Line #32 Characters/WelcomeToHell


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4	!!Sock / Napoleon Maxwell Sowachowski
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/21ki8hv_3.jpg]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350:Our "Hero"]]
7	An annoyingly friendly demon. Is the main character.
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9	* AccidentalMurder: Sock accidentally murdered both of his parents. While he was sleeping.
10	* AffablyEvil: This is a kid who grew up [[NightmareFetishist fascinated with killing things]] and later went on to cheerfully commit himself to driving an innocent young man to "[[DrivenToSuicide punch his own ticket]]". And yet... he's so cute! And terrible at his job! Notably, the webcomic outright stated his affability is genuine. He just also likes killing.
11	* AnimeHair: Sock's hair sits at a 90 degree angle from his head when he removes his hat.
12	* AmbiguouslyGay: He's not explicitly stated to be gay, but his rather effeminate features, his [[WholesomeCrossdresser wearing a skirt]], his suspicious chumminess with [[EmotionlessBoy Jonathan]], his numerous ShipTease moments with Jonathan, it's not hard to get suspicoius, and is a common {{Fanon}} interpretation. The creator says his orientation is some version of "gender isn't important."
13	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sock might be very sweet, but he has a twisted mind, and he has killed people before.
14	* ICallItVera: Sock kills himself with his knife, and refers to it as his "old friend".
15	* CheshireCatGrin: Sock has a very wide smile.
16	* CompanionCube: In one of the pages of the webcomic, [[http://real-faker.deviantart.com/art/WtH-4-169701665 Sock talks to his weapon.]] He does for one sentence in the short too, but that cut out the comic's monologue from after Sock stabs himself. [[WordOfGod Erica]] says that his knife was his only friend growing up.
17	* CuteAndPsycho: Sock is cute, friendly, and murderous.
18	* CompressedHair: It is quite impressive how much hair he can fit under his hat.
19	* DatelessGrave: PlayedForLaughs: Sock's tombstones don't even have proper ''names'' on them, to the point where he marked his own tombstone as just "ME". [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[http://welcometohellfilm.tumblr.com/post/53073922083/artistfingers-the-moment-i-saw-socks-full in this fancomic]]
20	* DrivenToSuicide: Sock went through several options in his head before settling on opting for suicide, not wanting to inconvenience anyone with a trial he knew he'd be guilty of.
21	* FangsAreEvil: When Sock tells Jon that he is a demon, Sock's teeth go all sharp for a second.
22	* {{Foil}}: Jonathan and Sock are somewhat opposite in personality with Sock being usually excited and hyper, while Jonathan is much more cold and dour.
23	* FlamingDevil: He is a demon, he is certainly effeminate, and the are [[HoYay hints]] of him having a crush on Jonathan.
24	* FriendlessBackground: WordOfGod states that Sock's knife was his most trusted friend.
25	* GogglesDoNothing: Sock has goggles that just look cool.
26	%% * HappyDance: Sock does a silly little jig the second montage, much to Jonathan’s [[FacePalm chagrin]].
27	* HarmlessVillain: Sock wants to drive a teenager to suicide... by annoying him to death.
28	* HitmanWithAHeart: Sock may want to drive an innocent teenager to suicide, but that's no reason to be mean about it!
29	* {{Intangibility}}: As a demon, Sock can pass through objects.
30	* {{Invisibility}}: Only other demons and Jonathan can see Sock.
31	* JacobMarleyApparel: Sock sports the same [[RummageSaleReject bizarre outfit]] as a demon that he wore when he [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].
32	* {{Keet}}: Sock is often very excited and hyper.
33	* LittleBitBeastly: Sock is sometimes drawn with little demon wings and a tail.
34	%% * MrViceGuy: He may enjoy murdering people, but he's still [[CuteAndPsycho lovable as heck.]]
35	* MysteriousPast: When Mephistopheles asks how Sock got into killing, he says its a long story and kind of personal.
36	* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Sock can act very nonchalant to some very disturbing things. An example would be when he kills a squirrel, and gives it to his best friend! [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior At a super young age!]]
37	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Sock tends to be uncomfortably close to Jonathan, even ambushing and making faces at him in the [[MaleRestroomEtiquette bathroom]]!
38	* OlderThanTheyLook: According to WordOfGod, Sock is somewhere between 15 and 20.
