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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A RunningGag in the sequel is York's tendency to completely misinterpret the movies he watches. Among other things, he thinks''[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}}]]'' a straightforward horror movie and considers ''[[Film/TheIsland]]'' an arthouse film.
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* CharacterExaggeration: York's love of movies is taken UpToEleven in the sequel. While he is willing to talk at length about movies during optional car conversations in the first game, York constantly makes movie references and goes on tangents about them even in the story cutscenes in the sequel. Considering a portion of it takes place years before the events of Greenvale, this could be more reflective of him being YoungerAndHipper.
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* {{Trigger}}: [[spoiler:Due to his imprisonment in the Red Room, Zach suffers panic attacks whenever he sees bright red, as expounded upon in the sequel]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude, arrogant and is generally incapable of reading the atmosphere properly, but he is still surprisingly gentle at times. Noticeable when he's talking to Isaach and Isaiah or during the sidequest between Quint and Becky. [[spoiler:As well as when he offers to help Thomas escape Greenvale, when it's clear that he's going insane, and his entire relation with Zach.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude, arrogant and is generally incapable of reading the atmosphere properly, but he is still surprisingly gentle at times. Noticeable when he's talking to Isaach and Isaiah or during the sidequest between Quint and Becky. [[spoiler:As well as when he offers to help Thomas escape Greenvale, when it's clear that he's going insane, and his entire relation with Zach.]]]] The sequel also makes it clear that he believes that no one should be judged negatively for how they choose to identify themselves, best demonstrated when he gets legitimately frustrated with Melvin when he seemingly makes a transphobic remark about Professor R, a trans woman.
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** In the sequel, his leitmotif is Life Is Beautiful. He even whistles it in game as Zach tries to strangle him.
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* CreepyGood: He's odd to the point of macabre, having once stood by and watched a suspect cut himself in half because he admired that he had the willpower necessary to perform such a gross act of mortal self-harm.

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* InvulnerableFists: He can punch ''alligators'' to death in the sequel.


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* InvulnerableFists: He can punch ''alligators'' to death in the sequel.
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* JurisdictionFriction: He regularly "steals" investigations from local authorities by claiming that the case he's concerned with is ancillary to a "larger" investigation being made by the FBI.


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* NoIndoorVoice: Loudly confers with Zach while he's having conversations with others, much to the confusion of onlookers.


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* YoungerAndHipper: The second game features a York five years younger than he is in the first. He's noticeably more peppy and energetic in it.

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* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:For Zach in the sequel, it's his failure to save Emily]].
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* GuiltComplex: [[spoiler:It's revealed in the sequel that Zach's been haunted ''badly'' by his inability to save Emily]].


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* GuardianEntity: [[spoiler:She becomes one for Zach in the sequel, though he only refers to her as his "fairy" for much of the story due to his guilt over being unable to save her]].
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* PalsWithJesus: [[spoiler: It's very probable 'York' is some sort of angel or spirit from the White Room. Kaysen is noted as being completely confused as to how Zach escaped the White Room and is able to harm him.]]

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* PalsWithJesus: [[spoiler: It's very probable 'York' is some sort of angel or spirit from the White Room. Kaysen is noted as being completely confused as to how Zach escaped the White Red Room and is able to harm him.]]
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* GoodCopBadCop: While he's an equally brilliant partner, [[spoiler:Zach]] is also a lot less nice.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: His precognitive abilities only work with coffee. Tea doesn't cut it.
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* BerserkButton: The sequel reveals that he becomes pretty incensed by acts of bigotry. When Melvin tells York that Professor R isn't a "[[{{Transgender}} normal woman]]", York immediately calls him out on his prejudice. He calls him out in an even harsher tone when Melvin seemingly repeats the same transphobic behavior over the radio later.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: {{Implied| Trope}}. During a lunch scene where York asks Emily if she is afraid of dogs, George looks to Thomas sharply tells him not to say anything, suggesting that George himself might actually be scared of dogs.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: {{Implied| Trope}}. During a lunch scene where York asks Emily if she is afraid of dogs, George looks to Thomas sharply tells him not to say anything, suggesting that George himself might actually be scared of dogs.
dogs. [[spoiler:Considering what happens to the dogs in town during the night, ESPECIALLY when it rains, it's justified.]]
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* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. [[spoiler:Zach is very similar to [[Series/True Detective Rust Cohle]] in the sequel.]]

