Line #74 Characters/RoommatesTheManyFacesOf


1	!!!Back to the main index [[{{Characters/Roommates}} here]].
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4	Thanks to various magical mischief plots ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' had several versions of some characters. Almost if not all of these are '''{{Walking Spoiler}}s''' so for sanities sake no marked ones. If you don't want to know these secrets: [[SchmuckBait DO NOT OPEN]] the folders and what are you doing on this page?
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
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9	!'''Jareth'''
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11	There were several versions of '''Jareth''' appearing in the comic justified by his powers (TimeMaster) and heritage (TheFairFolk).
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13	[[folder:Kid!Jareth]]
14	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Jareth-Kid_35.jpg]]
15	[[caption-width-right:250:[-Little Jareth is cute!-] ]]
16	Appeared in the ''Kid!Jareth'' or ''Little Time Traveler arc'' and he is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin really. He is a small kid Jareth from the past. Also appeared in a the dream / flashback sequence in ''Such Stuff...'' ... how long did his [[MagnificentBastard dad]] manipulate his life again?
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18	* CloudCuckoolander: He is a small child from a MagicalLand of course he acts weird in the modern world.
19	* GooGooGodlike: He could [[TimeTravel travel into the future]] all by his own. Without his parents noticing. But not wise enough to see the dangers of his [[PrecociousCrush crush]] and [[ThePromise promise]].
20	** There is also a BonusMaterial [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Thanks-for-Wishing-lyrics-265496501 sketch]] (the upper left one) that has him sitting in his dad's crown, who has the unmistakable facial expression of a BadlyBatteredBabysitter.
21	* KidFromTheFuture: Some people [[EpilepticTrees suspected]] this but: {{Inverted\|Trope}}. Kid from the PAST. He didn't remain long but it's enough to cause his and Sarah's whole history.
22	* LonelyRichKid: Lonely [[SupernaturalElite Magical Royal]] Kid. With parents like his who wouldn't be?
23	* PrecociousCrush / BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Towards Sarah. An older one in the future. Their whole movie happened because of this ForgottenFirstMeeting that wasn't really forgotten just didn't happen yet... MindScrew anyone?
24	* ThePromise: He gave his word to Sarah (but he didn't use the double line letters so maybe he didn't {{geas}} himself into it perfectly) to:
25	** IAmNotMyFather: To NOT be like his parents.
26	** TimeTravelRomance / MayflyDecemberRomance: Always love her.
27	** BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Make all her wishes come true.
28	[[/folder]]
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30	[[folder:Dark!Jareth]]
31	[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Jareth-Dark_3504.jpg]]
32	[[caption-width-right:251:[-Our ''Villain'' ladies and gentlemen.-] ]]
33	Appeared in the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' and also in ''Such Stuff As Dreams are Made On''. He is basically Jareth's SuperpoweredEvilSide and read ''Evil'' as ''{{Fair\|Folk}}''.
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35	* BigBadWannabe: Actually he would be the BigBad of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'', but he is defeated pretty easily. Basically because you can't tell an epic story about the clash of good and evil if the other characters don't comply.
36	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He thinks in {{trope}} and measures moral questions in the terms of the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality. He would kill if that was the story, maybe feel remorse about the life lost but would think and feel that that was the right thing to do. To clarify he seems to have some idea about what humans call "good" or "bad" but he thinks of them as [[{{Trope}} storytelling devices]] not morality and as such doesn't value them over any other {{trope}}.
37	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: His second appearance was pretty much magically manipulated by his mother.
38	* CollectorOfTheStrange: His decoration sense has distinct shades of this.
39	* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[DownplayedTrope Not too dramatic]]. He just loses the DiscoDan qualities to compensate his VillainousFashionSense.
40	* EvilIsNotWellLit: When he first surfaced his first move was to redecorate and dim the lights. He also set the RooftopConfrontation to nighttime, even if the arc clearly begins in the morning.
41	* EvilSmellsBad: Inverted. His "Reek of Wrongness" [[EvilTastesGood smells like peach]].
42	* TheFatalist: As Sarah put it he is "Mr.-I-have-to-obey-the-story".
43	* FourthWallObserver: He is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of the [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality story]] his [[DesignatedVillain role in it]] his [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption ultimate fate]] and his [[LoveRedeems only way out]]... if only the heroine would notice.
44	* LargeHam: What can we say? The guy planned a RooftopConfrontation just for the effect! And messed with time to make it moonlit...
