History Characters / Lisa

* MightyGlacier: Brad has high HP and attack power, alongside a wide variety of offensive moves. This makes him useful throughout the entire game. His main weaknesses however are unimpressive speed, a lack of support skills (like buffs and HP recovery)and Joy addiction (Which weakers him while suffering from withdrawal). Also, losing his limbs will permanently and noticably hinder his performance, [[HandicappedBadass though he'll still remain quite powerful even without them.]]

* MightyGlacier: Brad has high HP and attack power, alongside a wide variety of offensive moves. This makes him useful throughout the entire game. His main weaknesses however are unimpressive speed, a lack of support skills (like buffs and HP recovery)and Joy addiction (Which weakers him while suffering from withdrawal). Also, losing his limbs will permanently and noticably hinder his performance, [[HandicappedBadass though he's still remains quite powerful, even without them.]]

* LightningBruiser: Brad has high stats all-around, a wide variety of Skills, and some of the best damage-output potential in the game. Basically his only weaknesses are a lack of support skills (like debuffs and HP recovery), Joy addiction (Which weakers him while suffering from withdrawal) and that losing his limbs will permanently and noticably hinder his performance. [[HandicappedBadass With that said though, even without them he can still pack quite a punch.]]

* LightningBruiser: Brad has high stats all-around, a wide variety of Skills, and some of the best damage-output potential in the game. Basically his only weaknesses are a lack of support skills (like debuffs and HP recovery), and that losing his limbs will noticably hinder his performance. [[HandicappedBadass With that said though, even without them he can still pack quite a punch.]]

* [[spoiler:AllLovingHero: Despite his intimidating appearance, Rando is at nature a kind-hearted and soft-spoken person. In ''The Joyful'', not only is his class "Peacebringer", he's constantly trying to convince Buddy to drop her quest to murder all the warlords to no avail.]]

* [[spoiler:DarkIsNotEvil: Don't let his outfit or scarred body fool you, he's the nicest character in the series.]]

* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: Inspecting his body after beating him states that "he's done" instead of dead; the same thing happened to Rick, who lived to confront Brad later. Sure enough, he turns up alive in ''Joyful'', helping Buddy along the way.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]], as a post-apocalyptic warlord seeking to save the world through an army. [[spoiler:However, as a character he's more like Kenshiro, with his compassionate and heroic nature.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist: Rando is ultimately the most heroic character in the game, only wishing to do what he thinks is best for everyone (including Buddy). Unfortunately, this puts him at odds with Brad.]]

* [[spoiler:TokenGoodTeammate: Of his titular army.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ottman#The_Shockmaster_incident_.281993.29 The Shockmaster]], who is infamous for falling on his face rather spectacularly in his debut at Wrestling/{{WCW}}.

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* WomanInWhite: Lisa is always seen in a white dress, and is the driving force behind the entire series.

* AllLovingHero: Despite his intimidating appearance, Rando is at nature a kind-hearted and soft-spoken person. [[spoiler:In ''The Joyful'', not only is his class "Peacebringer", he's constantly trying to convince Buddy to drop her quest to murder all the warlords to no avail.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Don't let his outfit or [[spoiler: scarred body]] fool you, he's the nicest character in this game.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Inspecting his body after beating him states that "he's done" instead of dead; the same thing happened to Rick, who lived to confront Brad later. Sure enough, he turns up alive in ''Joyful'', helping Buddy along the way.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: He was an orphan in his teenage years and was not very good at fighting. In present day, he has his own army, is the most powerful enemy in the game, and other warlords in ''The Joyful'' respected him so much, his name was left out of ''the list'' so he would go unopposed.]]

* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Rando is ultimately the most heroic character in the game, only wishing to do what he thinks is best for everyone (including Buddy). Unfortunately, this puts him at odds with Brad]].

* NobleDemon: [[spoiler: Rando may be a warlord of a raider army, but he himself is a good person.]]

* RedemptionDemotion: [[spoiler: He isn't really a bad guy himself, but this trope is in play when he becomes a party member in ''Joyful'', as while he's strong, he's not on the same level as he was as being the previous final boss. However, it's justified, as this comes right after a brutal defeat at Brad's hands]].

* TokenGoodTeamMate: [[spoiler:Of his titular army.]]

* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler:If Buddy chooses to hold onto the barbed wire holding up his body, he'll tell her that he ordered the men in pink to kidnap her. His claim might not be entirely true, since he also berated the men for locking her up rather than treating her as an equal, which means he might have lied to convince her to let go and not fall with him. This is also somewhat Deconstructed when he sees that his gambit made her even more jaded.]]

