Characters / Gaia Online

Gaia has numerous characters. Here they are - or at least some of them.

General

• Aerith and Bob: The cast of NPCs averted this for a while, mostly consisting of names like Ian and Johnny, with the least "normal" probably being Moira or Anna Corinne. Later additions like Cresento and Nicolae eventually shoved Gaia into this trope. Then you have the vast collection of usernames; many people think of their avatars as characters with some place in The 'Verse, and even if you only count the three users who have definitively become part of canon, none of them had particularly average names.

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Barton Characters

Agatha

The old lady who runs Barton Jewellers. Old flame of Logan's.

Associated Tropes:

• Fan Disservice: Her infamous "Sagatha" Halloween costume.
• Halloween Cosplay: One of the original cosplayers in 2004 as Slimer. Later years brought us the memetic "Sagatha", a blue-skinned Medusa costume with a metal bra and not much else.
  • In 2010 ,she cosplayed as Cleopatra
• Never Mess with Granny: Not a grandmother yet, but one piece of dialogue from a zOMG! quest involving her suggests that she finds the Animated more of a nuisance than an actual threat, and makes trips to Durem despite them and the barricade (and the rumored greater Animated presence in Durem).
  • There's also her fearlessness in putting her body on display every Halloween...

Barrett:

The assistant to your Aquarium. Currently living with Mirai.

Associated tropes

• Friend to All Living Things: He loves fish.
• Just Friends: There is a lot of speculation about Barrett and Mirai's relationship. But they probably put the fish before their own relationship.
  • Barrett definitely shows signs of interest in Mirai. And seeing as the two were based on a real-life couple among Gaia staff...
• Manly Tears: He will shed some when one of your fish dies.

Carl

Apparently runs "Junk In The Trunk," and by "apparently," we mean "he's a perfectly normal deer standing behind the counter of a shop." And by "perfectly normal," we mean completely mundane.

Associated Tropes:

• Berserk Button: Apparently loud sounds are enough to get Carl riled up, but if you value your crew's life in Frontier Skies, do not kill his kin!
• Furry Reminder: He's a deer and, as would be expected, he's set off by loud noises.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: The whole "deer caught in the headlights" look. Very creepy.
• Halloween Cosplay: In one instance, he was Tony Chopper and, in another, he was Pinkie Pie.
• The Millstone: You could choose him as a guide during the Summer '10 event, which was an Affectionate Parody of The Oregon Trail. Among other things, he would eat your bullets and/or throw them overboard... and kill the entire party if you shot other elk while hunting.
  • As a result, the badge you get for winning with him is easily the most expensive of the badges.
• Talking Animal: Averted, as his speech bubbles narrate his actions, however, some holiday season errors result in him accidentally praising you for Christmas carols or Trick Or Treats.

Damian "Ian" Von Helson

Owner of Barton Boutique, a clothing shop specializing in costume items. He's the firstborn son of Vladimir Von Helson, and elder brother of Louie Von Helson.

Associated Tropes:

• Beware the Nice Ones: If you harm or threat any of his closest friends and family menbers, you're gonna be in for some major trouble.
• Big Brother Instinct: Very much so to Louie especially after they both reunited.
• Character Development: Quite a major one. The outcome? Check his level of badass!
• Dhampyr: Vampire on his father's side, human on his mother's.
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Due to years of exposure in the human world, Ian, by far, doesn't request much for his vampire needs, and gets along with people very well.
• Halloween Cosplay: He's pretty much the resident anime themed cosplayer. Since the boutique upgrade, he usually plays The Hero characters.
  • Daisuke Jigen from Lupin III (2008)
  • Goku from Dragon Ball Z (2010)
  • Kotetsu T. Kaburagi from Tiger & Bunny (2011)
  • Eleven from Doctor Who (2012)
  • Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan (2013)
• Hellish Pupils: Comes from being half vampire. Ian's anything but "hellish," though.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: Of Rufus no less
• Only Known by Their Nickname: He's mostly called and known as "Ian". His real name "Damian" is mostly said in the comics
• Took a Level in Badass: Halloween 2K7 movie MMVII part II. Ian transformed into vampire battle mode, swanged Zhivago 2 full circles in midair, tossed him up in the air, and send him off with a flykick. Later got stabbed by Zhivago again on the hand, but not only did Ian took a bite in paining Zhivago off the building, he pulled out the dagger in his hand in full ease.
  • In the Crystal Overdrive CI, Ian not only earned his Bishie Sparkle, he also supersaiyaned into Cloud.
• Vegetarian Vampire: Close, though he's very good at not craving for blood, he's certainly consumes human food normally, like cooked meat, and pies.

Leon

Captain of the Barton Regulars. Also runs the Guild Registry.

Associated Tropes

• City Guard
• Extreme Omnivore: He'd have to be, to eat his mom's cooking.
• Made of Iron: Supposedly, he's "really tough" even by Gaian standards. The fact that he can stomach his Mom's cooking is more evidence of that.
• The Stoic: His avatar, zOMG-wise, doesn't really show emotions
• Supreme Chef: implicitly. Rina's shop dialogue cites him as the reason she can sell food and not just flowers. Though given some of the food options available in Rina's store, he could also be a Lethal Chef.
• Word of God: Not. Rina's. Brother.

Mirai:

Owner of Phin-Phang, the cash-only aquarium store.

Associated Tropes:

• Gratuitous Japanese: Her parents are named "Logan" and "Agatha." So what's up with the Japanese name?
• Odd Name Out: Along side her parents, with decidedly English/Western names.
• The Rival: downplayed to Vanessa. It's teased in their shop dialogue that Vanessa is jealous of Mirai's hair.

Rina

Owner of Barton Flowershoppe, now revamped into the Buttercup Café.

Associated Tropes:

• Annoying Younger Sibling: Even though her relationship to Leon never actually existed as such.
• Cheerful Child: She's always smiling and happy
• Genki Girl: in spades.
• Girlish Pigtails: As a child. Also the wig on her first SD Plus doll.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Italy in 2010, and as an anthropomorphic flower prior to that.
  • As Sailor Moon in 2012
• Innocent Flower Girl: Parodied, then averted. She's a Genki Girl, a Yaoi Fangirl, a bully, and a Lethal Chef. And she supported Sin in Halloween 2009.
• Item Crafting: Makes bouquets from flowers you picked in Gaia Towns.
• Lethal Chef: The "special cupcakes" she sells have flowers in them^note While there are edible species of flowers, the ones she used aren't. and make people sick, and she's also made such things as a "chocolate-rhubarb-sausage pie."
• She Is All Grown Up: She used to just be a cute and energetic little girl. The above, right, is her now, complete with quite a ladylike expression, too.
• Yaoi Fangirl: According to a few comics
• Yuri Fan: She wanted a "sexy succubus" and shipped several girl-girl pairings during the Ships Happen Chance Item, including Kanoko and herself.

Rufus

Ian's talking cat. He apparently comes from a "long line of talking cats" and help Ian run the store.

Associated Tropes:

• Cute Kitten
• Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: A minor plot point in zOMG! He has a pair of pants he can wear, because they don't have a zipper, so there's a place for his tail.
• Non-Human Sidekick: To Ian, with whom he runs the shop with.
• Talking Animal There aren't a lot of talking animals, much less cats, in Gaia's lore but he is a talking cat that wears clothes.

Aekea Characters

Bildau

One of the legal bots living in Aekea. Works in The Faktori, a store for house items.

Associated Tropes:

• Gratuitous Japanese: It throws a IRASHAIMASU once in a while in its shop dialogues.
• Robot Buddy

Bludau

Another bot living in the town. Used to sell floor furnishing in the Faktori until it replaced Josie in the Gaian Housing Commission.

Associated Tropes:

• And Call Him "George":
  Bludeau: Please allow me to hug you. I promise not to crush you like the last six customers...
• Cuddlebug: He tries to be. See the above entry
• Robot Buddy: He's a pretty friendly guy, just don't let him hug you.
• Tin Man It's troubled by not feeling emotion (of a human sense, anyway), but is still obsessed with knowing...
• What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: He's fascinated with human emotions, love and affection.

Josie

Previous owner of the Housing Commission. Now runs her own store with Global Imports, specializing in exotic and period clothing.

Associated Tropes:

• Beware the Nice Ones: Specially her earring throwing skills. Also, it's mentioned at some point that she's a retired boxer, and until her makeover for Global Imports she had the buff arms to prove it.
• Demoted to Extra: Faded from public view when Housing failed, but rebounded with the opening of Global Imports.
• Girlish Pigtails: Before her makeover.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Mary Poppins in 2010.
• Twofer Token Minority: Female and black.

Liam

Runs The Jock Strap, a shop specializing in athletic wear. Builds robots. Occasionally wears reading glasses.

Associated Tropes:

• Bishie Sparkle
• Genius Ditz: He's cunning if a bit scatterbrained.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Kise in 2012.
• Handsome Lech
• Sensei for Scoundrels: Tries to be this for Gino. It doesn't work.

Ribateau

"Bloudeau is always so enamored with you humans, why can he not see that we bots are superior in every way?"

The third of the known Aekean bots. A specialist in wall furnishing in The Faktori.

Associated Tropes:

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems friendly until you interact with him, then you find out his prejudice towards humans.
• Humans Are Bastards: Its philosophy. He hasn't had good experiences with humans.
• Robot Buddy: He can be civil but he's not real fond of humans.

Sam

Runs Sam's Body & Parts, the automotive shop.

Associated Tropes:

• Gender-Blender Name: Though, it can be inferred her name is short for "Samantha".
• Halloween Cosplay: As Pris from Blade Runner in 2010 and as Gadget Hackwrench from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers in 2012
• Hidden Depths: The updated rerelease of Frontier Skies reveals her to know a fair bit about wilderness survival, handwaved as an interest in do-it-yourself stuff.
• Ms. Fanservice: An update to the garages featured changed art of her looking all dishevelled and dirty. Prior to that, she wore a jumpsuit open to her waist (though she wore something of a crop top underneath).
• Tsundere: Towards Liam, but now that they've hooked up. it doesn't seem to show as much anymore.
• Wrench Wench: Fitting that she runs an auto shop.

