History Characters / Lackadaisy

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Seems to go without them when he can.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Emery is often barefoot.

* ProperLady: She acts as such, to a degree that her son (and nephew) can be terrified of her, with Rocky refusing to let FlapperGirl Ivy meet her..

* GrumpyOldMan: Kehoe is a grump, older than most of the cast by a significant amount and has little to no compassion for others. His demeanor (and hygine) has earned him the unflattering nickname of "Crusty Bugger" from his crew.

** In a side comic, Rocky is hugging the Lackadaisy characters. When he tries to hug Zib, Zib is so intoxicated that he can't even stand,

* TheChewToy: Not in the comic proper, but in bonus material? ''Absolutely''. Mordecai takes almost as much abuse as [[ButtMonkey Rocky]]! It's hysterical, mostly because if anyone deserves it, it's Mordecai.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Forcibly carving a Voodoo symbol into Mordecai's chest was a chilling act, even if Mordecai was an unsympathetic villain.

-->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/ProZD SungWon Cho]]

* IronicName: This guy is ''anything'' but sweet. Tracy says that he does love to eat sweet stuff though.

* BadassLongcoat: Wears one on occasion.

* MeaningfulName: Lackadaisy or its adjective lackadaisical [[https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/lackadaisical-2021-05-07/ means]] without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic. Rather fitting given the dismal state of the speakeasy and the few remaining retainers who are just going through the motions as if nothing happened instead of changing their ways, be it in morality or criminal.

* PyroManiac: His default problem-solving tool is Molotov cocktails.

* KnightOfCerberus: An unintentional example. Being the first people to cause an injury on Rocky which is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs resulted in a darker tone shift for the overall webcomic.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The brothers' decision to chase down Rocky and Ivy with their hearse without asking questions first resulted [[spoiler:in Rocky's skull fracture and the family getting roped back into supplying for Lackadaisy in return]].

* YouthfulFreckles: He sports one on his right cheek, which is where he got his nickname from.

* {{Tuckerization}}: She is based on [[https://lackadaisy.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=15 a cat that the author knew]] in real life.

* OverprotectiveDad [[ParentalSubstitute Substitute]]: Ivy's boyfriends. ''Wheelchairs.''

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The brothers' decision to chase down Rocky and Ivy with their hearse without asking questions first resulted [[spoiler:in Rocky's skull fracture and the family getting roped back into supplying for Lackadaisy as a result]].

* AmusingInjuries: He usually suffers from these, getting slapped and popping right back up, totally fine a few panels later. However, the "injury disappears immediately" aspect of the trope ''is'' {{subverted|Trope}} when he is punched in "Rumrunner" -- he receives a black eye that doesn't quite go away until the next day. [[spoiler:{{Averted|Trope}} in "Haymaker", where he gets hit head first by a hearse. In addition to receiving a nasty sized gash on his head, he is knocked out and comes near to dying.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He used to live with his aunt and cousin when he was younger, which he called "more home than home was." Then he was blamed, or voluntarily took the blame for, for a family tragedy. Uncertain whether it was really him or if he was looking out for his cousin. The troubled part never really ended, despite the cheerful spin he tries to put on everything, and he sleeps in his car. It's implied that there's even ''darker'' things going on behind the scenes; every time someone tries to dig into his past, he will suddenly [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject change the subject.]]

* DeathGlare: Rare for him, given his typically cheerful attitude, but he notably [[http://www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php?comicid=129 gives one to Wes]] upon noticing the marigold flower pinned to his suit marking him as a Marigold himself. Granted, Rocky's mood was already uncharacteristically sober due to the serious head injury he'd received in "Haymaker", but even he can recognize that the prescence of Marigolds is ''bad news'' for anyone associated with Lackadaisy.

* NoodlePeople: Is just as skinny as Ivy, and the only reason she doesn't qualify for this trope is because she's a teenage girl. Viktor even tells him he's like a [[http://lackadaisy.com/comic.php?comicid=11 spaghetti noodle]]. Mitzi [[http://lackadaisy.com/comic.php?comicid=48 notes]] that him trying to shield her from an attacker is "like taking cover behind a cornstalk".
* NoSocialSkills: He spouts poetry at random and is a severe StepfordSmiler. It's heavily implied that he has trouble relating to people, and that he only joined Lackadaisy because "they tolerate him."

* PyroManiac: His default problem solving tool is Molotov cocktails.

* CorruptTheCutie: Rocky is doing this to him, by introducing him the Lackadaisy, whether he means to or not.

** He bluntly tells Rocky to quit Lackadaisy after the pig farmers tried to murder Rocky. Had Rocky listened, a lot of chaos could have been averted.
** Although his PapaWolf tendencies make him needlessly violent towards Ivy's previous boyfriends, if some of his "answers" to Ivy for why they weren't good are to be taken as a grain of truth, it's implied that most of them had ''less than well-meaning intentions'' for dating her. There's also the fact that Ivy's connections to Lackidaisy, along with still hanging around the establishment, is something of an OpenSecret on her campus (as far as her peers know, she's just part of a gang), making her a potential target for anyone whose got a grudge or is looking for an advantage. Meaning that even a well-intentional boyfriend won't cut it if he's also unable to protect her.

* LittleMissBadass: Managed to strike up a deal with the Arbogasts, with a combinations of guilt-tripping, intimidation, [[spoiler:and Rocky having a huge hole sawed in his head by their hearse.]]

