History Characters / AmericanGods

* HiddenDepths: One is seen briefly asking another New God how he feels about the upcoming battle.

* NotSoDifferent: Shadow notes that, like the old Gods, he's seen better days as something newer comes to take away his main base of power and worship.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by Loki as a demonstration of his plan to sacrifice the new and old gods, thereby resurrecting Odin's ghost.]]

* {{GIFT}}: Since he is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Internet, it's only natural he acts like this.

* TheTrickster: Less pronounced than Wednesday, since he's [[OutOfFocus less visible throughout the story]], but this is Anansi in a nutshell.

* TheTrickster: Gaiman emphasises Odin's cunning, a strong feature in his traditional tales, more than other adaptions. Wednesday makes ends meet as a con man.

* DisappearedDad: {{Inverted}}, he has two sons and an ex-wife that we don't learn about in ''American Gods''. (One of his sons get an offhand mention towards the end, when Shadow stays at his Florida home). His sons get [[Literature/AnansiBoys their own book]], though.

* AutopsySnackTime: Will eat parts of bodies as he's preparing them.

* LouisCypher: He's called Mr. Jacket because Anubis is an anthropomorphic jackal in Egyptian mythology.

* CoolOldLady: All three.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When he explains his actions, he notes that [[spoiler:he only took good kids who he liked (with a couple exceptions over a few centuries he's been doing it). Which makes sense for the old religions: you are supposed to offer what you think is the best animal in the flock as the sacrifice to the gods. And in this case it is the god himself doing the choosing. He also rescues Shadow from drowning and hypothermia, even though he'd have been better off just letting him die.]]

* SuicideByCop: When finally confronted with his crimes, he provokes the police chief into shooting him.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Even when she was alive, Laura was not as nice as she seemed. But she really does love Shadow, which keeps her on the sympathetic side of the trope.

* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: She gets temporarily restored to life, then stabs herself through the chest, and finally Shadow takes back the coin that made her undead at her own request.]]

* WickedCultured: He's surprisingly well-read, dropping both pop culture references (like singing Madonna) and more obscure ones (like alluding to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omerta Omertá]])

* OptOut: According to Technical Boy, the Intangibles don't want a war against the Old Gods, with their already fading power, and would prefer to resolve things peacefully.

* GeniusBruiser: Very well-read for a physical trainer, getting absorbed in books on Greek history and coin tricks while in prison. It's explained that he was a bookish nerdy introvert as a kid, then puberty hit and he suddenly scored big in the muscle department. He observes that he actually likes being TheBigGuy, as it means people leave him alone and don't expect much of him.

* GeniusBruiser: Very well-read for a physical trainer, getting absorbed in books on Greek history and coin tricks while in prison.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Mr. Wood and Mr. Stone.

* PowerGlows: They have a sense of human radiance, and backstage they're literally admitting Phosphorus and glowing.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: According to Technical Boy, the Intangibles don't want a war against the Old Gods, with their already fading power, and would prefer to resolve things peacefully.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: It's briefly mentioned that their arguing with a lot of the other New Gods about where to have a "polciy meeting" and want it in their own home base, Wall Street.

* NotSoDifferent: Shadow notes that, like the old Gods, he's sen better days as something newer comes to take away his main base of power and worship.

* HufflepuffHouse: None of the New Gods besides Technical Boy and the Spooks appear much in the book, but the Intangibles aren nil mentioned three times despite being implied to be one of the more powerful factions of New Gods.

* YourCheatingHeart: A classic. Was sleeping with Shadow's best friend while he was in prison, although she maintains they were going to end the affair when Shadow was released.

* ThanatosGambit:[[spoiler: Dying is the motivation all the other Old Gods need to band together against the new. He doesn't mind because, once the battle is dedicated to him, he stands to get more power than he ever had before.]]

* RunningBothSides: Some accuse him of this, pointing out it is unlike Wednesday to go into such a clearly-stacked-against-him conflict. [[spoiler: Then Mr World confirms it]]

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: quite clearly loves words, something that goes with his mythical connections as a scribe, and telling the stories of people - though how true they are is in doubt, with Mr. Ibis suggesting that he does it for the love of the story.

* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: She informs Mr. Town and Mr. Road that her friends call her Sam, and then rebuke them sharply when they do so because they aren't her friends.

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* MookLieutenant: Mr Town seems to be the highest ranking member, answering directly to Mr World.

* BadLiar: Although they can all see the future, Zorya Vechernyaya is the only one who can actually earn money as a fortunteller. The other two are too bad at lying (most people want ''good'' fortunes, after all).

* TheSacredDark: Polunochnaya has aspects of this. Her sisters represent morning and evening, and her aspect is the night. Unlike Czernabog, who is a more stereotypical dark god, Polunochnaya represents unfearful elements of darkness and night, such as the moon.

* MismatchedEyes: In a very subdued way. His glass eye moves and has a similar color as his organic eye, but doesn't reflect light in the same way.

* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Subverted when he turns out to be a SerialKiller]].

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: When he explains his actions, he notes that [[spoiler:he only took good kids who he liked. He also rescues Shadow from drowning and hypothermia, even though he'd have been better off just letting him die.]]

* BiTheWay: With the exception of her interest in Shadow and a hinted past with a boy in Lakeside, all of Sam's mentioned relationships are with women.

!!'''Mr. World / Low-Key Lyesmith / [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki Lie-Smith]]'''