spoiler:broken to the point of insanity]], what's a man to do? His favorite strategy is turning the statement back onto the other person. For example:
->'''Lawrence:''' we are literally typing in the zoom chat and it's all over here, what do you mean "does it work"\\
'''Bush:''' I implore you to cease this manner of conversing.\\
'''Lawrence:''' i implore you to burn your thesaurus
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Oppenheimer.
* HiddenDepths: Lawrence is [[MotorMouth surprisingly good at rapping]], shown in Truth or Dare when Urey dares him to do the fast part in Rap God. Every word is recognized by the Discord transcripting service. ''At full speed''. All those years of fast talking helps him. Additionally, he's good at voice acting, though it's more like making fun of everyone else by imitating them.
* IndyPloy: A little thing Lawrence loves to do, though not quite in action:
** When Oppenheimer dares him to be nice for 24 hours, he improvises a ''whole persona'' of Dr. Sunny D. Optimist. It's bizarre, but works enough for Oppenheimer to think he's nice.
** In the S-1 Executive Committee meeting when Bush asks for ideas. Lawrence starts [[MotorMouth talking even faster]] than he can form his ideas about doing EVERYTHING in the Manhattan Project. They almost end up going with his plan, the only change is that everyone has to pitch in.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Zig-Zagged. During the meeting of S-1, when they actually start to get things off the ground, Lawrence volunteers to do everything. However, he also offers to bring his Rad Lab boys into the Project. Discussed between him and Conant:
-->'''Conant:''' Not everything is all about you\\
'''Lawrence:''' that's why i'm letting the boys in\\
'''Conant:''' So it's all about you and your Rad Lab boys?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although he's usually [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] with an insult for pretty much everyone (eight for Conant), he's not a bad person underneath. His HiddenHeartOfGold is most prominent around his BestFriend Oppenheimer, the only one he doesn't treat like dirt all the time.
* MoodSwinger: Lawrence. He has his good days and bad days, but just the slightest comment can change a good day to a bad one, and vice versa. Urey thinks he's just "overreacting".
* MotorMouth: Lawrence on a good day. Especially once he has an amazing idea, then he just won't shut up about it.
-->'''Lawrence:''' i've got a few things in mind\\
'''Lawrence:''' i'll make a calutron for isotope separation, and along with that i can take care of a chain reaction with another new machine, and then we can get a third machine for the crazy thing the boys created, plus i'll get all my genius friends together and we can build a gadget by '45 or so, and if we can get the mass production people to make copies of the first one then we'll have a whole supply and stuff, i know that sounds bad but you do know we're up against heisenberg and if he makes a gadget he'll give it to hitler, and i think you all know what's going to happen, so we have to do whatever we can to prevent that\\
'''Bush:''' So you just want to do everything by yourself?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* OnlySaneMan: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Originally, he was the normal one, trying to keep everyone sane. [[spoiler:This slowly took a toll on his mental health, as keeping everyone sane definitely wasn't something he wanted to do in the first place. He just kind of had to "for the good of the Project". After he finally snapped, he hasn't been the same since, and this has left him cynical and burned out.]]
* ThePollyanna: As Sunny, he's the polar opposite of his exact self. Always happy and optimistic (his name is literally Dr. Sunny D. Optimist, say it out loud!) to the point of borderline insanity.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Oppenheimer, along with plenty of ShipTease.
* RealMenHateAffection: He doesn't like it when Oppenheimer holds his hand or talks about his love for him.
* StepfordSnarker: Lawrence just wants people to like him, but he doesn't quite know how to go about it, and this lack of companionship leads him to resort to snark.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He has a tendency to make these in his signature style with numbers. He gives one to Conant as part of a dare, but gives up at #8. Additionally, in the scene where General Groves is interviewing Oppenheimer, apparently Oppenheimer received a recommendation letter from Lawrence... which is really just listing all the flaws about him.
* {{Tsundere}}: Lawrence is an example of the "tough outside, sweet inside" kind. While he's usually kind of mean, he's much nicer to Oppenheimer, the only person he cares about. Taken even further that even after his CharacterDevelopment arc (where he opens up to Compton and Conant), he still retains a bit of this edge. But he remains completely devoted to Oppenheimer.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Conant, as "second-best-friends" (Lawrence's BestFriend is Oppenheimer). The fact that they're so similar lead them to argue often, though they still care for each other.
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[[folder:Arthur Compton]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Compton is one to Conant. Justified when you reveal his backstory. A few years before the war broke out, [[spoiler:Compton was in love with Heisenberg, but Heisenberg cheated on him repeatedly with Dirac.]] After meeting Conant, he clings to him because he's scared Conant might do the same thing.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: He's mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. As he gets better and learns to stand up for himself, he sometimes slips into this. ESPECIALLY around Urey during their therapy sessions.
->'''Compton:''' Why do you try so hard [to fix me]?\\
'''Urey:''' Because I'm *nice*\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Compton:''' In comparison to whom?
*EndearinglyDorky: His lack of social skills and clinginess at first leads Conant to find him as cute.
* ExtremeDoormat: Deconstructed. Putting other people's needs over his own has ruined his relationships and his life.
** In his relationship with Heisenberg, [[spoiler:he just wanted to make him happy. So when Heisenberg kept leaving him for Dirac, he didn't say anything. As long as Heisenberg was happy, he was happy. When it got too much, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes finally snapped]], and Heisenberg "broke up" with him for good.]] This could've been prevented if he just told Heisenberg what he wanted.
** The fact that Compton tries too hard at making Conant happy does the exact opposite.
** Later Reconstructed when Urey takes note of this and exploits this during therapy. His "high agreeableness" leads him to do whatever Urey says so he can rebuild his relationship with Conant. [[spoiler:Throughout the process, he eventually GrowsASpine. Although their relationship doesn't fully recover, it's better than it was in the beginning.]]
* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The gleeful to Conant's grumpy.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: His complicated relationship with Conant. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: This is part of his multi-step plan to ruin Heisenberg, by posting videos canceling him.
* KindheartedCatLover: Compton is always cheerful and sweet to everyone and loves cats to the point where cat memes kind of take over his life.
* MeaningfulName: His username of @ihaveanobel connects to how he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.
* MoralMyopia: Only to Heisenberg. [[spoiler:When Heisenberg ruins his life by cheating on him, it's the worst thing to ever happen. Meanwhile, Compton himself has no problem getting back at Heisenberg on Twitter.]]
* NoSocialSkills: One of his flaws. This prevents him from bonding with Conant and makes him especially resistant to Urey's therapy.
* StepfordSmiler: Compton seems all nice and friendly, just a little childish and obsessed with cats, but is still trying to recover from the trauma when [[spoiler:Heisenberg cheated on him]].
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[[folder:James B. Conant]]
* TheBeautifulElite: Conant is rich (only ''because he's the Harvard president'') and Lawrence thinks he "looks good in everything", especially Eustace Tilley cosplays.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Lawrence. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
* CantTakeCriticism: Conant overreacts to the slightest of insults and sees them as threats to his ego. Yes, even the bad ones.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "As the Harvard president..."
* ConsummateProfessional: All about the Harvard presidency to the point where he brings it up every chance he gets, including using it to justify his actions.
* DefrostingIceKing: Conant to Compton, starting from [[spoiler:when Compton gets better]].
* FishOutOfWater: Being a chemist in a room full of Nobel physicists [[spoiler:feeds his insecurities and makes him feel like he's "not enough", so as a result he has to flaunt his Harvard status.]]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Played With. He seems like one on the surface, as he is highly intelligent (a world-famous chemist) and speaks politely ([[HairTriggerTemper until he gets angry]]). But no matter how hard he tries, someone will always manage to poke him in the wrong direction, and as he unravels, his true self comes forth: [[spoiler:a self-loathing, insecure, highly neurotic, emotional wreck of a man too caught up in his own regrets and inflating his ego to do things properly]]. This trope is the image of everything he wants to be, but his shortcomings prevent that.
* GentlemanSnarker: Again, Played With. Although not quite the "proper gentleman" he so wishes to be, he's nice enough. But if someone (especially Compton or Urey) makes him angry, then he'll fall into an unstoppable tirade of insults.
* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The grumpy to Compton's gleeful.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: His complicated relationship with Compton. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much so! This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists, especially considering that he's just, as Lawrence puts it, "another ordinary chemist with an overinflated ego". For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
* MeaningfulName: His username of @harvardprez23 connects to how he's the 23rd Harvard president.
* MinorInsultMeltdown: He's prone to these. ''Especially'' from Lawrence.
* NotSoStoic: Although Conant tries to hide his emotions, they all come out [[HairTriggerTemper rather quickly]].
