History Characters / HomestuckExiles

* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: From WV's [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003313 point of view]], anyway:
-->You are somewhat mystified by the fact that she is be more impressed by your silly drawings than your amazing technology.

* AmbidextrousSprite: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] hilariously.

** "Wait, that was awful. [[IncrediblyLamePun Really really bad]]. You're sure you can do better than that."
* CarryABigStick: [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005517 Welcomed into a home,]] Slick wields a SimpleStaff while [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005518 attacking Doc Scratch,]] Dragon to [[BigBad Lord English]] of the Felt, the Midnight Crew's ArchEnemy.
** Later begins to carry Lord English's Golden Cuestaff after he leaves it behind.
* ComplexityAddiction: On review, his heists seem more convoluted than they really have to be.
* {{Cyborg}}: As of the [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006571 2nd intermission of chapter 6]] he's starting to resemble the Bunny: he's got one [[ElectronicEyes Electronic Eye]] and an EyepatchOfPower, both arms are robotic, and metal plates cover the top of his face.

* DisneyDeath: A page showing all the dead characters has a question mark next to him, making his fate ambiguous. Hussie's [[http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/12680094125/answers tumblr]] also stated that he's taking care of Slick. This seemed like a joke, until it was [[TrollingCreator remarkably]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006571 confirmed]] at the beginning of Act 6 Intermission 2.
** However, unlike other characters who had undergone similar circumstances, Slick had to undergo an EmergencyTransformation and is heavily mechanical now.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Karkat doesn't calm down after Sollux dies, Jack eventually starts slapping the crap out of him.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Gets one across his eye.
* HeroKiller: He manages to be the cause of Dirk's death twice, it's only due to Dave, Terezi and Jane that neither death sticks.

* AnAxeToGrind: Boxcars has quite the [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003119 impressive collection]] of battle-axes (along with a [[CarryABigStick mace]] or two). Ironically, while he goes on to decapitate another character (Eggs), it's... not by using an axe.

* BrickJoke: At one point in the first intermission, he is "clocked" into a Horse Calender by Cans. Come Act 6's Third intermission, Meenah finds a horse calender that Hearts Boxcars is "still farming."

** "YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003151 YOU HATE TIME TRAVEL...]]"
* EvilCounterpart: While at first it may seem he has no clear analogue in Team Sleuth's three man band, Hearts Boxcars is pretty similar to the Hired Muscle that was payed to work with Team Sleuth until his eventual death.
** Possibly also an analogue to AD as well, in that he is freakishly strong and angry often.

* ImAHumanitarian: Poor Eggs.
** Possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003120 this page]]. His favorite candy is wax ''lips'', and he would ''eat the eyeballs'' of anyone who tried to steal them.

* PornStash: ''Red Cheeks''.

** Or maybe he just hates wimps.

* BornLucky: [[MemeticMutation The thing about Hearts Boxcars is that he ALWAYS ROLLS BOXCARS.]]

The Midnight Crew were originally non-canonical characters from ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', wherein they were Team Sleuth's [[PsychoRangers Psycho Ranger]] counterparts, waging grand warfare against the protagonists through donation-funded commands. In the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' universe, they were apparently [[BreakoutCharacter so popular]] that the ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' site that the characters visit features a Midnight Crew adventure as the followup to ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', something which Creator/AndrewHussie [[MythologyGag apparently considered in real life]] after abandoning the all-Flash version of ''Homestuck''.

!![[color:olive:Wayward Vagabond[=/=]Warweary Villein[=/=]Wastelandic Vindicator[=/=]Wizardly Vassal[=/=]The Mayor]]

!![[color:gray:Peregrine Mendicant[=/=]Parcel Mistress[=/=]Prospitian Monarch]]

!![[color:yellow:Aimless Renegade[=/=]Authority Regulator[=/=]Armaments Regent]]

!![[color:#00bffe:Windswept Questant[=/=]White Queen]]

!! [[color:#00bffe:White King[=/=]Writ Keeper]]

* EyeScream: When [[color:#2ED73A:Sn]]o[[color:#2ED73A:wman]] stabs him in the eye with her cigarette holder.

