History Characters / OverlySarcasticProductions

* {{Kevlard}}: Subverted, while he is the burliest of the main cast and often fights alongside Sun Wukong. Pigsy is often too cowardly to fight and is frequently the first to be knocked out of the fight.

!!Myth/MesopotamianMythology

[[folder: Ishtar]]
A Goddess who shows up in many myths.

* LoveGoddess: Like Aphrodite she's a goddess of love. Unlike most versions of Aphrodite however, she's also a war goddess.

[[folder: Gilgamesh]]
A legendary king and two-thirds divine being.

* ImmortalitySeeker: Sought out immortality after the death of his best friend Enkidu. Ultimately he failed.
* WorldsStrongestMan: There was practically no mortal being who could match him, so the gods created a equal in Enkidu to get him to calm down.

* AdaptionalAlternateEnding: In the original myth, the story of Atalanta and Hippomenes ended with them being turned into lions by one of the gods, frequently Zeus (either as punishment for some act of sacrilege or as a reward for defying their expected gender roles by being able to hunt forever away from the society that would judge them, depending on the author), while Red's telling simply ends with their marriage. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjTDoXGR7-M In the closing credits of the episode]], Red acknowledges the original ending in the text scrawl.

** Later on, he erased his name from Death's books.

** Fifth, he found some of Laozi's immortality pills and ate them.

* {{Kevlard}}: Subverted, while he is the burliest of the main cast and often fights alongside Sun Wukong. Piggsy is often too cowardly to fight and is frequently the first to be knocked out of the fight.

* SuperSpeed: Fast enough that 'beat Atalanta in a foot race' served as an impossible task for her suitors, and Hippomenes only won when she let him.

Blue and Cyan's adorable pet cat, and HR manager for the channel. A frequent source of adorable moments and shenanigans who frequently crashes the livestreams. This eventually merited a ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_fUOvREaYown video just for the cat]]''

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--->'''Narcissus''': Sorry, '[[DeathGlare disappointed]] [[WingedHumanoid albatross]]' isn't my type.

* AccidentalAesop: Red reads Arachne's story with the aesop of 'no matter how artistically talented you are, your audience are your judges, and you have to take their tastes into consideration'. Athena didn't destroy Arachne's tapestry because it was better than hers, she destroyed it because it ridiculed Zeus and Poseidon (a.k.a. Athena's dad and uncle) and it did so by depicting the various sexual acts those two are notorious for. Bear in mind that A). Athena is one of three Greek goddesses (along with Artemis and Hestia) that is known to ''[[CelibateHeroine absolutely not interested in sex]]'' to begin with, and B). Athena has to interact with Zeus and Poseidon frequently and ''really'' doesn't need to be reminded about what [[ParentalSexualitySquick her father and uncle get up to]].

* AccidentalAesop: Red reads Arachne's story with the aesop of 'no matter how artistically talented you are, your audience are your judges, and you have to take their tastes into consideration'. Athena didn't destroy Arachne's tapestry because it was better than hers, she destroyed it because it ridiculed Zeus and Poseidon (a.k.a. Athena's dad and uncle) and it did so by depicting the various sexual acts those two are notorious for. Bear in mind that A). Athena is one of three Greek goddesses (along with Artemis and Hestia) that are absolutely ''not'' interested in sex to begin with, and B). Athena has to interact with Zeus and Poseidon frequently and ''really'' doesn't need to be reminded about what her father and uncle get up to.

* AdaptionalHappyEnding: In the original myth, the story of Atalanta and Hippomenes ended with them being turned into lions by one of the gods, frequently Zeus (either as punishment for some act of sacrilege or as a reward for defying their expected gender roles by being able to hunt forever away from the society that would judge them, depending on the author), while Red's telling ended with their marriage. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjTDoXGR7-M In the closing credits of the episode]], Red acknowledges the original ending in the text scrawl.

