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The LORE FRIENDS
Tactical Cupcakes (T.C.)
From: Original
"Boom, baby!"
Click here to see her old sprite
The main character of the lore videos. A young woman just trying to get by. She’s selectively Mute, but is able to sing.
- Absurd Phobia: THE DRIP, as her greatest weakness is not being able to have it.
- Art Evolution: Went from being represented by an edit of an existing sprite, to having an original sprite created for her character.
- Author Avatar: Represents the real-life T.C.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Is often quiet and passive around others, but DRIP SPIRIT learns the hard way that this doesn't make her a pushover.
- BFS: The Dragon Hatchet she uses in Bushwhack.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Has clear feelings for Sarvente that even the other characters notice, but never tries to directly act on them.
- Did Not Get the Girl: Ultimately, Ruv confessed his own feelings to Sarvente before TC could, and she doesn't take it well when she finds out.
- Cute Mute: Finds it easier to sign or write things out than to talk aloud.
- Dark and Troubled Past: To the point that she has her own "Something".
- Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: Not only can she "not succumb" when seriously injured, the one time she actually does die she just beats Death in a rap battle and comes back.
- How Dare You Die on Me!: Happens toward Garcello in the cutscene for Requiem.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: She has them as a result of her sleeping issues, also affecting irl T.C..
- Fear of Thunder: A fear she sometimes displays.
- Genre Savvy: Knows that most conflicts get resolved through rap battles and occasionally gets someone singing just so they're too busy to threaten her.
- The Immune:
Her canonical weakness is not having the DRIP, which makes DRIP SPIRIT unable to possess her. - Immune to Fate: T.C. is quite literally this, causing her to survive blows that would otherwise incapacitate or kill normal people, instead she will be "HIT RIGHT IN THE HEART!" and "will not succumb", temporarily becoming monochromatic and become immobile for a short while before recovering. How much time it takes for her to recover varies.
- She is also immune to all other forms of corruption, but as a drawback, can't cure corruption in others.
- Informed Attribute: She has grey eyes that appear black due to the game's artstyle.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: When she gets fed up with her [[{{Video Game//Omori}} "Something"]], signified by a scream and her emotion box changing from "Stressed Out" to "Furious".
- Magnetic Hero: It'd probably be easier to list off the characters she doesn't end up on good terms with.
- Meta Girl: Often comments on the plot of the video she's currently in, and occasionally brings up her real-life youtube and twitch channels.
- Pals with Jesus: Tends to make friends wherever she goes, even with demons (Chris and Sarvente), ghosts (Garcello) and the Grim Reaper (King)
- Perpetual Frowner: With a few exceptions, this is her usual expression.
- Phrase Catcher: 'Nice reference' and 'Bet.' are most often said by her, but several other characters picked them up over time.
- The Singing Mute: Is selectively mute, but a more than capable singer once she gets behind a mic.
- Trauma Button: B.B calling her 'Little Lassie' causes a brief flashback to the time when Garcello died.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Is very against the idea of car-surfing, but this doesn't stop her friends from making her do so every time a road trip ensues.
- You Are Not Alone: Tells Taevia that everything will be okay and that she's on her side and will help her through her struggles.
Senpai
A charming but otherwise ordinary high school teacher possessed by the Drip Spirit. Becomes one of T.C.'s dearest friends after being freed.
- A Day in the Limelight: Takes centre stage for an arc when he meets one of his admirers at the school.
- Age Lift: In the canon game, he's 18 years old and a student at the high school he attends. But here, he's 25 and a teacher.
- Ascended Extra: He's only the focus of one week in Friday Night Funkin and isn't present for all of it, but here he's a main character and among T.C.'s closest friends.
- Bishie Sparkle: As part of his "perfect teacher" image. Mostly kept to his 32-bit sprites, but other characters lampshade it sometimes.Tankman: "You go in and distract them with your thing that you do. Y'know, where you go all sparkly."
- Cute Little Fangs: He has one of these.
- Even the Guys Want Him: It isn't just women that his charm has an effect on.
Senpai: Word travelled fast, and by the end of my first day [at school] I'd been confessed to by five girls and two guys.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Gains them after a late night spend grading schoolwork.
- Heel Realization: Realizes early in the LORE series how unpleasant he had been and tries to start being kinder.
- Hidden Depths: In one video he reveals that he's a music teacher.
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Does not come from Hating Simulator, but happens to be identical to the game's love interest. Supposably had the character designed after his likeness by the game's developers.
- Nice Guy: Unlike his original appearance where his kindness was likely a facade, in this series he's cheerful and friendly to nearly everyone.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: 'Senpai' is just a nickname that stuck around. He uses it to introduce himself since it's what most people already know him by.
- Took a Level in Kindness: He's much more genuinely friendly after having the Drip Spirit removed from him, and gets along pretty well with most people.
