History Characters / TheQuarry

* {{Protagonist}}: Despite disappearing from the plot for much of the first act after the prologue, Laura [[spoilers: reappears at the end of act one]] to essentially take on the role of main character, determined to kill [[spoiler: Chris Hackett]] and cure [[spoiler: Max]]. She’s both the first and, if all necessary requirements are made, the last playable character in the game, [[spoilers: unable to die until Chapter 9 at the earliest]]. Furthermore, she’s the only character who has the ability to kill [[spoiler: Silas]], ending the curse forever and curing everybody infected.

* VitriolicBestBuds

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Ryan can kill Jacob by blindly shooting at a bush after hearing rustling sounds, not knowing that the rustling was Jacob running towards him for help.]]

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* AntiHero: Her ultimate goal is to cure her boyfriend of his [[spoiler: lycanthropy by killing Chris Hackett, the werewolf who infected him, and she can potentially murder other characters for getting in her way. She can also kill the wrong target twice (with one being guaranteed)]], and she's not above {{Revenge}} either, although some of her more cruel moments are done while under the werewolf curse.

* BadassNormal: If Ryan [[spoiler: kills Chris, she will lose her increased werewolf strength]], but she's still as badass as ever.

* DamselOutOfDistress: She gets herself and Max out of [[spoiler: Travis' prison by either drugging him, threatening him, or ''shooting'' him. The latter option will ensure her death later]].

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:PlayedWith and then {{Subverted}}. She's the playable prologue character in a Supermassive horror game, which historically has always meant death within the hour. However, she does in fact survive and returns in Chapter 7, at which point she emerges as a strong contender for the title of main character.]]

* DirtyCoward: She has the option to abandon Max in the prologue as he's bleeding out. Jarringly, she's still presented as willing to [[spoiler: kill a werewolf Chris for him later in the story, possibly out of regret for her rash decision earlier.]] However, since this action is never brought up again, this characterization is likely not canon.

* DramaticIrony: Her itchy trigger finger is her FatalFlaw, yet [[spoiler: if spares the wounded Silas, he'll snap and go on a rampage that can potentially end with every party member dead. If Ryan and Chris are dead, she will also get locked in the basement by Travis if she doesn't shoot him]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: She's rather stubborn and TriggerHappy when chasing [[spoiler: Chris, but she hesitates when being told to kill Silas, since [[SympathyForTheDevil he was a young boy who was abused for most of his life]]. Even if she does kill him, she'll feel worse than she does if she kills the entire Hackett family]]. However, it's implied this was due to [[spoiler:Eliza briefly influencing her decisions]].

* FanDisservice: If Ryan manages to [[spoiler: cure her by killing werewolf Chris, she'll be shown in her underwear after turning. However, this is overshadowed by the blood she's covered in for most of the scene, with even Ryan, who is seemingly attracted to her, finding it gross]].

--> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

** If she and [[spoiler: Travis don't kill each other in Chapter 9, they will still be at each others' throats, with Laura being very vocal about hating his guts for kidnapping her and Max, and Travis resenting her for killing his niece. Despite this, they team together to take down Silas and put an end to the curse, although she can end up killing ''Travis'' instead]].

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* BookDumb: {{Downplayed}}. He flunked his college entrance exam, though Laura believes that he still wrote a great essay regardless.
* BreakTheComedian: {{Subverted}}. Regardless of how much pain he goes through, he never drops his plucky and humorous attitude, though it's downplayed as we never see him react to any of [[spoiler:Laura's potential deaths]].

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Like every other character, he can die if you don't play your cards right (and in a quite gruesome way, in fact)]].

* LivingMacGuffin: {{Downplayed}}, but he mostly exists to give Laura a reason to involve herself in the story by trying to [[spoiler:kill Chris Hackett to cure him of the werewolf curse]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He shows this after finding [[spoiler: Emma's corpse, were he to kill her in the island]].

* PrecisionFStrike: After trying to pepper his speech with self-censorship for most of his imprisonment, he screams "IS THIS FUCKING CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU, BITCH?!" as he's [[spoiler: falling for the werewolf curse]] and Laura asks to observe him.
* ProperlyParanoid:

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* KillTheOnesYouLove: {{Subverted}}. Shooting [[spoiler:werewolf Nick]] in the face will jarringly not kill him, as [[spoiler:the shotgun wasn't laced with silver]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Doesn't stop her from having a minor breakdown after the fact]].
* MeaningfulName: Blyg is Swedish for “shy”, fitting Abigail's [[ShrinkingViolet discrete personality]].

* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler: While it doesn't ''kill'' him, Abi is faced with the critical choice of whether to shoot Nick before he transforms. Whether she takes the shot or not determines whether Nick kills her before fleeing into the woods]].

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--> "Fuck you! I got you, motherfucker!"

* FinalGirl: Potentially. She's always one of the last characters standing and gets to confront [[spoiler: Caleb]] in the cabin at the climax. The game also has an achievement for her coming out the sole survivor.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After finding out that the [[spoiler: werewolves]] can't stand the water, Dylan suggests that they should spend the night swimming in the lake, wich she turns down by saying they would've died of hyportemia instead. [[spoiler: Not long after this, she can get stuck in freezer and possibly die if there is nobody to free her and she isn't infected]].

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: She sings the Hackett's Quarry theme song before going toe-to-toe with [[spoiler:Caleb the werewolf]].
--> "Showtime, motherfuckers."

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* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: The closer he gets to turning into a werewolf, the harsher he becomes, especially towards Abigail. Right before he transforms, he even tells her he only liked her because she seemed like 'easy pickings'. We're never told exactly how true that is, but it's implied that sudden hostility (and some degree of mania) is a side effect of the infection, as Max can be short-tempered with Laura if he's upset with her, and Chris has a short temper just before the sun goes down.]]

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: He gets bitten in the woods and eventually changes to a monster. This is unavoidable, but he doesn't have to be killed]].

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HalstonSage
-->''"I mean in a way... "faking it" is just being yourself... but louder."''

** If she becomes infected in Chapter 6, Kaitlyn and Dylan will tell her to go into the lodge storm shelter after finding her in the car outside. Once inside the shelter, she begins vlogging again, but because the infection causes a victim to lose control over their behavior and grow agitated and aggressive before they actually transform, she starts being incredibly hostile to her fans, being jealous of the fact that she has to go through what’s happening at Hackett’s Quarry while they “sit on their asses at home.” Depending on how one interprets the way the infection works on a deeper level, they may come away from this scene feeling it indicates that she's an entitled person who feels her fans “owe her” for making something they all enjoy.

* CompositeCharacter: Appears to be a mix between Emily and Jessica from ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', though she takes more after the former; like Emily, she's an AlphaBitch who is revealed to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex hide their insecurities behind a bossy confident mask]] when the player is left alone with them and can show surprising badassery when left to their own devices in a dangerous situation. On the other hand, she fills a far more similar role to Jessica (as both are girlfriends of the jock character and later get separated from the group for the majority of the game), and she shares Jessica's status as a playful, cheeky, sociable person despite having a mean streak, whereas Emily is more serious and blunt. Furthermore, both Emma and Jessica's [[spoiler: first potential death]] happens in Chapter 4 of their respective games and both happen while in their underwear.
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Depending on her dialogue choices, she can be a jerk to Jacob and Abigail as she kisses Nick during a game of truth or dare to make them both jealous (she knows Jacob still carries a torch for her and wanted to deter him and she knows of Abigail's crush on Nick). However, she is right to say that Abigail should just be honest with Nick rather than just dance around their feelings for one another. With Jacob, she is completely right to say that she doesn't want to date him and if Jacob really does care about her, then he should respect her decision.]]

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Her attempts to remain on good terms with Jacob makes her come off like this, as she spends a good portion of the dock sequence flirting with him and then invites him to swim with her in their underwear. [[spoiler: She can also potentially tell Jacob that she still has feelings for him but doesn't feel that they're meant to be together. As well, should both survive and Jacob confesses to sabotaging the car, she will tell him that she has no interest in being with him anymore, letting him down gently or harshly depending on how the players choose to have Jacob break the news to her. Regardless of how the flow of the conversation goes, she allows him to stay with her until sunrise]].

* OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: If Jacob meets up with her in the forest while infected, a cutscene will play of him chewing off her head after transforming]].

* PhoneaholicTeenager: Is the most desperate to get her phone back from Chris at the end of summer and is practically glued to it, recording videos to upload to her stream later, for the rest of the night (until the far more serious need to survive takes over). This can potentially be a positive for the group, as Emma has the opportunity to take a picture of [[spoiler: Werewolf Max if she chooses to taser him, adding to the evidence which can help clear the counsellors of any wrongdoing at the end of the game]].