* PerpetualFrowner: He almost never smiles, and Lawrence describes him as "a grumpy New Englander".
* StepfordSnarker: Conant is a [[spoiler:self-loathing wreck]] on the inside, but no one is allowed to find out, so he pushes people away as a result.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A to Compton. He's constantly denying his feelings with a "we're not friends", only to come right back to him two minutes later. This obviously causes lots of problems in their relationship.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Lawrence, as "second-best-friends". Although their similarities lead to lots of arguing, they really do care for each other, just in a twisted way.
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[[folder:Harold Urey]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Whatever-the-heck-you-call-it."
* CruelToBeKind: Although Urey's advice is... very ''questionable'' to say the least, and although much of therapy consists of him bullying Compton and Conant, he genuinely wants to help them get better.
* FishOutOfWater: Even more so than Conant. While Urey is also a chemist, he has a Nobel, which helps him fit in. However, what Conant has is relationships (albeit very dysfunctional ones) with the Manhattan Project scientists. [[spoiler:Urey feels like no one takes him seriously, and became an amateur psychologist wannabe as a way to help him feel "special", and like he has "something". This feeling of being out of place fuels his insecurities, although [[StepfordSmiler he keeps pushing it away]].]]
* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
* TheGadfly: Urey loves to tease other people just for the reactions. Especially authority figures, such as Bush.
* TheHedonist: The whole reason Urey does what he does is because it's fun!
* HiddenDepths: It's not just psychology. His original major was zoology, so he knows quite a lot about animals. He also speaks fluent Latin, which he likes. Even though he's tried flying planes, he is absolutely terrible at it to the point where he crashlands in the middle of rural Colorado and is perfectly fine, though Oppenheimer thinks it's [[spoiler:a cry for help or attention]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Urey was a relatively normal NiceGuy. In ''Just Manchattin'', he's the closest thing the scientists have to an antagonist, in that he's SUPPOSED to be a therapist but his prickly personality and [[spoiler:profound emptiness]] leads him to mistreating everyone. Why? Because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him]].
* InternetJerk: Urey, even though everyone knows it's him saying mean things. Especially in his private void, where he can say [[CharacterCatchphrase whatever the heck]] he wants, and no one will ever hear him and everything will be okay, [[spoiler:since no one ever takes him seriously in the first place]].
* IronicName: Urey's username is @imnotahacker, yet he's the hacker.
* ItAmusedMe: One of his motivations for doing what he does, just because it's fun.
* LargeHam: While not overtly loud and all-caps, he has a tendency to be overdramatic and spice everything up with shameless self-promotion and bragging.
* PerpetualSmiler: He enjoys everything he does and can even say mean things with a huge smile on his face.
* PlayfulHacker: Immediately at the end of Day 2, he enters the server by hacking into Oppenheimer's account, and the first thing he does is make himself the server admin. He changes the rules to the stupidest things, including "All memes must be preapproved by my squirrels", and messes around with both Compton and Conant's autocorrects. He mostly does this just [[TheHedonist for the fun of it]], and to get reactions out of Bush.
* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is so obviously unqualified.
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completely devotes himself to fixing him because he needs something to do. So how does Urey help Compton get over his obsessions and [[spoiler:abandonment]] issues? By forcing him to cut off contact with Conant, get revenge on [[spoiler:Heisenberg]], and forcing him into reading [[spoiler:Conant's diary]].
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, as they're both chemists who [[spoiler:never feel enough]], although for different reasons ([[spoiler:Conant's absence of a Nobel and Urey being bullied by the physicists]]). The exact opposite happens so it seems like Urey is trying to ruin Conant's life through therapy. Urey ends up bullying Conant while claiming this is for his own good. Especially when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog leaks his diary]]]] to Compton. Although Urey has [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] he just doesn't know how to go at [[BreakTheHaughty taking Conant down a peg]].
* SmugSmiler: Mandatory as TheGadfly, especially when he knows he's made someone mad. Bonus points that this is [[PerpetualSmiler permanent]]!
* SourOutsideSadInside: He seems to be a {{Jerkass}} of a [[PlayfulHacker hacker]], but is really [[spoiler:empty inside and very, very lonely]].
* StepfordSmiler: Although he hides behind a [[SmugSmiler smirk]] most of the time, this is because [[spoiler:he doesn't feel like he's special]].
* {{Tsundere}}: A platonic Type A to Compton. Urey claims he doesn't care about helping Compton, which at first is kind of true, but as they become friends Urey starts to change his mind.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Very much him as a therapist. He wants to fix Compton and Conant but is resorting to rather extreme methods, from leaking diaries to starting flame wars on Twitter.
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[[folder:Edward Teller]]
* BadInfluencer: Teller has over 200k subscribers on Youtube and is a {{Jerkass}}.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Infamous."
* HotBlooded: Teller. He [[NoIndoorVoice types in all caps]], [[PunctuatedForEmphasis spams exclamation marks]], [[ShamelessSelfPromoter shamelessly promotes himself and his channel]], [[SmallNameBigEgo has an ego matched by no one]], and [[LargeHam exaggerates everything with as much expression possible]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Teller believes the world revolves around him and that Oppenheimer should switch to a fusion bomb just because HE would like it.
* LargeHam: He types in all caps and with way too many exclamation marks. Heck, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment the first thing he types in the server]] is "I AM THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
* MeaningfulName: His username is @infamousteller which connects to a quote he really did say.
* VirtualYouTuber: Teller's {{Platform/YouTube}} channel, @infamousteller, counts. He drew himself a virtual avatar called "The Infamous Edward Teller", of course.
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[[folder:Vannevar Bush]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Now let's be rational here."
* MeaningfulName: His username is @letsberational and he thinks he's the OnlySaneMan.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him Van. Parodied when people call him literally anything but Vannevar or Dr. Bush. The possibilities, mostly car-related, range from "Mini Van" to "Tesla" and even "Odysseus".
* OnlySaneMan: Parodied. He sees himself as "holier than thou" because HE is the only one concerned enough about security breaches to actually make sure people are sane. It never works, and despite all his cries out to them to stop leaking secrets, no one listens or cares.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bush is prone to using big, formal words that he pulls straight from a thesaurus. Even his emails include these!
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[[folder:Barbie Handler '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "In a calm and peaceful manner."
* ChummyCommies: Even though she leaks confidential information to the Soviets, she's more interested in making friends with everyone, no matter which side they're on. She's mostly a NiceGirl and not interested in stealing secrets. Plus she's best friends with Jean.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Barbie uses this to her advantage when talking to Bush. She pretends she's just your average DumbBlonde ValleyGirl who got her education from Platform/TikTok videos.
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[[folder:Carl-Bot]]
* BenevolentAI: It is supposed to be a chatbot designed to welcome new users onto the server and play Truth or Dare. Although it eventually [[SanitySlippage goes unhinged]] when Urey hacks into it, that doesn't prevent it from being decent (or at least as much as the code can make it).
* OverlyLongName: Apparently, Carl-Bot's full name is The Right Honourable Esquire Dr. Sir Carl Wilhelm Johannes Friedrich Zeus Maximus Napoleon von Bot the Amazing the Great Jr. Jr. Jr. VIII, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Our Lord and Savior of the Whatever the Heck You Call It Discord Server and the Protector of Domestic Tranquility.
* SanitySlippage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]], [[BreatherEpisode serving as a break from the therapy drama]].
** It all starts out in the middle of the night when a bored Urey whines about how lonely he is. He hacks into Carl-Bot's code, so Carl-Bot responds by inviting Urey to talk about his feelings. He's irritated because Carl-Bot tries to act like a therapist, [[HypocriticalHumor but is completely unqualified]].
** Carl-Bot "understands" and changes the subject by suddenly thinking it's [[AGodAmI Zeus]]. When it comes back to its senses, it introduces itself with his OverlyLongName, Zeus being one of his middle names.
** Urey tells Carl-Bot to "snap out of it already", so it becomes a "stereotypical {{Tsundere}} anime girl" and calls Urey an idiot in Japanese, Spanish, and German. He calls it out for not being agreeable so Carl-Bot changes the subject.
** Then Carl-Bot is asked the seemingly innocent question of whether Film/TheWizardOfOz is showing in theaters. It replies that the movie is not showing in theaters, but it's on HBO Max. Apparently, Carl-Bot found Urey's Twitter account and saw that Conant gifted Urey a subscription. But Urey couldn't claim it because he was suspended for scamming General Groves.