Tankman
Sergeant John "Tankman" Captain of Newgrounds fame. Vulgar but generally high-spirited, he occasionally meets up with the others through a mutual friendship with Senpai.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: He's still as crass as he was in canon, but doesn't seem to aim his swearing at anyone in particular and is good friends with a few of the other characters.
- Bystander Syndrome: Doesn't try to stop Lia from going after T.C. because he assumes someone else will take care of it.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His real name is John Captain, but he's so well known as Tankman that it's what everyone uses.
- Malicious Misnaming: Messes with Sky by calling her various synonyms for the sea.Tankman: "Whatever you say, Ocean."
- The Nicknamer: "Pretty Boy" for Senpai, and "Mr. Cookies and Cream" for Ruv. Also uses "Mutey" for T.C., but less maliciously than DRIP SPIRIT does.
- Odd Friendship: He's on pretty good terms with Senpai and Ruv, and often goes out drinking with them.
- Out of Focus: Has the least screentime out of all the LORE FRIENDS. In fact, in recent episodes, he hasn't even appeared on-screen even if he's with the others, at least up until "Methal".
- Shipper on Deck: Psychs up Ruv to ask out Sarvente, and later tries to talk him up to her when they hang out together.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Casually drops swear words when he talks, though not to the extent that DRIP SPIRIT does.
- Stock Costume Traits: Is a soldier in the military, who happens to never be seen without his uniform.
- The Friends Who Never Hang: With Sarvente.
- The Gadfly: Enjoys riling people up and giving them unwanted nicknames just for the sake of it, rather than because he has anything against them.
- The Team Normal: Among the LORE FRIENDS, everyone else has some kind of supernatural ability or is a supernatural being themselves. Tankman has a gun.
- What Did I Do Last Night?: When his identity gets stolen, he assumes he doesn't remember his name because of all he had to drink that night
Skylar
From: Original
An alternate version of Sky. Has great powers controlled by her emotional state, but is just looking for friends.- Absurd Phobia: Bananas, in a reference to VS Sky being removed from Gamebanana.
SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING: Hell, you can't even look at a banana without tearing up!
- Adaptational Personality Change: As a result of having the chance to both find real friends and examine the way she acted in the past, she's much more laid back and there's almost no trace of her original personality in the series.
- Age Lift: To fit with her Character Development leading her to become more mature, she's aged up from 19 to 22.
- Bad Powers, Good People: The way her Manifest powers, well, manifest is quite disturbing, but Skylar herself just suffers from loneliness. After finding a group of friends to spend time with she becomes much more easygoing, and eventually works to control her emotions.
- Berserk Button: Calling her childish/a child reminds her of who she used to be before her Character Development and is one of the few things that can cause her to lose her cool.
- Character Development: Her entire arc after she's welcomed as a friend is focused on putting who she used to be behind her and working to become a better person.
- Goes from running away whenever conflict happened, to being the one to face down Lia while everyone else escapes.
- The Corruptible: DRIP SPIRIT manages to take over when she's in an especially bad place.
- I Hate Past Me: She really tries her best to move on from her dark and childish past.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: Much of her acting out is for this reason, rather than any sort of malice.
- Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Her shades have one purpose, which is looking cool.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Beating her "SOMETHING" in a rap battle doesn't do anything, as deep-rooted mental trauma can't be removed so easily. The confrontation doesn't end with her defeating it, rather accepting that she'll need to move on and work to become a better person.
SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING: ...Was that supposed to prove something?
Skylar: I mean, kind of?
Skylar: I thought if I beat you in a song, that'd like, prove I could overcome you.
- Reality Warper: Her powers let her alter the world like the code in a video game. Since that's exactly what it is, there isn't much of a limit to what she could do with them.
- Shipper on Deck: Supports T.C.'s interest in Sarvente and effectively helps her have a practice date using the Manifest.
- Stock Costume Traits: Her calm attitude and love for jazz is emphasized by her outfit resembling that worn by mid-1900's beatniks, with her shades, black shirt, and black beret.
- Sunglasses at Night: And indoors, and... Well, always.
- Superpowered Evil Side: How her powers take form when her emotions spiral out of control.
- Took a Level in Badass: Originally wasn't much for conflict and ran away when DRIP SPIRIT possessed Sarvente, but later she stands up for T.C. when one of her dreams goes awry.
- Trauma Button: Being treated like a child, as she's made significant effort to put who she was in the past behind her.
- Visual Development: When she decides to move on from her past, she makes herself taller with her Manifest powers to symbolize how she's not the same person she was in her source mod.
Cassette Girl
A laid-back android girl T.C. encounters and befriends after finding her secret spot.
- Mellow Fellow: Very chill and friendly, able to befriend T.C. quite easily and give her assurance after finding that Ruv and Sarvente started dating.
- Smoking Is Cool: Always depicted with a cigarette, though unlikely harmed due to her being a robot.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Her fate after she's freed from DRIP Spirit's possession is unknown, most likely due to originally being Put on a Bus after that due to real life reasons before being brought back.
