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* BoomerangBigot: Kit hates wizards and the things they make. Her father was a wizard.
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* MadeOfIron: In the space of maybe a couple hours, Kit gets roughed up by zombies, takes a shotgun blast to the chest point blank, and still has enough left in the tank to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown go a couple rounds with Jeanne Noelle]], with no apparent lasting injury. After escaping from Jeanne, she falls down a steep, rocky hill into a river and is captured by the [[PinkertonDetective JDA]]. She proceeds to open up a can of whoop-ass on ''them'' after being butt-stroked in the gut with a rifle. ''While her hands are tied.''

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* MadeOfIron: In the space of maybe a couple hours, Kit gets roughed up by zombies, takes a shotgun blast to the chest point blank, and still has enough left in the tank to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown go a couple rounds with Jeanne Noelle]], with no apparent lasting injury. After escaping from Jeanne, she falls down a steep, rocky hill into a river and is captured by the [[PinkertonDetective JDA]]. She proceeds to open up a can of whoop-ass on ''them'' after being butt-stroked in the gut with a rifle. ''While her hands are tied.'''' [[spoiler:Sabueso has to completely hog-tie her to subdue her - and she still doesn't stop talking trash.]]

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* BystanderSyndrome: She had the chance to eliminate the current zombie problem before it became an epidemic, but as far as she was concerned, it wasn't her problem.



* SomebodyElsesProblem: She had the chance to eliminate the current zombie problem before it became an epidemic, but as far as she was concerned, it wasn't her problem.
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* MeaningfulName: His name means The Bloodhound and he's a tracker.
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* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]].

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** WrongGenreSavvy: Except that these particular zombies apparently don't work that way.



** WrongGenreSavvy: Except that these particular zombies apparently don't work that way.
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* ForScience: The reason she wanted to study the zombies.


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* MadScientist: The revenge she has planned against Liz for leaving her to die in a bottle involves a lot of experimenting with BlackMagic.
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* SomebodyElsesProblem: She had the chance to eliminate the current zombie problem before it became an epidemic, but as far as she was concerned, it wasn't her problem.
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Fond of cigars, as befitting a LargeAndInCharge villain.

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* [[spoiler: ObfuscatingStupidity]]




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* [[spoiler: TreacherousAdvisor: He's with The Knights.]]
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* BadassSpaniard
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* BadassPreacher: By all appearances he is an ActualPacifist, but he still isn't above using a little [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/04/11/the-dreadful-113/ intimidation]] to help people do the right thing.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Introduced in [[{{Omake}} the first "Dreadful Advertising"]] as an utterly over the top goofball.
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* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He was able to track Kit to a location she hadn't reached yet in order to lay in wait for her.
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* CoolHorse: Jeanne rides a ''draught'' horse, a Clydesdale (or TheVerse's equivalent) by WordOfGod. [[http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1209273#post1209273]] It's got MonochromeEyes like its mistress, a [[PerpetualFrowner perma-scowl]] and a [[GoodScarsEvilScars badass scar]] across its right eye. As evil as it looks, it may border on HellishHorse.

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* CoolHorse: Jeanne rides a ''draught'' horse, a Clydesdale (or TheVerse's equivalent) by WordOfGod. [[http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1209273#post1209273]] It's got MonochromeEyes MonochromaticEyes like its mistress, a [[PerpetualFrowner perma-scowl]] and a [[GoodScarsEvilScars badass scar]] across its right eye. As evil as it looks, it may border on HellishHorse.

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* MadeOfIron

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* MadeOfIronLovecraftianSuperpower: At first glance, The Dreadful just appears to be a spell-like giant energy beam. But [[spoiler:as Jeanne reveals, it has a side effect that produces TheVirus]].
* MadeOfIron: In the space of maybe a couple hours, Kit gets roughed up by zombies, takes a shotgun blast to the chest point blank, and still has enough left in the tank to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown go a couple rounds with Jeanne Noelle]], with no apparent lasting injury. After escaping from Jeanne, she falls down a steep, rocky hill into a river and is captured by the [[PinkertonDetective JDA]]. She proceeds to open up a can of whoop-ass on ''them'' after being butt-stroked in the gut with a rifle. ''While her hands are tied.''



