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The characters from comedic RPG title made by Zeboyd Games, Cthulhu Saves the World.

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    Cthulhu 
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One of the Great Old Ones who had a curse put upon him by a mysterious stranger. This curse drained him of his power, and the only way for him to break it is for him to become a true hero.

  • Adaptational Heroism: Not by choice, at first, but he's the hero of the game as opposed to another threat to humanity.
  • Alien Blood: He's got ink for blood.
  • Alliance with an Abomination: Over the course of the game, he teams up with a group of mortals so they would assist him in his quest of becoming true hero. In the rewritten ending, he becomes a genuine hero.
  • Anti-Hero: At first starts out as Type V; he only wants to become a hero solely to have his curse broken and to reclaim his powers to destroy the world. He succeeds, but the narrator reluctantly rewrites the ending, and in the rewritten ending he becomes Type III; he's genuinely fighting for the sake of good, but is not above getting his hands dirty.
  • Ascended Demon: He was forced into becoming this, setting out to save the world so he could later conquer it. However by the end of the game he's grown to like being a good guy.
  • Berserk Button:
    • Do not try to harm Umi. Once a shoggoth tried, it ended badly for him.
      Cthulhu: NO ONE lays finger on my groupie! <…> By the time I'm through with this shoggoth, there won't be enough left to traumatize a toddler!
    • Do not take away his cultists. Dagon learned it hard way. He's the Trope Namer for Do Not Taunt Cthulhu for a reason, Dagon!
  • Big Good: In Cthulhu's Angels campaign.
  • Blood Knight: He really likes battling, as evidenced when he decides to kill monsters attacking Umi, in his own words, "just for the sake of violence". Also, he was very willing to beat up the Three Heroes of Goodly Justice when they wanted to slay him.
  • Brought Down to Badass: He was stripped off his powers, yet he's still capable of slaying massive monsters and Eldritch Abominations.
  • Brutal Honesty: He's not above doing that.
    Girl: Is the volcano going to destroy our town?
    Cthulhu: Yes, dear. The volcano is going to burn you all to a crisp.
    Girl: Waah!
    Umi: Cthulhu!
  • Can't Drop the Hero: No matter what party you choose, you can't drop Cthulhu out.
  • Casting a Shadow: He has a choice between two darkness-based abilities: Dark Blast or Dark Strike. Dark Blast, as a magical ability, depends on Magic, while Dark Strike's strength depends on his Strength. Also, his Unity technique with October allows him to use Dark Spiral, which deals dark damage to every enemy on-screen as well as driving everyone insane. Also, he can learn Void on later levels, which allows him to deal dark damage to all enemies on-screen.
  • Cthulhumanoid: Goes without saying.
  • Combat Tentacles: His Tentacles ability allows him to attack multiple enemies with, well, tentacles.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: A comically reluctant example.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Constantly snarks at almost everyone and everything.
  • De-power: At the start of the game, Cthulhu has his powers taken away, and only by becoming a true hero he would get them back. He does in the fake-out ending and destroys the world, but then narrator rewrites the story so Cthulhu would refuse to take them back, as he learned what a true heroism is.
  • Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Ignoring the fact that Cthulhu himself will get punched out a lot if you are not careful, at the end of the game, Cthulhu manages to slay Azathoth himself, which would be an example even if Cthulhu DID have his full power.
  • Driven to Madness: He can give his enemies insanity (a unique nonstandard status effect. Insane enemies behave differently (usually becoming less tactical but more damaging), and Cthulhu and some other party members can draw strength from their insanity). Though others have a limited ability to do it, he has the most ability to do that.
  • Eldritch Abomination: Wouldn't be Cthulhu without this trope. Though he's cursed into the weak form he is in right now.
  • Evil Laugh: Even despite being a hero, he's still not above pulling these. Especially when he mocks narrator after overhearing from him how to reclaim his powers.
  • Face–Heel Turn: In the fake-out ending, when his curse is broken, he unleashes his foretold terror upon the world. Subverted when the narrator reluctantly rewrites the ending, and Cthulhu embraces his heroism.
  • Forced into Evil: Inverted, as he was forced into good, since only by becoming a true hero he would be free of his curse and reclaim his evil powers.
  • Fourth-Wall Observer: He chats/argues with the narrator every now and then. For example, he would have never learned how to break his curse unless the narrator blabbed about it.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Just because he's a hero, don't expect him to be nice. He enjoys spreading insanity, being violent, and acting like a jerk when talking to people.
  • Heel–Face Turn: As stated above, he became a hero thanks to a curse.
  • Heroes Prefer Swords: Since being a hero is his goal, this is another trope he has to fulfill.
  • Heroic Comedic Sociopath: He's not above to being brutally honest when it comes to talking to NPCs, as well as being very bloodthirsty. Thankfully, his groupies are there to restrain his urges.
  • Horrifying Hero: Provides the page image. This IS Cthulhu we're talking about.
  • Jerkass: Just because he's a hero now doesn't mean he's not going to be a jerk. He mostly directs it at narrator, though.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: However, he is surprisingly nicer to his fellow groupies, and doesn't snark at them as much as to narrator. Best shown when he saves Umi from a shoggoth, and then says it wasn't out of pragmatism, and gives a vague hint that he does appreciate her company.
    Umi: Thank you again for saving me from that awful Shoggoth.
    Cthulhu: Think Nothing of It. I couldn't let my number one fan get shoggothed after all. Besides, you have a certain Umi-ness to you that I wouldn't be able to find elsewhere.
    Umi: Thank you!
  • Kraken and Leviathan: The former is summoned by his Unite with Umi.
  • Large Ham: Very much so, and right off the bat.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: His Unite with Sharpe allows him and Sharpe to do that. This reduces both of their HP points to 1, but will deal a lot of damage to their target, depending on how high combo counter is.
  • Life Drain: His Drain Strike allows him to drain the health of enemy he attacks.
  • Lovecraft Lite: Most of the other other Lovecraftian horrors in the game have at least a little bit of this, but Cthulhu tops them all by being a hero.
  • Magic Knight: The degrees of "magic" and "knight" he attains depend on how you handle his branching level-ups. Generally speaking, he's got higher Magic, Will, and MP than Sharpe, but lower Strength, Vitality, Agility, and HP.
  • Medium Awareness: He's fully aware that he's video game character and frequently interacts with in-game narrator. He even takes potshots at developers.
  • Nominal Hero: He intends to become a hero only because he wants to gain his power back.
  • An Offer You Can't Refuse: How he manages to get Ember into his party: he said he'll spare him only if Ember will become his loyal follower.
  • Optional Boss: Returns as this in Episode 4 of Penny Arcade Adventures and in Cosmic Star Heroine. Defeating him in the former game lets him join your party and in the latter game he gives you Lovecraft Satchel, which increases the main character's stats by 20.
  • Playing with Fire: He has a choice between two fire-based abilities: Fireball or Flame Strike. Fireball, as a magical ability, depends on Magic, while Flame Strike's strength depends on his Strength.
  • Poisonous Person: He can learn Plague, which allows him to poison a group of enemies.
  • Red Is Heroic: Wears a red kilt in the game.
  • Refusal of the Call: After the fake-out ending, the narrator reluctantly rewrites the ending where Cthulhu refuses to fulfill his destiny as a world-destroyer. This angers Azathoth who proceeds to raise R'lyeh on the surface to let everyone kill everything in the world.
  • Shock and Awe: He can learn to cast Lightning.
  • Would Hit a Girl: He has no qualms about attacking female opponents as shown in case with Elonalina or Ape Princess.