* {{Tsundere}}: She comes off as one, as she's hot and cold on how she feels about Jacob. [[spoiler: When discussing her relationship with him to Abby at the beginning of the game, she fondly says he's sweet, and while firm on not wanting to continue a relationship with him, she still flirts with him at the dock. However, she is given the option to rant about him during the "streaming sequence", and even during that she has another Tsundere moment where she talks about a scenario where she and Jacob settle down together. As well, her reasoning for why she doesn't want to pursue a serious relationship with him depends largely on how the player chooses to have Jacob confront her toward the end of the game, as she will either tell him that she still has feelings for him but doesn't feel like they're meant for each other or harshly tell him that she broke it off with him because he's a self-centered, with it not being clear which one is the actual reason for it]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Jacob. Regardless of the player's choices [[spoiler: they won't. However, the player's choices factor into whether they end things off amicably or not]].

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* FlatEarthAtheist: Ryan continuously insists on "rational" explanations for the peril the counselors find themselves in, arguing with the others even when the evidence that their circumstances are far from rational is literally [[LudicrousGibs splattered]] all over them. He interrupts and mocks the suggestion of [[spoiler: werewolves]], in spite of [[spoiler: having just witnessed Nick's transformation]]. This matches the nature of his favorite podcast, where one half of the team is an AgentScully who is committed to skepticism and debunking strange events.

--> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

** Not shooting [[spoiler: werewolf Chris]] will inevitably lead to Ryan's death by having the shotgun jabbed in his face.
** Later, trying to negotiate with [[spoiler: Travis if the latter kills Laura will backfire if Travis takes the gun, whereupon he will shoot Ryan in cold blood for killing Chris.]]
** Not [[spoiler: stabbing Bobby when given the chance will lead to him stabbing Ryan in the throat if he kills both his brothers in self-defense.]]

* PacifismBackfire: [[spoiler: If you try to follow Ryan's instincts and not shoot werewolf Chris in Chapter 9, the former will reward you by stabbing Ryan in the face with his own shotgun. Not even being infected will save you! Tragically, the only way for Ryan to survive (and for the curse to end) is to kill his beloved mentor in cold blood. Sparing his brother Travis later if he kills Laura will end with Ryan meeting [[BoomHeadshot a similarly gruesome end]]]].
* PlotArmor:

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-->'''Dylan:''' Get it… "boner"…?
-->'''Ryan:''' ''[Stone-faced.]'' [[SarcasmMode Your wit knows no bounds.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Despite being such a laid-back individual, his inner resolve is peerless. He can [[spoiler: demand for his hand to be amputated, and power on through the pain and trauma for the rest of the night]]. Possibly even more impressively, Dylan [[spoiler: is the only curse victim who manages to keep enough presence of mind to warn his friends away from him]].

* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this trope in response to Nick's injuries, suggesting amputation to deal with the apparent infection. [[spoiler: Later, he'll beg Ryan to cut off his hand if bitten.]]

* MeaningfulName: Lenivý is Czech for “lazy”, not unfitting for his laid-back vibe.

* ResistTheBeast: On the story path where his hand is not amputated Dylan [[spoiler: will instead become a werewolf infectee.]] He will turn shortly after his BigDamnHeroes moment at the scrapyard, but retains enough presence of mind to scream at Kaitlyn to run away and leave him behind.

* UnluckilyLucky: In a playthrough where Dylan is having a particularly bad night, it's possible for him to [[spoiler: be infected by Caleb at the PA shack, get his hand cut off with a chainsaw to stop the spread of the infection, then be RE-infected by a werewolf Emma, and finally have the curse cured before he can even benefit from the infection by regenerating his missing hand. Funnily enough, Dylan being infected is the single easiest way to guarantee he survives the night since it protects him from his werewolf encounters and he never attacks anyone armed with silver if he turns.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While he wasn’t directly responsible for stranding his fellow counselors for another night and putting them in mortal danger, it’s his suggestion of throwing a party that keeps them from going inside and ends up putting them in the crosshairs of [[spoiler:the werewolves]].

