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3[[folder:The Otterloop Family]]
4!! Alice Otterloop
5The strip's main character, a precious four-year old who goes to Blisshaven Academy Preschool.
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7* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: She's one to Petey, often barging into his room unannounced to talk about stuff he isn't interested in.
8* TheBully: She sometimes bullies her other classmates, either by calling them names or throwing mulch at them.
9* CloudCuckooLander: She has a few odd ideas, mostly fueled by her classmates and brother. Justified due to her age.
10* ItsAllAboutMe: She can be fairly self-centered at times; for example, naming the kids who used to go to Blisshaven "the pre-Alicians".
11* LittleMissSnarker: She often snarks at her brother's expense.
12* MotorMouth: She's quite the chatterbox.
13* PrecociousCrush: One arc implies she gets one on Andre after he scares a wasp away from her favorite dancing spot.
14* SiblingYinYang: With Petey.
15* VitriolicBestBuds: With Sophie; while she repeatedly forgets Sophie's name (much to her annoyance), they're still best friends.
16* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's scared of her grandmother's giant dog, Big Shirley.
17
18!! Peter "Petey" Otterloop II
19
20Alice's brother. He doesn't like doing anything and prefers to just sit on his bed and read comics, but is often forced into activities against his will, mostly soccer. Also a master of the shoebox diorama.
21
22* BreakoutCharacter: Slowly but surely evolved from yet another character Alice interacted with into the {{Deuteragonist}}.
23* CloudCuckooLander: Much like his sister, he has some odd beliefs about the world.
24* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects expired coupons and puts them in a folder labeled "Missed Opportunities".
25* {{Deuteragonist}}
26* GeekPhysique: He's a skinny comic book fan with an aversion to anything sports-related.
27* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Andre, his closest male friend.
28* MagneticHero: He has three and a half (he considers Ernesto half since he's not entirely sure if he's real or not) friends, all who he found by accident.
29* OutOfBodyExperience: Has a tendency to have these in high stress situations. They manifest themselves as a second Petey who narrates his actions and tries to encourage him.
30* PickyEater: He separates the parts of his food so they don't touch each other and regularly checks his status on a website dedicated to cataloguing the world's pickiest eaters.
31* PuppyLove: Has a crush on Viola, but is unable to really express it.
32* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Andre's Red.
33* SiblingYinYang: With Alice.
34* TheSlacker: Spends most of his time reading comics in his room.
35* TerrifiedOfGerms: One of the things he fears is germs, and as such he doesn't like going into dirty areas.
36
37!! Madeline Otterloop
38Alice and Petey's mother.
39
40* {{Housewife}}: Her main job seems to be taking care of her kids.
41* OnlySaneMan: To the Otterloop family, and possibly the strip as a whole.
42
43!! Peter Otterloop
44Alice and Petey's Dad
45
46* TheAllegedCar: His car is a downplayed example; it's not broken-down or barely functioning, but it's ''so'' tiny one could easily mistake it for a kid's toy (Alice describes it as a "Honda-Tonka mix, with a little Cuisinart"). He's often seen struggling to get out of it, and one time Alice mistook it for a toy and brought it to her sandbox to play with.
47* BumblingDad: Averted, he's a bit goofy but generally competent.
48* ButtMonkey: Often the butt of a few jokes, whether he's embarrassing his kids or trying to get out of his car.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Blisshaven Academy]]
52!!Dill Wedekid
53One of Alice's best friends and fellow classmate at Blisshaven. He's a rather odd kid with a tendency to talk about things unrelated to the task at hand. He also has four brothers who have a habit for mischief and contraptions.
54
55* BigBrotherBully: His brothers are implied to be this from time to time; he mentions that they often break his toys.
56* BigEater: The opposite of Petey; he'll often put things like a computer mouse or an old snakeskin in his mouth.
57* CloudCuckooLander: Everyone in the strip is one to some extent, but he's probably the biggest
58* CreepyChild: On occasion.
59* GreenEyedMonster: In the same arc Alice gained a PrecociousCrush on Andre, Dil became jealous of him.
60* MeaningfulName: His last name, Wedekid, sounds similar to "weird kid", and he's a massive CloudCuckooLander.
61* PuppyLove: Towards Alice, who he says he's planning on marrying one day.
62* WeirdAside: Often talks about completely unrelated things during discussions.
63
64!!Beni
65Alice's other best friend and fellow classmate at Blisshaven. An energetic boy with a love for tools
66
67* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When his mom said, "A child with a hammer? Why not just give him a nail gun then?" and took his hammer away, he was under the impression he was getting a nail gun. He got a squeaky hammer instead.
68* MrFixit: He's able to fix everyone's toys with his hammer.
69
70!!Nara
71Another one of Alice's classmates at Blisshaven.
72
73* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A mild case. Mostly because she's four-and-a-half rather than four years old like Alice, she's somewhat more sophisticated than her. For instance, it was Nara that initially took ballet lessons, after which Alice became covetous for the same.
74* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Initially referred to as "Narjeel". Justified in-universe as a slip-up on her registration form for Blisshaven Academy.
75* FlatCharacter: Compared to the other kids she's this, largely due to her lack of CloudCuckooLander traits.
