Line #193 Characters/GeneralProtectionFault


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3	[[folder:GPF Software]]
4	[[WMG:Nick Wellington]]
5	A programmer for GPF Software, hired near the start of the strip.
6
7	%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Implied that Lori is one for him.
8	%%* DistressedDude: In To Thine Own Self
9	%%* GadgeteerGenius: With the Inventor's Gene.
10	%%* HappilyMarried
11	%%* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Towards Trudy. Though he does get better at this afterwards.
12	* MoralityChain: To Trudy. [[spoiler:She becomes quite unhinged after his death in the BadFuture]].
13	%%* NonActionGuy
14	%%* OpaqueNerdGlasses
15	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Denies having a job offer from JCN, even when he's not being asked about anything related, and is only overhearing Sharon and Ki's conversation about what Ki will do for work.
16	* UnwittingPawn: In Surreptitious Machinations, Trudy manipulates him into building Project Velociraptor, a power source for energy weapons, DeflectorShields and a KillSat, which she intends to use for world domination.
17	* WideEyedIdealist: He gets taken down a notch by Trudy's betrayal. Ironically, his pre-Surreptitious Machinations trust in others inspires Trudy to be more trusting, as he concludes, based on past experiences, not to trust Trish.
18
19	[[WMG:Dwayne Duncan]]
20	The head of GPF software
21
22	%%* AlliterativeName
23	* BenevolentBoss: He's a very good manager and businessman, and his employees think highly of him.
24	* HappilyMarried: What few disagreements we've seen between him and Nicole are minor and quickly sorted out.
25	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Like Nick, he trusts Trudy.
26	* OnlySaneMan: Is not nearly as obsessed with technology as his employees, but at the same time, not as skilled.
27	%%* TeamDad
28	* UnfortunateNames: Lampshaded as early as Nick's interview, when he points out the company is named after an error message.
29
30	[[WMG: Jason "Fooker" Barker]]
31	Systems administrator at GPF, and also Agent #6 for the Undisclosed Government Agency.
32
33	%%* TheAlcoholic: In college.
34	* BigNo: After being told he can't wear shorts to Regional Telecom.
35	* BrilliantButLazy: His brother finds it frustrating that he doesn't live up to his full potential, and is outraged when Fooker manages to take his job, despite being taken by mistake and taking the test while drunk.
36	* TheCombatPragmatist: When his counterpart advances on him as he's down, he flips him over.
37	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
38	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ki. They've been friends since college, and trust each other implicitly.
39	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with when Ki, meeting Dwayne, refers to him by his nickname.
40	-->'''Dwayne''': Jason, who's Fooker?\
41	'''Ki''': Who's Jason?
42	* ParentalAbandonment: His mother is dead and his father left him and his brother.
43	* SiblingYinYang: From Justin, his hard working, disciplined brother.
44	* TheTeetotaler: In the present, thanks to Ki.
45	* WeakButSkilled: Not especially strong, but a skilled hand-to-hand fighter. Lampshaded when he [[spoiler:fights off Sam]]
46	* WouldntHitAGirl: Complains about having to abide by this rule after Ki beats him up for being sexist against her.
47
48	[[WMG:Ki Oshiro [[spoiler:Wellington]]]]
49	A programmer for GPF Software
50
51	* ButNotTooForeign: The daughter of a Chinese woman and Japanese man.
52	* DesignatedGirlFight: Faces Dr. Not and Trudy as she races up the Statue of Liberty to find Nick, but also faces Chuck.
53	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cuts her hair short while dating Sam (much to his displeasure) and lets it grow out for Nick.
54	* LoveMartyr: Willing to stay with and defend Sam even when it is implied that he's cheating on her.
55	* SecondLove: Nick is the second person she has been in love with, after Sam
56	* {{Tsundere}}: Dere towards Nick, and tsun towards Fooker.
57	* VitriolicBestBuds: Towards Fooker. She helped him stop drinking, and he put her in contact with Dwayne and GPF.
58
59	[[WMG:Trudy Trueheart]]
60	GPF Software's marketing professional.
61
62	* AlliterativeName
63	* TheAtoner
64	* BigBad: Of Surreptitious Machinations
65	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Puts on the clothing around Nick and Dwayne, but Ki and Fooker have seen her true nature. This trope is not valid anymore after Surreptitious Machinations.
66	* DevilInPlainSight
67	* FutureMeScaresMe: She's uncomfortable around her future self in the best of times, and eventually, her future self's presence in her dreams prevents her from sleeping at all.
