Characters from The Rock Cocks:
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The Rock Cocks
- Dark Is Not Evil: They're just lovable sex maniacs.
- Hidden Depths: Actually invoked by Suria herself: In Track 13 she reveals to Steg what makes her the most furious about Rocket Roller basically usurping their success is that no one seems to think there's anything to The Rock Cocks under their Lovable Sex Maniac gimmick. As she points out, Rocket Roller received questions about things like their origins and their instruments during their interviews, while all the press about The Rock Cocks focused on their controversy and sexuality.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: A somewhat downplayed example, but Steg does stand head and shoulders above Suria.
- The Pornomancer: The entire appeal of their band, their music, and gimmicks causing soft-core orgies, first during their debut at the night club, then again during the Mardi Gras parade.
- Punk Rock: Genre of the Band
- Rags to Riches: Goes from living homeless on the streets to becoming the new big band.
Suria
- Chubby Chaser: Subverted. She makes it absolutely no secret that she adores Steg and his body, openly calling him beautiful on a couple of occasions, but at no point is it ever treated as her having a fetish for big guys.
- Ethical Slut: Suria is a Shameless Fanservice Girl with a libido that borders on Lovable Sex Maniac. At the same time, she's absolutely devoted to her boyfriend and very careful about getting consent from any other parties in the area when they get in the mood, such as when she immediately gives Dakota an out when he seems unsure about joining her and Steg. Despite coming off as a crass party girl, she's also actually quite noble, offering moral support (and jobs) to people down on their luck (like Dakota, Clover and Coral) and at one point chastises Elizabeth when she makes a comment about being scared of homeless people.
- Everyone Has Standards: Crossed with a deconstruction of Huge Guy, Tiny Girl when discussing possible threesome partners with Steg in Track 6, pointing out that even for an insatiable nympho like her, someone like Big Blue would probably break her and Steg in half.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Suria dyes her hair white when they decide to leave their apartment and give their band another shot.
- Five-Finger Discount: Suria accidentally leaves her job with a box of white hair-dye in her pocket.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: While she and Steg are both active in their sex life, Suria is the bigger nymphomaniac of the two. This is best shown in Track 6, where it was her idea to pull over for the night and have sex in the van after musing the kinky things they could do on-stage, leading them to accidentally running out the battery on the van and getting stuck on the side of the road. After waiting in the hot, desert sun for hours, she strips nude and incites sex out in the open, thinking it would get someone's attention instead of trekking to civilization.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Suria is the name she goes by along with her stage name. Her real name is Carol Hopkins. When addressed by Ms. Hopkins by Johnson, she doesn't even know who Johnson is talking too.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Suria isn't in love with the idea of nudism like Clover or Coral but she's still very quick to get comfortable with the idea of being in various states of undress around other people. She also wears fairly scandalous outfits while performing and at one point admits to Steg that one of her biggest fantasies is having sex with him in front of an audience.
- Shipper on Deck: She teases Elizabeth at one point after noticing her hitting it off with Dakota.
- Sir Swearsalot: Suria has a bit of a crass mouth.
- Stepford Smiler: Her Nightmare Sequence brought on by heat exhaustion in Track 7 implies that, despite her bold, confident outlook on life and sex and having dreams of making it big as a rock star, Suria has an equally big fear of letting Steg and everyone else down and being shoehorned back into a meaningless existence as a store clerk.
Steg
- All Drummers Are Animals: Subverted; while Steg's design seems to invoke the archetype, he might be one of the most mellow and level-headed members of the cast. Between him and Suria, she's the wild one.
- Ambiguously Bi: He's open to the idea of adding a third partner with Suria and is engaged in intimate positions — including intense make-outs — with male characters while drunk in promotional pin-ups.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Level-headed though he may be, Steg won't hesitate to throw the first punch if he feels like he or Suria are being threatened in any way.
- Big Beautiful Man: He's a big guy in all senses and has just as many fans as his girlfriend. Suria herself tells Steg how gorgeous she finds him more than once, to the point of even calling him a "big, beautiful Hispanic dude."
