The blonde angel. Constantly has sex on her mind and will screw just about any man she takes a fancy to. Also very rude to a fault. Can transform her (as well as anyone else's) panties into a gun.
And I Must Scream: In the season finale, Stocking slices her entire body into 666 pieces to use as a trail of bread crumbs for Brief to follow her and Corset to the destination of their next evil plan. Brief must apparently collect all pieces if he is to have any chance of saving her.
Break the Haughty: In Episode 12, only Stocking is allowed to return to heaven and Panty has to start her Ghost hunting duties over, alone this time. She's not allowed to have sex anymore, but she keeps doing it anyway and she starts to lose her powers because of it. She gets into a fight with her arch rivals who kick her butt, and she has to be rescued by the universe's Butt Monkey, Brief, of all people. She ends up trying to have sex with him, but her lost powers also come with a regenerated hymen. The episode ends with her not only unable to have sex, but also completely powerless to stop the only person who still cares about her from being abducted in front of her. That was...unexpected.
Godiva Hair: Panty makes use of this trope in "Catfight Club", when she brings out her gun while not wearing any other lower garments. And she takes it to even sillier extremes during "High School Nudical", when her panties get stolen and she spends the whole fight scene jumping around in only a bra.
Heroic BSOD: She falls into despair after she fully becomes human, which causes her to lose her angelic powers and her hymen to regenerate, which prevents her from fighting and restores her to a virgin state, respectively. To sum up, never before has the sight of a hot naked chick with a pair of panties hanging off her finger looked so depressing◊.
Humiliation Conga: Episode 13 opens with Garterbelt throwing Panty out of her home because she's been Brought Down to Normal (i.e., she's just a normal bitch instead of a bitchy angel), forcing her to walk through the rain and get bombarded by bird poop, a baseball, an open can of paint, a flower pot, a hammer, a pan, and a 16-ton weight before getting struck by lightning, drenched by heavier rain, splashed by a passing car, and knocked into a dumpster by an ambulance where a bunch of cats, dogs, and people gather and start having sex all around her until she finally vomits and stumbles into an open sewer drain. All in that order before the opening credits in the span of one minute!
Love Realization: In Episode 12, Panty, of all people, falls for Brief (again, of all people) once she realizes that he and a sexy Bishounen she met earlier are one and the same. Subverted in Episode 13, where she continues to treat Brief as she always has after having sex with him, but she stops calling him "Geek Boy" and uses his real name instead.
Lovable Sex Maniac: Even her X-ray in the opening sequence shows that all that seems to be in her head is "Sex, male, sex, men, sex, sex, sex."
Panty: I don't know whether I'm feeling sluggish because I'm having too much sex or I can't think of anything other than sex because I'm too sluggish.
It's revealed in "Panty + Brief" that she plans to have sex with one thousand men before returning to Heaven. Sadly, God doesn't look kindly on this sort of behavior, which prevents her from returning together with Stocking.
Panty Shot: Ironically, despite (or rather, because of) the fact that she uses her undies as a weapon, Panty doesn't play this trope straight until "Of The Dead" in Episode 8.
The Pornomancer: She constantly finds (relatively) attractive men who are willing to have one-night stands with her.
Really Gets Around: A lot. In fact, as previously mentioned, her goal was to get laid by one thousand men—a goal she eventually reaches after hitting nine hundred and ninety nine, and then deciding on Brief as her final partner.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Swears the most in the cast, and also tends to use crude, informal speech patterns in general.
Sleeps With Everyone But Brief: To be fair, she did ask Brief to sleep with her at the end of "Les Diaboliques", but he thought that was a little too soon. She later falls for him in "Panty + Brief" and decides to have sex with him again; unfortunately, this is around the same time she loses her powers as an angel and regains her hymen, restoring her to a virgin state. They finally do have sex in "Bitch Girls", which breaks her hymen and restores her powers.
The goth-loli angel. Absolutely loves sweets and can usually be seen eating a variety of them in the episodes. Often the voice of reason between the pair, having to keep Panty on task. Can turn her stockings into katanas.
Berserk Button: Stealing her treasured pudding. Or screwing with her ability to eat all she wants without consequence. Or calling her "obese". Or cutting her hair.
Elegant Gothic Lolita: Complete with a Gothic Lolita-themed bedroom and a fondness for sugary treats. To be precise, whilst Stocking's choice of clothing is usually within Gothic Lolita territory, she has been known to appear in lighter Sweet Lolita getups in "Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City" and a Sailor Lolita outfit in "Catfight Club".
Hypocrite: Has a habit of mocking anyone with less than normal sexual habits. For example, in their very first meeting, she calls the demon sisters "bondage-loving skanks."
Mean Character, Nice Actor: In an interview, Ise divulged that she had been flashed on a train, noting that while Stocking probably would've made a crack about the size of the flasher's member, she herself couldn't do anything at the time but scream.
Put on a Bus: In "Panty + Brief", she gets sent back to Heaven without Panty. To add insult to injury, Stocking does not physically appear in that episode's 5-second-long OP.
"Sex and the Daten City" shows her maintaining a dessert review blog.
"The Diet Syndrome"'s Monster of the Week makes unnaturally fattening sweets, via a virus. To say this impacts Stocking's waist line is an understatement.
Tragic Keepsake: The poop engagement ring she got from the ghost in "Ghost: The Phantom of Danten City" right before he gets sent to Heaven.
Too Kinky to Torture: When Stocking gets tied up by a pair of Ghosts, she starts blushing and remarks that she "could get used to this." This is also referenced in "1 Angry Ghost", where the girls are being electrocuted. Panty seems to be in pain, but Stocking says the electrocution is "Ecstasy."
