History Characters / Runaways

'''Tropes'''
* HeroesWantRedHeads: Victor and Lillie
* FieryRedhead: Lillie
* JustFriends: Lillie's view of her and Tristan's relationship. Tristan has a [[AllLoveIsUnrequited different view.]]

* FishOutOfTemporalWater

* FallenAngels: Or rather, the children of fallen angels.
* FreudWasRight: In a very literal sense, the Gibborim are following Freud's theory that God and the father figure are the same thing in one's mind.

* AllHeroesWantRedHeads: Victor and Lillie

* '''Lillie/Spieler''': A young girl who is able to fly if she hears music, even if that music is in her own head. She falls in love with Victor, who begs her to come with them in the future. [[spoiler: She refuses, afraid, and her regretful future self in the 21st century arranges to have the Runaways transported back in time, setting in motion the whole ''Dead End Kids'' arc]].

-->''"In the future? What if I don't like it? What if you don't like me? What if I can't dance?"''

* '''Stretch''': An overweight boy who lives with his grandmother and role-plays as scantily clad superheroines.

The parents of Alex. They are two mob bosses whose organized crime syndicate controls all of Los Angeles and, apparently, California. Though they are [[spoiler: killed during the Rite of Thunder, several of Alex's online friends accidentally transport the 1980's version of Geoffrey to the present in a failed attempt to save Alex. He convinces them that the Pride was made up of good guys and tries to sacrifice Molly to the Gibborim in exchange for resurrecting his wife and son and creating a new Pride. He is defeated and, with his memory wiped, returned to the eighties]].

The parents of Karolina. They are extraterrestrials from the planet Majesdane, who were exiled to Earth for unspecified criminal activity. They took their new surname from actor James Dean and became Hollywood actors. When Karolina was born, they made her wear a med-alert bracelet at all times, which in actuality suppressed her Majesdanean form and made her appear human. At some point before the events of the series, the Deans fended off a Skrull invasion of Earth by giving them the coordinates to the planet Majesdane and arranging a marriage between their daughter and Skrull prince/princess Xavin. [[Spoiler: They conspired with the Hayeses to murder the human members of the Pride, hoping to secure the six seats in the Gibborim's paradise for themselves and their children. They believed that the Gibborim, hating humans for their role in ruining the Earth, would favor aliens and mutants. However, later dialogue shows that the Gibborim detest aliens, who they consider invasive creatures.]]

A pair of telepathic mutants who are doctors by profession. They had originally thought that Molly was not a mutant. They both had a sadistic side, once telepathically forcing a rival gang leader to watch as they butchered his crew.

The Pride is made up of six married couples who are the parents of the six original "runaways." In TheEighties, they were chosen by a trio of giants called the Gibborim to form the Pride. The Pride would sacrifice young innocents and feed their souls to the Gibborim, who would use the power gained to purge Earth of all humanity. In return, the Gibborim gave them twenty-five years of wealth and power and promised six members of the group a place in the new "paradise" that Earth would become. The other six would perish along with the rest of humanity. When Janet Stein got pregnant, she and her husband decided to donate their seat in the Gibborim's new paradise to their child. Each of the other couples in the Pride then chose to have one child each and give them their spots in the Gibborim's paradise rather than worry about possibly living forever separated from their spouses.

The parents of Gert.

The parents of Karolina.

* TheHero - Once the team reformed [[spoiler: after Alex's death]]. As the quote shows, she doesn't think of herself as one.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage - He admires the Kingpin of all people for keeping New York on a tight leas, despite being a BadassNormal in a city full of superheroes.

** {{Invisibility}} / DeflectorShields

An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who the team basically kidnaps after a visitor from the future ([[spoiler:Gert]]) tells them that he will grow up to become a BigBad called Victorius, who will murder all of the superheroes in the world. [[spoiler: It turns out that Victor is actually a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot cyborg]] created by the evil robot Ultron.]] Victor joins the team to learn about himself and (hopefully) prevent himself from becoming what everybody fears.

* SummersFamilyTree - Or rather, [[spoiler: Pym Family Tree.]]

* [[SummersFamilyTree]] - Or rather, [[spoiler: Pym Family Tree.]]

* GeniusBruiser - Although it's unclear just how strong he is, since he mainly sticks to his long-range abilities.

* [[SummersFamilyTree Pym Family Tree]]

* {{Technopath}} - To an extent

* SuperpowerLottery - The only drawback is that s/he has trouble using more than one ability at once due to hir lack of training.

** {{Invisiblity}} / DeflectorShields

* TheLancer

* InLoveWithYourCarnage - He admires the Kingpin of all people for keeping New York on a tight leash.

* TheLancer - When it's not Chase