- Hulking Out: When Seth finds Steg and Suria having sex in their van, Steg throws a punch, denting the van door used to block it.
- It's Personal: Holds a particular chip against Seth for abruptly walking in on him and Suria having sex and Seth being so casual being naked from the waist down during their meeting.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Steg is his nickname, his real name is Stephen Guerrero.
- Only Sane Man: He's certainly not above Suria and her sexually-charged antics, but Steg will more often than not be the first to suggest a more Mundane Solution to a situation they're in, like in Track 1 suggesting that he and Suria head back home and find work to rebuild their funds, or in Track 6 deciding to hoof it to the next nearest town after their van breaks down and hitchhiking turns out to be a bust.
- Plumber's Crack: Frequently drawn with the back of his pants riding low, including in his portrait on the "Meet the Band" page, seen above. However, Steg isn't a blue-collar worker, but an artist, and at the beginning of the comic explicitly rejects a career as a welder in favor of pursuing his dream.
- Rage Quit: Literally flips the table in Track 1, fed up with what their life has become.
Dakota
- Ambiguously Bi: Dakota describes himself as being into girls (and later receives some Ship Tease with Elizabeth), but seeing Steg in the buff flusters him almost as much as seeing Suria does. One panel of their celebration in the rain even shows him admiring Steg's muscles. To say nothing of that fact that he ends up in a threesome with the two of them.
- I Am Not Pretty: Dakota noticeably has low self-esteem, to the point of finding himself unattractive. Suria holds an opposite opinion: she believes he could be a "ladykiller".
- Character Tics: Dakota has a tendency to clutch at his shirt- particularly around his chest- when he's nervous or anxious.
- The Engineer: the mechanic kind.
- Nice Guy: Dakota is one of the nicest characters in the cast, helping Steg and Suria in his introductory chapter and even giving them the last of his food.
- The Roadie: He's shaping up to be this and is more or less confirmed to be this.
Clover
- Butch Lesbian: To Coral's Lipstick Lesbian.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: Always has these under her eyes befitting a Gamer Chick.
- Fat and Skinny: The skinny one compared to Coral.
- Gamer Chick: She is introduced playing an online game.
- Germanic Efficiency: Clover is the homemaker between her and Coral and is implied to be German (having met Coral there and mentioning that all of her family is in Germany).
- Happily Married: To Coral
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Since Melody has a habit of forgetting to pay her employees, most of her and Coral's income comes from "doing web stuff." Given the state of things, it would not be a surprise if she was the only thing keeping the resort from collapsing entirely.
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Dark to Coral's light.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Clover is extremely mellow and easygoing most of the time so it's a shock to see her noticeably pissed when Melody leaves her and Coral high and dry after the resort closes down. She even drops her usual languid way of speaking.
- Naked First Impression: Considering that she meets Steg and Suria at a clothing-optional resort, that is a given.
- The Stoner: Clover has the typical demeanor and speaking patterns of a stoner, and it's confirmed when she offers to bake some "real party treats" to celebrate the wrap-up of the music video.
- Verbal Tic: Clover has a tendency to draaaw out her words longer than needed. Curiously, she briefly drops this trait when the resort is closed down and she and Coral get ditched by Melody, leaving them with seemingly no choice but to leave behind their desired lifestyle.
Coral
- Big Beautiful Woman: The chubbiest woman in the comic.
- Fat and Skinny: Fat compared to Clover.
- Feminine Women Can Cook: She was a four-star chef serving at one of Germany's finest restaurants before she got married and moved to Pleasant Valley to become the chef at Melody Faire's resort. Bonus points for being more traditionally girly-looking than Clover.
- Happily Married: To Clover.
- It's All My Fault: Blames herself for turning a blind eye to all of Melody's and the resort's faults, which results in her and Clover almost becoming destitute after it was shut down.
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Light to Clover's dark.
- Lipstick Lesbian: To Clover's Butch Lesbian.
- Naked First Impression: Considering that she meets Steg and Suria at a clothing-optional resort, that is a given.
- Nice Girl: She's a very kind and patient woman. Unfortunately, all of the endless kindness and patience she shows towards Melody is rewarded with nothing when the resort is closed down and she and Clover are unceremoniously ditched.