[[folder:Hippolytus]]

[[folder:Arachne]]

* AccidentalAesop: Red reads Arachne's story with the aesop of 'no matter how artistically talented you are, your audience are your judges, and you have to take their tastes into consideration'. Athena didn't destroy Arachne's tapestry because it was better than hers, she destroyed it because it ridiculed Zeus and Poseidon... a.k.a. Athena's dad and uncle.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: The HorrorHunger she asked Limos to inflict on Erysichthon destroyed him in a horrific fashion, but this was after he cut down a sacred grove for no apparent reason, and ''personally'' cut down a tree that was obviously the most sacred - even as it became increasingly obvious this tree was an innocent dryad that was a personal favorite employee of hers.

* ArcherArchetype: She's an incredibly skilled archer, befitting her role as the goddess of the hunt.

!!Literature/JourneyToTheWest
!!! Tripitaka's Party
[[folder: General]]
* TheAtoner: The disciples are on the quest to redeem themselves for their offences against the gods.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Besides Monkey, who Red often calls Sun, all of them are refered to solely by their nicknames.

[[folder: Tripitaka / Tang Sanzang]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: There are times when Tripitaka gets annoyed by the antics of his disciples and argues with Sun Wukong, but he truly does care for them all. When he thinks Wukong is dead (he is not, just pretending), Tripitaka gives a very heartfelt eulogy for the monkey.
* BridalCarry: He's drawn this way after getting kidnapped -- needless to say, it's basically a RunningGag to see him in Monkey's arms.
* CelibateHero: Being a devout Buddhist monk, he has sworn off women, and even without that, doesn't seem to have much interest.
* ChickMagnet: Subverted, ''in Legends Summarized: Journey To The West (Part IX)'', he's only deemed the most attractive by comparison because he's accompanied by non-human disciples.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tripitaka's disciples will often be the wisecrackers, but Tripitaka isn't above some good old fashioned sass:
-->'''Scorpion Demon:''' What do you do to ''relax~''?\\
'''Tripitaka:''' Meditate.\\
'''Scorpion Demon:''' What ''else'' does that mouth do?\\
'''Tripitaka:''' (''annoyed'') Recite sutras.[[note]]This scene omits Tripitaka eventually snapping and giving her a full ReasonYouSuckSpeech at one point[[/note]]
* DistressedDude: He is constantly kidnapped by demons during the journey. While Tripitaka's companions aren't always happy about his capture rate, Sun openly mocks him about it in Part X and cruelly tells the monk that he's also at fault for Sun killing his enemies.
* TheHeart: While he's the one leading the group, he serves this role to the others, being the one that everyone cares for and wants to see safe, as well as the one most likely to be compassionate to strangers.
* HonorBeforeReason: Downplayed in Part X. When Sun goes way too far with his cruelty and violence against some bandits, Tripitaka has enough and permanently kicks him out of the group. His grievances are justified, but getting rid the one disciple who single-handedly saved him over and over again, and one that the Buddha himself chose to protect him, is not the best decision thanks to his kidnapping record. Kuan-yin has to intervene by pointing out that defying the Buddha's judgement is a very bad idea, to which Tripitaka immediately relents and lets Sun back in.
* InnocentBlueEyes: His model is drawn with black lines yet his irises are cerulean to emphasize his role as TheHeart (and the fact that he's usually voiced by Blue).
* TheLoad: Very rarely does Tripitaka ever contribute to the fighting or resolution of a story, and most of his scenes involve getting kidnapped.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tripitaka has had his problems with Sun Wukong's BloodKnight nature, but the incident with the Six-Eared Macaque was one of the very rare times when he is ''furious''. Wukong killing and beheading two bandits wasn't the whole problem--it was the post-mortem mutilation, the LastDisrespects, the BlasphemousBoast Wukong shouted to their spirits, and in general embodying none of the Buddha's ideals when the situation didn't call for it. Tripitaka is completely unwilling to let him back into the group as a result, and won't even reconcile with "Wukong" when he makes a token of apology.
* PrettyBoy: While it is true that he's attractive by comparison to his disciples, Tripitaka has been described multiple times throughout the narration as a very pretty man.
* SupportingProtagonist: While he is the reason why everyone is on this quest, the story is focused on Sun Wukong.
* VowOfCelibacy: At times, his faith will be tested spiritually and (on several occasions) sexually, but being the devout monk he is always tries to hold himself above seduction tactics. ''Part IX'' covers two such incidents.