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* NiceHatMsFanservice: Not in the main comic, but she appears as one in the Eagle Beer adverts.
* MuggingTheMonster: Kit does this and then has it done right back to her in ''A Dreadful Halloween''.
* NiceHat: A stetson, customized to accomodate her horns.
* OhCrap: Kit's reaction when she finds out the hard way about Burke's [[ImmuneToBullets immunity]].



* PowerIncontinence: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/04/09/the-dreadful-112/ It]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/04/11/the-dreadful-113/ appears]] Kit doesn't have perfect control over The Dreadful.
* PungeonMaster: At least around Boozloaf.



* SuperSenses: Kit frequently points out that she has excellent night vision.
* TooDumbToLive: Kit and Jeanne fight, and Kit manages to get behind Jeanne with a gun to her head. She ''knows'' that Jeanne is ungodly fast and strong. Does she pull the trigger? Nope, she [[TemptingFate stops to gloat]]. To no one's surprise but Kit, NoHoldsBarredBeatdown ensues.




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* TheStoic: As a foil for Kit's flamboyance and adrenaline-junkie tendencies.



* MonochromaticEyes: Jeanne and her horse both have these.



* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
* [[spoiler:PresentCompanyExcluded:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Erin:''' Will nothing keep itself dead?! ''*realizes*'' Not that I am [[BackFromTheDead complaining]], Ith]].



* WingedHumanoid

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* WingedHumanoid
WingedHumanoid: WordOfGod has confirmed she is not an angel despite her appearance.
* [[spoiler:XMarksTheHero: Erin has one of these scars right in the center of her forehead, presumably because that's where Liz shot her]].




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* [[spoiler:SharingABody: with Erin]]




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* StylisticSuck: El Sabueso is intentionally drawn like a character from a RobLiefeld comic.

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!Kit !Penelope Kit Adams



* CelibateHero

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* CelibateHeroBerserkButton: Don't imply anything unpleasant about Poe in Kit's presence.
** She also reacts [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/04/06/the-dreadful-111/ poorly]] to racism.
* [[CelibateHero Celibate Anti-Hero]]: Kit takes great pride in being living proof that a devikin can make something of herself without having to prostitute herself. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/07/18/the-dreadful-134/ A flashback]] shows that she's so dead-set on Poe and herself avoiding getting stained with the HornyDevils image that she insists that neither of them have any sex at all.
* CuteLittleFangs: They go with the horns.
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DevelopmentGag: Kit's [[EmbarrassingFirstName first name]] is Penelope. The intended title of the comic was Penny Dreadful, until it was discovered that another webcomic already carries the title.



* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingFirstName: Penelope.]]

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* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingFirstName: Penelope.]]Penelope.
* FragileSpeedster: In close combat, Kit is this. Not big enough to hit very hard, but can dodge [[LightningBruiser Jeanne Noelle]]'s attacks. [[spoiler:Jeanne is still faster.]] On the other hand, see MadeOfIron.



* TheGunslinger

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* TheGunslingerGunsAkimbo: Combine Kit, a pair of AK-47s, and a [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/03/19/a-paid-message-from-big-eagle-beer-01/ giant, fire-breathing eagle]]. What do you get? [[RuleOfCool Awesome]].
* TheGunslinger: Type A/D, with shades of type C.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
* HellishPupils: Kit's are vertical.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Sort of. She has few scruples about killing, but she doesn't like to shoot unarmed foes.
--> '''Liz''': "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you was a killer with standards."
* HornedHumanoid
* HyperspaceArsenal: Lampshaded:
--> '''Liz''': "Where'd that beam go, anyway?"
--> '''Kit''': "[[HandWave Let's not dwell on questions about how The Dreadful works.]]"



* ImmuneToBullets: Like all Devikin - unless they're silver.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: She's able to go one better than BlastingItOutOfTheirHands by ''shooting the hammer off of a cocked and loaded rifle.''
** Aptly demonstrated again [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/04/06/the-dreadful-111/ here]], where she shoots the hammer of a revolver in midair and causes it to fire into the man's face.




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* WaveMotionGun: The Dreadful, a magical pistol that Kit can summon, is one of these.