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* AccidentalHero: [[spoiler: While trying to run away from an attacking werewolf, he bumps into Emma, accidentally knocking her into the water below the wooden walkway they're on, and he is pursued by the werewolf before he can go after her. Had he known that the werewolves are hydrophobic and avoid water, he would have jumped in too.]]
* ActionSurvivor: Jacob never fights any of the [[spoiler:werewolves]] and is forced to use stealth and leading the [[spoiler:werewolves]] into prepared traps.
* AllForNothing: Jacob’s efforts to get back together with Emma, including sabotaging the van and unknowingly putting everyone’s lives at risk, ultimately prove to be in vain. Emma outright says she doesn’t want him, and can even [[spoiler:die before the chance for communication even arises]].
* AmicableExes: Emma ''wanted'' them to be this, but he's not over her and sabotaged the van so that he could find a way to get her to take him back [[spoiler: which would unintentionally set the course for how the rest of the night would go]].
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler: There's a lot to suggest in the later game that the stereotypical frat bro personality is an act meant to make him seem confident while hiding his insecurities. While he normally comes across as boisterous and devil-may-care, he's extremely clingy with his summer fling, he's quick to go to tears when nobody is looking, he tends to panic, and many of his claimed skills like marksmanship turn out to be very exaggerated when put to the test.]]

* DoggedNiceGuy: Jacob is trying to make an official relationship with Emma despite being told that she's not interested in him and only wanted a summer fling. [[spoiler: He sabotaged the minivan so he can have one more day at camp so he can change her mind but he unknowingly and indirectly causes everyone to be trapped with werewolves.]] How the player acts as him determines how [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical or idealistic the trope is]]. If the player chooses to make him unapologetic about his actions, he can angrily tell Emma that she doesn't appreciate his efforts, and she tells him off for not respecting her choice to not want to date him. On the other hand, Jacob can choose to be [[JerkassRealization apologetic about his actions]].

* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler: If the player chooses "Bitter" during the forest confrontation with Emma, he will angrily snap that Emma that he "did this for her" to give her "one more chance to see what she's missing out on" and confesses to sabotaging the minivan]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: If he is caught in a trap while running from werewolf Emma, the former will bite him in the stomach before slicing him in half]].
* HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler: Sabotages the minivan in hopes of spending one more night with Emma. However, the players learn from her conversation with Abigail that she has no interest in making their relationship more than what it was, and she can later be firm with him about it if the player makes the right choices]].

* {{Irony}}: Sabotaged the minivan so he could spend one more night with Emma [[spoiler: and can end up killing her if they meet up in the forest while he's infected. This is unavoidable once the two meet (unless Jacob picked up Emma's bracelet in Chapter 1) and he'll later be shown mournfully kneeling next to her headless corpse]].
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: If bitten, rather than becoming more of a jerk as Nick did, his insecurities about his relationship with Emma become exacerbated. If they meet while he's in this state, he'll scream at her to stay away from him because "summer's over" before losing control and devouring her]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is willing to do anything to win Emma over, not caring what it takes, in fact, this is what leads to him sabotaging the minivan and putting everyone in that situation with [[spoiler: the werewolves]]. Granted, he couldn't have known there were werewolves in the forest but had he accepted that Emma didn't want a real relationship with him, the events of the game would have never happened. During the ending scene where he and Emma can meet up, if the player chooses to make him bitter and place the blame on her, she calls him out for being selfish and even implies it is one of the reasons she broke up with him. In one of the dialogue choices where Jacob can be particularly nasty about it to her, he tells her he did it for her, but she tells him that's not the case and he had done it for himself.

* LoveMakesYouStupid: Jacob fell in love with Emma and refuses to let go of their relationship because he believes that they can make it work, so he decides to sabotage the car to spend one more night with her. [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom It quickly backfires]] when it's revealed that[[spoiler: the quarry's forest is infested with werewolves on each full moon]].

* ManlyTears: He runs off to cry at the dock after Emma makes out with Nick in front of him. He doesn't hide it either when Emma shows up to confront him over his outburst. [[spoiler: As well, if he is successfully freed from the cage, the player will later see a cutscene of him crying while hiding in the woods]].

* MrFanservice: He’s a tall, muscular, attractive man who provides plenty of eye candy and strips to his underwear, and doesn’t get dressed for the rest of the game. His alternative 80s outfit features Jacob in a crop top and short shorts. Additionally, Jacob was briefly trending on Twitter after some ''very'' NSFW fan-created [=GIFs=] and pictures went viral. Zach Tinker has gained some significant popularity on social media due to Jacob's portrayal in the game.

