Line #147 Characters/TheVeronicaExclusive


1	WARNING: Character sheets are spoileriffic.
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3	[[folder:Main Characters]]
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5	!!Veronica Sawyer (Casey Caplin)
6	-->''My teen angst bullshit has a body count.''
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8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tve_veronica.JPG]]
9	[[caption-width-right:350:"In all honestly, it kind of feels like they're just people I work with, and our job is being popular and shit."]]
10
11	The main protagonist, a high school senior who documents her membership of a GirlPosse and accidental killing spree through her video diary.
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13	* AccidentalMurder: She honestly didn't ''mean'' to kill Heather, Kurt, or Ram. J.D., on the other hand...
14	* ActionSurvivor: She's apparently survived some catastrophe at the beginning of the series.
15	* AnnoyingLaugh: Well, ''she'' thinks it's annoying. The other characters seem to think it's cute.
16	* [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys All Girls Want Bad Girls]]: {{Deconstructed}}. In this case, the bad girl is an AxCrazy serial killer.
17	* TheAtoner: She ''really'' regrets most of the things she does over the course of the series.
18	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Accused of being one by Martha after Martha finds out the note from Ram was forged by Veronica. Veronica doesn't dispute it.
19	* BreakTheCutie: Shown in the first episode -- when she shows us her first video diary, the Veronica on the screen cuts from a worn-down, beaten, somewhat hysterical girl to a happier, more well-adjusted girl from months before.
20	* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: It doesn't take long for her to get wasted when playing a drinking game with Heather Duke.
21	* TheCassandra: She drunkenly confesses to killing Heather Chandler. Heather Duke doesn't believe her.
22	* CatchPhrase: "How very." Also a SigningOffCatchPhrase.
23	* CorruptTheCutie: At the hands of the Heathers, and then J.D.
24	* TheCynic: She's not exactly confident in the world's ability to get better. However, she's nowhere near as bad as J.D., and ultimately grows out of it.
25	* DeadpanSnarker: Sarcasm is her only defense against a lot of what happens to her.
26	* DespairEventHorizon: Martha's suicide attempt does this to Veronica, though the ending implies she may be on the way to recovering.
27	* FakingTheDead: She pretends to shoot herself to throw J.D. off.
28	* ICanChangeMyBeloved: She initially hopes that she can "help" J.D. She eventually abandons the idea and dumps her.
29	* InWithTheInCrowd: {{Deconstructed}}. She's a member of The Heathers, but hates them and has very mixed feelings about it.
30	-->''Being under Heather's mighty reign can be fun. ...Bitchy, but still fun.''
31	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Veronica's sarcastic, jaded, cynical and prone to doing some not-so-nice things to secure her place on the social ladder or cover her ass after the killing spree starts. She's still an ultimately good person that cares deeply for other people, and genuinely regrets what she did.
32	* LovableAlphaBitch: After joining the Heathers.
33	* LoveMakesYouCrazy / LoveMakesYouEvil: Downplayed. She claims that she feels like she has no control over herself with J.D., but even at her worst, she's never in favor of the whole serial killing thing, and eventually ditches J.D.
34	* MotorMouth: Whenever she's really upset.
35	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After killing Heather Chandler.
36	* OddNameOut: Heather, Heather, Heather, and... Veronica.
37	* OnlySaneMan: She's the only person that realizes just how bad things are getting at Westerberg.
38	* OutlawCouple: With J.D., though the "outlaw" part isn't exactly Veronica's idea.
39	* RedOniBlueOni: She's the calm, reasonable, optimistic blue to J.D.'s red.
40	* SanitySlippage: After the murders begin.
41	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In episode 9, she finally gets sick of Jane's crap and dumps her.
42	* TheSnarkKnight: Veronica's very jaded and cynical, but is doing what she can to push back against all the problems at her school... with biting sarcasm, but still.
43	* ToxicFriendInfluence: She's ''very'' prone to falling victim to this. Heather Chandler and Heather Duke's influence makes her bitchier, J.D.'s influence makes her an accomplice to murder.
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45	!!Jane "J.D." Dean (Megan Lambie)
46	-->''Our love is God.''
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48	[[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tve_jd.JPG]]
49	[[caption-width-right:304:"I kind of like Westerburg. It's got a 'it's a cruel world, let's toss ourselves into the abyss' ambiance."]]
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51	The new girl at school, and Veronica's girlfriend. Also a SerialKiller.
