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* HotBlooded: Has a (forgive the term) [[JustForPun short temper]], and prior to being picked up by Thomas had trouble keeping a job due to starting fights. He ''almost'' gets fired after meeting [[{{Jerkass}} Reggie]], and part of his CharacterDevelopment involves learning to mellow out.

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* HotBlooded: Has a (forgive the term) [[JustForPun short temper]], temper, and prior to being picked up by Thomas had trouble keeping a job due to starting fights. He ''almost'' gets fired after meeting [[{{Jerkass}} Reggie]], and part of his CharacterDevelopment involves learning to mellow out.
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* ChickMagnet: He is considered quite attractive, with several members of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Furry}} Order of the Pelt]] swooning over him, with Alex taking a special interest.

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* ChickMagnet: He is considered quite attractive, with several members of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Furry}} [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Order of the Pelt]] swooning over him, with Alex taking a special interest.
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* NotBloodSiblings: In the past, he was apparently in a relationship with his stepsister. It ended very badly when her father caught them having sex, and was '''not''' happy -- though not so much because they were stepsiblings as because she was [[OverprotectiveDad his little girl]]. He and John's mother ended up kicking him out of the house because of this.

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* NotBloodSiblings: In the past, he was apparently in a relationship with his stepsister. It ended very badly when her father caught them having sex, and was '''not''' happy -- though not so much because they were stepsiblings as because she was [[OverprotectiveDad his little girl]].girl. He and John's mother ended up kicking him out of the house because of this.
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* StatuesqueStunner: Both Ed and Thomas think she's quite attractive, and she's tall enough that [[BareYourMidriff normal shirts don't come down past her belly button.]]

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* StatuesqueStunner: Both Ed and Thomas think she's quite attractive, and she's tall enough that [[BareYourMidriff normal shirts don't come down past her belly button.]]
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* BoisterousBruiser: During the store's Nerf-Gun "Teambuilding" exercise, he forgoes an actual gun in favor of [[AnAxeToGrind a large toy Axe]] and throwing his ammo like LARP magic. He makes it surprisingly far.

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* BoisterousBruiser: During the store's Nerf-Gun "Teambuilding" exercise, he forgoes an actual gun in favor of [[AnAxeToGrind a large toy Axe]] Axe and throwing his ammo like LARP magic. He makes it surprisingly far.

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* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: On the receiving end - her Mother disowned her after she came out to her as bisexual.

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* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: IHaveNoDaughter: On the receiving end - her Mother disowned her after she came out to her as bisexual.



* BlindingBangs: Her hairstyle covers her eyes much of the time, though she occasionally restyles her hair to display her eyes at all times.
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* SkunkStripe: Has Poliosis, with a patch of light hair at the front of her head. She dyes her hair blue to hide it.
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* NotBloodSiblings: In the past, he was apparently in a relationship with his stepsister. It ended very badly when her father caught them having sex, and was '''not''' happy -- though not so much because they were stepsiblings as because she was [[OverprotectiveDad his little girl]]. He and John's mother ended up kicking him out of the house because of this.
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* MismatchedEyes: Due to an injury when she was younger, one of her eyes is now lighter than the other. She wears colored contacts to hide it.
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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Downplayed with him and Carol, but his general demeanor is very sullen, pessimistic, and passive. Several characters, whether or not they know she and Thomas are dating, state that Carol's more aggressive and tenacious personality are a perfect complement to his - and he himself considers Carol's cautious optimism to be one of the few things that can make him feel hope.


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* HeightAngst: He is ''exceptionally'' touchy about his height, being the shortest member of the main cast by quite a margin. Even in shots where he seems to be around the same height as Brooksie, he admits that he's always wearing lift shoes.


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* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: On the receiving end - her Mother disowned her after she came out to her as bisexual.
* MismatchedEyes: Due to an injury when she was younger, one of her eyes is now lighter than the other. She wears colored contacts to hide it.


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* SkunkStripe: Has Poliosis, with a patch of light hair at the front of her head. She dyes her hair blue to hide it.


