History Characters / HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware

* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears at the end of Act 2 to spy on Gordon as the party goes to sleep. Gordon reacts to the sight of him, [[WeirdnessCensor but decides that he's seen enough craziness that day and lets him go]].

* {{Manchild}}: A more muted take. He's 36 with the halting speech patterns and interests of a young boy, but he's still an accomplished scientist and has more mature interests in addition to the childish ones. To wit, in Act II, Forzen succeeds in bribing him with a new Beyblade toy. It's strongly implied that Tommy just wanted the toy and nothing more, since he immediately returns to Gordon when he learns Forzen tricked him. Baalup describes Tommy as a fusion between [[Creator/PaulRuebens Pee-Wee Herman]] and ''Series/TwinPeaks's'' Lucy Moran.

* {{Manchild}}: A more muted take. He's 36 with the halting speech patterns and interests of a young boy, but he's still an accomplished scientist and has more mature interests in addition to the childish ones. To wit, in Act II, Forzen succeeds in bribing him with a new Beyblade toy. Though, it's strongly implied that Tommy just wanted the toy and nothing more, since he immediately returns to Gordon when he learns Forzen tricked him.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]] in regards to Tommy Coolata. Until he was [[spoiler: revealed to be an EldritchAbomination]], he treated Tommy like an old friend. However, [[spoiler:when he ''is'' revealed to be behind the Resonance Cascade, he tries to get Tommy along with the rest of the Science Team killed]]. ''However'' when Tommy is captured and brought to the White House in ''AI Crushes All Banks'', he's one of the first to say they need to rescue him. This is shortly followed by him suggesting they trade Tommy for a Beyblade. But he also does try to rescue Tommy when they get to the White House regardless, seemingly trying to comfort Tommy during his asbestos poisoning episode.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Soda, whenever Gordon breaks a vending machine, they're quick to swarm it.

* HaveIMentionedImHeterosexualToday: In Act 1's commentary, Wayne and the gang decide that Gordon's picture of Joshua may be a case of this, since Joshua isn't mentioned [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness anywhere else in the streams]]. Holly posits that Gordon has the picture (which came from a photo frame obtained at a Target) to show the world that he has a wife, family, and fulfilling private life.

* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one in Black Mesa who has a lick of sense, and is the sole voice of reason amongst the Science Team. Even after he goes ''insane'', he ''still'' comes off as the sanest person around.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Benrey lusts after Gordon (and his feet), but Gordon is not interested '''''at all'''''.

* LastNameBasis: He is the only member of the group to call Gordon by his surname, emphasizing his youthfulness. [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs Though it's always "Mr. Freeman", not "Dr. Freeman"]], [[spoiler:[[LikeFatherLikeSon which is also precisely how G-Man prefers to address Gordon.]]]]

** Part 2 has Benrey, for what appears to be the first time in the series, express fear and ''worry'' for Gordon when being attacked by the giant robots.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:After [[KickTheDog mocking Gordon for his severed hand throughout all of Act Three: Part Three,]] as soon as the skeleton falls asleep after he checks its passport, he stands back up, looks around, and with a genuinely confused/concerned tone of voice says [[WhamLine "Where'd- Why are we here? What happened to your arm?"]]]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: He's in his thirties, but he has the worldview of a child and seems to struggle a bit whenever he tries to put his thoughts into words.

* MetaGuy: Sometimes, Tommy will point out the FridgeLogic in things you wouldn't normally expect [[TheDitz someone like Tommy]] pointing out.

* AlmightyIdiot: [[spoiler:[[invoked]][[WordOfGod According to Wayne]], he may not even be conscious of his own actions until spoken to.]]

** [[spoiler:[[invoked]][[WordOfGod According to Scorpy]], Gordon did leave his fly open, but didn’t notice, and Benrey immediately crouched down and zipped Gordon's fly while in the middle of harassing him over his passport.]]

** [[spoiler:During the final battle, he tells his skeletons to let go of Tommy. [[LampshadeHanging Gordon and Dr. Coomer are both surprised that he's choosing to be nice.]] This one was a case of miscommunication however as according to]] [[spoiler:[[invoked]][[WordOfGod Word of Scorpy]] he was trying to tell the science team to just ''let Tommy die.'']]

* AlmightyIdiot: [[spoiler:[[WordOfGod According to Wayne]], he may not even be conscious of his own actions until spoken to.]]

** [[spoiler:[[WordOfGod According to Scorpy]], Gordon did leave his fly open, but didn’t notice, and Benrey immediately crouched down and zipped Gordon's fly while in the middle of harassing him over his passport.]]

** [[spoiler:During the final battle, he tells his skeletons to let go of Tommy. [[LampshadeHanging Gordon and Dr. Coomer are both surprised that he's choosing to be nice.]] This one was a case of miscommunication however as according to]] [[invoked]] [[spoiler:[[WordOfGod Word of Scorpy]] he was trying to tell the science team to just ''let Tommy die.'']]

* VillainousCrush: [[invoked]] WordOfGod is that he’s “thirsty” for Gordon, and some of his actions suggest that he does indeed have an unrequited crush on Gordon.

* LastNameBasis: He's only referred to by his last name or the title "Dr. Coomer", with his first name never being uttered in the series. [[WordOfGod According to Holly]], his full name is [[https://twitter.com/hp_hollowtones/status/1259246265185062913 Harold Pontiff Coomer]].

** WordOfGod has stated that Bubby is his [[OnlyOneName only]] name. Considering the fact that he's an artificial human made by Black Mesa, it makes sense that he wouldn't have a family name.

* ArtificialStupidity: WordOfGod says that is an AI like the Science Team, but it has the intelligence of a five-year-old.

* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: [[spoiler:When in [=SuperPlayerMode=], he speaks in a [[BadassBaritone very deep voice]].]]

* PopCulturedBadass: Benrey is very well-versed in pop-culture, and makes references to being a fan of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'', and ''Franchise/JohnWick''.

* TookALevelInDumbass: In ''AI Crushes All Banks'', where he’s even more incompetent and delusional than he already was, lighting things on fire because he believes it will help, claiming that [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Lightining [=McQueen=]]] is real, and attempting and failing to fend off cops and soldiers with a small knife. If the stream is to be taken as canon, it's likely his already corrupted AI took a pummeling during the finale of the series.

* {{Manchild}}: While usually a PsychopathicManchild, on occasion he acts like a pre-schooler, like cheerfully shouting "ROAD TRIP!" while Bubby attempts to drive the Science Team out of Black Mesa, and believing [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Lightning [=McQueen=]]] is real and gets into a fierce argument with Gordon for pointing out that Lighting [=McQueen=] is a fictional character.

* NeverMyFault: Gordon is entirely responsible for everything that goes wrong, according to them.

* TooDumbToLive: But they come back, so it's okay.

* TrueCompanions: They become this at the end of the series with the exception of [[spoiler:Benrey]].

* WelcomeToCorneria: "Hello, Gordon!"

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Even the ''[[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Dr. Coomer]]'' is terrified by this thing, and urges Gordon to flee as the Science Team desperately tries to take it down.