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53	* AbusiveParents: Implied.
54	* ActionGirl: She chases down Kurt with a gun.
55	* AdaptationNameChange: To go along with the GenderFlip, Jason becomes Jane.
56	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Very detached from most people, with long, dark hair.
57	* AntagonistInMourning: She's genuinely heartbroken when she thinks Veronica's killed herself.
58	* AxCrazy: She's a murderous, bloodthirsty teenage girl.
59	* BadassAdorable: Don't let the cute, shiny eyes and the smile fool you. She ''will'' kill you.
60	* BadassLongcoat: She wears a long, black trenchcoat at all times.
61	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She comes off as a quirky but charming outsider at first. Beneath the mask, she's a manipulative, murdering psycho.
62	* BreakTheHaughty: J.D. suddenly loses a lot of her smugness when she thinks Veronica's killed herself.
63	* BullyHunter: A dark version -- she doesn't just beat up bullies, she ''kills'' them.
64	* CharacterDeath: J.D.'s last victim is ultimately J.D. herself.
65	* TheCharmer: It doesn't take her long to get Veronica on her side.
66	* CuteAndPsycho: Being played by the very pretty Megan Lambie is part of why the "psycho" part is so jarring.
67	* TheCynic: She thinks most of the world is better off dead than being allowed to continue the way it is. She ''so'' cynical, she manages to snap Veronica out of her own negative outlook.
68	* DeadPersonImpersonation: In episode 12, she uses Heather Chandler's old account to goad Veronica into talking to her.
69	* DeadpanSnarker: Has a wry sense of humor similar to Veronica's.
70	* DespairEventHorizon: When she thinks Veronica's killed herself, though her dialogue implies that the suicide of her mother probably pushed her the horizon over a long time ago.
71	* DisproportionateRetribution: Yes, J.D., Heather Chandler was awful, but killing her was a bit extreme.
72	* DrivenToSuicide: She chooses to blow herself up with one of her own bombs rather than let Veronica sacrifice herself to save everyone.
73	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Very light skin, very dark hair, also an insane murderess.
74	* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Girls Love Their Mamas]]: When asked what she'd wish for if she had three wishes, she says, "Personal slushie machine, new trenchcoat... and one more day with my mom."
75	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Veronica and her late mother. Not that it amounts to much in the end, her mother being long dead and Veronica eventually leaving her due to her psychopathy.
76	* EvilGloating: She proudly brags over her plan to blow up the whole school, taking great care to detail how she's going to pull it off to Veronica.
77	* FreudianExcuse: Downplayed. She has her reasons for being who she is, but it's made clear that nothing excuses what she did.
78	* FriendlessBackground: A side effect of moving around so much. Even after she gets with Veronica, she doesn't seem to have any other friends.
79	* GenderFlip: Jason Dean becomes Jane Dean in this adaptation.
80	* {{Hotblooded}}: How else could you describe someone whose knee-jerk response to an AlphaBitch is to murder her?
81	* IfICantHaveYou: One possible reason she decides to kill Veronica.
82	* ILied: When she tells Veronica about "ich luge" bullets. Lampshaded by a pop-up on the screen to Google Translate -- translating "ich luge" to "I lie."
83	* JustJokingJustification: When she thinks Veronica is dead, having spent the whole episode threatening to kill her herself, J.D.'s response is a horrified, "I was just ''teasing''!"
84	* LackOfEmpathy: It's clear that she's very detached from other people and their problems, not really caring about them. The only person she appears to actually care about is Veronica, and even then, her empathy for Veronica is somewhat limited, and usually results in murder.
85	* LoveMakesYouCrazy / LoveMakesYouEvil: Though she was probably plenty messed up pre-Veronica, too.
86	* ManipulativeBitch: She's not above twisting her words or charming Veronica into doing what she wants.
87	* MissingMom: She died some time before the series began.
88	* MoodSwinger: During the finale, it's honestly amazing how quickly she goes from lovesick sweet-talking, to SugaryMalice, to EvilGloating, to total rage, to heartbreak, and back again.
89	* NeverMyFault: When she thinks Veronica's committed suicide, she says that the other people at Westerberg made her do it. Even though Veronica ''specifically'' mentions the murders that J.D. dragged her into in her "note".
90	* OnlyKnownByInitials: She prefers "J.D." to her actual name.
91	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: No one ever calls her "Jane."
92	* OutlawCouple: With Veronica.
