History Characters / IMadeAComicAboutInternetExplorer

* DistressedDamsel: Is attacked and kidnapped for her RAM by Google Chrome in episode five. The rest of the season revolves entirely around Internet Explorer trying to rescue her.

* BoobsOfSteel: As [[spoiler:Microsoft Edge]], she is especially powerful.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's very well endowed and apparently strong enough that Firefox thinks she might be able to stop a fight between Google Chrome and [[spoiler:Microsoft Edge]].

* PlayingTheVictimCard: Downplayed. [[spoiler:She justifies her cut-thorat methods by claiming that Microsoft, and by extension Internet Explorer, are way worse people than her, due to Microsoft the company having used their monopoly on the hardware market to eliminate any potential rivals to Internet Explorer. Nevermind the fact that she is doing pretty much the exact same thing with her nigh omnipotence in the software market.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Her top is short enough to leave her belly exposed.

-->'''Internet Explorer:''' [[spoiler:...You might be a better browser than me, Chrome. But you're forgetting something.It's true that Google is valued at $739 billion. But my company, Microsoft, stands at $753 billion! Did you expect them to allow me to die?! To just let Google take over everything?! All of you looked down on me, called me old, useless... ...None of you wanted to be friends with me. You just laughed at me; wrote me off as a relic of the past. All I had...was Bing. But you took her from me, and you sent me to the Dark Web to die. I might be old and useless. As Internet Explorer, I'm a joke. A bad piece of software. ...But as Microsoft, I'm still stronger than each and every one of you.]]

* HeelFaceMole: Pulls this to [[spoiler:lure Internet Explorer into a trap]].

[[folder: Internet Explorer/[[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]]]]
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* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: As Microsoft Edge]].
* AllLovingHero: She still uses Bing as a search engine, despite the majority of her users disliking her and was willing to [[spoiler: potentially die in the Deep Web to save Netscape Navigator. She was also willing to buy Yahoo in a time where the latter really needed money, but was rejected]].
* BadassBoast: Delivers an epic one to Google, [[spoiler: in their FinalBattle at the end of season one]]:
--> '''Internet Explorer:''' [[spoiler: ...You might be a better browser than me, Chrome. But you're forgetting something.It's true that Google is valued at $739 billion. But my company, Microsoft, stands at $753 billion! Did you expect them to allow me to die?! To just let Google take over everything?! All of you looked down on me, called me old, useless... ...None of you wanted to be friends with me. You just laughed at me; wrote me off as a relic of the past. All I had...was Bing. But you took her from me, and you sent me to the Dark Web to die. I might be old and useless. As Internet Explorer, I'm a joke. A bad piece of software. ...But as Microsoft, I'm still stronger than each and every one of you.]]
* BerserkButton: Insulting or otherwise harming Bing, [[spoiler: especially after her presumed death at the hands of Chrome]].

* BoobsOfSteel: As [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]], she is especially powerful.

* TheDeterminator: She ''single-handedly'' escapes from the Dark Web, gives Google Chrome one hell of a fight in her [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge-form]], even after literally being stabbed in the back and doesn't back down even when Chrome has her pinned to the floor.
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: After being stabbed and seemingly weakened by Opera. She refuses to back down and die, instead transforming into Microsoft Edge and finally taking Chrome head-on.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Her motivation at the beginning of the comic. [[spoiler: She gets over this after gaining her resolve back in the Dark Web, deciding that she doesn't need the approval of random strangers or her fellow peers and that just living for her own and Bing's sake is enough.]]
* LightningBruiser: Becomes this after upgrading to [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge.]]
* NextTierPowerUp: [[spoiler: She evolves into Microsoft Edge right before her final battle with Google Chrome.]]
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: "Internet Explorer died in the Dark Web. I'm not her. I'm Microsoft ''Edge''."]]

* TookALevelInBadass: After transforming into [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]], she is able to directly confront and go toe to toe with Google Chrome. [[spoiler: She still can't defeat her in the end, but Chrome is visibly tired out from fighting her.]]

[[folder: Mozilla Firefox/[[spoiler: Firefox Quantum]]]]

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** Even more so once she [[spoiler: upgrades to Firefox Quantum]].