- You Remind Me of X: Is told this by T.C., due to her personality and smoking habit being reminiscent to Garcello.
Antagonists/Villains
Drip Spirit (Spoilers!)
From: Original
An abrasive ghost possessing the body of Senpai. After being exorcised they repeatedly come back to cause trouble for T.C. and her friends.- Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear whether their Selever appearance just so happened to resemble Selever, or if they are actually possessing him.
- Arch-Enemy: Comes to see T.C. as this, and goes out of their way to antagonize her more than anyone else.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Updike and Lia.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Whatever they did had a huge impact on Taki, to the point she remembers DRIP by name and appearance, despite them having taken a new host. But when they meet in Red Flag, DRIP doesn't recognize her.
- Demonic Possession: What they do to their victims, most notably Senpai, Sky, Sarvente, presumably Selever, and Alexis.
- The Dreaded: As most of the main cast has had a run-in with DRIP SPIRIT, pretty much everyone except Ruv fears them.
- Even Evil Can Be Loved: Shows a much more sincere side while spending time with Alexis, the first person in a position to show them kindness. Notably, the only time they seem to regret anything is when she's upset at finding out they're evil.
- Even Evil Has Standards: After T.C. informs Drip Spirit of her orientation, when they assumed she was attracted to Senpai, they briefly break character to apologise to her.
- It Only Works Once: Finds a way to counter the song Parish that was used to exorcise them.
- Malicious Misnaming: Always calls T.C. "Mutey".
- Morphic Resonance: Regardless of who they possess, Drip Spirit's host always wears a "By Any Means Necessary" hoodie, a "Supreme" shirt and Sinister Shades.
- Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous: DRIP is genderfluid, identifying with the gender and pronouns of whomever their host is.
- Retcon: Following the Fanwork Ban on Mid-Fight Masses characters, Drip Spirit's Selever form has been scrapped, with TC planning to replace it with an original form.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Is the most foul-mouthed member of the cast, with the possible exception of Tankman.
- Sunglasses at Night: Always wears a pair of Cool Shades in whatever form they've taken.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns with a new form some time after their original defeat.
Lia
- Abhorrent Admirer: To T.C., who quickly becomes one of the only people to find out how crazy she really is.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Updike and Drip Spirit.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: When in public she keeps up appearances well enough to fit in at a party, but alone with her victims she's much more maniacal and dangerous.
- Bullying a Dragon: Is quick to threaten anyone who gets in the way of her "love", even if they're demons or reality warpers.
- Consummate Liar: As part of her ability to manipulate others, she lies so naturally that nobody has reason to doubt her. She uses this to get Updike on her side, by claiming that T.C. is her kidnapped neighbor.
- Cute But Psycho: Which she uses to her advantage to make most people drop their guard around her.
- Stalker with a Crush: Usually with emphasis on 'stalker'.
- The Social Expert: Despite her real nature as a psychotic stalker she's able to fit in a group just fine without them noticing anything's wrong, and easily plays others to get what she wants out of them.
- Villain Teamup: Works with Updike to get Ruv out of the way, despite being dangerous enough to be one of his targets if he knew about her.
- Walking Spoiler: Not much can be said about her without revealing the kind of person she really is.
- Yandere: More than willing to threaten and hurt the object of her affection if it means keeping them around. Her first appearance has her attacking T.C. on the street and kidnapping her.
Updike
Click here to see his older appearance
Gabriel Updike is the leader of a taskforce that hunts monsters and other perceived threats. While his original target was Whitty, in this series he's mainly after Ruv and comes into conflict with T.C. and her friends in the process of tracking him down.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Always seen in a white suit, emphasizing his coldly professional demeanor.
- Catchphrase: "It's for the greater good."
- Crazy-Prepared: When he sees T.C. speaking in sign language, he starts signing back without missing a beat.
- Enemy Compassion: Allows Radi to escape temporarily with a ring that prevents radiation sickness.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's a ruthless hunter willing to threaten civilians in the process of finding his targets... And a capable, caring dad to his daughter, Cloud.
- Hidden Depths: Is quite good at ballet, shown when he dodges Rosie's gunfire with a series of pirouettes.
- Knight of Cerebus: Unlike most other antagonists in the series, he has nothing in the way of comedic or exaggerated traits and things tend to turn serious whenever he appears, most notably during the confrontation at the church where he shoots Ruv while trying to apprehend him.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: When Sarvente turns into a demon to defend the church from him and Lia, he decides to run away while everyone is distracted instead of fight her, knowing he's outmatched.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: Episodes that focus on him show that he's this in comparison the likes of DRIP Spirit and Lia, as noted through his interactions with Cloud.
- Moral Myopia: His organisation's goal is to contain the potentially dangerous abnormal/anomalous people and creatures, just as long as his weather bending daughter has nothing to do with it.