Durem Characters

Devin

Do you meditate? Last year, I got stuck under my bathroom sink and spent six weeks in a state of total consciousness.

Helps Natasha run Skin Tyte. Has the hots for Lance.

Associated Tropes:

• Camp Gay: Ever since he put on that pink shirt, he's become this more so..
• Gentle Giant: Yes, he's tattooed, muscled, and has ping-pong ball horns. But he's harmless.
• Granola Girl: He's what's known as an ultra-vegan; he'll only eat plants if they died a natural death without human interference (how that works is anyone's guess). However, he'll make an exception for chicken pot pies ("Pie Hard").
• Halloween Cosplay: As an Oni in 2010.
• Item Crafting: Mixes inks for you if you want an unusual color.
• Pet Homosexual: Plays this role, somewhat, to Natasha
• Straight Gay: Was this at first, but that was only before we even knew anything about him. Soon after he was revealed gay, they replaced his big muscles and red wife-beater with a lean frame and a pink button down shirt.

Edmund

Runs H&R Wesley, a shop specializing in formal wear. Also a brilliant scientist who used to work for (and occasionally works with) Johnny K. Gambino.

Associated Tropes:

• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Good scars, (though they're hard to see/notice) an X on his forehead and a few on his chest, both from a fight with Zhivago.
• Halloween Cosplay: Batman for 2k9, and again in 2010. In previous years, he went as James Bond. In 2011, he went as Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
• Happily Married: To Vanessa, as we find out.

  Vanessa: "Edmund's so amazing... After Violet was born he took time off work to stay at home with her, even after he'd been away from his shop for so long."

• Mr. Fanservice: Yes. Believe it or not, with all the bishies running around, Edmund has one of the bigger fangirl followings on Gaia.
• May–December Romance: Edmund is old enough that he knew Old Man Logan when he was Young Man Logan, but is married to Vanessa, who hangs out with teenagers and doesn't look a day over twenty-five.
• Put on a Bus: For a little while, he was absent from his shop. According to the Vanessa's dialogue, he was looking after Violet at home.

Moira

Runs Durem Depot, a shop specializing in punk and goth fashion.

Associated Tropes:

• Breakout Character: Prominently pictured in most promotional material alongside mascots like Kiki, Coco, and Gaia-tan.
• Cool Big Sis: not literally, but has this personality toward new Gaians. Registering members will complete tutorials with her and get welcoming feedback.
• Halloween Cosplay: Typically as Morrigan Aensland. Rumor has it she was one of Gaia's first Halloween cosplayers in 2004 as Freddy Krueger. In 2010, she cosplayed as Mokoto Kusangi. As of 2011, Chell.
• Item Crafting: Makes colored ink from the bugs you caught in Gaia Towns.
• Perky Goth: Though she teeters more on punk.
• Tsundere: Apparently towards Louie.

Natasha

"Welcom to Skin Tyte! Hope you're not scared of needles!"

Owner of Skin Tyte, Gaia's piercing and tattoo parlor.

Associated Tropes:

• Halloween Cosplay: As a very Stripperiffic Night Elf in 2010.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Has something of passing resemblance to P!nk

Stein

"Welcome."

Owner of Crosstitch, a shop for items designed by Gaians.

Associated Tropes:

• Cute Monster Girl: A Gender Flipped example.
• Frankenstein's Monster: Befitting of his name
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy

Vanessa

Owner of Salon Durem.

Associated Tropes:

• Chatty Hairdresser: Some of her dialogue when interacted with.
• Green-Eyed Monster: She's hinted to be jealous of Mirai's hair.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Elvira. In 2010, she cosplayed as Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. the Monarch from The Venture Brothers.
  • She's Catwoman in 2012
• Longest Pregnancy Ever: Implied, considering that Violet debuted after the Airship Saga (which was about 2013-about 2017). However, unlike most examples, we haven't seen her pregnant

Violet

The baby daughter of Edmund and Vanessa

Associated Tropes:

• Babies Make Everything Better: After the event with Nyx followed by months of storyline drought; the discovery of Violet was a delight to the community. Adding to this, with Rina and, then, Peyo growing up, the baby is one of few child NPCs. There's also the fact that Edmund seems to be smiling more.
• Daddy's Girl: As we can see.
• Cuteness Proximity: She's adorable
• Elegant Gothic Lolita: Her outfit invokes something with this
• Family Theme Naming: Her name being Violet, matching with mother's name, Vanessa
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Is shown with a cat plushie,
• Halloween Cosplay: She was dressed-up as Mimikyu for October 2017.
• Like Father, Like Son: She wears purple, like her mother
• Living Prop: In some sense because she's a baby, who can't walk or talk, yet, so the Gaians can't talk to her directly when they interact with Edmund's shop.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Though her hair is more of a purple

Isle de Gambino Characters

Becky

Manages Prize & Joy, where tickets won in the Gold Mountain casino can be redeemed for prizes.

Associated Tropes:

• Beware the Nice Ones: Russell Ace specifically bribes you not to tell Becky he lost to you at Blackjack, although it could just mean he has a crush on her.
• Black Comedy Rape: Implied. Becky's fear of costume events stems from the attentions of a stallion while she was in the back of a horse costume.
• Halloween Cosplay: Prior to 2010, she didn't dress up for holidays, citing a fear of costumes. In more recent years, she seems to have overcome this, as she went as Lady Gaga in 2010.
  • She was Panty from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt in 2011.
  • And Saber from Fate/Zero in 2012

Johnny K. Gambino

Owner of Isle de Gambino and G-Corp. Father of Gino Gambino.

Associated Tropes:

• All There in the Manual: When he first opened the Bank of Gambino, he offered promotional no fault loans for its first month. Most of the original shopkeepers got their start this way.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: He has the most obvious and largest of the cast.
• Bumbling Dad: He's a brilliant man who can play the stock market like nobody's business, but he cannot for the life of him remember to keep an eye on his only son and future heir, even after said son has already been kidnapped by vampires twice, jumped headfirst off a collapsing skyscraper, and kersploded with enough force to attract the attention of aliens from halfway across the galaxy and tear a hole in reality. This trope is actually a step up, as he's been rather abusive/neglectful of Gino otherwise.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Goes without saying too much since his company is the reason why the 2k4 Halloween event happened.
• Divine Parentage: Presumably the source of Gino's divine blood, unless Kuro's about to send assassins for Ian and Louie.
• Evil Laugh: Somewhat justified, since he originally was a Big Bad. He's since mellowed somewhat, but is still prone to cutting loose if he's coming up with "a scheme".
• Evilutionary Biologist
• Halloween Cosplay: Himself with a severed head.
• Inexplicably Awesome: And probably where Gino gets his Weirdness Magnet.
• Killed Off for Real: There was even a funeral held for him by the Staff, complete with dramatic sobbing. His profile and avatar have been changed to be a memorial, and the GCD is still a little bit in denial. The denial's well-founded. He'd acquired an interactive role, walking new members through the process of adding others to their friends list, giving out items, and even performed the Anniversary 2010 announcement.
• Large and in Charge: How big he is varies but one thing is for certain and it's that he's bigger than most of the cast.
• Large Ham
• Mad Scientist
• Mysterious Middle Initial: For the longest time, nobody knew what the K stood for. Word of God stated that "the world is not ready to know", which was assumed to be admin code for "we never actually thought about it". Eventually one of the founders came back for a visit and held an impromptu Q&A, where he revealed it to be Kage.
• Orphaned Reference: His birthday was originally stated to be May 15, 1962.
• Properly Paranoid
• Sacrificial Lion
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Oh, the shenanigans he's gotten into over the years. Interestingly enough, he began life penniless and made his fortune gambling.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Plot!
• Self-Made Man: Twice. First with ventures like G-Corp and the Isle of Gambino, and again with the energy drink Red Bino. Being descended from the Titan of Ambition helped somewhat.
• Shirtless Scene: Following his separation from Gino.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Caviar and nachos.
• Villain with Good Publicity

Gino Gambino

Son (sometimes mistaken for daughter) of Johnny K. Gambino. Has zero talent with women.

Associated Tropes:

• Alliterative Name: Gino Gambino
• Barbie Doll Anatomy: In the manga
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Like his father. This also lead to the "Twinkie Brows" meme.
• Butt-Monkey: Anything happens to this guy. He's lost his memory, has no talent with women, has disappeared three times, has his house burned three times, was infected by the G-virus, was made fun of constantly by the people in his boarding school and then got possessed by a clam. Two of the three aforementioned disappearances involved being kidnapped by vampires.
• Distressed Dude: All the time.
• Divine Parentage: It's revealed by Meili that he's the last descendant of a Titan.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Lampshaded by his doll.
• Fusion Dance: With his father.
• Love Makes You Evil / Driven by Envy: Towards the end of the Masque arc, Gino became violently jealous over Sasha's relationship with Ian. This led to the confrontation that ended in the explosive end of the fusion effect.
• Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: Yeah, he's male, but he still fits pretty well.
• Naked People Are Funny: Everybody remembers the Overseer possession. Less well-remembered is his lack of pants at the end of the fusion plot.
• Older Than They Look: He's about college age (18-20sish)but you'd think he was younger from his looks.
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: After a Fusion Dance, he was aged up from 16 to 19-ish so he could go and woo Sasha. Gino and Johnny separated later, putting him back at his original age.
• Took a Level in Badass: During the Masque arc, when he became a masked superhero due to the fusion with his father.
  • Gradually took another level (or recovered from Badass Decay) during the Airship Saga.
• Vague Age: Gino's profile originally listed his date of birth as May 13, 1988. He's actually in his early twenties, making him college age. After profile format changed, things like date of birth were not visible to general public on the default setting. Most NPC profiles haven't changed the default settings so many forget Gino's age and base it on appearance. It's not that he's not aging, just that the artists are slow on updating his design (supposing he doesn't age slower).

