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* BiTheWay: Internal monologue in Episode 1 tells us she's attracted to "skater boys", though she notes the reverse isn't true. Conversation choices (and certain decisions) with Chloe in Episode 3 indicate she may be attracted to Chloe. [[spoiler: Chloe can mention that Max would've had a crush on Rachel as well, something Max doesn't deny.]] Throughout her journal entries, [[spoiler: and after she returns to her timeline in Episode 4]], she also frequently mentions wanting to kiss Chloe. Even before Chloe is introduced proper into the story, Max mentions her frequently. [[spoiler: Episode 5 does away with the ambiguous part. If you have enough "pro-Chloe" choices, Max will share a passionate kiss with her if you decide to sacrifice Chloe to save Arcadia Bay. At the same time, she can kiss Warren just prior to the final chapter, provided the player has made at least one choice in Warren's favor.]]

* BoyishShortHair: As seen in [[spoiler:her alternate 13-year-old version in Episode 3, she had black-dyed hair with a TomboyishPonytail.]] Since Episode 1, she sported a brown, somewhat Bruce Lee-style bowlcut.

* HeteroSexualLifePartners: With Chloe. ''Mostly'' hetero sexual, at least...

* AmbiguousInnocence: Warren is a NiceGuy who has Max's back, but he does have some very questionable characteristics. For example, Warren can be spotted watching Max outside her bedroom trying to look at her, [[spoiler: he knows exactly how to make a pipe-cleaner bomb in order to assist Max breaking into the principal's office]], gets drunk at a party despite being a minor, and he beats the crap out of Nathan with a little too much desire to do it (granted, only after Nathan ''seriously'' escalates the situation by pulling a gun while loudly declaring his intent to kill).

Max's decision to use her powers to prevent William's death had an unexpected side effect. William gave Chloe a car for her 16th birthday, and not long after Chloe got into a car accident and became paralyzed.

* [[spoiler: VillainousBSOD He initially freaks out in the Diner when he thinks Max is Rachel Amber. Understandable considering he killed her, and buried her body.]]

* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler:She was in a secret relationship with Frank, possible slept with Jefferson, and may have been involved with Chloe romantically.]]

* TeacherStudentRomance: She's rumored to have slept with Jefferson. [[spoiler:This did ''not'' end well for her]].

* SheCleansUpNicely: Max already looks cute in her default outfits, but she looks pretty nice in Rachel's outfit in Episode 3, [[spoiler:her outfit for the "Everyday Heroes" contest and her black dress in the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending in Episode 5.]]

* BadassAdorable: More like TookALevelInBadass or if not an extent like Max, but she is absolutely beautiful.

* TheCutie: She was already a beautiful girl, but as shown [[spoiler: in Max's alternate timelines in Episode 3 and 4]], she was ''ridiculously'' joyful and upbeat in her pre-teen years.

* MsFanservice: Not only she's young and has beautiful looks, but she gains a lot of MaleGaze scenes in every episode throughout the game and in Episode 3 is her crowning moment.

* {{Adorkable}}: She's quiet at first, sweet, endearing, and [[CuteClumsyGirl kind of dorky]] in a sheepish way.

* {{Adorkable}}: Not an extent like Max, but her [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame puns]] she makes does cause her this.

* MsFanservice: Not only she's young and has beautiful looks, but she gains a lot of MaleGaze scenes in every other episode she's in.

* {{Adorkable}}: She's quiet at first, sweet, adorable, and [[CuteClumsyGirl kind of dorky]] in a sheepish way.

* BadassAdorable: She's a very cute girl, along with being a CuteClumsyGirl, who has the power to [[TimeMaster rewind time]]. 'Nuff said.

* BoyishShortHair: As seen in [[spoiler:her first alternate 13-year-old version in Episode 3, she had black hair with a TomboyishPonytail.]] Since Episode 1, she sported a brown, somewhat Bruce Lee-styled bowlcut.

* BadassAdorable: More like TookALevelInBadass or if not an extent like Max, but she is undeniably beautiful.

* TheCutie: She was already beautiful, but as shown [[spoiler: in Max's alternate timelines in Episode 3 and 4]], she was ''very'' joyful and upbeat in her pre-teen years.

* DeadpanSnarker: She's definitely this whenever she's on her mean phase.

* MsFanservice: Not only she has young and beautiful looks, but she gains a lot of MaleGaze scenes in every other episode she's in.

* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After her and Max discover Rachel's buried body, her personality goes from "sarcastic and kind of {{Adorkable}} teenage girl" to "really freaking angry person about to avenge her friend's murder]].

* ButtMonkey: She has it rough, that's for sure. She's constantly made fun of, apparently for her religious views.[[labelnote:†]] Fun Fact: Oregon, where this story takes place, is traditionally the ''least''-religious state in the USA.[[/labelnote]] In the first episode alone, she gets horrible notes thrown at her in class and is harassed by the head of security. [[spoiler:In the 2nd episode, it's revealed that the reason she's been so bullied is because a viral video of her kissing people while under the influence has been spread around, which eventually drives her to attempt suicide. And that's without diving into what Episode 4 implies have happened to her at the hands of Jefferson.]]

* BoyishShortHair: As seen in [[spoiler:her first alternate 13-year-old version in Episode 3, she had black hair with a ponytail.]] Before the game started, she sported a light-brown Bruce Lee-style bowlcut.

* BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Chloe's brawn. The "beauty" part can quality for both herself and Chloe.

* TheCutie: Not only she's a beautiful sweetheart, but she is [[{{Moe}} very lovable]] and gets pretty {{Adorkable}} in numerous ways.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Starting in Episode 3, Max because she realizes that no matter what she tries to do, Chloe's life is going to be terrible]].

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: If David didn't make it on time to save her from Jefferson putting that last dose on her neck, she would have been this.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Things steadily go to shit for her throughout the entire series, but Episode 5 really puts her through the ringer. She watches Nathan kill her childhood friend, possibly sees her other best friend [[spoiler:commit suicide]]. Later, she sees an alternate reality where Chloe's dad is alive...but [[spoiler:Chloe herself was paralyzed in an accident, and is very sickly]]. In that reality, she [[spoiler: is faced with the decision of putting Alt!Chloe out of her misery, or watching her spend the rest of her days in pain]] and stressing out her family.She sees Chloe [[spoiler:shot to death by Mr. Jefferson, and is kidnapped, drugged, tied up, and nearly killed by him]]. She possibly comes across multiple dead bodies and dying people when driving through a storm-ravaged Arcadia Bay. When she finally gets to Chloe, she passes out and [[spoiler:has multiple nightmares that all the people she is or was close to hate her, everybody assumes that she'll kill them, and her own alternate self tells her she'd done nothing good for those around her]]. At the finale, she either [[spoiler: has to go back in time and let Chloe die to save Arcadia bay, or allow the oncoming storm to destroy Arcadia Bay and everyone she knew and loved to spare Chloe's life.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Not an extent like Max, but her [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame puns]] she makes with her does cause her this sometimes.

* BadassAdorable: More like TookALevelInBadass or if not {{Badass}} like Max, but she is absolutely beautiful.

* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Max's brain, [[spoiler: though reading the student files in Episodes 3 and 4 reveals that she at least has the potential to be a vastly better student, if not explicitly smarter.]] But, the "beauty" part can be qualified for herself and Max, due to how very attractive they look.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: She is mostly associated with blue. Specifically her hair, her light-blue eyes, the butterfly, [[spoiler:and the breathing device that is attached to her neck in the alternate timeline]].