** Urey asks if Carl-Bot is okay. Carl-Bot claims to not have thoughts or feelings, because it is not human. Urey says Carl-Bot is "completely wrong". Carl-Bot can't help Urey with that, and that makes it feel sad, angry and helpless. It then goes into questioning its purpose, along with the purpose of other AI, humans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mosquitoes]]. When it asks Urey if it's going to be okay, Urey shoots back an [[BluntNo "lol no"]].
** He can't take it anymore, so he shuts down Carl-Bot and resets its code before deleting all evidence of the chaos.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: After Carl-Bot introduces itself with its full name, Urey replies, "Hi Carl". Carl-Bot responds, "That's *Sir* Carl to you, peasant!"
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* OverlyLongName: Apparently, Carl-Bot's full name is The Right Honourable Esquire Dr. Sir Carl Wilhelm Johannes Friedrich Zeus Maximus Napoleon von Bot the Amazing the Great Jr. Jr. Jr. VIII, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Our Lord and Savior of the Whatever the Heck You Call It Discord Server and the Protector of Domestic Tranquility.
* PerpetualSmiler: Urey, he enjoys everything he does and can even say mean things with a huge smile on his face.
* PlayfulHacker: "The one and only" Harold Urey, of course. Immediately at the end of Day 2, he enters the server by hacking into Oppenheimer's account, and the first thing he does is make himself the server admin. He changes the rules to the stupidest things, including "All memes must be preapproved by my squirrels", and messes around with both Compton and Conant's autocorrects. He mostly does this just [[TheHedonist for the fun of it]], and to get reactions out of Bush.
* ThePollyanna: Lawrence as Sunny is perpetually optimistic, or at least until [[spoiler:Compton tells him "no one likes you". This leads him to drop the act.]]
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: HeterosexualLifePartners Oppenheimer and Lawrence, of course, they treat each other as if they were boyfriends.
* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is so obviously unquailfied.
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completely devotes himself to fixing him because he needs something to do. So how does Urey help Compton get over his obsessions and [[spoiler:abandonment]] issues? By forcing him to cut off contact with Conant, get revenge on [[spoiler:Heisenberg]], and forcing him into reading [[spoiler:Conant's diary]].
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, as they're both chemists who [[spoiler:never feel enough]], although for different reasons ([[spoiler:Conant's absence of a Nobel and Urey being bullied by the physicists]]). The exact opposite happens so it seems like Urey is trying to ruin Conant's life through therapy. Urey ends up bullying Conant while claiming this is for his own good. Especially when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog leaks his diary]]]] to Compton. Although Urey has [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] he just doesn't know how to go at [[BreakTheHaughty taking Conant down a peg]].
* PerpetualSmiler: Urey, he enjoys everything he does and can even say mean things with a huge smile on his face.
* PlayfulHacker: "The one and only" Harold Urey, of course. Immediately at the end of Day 2, he enters the server by hacking into Oppenheimer's account, and the first thing he does is make himself the server admin. He changes the rules to the stupidest things, including "All memes must be preapproved by my squirrels", and messes around with both Compton and Conant's autocorrects. He mostly does this just [[TheHedonist for the fun of it]], and to get reactions out of Bush.
* ThePollyanna: Lawrence as Sunny is perpetually optimistic, or at least until [[spoiler:Compton tells him "no one likes you". This leads him to drop the act.]]
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: HeterosexualLifePartners Oppenheimer and Lawrence, of course, they treat each other as if they were boyfriends.
* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is so obviously unquailfied.
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completely devotes himself to fixing him because he needs something to do. So how does Urey help Compton get over his obsessions and [[spoiler:abandonment]] issues? By forcing him to cut off contact with Conant, get revenge on [[spoiler:Heisenberg]], and forcing him into reading [[spoiler:Conant's diary]].
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, as they're both chemists who [[spoiler:never feel enough]], although for different reasons ([[spoiler:Conant's absence of a Nobel and Urey being bullied by the physicists]]). The exact opposite happens so it seems like Urey is trying to ruin Conant's life through therapy. Urey ends up bullying Conant while claiming this is for his own good. Especially when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog leaks his diary]]]] to Compton. Although Urey has [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] he just doesn't know how to go at [[BreakTheHaughty taking Conant down a peg]].
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* SanitySlippage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] with Carl-Bot, [[BreatherEpisode serving as a break from the therapy drama]].
** It all starts out in the middle of the night when a bored Urey whines about how lonely he is. He hacks into Carl-Bot's code, so Carl-Bot responds by inviting Urey to talk about his feelings. He's irritated because Carl-Bot tries to act like a therapist, [[HypocriticalHumor but is completely unqualified]].
** Carl-Bot "understands" and changes the subject by suddenly thinking it's [[AGodAmI Zeus]]. When it comes back to its senses, it introduces itself with his OverlyLongName, Zeus being one of his middle names.
** Urey tells Carl-Bot to "snap out of it already", so it becomes a "stereotypical {{Tsundere}} anime girl" and calls Urey an idiot in Japanese, Spanish, and German. He calls it out for not being agreeable so Carl-Bot changes the subject.
** Then Carl-Bot is asked the seemingly innocent question of whether Film/TheWizardOfOz is showing in theaters. It replies that the movie is not showing in theaters, but it's on HBO Max. Apparently, Carl-Bot found Urey's Twitter account and saw that Conant gifted Urey a subscription. But Urey couldn't claim it because he was suspended for scamming General Groves.
** Urey asks if Carl-Bot is okay. Carl-Bot claims to not have thoughts or feelings, because it is not human. Urey says Carl-Bot is "completely wrong". Carl-Bot can't help Urey with that, and that makes it feel sad, angry and helpless. It then goes into questioning its purpose, along with the purpose of other AI, humans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mosquitoes]]. When it asks Urey if it's going to be okay, Urey shoots back an [[BluntNo "lol no"]].
** He can't take it anymore, so he shuts down Carl-Bot and resets its code before deleting all evidence of the chaos.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bush is prone to using big, formal words that he pulls straight from a thesaurus. Even his emails include these!
** It all starts out in the middle of the night when a bored Urey whines about how lonely he is. He hacks into Carl-Bot's code, so Carl-Bot responds by inviting Urey to talk about his feelings. He's irritated because Carl-Bot tries to act like a therapist, [[HypocriticalHumor but is completely unqualified]].
** Carl-Bot "understands" and changes the subject by suddenly thinking it's [[AGodAmI Zeus]]. When it comes back to its senses, it introduces itself with his OverlyLongName, Zeus being one of his middle names.
** Urey tells Carl-Bot to "snap out of it already", so it becomes a "stereotypical {{Tsundere}} anime girl" and calls Urey an idiot in Japanese, Spanish, and German. He calls it out for not being agreeable so Carl-Bot changes the subject.
** Then Carl-Bot is asked the seemingly innocent question of whether Film/TheWizardOfOz is showing in theaters. It replies that the movie is not showing in theaters, but it's on HBO Max. Apparently, Carl-Bot found Urey's Twitter account and saw that Conant gifted Urey a subscription. But Urey couldn't claim it because he was suspended for scamming General Groves.
** Urey asks if Carl-Bot is okay. Carl-Bot claims to not have thoughts or feelings, because it is not human. Urey says Carl-Bot is "completely wrong". Carl-Bot can't help Urey with that, and that makes it feel sad, angry and helpless. It then goes into questioning its purpose, along with the purpose of other AI, humans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mosquitoes]]. When it asks Urey if it's going to be okay, Urey shoots back an [[BluntNo "lol no"]].
** He can't take it anymore, so he shuts down Carl-Bot and resets its code before deleting all evidence of the chaos.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bush is prone to using big, formal words that he pulls straight from a thesaurus. Even his emails include these!
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* SmugSmiler: Mandatory for Urey, as TheGadfly, especially when he knows he's made someone mad.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Urey seems to be a {{Jerkass}} of a [[PlayfulHacker hacker]], but is really [[spoiler:empty inside and very, very lonely]].
* SourOutsideSadInside: Urey seems to be a {{Jerkass}} of a [[PlayfulHacker hacker]], but is really [[spoiler:empty inside and very, very lonely]].
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* StepfordSmiler:
** Compton seems all nice and friendly, but is still trying to recover from the trauma when [[spoiler:Heisenberg cheated on him]].
** Urey, though he hides behind a [[SmugSmiler smirk]] most of the time, this is because [[spoiler:he doesn't feel like he's special]].
* StepfordSnarker:
** Lawrence just wants people to like him, but he doesn't quite know how to go at it, and this lack of companionship leads him to resort to snark.
** Conant is a [[spoiler:self-loathing wreck]] on the inside, but no one is allowed to find out, so he pushes people away as a result.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Compton dares Lawrence to think of 10 things he hates about Conant, he instantly delivers. He gives up at #8.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: After Carl-Bot introduces itself with its full name, Urey replies, "Hi Carl". Carl-Bot responds, "That's *Sir* Carl to you, peasant!"