* ReallyGetsAround: She's had several boyfriends, which has nothing to do with Ivy and everything to do with Viktor. Every break-up is a direct consequence of Viktor [[http://www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php?comicid=83 breaking their limbs]] so that they are 1. in a wheelchair and 2. petrified of even saying "hello" to her. Ivy is not happy when she figures this out.

** Although his PapaWolf tendencies make him needlessly violent towards Ivy's previous boyfriends, if some of his "answers" to Ivy for why they weren't good are to be taken as a grain of truth, it's implied that most of them had ''less than well-meaning intentions'' for dating her. There's also the fact that Ivy's somewhat known connections to Lackidaisy, along with still hanging around the establishment would make her a target for those ''against'' the Lackidaisy establishment, meaning that even a well-intentional boyfriend won't cut it if he's also unable to protect her.

* TheScapegoat: During their adolescence, he took the blame for something that wasn't his fault but which it suited everyone to pin on him, so that Freckle could be removed from his influence.
* ScarsAreForever: After being hit with a vehicle at Arbogast Farm, Rocky has a scar in the middle of his forehead.

** Gives Freckle a [[http://lackadaisy.com/comic.php?comicid=149 particularly creepy one]] at the end of volume 2 when picking him up for a job. The creepy part comes from the [[spoiler: big gash on his head from the previous night and his bloodshot eyes.]] Freckle is shocked to say the least.

* StepfordSmiler: Of a sort. According to Tracy, Rocky's constant grin is half genuine and half SadClown; he's naturally cheerful of demeanor, but there's also a certain amount of lonely desperation because he knows he's weird and flaky and doesn't have a lot going for him aside from said demeanor, so he's hoping that if you think he's amusing you won't be so quick to discard him once you can afford someone better.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: In his letters to Freckle from his nomadic phase, Rocky was constantly moving around and taking new jobs. It's strongly implied that he kept getting fired from jobs due to his incompetence. In one letter, Rocky marvels at how he set both meat ''and himself'' on fire during a stint as a cook.

* JerkassHasAPoint: He bluntly tells Rocky to quit Lackadaisy after the pig farmers tried to murder Rocky. Had Rocky listened, a lot of chaos could have been averted.
* {{Kneecapping}}: Mordecai shot him in the knee before defecting to the Marigold gang. As a result, Viktor moves slowly and can't walk up stairs.

* MadeOfIron: He takes a shotgun to the chest fighting the pig farmers, still manages to kill one of them (possibly barehanded) before collapsing. Though since then he's been on bedrest.

The founder of Lackadaisy and Mitzi's husband, now deceased, murdered under mysterious circumstances.

* HappilyMarried: Zig-zagged. From what we can tell, he and Mitzi really did love each other. However, "Lackadaisy Confessional" reveals that their marriage was on the rocks at the time of Atlas's death. Mordecai tells Gracie that Mitzi wasn't living with Atlas at the time of his murder, and that their marriage had "visibly deteriorated".

* ManipulativeBastard: As lampshaded by Zib. Atlas showed kindnesses to desperate people who were then in his debt, and in doing so built a criminal empire. He married the previously poor Mitzi, paid Viktor's legal fees, rescued Mordecai from his pursuers, gave Zib's band a permanent gig, and allowed the Arborgasts to move somewhere quiet for Elsa's sake. In return, Mitzi became involved in his speakeasy business, Viktor and Mordecai became his hitmen, Zib and company provided entertainment for his illegal speakeasy, and the Arborgasts imported high-quality liquor that made Lackadaisy popular.
* MayDecemberRomance: Was about nine years older than his wife Mitzi.

The proprietress of Lackadaisy since the death of her husband, Atlas May. Used to be a ukulele player and showgirl, which is how she came to meet her husband. Looks fragile, but is a shrewd and steely businesswoman, who refuses to abandon or give up on her speakeasy. In a tentative flirtation with Wick. The rumours of her involvement in her husband's death [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow may or may not]] be false and greatly exaggerated.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Wears a lot of purple. You don't see this too much, since the comic is in sepia but you do see it in the color pages.

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: When she met Atlas, and she was just a poor dancer.

* MayDecemberRomance: Though the art makes it hard to determine anyone's age, it's clear that Atlas was significantly older than her (nine years, to be exact).

* OldMaid: Insists that she was born in the [[BlatantLies "20th century"]]. A careful look at the scrawled out date on her character sheet shows her birth date is in the 1890s, likely '95.

* ReallyGetsAround:Downplayed. She had a romantic relationship with Zib, then married Atlas, then entered a relationship with Wick after Atlas' death.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Not a queen, but very similar.

* EasilyForgiven: He regularly brutalizes Rocky, and yet Rocky treats him like a friend and Mitzi keeps him on staff. Then again, [[{{Cloudcookoolander}} Rocky]] often deserves it. He has also beaten up Ivy's boyfriends, but other than a [[CallingTheOldManOut loud scolding]], Ivy still sees him as a friend, and possibly substitute father.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her real name is [[spoiler:Mary-Ellen]]; "Mitzi" is a stage name she took when she was a lounge singer/ukelele player.

* ThatWonanIsDead: [[spoiler:She doesn't like to think about the times before she and Atlas got married.]]

* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:She doesn't like to think about the times before she and Atlas got married.]]

* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=351 This]] is what you get when you mix little Rocky with pancakes. Or at least with pancake syrup.

** He can give a pretty big one. He gives one to Wick when trying to scare him and the man assumes for his own sanity that it was meant to convey a joke.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pancakes. He also puts syrup in coffee.