93	* PsychoExGirlfriend: After Veronica dumps her, she makes a nosedive from "unstable and murderous but charismatic" to "full-blown batshit insane {{Yandere}}".
94	* PsychoLesbian: Probably. (Not the "psycho" part -- there's no doubt about that.) J.D. never alludes to being attracted to men, or anyone except Veronica, actually, but she's never explicitly stated to be a lesbian, either. It's most likely this trope, however.
95	* PsychoSidekick: She'll do anything to make Veronica happy, up to and including murder.
96	* PsychoticSmirk: Her default expression.
97	* RedOniBlueOni: The passionate, bloodthirsty red to Veronica's blue.
98	* SanitySlippage: Not that Jane was ever a pinnacle of sanity in the first place, mind you, but as of episode 12, she's officially gone off the deep end.
99	* SerialKiller: She kills at least three people during the series, and it's implied that this isn't the first time she's done this.
100	* SingleTargetSexuality: Jane only has eyes for Veronica. Unfortunately.
101	* SlasherSmile: Come the finale, she has an expression of absolute ''glee'' when she talks about how she'll massacre the whole school.
102	* SmugSnake: She's ''very'' proud of having killed three people and tricked Veronica into helping her.
103	* TheSociopath: J.D. is initially charming and even comes off as kinda reasonable from a certain point of view, but beneath the mask, she's highly manipulative and vindictive, and incredibly dangerous.
104	* StepfordSnarker: Once you scratch the surface, it doesn't take long to find the craziness underneath J.D.'s snarkiness.
105	* SuddenlyShouting: Prone to this when she's really angry.
106	* TeensAreMonsters: She's maybe eighteen years old, but that doesn't stop her from becoming a fledgling (or all-out) serial killer.
107	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Slushies.
108	* {{Tsundere}}: An extreme example -- sweet and charming to Veronica, a brutal, ruthless murderer to everyone else. {{Deconstructed}}, as Veronica realizes that sooner or later, J.D.'s bound to turn on her and kill her, too.
109	* VillainousCrush: Even after Veronica dumps her, she's still very much in love with her.
110	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: J.D.'s definitely the villain, and is manipulative, murderous, and vindictive, but she's also severely psychologically messed up, and, like her film and musical counterparts, she's definitely had a hard life.
111	* {{Yandere}}: There's ''nothing'' she won't do for Veronica.
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113	[[/folder]]
114
115	[[folder:The Heathers]]
116
117	!!Heather Chandler (Kadi Brazil)
118	-->''A mythic bitch, she says? Well, it's a mythic bitch she's gonna get.''
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120	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tve_heather_chandler.JPG]]
121	[[caption-width-right:350:Veronica, sweetie? You're history. Come Monday, you're through.]]
122
123	The demon queen of high school. Also the first of J.D.'s victims.
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125	* AlphaBitch: The head of the Heathers, and of Westerberg as a whole.
126	* BackForTheFinale: Despite being dead, she makes an appearance in the penultimate episode in the form of a voice over. Subverted in that [[spoiler: it's J.D. impersonating her by using her account]] and not actually her, but it ''is'' really Kadi Brazil's voice.
127	* CatchPhrase: "Shut up, Heather!"
128	* CharacterDeath: J.D. tricks her into drinking liquid drain cleaner.
129	* DeadpanSnarker: In the meanest way possible.
130	* EvilGloating: She really does seem to enjoy letting Veronica know her social life is basically doomed.
131	* HiddenDepths: Invoked and subverted by Veronica and J.D. framing her death as a suicide. It causes the school to see her as a tortured, tragic, miserable girl who was a lot deeper than anyone ever gave her credit for, and honestly didn't want to be so mean. The truth is, she really was just a bitch.
132	* {{Jerkass}}: She seems to enjoy being nasty just for the hell of it.
133	* [[SirSwearsALot Lady Swears-a-Lot]]: She probably has the most curse words out of any character.
134	* SmugSnake: She's ''very'' content in her position at the top of the social ladder.
135	* SugaryMalice: Keeps up a sickly-sweet tone while telling Veronica she's screwed.
136
137	!!Heather Duke (Leah E.R.)
138	-->''Oh my God, we'll crucify her!''
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140	The yearbook editor. No particular personality, according to Veronica, but at least she has breast implants.
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142	* BetaBitch: She's Heather Chandler's second in command. After Chandler dies, Duke ascends to AlphaBitch.