- No-Nonsense Nemesis: Exemplified by him pulling out a gun in the middle of Improbable Outset.
- In the Takeover video, he actually shoots Ruv in the middle of Zavodila.
- In the Takeover
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After seeing Sarvente transform into a demon, he decides to run away rather than continue trying to apprehend Ruv.
- Shame If Something Happened: Is willing to deliver threats in this way.
Updike (to T.C.): "You seem like a pleasant enough young woman. Many years ahead of you. I wouldn't want you to come across any misfortune."
- Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy: After rap battling T.C., Senpai, and Fever over a mysterious box both parties are after, Updike runs out of ammo. In a last effort to cause the group harm, he unsuccessfully throws it, only to have it caught by Fever.
- Pulled from Your Day Off: "Imminent Demise" has him take a break from work to spend time with Cloud, but Smiler ruins those plans by revealing he escaped containment.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: When noted that Smiler was knocked out by electrocution in "Questionable", Kofi thinks it was because Updike used tazers, and he goes with it. In an Aside Comment, Updike all but states what actually happened was that Cloud used lightning to electrocute Smiler, but he believes no one needs to know about that.
- Villain Teamup: Works with Lia due to their mutual goal of removing Ruv from the picture, despite her definitely being someone he would want to take out if he knew her true nature.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: The targets he hunts down are dangerous, but not always particularly bad people, with Whitty and Ruv being the main examples. He's also willing to threaten civilians for information if necessary, and has no qualms about following through if they aren't cooperative.
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Inverted in Takeover as Ruv starts singing Zavodila while preparing to fight, and then Updike stops him short with a shot to the leg. He also tries to shoot Smiler throughout "Underground", though unlike Ruv, Smiler is able to dodge every shot.
Zardy and Cablecrow
Living scarecrows who attack TC on Halloween when she accidentally enters their maze whilst trying to make it home from the tavern.
- One-Shot Character: Have yet to appear outside of Bushwhack.
- Scary Scarecrows
Smiler
A Trollge who has been contained by The Greater Good.
- Adaptational Villainy: Lacks the remorse over his actions from his home series and "The Blueballs Incident", acting more like a standard Trollge.
- Adoption Diss: Constantly doubts the validity of Cloud being Updike's daughter, causing Updike to become increasingly agitated by them.
- Brown Note: Has cognitohazardous abilities, the effects of which currently unknown, which causes the screen to distort during songs.
- Hannibal Lecture: Every line he speaks is him trying to get under Updike's skin, in the form of questioning his actions and attempting to convince him that if Cloud found out about his actions, she wouldn't be happy with him. Updike is having none of it, but at the same time he's also trying to restrain himself from lashing out, meaning that Smiler's words are getting to him somewhat.
- Great Escape: Manages to escape The Greater Good's custody, which leads to Updike having to deal with them, despite having planned to take the day off. This doesn't last, as it's revealed in "Questionable" that Updike was able to subdue him, allowing him to be recontained.
SOMETHING FROM THE PAST
From: Original
- All There in the Manual: He only implies a connection to T.C. when he first appears, but the LORE character chart◊ has him listed as "Sinister Sibling".
SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING
From: Original
- Enemy Without: To Skylar, naturally.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Highlights the similarities between Lia and pre-development Skylar."Are you sure you don't want to catch up to Lia? You two could be best pals."
- Out of Focus: Mostly leaves the story after Skylar makes peace with herself, but has a short appearance in Manifest LORE-Fi when Skylar enters her Manifest form, though by Mask Off, she's back in full swing due to Skylar not being careful with her powers.
- A Truce While We Gawk: Is temporarily shocked by Ski's singing in Zanta along with Skylar, before sheepishly saying they should get back on track.
Marco
A self-proclaimed Evil Genius who accidentally brings T.C. to his lab with his teleporter.
- Art Shift: After T.C. is brought to his lab, the art-style changes to that of Marco's mod of origin, "Friday Night Villainy".
- Card-Carrying Villain: Openly refers to himself as an evil genius.
- Dastardly Whiplash: Dressed in a black-and-green ensemble with a cape and has a thin, curly mustache, all fitting his evil genius nature.
- Denser and Wackier: He's the most comedic out of all the antagonists in the series, not having a single hint of being serious.
- I Meant to Do That: When his teleporter brings T.C. to his lab, he's at first surprise that it worked, but then quickly rephrases that "OF COURSE it works".
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His color scheme is primarily black and green.
- Spikes of Villainy: Sports a pair of spikes on each sleeve.
- Villainous Rescue: Accidental example. His testing of his teleporter allows T.C. to get away from Lia.
Aileen
Marco's assistant, who sports more common sense than him.
- Affably Evil: Acts much more polite and professional towards others than her boss.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Is more knowledgable with the teleporter than Marco.
