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* NiceGuy: With a couple of exceptions the inhabitants of Muckingham seem to be a bunch of charming, well intentioned oddballs with nothing but praise for the PC and their fine work.
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* HeroicNeutral: In both the standard career mode and the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Midgar]] [=DLC=] the PC willingly works for both heroic and villainous characters, doing their best work for both.


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* ThePerfectionist: They do not do incomplete jobs. You can't complete a map until every last speck of dirt is gone.
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* MistakenForProfound: You get a text noting Jenny opened her attic door only to hear a noise, see a grey blur, and see only a feather left behind. She assumes this is Ester's soul being at rest. Most people would realize from the description she had a bird trapped in her attic.

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Mayor of Muckingham, a job passed down by his family line for years. He's also corrupt and is suspected of having diverted the city's water supply for some selfish goal.

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!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Van



* HiddenDepths: He likes archaeology and helps Sonya with her excavations offscreen while the player works.



!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Backyard, Clean the Bungalow



!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Racecar



[[folder:Park Warden]]
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The warden of Muckingham's public park]], a bitter individual who seems to hate the people who frequent his area.

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[[folder:Park Warden]]
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The warden of Muckingham's public park]], a bitter individual who seems to hate
[[folder:Sonya Alamuddin]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean
the people who frequent his area.Ancient Statue, Clean the Ancient Monument, Clean the Lost City Palace
A member of the Global Archaeological Society, Harper's friend and co-worker. She calls the player to help with the results of the society's excavation in the desert.



* BadBoss: He's the one responsible for the upkeep of the public park, but apparently the absurdly-mucked playground has only the "odd fleck of dirt" on it "here and there", and the only reason he bothers asking for a clean-up of the skatepark is because of the recent media attention the town's been getting. Supposedly he has employees responsible for the park's upkeep but he doesn't seem to bother asking them for help.
* GrumpyOldMan: His age isn't ever stated, but this is his general demeanor regarding the people who frequent his park, resenting the parents of the children who got skin rashes off his dirty playground and the skateboarders who frequent the half-pipes.
* NeverMyFault: Kids getting dermatitis off the park playground? He chalks it up to a bunch of nagging parents, and it's totally not because the place is ''caked'' in mud and bird poop because of his negligence.
* NoOSHACompliance: Grumbles about the playground needing to be cleaned because of parents worried for their kids' safety, which he doesn't care about. Oh, but the skatepark, that definitely needs to be cleaned. [[SlaveToPR There's a news group wanting to talk about it, after all]].

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* BadBoss: He's AdventureArchaeologist: Downplayed. Despite the one responsible for the upkeep of the public park, but apparently the absurdly-mucked playground has only the "odd fleck of dirt" on it "here and there", and the only reason he bothers asking for a clean-up of the skatepark is because of the recent media attention the town's been getting. Supposedly he has employees responsible for the park's upkeep but he doesn't seem to bother asking them for help.
* GrumpyOldMan: His age isn't ever stated, but this is his general demeanor
dangerous circumstances regarding the people who frequent his park, resenting the parents of the children who got skin rashes off his dirty playground and the skateboarders who frequent the half-pipes.
* NeverMyFault: Kids getting dermatitis off the park playground? He chalks it up to a bunch of nagging parents, and it's totally not because the place is ''caked'' in mud and bird poop because of his negligence.
* NoOSHACompliance: Grumbles about the playground needing to be cleaned because of parents worried for their kids' safety, which he
volcano, she doesn't care about. Oh, but place herself in the skatepark, adventure to stop it, instead contacting the player to help out.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In terms of archaeology; in real life, it's probably a good idea not to use a powerwasher to clean out ancient monuments as Sonya so casually requests, especially ones
that definitely needs were buried for so long under sand.
* BadassBystander: [[spoiler:She helps the player get
to be cleaned. [[SlaveToPR There's a news group wanting the Lost City Palace to talk about it, after all]].clean it by helping Harper with some calls.]]
* PunnyName: "Alamuddin" sounds similar to "all mudded", referring to the dirt-covered ancient monuments she's located.



[[folder:Aura Smith and Jenny Pebbles]]
Two vloggers and cryptozoologists who recently acquired the house of Esther De'ath, a deceased former actress. Obsessed with the paranormal, the two hire the player to clean Esther's detached house and vintage car while talking about what they think are supernatural events.