Lex

Works at Gold Mountain. Impersonates Elvis occasionally.

Associated Tropes:

• A Day in the Limelight: The Lexbox RIG, featuring him jumping through different videogame scenarios while knocked unconscious.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Counter-example, as he's rather benevolent

Jinx

Works at Gold Mountain as the second dealer you face in Blackjack.

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• Calling Your Attacks: Blackjack cheats. Jinx's is "Fresh Start", which allows her to discard her present hand and draw a new one.
• Tsundere: Implied in the dating sim scenario of the Lexbox, where she's turning away from Lex with a pout.

Russel Aace

Works at Gold Mountain as the first dealer you face in Blackjack.

Associated Tropes:

• Calling Your Attacks: Blackjack cheats. Ace's is "Pocket Ace", which allows him to automatically draw an ace card.
• Gay Option: In the Lexbox's dating sim stage.
• Kiss of Life: In the Lexbox's Game Over screen. Lampshaded by Becky as incorrect treatment for a concussion.
• Take That!: Aace was based on a member of the Gaia staff who was a bit of a Jerkass.

Sasha

Owner of Gambino Outfitters, a shop specializing in beach and summer wear. Has swapped spit with Gino (and possibly his father, due to a Fusion Dance plotline). Also has dated Liam with the full knowledge of Gino and Ian having an interest in her.

Associated Tropes:

• Ambiguously Brown: It's not made clear, though she's either an islander, has a tan, or is meant to be gangkuro. Given the lack of exaggerated makeup, it's safe to assume she's most likely one or both of the former two.
• The Ditz: Possibly of the Genius Ditz variety; she's apparently capable of giving hospital-quality medical care.
• Formerly Fat: According to the Summer 2k9 tie-in "Fitness Camp".
• Halloween Cosplay: As Samara. In 2010, she wore a banana costume.
  • In 2011, she was Black★Rock Shooter. In 2012, she was Korra.
• Love Interest: For Ian, Liam, and Gino.
• Valley Girl: In her shop dialog. Used to be more prominent than it is now, but it still shows up in her poetry.

Ruby

Owner of Ruby's Rack.

Associated Tropes:

• Double Entendre: "It refers to the clothing racks, smartass."
• Glamorous Single Mother: Acts and looks the part, certainly, given that she's certainly not struggling.
• Halloween Cosplay: As, fittingly, Power Girl in 2012
• My Eyes Are Up Here: She wore an outfit that emphasized her cleavage and her updated appearance really looks like this.
• Navel-Deep Neckline: Her more recent look has a plunging neckline.
• Noodle Incident: How she met and what happened to Peyo's father.

Peyo

Since 2017

Ruby's son. Helps her run Ruby's Rack.

Associated Tropes:

• Animal Motifs: Ducks
• A Day in the Limelight: The Animal Quackers RIG.
• Disappeared Dad: We only see his mother, Ruby
• Captain Ersatz: Did you know that Peyo's the one who created those little blue and white-hat creatures in the forest?
• Friend to All Living Things: In Animal Quackers, he somehow gets into almost every enclosure at the zoo and gets along with all of the animals just fine. This is visibly lampshaded at least twice in the gorilla encounter.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Max from Where the Wild Things Are in 2010.
  • He was also Finn the Human from Adventure Time in 2011.
• He Is All Grown Up: Starting to evoke this reaction out of Rina as he enters puberty.
• Item Crafting: Makes paper crafts from pieces of trash you pick up in Gaia Towns.

Meredith

Works at the Bank of Gambino as a teller.

Associated Tropes:

• A Day in the Limelight: The Code Alpha RIG, where she briefly takes up superheroism.
• Halloween Cosplay: One of the original cosplayers as Darth Vader in 2004. Later, she cosplayed as a genderbent Dracula.
• Hot Librarian: Well, bank teller technically, but she's got the look.
• Office Lady: Looks and plays the part, mostly, being a bank teller.
• Plucky Office Girl: She mentions during Ian's trial that she graduated from college at the age of fifteen, proving that she has the intelligence and motivation to do greater things, but after all these years she's still just a half-forgotten bank teller. Additionally, one of her lines, back when she had NPC dialogue, stated that she'd developed Super Strength from hauling sacks of gold around. And let's not forget that during Prom '08, she was scripted to be the only one brave enough to dance with Bludeau. And a RIG has her going full Superhero for a while

Labtech X

Worked for G-Corp before, during, and after the Zombie Apocalypse (both of them). Was apparently close friends with Labtech 123.

Associated Tropes:

• The Faceless: With Scary Shiny Glasses in his earlier appearances.
• Let X Be the Unknown: In Grave Danger, Labtech Rory revealed to X's fanthread that he enjoys celebrating his birthday with his coworkers. Or at least, he did when Rory was alive. When asked, Rory declined to "remind" the fanthread when X's birthday is.

The Von Helson Clan & Allies

Vladimir Von Helson

Ex-leader of Gaia's vampires. Father of Ian and Louie Von Helson, along with the twins. Presumed dead.

Associated Tropes:

• Dropped a Bridge on Him: There was a huge setup for a climactic battle in the Halloween '07 plot... and then he got shot.
• Expy: Of Castlevania's Dracula. To the point that for MMVII, they allegedly hired his voice actor from Symphony of the Night.
• Hellish Pupils: Standard for Gaian vampires.
• High-Class Glass: Drinks from a wine glass
• Instant Death Bullet: Really, he got shot and it wasn't climatic either. Weird thing about that is that we don't know what kind of bullet they used.
• Man of Wealth and Taste
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His name Vladimir

Anna Corinne Von Helson & Marie Von Helson

Pre-Skyscraper Incident

Twin daughters of Vladimir Von Helson. Half-sisters of Ian and Louie Von Helson.

Associated Tropes:

• A Glass of Chianti: The twins were having a toast when a skyscraper hit them in the face.
• Clingy Jealous Girl
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Anna Corinne wears blue, while Marie wears red. So far, that's the about the only difference, with the exception of Marie's eyepatch and scar (after the skyscraper incident)
• Daddy's Little Villain
• Eyepatch of Power: Apparently just for looks; Marie flips it up in one of the manga updates, revealing that her eye is more or less normal underneath.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: After the aforementioned skyscraper incident, Marie has a ragged "evil" scar across her right eye, providing a more convenient way to tell them apart.
• Hellish Pupils: By virtue of them being vampires.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: In their earlier incarnation, the way you could tell them apart were the colors they wore, in which case, Anna wore blue, while her sister, Marie, wore red. After the skyscraper incident, the latter has an eyepatch and scar.
• I Do Not Drink Wine: But they do eat pies. (competed in the Pie Hard pie-eating contest and were eliminated)
• Kick the Dog: In zOMG!, Anne can be seen picking on Marie for her scars.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: From their first appearance, they were very obviously based on the Hilton sisters. That aspect's been played down since then, though.
• Rich Bitch
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
• Spoiled Brat
• Twin Threesome Fantasy: And Liam still hit it and quit it.
• The Vamp: Until Liam swayed them with the power of his "pythons."

Louie Von Helson

Son of Vladimir Von Helson, and younger brother of Ian Von Helson. Current leader of Gaia's vampires. May or may not be a Vegetarian Vampire. He is also the shopkeeper of H&R Wesley since Edmund's disappearance.

Associated Tropes:

• Dhampyr: His mother's human
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Just a vampire who operates a shop and interacts with you in zOMG!
• Halloween Cosplay: Wears a very Uryu Ishida-esque costume in 2010. In 2012, he's Sebastian. For 2013, he's sporting a very fan-servicing Trafalgar Law ensemble.
• Hellish Pupils: Standard for vampires. Louie's a pretty nice guy, though, and his are subtle.
• Implausible Hair Color: His father had dark auburn hair and his mother was a blonde but, for some reason, he has black hair, though, it's not mentioned if he dyes/dyed his hair like Ian does.
• I Do Not Drink Wine: But he does eat double-cheeseburgers (one of the possible events in "Frontier Skies" has him raiding your food supply), and he does eat pies (placed in the final six for the "Pie Hard" event). According to the comics associated with the latter, human-style food is digestible but unpleasant to vampires.
  • Incidentally, this helps explain the "soy-based blood substitute" incident in the unused storyline.
• The Wise Prince
• Upper-Class Twit: A very zig-zagging case at times.

Zhivago

Vladimir's hired gunman. Apparently now working for Don Kuro.

Associated Tropes:

• An Arm and a Leg: Loses his arm to Edmund in the final battle of the Airship Saga.
• Cold Sniper
• The Dragon
• Even Evil Has Standards: He dislikes being sicced on Gino by Don Kuro. Note that he didn't seem to have any such reservations while working for Von Helson.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Classic evil scar.
• Hellish Pupils: It's a vampire thing.
• Psycho for Hire
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: Vampires have this whenever they're about to do something badass, otherwise their eyes are gray. Zhivago apparently has this effect going all the time.

Kuro Gang

The Mafia with dark elves. There's a Stealth Pun here.

General Tropes:

• Drow: What they're cursed to be.
• Hereditary Curse: Due to the Kuro Clan's treason, all their members have pitch-black, lifeless skin and extremely sensitive eyes, forcing them to live underground and away from sunlight.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: The Kuro Clan was once one of the most powerful elf noble families before they were banished for treason
• Meaningful Name: Their gang is called after the color of their skin, "Kuro" being the Japanese name for "black"

Cordell Kuro

Associated Tropes:

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name: Sounds wise, anyway
• Bifauxnen: She's female but has a boyish sort of look.
• Cool Big Sis: To Don, in a sense
• Dhampyr: She is the product of her mother's affair with a vampire.
• The Dragon: Maybe.
• Hereditary Curse:However, due to her half-vampire blood, she doesn't suffer from it as much.
• Klingon Promotion: Ultimately how she becomes the new Don.
• Samus Is a Girl: Or at least, "not a bishie".
• The Starscream: Technically becomes this, not to take power for herself, but to bring her brother to justice.
• You Are What You Hate: She often shows disdain for vampires, despite being half-vampire herself.