143	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She comes off as vapid but harmless at first. Then she becomes the AlphaBitch.
144	* {{Bookworm}}: She loves reading.
145	* ButtMonkey: Takes the main brunt of Chandler's abuse.
146	* BuxomBeautyStandard: If Veronica's claim that she has breast implants is to be believed.
147	* {{Jerkass}}: She's not quite as up-front about it as Chandler, but she's every bit as nasty.
148	* PhraseCatcher: "Shut up, Heather!"
149	* StepfordSmiler: She acts like she's happy to be under Chandler's reign, but it's pretty clearly not true.
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151	!!Heather [=McNamara=] (Lizzy Phipps)
152	-->''Sorry, Heather...''
153
154	The head cheerleader. Somewhat dim but not as bad as the other two.
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156	* BreakTheCutie: Your best friend and boyfriend both (allegedly) committing suicide and your other best friend treating you like garbage will do that to a girl.
157	* TheDitz: She asked Veronica if they have Thanksgiving in Africa.
158	* ExtremeDoormat: She just does what the other two Heathers tell her.
159	* PhraseCatcher: "Shut up, Heather!"
160	* ProneToTears: The string of deaths has left her incredibly sensitive and able to start crying at the drop of a hat.
161	* PuppyDogEyes: It comes with being played by Lizzy Phipps.
162	* StepfordSmiler: As revealed by episode 10. By the time both Heather Chandler and her boyfriend Kurt are dead, the smile is starting to crack.
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164	[[/folder]]
165
166	[[folder:Other Students]]
167
168	!!Martha "Dumptruck" Dunnstock (Lyric Bowman)
169	-->''Listen, there's no rule that says you can't have more than one friend, it's totally fine.''
170
171	Veronica's best friend, a sweet but nerdy outcast.
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173	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She still harbors a crush on Ram, who doesn't even know she exists.
174	* BespectacledCutie: She is a sweet, nerdy girl who wears a very cute pair of glasses.
175	* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is ''scary'' when she finally snaps and yells at Veronica.
176	* BreakTheCutie: After finding out Veronica betrayed her and participated in a prank against her.
177	* DrivenToSuicide: In episode 12, she tries to kill herself because of all the bullying she faces. She survives, though.
178	* GirlishPigtails: How she usually does her hair.
179	* MoralityPet: Even after joining the Heathers, Veronica's still very kind to her. It's part of what makes their fight so heartbreaking.
180	* NiceGirl: She's kind and friendly, and doesn't hold a grudge against Veronica for joining the Heathers. But even she has her limits, as Veronica found out...
181	* PinkMeansFeminine: Martha's sweet and girly, and mostly wears pink clothing.
182	* WhatTheHellHero: To Veronica, in episode 11.
183
184	!!Kurt Kelly (Poncho Ortega)
185	-->''Punch it in!''
186
187	A jock. He's attracted to Veronica. The feeling is ''not'' mutual.
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189	* CharacterDeath: He's gunned down by J.D.
190	* JerkJock: On the football team, and a thoroughly unlikable person.
191	* {{Jerkass}}: How Veronica describes him. J.D. agrees.
192	* MaliciousSlander: He spreads a rumor about having had a threeway with Veronica and Ram.
193	* VillainousFriendship: He's genuinely friends with Ram.
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195	!!Ram Sweeney (Roan O'Brien)
196	-->''Hey, hotties of Westerberg. I'm Ram Sweeney, but you already knew that. I'm six foot, seven inches. And those are two different measurements.''
197
198	Another jock, Kurt's best friend. Second year senior and poster child for binge-drinking. Also the object of Martha's affections.
199
200	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Like Kurt, he finds Veronica very attractive and attempts to hit on her. Veronica, meanwhile, couldn't be more open about her loathing of him.
201	* CatchPhrase: "Punch it in!"
202	* CharacterDeath: Along with Kurt, see above.
203	* TheDitz: Wasted or sober, he ain't bright.
204	* DumbJock: What he lacks in brains, he makes up in brawn.
205	* JerkJock: He's a football player, and he's downright mean.
206	* {{Jerkass}}: He's a mean, hurtful and downright unpleasant person to be around.
207	* LargeHam: Especially while drunk.
208	* MaliciousSlander: Spreads a rumor about sleeping with Veronica.
209	* ObliviousToLove: He apparently has no idea Martha has a crush on him.
210	* VillainousFriendship: He's genuinely friends with Kurt, despite how mean he is.
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