45	* MonochromaticEyes: A lot like his fathers... and a lot darker than his normal eye color. The most telling mark that you're dealing with him. On the black-and-white pages it looks like BlackEyesOfEvil, but it [[SubvertedTrope isn't]].
46	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He has his moments. Not that he is friendly. He knows perfectly well how awkward intrusion in their personal space can be for others.
47	* StrongFamilyResemblance: He, even more so than normally, and [[Literature/TheErlKing his father]].
48	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Technically he would be Jareth's original [[TheFairFolk fae]] personality... but his love and gratitude for the girl he chose, the camaraderie he feels for his friends and his own desire to change makes him suppress it.
49	--> To quote [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/254362098/2163676706 Pika-la-Cynique's comment]] about it: "... is an [[NobodyCanDie indestructible]], [[ChaoticNeutral irrepressible]], [[ItAmusedMe easily-amused and frequently bored]] [[ThePrankster prankster]] on his [[HeroWithAnFInGood good days]], and an [[NeutralEvil amoral, ruthless]], [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality Story-powered]] villainous [[TheFairFolk Fae]] [[EvilPrince lord]] with [[TimeMaster time-fluxing abilities]] on [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the bad]]."
50	[[/folder]]
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52	[[folder:Mortal!Jareth]]
53	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Jareth-Mortal_1909.jpg]]
54	[[caption-width-right:250:[-Jareth - Magic = Dork-] ]]
55	Appeared in ''Such Stuff Dreams Are Made On'' after receiving a rather [[BlessedWithSuck ambiguous]] [[BroughtDownToNormal gift]] from his father. He broke the spell around halfway through the arc.
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57	* BroughtDownToNormal: Not a permanent {{Depower}} but his only strange ability (according to Shadow!Javert) in this form is to always know where Sarah is.
58	* EyepatchOfPower: Inverted. {{Eyepatch Of\|Power}} {{Depower}}. Hides and seals his mismatched eye the symbol of his magic (it's his father's seal).
59	* FakeMemories: Seem to have them and he is locked in a full-blown LotusEaterMachine. Daddy thinks of everything.
60	* RingOfPower: Again inverted mostly. A [[WithThisRing claddagh]] and his mother's seal it's also a lot more {{Clingy\|Macguffin}} than his eyepatch. See also "Odile"'s tropes.
61	[[/folder]]
62
63	!'''The Cast'''
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65	Sometimes we see other versions of the others... you can guess this has to do with all {{The Trickster}}s around.
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67	[[folder:The Kid main cast]]
68	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Kids_8685.jpg]]
69	[[caption-width-right:300:[-Yeah... They're cute too. Even Erik.-] ]]
70	(Appeared in the ''[[FountainOfYouth Kids arc]]''):
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72	'''Kid!Erik'''
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74	* {{Emo}}: Jareth has fun with clothes to add the looks to the attitude.
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77	'''Kid!James'''
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79	* ProneToTears: He cries a lot... and looks ''adorable''.\
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81	'''Kid!Javert'''
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83	* EvilIsPetty: He isn't above taking candy from a baby... or at least cookie from Kid!James.
84	* RebelliousSpirit: Jareth even dresses him as Punk.
85	[[/folder]]
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87	[[folder:Kid!Aisling]]
88	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-kidaisling_8494.jpg]]
89	[[caption-width-right:250:[-[[SolomonDivorce She doesn't want to go]]!!!!!-] ]]
90	She appears in the ''Kid!Jareth arc'' and also in the ''Erlkönig'' sidestory. Not surprisingly both take place in the past.
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92	* CheerfulChild: Seems to be. But remember she was a FairFolk even then.
93	* CuriousAsAMonkey: "What are you doing?" is the second thing she says. The first is jut a question mark ("?").
94	* QuizzicalTilt: Her most seen expression. Generally with a full body tilt.
95	[[/folder]]
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97	[[folder:The Female main cast + Legolas]]
98	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Fem-Erik-Javert_3907.jpg]]
99	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Fem-James_3137.jpg]]
100	[[caption-width-right:250:[-Not pictured: Female!Legolas.-] ]]
101	(GenderBender brought to us by Jareth's [[PowerIncontinence cold]]. They stayed in this form the longest, made some fans [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer question their sexuality]] and Sarah lampshaded the AttractiveBentGender principle.):
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103	%%'''Female!Erik'''
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105	%%* TheLadette: What did you expect?