    Umi 
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Click here to see Dark Umi 

A woman of the sea who joins Cthulhu after he saves her from monsters.

  • Action Girl: Granted, she ended up in the trouble the first time you meet her, but she's still very capable of kicking your butt. Taken even further as Dark Umi in Cthulhu's Angels campaign.
  • Ambiguously Human: There are several hints that she might not actually be a human, as she possesses Siren's Call ability, has unnatural hair color (however, so does Elonalina), is capable of controlling sea life (her Starfish ability and Call Kraken Unity Technique), and in Cthulhu's Angels campaign, when driven insane (with October's Dark Blast if you level her up enough), she gets a very long snake-like tongue.
  • Ax-Crazy: Dark Umi is obsessed with slaughter.
  • Badass Adorable: She is really cute and friendly, but that doesn't mean she can't kick your butt.
  • Beat the Curse Out of Her: In Cthulhu's Angels, October and Elona had to do this to her to free her from Sharpe's influence. Unfortunately, it doesn't last, but the party manages to convince her to join their quest.
  • Blood Knight: Dark Umi is really obsessed with battle.
  • The Cameo: In Episode 4 of Penny Arcade Adventures, she appears to assist Cthulhu during his Optional Boss fight. She also appears in Cosmic Star Heroine as an NPC, where when talked to, she says she waits for "her travelling companion". She also stole a painting from art gallery to make copies of it.
  • Clingy Jealous Girl: When she learned Cthulhu had several dates with the Ape Princess before her, she got a bit...irritated about it.
    Umi (angrily): Was that thing that just tried to kill us seriously an ex-girlfriend of yours?!
    Cthulhu: Girlfriend? No! We just had a dinner once or twice. It was nothing!
    Sharpe: Watch out! Umi is seriously angry!
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Though not to the extreme extent like Dacre, she's still not the sanest girl around.
    Cthulhu: (on "The Rats in the Walls", or rather, its in-game take): One of the only truly horrifying novels written by mere humans.
    Umi: Look at this cute little rat! I want to hug him!
    Cthulhu: Nonsense. Rats aren't cu...no, actually this is a really cute rat, isn't it? What was the illustrator thinking?
    Umi: I want a pet rat!
    Cthulhu: When I've destroyed the world, I'll get you all rats you want.
    Umi: Yay!
  • Color-Coded for Your Convenience: In dialogues in Cthulhu's Angels, normal Umi personality is represented by her usual blue-haired portrait, while Dark Umi personality is represented with her silver-haired portrait.
  • Comedic Sociopathy: Dark Umi's main defining trait.
  • Cute and Psycho: As Dark Umi, she still has the dorkiness of regular Umi, but at the same time she's very insane and murderous.
  • Damsel in Distress: At the start of the game, she is attacked by two Gooezes. Naturally, Cthulhu has to save her as his first heroic act.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: In Cthulhu's Angels, Dark Umi joins your party after you defeat her.
  • Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: Literally. She has a huge crush on him throughout the whole game, and he actually comes to return her feelings by the end.
  • Expy: Of Sara from Breath of Death VII, who was also a healer with Water/Ice damaging spells and who fell in love with the monstrous main hero.
  • Fangirl: She joins Cthulhu because she thinks he's really cool.
  • Friend to All Living Things: She has an affinity with the sea creatures. She even feels bad for Star Terror she and Cthulhu killed, who, as Cthulhu rightfully points out, would've eaten her and everyone she cares about if it ever had a chance.
  • Genki Girl: Always energetic no matter what, and rarely loses her cool.
  • Head Pet: Her starfish Penta in her hair. Cthulhu points it out and gets disgusted once it turns out his expectations were true.
  • Horrible Judge of Character: She believes Cthulhu to be Knight in Shining Armor.
  • Jekyll & Hyde: In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, because of wielding Sharpe (who is an Artifact of Doom in this plane of existence), her personality was split in two. One side is the usual happy-go-lucky Umi, while the other side is a murderous psychopath.
  • Leitmotif: "The Fling That Should Not Be", referred as "Umi's theme" in the official soundtrack. Also shared with Molly.
  • Love at First Sight: Falls in love with Cthulhu when she sees him slaying the monsters that attacked her.
  • Magic Knight: As Dark Umi, she takes up Cthulhu's mantle, having most of his abilities.
  • Making a Splash: Her Flood spell, which can damage every enemy on-screen.
  • Meaningful Name: "Umi" is "Sea" in Japanese. Lampshaded in the Chat available right after you get October.
  • The Medic: She'll be filling in for this role for a long while, since she's the only one to have healing magic for quite some time.
  • Morality Pet: Gradually became this to Cthulhu. Once she got attacked by a shoggoth, he pulverized it to the point where, in his own words, "there wasn't enough left to traumatize a toddler". Plus, she's actually capable of calling him out and having him listen, as shown in one conversation with an NPC.
  • Nice Girl: Umi is friendly and compassionate to everyone she meets, and is occasionally showing concern even to her enemies, and very rarely gets angry.
  • Nightmare Fetishist: She constantly gushes over the freaky octopus dragon-man Eldritch Abomination.
    "You're a dark fiend? You should have told me! That's so sexy!"
  • Personality Blood Types: Parodied. She explains herself as blood type B and explain what that means for her personality, then asks the others what their blood types are. Given what the other party members are, she is...unsatisfied with the reception. Even the other two humans in the party don't give expected answers.
  • Plucky Girl: She's brave and optimistic, and is ready to go with Cthulhu anywhere.
  • Poisonous Person: She can poison her enemies with Sting Strike or Plague abilities.
  • The Pollyanna: Never loses her optimism no matter what.
  • Prongs of Poseidon: Befittingly for someone with a close association with the seas, she uses a trident as a weapon.
  • Prophet Eyes: As Dark Umi, she has this on her bromide, in cutscenes and on official artwork, but not on the portrait for some reason.
  • Red Mage: She has a lot of offensive spells and is also a good healer.
  • Shock and Awe: She can learn Elec Strike, which allows her to strike the enemy with an electric attack.
  • Smitten Teenage Girl: She's so in love with Cthulhu, and does nothing to hide it.
  • Status Infliction Attack: Blind, Slow, Stun, Sealnote , and Poison. Averts Useless Useful Spell, as well, though of course some enemies have their immunities.
  • Superpowered Evil Side: Dark Umi, a form Umi is stuck in Cthulhu's Angels campaign after getting the cursed sword Sharpe.
  • Technicolor Eyes: If one takes a closer look at her portrait, one can notice she has purple eyes.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Dark Umi in Cthulhu's Angels mode only cares about killing stuff, and joins October's party for the sake of killing bad guys.
  • White Hair, Black Heart: As Dark Umi.
  • White Magician Girl: Kind, girly and is one of the main support characters in the game.
  • Would Harm a Senior: Dark Umi is absolutely delighted when she gets a chance to kill an old man.
    Dark Umi: We get to destroy an old man? Excellent!