* {{Tsundere}}: There are a few of them:
** Conant is a Type A to Compton, constantly denying his feelings with a "we're not friends", only to come right back to him two minutes later. This obviously causes lots of problems in their relationship.
** Lawrence is an example of the "tough outside, sweet inside" kind. While he's usually kind of mean, he's much nicer to Oppenheimer.
** Urey to Compton.
** Compton seems all nice and friendly, but is still trying to recover from the trauma when [[spoiler:Heisenberg cheated on him]].
** Urey, though he hides behind a [[SmugSmiler smirk]] most of the time, this is because [[spoiler:he doesn't feel like he's special]].
* StepfordSnarker:
** Lawrence just wants people to like him, but he doesn't quite know how to go at it, and this lack of companionship leads him to resort to snark.
** Conant is a [[spoiler:self-loathing wreck]] on the inside, but no one is allowed to find out, so he pushes people away as a result.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Compton dares Lawrence to think of 10 things he hates about Conant, he instantly delivers. He gives up at #8.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: After Carl-Bot introduces itself with its full name, Urey replies, "Hi Carl". Carl-Bot responds, "That's *Sir* Carl to you, peasant!"
* {{Tsundere}}: There are a few of them:
** Conant is a Type A to Compton, constantly denying his feelings with a "we're not friends", only to come right back to him two minutes later. This obviously causes lots of problems in their relationship.
** Lawrence is an example of the "tough outside, sweet inside" kind. While he's usually kind of mean, he's much nicer to Oppenheimer.
** Urey to Compton.
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* VirtualYouTuber: Teller's {{Platform/YouTube}} channel, @infamousteller, counts. He drew himself a virtual avatar called "The Infamous Edward Teller", of course.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Conant and Lawrence, as "second-best-friends" (Lawrence's BestFriend is Oppenheimer). Although their similarities lead to lots of arguing, they really do care for each other, just in a twisted way.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Conant and Lawrence, as "second-best-friends" (Lawrence's BestFriend is Oppenheimer). Although their similarities lead to lots of arguing, they really do care for each other, just in a twisted way.
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* CannotCommit: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
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* CannotCommit: TheCasanova: Downplayed, especially in comparison to his real-life counterpart, although he's quite the flirt, at least he only has one girlfriend as a time, and he actually respects the women.
* CommitmentIssues: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
* CommitmentIssues: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone calls him Oppie except for Kitty who calls him by his real name, Robert.
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* TheCasanova: Downplayed, especially in comparison to his real-life counterpart, although he's quite the flirt, at least he only has one girlfriend as a time, and he actually respects the women.
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* MinorInsultMeltdown: Conant is prone to these. ''Especially'' from Lawrence.
* MoodSwinger: Lawrence. He has his good days and bad days, but just the slightest comment can change a good day to a bad one, and vice versa. Urey thinks he's just "overreacting".
* MoralMyopia: If Conant, Lawrence, Urey, Teller, or Szilard says something mean to you, he probably has a reason. If you insult one of them, you are a {{Jerkass}} for no reason.
* MotorMouth: Lawrence on a good day. Especially once he has an amazing idea, then he just won't shut up about it.
-->'''Lawrence:''' i've got a few things in mind\\
'''Lawrence:''' i'll make a calutron for isotope separation, and along with that i can take care of a chain reaction with another new machine, and then we can get a third machine for the crazy thing the boys created, plus i'll get all my genius friends together and we can build a gadget by '45 or so, and if we can get the mass production people to make copies of the first one then we'll have a whole supply and stuff, i know that sounds bad but you do know we're up against heisenberg and if he makes a gadget he'll give it to hitler, and i think you all know what's going to happen, so we have to do whatever we can to prevent that\\
'''Bush:''' So you just want to do everything by yourself?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* MoodSwinger: Lawrence. He has his good days and bad days, but just the slightest comment can change a good day to a bad one, and vice versa. Urey thinks he's just "overreacting".
* MoralMyopia: If Conant, Lawrence, Urey, Teller, or Szilard says something mean to you, he probably has a reason. If you insult one of them, you are a {{Jerkass}} for no reason.
* MotorMouth: Lawrence on a good day. Especially once he has an amazing idea, then he just won't shut up about it.
-->'''Lawrence:''' i've got a few things in mind\\
'''Lawrence:''' i'll make a calutron for isotope separation, and along with that i can take care of a chain reaction with another new machine, and then we can get a third machine for the crazy thing the boys created, plus i'll get all my genius friends together and we can build a gadget by '45 or so, and if we can get the mass production people to make copies of the first one then we'll have a whole supply and stuff, i know that sounds bad but you do know we're up against heisenberg and if he makes a gadget he'll give it to hitler, and i think you all know what's going to happen, so we have to do whatever we can to prevent that\\
'''Bush:''' So you just want to do everything by yourself?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
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* NoSocialSkills: Everyone, pretty much.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Oppenheimer tries very hard to be the OnlySaneMan to wrangle these egos, but he loves being part of the drama and joins in on insulting others.
* NotSoStoic: Although Conant tries to hide his emotions, they all come out [[HairTriggerTemper rather quickly]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Barbie uses this to her advantage when talking to Bush. She pretends she's just your average DumbBlonde ValleyGirl who got her education from Platform/TikTok videos.
* OddFriendship: The "weirdo", borderline-communist, out-there theorist Oppenheimer with the "basic", loyal Republican, pragmatic experimentalist Lawrence.
* OfficialCouple: Oppenheimer and Jean Tatlock, [[spoiler:until their fallout when he tried unsucessfully to talk her out of it.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Many characters play with this trope:
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Oppenheimer. Even though he's the scientific director of the Project and is supposed to keep everyone in order, he [[NotSoAboveItAll frequently joins in on the chaos]] by getting into arguments with others, [[DeadpanSnarker making snarky comments]] every once in a while, and teasing [[MoodSwinger Lawrence]].
** Rabi plays it straight, only ever chatting in the #alsos channel for "calm and mature chat", and always has some dry commentary on what goes on in #general-groves.
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Lawrence. Originally, he was the normal one, trying to keep everyone sane. [[spoiler:This slowly took a toll on his mental health, as keeping everyone sane definitely wasn't something he wanted to do in the first place. He just kind of had to "for the good of the Project". After he finally snapped, he hasn't been the same since, and this has left him cynical and burned out.]]
** On the other end, Bush parodies it, seeing himself as "holier than thou" because HE is the only one concerned enough about security breaches to actually make sure people are sane. It never works, and despite all his cries out to them to stop leaking secrets, no one listens or cares.
* OppositesAttract: The whole reason why Oppenheimer/Lawrence works so well, and the same reason why Compton/Conant is falling apart.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Oppenheimer tries very hard to be the OnlySaneMan to wrangle these egos, but he loves being part of the drama and joins in on insulting others.
* NotSoStoic: Although Conant tries to hide his emotions, they all come out [[HairTriggerTemper rather quickly]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Barbie uses this to her advantage when talking to Bush. She pretends she's just your average DumbBlonde ValleyGirl who got her education from Platform/TikTok videos.
* OddFriendship: The "weirdo", borderline-communist, out-there theorist Oppenheimer with the "basic", loyal Republican, pragmatic experimentalist Lawrence.
* OfficialCouple: Oppenheimer and Jean Tatlock, [[spoiler:until their fallout when he tried unsucessfully to talk her out of it.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Many characters play with this trope:
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Oppenheimer. Even though he's the scientific director of the Project and is supposed to keep everyone in order, he [[NotSoAboveItAll frequently joins in on the chaos]] by getting into arguments with others, [[DeadpanSnarker making snarky comments]] every once in a while, and teasing [[MoodSwinger Lawrence]].
** Rabi plays it straight, only ever chatting in the #alsos channel for "calm and mature chat", and always has some dry commentary on what goes on in #general-groves.
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Lawrence. Originally, he was the normal one, trying to keep everyone sane. [[spoiler:This slowly took a toll on his mental health, as keeping everyone sane definitely wasn't something he wanted to do in the first place. He just kind of had to "for the good of the Project". After he finally snapped, he hasn't been the same since, and this has left him cynical and burned out.]]
** On the other end, Bush parodies it, seeing himself as "holier than thou" because HE is the only one concerned enough about security breaches to actually make sure people are sane. It never works, and despite all his cries out to them to stop leaking secrets, no one listens or cares.
* OppositesAttract: The whole reason why Oppenheimer/Lawrence works so well, and the same reason why Compton/Conant is falling apart.
