History Characters / PoppyOPossum

* EyeScream: A person by the name of Mr. Barglas shot her with a BB Gun in the past. Luckily, it wasn't enough to lose it, and a surgery allowed her too see from it again.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Wears kickpads instead.

* ReallyGetsAround: Bordering on {{Anything That Moves}}

** RequiredSecondaryPowers: Her being {{Made of Iron}} lets her hit the ground just as hard with no adverse effects. Not to mention hopping puts a lot less strain on her heart.

* BloodKnight

* TheLadette

* MadeOfIron: She has most of her bones broken in the fighting tournament but she keeps swingin'! She's apparently been like this her whole life.
** She gets stomped into the ground by a [[spoiler: dragon]] in Chapter 5. All it did was [[LetsGetDangerous piss her off]]

* OutsideContextProblem: In a setting ruled by magic, though she can't perform magic herself, she proves to be preposterously strong on top of being inherently immune to magic. The result manages to totally blindside anyone who isn't already familiar with her. How she even exists has only been briefly hinted at.
** Made all the more clear in chapter 8 with yet another gobsmacking blindside: [[spoiler: Poppy is possibly empowered by or is an avatar of '''Didelphi, goddess of all possums ever, which is both totally unique to her and implied to be way more powerful than even she possibly knows.''']]

* SuperStrength: She's strong enough to carry her house on her back, and she claims to be able to lift around 300 000 kg (300 metric tons. or over 660 000 pounds).

* UnSorcerer: As an opossum, she can't use any magic and magic has very little effect on her.
** Goes a step beyond [[spoiler: when she goes all out, as she straight up turns ''off'' Petunia's magical enhancements simply by being around her.]]

* BrattyHalfPint: In some cases.

* BeleagueredAssistant: To Alvus.
* BerserkButton: Pretty much anything having to do with her mother, and Alvus' ex-wife, Rose Rani; Don't suggest help from her [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-3-page-6-2/]]. Never call Petunia by her full last name [Quibble-'''Rani'''][[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-page-19/]]. And above all else, never, '''''EVER''''' compare any possible resemblance of her mother to her [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-6-page-18/]].

* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch: [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-8-page-11 She undergoes one]] that the AltText [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains lampshades]].]]

** FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:And the author even identifies it as such. When Chicadino buys out Eggton, he shanghais Petunia into trying to stop Poppy's coup, and Petunia buys into Chicadino's claims that Poppy has become an enemy of the state. She uses a loophole in her vow of pacifism to get Poppy to fight her instead of anybody who would actually actively attempt to kill her.]]

* TheAllegedBoss

* BumblingDad

* AlliterativeName

* ClosetGeek

* SmugSuper: See the example above.

* ModestRoyalty

--> '''Kit''': "''I look like a fucking '''doofus'''!'' No ''wonder'' no one takes me seriously!"

* StepfordSmiler: She's very sensitive over her blindness, but keeps up a happy face for the sake of her subjects.
** She's also [[spoiler: not ''really'' the queen of the Fennelands. Her sister just pawned the job off on her and her subjects seem all too painfully aware of it. She's near constantly verbally abused by her stepmother, has to race against time to heal her sick father, and has to live with the fact that her family has a lot of skeletons in their closets.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity

* ProperlyParanoid: As befitting captain of the guard, is frequently in touch with multiple intelligence agents to make sure the queen is not in any danger. To the point of being
* SlasherSmile: He sometimes smiles in combat. It makes him look terrifying

* BadassInANiceSuit

* LoanShark

* RuggedScar

* AGodAmI: If [[http://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-7-page-30/ the letter Harley delivers to Poppy is any indication,]] Chicadino believes that no matter where his company ships something, no matter where he visits, or whose hand he shakes, he automatically owns that place or person. Megalomania in it's purest form.

* TheDon

* FriendToAllChildren: Despite his career as a tournament fighter and his boisterous personality, he's actually very kind to children outside the ring and even invited his niece Porkchop over to play with Lily.
** [[spoiler: After the fight when it'd discovered that he likes watching Funzie Frogo, he's actually seen playing with Lily with her dolls and having a tea party with her. ]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's got direct control of one of the great holy trees, meaning she can create life via the Fruits of life and bring them to healthy, full term, and snuff out other people's magic in the drop of a hat. She's also had assassination attempts throughout her life and she has not only survived all of them, after awhile she's implied to have killed most of her would be attackers.

* ActionMom

* BerserkButton: Hurting her daughter

* BlessedWithSuck: She and most oppossums in general are immune to and can negate all magic, including healing magic, forcing them to recover by conventional means and on their own. That said, this ability can give her an advantage against most magic users.

* AlliterativeName

* EffortlessAmazonianLift

* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Ringed Eyes Take Warning]] Just like real life possums, her eyes will go from brown colored to ''piercing rings'' when her heart rate goes high enough. [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-3-page-22-2 As said by Ian himself]]:
--> ''"If you can count the rings on the inside of a tree's trunk, you can learn how old it is. If you can count the rings in Poppy's eyes, you're probably about to die."''

* HyperCompetentSideKick
* [[IAmNotMyFather I Am Not My Mother]]: REFUSES to be associated with her mother, thinking she's nothing like her. [[spoiler:Her striking Alvus to try and kill Poppy makes her realize she's the same, and she almost breaks down crying.]]

* BigEater
* CloudCuckooLander: She doesn't know what color the sky is.
* TheGadfly
* [[MrViceGuy Ms. Vice Gal]]

* [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than She Looks]]: Even though she looks and acts like a young teenager, according to the alt notes, she's really [[spoiler: 94 years old!]]

* KnightOfCerberus: One of the antagonists, next to Poda, that Poppy had trouble dealing with in their only fight. Granted, Poppy was still injured.

* KnightOfCerberus: The most dangerous antagonist Poppy had to face. If not for Sir Friedrich, Poda would have easily killed her.

* FantasticRacism: Doesn't understand why opossums would be regarded as people.

* RubberMan

* VoluntaryShapeshifting

* [[IAmNotMyFather I Am Not My Mother]]: REFUSES to be associated with her mother, thinking she's nothing like her. [[spoiler:Her striking Alvus to try and kill Poppy makes her realize she's NotSoDifferent, and she almost breaks down crying.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Transgender}}: Revealed in Chapter 8 she used to go by Milo Canny]]

* MamaBear

* StrongerThanTheyLook

* ICanLiveWithThat: When Poppy believes that Kit has ulterior motives for striving for opossum equality, the queen makes no attempt to deny it. She confesses that their AntiMagic negating with her DisabilitySuperpower as what inspired her for this task.

* InadequateInheritor: If you can believe it. [[spoiler:She is the last living descendant of a Mother of Magic, Madama Mystana. Her lecherous and greedy behavior combined with her lack of talent with magic meant the church didn't want her around and kicked her out. She's given all the money she needs to survive by the church for keeping quiet, since the Mothers of Magic aren't supposed to have had kids.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch: She undergoes one [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/poppy-8-page-11 that the Alt Text lampshades]].]]

* LetsGetDangerous

* HypercompetentSidekick: Poppy is overwhelmed during her first day - thankfully, she had Hallia's help.

* [[spoiler:Transgender: Revealed in Chapter 8 she used to go by Milo Canny]]