History Characters / GunnerkriggCourtOtherStudents

* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: As long as [[spoiler:Zimmy]] is safe, he is happy and he won't pursue her since she has enough problems without being hassled for a date.

[[folder:Lily Cooke and January]]

As TheFairFolk, both girls are largely [[OrangeAndBlueMorality lacking in tact and empathy]]. Red has a [[MoodSwinger mercurial]] personality, bordering on psychotic, while Ayilu's personality is more subdued, but no less capricious.

* BiTheWay: She had a crush on Matt at one point, [[spoiler: but she's also got a crush on Kat]].

* SmittenTeenageGirl: She gets a rather ferocious (unreciprocated) crush on Matt at the start of year 3. [[spoiler: And then another one on [[BiTheWay Kat]]]].

* TwoferTokenMinority: Hispanic and currently in a [[BiTheWay romantic relationship]] with [[spoiler:Katerina.]]

* NoSocialSkills: The fact that she often can't tell real people apart from illusions, and sees...''things'' instead of their real faces and expressions, is probably a large part of the problem.

** Ayilu might be even more extreme, when she got her name she looked ''incredibly'' pissed while saying she loves it with a background full of hearts, then (after consulting Annie on how it could be spelled) wrote it on a paper airplane and tossed it away, wrote it on a vase then smashed it, wrote it on another piece of paper and burned it, and wrote it in big red letters all over the room they're in. Annie wonders if this is a traditional celebration but Red has no idea what Ayilu's doing. She also cheerfully says "Bye!" and hugs Ayilu's arm after [[spoiler: Red ends their friendship with Annie]].

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zimmy, at first. Annie, after the incidents of ''Chapters 27 & 28: Spring Heeled''.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Hispanic and currently in a [[BiTheWay romantic relationship]] with [[spoiler:[[Katerina.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Jack goes for long periods without eating or drinking, because he thinks there are tracking devices in the food and water. Annie points out that makes more sense if they're in their clothes, since the Court provides these. According to Jones, they're actually in the food.
** Starts freaking out when Zimmy stows away on the cruise at the end of Year 9 and has to be dragged away from her. [[spoiler: Turns out he was exactly right to worry]]. Interestingly [[spoiler: he seems perfectly fine once he's actually in Zimmy's world]].

* [[ShesAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]: A male version; he fills out a lot more in his later teenage years

* ReplacementLoveInterest: {{Goth}}/[[PunkRock punk]] Jenny, who seems saner and less dangerous than Zimmy, [[SickeningSweethearts more emotionally open]] than Annie, and is has magic/etheric powers as an "apprentice witch".

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Zimmy ''is'' an obnoxious jerk--though partly out of [[LoveMakesYouCrazy jealous devotion]] to Gamma, and knowing that her condition is a danger for anyone whom she won't [[JerkassFacade scare off]] in time. She truly cares about Gamma. She is even willing to go on a boat because Gamma wanted to, even though Zimmy [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1390 suffers from a bad case of sea sickness]]. And she also warms up to Annie, going so far as to [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1044 deliver a pointed message for her]] to [[spoiler: her father]].
* JerkassFacade: Much (though not necessarily all) of her mean behavior is an act intended to scare off anybody who could potentially become her friend, so she can avoid accidentally hurting them with her powers.

* AnimeHair: He was also acknowledged (albeit jokingly) as "[[Manga/DragonBall Vegeta]]" by Tom.

* AscendedExtra: She started out as a minor character who is scared by Mort, then became a RecurringExtra. Recently, she [[AscendedExtra ascended]] into [[spoiler: Kat's primary love interest.]]

* NoNameGiven: As a recent addition to the student body from the forest, he may not have one yet.

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: She does ''not'' like Antimony, and threatens her against ever making Kat upset.

* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:Revealed in Chapter 34: ''Faraway Morning (And Three Short Tales)''. One of the Court faculty heard but apparently disbelieved the revelation, and remarked that her father would go crazy if he thought it was true]].

[[folder:Andrew Smith]]
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A student from two years above Annie. He's quite mellow and laid-back, and easily takes ribbing in stride. It's [[PersonalityPowers fitting]] that his extra-normal talent is the ability to create order from chaos (He can throw a pack of cards into the air, and they fall into a perfectly squared ''unshuffled'' deck). Due to this power, Jones considers him a promising candidate to be the Court's next Medium -- he's training under her to prepare for the job.