Don Kuro

Associated Tropes:

• Deal with the Devil: He makes one with Nyx in order to revive his clan.
• Demonic Possession: Courtesy of Nyx.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's called "Don" (as in "mafia don") but his real name is "Luca"
• Evil Genius
• Hereditary Curse: Because he is the family heir, he suffered the most from it, being sickly and having his growth stunted in childhood forever.
• Killed Off for Real: Following Nyx's resealment, Cordell puts him out of his misery.
• No Fourth Wall: One minigame had him attend an anime convention, find naughty doujinshi of himself and Devin, and tell the audience, "This isn't canon."
• Not-So-Harmless Villain
• Really 700 Years Old: Looks like a 5-year-old, but is actually 800.
• We Have Reserves: Treats the vampires under his employ this way. It predictably comes back to bite him.

Holiday Characters & Gods

Jack

The pumpkin-headed Anthropomorphic Personification of Halloween.

Associated Tropes:

• Depower: Does this to the Overseer and Sentinel at the conclusion of the Halloween 2k8 event. Later revealed he has no such powers himself, but did so under orders from Gaia herself. Not that it stopped him from playing himself up.
• Dark Is Evil
• For the Evulz
• Jerkass

The Easter Bunny

Everyone's favorite lovable lapine as a psycho cyborg/robot/something.

Associated Tropes:

• The Alcoholic: Possibly, according to his origin comic.
• Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: A likely consequence of the injury he sustained from Jack when they were young.
• Group Of Bullies: He and a few other holiday spirits used to bully a young Santa when they were young. That came to an end when Jack came to his defense and clocked the Easter Bunny so hard, when he hit the ground, the impact fractured his skull and permanently disfigured his face.
• Fluffy the Terrible: The Easter Bunny has a habit of handing out "eggs" that are actually timebombs.
• Robot Me

Santa

The kindly old elf himself!

Associated Tropes:

• "Freaky Friday" Flip: Got switched with a cow - while investigating a routine cow abduction by the Zurg, he unintentionally got caught in the beam, leading to him and the cow accidentally being lifted into a powerline. The surge of electricity, combined with whatever the beam runs on, somehow triggers the mind swap.
• Mobile-Suit Human: Christmas elves are kinda small. When out and about among humans, Santa's been known to use a Santa-shaped mobile suit.
• Santa Claus
• Too Dumb to Live: He spent the week leading up to Christmas 2k10 doing things like staring down the barrel of a shotgun while cleaning it with a kitchen scrub brush and skidding along a freshly-waxed floor with his socks on in a room full of swords.

The Overseer

A demi-god of old transformed into a clam. Until Demonbusters, he was found in your aquarium. Took over Gino's body during the Demonbusters event; turned into a mortal human by Jack after the event.

Associated Tropes:

• Cloud Cuckoolander: Spending a millennia as a clam might justify him being out of touch with some things, but when the one who spent it in a box is more street-smart than him...
• Demonic Possession: Subverted, as the possessor in this case is the good guy.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Thanks, Jack!
• Goofy Print Underwear: He got 'em (with little fish prints all over.) When he feels like wearing clothes, that is.
• Humanity Ensues: Jack transformed him into a mortal human at the end of the Demonbusters event.
• Large Ham: FEELS GOOD, MAN!
• Meaningful Rename: Gaia rechristiens him as Marius, albeit "Clifford" was her first choice.
• Mix-and-Match Critters / Two Beings, One Body: Between himself and Gino.
• Mr. Fanservice
• Naked People Are Funny: CLOTHING WOULD MERELY DIMINISH MY POWER!
• Red Herring Shirt
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to the Sentinel's red.
• Whole Costume Reference: Without his hat, he looks an awful lot like Souji Seta / Yu Narukami.

The Sentinel

A demi-goddess of old. Was stuck in a box for 1000 years, where she went mad. Tried to take over the world during the Demonbusters event; made into a mortal human by Jack after the event.

Associated Tropes:

• Ax-Crazy
• Even the Girls Want Her
• Freudian Excuse: Her imprisonment was implied to have been much less peaceful than her counterpart's.
• Humanity Ensues: Jack transformed her into a mortal human at the end of the Demonbusters event.
• Large Ham
• Ms. Fanservice
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to the Overseer's blue.
• Stripperiffic: Her usual wardrobe is comprised of these kinds of outfits.

Meili

A god found on Dref Dur that also happens to be a son of Gaia (as in Mother Gaia) and the god that the Overseer and Sentinel seek to try and see if they can gain their powers back through him.

Associated Tropes:

• Facial Markings
• Guyliner
• Handwraps of Awesome: They seem to be bandages, anyways.
• Hellish Pupils: His irises seem to be slitted (none of the pages gives you a good look at his eyes anyways), but (if true) subverted in that he's actually quite nice... to Gino, at least.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Battles Zhivago to buy time for Gino to escape. Possibly subverted, as Meili was also one of Zhivago's targets.
• Pretty Boy
• Pretty in Mink: Meili wears the fur of an animal or beast alongside its skull.
• Sacrificial Lion

Nyx

Another one of Gaia's sons. He is summoned by Luca to help the Kuro Clan. He is the one who has Don Kuro send assassins to kill Johnny K. and Gino Gambino.

Associated Tropes:

• Black Eyes of Crazy: but his sclerae were dark blue when he was younger.
• Cain and Abel: with Meili
• No Shirt, Long Jacket: He wears this along with a pair of snug-fitting pants.
• Omnicidal Maniac: It is unknown if he plans to (or even if he can) kill Gaia and here other sons, but he wreaks havoc in the mortal world by having lesser gods killed off and attacking the city of Durem.
• The Trickster: Used to be one with the Titan of Ambition.

Cash Shop Item Characters

Flynn

Former runner of the Cash Shop

Associated Tropes:

• The Beard: Went to a prom event as Devin's date, even though it was known at the time that Devin doesn't swing that way. This, along with her choice of a tuxedo rather than a dress for the event, fueled speculation that Flynn was a lesbian.
• Put on a Bus: To space, then the Neon Core RIG rolled around and showed that she Took a Level in Badass.
• Space Pirate: She's become quite a successful one, as seen in the Neon Core RIG.

Lance

Former Cash Shop's delivery guy

Associated Tropes:

• Ambiguously Gay: He was a dance partner to Devin for the prom
• Mr. Fanservice
• Innocent Innuendo: Lampshaded when Devin has an explosive Nosebleed at Lance bringing him a big, hard package.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Lance is no longer the La Victoire deliveryman and has not been seen or referenced since vanishing from this position.

Dr. Singh

Hosts weekly Evolving Item reports. Apparently raised Timmy, though not very well.

Associated Tropes:

• Abusive Parents: While it's unclear exactly what her relationship with Timmy is, she is his guardian and she put him barrel of G-Corp goo.
• Evilutionary Biologist: She put Timmy in a barrel of G-corp goo and spent several weeks gleefully observing his mutations.
• Jerkass: "Quit whining about your possibly-infected stab wounds, already!"
• Karma Houdini: Invoked. One of the options in a Timmy-related poll was to have him punish her for his mistreatment. People voted to make him an evolving item instead.
• Would Hurt a Child: Well, she did put Timmy in a barrel of toxic waste

Timmy

Dr. Singh's muchly-abused assistant. Used to be a cute kid. Was infected with pure evil once. Then he came down with megapuberty and got a Plot-Relevant Age-Up.

Associated Tropes:

• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: He became an evolving item.
• Beard of Evil: Part of his "T-Bone" persona.
• Butt-Monkey.
• Creepy Child: Back when Timmy was infected with pure evil.
• Evil Costume Switch: "T-Bone" wore a suit.
• Fan Disservice: His Plot-Relevant Age-Up turned him into a gangly, awkward thing resembling Borat rather than the Mr. Fanservice that the Estrogen Brigade hoped he would be.
• Keet
• Man of Wealth and Taste: While he was infected with pure evil and went by "T-Bone."
• Parental Incest: Unintentional. The 2008 prom manga showed Timmy trying to build up the courage to ask Dr Singh to be his date for the prom, and his anger at being pipped to the post by Lance. It was revealed much later that Singh has actually raised Timmy from an early age, which might hint towards an unintentional gender-flipped Wife Husbandry by Singh.
• The Pollyanna: Until after his jailtime, Timmy would always immediately forgive Singh for anything bad she did to him as soon as the situation was resolved, refusing to believe it was her fault, and was optimistic throughout his mutations. He seems to have grown out of it now, though.
• Pornstache: After he hit "megapuberty"

The Orion Siblings

A collection of starpeople, consisting of Saiph (first appearing in the finale for the Fallen Wish EI,) his younger sister Hatsya (from the Lonely Star RIG,) and their older brother and sister Rigel and Mintaka (who currently run the Cash Shop).

Associated Tropes:

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of the stars in Orion (who actually exists as their father).
• Early-Bird Cameo: Rigel and Mintaka appeared as SDPlus dolls in the Perfect Tragedy RIG with their faces obscured, a month before their proper introduction.
• Everything's Better with Sparkles
• Expy: The comparisons between Rigel and Mintaka and Team Rocket didn't go unnoticed by users.
• Sibling Rivalry: Saiph and Hatsya like it on Earth, but Rigel and Mintaka want none of that. Too bad for them, then, that Orion punishes them by exiling them to Gaia.

