History Characters / TrustfellRoundOne

** Averted with Hibiki - they have a nasty fight, but successfully make amends before [[DropTheHammer Hibiki is murdered]].

* TeensAreShort: Morty is tiny and looks like a kid.

* AlternateSelf: Keeps tabs on a lot of his, particularly how and where they died. This may or may not extend to [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the one who spells his name with a Y]], given that Round 2 shows that he's very dead as well and Kimblee may have been in contact with the game master of that round.

* WeaponOfChoice: Her famed FlamingSword from the finale, which was actually Tabby's idea.

* KnifeNut: His "habits" get everyone's knife privileges revoked.

!![[LightNovel/KyouKaraMaou Yuuri Shibuya]]

%%* NiceHat: Usually seen with hers.

* BeautyMark: Reaver's got one on his face in the standard "shorthand for a tragic life" spot.

%%* MulticolouredHair: Gradient hair.

!![[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Byakuren Hijiri]]

%%* FlowerInHerHair: Her default style.

* HairDecorations: Elise usually wears pink bows.

* ManInWhite: Always wears a pure white trenchcoat. Its absence is what clues everyone in to his role in Sukuyo's death.

!![[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Morty Smith]]

!![[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]]

* BadassGrandpa: A 60-year-old drunk noodle who can still swing around a large warhammer.

-->"I'm glad even in all this... at least ''something'' good came out of it."

[[spoiler: The victim of Week 3 (Case 3).]]

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* TheHeart: Ashley is the one nearly everyone wanted to protect, who symbolizes how broken they all are but how they still have something keeping them together. [[spoiler:Fittingly, her death and the ensuing trial drive a huge wedge in the group. She fills the heart role again for the deadland CastHerd.]]
* InelegantBlubbering: During week three, thanks to [[TraumaCongaLine a lot of things]].
* MyGirlBackHome: Chris, her crush from home.
* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: [[spoiler:After her death, she attempts to tell the survivors that the Conductor looks a little like Benedict Cumberbatch. No one left alive knows who he is, leading to people briefly assuming that was his real name.]]
* {{Protectorate}}: Multiple people swear that they'll at least get innocent, likeable Ashley out of Graceside. [[spoiler:Sadly, she still doesn't make it, and this takes a toll on everyone.]]

* TheWoobie: Everyone recognizes her as a severely traumatized kid who does not deserve this.

-->"I never said I was a nice, trustworthy person."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 3 (Case 3).]]

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* ShellshockedVeteran: Asuka's in a hopeless war to keep the world alive just a little longer, and she's stopped pretending there's hope of anything more.

* {{Tsundere}}: Doesn't want to admit that she may be growing feelings for people, and she's terrified of what may happen if she does. [[spoiler:So she decides to kill her closest friend to escape to try and convince herself that she doesn't care.]]

-->"Better to be scared with company than afraid and alone."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* LittleMissConArtist: Blue was one of these as a child. [[spoiler:No wonder she went into becoming a mole by trying to be a FriendlyEnemy to the Conductor and get something out of it.]]
* TheMole: One of the three who's named as a mole suspect. [[spoiler:It's all three of them.]]
* NiceHat: Usually seen with hers.

!![[{{VideoGame/Touhou}} Byakuren Hijiri]]

-->"Would you like a comforting answer or a truthful answer?"

[[spoiler: The victim of Week 2 (Case 2).]]

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* BareFistedMonk: Byakuren is a religious figure and a competent fighter [[spoiler:who gladly accepts Undyne's duel challenge]].
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Her image overall.
* TheHeretic: Her past and why she was cast out of the mainstream of her faith.
* MulticolouredHair: Gradient hair.

* TeamChef: Makes food for those who can't or just for everyone. [[spoiler:Once she dies, a lot of people have to suddenly learn to cook.]]

-->"I believe in all of you. You ''will'' stop him."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 7 (Case 7).]]