* FlamingHair: [[spoiler: Gets this in her Firefox Quantum-form.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: She may have not treated Internet Explorer that nicely in the past, but after she becomes [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]] she gains at least some respect for her and tries to assist her in her fight with Google Chrome by reaching out to [[spoiler: Safari]] and [[spoiler: bringing Bing and Tor to bail Internet Explorer out]].
* GlowingEyes: Gets these [[spoiler: as Firefox Quantum]].
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: When Chrome has her pinned and about to be killed after her [[TheCavalry rescue]] of Internet Explorer, she summons a burst of light and undergoes her NextTierPowerUp]]

* NextTierPowerUp: [[spoiler: Mirroring Microsoft Edge, she transforms into Firefox Quantum in the middle of her battle with Chrome.]]
* OhCrap: Has this reaction after Internet Explorer [[spoiler: upgrades to Microsoft Edge and confronts her about Bing's location]].

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Tosses one out after upgrading to [[spoiler: Firefox Quantum]].
--> '''Firefox [[spoiler: Quantum]]:''' How'd ya like me now, you ram-hoarding turtle?
* TalkToTheFist: [[spoiler: Kicks Google Chrome into the wall in the middle of her EvilGloating.]]
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: With Tor Browser and Duck Duck Go in the middle of Edge's battle with Chrome.]]

[[folder: Google Chrome]]
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* AlphaBitch: Seemingly rules over the other browsers and search engines with an iron fist and has done so unopposed for a very long time. [[spoiler: Until Article 13 showed up, that is.]]
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: She's aware that the corporation she represents does have more shady business practices, but she nevertheless uses that as a jab towards Internet Explorer/[[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]] in their FinalBattle.

* BigBad: If her attitude wasn't enough to make her this, the fact that she almost [[spoiler: killed Bing]] shortly after making her debut definitely was.
** BigBadEnsemble: Seems to be forming this with World Wide Web after [[spoiler: Bing releases her at the end of season 1]].

* DarkActionGirl: The BigBad of the comic who nearly kills [[spoiler: Bing]] and holds her own in the FinalBattle against the other browsers.
* EntitledBitch: It's pretty obvious her position as the world's most popular browser went to her head. She considers just about every other search engine and browser beneath her, demands complete obedience from Opera in exchange for basically keeping her alive and actually gets mad when [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]] decides she's done with her shit and kicks her half across the room during their FinalBattle. Ater Chrome spent the entire previous fight trying to ''impale her''.
-->'''Google Chrome: '''[after [[spoiler: Edge]] sends her flying] ''How '''dare''' you... How '''dare''' you touch me.''
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as she, [[spoiler: she is horrified when World Wide Web is released and risks destroying the internet.]]

** Chastises Internet Explorer for wiping out [[spoiler: Netscape Navigator]]. While true, that nevertheless fails to justify the sadistic pleasure she took in stealing Bing's RAM and [[spoiler: leaving her to the brink of death]].

** [[spoiler: After Opera stabs and temporarily weakens Internet Explorer, Chrome lords her defeat over her and smugly tells her to just die and let her win.]]

* OhCrap: Looks quite unnerved when [[spoiler: she finds World Wide Web escaped.]]
* PlayingTheVictimCard: Downplayed. [[spoiler: She justifies her cut-thorat methods by claiming that Microsoft, and by extension Internet Explorer, are way worse people than her, due to Microsoft the company having used their monopoly on the hardware market to eliminate any potential rivals to Internet Explorer. Nevermind the fact that she is doing pretty much the exact same thing with her nigh omnipotence in the software market.]]

* {{Sadist}}: Took immense delight in robbing Bing's RAM and then [[spoiler: "killing" her]].

* TheSociopath: Has about all the calling cards of one. She puts on a mask of superficial charm; manipulates [[spoiler: Opera]] to her side by appealing to her needing to feed on her Chromium OS; lacks remorse for any of her actions; and has a high sense of self-entitlement around herself.

* ThisCannotBe: Her reaction when [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]] actually gets a solid hit on her.

* VillainousBreakdown: Her haughtiness starts to slowly disintegrate as she further fights against Internet Explorer/[[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]].
* VillainHasAPoint: As evil as Google is, [[spoiler: she rightfully points out that Internet Explorer all but wiped Netscape Navigator from existence, and that Internet Explorer is owned by a greedy, multimillion dollar corporation just like she is.]]

[[folder: Naenara]]

[[folder: Netscape Navigator]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: After Internet Explorer saves her from the Dark Web, she tearfully thanks her for allowing her to see the internet one last time, before fading away.]]
* TearfulSmile: [[spoiler: See GoOutWithASmile above.]]