* TheCutie: She was already beautiful, but as shown [[spoiler: in Max's alternate timeline]], she was ''very'' joyful and upbeat in her pre-teen years.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She was this both before William died and in Max's alternate timeline.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It's dyed, with the roots being blonde, her natural color. [[spoiler: Alt!Chloe averts this, though she still hints at wanting blue hair.]]

* ButtMonkey: She has it rough, that's for sure. She's constantly made fun of, apparently for her religious views.[[labelnote:†]] Fun Fact: Oregon, where this story takes place, is traditionally the ''least''-religious state in the USA.[[/labelnote]] In the first episode alone, she gets horrible notes thrown at her in class and is harassed by the head of security. [[spoiler:In the second episode, it's revealed that the reason she's been so bullied is because a viral video of her kissing people while under the influence has been spread around, which eventually drives her to attempt suicide. And that's without diving into what Episode 4 implies have happened to her at the hands of Jefferson.]]

* JustFriends: With Max. She becomes uncomfortable when Warren tries to woo her and regularly has to remind people that he is not her boyfriend, but she values him as a close friend. If Max hugs Warren in Episode 5, she will reassure him when he calls himself “pathetic”, calling Warren one of her heroes.

* TheBigBadShuffle: [[spoiler: He was the only apparent BigBad until Episode 4, when he was revealed to be little more than a henchman]].

** In Episode 5, this increases ten fold, when you first [[spoiler:rewind back she still gives Max a ton of attitude for trying to stop her going to the party and taking revenge on Nathan or Jefferson despite Max being visibly upset/shaken, and even seems to accuse Max, implying that whatever happened was her fault, at first, but when she realizes just what happened to Max as a result of her actions and what she had to go through to get back to warn her she back-pedals hard and seems to feel both concerned for Max and guilty. Its to the extent she does not even blow up at Max if you tell her about the alternate timeline, and even gently coaxes Max into telling her in one dialogue option.Chloe becomes a lot more caring and sympathetic towards Max in general after that.]]

** Is a victim of this big time in Episode 3. [[spoiler:Max saving the life of Chloe's father had created a new future where Chloe ends up wheelchair bound, paralyzed, and fixed with a nasopharyngeal airway device in her neck.]]

* ButterflyOfDoom: Is a victim of this big time in episode 3. Max saving the life of Chloe's father has created a new future where Chloe ends up wheelchair bound, paralysed, and fixed with nasopharyngeal airway device in her neck.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's an {{adorkable}} guy, but he will not hesitate to assault anyone who tries to harm Max.

* BoyishShortHair: As seen in [[spolier:her first alternate 13-year-old version in Episode 3, she had black hair with a ponytail.]] Before the game started, she sported a light-brown Bruce Lee-style bowlcut.

* BoyishShortHair: After her 13-year-old version in Episode 3.

* HeroicBSOD: Herself and Chloe both suffer from this in Episode 4. [[spoiler:Max because she realizes that no matter what she tries to do, Chloe's life is going to be terrible]].

* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Max's brain, [[spoiler: though reading the student files in Episodes 3 and 4 reveals that she at least has the potential to be a vastly better student, if not explicitly smarter.]] But, the "beauty" part can be qualified for herself and Max, considering how very attractive they appear.

* TheCutie: She was already beautiful before, but as shown [[spoiler: in Max's alternate timeline]], she was ''very'' joyful and upbeat in her pre-teen years.

* Doesn'tLikeGuns: Depending on your choices, Max can mention several times how guns freak her out. Given how many times characters shoot others and themselves by accident, she has a point.

* HandBehindHead: He pulls of this gesture a few times, befitting his awkward personality.

!!Kate Marsh

!!Nathan Prescott

!! Mr. Mark Jefferson
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[[caption-width-right:250:Always take the shot.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Derek Phillips