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* ManInWhite: Always wears a pure white trenchcoat. [[spoiler:Its absence is what clues everyone in to his role in Sukuyo's death.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:Not because he's changed, but because his world has and he's afraid to see just how much.]]

-->"The weak bow down and the strong devour them; my friend told me that once."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 4 (Case 4).]]

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* SpookyPhotographs: [[spoiler:Takes a picture of the shadow, which harms it.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Parfaits, the more extravagant the better. [[spoiler:Her ghost leaves some out for her friends.]]

-->"When the victors speak of what's transpired, 'evil' is just the name given to the one who loses."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 5 (Case 5).]]

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* HeroicBuild: Subverted... or played straight, from a certain point of view. He's buff and evil, but [[spoiler:his body was stolen from TheHero back home, so...]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: Eventually acknowledged as such by everyone.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: After Tabby circulates a petition and he regains enough memories that he was going to do it anyway.

-->"I've got enough confidence for a legion. O~hohohohohohoho!"

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* BreakTheHaughty: The entire game is this to her, where she goes from stuck up and pretending she isn't worried down past the DespairEventHorizon and [[spoiler:planning to betray the entire group]], then having regrets and reaching out to the others.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Develops one of these from her breakdown [[spoiler:at Ashley's murder]], trying to reconcile her spoiled selfishness with a situation that's wearing at her from every side. Comes to a head when [[spoiler:her remaining favourite people die and she watches Rick kill himself after confessing to killing them; when she says he should have targeted someone who deserved it, she's actually referring to herself, overcome with guilt at being a mole.]]

* TheMole: One of the three who's named as a mole suspect. [[spoiler:It's all three of them.]]

* PetTheDog: Showing kindness to the chickens and (re)learning how to care for them. [[spoiler:The scheduling board that mysteriously appeared to help with the chicken care was one of her mole rewards.]]

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: She honestly has no clue what average life is like, giving her SkewedPriorities like [[spoiler:selling out the others because she can't stand the beds in Graceside and wants a nicer one]]. Elise gets better as she regains memories of deciding to learn to do work herself, but still needs to be reminded that the "shacks" most people live in are regular houses.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Takes this role in the back of the formation [[spoiler:when the confrontation with the Conductor turns physical. She even sewed potions into her underskirt!]]

-->"Maybe under different circumstances, you wouldn't have made so many bad decisions."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* FriendToBugs: Giovanni's signature Pokémon is a Beedrill, who gained the FanNickname "Beedwagon." They're very close.
* KnightTemplarParent: When Round 2's backstory was revealed, it was often commented that it was a good thing Giovanni wasn't in ''that'' round, [[spoiler:or Mettaton would be dead thrice over for deleting Silver's consciousness, depths of despair or not]].

* TheOnlyOneITrust: Giovanni is basically this to [[spoiler:Susan by the end, since the rest of the survivors are either traumatized and unstable teenagers or Elise. Susan disapproves of Giovanni's mob activities and blood collection, but believes he can get the job done.]]

-->"Nankurunaisa! Whenever I say it, i know we've still got a fightin' chance!"

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Her mistrust of others after three weeks of terrible murders comes to a head during the fourth trial, [[spoiler:where she chooses not to immediately come forth with evidence she had found while investigating.]] Many of the characters rail against her, and some still hadn't completely forgiven her [[spoiler:by the time of her death, two weeks later.]]

-->"Guessing how desperate or selfish someone might be is a lot easier than guessing how smart they might be, though."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* TheCynic: Throughout all of Round 1. The one time he tries optimism [[spoiler:and pushes for everyone to spare Kimblee in the final trial]], he almost dies.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: He even [[spoiler:lights a funeral pyre for the mastermind who put them through all this at the end]].

-->"I mean, when we all stop being able to feel alright at all, then we basically already gave up on trying to find something better."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: Develops a rapport with Jean because of this.
* GiftedlyBad: Bakugou's "poetic love confession."

* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:Had a terrible fight with Youko; just as he was ready to make peace, she died. Averted with Hibiki - they have a nasty fight, but successfully make amends before [[DropTheHammer Hibiki is murdered]].]]

-->"I'm not sure if there are many choices here that are right, anyway."

[[spoiler: The victim of Week 1 (Case 1).]]

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* BadassBookworm: Loves to read and talk about the classics, but much more powerful than he appears, [[spoiler:even if he's the first victim]].

* HalfHumanHybrids: Tells Ashley that he was turned into this by an organ transplant gone very wrong.

-->"At this point, I'm wondering if logic even has a place here."

[[spoiler: Killed by the shadow during Week 6.]]

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* BeingEvilSucks: Wasn't terribly fond of being a fascist, [[spoiler:[[EvilVersusEvil but he thought it was necessary.]]]]
* CoveredWithScars: Thanks to [[spoiler:The Crawler.]]
* FascistButInefficient: Logan ends up describing his own rule as this ''himself'' [[spoiler:once he regains all his memories in deadland and realizes that his sister accomplished his goal without becoming a tyrant]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Experiences this [[spoiler:when Reaver is executed, thanks to his (large) part in revealing him as the first culprit - and because of what will happen to Albion without his industry expertise.]]

-->"I can't even imagine what it'd be like to be here without Sol."

[[spoiler: The victim of Week 4 (Case 4).]]

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* FlowerInHerHair: Her default style.

* TheQuietOne: Compared to her twin sister, Sol.

-->"It's never bad to hold back your feelings, right?"

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* DorkKnight: Heroic, fanboy, completely out of his element and ends up an ActionSurvivor. [[spoiler:For as long as he survives, anyway.]]

-->"And fate's most definitely what brought us here. That and awful luck."

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* HappilyMarried: He will gladly tell you how much he loves his wife back home. [[spoiler:This comes up during the sixth trial as the other characters debate whether he wrote the incriminating letter or if he was being framed.]]

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Attempts this [[spoiler:on the shadow creature and Roy Mustang immediately after waking up as a ghost. It doesn't work.]]

-->"Aw, jeez... you know -- n-never mind."

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 5 (Case 5).]]

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* HormonalTeenager: Rick dismisses his feelings for Sol (or any girl) as this, and it seems to be true to some extent.
* LovableCoward: [[spoiler:Though Morty did manage to ''try'' and save Rakka.]]
* MoralityChain: Is the only thing keeping Rick from killing the others immediately. [[spoiler:Things go poorly after his death.]]

* PuppyLove: His crush on Sol.

-->"If we didn't have to do this terrible exercise... this place could be really nice."

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 5 (Case 5).]]

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* TheIngenue: It makes her the MoralityPet for many of the other characters.

* QuestForIdentity: As a part of her character arc.

-->"Maybe I'm not that altruistic."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 1 (Case 1).]]

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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Because he holds {{Deadly Game}}s back home, [[spoiler:[[GenreSavvy it's one of the reasons why he's so quick to act.]]]]

* LivingOnBorrowedTime: This, combined with LaserGuidedAmnesia, [[spoiler:is the biggest reason as to why he's the first to kill.]]

* ReallyGetsAround: He'll gladly tell you about it, too.

* SadisticChoice: Reaver made no secret of the fact [[spoiler:when it came time to vote him off that if he died, Albion's six million residents would perish without his skillset. The characters' only other option is dying ''themselves'', and Reaver is convicted.]]

-->"Why the ''fuck'' would I want ''any'' of you to like me."

[[spoiler: One of the culprits of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* AlcoholicParent: Well, grandparent, but one implies the other.
* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler:A 60-year-old drunk noodle who can still swing around a large warhammer.]]

* CoolOldGuy: At least ''he'' thinks he's this.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:A large part of why he kills a couple cinnamon rolls and tries to go out in a blaze of glory before just dying there on the stand.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Wrote a ForgedMessage with a cursed pen that only ever writes one thing anyway.]]