Cygnus and Jet

The current shopkeeper of La Victoire

Associated Tropes

• Jerkass: Jet, to an extent, though his being an adorable kitten star kind of negates this.
  "Please buy something nice so I can stop looking at such a poorly dressed person."
• The Voiceless: Cygnus; Jet does all of the talking.

Promotional Characters

Here because Gaia is in it for Money, Dear Boy.

Julie:

Ran the MTV shop until late 2010.

Associated Tropes:

• Product Placement: Meant to promote The Hills

Jaws

A cute little sharkboy found in the special Venus Garden world. During the Demonbusters storyline, however, he took over for the Overseer in the aquariums while the latter was battling on the frontline. Is currently still there while the Overseer's fate is left uncertain.

Associated Tropes:

• Ascended Extra
• Mr. Fanservice
• Unscaled Merfolk: Of the shark variety (which, incidentally, is Truth in Television, as sharks don't really have scales).

Loyal

Loyal

The newest Gaia shopkeeper as of 2014. Runs Loyal's Bazaar.

Associated Tropes:

• Ascended Extra: Started out as a character in the Cirque du Gothique and Carnivale de Gothique RI Gs before being given his own shop.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Monsieur Loyal is the French name for a circus ringmaster, which he is.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: Almost never makes an annoucement without a French stock phrase or two.
• Meaningful Name: Zig-zagged: he runs a shop for Gaians who loyally log in for 75 days straight, but he is the one who set that criteria and can change it anytime he sees fit.

Murasaki

Runs Mecha Neko, a shop with anime-inspired clothing and gear.

Associated Tropes:

• Cloudcuckoolander: She's a little weird.
• Eyepatch of Power: We don't really know but her running an anime-inspired shop would be invoking this.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She has one called "Puli".
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Admits "Murasaki" is just an alias.
• Split Personality: Half the time you'll see the Moe Shrinking Violet Murasaki, the other half she'll be a bit more... expressive
  What do you mean I seem "nicer" sometimes?

G Corp Labtechs (Halloween 2k4)

A number of quirky personalities that were the focus of the plot during October 2004. Considered by many to be the most promising characters in the history of Gaia's storyline; sadly, they appear to have been Killed Off for Real.

General

• All There in the Manual: Their journal entries tell a lot of their storyline before they turned.
• No Name Given: None of the LabTechs, other than Rory (who died before this) and Gene, have names. They're only called by their number.

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013

Tried to escape after finding out some of G Corp's darker secrets, but was laid off by 247 as a security measure.

Associated Tropes:

• Came Back Wrong: He came back as a zombie and infected one of his fellow labtechs,062.
• He Knows Too Much: Why he was laid off. He found out the true nature of G-CORP's experiments and couldn't continue in the company, so he tried to warn the other Gaians.

062

Blackmailed Gambino for a better pension.

Associated Tropes:

• Punch-Clock Villain: He's a pretty decent guy when he's not scheming.
• Retirony: He got zombified at his retirement party by 013.

101

Not the brightest crayon in the box.

Associated Tropes:

• Head Pet: Grunny, during the H2K4 event.
• Keet
• Too Dumb to Live: Well, for one, he thought a grunny was a pet and, two, when he sees three of his fellow LabTechs unconscious, he thinks they're all sleeping and asks 247 if he can "nap", too. When things really started getting weird, he's not alarmed and, at the Halloween party, he tries to hug the zombified LabTechs.

123

See zOMG! characters.

126

Portrayed as relatively intelligent compared to some of his coworkers. Secretly married to 912.

Associated Tropes:

• Happily Married: Presumably. The only problem seems to be the need to keep it secret in the workplace but they do engage in "cuddle time" a lot.

137

Hardworking; eventually surpasses 247 in this trait. Tries to maintain a masculine image. Has a thing for 138.

Associated Tropes:

• I Want to Be a Real Man
• Men Don't Cry: At one point, he mentions having hidden insecurities that make him "feel like a shy, helpless little girl".

138

A kleptomaniac, possibly without knowing it. Has a crush on 137.

Associated Tropes:

• Sticky Fingers: Being the resident kleptomaniac
• The Talk: She received it from 912.

247

Initially a workaholic whose first priority was loyalty to G Corp, but started breaking down when his memories began to return.

Associated Tropes:

• Gone Horribly Wrong: He created the G-Virus under the pretense that it was going to be a serum to increase workplace productivity but, instead, it turned people into zombies.
• Identity Amnesia: Of a rather tragic variety. He was made to forget everything that concerned "laying off" 013, so he could continue working at the G-Corp
• My God, What Have I Done?: We also find out that he "laid off" 013 and he seemed genuinely upset about having to do it.
• Professor Guinea Pig
• Redemption Equals Death

722

Gambling addict who became a human test subject (well, more so than the others) after losing a lot of Johnny K.'s money.

Associated Tropes:

• The Gambling Addict: Why he became a human test subject, as his gambling cost Johnny K a lot of money (over 9,000G). His journal entry mentioned something about betting on lab rats in a maze (his rat won).
• Lost Him in a Card Game: He ran out of money to pay his gambling debts, so he became a test subject.
• Sanity Slippage: His is the most obvious of the other labtechs, as by the end of his journal, he's praising G-Corp, while earlier, he thought about working somewhere else.

909

Not too much stands out about him. He is often asleep on the job.

Associated Tropes:

• Heavy Sleeper: Verging in to the Sleepyhead trope, as he's often asleep
• Must Have Caffeine: Not a particularly extreme example, but he does love his coffee.

912

Works alongside her husband, 126. Said "work" consists mostly of cuddle time.

Associated Tropes:

• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Her journal entries are in purple ink, probably to accentuate her somewhat girly nature.

957

Harbors countless conspiracy theories about G Corp; many of them are proven right as the plot unfolds.

Associated Tropes:

• Crazy Survivalist: "...and most importantly: MY BIG ASS SHOTGUN!"
• Properly Paranoid: As stated above, his conspiracy theories, which do get proven right.

Grave Danger (Halloween 2k10) Characters

General

• All There in the Manual: Some of these you don't fight in the game but instead interact with them in the forums
• And I Must Scream: All of the ghosts were trapped in their graves for varying amounts of time, thanks to Omnidrink.
• Ghostly Goals: To some degree or another, though this is invoked, as it's the living that wants them crossover, while ghosts themselves, are just here.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: They appear in the clothes they either wore in life or died/buried in
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Some of the ghosts qualify for this, considering there's Bigfoot and an actual robot ghost.
• Noodle Incident: How some of them died (more specifically, Arturo, Tia/Tamara, Kruelty, Riverwisp, Ricky, and Jay) exactly, besides it having something to do with the Omnidrink (Edith), Out with a Bang (Arturo), and in one case, being the result of the Murder the Hypotenuse trope (Kruelty). In the rest of them, this trope is averted.

Abelard XII

The ghost of a mad king

Associated Tropes:

• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He used to be a kind and fair ruler before he contracted syphilis.

The Amazon Crusher

The ghost of a wrestler

Associated Tropes

• Fatal Fireworks: Died from a fatal injury from a malfunctioning pyrotechnic prop.

Arturo Robusto

The guy from the Lusty Scoundrel collectible as a ghost.

Associated Tropes

• Chubby Chaser: Considering that he suffocated to death during "romantic entanglement", it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say he was either this or his partner had giant boobs (or both).
• Expy: He's your typical man-on-the-romance-novel-cover.
• Out with a Bang: Implied to be how he died as he suffocated to death during a "romantic entanglement".

Bigfoot

A once beloved cryptid until his existence was confirmed by scientists.

Associated Tropes:

• The Alcoholic: He drank himself to death after being discovered (or, rather, confirmed) by scientists

Brainbox

The ghost of a dead robot that was once programmed to lift patients onto hospital beds

Associated Tropes

• Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: He was the first robot programmed to feel curiosity. We see how well that ended it.
• He Knows Too Much: He was shot to death while investigating the Gaia mafia
• The Unintelligible: He often writes in numbers, rather than readable text.

Carrie Loggins

The ghost of a dogwalker with a pack of ghostly dogs.

Associated Tropes:

• Baby Talk: Talks in some form of this.
• Girlish Pigtails: Sports a set of these
• Verbal Tic: Think Gollum: "That's so funnies, isn't it, dawggie-woggies? Why wouldsie we be scaredy of thatsies!?"
• Vague Age: It's not clear if she's a child, preteen, or a teenager

Chauncey

His Forum signature

^{In game appearance}:

The ghost of a boy who appears to be about 5-7 years old. Died when his parents left him in the car on a hot day.

Associated Tropes:

• Beware the Nice Ones: His difficulty rating is Hard.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: He wanted to be a ghost to playfully haunt the kids of the neighborhood. As we can see, he got his wish and, unlike most cases of the trope, he seems to be content.
• Cursed with Awesome: He isn't too worried about being unable to move on to the afterlife, since he's always wanted to be a ghost. Judging by the polls, users disagree.
• Death of a Child: He's the ghost of a child.
• Expy: Of Lucas, according to some.
• Parental Neglect: Somehow or another, his parents left in a car on a hot day, which lead to the obvious consequences

Constance Maplehart

A beekeeper who died when trying to depose the queen bee and take over the hive.

Associated Tropes

• Ambiguous Gender: Constance is referred to as "she," but she has a male (or androgynous) avatar. Perhaps she's an MTF...?
• Bee Afraid: How she died and her attacks involve this
• Bee-Bee Gun: One of her attacks is to sic bees on you.
• Furry Reminder: Queen bees are very territorial and won't take kindly to anyone else trying to take over. As we see, Constance learned the hard way.

Danger Dan

A stunt performer who died in an accident.

Associated Tropes:

• Companion Cube: Turns out the "Tallulah" he's looking for is a motorcycle he used in stunts. He's very happy to find 'her'.
• I Call It "Vera": His motorcycle is named "Tallulah"

Dinky

A ghost of... something that spent his life running around mazes.