[[folder: Opera]]

-->"Chrome…is it okay to just leave her like that?"

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Takes the first chance she gets to attack Internet Explorer from behind, but is all of a sudden suspiciously absent from the battlefield, once the latter transforms into Microsoft Edge. She reappears after the other browsers have escaped and the battle is over.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is shown to be at the very least uncomfortable with Google Chrome's treatment of [[spoiler: Bing]].
* EvilRedhead: Has dark red hair and works for Google Chrome. [[spoiler: Subverted when she actually goes against her in episode 32 to support Internet Explorer.]] [[spoiler: Doubly subverted when it turns out her "defection" was a ruse to lure Internet Explorer into a trap.]]
* EyeColorChange: Her eyes take on [[spoiler: Google Chrome's]] coloring after it's revealed that she [[spoiler: was working for her the entire time]].
* FalseFriend: [[spoiler: Pretends to support Internet Explorer on her quest to save Bing, only to literally stab her in the back later on.]]
* HeelFaceMole: Pulls this to [[spoiler: lure Internet Explorer into a trap]].
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Does this to Internet Explorer in episode 37.]]

[[folder: Safari]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She grants both Explorer and Bing shelter in her domain, after Firefox, Duck Duck Go and Tor rescue them from Google Chrome, and is nothing but polite to Explorer. [[spoiler: However, episode 57 shows a darker side of her, as she casually asks Explorer why she doesn't use her company's wide-spread control over the [=PC=] market to ban every other browser from her devices. She tops this off by admitting that she herself ''would'' do so, if she could.]]
* BoobsOfSteel: She's very well endowed and apparently strong enough that Firefox thinks she might be able to stop a fight between Google Chrome and [[spoiler: Microsoft Edge]].

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Downplayed. While she is definitely on the side of the heroes, [[spoiler: she is genuinely confused as to why Internet Explorer doesn't just ban all other browsers from her [=PCs=], as that's what she would do in her position]].

* LightIsGood: Her clothing, hair, and domain are white, and she seems a lot more amicable than most of the other browsers. [[spoiler: Downplayed in that she may be infinitely more helpful and affable than Google Chrome, but still has some pretty...questionable ideas about staying on top as a browser.]]

[[folder: Tor]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Downplayed. While she certainly does nothing to help Internet Explorer's escape, she doesn't really do anything to ''prevent'' it either and seemed genuinely impressed by her [[spoiler: transforming into Microsoft Edge]].
** [[spoiler: Played straight in the season 1 finale, where she joins Firefox and Duck Duck Go to rescue Microsoft Edge and Bing from Google Chrome.]]

* HiddenDepths: In episode 42, it's revealed that she has a close connection to [[spoiler: Safari]].
* NoSell: [[spoiler: Her "Onion Routing" is able to ''completely block'' Chrome's FinishingMove, to the point that only the area around it is damaged while the small part of the floor it covered is barely scratched.]]

[[folder: UC]]

[[folder: World Wide Web]]
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-->[This world…'''our''' beautiful world…is becoming a nightmare, a dystopian reality.]

* TheDogBitesBack: Her desire to [[spoiler: destroy the internet]] has shades of this, as it's implied that Chrome has been verbally abusing her and keeping her tied up for quite a while.

* EvilVersusOblivion: [[spoiler: Google Chrome wants to rule the Internet with an iron fist. World Wide Web, on the other hand, would rather destroy it.]]
* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler: When Chrome finds out she's free, even she becomes terrified.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: Upon her release, WWW makes it clear that her first course of action is to [[spoiler: destroy the internet]].

* SuddenlyVoiced: She seemed to be in a vegetative state for the majority of the plot, but then episode 41 has her not only wake up, but also seemingly offering a DealWithTheDevil to [[spoiler: Bing]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "What do you think, Morris Worm?"]]

[[folder: Yahoo]]
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A pioneer of the early internet era from the 1990's. Currently owned by Verizon (much to her chagrin).

* {{Jerkass}}: Before her PrideBeforeAFall, she is Implied to an Arrogant GloryHound.

[[folder: Bing]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Frees [[spoiler: World Wide Web after she promises to help her get revenge on Chrome, only to find that she intends to destroy the ''entire internet'' as well]].