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* ChickMagnet: Yes, really. No less than 3 members of the Library's furry club are attracted to him, and even Rulette seems to become attracted to him after he [[spoiler: finds the local hotel's hidden bomb shelter]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On paper, he's an arrogant, accident prone, and too ambitious for his own good. Despite this, he not only placed second in the store's Nerf Gun war - a position he reached in part by shooting someone else's pellet out of mid air - but [[spoiler: managed to uncover a secret bomb shelter in a hotel that had been hidden for 40 years]].


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* JackOfAllTrades: At the store, he's noted as being able to do decent work in any department even if he excels at none of them. Even outside it, he has a surprising amount of unconventional skills - most notably a solid grasp of carpentry and construction from the time he spent working under his father.


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* {{Greed}}: She's constantly looking for new ways to make money or monetize what the people around her do.


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* FatAndProud: She's self described as big enough to be two women unto herself. She's also very good at branding.
-->'''Alex''': I could just call myself overweight. Or fat. But those aren't nearly as good as... plump, full-figured, shapely, comely, curvaceous, rubenesque.
-->[[spoiler: '''Reggie''']]: Okay, yeah... I'm beginning to catch on. That's, uh, good marketing.
* GeekyTurnOn: While she generally keeps a seductive undercurrent to everything she does, [[spoiler: she is ''immediately'' ready to jump Reggie's bones after he uses his construction know-how to find a hidden bomb shelter in a hotel basement. She even tells him that the night he did so was 10x better than any date she'd ever been on, let alone any actual first date he could've planned for them]].
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* HandHidingSleeves: Her favorite work shirt is far too big for her, but she likes it anyway.

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* YourCheatingHeart: As unhappy as he was about his ex-girlfriend, it was nothing compared to when he met her new husband. And saw she was pregnant.
** Something of a subversion- she didn't cheat on him, she just moved on to another relationship. He didn't [[spoiler: until he got together with Carol.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: As unhappy as he was about his ex-girlfriend, it was nothing compared to when he met her new husband. And saw she was pregnant.
** Something of a subversion- she didn't cheat on him, she just moved on to another relationship. He didn't [[spoiler: until he got together with Carol.]]
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* BiTheWay: Her "love chart" indicates that she has some level of attraction to pretty much everyone in the store save [[JerkAss Reggie]] and [[BenevolentBoss Mike.]] Eventually, [[spoiler: she ends up in a relationship with Jessie]].



* BiTheWay: Hits on pretty much ''everyone.'' [[spoiler: Eventually starts dating Jo.]]
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* BlindingBangs: In her first few appearances, though she later restyles her hair to display her eyes at all times.

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* BlindingBangs: In Her hairstyle covers her first few appearances, eyes much of the time, though she later occasionally restyles her hair to display her eyes at all times.

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* OneOfUs: Besides being a literature buff, she specifically latched onto Ed because he reminded her of [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]]. She even said she'd [[UnusualEuphemism like to ride his broomstick.]]



* SpeaksInShoutOuts: When she can be convinced to speak, she mostly speaks in [[OneOfUs obscure movie quotes.]]

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* SpeaksInShoutOuts: When she can be convinced to speak, she mostly speaks in [[OneOfUs [[JustForFun/OneOfUs obscure movie quotes.]]



* OneOfUs: Again, forewent firearms during the store's Teambuilding to instead treat it like his old Fantasy [=LARPs=].
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* BlindingBangs: In her first few appearances, though she later restyles her hair to display her eyes at all times.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: If there's one area in which he earns praise from his co-workers, it's that while he's a jerk, he's at least an honest jerk who will follow the rules, and can be depended on to fill any position in a pinch, even if he won't necessarily fill it well.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: If there's There's one area in which he earns thing his co-workers praise from his co-workers, him for, and it's that while he's a jerk, he's at least an honest jerk who will follow the rules, and [[JackOfAllTrades he can be depended on to fill any position in a pinch, even if he won't necessarily fill it well.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: If there's one area in which he earns praise from his co-workers, it's that while he's a jerk, he's at least an honest jerk, and can be depended on to fill any position in a pinch, even if he won't necessarily fill it well.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: If there's one area in which he earns praise from his co-workers, it's that while he's a jerk, he's at least an honest jerk, jerk who will follow the rules, and can be depended on to fill any position in a pinch, even if he won't necessarily fill it well.

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