Associated Tropes:

• Expy: Of the ghosts in Pac-Man, right down to the similar naming scheme.
• No Name Given: He was found a "John Doe" and nicknamed "Dinky" by the coroners.
• The Unintelligible: His posts comprise not of actual words, but of ASCII illustrations of Pac-Man.

Edith Drink

Michael's wife and groundskeeper at the cemetery. She died due to one of Omnidrink's products.

Associated Tropes:

• Expy: Of Dahlia Hawthorne. And much like Dahlia, her wispy self appears sweet and gentle... until you confront her.◊ Brr...
• Happily Married: Her farewell forum implies that she and Micheal were this.
• The Lost Lenore: To Micheal. Her being this is why he wanted her to ascend

Flagrante

A flamboyant musician.

Associated Tropes:

• Captain Ersatz: Of Liberace.
• Killer Outfit: He died because a sequin from one of his suits broke off into his bloodstream, leading to sepsis.
• Punny Name: His name being the word "Flagrant" with an "e" on the end.

Happy Day:

The ghost of a hippie.

Associated Tropes:

• Canine Companion: His description says he had three: Jerry, Paco, and Jerry
• New-Age Retro Hippie: Dresses and acts something like this
• Too Dumb to Live: He died chasing a hacky-sack off of a cliff.

Jay Brooks

The pimply teen who used to work at Gaia Theaters before it was removed from the site.

Associated Tropes:

• Who's Laughing Now?

Labtech Rory

The ghost of one of Gambino's labtechs and a coworker of the ones from 2004. Doesn't realize he's dead - in fact, he doesn't even believe in ghosts.

Associated Tropes:

• Flat-Earth Atheist: Somewhat justified, having died weeks before the first known "fantasy" race (the 2004 zombies) appeared.
• For Science!: Unsurprisingly.
• Ghostly Goals: He ain't aware that he's even dead and, after you defeat him, he says he's gonna be, quote, "searching for the truth". He's also not really aware that it ain't 2004 anymore.
• Nothing Is Scarier: They didn't say exactly how the magnesium killed him but, because we know that pure magnesium can be volatile, it definitely wasn't pretty.
• Pet the Dog: When a "ghost hunter" pulled a gun on Chauncey, Rory stole the gun and chastised him for attempting to shoot a child.
  • When someone made a joke comparing the members of his fanthread (with which he had interacted) to an Estrogen Brigade, he became indignant and asserted the respectability of the users in question. ^note Some of them did have a tendency to act fangirly, but either he was too naive to pick up on it, or he cared enough to stand up for them anyway.
• Shown Their Work: The mod who "puppeted" the character had a very intensive knowledge of the old G Corp plot.
  • Indeed, he crashed the Labtech X fanthread and contributed some interesting trivia.
• Too Dumb to Live: Before he died, he would engage in "Period Table Roulette" with the other labtechs. As y'all can tell, he lost when he ate a piece of magnesium.

Megan McNulty

A dentist who loves causing other people pain.

Associated Tropes:

• Battleaxe Nurse: Well, she isn't a nurse but otherwise fits the trope.
• Companion Cube: Her tools.
• Depraved Dentist: Subverted in her farewell thread. Possibly Double Subverted, as she starts petting her pliers.
• Mad Eye: One of her eyes is colored in, the other one is blank
• Sadist:Enjoys causing pain

Michael J. Drink

Formerly a scientist at Omnidrink, he quit in disgust when he realized how cruel his father was. Now works as the gravedigger.

Associated Tropes:

• The Atoner: He's dedicated his life to making up for the suffering he unwittingly inflicted on the ghosts.
• My God, What Have I Done?: When his wife, Edith, died as a result of the Omnidrink
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: All Michael ever wanted was his father's approval, until he realized just how much of a Corrupt Corporate Executive William was.

Michelle Nguyen

An insufferable hipster who carries a guitar "ironically," as she doesn't even play.

Associated Tropes:

• Boyish Short Hair: Her hair is a pixie cut
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Played with, in that she acts somewhat like this.

Nancy McCoughlin

The ghost of "an ace gunfighter with impeccable aim."

Associated Tropes:

• American Accents: Speaks something a southern (not exactly Texan) accent
• Big Eater: She won an eating contest in life.
• Gunslinger: She looks and acts the part

Noo

The ghost of a supermodel who, "now that she's off the catwalk, is unleashing her contempt of humanity on everyone."

Associated Tropes:

• Gag Lips: Has the biggest ones compared to the rest of the cast

Old Rusty

A ghost who wanders around in chains dragging a ball. Is really fond of breaking mirrors for some reason. He used to work at a carnival in life.

Associated Tropes:

• Meaningful Name: He's called "Old Rusty" because he walks around carrying rusty chains

Pancakes

The ghost of a stack of pancakes.

Associated Tropes:

• A Dog Named "Dog": He's the ghost of a stack of pancakes, named, "Pancakes"
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: How he died, as he died due to being left out overnight (which tends to cause food to spoil)

Professor Kruelty

The ghost of a supervillain.

Associated Tropes:

• Berserk Button: Anything that makes her think of "her" or "him," whoever they are.
• Murder the Hypotenuse: It's implied that this is how she died, though it's not clear if she attempted this or got it put on her.
• Noodle Incident: Besides that her death implied to be the result of the Murder the Hypotenuse trope, it's not really said how she died or who the "her" or "him" are that she refers to, along with the surrounding incident of her death
• Punny Name: Her surname, "Kruelty", which is "cruelty" with a "K".
• Supervillain

Queen Riverwisp

"Once a benevolent forest guardian, but now she serves as a twisted instrument to the ghostly cause."

Associated Tropes:

• God Save Us from the Queen!: Now that she's an evil psycho ghost...
• The High Queen: In life

Randy Folsom

The ghost of a guy who got mauled by a bear at a nightclub

Associated Tropes

• Bears Are Bad News: He was mauled by bears
• Hidden Heart of Gold: Underneath his gruff exterior
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Looks a lot like the police-hatted member of Village People.

Ricky the Dog-Faced Boy

His Forum signature

^{In game appearance}:

As his description mentions, he was a circus performer who liked face-grooming and catching frisbees with his mouth.

Associated Tropes:

• Captain Ersatz: Of the Wolf Man.

Tia & Tamara

A pair of sadistic children who want to make people play all the games they hated. According to their description, they suffered some kind of mistreatment.

Associated Tropes:

• Creepy Child: Along with being Creepy Twins
• Creepy Doll: What they drop when they're defeated
• Enfant Terrible: What they were in life
• Shout-Out: Their names come from the sitcom Sister, Sister and the starring actresses Tia and Tamara Mowry.
• Single-Minded Twins: To some extent, as they finish each other's sentences and you can't fight them separate.
• Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Invokes This

Thucydides Ambrosia

A ghost that delights in insulting other people. Wears a pimp hat, bling, and grill.

Associated Tropes:

• Jerkass: As noted with his description
• Killer Outfit: He died trying out an experimental hat which involved a live cobra.
• Pimp Duds: What he wears.

William F. Drink

Founder of Omnidrink; pretty much defines Corrupt Corporate Executive, and is responsible for the ghosts appearing.

Associated Tropes:

• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Didn't care as to whether or not his company produced beverages with dangerous substances and that said substances lead to fatal results, along with being an asshole to his son
• Ignored Epiphany: Kind of. He's learned to value his son, but is still fairly corrupt.
• Ironic Hell: Not only was he trapped in his grave like the other ghosts, but he gets to be trapped while knowing that it's due to his own insensitivity.

zOMG! Characters

Blaze

In the zOMG opening

Daughter of the pirate queen Marina, generally considered the mascot character for the game.

Associated Tropes:

• Improbable Weapon User: Mystically-empowered rings, just like everyone else in zOMG!.
• She-Fu
• Weaksauce Weakness: The reason she's not a pirate? She gets seasick.

Captain Cresento

Owner of Gaia's only airship. Debuted on April Fools' Day of '09 in zOMG!, but has since barged into the main storyline.

Associated Tropes:

• April Fools' Day: Captain Cresento appeared on April Fools' Day 09 in zOMG!, where he offered to take your character to a new area. The joke was that zOMG! would 'crash' just before the new area loaded.
• Cool Airship: He owns one.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Cresento agrees to help Don Kuro due to him threatening to kill his mother.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Eridan Ampora in 2011 and Loki for 2012 .
• Hereditary Curse: Averted. despite being the 3rd cousin-once-removed of Don Kuro and a member of the Kuro Clan, his distance from them and half-human lineage means the curse has no effect on him.
• Jerkass: He's got an ego the size of Manhattan Island, easily. When he crashed his airship into the Overseer's makeshift airtubship, one of his remarks was, "I hope you have insurance, Overseer. I think your garbage pile scratched my airship."
• Our Elves Are Different: Blink and you miss it: when informed that Cresento and Nicolae have been assigned to the same task as he, Zhivago refers to them as a human and an elf. Nicolae's pretty clearly human, so that makes Cresento the elf.
  • Specifically, he's half-elf, half-human
• Small Name, Big Ego
• Smug Snake
• Spell My Name With An S: The page says 'Crescento', but the doll says 'Cresento'. Which is it?
  • According to Lanzer, "Cresento". Not that people will ever stop being confused.
• Spock Speak: Cresento speaks this way...well, according to his forum posts in the zOMG! forum.
• White Hair, Black Heart

The Train Station

Frank

A mysterious yet friendly nerd who initially provided your first rings.

