History Characters / Shortpacked

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: No, Galasso, another woman ''cannot'', in fact, impregnate your daughter.

* ArtificialIntelligence[=/=]AIIsACrapshoot: Ultra Car wasn't created so much as grown, and she has continued to grow over the course of the strip.

!! Amber Warner (neé O'Malley)

!!Ken

* AnythingThatMoves: Maybe. She tells Ethan after they've had sex that [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/lysol once her father saw a wild horse save a boy and demanded his empire be ruled by centaurs]]. We don't know if she went through with it or not.

* PaperThinDisguise: As [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Car.]] It somehow managed to fool Robin, though.

%%* PeekABangs: Part of being Talia's Expy.

* OverprotectiveDad: Inverted. Galasso ''demands'' of anyone who's listening that they please, for the love of God, [[IWantGrandkids have sex with his daughter.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: His katana.

%%* WeaponOfChoice: A corn popper, as Amazi-Girl.

* BitzBox: He owns a sizable amount of spare parts from toys, discontinued toys, and collectibles. Perks of being the manager of a toy store.

* CaffeineBulletTime: Robin is so hyper already that enough sugar causes her to black out for several months, and when she wakes up, she's a member of the House of Representatives. Funny thing is, she's continued serving for the rest of the decade, despite spending most of her time at Shortpacked!.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Again, her father named her "Conquest."

%%* BitzBox: As a collector his is especially egregious.

* LovableSexManiac: Somehow taken UpToEleven, with him having trouble relating to Ultra Car due to this. Deconstucted in a later appearance where he bemoans the fact all of his friends are married or pared off while he's left alone.

-->'''Ethan:''' ''(to Robin, after she tells him about "Razor's Edge")'' [[AC:Leave before I destroy you.]]
-->'''Robin:''' Every nerd's got a button to press.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Ethan started out as the StraightMan, with no real defining quirks outside of his being a fan of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Transformers}}. But both of these elements, in combination with his FanHater tendencies towards members of the latter fandom, gradually turned him more self-righteous and more fanatical. While the StraightMan aspect of his character still lingers, the role's now much more likely to be filled by Leslie, Jacob or--as those two also have their fair share of quirks--a random bystander or BitCharacter.

* BackFromTheDead: Died at the end of ''It's Walky!'', and his resurrection was deliberately left unexplained for eight years afterwards. Around 2012 more and more hints began piling up, eventually leading to the reveal that [[spoiler:Joyce arranged for his resurrection with stolen resurrection-chamber blueprints and a few calls to a non-government tech agency, as repayment for his death saving her life.]]

* HiddenDepths: Buried at least six feet under, but they're there all the same. [[spoiler:His first words to Donna Mae are informing her that "fighting aliens was less scary [than her delivery]"]].

%%* BackFromTheDead: In more ways than one.

* StrawmanPolitical: subverted: Willis' take on Reagan is patriotic but pragmatic; unabashedly conservative without being fanatical or mean-spirited about it. In other words, a lot more like the real Reagan than most modern Republicans would be willing to admit.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Amber this time - lampshaded repeatedly, subverted at least once.

* OutnumberedSibling: The other reason for the strain in her relationship with Joe: As the prototype, Ultra Car literally has millions of younger (and much nicer) siblings that she fears have taken her place in her father's eyes.

* PieInTheFace: Damn near constantly. It's pretty much the only way she knows to act on her disdain for people (beyond dumping them in TheAmazon) and it's even been treated as a compulsion.

%%* FingerlessGloves: part of her Skater Girl aesthetic

* {{Asexuality}}: Mainly due to a lack of knowledge of any other options. He can't even tell a male and female apart, and Leslie and Ethan have to give him TheTalk (it doesn't go too well). No one's really sure where his daughter [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Conquest]] came from, in-universe or out.

* {{Asexuality}}: Homoromantic Transchassis Asexuality, to be exact.

** Her {{asexuality}} and outright disdain for human mating practices puts her pretty completely at odds with her creator, Joe Rosenthal, and leaves their relationship more than a little strained.

* {{Transgender}}: Ultra Car was considered neuter and referred to with default male pronouns until she finally revealed herself as the Transchassis RobotGirl she felt like inside.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Galasso [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=305 wants this done after he dies]].

* BerserkButton / BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: She shows up to stop Head Alien from killing Leslie, and [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1801 does she ever look pissed]]. Leslie wakes up in the next strip to find the fight's already over, Robin having cut him into sixteen pieces and thrown them into different dead universes.]]

* IfItsYouItsOkay: Robin, towards Leslie, as she confides to Ken [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1464 here]]. She also had at least one pre-Leslie girlcrush--[[spoiler: Amber]].

%%* PowerPerversionPotential: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2020 Bbzzzzzz...]]

* RaisedByWolves: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1091 According to this comic]], he was raised by a Betamax of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.

%%* CutenessProximity: "[[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1666 baaaaaaaaaaabies]]"

--> [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1755 Leslie, you are honest-to-god the nicest person I know. And tell me, what's THAT gotten you?]]

%%* ACupAngst: Given by a customer in [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1811 this]] strip. Noted in the comments section.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: As revealed in [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2060 the 4/24/14 strip]], Ultra Car is completely doll-like under her clothes, and a later strip reveals that even if she were equipped with robotic sexual organs she would receive no pleasure from them.

