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* NeverMyFault: Halfway through the game, he becomes angry at Ren for getting high and causing all the trouble in the first place, despite the fact that Jonas was the one who went exploring the caves and leading Alex to the ghost rift.

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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:implies that there are an infinite amount of Alexes and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island, Alex, Ren, and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza, meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear, it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, she never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas.]]

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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:implies that there are However, another playthrough impllies [[spoiler:that there's an infinite amount of Alexes and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if journey.]]
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Alex warns herself not to go to the island, Alex, Ren, and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza, meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear, it It also means Michael is dead, she never dead and puts it in question if Alex ever made up with Clarissa, she never bonded over trauma with Jonas, Jonas and if Nona never hooked ended up with either Ren or Jonas.one of the boys.]]



* NeverMyFault: One way to play her is to have her constantly deny her role in releasing the ghosts [[spoiler:as well as Michael's death.]]

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* NeverMyFault: One way to play her is to have her constantly deny her role in releasing the ghosts [[spoiler:as well as Michael's death.]]death]].



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The ghosts tell Alex that she is this, [[spoiler:and they are right - Alex tuning into the frequency in the cave unleashed the ghosts and allowed them to begin messing with her friends.]]

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The ghosts tell Alex that she is this, [[spoiler:and they are right - Alex tuning into the frequency in the cave unleashed the ghosts and allowed them to begin messing with her friends.]]friends]].



* DoggedNiceGuy: He's infatuated towards Nona. [[spoiler:Based from your choices, they can get together in the end.]]

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* DoggedNiceGuy: He's infatuated towards with Nona. [[spoiler:Based from your choices, they [[spoiler:They can get together in the end.end, depending on the player's choices.]]



* {{Jerkass}}: Clarissa, who seems to find it funny to point out the likelihood of divorce in the new step-family, and probing Alex as to why her parents got divorced. [[spoiler:It's because her boyfriend is dead.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Clarissa, who seems to find it funny to point out the likelihood of divorce in the new step-family, and probing Alex as to why her parents got divorced. [[spoiler:It's because her boyfriend - Alex's brother Michael - is dead.]]



* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler:The ghosts prefer to use her to converse with Alex. While the ghosts can and do possess all of the teens, they have a preference for Clarissa.]]

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* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler:The ghosts prefer to use her to converse with Alex. While the ghosts can and do possess all of the teens, they have a preference for Clarissa.Clarissa, most likely due to her intense anger at Alex.]]
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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Alex Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]

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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:Implies [[spoiler:implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's Alexes and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Alex Ren island, Alex, Ren, and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza pizza, meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear linear, it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She she never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. Jonas.]]



* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She dedicated her life to containing the ghosts to make up for her role in sinking the Kanaloa and getting Anna killed.]]

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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She dedicated her life to containing the ghosts to make up for her role in sinking the Kanaloa ''Kanaloa'' and getting Anna killed.]]



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Both for indirectly causing the deaths of the crew members of the Kanaloa and for trying to appease them.]]

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Both for indirectly causing the deaths of the crew members of the Kanaloa ''Kanaloa'' and for trying to appease them.]]



* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Translating the morse code messages the radio picks up in parts of the island reveals that Anna survived the accident, but she was trapped in the ghost dimension instead.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Translating the morse Morse code messages the radio picks up in parts of the island reveals that Anna survived the accident, but she was trapped in the ghost dimension instead.]]



Ghosts that Alex and Jonas unwittingly let loose on Edwards Island. They are actually the crew of the USS Kanaloa, a nuclear submarine that sank near Edwards Island in 1943. Instead of dying, they were trapped in another dimension. Now they seek to possess Alex and her friends' bodies to escape their predicament.

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Ghosts that Alex and Jonas unwittingly let loose on Edwards Island. They are actually the crew of the USS Kanaloa, ''USS Kanaloa'', a nuclear submarine that sank near Edwards Island in 1943. Instead of dying, they were trapped in another dimension. Now they seek to possess Alex and her friends' bodies to escape their predicament.



* TragicMonster: They were ordinary soliders before they were trapped in another dimension and twisted into monsters.

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* TragicMonster: They were ordinary soliders soldiers before they were trapped in another dimension and twisted into monsters.
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* {{Keet}}: He talks a 'lot', is more effeminate than some of the girls and is very outgoing and loud.

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* {{Keet}}: He talks a 'lot', ''lot'', is more effeminate than some of the girls and is very outgoing and loud.

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* TheLostLenore: Clarissa never really got over his death.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: His official bio states that he is willing to protect Alex, ''without'' smothering her.
* TheLostLenore: Clarissa never really got over his death.death and it shows in the way she interacts with the others.
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* HeroicMime: It is possible to play Alex as a nearly mute character throughout the game. It even earns the player an achievement.
* {{Jerkass}}: Alex can be played as extremely sarcastic and selfish. The player even gets an award for it.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Some of his dialogue, especially if Alex is played as a HeroicMime.


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* MommasBoy: Jonas expresses some very deep affection for his mother.


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* FieryRedhead: Clarissa definitely has an attitude.


