History Characters / Oxenfree

* PlatonicLifePartners: Has known Alex since they were in grade school but shows no sign of romantic feelings to her, instead having very obvious feelings for Nona. [[spoilers: Choosing to have Alex behave like an ass toward him can irreparably damage their friendship however… that is until the second game resets everything]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: When playing a round of "Marry, Screw, Kill" during the game of Truth-or-Slap with the group, Alex gives detailed answers for her female acquaintances, too, such as saying she would sleep with Nona because she seems "present and giving" and say she'd sleep with Clarissa because she’s "obviously attractive." When she answers for Ren, she says she'd sleep with or marry him because there'd be no surprises and it would be less weird, suggesting that it would just be more comfortable because of how long they've known each other, not because she's attracted to him. Jonas ends up being exempt from the game due to being her stepbrother, leaving it up in the air what Alex's attraction level to men is beyond Ren.

* 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. The sequel reveals that she and her friends were trapped in the ghost dimension, but they’re freed by Riley, Jacob, or Olivia in the end and are able to return to their lives]]

* 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]].

* NonconformistDyedHair: The only member of the cast with an unusual hair color and pictures of her depict her with the same auburn hair as her brother, indicating that her hair is dyed teal. She can also be played as a rebellious jerkass, [[spoiler: but if her personality in the second game is any indication, she's a NiceGirl by default]].

* NonconformistDyedHair: The only member of the cast with an unusual hair color and pictures of her depict her with the same reddish-brown hair as her brother, indicating that her hair is dyed sea-foam green. She can also be played as a rebellious jerkass, [[spoiler: but if her personality in the second game is any indication, she's a NiceGirl by default]].

* 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.]]

!!'''The Ghosts'''

* DisneyDeath: At one point, Alex finds that he's drowned. It turns out to just be the ghosts trying to intimidate Alex.

* 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 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 - Alex's brother Michael - 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.]]
* 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, most likely due to her intense anger at Alex.]]
* {{Retgone}}: [[spoiler:If Alex lets the ghosts take her, then Clarissa is erased from time and Alex is the only one who remembers her.]]

* TheLostLenore: Clarissa never really got over his death and it shows in the way she interacts with the others.

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

!!!'''Voiced by: Erin Yvette'''

* NiceHat: Wears a red beanie in the game's entirety.

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

** NewGamePlus: 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.]]

* NiceGuy

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He grew up in a crime-ridden town and [[spoiler:went to juvenile detention for viciously beating up another kid for making fun of his dying mom.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ren is actually short for "Reginald" but nobody calls him this.
* PluckyComicRelief

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

*** Seemingly, you can also avert this fate in this mode. [[spoiler: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. It also means Michael is dead and puts it in question if Alex ever made up with Clarissa, bonded with Jonas and if Nona ended up with one of the boys.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Alex can be played as extremely sarcastic and selfish. The player even gets an award for it.

* NeverMyFault: Zigzagged. 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. He'll also try to act as if the ghosts escaping is nobody's fault, however, if you accuse him of being at fault, or blame yourself, he'll acknowledge his culpability.

* NeverMyFault: Zigzagged. 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. However, if you accuse him of being at fault, or if you blame yourself, he'll take responsibility.

* 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.

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