Associated Tropes:

• The Dragon: Not outright stated, but heavily implied.
• For Science!
• Killer Rabbit
• Mad Scientist: It's implied that he's Labtech 123.
• Obfuscating Stupidity
• Retcon: The opening sequence with him in the train was removed, along with most of the tutorials.
• Walking Spoiler

Bass'Ken

Gustav

A lumberjack you meet in Bass'Ken

Associated Tropes

• Gratuitous Foreign Language: His dialogue has pepperings of French
• I Call It "Vera": His axe, "Cherie"

Gold Beach

Jacques

The lighthouse-keeper at Gold Beach

Associated Tropes:

• Canine Companion: Is seen alongside his dog.
• Noodle People: So far, he looks like he's the tallest and skinniest NPC as far as avatars go
• Opaque Nerd Glasses: Though, in his case, they're implied to be goggles, however, it doesn't stop him looking weird in them.

Zen Gardens

Katsumi

A Miko that resides in the Zen Gardens

Associated Tropes:

• Affectionate Nickname: "Kats"
• Hime Cut: What her hair is styled as
• Miko: What she is. She manages the shrine that the Zen Gardens Null crystal is in.
• Parental Abandonment: According to her dialogue for a quest, her parents have died and she was raised by her uncle, Kin.
• Tragic Keepsake: Before her parents died and before it became "animated", she was given a kokeshi doll.

Barton Town

The Maestro

Owner of the in-game Music Box

Associated tropes:

• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's just known as the "Maestro" and nothing else

NewBea

A barefoot NPC that you meet in Barton Town

Associated Tropes:

• Meaningful Name: She's meant to be parody of a Gaian, complete with "noobish" clothes and her begging for gold.
• Punny Name: Of "newbie"

Nicolae

In the manga

^{In z OMG!}

Former owner of Back Alley Bargains. He lost his shop sometime before around 2017 because he couldn't make payments on it.

Associated Tropes:

• Bribing Your Way to Victory
• Chekhov's Skill: His interest in alchemy, introduced to justify his Item Crafting service in zOMG!, comes back in the Bad Guy Side Story, where he starts trying to convince Cresento to let him run a shop out of the airship.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Appeared in the Olympics '08 comics and in the Halloween '08 comics before being introduced as the shopkeeper for zOMG! power-ups.
• Gold Sink: The Alchemy shop is pretty unrepentantly one, and also focuses a lot on recycling old RIG dummy prizes.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Alex from A Clockwork Orange in 2010. Decked out as Captain Jack Harkness for 2013.
• Heel–Face Revolving Door
• Hidden Depths: He's made it clear in the comics that he's not happy with the idea of killing Gino.
• Honest John's Dealership
• Item Crafting: For a nominal fee, he'll create wearable items from your zOMG! loot.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maybe.
• Mr. Fanservice
• Only Friend: Claims to be this for Cresento
  Don't mind Cresento. He hates me too, and I'm pretty sure I'm his only friend.
• Pretty Boy
• Smug Snake
• Snake Oil Salesman
• Too Kinky to Torture: Natasha threatens him with piercings in delicate places. Nicolae's reply? Ask if Louie can play, too.

Olivia

Leon's mother.

Associated Tropes:

• The Dreaded: Her cooking.
• Granny Classic: Acts and looks this trope
• Lethal Chef: Let's just say "don't eat the cookies" and leave it at that. The fact that Leon eats her cooking is a testament to his invulnerability.
• Nice Girl: She has a very sweet disposition, which can be seen when you interact with her, however, don't eat the cookies.
• Never Mess with Granny: She eats and enjoys her own cooking.
• Pink Is Feminine: Her entire outfit is pink.

Bill's Ranch

Purvis

A chubby boy with a crush on farmhand Rubella

Associated Tropes:

• Fat Idiot: He's not too bright if his example of poetry is a clue.
• Fish Eyes: According to his sprite, he has these, giving him somewhat of a spaced out look.

Rancher Bill

A farm who grows garlic on the side to keep away vampires and Purvis' father.

Associated Tropes:

• Flat Character: Not a whole lot to know about him, as we don't interact with him directly outside of four quests.

Rubella

A friend of Katsumi's and a farmhand that Purvis has a crush on

Associated Tropes:

• Girlish Pigtails: She dons a set of braids.
• Only Sane Woman: Maybe not so much wiser as she is smarter than Purvis.
• Unfortunate Names: "Rubella" is scientific name for "measles"
• Youthful Freckles: She has them but they're real hard to see.

Otachi Ruins

Rin and Lin

Their zOMG! wallpaper

A pair of fraternal twins found in Otami

Associated Tropes:

• Ambiguously Human: They appear to fully human, however, they have bird feet (and, from what their avatars imply, torsos, too)
• Double Speak: What they speak in, though it's mostly Rin that does this
• The Empath: Lin, according to Rin.
• Seers: Both of them but this mostly falls on Lin, however, her foresight is mostly limited to may happen, not what will happen.
• Mayincatec: What their design draws from.
• The Quiet One: According to Blaze, they reveal themselves more so than when they speak.

Other NPCs

Anniedroid

An odd girl with pigtails who thinks she's a robot

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• Cloudcuckoolander: She's one of the weirder NPCs
• Eyes Out of Sight: Most of her face is covered by her hair.
• Punny Name: A combo of "Annie" and "android"

Aquatic Pete

An NPC that doesn't exist anymore but used to be found in Barton

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• Non-Standard Character Design: Not exactly "Nonstandard", just that he stands out more in comparison to other NPCs in the area he used to be found in.

Beat Box

An NPC found near the Music Box in Barton

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• Meaningful Name: His dialogue is just him beatboxing.

The Animated

A class of beings that came to life after being infused with G'hi energy

Associated Tropes

• Action Bomb: The Cherry Fluffs, as, if you attack them, they blow up. They're a lot more trouble if you attack a group of them.
• Animate Inanimate Object: What they are. Some sort of event with G'hi energy brought them to life.
• American Accents: The Papa, Mama, and Sister saws speak with something of a Southern inflection.
• Creepy Doll: Katsumi's kokeshi doll, though, this is downplayed but her pale, almost ghostly appearance really stands out among the red and golden ones.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience:
  • The Kokeshi dolls. Kat's Kokeshi Doll is colored black and white, regular Kokeshi dolls are red, and Collectible/Nexus dolls are gold
  • Ghost Lantern Nexuses are red, unlike the usual blue.
  • Water spouts are more a downplayed example, as the Sea Witch Protector looks like a normal water spout but she's lighter in color. Queen Lorelei would a straighter example as her face and upper bust are purple.
• Combat Hand Fan: What the Kokeshi dolls use. See, "Paper Fan of Doom" below.
• Family Theme Naming: Three sea spouts (Thelchtereia, Raidne, and Aglaope) are named after the sirens in Greek Mythology, while Lorelei is named after a nixe.
• Hitodama Light: What the ghost lanterns appear as before attacking [1]
• The High Queen: Queen Lorelei
• Kill All Humans: Well, it's actually "Kill All Naturals" but the point still stands.
• Killer Rabbit: Many of the Animated don't look threatening and, if you don't attack them (or vice versa), some of them ain't.
• Mama Bear: The Mama Saw
  Dialogue (when she spawns): "My babies! I'm coming, little cutters!"
• Mayincatec: Some of the monsters encountered in the Otami Ruins/Cliffs invokes this, ie. the Mask of Death and Rebirth and the Feathered Coatl (which is more overt)
• Noodle Incident: Exactly what lead to them being infused with G'hi energy isn't known but the intro/trailer for the game seems to imply it was meteor strike or something like a sudden burst of energy.
• Off with His Head!: When the kokeshi dolls are defeated, their heads fall off.
• One-Gender Race: The kokeshi dolls, lawn gnomes, and the water spouts are two of the more obvious examples. It's unclear if the Outlaw Wolf is an example, however.
• Our Mermaids Are Different: The water spouts are Animated made of water. However, while, they don't look like the usual portrayals of mermaids, they are weak without water and can't be fought too far away from water, either (though, getting them far enough away does help your chances in defeating them).
• Paper Fan of Doom: The kokeshi dolls wield these that about twice their size. However, in their case, this is more literal, as the item description implies that there's a blade on those fans
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: The Mama (and Sister) saws wear bows, are pale colored, and have their rotating parts of their saws decorated to look like petals (see here)
• Tragic Keepsake: According to Katsumi's dialogue for a quest, the kokeshi doll was given to her by her passed-on parents
• Tuckerization:Doubling as Meaningful Name, Gilroy is named after a town in California, which is known for most of everything garlic.
• Yōkai: Apparently, they're based off of the Tsukumogami yokai, however, this is more obvious with the ghost lanterns

Non-Animated

Other enemies you can fight in zOMG! that aren't the Animated

Predator Prairie Pups

Confused aliens that have landed on Earth to escape the Hive Aliens. Also known as "P3s"

Associated Tropes

• Cyborg: What they appear to be, considering that they explode after being defeated.
• Informed Species: They look more like badgers, instead of prairie dogs
• Noodle Incident: Why and how their planet was invaded by the Hive Aliens
• Shout-Out: To the Predators

Hive Aliens

Shockroach, the most common Hive Alien you see

Aliens that invaded the P3's planet

Associated tropes:

• Action Bomb: Like the Cherry fluffs from the Zen Gardens, the deathroaches will explode. Like those fluffs, they tend to crowd in numbers if there are more them.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The shockroaches are pinkish peach, the landstriders are neon green and black, the walker is tan, lightning bug is red and pink, and the deathroaches are a yellow and burnt red.
• Face Hugger: The shockroaches, though, this isn't seen in-game but it's there as an item for your avatar.
• Hive Mind: Implied, if their attacks are indication
• The Medic: The Lightning bug is this the aliens
• Noodle Incident: It's not known why (or how) they took over the P3's planet.
• Punny Name: The shockroaches
• Shout-Out: To the Aliens
• Sickly Green Glow: The Landstrider

Landshark

A shark-type creature that spawns during random events

Associated Tropes:

• Threatening Shark: Even though there aren't any quests related to this monster, it has a boss level and, to add insult to injury, unless you have the enemy filter turned on, you can't tell when and where it will attack.