Speaking of being laid-back, Smith is the object of much teasing from fellow Medium-in-training Parley. He bears it (mostly) silently because he thinks she's "hotter than hell" -- but [[ObliviousToLove he's the last person in his class to figure out]] that that she's flirting, not mocking him.

And those [[BigOlEyebrows eyebrows]]: ''damn''.

* AmazonChaser: Towards Parley, who is much more physical and action-focused than he. [[spoiler: Especially after her training as Court Protector gives her a suite of {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s and a ''[[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 lot]]'' of muscle.]]
* AndHereHeComesNow: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=949 Here]], Andrew demonstrates that he's the only person who [[ImprobablyPredictable can predict]] when Parley is going to arrive via teleportation. (Smitty is actually just guessing, but because of his order-causing powers, his guesses just happen to be right.)
** Gets an interesting deconstruction later when he mentions that while he can predict ''when'', he never knows ''why'' she's coming. Hence why he holds off on doing this too much: for all he knows, she might teleport in because something bad has happened, and she needs his help.
* AscendedExtra: Has gone from being one of many characters in the school to [[spoiler: the Court's Medium]], and is very central to the main plot arc.
* BigOlEyebrows:
** So big that it takes a second to realize [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=783 those big floating blocks above his head in panel 3]] ''are'' his eyebrows.
--->'''Tom:''' This chapter is going to take twice as long to draw because I have to fill in Smith's eyebrows.
** In Chapter 41 even Coyote comments on them, calling Smitty "Mighty Eyebrows Boy".
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A light case but still very much there. Andrew loves to help people, [[spoiler:and it's his talent at doing so that made his first trip to Gillitie Wood a resounding success with the natives.]]
* DarkhorseVictory: [[spoiler:He's become the new medium between the Court and the Woods as of Chapter 41. This falls under the judge with veto power category, as the Headmaster seems to have come to this decision by himself since both Jones and the rest of the Court members in attendance are shocked that Annie wasn't the one chosen. Even Andrew himself thought Annie would get the position and doesn't think his being chosen is a good idea]].
* DungeonBypass and/or CuttingTheKnot: He can do this unconsciously. The mechanics of his powers are still loosely defined, but this is the most straightforward manifestation of them.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Tells Parley he's fine [[spoiler: with being stabbed by Jeanne]] because it meant Parley wasn't hurt [[spoiler: Jeanne was actually aiming for him]]. A few chapters earlier he mentioned that he had to be careful about wanting to see Parley least she appear before him because someone had been severely injured.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Once he starts exploring what his powers are capable of, he discovers ways to make near-impossible throws, help Parley in combat, and deploy a pseudo-prediction ability.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Andrew's much more calm and laid back than Parley. He's not "girly" as in being effeminate, but as in being the more shy and laid-back personality of the two.
* NiceGuy: VERY polite and friendly with everyone he meets.
* ObliviousToLove: In no small part due to her {{Tsundere}}-like treatment of him, Andrew refused to believe that Parley liked him until she confessed in Chapter 30.
* OfficialCouple: With Parley, after a RelationshipUpgrade.
* OneHeadTaller: The usual gender roles are inverted as it's Parley who's much taller than he is.
* OppositesAttract: He and Parley could not be more dissimilar, but they have great chemistry and share a mutual attraction.
* PowerIncontinence: A more harmless variety than most; see CuttingTheKnot. He seems to be able to predict ''what'' using his power will do, but not how it will ''happen''.
** In Chapter 58 he tells Annie how he has to be careful when "summoning" Parley in case the reason she wants to see him is because of an emergency. Basically his power could cause someone to get hurt just because he wanted to see his girlfriend.
* RedStringOfFate: Literal and non-romantic (except where Parley is concerned): Chapter 58 reveals there's multicolored aetherical threads wrapped around his right hand, implying that's how he "controls" fate. Interestingly Bugsy, an ex-fairy, claims she can't see them even inside the aether.
** [[spoiler: Jeanne can see them and tries cutting them off but they keep reappearing so she decides to cut ''him'' instead.]]
* RealityWarper: It's started to be applied for more things than just making order out of chaos, and working with Parley it becomes ''very'' potent.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In Chapter 30, after Parley is shaken from her encounter with Jeane. After his initial shock, Andrew takes it quite well.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Jeanne can see Smitty's "strings" and is aware Parley doesn't want her near him so she stabs him in the chest with a ''main gauche'' (a kind of dagger)]]
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Subverted. His abilities look pretty lackluster when he's using them to sort cards and assemble puzzles, but once he starts exploring what they're capable of, they turn out to be extremely useful and powerful.
* WindsOfDestinyChange: He basically has the power to subconsciously create order by manipulating chance.

