History Characters / TheYoungProtectors

* BlessedWithSuck: His powers are connected to his emotions, which makes [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain things in life]] hard to enjoy. [[spoiler:this gets solved by the end of the arc, though.]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Twice. What happened to his first parents is a mystery, but his foster parents [[spoiler: [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned him after]] he nearly killed them and their daughter while on ADateWithRosiePalms.]]

* HeroesOfAnotherStory: Spooky is a detective of sorts on the side, and Commander used to help her [[BadassInCharge mom]] out at work. Spooky's side is show in full force in the Double Cross arc. Also, Flyboy had an entire adventure stopping a confrontation, saving part of a city from destruction and rescuing one of his friends in the span of Kyle having a date with Annihilator.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Spooky is a detective of sorts on the side, and Commander used to help her [[BadassInCharge mom]] out at work. Spooky's side is show in full force in the Double Cross arc. Also, Flyboy had an entire adventure stopping a confrontation, saving part of a city from destruction and rescuing one of his friends in the span of Kyle having a date with Annihilator.

* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes Of Another Story]]: Spooky is a detective of sorts on the side, and Commander used to help her [[BadassInCharge mom]] out at work. Spooky's side is show in full force in the Double Cross arc. Also, Flyboy had an entire adventure stopping a confrontation, saving part of a city from destruction and rescuing one of his friends in the span of Kyle having a date with Annihilator.

* HiddenBadass: According to Fluke, out of the two of them and Spooky, it'd be best if Flyboy was the one who remained on the lookout for the Annihiliator in case he came back, suggesting a certain degree of faith in Flyboy's abilities, despite his young age.

* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler: Laampros, his father and resident BiggerBad, believes he's this at first simply for being weak. [[BurningWithAnger When he proves otherwise]], he gives Kyle a bizarre SoProudOfYou moment, complete with TheReveal of his parentage and the declaration that Kyle may well be a suitable heir after all. [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Cue Kyle's utter horror.]]]]

The BiggerBad of the series brought forth by the Annihilator and the Platinum Priestess in their quest for immortality and eternal youth. He is a King of Hell and evil as they come.

* {{Wimpification}}: Prone to this in-universe. It's his one complaint about [[YaoiFangirl the team's fanbase]].

* StockSuperPowers: Well, this is a superhero comic after all.
** The Commander: Telepathy
** Red Hot: [[ElementalPowers Fire]]
** Fluke: Fluke is CursedWithAwesome, being able to give people lucky breaks at the cost of his own luck. Good thing he likes helping people.
** Spooky Jones: [[FunctionalMagic Spooky can use magic and has vast knowledge of the occult.]]
** Tsunami: [[ElementalPowers Water]]
** Flyboy: Can fly and boasts he could lift a mountain if it wasn't attached to the earth. Granted, he CAN make Spookies car and even a whole plane fly by simply touching it.

* EntitledToHaveYou: He states (just like Velliok) that he wants to capture Spooky alive. No reasons given.

* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes Of Another Story]]: Spooky is a detective of sorts on the side, and Commander used to help her [[BadassInCharge mom]] out at work. Spooky's side is show in full force in the Double Cross arc.

* FanNickname: "Tsu Tsu," or just "Tsu," seems to be a favorite.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's writing as downright unlikeable during the first part of his appeareances in Engaging The Enemy, but the later part of the arc shows how much he actually values his teammates.

* WouldntHurtAChild: [[EvenEvilHasStandards It's a policy among villains]] that he both explains and enforces, [[spoiler:and possibly the reason he waited until [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Kyle turned eighteen]] to spring his HoneyTrap.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: If her final words in Chapter 3 are any indication of what she thinks of the 'Kids are off-limits' rule, then she WOULD hurt a child, since both Fluke and Mitch are under 18.]]

* GeniusBruiser: Flyby. He then team's technical expert and has proved that he has street smarts on top of it.

* BadassGay: Kyle [[spoiler:and Flyboy as well. Spooky Jones is bisexual.]]

* BadassGay: He is homosexual and a superhero.

* BiTheWay: He's stated so himself. A flashback shows that he had a relationship with Commander before they formed the team, before that he and Aanado were lovers, and after that he and Kyle are trying for a relationship.

* HiddenBadass: According to Fluke, out of the two of them and Spooky, it'd be best if Flyboy was the one who remained on the lookout for [[spoiler: the Annihiliator]] in case he came back, suggesting a certain degree of faith in Flyboy's abilities, despite his young age.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: This attitude got him booted off his last superhero team.

* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes Of Another Story]]: Spooky is a detective of sorts on the side, and Commander used to help her [[BadassInCharge mom]] out at work.

Kyle is the main protagonist of the series and a member of the Young Protectors, the series' titular team of heroic young people. He is the hero known as Red Hot and is in possession of some pretty hot powers. However, Kyle harbors [[DarkAndTroubledPast many secrets and hidden fears]], one of which being that he is gay.

* BlessedWithSuck: His powers are connected to his emotions, which makes [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain things in life]] hard to enjoy.

* IntimateHealing: Smooches Kyle to heal him [[spoiler:immediately after releasing all the souls meant to be sacrifices for Laampros in Chapter 5.]]

* FiveTokenBand: Or rather, Six Token Band. The Commander is a Native American young woman, Red Hot is a homosexual white young man, Fluke is black, Spooky is Chinese, Tsunami is Samoan, and Flyboy is white.
** [[spoiler: As of chapter 3, Mitch has come out as either gay or bi to Kyle.]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: All except for Spooky were rejected as interns for adult teams of superheroes for one reason or another. Red Hot's past and psychological profile were considered worrisome, and Fluke was flat out told his powers would do more far harm than good. Their misfit statuses, as well as their young ages, make them not well liked by adult superheroes. Spooky is the exception, as adult teams would really like him to join their ranks, but he refuses.

!!!'''Mitch / Flyboy'''

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in his bonus comic - has a boyfriend named Corey, who also has powers of his own.]]

* VigilanteMan: Spends his nights doing covert rescues and arrests.

* BiTheWay: He has dated both girls and guys.

A duke of hell that has some unfinished business with Spooky jones. This conflict is behind the main plot on ''Past Sins'' [[spoiler: where it's eventually revealed that he has been posing as Aanado the entire time, trying to lure Spooky into letting him in his mind.

A demon who met Spooky during his time in hell. [[spoiler: Also his lover]]. He's shown in passing during one of the bonus comic, then has a large role during a Patreon-only comic about him and Spooky, and then he has a large role during ''Legendary'', the second volume of the comic.

* TeamMom: She's largely the OnlySaneWoman of the team, and in charge of keeping the guys in line.

%%* WomanInWhite

* BadassInCharge: Her alias alone instills this image.

* BadassInCharge: The Commander has contacts with the military and trained with the marines for 11 months.

* BadassGay: He is one.

* HotWitch: Has remained a [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave quite the looker despite being at least in her late 40's]].

* SpoiledSweet: As revealed in his bonus comic - seems to come from a very well-off family with loving parents, and is easily one of the most kind-hearted, gentle members of the team.