    Sharpe 
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A sentient sword with a strong sense of heroism who joins Cthulhu & co. after they defeat him and he learns that they are heroes.

  • BFS: Though nobody wields him, he's as long as a human is tall.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: He's got notably big eyebrows to the point where in his Steam Trading Card it's joked that they're his source of power.
  • Blow You Away: He's got various wind-related abilities, like Brave Wind, which allows him to increase either his own or his allies' Agility, Tornado, which allows him to deal wind damage to a group of enemies, Tempest, which targets all enemies, and Wind Strike, which allows him to deal wind and physical damage to one enemy.
  • Clingy MacGuffin: In the Cthulu's Angels campaign. He is cursed to be stuck in Umi's hand and as a result, he corrupts her into a murderous psychopath.
  • Defeat Means Friendship: At first he attacks Cthulhu due to believing him to be an evil fiend, but after learning that Cthulhu turned to heroic side, he joins him on his quest.
  • The Dragonslayer: His Unity technique with Ember, "Slayer", allows him to insta-kill or at least deal massive damage to dragons. Though enemy dragons appear only in the Astral Cave, making this unite not really useful.
  • Evil Weapon: In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, he (or rather his Alternate Self) is a cursed sword that corrupts Umi, turning her into a murderous psychopath.
  • Flying Weapon: Sharpe can move by himself. And he's actually flying; while it may look like he's walking on his blade, he actually slightly hovers above the ground. Lampshaded in one chat conversation.
    Umi: Sharpe, doesn't it dull your blade walking around on it like that?
    Sharpe: Oh, I don't actually walk on my blade. It just looks like I do. I actually use magic to hover slightly above the ground.
    Umi: I wish I could use magic to hover. My feet are so tired from all the walking we do.
    Sharpe: You know it's pretty tiring to hover. It's not like it's a free ride or something.
    Umi: Oh? Then I guess it's walking for me!
  • Heroes Prefer Swords: Parodied. As a nod to Cloud Strife and others, Cthulhu brings Sharpe along because lots of heroes have huge swords.
  • Holy Hand Grenade: He can learn either Holy Strike or Holy on later levels. Holy Strike is a Strength-based attack, while Holy is a Magic-based attack.
  • An Ice Person: He can learn Ice Strike, which allows him to deal ice/physical damage.
  • Knight in Shining Armor: Living sword flavor.
  • Lightning Bruiser: He's got plently of Strength, Agility, Vitality and HP to go around, though he's rather weak against magic. As he levels up, he can become more of this or a Magic Knight.
  • Playing with Fire: Alternately, instead of Ice Strike, he can learn Flame Strike.
  • Redemption Demotion: Parodied and zigzagged. His description blurt says he's got much more max HP than he'll have in a few minutes. After the battle, he indeed has only one tenth of his max HP. However, despite the fact his health is lower now, he becomes really powerful and learns a lot of very damaging abilities, so it's not entirely demotion.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Initially, once he awakens, he is revealed to have red eyes and immediately attacks Cthulhu. After the battle, it gets subverted, as he still has red irises, but is on heroes' side.
  • Shipper on Deck: Shown to be pretty supportive of Umi's crush on Cthulhu. After the shoggoth is defeated, and Umi thanks Cthulhu, Sharpe notices Cthulhu gives a vague hint of him appreciating her company and is quick to point it out. Though Cthulhu is having none of it.
    Sharpe: Methinks Umi's crush may no longer be reappreciated.
    Cthulhu: Shut up, sword man.
  • Talking Weapon: He's a sentient sword.
  • Wake-Up Call Boss: As a boss, he's much tougher than previous bosses, as he's much quicker than your party members, always attacks first, and hits hard.
  • Your Size May Vary: When in the pedestal, he is massive. In the cutscenes and the overworld, he is the same size as Cthulhu. In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, he is small enough to be wielded by Umi as one-handed sword.

    October 
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A Goth girl who joins Cthulhu's crew in Dunwitch, after she laments that she can't use necromancy to control Nyarlathotep's zombies.

    Paws 
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A green cat-like alien, known as an Ultharian, who joins Cthulhu & co. after beaming them aboard the spaceship.

  • Alien Animals: Aside from the eyes, tentacles, and green fur, he looks exactly like a cat.
  • Back Stab: One of the abilities he can learn. It deals bigger damage depending on how high his Agility is.
  • Berserk Button: He's an Ultharian, not a cat! Not that he can do anything to stop others calling him that.
  • Bizarre Alien Biology: He can grow tentacles on will, has uranium blood, and his species have no males or females, as each Ultharian is its own gender (but for the sake of simplicity he allows others to refer to him as "he").
  • Brown Note: His Meow ability, which makes all sane enemies on screen insane, and vice-versa.
  • Cain and Abel: Abel, to Pawz's Cain.
  • The Cameo: Appears in Episode 4 of Penny Arcade Adventures to assist Cthulhu in his Optional Boss fight, and in Cosmic Star Heroine as an optional Duel Boss. After beating him in the latter game, you can collect tuft of his green fur for scavenger hunt (It Makes Sense in Context) and/or recruit him to your crew. His bonus is Slight Speed Bonus.
  • Combat Tentacles: He can grow tentacles on will.
  • Cute Kitten: More like cute Ultharian, but he still looks the part.
  • Defector from Decadence: He defected from Ultharians due to growing tired of their constant warmongering.
  • Deflector Shields: In contrast to the other characters' armor items.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: Paws' brief appearance in Cthulhu's Angels consists of him being vaporized by a death ray after the first line of his introduction. It seems the U-Bovinator is a bit more savvy than Pawz.
  • Energy Weapon: Seems like all his weapons are Energy Weapon attachments for his claws.
  • An Ice Person: He knows Freeze and Snowstorm spells.
  • Insistent Terminology: He reminds the party that he's an Ultharian, not a cat, but much to his consternation, Umi won't stop calling him a kitty.
  • Kill Sat: His Nuke ability, which has a 2-turn delay, yet deals a massive damage to all enemies on-screen and has nothing to do with nukes.
  • My Species Doth Protest Too Much: He has grown weary of constant conflict and decides he wants to sabotage his fellow Ultharians' mission.
  • Only Friend: He's the only party member Cthulhu actually considers a friend and gladly gets along with (as he considers others to be just allies, no more).
  • Red Mage: He specializes in offensive skills and spells, yet also he knows how to heal. On later levels, he can learn to heal the entire party or give everyone regeneration on every turn.
  • Shout-Out: He's a cat-like alien, and he hails from planet Ulthar. In other words, he's The Cat of Ulthar. Also, according to an interview, his name is a reference to an admin of RPGamer website, who also goes by "Paws".
  • Theme Twin Naming: Paws and Pawz. The difference is only in one letter.
  • Units Not to Scale: His in-game sprite is as big as human characters, but in the cutscenes he's the same size as a cat would be.

    Dacre 
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A comically senile old priest who joins Cthulhu & co. in the Water Shrine.