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Episode 41 (appropriately titled "She Lives") not only reveals that she survived Chrome's attack, but also that she might be accepting a DealWithTheDevil from World Wide Web to get revenge on her.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: She is rescued by Duck Duck Go in the season finale and has a tearful reunion with Internet Explorer, in which the latter re-affirms her love for her. ]] Shortly after, it's revealed in episode 55 that she apparently saw a significant influx in users.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Frees [[spoiler: [[OmnicidalManiac World Wide Web]]]] at the end of season one.

[[folder: DuckDuckGo]]

[[folder: Baidu]]

[[folder: Morris Worm]]

--> '''Morris''': ...I'm cold.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Really just wanted to explore the net and make friends with the other programs. But her corrupted code wouldn't allow it. At the very least, [=IBM=] seems to understand that she wasn't really evil in Morris' final moments.

[[folder: Creeper]]

[[folder: ILOVEYOU]]

[[folder: North Korea's Government]]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: To poor Naenara.]]
* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: Attempt to do this to Naenara when she gets a brief glimpse of Firefox, immediately cutting her off and insisting to Naenara that there are no other browsers.]]

[[folder: Article 13]]
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: [[spoiler: One of the only things that can stop Google Chrome. On the other hand, he doesn't appear to be a ''good'' guy either, instead existing only to protect against "copyright infringement" on the Internet.]]

[[folder: Users]]

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* DarkSkinnedBlond: Has blonde hair and is noticeably more tan than the other characters.

* {{Kitsune}}: [[spoiler: Just like Naenara.]]

* {{Kitsune}}: Her appearance is reminiscent of one.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair is very long, but in the Dark Web, it has grown so long that it's many times her height.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Slips into actual Chinese phrases at times, confusing Firefox who doesn't speak

* VillainHasAPoint: As evil as Google is, [[spoiler: she rightfully points out that Internet Explorer all but wiped Netscape Navigator from existence, and that Internet Explorer is owned by a greedy, multimillion dollar corporation just like she is.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Literally, in her case.

* MulticoloredHair: Has yellow, green, blue, and red hair, just like the Google Chrome logo.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dark pink.

* NotSoDifferent: She rightfully points out that [[spoiler: Internet Explorer all but wiped Netscape Navigator from existence, as she did to Bing, and that both Internet Explorer and Google are owned by greedy multimillion-dollar corporations.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: As evil as Google is, [[spoiler: she rightfully points out that Internet Explorer all but wiped Netscape Navigator from existence, and that Internet Explorer is owned by a greedy, multimillion dollar corporation just like she is. See also NotSoDifferent]].

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Duck Duck Go.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Firefox.

* BadassBoast: Delivers an epic one to Google, [[spoiler: in their final battle at the end of season one]]:

* PetTheDog: Calming down Duck Duck Go after she gets scared int the Dark Web.

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: She's aware that the corporation she represents does have more shady business practices, but she nevertheless uses that as a jab towards Internet Explorer in their FinalBattle.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She can determine exactly what sites her users would want to see by looking through their previous search history.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as she, [[spoiler: she is horrified when the Morris Worm is released and risks destroying the internet.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Takes the first chance she gets to attack Internet Explorer from behind, but is all of a sudden suspiciously absent from the battlefield, once the latter transforms into Microsoft Edge.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is shown to be at the very least uncomfortable with Google Chromes treatment of [[spoiler: Bing]].

* LightIsGood: Her clothing and hair are white, and she seems a lot more amicable than most of the other browsers. [[spoiler: Downplayed in that she may be infinitely more helpful and affable than Google Chrome, but still has some pretty...questionable ideas about staying on top as a browser.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Episode 41 (appropriately titled "She Lives") not only reveals that she survived Googles attack, but also that she might be accepting a DealWithTheDevil from World Wide Web to get revenge on her.]]

* EvilVersusOblivion: [[spoiler: Google Chrome wants to rule the Internet with an iron fist. Based on her dialogue with Bing, and on her WhamLine in which she greets the Morris Worm, it seems as though World Wide Web would rather destroy it.]]

* WickedHeartSymbol: She has heart symbols all over her clothing and accessories and is a malevolent compuer virus who takes great joy in what she does.

* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]: [[spoiler: After Internet Explorer saves her from the Dark Web, she tearfully thanks her for allowing her to see the internet one last time, before fading away.]]

* [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead]]: [[spoiler: Episode 41 (appropriately titled "She Lives") not only reveals that she survived Googles attack, but also that she might be accepting a DealWithTheDevil from World Wide Web to get revenge on her.]]