* CuteLittleFangs: They go with the horns.
* CuteMonsterGirl
* HellishPupils: They're vertical - seems to be standard for Devikin.
* HimeCut
* HornedHumanoid
* ImmuneToBullets: Like all Devikin - unless they're silver.



* {{Bifauxnen}}



* ColdSniper: apparently the case with Liz, a sharpshooter who is also kind of a taciturn bitch.



* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Liz constantly has a cigarette drooping from her mouth, highlighting her hard-boiled and cynical nature.
* TheGunslinger: Type A/D



* AndShowItToYou: Jeanne has reportedly been known to force-feed people pieces of themselves.



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* CleavageWindowBloodKnight: Jeanne really seems to relish the idea of fighting Kit. When Kit looks like she's ready to reveal her SuperpoweredEvilSide, Jeanne's response is, "This is turning out better than I expected."
* CleavageWindow: Her standard outfit
* CoolHorse: Jeanne rides a ''draught'' horse, a Clydesdale (or TheVerse's equivalent) by WordOfGod. [[http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1209273#post1209273]] It's got MonochromeEyes like its mistress, a [[PerpetualFrowner perma-scowl]] and a [[GoodScarsEvilScars badass scar]] across its right eye. As evil as it looks, it may border on HellishHorse.
* DodgeTheBullet: Jeanne can dodge bullets shot by ''[[TheGunslinger Kit]]'' at ''point blank''.



* HellishHorse: Rides one.
* LargeAndInCharge

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* HellishHorse: Rides one.
FingerGun: Jeanne does this and [[spoiler:fires a beam not unlike what The Dreadful fires]].
* LargeAndInChargeFlashStep: Why Jeanne can win a gunfight against [[TheGunslinger Kit]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/09/14/the-dreadful-154/ without a gun]].
* GroinAttack: One of Jeanne's more [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/07/01/the-dreadful-036/ brutal murders.]]
* HyperAwareness: Jeanne could hear the hammer click on Kit's revolver from the bushes at least 20m away. She immediately knew, apparently just from the sound, that A) it was Kit, and B) Kit was ''decocking'' rather than cocking the hammer.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: When Jeanne is fighting Kit, she moves fast enough to DodgeTheBullet, but slow enough that Kit can dodge her attacks. Until Kit manages to get her gun to the back of Jeanne's head. Kit didn't even have a chance to react to the following punch.
* LargeAndInCharge: Jeanne Noelle is probably one of the largest characters in the comic. She leads a group of bandits (and apparently has quite a bit of leverage over officials).
* LightningBruiser: Aptly demonstrated [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2012/09/14/the-dreadful-154/ here]].



* AccidentalAimingSkills: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/09/10/the-dreaful-056/ Erin shoots Liz's cigarette]] in half at night, and the lines around her nose indicate that her attention was drawn to it by ''smell''. However, WordOfGod is that this was just an awesome-looking accident.



* BilingualBonus: for speakers of German.



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* GenreSavvyCoolGuns: Erin uses a Mauser c96 as a sidearm
* DefiantToTheEnd: See FacingTheBulletsOneLiner.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Erin's English could use some work.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Erin says the German equivalent of "Kiss my ass" [[hottip:+:literally "Lick me"]] when Liz interrogates her at gunpoint.
* ForeignCussWord: "Leck mich."
* GenreSavvy: Upon seeing [[spoiler: the slug-revived ''things'', Erin and Ith]] instantly guess that they are zombies and shooting them in the head would be the best course of action.
** WrongGenreSavvy: Except that these particular zombies apparently don't work that way.



* TheGunslinger: Type A



* FairyInABottle: The strip initially uses this as a parody of the Zelda example, where Liz remembers that she's got one when she pulls out a [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster long dead bottled fairy]] and throws it at Erin. [[spoiler: Then made more plot relevant, when it turns out the fairy, Ith, was a necromancer and proceeds to possess/resurrect (apparently something goes wrong and they end up SharingABody) Erin after Kit and Liz have left.]]
* GenreSavvy: Upon seeing [[spoiler: the slug-revived ''things'']], Erin and Ith instantly guess that they are zombies and shooting them in the head would be the best course of action.
** WrongGenreSavvy: Except that these particular zombies apparently don't work that way.