- Stepford Smiler: For all her kindness and bubbliness, it becomes clear pretty quickly that Coral is perfectly aware of what a flake Melody is and knows all too well that life on the resort is can't last forever. Cracks start to show when Dakota questions her about it and she briefly breaks down not too long after once she's alone with Clover.
- Supreme Chef: To quote Clover, Coral is a "four-star chef and five-star wife" who immediately wins Steg and Suria over with her food.
- Team Chef: Is hired as the band's cook.
Sterling Music
Elizabeth Santos
- Ambiguously Bi: In track 5, Elizabeth is sent to wake up a naked Steg and Suria in the grotto. When she finds the two on top of each other, she has a hard time deciding which one she should look at. Later she's also noticeably flustered by seeing Coral in Naked Apron mode. On the flipside, she has a very, very thinly hidden crush on Seth in addition to also having a bit of Ship Tease with Dakota.
- All Women Are Lustful: Elizabeth seems to be a subversion until she masturbates to a photo of Seth.
- Bedmate Reveal: Averted. In Track 5, Elizabeth wakes up completely naked on the floor in Redd's room, having finally sobered up from a night of drinking. She asks if she and Redd had sex, Redd assures her that they didn't.
- Hidden Depths: She's painfully shy, but she's pervy enough to masturbate listening to Georgie giving Sterling a blowjob.
- Ignored Enamored Underling: Elizabeth is clearly in love with Seth, but she is aware that he and Georgie are already in a relationship.
- Shrinking Violet: Is arguably the most introverted there.
- Token Wholesome: Elizabeth is the only member of the cast that ever seems put off by all of the naked bodies she ends up being around and clearly has a problem with Seth's relationship with Georgie. She's not homophobic or anything, she's just jealous that Seth's attention is going to somebody else.
Seth Sterling
- Absurd Phobia: He seems to have an incredible fear of driving, having bought Elizabeth a car so that she could drive him everywhere.
- Benevolent Boss: Even to his ex-clients like Melody; he firmly but calmly convinces her to take on the production of the Rock Cocks' music video for the sake of her tenants and lets her call all the shots. Later, he comes to her aid, even if didn't end up taking, when dealing with officials from the Arizona State Government who came to seize her resort property.
- Coitus Uninterruptus: When he walks in on Steg and Suria having a post-show fuck in their van, he shows neither surprise nor any discomfort. When they in-turn walk in on him and Georgie having sex in his office, he is so nonchalant about it that not only does he not make a big deal about it, but he has the meeting he planned with them while still naked from the waist down.
- Everyone Has Standards: Seth is normally very tolerant of his client's antics, but he draws the line at the state of Melody's resort.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He had Elizabeth contact the government about Melody's resort, which resulted in them shutting it down. When she voice her unease with selling out their friends, he pointed out that it was Melody who allowed her business to decay into such atrocious conditions and that someone would have been shut down happened eventually and that Coral and Clover's lives and finances would have gotten even worse in the meantime.
- Old Shame: She's not entirely bitter about it in the present day, but Redd being shot and paralyzed during a live concert seems to be one for Seth, cringing and grimacing whenever it's brought up.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Roxanne's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Seth in the sauna at the end of Track 11 clearly has him rattled in Track 13, as he's not only sworn off smoking, but is putting plans together for the Rocks Cocks on the fly rather than thinking steps ahead like he usually does. This is very apparent in his haphazard Mardi Gras parade idea, in which he expects Dakota to have a float ready and operational within a day, completely ignoring the fact that woodworking isn't even in Dakota's skill set, something that, as Dakota's employer, Seth should already be aware of.
- Straight Gay: While he clearly has a thing for men, he does not seem to exhibit any of the classic, gay stereotypes.
- You Are the New Trend: Seth's career has thrived by finding talent that pushes boundaries, like with Redd Wright's and her controversial use of language and the Rock Cock's sex appeal.
Georgie Pongsuwan
- Ambiguously Brown: Seth brought him back from a trip to Thailand.
