History Characters / Opal

* AGodAmI: If the lyrics to his song are to be believed, he's starting to think this of himself, as he proudly claims that ''God is in [his] Skin" and he's "crafting the world its next new savior''.

* AGodAmI: If the lyrics to his song are to be believed, he's starting to think this of himself, as he produly claims ''God is in my Skin!" and he's "crafting the world its next new savior''.

* AGodAmI: If the lyrics to his song are to be believed, he's starting to think this of himself.
--> ''God is in my Skin!\\
Crafting the world its next new savior!''

* StepfordSmiler: While he's definitely the cheeriest of the family, he's an shallow narcissist that [[NeverMyFault never takes responsibility for his actions just like the rest of the adults in the family.]]

* BreakTheCutie: She went through a house full of horribly disturbing people to help someone that was crying in the attic, only to realize that [[spoiler:it was really her crying the whole time, and that the horrible people were her neglecting family members.]]

* CuteMute: She's doesn't speak a line for the whole short and she's oddly adorable.

* AbusiveParents: He's a childish, narcissistic, and egocentric man that insults and belittles his daughter to make himself feel/look better in comparison, while never even having a two-way conversation with her.

* CampStraight: He's a VERY flamboyant man, as far as wearing makeup. But he's married to a woman, and other than his flamboyancy, there's no sign of him being anything other than straight.

Claire's mother. A neglectful drunk that uses Claire as a way to make herself feel better as a person.

* AbusiveParents: She grabs Opal's[[spoiler:/Claire's]] ankle, possibly in an attempt to beat her so she could prove her point about Opal[[spoiler:/Claire]] being "powerless". Her song reveals she's a neglectful drunk that only views Claire as a tool to make herself feel better and uses her as a therapist of sorts for herself.
* AddledAddict: She's heavily implied to almost always be in a drug and alcohol induced haze.

* DysfunctionalFamily: Averted, they're pretty much a run of the mill family. [[spoiler:This aversion is justified, as it's a fantasy created by Claire to escape her abusive family.]]

* GenerationXerox: Invoked; she often claims that Claire is like her and going to turn out like her someday.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: She claims that Claire will turn out like her someday. [[spoiler:If she doesn't drink alcohol like her mother, this is already the case.]]

* NightmareFace: He's shown to have one in a split-second shot, where he looks like a rotten corpse [[EyelessFace who lost both his eyes]]; whether it's supposed to be read literally or metaphorically is ambiguous.
* SelfHarm: Is heavily implied to do this to himself in the belief that it's "fixing his appearance;" his song features imagery like brushing makeup onto an eyeball and beating his own skin until it begins to spurt blood. If the NightmareFace shown [[spoiler:during Claire's FreakOut]] is his actual face, this horribly backfired.

* ScatterbrainedSenior: Opal's grandfather seems to be this, as he constantly says "Hi, Opal!" everytime he sees her. [[spoiler:As her real grandfather is a blind couch potato who treats her like a servant, Claire can't imagine a more functional idea of a grandparent.]]

* {{Irony}}: She sees herself as a forgiving person who tolerates everything everyone does around her in a "virtuous cycle," but it's clear that she's also the most directly abusive of Claire's relatives.

* SelfHarm: Is heavily implied to do this to himself in the belief that it's "fixing his appearance;" his song features imagery like brushing makeup onto an eyeball and beating his own skin until it begins to spurt blood. [[spoiler:If the NightmareFace shown during Claire's FreakOut is his actual face, this horribly backfired.]]

The title character of ''OPAL''. She decides to brave a house that she was warned not to go into, and discovers that [[spoiler:she's actually the miserable, neglected Claire]]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Her whole family.]]
** [[spoiler:Her grandfather is blind and a cigarrete addict (implied to be suffering from COPD), tells Claire that "it's evil to help people who don't need help", fails to recognize his own granddaughter, and reacts to his belief that she isn't Claire by ''trying to chase the poor girl out of the house''.]]
** [[spoiler:Her dad is a childish, narcissistic, and egocentric man that insults his daughter to make himself feel/look better in comparison, while never even having a two-way conversation with her.]]
** [[spoiler:Her mom is a neglectful drunk that only views Claire as a tool to make herself feel better and uses her as a therapist of sorts for herself.]]

* NewMediaAreEvil: Downplayed, but in addition to ruining his health with cigarettes, Claire's grandfather spends all day "watching" television despite being blind, which doesn't seem to be helping his wretched health one bit. But while he complains that the salesmen and girls he listens to want his soul, it's heavily indicated he also likes feeling as if they're fighting over him "like dogs."