[[folder: Monkey / Sun Wukong]]
* FatalFlaw: Impulse and ego.
* HiddenDepths:
** He is genuinely clever when he isn't being ruled by his impulsiveness and ego, at times even using his reputation for impulsiveness and violence in his favour.
** Despite his rampage through heaven, he is on fairly good terms with much of the CelestialBureaucracy[[note]]How much of this is them liking him and how much is them fearing him is up for debate[[/note]], and when Kuan-yin isn't outright telling them who can help, he often knows who to go to for help and is able to get said help.
** For all his impulsiveness and general inability to sit still, he appreciates the beautiful tranquility of a fresh snowfall. Part 10 reveals that, as the Intelligent Stone Monkey, one of his traits is that he recognizes the seasons, which may explain his appreciation for a sign of the seasons changing.
* ImmortalImmaturity: He's got the impulse control of a child and achieved immortality several times through training, meditation, and eating.
* ImmortalitySeeker: He became terrified of death after seeing the deaths of his people. Due to his poor impulse control in heaven, Sun Wukong is now practically immortal.
* InsufferableGenius: He's the worst combination of impulsive, egotistical, talented at martial arts, and genuinely clever.
* TheLeader: He's TheHero of the story, and takes charge in most of the dangerous situations.
* LogicalWeakness: Having been born from a stone and achieved several kinds of immortality, Wukong has CompleteImmortality and can't be killed by anything. But he's also a terrible swimmer, since his body is made of stone, and any water-based threats have to be handled by Wujing or Bajie.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In episode XI, it's revealed that the huge mountain perpetually on fire that's currently blocking their journey westward was actually ''Sun's'' fault; when he broke out of the brazier the Heavenly Court tried (and failed) to kill him with, one of the superheated heavenly bricks fell to earth and lit the mountain on fire. To his credit, Sun was already trying to solve the fire issue permanently even before he learned of his unintended role in its creation.
* SemanticSuperpower: Played with, since it isn't technically a superpower, but he never actually had his role as Heaven's horse master revoked, meaning he is in charge of, and can give orders to, all horses. This includes Yu Lung when he is in horse form, even though he is actually a dragon.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Subverted. The reason why he's in heaven's bad books is that he demanded to be called "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" out of raw spite after getting a job that didn't represent his status as king of the monkeys. However, the Jade Emperor's attempts to punish him end up showing he has the power to back up that ego, requiring the intervention of the Buddha, who is literally one with the ''entire universe'', to finally stop Sun, who by that point had [[OneManArmy single-handedly]] defeated almost every single warrior the Jade Emperor had thrown at him, all of whom were gods in their own right.
** Episode X arguably reveals this to have been averted from the start: He is one of the four Spirtual Primates, making him a completely unique being even before becoming immortal several times over, and one of his powers is that he ''can alter the courses of planets''. Ultimately, this makes him out to be a very dangerous SmugSuper.
* UndyingLoyalty: While he initially disliked Tripitaka, and still isn't the best at following orders due to his near complete lack of impulse control, he is extremely loyal to his master, often falling into a deep depression when he has trouble rescuing him or gets kicked out of the group.

[[folder: Pigsy / Zhu Bajie]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: His offence against heaven was hitting on a princess too many times when she wasn't interested. His appearance as a pig didn't do him any favours since he used his shapeshifting abilities to disguise himself as human until he got married.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Pigsy uses martial arts like Sun Wukong to fight demons.
* ArtEvolution: In his first appearance, he has a similar slim design to the other characters with the exception of a pig head. In ''Legends Summarized: Journey To The West (Part IX)'', his stomach is a bit more pronounced and he looks more pig-like.
* BroomstickQuarterstaff / GardeningVarietyWeapon: On the few occasions where he's actually inclined to stand and fight rather than run away, he wields a rake as his weapon.
* DirtyCoward: When on the losing side of a battle, Pigsy's first instinct is to retreat. He's also known to kill weak opponents after they've fought Sun Wukong.
* FatalFlaw: His laziness and need to spite Sun Wukong. He's more or less responsible for everything going wrong in the fourth episode, and does not wise-up to these flaws which leads to even more trouble for the disciples later on.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Due to Pigsy's cowardice and laziness, the disciples aren't too fond of him.
* ImAHumanitarian: At one point he briefly mentions that he used to attack roadside travelers to eat them, and in fact the entire reason he's Journeying To The West in the first place is to seek atonement for this.
* {{Kevlard}}: Subverted, while he is the burliest of the main cast and often fights alongside Sun Wukong. Piggsy is often too cowardly to fight and is frequently the first to be knocked out of the fight.
* TheLancer: He frequently accompanies Wukong on his excapades, and serves as his Foil, usually highlighting Wukong's awesomeness with his own incompetence.
* LazyBum: He'll often avoid work by any means at his disposal. Ironically, he was noted to be fairly hard working back when he was married.
* PigMan: He's a humanoid pig.
* StoutStrength: Pigsy is burly and strong but is too cowardly to effectively hold his own.