[[folder:Parley]]
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A student from three years above Annie. She's also a Medium candidate, and undergoing training. This is less because of any extra-normal talents she possesses (for her first few years, all she showed was "promise") than because her father -- an acclaimed psychic -- predicted that she would inherit his power. However, Parley Sr. also predicted that she'd be a ''boy'' -- that's why her first name is [[GenderBlenderName George]].

Personality-wise, Miss Parley is loud and always trying to take charge of conversations. She harbors strong feelings for Smith, which she [[{{tsundere}} expresses]] by constantly in getting in Smith's hair, while simultaneously [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace attaching herself to him]] at every possible opportunity. When Jones prods Smith into giving Parley a flower, Parley is so overcome with emotion that she spontaneously manifests her latent Etheric power of space manipulation... by teleporting the lot of them straight onto her bed. (It should be stated that her power mixed with Smith's organization ability and teleported them there. For those trying to keep up with the math, here's a tip: [[AppliedMathematics High Emotion + Order + Teleportation = Her Bed]].)

* ActionGirl: Apparently an excellent fencer, and possibly good with a gun. Even Jeanne, despite being a spirit composed only of hate and rage, [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=779 compliments her on her skills]].
* ActionGirlfriend: Since Andrew's a NonActionGuy, she's the physical side of their duo.
* AffectionateNickname: "Georgie", from Andrew after they get together.
* AllWomenAreLustful: As mentioned above, her emotionally controlled powers first manifested by teleporting to her ''bed'' while being given a flower by her crush. It's later implied that their relationship has become physical.
* AscendedExtra: Has gone from being one of many characters in the school to [[spoiler: the next in line for the Court's Dragonslayer]], and is very central to the main plot arc.
* BigNo: When Smith accidentally uses his ability to [[DungeonBypass automatically beat a sim before it even starts]].
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: After getting buff, she accidentally [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1681 crushes Smitty in a hug]] and [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1687 breaks a glass]]; she says that sort of thing keeps happening.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Everything about her teleporting in general mirrors sexual awakening during puberty. Surprise manifestation, complications flaring up when around the guy she likes, starts to get it under control when she finally admits her romantic desires, and it comes more under her full control as she grows confident and up front about herself.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: [[GenderBlenderName George]]. Not hard to figure out why ''she'' goes by her last name.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt:
** Annie figures it out about a day after meeting them.
--->'''Antimony:''' Andrew, she's all over you '''all the time'''.\\
'''Reynardine:''' Ah, has a creature ever perfected the art of denial as finely as a human?
** Later also her classmates, just by looking at her and then Smitty trying to pretend he's not there:
--->'''Cookie Monster:''' Ooh, saaay, Parley!\\
'''Jan:''' Not bad, not bad.
* FirstNameBasis: Calls Smith by his first name when she admits she's in love with him, which he lampshades by mentioning that it feels weird having her call him "Andrew."
* GratuitousGerman: Her apparent training in the German school of fencing has led to her peppering her speech with one or two German terms.
* HimeCut: This is in AvertedTrope. Like Annie and Kat, she changes her hairstyle regularly so while the hime cut may look accurate it is not indicative of her personality, status etc.
* HotBlooded: Parley is very easily excited and boisterous - the idea of going through one of Dr. Disaster's scenarios had her react in the above image, she gets incredibly excited when Robot proves himself capable of defeating her in fencing nigh-immediately, and she's never one to act in half-measures
* LargeHam: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=388 When she talks to Mort]]. Parley tend to go over the top in ''everything''--her idea of "officially" admitting her relationship is to [[spoiler:grab her boyfriend, teleport on her friends' path and start kissing... ''long enough to get concerned looks from observers'']].
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Parley only shows a hint of a feminine side after her RelationshipUpgrade with Smith, and she's still much more action-oriented than he. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven after her training as Court Protector.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** "Parley" meaning a conference between opposing sides and Parley being a medium, whose job it is to... mediate.