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[[folder:Aura Smith and Jenny Pebbles]]
Two vloggers and cryptozoologists
[[folder:Park Warden]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Playground, Clean the Skatepark, Clean the Gnome Fountain (Bonus)
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The warden of Muckingham's public park]], a bitter individual
who recently acquired seems to hate the house of Esther De'ath, a deceased former actress. Obsessed with the paranormal, the two hire the player to clean Esther's detached house and vintage car while talking about what they think are supernatural events.people who frequent his area.



* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: With the player having done a good job for them repeatedly, they let them take their recreation vehicle (an RV) as a gift, or let them offer it to someone who wants it. [[RunningGag The player then gifts it to Harper.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: The two jump at shadows whenever they think something strange is going on, with Aura confusing the sound of a washer for a ghost event for example. They also think the symbols drawn around the detached house are [[LanguageOfMagic Enochian sigils]] when in reality they're just builder diagrams for the plumbers renovating the place's pipeline.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The two are cryptozoologists, so their job is to determine this trope regarding cryptids and, outside of that fascination, supernatural events. Aura mentions plenty of supposed "ghostly" sightings and sounds as the player washes the detached house, but they're all either caused by lack of research or jumping at every little sound they hear.
* ShaggyDogStory: Downplayed; the two were hoping to start a vlog series about Esther's life history, but it flopped due to the watchers only caring about her patrimony and items being auctioned off online (such as the car). The two still made plenty of money on the bargain, however.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: With BadBoss: He's the player having done a good job for them repeatedly, they let them take their recreation vehicle (an RV) as a gift, or let them offer it to someone who wants it. [[RunningGag The player then gifts it to Harper.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: The two jump at shadows whenever they think something strange is going on, with Aura confusing the sound of a washer for a ghost event for example. They also think the symbols drawn around the detached house are [[LanguageOfMagic Enochian sigils]] when in reality they're just builder diagrams
one responsible for the plumbers renovating upkeep of the place's pipeline.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The two are cryptozoologists, so their job
public park, but apparently the absurdly-mucked playground has only the "odd fleck of dirt" on it "here and there", and the only reason he bothers asking for a clean-up of the skatepark is because of the recent media attention the town's been getting. Supposedly he has employees responsible for the park's upkeep but he doesn't seem to determine bother asking them for help.
* GrumpyOldMan: His age isn't ever stated, but
this trope is his general demeanor regarding cryptids and, outside the people who frequent his park, resenting the parents of that fascination, supernatural events. Aura mentions plenty of supposed "ghostly" sightings the children who got skin rashes off his dirty playground and sounds as the player washes skateboarders who frequent the detached house, but they're all either caused by lack of research or jumping at every little sound they hear.
half-pipes.
* ShaggyDogStory: Downplayed; NeverMyFault: Kids getting dermatitis off the two were hoping park playground? He chalks it up to start a vlog series bunch of nagging parents, and it's totally not because the place is ''caked'' in mud and bird poop because of his negligence.
* NoOSHACompliance: Grumbles
about Esther's life history, the playground needing to be cleaned because of parents worried for their kids' safety, which he doesn't care about. Oh, but it flopped due to the watchers only caring skatepark, that definitely needs to be cleaned. [[SlaveToPR There's a news group wanting to talk about her patrimony and items being auctioned off online (such as the car). The two still made plenty of money on the bargain, however.it, after all]].



[[folder:Mayor Jeff Jefferson XIV]]
Mayor of Muckingham, a job passed down by his family line for years. He's also corrupt and is suspected of having diverted the city's water supply for some selfish goal.

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[[folder:Mayor Jeff Jefferson XIV]]
Mayor of Muckingham, a job passed down by his family line for years. He's also corrupt
[[folder:Aura Smith and is suspected of having diverted Jenny Pebbles]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean
the city's water supply for some selfish goal.Detached House, Clean the Vintage Car, Clean the Recreation Vehicle
Two vloggers and cryptozoologists who recently acquired the house of Esther De'ath, a deceased former actress. Obsessed with the paranormal, the two hire the player to clean Esther's detached house and vintage car while talking about what they think are supernatural events.