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* TheLostLenore: Clarissa never really got over his death.
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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Ale Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]

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** NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Ale Alex Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]
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** Newgameplus however[[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Ale Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]

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** Newgameplus however[[spoiler:Implies NewGamePlus: However [[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Ale Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]
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** Newgameplus however[[spoiler:Implies that there are an infinite amount of Alex's and that every Alex eventually gets off the island and lives their life only for a new Alex to start their journey however if Alex warns herself not to go to the island Ale Ren and Jonas go to Alfredo's for pizza meaning she never tears open the tear, never has to go through the horrifying night, and never escapes the island while making a new Alex's story begin. So the timeline from that point on is linear it also means Michael is dead, she never made up with Clarissa, She never bonded over trauma with Jonas, and Nona never hooked up with either Ren or Jonas. ]]
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!!'''Alex'''


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!!'''Jonas'''


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!!'''Ren'''


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!!'''Nona'''


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!!'''Clarissa'''


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!!'''Michael'''


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!!'''Maggie Adler'''


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!!'''Anna Shea'''


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!!'''The Ghosts'''
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Characters from the 2016 indie horror game ''Oxenfree''. Beware of spoilers.

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Characters from the 2016 indie horror game ''Oxenfree''. Beware of spoilers.
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* NiceHat: Wears a red beanie in the game's entirety.


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* HiddenDepths: She practices ballet privately whenever she skips class.
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* YouCantFightFate: NewGamePlus reveals that the ghosts are aware that [[spoiler:no matter what they do, Alex will either seal the ghosts away again or Maggie's safeguards will prevent the ghosts from leaving the island]], but they continue to try because the rules of time require them to "stick to the script."
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* FriendlyEnemy: They are a lot kinder to Alex in a NewGamePlus. They eventually confess that most of their malice on that kind of playthrough comes because [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they need to stick to the script]]. [[spoiler:It's because they are trying to gently persuade Alex to accept that she is trapped with them for all eternity.]]
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* DudeMagnet: A small case. Ren outright admits to being smitten with her and, if certain dialogue choices are made, Jonas will admit to having a bit of a crush on her as well.
* OnlyFriend: Among the group, she is the closest to and most protective of Clarissa.
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* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: The ghosts tell Alex that she is this, [[spoiler:and they are right - Alex tuning into the frequency in the cave unleashed the ghosts and allowed them to begin messing with her friends.]]

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* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The ghosts tell Alex that she is this, [[spoiler:and they are right - Alex tuning into the frequency in the cave unleashed the ghosts and allowed them to begin messing with her friends.]]



* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Both for indirectly causing the deaths of the crew members of the Kanaloa and for trying to appease them.]]

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* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Both for indirectly causing the deaths of the crew members of the Kanaloa and for trying to appease them.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: Her red jacket belonged to her brother Michael once.


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* DoggedNiceGuy: He's infatuated towards Nona. [[spoiler:Based from your choices, they can get together in the end.]]


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* PluckyComicRelief
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* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: The ghosts tell Alex that she is this, [[spoiler:and they are right - Alex tuning into the frequency in the cave unleashed the ghosts and allowed them to begin messing with her friends.]]


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* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Both for indirectly causing the deaths of the crew members of the Kanaloa and for trying to appease them.]]
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* TheStoner: He has a fondness for pot brownies.

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* TheStoner: He has a fondness for pot brownies.brownies, which he cheerfully consumes early in the game. He also mentions a story that involved him being high on cough medicine.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Ren has said he and Alex have known each other since grade school.


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* MasterOfUnlocking: Implied to have learned from his past hometown.


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* ChildhoodFriends: Ren has said he and Alex have known each other since grade school.

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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Implied to have a stuffed animal collection, which Clarissa makes fun of.



* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:If you prevent Michael's death and Alex and Jonas bonded, then Alex and Jonas remain close friends despite never having been stepsiblings. Eventually, Alex comes to view Jonas as a second brother.]]

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:If you prevent Michael's death and Alex and Jonas bonded, then Alex and Jonas remain close friends despite never having been stepsiblings.step-siblings. Eventually, Alex comes to view Jonas as a second brother.]]



* {{Keet}}: He talks a 'lot', is more effeminate than some of the girls and is very outgoing and loud.
* MotorMouth: The most talkative of the group.



* TheSmartGuy: He's a walking encyclopedia of trivial knowledge relating to the island's history, market, and so on.



* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She's popular and she treats Alex like crap, but it turns out that this is more of a personal grudge and Clarissa is generally a fairly nice person.

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* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She's popular and she treats Alex like crap, but it turns out that this is more of a personal grudge and Clarissa is generally a fairly nice person.decent person.
* {{Jerkass}}: Clarissa, who seems to find it funny to point out the likelihood of divorce in the new step-family, and probing Alex as to why her parents got divorced. [[spoiler:It's because her boyfriend is dead.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:You find out eventually that Clarissa is much nicer than she initially seems when Nona tells her how Clarissa went out of her way to celebrate Nona's birthday despite a recent tragedy. Her dislike of Alex comes from a personal and complicated place.]]

