History Characters / TheViewAskewniverse

* GadgeteerGenius: Jay describes him as an "electrical genius" who won the eighth grade science fair by turning his mom's vibrator into a CD player using "chicken wire and shit".

* HiddenDepths: Whenever he speaks, Silent Bob usually shows he's actually quite elaborate and intelligent on a wide variety of subjects. According to Bob, he could fill the Grand Canyon with things Jay doesn't know about him.

* YourCheatingHeart: Was prepared to run away with Caitlin, despite being in a relationship with Veronica.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[EasilyForgiven Insists on giving Caitlin Bree a second chance in their relationship]], despite the fact that she previously cheated him on eight (and a half) times, and is currently cheating on her own fiancée by going on a date with him, which is to say that their second try will very likely end the same way. [[spoiler:It doesn't end up lasting more than an hour, however, as Caitlin winds up having sex with a dead body in the Quick Stop bathroom (thinking it was Dante) and is left scarred for life.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The "jerk" part is a bit downplayed. He's not the best judge of character and can be a whiner who blames other people for his own problems. He's not really a ''bad'' guy though. He is a well-meaning guy and never actively seeks to antagonize anyone, unlike Randal.

%%* NoRespectGuy

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He makes a lot of questionable decisions throughout the movie and Randal's repeated [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speeches]] seem to indicate we're supposed to feel Dante is responsible in some way for basically all the bad things that happen to him.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:After being the protagonist of a series spanning nearly thirty years, he passes away of a heart attack at the end of ''Clerks III''.]]

* LikeParentLikeChild: Like her dad, Milly is lanky, blond, loud, abrasive, and a pothead.

* DisabledSnarker: Despite being a near-mute and deaf, Soapy manages to make her own sardonic commentary.

* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler:He still hasn't moved on fifteen years after Becky's death, even though they were only together a few months at most.]]

* GracefulLadiesWearPurple: On her reappearance in the series, she is seen in different shades of purple and is a sweet and desirable woman.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' | ''Film/ClerksII'' | ''Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'' | ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' | ''Film/ClerksIII''

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' | ''Film/ClerksII'' | ''Film/ClerksIII''

--->Hearing is so fucking overrated.

'''Played By:''' Treshelle Edmond

* TheTeetotaler: In ''Clerks II'', they've sobered up after being arrested and sent to court-mandated rehab. Dropped in ''Reboot''.

* UglyGuyHotWife: She's definitely out of Dante's league; lampshaded by Randal, who is baffled at how Dante has managed to attract someone as beautiful as her, in addition to always having a pair of girls fighting over him.

* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: As seen in ''Chasing Amy'' and ''Clerks III'' he tends to not recognize his own catchphrases when they're pointed out to him.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Jay wears a cap like Silent Bob in ''Clerks'', instead of a beanie like he does in the rest of the franchise. This is specially jarring since ''Mallrats'' (where he first wears a beanie) chronologically takes place the day before ''Clerks''.

* HandCannon: For the first half of the film, he wields a Desert Eagle handgun.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He's extremely homophobic and somewhat sexist in the early films. Averted from ''Reboot'' onwards, as he isn't mad because Justice married another woman, but because it means he won't get laid like he hoped, and later tells Milly she's lucky to have two moms who love her. In ''Clerks III'' he's wearing the "Snoochie Boochies and Equality" shirt that was being sold at Chronic-Con.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] quite frequently by Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes themselves.

** In ''Reboot'', now in their 40s, they have turned RST Video into a faux chicken restaurant to grow their own weed. With marijuana becoming legal, ''Clerks III'' sees them operate a legal weed dispensary in the same place, but even then, they spend more time smoking weed than selling it.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite becoming obscenely wealthy after the events of ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'', they're back to being drug dealers by the time of ''Clerks II'', seemingly out of boredom. Their wealth is actually a plot point in the latter movie.

* TookALevelInKindness: While still vulgar, he is noticeably much less abrasive than before in ''Clerks II'', which carries over to ''Reboot''. He's also not as perverted towards women. Come ''Clerks III'', aside from the occasional foul-mouthed moment, he hardly even yells at Silent Bob anymore.

* HiddenDepths: Whenever he speaks, Silent Bob usually shows he's actually quite elaborate and intelligent on a wide variety of subjects.
** According to Bob, he could fill the Grand Canyon with things Jay doesn't know about him.

** In ''Reboot'', now in their 40s, they have turned RST Video into a faux chicken restaurant to grow their own weed. With marijuana becoming legal, ''Clerks III'' sees them operate a legal weed dispensary in the same place, but even then they spend more time indulging in their own merchandise rather than selling it.

** In ''Reboot'', now in their 40s, they have turned RST Video into a faux chicken restaurant to grow their own weed.