** [[spoiler:Also, her name is George. She's to be the next Dragonslayer... that's right, she's ''(Saint) George the Dragonslayer.'' ]]
* MuscleAngst: She's a bit worried that [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 her training with Eglamore may have given her too much muscle for Smitty's liking]]. He does ''not'' seem to mind.
* TheNoseKnows: Rey and Coyote immediately realize they're together just by sniffing them. Parley and Smitty are mortified. Three guesses what Rey and Coyote were smelling on them...
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Mostly while embracing/tormenting Smithy. It finally led to "interesting" consequences when she [[spoiler:[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=768 grabbed by a shoulder]] Annie who used a magical artifact at this time]].
* OfficialCouple: With Andrew after a RelationshipUpgrade; Her experience with the ghost of Jeanne leads her to [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=783 admitting her feelings for Andrew]].
* OneHeadTaller: Gender-flipped -- Parley has to stand a few steps below Smith on the stairs to get him at eye level.
* OppositesAttract: She and Smitty could not be more dissimilar, but they have great chemistry and share a mutual attraction.
* PowerIncontinence: On [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=767 this page]] she teleports against her will -- the third time that week. The next page implies that it may be activated whenever she thinks about Smith.
* ProphecyTwist: Her father was a renowned psychic with a reputation for infallible predictions, so it came as quite a surprise when he incorrectly guessed that she would be a boy when his wife became pregnant, resulting in her embarrassing first name George. Although, considering what she looks like after a full season of dragonslayer training, it's entirely possible her father's vision was accurate and he simply mistook her muscular physique for that of a male.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: {{Invoked|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Her training as Court Protector comes with plenty of GeometricMagic to keep her enhanced abilities from damaging her body.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: She's exceptionally tall and bulks up [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 quite a lot]] during her training.
* SuperStrength: Thanks to some wards that enhance her natural abilities, which thankfully also give her the RequiredSecondaryPower of SuperToughness.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Her first ability is teleporting. There seems to be more to her.
* TeleportSpam: Has been teaching herself to incorporate this with her already formidable fencing skills.
* TookALevelInBadass: Comes back from her training retreat able to jump like a cricket and break walls with her hands. [[spoiler: And though the fight was ultimately a draw, she did briefly beat the ''crap'' out of Jeanne with her teleportation technique.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: When she crushes on Smitty, but then again, she has a pretty abrasive attitude in general. Smitty "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=952 doesn't mind too much]]". Sometimes it [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=973 works out pretty well for him]] in fact.
** This attitude is {{Deconstructed}} as well. At one point Annie gets completely fed up with Parley's antagonism towards Smitty, basically saying it's stupid to act like you hate the person you love. [[spoiler:Shortly after that, Jeanne gets ''really'' frustrated]]. The latter incident spurred Parley to finally stop hiding her feelings.
* WorthyOpponent: To [[spoiler:Jeanne]], whose defeat is one of Parley's biggest drives to improve her swordsmanship.
** When Robot stopped going easy on her in their sparring match [[CurbstompBattle he beat her instantly]]. Considering Parley's ultimate goal is to fight [[spoiler: Jeanne]] she was thrilled to have such a partner.

[[folder:Jack Hyland]]
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A student from Queslett South who is easily Annie and Kat's equal in [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curiosity]]. He's made a hobby of [[PlayfulHacker hacking]] the security system's motion detectors and exploring the Court after curfew. He also has an impish streak, and a CheshireCatGrin and very expressive [[BodyMotifs eyebrows]] to match.

[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=617 He's the son of]] a student who was on '''very''' [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=540 bad terms with Surma, Anja, and their friends]], which he [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=796 is either unaware of or dishonest about to Annie]].