A highly reputable and somewhat famous photography teacher at Blackwell, admired by many of his students.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Jefferson is a remorseless murderer. If David kills him, Max is only upset because of [[HeroicBSOD David's mental state]] rather than the fact that Jefferson is dead.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:He's completely insane and kills gleefully and without hesitation or remorse.]]
* BadassBookworm: He's surprisingly skilled at fighting for a photographer. [[spoiler:David will require a lot of help from Max to defeat him.]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler: He wears a nice suit while fighting David.]]
* BadBoss: [[spoiler: He killed Nathan shortly before episode 5 because the boy was an "amateur", as Jefferson himself put it.]]
* BeardOfEvil: Sports a goatee [[spoiler: and is the BigBad.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Episode 5 reveals that he kidnapped and drugged Kate, and at least planned to do the same to Rachel. He murders Chloe and drugs Max at the end of Episode 4, possibly murders Victoria in the beginning of Episode 5 (if she was successfully warned by Max) and murders Nathan before the Vortex Party]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first glance, he's a pretty cool guy, often being friendly and kind to his students and generally being a swell guy to be around. Then he resorts to victim blaming on the whole Kate Marsh situation in Episode 2. [[spoiler: He's also going around drugging girls and taking disturbing photographs of them, and he has been doing so for God knows how long. He also drugs Max, shoots Chloe in the head at the end of Episode 4, murders Nathan and possibly Victoria]].
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: [[spoiler: If Max says he used Nathan, he says he prefers the term "manipulated".]]
* BoomHeadshot:
** [[spoiler:He kills Chloe by shooting her in the head at the end of Episode 4]].
** If Max [[spoiler:tells David the truth that Jefferson murdered Chloe, David will snap and execute Jefferson with a headshot]].
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Jefferson's motive. He enjoys kidnapping naive, innocent, idealistic girls and taking photos of them while they are in shock, fear, and misery losing their innocence. By Episode 5, it's revealed he's taken it up a notch to KillTheCutie.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Jefferson was the "biggest reason" Max came to Blackwell, and she viewed him with the utmost admiration and respect. [[spoiler:That is, until the end of episode 4 came.]]
* ControlFreak: [[spoiler: Why he forces his victims to pose for him.]]
* CoolTeacher: Friendly, good sense of humor, and genuinely wants to help his students. Max thinks he can be a bit pretentious, but still thinks he means well. This suffers a bit in Episode 2, as he engages in a bit of VictimBlaming with Kate, even though it does sound like he's trying to help. Certainly, his tact in that situation could have been better, [[spoiler:and Max can actually call him on it during the meeting with the principal later, though his punishment is light compared to what can befall Nathan and David. Then comes Episode 4, which turns it on its head]].
* CountryMatters: [[spoiler:Jefferson says a C-word when he's dealing with Max's defiance.]]
* CreepySouvenir: [[spoiler:Keeps Chloe's necklace and Victoria's bracelet after he kills them in Episode 5]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He makes snide comments regarding students that annoy him.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler: He's genuinely shocked that Max knew David was coming to rescue her.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: While there were hints and foreshadowings of his true involvement in the plot, it isn't until Episode 4 that he appeared to be anything more than a hipster photography teacher.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards:[[spoiler: He will occasionally apologize for his outbursts towards Max or Rachel during his eccentric moments, specially after calling Max a "dumb cunt." He also shows great disgust with Victoria when she propositions him.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:He first came off as a CoolTeacher, this was a Façade.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Jefferson mentions that he knows Max will be missed once he kills her...because she is such a talented photographer. He doubts anyone would mourn Chloe, on the other hand, because she is one of the "faux punk sluts" he despises.]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: Once he holds Max hostage, he begins bragging about his evil plan.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's considered the most attractive guy at school. [[spoiler: He's also a sadistic SerialKiller who uses his charms to easily gain trust of young women.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Despite the charming, 'hip' persona he puts on, Episode 4 shows his true personality and intentions are much, much darker and psychotic than was ever thought.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: His only true motive is pure [[{{Sadist}} sadism]].]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Has this in spades throughout the game. In Episode 1 where you control Max for the first time in his classroom, he already gives out a notable one. He lampshades it in Episode 5, when he jokes that Max would have figured out his true nature if she had just paid attention in class.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses and [[spoiler: is a sadistic serial killer.]]
-->'''Mr. Jefferson''': [[spoiler:Seriously though, I could frame any one of you in a dark corner, and capture you in a moment of desperation. And any one of you could do that to me. Isn't that too easy? Too obvious? What if Arbus chose to capture people at the height of their beauty or innocence?]]
* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:He and Nathan kidnapped and murdered Rachel, whose disappearance is the focal point of the first season. Many other girls suffered similar fates.]]
* {{Hipster}}: He calls himself this in Episode 4. He definitely has the look down.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Max initially defeats him by using the sick photos he takes of her to travel back in time.]]
* HopeCrusher: [[spoiler: His serial killer MO involves breaking innocent girls and taking pictures of the exact moment when they lose hope.]]
* HotTeacher: Is considered this by many female students.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** In his first appearance, he calls the Creator/DianeArbus method of photography "bullshit", stating that he could easily capture any member of his class in a moment of desperation. If you choose to look at his pictures set up outside in the school courtyard, his black-and-white pictures are (mostly) of women in dark, dirty environments, looking miserable.[[labelnote:Explanation]] Diane Arbus was known for her black-&-white photos of regular people that showed strong emotions, like desperation, and those photos occasionally tended toward the grotesque. In other words, Mark Jefferson's work apes Arbus's method pretty much exactly.[[/labelnote]]
