History Characters / OverTheGardenWall

* BassoProfundo: His voice actor is a professional opera bass, and he puts his talents to good use, as he gets his own VillainSong.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Considering that it's unclear whether or not their father is human,the fact their faces are never shown and how eerily smart they seem to be for their age it's fairly reasonable to assume they're not fully human themselves.

* LargeAndInCharge: He's the biggest living thing in The Unknown and is [[spoiler:,at first glance]] the main authority figure in the issue he appears in.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:As he starts crying]] the weather, which has been sunny during the whole issue, suddenly becomes cloudy and it starts raining,however it's never stated if he caused the storm.

* LargeHam : They're loud and proud about their seeking out of combat and sing about it twice in their sole appearance.

* CloudCuckoolander: Mostly the General,even by The Unknown's standards almost nothing he says or does has any rhyme or reason, the others of course, unquestioningly follow him (though the baby can be forgiven).

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* LargeHam : They're loud and proud about their seeking out of combat and sing about it twice in their sole appearance.

* LargeHam: Given his size [[spoiler:and crybaby tendencies]] he tends to be very loud and dramatic.

* TookALevelInKindness: Over their journey, Wirt comes to be nicer to Greg.

* GutturalGrowler: Christopher Lloyd puts his trademark raspy voice to excellent use.

** Anxiety. Oh, very much so. It not only makes Wirt fear the worst [[spoiler:The entire reason why he and his brother ended up in the Unknown is because Wirt believes himself to be a loser and giving a tape to Sara would be too embarrassing, even though he’s actually accepted by his peers, and his crush obviously reciprocates his feelings.]], but also afraid of decision-making, only doing his best whenever someone suggests a course of action to take.

* TookALevelInBadass: Part of his CharacterDevelopment. Wirt goes from being a non-confrontational CowardlyLion who is [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/1028153e39053605e47b1c9d03224d68/tumblr_neaix1hFRZ1r2jjjuo2_1280.png most comfortable following someone else,]] to a character brave enough to [[spoiler:confront the Beast with the latter's own lantern]].

* FatalFlaw:
** His inability to accept responsibility, blaming Greg for his faults and insecurities via running away from his problems are what cause [[spoiler:him and Greg to enter the Unknown.]]
** Catastrophizing. Oh, very much so. Even when it’s painfully obvious that a specific predicament, especially a mundane one, is not as bad as it seems, Wirt can’t help but to immediately jump into the worst case scenario possible. [[spoiler:In fact, the entire reason why he and his brother ended up in the Unknown, is because Wirt believes himself to be a loser and giving a tape to Sara would be too embarrassing, even though he’s actually accepted by his peers, and his crush obviously reciprocates his feelings.]]

* NeverMyFault: He is quick to blame Greg for causing trouble, but, as the Woodsman points out, he's responsible for Greg and should be preventing his brother from doing these things instead of just saying "I told you so." [[spoiler:It's also Wirt's fault they're in the Unknown in the first place -- running away from Sara instead of going up to her to get his mix-tape back -- yet he initially thinks that Greg got them lost.]]

* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Decides to stat with Quincy and Marguerite as their "tea horse" after the events of "Mad Love."]]

* ByTheLightOfTheirEyes: His eyes are the only thing that's not shrouded in darkness.

* BerserkButton: His lantern is. Bring up the possibility his soul is burning inside it and/or threaten to blow it out the flame will cause him to go balistic.

* TheFaceless: Spends the entire series hidden in shadow until Wirt reveals his true form for a split second by shining the light of the Beast's own lantern on him.

->'''Voiced by:''' Thomas Lennon

* ABeastInNameAndNature: Called the Beast, most likely a reference to the Beast of Revelation, since he's a SatanicArchetype. However, it's otherwise a NonIndicativeName, since he's an intelligent SoftSpokenSadist who has a mostly humanoid shape aside from [[HornedHumanoid his horns]]. [[spoiler:His true appearance, as shown in a FreezeFrameBonus, also makes him look [[BotanicalAbomination more plantlike]] than beastlike.]]

* BodyOfBodies: His true form is literally constructed out of the faces of people whose souls he's taken. Overlaps with EldritchAbomination.

* DirtyCoward: [[DownplayedTrope Post]]-VillainousBreakdown. When Wirt figures out that [[spoiler:his soul is in the lantern and not the woodsman's daughter's, all of his menace vanishes to reveal what he truly is: a selfish, pathetic creature that relies on the suffering of others for survival, and the moment that survival is threatened, he can do little more than pitifully beg for his life.]]

* FatalFlaw: His inability to accept responsibility, blaming Greg for his faults and insecurities via running away from his problems are what cause [[spoiler:him and Greg to enter the Unknown.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of the Beatrice from ''The Divine Comedy'' though she undergoes DivergentCharacterEvolution to distinguish her from her literary counterpart.

* ServileSnarker: Played with. She owes a debt of honour to the boys and is forced to follow them reluctantly, no matter how much she dislikes it. [[spoiler:While her annoyance is genuine, her servitude isn't - she was leading them to Adelaide to sell them in exchange for the cure to her family's curse.]]

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* VillainSong: "Come Wayward Souls", which he sings to [[spoiler:potential victims and apparently even the dying ones, to fill them with dread and let him turn them to Edelwood trees]]. The tavern keeper's song about him might also count. He's also heard singing the part "chop the wood to light the fire" from "The Jolly Woodsman" in a few episodes, announcing that he's nearby. It's almost like a {{leitmotif}}.