History Characters / TheEgyptGame

* TheIngenue: DownplayedTrope. April and Melanie (6th graders) view Elizabeth (a 4th grader) has a such--more innocent, more naive, than them.

* CelebrityResemblance: In profile, Elizabeth looks like the famous statue of Nefertiti.

-->''With Melanie, April was herself, new and different from anyone, wild and daring and terribly brave. But with other people she was often quite different. With other kids she usually put on her Hollywood act, terribly grown-up and bored with everything. And with most grown-ups April’s eyes got narrow and you couldn’t believe a word she said.''

-->'''April:''' Yes, you see my mother is Dorothea Dawn-- ''[pause]'' Well, I guess you haven’t happened to hear of her way up here, but she’s a singer and in the movies, and stuff like that.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Melanie's Blue Oni.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to April's Red Oni.

-->''“Security’s an octopus,” Marshall said very clearly. He didn’t talk very much, but when he did he always said exactly what he wanted to without any trouble. He never had fooled around with baby talk''

-->'''Melanie''': He's been awfully grown-up ever since--oh, since about the time he started walking. That is, about everything except Security. I guess he's not very grown-up about that. Dad says the reason Marshall needs Security is that he had such a hard time being a baby. Dad says being a baby offended Marshall’s dignity.

-->''Of course, Toby had a special talent for getting people off the hook by making the teacher laugh. Just when Mrs. Granger was really building up a head of steam over something, Toby would make some little remark and Mrs. Granger would start choking and have to turn her back. Sometimes she’d try to pick things up where she left off, but all that lost momentum made a big difference''

* NomDeMom: She likes to call herself "April Dawn." It's not clear if this is her mother's maiden name or StageName, but either way, mom's name.

* OddFriendship: Melanie and April

* OddFriendship: Melanie and April

* AmbiguousDisorder: Taking all of his traits into account (see below), he's very likely to be on the autism spectrum, but this is never referenced in-story.

->''She was shy, but not in the stiff embarrassing way that makes other people feel embarrassed, too. It was a gentle friendly shyness that made other people feel important, sort of in charge of things.''

* NaiveNewcomer: She is viewed as such within the group, perhaps more so than she actually is. When Elizabeth suggests they write something in their own blood, April and Melanie are both surprised and impressed.

* DefrostingIceQueen: She defrosts as soon as she gets bored with her JerkassFacade.

-->''Meeting people had always been easy for Melanie. Most people she liked right away, and they usually seemed to feel the same way about her.''

* NomDeMom: She likes to call herself "April Dawn." It's not clear if this is her mother's maiden name or StageName, but the ''mom's name'' part stands.

* CheerfulChild: Cheerful, responsible, and adjusted, as a counterpoint to more damaged and volatile April.

-->'''Melanie''': That’s Security. Marshall takes him everywhere. So my dad named him Security. You know. Like some little kids have a blanket.

-->'''Melanie''': He’s been awfully grown-up ever since--oh, since about the time he started walking. That is, about everything except Security. I guess he’s not very grown-up about that. Dad says the reason Marshall needs Security is that he had such a hard time being a baby. Dad says being a baby offended Marshall’s dignity.

* AsianAirhead: Elizabeth might count, although her naïveté is attributed to her being a fourth grader, two grades below April, Melanie, Toby, and Ken.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her father is dead, and her mother leaves her with her grandmother. Also a FreudianExcuse.
* TheFashionista: She plays at it, wearing false eyelashes on a regular basis, despite being all of 11. It's painfully obvious she's trying to coverup or compensate fo something.

* CheerfulChild

Melanie's preschool-aged brother.
* TagalongKid: He's 4 years old, and often Melanie's job to babysit. But he makes such a good boy pharaoh they don't mind.
* InnocentProdigy
* CompanionCube: His stuffed octopus.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: A very stoic and solemn child.

* NaiveNewcomer

* CatchPhrase: [[GoshDangItToHeck "Sheesh!"]]