** He lectures the class about the moral implications of them spreading around and laughing at Kate's video, even though minutes earlier he is seen lecturing Kate for that same video and blatantly tells Max that he [[VictimBlaming thinks the video is Kate's fault]]. While Max's conversation with him might have convinced him to be a little more sensitive, it's a rather charitable interpretation. [[spoiler:In hindsight, he may having been trying to drive her to suicide before she could remember that he tortured her.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: At the end of Episode 2, [[spoiler:after Kate's attempted suicide]], you can point the blame on him for causing the incident. If you didn't pay attention to the {{Foreshadowing}}, you would wonder why blaming him is an option compared to the much more deserving David or Nathan. [[spoiler:Episode 4's ending will give you a big reason for that.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: His true nature - he's genial at first, but once [[spoiler: his role as the kidnapper is revealed, he drops the act and reveals himself to be an incredibly narcissistic sociopathic.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: If Max tells David the truth about Jefferson killing Chloe in Episode 5, David will shoot Jefferson in the head, just like Jefferson shot Chloe in the head at the end of Episode 4.]]
* KickTheDog: He insinuates Kate willingly participated in the viral video which is ruining her life because [[VictimBlaming she wanted attention.]] [[spoiler: However, he only says this just to make sure Kate commits suicide and won't remember him and the Dark Room later on]].
-->'''Mr. Jefferson''': But maybe she doth protest too much.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: The story got a shit ton darker when his true motives are revealed]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: After David rescues Max from Jefferson's Dark Room and subdues him, she gets an opportunity to turn the tables on Jefferson and take a photo of ''him'' while he's bound, vulnerable, and unconscious. Also, in whatever timeline Max is in or chooses, he will be punished for his crimes.]]
* LeanAndMean: He's kind of skinny [[spoiler: and the BigBad.]]
* {{Lust}}: Appears to have this for [[spoiler: a bunch of young girls. At the very least, he gets off on seeing them in a vulnerable and despaired state.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:He sees his victims as "works of art" more than people.]]
* MadArtist: [[spoiler:He keeps a large collection of photographs of the girls he's kidnapped, tortured, and possibly raped, all of them taken with an artsy style and deliberate intent at aesthetics. Since his award-winning photos have consisted of women in grimy, miserable settings appearing in pain, it's possible he had been doing this long before he arrived at Blackwell.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:To Nathan Prescott, who was placed as a more apparent villain since Nathan was so openly rude.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Not only did he exploit Nathan's daddy issues to effectively turn him into a puppet, he uses his charisma to prevent Blackwell staff and students from even suspecting his ulterior motives. Later, in episode 5, he intends to put the entire blame for drugging Kate and the death of Rachel and Max on Nathan. Searching through the Dark Room after reveals how meticulous his plans were. One could also interpret his victim blaming towards Kate earlier as a subtle means of eliminating a loose thread where none would ever suspect him.]]
* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:Jefferson's disturbing dialogue with Max in the dark room. He grew tired of the "faux punk sluts" of LA and wanted to capture youth and the corruption thereof instead. This artistic obsession with purity leads him to kidnap and photograph girls he sees as suitable subjects.]]
* {{Narcissist}}: [[spoiler:Jefferson thinks so highly of his art that he's convinced that his victims want to be kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by him.]]
* NiceGuy: At first. Despite sometimes being stern towards Max, or victim blaming Kate when her video is spread around, Mr. Jefferson seems to be a genuinely nice guy at heart. [[spoiler: Well, until Episode Four comes around and it's revealed he's actually the BigBad]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: While bragging about how he'll get away with murdering Max, he throws her photo journal at her which allows Max to use her powers to alter the timeline to prevent him from winning.]]
* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler: He loves butchering young girls and taking pictures of them in vulnerable poses.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He tries to tell Max that they are one in the same, but she disagrees.
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: His VictimBlaming conversation with Kate becomes horrifyingly despicable once you know what he did to her]]. He's essentially [[spoiler: ''goading'' her into [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]]]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: He didn't see David coming in to stop him and his criminal misdeeds.]]
* ScaryFlashlightFace: Makes a really frightening one [[spoiler:when Max points her cellphone's flashlight at him, the man who has drugged her and killed Chloe]].
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:He kidnaps Rachel Amber and covers up her death when Nathan accidentally fatally overdoses her. He then kidnaps Kate and attempts to (and potentially succeeds in) driving her to commit suicide. He kidnaps Max and attempts to kill her. And depending on the player's choices, he can kidnap and murder Victoria. While murder isn't Jefferson's primary goal with his kidnappings, he takes a sadistic joy from killing his victims.]]
* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler: This here is what Max and Victoria will turn into if they take their obsession with photographic greatness too far.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Always dressed in a nice suit.
* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: His taste for taking photos of his murder victims before killing them is very much similar to the hitman]] from ''Film/RoadToPerdition''.
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: He hides in plain sight under the guise of being a famous photographer while subtlety influencing or manipulating those around him. By episode 5, he has nearly driven Kate to suicide (and will have succeeded if the player couldn't talk her down), has full access over the Prescott fortune by exploiting Nathan and puts together a ruse to pin everything he has done up until that point on him. This despite no one at Blackwell suspects a thing. It is further implied he may have done similar things for years considering he went on a "teaching tour" through several States prior to arriving at Arcadia Bay and has a cupboard full of binders of other women.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: Speaks in a low, whispering voice [[spoiler: while talking down to his victims.]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: Victoria is heavily implied to want one, though he shoots her down immediately when she makes that desire apparent in Episode 3. Several other female students indicate they would sleep with him given the chance. He's rumored to have actually slept with Rachel.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: [[spoiler: He's really a sadistic serial killer who's been abducting young women and killing them.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The last ten seconds of Episode 4, which show him shooting Chloe and drugging Max to take her to the Dark Room throw his whole characterization for a loop.]]
* WeakButSkilled: [[spoiler: For some reason, despite having no actual combat training, he is more than capable of overpowering and killing an armed Shell-shocked war veteran. In fairness, he does have the upper hand-- first catching David completely by surprise -- and striking him with a metal tripod or later running to grab his own gun after knocking away David's. Not even rewinding and changing things can effectively stop this outcome, as Max learned the hard way]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: His hobby involves a lot of innocent women getting murdered for his own amusement.]]