G-Creatures

Animals (besides grunnies) that were infected with the G-Virus

Associated Tropes

• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The Grunny Commander Subs are tinted blue instead of green and the "Alpha Grams" (or "The Mumbler")have grayish fur
• Killer Rabbit: The gramsters are a rather subverted example, as they aren't really dangerous and can be beat pretty quickly. However, this would be played straight with the Grunny Subs
• Noodle Incident: It's not said how the Gruckens and the Gramsters became infected with the G-Virus. Similarly, its not said how the Gramsters got to live in the sewers, however, we can assume they got flushed down there (like the Animated, Prelungers).
• One-Gender Race: The gruckens tend to spawn as hens, with one rare event including roosters
• Portmanteau: Their name is a combo of "G-Virus" and whatever animal they so happen to be.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: They have red eyes.

Miscellaneous Characters

Cindy Donovinh

Anchorwoman for Action 9 News. That 'bout it.

Associated Tropes:

• Flat Character: Not a whole lot can be said about her besides that she's an anchorwoman. Hell, zOMG! gives her more dialogue than she gets otherwise.
• Newscaster Cameo: In the manga, she's shown to be interviewing people.

Logan

Runs the bait shop by Bass'ken Lake. Was involved with Agatha at some point.

Associated Tropes:

• Cool Old Guy
• Expy: Of Wolverine, looks wise, anyway
• Day in the Limelight: The Poseidon's Legacy RIG.
• Item Crafting: Turns your caught fish into funny hats.

Ron Bruise

Associated Tropes:

• Boldly Coming: In the "Whatever Happened to Ron Bruise?" 4koma, he's making movies for the Zurg. One involves a bed scene with a fuzzy purple lipstick-wearing creature, who looks quite satisfied.
• Church of Happyology: He's a part of a parody of this.
• Goofy Print Underwear: Ron's heart-print boxers.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Apparently, he's supposed to be a parody of Tom Cruise

Ivan

Represents the Gaian Revenue Service and collects taxes.

Associated Tropes:

• Ascended Extra: Proved quite popular as a RIG character, came back for the SOS event and then joined the manga cast properly in the Promageddon event.
• Ship Sinking: Ivan was revealed to be Meredith's cousin, and visibly squicked at the thought of a romantic relationship with her.

Dernier*Cri Shop

Brennivin

Owner of Dernier*Cri, who gave up being a wizard for fashion. Is also the presumed owner of the Dark Reflection, as he appeared as the "Mysterious Man" in the RIG's Game Over scenario.

Associated Tropes:

• Always Camp: The fact that he's so fashion-obsessed, coupled with his attractiveness, has led way too many people to believe that he's gay or metrosexual.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: A more downplayed, example
• Early-Bird Cameo: See above. Oddly, the SDPlus dolls of him released in the Dark Reflection showed him in his current appearance well before it was revealed to the public, possibly invoking this trope even more.
• Expy: Basically Christian Siriano in cartoon form.
  • Which is hilarious, since the real Christian Siriano showed up in Ian's shop at one point to advertise.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father: He had one, who didn't much care for his pursuits of fashion and neither did he care for Halloween, turning Brennivin into a set of silverware when he tried to trick-or-treat
• Funny Foreigner
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: He switches between English, Norse and German a lot. Of course, that's because he speaks a very different language.
• Hilariously Abusive Childhood: At one point he mentions that his father didn't approve of Halloween and once turned him into a set of silverware for trying to trick-or-treat.
• Halloween Cosplay: As Andy Warhol, something a majority of the users didn't get at first glance.
  • He was Gyro Zeppeli in 2010.
  • He was Sherlock Holmes for Halloween 2011.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Rarely, if ever, does anything 'wizardy'. The last spell he cast was to find Gino, but ended up getting an email of his location first.
  • Possibly justified, since he did give up wizardry to pursue his passion for fashion. Aside from the spells needed to create new stock, it makes sense for him to be out-of-touch.
• You No Take Candle: He's not well-versed in English, though he's slightly more eloquent in it than most examples (as can be read here)

Kanako

Her current appearance

First introduced in the Midsummer Swirl RIG, Kanoko is an exchange student who just has no luck with keeping a job. Is currently employed as the shopkeeper of Rococo, but we'll see how long that lasts.

Associated Tropes:

• Cute Clumsy Girl: The plot of the Dark Reflection kickstarts with her tripping into it, after all.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Like Brennivin, she and Radio Jack were designed for the luxury item shop, but introduced through RIGs. Not a lot of people realize this because of how much earlier Kanoko and Jack were introduced.
• Halloween Cosplay: For H2K9, she was all dolled up as fellow NPC Hatsya. Something of a Mythology Gag, considering the two characters were both created by the same artist (Ethe). In 2010, she dressed up as Hermione Granger. In 2012, she's dressed as Homura.
• Lethal Chef: Possibly, but since it's only Rina's cooking that gets tasted out of both their efforts, we can't say for sure.
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Something of a Running Gag with her — so far, she's been an ice cream vendor (fired by Ivan for forgetting to charge tax on her sales,) a star Mascot for a planetarium, and, as mentioned, Brennivin's assistant. It got so bad that she even tried to apply for a place in the Halloween event while she was still employed.

Radio Jack

Did I just hear you say "Jack's so cute"? Because, call me crazy, I thought I just heard, "Jack, please break my face."

Also introduced in the Midsummer Swirl, as an "avid proponent of summertime evil". However, that "evil" really only extends to being a snarky little critter. Is speculated to either be owned by (or even created by) Brennivin.

Associated Tropes:

• Deadpan Snarker
• Early-Bird Cameo: Like Brennivin, he and Kanoko were designed for the luxury item shop but introduced through RIGs. Not a lot of people realize this because of how much earlier they were introduced.
• Halloween Cosplay: Radio Jack Sparrow, anyone? He also did Easter cosplay as a Grunny in 2010. And when Halloween came around that year, he went as Pikachu.
  • In 2011 he was QB and even said "Contract?" as a quote!
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Some sort of rabbity-bat-thing. Some have speculated that he may or may not be a cabbit, just more demonic-ish.
• Non-Human Sidekick: To Brennivin and Kanako
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: To some. His nephew Waidio, from the Luna's Incense RIG, is even cuter.
• Shout-Out: Probably subtle but his name is a reference to the chain of stores "Radio Shack"
• Tuckerization: Named after one of the developer's guinea pigs.

Diedrich

A talkative little grunny who spoke with Radio Jack. He also owns a sextent and can guide an airship.

Associated Tropes:

• Bizarre Alien Biology: Even by grunny standards, as, apparently, from what can be inferred, grunnies don't really reproduce asexually but he does, after he gets fat. And he makes a lot of them.
• Born Lucky: Or at least, he's extremely lucky in the '10 Summer Event, having the highest starting loot and Luck Stat.
  • Though one of his events reveals that grunny's feet are actually unlucky...
• Covert Pervert: This has to be the reason why he's the one giving out items related to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
  "Did you know only 1 in 1200 Gaians wears underwear? I'm the expert. Since I'm short."
• Cute Little Fangs: These are more clear when he opens his mouth.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Lanzer's cat eventually ate him.
• Explosive Breeder / Truly Single Parent: Began asexually reproducing for the Easter 2012 event.
• Little Known Facts: This is his entire shtick. He repeats "Did you know" trivia to anyone within earshot, followed by "It's true!"
• Meaningful Name: Possibly inverted. The timing of his appearance and the fact that his name can be separated into "died rich" led to many theories regarding some connection with Gambino. There's no other evidence for any of it.
  • The epilogue of the Airship Saga revealed he was a failed prototype Grunny that ingested the cremated ashes of Gambino, transforming him into the fact spouting Diedrich. Edmund suspects he might be the reincarnation of Gambino, but couldn't get any confirmation out of Diedrich himself.
• Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: He's got no problems with talking about horrible accidents, in a cheerful disposition no less
• Talking Animal: Like Rufus and Radio Jack.
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: During the Easter 2011 update, he gets bombed by the Easter Bunny, only to reveal that "Grunnies are very hardy!" Then, he tearfully adds, "Maybe it is impossible to die..."

Bruce Hardcastle

A sports announcer introduced during the Rejected Olympics of '09. Choked on a potato and died before Halloween; brought back to life during Halloween by Jack, and re-killed afterward when Jack crammed a potato down his throat. Currently roaming around as an angry ghost.

Associated Tropes:

• Back from the Dead: Twice; The Sentinel brought him back to life after he choked on a potato then Jack re-killed him after the 2k9 Halloween event; now he's come back as a ghost for the 2k10 event.
• Death as Comedy: His death from choking on the potato.
• Ghostly Goals: Type B.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: He's wearing the same thing he wore when he choked on a potato.

Grunnies

Green rabbits that used to be regular lab rabbits until they were infected with the G-Virus.

Associated Tropes

• Back from the Dead: The first grunny died during Lab Tech 247's experiment and, instead of being incinerated, it was given to Labtech 062, who gave it injection that revived it. It turns out that bunny was not quite dead.
• Furry Reminder: Virus-infected rabbits they may be, they're still rabbits and, according to a pose for their item, they pee on people when mad (something that pet rabbits sometimes do).
• Head Pet: In item form, the Kindred grunnies can be equipped to your avatar's head.
• Killer Rabbit: Rather literally. The trailer/intro for zOMG! has them going right for the throat of some of their victims. Despite this, according to what happened after the 2004 Halloween event, some Gaians decided to keep them as pets.
• Portmanteau: Their name is a combo of "G-Virus" and "bunny", also "green" and "bunny"
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: They have red eyes and, if trailer for zOMG! and the 2004 Halloween event are something to go by, are very aggressive.
• Shout-Out: One of the grunny items is essentially Pikachu.
• Zombie Infectee: They spread the G-Virus, which turns people into zombies (as displayed in the 2k4 Halloween Event). How they do this isn't really nice to look at nor think about.

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