  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Cthulhu says he's crazy, but he has a magic staff so he must be useful.
  • Clipped-Wing Angel: When battling him in Cthulhu's Angels, after he spams Holy Blast many times, he then would try to cast a spell...but he ran out of MP, which results in him losing the turn and spending the rest of battle using regular attacks.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: His mind is definitely not over the place. Like when Cthulhu reclaims his powers and is about to destroy the world in the fake-out ending, his response?
    "I like cheesecake."
    • Averted in Cthulhu's Angels campaign, where since it's a different story, Dacre managed to keep his sanity.
  • Cool Old Guy: He's definitely old, yet he is very experienced mage. And his personality does little to compensate this.
  • Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He's believed to be the mage who depowered Cthulhu to his weakened state. It gets confirmed in Cthulhu's Angels campaign, but considering the differences between canons, it's ambiguous does it stay true to the main mode as well.
  • Hero Antagonist: In Cthulhu's Angels, the reason he fights you is because he was the one who sealed Cthulhu away, and should Cthulhu become a true hero, the curse will be broken and he will destroy the world, and Dacre knows that and seeks to prevent it.
  • Holy Hand Grenade: Holy is a powerful spell that isn't learned by him until late in the game. Earlier, he can use a Unite with October, Banish Evil, that borders on Disc-One Nuke.
  • Meaningful Name: Averted. Developer commentary says that he was named by pushing random keys on a keyboard.
  • The Medic: He is very proficient in healing.
  • Religion is Magic: He is the priest and knows holy magic.
  • Status Buff: He has a lot of them, culminating in the Hero's Hymn which raises all stats.
  • Status Infliction Attack: Blind and Seal.
  • White Mage: Nearly every spell he knows is a healing or buffing spell.
  • Would Hit a Girl: In Cthulhu's Angels, he had no qualms about attacking and trying to kill October and her party, though it's mostly because he believes it to be for the greater good.

    Ember 
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A red demon dragon who was terrorizing Alhazred until Cthulhu defeats him, and joins Cthulhu & co. afterwards.

Bosses (main mode)

    The Three Heroes of Goodly Justice 
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From left to right: Elonalina, Dash the Daring, and Switchblade

The trio of generic RPG heroes who appear as the first obstacle on Cthulhu's way. Elonalina is the Cleric, Dash the Daring is the Hero, and Switchblade is the Thief. In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, Elonalina (under the nickname Elona, as her name is too big to fit in the character space) becomes the second party member of October's team, while the remaining two turn against her for her "betrayal".

  • Affectionate Parody: They are a parody of the stereotypical clichéd RPG heroes.
  • Ascended Extra: Elonalina went from a member of Goldfish Poop Gang to a second party member in Cthulhu's Angels campaign.
  • Back Stab: One of Switchblade's abilities is backstabbing an opponent.
  • Badasses Wear Bandanas: Dash the Daring wears a blue bandana, possibly to invoke this trope.
  • Berserk Button: As shown in Cthulhu's Angels campaign, Elonalina hates being disrespected as a hero. When Dash and Switchblade accuse her of being a traitor and believing she became evil, she reacts with massive anger. Also, after the plague in Kingsport is cured and the party chooses to talk to NPCs, she gets mad when two of them give credit to Dacre and Cthulhu.
  • Character Name Limits: Parodied. In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, Elonalina tried to join the party, but her name was too long to fit in the status box, so she had to shorten her name to Elona so she could join.
  • Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: After Cthulhu and Umi defeat them for the first time, Umi expresses concern about their fates. Cthulhu just points out that since they are adventurers, they probably already respawned in the nearest church. They actually face them again in R'lyeh, where they attack Cthulhu and his group.
  • Face Framed in Shadow: Switchblade's face is covered in shadows from his cloak. Lampshaded by Umi when she points out how he doesn't look heroic because of that.
    Switchblade: I have a skin condition - leave me alone!
  • Fighter, Mage, Thief: Dash the Daring is the Fighter, Elonalina is the Mage, and Switchblade is the Thief.
  • Goldfish Poop Gang: They are just occasionally appearing non-threatening foes appearing on Cthulhu's way only to be quickly defeated. They were supposed to have more appearances, but the developers forgot about them.
  • Hero Antagonist: They are not inherently evil, just unable to comprehend the fact that Cthulhu is a good guy now.
  • Hero of Another Story: According to several NPCs, while Cthulhu and his party are busy doing their own heroics, the Three Heroes of Goodly Justice are busy collecting holy crystals.
  • Holy Hand Grenade: Elonalina as a party member can learn Holy spell that can deal big damage to enemies.
  • Inspector Javert: They always believe Cthulhu is responsible for various wrongdoings, like believing him to brainwash Umi into servitude. And when R'lyeh arises, they believe Cthulhu was the one who raised it on the surface (granted, Cthulhu and R'lyeh are very associated, so they have their reasons to).
  • It's All About Me: It's unknown does it extend to Dash and Switchblade, but Elonalina is full of herself. Best shown in Where Are They Now epilogue of Cthulhu's Angels, where in the ending she went on a press junket around the world to tell everyone how awesome she was and her name was imprinted in the story for a very long time.
  • Just Like Robin Hood: During the group's introduction, Switchblade claims that he "steals from the wicked to give to the just".
  • Knight Templar: They just adamantly refuse to believe that Cthulhu is not evil. During rematch, Cthulhu himself puts it best.
    Cthulhu: Don't bother. The only thing these guys will listen to is a swift kick to the head.
    • In Cthulhu's Angels, when Dash and Switchblade see Elonalina with October, they accuse her of betrayal for associating with the Necromancer and try to kill her, even refusing to listen to her explanations.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: In Cthulhu's Angels, Elonalina is known as Elona, as her full name is too big to fit in the status box.
  • Recurring Boss: You fight them twice in the game: the first time at the beginning, the second time in R'lyeh.
  • Redemption Promotion: In Cthulhu's Angels, when Elonalina is in your group, she is much stronger than when she appears as an enemy.
  • Red Mage: As a party member, Elonalina takes up Umi's mantle, having an array of offensive, healing and buffing spells.
  • Shoot the Medic First: Want to save some stress when fighting them? Take down Elonalina first!
  • Smug Smiler: They constantly wear smug smiles on their faces. Though Elonalina in Cthulhu's Angels displays more variety of facial expressions.
  • Starter Villain: They are the first big obstacle appearing on Cthulhu's way.
  • Status Buff: As a party member, Elonalina can learn to use various buffs.
  • Summon Magic: As a party member, Elonalina can summon Mawfish that attacks enemies at the end of every turn, and she can learn to summon Mystic Flower that buffs random party member at the end of every turn or Angry Breeze that functions like a weaker Mawfish.
  • Van Helsing Hate Crimes: They see Cthulhu as evil just because he's an Eldritch Abomination and a being of chaos, and Dash and Switchblade see October as evil just because she is Necromancer.
  • Villain Forgot to Level Grind: When you face them again in R'lyeh, they are exactly the same strength as during your first encounter with them. Naturally, you end up curb-stomping them so quickly you almost feel sorry for them.
  • Warm-Up Boss: They just serve as a warm-up for what waits you in the rest of the game.
  • Wolfpack Boss: You fight three of them at once.
  • Would Hit a Girl: While Dash the Daring claims he intends to free Umi from Cthulhu's grasp, neither he nor any of his cohorts would refrain from attacking her in the battle. Also, Dash and Switchblade were fully willing to kill October and Elonalina due to their own fanatical views.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: In Cthulhu's Angels campaign, after you defeat Dash and Switchblade, they just disappear from the game entirely. However, NPCs still mention the fact that they are collecting crystals, but you never encounter them ever again.