[[folder:Kate Marsh]]
!!Kate Marsh
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[[caption-width-right:250:I'm kinda over humanity today.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Dayeanne Hutton

One of Max's classmates -- a quiet religious girl that has few friends, Max being one of them.
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* AbusiveParents: Though her father and sisters are highly supportive when the humiliating video of her is made public, her mother and aunt are not, which doesn't help Kate's self-esteem. [[spoiler:Depending on whether or not Max saves Kate, her mother does a 180 on this. If Kate lives, she becomes extremely supportive and believes that protecting Kate is "her only duty" now. If Kate dies, her mother is devastated and laments ever judging Kate for what she did.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler: If you visit her at the hospital after saving her life, Kate is overjoyed when Max talks to her and calls her an angel.]] She even texts Max that it's fun to be a rebel when helping her provide information against Nathan.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, whenever Max rewrites time to get Jefferson arrested before Tuesday, Kate never attempts suicide and thus survives even if she jumped back in Episode 2. The "Sacrifice Chloe" ending brings Kate back for good.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even sweet-natured Kate has her limits with how others treat her. At the beginning of Episode 2, she tells [[AlphaBitch Victoria]] that "someday, she'll be sorry" for her ruthless bullying, foreshadowing [[spoiler: Kate's suicide attempt later in the episode, which will cause Victoria to break down in tears by the finale over the stress of the incident, in an almost identical match of how Kate herself was in the Episode 1 finale]]. Provided that she [[spoiler: survives her suicide attempt]], Kate also makes an exception of not showing forgiveness towards Nathan, and expresses her desire to see him pay for his crimes, even going as far as to text Max his room number so she can break in, steal from him, and expose him as the scum that he is to the world.
* BreakTheCutie: Kate has it almost as bad as Chloe. She's constantly bullied by Victoria and Taylor, has a drunken video of herself posted online which goes viral, the teachers won't help her and[[spoiler: she's drugged by Nathan and subjected to Mr Jefferson's sick, twisted photoshoots.]] All this leads to her [[spoiler: attempting suicide]].
* ButtMonkey: She has it rough, that's for sure. She's constantly made fun of, apparently for her religious views.[[labelnote:†]] Fun Fact: Oregon, where this story takes place, is traditionally the ''least''-religious state in the USA.[[/labelnote]] In the first episode alone, she gets horrible notes thrown at her in class and is harassed by the head of security. [[spoiler:In the second episode, it's revealed that the reason she's been so bullied is because a viral video of her kissing people while under the influence has been spread around, which eventually drives her to attempt suicide. And that's without diving into what Episode 4 implies have happened to her at the hands of Jefferson.]]
* TheCutie: She's one of the sweetest, kindest, and most innocent characters of the game.
* CrisisOfFaith: It is rather subtle, to the point that those who aren't thorough in searching her room will miss it, but it is evident that the ordeal she has been and is still going through has left her struggling with her beliefs. There are notes in her room from [[spoiler:her mother and aunt]] expressing their displeasure with her, calling her a Jezebel, insisting they will pray her demons away, and demanding she pray for forgiveness. [[spoiler:Telling Kate her mother would miss her during Episode 2's climax pretty much guarantees Kate will jump.]] She's also marked her Bible with post-it notes containing two verses. One, Proverbs 21:15[[note]] "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers"[[/note]], has been crossed out. Invoking that one during her [[spoiler:suicide attempt]] goes badly. The other is Matthew 11:28[[note]] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…"[[/note]], which she takes better.
* DaddysGirl: Her relationship with her father is shown much better than the one with her mother. [[spoiler:Telling her that her father will miss her will make talking Kate down from the ledge during her suicide attempt a little easier.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears just as much black as [[{{Goth}} Alyssa]], but she's one of the kindest characters you can befriend.
* DateRape: It is heavily implied that Nathan [[spoiler:and[=/=]or Jefferson]] did this to her. You even have the option to accuse Nathan on a police report after [[spoiler: Kate's suicide attempt]]. Unused dialog has Nathan [[spoiler: vehemently deny hurting Kate in any way]].
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: For most of episode 1, she spends time moping by herself. This gets progressively worse in episode 2 if Max doesn't interact with her more. However, she can overcome this if Max saves her life.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Max has to bend reality backwards in order to have a chance pull her out of it.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: In Episode 2, [[spoiler:she finally snaps from all the abuse and tries to kill herself by jumping off the roof of the girls dorm. Whether she ''succeeds'' or not depends on you.]]
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Plays the violin, but ceases playing it when her life is upended by the viral video.
* FireForgedFriends: It does take a little time and effort for Max to gain Kate's friendship, as she's suffering from severe depression. [[spoiler: However, taking the time to interact with her pays off if you want to prevent her suicide.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Max informs that Kate doesn't seem to have any friends. Of course, she can build a friendship over her due to their similarities.
* GenreBlind: She actually asks Max how to take down a viral video and if she should go to the police for being drugged and possibly raped at a party.
* GiveMeASign: [[spoiler: If Max prevents her suicide]], she will call her an angel sent to help her overcome her inner demons.
* GoodParents: Kate's father is this. In her room can be found a postcard from him, telling Kate that he loves her unconditionally. [[spoiler: If you tell Kate that her father would miss her, Kate says outright that he is the only member of her family who believes in her]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's one of the most sweet and genuine people in the game. Despite her family relentlessly victim blaming her, she forgives them and says that she knows they didn't do anything. [[spoiler: (Which they did; they were a part of what influenced her suicide attempt.) She even gave most of the flowers that she received to other patients in the hospital.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: If Max successfully prevent her suicide, she decides that she can't go through with it.]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Almost as much as Max. She's a very kind, religious girl who dislikes swearing and treats others with nothing but respect.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Just check the profile image for her.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube: A video of Kate making out (and possibly more) with most of the Vortex Club at a party made its way onto Youtube and the URL was distributed among the student body. A few people have taken it upon themselves to make Kate's life a living hell over it, leading to her depressed state at the beginning of the game.
* InterruptedSuicide: In Episode 2, [[spoiler: Kate attempts to end her life. Max presses her time powers to their full extent to get up to the roof and try in an attempt at TalkingDownTheSuicidal. Whether or not you can save her depends on choices you made previously, as well as saying just the right words.]]
* {{Irony}}: She tells Max how she wishes she could turn back time to prevent her life from getting ruined.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:If you are unable to prevent her suicide.]]
* LastSecondWordSwap: She is at one point about to call Victoria a bitch, but catches herself and settles for just saying that she is "not very nice" instead.
* MessOfWoe: Downplayed. Kate's room isn't much messier than any normal teenager's room when you first enter it, but Max notes that Kate is usually ''very'' neat and organized and not the type to let clothes pile up on the floor. It's yet another sign of just how badly she's affected by the video.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind and sweet young girl. Made all the more tragic when she's bullied by several people [[spoiler:to the point where she attempts suicide over a viral video being posted online.]]
* NoSocialSkills: Max talks about how Kate doesn't seem to have any friends. This can lead to the two of them forging a friendship due to their similarities.
* NotSoDifferent: Max realizes that she and Kate are very similar due to their friendless backgrounds. This can lead to the two forming a friendship.
* OutOfFocus: Yes and no. [[spoiler:Should she survive her suicide attempt, she appears only by text message in Episode 3, and Episode 4 has only one scene with her, plus a few texts. However, her effect on the world at large is hard to miss, as she comes up frequently in conversations and messages of remembrance/well-wishes can be seen all over. We lose focus on her as a character, but her presence is felt often throughout the later episodes.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In addition to her withdrawn nature noted below, Max also mentions how Kate has recently given up activities she enjoyed, like playing the violin.
* SaintlyChurch: According to Max, Kate takes her religion seriously, and is the head of the school abstinence club. However, she never preaches about it, which is one of the reasons Max likes her.
* ShrinkingViolet: The Kate we see in game is very quiet and reserved. According to Max, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness that isn't how she usually acts.]] Any questions made to her about her change in attitude are gently brushed off.
* ShipperOnDeck: If [[spoiler:she is still alive in Episode 4]], she can mention that she thinks Warren and Max would make a cute couple.
* SlutShaming: One of the reasons why everyone torments her for the video. She becomes known as the "viral slut". The notes she receives from her aunt and mother reek of this.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: If Max fails to save her from committing suicide, she will die for good.]]
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: [[spoiler: If Max talks Kate down from her suicide attempt she will visit her in the hospital in Episode 4, where Kate is shown to be much happier then before. Kate even gives the other patients her spare flowers.]]
* TrueCompanions: If Max takes the time to learn more about her and comfort her, then Kate will call Max the greatest friend she's ever had.
* VictimBlaming: Practically everyone believes she brought everything on herself. Max calls Jefferson out on it in Episode 2, and she can do it to a few others.
* WhenSheSmiles: Max notes that it's been a while since she's seen Kate happy.
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[[folder:Victoria Chase]]
!!Victoria Maribeth Chase
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[[caption-width-right:250:Looks like you're stuck in the retro zone. Sad face]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Dani Knights