[[folder: Sandy / Sha Wujing]]
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* TheBigGuy: Downplayed. Monkey is by far the strongest member of the group, and the others tend to take a backseat while he kicks ass, but Sandy is the physically largest, and is not opposed to fighting himself. On one occasion, he volunteered to take on an entire army of {{Mooks}} while Pigsy and Monkey fought the more important opponents.
* FlatCharacter: He has the least characterisation compared to the other characters, next to the Horse.
* NiceGuy: Compared to suicidally (if he could actually die) impulsive Wukong and greedy and lazy Bajie, Wujing is the nicest of the three disciples, being an overall friendly and cheerful guy, which even Pigsy and Wukong admit.
* ReformedButNotTamed: While he is generally a good dude after joining Tripitaka, he occasionally lets his Demon nature show. In episode IX, a Taoist tries to stop him from taking some magical water and Sandy immediately breaks his arm.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the disciples, he's described as the nicest.

[[folder: Yu Lung / The Dragon Horse]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Finally gets his chance to shine in Part IV, when everyone else has been taken out.
* FlatCharacter: Lampshaded repeatedly by Red.
-->'''Red:''' You're a freaking ''dragon'', you have no right to be this boring!
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a typical Eastern dragon who is capable of shapeshifting.
* TeamPet: Essentially, being the group's steed.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He's capable of changing form at will, though his ShapeshifterDefaultForm is a white horse.

!!!The Kingdom of Heaven
[[folder: General]]
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite many of them not looking the part, with several featured immortals designed with the aesthetics more towards 'Steven from Accounting' than warriors, they are all gods and very capable of destruction and divine retribution. Them struggling against Monkey is because he's that strong, not because they are weak.
* CelestialBureaucracy: One of the oldest examples, if not ''the'' oldest, and pretty much the TropeCodifier. Many of the non-war gods are noted to have more in common with mild-mannered bureaucrats or court advisors, the Dragon Kings need to fill out paperwork and have the Jade Emperor sign off on it to create a proper storm, and violating the laws of thermodynamics can get you arrested.

[[folder:The Jade Emperor]]
The ruler of the Kingdom of Heaven, and one of the highest ranking gods
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: A major problem of his, both in ''Journey to the West'' and other legends covered by Red. When an advisor points out they should probably give Sun a relatively unimportant task to make sure he doesn't get bored, he decides that the best position for a monkey with poor impulse control is to ''tend a garden of delicious fruit''. After they capture Sun, he tries to have him executed, despite knowing Sun is immortal five times over. When his unrulely sons decide to become suns and end up threatening to destroy the Earth, he asks Hou Yi, the Divine Archer, to deal with the problem, and is shocked and outraged that the Divine Archer used [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer archery to solve the problem]] by killing all but one of his sun sons.
* PointyHairedBoss: Despite being one of the highest ranking gods, with only the Buddha confirmed to be above him, he is one of the least competent gods in the Kingdom of Heaven. His default solutions to anyone causing a problem seems to be to have them killed, arrested, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs arrested then killed]], or exiled, usually needing one of his advisors or someone from outside the Kingdom of Heaven to step in to tell him that is unwise and present a better solution. Part of this comes down to the majority of his appearances being in ''Journey to the West'', a story that ''heavily'' favours Buddhism over Taoism, though he still shows this in some of the other Chinese legends Red has covered.
* TopGod: Plays this role in the Kingdom of Heaven, and in any tales where the Buddha doesn't appear. Otherwise, the Buddha is this.