    Star Terror 
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A monstrous massive Mawfish that attacks Cthulhu and Umi while they cross the bridge.

    Ninja Spirit 
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A ninja spirit that attempts to kill Shane the dog for desecrating Ninja Burial Ground by bone-digging. Since Cthulhu is a hero now, he should not allow it and fights the ghost.

  • Disproportionate Retribution: He wants to kill a dog because it was digging for bones. Well, it's because this act despoiled the sacred burial ground, but you'd think he would be aware that dogs have no moral choices, only instincts.
  • Flechette Storm: He can use Shuriken Storm, which deals damage to all members of your party.
  • Fog Feet: He has ghostly tail instead of legs.
  • Gratuitous Ninja: There doesn't seem any reason for him to be there other than the fact that you get to fight a ghost ninja.
  • Highly-Visible Ninja: Despite being a ghost of ninja, he doesn't even try to be stealthy, outright announcing and revealing himself to heroes and a dog he wants to kill with a loud "Halt!".
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's a ghost Ninja.
  • Optional Boss: He's not required for progress, unless you want to get Trance Sword as a reward.
  • Our Ghosts Are Different: This one is a ghost of ninja.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are red and he's very hostile.

    Nyarlathotep 
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One of the Outer Gods and Cthulhu's old rival, Nyarlathotep terrorizes the city of Dunwitch by overrunning it with zombies.

  • Adaptational Personality Change: In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep was a cruel Faux Affably Evil Sadist who enjoyed adopting a human guise in order to manipulate populations into madness. Here, he openly stands around in his monstrous form and just uses zombies to terrorize people. There is nothing affable (faux or otherwise) about him.
  • Adaptational Wimp: In the Cthulhu Mythos, Nyarlathotep was a powerful, godlike being able to single-handedly drive entire cities to madness. Here? He only revives zombies, has less health than an ape princess, and his sole mind-attacking ability — Creeping Terror — is more annoying than threatening. He's no match for even a depowered Cthulhu.
  • Arc Villain: He's responsible for the zombie outbreak in Dunwitch in Chapter 3.
  • Eldritch Abomination: He's shapeless tentacle mass, and at one point Cthulhu refers to him as a deity.
  • Flunky Boss: Accompanied by two Fat Zombies that he constantly revives when they die.
  • Hidden Disdain Reveal:
    Cthulhu: You've tortured these poor zombies (and humans) long enough! Your wickedness ends today!
    Nyarlathotep: You know, I've never liked you, Cthulhu. Die!
  • Insane Troll Logic: During his last words, Nyarlathotep laments about the fact that he was supposed to be more powerful... because he has a longer name.
  • Mana Burn: The effect of his Creeping Terror ability, which he uses often.
  • Necromancer: He was the one who overran Dunwitch with zombies. And he constantly revives his Fat Zombie flunkies when they die.
  • Sore Loser: Lampshaded by Cthulhu.
    Cthulhu: Pitiful Nyarlathotep, accept your defeat with dignity.
  • The Rival: In this version of the Cthulhu Mythos, he was a rival to Cthulhu before the latter's Heel–Face Turn.
  • This Cannot Be!: His reaction to being defeated by Cthulhu.

    Fire Whale 
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The land-dwelling flame-powered whale that serves as the guardian of the Swamp of Despair. He immediately appears after collecting the Flame Tome from the treasure chest.

    Ape Princess 
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The white ape princess that lives in Ghost Forest, attacking anyone who comes into her domain.

  • Berserk Button: According to her description, "whatever you do, don't call her a dude". It wasn't shown in the game, but then again, see Noodle Incident below...
  • Flunky Boss: She is accompanied by two Mist Wolves. And she guards them, greatly increasing their defenses.
  • Frazetta Man: She's a highly-aggressive white ape — a creature that debuted in Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, which were described as ape men with white fur.
  • King Mook: To Witch Doctors (and Ape Doctors to an extent). Much like them, she's an ape-man being, but unlike them, she can't cast spells other than Princess Protection.
  • Lightning Bruiser: She's extremely fast (outdoing even Sharpe in terms of speed), has about 10000 HP and deals big amounts of damage.
  • Noodle Incident: Apparently, she and Cthulhu had several dates before. It seems like it didn't turn out well.
  • Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Possibly. Cthulhu says they had one dinner or two, but he quickly says it was nothing, but then again, he might've been lying to save himself from angry Umi.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: She's got red eyes and she's very aggressive.
  • Shout-Out: She's directly based on the white ape princess that appeared mummified in Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family. The developer's commentary explicitly states it's one of the more obscure Lovecraft references.

    Pawz 
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Paws' evil one-eyed twin that is responsible for Alien Invasion in Providence.

    Tombstone 
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The sentient tombstone that serves as the guardian of the Graveyard of Memories. It immediately appears after collecting the Shotclaw from the treasure chest.

    Shoggoth 
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A poisonous creature that was hiding in the pool of magical healing water. Once Cthulhu and his group come to retrieve healing water to cure people of the Kingsport, it immediately crawls out of the pool and attacks the group.

    Fallen Angel 
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A fallen angel that serves as the guardian of the Ice Cave. She immediately appears after collecting the Giant Whip from the treasure chest.

    Black Hole 
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A black hole that serves as the guardian of the Astral Cave. It immediately appears after collecting the Master Hilt from the treasure chest.

    Dagon 
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Formerly Cthulhu's minion, Dagon betrayed Cthulhu and took away his followers in the Innsmouth and tried to kill him, believing him to be unworthy of them and seeing him as lapdog to humans. He dwells in the lowest floors of the Marsh Foundry.

  • Adaptational Wimp: This Dagon is very, very small, weak and frail when compared to Dagon from Cthulhu Mythos. To give you an idea, original Dagon was 30 stories tall.
  • Animalistic Abomination: He's a massive, overgrown Deep One, although he looks drastically different from his lower brethren.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: At first you'd think he's the final boss of the game. After you defeat him, a fake-out ending plays where Cthulhu becomes a true hero and destroys the world. But then narrator reluctantly rewrites the ending, adding R'lyeh as the Very Definitely Final Dungeon and new villain at the end.
  • Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: With actual Cthulhu, nonetheless. Dagon learned it hard way that you should not take away his cultists.
  • Extra Eyes: He's got six eyes.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Speaks polite to Cthulhu, but makes it clear he hates his newfound heroism.
  • Fish People: Despite the looks, he's still the Deep One.
  • Flunky Boss: Accompanied by two Deep Ones. When they get defeated, he summons more.
  • HP to One: His Doom ability, which drops the party member's HP to one.
  • Lamprey Mouth: His mouth is shaped like this.
  • Making a Splash: He can cast Dark Waters, which deal damage to all party members.
  • Mercy Kill: He mockingly says he will put Cthulhu out of his misery for becoming a lapdog for humans.
    Dagon: Poor, poor Cthulhu. Let me put you out of your misery!
  • Monster Lord: He's a massive overgrown Deep One, but he looks drastically different from them.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He's got four arms.
  • The Starscream: He betrays Cthulhu and steals his followers because he believes Cthulhu doesn't deserve them.
  • This Cannot Be!: Screams this as he dies:
    Dagon: How can this be?!