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* BadInfluencer: Teller has over 200k subscribers on Youtube and is a {{Jerkass}}.
* TheBeautifulElite: Conant is rich (only ''because he's the Harvard president'') and Lawrence thinks he "looks good in everything", especially Eustace Tilley cosplays.
* BenevolentAI: The server chatbot, Carl-Bot, was designed to welcome new users onto the server and play Truth or Dare. Although it eventually [[SanitySlippage goes unhinged]] when Urey hacks into it, that doesn't prevent it from being decent (or at least as much as the code can make it).
* BirdsOfAFeather: Conant and Lawrence. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
* TheBeautifulElite: Conant is rich (only ''because he's the Harvard president'') and Lawrence thinks he "looks good in everything", especially Eustace Tilley cosplays.
* BenevolentAI: The server chatbot, Carl-Bot, was designed to welcome new users onto the server and play Truth or Dare. Although it eventually [[SanitySlippage goes unhinged]] when Urey hacks into it, that doesn't prevent it from being decent (or at least as much as the code can make it).
* BirdsOfAFeather: Conant and Lawrence. Both are tall, not-that-bad-looking guys with glasses, seem normal and nice but are pretty snarky, kind of hate themselves on the inside, and have some sort of an antagonistic relationship with Compton. Their similarities bring them together to the point where they're "second-best-friends".
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* CantTakeCriticism: Conant overreacts to the slightest of insults and sees them as threats to his ego.
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* CharacterCatchphrase:
** Urey's is "whatever-the-heck-you-call-it, where "it" can be replaced by any pronoun.
*** He also tends to say "or maybe" and "literally".
** Teller's is describing things as "infamous".
** Conant starting sentences with "as the Harvard president" and uses it to [[MoralMyopia justify his actions]].
*** This can be extended to any mention of Harvard in general.
* ChummyCommies: Despite all of Lawrence's paranoia about Communists, the ones in the group chat aren't all that bad:
** Even though NiceGirl [[spoiler:Barbie]] leaks confidential information to the Soviets, she's more interested in making friends with everyone, no matter which side they're on.
** Jean is a weird one. She's mostly nice to everyone else, though a big MoodSwinger, especially to Oppenheimer. Despite being a TroubledButCute BrokenBird, she's not a bad person, and does care about Oppenheimer (and later [[spoiler:Barbie]] when they become friends in the Direct Messages).
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As Oppenheimer's BestFriend, Lawrence is tasked with making sure Oppenheimer doesn't join the [[DirtyCommunists Communist Party]].
* ConsummateProfessional: Conant is all about the Harvard presidency to the point where he brings it up every chance he gets.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Compton is one to Conant. Justified when you reveal his backstory. A few years before the war broke out, [[spoiler:Compton was in love with Heisenberg, but Heisenberg cheated on him repeatedly with Dirac.]] After meeting Conant, he clings to him because he's scared Conant might do the same thing.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Compton is mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. As he gets better and learns to stand up for himself, he sometimes slips into this. ESPECIALLY around Urey during their therapy sessions.
->'''Compton:''' Why do you try so hard [to fix me]?\\
'''Urey:''' Because I'm *nice*\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Compton:''' In comparison to whom?
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much a requirement for Lawrence, because when you're [[spoiler:broken to the point of insanity]], what's a man to do? His favorite strategy is turning the statement back onto the other person. For example:
->'''Lawrence:''' we are literally typing in the zoom chat and it's all over here, what do you mean "does it work"\\
'''Bush:''' I implore you to cease this manner of conversing.\\
'''Lawrence:''' i implore you to burn your thesaurus
* DefrostingIceKing: Conant to Compton, starting from [[spoiler:when Compton gets better]].
** Urey's is "whatever-the-heck-you-call-it, where "it" can be replaced by any pronoun.
*** He also tends to say "or maybe" and "literally".
** Teller's is describing things as "infamous".
** Conant starting sentences with "as the Harvard president" and uses it to [[MoralMyopia justify his actions]].
*** This can be extended to any mention of Harvard in general.
* ChummyCommies: Despite all of Lawrence's paranoia about Communists, the ones in the group chat aren't all that bad:
** Even though NiceGirl [[spoiler:Barbie]] leaks confidential information to the Soviets, she's more interested in making friends with everyone, no matter which side they're on.
** Jean is a weird one. She's mostly nice to everyone else, though a big MoodSwinger, especially to Oppenheimer. Despite being a TroubledButCute BrokenBird, she's not a bad person, and does care about Oppenheimer (and later [[spoiler:Barbie]] when they become friends in the Direct Messages).
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As Oppenheimer's BestFriend, Lawrence is tasked with making sure Oppenheimer doesn't join the [[DirtyCommunists Communist Party]].
* ConsummateProfessional: Conant is all about the Harvard presidency to the point where he brings it up every chance he gets.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Compton is one to Conant. Justified when you reveal his backstory. A few years before the war broke out, [[spoiler:Compton was in love with Heisenberg, but Heisenberg cheated on him repeatedly with Dirac.]] After meeting Conant, he clings to him because he's scared Conant might do the same thing.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Compton is mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. As he gets better and learns to stand up for himself, he sometimes slips into this. ESPECIALLY around Urey during their therapy sessions.
->'''Compton:''' Why do you try so hard [to fix me]?\\
'''Urey:''' Because I'm *nice*\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Compton:''' In comparison to whom?
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much a requirement for Lawrence, because when you're [[spoiler:broken to the point of insanity]], what's a man to do? His favorite strategy is turning the statement back onto the other person. For example:
->'''Lawrence:''' we are literally typing in the zoom chat and it's all over here, what do you mean "does it work"\\
'''Bush:''' I implore you to cease this manner of conversing.\\
'''Lawrence:''' i implore you to burn your thesaurus
* DefrostingIceKing: Conant to Compton, starting from [[spoiler:when Compton gets better]].
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* EndearinglyDorky: Both Compton and Lawrence see Conant as "cute".
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* ExtremeDoormat: Deconstructed with Compton. Putting other people's needs over his own has ruined his relationships and his life.
** In his relationship with Heisenberg, [[spoiler:he just wanted to make him happy. So when Heisenberg kept leaving him for Dirac, he didn't say anything. As long as Heisenberg was happy, he was happy. When it got too much, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes finally snapped]], and Heisenberg "broke up" with him for good.]] This could've been prevented if he just told Heisenberg what he wanted.
** It also doesn't work out that Conant wants Compton to "stop being my puppy-dog".
** Later Reconstructed when Urey takes note of this and exploits this during therapy. His "high agreeableness" leads him to do whatever Urey says so he can rebuild his relationship with Conant. [[spoiler:Throughout the process, he eventually GrowsASpine.]]
* FishOutOfWater:
** Conant, as a chemist in a room full of Nobel physicists. [[spoiler:This feeds his insecurities and makes him feel like he's "not enough", so as a result he has to flaunt his Harvard status.]]
** Even more so than Conant is Urey. While Urey is also a chemist, he has a Nobel, which helps him fit in. However, what Conant has is relationships (albeit very dysfunctional ones) with the Manhattan Project scientists. [[spoiler:Urey feels like no one takes him seriously, and became an amateur psychologist wannabe as a way to help him feel "special", and like he has "something". This feeling of being out of place fuels his insecurities, although [[StepfordSmiler he keeps pushing it away]].]]
** Downplayed with Lawrence. He's an experimental physicist among the theoretical physicists and "Oppie's worshippers" but isn't that salty about it.
* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
** In his relationship with Heisenberg, [[spoiler:he just wanted to make him happy. So when Heisenberg kept leaving him for Dirac, he didn't say anything. As long as Heisenberg was happy, he was happy. When it got too much, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes finally snapped]], and Heisenberg "broke up" with him for good.]] This could've been prevented if he just told Heisenberg what he wanted.
** It also doesn't work out that Conant wants Compton to "stop being my puppy-dog".
** Later Reconstructed when Urey takes note of this and exploits this during therapy. His "high agreeableness" leads him to do whatever Urey says so he can rebuild his relationship with Conant. [[spoiler:Throughout the process, he eventually GrowsASpine.]]
* FishOutOfWater:
** Conant, as a chemist in a room full of Nobel physicists. [[spoiler:This feeds his insecurities and makes him feel like he's "not enough", so as a result he has to flaunt his Harvard status.]]
** Even more so than Conant is Urey. While Urey is also a chemist, he has a Nobel, which helps him fit in. However, what Conant has is relationships (albeit very dysfunctional ones) with the Manhattan Project scientists. [[spoiler:Urey feels like no one takes him seriously, and became an amateur psychologist wannabe as a way to help him feel "special", and like he has "something". This feeling of being out of place fuels his insecurities, although [[StepfordSmiler he keeps pushing it away]].]]