** At the start of Chapter 1, Kaitlyn will {{Lampshade}} this as a tendency of Jacob's when he complains that his phone has no charge after two months locked away (presumably because, like Dylan, he forgot to switch it off before handing it in), and suggests that Mr Hackett could have at least plugged them in for a little while. Kaitlyn snarks back with this trope almost word-for-word: "Nothing's ever ''your'' fault, is it?" Since Kaitlyn is Jacob's oldest friend among the group, she's presumably in the best position to know if this is a real character flaw of his, which could be seen as setting up the later example below.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidArquette
->''"What's the hold-up, Hacketteers?"''

* AdvertisedExtra: David Arquette gets top billing, but Chris leaves the camp early on and doesn't appear again until [[spoiler: Laura and Ryan find him as a werewolf during the finale]].

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: After he, as a werewolf, breaks out of his prison and potentially kills his entire family sans Travis, Ryan gets a hold of the silver-loaded gun and has the option to shoot him in the head, killing him instantly and curing all those infected by him. [[GuideDangIt This is the only possible way to save all the counselors]] and, if you've done everything right, the only way to confront the GreaterScopeVillain and end the curst of Hackett's Quarry once and for all.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: If he survives, he'll have to live with the results of his rampage, which can range from just his favorite counselor Ryan, to Ryan, Jacob, his parents Constance and Jedediah, and his brother Bobby]].

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Unless his brother Bobby is healthy enough to fight him off while his family escapes, a werewolf Chris will kill him and both their parents in a gruesome way]].

->'''Played By:''' Creator/TedRaimi
->''"Ma'am... This is gonna get a bit messy."''

** Max calls him "T-Money" if Laura asks him to try and get on Travis's good side. It doesn't work.

* CreepyGood: His overt creepy mannerisms are [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Laura when he helps her and Max out in the prologue, along with his insistence that they will ''not'' go to Hackett's quarry that night and will instead go to a nearby motel despite their plans, [[spoiler:but he's actually trying to help them avoid an encounter with Silas after they coincidentally crashed near his nest in the woods and followed Eliza's ghost to the burned-out ruins of the traveling show. Sadly, the scary circumstances and his reluctance to explain the danger to them lest he come off as crazy leads to the pair of them disregarding his advice out of the belief that the motel might be more dangerous to them than the quarry, leading to Max getting cursed]].

* TheDutifulSon: Travis has completely devoted the last several years of his life to his family, including [[spoiler: helping cover up murders, and imprisoning Laura and Max]]. He briefly compares his situation to his entire family jumping into a well, with him left holding them all up. His interactions with the rest of the Hackett family suggest he's TheUnfavorite in spite of all he does for them.

* KickTheDog: Unless [[spoiler: Ryan]] is alive to mediate, Travis will not allow [[spoiler:Laura to leave even after she and Max are cured, and will lock her in the basement for the rest of the night unless she kills him first]].

** [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. There's no way for him to be the last character standing, since Laura doesn't have the option to give Bobby's vial]] to him during the confrontation with [[spoiler:Silas]], ensuring that he be the only guaranteed death were he to [[spoiler:go on a rampage]], but he can be this for [[spoiler:his family if Bobby is stabbed and Chris and Caleb are killed]].

* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: Laura's choices will impact most possible outcomes involving Travis. If she remains on his good side, both can survive the night, however [[spoiler: shooting him during the escape segment can potentially doom her character, as Travis will stab her to death after she turns back into a human for shooting him and killing one or many members of his family]].

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/LanceHenriksen
->''"We ain't playin' games no more, little girl."''

-->'''Jedediah''': I ain't got enough silver to kill you, but I can sure as hell make you suffer!

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/EthanSuplee
->''"YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME IN MY OWN HOUSE, FUCKER!"''

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: He's trying to help the councilors by fighting the werewolves but he's acting on the orders of his family, who rely on extreme methods of hunting.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: He's completely obedient to his family and will do whatever they tell him to. If Bobby isn't stabbed by Ryan, he will protect his family from a werewolf by wrestling it.]]

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: Bobby is the strongest of the Hackett family. The only way for all of them to survive the night is to not stab him as Ryan, as he will charge werewolf Chris and wrestle him to protect his family.]]