    Penultimate Boss (SPOILER) 

Golthulhu

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A golem made in Cthulhu's likeness, Golthulhu sits on the top of R'lyeh, intending to finish Cthulhu's intended mission and take over the world.

    Final Boss (SPOILER) 

Azathoth

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The final boss of the game, Azathoth is the massive Eldritch Abomination added to the story by narrator to serve as the last opponent to Cthulhu.

Bosses (Cthulhu's Angels)

    Evil Bridge 
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Originally just an ordinary bridge, it was brought to life by narrator after October and Elona noticed the absence of an enemy that would have attacked them.

  • Animate Inanimate Object: It was just a bridge, but narrator brought it to life and sent them to attack the heroes.
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Nothing foreshadows its existence; narrator just all of sudden brings the bridge to life.
  • Infernal Retaliation: If it catches fire, its power increases, and the buff stacks, so the player needs to be more careful with the use of Fireball.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: It has red eyes and is very hostile.
  • Refuge in Audacity: Nobody is guarding the bridge and characters noticed how uneventful the trip was. Narrator's solution? Bring the bridge to life and have it attack the characters, of course!

    Paradox Molly 
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Molly's evil alternate reality self that terrorizes Dunwitch with zombies in Cthulhu's Angels mode.

  • Buried Alive: She can use Bury ability which deals big damage to one party member.
  • Evil Twin: She is Molly's evil time-travelling parallel self.
  • Flunky Boss: She is accompanied by 8 zombies. And she summons more when they die.
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: She is not foreshadowed at all. She's just...there.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: To differ her from regular Molly, Paradox Molly features red eyes to signify her evilness.

    Cosplayer 
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Crazy Cthulhu cosplayer who introduces himself as grand cultmaster Zarbakovaz. After October's group tells him about Cthulhu's change of ways, he accuses them of leading his lord away from his path and tries to kill them to "break their curse".

  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Nope. He's got slightly more health than an average cultist, but he still goes down in one or two hits. He doesn't even have any attacks other than a regular one.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: As expected from Cthulhu's follower, he is absolutely crazy.
  • Evil Smells Bad: Characters keep pointing out how horrible he smells. Like after the battle October says he smells like a "stinky tofu".
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Again, he is not foreshadowed at all. He's just standing around there.
  • Insane Troll Logic: He believes Cthulhu's Angels seduced his dark lord away from his destiny with their "womanly wiles", and that killing them would revert him back to his old self. Then again, being Cthulhu's cultist, it's unlikely he would think straight.
  • King Mook: To Cultist enemies. Not that it helps him, since while he's stronger than one individual Cultist, he's still very, very weak.
  • Prophet Eyes: It's unknown does it come from graphic limitations or is it intentional to signify him being completely insane, but his eyes are blank white, without any features.
  • You Need to Get Laid: Molly says he needs a girlfriend, but when he asks if she's offering, she immediately declines.
  • Zero-Effort Boss: Unlike the Ape Princess he replaces, he's not much of a challenge.

    U-Bovinator 
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Mechanically modified Bovinator mutated with U-Virus in charge of Alien Invasion in Cthulhu's Angels mode.

  • Brutish Bulls: He's a mutated and mechanically modified Bovinator.
  • The Comically Serious: After boasting about how he's the ultimate killing machine, Dark Umi then claims he is wrong and she is the ultimate killing machine, but she offers him to be the second ultimate. U-Bovinator comically responds with Stunned Silence.
  • Cyborg: He's got cybernetic enhancements. Molly even mistakes him for a robot because of this.
  • Gatling Good: He constantly uses his Machine Guns, which deal multiple damage to random party member, more often than not to the same party member, promptly defeating them.
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Notably averted. He has a spoken role at the beginning of the chapter, fully giving you an idea that he is the boss you must fight.
  • Guns Akimbo: Wields two guns in his hooves.
  • King Mook: To Bovinators.
  • Mutant: He is mutated with U-Virus.
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Cyborg mutant genetically-modified uplifted cow.
  • No-Nonsense Nemesis: When Paws attempts to reprise his main campaign role, U-Bovinator vaporizes him, preventing him from assisting the heroes. Also, before his death, he initiates self-destruction sequence.
  • Taking You with Me: Attempts to do this after his defeat by initiating self-destruction of the ship. The party survives, thanks to Molly creating a portal to teleport them out.
  • Uplifted Animal: He's a Bovinator, which are genetically modified cows. However, he received more modifications than your usual Bovinator.

    Kraken 
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A giant Kraken that attacks the party on the ship in the sea.

    Dark Dragon 
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A giant grey dragon that takes Ember's role as a boss in Cthulhu's Angels mode.

  • Bait-and-Switch Boss: At first it seems like you would fight Ember, just like in the main campaign. But then, it turns out Ember, unlike in the main campaign, is not a bad dragon at all, and a much bigger dragon appears, which you have to defeat.
  • Breath Weapon: His Flame Breath ability, which deals damage to entire party.
  • Dark Is Evil: He's called Dark Dragon, and he's evil.
  • Dragons Are Demonic: As a substitute to Ember from the main campaign, he's an evil and more powerful dragon, who terrorizes the town of Alhazred.
  • Evil Is Bigger: He's much bigger than Ember, and he's evil.
  • Playing with Fire: Naturally, due to being the dragon.
  • Our Dragons Are Different: Western flavor.
  • Shout-Out: To the dragon with the same name from Shining Force. His description even says "Has never been resurrected", which references how his namesake's resurrection was the main plot point of the game.

    Mother Hydra 
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A big, obese, hideous creature that dwells in the lowest floors of Marsh Factory.

  • Animalistic Abomination: Much like with Dagon, despite looking very different from her lower brethren, she's still an overgrown Deep One.
  • Distaff Counterpart: To Dagon in the main campaign.note 
  • Evil Smells Bad: So bad, it will poison your entire party.
  • Fat Bitch: She's very obese and is definitely not nice.
  • Fish People: Courtesy of being the Deep One.
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: The closest she gets to foreshadowing is when you inspect one of drawers, where the narrator states you find Mother Hydra voodoo doll.
  • Gonk: Just look at her.
  • Making a Splash: She can use Dark Waters ability, which deals damage to all party members.
  • Monster Lord: Similarly to Dagon, she looks drastically different from her lower brethren, but is still the Deep One.
  • One Bad Mother: Mother Hydra.
  • Poisonous Person: She can poison your entire party with Foul Stench ability.
  • Your Mom: According to Cthulhu, Mother Hydra is the source of all "You're momma's so fat" jokes.

Other

    Narrator (SPOILERS) 
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The narrator of the story. He constantly interacts and converses with Cthulhu and other characters, and also he can rewrite the history at his own will by adding more monsters and obstacles.