76* GirlishPigtails: Wears her hair in these.
77* OnlySaneMan: She is perhaps the most normal of the Blisshaven students.
78* RunningGag: Her duck shaped potato she always brings for show and tell.
79* TokenBlackFriend: The only black kid at Blisshaven, who doesn't usually serve any role aside from being another friend of Alice's there.
80
81!!Kevin
82Another classmate of Alice's, he is the prime target of Alice's teasing.
83
84* ButtMonkey: Often bullied by Alice.
85* EmbarrassingNickname: Buckethead Kevin, but only Alice calls him that.
86* GenerationXerox: Shares his head shape with his dad.
87* IntergenerationalFriendship: Almost strikes one up with Petey, until the older kid learns that he loves potato salad.
88
89!!Marcus
90A nervous kid in Alice's class whose mother scrapbooks his every action
91
92* MyBelovedSmother: Has one who scrapbooks his every action.
93
94!!Sophie
95A girl in Alice's class who initially joined in the summer class, before coming occasionally in the regular class. Initially on bad terms with Alice due to Alice's tendency to call her "that weird new kid" or "Soapie", the two eventually bonded at a concert and have been best friends ever since.
96
97* BerserkButton: If you call her "the weird new kid," she will mess you up.
98* VitriolicBestBuds: With Alice.
99
100!!Miss Bliss
101Blisshaven Academy's only teacher.
102
103* ImprobableHairstyle: Her bun borders on this.
104* ASimplePlan: Most of her efforts to introduce her students to "culture" go this way.
105* WikiWalk: Her students often take her on the conversational equivalent of these.
106
107!!Mr. Danders
108The Blisshaven academy class pet, who's highly intelligent.
109
110%% * ClassicallyTrainedExtra
111* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Guinea Pig]]
112%% * LargeHam
113%% * SmallNameBigEgo
114* TheBusCameBack: Disappeared for a long time until he came back later as part of a nature show.
115
116!!Timmy Fretwork
117A performer who often helps out around Blisshaven.
118
119* ButtMonkey: His efforts to help out are usually ignored or criticized by the kids.
120* PhraseCatcher: Whenever his relationship with Miss Bliss is brought up, you can always expect someone to say "You can't tie down a banjo man!"
121* WillTheyOrWontThey: He's been in an on-and-off relationship with Miss Bliss at least since Petey was attending Blisshaven.
122[[/folder]]
123
124[[folder:Petey's Friends]]
125!! Ernesto Lacuna
126A weird kid who Petey swears is imaginary. Plans on taking over the world someday.
127
128* BadassBoast: After Petey states he still think's Ernesto is imaginary: "I AM BEYOND YOUR PUNY IMAGINATION!"
129* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: How Alice thinks he came into being.
130* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]: Towards Viola.
131* CloudCuckooLander: Petey even notes that Ernesto is weirder than ''him''.
132* InsufferableGenius: Intelligent and often brags about it.
133* LargeHam: Arguably the hammiest character in the strip.
134* MeaningfulName: A lacuna is an unfilled space or gap, perfect for a boy who may or may not actually be there.
135* MindScrew: Is he imaginary? Is he real? Is he [[TakeAThirdOption both]]?
136* NotSoImaginaryFriend: While he's interacted with people outside of Petey before, general consensus is that he's still imaginary.
137* TheRival: To Petey for Viola.
138* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Believes he can make feet fall asleep at will. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower He thinks this power is awesome]].
139
140!! Viola D'More
141A girl with wild hair. Petey has a crush on her.
142
143* AffectionateNickname: "Petey Potterpoop" for Petey.
144* InsistentTerminology: "It's '''a''' '''''MARIMBA!'''''"
145* PuppyLove: Might return Petey's affections towards her, but it's unclear.
146* {{Tsundere}}: Generally friendly with Petey, but occasionally torments him.
147* WildHair: Her hair is fairly frizzy and voluminous.
148
149!! Andre Chang
150Petey's best friend who he met at Cartoon Camp. Andre is just as much of a comics fan as Petey but prefers superheros and lots of action.
151
152* AsianAndNerdy: His last name suggests he's of Asian descent, and he's a comic book fan.
153* TheBigGuy: Of Petey's friends, he's the biggest.
154* GentleGiant: Physically large, but a nice guy.
155* LargeHam: His love of onomatopoeia and action spills into his real-life interactions, resulting in this.
156* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Petey's blue.
157
158!! Loris Slothrop
159A highly energetic girl and friend of Petey's who he met at Cartoon Camp. She's always a few steps ahead of everyone.
160
161* AwesomeButImpractical: Her massive amount of hairbands (with only two visible) make her hair look cool, but they all shoot out whenever she get's excited.
162* CloudCuckooLander: To the point where she apparently can see when Petey's having an out of body experience.
163* GenkiGirl: A hyperactive MotorMouth of a girl.
164* IronicName: Lorises and sloths are both incredibly slow animals, and she's a fast-talking GenkiGirl.
165* MotorMouth: Talks fairly fast.
166* OutOfFocus: Outside of the Cartoon Camp comics, she appears far less often than Andre.
167* SuperSpeed: As a natural result of her incredibly hyper nature, she seems to have this power.

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