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has light-blue/teal hair. Her hair is brown in flashbacks, so it is likely that she dyes it, making this a JustifiedTrope.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: He grew up in a crime ridden town and may or may not be a criminal himself.

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* OnlySaneMan: He's the group's rationalist throughout, though he can still get a little irritated.


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* CameraFiend: Regularly takes photos, sometimes without the participant's permission.
* TheQuietOne: Is the least talkative of the cast, though she converses more when the conflict arises.
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* LossOfIdentity: After spending eons in the alternate dimension, they've forgotten virtually everything about themselves prior to their deaths. [[spoiler:If Alex uses what she's learned from Maggie's letters to help the ghosts remember one of their number's names, the ghosts start to gain themselves.]]

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* LossOfIdentity: After spending eons in the alternate dimension, they've forgotten virtually everything about themselves prior to their deaths. [[spoiler:If Alex uses what she's learned from Maggie's letters to help the ghosts remember one of their number's names, the ghosts start to gain regain themselves.]]
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* PostHumousCharacter: He died sometime before the game began, but his life clearly had a great impact on both Alex and Clarissa.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The ending implies that she's sealed away in the ghost dimension and is being forced to relive the game's events for all eternity.]]
* GenkiGirl: No matter how you play her, she comes off as being very excitable and outgoing.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:If you prevent Michael's death and Alex and Jonas bonded, then Alex and Jonas remain close friends despite never having been stepsiblings. Eventually, Alex comes to view Jonas as a second brother.]]
* NeverMyFault: One way to play her is to have her constantly deny her role in releasing the ghosts [[spoiler:as well as Michael's death.]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Alex is the only one who can clearly remember the time loops. [[spoiler:According to the ghosts, this is because she's the one causing them.]]


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* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:If you prevent Michael's death and Alex and Jonas bonded, then Alex and Jonas remain close friends despite never having been stepsiblings. Eventually, Alex comes to view Jonas as a second brother.]]


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* {{Retgone}}: [[spoiler:If Alex lets the ghosts take her, then Clarissa is erased from time and Alex is the only one who remembers her.]]


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* TheAce: Judging from how people talk about him, he was damn near perfect.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:If Alex convinces him not to leave town in the flashbacks, he never drowns.]]
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* AndIMustScream: The dimension they exist is outside of our universe's time. As such, they've lived the entire life span of the universe several times over.
* LossOfIdentity: After spending eons in the alternate dimension, they've forgotten virtually everything about themselves prior to their deaths. [[spoiler:If Alex uses what she's learned from Maggie's letters to help the ghosts remember one of their number's names, the ghosts start to gain themselves.]]
* SanitySlippage: Eons of imprisonment have caused their personalities to regress to those of children.
* TragicMonster: They were ordinary soliders before they were trapped in another dimension and twisted into monsters.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: He grew up in a crime ridden town and may or may not be a criminal himself.
* TheLancer: He's Alex's companion for most of the game.


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* DisneyDeath: At one point, Alex finds that he's drowned. It turns out to just be the ghosts trying to intimidate Alex.
* FunctionalAddict: He spends most of the game high, but it doesn't seem to even slightly impede him.
* TheStoner: He has a fondness for pot brownies.


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* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She's popular and she treats Alex like crap, but it turns out that this is more of a personal grudge and Clarissa is generally a fairly nice person.
* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler:The ghosts prefer to use her to converse with Alex. While the ghosts can and do possess all of the teens, they have a preference for Clarissa.]]


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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's unclear as to exactly how close her relationship with Anna was.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She dedicated her life to containing the ghosts to make up for her role in sinking the Kanaloa and getting Anna killed.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Her and Anna's attempt to free the ghosts resulted in Anna vanishing instead.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: She died shortly before the game began, but she's actually one of the most important characters.


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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's unclear as to exactly how close her relationship with Maggie was.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Translating the morse code messages the radio picks up in parts of the island reveals that Anna survived the accident, but she was trapped in the ghost dimension instead.]]

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Placeholder.Characters from the 2016 indie horror game ''Oxenfree''. Beware of spoilers.

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[[folder:Alex]]
The game's protagonist. Alex is a rebellious teenager who came with her friends to Edwards Island.
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[[folder:Jonas]]
Alex's new stepbrother. He's rumored to be a criminal, but he's friendly enough.
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[[folder:Ren]]
Alex's best friend. He's the one who organized the Edwards Island trip. He has a crush on Nona.
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[[folder:Nona]]
A quiet girl who is close friends with Clarissa.
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[[folder:Clarissa]]
A popular girl who hates Alex. She used to date Michael.
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[[folder:Michael]]
Alex's late brother. He was very popular.
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[[folder:Maggie Adler]]
An old woman who lived in a large manor on Edwards Island for decades. She died three days prior to the start of the game.
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[[folder:Anna Shea]]
A close friend of Maggie's who died in a tragic accident decades ago.
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[[folder:The Ghosts]]
Ghosts that Alex and Jonas unwittingly let loose on Edwards Island. They are actually the crew of the USS Kanaloa, a nuclear submarine that sank near Edwards Island in 1943. Instead of dying, they were trapped in another dimension. Now they seek to possess Alex and her friends' bodies to escape their predicament.
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