He also acts as the main antagonist of the Cthulhu's Angels campaign, where he acts more hostile and denies Cthulhu his true hero position, which prompts heroes to rush into his library to kill him and bring back the freedom of choice.

  • Author Avatar: Possibly. He shares the same portrait with the director from developer's commentary.
  • Author's Retaliation: He's already at odds with Cthulhu in the main story, constantly interacting with him directly to mock his situation, but he becomes a direct antagonist in Cthulhu's Angels when Cthulhu decides to kill the Narrator in revenge.
  • Berserk Button: He hates it when the story doesn't go as it was supposed to. He was very displeased when he had to rewrite the original ending against his own wishes, and he gets really mad when, in Cthulhu's Angels, the story goes Off the Rails.
  • Big Bad: Of Cthulhu's Angels mode.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Although his and Cthulhu's goals never fully align even when the latter is following the intended plot, the Narrator's interference plays a vital role in Cthulhu Saves Christmas, bombarding the Final Boss with narratives that mess with its Combat Clairvoyance so that Cthulhu can save Christmas and regain his powers (though it is a prequel and multiple characters are aware he'll just lose them again soon enough).
  • Final Boss: In Cthulhu's Angels mode he takes the role of the final boss.
  • Improbable Weapon User: He weaponizes narratives. Among them is Alliterative Attack, which deals big damage to random party members, another is named Deconstruction, which deals big damage to all members of your party, and another is called Foreshadowing, during which nothing happens...yet. At the next turn, it's followed by Foreshadowed attack, which deals big damage to all members of your party.
  • Interactive Narrator: He constantly interacts with Cthulhu and other characters in the story, and vice-versa. For example, it's thanks to him Cthulhu finds out how to break the curse.
  • Jerkass: He's not really nice in the main mode, but in Cthulhu's Angels mode he's even worse, constantly pestering October's group and even outright denying Cthulhu his true hero title just because "he doesn't feel it right for Cthulhu to be a true hero" despite promising to grant him title earlier.
  • Killer Game Master: In Cthulhu's Angels, he behaves like cruel GM, spawning monsters out of nowhere, harassing Cthulhu, going against his own words simply because "he doesn't feel it right for particular outcome to happen", and even tries to kill off the entire party once the story goes Off the Rails.
  • Lemony Narrator: He's quite eccentric for a narrator, trolling characters from time to time and expressing disgust when after reluctantly rewriting the main mode ending and before adding R'lyeh's rising and Azathoth in the story.
  • The Man Behind the Curtain: He himself lampshades this. Subverted, as he's still a very powerful Reality Warper.
    Narrator: There you are. Look at me. I'm just a poor old man, sitting in a comfy chair, reading his favorite book.
    Cthulhu: Don't be fooled, angels! He's the embodiment of all that is evil!
  • Physical God: Though you'll get to see his physical form only in Cthulhu's Angels mode.
  • Reality Warper: He can alter reality at will, adding new monsters and obstacles as well as changing the story.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Cthulhu. He just likes messing with him, and Cthulhu can't do anything about that. But in Cthulhu's Angels mode, Cthulhu finally gets fed up with it and sends his Angels to kill him.
  • Troll: He likes trolling Cthulhu from time to time. For example, when inspecting one drawer, he says Cthulhu has found a very powerful artifact only to reveal he's just messing with him, much to Cthulhu's dismay.
  • Villainous Breakdown: He loses it when the story goes Off the Rails after the defeat of Mother Hydra after he refuses to allow Cthulhu to be a true hero, and immediately threatens to kill Cthulhu and October's team with a single sentence, only to be stopped by generic narrator override.
    Narrator: Fools! Don't you realize I have all power? With just a single sentence I could kill you all. In fact, I think I'll do that right now!
  • The Voice: Most of the time you only hear his voice, but you never see him...until the end of Cthulhu's Angels mode.
  • Walking Spoiler: Not exactly walking, as he sits on his comfy chair the entire time, but everything about his role in Cthulhu's Angels mode is a spoiler.

    Molly 
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A were-zompire from one of the earlier works of Zeboyd Games, Molly appears as a fourth party member in Cthulhu's Angels campaign by coming out of portal created with her cellphone.

  • Absurdly Sharp Claws: She uses her Wolverine Claws in combat, and they never seem to dull out.
  • Aerith and Bob: She's got the most humane name in the entire game, especially when compared to such names as Elonalina, Switchblade, October, Dacre, Cthulhu, Nyarlathothep… And she didn't even originate from this game or Cthulhu Mythos.
  • Animal Eyes: She has catlike eyes despite being (partially) based on a werewolf.
  • Buried Alive: She can do this with her Bury ability. Though it doesn't deal that much of a damage compared to her other moves.
  • The Cameo: A letter from her appears in Cosmic Star Heroine (but Molly herself doesn't). She says she took the treasure from the treasure chest and apologizes for it, and gives a tip to the characters on style working differently during negative HP.
  • Cute Little Fangs: She has two protruding fangs. This serves as a reminder that she is partially a vampire.
  • Cute Monster Girl: She is a werewolf, a vampire and a zombie at the same time, but she still looks very cute.
  • Deadly Lunge: Her Lunge ability, which deals extra damage to enemies.
  • Deus ex Machina: She appears through the portal, seeking for adventure, and then joins October's group. Also, when U-Bovinator attempts to pull Taking You with Me, she is the one who saved the entire team by creating a portal to the surface.
  • Gameplay and Story Segregation: Parodied. When she asks why her stats are not 999 or something, the narrator responds the game would not use her true stars to stay fair to the other characters.
  • Guest Fighter: Originates from the interactive novel Molly the Were-Zompire, one of earlier Zeboyd Games' works.
  • Holy Hand Grenade: She can learn Holy Strike at higher levels.
  • Leitmotif: "The Fling That Should Not Be", shared with Umi. In fact, her boss theme in Episode 3 of Penny Arcade Adventures is a remix of the said theme.
  • Life Drain: She can drain the health of her enemies with her Blood Suck ability.
  • Medium Awareness: She's fully aware that she's video game character, to the point where she wonders why she isn't overpowered.
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: She's a were-zompire.
  • Optional Boss: Plays the role of an optional boss in Episode 3 of Penny Arcade Adventures. Defeating her gives Gabe Were-Zompire Claws.
  • Parody Sue: She has an overly ridiculous Wish-Fulfillment-esque premise to her character (a cheerful teenager girl was simultaneously killed by a werewolf, zombie, and vampire, and ends up turning into a mix of all three with unique powers and takes it all in stride) and has a device that lets her solve any problem (a cellphone letting her create portals to any place) among some other things, all played for comedy. At one point, she even wonders why her stats are not 999. The narrator, in response, says:
    "Though Molly the Were-Zompire is, indeed, that awesome, to be fair to the other characters, we didn't give her true stats to her."
  • The Pollyanna: She is always happy-go-lucky and optimistic no matter what.
  • Silver Bullet: One of her abilities, which is an attack that bypasses defenses of enemies.
  • Summon Magic: She can learn either Call Bats or Call Wolves, which allow her to summon the respective animals which continuously attack the enemies.
  • Token Non-Human: She is the only non-human party member in Cthulhu's Angels (excluding Sara, as she is unlocked only after beating the Optional Boss), though she used to be a human.
  • Unexplained Recovery: In Breath of Death VII, at one point when inspecting graves, there's a grave which says Molly the Were-Zompire rests there in obscurity. However, in this game she's perfectly okay.
  • Was Once a Man: She was an average human girl, but then got simultaneously killed by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie, and ended up being a tri-hybrid monster with a lot of unique powers.