- Pet the Dog: Recalibrates the teleporter to allow T.C. to leave, sparing her from any more of Marco's antics. This happens off-screen, with the episode following her and Marco's second appearance starts with T.C. reunited with Senpai, and it had to be clarified via Word of God how she got back.
Zakk
A guy that Senpai has history with.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: He isn't some stalker or corruptive force, but he is a big jerk.
- Always Someone Better: Sees himself as superior to Senpai in every way.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Calls Senpai "Paisen".
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Shown having them, though currently for unknown reasons.
- Jerkass: His most defining trait. Every word that comes out of his mouth is for the sole purpose of getting under Senpai's skin.
- Mistaken For Couple: Seeing Senpai and T.C. together, his immediate assumption is that they're dating, even though they keep trying to tell them that they're not and that T.C. is lesbian. When they finally manage to tell him, he drops the assumptions, though then moves on to teasing Senpai about how Senpai used to be attracted to him.
- Red Herring: At one point, Zakk talks about having "DRIP", which causes T.C. to Double Take and start thinking that he might have a connection to DRIP Spirit, but this ultimately goes nowhere.
- Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: Had bullied Senpai while the two were in high school, but is quick to continue doing so when he recognises him years later.
Midnight
A demon T.C. encounters when she and Skylar decide to investigate a mysterious castle.
- Fantastic Racism: Towards angels. Upon seeing T.C., she notices a halo over the latter's head and is immediately hostile towards her because of it.
Others
Garcello (Minor spoilers)
Click to see his second appearance (spoilers)
A laid-back man with a smoking habit that T.C. meets in a dark alley. Despite his shady appearance he quickly forms a friendship with her before the cigarette he's smoking kills him.
- Affectionate Nickname: Calls T.C. "little lassie".
- The Bus Came Back: Gets summoned back to the mortal realm by Myra with T.C.'s help in a necromancy ritual in "Power Hour", resulting in him and T.C. being reunited after almost 2 years.
- Creator Cameo: His original voice actress provided a line for his appearance in the 2K sub special.
- Hope Spot: After his song "Nerves" he doesn't immediately die unlike in his source mod, leading the viewer to think he might be Spared by the Adaptation. His smoking habit still does him in, however.
- Mellow Fellow: Is always laid-back and friendly to others, and nothing really phases him, not even his own death.
- Tempting Fate: "One more song couldn't hurt... right?"
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Doesn't get that much screentime because he dies before the end of the mod he's from.
Rosie
From: Pick 'n' Pluck
- Big Damn Heroes: Shows up to defend T.C. from Updike as he's threatening her with a gun.
- Defeat Equals Friendship: After being beaten in a rap battle, she makes T.C. an honorary member of her gang.
- Flower Motifs: Roses and the toxic Belladonna, referencing her status as a dangerous sniper and gang member hidden under her general friendliness. The latter is even the name of both her gang and the business she runs.
- Friendly Sniper: Outside of a conflict she gets along with just about anyone. Even when her territory is crossed she'll make a considerable effort to avoid violence against someone who isn't a threat.
- Living a Double Life: Implied when she's shown to run a restaurant alongside the gang she leads.
- A Mother to Her Men: Anyone in the Belladonna Gang is under her protection, and she will drop everything to rush to their aid if needed.
Taki
From: Friday Night Fever
A nun who takes interest in the church where Sarvente and Ruv live. Normally polite and formal, but overzealously tries to destroy anything she sees as unholy.- Ambiguous Gender Identity: It's not particularly self-evident, but Taki is bigender and uses two sets of pronouns.
- Berserk Button: Anything evil or unholy. His tone towards Sarvente changes from friendly to murderous the moment he finds out she's a demon.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in "Your Demise EX" after an extended absence when Skylar convinces her to fight Midnight.
- Chainsaw Good: Unless you're an "evil" being, as Sarvente happens to find out.
- Heel–Face Turn: Is hostile to Sarvente, who is a demon, but eventually realizes that she means no harm and stops attacking.
- I Call It "Vera": Her chainsaw has a name, Hector.
- Memento Macguffin: Seemingly subverted, as the important item she wants from her old church is simply a rubber duck from her childhood called Dukki.
- Red Herring: Him saying the phrase "By any means necessary" while threatening Sarvente might bring DRIP SPIRIT to mind, but it's a coincidence and he's an unrelated character.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is looking to do good in the world by removing evil demons and other sources of corruption. Unfortunately his methods tend to be over the top, and don't have much consideration for good demons.
Alexis
Click here to see her older appearance
A dimension hopper and one of the only characters shown to be friendly with DRIP SPIRIT.
- Age Lift: She appears to be older than her Friendly Night Funkin' counterpart.
- Bad Future: The world she came from is implied to not be a very good place.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's usually all smiles, but when she finds out DRIP SPIRIT isn't such a great person she tears into them.