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107	'''Female!James'''
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109	* DifferentForGirls: (S)he really shouldn't stand like that with his new... body parts.\
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112	'''Female!Javert'''
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114	* AloofDarkhairedGirl: Which isn't much of a surprise when you gender flip a TallDarkAndSnarky guy, who for some reason takes the change more gracefully and maturely than the others. (She was the one stopping Erik from murdering the cause of their misery, and generally the voice of reason.)
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116	%%'''Female!Legolas''' (We don't see enough form her for any tropes.)
117	[[/folder]]
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119	!''The "Shadow" cast of "Such Stuff..."''
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121	[[folder:The "Shadow" main cast]]
122	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Shadow-Normal_9147.jpg]]
123	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Roommates-Shadow-AFS_942.jpg]]
124	[[caption-width-right:250:[-The two faces of the [[spoiler:Shadow!Main Cast]].-] ]]
125	of ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On''. At the surface they look like {{muggle}} versions BroughtDownToNormal like Jareth, but it becomes apparent quite quickly that they are a lot more. The Erlkönig lent them the power of his minions. See also: The Shadow Beasts in the Magical Community folder.
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127	'''Tropes for all'''
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129	* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: In {{Dream Sequence}}s and after Jareth breaks the LotusEaterMachine. They have animal costumes and if James' CapeWings are any indication probably also some animal abilities.
130	* CrypticConversation: They do this... a lot... almost like they enjoy knowing more about the situation than Jareth does.
131	* {{Monochromatic\|Eyes}} OccultBlueEyes: At least when they are testing the safeguards of the LotusEaterMachine (and/or channeling their Shadow Beast).
132	* TheShadowKnows: Their AnimalMotifs and MythicalMotifs appear this way in the [[LotusEaterMachine "normal world"]].\
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134	'''Shadow!Javert'''
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136	* AnimalMotifs: He is still the [[NobleWolf Wolf]].
137	* WalkingShirtlessScene: The "Fae Animal Superhero" outfit makes him this.\
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139	'''Shadow!James'''
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141	* AnimalMotifs: [[NobleBirdOfPrey Eagle.]]
142	* CapeWings: His "Fae Animal Superhero" outfit has a feathered cape that can act as fully functional wings or the other way around and he has wings in this form that can look like a feathered cape. So [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-36-303479249 wings]] or [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-16-294056058 cape]]?
143	* SacrificialLion: He admits being this in his own story and plays the trope [[InvokedTrope intentionally]] here.
144	* WalkingShirtlessScene: The "Fae Animal Superhero" outfit makes him this.\
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146	'''Shadow!Erik'''
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148	* AnimalMotifs: [[PantheraAwesome Panther, or at least some kind of a big cat]].
149	* WalkingShirtlessScene: The "Fae Animal Superhero" outfit makes him this.
150	[[/folder]]
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152	[[folder:"Shadow" Saito]]
153	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-shadowsaito_7706.jpg]]
154	[[caption-width-right:250:[-What do you want from him?-] ]]
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156	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Delivered by him to Mortal!Jareth: "- Who are you?"
157	* BadassLongRobe: The UsefulNotes/{{Kimono}} variety.
158	* {{Koan}}: All Shadow!Cast members like to talk in [[CrypticConversation riddles]] but HE is a walking talking Fortune Cookie. Like what does "[[LightIsNotGood Day]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil night]] [[SecretWar hold twilight war]] in the [[TheFairFolk court of seasons]]." even mean ({{Pot Hole}}d with in story meaning for convenience)? Or the more profound and the same time more literal: "There is no man in the mirror but the one you imprison there yourself."
159	* MythicalMotifs: He got [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Eastern Dragon]]! How the Erlkönig got this Shadow Beast is a mystery... if it's his at all.
160	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: "I have come here against great personal inclination to speak with you." One of the reasons why he is more cryptic than the others... and [[ItAmusedMe it also amused him]].
161	[[/folder]]
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163	%%[[folder:"Shadow" Sarah]]
164	%%[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-shadowsarah_4291.jpg]]
165	%%[[caption-width-right:251:[-"Hi. I'm here to remind you of the dangers of identity theft."-] ]]
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167	%%* AnimalMotifs: Swan.
168	%%* BattleBallgown: Her Swan Girl costume. She looks really Goblin Queen like in it.
