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troperville

The Alcoholic
Achey Scars: On Ethan's shoulder and caused by Rory - which has only been mentioned once and never again.
Byronic Hero
Deadpan Snarker
Heroic Sacrifice
Jerk Ass: when it comes to customers and Rob due to his limited experience or ignorance of videogames.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In spite of his flaws he truly loves his wife Lilah and at least respects his friend Lucas when he's not trying anything stupid.
Killed Off for Real
Only Sane Man: Inverted. Everybody else can come across as sane when compared to him.
Proud to Be a Geek
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He acts as The Red to Lucas's Blue, though ironically Ethan is dressed in Blue with Blue Eyes and his Winter-een-mas King Outfit has a Blue Cape
- There is even a Cross Over Example in AdventureQuest Worlds with him acting as The Red Oni to The Hero's Blue Oni.

Lucas

Babies Ever After: Lucas's wife gives birth to a son in the last strip, whom he affectionately names Ethan.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
The Straight Man

Lilah

Ethan's gamer girlfriend and eventually widow.

Her Heart Will Go On: Founds the Ethan MacManus Church of Gaming.
Nerd Nanny

Zeke

Formerly known as X-Bot, Zeke was built by Ethan from an X-Box console.

Deadpan Snarker
Instant A.I., Just Add Water
Super Strength: Comes with being a robot.
Took a Level in Badass: After Ted reveals his Evil Plan, Zeke rescues Ethan in a Badass way.

The Players

Feeling that he had taken the original cast as far as he could go with, Tim Buckley announced on his blog that the strip will now feature the Players (side characters once used for violent gags) as the main cast. They consist of Player 1 (Blue), Player 2 (Red), Player 3 (Yellow) and Player 4 (Green).

Ascended Extra: They've taken over as the main cast of the comic.
Amazing Technicolor Population
Ax Crazy: Green, literally.
Butt Monkey: Yellow, who is often the victim of gruesome acts of violence by the other players.
Character Development: Undoubtedly as the comic progresses.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Green. She is seen here casually drinking a bottle of mustard.
Color-Coded Characters
Comedic Sociopath: Red in the old strips. His violent temper has yet to be seen in the reboot.
Death Is Cheap: The only reason they're still around after killing each other so much is that they have a respawn chamber in their house.
Jerkass: Blue, but Red and Green can also qualify for this.
Only Sane Man: Yellow. Doesn't seem to have changed at all in the reboot, judging from this.
Shrinking Violet: Yellow is said to be this.
Those Two Guys: Blue and Red, par for the course as they're Players 1 and 2.
Took a Level in Kindness: Somewhat. They don't seem to try to brutally kill each other as often as they did when they were side characters, and get along quite amicably nowadays. Red is the most noticably changed, all of his past appearances had him trying to kill somebody.