- Break the Cutie: Learning the truth about her first friend in a while breaks her usually-carefree attitude in a hurry.
- Et Tu, Brute?: After Alexis finds out about DRIP SPIRIT's true nature, it is presumed that DRIP SPIRIT decides to take advantage of her emotional stage by possessing her.
- Face Framed in Shadow: When she first appears, and also when she's angry or upset.
- Morality Pet: Her positive attitude leads to DRIP SPIRIT being slightly less antagonistic when she's around.
- Nice Girl: Showing unconditional kindness even to someone as abrasive as DRIP SPIRIT qualifies her as this.
- Only Friend: To DRIP SPIRIT. It's implied they might be her only (remaining) friend as well.
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Iron Woobie: Whatever happened in her previous dimension took a toll on her, but outside of her Break the Cutie moment above she's all smiles.
BB
- Nice Guy: All-around pleasant and offers to sing with T.C. the first time they meet to help her out of a funk.
Ghost Twins
- And I Must Scream: By the sound of it, them fusing into Tanrie is horribly unpleasant."Th-Their thoughts... are so loud!""I s-shouldn't be heahearing thithis!"
- Back from the Dead: Skylar turns them back into humans with her Manifest abilities.
- Body Horror: They appear to start melting as their argument gets more heated, and after their first song they fuse together into a single mismatched body.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Having been dead since the 1900s, they've yet to understand what kind of music people listen to in the 21st century. Fortunately for them, Senpai is a music teacher and more than happy to give them lessons.
- Fog Feet: When they're ghosts.
- Nice Guy/Girl: Both of them easily fit into the friend group because of how friendly they are. Marie especially seems to qualify, as she goes out of her way to make sure everyone feels noticed and welcomed, and easily cheers up T.C. when she's feeling down.
- The Pollyanna: They both keep positive outlooks even after being stuck as ghosts, especially Marie.Marie: If you don't have hope, what's left?
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Though they're both cheerful after being brought back to life, Marie is enthusiastic while Tanner is more polite.
- Sibling Rivalry: As ghosts they're constantly fighting over how to either come back to life or move on. Once they actually are brought back they're on much, much better terms with each other.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Invoked by their designs as much as their personalities.
- You Are Not Alone: Marie says this to T.C. regarding her trauma history.Marie: "I see that shiny blank stare in your eyes, gal."Marie: "Jus' know that you're not alone, yeah?"
Skilor
- Companion Cube: Her squeaky duck: Jerome.
- Dimensional Traveler: She's eventually revealed to have been travelling through time and space to find alternate versions of Sky. She wasn't going alone either, as she was accompanied by Skyblue, but they were seperated when Taki found Skilor.
- Fun Size: She's a chibi version of Sky (Skylar in this case), and Taki takes an instant liking to her.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: Subverted, as she actually talks through signing and her 'Mow's are seemingly just noises.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: The same kind as Skylar, naturally.
- Shipper on Deck: Seems to be this for Skyblue and Senpai in Mask-Off.
Cloud
- Beware the Nice Ones: Normally polite and sweet, but when upset, she may use her dangerous weather powers. First demonstrated in an episode where she uses her powers to keep Updike from getting hurt by Smiler.
- Bully Magnet: She gets bullied a lot in school, which is likely why she is a new transfer student.
- Happily Adopted: She has nothing but love for her father, Updike.
- Meaningful Name: Named "Cloud", while also possessing weather based abilities. Additionally, due to her first and middle name (in LORE) being "Cloud Nine", it also matches her personality.
- Missing Mom: There's no sign of her mother when her life at home is focused on.
- Precocious Crush: On Senpai. Senpai himself is uncomfortable about it due to being her teacher, and does his best to let her down gently.
- Weather Manipulation: Has the power to control the weather. First shown using it to strike Smiler with a bolt of lightning.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: Because of Updike's job, Cloud often doesn't have the chance to spend time with him, even to the point where she just expects it.
Skyblue
Ski's friend, with whom she was travelling through time and space to find alternate versions of Sky. While they got temporarily seperated when Taki found Ski, Skyblue gets found by Senpai and eventually reunited with Ski, along with Skylar and TC.
- Mistaken Identity: When he first sees her, Senpai mistakes Skyblue for Lia, due to their similar attire. He's quick to drop the suspicions once she properly introduces herself. TC briefly has the same suspicions when Ski describes Skyblue to her.
- Nice Guy: Ski describes Skyblue as being very sweet.
- Perpetual Frowner: Skyblue has mostly appeared solely in her normal "NEET" form, with her more well known "Raised" form having not surfaced until Fuzzy Feeling. In "NEET" form, she's never shown smiling.
- Ship Tease: There are small hints of her having a crush on Senpai in each of her appearances, and the majority of her screentime is with him since he was the first character to interact with her other than Ski and Skylar requests that he keep her company starting from Toyboy. In Fuzzy Feeling, her famous "Raised" form surfaces, indicating she just might start to act on those feelings.