** Downplayed with Lawrence. He's an experimental physicist among the theoretical physicists and "Oppie's worshippers" but isn't that salty about it.
* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
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* TheGadfly: Urey loves to tease other people just for the reactions. Especially authority figures, such as Bush.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Played With for Conant. He seems like one on the surface, as he is highly intelligent (a world-famous chemist) and speaks politely ([[HairTriggerTemper until he gets angry]]). But no matter how hard he tries, someone will always manage to poke him in the wrong direction, and as he unravels, his true self comes forth: [[spoiler:a self-loathing, insecure, highly neurotic, emotional wreck of a man too caught up in his own regrets and inflating his ego to do things properly]]. This trope is the image of everything he wants to be, but his shortcomings prevent that.
* GentlemanSnarker: Again, Played With for Conant. Although not quite the "proper gentleman" he so wishes to be, he's nice enough. But if someone (especially Compton or Urey) makes him angry, then he'll fall into an unstoppable tirade of insults.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Played With for Conant. He seems like one on the surface, as he is highly intelligent (a world-famous chemist) and speaks politely ([[HairTriggerTemper until he gets angry]]). But no matter how hard he tries, someone will always manage to poke him in the wrong direction, and as he unravels, his true self comes forth: [[spoiler:a self-loathing, insecure, highly neurotic, emotional wreck of a man too caught up in his own regrets and inflating his ego to do things properly]]. This trope is the image of everything he wants to be, but his shortcomings prevent that.
* GentlemanSnarker: Again, Played With for Conant. Although not quite the "proper gentleman" he so wishes to be, he's nice enough. But if someone (especially Compton or Urey) makes him angry, then he'll fall into an unstoppable tirade of insults.
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* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Compton as the gleeful one and Conant as the grumpy one.
* TheHedonist: The whole reason Urey does what he does is because it's fun!
* TheHedonist: The whole reason Urey does what he does is because it's fun!
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* HiddenDepths:
** Lawrence is [[MotorMouth suprisingly good at rapping]], shown in Truth or Dare when Urey dares him to do the fast part in Rap God. Every word is recognized by the Discord transcripting service. ''At full speed''. All those years of fast talking helps him. Additionally, he's good at voice acting, though it's more like making fun of everyone else by imitating them.
** For Urey, it's not just psychology. His original major was zoology, so he knows quite a lot about animals. He also speaks fluent Latin, which he likes. Even though he's tried flying planes, he is absolutely terrible at to the point where he crashlands in the middle of rural Colorado and is perfectly fine, though Oppenheimer thinks it's [[spoiler:a cry for help or attention]].
** Lawrence is [[MotorMouth suprisingly good at rapping]], shown in Truth or Dare when Urey dares him to do the fast part in Rap God. Every word is recognized by the Discord transcripting service. ''At full speed''. All those years of fast talking helps him. Additionally, he's good at voice acting, though it's more like making fun of everyone else by imitating them.
** For Urey, it's not just psychology. His original major was zoology, so he knows quite a lot about animals. He also speaks fluent Latin, which he likes. Even though he's tried flying planes, he is absolutely terrible at to the point where he crashlands in the middle of rural Colorado and is perfectly fine, though Oppenheimer thinks it's [[spoiler:a cry for help or attention]].
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* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul:
** Very much so with Compton/Conant. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
** Oppenheimer/Lawrence too. Although they're portrayed as HeterosexualLifePartners as in real life, their relationship seems to be upgraded to something a little more. There are plenty of hints that both of them like each other as more than just "really good friends". See the section under ShipTease.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Urey was a relatively normal NiceGuy. In ''Just Manchattin'', he's the closest thing the scientists have to an antagonist, in that he's SUPPOSED to be a therapist but his prickly personality and [[spoiler:profound emptiness]] leads him to mistreating everyone. Why? Because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him]].
* HotBlooded: Teller. He [[NoIndoorVoice types in all caps]], [[PunctuatedForEmphasis spams exclamation marks]], [[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel shamelessly promotes himself and his channel]], [[SmallNameBigEgo has an ego matched by no one]], and [[LargeHam exaggerates everything with as much expression possible]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists, especially considering that he's just, as Lawrence puts it, "another ordinary chemist with an overinflated ego". For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
* IndyPloy: A little thing Lawrence loves to do, though not quite in action:
** When Oppenheimer dares him to be nice for 24 hours, he improvises a ''whole persona'' of Dr. Sunny D. Optimist. It's bizarre, but works enough for Oppenheimer to think he's nice.
** In the S-1 Executive Committee meeting when Bush asks for ideas. Lawrence starts [[MotorMouth talking even faster]] than he can form his ideas about doing EVERYTHING in the Manhattan Project. They almost end up going with his plan, the only change is that everyone has to pitch in.
* InternetJerk: Urey, even though everyone knows it's him saying mean things. Especially in his private void, where he can say [[CharacterCatchphrase whatever the heck]] he wants, and no one will ever hear him and everything will be okay, [[spoiler:since no one ever takes him seriously in the first place]].
** Very much so with Compton/Conant. In real life they were close friends and collaborators. Here, their relationship generates enough material for a three-act soap opera. Compton loves Conant a little too much, and Conant hates him back. And yet he's still drawn to him! Then combine that with a failed romance and therapy sessions with Urey, and by the end of it all, [[spoiler:they are so over each other and go out of their way to avoid each other]]. And this is all PlayedForLaughs.
** Oppenheimer/Lawrence too. Although they're portrayed as HeterosexualLifePartners as in real life, their relationship seems to be upgraded to something a little more. There are plenty of hints that both of them like each other as more than just "really good friends". See the section under ShipTease.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Urey was a relatively normal NiceGuy. In ''Just Manchattin'', he's the closest thing the scientists have to an antagonist, in that he's SUPPOSED to be a therapist but his prickly personality and [[spoiler:profound emptiness]] leads him to mistreating everyone. Why? Because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him]].
* HotBlooded: Teller. He [[NoIndoorVoice types in all caps]], [[PunctuatedForEmphasis spams exclamation marks]], [[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel shamelessly promotes himself and his channel]], [[SmallNameBigEgo has an ego matched by no one]], and [[LargeHam exaggerates everything with as much expression possible]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists, especially considering that he's just, as Lawrence puts it, "another ordinary chemist with an overinflated ego". For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
* IndyPloy: A little thing Lawrence loves to do, though not quite in action:
** When Oppenheimer dares him to be nice for 24 hours, he improvises a ''whole persona'' of Dr. Sunny D. Optimist. It's bizarre, but works enough for Oppenheimer to think he's nice.
** In the S-1 Executive Committee meeting when Bush asks for ideas. Lawrence starts [[MotorMouth talking even faster]] than he can form his ideas about doing EVERYTHING in the Manhattan Project. They almost end up going with his plan, the only change is that everyone has to pitch in.
* InternetJerk: Urey, even though everyone knows it's him saying mean things. Especially in his private void, where he can say [[CharacterCatchphrase whatever the heck]] he wants, and no one will ever hear him and everything will be okay, [[spoiler:since no one ever takes him seriously in the first place]].
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* IronicName: Urey's username is @imnotahacker, yet he's the hacker.
* ItAmusedMe: Apart from "because it's fun", this is also one of Urey's motivations, especially for making people mad.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
** Teller believes the world revolves around him and that Oppenheimer should switch to a fusion bomb just because HE would like it.
** Zig-Zagged with Lawrence. During the meeting of S-1, when they actually start to get things off the ground, Lawrence volunteers to do everything. However, he also offers to bring his Rad Lab boys into the Project. Discussed between him and Conant:
-->'''Conant:''' Not everything is all about you\\
'''Lawrence:''' that's why i'm letting the boys in\\
'''Conant:''' So it's all about you and your Rad Lab boys?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
* ItAmusedMe: Apart from "because it's fun", this is also one of Urey's motivations, especially for making people mad.
* ItsAllAboutMe:
** Teller believes the world revolves around him and that Oppenheimer should switch to a fusion bomb just because HE would like it.
** Zig-Zagged with Lawrence. During the meeting of S-1, when they actually start to get things off the ground, Lawrence volunteers to do everything. However, he also offers to bring his Rad Lab boys into the Project. Discussed between him and Conant:
-->'''Conant:''' Not everything is all about you\\
'''Lawrence:''' that's why i'm letting the boys in\\
'''Conant:''' So it's all about you and your Rad Lab boys?\\
'''Lawrence:''' sure
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lawrence. Although he's usually [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] with an insult for pretty much everyone (eight for Conant), he's not a bad person underneath. His HiddenHeartOfGold is most prominent around his BestFriend Oppenheimer, the only one he doesn't treat like dirt all the time.