One of Max's classmates and a member of the elite Vortex Club. "A total bitch," as Max puts it in her journal, but she's attractive, got great grades and has a loyal group of friends.

* AcademicAlphaBitch: A fairly straight example. She makes fun of Max in class for not being able to answer a question, but gets pissed when Max answers the question correctly (using her rewind power, but Victoria obviously doesn't know that). Even being nice to her after a water and paint spill, which Max engineered, only briefly causes her to let her guard down, and she still notes that they aren't friends when texting her gratitude.
** Episode 4 has her explain why she's this way - [[spoiler: her parents own an art gallery, so she's "seen how the game's played", and believes that you ''have'' to be that callous in order to advance in the art world]].
* AlphaBitch: This, too. She sexts with Juliet's boyfriend and then pins it on Juliet's friend Dana because Juliet wrote an article that spoke negatively of the Vortex Club. Although it isn't made exactly clear how much of this behavior is just a front to achieve whatever ulterior motive she might have.
* BlatantLies: She claims that she only posted the video of Kate because she got drunk and did it as a joke. But in Episode 2, a quite clearly sober Victoria writes the link to the video on the mirror of the girls bathroom, meaning she lied to Max's face.
* BreakTheCutie: She is seen crying at the end of Episode 2, even though she did deserves this, due to her major bullying towards Kate. [[spoiler:Also for Episode 5, if she gets kidnapped by Jefferson with Max in the dark room.]]
* ClosetGeek: Peeking around in her room in Episode 3 reveals that she secretly collects anime figurines.
* EvilCounterpart: To Chloe. Unlike her, Victoria is a [[RichBitch rich]], [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical]] {{Jerkass}} with a social circle of friends who enjoy antagonizing other lonely students for a cheap laugh.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Upon witnessing [[spoiler: Kate's suicide/ suicide attempt]], she breaks down crying to herself due to her heavy role in the tragedy.
* GirlPosse: Courtney and Taylor are this to Victoria.
* GreenEyedMonster: She is implied to have been jealous of Rachel Amber's popularity, though at least one of her fellow Vortex members contests this, claiming Victoria begrudgingly respected Rachel. There's also hints of it towards Max, as Jefferson shows Max obvious favoritism.
* HiddenDepths: Something that even Max can't deny in the long run.
** Victoria's not a great photographer, but she's skilled enough and very knowledgeable beneath the RichBitch façade she shows to everyone. In Episode 4, she reveals that her parents own a successful gallery so she's grown up viewing the art world from its seedy cutthroat underbelly. It's made her believe that only those ruthless and hyper-aggressive towards their competition have a chance at success.
** While she speaks with a certain ValleyGirl affectation normally, it's gone when she talks more candidly with Max. [[spoiler:In Episode 4, she can admit that she thinks of Max as the coolest person at Blackwell, precisely because Max doesn't feel the need to act the part as she does, and the two will bury the hatchet if Max reached out to Victoria in Episode 1 following the paint incident.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Constantly mocks Max over her selfie photography projects, yet inside the girls lockers in Episode 3 she has a few pictures of herself posing for selfies of her own which Max gloats over.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: There are quite a bit of hints that this is the real reason she acts so bitchy around Max. Max is said to be very talented, but hesitates to hand in her photos for fear that she will be rejected. Victoria for all of her fancy equipment is simply not that great and she gets rejected when she hands in her photo to the Kroft Gallery. Come episode 4, she basically admits this is the case; [[spoiler:she admires the fact that Max doesn't seem to really care what others think (In Episode 5, Max can even take a look at Victoria's journal, where she writes of Max, "I want to hate her, but she wouldn't care"), whereas Victoria is constantly feeling peer pressure. She overcompensates to come across as impressive in other people's eyes and she doesn't have a ton of confidence in her own talents.]]. She's not evil, she's just very insecure.
* {{Jailbait}}: She outright admits that she's infatuated with Mr. Jefferson and bluntly makes a move on him the minute they're alone together. He [[EveryoneHasStandards naturally reacts with great disgust and tells her no.]]
* KickTheDog:
** She bullies Kate over her humiliating 'sex video' in Episode 1. Takes a step further in Episode 2, especially to the point where in the background she can be seen eagerly [[spoiler:recording Kate's attempt to commit suicide by throwing herself off the dormitory roof]].
** Assuming you chose to make fun of Victoria in Episode 1, she'll vandalize your room in retaliation and steal your birthday cookies.
* KilledOffscreen: Her death [[spoiler:in episode 5 if you warned her]].
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:If Max tells her about being the next victim, Jefferson will kill her this way in the next episode]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: According to Taylor, Victoria and Nathan's relationship is like this.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler:Kate's suicide attempt (successful or not)]] at the end of Episode 2, she can be seen crying in her room, finally realizing the effects of her petty bullying. Episode 3 gives us some more insight, and she seems to genuinely feel remorse over what she's done and said.
* NeverMyFault: Doesn't consider Kate's suicide to be her fault ''at all''. [[spoiler:At least, publicly.]]
* PetTheDog:
** If Max [[VideogameCaringPotential chooses to comfort her]] after engineering the paint spill, Victoria will seem genuinely grateful, delete the unflattering picture she took of her earlier, and apologize for the "Go fuck your selfie" comment.
** Taylor notes that Victoria is the only other person to care about her hospitalized mother, a fact Max only learns when Taylor lets it slip.
** Victoria, depending on Max's actions towards her, can become significantly friendlier to her in Episode 4, remarking that she truly believes Max is "the coolest person at Blackwell", but her insecurities and fear of the photography world, which she sees as brutal and unforgiving, force her to push away even those she admires. [[spoiler:Being nice to Victoria means she'll believe Max about Victoria being the next Dark Room victim, and the two resolve to be better friends after the conversation. Unfortunately, as of Episode 5, she'll be in the Dark Room with Max when the game begins if she does believe you.]]
** In the [[spoiler: alternate timeline where Max is a member of the Vortex Club]], Victoria is extremely kind to her, bordering on clingy if her texts are anything to go on.
** If [[spoiler: Kate survives her suicide attempt]], Victoria will write a sweet note to her in Episode 4. Kate herself believes that Victoria is being genuine.
* RichBitch: If the cashmere sweater didn't tip you off, take a look at the incredibly expensive equipment she has in her dorm room. She has ''three'' [=DSLRs=].
* SextraCredit: Less "extra credit" (as she's doing quite well, GPA-wise) and more "pick me for the contest", but her offer to Mr. Jefferson in Episode 3 is certainly a derivative of this. His reaction is firm "no", and he chastises her for saying she could threaten him with the accusation. [[spoiler:She gets chosen anyway.]]
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:If you convince her to be wary of Nathan, she will run to Jefferson for help, who comes to this conclusion, kidnaps her and murders her during Episode 5.]]
* TheStoner: [[spoiler: Seems to be in the alternate timeline.]]
* TeachersPet: To Mr. Jefferson, whom she has a painfully obvious crush on or just wants to use to get ahead. Her advances on Mr. Jefferson are rebuffed in Episode 3.
* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of Episode 3 [[spoiler:in the Alternate Timeline. She seems to be good friends with Max in this timeline, calling her Maxine and Mad Max. She also seems to be a bit of a stoner, which might have something to do with it. Also applies to Episode 4, if Max made a genuine effort to be friendly in previous encounters. And, when she wins the contest. She dedicates the prize she wins to Kate Marsh and says she can't wait for her to return if she survives Episode 2, and to her memory if she doesn't.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Her text to Max, if Max chose to comfort her, gives off this vibe.
-->'''Victoria:''' BTW THANX BUT WERE NOT FRIENDS.
* VillainousFriendship: An curiously heart-warming one with Nathan, of all people. Victoria is pretty much the only student of Blackwell to not treat Nathan as a 'freak' due to his mental illness, and treats him kindly. [[spoiler: Though in Episode 4, she may admit to Max that Nathan's decline in his mental health has been scaring her as of late, should Victoria and Max decide to burying the hatchet and treat each other as real friends.]]
* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: [[spoiler: If Max chooses to warn Victoria about the Dark Room in Episode 4, whether or not she believes her depends on how much hostility Max has shown her over the course of the game. That being said, failing to warn her turns out to be the better option.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nathan Prescott]]
!!Nathan Prescott
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[[caption-width-right:250:Do not psychoanalyze me!]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Nik Shriner