- Everyone Has Standards: George is typically either amused by or indifferent to whatever's happening around him, particularly whatever Seth might be doing that doesn't involve him- but he's clearly cross with Seth and Elizabeth for calling the cops on Melody's resort at the end of Track 10.
- Hidden Depths: He reveals in Track 13 that he's organized several pride parades back in his home country and knows that many floats are often dismantled and recycled to match the theme for an upcoming parade.
- I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: Tries to get the hardworking Seth to take a break and enjoy himself during the Rock Cock's post-production party.
- Naked Apron: Wears this in Track 5.
- Sexy Secretary: He substitutes Elizabeth when Seth reassigns her to travel with The Rock Cocks. Even though he and Seth still have sex every time available, and in contrast to Georgie's laid back personality, he actually does a pretty good job at helping Seth work and keeps him away from cigarettes.
- Stating the Simple Solution: Diffuses a rather tense argument in Track 13 between Seth and the crew over the haphazard preparations for their Mardi Gras appearance by proposing they simply borrow and modify one of the used floats on hand in the warehouse rather than try and build one from scratch.
- Trophy Wife: The only real purpose Georgie seems to have is to have sex with Seth on his break. Not sure what else he does...
Roadie Joe
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His name is "Roadie Joe". Obviously, he does vocals.
- The Generic Guy: While he has a name, he's the most underdeveloped named character so far.
- The Roadie
- These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: Admits to the press that he has seen some shit after the month he has spent with the Rock Cocks.
The Rocket Rollers
- Alternative Country/Rockabilly: Their musical style has been dubbed "neon rockabilly."
- Contractual Purity: In-Universe example, as their band signed on to be wholesome and family friendly in order to overshadow the much more lewd Rock Cocks. This is ironic as Emily has an Extreme Libido and Billy is not too far behind her.
- A Day in the Limelight: Track 12 is entirely about them.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being the antagonists of the comic and downright assholes sometimes, their focus chapter makes it clear that their affection for one another is one hundred percent genuine.
- High-School Sweethearts: Billy and Emily been together since they met in high school in Tennessee.
- Light Is Not Good: In Track 5 Roxanne thinks up a plan to combat Seth and The Rock Cocks by creating a prudish band that would make him and the Rock Cocks look bad and sick. She uses the Rocket Rollers for this very plot.
- Not So Above It All: In the contest in Track 2, the Rock Cock's competition the Rocket Rollers were at first smug in their apparent superiority. When the Rock Cocks play, the entire audience was so into it they all start taking off their clothes and begin to "release their newly acquired sexual frustration". At first bewildered and spiteful, the Rocket Rollers become so turned on they start masturbating back-stage.
- Who's Laughing Now?: Seth signed the Rock Cocks over them, believing their songs and stage personas to be on the level of a novelty band. Roxanne then signed them on and successfully turned them into the next big thing in music, while ruining the Rock Cocks' name in the process.
Billy Rocket
- Covert Pervert: He puts more effort into hiding his promiscuity than his girlfriend.
- Disappeared Dad: His father left his mother when he was a baby.
- Elvis Impersonator: His stage persona and musical style invokes this though he claims he isn't trying to ride the King's coattails.
- Hidden Depths: During the focus chapter, Billy was trying to make small talk with their bus driver (who said he wasn't allowed to talk with them) and hoped he was being paid enough.
- Hypocrite: During the Rock Cocks' first show, he accused them of just using sex appeal. At the time, he himself was shirtless and wearing super tight, low hanging pants.
- Jerkass:
- His idea was to intimidate the Rock Cocks before they get on stage, underestimating them due to their trash-bag cloaks.
- Happily gloats to Steg and Suria how they stole their first big show.
Emily Roller
- All Women Are Lustful/Extreme Libido: She shamelessly likes to masturbate and have sex in public places. Apparently, her urges to pleasure herself in public is so strong that Billy had to explain to her why she can't and has to have sex with her regularly to keep her under control.
- Covert Pervert: By necessity, due to the squeaky clean image the Rocket Rollers maintain.
