History Characters / LifeIsStrangeMainCharacters

* ShadowArchetype: When you get right down to it, Frank is basically what Chloe risks becoming if she continues her self-destructive behavior without Max to anchor her; a bitter, misanthropic criminal addicted to drugs who shuns most human contact except where money is concerned. [[spoiler: This is probably one reason why they both get involved with Rachel Amber.]]

* GradeSkipper: He's sixteen, but he's smart enough to attend the senior-exclusive Blackwell Academy alongside seventeen- and eighteen- year olds. If his brief mentions in ''Before the Storm'' are any indication, he's been attending since he was ''thirteen''.

* {{Expy}}: He bears a slight resemblance to [[Film/TopGun Mike "Viper" Metcalf]].

* HeelRealization: In episode 5, he realizes what a JerkAss he was all along and makes amends with Max.
** Prior to this, him slapping Chloe if she lies about the marijuana is what convinces him that he needs to seek therapy for his issues.

* {{Hypocrite}}: If Max takes the blame for Chloe's weed, David will later on tell Max that he won't bust her for it, as even he's not that much of an asshole. However, depending on who Max blames for [[spoiler: Kate's (attempted) suicide]] in Principal Wells' office, he will proceed to do exactly that, potentially getting her suspended in the process.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He actually thinks that ''Kate'' is the BigBad.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Frank may have threatened Chloe and Max for owing him money, but he is a complete angel compared to [[spoiler: his friend Damon. At the very least, Frank let Chloe owe him up to three grand before forcibly demanding payment from her, while Damon has beaten a teenager to a bloody pulp and ruined his potential career for owing him '''three times''' less.]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: [[spoiler: Frank, who is suffering from a stab wound, versus Damon, who is healthy, muscular and armed with a knife. Frank kills Damon offscreen without suffering any major injury.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: He has not taken Rachel vanishing well.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even a drug dealer like him is thoroughly disgusted with the abduction of weak girls.

* FaceHeelTurn: Was once a bright student at Blackwell, but was expelled; and eventually turned to dealing for survival. However, Heel may be a stretch, as Frank is still a NobleDemon with a lot of standards who would gladly [[spoiler: kill his more violent colleague to protect the innocent.]] He is surprisingly lenient toward Chloe given her history of never paying her loans back and being prying on his business.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Inverted. He's antagonistic, but he owns a dog that he is devoted to, and it's better not to mess with him...

** Judging by letters and photographs, he was extremely sweet and romantic to Rachel.

* SecretRelationship: With Rachel Amber. Not even Chloe knew they were romantically involved. As harsh as he seems to Max and Chloe, it's shown that he truly cares about Rachel and is distraught over her disappearance.

* TattooedCrook: One of his defining features.

* TookALevelInJerkass: ''Before the Storm'' reveals that Frank used to be much friendlier. In fact, he personally hires Chloe to resolve an issue peacefully [[spoiler: before his violent associate can step in]]. [[spoiler: The loss of Rachel must have done a number on him]].
** At the end of ''Before the Storm'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:he had to murder his best friend to save Chloe's life. That might be why he's a lot more hostile in the first game, he became aggressive and untrusting as a means of coping with the grief and remorse.]]

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. It initially seems Warren's attraction to Max is one-sided, due to Max's early journal entries stating that she views him as a good friend and a geeky kid brother. However, the trope is subverted by some of Max's internal monologues and it can be [[RelationshipUpgrade outright]] ''[[DefiedTrope defied]]'' if the player chooses to romance him. Just before the climax of episode 5, Max can [[spoiler: give him a kiss for luck before going back in time again]], but she still seems more concerned about about Chloe afterwards.

* BadassBookworm: Mostly Warren comes across as a nerdy intellectual, but when he gets a reason to fight ''by god'' does he know how to fight. He survives a punch-out with AxCrazy Nathan Prescott in Episode 1, and when put in a similar situation in Episode 4 he headbutts Nathan to the ground, kicks a gun from his hand and ''goes ape'' for as long as Max is willing to allow.

* GeniusBruiser: He's very well-versed in science and pop culture, but can also throw a mean right hook as his fights with Nathan show.