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: How he managed to stay in office for so long can only be chalked up to nepotism, as virtually no one in Muckingham has anything nice to say about him, implying he doesn't have a lot of voters. He's so despised, in fact, that even the local congregation of monks has taken it upon themselves to cover the front of his mansion with eggs.
* CorruptPolitician: Diverted the town's water supply from the local monk temple [[spoiler:to fund a personal ally's greed-fueled search for an ancient civilization]] and is repeatedly stated to be involved in all manner of illegal activities.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:As soon as the player cleans his frolic boat, he messages them saying that they're skipping town with it. Basically, as soon as the cats go missing and the volcano starts rumbling, the mayor abandons his own city and even his pet to save his own skin.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Ultimately this to Blake Thrust, as the one funding his research on the Lost City of Pacifists and giving him access to the town's water supply for his illegal mining, but staying mostly on the sidelines.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:He was thoroughly humiliated in his attempt to deface the monk temple, and the town is well aware of his crime by the endgame. Even if he's successfully escaped, it's unlikely he can ever return even when things settle down.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Despite his sleazebag behavior, the man loves his pet cat Ulysses and has a big fascination with cats in general, to the point his frolic boat has a big golden cat statue right at the bow. [[spoiler:This is subverted when he skips town, though, as he pointedly tells the player that they can keep Ulysses if they find him (her), calling the cat a "traitor". Bear in mind, [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a volcano is about to erupt and the cat was last seen near it]].]]
* ManlyFacialHair: Described as having an utterly gigantic mustache on his face.
* {{Nepotism}}: The men of his family were all mayors of Muckingham before him, all of them equally rich in their accounts but bankrupt in morality.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:He pipes in later as "Timmy Timmerson I" while the player cleans a stunt plane he was riding on a few days earlier, and does a ''terrible'' job keeping his identity a secret. He even signs his first text message with his ''true initials''.]]

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: How he managed to stay in office for so long can only be chalked up to nepotism, as virtually no one in Muckingham has anything nice to say about him, implying he doesn't have a lot of voters. He's so despised, in fact, that even the local congregation of monks has taken it upon themselves to cover the front of his mansion with eggs.
* CorruptPolitician: Diverted the town's water supply from the local monk temple [[spoiler:to fund a personal ally's greed-fueled search for an ancient civilization]] and is repeatedly stated to be involved in all manner of illegal activities.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:As soon as
BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: With the player cleans his frolic boat, he messages having done a good job for them saying that they're skipping town with repeatedly, they let them take their recreation vehicle (an RV) as a gift, or let them offer it to someone who wants it. Basically, as soon as the cats go missing and the volcano starts rumbling, the mayor abandons his own city and even his pet [[RunningGag The player then gifts it to save his own skin.Harper.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Ultimately CloudCuckoolander: The two jump at shadows whenever they think something strange is going on, with Aura confusing the sound of a washer for a ghost event for example. They also think the symbols drawn around the detached house are [[LanguageOfMagic Enochian sigils]] when in reality they're just builder diagrams for the plumbers renovating the place's pipeline.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The two are cryptozoologists, so their job is to determine
this to Blake Thrust, as the one funding his research on the Lost City trope regarding cryptids and, outside of Pacifists that fascination, supernatural events. Aura mentions plenty of supposed "ghostly" sightings and giving him access to the town's water supply for his illegal mining, but staying mostly on the sidelines.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:He was thoroughly humiliated in his attempt to deface the monk temple, and the town is well aware of his crime by the endgame. Even if he's successfully escaped, it's unlikely he can ever return even when things settle down.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Despite his sleazebag behavior, the man loves his pet cat Ulysses and has a big fascination with cats in general, to the point his frolic boat has a big golden cat statue right at the bow. [[spoiler:This is subverted when he skips town, though,
sounds as he pointedly tells the player that washes the detached house, but they're all either caused by lack of research or jumping at every little sound they can keep Ulysses if they find him (her), calling hear.
* ShaggyDogStory: Downplayed;
the cat two were hoping to start a "traitor". Bear in mind, [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a volcano is vlog series about Esther's life history, but it flopped due to erupt the watchers only caring about her patrimony and items being auctioned off online (such as the cat was last seen near it]].]]
* ManlyFacialHair: Described as having an utterly gigantic mustache on his face.
* {{Nepotism}}:
car). The men two still made plenty of his family were all mayors of Muckingham before him, all of them equally rich in their accounts but bankrupt in morality.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:He pipes in later as "Timmy Timmerson I" while
money on the player cleans a stunt plane he was riding on a few days earlier, and does a ''terrible'' job keeping his identity a secret. He even signs his first text message with his ''true initials''.]]bargain, however.