An honor student and rich kid whose family wields incredible influence within Arcadia Bay, including Blackwell Academy. Though popular with the cliques of Blackwell Academy and possessing a talent for photography, he is incredibly unstable and displays numerous symptoms of mental illness including anxiety, agitation and a HairTriggerTemper.

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!!Maxine "Max" Caulfield

* {{Adorkable}}: Not like Max, but her [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame puns]] she makes with her does cause her this sometimes.

* BadassAdorable: More like TookALevelInBadass or if not {{Badass}} like Max, but she is absolutely good-looking.

* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: [[spoiler: He's really a sadistic serial killer who's ben abducting young women and killing them.]]

!!Victoria Chase

!!Rachel Amber

[[folder:Kate Marsh]]
!!Kate Marsh
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[[caption-width-right:250:I'm kinda over humanity today.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Dayeanne Hutton

One of Max's classmates -- a quiet religious girl that has few friends, Max being one of them.
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* AbusiveParents: Though her father and sisters are highly supportive when the humiliating video of her is made public, her mother and aunt are not, which doesn't help Kate's self-esteem. [[spoiler:Depending on whether or not Max saves Kate, her mother does a 180 on this. If Kate lives, she becomes extremely supportive and believes that protecting Kate is "her only duty" now. If Kate dies, her mother is devastated and laments ever judging Kate for what she did.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler: If you visit her at the hospital after saving her life, Kate is overjoyed when Max talks to her and calls her an angel.]] She even texts Max that it's fun to be a rebel when helping her provide information against Nathan.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, whenever Max rewrites time to get Jefferson arrested before Tuesday, Kate never attempts suicide and thus survives even if she jumped back in Episode 2. The "Sacrifice Chloe" ending brings Kate back for good.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even sweet-natured Kate has her limits with how others treat her. At the beginning of Episode 2, she tells [[AlphaBitch Victoria]] that "someday, she'll be sorry" for her ruthless bullying, foreshadowing [[spoiler: Kate's suicide attempt later in the episode, which will cause Victoria to break down in tears by the finale over the stress of the incident, in an almost identical match of how Kate herself was in the Episode 1 finale]]. Provided that she [[spoiler: survives her suicide attempt]], Kate also makes an exception of not showing forgiveness towards Nathan, and expresses her desire to see him pay for his crimes, even going as far as to text Max his room number so she can break in, steal from him, and expose him as the scum that he is to the world.
* BreakTheCutie: Kate has it almost as bad as Chloe. She's constantly bullied by Victoria and Taylor, has a drunken video of herself posted online which goes viral, the teachers won't help her and[[spoiler: she's drugged by Nathan and subjected to Mr Jefferson's sick, twisted photoshoots.]] All this leads to her [[spoiler: attempting suicide]].
* ButtMonkey: She has it rough, that's for sure. She's constantly made fun of, apparently for her religious views.[[labelnote:†]] Fun Fact: Oregon, where this story takes place, is traditionally the ''least''-religious state in the USA.[[/labelnote]] In the first episode alone, she gets horrible notes thrown at her in class and is harassed by the head of security. [[spoiler:In the second episode, it's revealed that the reason she's been so bullied is because a viral video of her kissing people while under the influence has been spread around, which eventually drives her to attempt suicide. And that's without diving into what Episode 4 implies have happened to her at the hands of Jefferson.]]
* TheCutie: She's one of the sweetest, kindest, and most innocent characters of the game.
* CrisisOfFaith: It is rather subtle, to the point that those who aren't thorough in searching her room will miss it, but it is evident that the ordeal she has been and is still going through has left her struggling with her beliefs. There are notes in her room from [[spoiler:her mother and aunt]] expressing their displeasure with her, calling her a Jezebel, insisting they will pray her demons away, and demanding she pray for forgiveness. [[spoiler:Telling Kate her mother would miss her during Episode 2's climax pretty much guarantees Kate will jump.]] She's also marked her Bible with post-it notes containing two verses. One, Proverbs 21:15[[note]] "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers"[[/note]], has been crossed out. Invoking that one during her [[spoiler:suicide attempt]] goes badly. The other is Matthew 11:28[[note]] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…"[[/note]], which she takes better.
* DaddysGirl: Her relationship with her father is shown much better than the one with her mother. [[spoiler:Telling her that her father will miss her will make talking Kate down from the ledge during her suicide attempt a little easier.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears just as much black as [[{{Goth}} Alyssa]], but she's one of the kindest characters you can befriend.
* DateRape: It is heavily implied that Nathan [[spoiler:and[=/=]or Jefferson]] did this to her. You even have the option to accuse Nathan on a police report after [[spoiler: Kate's suicide attempt]]. Unused dialog has Nathan [[spoiler: vehemently deny hurting Kate in any way]].
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: For most of episode 1, she spends time moping by herself. This gets progressively worse in episode 2 if Max doesn't interact with her more. However, she can overcome this if Max saves her life.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Max has to bend reality backwards in order to have a chance pull her out of it.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: In Episode 2, [[spoiler:she finally snaps from all the abuse and tries to kill herself by jumping off the roof of the girls dorm. Whether she ''succeeds'' or not depends on you.]]
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Plays the violin, but ceases playing it when her life is upended by the viral video.
* FireForgedFriends: It does take a little time and effort for Max to gain Kate's friendship, as she's suffering from severe depression. [[spoiler: However, taking the time to interact with her pays off if you want to prevent her suicide.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Max informs that Kate doesn't seem to have any friends. Of course, she can build a friendship over her due to their similarities.
* GenreBlind: She actually asks Max how to take down a viral video and if she should go to the police for being drugged and possibly raped at a party.
* GiveMeASign: [[spoiler: If Max prevents her suicide]], she will call her an angel sent to help her overcome her inner demons.
* GoodParents: Kate's father is this. In her room can be found a postcard from him, telling Kate that he loves her unconditionally. [[spoiler: If you tell Kate that her father would miss her, Kate says outright that he is the only member of her family who believes in her]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's one of the most sweet and genuine people in the game. Despite her family relentlessly victim blaming her, she forgives them and says that she knows they didn't do anything. [[spoiler: (Which they did; they were a part of what influenced her suicide attempt.) She even gave most of the flowers that she received to other patients in the hospital.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: If Max successfully prevent her suicide, she decides that she can't go through with it.]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Almost as much as Max. She's a very kind, religious girl who dislikes swearing and treats others with nothing but respect.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Just check the profile image for her.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube: A video of Kate making out (and possibly more) with most of the Vortex Club at a party made its way onto Youtube and the URL was distributed among the student body. A few people have taken it upon themselves to make Kate's life a living hell over it, leading to her depressed state at the beginning of the game.
* InterruptedSuicide: In Episode 2, [[spoiler: Kate attempts to end her life. Max presses her time powers to their full extent to get up to the roof and try in an attempt at TalkingDownTheSuicidal. Whether or not you can save her depends on choices you made previously, as well as saying just the right words.]]
* {{Irony}}: She tells Max how she wishes she could turn back time to prevent her life from getting ruined.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:If you are unable to prevent her suicide.]]
* LastSecondWordSwap: She is at one point about to call Victoria a bitch, but catches herself and settles for just saying that she is "not very nice" instead.
* MessOfWoe: Downplayed. Kate's room isn't much messier than any normal teenager's room when you first enter it, but Max notes that Kate is usually ''very'' neat and organized and not the type to let clothes pile up on the floor. It's yet another sign of just how badly she's affected by the video.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind and sweet young girl. Made all the more tragic when she's bullied by several people [[spoiler:to the point where she attempts suicide over a viral video being posted online.]]
* NoSocialSkills: Max talks about how Kate doesn't seem to have any friends. This can lead to the two of them forging a friendship due to their similarities.
* NotSoDifferent: Max realizes that she and Kate are very similar due to their friendless backgrounds. This can lead to the two forming a friendship.
* OutOfFocus: Yes and no. [[spoiler:Should she survive her suicide attempt, she appears only by text message in Episode 3, and Episode 4 has only one scene with her, plus a few texts. However, her effect on the world at large is hard to miss, as she comes up frequently in conversations and messages of remembrance/well-wishes can be seen all over. We lose focus on her as a character, but her presence is felt often throughout the later episodes.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In addition to her withdrawn nature noted below, Max also mentions how Kate has recently given up activities she enjoyed, like playing the violin.
* SaintlyChurch: According to Max, Kate takes her religion seriously, and is the head of the school abstinence club. However, she never preaches about it, which is one of the reasons Max likes her.
* ShrinkingViolet: The Kate we see in game is very quiet and reserved. According to Max, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness that isn't how she usually acts.]] Any questions made to her about her change in attitude are gently brushed off.
* ShipperOnDeck: If [[spoiler:she is still alive in Episode 4]], she can mention that she thinks Warren and Max would make a cute couple.
* SlutShaming: One of the reasons why everyone torments her for the video. She becomes known as the "viral slut". The notes she receives from her aunt and mother reek of this.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: If Max fails to save her from committing suicide, she will die for good.]]
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: [[spoiler: If Max talks Kate down from her suicide attempt she will visit her in the hospital in Episode 4, where Kate is shown to be much happier then before. Kate even gives the other patients her spare flowers.]]
* TrueCompanions: If Max takes the time to learn more about her and comfort her, then Kate will call Max the greatest friend she's ever had.
* VictimBlaming: Practically everyone believes she brought everything on herself. Max calls Jefferson out on it in Episode 2, and she can do it to a few others.
* WhenSheSmiles: Max notes that it's been a while since she's seen Kate happy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Victoria Chase]]
!!Victoria Chase
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[[caption-width-right:250:Looks like you're stuck in the retro zone. Sad face]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Dani Knights

One of Max's classmates and a member of the elite Vortex Club. "A total bitch," as Max puts it in her journal, but she's attractive, got great grades and has a loyal group of friends.