169	%%* FryingPanOfDoom
170	%%[[/folder]]
171
172	!''The court of the Goblin Regent''
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174	[[folder:Main cast + Éponine]]
175	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-goblinregentcourt_221.jpg]]
176	[[caption-width-right:350:[-The close court of the Goblin Regent.-] ]]
177	'''Goblin Regent James'''\
178	Well, James after Jareth temporarily grants him his Kingdom and Power.
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180	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Light blue.
181	* HowDoIShotWeb: Well. First declare that you don't feel any different to trigger the TransformationSequence...
182	* HeroicResolve: He finds it (and [[GoodIsNotSoft goes all out]] AnIcePerson) when he remembers his [[HeroicVow vow]] from the first movie:
183	--> Because I serve others...
184	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He was narrating a page in a [[OnceUponATime fairy tale manner]] and he had this to say about himself:
185	--> And the knight who guarded the throne was not as ''good'' as he should have been.
186	* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Iron'' by {{Music/Woodkid}}.
187	* MakingASplash: Magic in ''his'' hands is distinctly water based. It also tends to {{Float\|ingWater}}. And when he gets [[TranquilFury really upset]] it [[AnIcePerson freezes]].
188	* PowerDyesYourHair: With a blue strain.
189	* PowerIncontinence: ... and try not to drown your friends and subjects in uncontrolled water magic.
190	* PowerupFullColorChange: To ''blue''.
191	* SecretTestOfCharacter: You have the power to [[UnusualEuphemism turn the Ozian army into ketchup]] but, well, [[NobodyCanDie they are innocent to the point of not knowing why that pothole exist]]. What do you do? Apparently he will try to find a different solution, whatever it may take.
192	* TranquilFury: When he gets upset there will be no screaming in anger and pain, just terrifying calmness and the freaking ''Leviathan'' to make his point clear.\
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194	'''Commander Javert'''
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196	* ChekhovsGun: The fact that he defeated the Shadow Child? It comes back.
197	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Dark blue. He is also as advisor the [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]] to Erik's red.
198	* DealWithTheDevil: It looked like this was where he and the Shadow Child were going...
199	** SecretTestOfCharacter: ...He refused.
200	* FighterMageThief: Fighter.\
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202	'''Seneschal Éponine'''
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204	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Brown.
205	%%* FighterMageThief: Thief.
206	* OnlySaneMan: She plays the balancer advisor and voice of reason.\
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208	'''Assasin Erik'''
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210	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Red and black]]. He also plays the {{Red Oni\|BlueOni}} to Javert's blue.
211	* CombatPragmatist: He would risk owing the [[CardCarryingVillain White Witch]] to get the upper hand.
212	* CourtMage: Sort of. Plays magical advisor despite lacking any magic thanks to [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic supreme analytical skills]].
213	%%* FighterMageThief: Mage. Or something like that.
214	* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Castle of Glass'' by Music/LinkinPark
215	* PsychoticSmirk: While he guides Glinda through the labyrint.
216	* {{Turncoat}}: He begins working with Glinda and the Wizard in the last act. But he is generally a [[ManipulativeBastard scheming bastard]], so he played this to become DoubleAgent.
217	[[/folder]]
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219	[[folder:Champion Socks]]
220	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roommates-thechampion_4218.jpg]]
221	[[caption-width-right:250:[-Can you smell... umm... spell {{Woobie}}?-] ]]
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223	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Why he did this for James.
224	* ChangelingTale: Erik theorizes that he was a child turned goblin and his sudden appearance change is his will breaking the spell (it was actually Story).
225	* ChildSoldiers: What James fears will become of him if he lets him close to fighting.
226	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Green.
227	* JumpedAtTheCall: Pretty much took the first opportunity offerd by Story to be a hero and help James. It [[DealWithTheDevil wasn't a wise decision]].
228	* KidHero: What he thought Story promised him in their deal.
229	* OnlyMostlyDead: At the end of the ''Kings War'' arc he comes back. He is still dead-in-canon though, and this is his story so he [[PutOnABus can't stay]].
230	* PrettyBoy: Yep. And the fangirls squeed.
231	* SacrificialLion: If you read between the lines of Story, and that's literal. So yeah. A TragicHero is also a hero. The kid ends up being killed by Story to make James a hero.
232	* UnwittingPawn: He was tricked into this so Story could change the rules of the story to DarkerAndEdgier, BloodierAndGorier. Hi Mr. {{Cerebus\|Syndrome}}!
233	[[/folder]]

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