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* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. [[spoiler:Zach is very similar to [[Series/True Detective [[Series/TrueDetective Rust Cohle]] in the sequel.]]
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* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]].

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* CaptainErsatz: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]]. [[spoiler:Zach is very similar to [[Series/True Detective Rust Cohle]] in the sequel.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: Subverted. During his sidequest, he requests help from York to solve a riddle Fiona left for him, and the riddle turns out to basically be a LoveConfession. However, he then says that Fiona has been sending him signals like this for at least a year, but he doesn't really know how to answer them because he's never had a girlfriend before.



* NonIdleRich: Fiona reveals that Ushah made huge earnings in Los Angeles as a doctor, before moving to Greenvale.

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* NonIdleRich: Fiona reveals that Ushah made huge earnings in Los Angeles as a doctor, doctor before moving to Greenvale.



* SmartPeoplePlayChess: And he wants York to figure a puzzle out first, before meeting him.

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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: And Has a fondness for chess and uses it in a riddle he wants sets for York to figure a puzzle out first, before meeting him.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Potato chips. Apparently he thinks that they raise his chances of winning.

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* AGodAmI: He committed the murders under the false belief that performing them like sacrifices would cause him to become immortal.


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* ImmortalitySeeker: He committed the murders under the false belief that performing them like sacrifices would cause him to become immortal.
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* BiTheWay: Implied. She repeatedly returned to the scene of Anna's murder to search for a photograph of the two of them together, a photograph that she admits she couldn't bring herself to get rid of. Said photograph was taken in Anna's bedroom and featured both of them dressed up in sexy lingerie. York also implies that Anna's room was a very special place for them.
** The only time she and York manage to have a civil conversation, she does nothing but reminisce about Anna.



* BiTheWay: He was the main man of the sex club, consisting of three ladies and one man.
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* BedTrick: This is how he rapes Emily.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: George might've been an evil bastard, but at least his influence only concerned Greenvale since he was nothing more than a delusional human on supernatural steroids. Kaysen was the (also supernatural) provider of said steroids and had presence throughout the whole country, its military and even Zach/York's past.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: George might've been an evil bastard, but at least his influence only concerned Greenvale since he Greenvale. Kaysen was nothing more than a delusional human on supernatural steroids. Kaysen was the (also supernatural) provider of said steroids and being who had presence throughout the whole country, its military and even Zach/York's past.
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* ThereIsAnother: It's highly implied that "Forrest Kaysen" is more than one individual. This is evidenced by the US map in the Red Room at the beginning of the game, which displays a few dolls of Forrest positioned in various states.
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* ClimaxBoss: The story doesn't end with his defeat, but goddamn if it didn't feel like it could.


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* GreaterScopeVillain: George might've been an evil bastard, but at least his influence only concerned Greenvale since he was nothing more than a delusional human on supernatural steroids. Kaysen was the (also supernatural) provider of said steroids and had presence throughout the whole country, its military and even Zach/York's past.

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* TheDragon: Thomas was more or less this to George, assisting him a few times in covering his crimes.



* BigBad: He's the murderer.



* BigBad: He's the reason the murders in Greenvale started.
* BigFun: His happy-go-lucky nature is just an act.

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BishonenLine: His happy-go-lucky nature first and second forms are progressively more inhuman until he hits his final form, which is just an act.a giant version of his human form with the addition of TaintedVeins and minus the glasses.



* BishonenLine: His first and second forms are progressively more inhuman until he hits his final form, which is just a giant version of his human form with the addition of TaintedVeins and minus the glasses.


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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Introduced as a regular sapling salesman. He's anything but.


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* TheManBehindTheMan: George only became a killer because Kaysen convinced him that the red seeds could bring immortality through sacrifices.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The game remains ambiguous whether Thomas is a transvestite or maybe even transgender.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The game remains ambiguous whether AmbiguousGenderIdentity: He has a feminine nature and a painting of the 'Goddesses of the Forest' has what appears to be a female Thomas depicted. But it's just as likely that Thomas is simply a transvestite or maybe even transgender.homosexual transvestite, possibly dressing up in an attempt to appeal to George's sick desires.



* {{Transgender}}: Maybe? He has a feminine nature and a painting of the 'Goddesses of the Forest' does have what appears to be a female Thomas depicted. But it could just as likely be that Thomas is simply a homosexual transvestite - maybe even dressing up in an attempt to appeal to George's sick desires. The game is pretty ambiguous about it.

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