* SmokingIsNotCool: He's a heavy smoker and is an unpleasant man to be around, and that's not even bringing up the health issues he implicitly has from it. His song, titled "Why Does It Sound So Easy to Breathe On TV?", features lots of lung and mouth imagery in addition to his out-of-breath singing. He also [[spoiler:mistakes Claire for someone else because she "smell[s] weird", implying that his smoking has ruined his sense of smell]].

Claire's Father. A {{Narcissist}} that spends most of his time looking at himself in the mirror and "perfecting himself" for the world to see.

* AbusiveParents: He insults and belittles Claire to boost his own ego.

* SelfHarm: Is heavily implied to do this to himself in the belief that it's "fixing his appearance;" his song features imagery like brushing makeup onto an eyeball and beating his own skin until it begins to spurt blood. [[spoiler:If the NightmareFace shown during Claire's realization is his actual face, this seriously backfired.]]

Claire's Mother. A neglectful drunk that uses Claire as a way to make herself feel better as a person.

* AbusiveParents: She grabs Opal's[[spoiler:/Claire's]] ankle, possibly in an attempt to beat her so she could prove her point about Opal[[spoiler:/Claire]] being "powerless".

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: She claims that Claire will turn out like her someday. [[spoiler:While no alcohol is directly involved, she already does.]]

* ScatterbrainSenior: Opal's grandfather seems to be this, as he constantly says "Hi, Opal!" everytime he sees her. [[spoiler:As her real grandfather is a blind couch potato who treats her like a servant, Claire can't imagine a more functional idea of a grandparent.]]

* CreepyGood: With how off-putting they are and the way they insist Opal shouldn't pay attention to the crying coming from the house across the street, you might think they have something sinister going on underneath the surface. [[spoiler:Depending on how you look at it, they don't. They're Opal's/Claire's escape mechanism from her horrible home life in the real world, so of course they'd try to keep her happy and safe from the realization that her actual life sucks.]]
* DysfunctionalFamily: Averted, they're pretty much a run of the mill family. [[spoiler:Justified, because it's a fantasy created by Claire to escape her abusive family.]]

* GoodParents: Opal's mother and father are very loving and kind, always supporting and encouraging their daughter. [[spoiler:In stark contrast to Opal's/Claire's ''actual'' parents, who view her as someone to vent their frustrations to at best.]]

-->''God is in my Skin!\\

* CampStraight: He's a VERY flamboyant man, as far as wearing makeup. But he's married to a woman, and other than his flamboyancy, there's no sign of him being anything other than straight.
* GlamourFailure: Claire's father's normally very high and soft voice frequently and suddenly turns [[EvilSoundsDeep extremely deep and ominous]] whenever Opal does something that draws his attention, or when he's projecting his own self-loathing onto her, only to instantly switch back to its usual tone split-seconds later.

* NightmareFace: He's shown to have one in a split-second shot; whether it's supposed to be read literally or metaphorically is ambiguous.
* SelfHarm: Is heavily implied to do this to himself in the belief that it's "fixing his appearance;" his song features imagery like brushing makeup onto an eyeball and beating his own skin until it begins to spurt blood.

* SelfFullfillingProphecy: She claims that Claire will turn out like her someday. [[spoiler:While no alcohol is directly involved, she already does.]]

* ThousandYardStare: She has one just moments before her FreakOut over her realization that [[spoiler:she's actually Claire and gets abused regularly]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Good luck trying to talk about her without [[spoiler:exposing the twist of the whole short, along with her true identity as Claire]]

* SmokingIsNotCool: He's a heavy smoker and is an unpleasant man to be around, and that's not even bringing up the health issues he implicitly has from it. His song, titled "Why Does It Sound So Easy to Breathe On TV?", features lots of lung and mouth imagery in addition to his out-of-breath singing.

->''"Hey! Just gonna walk by without saying hello?"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Music/JackStauber

->''"Our adversaries are in denial..."''
->'''Voiced by:''' Music/JackStauber

* ThousandYardStare: She has one just moments before her FreakOut over her realization that [[spoiler:she's actually Claire and was getting abused regularly]].

* ThousandYardStare: She has one just moments before her FreakOut over her realization that [[spoiler:she was actually Claire and was getting abused regularly]].

* NewMediaAreEvil: Downplayed, but in addition to ruining his health with cigarettes, Claire's grandfather spends all day "watching" television despite being blind, which doesn't seem to be helping his wretched health one bit. But while he complains that the salesmen and girls he listens to want his soul, it's heavily indicated he also likes feeling as if they're fawning over him "like dogs."