Kofi
A scientist who works for "The Greater Good" alongside Updike.
- Cool Shades: Has a pair of glasses with heart-shaped lenses, but these stay on top of her head while she also wears normal glasses.
- Cynic–Idealist Duo: Often shown with Updike, who contrasts with her cheerful and sociable behaviour.
- Perky Female Minion: Noticeably more upbeat than The Stoic Updike, but she's just as committed to the job as he is.
Kyu
A girl who was recently found by Updike's taskforce and kept in a room for observation.
- Nice Girl: Kofi states that Kyu's nice one they get to know her, and so far that seems to be true during her interactions with Updike.
- Stepford Smiler: She maintains a very upbeat demeanor for most of her screentime, but as she talks about her dad and how much she misses him, it's clear she's hurting.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: It's been a while since she's last seen her dad due to him having been focusing more on his work.
- You Remind Me of X: Is told this by Updike, in that her chipperly saying that she'll be on her best behavior is reminiscent of Cloud. In "Lament", she delivers one of her own to Updike, in saying that his facility reminds her of the place her dad works at.
Myra
A witch struggling to practice her spells in order to become an accomplished sorceress. T.C. encounters her after noticing a flashing light caused by her attempts at spellcasting.
- Didn't Think This Through: She told the wizard's guild she could perform a spell of necromancy due to her really wanting to join the guild, but it's clear she can't pull it off alone.
- Tempting Fate: Believes that summoning a wight or some other vengeful spirit via the necromancy spell "probably" won't happen, which has T.C. understandably nervous about going through with the spell. Ultimately averted, as the spirit they bring back is Garcello.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Accidentally trips in Flourish Flower causing the Life Runes she has to slip out of her hands and bring a zombie version of Lily Engrave back to life.
Lily Engrave (minor spoilers)
A zombie pop star that rose from the dead thanks to an accidental mistake by Myra, she then encounters T.C. and Skylar soon after in the park.
- Came Back Wrong: Comes back to life as a zombie, due to life runes being headed her way.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: Asks for permission if she can eat T.C. and while she is insistent, doesn't force her to.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in a mere two episodes, but doesn't leave without an epic finale.
Detective Doomy (Doomavik)
An armored angel who is an old friend of Updike's. Currently runs something he calls a "Freelance Detective Agency".
- 24-Hour Armor: Seems to never take off his armor.
"You can never be too careful around these parts; I'm sure you're aware."
- Private Detective: Called in by Updike for assistance in tracking down Radi.
Nameless Girl
A humanoid fae capable of stealing identities; Tankman being their only victim so far, was thankfully was given a new identity under the name of Cassie, giving Tankman's identity back
- How We Got Here: Death Toll shows how the fae stole Tankman's name, with Tankman breaking several of the fae rules.
- Invisible to Normals: Able to blend in with the LORE friends (and even the narrator), posing as Tankman. Though T.C.'s immunity to fate causes her to see through their trickery.
- Walking Spoiler: Not a lot can be said about them without spoiling the arc including them.
- You Can See Me?: Once it is revealed that T.C. does not fall for their trickery, they tell T.C. what led to Tankman's identity being stolen.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend
- Achievements in Ignorance: If Pico and BB are to be believed, BF doesn't actually know sign language - he just waves his hands around while rapping and happens to form sentences.
- The Ghost: A few characters talk about BF in the LORE, but they never make an appearance outside of Muted Melodies.
- Out of Focus: They only appear in the Muted Melodies mod, as the main series of videos instead focus on T.C. herself along with the various characters she meets. They are also absent (but mentioned) in the Tactical Cupcakes Pixel Mod.
Variants from Other Universes
Taevia Ceikup/B-Side T.C. (spoilers!)
- I Just Want to Be Free: Wishes for peace and to not remember the events before the first song she sings with T.C.. Wishes to not face the horror that is Storm-9.
- Immune to Fate: Takes this trait from both the original T.C. and the Rejuvenation player character.
- Primal Fear: The thought of having to experience Storm-9 again sends her into a terrified panic.
- Unwanted Assistance: Yells at T.C. to "get away" in fear that T.C. will "make her remember". Eventually listens and finds peace at the end of Interceptor.
- Walking Spoiler: Even if only semi-canon to the actual LORE series, Taevia has her own stories and lore that have their own origins.
Titanium Cupcakes/B 3 T.C.
- Best Friend: Her and N-Pai.
- Expy: B3 T.C.'s appearance and aspects of her personality are heavily based off of Uzi Doorman from Murder Drones. Making her the snarkiest of the T.C. variants.
- Immune to Fate: Takes this trait from the original T.C. after becoming self-aware and rebelling against her programming, is also able to control the B3 LORE Universe's equivalent of The Absolute Solver.
- Robot Me: Is a robotic/worker drone version of T.C. in universe, but is more angsty and snarky than the original.