[[folder:Gold Star of Venus]]
An immortal in the Kingdom of Heaven
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* NotSoAboveItAll: For all his wisdom and calm demeanor, he did tell the imprisoned Buddhists expecting a savior that said savior, Monkey, was very ugly and monstrous, seemingly for kicks.
* OnlySaneMan: Tends to give solid advice to the Jade Emperor to balance out his tendency to default to unwise or reckless choices.

[[folder: Prince Nezha]]
An immortal in the Kingdom of Heaven
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* AdaptationNameChange: For some reason Red spells and pronounces his name as 'Nata.'
* TokenMiniMoe: He looks 12 compared to the various adult immortals.
* PlayingWithFire: His combat forms tend to have fire aesthetics.

!!Myth/MesopotamianMythology

[[folder: Ishtar]]
A Goddess who shows up in many myths.
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* LoveGoddess: Like Aphrodite she's a goddess of love. Unlike most versions of Aphrodite however, she's also a war goddess.

[[folder: Gilgamesh]]
A legendary king and two-thirds divine being.
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* ImmortalitySeeker: Sought out immortality after the death of his best friend Enkidu. Ultimately he failed.
* WorldsStrongestMan: There was practically no mortal being who could match him, so the gods created a equal in Enkidu to get him to calm down.

!!Myth/NyangaMythology
!!!Epic of Mwindo
[[folder: Mwindo]]
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Exaggerated. He helped his mother with chores while still in the womb.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A magic flyswatter that can both kill people and bring them back to life.
* InvincibleHero: Mwindo's only real struggle is ''finding'' the person he's chasing down. Otherwise, his only struggles are temporary. Subverted at the end of the story, when the Storm God takes him to demonstrate that AlwaysABiggerFish is very much in effect.
* MadeOfIron: Rather literally, in one version of the story Mwindo's relatives take him apart and forge him like metal. He's indestructible through the rest of the book.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: To be fair to Mwindo, his pond isn't ''that'' tiny. He's basically unstoppable on the earth or in the underworld. However when he deals with heavenly forces, he finds out that while he's a pretty big fish, he was in a normal-sized pond compared to them.

[[folder: Shemwindo]]
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* ArchnemesisDad: He tries to kill Mwindo as a child, so Mwindo spends most of the story hunting him down for revenge.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Shemwindo simply means "Mwindo's Father", and his real name is never given.
* WantedASonInstead: Inverted: He wanted only daughters, and tried to kill his son Mwindo.

!!Myth/NorseMythology
!!!Norse Gods
[[folder: Thor]]
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Mightiest warrior of the Norse gods.
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* BoisterousBruiser: He really enjoys fighting giants.
* DisguisedInDrag: In one myth, Thor disguised himself as Freya to get Mjolnir back from a giant.
* GodOfThunder: The god of thunder and lightning.
* HumiliationConga: Thor repeatedly fails tasks when visiting Utgard-Loki, like trying to lift a cat and losing a fight to an old lady. But at the end, it turns out each one was an ImpossibleTask, the cat being the world snake Jormungandr and the lady being the personification of old age.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Subverted. Red notes that, despite what modern interpretations of Mjolnir have led people to believe, there is no such enchantment upon the weapon. Mjolnir is just so powerful that anyone who isn't of a similar power level to Thor cannot wield it without being vaporized.