!!Associated tropes:

* AnimalMotifs: Jack's [[spoiler:astral body has a spider image on his face after the events in Chapter 19]]. And during Chapter 27 and Chapter 34, the bangs near his forehead [[spoiler:look like spider fangs]].
* AnimalThemeNaming: Possibly accidental and hopefully not going into AnimalStereotypes: male asses are called jacks and females are called jennies (or jennets).
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zimmy, at first. Annie, after the incidents of ''Chapters 27 & 28: Spring Heeled''.
* BadassLongcoat: Quite a bit of his appearances show him wearing a trenchoat, to the point of being iconic for the fandom.
* BreakingSpeech: He pulls one of these on Kat and Annie in this state.
* CreepyChild: Even before we know the reason, it is clear [[spoiler:there is something wrong with him]].
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: About the Court tracking people through their food.
* DemonicPossession: By [[spoiler:an ethereal spider]] in ''Chapters 27 & 28: Spring Heeled''.
* FightingFromTheInside: Until [[spoiler:a calmed Zimmy destroys the spider]].
--> '''Zimmy:''' [[spoiler:But he put up a fight]].
* {{Foil}}: To both Kat and Annie.
* GadgeteerGenius[=/=]TeenGenius: Not quite as good as Kat, though. Interest in and ability to make [[{{Magitek}} more arcane gadgets]] were a side effect of the possession.
* GenerationXerox: It seems like this has occurred when it is revealed he is just as bigoted against magical users as his father was. [[spoiler:This is mitigated by the fact that he was possessed by a demon when he gave Annie a hard time and he later grew a crush on both Annie and Zimmy partially because of their talents.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation / SanitySlippage: His brief odyssey through Zimmy's mental hellscape seemed to have had serious effects on [[spoiler:his mind]]. His appearance became progressively more ragged, and his behavior increasingly unnerving. [[spoiler:The bulk of this was due to the spider's presence]].
* GottaCatchEmAll: To secure its control over Jack, [[spoiler:the spider]] had to control all the pieces of his mind/soul/whatever. [[spoiler:It failed]].
* IGotBigger / OneHeadTaller / YoungerThanTheyLook: Jack had a growth spurt and grew some facial hair in the months between "Faraway Morning" and "The Torn Sea", making him look more like a college freshman than a high schooler.
* TheInsomniac: He went days without sleep while possessed by the Whitelegs. He regained his ability to sleep after he was freed, though he now needs much less of it than most people do.
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: As long as [[spoiler:Zimmy]] is safe, he is happy and he won't pursue her since she has enough problems without being hassled for a date.
* KickTheDog: Mitigated by this fact. In Chapter 27, he [[spoiler:destroys]] a Guard Robot, who only seemed to want to do his job and [[TheWoobie learn to whistle]], and used his home-made machines to [[spoiler:immobilize Reynardine just so he could make a getaway]]. Granted, he expected [[spoiler:Annie]] to thank him for the deed, so he at least ''thought'' he was doing [[spoiler:her]] a favor.
* LooksLikeCesare: To increasing degrees since [[spoiler:his possession]].
* LuminescentBlush: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=797 He has one after talking with Annie in this strip]]. Whether or not she noticed it [[ObliviousToLove isn't clear]].
* MadScientist: After hacking into the Court's network, he discovered the existence of Donlans' {{magitek}} server and reproduced its functions ''adapted to his own hardware'' quickly enough. But still fails to see why in the given circumstances it wasn't a bright idea to use this toy at all.
* MeaningfulName: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=689 Chapter 27]] was the first chapter where Jack was the main focus of attention. It's titled "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack Spring Heeled]]."