68	* HippieName: Trudy Trueheart was born Moonbeam Gertrude Glowerhausen because she had HippieParents.
69	* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:To Nick after he rejects her. In the BadFuture, she kills him]].
70	* TheInsomniac: As a result of having guilt-induced nightmares.
71	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
72	* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:She gets sent back instead of her counterpart, and those who suspect her true nature don't trust her]]
73	* SayingTooMuch:
74	-->'''Trudy''':"[[spoiler:The time-hopping brat! He somehow obtained it! I thought the old me took care of]]-- Heh heh... my, [[LampshadeHanging was I saying something incriminating]]? I hope not..."
75	* TheStarscream: Of C.R.U.D.E.; in the BadFuture, she ends up killing the other members.
76	* TokenEvilTeammate
77	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Nick realizes the truth]].
78
79	[[WMG: Frederick Physarum]]
80	A slime mold that gained sentience in the filth of Fooker's apartment.
81
82	* ArchEnemy: He and Trent can't stand each other, and get along worse than even Ki and Trudy did.
83	* EscalatingWar: With Trent, culminating in threatening to sue each other. Fred is convinced to call his lawsuit off, but by this time, Trent has found a lawyer who is willing to believe him about Fred being a slime mold.
84	* ItCameFromTheFridge
85	* PuppeteerParasite
86
87	[[WMG: Trent Terrell]]
88	Trudy's old boyfriend, and later her replacement as marketing director of GPF.
89
90	* AlliterativeName
91	* DirtyCoward: Hides during the battle for New York, and only emerges to taunt the defeated Trudy.
92	* EvilRedhead
93	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His attempts to sue Fred winds up with him under arrest for First Degree Murder as the judge rules that Fred is a Sentient Lifeform with the protection of the law.
94	* IShallTauntYou: With a simple wave to the defeated Trudy as she is flown away on a C.R.U.D.E. helicopter, he helps twist the knife.
95	* JerkAss
96	* UngratefulBastard / TheFarmerAndTheViper: Punches Dwayne after he saves him from the prison bus.
97	* SmugSnake: Like Trudy, but far more openly obnoxious to people and far less competent.
98
99	[[WMG:Dexter Smith]]
100	A contractor for GPF who is later hired full time
101
102	* DarkIsNotEvil: In the superhero universe, Nick cast him as a villain, but by the time of their excursion into that universe through the [=MuTEX=], he's a hero.
103	* FatBastard: Initially. He gets better over time.
104	* LogicalWeakness: As Dexter is a contractor for GPF, Nick is able to get rid of him by finishing the project he was hired to do.
105	* {{Otaku}}: The rest of the cast are fans of science fiction, but Dexter taxes his fandom of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' to another level.
106	* NoSocialSkills
107	* OnlySaneMan: Takes up this role in the "Alpha Female" arc when, teaming up with Ki and Sharon, he questions why a funeral home would need an online shopping cart. It turns out that the client also asked that question, and ends up cancelling the contract because they don't need one.
108	* StalkerWithACrush: Had quite a few elements of this in his short-term relationship with Ki.
109
110	[[WMG:Sharon Murphy]]
111	Fooker's girlfriend, who becomes systems administrator of GPF after his departure.
112
113	* BlindWithoutEm: Has trouble seeing without her contacts.
114	* FieryRedhead: Has quite the temper.
115	* FormerlyFat: She ends up making some insensitive comments toward Dexter out of concern toward him.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Nega-Verse]]
119
120	[[WMG:Emperor Nicholas The Puissant]]
121
122	* BadBoss: Treats all his minions as expendable.
123	* BadLiar: Not unlike Nick Prime, who, knowing this flaw, detects several logical flaws in his story within minutes of meeting him. Nega-Nick then takes off the kid gloves.
124	* BeardOfEvil
125	* BigBad: Of To Thine Own Self
126	* DirtyCoward: His plan, as Nick points out, boils down to wanting an escape route to "save his own cowardly hide"
127	* GoodScarsEvilScars: The latter. He has a scar that is noticeably absent on his counterpart's face.
128	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He attempts to escape, but without the guidance chip, he's forever lost]].
129	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Gets Nick-Prime to cooperate by torturing Nega-Ki while suggesting that Nick-Prime doesn't know he's not torturing Ki-Prime, and then says that he will torture one prisoner to death for every hour Nick-Prime wastes. [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror Now consider Nick being unable to teleport out because of Pandemonium's interference]]...]]