[[folder:Blake Thrust]]
A millionaire who lives near Muckingham, fancying himself an adventurer and archeologist buff using his money for research purposes. As it turns out, he's not using it legally.

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[[folder:Blake Thrust]]
A millionaire
[[folder:Denver Drill]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Fire Station, Clean the Fire Truck, Clean the Fire Helicopter
Muckingham's local firefighter brigade headed by an unnamed chief
who lives near Muckingham, fancying himself an adventurer serves as the client. He asks Dirtfinder for help with their firehouse and archeologist buff using his money for research purposes. As it turns out, he's not using it legally.gear.



* BigBad: [[spoiler:The one responsible for Mount Rushless' incoming eruption after his illegal mining operation struck the magma flow and stirred it.]]
* CoolPlane: His private jet is outfitted with anti-gravity devices and a freaking ''laser gun'', all of which he supposedly needs for his "excavation" work near the volcano. [[spoiler:It doesn't last long against a flying saucer from the future either way.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games.]]
* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Given his private jet, the pun is fully intended; [[spoiler:His attack on Skye's ship ends with his plane being shot down and crash-landing somewhere outside of Muckingham.]]
* RichJerk: His avatar on the player's received text messages is ''a dollar sign'', just to flaunt how rich he is. He also uses his money for illegal goals.

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The one responsible for BigDamnHeroes: They use their fire helicopter to save Calvin when he gets too close to the smoke-spewing Mount Rushless' incoming eruption after his illegal mining operation struck Rushless looking for the magma flow mayor's missing cat, which requires the player to clean it up afterwards. [[spoiler:They also use it to get the Dirtfinder's van to the Lost City Palace for the final mission, at Harper and stirred it.Sonya's request.]]
* CoolPlane: His private jet is outfitted with anti-gravity devices and a freaking ''laser gun'', all of which he supposedly needs for his "excavation" work near ChekhovsGun: The fire helicopter that the volcano. [[spoiler:It doesn't last long against a flying saucer from the future either way.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added
player cleans, [[spoiler:which they later use to help them get to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and Lost City Palace]].
* CoolCar: A big firetruck
the means player gets to do their jobs clean as well.
* HeroicFireRescue: From the mouth of a ''volcano'',
as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on saved Calvin after he became delirious from smoke inhalation.
* LampshadeHanging: He tells
the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying play that "power" washing requires heated water, so they should consider rebranding to unearth the secrets of show that they're a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games.]]
* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later
''pressure'' washing business unless they're planning to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Given his private jet, the pun is fully intended; [[spoiler:His attack on Skye's ship ends with his plane being shot down and crash-landing somewhere outside of Muckingham.]]
* RichJerk: His avatar on the player's received text messages is ''a dollar sign'', just to flaunt how rich he is. He also uses his money for illegal goals.
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[[folder:Mayor Jeff Jefferson XIII]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Golf Cart, Clean the Mayor's Mansion, Clean the Frolic Boat
Mayor of Muckingham, a job passed down by his family line for years. He's also corrupt and is suspected of having diverted the city's water supply for some selfish goal.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: How he managed to stay in office for so long can only be chalked up to nepotism, as virtually no one in Muckingham has anything nice to say about him, implying he doesn't have a lot of voters. He's so despised, in fact, that even the local congregation of monks has taken it upon themselves to cover the front of his mansion with eggs.
* CorruptPolitician: Diverted the town's water supply from the local monk temple [[spoiler:to fund a personal ally's greed-fueled search for an ancient civilization]] and is repeatedly stated to be involved in all manner of illegal activities.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:As soon as the player cleans his frolic boat, he messages them saying that they're skipping town with it. Basically, as soon as the cats go missing and the volcano starts rumbling, the mayor abandons his own city and even his pet to save his own skin.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Ultimately this to Blake Thrust, as the one funding his research on the Lost City of Pacifists and giving him access to the town's water supply for his illegal mining, but staying mostly on the sidelines.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:He was thoroughly humiliated in his attempt to deface the monk temple, and the town is well aware of his crime by the endgame. Even if he's successfully escaped, it's unlikely he can ever return even when things settle down.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Despite his sleazebag behavior, the man loves his pet cat Ulysses and has a big fascination with cats in general, to the point his frolic boat has a big golden cat statue right at the bow. [[spoiler:This is subverted when he skips town, though, as he pointedly tells the player that they can keep Ulysses if they find him (her), calling the cat a "traitor". Bear in mind, [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a volcano is about to erupt and the cat was last seen near it]].]]
* ManlyFacialHair: Described as having an utterly gigantic mustache on his face.
* {{Nepotism}}: The men of his family were all mayors of Muckingham before him, all of them equally rich in their accounts but bankrupt in morality.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:He pipes in later as "Timmy Timmerson I" while the player cleans a stunt plane he was riding on a few days earlier, and does a ''terrible'' job keeping his identity a secret. He even signs his first text message with his ''true initials''.]]
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[[folder:Blake Thrust]]
!!!'''Jobs:''' Clean the Drill, Clean the Private Jet
A millionaire who lives near Muckingham, fancying himself an adventurer and archaeologist buff using his money for research purposes. As it turns out, he's not using it legally.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The one responsible for Mount Rushless' incoming eruption after his illegal mining operation struck the magma flow and stirred it.]]
* CoolPlane: His private jet is outfitted with anti-gravity devices and a freaking ''laser gun'', all of which he supposedly needs for his "excavation" work near the volcano. [[spoiler:It doesn't last long against a flying saucer from the future either way.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archaeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games.]]
* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Given his private jet, the pun is fully intended; [[spoiler:His attack on Skye's ship ends with his plane being shot down and crash-landing somewhere outside of Muckingham.]]
* RichJerk: His avatar on the player's received text messages is ''a dollar sign'', just to flaunt how rich he is. He also uses his money for illegal goals.
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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games. Additionally, while they both own big fancy mansions, Blake refuses to let you set foot on the property. Lara not only allows you on, but even lets you go inside so you can clean the trophy room, a place she's never even let her trusted butler into.]]