* LiteralMinded: [[spoiler: After hunting Ryan through the Hackett household, he tells his family what happened and replies with "Standing?" when asked for his position. He's also confused when his dad uses a metaphor to him that he caught Laura.]]
--> '''Jedediah''': [[spoiler: Our little birdie has clipped her wing.]]\\
'''Bobby''': [[spoiler: What?]]\\
'''Jedediah''': [[spoiler: I got her, you idiot!]]

* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: He can take a lot of punishment during the game as he can be shot, beat, and even stabbed without showing any great pain. However, if he does get stabbed by Ryan then he'll be killed by werewolf-Chris because he was still weakened by the wound and unable to use his full strength.]]
* MentalHandicapMoralDeficiency: [[spoiler: Subverted, he's actually trying to help the councilors by hunting werewolves, but his blind obedience to his family, his juvenile behavior, and his communication difficulties make him appear as a threat.]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: If Ryan stabs him during their fight, he will react with surprise at how painful his injury is. He also doesn't try to explain why he does what he does, unknowingly scaring the councilors by having werewolf blood on his face, attempting to smear some on Jacob's, and silently dragging a weary Nick away rather than telling everyone that they're in danger as a result of his infection.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Justified, as Bobby appears to have some sort of mental health disorder (likely autism) that affects his behavior, so he can't properly explain himself to the camp councilors. Then again, the situation is so complex and unbelievable that he wouldn't be able to explain how his family is cursed to become bloodthirsty werewolves on a full moon without sounding crazy.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Can end up [[{{Matricide}} brutally murdered by her own son]], a werewolf Chris Hackett, if Ryan chooses to stab Bobby and leave him (and by extension his parents) defenseless to stop Chris. This doesn't take away from the fact that she has no issue with killing innocent people and is the most villainous Hackett, even before she underwent a VillainousBreakdown as a result of Kaylee's death.]]

-->'''Constance''': Hey little bitch, you're singing off-key.

-->'''Constance''': You're gonna pay for what you did to my Kaylee!

* OffingTheAnnoyance: Constance can potentially kill Laura this way if she survives the gun struggle with her, and Laura chooses to distract without ever interrupting herself to spit in Constance’s face. [[spoiler:Though Laura survives due to her infection.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: It was her idea to start the fire and use it to free Silas. It never occurred to her that people could and DID die in the fire. [[spoiler: It's also implied that she and her brother let themselves get out the night the game takes place in a mix of cabin fever and wanting to expose the werewolves to the world so they could help with a cure. They don't seem to think that they could harm or kill their friends or relatives since they can't control themselves as werewolves. It also directly leads to her death, as she is the only Hackett who is guaranteed to die.]]

->'''Played By:''' Grace Zabriskie
->''"Take your time. Think. And maybe survive."''

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:{{Zigzagged}}. She's [[DeadAllAlong long dead]] and has no direct influence over the characters in the story, but her ability to [[BreakingTheFourthWall interact with the player]] and antagonism with the Hackett clan means that she can push the player into making the characters act in ways that exacerbate the conflict with the Hackett family, and can result in their deaths. It's made clear towards the end that her intent is to kill Caleb and Kaylee as {{Revenge}} for starting the fire that killed her and setting her son free. She also gets upset if the other Hackett members are spared, however, she gets over it if Silas is saved and Caleb and Kaylee are dead. Her desired ending will incidentally benefit the teenage characters as well as they are only infected by members of the Hackett family, not Silas himself, and therefore have no need to kill her son to cure themselves. However, she clearly doesn't care too much either way about the teenager's fates so long as her unfinished business is complete]].

* BurnTheWitch: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}}, as she doesn't appear to have gained true supernatural abilities until ''after'' her death, and killing her and the rest of the freakshow was ''not'' Kaylee and Caleb's intention when they set the fire as a distraction to free Silas, but she was killed in the blaze anyway. Her tarot card collectables burn up when the player finds them scattered around the levels and the first reveal of her name comes from an old advertisement poster near the sideshow's ruins, still singed from the flames. When finding the 'Fool' tarot card, which traditionally symbolizes the beginning of the hero's journey, she makes a reference to how the player shouldn't get 'burned' by their knowledge or foolish choices]].