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* CoolHorseCoolHorse: His horse, Bludkolt, is a horse dressed like someone out of TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.
* DarkAgeOfSupernames: As part of his "parody of [[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90's comics]]" shtick, El Sabueso's name translates to "The Bloodhound" and his horse is called Bludkolt.
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!Penelope Kit Adams

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!Penelope Kit !Kit Adams
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!Kit Adams

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!Kit !Penelope Kit Adams

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* MadeOfIron



* FromACertainPointOfView: Assures some members of the [=JDA=] that Kit is weak and vulnerable after her run in with Jeanne and being tied up. She promptly starts to beat them to a pulp. He continues to insist that she's weak and vulnerable. Relatively.




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* {{Seers}}: He can track anything including... '''[[LargeHam the FUTURE]]'''.
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!Kit Randolph

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!Kit RandolphAdams



!Poe Randolph

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!Poe RandolphAdams
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* DisappearedDad
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![[spoiler: Penelope]] Kit [[spoiler: Randolph]]

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![[spoiler: Penelope]] Kit [[spoiler: Randolph]]!Kit Randolph



!Poe [[spoiler: Randolph]]

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!Poe [[spoiler: Randolph]]Randolph

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!Kit

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!Kit![[spoiler: Penelope]] Kit [[spoiler: Randolph]]



* [[spoiler: EmbarrassingFirstName: Penelope.]]



* MotorMouth: As a child.



!Poe

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!Poe!Poe [[spoiler: Randolph]]



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!Liz!Elizabeth "Liz" Napier



* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam

!Judge Catherine
* StatuesqueStunner
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* LargeAndInCharge
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* PungeonMaster
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: Her dialogue has a unique font, which is necessary in order to [[spoiler: differentiate her speech from Erin's.]]

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* PaintingTheFourthWall: PaintingTheMedium: Her dialogue has a unique font, which is necessary in order to [[spoiler: differentiate her speech from Erin's.]]
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* GoodShepherdGoodShepherd

! El Sabueso
* BadassSpaniard
* CoolHorse
* LargeHam
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: Her dialogue has a unique font, which is necessary in order to [[spoiler: differentiate her speech from Erin's.]]]]

!Boozloaf
* ALoadOfBull
* GentleGiant
* GoodShepherd
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!Kit
* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]].
* BadassAbnormal: Beyond being a devikin, Kit is confirmed to have some seriously weird powers that she doesn't know the full extent of.
* CelibateHero
* GenreBlind
* TheGunslinger
* IdiotHero: To a degree.
* NiceHat
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* [[spoiler: PoweredByAForsakenChild: Use of The Dreadful is somehow linked to creating zombies.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Poe's blue.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* SupernaturalGoldEyes

!Poe
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Occasionally shocks Kit by letting slip exactly what's going on under that demure demeanor.
* MsFanservice: Has been seen having sex on panel (much to Kit's dismay) and generally wears clothing that emphasizes her figure, unlike Kit.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Kit's red.
* TheReliableOne

!Liz
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Does not have a very good grasp of basic Spanish grammar.
* LooksLikeCesare
* NoMouth: Pre ArtEvolution, before Erin shot out her cigarette.

!Jeanne Noelle
* AmazonianBeauty
* AxCrazy
* CleavageWindow
* TheDreaded: EVERYONE is scared shitless of Jeanne.
* HellishHorse: Rides one.
* ProphetEyes: Although we don't entirely know why yet.

!Erin
* [[spoiler: AnIcePerson: Post resurrection.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* ColdSniper
* GenreSavvy
* GogglesDoNothing
* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars: Has an X-shaped scar right in the middle of her forehead from when Liz shot her.]]
* [[spoiler: SharingABody: With Ith.]]
* SophisticatedAsHell: If you properly translate her German dialogue.
* WingedHumanoid

!Ith
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Introduced as a dead fairy in a bottle that Liz forgot about. Ends up resurrecting Erin.]]
* PaintingTheFourthWall: Her dialogue has a unique font, which is necessary in order to [[spoiler: differentiate her speech from Erin's.]]

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