* MessyHair: His hair's been getting steadily messier since [[spoiler:Zimmingham]], although it doesn't look ''unusually'' messy except by comparison to his old self.
* NightmareFetishist: Possibly, considering he has a crush on ''[[spoiler:Zimmy]]''.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In the last few pages of Chapter 23, [[spoiler:agitated by his experience with Zimmy]], Jack invades Antimony's personal space until he's bearing down on her and she's pinned against the wall. Reynardine reacts ''poorly.''
* ObliviousToLove: Not to her overt romantic advances, but he apparently fails to recognize Annie's PlayingHardToGet moment for what it is and mostly accepts her at her word that she doesn't like him. It probably doesn't help that this gives him an excuse to pursue Zimmy instead.
* PetTheDog: Jack initially displayed good empathy and rapport with robots; he helped fix the joint of one of the Laser Cows and taught them a trick. [[spoiler:That made his later KickTheDog moment while possessed several chapters later far more shocking in contrast]].
* PowersViaPossession: [[spoiler:With whitelegs riding him]], Jack grew powers faster than Annie, who trained and has an AmplifierArtifact. Began to see into the etherium all the time. And understand [[{{magitek}} etheric sciences]]. And fly. And be able to work and run without sleep and food (this part ''was'' harmful).
* ProperlyParanoid: Jack goes for long periods without eating or drinking, because he thinks there are tracking devices in the food and water. Annie points out that makes more sense if they're in their clothes, since the Court provides these. According to Jones, they're actually in the food.
** Starts freaking out when Zimmy stows away on the cruise at the end of Year 9 and has to be dragged away from her. [[spoiler: Turns out he was exactly right to worry]]. Interestingly [[spoiler: he seems perfectly fine once he's actually in Zimmy's world]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives [[spoiler:Annie]] one in chapter 34, although it ended amicably enough.
* ReplacementLoveInterest: {{Goth}}/[[PunkRock punk]] Jenny, who seems saner and less dangerous than Zimmy, [[SickeningSweethearts more emotionally open]] than Annie, and is has magic/etheric powers as an "apprentice witch".
* [[ShesAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]: A male version; he fills out a lot more in his later teenage years
* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:In Zimmingham]], in Chapter 28.
* SlasherSmile: He starts grinning creepily a lot after his appearance in Power Station.
* TearsOfBlood: Just like Zimmy, [[spoiler:only it hadn't become HiddenEyes]].
* ThemeNaming: Jack and Jenny; Annie, Zimmy.
* TouchedByVorlons: Gamma thinks Jack may retain at least some degree of his abilities. [[spoiler:A few chapters later, Jack thinks that the incident has made him smarter than he was before]]. And even then, he remembered being in [[spoiler:Zimmingham]], which probably means he had some sort of etheric ability back then -- Zimmy, Gamma and Annie were the only other ones aware. Jack recovered by Faraway Morning enough to express interest, get an answer from Annie and try her Blinker stone (after Annie judged him to be unaware of the [[ShipTease implications]]).
* WhatDoesHeSeeInHer: What Annie (and presumably other people if they find out) thinks of his crush on Zimmy.
* WhatTheHellHero: Jack was willing to play along with Annie's [[PlayingHardToGet allegedly fake romantic advances]] (though the extent to which he perceived them as fake is not entirely clear) to a point, but he lambasts her for purposely trying to get him interested in her only to bluntly shut him down. He even similarly brushes off her excuse of anger issues as another lie as well.