* KindheartedCatLover: Compton is always cheerful and sweet to everyone and loves cats to the point where cat memes kind of take over his life.
* LargeHam: Two in the same place.
** Teller types in all caps and with way too many exclamation marks. Heck, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment the first thing he types in the server]] is "I AM THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
** Urey is one too, [[spoiler:or at least on the surface.]] While not overtly loud and all-caps like Teller, he has a tendency to be overdramatic and spice everything up with shameless self-promotion and bragging.
* KindheartedCatLover: Compton is always cheerful and sweet to everyone and loves cats to the point where cat memes kind of take over his life.
* LargeHam: Two in the same place.
** Teller types in all caps and with way too many exclamation marks. Heck, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment the first thing he types in the server]] is "I AM THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
** Urey is one too, [[spoiler:or at least on the surface.]] While not overtly loud and all-caps like Teller, he has a tendency to be overdramatic and spice everything up with shameless self-promotion and bragging.
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* AffectionateNickname: The scientists call Oppenheimer "Oppie".
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* ByronicHero: Oppenheimer. Although he's not a bad person, he can be distant and unsociable at times. Mainly because he's off with Jean.
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** Oppenheimer's "Can you guys stop [action he dislikes]? This hurts my brain."
*** Plenty of one-word answers too, his favorites being "touché" and "ok".
*** Plenty of one-word answers too, his favorites being "touché" and "ok".
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Downplayed with Oppenheimer. He's relatively well-adjusted, compared to his colleagues, but sometimes lives in his own communist world.
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* DitzyGenius: Oppenheimer, he's a brilliant theoretical physicist who forgets to build a kitchen in his house, ForgetsToEat, is terrible at driving, and of course, he flirts with communism without the understanding that it's the reason Groves doesn't want to clear him.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Oppenheimer has three cars, all banged-up from crashes. Lawrence is usually the passenger.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Oppenheimer has three cars, all banged-up from crashes. Lawrence is usually the passenger.
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* ForgetsToEat: Oppenheimer sometimes gets so absorbed in his work (or Communist friends) that he doesn't eat for a few days, and when he does eat, it's usually very little.
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** Oppenheimer has A LOT. Despite being a theoretical physicist (which Lawrence tells him he's supposed to focus on), his interests often lie elsewhere, from the Bhagavad-Gita to eight different languages, plus he has the best taste in poetry and food. He's also amazing at horseback riding (although a very dangerous one -- his horse is named Crisis) and other outdoorsy stuff.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: One day, a radioactive glow cloud starts following Oppenheimer around. It's unknown whether Oppenheimer has powers, or if it's just the manifestation of his guilt. Or maybe Jean is just seeing things.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Conant and Lawrence, as "second-best-friends" (Lawrence's BestFriend is Oppenheimer). Although their similarities lead to lots of arguing, they really do care for each other, just in a twisted way.
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[[folder:J. Robert Oppenheimer]]
->''"Welcome to the Project, boys <3"''
The leader of the Manhattan Project, a bit exhausted by all the chaos but still functioning.
* AffectionateNickname: The scientists call Oppenheimer "Oppie".
* ByronicHero: Oppenheimer. Although he's not a bad person, he can be distant and unsociable at times. Mainly because he's off with Jean.
* CannotCommit: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Can you guys stop [action he dislikes]? This hurts my brain."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Downplayed. He's relatively well-adjusted, compared to his colleagues, but sometimes lives in his own communist world.
* DitzyGenius: He's a brilliant theoretical physicist who forgets to build a kitchen in his house, ForgetsToEat, is terrible at driving, and of course, he flirts with communism without the understanding that it's the reason Groves doesn't want to clear him.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He has three cars, all banged-up from crashes. Lawrence is usually the passenger.
* ForgetsToEat: Oppenheimer sometimes gets so absorbed in his work (or Communist friends) that he doesn't eat for a few days, and when he does eat, it's usually very little.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lawrence.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a theoretical physicist (which Lawrence tells him he's supposed to focus on), his interests often lie elsewhere, from the Bhagavad-Gita to eight different languages, plus he has the best taste in poetry and food. He's also amazing at horseback riding (although a very dangerous one -- his horse is named Crisis) and other outdoorsy stuff.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: One day, a radioactive glow cloud starts following Oppenheimer around. It's unknown whether he has powers, or if it's just the manifestation of his guilt. Or maybe Jean is just seeing things.
* MeaningfulName: His username is @destroyerofworlds, referencing his famous quote.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Oppenheimer tries very hard to be the OnlySaneMan to wrangle these egos, but he loves being part of the drama and joins in on insulting others.
* OfficialCouple: With Jean Tatlock, though neither of them are really into it.
* OddFriendship: With the "basic", loyal Republican, pragmatic experimentalist Lawrence.
* OnlySaneMan: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Even though he's the scientific director of the Project and is supposed to keep everyone in order, he [[NotSoAboveItAll frequently joins in on the chaos]] by getting into arguments with others, [[DeadpanSnarker making snarky comments]] every once in a while, and teasing [[MoodSwinger Lawrence]].
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Lawrence, and they get plenty of ShipTease.
* ReluctantMadScientist: Oppenheimer is the most glaring example of this. He thought people would be so terrified of the bomb that it would end all war once and for all. Somehow the world hasn't descended into nuclear war yet.
* TheCasanova: Downplayed, especially in comparison to his real-life counterpart, although he's quite the flirt, at least he only has one girlfriend as a time, and he actually respects the women.
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[[folder:J. Robert Oppenheimer]]
->''"Welcome to the Project, boys <3"''
The leader of the Manhattan Project, a bit exhausted by all the chaos but still functioning.
* AffectionateNickname: The scientists call Oppenheimer "Oppie".
* ByronicHero: Oppenheimer. Although he's not a bad person, he can be distant and unsociable at times. Mainly because he's off with Jean.
* CannotCommit: Although he's dating Jean, he's also flirting with many other girls ([[ShipTease and Lawrence]]), because he's not completely dedicated to her. He's almost scared of it.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Can you guys stop [action he dislikes]? This hurts my brain."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Downplayed. He's relatively well-adjusted, compared to his colleagues, but sometimes lives in his own communist world.
* DitzyGenius: He's a brilliant theoretical physicist who forgets to build a kitchen in his house, ForgetsToEat, is terrible at driving, and of course, he flirts with communism without the understanding that it's the reason Groves doesn't want to clear him.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He has three cars, all banged-up from crashes. Lawrence is usually the passenger.
* ForgetsToEat: Oppenheimer sometimes gets so absorbed in his work (or Communist friends) that he doesn't eat for a few days, and when he does eat, it's usually very little.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lawrence.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a theoretical physicist (which Lawrence tells him he's supposed to focus on), his interests often lie elsewhere, from the Bhagavad-Gita to eight different languages, plus he has the best taste in poetry and food. He's also amazing at horseback riding (although a very dangerous one -- his horse is named Crisis) and other outdoorsy stuff.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: One day, a radioactive glow cloud starts following Oppenheimer around. It's unknown whether he has powers, or if it's just the manifestation of his guilt. Or maybe Jean is just seeing things.
* MeaningfulName: His username is @destroyerofworlds, referencing his famous quote.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Oppenheimer tries very hard to be the OnlySaneMan to wrangle these egos, but he loves being part of the drama and joins in on insulting others.
* OfficialCouple: With Jean Tatlock, though neither of them are really into it.
* OddFriendship: With the "basic", loyal Republican, pragmatic experimentalist Lawrence.
* OnlySaneMan: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Even though he's the scientific director of the Project and is supposed to keep everyone in order, he [[NotSoAboveItAll frequently joins in on the chaos]] by getting into arguments with others, [[DeadpanSnarker making snarky comments]] every once in a while, and teasing [[MoodSwinger Lawrence]].
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Lawrence, and they get plenty of ShipTease.
* ReluctantMadScientist: Oppenheimer is the most glaring example of this. He thought people would be so terrified of the bomb that it would end all war once and for all. Somehow the world hasn't descended into nuclear war yet.