[[folder: Loki]]
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The trickster and thief, bloodbrother of Odin.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: In a few myths he comes off as a Jesus figure in a very strange, post Christianization sort of way. Other times he is more clearly a satanic figure.
* EvilCounterpart: In several myths he not only comes off as this to the mothers of heroic figures like Perseus and Krishna, giving birth to monsters that come back to kill the Aesir despite their attempts otherwise just as those figures were sent against evil kins, but Jesus as a figure who dies to resolve the sins of the Aesir.
* FaceHeelTurn: Loki starts out as a harmless trickster, then kills Balder and turns on the Aesir in Ragnarok. However, some variants of the story play it off more as a HazyFeelTurn due to putting more emphasis on the Aesir's failings or seeing Ragnarok as a necessary thing.
* TheGadfly: He causes trouble just for fun, like when he cut off Sif's hair.
* KingInTheMountain: The Aesir trap him in a cave with a snake that drips poison in his eyes. He's fated to escape at Ragnarok and kill Heimdall.
* MrSeahorse:
** In order to avoid paying the price for a fortress to a giant, the Aesir ask Loki to distract the giant's horse so they don't have to pay. To do this, Loki transforms into a mare in heat, and later gives birth to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse.
** Loki once ate a heart that made him pregnant with the evils that plague man.
* NotMeThisTime: He had nothing to do with the disappearance of Mjolnir, but was still accused of it by Thor. This prompted him to track down the real culprit, Thrym.
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: In one story, Loki turns into a mare and gets impregnated by a stallion.
* TricksterGod: He often pulls pranks or starts trouble, which the Aesir force him to fix.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: One odd thing about Loki that Red speculates on is, what Loki's specific deific domain was and why the Norse would have worshipped him. Pop culture tend to portray him a the God of Lies and Trickery, but those are part of his personality. She speculates that Loki might have been a mischievous but benevolent protector of the home.

[[folder: Odin]]
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King of the gods
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* DisabledDeity: Missing an eye.
* EyepatchOfPower
* SeekerArchetype: Odin often goes on quests to seek knowledge.
* SirCameosALot: Red points out that Odin pops up in lots of unexpected places in other mythologies too, including, possibly, as [[https://youtu.be/-tt9ucyHV-I?t=333 Santa Claus]].
* TopGod: The leader of the Aesir.

[[folder: Freja]]
The norse goddess of fertility, beauty, sex and war. They had a lot of those.
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* EthicalSlut: Unsurprisingly as the goddess of sex, Freja sleeps around a lot, even agreeing to sleep with someone as payment for goods and services.
* PointyEars: Alongside her brother, she's the only god who has these. Presumably, it's to denote her as a Vanir.
* TokenMinority: Unlike most gods in the norse pantheon, Freja is a Vanir, not an Aesir. She shares this with her brother, Freyr, and her father, Njord.
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!! Myth/EgyptianMythology
!!!Egyptian Gods
[[folder: Ra]]
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Unlike most depictions of Ra, Red portrays him as a geriatric, slim man with a pot belly. He drops this once he retires to his sunbarge, however.
* EyeScream: He takes out one of his eyes and turns it into the goddess Sekhmet.
* IKnowYourTrueName: Isis tricks him into telling her his true name, making her more powerful.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: He becomes this after a while. When mortals begin to respect him less, he sends [[BloodKnight Sekhmet]] after them.
* TopGod: The leader of the gods, before giving the throne to Horus.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: The god of the sun.

[[folder: Sekhmet]]
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* AxCrazy: Ra can't convince her to stop killing people after she's started.
* BloodKnight: She has a lot of fun killing humans.
* UnsuspectinglySoused: The other gods give her what she thinks is blood to drink, but it's actually alcohol to make her pass out.
* WarGod: A goddess of war.

[[folder: Apophis]]
* ArchEnemy: To Ra.
* BigBad: The greatest threat to the Egyptian Pantheon, wanting to devour Ra and plunge all the world into nonexistence.
* DragonsAreDemonic: A weird mix of this and DragonsAreDivine; Apophis is a GodOfEvil that takes the form of a giant serpent.
* OmnicidalManiac: He wants nothing less than the destruction of all life.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: This one is a giant, killer snake that can cause the apocalypse.
* SnakesAreSinister: When the snake in question is an astronomical unit in length and wants to [[OmnicidalManiac end all existence as we know it]], "sinister" is putting it ''mildly''.

!! Zoroastrianism
!!!Literature/TheShahnameh
[[folder:Zahak]]
The Serpent King of Persian myth, once a young prince who entered a covenant with Ahriman, becoming a monstrous tyrant with serpents for shoulders. Also known as "Johnny Snakeshoulders."