* TreasureChestCavity: In addition to extra arms, her chest can also [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2031 hide shoplifted books.]]

** [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1119 Ethan's is overusing "quite"]].

* StraightGay: Which only makes the fact that he immediately sets off everyone's {{gaydar}} even more baffling. At one point, Amber [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=571 laments]] that he is not a MagicalQueer.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: "[[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=770 P-p-pony. Poooony.]]"

%%* FanServicePack: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=64 Amber's]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=200 successive]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=688 makeovers]] were very successful.
* FanServicePack: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=62 Amber's]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=200 successive]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=688 makeovers]] were very successful.

%%* ImportantHaircut: Amber has one in [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=688 this comic]].

* CoolOldGuy: Occasional mentor figure and always willing to go along with whatever wacky scheme is in progress. Stops robbers [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=178 with PATRIOTISM]] on occasion.

* AnythingThatMoves: Maybe. She tells Ethan after they've had sex that [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=277 once her father saw a wild horse save a boy and demanded his empire be ruled by centaurs]]. We don't know if she went through with it or not.

* GirlishPigtails: When she was still young as seen [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=523 here]] and [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1806 (spoiler) here]].

%%* WellDoneDaughterGirl: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=344 And dear god is it an uphill battle.]]

%%* InnocentInnuendo: "[[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1950 I was going to say my face, but I like that answer, too.]]"

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When he first appeared, Faz was actually a little bit clever and his manipulations succeeded. [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1177 This was changed pretty quickly]].

%%* TookALevelInBadass: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2192 Eventually.]]

* ThirdPersonPerson

* AllGirlsLikePonies:

* DisappearedDad: Had multiple affairs and eventually just never came back.

* PowerPerversionPotential: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2020 Bbzzzzzz...]]
* SuperSpeed / SuperStrength
* TotallyRadical / UnusualEuphemism: Most of her slang is this.

* {{Yandere}}: Towards Ethan until she got over him.

* CutenessProximity: "[[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1666 baaaaaaaaaaabies]]"

* HeadPet: Her iguana, Herbert / Fuckface.

* {{Robosexual}}: For Ultra Car.

* DoggedNiceGuy: To Malaya, much to her disgust. Their roommate [[EnsembleDarkhorse Arnold]] told him to "stop barking up the bitch tree."
* FlatCharacter: Lampshaded for a while by the RunningGag that no one remembered his name and instead called him by the name of some other ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' character.
* GuiltyPleasures: Disney Eurobeat.

* ACupAngst: Given by a customer in [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1811 this]] strip. Noted in the comments section.

* GuiltyPleasures: Disney Eurobeat and ''Series/{{Selfie}}''.

* FingerlessGloves: part of her Skater Girl aesthetic
* HumanityEnsues: It was a present from her mom.

* WhiteGloves: On her retractable arms.

* SentientVehicle

* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to Galasso.

* HippieJesus: Though he has some hardcore moments.
* HumanShield: "I get used for this way too much."

* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Amber, at least until she grew into her own.
* BitzBox: As a collector his is especially egregious.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Ethan started out as the StraightMan, with no real defining quirks outside of his being a fan of Franchise/{{Batman}} and {{Transformers}}. But both of these elements, in combination with his FanHater tendencies towards members of the latter fandom, gradually turned him more self-righteous and more fanatical. While the StraightMan aspect of his character still lingers, the role's now much more likely to be filled by Leslie, Jacob or--as those two also have their fair share of quirks--a random bystander or BitCharacter.

Amber, initially, was shy, awkward and suffering from a serious inferiority complex, but has grown over the course of the comic into a strong and confident character with arguably the fewest quirks of the cast save for a mild sadistic streak. Her main nerdish tendencies are towards ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''MyLittlePony'' and manga, with the latter being far less pronounced than the two former. She also has a sort of superhero character of her own design, Amazi-Girl, whom she dresses as occasionally (and tends to get a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when she does.) She left to manage a new Shortpacked store in Denver, funded by Joe Rosenthal.

* ConvertedFangirl: Shown in flashbacks to have been converted by Ethan, who used MyLittlePony to pull her out of a depressive funk early in their friendship.

* ImportantHaircut: Amber has one in [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=688 this comic]].
* {{Meganekko}}: Amber this time - lampshaded repeatedly, subverted at least once.
* MoralityPet: To Mike.

* WeaponOfChoice: A corn popper, as Amazi-Girl.

* BrutalHonesty: His main method of jackassery.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GroinAttack / YourMom: As mentioned.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Well, for a relative value of "heroic".

* MirrorMoralityMachine: Alcohol is this for him.

* BackFromTheDead: In more ways than one.

* PeekABangs: Part of being Talia's Expy.

* WellDoneDaughterGirl: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=344 And dear god is it an uphill battle.]]

* InnocentInnuendo: "[[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1950 I was going to say my face, but I like that answer, too.]]"

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards Amber.

* SmugSnake: Though he's hilariously bad at it.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Amber, until the aforementioned revelation.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Frequently, but not always.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2192 Eventually.]]

* BigBad: She's the closest thing Shortpacked has to one, at any rate.

* LargeHam