- Friendless Background: Admits in an interview that she didn't get along with other kids growing up.
- Jerkass: It's less noticeable than Billy since she's so quiet, but she definitely has her moments, particularly when interacting with Suria.
- Making Love in All the Wrong Places: It is implied that Emily is an exhibitionist, she and Billy Rocket having "talked about this" as she strips and masturbates to the Rock Cock's performance. Later, they have sex by a window and Emily gets off on the idea that people in the building across the street are watching.
- Manipulative Editing: Enjoys using her keytar to record things Billy says and rearranges them into silly phrases.
- Parental Abandonment: Was raised in foster care most of her life.
- Rollerblade Good: She never takes her rollerblades off.
- The Quiet One: Doesn't talk much to anyone except for Billy.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Despite being about one-third his size, she immediately gets in Steg's face and shoves him when it looks like he might start a fight with Billy.
Maleficent Records
Roxanne Richards
- Berserk Button: Roxanne completely loses her composure (kicking out her massager with threats of arrest) when she finds out that Seth got to the Rock Cocks before her.
- Big Bad: The main person getting in the way of the Rock Cocks finding success in the music world.
- Determinator: She's apparently has been trying to ruin the lives of Seth and his clients since the mid 90s.
- Evil, Inc.: You're bound to be the antagonist when you run a company called Maleficent Records.
- Evil Is Petty: Signed the Rocket Rollers specifically to be the family friendly antithesis of the Rock Cocks and had the Rock Cocks blacklisted from every legitimate venue just to screw with Seth.
- Light Is Not Good: In Track 5 Roxanne thinks up a plan to combat Seth and The Rock Cocks by creating a wholesome band that would make him and the Rock Cocks look bad.
- Manchild: Much of her behavior is closer to a petty and spiteful teenager rather than a grown woman.
- Woman Scorned: It's implied that she and Seth were lover and/or business partners but he ended whatever relationship they had, which earned him Roxanne's eternal hatred.
Redd's Estate
Redd Wright/Little Redd Rider
- Cool Chair: Her throne, as she calls it (especially since it was designed to look like one).Steg: So, your throne wheelchair thing is pretty bad-ass!
Redd: Thanks! I'm saving up for a new model that's got robot spider legs instead of wheels. - Dark and Troubled Past: Redd was shot in the back causing her to be paraplegiac.
- Good Is Not Soft: She has no problem being a gracious host to Seth and his latest clients and aiding in putting together the Rock Cocks' first album, but makes it perfectly clear that once the month is up, Seth and company have to leave to avoid having Roxanne's wrath brought down on her again.
- Sir Swearsalot: Made a career off of the controversy the swearing in her music brought, changing the rules of swearing on TV, music, and radio forever.
- Token Lesbian: While not the only lesbian in the story, she is the first lesbian character to be introduced.
- You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With: Becomes annoyed when Suria admits that she only knows her from a voice acting role where she played a bulldog in a forgettable animated movie.Redd: Wait... seriously...? I'm Redd Wright! Lil' Redd Rider! I've got three diamond albums! I started a music revolution! I'm like, the only goddamn crippled female rapper! You seriously haven't heard of me? Haven't you at least seen one of my movies?!
Suria: Oh! Didn't you play a bulldog or something in a kid's cartoon?
Redd: That's what you know me from?! "Lion in the Fucking Dog House"?! That's not even one of my good movies!
Big Blue
- Dreadlock Warrior: He has dreadlocks and makes headlocks, bitch!
- The Jeeves: He pushes and even lifts it over his shoulder her wheelchair, carries her stuff around, cooks her meals and acts as the DJ at her parties, all without complaint.
- Muscles Are Meaningful: He is buff. You need to be if you're going to be carrying Redd Wright and her ornate wheelchair while she's sitting in it and jump down a story onto a marble floor with them with no difficulty.
- The Stoic:
- Stoic Spectacles: His eyes are usually obscured by his glasses.
- The Quiet One
Rei
- Lipstick Lesbian: Rei clearly wears make-up.
- Naked Apron: Wears this in Track 5.
Meg
- Naked Apron: Wears this in Track 5.