39	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Specifically, he's a dead human that was offered a "demonary position" to haunt Jonathan.
40	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He's a dead human that haunts someone else.
41	* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: Sock has a serious case of hat hair that is about a 90 degree angle from his head.
42	* PowerFloats: As a demon, Sock is reasonably powerful, and floats everywhere.
43	* PowerGlows: Sock glows green when he goes through objects.
44	* PowerPerversionPotential: Sock can enter male restrooms as well as Jonathan's house whenever he wants.
45	* PsychopathicManchild: Sock can be super immature for his [[VagueAge age]], and is a murderer who is trying to drive a teenager to suicide...nicely.
46	* RedOniBlueOni: Sock is usually excited and hyper, while Jonathan is much more cold and dour.
47	* RidiculousProcrastinator: Sock constantly puts off seriously driving Jonathan to suicide, and is by WordOfGod in a "Shenanigan-based rut."
48	* RummageSaleReject: Sock has an amazing outfit. What with the crazy hat and the aviator goggles and the scarf and the skirt, it's a very mismatched outfit that somehow works.
49	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Sock wears a scarf, and is apparently strong enough to lift dead bodies, dig graves, and stab himself in one strike.
50	* SicklyGreenGlow: Sock starts glowing a green color when he's phasing through objects. It really applies to hell in general in the short.
51	* ShoutOut: Sock's EmbarrassingMiddleName, Maxwell, is a ShoutOut to Maxwell's Silver Hammer by ''Music/TheBeatles''.
52	* StalkerWithoutACrush: Sock follows Jonathan around his school for his job, trying to get him to kill himself. Of course, the "without a crush' part is [[ShipTease debatable]].
53	* TorsoWithAView: Sock has a gigantic glowing green hole where he stabbed himself.
54	* VagueAge: Sock's age is supposed to be a RunningGag and it's somewhere between 15 and 20.
55	* VitriolicBestBuds: Sock is this with Jonathan. The friendship is a variation in which Jonathan is vitriolic, while Sock is much, much friendlier, but wants Jon to kill himself.
56	* VillainProtagonist: Sock may have plenty of sympathetic traits, but he is trying to make an innocent teen kill himself.
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58	!!Jonathan Combs
59	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2metqon.jpg]]
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61	A dour high school student who would rather not be haunted by a pesky demon named Sock.
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63	* AnimeHair: Jonathan has very bizarre hair. His hair is even [[InvokedTrope described]] as "animation" in his [[EncyclopediaExposita hellfile]]!
64	* DefrostingIceKing: GenderFlipped. Jonathan is very cold to Sock at first, but begins warming up to him in the second montage.
65	* DullSurprise: Jonathan often reacts to the weirdest things in the most deadpan way possible.
66	* EightiesHair: Jonathan has a hairstyle that can be best described as "blond hedgehog".
67	* EmotionlessBoy: GenderFlipped. Jonathan only rarely shows emotion, even under situations that would be very stressful, like being haunted by a demon.
68	* EmoTeen: He's a high school student and caustic, dour and snarky.
69	* {{Foil}}: Jonathan and Sock are somewhat opposite in personality with Sock being usually excited and hyper, while Jonathan is much more cold and dour.
70	* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: He wears headphones, and he's antisocial and doesn't talk to anyone.
71	* ISeeDeadPeople: Jonathan is the only living person who can see Sock who is a ghost and a demon.
72	* OnlySaneMan: Jonathan is a fairly normal, mentally stable teenager, in contrast to the rest of the cast.
73	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Jonathan is a highschooler, and doesn't seem to have anything weird about him...aside by the fact he's being haunted by a demon.
74	* RedOniBlueOni: Sock is usually excited and hyper, while Jonathan is much more cold and dour.
75	* SkewedPriorities: Jonathan is most surprised at Sock not because Sock's a demon that only he can see, but because Sock had never heard of a ''band Jonathan listens to.''
76	* {{Suburbia}}: Jon lives in a small suburban area.
77	* TheStoic: Jonathan doesn't talk much unless he is spoken to, and rarely shows emotion.
78	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sandwiches. Sandwiches are the only food he has been shown eating in the short, and it has been expanded upon that it is his favorite food.
79	* UnfazedEveryman: Jonathan is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is currently being haunted by a demon.