Zettai Ryouiki: She wears striped thigh-highs that doubles as swords.
Garterbelt
Listen! If you obscene angels don’t want to be dropped, your only choice is to collect Heaven Coins by defeating those accursed Ghosts on the surface! You are not here to collect men or sugar! Get that through your heads!
A priest who acts as Panty's and Stocking's boss and caretaker during their stay on earth. Explains the missions to the duo with great gusto despite the fact that the girls are less than enthusiastic about working. All but stated to be gay. He was once a ruthless gangster who was killed, went to heaven, sent back in time, and dropped back on Earth to live through all of history to become a messenger of God.
The Atoner: Garterbelt was essentially Tony Montana until he was finally gunned down and sent to Heaven, who sent him back to earth for some kind of Mission from God.
Complete Immortality: He explodes when he dies, but because he is assigned by God to keep watching over Panty and Stocking, he un-explodes.
Funny Afro: Which swells up with pressure if he doesn't take care of business. His hair was originally in dreadlocks, but they got fried into an afro by God.
Pedophile Priest: Definitely this. particularly his rather "close" tendencies towards Brief. It's suggested that he's probably looking out for him since Brief's penis is a MacGuffin.
Confirmed that he likes little boys for his own sake in the Sanitary Box shorts. He also likes visiting male prostitutes as well.
Really 700 Years Old: Originally sent back to Earth during the prehistoric era and has been present during events of biblical history.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted so far, since he may be stern, but he's definitely not evil.
Robosexual: Manages this somehow in the "Transwhoremers" episode.
Scary Black Man: Subverted, as he's probably the sanest and least prone to serious violence of the protagonists. Played straight and hard in his backstory from "Once Upon a Time in Garterbelt".
Serious Business: His lectures on bondage, and the value of underwear.
Voiced by: Takashi Nakamura (JP), Ian Sinclair (EN)
The group's pet dog (?) who occasionally helps out on the girls' missions. He tends to be physically abused by the two. Is used by the heavens to transport paper with clues on the whereabouts of the next ghost.
Car Fu: Has a full-on Car Fuduel with Fastener in "Les Diaboliques" while Stocking and Kneesock ride shotgun and look pretty bored.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When ordered to "get serious" in the first season finale, he unzips and turns inside out to become an enormous hellhound/bull thing. When the final battle is over, he zips the Hellsgate shut.
Expy: Of Gir from Invader Zim. Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez noticed the similarities right away (stating that he's found his own version of Mr. Sparkle).
Dubbed "Geek Boy" by Panty and Stocking, Brief is a rather timid youth that the girls meet during a mission at a high school. His hobby of researching paranormal activity sometimes leads the girls to the ghost of the episode. Helps out the two whenever he can (sometimes unwillingly). Also has a crush on Panty, though she usually ignores him. He is the blood kin of Hellsmonkey, which means the kiss of an angel—Panty, as it were—will allow his penis to act as a key to the Hellsgate, which locks away a primordial, superpowerful Ghost.
Afterward, he's still treated more or less the same by Panty, but she stops calling him "Geek Boy" and starts calling him Brief instead, indicating that they may still have retained some closeness.
Shotguns Are Just Better: When Panty transforms his underwear in "High School Nudical," it turns into a big pump-action shotgun. Too bad it's a two-pump chump.
An agent from Hell working for the mayor of the city. Unlike the angels, she and her sister Kneesocks are intent on ruling with law and order (their own brand of it, of course) and speak in a more elegant style. However, Scanty has a very short temper and takes their rivalry with the angels very seriously upon losing to them for the first time. Like Panty, she can also turn her panties into guns, in this case revolvers.
Scars Are Forever: At least by the end of episode 13, in which Panty throws a burning pair of panties at her face, leaving a burn mark that lasts the rest of the episode.
Shout Out: Both she and her sister could be a shout out to Him of Powerpuff Girls
Trrrilling Rrrs: Scanty and Kneesocks are kinda big on "Rrrrrrrules."
Tsurime Eyes: Possibly the most extreme case in the entire series.
Demon Kneesocks
Exemplary behavior! Civil minds! Disciplined bodies! That which holds the essence of true beauty!
Scanty's sister and another agent of Hell also working for the mayor. Pretty much the same as her sister, though she's the more outspoken one of the two, plus she's far more proficient at controlling her temper than Scanty. Unlike Stocking, her knee socks turn into scythes.
Kuudere: Though she's more outspoken and uptight than her sister, she's less emotional than her sister. Her dere-dere side only comes out around Scanty (causing her to turn pink).
Locked Out of the Loop: Like the rest of the characters who aren't Stocking, she did not see Corset's backup plan coming.
Luminescent Blush: Usually when particularly angry/her disguise is slipping.
Paper-Thin Disguise: It's a wonder she managed to fool Panty and Stocking into thinking she was a roulette operator... by simply taking off her glasses and putting on a mustache.
The mayor of Daten City and father of Scanty and Kneesocks. He is a BDSM demon who wears a very tight corset. He seeks out the blood kin of Hellsmonkey, Brief, whose penis acts as the key to Hell.
Bondage Is Bad: As per his namesake, he wears an extremely tight and itchy corset at all times, and tends to tighten it even more when he gets overly emotional.
Paper-Thin Disguise: He dons a slightly more humanoid but still Obviously Evil appearance in public. The "crappy disguise that works" part is subverted when Brief instantly recognizes him when he reappears in his demonic form.