Cthulhu Saves Christmas

Cthulhu's Party

    Cthulhu 
The main protagonist, recruited by Crystal to rescue Santa from the League of Christmas Evil in exchange for a wish...even if that wish is to destroy the world, Christmas included. As a returning character, see above for tropes.

    Crystal Claus 
Santa Claus' granddaughter.
  • Damsel in Distress: When Cthulhu first meets her in the Tutorial, she's being accosted by generic enemies and has to be rescued.
  • An Ice Person: Aside from healing and buffing spells, Crystal's abilities center around Ice magic.
  • The Not-Love Interest: In her final bonding event, she acknowledges Umi's presence in Cthulhu Saves the World, but briefly ponders if she could've ended up in that position in another timeline.
  • Pungeon Master: Has a habit of slipping Christmas-related homonyms into her speech, such as "Yule be sorry!" and "We sleigh-ed you and don't you forget it!"
  • White Magician Girl: The majority of Crystal's abilities involve healing, buffing, and curing status ailments.

    Baba Yaga-chan 
A young girl obsessed with chickens. Claims that she's not the Really 700 Years Old witch of legend Baba Yaga...or at least, not yet.
  • Head Pet: She's always seen with Cluck-Cluck, her pet chicken, riding on her head.
  • Sapient House: Her personal event chain is converting her hut into the chicken-legged one from the stories, which includes giving it a chicken brain...and the ability to lay eggs.
  • Screw Destiny: At the end of the game, she's redeemed herself from the naughty list for her contributions in saving Christmas, and considers genuinely becoming good instead of growing up to become the witch everyone says she'll be.
  • Uplifted Animal: Cluck-Cluck temporarily gains sentience and the ability to speak during the fifth dungeon, due to Bel's dimensional magic. Once Bel's slain, Cluck-Cluck returns to normal, and Baba cries over losing the chance to truly get to know her treasured companion better.

    Belsnickel 
An old man that gives candy to good children, and hits the bad with his switch.

The League of Christmas Evil

    Jack Frost 
The first boss. Jealous of Santa's popularity, he aims to become the North Pole's new leader, and is dismayed to learn through Cthulhu's fourth-wall breaking that he's actually the weakest of the League.

    The Yule Lads 
The second boss. Twelve of Santa's Elves that have decided to go independent, trading their hard-to-remember Icelandic names for animals from the Chinese Zodiac, and getting a demonic Yule Cat.
  • Arbitrary Headcount Limit: They're dismayed to learn from the Narrator that, due to limits with the battle system, only four Lads plus the Yule Cat can actually participate in battle.

    Mouse King 
The third boss. As his kind was disrespected by both the Nutcracker and various RPG protagonists, he's decided to fight back with his mech, the Mouse Masher.
  • Bad Boss: Despite boasting about The Power of Friendship, his underlings aren't fond of him squeezing them all into a mech with no airholes.
  • Hero Killer: He's able to successfully end the life of his old foe the Nutcracker before Cthulhu arrives.
  • The Power of Friendship: Claims that he's learned how to use this power in order to fight back against RPG heroes. However, his subjects aren't really on friendly terms with him, with most of them being ordered into the Masher despite the lack of room...or oxygen.

    Mari Lwyd 
The fourth boss. A skeletal horse jealous that Santa's preferred transportation beast is reindeer.

    Bel 
The fifth boss. A bell-shaped Eldritch Abomination whose ringing causes destruction, heralded by carolers.
  • Dual Boss: The party has to fight two Bel at once, despite it referring to itself as an individual.
  • Eldritch Abomination: It's a monster that claims to have existed in a time before even Cthulhu and his ilk.
  • Space Master: Instead of Cthulhu having to seek it out, Bel shifts Cthulhu's party into its dimension when the time comes, and plans to merge their realms in order to wreak havoc.

    Gryla 
The sixth boss. A cave-dwelling giant that wants to eat naughty children, including Baba Yaga-chan.

    Krampus 
The seventh boss, stated to be the leader of the League of Christmas Evil.
  • The Grinch: He believes that Christmas should be abolished, to prevent people being disappointed from not receiving what they wished for or to be forced to tolerate family gatherings they dislike.
  • The Krampus: He's Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
  • World Tree: When the party tracks him down, he's converted Tannenbaum (the Christmas equivalent of Yggdrasil) into his dungeon.

    The League's True Leader 
The TRUE leader of the League, who reveals himself after Krampus' defeat. For more information about him, see the entry for Nyarlathotep from the previous game.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: He's behind Santa's kidnapping and Cthulhu's depowering...yet his defeat doesn't lead to Christmas celebration, as something else is preventing Santa from doing his duties.
  • Dual Boss: He revives Krampus to fight alongside him.
  • Running Gag: His presence is supposed to be a secret, but every boss up to Gryla taunts the party by saying how many members are truly left before a Verbal Backspace and decreasing the number by one.

    The Final Boss (SPOILERS) 
The Ghost of Christmas Future, and the reason the in-game day doesn't progress past Christmas Eve even when Santa is saved. Having seen a bright future in which humanity no longer needs his grim guidance, and he becomes non-existent as a result, he manipulated time so that Christmas Day will never come.
  • Bad Future: He drags the party into a desolate version of the distant future where he reigns supreme for the game's final dungeon, though he sends them back after he's beaten up and shown the error of his ways.
  • Boss Bonanza: Christmas Future uses his ghostly powers to revive Jack Frost, the Yule Cat, the Mouse Masher, and Mari Lwyd to fight alongside him in the final battle.
  • Combat Clairvoyance: In the scene before fighting him, Christmas Future uses his knowledge of the future to dodge all of Cthulhu's attacks. However, this power is quickly nullified by the Narrator bombarding him with visions of every possible future at once.
  • Final Boss: He's the actual final battle of the game.

Other Characters

    Santa Claus 
Crystal's grandfather, and the man responsible for delivering gifts on Christmas.
  • Distressed Dude: Rescuing him from the League of Christmas Evil is the main focus of the story.
  • Santa Claus: He's the one and only.

    Vasata 
An employee of the local Mall that Cthulhu can form a bond with.

    Cina 
The owner of the local Cinema, which only plays Christmas movies, that Cthulhu can form a bond with.
  • I Should Write a Book About This: If she's a part of the Modular Epilogue, her cinema has received an adaptation of the game's events as a movie, which Cthulhu sees and complains that the camera made him look fat.
  • Punny Name: Cin(em)a.
  • Snacksploitation: The reward she gives to Cthulhu for encouraging her to keep the Christmas-themed Cinema operating even when it feels like Christmas will never be saved is a piece of Overpriced Candy from the concession stand. It's an accessory for Belsnickel that boosts the experience earned in battle, and is described as being gold-flaked.

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