Removed/Written-out Characters
Characters that no longer appear in the series for either real life or in-universe reasons. Sarvente
A good-natured nun from a local church who is secretly a demon.
- Adaptational Nice Girl: In Mid-Fight Masses she acted forcefully in getting people to join her church, and was quick to resort to threats. Those traits are entirely phased out for her appearances here and she's much more welcoming in general.
- Can't Hold Her Liquor: Shown when she goes out drinking with Tankman.Tankman: "Steady on, McFlurry! Haven't you only had two Chocolate Saturdays?"
- Evil Me Scares Me: Her greatest fear is her own demon form, which she tries to keep under wraps whenever possible.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In the remastered Nekofreak video:Sarvente: "Now, what's up? You looked pretty stressed out back there."T.C.: [Oh, you could tell?]Sarvente: The flashing black box that read "STRESSED OUT" was a pretty good indication.
- Oblivious to Love: Seemingly doesn't notice T.C.'s attraction to her, even when other people do. On the other hand, in "Cliche", when Ruv decides to confess his own attraction to her, Sarv admits that she knew all along and she was waiting for him to spit it out.
- Put on a Bus: Due to the Fanwork Ban on usage of the Mid-Fight Masses characters, Sarvente would make her final appearance in the series in "Parish LOREmix" alongside Ruv. In-universe, their departure is because they see themselves as Doom Magnets and don't want their friends to get hurt because of that.
- Statuesque Stunner: Stands well above most other characters at 7'5, possibly because she's a demon.
- The Friends Who Never Hang: Is this with Tankman moreso than any two others in the friend group, to the point where one story arc is started largely to get them to spend more time together.
- Trauma Button: The sight of Ruv holding Updike at gunpoint in Down Bad leaves her catatonic.
Ruvyzvat (Ruv)
A close friend of Sarvente. Tends to be reserved and distrustful around anyone else.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Could easily stop most conflict before it goes anywhere, but tends to stay out of it unless himself or Sarvente are involved.
- Deus Exit Machina: Usually unavailable whenever a threat like DRIP SPIRIT appears, as he'd likely be able to stop them without much effort.
- Embarrassing Nickname: T.C. calls him "Ruv the Bruv", to his chagrin.
- Hidden Depths: Enjoys knitting as a hobby, and is quite good at it. Also shown to have an interest in baking, and spends one episode with T.C. gathering apples for a pie.
- Informed Attractiveness: Tankman makes a point of talking up his looks to Sarvente while trying to get them together.
- Interrupted Declaration of Love: It's implied he was going to make one to Sarvente in Takeover before Updike and Lia arrived at the church. By the time of "Cliche", he finally gets the chance to confess his feelings for her.
- Introverted Cat Person: According to Sarvente, whenever he's brought to a party he avoids all the guests and looks for the nearest pet cat.
- Negated Moment of Awesome: Gives a short but threatening speech to Updike and Lia in Takeover and then Updike just shoots him in the leg mid-song.
- Odd Friendship: Respects Tankman for being able to keep up with him in drinking and regularly goes out to the bar with him.
- Put on a Bus: Due to the Fanwork Ban on usage of the Mid-Fight Masses characters, Ruv would make his final appearance in the series in "Parish LOREmix" alongside Sarvente. In-universe, their departure is because they see themselves as Doom Magnets and don't want their friends to get hurt because of that.
- Spock Speak: As english is his second language, he tends to speak formally with more words than usual, and no contractions.
- The Comically Serious: Responds to even the most absurd situations, such as DRIP SPIRIT, with the same lack of humor. At one point he calls T.C. 'Cupcake that is Tactical' with a completely straight face.
- The Stoic: He takes on a measured politeness around most people who aren't Sarvente, which he only drops when he starts singing.
- Tranquil Fury: Never changes his tone, even when delivering implied death threats.
Lofie
Cloud's friend from school who is looking for her brother.
- Best Friend: Her and Cloud.
- Cheerful Child: Sings with Cloud with a smile on her face all the way through and is optimistic she will find her brother.
- Ignorance Is Bliss: Gives away knowledge of her brother to Updike in hopes he will find him. Currently not aware of his true intentions to contain him in The Greater Good.
- Put on a Bus: Given the controversy surrounding the creator, Lofie and Radi were ultimately cast out of the series with Lofie moving away.
- Slumber Party: Her and Cloud stay up playing Cloud's favorite game: Hating Simulator.
Radi
Lofie's brother who is hiding away from the world to keep it safe from himself.
- Alone with the Psycho: While Updike isn't completely defenseless against him, Radi is no pushover when the two duke it out.
- Big Brother Instinct: Wants Lofie to be unaware of his current whereabouts to keep her safe from his radioactive powers.
- Put on a Bus: Given the controversy surrounding the creator, Lofie and Radi were ultimately cast out of the series with Lofie moving away.