* WrongGenreSavvy: All his none-too-subtle attempts to woo Max seem like something a romantic comedy protagonist would do. Unfortunately for him, he's in an UrbanFantasy mystery series.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. It initially seems Warren's attraction to Max is one-sided, due to Max's early journal entries stating that she views Warren as a good friend and a geeky kid brother. However, the trope is subverted by some of Max's internal monologues and it can be [[RelationshipUpgrade outright]] ''[[DefiedTrope defied]]'' if the player chooses to romance him. Just before the climax of episode 5, Max can [[spoiler: give him a kiss for luck before going back in time again]], but she still seems more concerned about about Chloe afterwards.

* ShipperOnDeck: For Max/Chloe, despite his own crush on Max. Warren is supportive if Max kisses Chloe upon being told by Chloe, and comments if Max also refused his invitation to the drive-in that after meeting Chloe he understands why she refused, even [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy encouraging Max to get together with her.]]

* AgentMulder: Despite his vast scientific knowledge, Warren is surprisingly open-minded about the possibility of supernatural powers and phenomena.
** When Max first confides in him about the strange occurrences at Blackwell and says it may be connected to Kate's attempted suicide and Rachel Amber's disappearance, Warren says he isn't much for conspiracy theories, but still thinks she might be onto something.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a massive crush on Max, which Max initially seems somewhat oblivious of. She is seen to react awkwardly whenever others bring up the subject of his attentions towards her, and she often second-guesses whether her actions will lead him on in any way. In turn, Brooke has a massive crush on ''him'', which he doesn't reciprocate. In Episode 5, [[spoiler:Max can give him a kiss before she uses his photo to save Chloe yet she seems more concerned about her feelings about Chloe afterwards.]]

* AgainstMyReligion: The fact that she is the head of the school's Abstinence Club and against pre-marital sex is one of the reasons why people bully her.

* PetTheDog: She gives free meals to the homeless lady that lives behind the Two Whales diner.

* GrayscaleOfEvil: He has an omnipresent grayscale motif; aside from wearing a black jacket over a white shirt with dark trousers, the Dark Room studio is practically a void of white and gray dotted with black furniture. What we see of his legitimate artwork is also monochromatic, dour, and depressive. His obsession with grayscale applies to his crimes as well; he's obsessed with degrading pure, innocent girls into broken, corrupted women. "That shift from black to white to gray...and beyond." Jefferson's limited color palette contrasts starkly with the vividness of Arcadia Bay's environment and the colorful characters within it, which symbolizes how joyless and warped his worldview is.

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* BeingEvilSucks: Considering he runs the Vortex Club and Blackwell with an iron fist and abuses everyone to his heart's content, it's little wonder that everyone hates him, and even his Vortex cronies only tolerate him because his daddy is funding the club. [[spoiler: Choosing to work for Jefferson and killing Rachel only made it worse for him, since his worsened mental health and paranoia cause him to alienate everyone he could consider a friend.]]

* IcyBlueEyes: Especially noticable he's doing one of his usual {{DeathGlare}}s, and they certainly enhance his creepy image.

* KnightOfCerebus: Though the world of LiS has its fair share of jerks and villains, Jefferson is so thoroughly evil and sociopathic that even dangerous criminals like Nathan and Frank look small potato in comparison. He's also one of the few characters who has absolutely ''no'' positive or redeeming qualities whatsoever.

* HotTeacher: Is considered this by many female students (even [[AmbiguouslyGay Chloe]]).

* HotTeacher: Is considered this by many female students.

* AccidentalHero: If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed to the storm, in the sequel, Victoria bitterly notes in a letter to David how he effectively saved her life by throwing her in his underground Dark Room, which served as a makeshift storm shelter and allowed her to ride out the hurricane in safety.

* AccidentalHero: If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed to the storm, in the sequel, Victoria bitterly notes in a letter to David how he effectively saved her life by throwing her in his underground Dark Room.

** After slapping Chloe, he immediately regrets his action.

* EntitledBastard: ''Before the Storm'' makes it more than clear that part of the reason he and Chloe never got along is because he acted like he had a right to her respect while doing ''nothing'' to earn it, with his sexist comments and outright saying the time since William's death has been [[WhatAnIdiot 'a vacation from a father figure']].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He seems to have been inspired by Mark Linkous of {{Music/Sparklehorse}}. Aside from sharing the first name and having similar appearance, the band's song "Piano Fire" from "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life_(album) It's A Wonderful Life]]" album is also included in the game's soundtrack, ''and'' one of the songs from the aforementioned album is literally named "Maxine".