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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games. Additionally, while they both own big fancy mansions, Blake refuses to let you set foot on the property. Lara not only allows you on, but even lets you go inside so you can clean the trophy room, a place she's never even let her trusted butler into.]]
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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games.]]

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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games. Additionally, while they both own big fancy mansions, Blake refuses to let you set foot on the property. Lara not only allows you on, but even lets you go inside so you can clean the trophy room, a place she's never even let her trusted butler into.]]
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* SavingTheWorld: [[spoiler:By cleaning the structures and the ancient temple near Mount Rushless, the protagonist manages to stop TheEndOfTHeWorldAsWeKnowIt and save both Muckingham and the Earth itself.]]

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* SavingTheWorld: [[spoiler:By cleaning the structures and the ancient temple near Mount Rushless, the protagonist manages to stop TheEndOfTHeWorldAsWeKnowIt TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and save both Muckingham and the Earth itself.]]
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* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat later, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.

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* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat later, combat, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.
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[[folder:Aura Smith and Jenny Pebbles]]
Two vloggers and cryptozoologists who recently acquired the house of Esther De'ath, a deceased former actress. Obsessed with the paranormal, the two hire the player to clean Esther's detached house and vintage car while talking about what they think are supernatural events.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: With the player having done a good job for them repeatedly, they let them take their recreation vehicle (an RV) as a gift, or let them offer it to someone who wants it. [[RunningGag The player then gifts it to Harper.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: The two jump at shadows whenever they think something strange is going on, with Aura confusing the sound of a washer for a ghost event for example. They also think the symbols drawn around the detached house are [[LanguageOfMagic Enochian sigils]] when in reality they're just builder diagrams for the plumbers renovating the place's pipeline.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The two are cryptozoologists, so their job is to determine this trope regarding cryptids and, outside of that fascination, supernatural events. Aura mentions plenty of supposed "ghostly" sightings and sounds as the player washes the detached house, but they're all either caused by lack of research or jumping at every little sound they hear.
* ShaggyDogStory: Downplayed; the two were hoping to start a vlog series about Esther's life history, but it flopped due to the watchers only caring about her patrimony and items being auctioned off online (such as the car). The two still made plenty of money on the bargain, however.
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[[folder:Mayor Jeff Jefferson XIV]]
Mayor of Muckingham, a job passed down by his family line for years. He's also corrupt and is suspected of having diverted the city's water supply for some selfish goal.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: How he managed to stay in office for so long can only be chalked up to nepotism, as virtually no one in Muckingham has anything nice to say about him, implying he doesn't have a lot of voters. He's so despised, in fact, that even the local congregation of monks has taken it upon themselves to cover the front of his mansion with eggs.