-->[[color:#008282:GC: [=K4RK4T, H3S 4 J3RK!=]]]
-->[[color:#008282:GC: [=H3 H4S ST4BB3D YOU ON MOR3 TH4N ON3 OCC4S1ON!=]]]
-->[[color:#626262:CG: SOME OF THOSE STABBINGS WERE ACCIDENTAL!]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He sticks a time bomb under Doze's hat. While this was ordered by Diamonds Droog, he didn't seem too sorry about it, considering how he was 'interrogating' [[color:#2ED73A: Doze]] previously.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: He interrogates [[color:#2ED73A: Doze]] by [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003078 lightly tapping him on the knee]] and [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003081 swapping hats with him.]]

!![[color:red: ♦ Diamonds Droog ♦]]

* TheChessmaster: He was able to, using the forensics evidence of some destroyed clocks and a single lost tooth, figure out exactly when [[color:#2ED73A: Fin]] was going to try and bite him from the past, and fill him full of lead instead. Meanwhile, he used knowledge of The Felt's temporal abilities, Clubs Deuce, and a time bomb to redirect Trace, who was attacking from the future, and kill off both him and Doze at the same time. Pretty safe to say that Droog is the smartest and the best planner.

!![[color:red: ♥ Hearts Boxcars ♥]]

!![[color:#2ED73A:Sn]]o[[color:#2ED73A:wman]]

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with the mail. No, seriously. ''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003849 Do not]] mess with [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003853 the mail.]]'' Even more of a berserk button? Killing her friends.

* KilledOffForReal: AR, WQ, and WK. The White Royalty may return after a fashion as the post-scratch session's new royalty, but it remains to be seen.
* OfficialCouple: WK and WQ. PM and WV are hinted at throughout the comic.
** Appears to have been confirmed as of [S] Act 7, when PM and WV repopulate the planet with carapaces.

[[folder: Pre-Scratch Exiles/The Wanderers]]

[[folder: Post Scratch Exiles]]

[[folder: Troll Session Exiles / The Midnight Crew]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Part of the reason Andrew Hussie gave Spades his name was simply because it sounded cool.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: almost all exiles (those with [[ScannableMan barcode tatoos]] on their wrists) are cloned carapacians from the facilities in the Veil.

The Midnight Crew were originally non-canonical characters from ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', wherein they were Team Sleuth's [[PsychoRangers Psycho Ranger]] counterparts, waging grand warfare against the protagonists through donation-funded commands. In the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' universe, they were apparently [[BreakoutCharacter so popular]] that the ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' site that the characters visit features a Midnight Crew adventure as the followup to ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', something which AndrewHussie [[MythologyGag apparently considered in real life]] after abandoning the all-Flash version of ''Homestuck''.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: They use various computer terminals planted by Skaian to direct Sburb players.

** There's also the matter of the [[FreudWasRight BULL PENIS CANE]].

* FakeBand: Both the [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead-2 Midnight Crew]] and the desert [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers wanderers]] both.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-2 Explore]], for all of them.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-2 Vagabounce]] for WV.
** PM does not have a specific theme, but is heavily associated with [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle-2 Sburban Jungle]] [[note]] Her appearance in Cascade coincides with the only appearance of the riff and the only song identified as being solely about her on the Wanderers album is [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/litrichean-rioghail a remix of it.]][[/note]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqs4yf_Fs4I Tomahawk Head]], a bonus track from The Wanderers, for AR.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/riches-to-ruins-movements-i-ii Riches to Ruins Movements I & II]], shared between WQ and WK.

* {{Homage}}: WV and PM are seen by many to be one to ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' [[note]]Post-apocalyptic non-humans (one dirty and goofy but endearing NiceGuy and one cute {{Badass}} shiny white girl, both of whom are on Missions they pursue beyond all logic or limit) meet up and develop a relationship. The shiny white girl ends up doing drastic things to save the life of the boy and is ultimately successful. That description could apply to WV and PM or WALL•E and EVE.[[/note]]

* {{Badass}}: Throughout the course of the Intermission, it becomes increasingly clear that you do not fuck with the Midnight Crew under any circumstance.
** BadassNormal: He fights the Felt and does pretty well. Though, to be fair, some of their 'powers' are straight-up disadvantages.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-2 Vagabounce]].