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** PlayedWith since they're on hostile terms, but once you reach him, [[spoiler: the only way for Travis and Laura or Ryan to survive is to kill him. Subverted if you never hear about him, which requires two out of three party members to die in Episode 9 regardless]].

* KillItWithWater: Werewolves find immersion in water painful. Nick is able to drink water without problems, but when Kaitlyn tries to wash his injuries, he finds it painful. When Abigail shoves him in the pool, he acts like it's acid (the damage appears to be purely pain, there is no scarring even before the HealingFactor kicks in). Werewolves, for their part, avoid water. In Chapter 10, Kaitlyn discusses this by hoping the storm will soak the area and stop the werewolves. Laura takes advantage of this by placing an infected Max on an island in the lake, so he can't attack her while she's hunting for Chris. [[spoiler: If Max stays on the island after being cured, then he is guaranteed to survive the night as no werewolves can reach him.]]

* TragicMonster: All of the werewolves shown apart from [[spoiler: Chris]] are innocent teenagers and children. [[spoiler: Chris himself is a caring boss and a loving father when not transformed.]]

* InformedSpecies: Aside from their fangs and feet, there's virtually nothing wolfish about their appearance. They resemble [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] more than anything.

* IronicLastWords: "This better have a great fucking ending". If he leaves the island, [[spoiler:It won't]].

-->'''Max:''' [after waking up from his curse on top of a tree] How the hell am I gonna get down? [the branch he was standing on breaks and he falls on his ass] Asked and answered.

* ShirtlessScene: As he didn't listen to Travis' orders to remove his clothes, [[spoiler:He'll be shirtless for most of his optional sequence in Chapter 10 after his second transformation rips his shirt to shreds.

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:He was the first one bitten by Silas the Dog Boy. He is also the one who bit Chris.]]

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers:
** PlayedWith since they're on hostile terms, but once you reach him, [[spoiler: the only way for Travis and Laura or Ryan to survive is to kill him. Subverted if you never hear about him, which requires two out of three party members to die in Episode 9 regardless]].
** To a lesser extent, while [[spoiler: Caleb won't necessarily die if Silas dies, he will not be cured of his infection. Averted with Chris, has to die in order for Silas to die as well]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: If Ryan stabs him during the fight scene, this injury will leave him unable to fend off [[spoiler:werewolf Chris]], who will maul him to death.

* BoomHeadshot: A particularly gruesome one [[spoiler:if Laura kills her, as her entire face will be blown to smitheries, leaving]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She thinks the world of her granddaughter, Kaylee. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more devastating to her once Travis breaks the news of her death.]]

* TogetherInDeath: If she fails to avenge [[spoiler:Kaylee]], she will be murdered by [[spoiler:Laura]], thus joining the former in death.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: She told Travis to do this to [[spoiler:Laura and Max. And this was before she went off the deep end.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Unless his brother Bobby is healthy enough to fight him off while his family escape, a werewolf Chris will kill him and both their parents in a gruesome way]].

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:His son Chris can predecease him, and in fact it's necessary in order to keep casualties to a minimum.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her son Chris can predecease her, and in fact it's necessary in order to keep casualties to a minimum.]]

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Can spend a good part of the game covered in [[spoiler:Dylan's]] blood shall [[spoiler:he get bitten by a werewolf and need to amputate his hand with either a chainsaw or a shotgun]].

* ActionSurvivor: If the right decisions are taken, Emma can survive the night by showing wits and smart thinking on the fly.
** She especially fits the bill in Chapter 4 (where she is alone on the island), as there are MANY ways for her to go out at that point, some of which are at the hands of her own oversight rather than [[spoiler:werewolf Max]] being a threat to her. If Emma survives the entirety of this chapter her ingenuity/intelligence when it comes to escape show very well.

* MellowFellow: She is remarkably chill about being in a life-or-death situation. As well, should they meet up toward the end of the game, she can potentially have a petty "couple" argument with Jacob while covered head to toe in blood.

* LodgedBladeRecycling: Can pull a knife out of his own body to stab Bobby. [[spoiler:Deconstructed since this will eventually get him killed of blood loss.]]