[[folder:Lily Cooke and January]]
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Parley's companions at Thornhill. They make an appearance in ''Chapter 35: Parley And Smitty Are In This One''.

!!Associated tropes:

* CatSmile: Lily wears this as one more accessory.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: January, with a boyish haircut.
* DeadpanSnarker: January has no problem dropping snarks if the situation calls for it.
* GenkiGirl: Lily, it's no wonder she is so inspired by the Fairy kids.
* InSeriesNickname: Lily goes by "Cookie Monster" as a riff on her surname.
* MulticoloredHair: Lily rocks cyan streaks in her purple hair.
* PerkyGoth: Lily. Her style is also evidently "[[http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/253845298210683534 a little inspired by]]" the ex-[[TheFairFolk fairies]].
%% * RedOniBlueOni: PlayedWith: red sports-clothes-wearing DarkSkinnedBlonde Jan is the deadpan blue while artsy/goth blue-haired and -clothed Lily is the perky red.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: They seem to fit this mold, based on how they act and dress.

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[[folder:Jenny]]
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A girl who appears in chapter 49 as Jack's girlfriend. Initially mistaken (both in-universe and out) for Zimmy, it's later revealed that she is an apprentice witch. She uses Westcountry slang, such as referring to Annie as "my love."
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* CuteWitch: Though when asked she insists she is just an apprentice.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: A PerkyGoth and apprentice witch.
* HermeticMagic: She uses a spelling circle to help guide Jack's robot, carrying Annie's blinker stone, to Renard.
* NiceGirl: The second she showed up, the fandom went wild, theorizing all sorts of dark motivations for her, from the crazier ones like her being an insane and evil Chessmaster to relatively mundane ones like simply being used by Jack as an alternative to Zimmy. It quickly becomes apparent that none of this is true; she's friendly and helpful, and even knows about and is accepting of her boyfriend's obsession with Zimmy.
* NightmareFetishist: She finds the dark twisted world of Zimmy's alternate reality to be "Wonderful" and "Beautiful"
* PerkyGoth: She dresses in black and finds being trapped in a horrific DarkWorld exciting, but she's a bright and cheerful girl..
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She looks ''a lot'' like Zimmy, but their personalities could not be more different.
** To the point where she's able to lure the robots into a trap, fooling them into thinking she's Zimmy.
* VerbalTic: She uses "My Love" a lot when addressing Annie. While it is normal mannerism in Westcountry, it's normally used by people much older then Jenny.

[[folder:Jackalope Student]]
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A {{Jackalope}} from Gillitie Wood who came to Gunnerkrigg Court, becoming a human student.
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!! Associated tropes:

* DissonantSerenity: After Ysengrin [[spoiler: destroys Annie's blinker stone, returning her fire and rage,]] he takes no notice of the resulting inferno, simply acting happy to see her after failing to recognize her before.
* CatSmile: Well, more like "Rabbit Smile", but his lips form the appropriate shape.
* GenderBender: He was originally a female jackalope, but was turned into a male human on transferring to the Court.
* HumanityEnsues: A change he made in the hopes of becoming more than he is, and being acknowledged for his intelligence.
* MorphicResonance: In addition to his CatSmile, his hair color remained the same two shades of brown, his nose and mouth shape remained rabbit-like, and he has two locks of hair sticking out resembling horns. He also has prominent front teeth.
* NoNameGiven: As a recent addition to the student body from the forest, he may not have one yet.
* RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: One such cube is his favorite toy.

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* SmittenTeenageGirl: She gets a rather ferocious (unreciprocated) crush on Matt at the start of year 3. [[spoiler: And then another one on Kat]].

* HappyRain / RedemptionInTheRain: Played a bit more literally than usual with Zimmy.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ayilu. She's not human, of course, but her human form looks like someone of Indian ethnicity.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Assuming they really never cross paths with Annie again: Red enters Annie's life as a nameless fairy happily asking Annie to kill herself and her friend and exits upset that she almost got the newly-named Ayilu killed.]]

!!Associated tropes:

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ayilu. She's not human, of course, but her human form looks like someone of Indian ethnicity.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: How Ayilu got her name: [[spoiler: Red let it slip after a long string of lame insults that she loves her friend and when she (Red's friend) demanded to know what that last thing was she said was, she got (paraphrased) "Aaaaaiiiyyyyy...lllllloo... Ayilu! It's your name!"]]

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Assuming they really never cross paths with Annie again: Red enters Annie's life as a nameless fairy happily asking Annie to kill herself and her friend and exits upset that she almost got the newly-named Ayilu killed.]]
* BuffySpeak: Red describes rooms and chairs as "big boxes" and "sitty-downy things", respectively.
* CallBack: Red confiding to Annie about what happened when she named Ayilu in Chapter 61 [[spoiler: is an echo of Anthony's behavior in Chapter 51: She was freaking out about someone she loved and said something outrageous but she isn't going to tell her that because "it's none of her stupid business!", but she's willing to tell someone else she trusts]].
** A few pages later [[spoiler: Red, with Ayilu at her side, is calling Annie out for putting everyone in danger trying to free Jeanne (and her boyfriend) and seeming ready to leave Andrew to die. In the previous chapter they seem to agree with Muut that Annie "put '''others''' in danger" when freeing Jeanne was apparently supposed to be Annie's "mission" alone]].

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Red wears an [[PuttingOnTheReich old-fashioned gray military uniform]] during "Red's Friend Gets A Name Too I Suppose". The stinger page reveals she's wearing it (in spite of it "not being recommended" by the Court) because [[spoiler: she just likes the color because the duller it is in the real world the more colorfully she can "decorate" it in the ether]].
* EmergentHuman: Red shows signs of this; namely, when she learns that you can cut your hair, and then assumes that you can cut ''anything'' of "these bodies" and [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=323 attempts to cut off her finger]]

* HiddenDepths: During the 2013 spring break, Ayilu proves she actually has a talent that doesn't serve her self-centered caprices: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/junk/CF3_8scan.jpg painting]] in a rather lovely, abstract style.