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqs4yf_Fs4I Tomahawk Head]], a bonus track from The Wanderers.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/riches-to-ruins-movements-i-ii Riches to Ruins Movements I & II]], shared with WK.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/riches-to-ruins-movements-i-ii Riches to Ruins Movements I & II]], shared with WQ.

* KilledOffForReal: The Intermission ends with only Spades Slick alive, after traveling to a timeline where the other three are dead. Later on he kills Snowman, ending the universe and himself.
** Or so it seemed, until Andrew listed Slick as "?" instead of dead in [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006189 this panel]]. Slick is later confirmed to be alive behind the fourth wall.

* [[AfterTheEnd After the Reckoning]]: After abandoning the Incipisphere, their lives take place in the planet of the players they guide.

* BigGood: PM

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: WV, before becoming TheChick.
** TheLancer: AR
** TheBigGuy: PM, before replacing WV as TheHero.
** TheSmartGuy: WQ
** TheSixthRanger: WK

* PornStash
* QuirkyMinibossSquad

** {{Cyborg}}: As of the [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006571 2nd intermission of chapter 6]] he's starting to resemble the Bunny: he's got one [[ElectronicEyes Electronic Eye]] and an EyepatchOfPower, both arms are robotic, and metal plates cover the top of his face.

*** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Come Act 6, he's just a straight up {{Cyborg}}.

** IncrediblyLamePun: "Wait, that was awful. Really really bad. You're sure you can do better than that."

* ComplexityAddiction: On review, his heists seem a bit convoluted.

** DoNotTauntCthulhu: Lord English is coming to finish off Slick himself.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In-spite of all of his development, Slick is ultimately killed with little fanfare. He's decapitated alongside his Jack English incarnation who was nothing more than a snarling monster to be slain.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: PlayedForLaughs; at the end of Act 6, Spades Slick suddenly has a rocket ass and an actual, functioning cybernetic eye. [[LampshadeHanging Hussie is pretty incredulous]] to [[AssPull these sudden developments]], and notes how they actually spit in the face of ''Homestuck'' canon.

* OffWithHisHead: In [S] Collide, Dave slices off his head along with those of Dirk (who gets better thanks to Jane) and Jack English. Seeing as Hussie was busy fighting Vriska in a Dreambubble and Jack English's own head explodes and vaporizes about 90% of the planet they're on, it seems unlikely that Slick's coming back this time...
** Though given that Die was seen with his doll, there's still a possibility of reviving him.

* PerpetualFrowner

* ShipTease: With Ms. Paint.
** OfficialCouple: After Andrew declared their ship canon [[LampshadedTrope in-universe]].

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Licorice Scottie Dogs

* [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Deficit... Ooh, pretty clocks!]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He has a BULL PENIS CANE

* AwesomenessByAnalysis

* TheStoic: Even when he's angry, he doesn't show it.
** NotSoStoic: He flails around with his Ultraviolence Cuestick when Trace punches his past trail and he also had to resist the urge to scream "Oh yeah" when Cans crashes in through the wall. He also smiles a grand total of once, praising Aradia for [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown utterly demolishing Vriska]].

* PerpetualFrowner

* FlatCharacter[=/=]SatelliteCharacter: Only a few Exiles in each group receive much focus. For the wanderers this is WV and PM. For the Midnight Crew, it's Spades Slick. For the starving Dersites, they have their unnamed leader.

* NominalImportance: Of a sort for the desert wanderers. They don't really have names, they only have initials. They're still important though, WV especially within terms of the game. Averted for the Midnight Crew, though it was played straight back when they were agents.
** InsistentTerminology: Averted. Technically, the correct way to refer to them would be as "The WV" or "The PM", but that sounds a bit silly so nobody does.
** InUniverseNickname: Jade refers to WV and PM as "Mr. Mayor" and "Miss Mail Lady", while Dave and Karkat simply refer to WV as "The Mayor". Fans extend this to the rest of the exiles.
** IHaveManyNames[=/=]MeaningfulRename: Their names change to fit their current roles, while keeping their initials.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection

** HarsherInHindsight: [[InvokedTrope Invoked by Andrew]] in supplemental material; ''The Wanderers'' contains many upbeat songs and art of the Exiles being happy, which came only a few months before three of them were KilledOffForReal.