* MirrorCharacter: To Laura:
** Both of them start off being the most serious and rational of their team (or couple, in Laura's case), [[AgentScully taking the concept of werewolves with a grain of salt]] until it with their own eyes. They are also quite devoted to two certain infected characters (Chris in Ryan's case and Max in Laura's) who unfortunately happen to be MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers, inevitably muddying their relationship. They are also quite TriggerHappy and can get a counselor killed each (Nick in Laura's case and Jacob in Ryan's), but can both save the day by shooting a werewolf (Chris in Ryan's case and Silas in Laura's) and end the game as the FinalGuy/[[FinalGirl Girl]]. In chapter 7, Laura lampshades this when they both have the same reaction to the revelation of werewolves.
---> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

* SpearCounterpart: Can be seen as this to Laura. See MirrorCharacter above.

* DistaffCounterpart: Can be seen as this to Ryan. See MirrorCharacter below.

* MirrorCharacter: To Ryan:
** Both of them start off being the most serious and rational of their team (or couple, in Laura's case), [[AgentScully taking the concept of werewolves with a grain of salt]] until it with their own eyes. They are also quite devoted to two certain infected characters (Chris in Ryan's case and Max in Laura's) who unfortunately happen to be MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers, inevitably muddying their relationship. They are also quite TriggerHappy and can get a counselor killed each (Nick in Laura's case and Jacob in Ryan's), but can both save the day by shooting a werewolf (Chris in Ryan's case and Silas in Laura's) and end the game as the FinalGuy/[[FinalGirl Girl]]. In chapter 7, Laura lampshades this when they both have the same reaction to the revelation of werewolves.
---> '''Laura:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Are you out of your—\\

* FinalBoss: If you do everything right, he is the final antagonist confronted in the game.

* ClimaxBoss: If [[spoiler:Laura survives the final confrontation with Chris]], the showdown with him is the most dramatic showdown of the game, and directly precedes [[spoiler:the hunt for the GreaterScopeVillain]].
* FinalBoss: If [[spoiler:Laura doesn't make it through the final confrontation with Chris for whatever reason]], the showdown with him is the final confrontation of the game.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Shares this role with Kaitlyn. He's one of the most important counsellors due to being the one who makes the final decision that locks in your eligibility to [[spoiler:confront Silas]], and accompanies Laura and Travis for the true final showdown.

-->'''Travis:''' Name.
-->'''Laura:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Eat. Shit]].

--> '''Dylan:''' Hey, gimme your number I wanna try [Chris' rotary phone] out.
--> '''Ryan:''' Why?
--> '''Dylan:''' Uh, so that I can ask you out on a date. ''Duh.''
--> '''Ryan:''' [[SarcasmMode Mmmm, smooth.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: After he, as a werewolf, breaks out of his prison and potentially kills his entire family sans Travis, Ryan gets a hold of the silver-loaded gun and has the option to shoot him in the head, killing him instantly and curing all those infected by him. [[GuideDangIt This is the only possible way to save all the counselors]].]]

* OffingTheAnnoyance: Constance can potentially kill Laura this way if she survives the gun struggle with her, and Laura chooses to distract without ever interrupting herself to spit in Constance’s face. [[spoiler:Though Laura survives due to her infection.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:It's implied by his dog tags that he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He may also be on the autism spectrum, as he displays symptoms of age regression, he struggles to comprehend morality (i.e. he was surprised to learn that being stabbed hurts and he tells Ryan that he only kills people when he's told to), he displays juvenile behavior, is literal minded (when asked for his position, he replies with "Standing?" before correcting himself when asked about his location), and he blindly follows orders from his family.]]

-->''"Travis will kill you"''

** In the ending where he[[spoiler: kills Laura and Ryan for killing Chris, it's implied he used his status as a cop to hide the murders, especially if the counselors didn't find enough evidence of the werewolf infection]].

* LackOfEmpathy: While Travis' motivations aren't as straightforwardly evil as Laura and Max think they are, the cavalier way he treats them makes it hard for the two to trust him. He also visibly has issues empathising with them, as

* AllForNothing: After six years of searching, [[spoiler:he can finally see the curse that haunted his family end when Silas dies. However, at this point he can be the SoleSurvivor of his family if his parents and brothers die in Chapter 9 and his nephew Caleb is killed in Chapter 10, rendering his efforts fruitless. Even if Caleb survives, Kaylee's death is inevitable and Chris is required to die for Silas to die as well, meaning that Travis will never see his entire family freed form the curse]]. This is cemented if he [[spoiler:dies searching for Silas as well]].