* CorruptPolitician: Diverted the town's water supply from the local monk temple [[spoiler:to fund a personal ally's greed-fueled search for an ancient civilization]] and is repeatedly stated to be involved in all manner of illegal activities.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:As soon as the player cleans his frolic boat, he messages them saying that they're skipping town with it. Basically, as soon as the cats go missing and the volcano starts rumbling, the mayor abandons his own city and even his pet to save his own skin.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Ultimately this to Blake Thrust, as the one funding his research on the Lost City of Pacifists and giving him access to the town's water supply for his illegal mining, but staying mostly on the sidelines.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:He was thoroughly humiliated in his attempt to deface the monk temple, and the town is well aware of his crime by the endgame. Even if he's successfully escaped, it's unlikely he can ever return even when things settle down.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Despite his sleazebag behavior, the man loves his pet cat Ulysses and has a big fascination with cats in general, to the point his frolic boat has a big golden cat statue right at the bow. [[spoiler:This is subverted when he skips town, though, as he pointedly tells the player that they can keep Ulysses if they find him (her), calling the cat a "traitor". Bear in mind, [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a volcano is about to erupt and the cat was last seen near it]].]]
* ManlyFacialHair: Described as having an utterly gigantic mustache on his face.
* {{Nepotism}}: The men of his family were all mayors of Muckingham before him, all of them equally rich in their accounts but bankrupt in morality.
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:He pipes in later as "Timmy Timmerson I" while the player cleans a stunt plane he was riding on a few days earlier, and does a ''terrible'' job keeping his identity a secret. He even signs his first text message with his ''true initials''.]]
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[[folder:Blake Thrust]]
A millionaire who lives near Muckingham, fancying himself an adventurer and archeologist buff using his money for research purposes. As it turns out, he's not using it legally.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The one responsible for Mount Rushless' incoming eruption after his illegal mining operation struck the magma flow and stirred it.]]
* CoolPlane: His private jet is outfitted with anti-gravity devices and a freaking ''laser gun'', all of which he supposedly needs for his "excavation" work near the volcano. [[spoiler:It doesn't last long against a flying saucer from the future either way.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:With the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' DLC added to the game, he becomes this to Lara Croft herself. Both are rich adventurers with archeological knowledge and the means to do their jobs as they see fit, but Lara is ultimately benevolent in her searches and will go out of her way to stop criminals trying to use ancient relics or forbidden knowledge for selfish goals, even if her methods aren't always ethical. Thrust, on the other hand, uses his money for illegal operations he doesn't even bother conducting himself and is trying to unearth the secrets of a lost civilization purely for his personal gain. He is, in fact, precisely the type of greedy villain Lara Croft often fights against in her games.]]
* IdleRich: Downplayed; his drilling machine is operated by people under his employ, never himself. [[spoiler:He does fly his jet later to engage Ceruleon Skye's UFO in combat later, however.]] All this with money to spare for his expenses.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Given his private jet, the pun is fully intended; [[spoiler:His attack on Skye's ship ends with his plane being shot down and crash-landing somewhere outside of Muckingham.]]
* RichJerk: His avatar on the player's received text messages is ''a dollar sign'', just to flaunt how rich he is. He also uses his money for illegal goals.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Different flavors of it for each new caller, but let's just say for this folder that the citizens of Muckingham can be a bit... ''eccentric''.
* ConspiracyTheorist: A lot of them, given that it's a relatively smaller town and rumors go by fast in it. Much like with the above trope, the theories vary between each client.
* TheGhost: You only ever read their text messages to the player character, as there are no other modeled characters in-game. At most you get a hint they're watching you work ([[spoiler:and you do get support from some of them during the final job]]) but never do you actually see anyone.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the fishing boat job, Harper mentions that he lost his phone while out in the desert. Not long after, someone uses his old number to tell the player to come see them back there, which turns out to be [[spoiler:Ceruleon Skye in his flying saucer]].