!!The Trumpet Man/[[spoiler:Dr. Yado]]

-> [[spoiler: ''"I am Yado. I'm a man of science. A man of... Higher power. And this is MY world. You are just a pawn. An insect engineered by ME. I birthed you, I'm your father! And you must obey me!"'']]

A mysterious man in a brightly colored polka-dot shawl who can be found at several points in the game, playing a trumpet in inaccessible locations. [[spoiler:He's actually Dr. Yado, the scientist responsible for Joy and the Great White Flash as well as the biological father of Buddy.]]

* TheBeastmaster: He can control the mutants through his trumpet. [[spoiler:In the "Free" ending of Joyful, Buddy takes his trumpet for herself.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of The Joyful...]]
* BigDamnVillains: [[spoiler: Indirectly saves Buddy from a NearRapeExperience in ''The Joyful'' if she chooses to not let go of Rando.]]
* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler:Once you know his personality, backstory, and the true purpose of his trumpet playing, his appearances in ''The Painful'' suddenly aren't that funny.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: He can be found in certain spots of ''The Painful RPG'' playing the trumpet. [[spoiler: That trumpet is used to control mutants and joy addicts, and he becomes a more prominent villain in ''the Joyful''.]]

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of The Joyful. Buddy starts hallucinating other "foes" as the fight drags on, but the beginning and end of the fight make it clear that she is fighting Yado all throughout.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:His research caused all the horrors that we see in Olathe, and his notes in the Joy laboratory hint that he fully intended all of it.]]
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:He plans to rule over Olathe by populating it with mutants and using Buddy to instigate a war so that his potential enemies kill off one another.]]
* IconicOutfit: What really gives away his true identity - [[spoiler:a piece of incidental text says that Dr. Yado is a huge fan of polka dots.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Much like Buzzo. Unlike Buzzo, Brad suffers under the consequences of Yado's actions without even realizing he exists. At least, until the Joyful, where he's killed by Buzzo and Buddy.]]
* KickTheDog: One of the three epilogues revealed that [[spoiler: he murdered a woman prior to executing his plans, which may had happened after the flash, judging by how fresh her corpse seemed when Brad finds her[[labelnote:*]]Her body can be found in the secret lab on ''pain mode''[[/labelnote]] ]]

* MadScientist: [[spoiler:He's the creator of Joy and the man responsible for the mutants.]]
* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:He has no physical prowess whatsoever, and the only force he can use is through Joy Mutants via his trumpet.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:He wants to end humanity by turning as many as possible into Joy Mutants while sparking a war via his daughter. When the dust clears, everyone who hasn't mutated and been put under his trumpet's control will be dead.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Throughout most of both ''The Painful'' and ''The Joyful'', his plan goes through without a hitch. The end result, especially if Buddy doesn't take the vaccine, is near identical to his vision. He didn't foresee the possibility that he could be killed, though, which makes his efforts completely pointless.]]

* RecurringExtra: Can be seen in a few obscure, unreachable locations in ''The Painful''. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''The Joyful'', where he only shows up at the end and is revealed to be very important.]]
* RightHandAttackDog: [[spoiler:Sweetheart. Technically all of the Joy Mutants count, but Sweetheart is his go-to mutant when he really wants someone dead.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Who would guess that a character that looked like just a comic relief NPC would be [[spoiler: the GreaterScopeVillain of The Painful and the BigBad of The Joyful?]]
* VagueAge: [[spoiler: Dr. Yado, even when Young Brad finds him, looks considerably past his prime, yet Buddy is explicitly approaching puberty by the time The Painful RPG starts, so it is left unexplained how old Yado actually is.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When confronted at the end of the game, he is baffled and terrified that Buddy has gotten past Sweetheart, and now has nothing left to throw between each other. The first phase of his boss fight is him being too scared to fight back.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: His larger role in The Joyful is the reason why almost everything in this list is whited out.

* MightyGlacier: His speed is among the worst, but his offense and defense are impressive.

* UngratefulBastard: Sparing him has him tell you that you should have let him die. Justified in that not only is he a fairly week character, he's also permanently depressed.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: A number of his attacks have him throwing or hitting people with deer.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: He survives the destruction of the Salvation Rangers.]]

* BloodKnight: He seems a bit too enthusiastic about dealing pain [[KickTheSonOfABitch to those that deserve it.]]

** NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:...which is somewhat surprising since he has no combat skill outside of commanding his Joy Mutants.]]