80	* VitriolicBestBuds: Jonathan is this with Sock. The friendship is a variation in which Jonathan is vitriolic, while Sock is much, much friendlier, but wants Jon to kill himself.
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84	[[folder:Demons, Angels, and other supernatural beings]]
85	!!Mephistopheles
86	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/muai54.jpg]]
87	[[caption-width-right:350:A man of wealth and taste]]
88	The manager of Hell and Sock's boss.
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90	* AffablyEvil: Despite running Hell, Mephistopheles seems like a [[BenevolentBoss nice enough guy]], offering Sock a job minutes after just meeting him.
91	* BenevolentBoss: Meph is very genial to his employees, has great benefits and gives weekends off. [[{{God}} She]] only gives Sundays off.
92	* CoolOldGuy: Being immortal, Mephistopheles is quite old, and just see the rest of his tropes for the cool part.
93	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Meph runs Hell like a giant company, and is [[{{Satan}} the devil]].
94	* DeadpanSnarker: For Meph, practically every second word he speaks is a sarcastic quip.
95	* EvilRedhead: Meph has red hair, and is a SatanicArchetype.
96	* InsistentTerminology: Meph does not like to use certain unflattering [[{{Satan}} nicknames]], and prefers to use his given name.
97	* LemonyNarrator: Mephistopheles acts as this in the opening, which makes him being a rather offbeat narrator somewhat inevitable due to his DeadpanSnarker nature and non-objective point of view.
98	* MysteriousEmployer: Meph employs Sock and other demons, and the short doesn't really go into his backstory much.
99	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Meph is the ruler of hell, and employs the other demons.
100	* PungeonMaster: Mephistopheles uses terrible, terrible puns all the time, even in serious situatons.
101	%% * PurpleIsPowerful
102	%% * PurpleIsTheNewBlack
103	* SatanicArchetype: Meph is a FallenAngel who rules over Demons. Pretty standard, although Meph is much more AffablyEvil than most examples.
104	* SharpDressedMan: Meph has a really snazzy suit.
105	* ShipperOnDeck: It's possible that Mephistopheles ships Sock and Jonathan. He's rather quick to assume that Sock only sucks at his job because he likes Jonathan.
106	-->'''Sock:''' I've got him passing balls to a ghost in gym class-
107	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' ''(amused grin)'' He's making [[DoubleEntendre passes]] at you?
108	* ShoutOut: To ''Theatre/FaustFirstPartOfTheTragedy'', as Mephistopheles shares a name with the devil-figure in that play.
109	* StealthHiBye: Mephistopheles has a habit of teleporting out of nowhere to catch up on Sock's work, and disappears just as fast.
110	* StepfordSmiler: Somewhat. Mephistophiles is smug and full of quips throughout the pilot, but he confides in Sock about how stressed he is since he’s in the middle of rearranging Hell, [[MoodSwinger briefly breaking down in tears before going right back to calmly explaining the job offer.]]
111	--> '''Mephistopheles:''' “Everyone’s off the hook for ''now''. The only one suffering here…''is '''ME.'''''
112	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Meph is a demon with golden eyes.
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114	%% !!Tom
115	%% [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demon_of_the_month_tom.png]]
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117	%% Hell's Employee of the month.
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119	%% * OurDemonsAreDifferent
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125	%%[[folder:Characters not appearing in the film]]
126	%% !!Magill Nancy / Lil
127	%% [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_pitjjd6p7j1r93ho0_500.png]]
128	%% [[caption-width-right:350:]]
129	%% A girl that goes to Jonathan's high school.
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133	%% !!Joane / Jojo
134	%% [[quoteright:298:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_pitjk2o0rw1r93ho0_500.png]]
135	%% [[caption-width-right:298:A selfish angel]]
136	%% Lil's guardian angel. Has a grudge towards Sock.
137	%% * OurAngelsAreDifferent:
138	%% * OurGhostsAreDifferent: Strictly speaking, is a dead human.
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142	%% !!Providence
143	%% [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_pitjkpvpdq1r93ho0_500.png]]
144	%% [[caption-width-right:350:]]
145	%% The creator deity of Welcome To Hell.
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148	%%!!Silver
149	%%[[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silver_5.png]]
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151	%% Sock's former dog.
152	%% * EvilDetectingDog: Not quite evil, but Silver felt uneasy around Sock.
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155	%% [[/folder]]
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