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[[folder:Calvin Miller]]
A volcanologist who lives with his parents in Muckingham, interested in the recent surge of activity in Mount Rushless.
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* AnimalLover: Implied to own two dogs he calls his "girls", and tells the player they're "aspiring volcanologists" themselves after his backyard is cleaned, as they're already climbing everywhere. Apparently [[DownplayedTrope his patience reaches a limit with Ulysses]], though.
* BadassBystander: [[spoiler:He leads the evacuation efforts when Mount Rushless is close to eruption.]]
* FamilyMan: Loves his parents dearly, and calls upon the player to clean their bungalow as one of the earlier jobs after they're done cleaning his personal backyard.
* MissionControl: Shares this role with Harper as the client that talks to the player the most, giving them updates on Rushless' situation and how he's looking for Ulysses around town. [[spoiler:He also helps coordinate the evacuation of Muckingham when the volcano nears eruption and tells the player he's also getting his parents to safety.]]
* TheNicknamer: His call-sign for the player is "Doc".
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[[folder:Leonard and Dolores Miller]]
Calvin's parents, a sweet elderly couple who lives in a small bungalow the player helps clean up. Leonard himself is also a retired racecar driver.
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* [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old People]]: They're both friendly and very personable, with Leonard getting extra cool points for being a former racer and having kept his "wagon" for personal use.
* RetiredBadass: Leonard was a NASCAR driver and still has his old racecar. The player gets to clean it after Calvin sent his parents their number.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Leonard doesn't know how to use his phone well enough yet, resulting in his texts being all in CapsLock.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Leonard is a jolly old fellow, but he can't quite wrap his head around text messages yet. He also mistakes a race he saw on TV for one he participated in, and Dolores has to step in and tell him to rein it back when he gets the urge to speed down a sewer tunnel with his racecar.
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[[folder:Park Warden]]
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The warden of Muckingham's public park]], a bitter individual who seems to hate the people who frequent his area.
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* BadBoss: He's the one responsible for the upkeep of the public park, but apparently the absurdly-mucked playground has only the "odd fleck of dirt" on it "here and there", and the only reason he bothers asking for a clean-up of the skatepark is because of the recent media attention the town's been getting. Supposedly he has employees responsible for the park's upkeep but he doesn't seem to bother asking them for help.
* GrumpyOldMan: His age isn't ever stated, but this is his general demeanor regarding the people who frequent his park, resenting the parents of the children who got skin rashes off his dirty playground and the skateboarders who frequent the half-pipes.
* NeverMyFault: Kids getting dermatitis off the park playground? He chalks it up to a bunch of nagging parents, and it's totally not because the place is ''caked'' in mud and bird poop because of his negligence.
* NoOSHACompliance: Grumbles about the playground needing to be cleaned because of parents worried for their kids' safety, which he doesn't care about. Oh, but the skatepark, that definitely needs to be cleaned. [[SlaveToPR There's a news group wanting to talk about it, after all]].
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!The Player
[[folder:"Dirtfinder"]]
The player character, owner of a power washing business in the city of Muckingham who's hired to do a number of odd jobs around the city and its adjacent areas.
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* BadassNormal: The player ends up [[spoiler:stopping a volcanic cataclysm event that would've likely destroyed the entire Pacific Rim]]. And all they did was ''use a pressure washer''.
* {{Determinator}}: Cars, planes, backyards, houses, [[UpToEleven the Mars rover and even ancient statues]], no job is too small or too big for Dirtfinder.
* TheFaceless: Wears a full body protective suit for their job, so their face is never shown under the visor.
* HeroicMime: As an avatar for the player, their character never actually speaks or interacts with their clients in any meaningful way besides some moments where a request or line was implied. [[spoiler:They also end up saving the world.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Dirtfinder, Doc, Wishy, the "Filth Amendment", and so on.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Naturally, because this is a stand-in for the player, they're never given a real name. Calvin Miller calls the player character "Doc", while Harper Shaw gives them the nickname "Wishy" later on. A lot of the other clients seem to settle for "Dirtfinder" (after one of Shaw's business name ideas), hence the usage for the folder.
* SavingTheWorld: [[spoiler:By cleaning the structures and the ancient temple near Mount Rushless, the protagonist manages to stop TheEndOfTHeWorldAsWeKnowIt and save both Muckingham and the Earth itself.]]
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[[folder:Harper Shaw]]
The player's first client and close associate who helps them get their business up and running.
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* CloudCuckoolander: In his "quest" to find a good name for the player's business, apparently he ended up with several that ended up being spread around town, resulting in each new client calling the player something new. He also has some weird idiom choices (like saying an RV he couldn't buy would've been his "wasp-chewing chu-chu").
* MissionControl: The closest thing to this trope in the game, as he helps the player with some implied research requests and also keeps tabs on the going-ons around town.
* TheNicknamer: Calls the player "Wishy", and apparently one of his jobs is to help businesses with their name choices, hence why the power wash job you take ends up being called so many things.
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