130
131	[[WMG: Duchess Ki Oshiro]]
132	Duchess of Europe for Emperor Nicholas.
133
134	* TheBaroness
135	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She's tortured to force Nick into compliance, and eventually betrays Nega-Nick]]
136	* TheDragon: Because Nega-Nick doesn't share power, she's relegated to being Duchess of Europe rather than queen.
137	* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:She seems to be in love with Nick Prime]]
138	* RedemptionEqualsDeath
139
140	[[WMG:General Jason "F*kr" Barker]]
141	General of Nick's armies, a former UGA agent who accepted bribes and joined Nick.
142
143	%%* BaldOfEvil
144	%%* TheBrute
145
146	[[WMG:Dwayne Duncan]]
147	Governor of Asia and formerly the corrupt head of GPF Software.
148
149	* BeardOfEvil
150	* CorruptCorporateExecutive
151	* TheEvilGenius
152	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Smokes a cigar in Nega-Trudy's interview, as if to highlight his evil nature.
153	* TheMole: [[spoiler:For the aliens, to incite conflict between the rebels and the humans]]
154
155	[[WMG:Trudy Trueheart]]
156	A resistance fighter in the Nega-verse who contacts the main cast to help them thwart Emperor Nicholas' plans.
157
158	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Nick talks her out of killing [[spoiler:Nega-Nick]] this way, although he emphasizes her own counterpart more than her victim.
159	* KnightInSourArmor: Life has not been easy for her, yet she still persists against Nega-Nick.
160	* PerpetualFrowner: Her default expression, much like Trudy's smile.
161	* TokenGoodTeammate: For Nega-GPF, as a natural inversion of Trudy.
162	* TookALevelInKindness: Was initially selfish like her counterpart before her quest to find her sister changed her for the better.
163
164
165	[[WMG: Trent Terrell]]
166	Leader of Nega-C.R.U.D.E., an organization dedicated to overthrowing Emperor Nicholas.
167
168	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Averted. He's somewhat overweight and balding, but one of the heroes.
169	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: In contrast to Trent's arrogance.
170	* KilledOffForReal
171	* LaResistance
172	* SupportingLeader: To the heroes in To Thine Own Self. [[spoiler:Especially considering he gets killed]].
173
174	[[WMG:Yoshi Oshiro]]
175
176	A tech expert for Nega-C.R.U.D.E., and a savant who has incredible technological skills, but otherwise has the mind of a toddler.
177
178	* DumbIsGood: Far less of a jerk than his counterpart, but far less intelligent.
179	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate [[spoiler:after the raid on the resistance headquarters]] is unknown.
180
181	[[WMG: Chuck]]
182	A resistance fighter who was once friends with Nega-Fooker.
183
184	* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Pretends to be the Emperor's spy, but betrays him when the rebels are ready, reversing the situation]].
185	* PerpetualFrowner
186
187	[[WMG: Dr. Nefu]]
188	Dr. Nefarious's counterpart, a scientist for the resistance.
189
190	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Gets a bullet in the head during the raid on C.R.U.D.E.]]
191	* TheSmartGuy: For the resistance.
192
193	[[WMG: Alexis Nicht]]
194	Dr. Nefu's assistant
195
196	* ShrinkingViolet
197
198
199	[[/folder]]
200
201	[[folder:Outside Time And Space]]
202
203	[[WMG:The Gamester]]
204
205	An extra-dimensional entity charged with regulating temporal disturbances.
206
207	* InvisibleToNormals: There are some exceptions, such as Ki's cat, and Trudy (who mistakes it as a sign of her declining sanity)
208	* TimePolice
209
210	[[WMG:Mischief]]
211
212	The Gamester's assistant
213
214	* BoxedCrook: Implied to be this in the past.
215	* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:After recovering from Pandemonium's attack, she poses as "Misty"]]
216	* MeaningfulName
217	* NoodleIncident: Several unmentioned incidents indicate that she ''earned'' her name.
218
219	[[WMG:Todd Wellington]]
220
221	Nick and Ki's son, who was sent back from the future to prevent Trudy's rise to power. [[spoiler:Rather than be erased, he exists outside time and space]]
222
223	* KidFromTheFuture
224	* ShootTheDog: He states a willingness to kill Trudy's younger self, who, while having done some terrible things, has not yet accomplished her plan, in order to stop Empress Trudy from establishing herself.
225	* SunglassesAtNight
226	* TimePolice
227	* WalkingSpoiler: His status as Nick and Ki's son, which is hidden from the viewer at first, reveals quite a bit about the plot of Surreptitious Machinations.