* RecurringExtra

* SelfDeprecation: The game's creator is an accomplished Wushu practitioner himself... And the art's representative party member is an OverratedAndUnderleveled raw damage dealer crippled with joy addiction.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:About his sole redeeming quality is that he utterly ''despises'' rapists, as evidenced by him siccing Sweetheart on Bolo when he attempts to do so to Buddy. To be fare, he ''is'' [[PapaWolf her father]], so that would've also been reason for doing so.]]

* AddledAddict: Sadly suffers badly from Joy Withdrawal, rendering him completely useless whenever he suffers withdrawal, or doesn't take any Joy.

* AssholeVictim: Gets beaten up brutally by Brad and then blasted into bits, but after what he did to Lisa he had it coming

* GreaterScopeVillain: Sure, he’s not as directly involved in the main conflict as [[spoiler: Dr. Yado]], but his physical, emotional, and sexual abuse towards his children had severe repercussions later on, especially after the flash. Him being the root cause of Lisa's suicide was the main straw that broke the camel's back, as it was a major reason for Brad's alcoholism and Joy Addiction, and [[spoiler: severely screwed up Buzzo, who would torture Brad any way he could and became an Addict as well]]. He’s pretty much responsible for 50% of the game's conflict.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sticky and Rick end up joining the Rando Army and oppose Brad. Sticky in particular is heavily implied to have raped Buddy.]]

* RapeAsDrama: Played with. [[spoiler: In ''The Painful RPG'', the player is led to believe that Sticky raped Buddy, though she, and Sticky deny it and Brad is a bit of an Unreliable Narrator. In ''The Joyful'', Buddy ultimately reveals that Sticky never touched her.]]

** The concept of the psychotic and cannibalistic portrayal of Ronald McDonald may also be a {{Shout Out}} to the famous short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_KtEC1rkk "Happy Meal"]].

* LaughingMad: Frequently has psychotic fits of laughter, the [[HellIsThatNoise sound of which]] being a modified version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dZw1iBWL0 Goose's laugh]] from Film/TopGun. [[spoiler:His laughter is apparently scary enough to cause [[DamageReduction Depression]] within ''the entire party'', as well as occasionally Scaring them stiff, giving Wally an {{ExtraTurn}} in the fight.]]

A person wearing the costume of the titular mascot of the fast-food restaurant Wally's, who is worshipped by the village surrounding the building due to granting food to the villagers.

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: For unexplained reasons, Wally's skin is somehow either rotting from inside his costume, or has been ''fused to the costume itself''. This is especially jarring since this does ''not'' stem from Joy usage, as he doesn't drop any after being defeated.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Considering the state of the restaurant, Wallyburgers are seemingly made from corpses or, even worse, ''[[{{Squick}} his own mutated flesh]]''.]]

* LaughingMad: Frequently has psychotic fits of laughter, the [[HellIsThatNoise sound of which]] being a modified version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dZw1iBWL0 Goose's laugh]] from Film/TopGun.

* TomTheDarkLord: [[spoiler:His real name is simply Mike. It's on his truck.]]

* TattooedCrook: He and his gang are covered in similar tattoos, clearly modeled after the yakuza.

* LaughingMad: Frequently has psychotic fits of laughter, the sound of which being a modified version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dZw1iBWL0 Goose's laugh]] from Film/TopGun.

* StoneWall: [[spoiler: Wally has ''19,000 health'', and [[ImmuneToFlinching is resistant to Stun and Fallen]]. For comparison, the only other bosses who beat Wally in health amounts are [[OptionalBoss Beady]], who has 20,000 health, and ''[[BonusBoss Satan]]'', who has '''80,000''' health.]]

* DummiedOut: The initial Kickstarter short demo and early development screenshots showed Rick and Sticky as party members. Although it's possible that these were red-herrings to avoid spoilers, breaking open the final game code shows battle sprites for both of them, so it's unclear how far the two of them got into the actual game before being cut.

* RapeAsDrama: Played with. [[spoiler: In ''The Painful RPG'', it's heavily implied that Sticky raped Buddy. In ''The Joyful'', Buddy ultimately reveals that Sticky never touched her.]]

* SacrificialLamb: Cheeks ends up dead at the beginning when Buddy's hideout is raided. [[spoiler: Possibly betrayed by Sticky and Rick as well.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: She also becomes much harsher and crueler in ''The Joyful RPG'', willing to kill pacifists and treats [[spoiler:Rando]] horribly, constantly insulting and manipulating him. Part of this is due to her [[spoiler:joy addition.]]