* AcademicAlphaBitch: A fairly straight example. She makes fun of Max in class for not being able to answer a question, but gets pissed when Max answers the question correctly (using her rewind power, but Victoria obviously doesn't know that). Even being nice to her after a water and paint spill, which Max engineered, only briefly causes her to let her guard down, and she still notes that they aren't friends when texting her gratitude.
** Episode 4 has her explain why she's this way - [[spoiler: her parents own an art gallery, so she's "seen how the game's played", and believes that you ''have'' to be that callous in order to advance in the art world]].
* AlphaBitch: This, too. She sexts with Juliet's boyfriend and then pins it on Juliet's friend Dana because Juliet wrote an article that spoke negatively of the Vortex Club. Although it isn't made exactly clear how much of this behavior is just a front to achieve whatever ulterior motive she might have.
* BlatantLies: She claims that she only posted the video of Kate because she got drunk and did it as a joke. But in Episode 2, a quite clearly sober Victoria writes the link to the video on the mirror of the girls bathroom, meaning she lied to Max's face.
* BreakTheCutie: She is seen crying at the end of Episode 2, even though she did deserves this, due to her major bullying towards Kate. [[spoiler:Also for Episode 5, if she gets kidnapped by Jefferson with Max in the dark room.]]
* ClosetGeek: Peeking around in her room in Episode 3 reveals that she secretly collects anime figurines.
* EvilCounterpart: To Chloe. Unlike her, Victoria is a [[RichBitch rich]], [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistical]] {{Jerkass}} with a social circle of friends who enjoy antagonizing other lonely students for a cheap laugh.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Upon witnessing [[spoiler: Kate's suicide/ suicide attempt]], she breaks down crying to herself due to her heavy role in the tragedy.
* GirlPosse: Courtney and Taylor are this to Victoria.
* GreenEyedMonster: She is implied to have been jealous of Rachel Amber's popularity, though at least one of her fellow Vortex members contests this, claiming Victoria begrudgingly respected Rachel. There's also hints of it towards Max, as Jefferson shows Max obvious favoritism.
* HiddenDepths: Something that even Max can't deny in the long run.
** Victoria's not a great photographer, but she's skilled enough and very knowledgeable beneath the RichBitch façade she shows to everyone. In Episode 4, she reveals that her parents own a successful gallery so she's grown up viewing the art world from its seedy cutthroat underbelly. It's made her believe that only those ruthless and hyper-aggressive towards their competition have a chance at success.
** While she speaks with a certain ValleyGirl affectation normally, it's gone when she talks more candidly with Max. [[spoiler:In Episode 4, she can admit that she thinks of Max as the coolest person at Blackwell, precisely because Max doesn't feel the need to act the part as she does, and the two will bury the hatchet if Max reached out to Victoria in Episode 1 following the paint incident.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Constantly mocks Max over her selfie photography projects, yet inside the girls lockers in Episode 3 she has a few pictures of herself posing for selfies of her own which Max gloats over.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: There are quite a bit of hints that this is the real reason she acts so bitchy around Max. Max is said to be very talented, but hesitates to hand in her photos for fear that she will be rejected. Victoria for all of her fancy equipment is simply not that great and she gets rejected when she hands in her photo to the Kroft Gallery. Come episode 4, she basically admits this is the case; [[spoiler:she admires the fact that Max doesn't seem to really care what others think (In Episode 5, Max can even take a look at Victoria's journal, where she writes of Max, "I want to hate her, but she wouldn't care"), whereas Victoria is constantly feeling peer pressure. She overcompensates to come across as impressive in other people's eyes and she doesn't have a ton of confidence in her own talents.]]. She's not evil, she's just very insecure.
* {{Jailbait}}: She outright admits that she's infatuated with Mr. Jefferson and bluntly makes a move on him the minute they're alone together. He [[EveryoneHasStandards naturally reacts with great disgust and tells her no.]]
* KickTheDog:
** She bullies Kate over her humiliating 'sex video' in Episode 1. Takes a step further in Episode 2, especially to the point where in the background she can be seen eagerly [[spoiler:recording Kate's attempt to commit suicide by throwing herself off the dormitory roof]].
** Assuming you chose to make fun of Victoria in Episode 1, she'll vandalize your room in retaliation and steal your birthday cookies.
* KilledOffscreen: Her death [[spoiler:in episode 5 if you warned her]].
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:If Max tells her about being the next victim, Jefferson will kill her this way in the next episode]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: According to Taylor, Victoria and Nathan's relationship is like this.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler:Kate's suicide attempt (successful or not)]] at the end of Episode 2, she can be seen crying in her room, finally realizing the effects of her petty bullying. Episode 3 gives us some more insight, and she seems to genuinely feel remorse over what she's done and said.
* NeverMyFault: Doesn't consider Kate's suicide to be her fault ''at all''. [[spoiler:At least, publicly.]]
* PetTheDog:
** If Max [[VideogameCaringPotential chooses to comfort her]] after engineering the paint spill, Victoria will seem genuinely grateful, delete the unflattering picture she took of her earlier, and apologize for the "Go fuck your selfie" comment.
** Taylor notes that Victoria is the only other person to care about her hospitalized mother, a fact Max only learns when Taylor lets it slip.
** Victoria, depending on Max's actions towards her, can become significantly friendlier to her in Episode 4, remarking that she truly believes Max is "the coolest person at Blackwell", but her insecurities and fear of the photography world, which she sees as brutal and unforgiving, force her to push away even those she admires. [[spoiler:Being nice to Victoria means she'll believe Max about Victoria being the next Dark Room victim, and the two resolve to be better friends after the conversation. Unfortunately, as of Episode 5, she'll be in the Dark Room with Max when the game begins if she does believe you.]]
** In the [[spoiler: alternate timeline where Max is a member of the Vortex Club]], Victoria is extremely kind to her, bordering on clingy if her texts are anything to go on.
** If [[spoiler: Kate survives her suicide attempt]], Victoria will write a sweet note to her in Episode 4. Kate herself believes that Victoria is being genuine.
* RichBitch: If the cashmere sweater didn't tip you off, take a look at the incredibly expensive equipment she has in her dorm room. She has ''three'' [=DSLRs=].
* SextraCredit: Less "extra credit" (as she's doing quite well, GPA-wise) and more "pick me for the contest", but her offer to Mr. Jefferson in Episode 3 is certainly a derivative of this. His reaction is firm "no", and he chastises her for saying she could threaten him with the accusation. [[spoiler:She gets chosen anyway.]]
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:If you convince her to be wary of Nathan, she will run to Jefferson for help, who comes to this conclusion, kidnaps her and murders her during Episode 5.]]
* TheStoner: [[spoiler: Seems to be in the alternate timeline.]]
* TeachersPet: To Mr. Jefferson, whom she has a painfully obvious crush on or just wants to use to get ahead. Her advances on Mr. Jefferson are rebuffed in Episode 3.
* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of Episode 3 [[spoiler:in the Alternate Timeline. She seems to be good friends with Max in this timeline, calling her Maxine and Mad Max. She also seems to be a bit of a stoner, which might have something to do with it. Also applies to Episode 4, if Max made a genuine effort to be friendly in previous encounters. And, when she wins the contest. She dedicates the prize she wins to Kate Marsh and says she can't wait for her to return if she survives Episode 2, and to her memory if she doesn't.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Her text to Max, if Max chose to comfort her, gives off this vibe.
-->'''Victoria:''' BTW THANX BUT WERE NOT FRIENDS.
* VillainousFriendship: An curiously heart-warming one with Nathan, of all people. Victoria is pretty much the only student of Blackwell to not treat Nathan as a 'freak' due to his mental illness, and treats him kindly. [[spoiler: Though in Episode 4, she may admit to Max that Nathan's decline in his mental health has been scaring her as of late, should Victoria and Max decide to burying the hatchet and treat each other as real friends.]]
* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: [[spoiler: If Max chooses to warn Victoria about the Dark Room in Episode 4, whether or not she believes her depends on how much hostility Max has shown her over the course of the game. That being said, failing to warn her turns out to be the better option.]]

[[folder:Nathan Prescott]]
!!Nathan Prescott
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[[caption-width-right:250:Do not psychoanalyze me!]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Nik Shriner

An honor student and rich kid whose family wields incredible influence within Arcadia Bay, including Blackwell Academy. Though popular with the cliques of Blackwell Academy and possessing a talent for photography, he is incredibly unstable and displays numerous symptoms of mental illness including anxiety, agitation and a HairTriggerTemper.