* TheCasanova: Downplayed, especially in comparison to his real-life counterpart, although he's quite the flirt, at least he only has one girlfriend as a time, and he actually respects the women.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists. For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists.physicists, especially considering that he's just, as Lawrence puts it, "another ordinary chemist with an overinflated ego". For someone so [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists. For someone so [[ConsumateProfessional [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists. For someone so [[ConsumateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Very much with Conant. This is his core belief, that he's not enough as he is and will do pretty much anything just to stand among the Nobel physicists. For someone so [[ConsumateProfessional [[ConsummateProfessional obsessed with the Harvard presidency]], it's [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that his biggest regret is [[spoiler:becoming Harvard president]] in the first place. Doing that forced him to kiss his Nobel chances goodbye. Since a Nobel serves as a status symbol in the scientific community, without one he is much lower on the totem pole. [[spoiler: And considering that almost everyone he knows has a Nobel (Compton, Lawrence, Urey), that makes him feel as if he's not enough and very much out of place.]] But he can't let anyone know! So this belief of his gives him a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex. But his agony over not feeling "enough" affects his relationships and leaves him depressed and trapped in this cycle. [[spoiler:Urey tries to fix him and only makes things worse.]]
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* CerberusSyndrome: Compare and contrast Day 1 with later installments. Day 1 is relatively lighthearted. Oppenheimer gets into a petty argument with Teller about who's the worst braggart, and Lawrence complains about why he's here. Days 7 and 8 are when it really takes a turn. On Day 7, Oppenheimer tasks Lawrence with being nicer, and Day 8 is when Conant goes to London to talk to Winston Churchill, much to the disappointment of Compton. Compton and Lawrence quickly get into a fight on Day 9, [[spoiler:with Compton calling out Lawrence for being a phony and Lawrence crying about it to Oppenheimer]]. It only goes downhill from there as everyone deals with their own issues.
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* CerberusSyndrome: Compare and contrast Day 1 with later installments. Day 1 is relatively lighthearted. Oppenheimer gets into a petty argument with Teller about who's the worst braggart, and Lawrence complains about why he's here. The first week continues in a similar vein without a main plot. Days 7 8 and 8 9 are when it really takes a turn. On Day 7, 8, Oppenheimer tasks Lawrence with being nicer, and Day 8 9 is when Conant goes to London to talk to Winston Churchill, much to the disappointment of Compton. Compton and Lawrence quickly get into a fight on Day 9, 10, [[spoiler:with Compton calling out Lawrence for being a phony and Lawrence crying about it to Oppenheimer]]. It only goes downhill from there as everyone deals with their own issues.issues.
** At that point, it's been divided into [[TwoLinesNoWaiting a few different plots]], one focusing on Oppenheimer/Lawrence and the other one on Compton/Conant in therapy.
** At that point, it's been divided into [[TwoLinesNoWaiting a few different plots]], one focusing on Oppenheimer/Lawrence and the other one on Compton/Conant in therapy.
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*** Another one for him is "or maybe".
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*** Another one for him is He also tends to say "or maybe".maybe" and "literally".
*** This can be extended to any mention of Harvard in general.
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*** Plenty of one-word answers, his favorites being "touché" and "ok".
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*** Plenty of one-word answers, answers too, his favorites being "touché" and "ok".
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** The two main pairings of Oppenheimer/Lawrence and Compton/Conant.
*** Oppenheimer and Lawrence are an OddFriendship that somehow works, while Compton and Conant seem compatible but their relationship is very dysfunctional.
*** While Oppenheimer and Lawrence fight occasionally, it's usually pretty minor, and all is resolved by the end. Compton and Conant often argue, and when they don't it's just obsession.
*** Both of them play with OppositesAttract. This is what draws Oppenheimer and Lawrence together, and is also what makes Compton and Conant implode.
*** Conant and Lawrence are both pretty {{Tsundere}}, and their respective [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] foil each other, with Oppenheimer [[SugarAndIcePersonality seeming distant but actually a decent guy]], while Compton [[Yandere seems nice but is actually obsessive]].
** The two main pairings of Oppenheimer/Lawrence and Compton/Conant.
*** Oppenheimer and Lawrence are an OddFriendship that somehow works, while Compton and Conant seem compatible but their relationship is very dysfunctional.
*** While Oppenheimer and Lawrence fight occasionally, it's usually pretty minor, and all is resolved by the end. Compton and Conant often argue, and when they don't it's just obsession.
*** Both of them play with OppositesAttract. This is what draws Oppenheimer and Lawrence together, and is also what makes Compton and Conant implode.
*** Conant and Lawrence are both pretty {{Tsundere}}, and their respective [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] foil each other, with Oppenheimer [[SugarAndIcePersonality seeming distant but actually a decent guy]], while Compton [[Yandere seems nice but is actually obsessive]].
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* DrJerk: Urey on those days he mistakenly calls himself a psychiatrist.
* FisherKing: Urey. His domain is [[spoiler:Carl-Bot]] which reflects his mental state. Whenever Urey has a good day, it's mostly normal, but on a bad day, [[spoiler:it goes crazy]].
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** When Lawrence is tasked with being nice for 24 hours, he invents a persona of [[ThePollyanna Dr. Sunny D. Optimist]] on the spot. Whenever he's acting like this, he's not Ernest Lawrence anymore.
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** When Lawrence is tasked with being nice for 24 hours, he invents a persona of [[ThePollyanna Dr. Sunny D. Optimist]] on the spot. Whenever You are not allowed to call him Ernest whenever he's acting like this, he's not Ernest Lawrence anymore.this.
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* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is completely unqualified because [[spoiler:he's just as dysfunctional as his own clients and pretty empty on the inside]].
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* PsychoPsychologist: Urey sees himself as an amateur psychologist, but is so obviously unquailfied.
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completelyunqualified devotes himself to fixing him because [[spoiler:he's just he needs something to do. So how does Urey help Compton get over his obsessions and [[spoiler:abandonment]] issues? By forcing him to cut off contact with Conant, get revenge on [[spoiler:Heisenberg]], and forcing him into reading [[spoiler:Conant's diary]].
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, asdysfunctional as they're both chemists who [[spoiler:never feel enough]], although for different reasons ([[spoiler:Conant's absence of a Nobel and Urey being bullied by the physicists]]). The exact opposite happens so it seems like Urey is trying to ruin Conant's life through therapy. Urey ends up bullying Conant while claiming this is for his own clients and pretty empty on the inside]].good. Especially when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog leaks his diary]]]] to Compton. Although Urey has [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] he just doesn't know how to go at [[BreakTheHaughty taking Conant down a peg]].
** Justified in that he's one of those cases of TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes. Although he's a chemist by trade, he thinks psychology is his calling, and is particularly interested because he wants to figure out [[spoiler:what's wrong with him]]. Taken even further in that he can "fix" his colleagues, [[spoiler:but not himself, because he doesn't understand his own issues and is so broken and empty that he doesn't have the will to.]].
** Even his methods of "fixing" others are questionable at best:
*** When Compton ends up in therapy, Urey completely
*** Urey also takes on Conant. You would think the two would get along, as
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*** Taken even further when Oppenheimer finally [[spoiler:breaks up with Jean]], he asks Lawrence for advice and complains about why it didn't work out. Lawrence thinks he's too obsessed with the communist girls and needs someone like him. Oppenheimer says he'll consider it.
*** Lawrence, ever the affection-hater, pleads for Oppenheimer NOT to "say something stupid about how much you love me". Oppenheimer does exactly that and asks if that makes Lawrence happy. Lawrence says he's kind of happy with that.
*** Lawrence, ever the affection-hater, pleads for Oppenheimer NOT to "say something stupid about how much you love me". Oppenheimer does exactly that and asks if that makes Lawrence happy. Lawrence says he's kind of happy with that.
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*** Taken even further when Oppenheimer finally [[spoiler:breaks up with Jean]], he asks Lawrence for advice and complains about why it didn't work out. Lawrence thinks he's too obsessed with the communist girls and needs someone like him. Oppenheimer says he'll consider it.
it, but asks Lawrence why. Which turns Lawrence into a flustered mess as he tries to deny everything.
*** Lawrence, ever theaffection-hater, [[RealMenHateAffection affection-hater]], pleads for Oppenheimer NOT to "say something stupid about how much you love me". Oppenheimer does exactly that and asks if that makes Lawrence happy. Lawrence says admits he's kind of happy with that.that, but only because it comes from Oppenheimer.
*** Lawrence, ever the
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* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Compton is mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. ESPECIALLY around Urey.
->'''Compton:''' Why should I trust you, though?\\
->'''Compton:''' Why should I trust you, though?\\
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* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Compton is mostly off in a kingdom of cat memes, but he has his moments. As he gets better and learns to stand up for himself, he sometimes slips into this. ESPECIALLY around Urey.
Urey during their therapy sessions.
->'''Compton:''' Whyshould I trust you, though?\\do you try so hard [to fix me]?\\
->'''Compton:''' Why