* ImportantHaircut: Red's trip to the barber-bot.
* InSeriesNickname: Before getting named, Ayilu was called "Blue" by Annie and Kat, according to TheRant [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1175 here.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Red might be coming from a place of "fear and anger" and trauma over Ayilu's safety, possibly glossed over or didn't notice ''why'' Annie hesitated to get Smitty to safety (she didn't want to pay the Guides' cost), completely ignored the others' motivations and level of intel on the dangers Jeanne posed and that she had "nothing to add and nothing to lose" when she inserted herself into Annie's plan and might even be blaming Annie for something that was her own fault (as far as we know she was only there because Ayilu was there, she seemed to get complacent when the plan was working and distracted Ayilu when they was supposed to be keeping an eye on Jeanne and Parley) (from Something Awful's thread) but that doesn't mean her basic points aren't wrong.
* LineOfSightName: Ayilu, in a sense. Red gave it to her to hide that she'd just told Ayilu she loved her.
* LoveEpiphany: Red realizes she truly loves Ayilu when she thinks she's killed by Jeanne. Unfortunately for Annie she ''hates'' the circumstances.
* MasterOfIllusion: Within the ether, Ayilu can create elaborate illusions backed up by temporary FakeMemories and EmotionControl. It seems to go away once people realize what's going on, and the Foley kids are used to it, but when she really exerts herself the effects can border on a LotusEaterMachine.

* MoodSwinger: '''Red.'''
-->'''Red:''' No you go away! Come back! Rraarrghh! I hate her '''so much'''! I wish she was my friend!

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech / WhatTheHellHero: Red echoes Muut's observation that by involving so many people in freeing Jeanne (and her boyfriend) -- Ayilu in particular by offering "nothing" (a name) for something (Ayilu's illusions) -- that Annie put other people at risk in place of herself. Red also pointed out how messed up it was that Annie delayed teleporting Smitty to a hospital to save his life (as many people noted in the comments); Annie, who doesn't have a good track record of defending herself (see "Faraway Morning" and "Get It Together"), says she did that because ''she didn't want to get in trouble''. Red also points out that Annie didn't exactly give Kat a choice to help with the plan by basically telling her "You're the only one who can do this". On the other hand even she knows that facing Jeanne alone was out of the question and even says "IDidWhatIHadToDo" for her! [[spoiler: Red is so disgusted with Annie that she finally tells her to never speak to her and Ayilu ever again.]]

* StepfordSmiler: In "Red's Friend Gets A Name Too I Suppose" Red reveals she hasn't been doing too well after seeing Jeanne "kill" Ayilu: She can't sleep, she keeps having visions of Ayilu's "death", and even checks to make sure her friend's still breathing when she's asleep -- but that's none of Ayilu's business. After she starts talking about how it was Annie who put Ayilu in Jeanne's path in the first place she doesn't smile again until [[spoiler: she ends her and Ayilu's friendship with Annie]].

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The very first page of "Red's Friend Gets A Name Too I Suppose" is Red confidently saying she's going to name her friend Blue. That does not happen.

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[[folder:Alistair Kershaw]]
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Kat's first boyfriend. When he [[NewTransferStudent arrives at the Court]] it's announced that he'll only be there a week. In spite of knowing in the backs of their minds that the relationship can't last, he and Kat [[StarCrossedLovers spend the week talking and holding hands]]. Kat even [[CosmeticCatastrophe tries makeup for the first time]] so she can look nice for him.

When the end of the week rolls around, he [[{{Metamorphosis}} mutes]] to go away to Gillitie Wood with his parents. "And she never saw him again."

Two Regional Fairies who [[HumanityEnsues become humans]]. Prior to entering the Court, they didn't even have names. Red was the first to get her name when Annie accidentally gave it to her. The other was called "Blue" by the fans just for convenience and [[RedOniBlueOni thematic sake]], but was later named Ayilu.

* ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext: Red wears an old-fashioned military uniform in "Red's Friend Gets A Name Too I Suppose" with no explanation given aside from the Court logo patch on her cap.