* BadassAdorable[=/=]CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may be a cute little space case, but remember that he managed to merge the black and white armies and stand up against the Black King all in mere moments.
* BadDreams

* [[EverybodysDeadDave Everybody's Dead, WV]]: [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=004559 Yeah]]...

-->[[TearJerker Everyone except]] [[SurvivorsGuilt you.]]

** MadeOfIron: He survives barely, because of PM's help, and the HealingHands of an AlternateTimeline Feferi.

* JerkAss: At first, but only because he didn't know how to be polite.

* [[MayorOfAGhostTown Mayor of Can Town]]

* NumberOneDime: A MAYOR DOES NOT RELINQUISH HIS MAYORAL SASH UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EVER PERIOD
* PleaseWakeUp: He types JOHN. RISE UP. after [[TearJerker he sees him being stabbed by Jack]].

** KilledOffForReal: His alternate in the Troll session is implied to have been this, due to none of the Trolls reaching Skaia in time to aid him before he was destroyed by the Black King.

* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Tab -- purely because it's drinkable.
** He repeats the same "drinking" binge with shaving cream later in the story (and earlier in his past), but finds it less delicious. This doesn't actually stop him from drinking it.

** BodyHorror: For him at least.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning

* EnsembleDarkHorse

* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Mail Lady]]: She's been chasing Jack through the Furthest Ring for the last ''two years.'' When the universe itself shatters around them, she glances at it for a few seconds and then goes right back to pursuing him. Jack, who hadn't been the least bit threatened since his final prototyping, eventually starts to get freaked out by her determination.

** WomanScorned: How Jack feels about it.
* SamusIsAGirl

* SpannerInTheWorks

* [[UnstoppableMailman Unstoppable Mail Lady]]: The mail is life. The mail is the very fabric of civilization.

** AmbidextrousSprite: The scope mount goes on the left side of the weapon, not the right. The bolt handle is also absent from its normal position.

* TheDitz
* HangingJudge: So far he seems to be played up as this, fashioning a courtroom and judge outfit from weapon parts and punishing misdemeanors with [[IncrediblyLamePun judicious]] use of heavy artillery. At any rate, he seems as obsessed with the law as WV and PM are with mayorhood and mail.

** SenselessSacrifice: His hesitation about blowing up the terminal WV at first appears to be a moot point, as WV has the Uranium ripped out of his stomach by Jack and is left for dead. Subverted when WV just barely survives, justifying AR's earlier hesitation.

* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner

* LargeHam

* OffWithHisHead

** OutGambitted: WQ's plan fell apart at the last second.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice

* NobleFugitive

** NotSoStoic: She's justifiably terrified when Jack shows up and murders her husband. And even ''then'' her expression doesn't really change; the only way you can tell she's terrified is through her body posture.
* TeamMom

* ChekhovsGun: When he appears as the Writ Keeper, he is seen reading ''Complacency of the Learned'', a story written by Rose. The story is nominally about wizards, but WordOfGod [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Rose%27s_Journals has said]] that it represents Rose's subconscious mind about the creation of the universe--specifically the Troll's game of Sgrub. What knowledge the Writ Keeper will gain from it remains to be seen.
** Unfortunately, we never know what he learns because he's immediately killed. He'll probably be reset with the Scratch, but he'll know nothing of his past life.
** He was reset, but he was killed before he could do anything but still be trapped in a stalemate with the Black King.

* OffWithHisHead
* RedHerring: As the Writ Keeper, he seemed to be built up as having an important role in the lives of the exiles... and then Jack kills him within 20 seconds of his actually appearing.
* SixthRanger

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Their apparent leader has a unique design and possibly even wields Crowbar's crowbar; a powerful juju that has been lost at several points in the story. None of the original crowd has appeared since their debut and shortly afterwards.

[[folder: Pre-Scratch Exiles]]

*** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Now he's just a straight up {{Cyborg}}.

* ShoutOut: His name refers to the Nadsat term for "friend" from ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', and his theme is called [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carbon-nadsat-cuestick-genius Carbon Nadsat]].

* JugglingLoadedGuns: He uses an impaled grenade as a [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003010 gavel]] at one point.