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: A minor case. He's still very much an evil king, but Red makes him an AffablyEvil dope who doesn't really want to oppress people and is happy to oblige Kavah's request in exchange for signing the 'Zahak is a good king' paperwork, while in the Shahnameh, Zahak only did it because Kavah made the request in front of people he was trying to impress.
* AffablyEvil: Aside from the brain-eating serpents, Zahak is a pretty nice guy, who's all too happy to acquiesce Kavah's request to spare his last son.
-->'''Zahak''': Thanks, guys, couldn't have done it without you. Now give me your brains.
* BodyHorror: He has live serpents that eat brains growing from his shoulders.
* ComicalCoffeeCup: After becoming Shah, he gets a cup with "World's Best Shah" on it. In one scene, he lets his snake shoulder sip from it.
* FallenHero: Maybe not "hero", but he certainly started out as a decent enough fella who's only real flaw was being gullible. Then [[SatanicArchetype Ahriman]] got involved.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Sees nothing wrong with Ahriman's various disguises.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lampshaded by Red; whenever someone is named "The [[SnakesAreSinister Serpent King]]", theres a 99% chance that person is evil.
* ObliviouslyEvil: He's a gullible and naive sort and doesn't even realize that he's an evil tyrant.
-->'''Zahak''' (to his snakeshoulders): You guys would tell me if I was a bad person, right?

!! Myth/CelticMythology
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A Welsh hero whose name is actually pronouned "pwush."
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* BadassNormal: An ordinary human who defeated a fairy king while disguised as Arawn.
* BedTrick: Firmly defied. When disguised as Arawn (long story), he refuses to do anything sexual with Arawn's wife because of how skeevy it would be.
* PalsWithJesus: On very good terms with Arawn after helping him take care of a rival.

* DropTheHammer: His signature weapon is a hammer, Mjolnir.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: A minor case. He's still very much an evil king, but Red makes him an AffablyEvil dope who doesn't really want to oppress people and is happy to oblige Kavah's request in exchange for signing the 'Zahak is a good king' paperwork, while in the Shahnameh, Zahak only did it because Kavah made the request in front of a people he was trying to impress.

The Serpent King of Persian myth, once a young prince who entered a covenant with Ahriman, becoming a monstrous tyrant with serpents for shoulders.

* ObliviouslyEvil: He's a gullible and naive sort, and doesn't even realize that he's an evil tyrant.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In episode XI, it's revealed that the huge mountain perpetually on fire that's currently blocking their journey westward was actually ''Sun's'' fault; when he broke out of the brazier the Heavenly Court tried (and failed) to kill him with, a super heated shard of that brazier fell to earth and lit that mountain on fire. To his credit, Sun was already trying to solve the fire issue permanently even before he learned of his unintended role in its creation.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: One odd thing about Loki that Red speculates on is, what Loki's specific deific domain was and why the Norse would have worshipped him. Pop culture tend to portray him a the God of Lies and Trickery these are his personality. She speculates that Loki might have been a mischevious but benevolent protector of the home.

* TheAntiNihilist: Discussed. She has proven to be this, believing that HopeSpringsEternal and that it's necessary for the human condition. In her Trope Talk video on grimdark, Red even admits that her {{pet peeve|Trope}} is [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids pessimism]], and she hates any story that paints hope as childish as a general rule of thumb. As a creator who studies history, she knows that society doesn't always stay the same and the idea of an afterlife is too interpretive to give a concrete answer. Red believes that hope is a good thing and necessary for society's progression.

** Don't claim that there's a "true/real version" of a mythological story, especially when the story you're citing as the "real" version is well-known to have been written with a direct authorial bias (see, Ovid's take on the Medusa myth).

--->'''Red''': This is citogenesis in action people! Either cite your sources or ''admit you don't have any!''

* BiasSteamroller: When discussing her dislike of zombie stories in "Trope Talk: Post-Apocalypses" she admits that her dislike is partly from hating their usual message of "HumansAreTheRealMonsters", as she firmly believes that SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers, but she also just loathes zombies as a concept.

* {{Pride}}: Or rather hubris. Frequently blamed as the reason for her failures in video games.
* RedOniBlueOni: She's the Red (no pun intended), being the more exuberant of the two.

** "So... yeah."

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: She often does this when summarizing myths and stories, wondering why the Olympians didn't just kill the people causing them trouble, or why the protagonists in Creator/HPLovecraft's works never just move away from the obviously-cursed town.