Melody's Resort
Melody Faire
- Affectionate Nickname: She refers to Seth as "Sethy."
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Downplayed. Melody is a happy-go-lucky woman without malice, but she's also painfully selfish, spoiled and ultimately uncaring of how her actions affect others. She repeatedly jeopardizes her deals with Seth, often forgets to pay her employees even though she's stinking rich and when the resort gets shut down, she immediately runs away so she doesn't have to endure Clover and Coral's understandable anger.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: For all her eccentricities and her flakiness, Melody at the very least proves she's a good director when she finally squares up and takes control of filming, producing a wildly popular music video for The Rock Cocks. She was also good enough to win a Grammys-esque award during her brief time as a musician.
- Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: Seth is painfully aware of this and it drives him nuts:I'm going to follow my dream, Seth. I'm going to be a film director! [Cut to her in a chef's outfit in a restaurant truck.] I'm going to open a chain of vegetarian restaurants! [Cut to her in a scuba outfit in the ocean.] I'm going to study hard and become a marine biologist! [Cut to her in a farmer's outfit.] I'm starting an alpaca farm! [Cut to her in a business suit.] I'm running for state senator!
- Granola Girl / New-Age Retro Hippie: Gives of this vibe during her introduction.
- Green Thumb: Surrounded by plants in her Establishing Character Moment.
- Hidden Depths: Puts together a fantastically seductive music video for the Rock Cocks with rather limited resources.
- It's All About Me: Melody doesn't care that her flights of fancies have real consequences on the people she ropes into them, because she has enough money to "reset" her life every time. Her decision to retire greatly inconveniences Seth, to whom she owes quite a bit. Her neglect of the resort put Clover and Coral in a bad position, and she leaves immediately without so much as a "sorry" for jeopardizing their livelihoods.
- Pointy-Haired Boss: A kind and benevolent example. Given her ditzy, laissez-faire philosophy in handling all things, she comes across as rather stupid and callous when handling her resort. The pond is full of algae, windows are broken, all of the doors removed and she often neglects to pay her employees. The only reason why Clover and Coral have not left yet was because they like being naked, seeing her as more of a landlord than employer. Unfortunately, Arizona's state government is apparently well aware of the resort's dishevelment and Melody's financial neglect; they sent two officials over to announce that they are seizing the property and that Melody and her tenants have 24 hours to clear out. Subverted since it's Sterling who calls the government on her, although this is portrayed as understandable.
- Remembered Too Late: The reason why Seth holds a grudge against Melody is because she announced her retirement at the 1994 Music Awards without telling him first, violating her contract.
- Statuesque Stunner: While it's not mentioned by anyone, Melody may be the tallest character in the comic. In one group shot, she has a couple of inches on Steg.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Clover and Coral were the only employees to stay with her as her mismanagement caused her resort to fall into disrepair. Once the government shut the place down, Melody went out of her way not say goodbye to the two in order to avoid dealing with the fact that she had left them financially ruined, not even giving them a ride out of the desert.
Seven Veils Holdings, Inc.
Mr. K/Apollo T. Williams
- Awesome, but Impractical: Mr. K loves showy over the top entrances and dramatic effects, such as retracting a large ceiling television. However, they are impractical as the ceiling television uses a whole floor just to retract back into the ceiling and his introduction originally included doves but they flew away.
- Elvis Lives: Apollo faked his death and is now living as Mr. K. Only a handful of people know his true identity and are forced to sign NDAs before speaking with him.
- Elvis Impersonator: Steg brings this up when first meeting him but Mr. K is the real deal.
- Fanboy: He's really a huge fan of the Rock Cocks that it even surprised Seth.
- He's Just Hiding: He's been in hiding as Mr. K after he faked his death.
- Mr. Fanservice: Considered one in his youth.
Johnson
- Closet Geek: When Mr. K screws up the meeting by introducing himself before the NDAs are signed, he promises to get Johnson a Japanese maid figure as an apology.
- Death Glare: Pretty much Johnson's default look. Seth compared them to a Grim Reaper in a Children's Hospital, which Johnson took as a complement.