228	* WhamLine: After Nick and Ki help him defeat an {{Expy}} of The Franchise/{{Terminator}}, he escapes, thinking "Thanks, Mom and Dad".
229
230	[[WMG:Empress Trudy]]
231
232	Trudy's future self, who took over the world, but began losing her sanity after [[spoiler:killing Nick]].
233
234	%%* ArchEnemy: To Todd.
235	%%* BigBad: Of Surreptitious Machinations.
236	* EnemyCivilWar: Killed the rest of C.R.U.D.E. after taking over the world.
237	%%* EvilOldFolks
238	%%* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Kills Nick for this reason]]
239	%%* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Has been in one after killing Nick]]
240
241	[[WMG:Pandemonium]]
242
243	* GreaterScopeVillain: To Empress Trudy and Emperor Nicholas.
244
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder:Other Characters]]
248
249	[[WMG: Chuck]]
250
251	Fooker's best friend. When Trudy moves in to their apartment complex, he is immediately attracted to her, but she makes him her pawn.
252
253	* BaldOfEvil: Has his head shaved when Trudy puts him under her control.
254	%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Trudy.
255	* CharacterWitness: ''Devastatingly'' subverted, as Trudy forces him to testify that he suspected that Fooker was planning the shooting spree.
256	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Trudy sets his pain device to maximum, throws away the remote and leaves him to die.]]
257	%%* TheDragon: To Trudy.
258	* ShockCollar: Trudy can cause him pain with a remote control.
259	%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath
260
261	[[WMG: Yoshi Oshiro]]
262	Ki's younger brother, who skipped several geades.
263
264	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling
265	* TheCracker: Attempts to break into GPF Software on a few occasions, and when he's doing some last-minute work on his [=MuTex=], hacks into the airline to reschedule his flight.
266	* ImprobablyHighIQ: 209.
267	* InsufferableGenius: Virtually no one likes him in-universe.
268	* MayDecemberRomance: Implied that [[spoiler:Trudy]], a woman describing herself as over twice his age, is setting him up for one during their collaboration, but she backs off.
269
270	[[WMG:Persephone]]
271
272	* OppositeSexClone: Of Fred
273
274	[[WMG:Otto Wisebottom]]
275	Nick's uncle, and a fellow carrier of the Inventor's Gene
276
277	* EinsteinHair
278
279	[[WMG:Akhilesh Sehgal]]
280	A doctor who treats Trudy and suggests that there may be a way for her to find redemption.
281
282	* IHaveNoSon: His family disowned him for becoming a Christian
283	[[WMG:Sam]]
284	Ki's former fiancé
285
286	* AttemptedRape: The reason Ki breaks up with him.
287	* JerkJock: It's not obvious at first, but the implications of him cheating on Ki and the way he mocks Fooker mark him as this before [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon the rape attempt]]]], would indicate him as one.
288	* KarmaHoudini
289
290	[[WMG:Justin Barker]]
291	Jason/Fooker's brother.
292
293	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Loses his spot in the U.G.A. to Fooker on mere chance, but is able to switch positions with him later.
294	* TheResenter: Has harbored a grudge against Fooker for years after he was taken by mistake and got his UGA job, but the GPF group convinces him to reconnect.
295	* SecondLove: To Maddie.
296	* SiblingYinYang: Hard-working and disciplined while Fooker is a lazy slob.
297
298	[[WMG: Mr. and Mrs. Oshiro]]
299	Ki and Yoshi's parents
300
301	* AccidentalMisnaming: Mr. Oshiro keeps calling Ki "Kyoko," the Japanese name she was supposed to have.
302	* ExiledToTheCouch: After he makes the mistake of implying that he views his mixed marriage as a mistake, even after he apologizes.
303	* FormerTeenRebel: Mr. Oshiro was apparently a cultural rebel in his youth, marrying a Chinese woman, but became more conservative with age.
304	* HeyYou: He typically calls Nick "gaijin"("foreigner"), but calls him "Nick-san" when apologizing to him.
305	* {{Hypocrite}}: Mr. Oshiro disapproving of Nick's marriage to Ki on the basis of him not being Japanese, when he married a Chinese woman. Nick and Ki both call him out on that.
306	* LoveObstructingParents: Mr. Oshiro is the last obstacle Nick must overcome to get the right to marry Ki. Interestingly enough, he wasn't nearly as much of a problem when Ki was engaged to Sam, and Sam's parents were the problem.
307	* YamatoNadeshiko: Mrs. Oshiro.
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