* GadgeteerGenius: Built all his inventions himself, like the butter robot he recreates and [[spoiler:the portal gun from the ending]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Zigzagged. Bursts into a rant when [[spoiler:he's finally cornered during the sixth trial... before cutting himself off because he "wasn't feeling it". It's set back on track when he [[InelegantBlubbering breaks down into tears]], before ending prematurely [[DrivenToSuicide when he slits his own throat]].]]

!![[Manga/AreaD Sol]]

-->"Ugh, whatever, investigation time, start, I guess... what a pain in the ass."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* AngstySurvivingTwin: Says she doesn't know what she'd do if her sister Luna were a victim. [[spoiler:She has to deal with it after Luna is murdered in Week 4.]]

-->"You know, the ugliest foods always taste the best!"

[[spoiler: The victim of Week 7 (Case 7).]]

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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide over her guilt at being, as far as she knew, [[DramaticIrony the only mole.]]]]

* InsaneTrollLogic: After [[spoiler:Logan's]] death, she attempts a ritual to seal their soul into a chicken.
* TheMole: One of the three who's named as a mole suspect. [[spoiler:It's all three of them.]]

* TeamMom: Even towards ''Dio.''

-->"Everyone has ''something'' they'd kill for -- most people, anyway."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: In the final trial, [[spoiler:she states that she believes the group is making a mistake, but sees that her argument is futile and decides to just vote for mercy along with them rather than take a stand and die alone. But when he betrays them, she charges and stabs him in the face.]]

* TheCynic: Starts the game pessimistic and remains that way even at the very end, when [[spoiler:she and Sol are the only survivors to argue for Kimblee's death when the others start to wonder [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim if they should spare him]].]]

-->"It's not breaking and entering if you, like, have a key."

[[spoiler: One of the culprits of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* RobbingTheDead: Well-known in the school for corpse looting and cleaning out the dead's rooms. [[spoiler:Bakugou realizes that a lot of evidence for the sixth trial must have been lifted from the scene and kept in the culprit's room, triggering Blue and Youko's epiphany that this is very similar to Tabby's behavior.]]
* SociopathicHero: Says "You call the Avengers if you want, like, heroics. You call the Nextwave Squad if you want a job ''done''." It ultimately results in her [[spoiler:committing murder for a shot at trying to kill the shadow monster during her execution]].
* SymbolSwearing: Often, as in canon.

-->"I refuse to believe there's nothing we can't do."

[[spoiler: The culprit of Week 2 (Case 2).]]

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* JerkJustifications: [[FantasticRacism Really didn't like humans]] and thought the DeadlyGame was common practice, and wouldn't even listen to anyone saying otherwise, because of what humans have done to her world. [[spoiler:She relaxes and apologizes when it turns out she's from the Pacifist Route.]]

-->"A storm is at least something you can rebuild from. This place? Not so much."

[[spoiler: Made it to the survivor pool.]]

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* FashionableAsymmetry: Her side ponytail.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Definitely not.

-->"People change. It'd be much stranger if you stayed exactly the same."

[[spoiler: Punished by the Conductor during Week 8.]]

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* BodyHorror: Being stuck in her human body, unable to transform, becomes increasingly this for her.
* FanNickname: "Bloodhound-chan", thanks to Youko using her heightened sense of smell to [[spoiler:successfully sniff out the culprit in case four, once the characters deduced they had split blueberry perfume on themselves.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Logan.

* TrueNeutral: Owing to her BlueAndOrangeMorality. [[BitchInSheepsClothing She pretends to be nicer.]]

!![[Main/KyouKaraMaou Yuuri Shibuya]]

-->"I just wish I knew what was actually going on, though."

[[spoiler: One of the victims of Week 6 (Case 6).]]

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Yuuri is kind and expects everyone to be the same, even late in the game. [[spoiler:He's lured to his death because of it.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Appears this way. Isn't.
* ShonenHair: Yuuri has a mild, toned-down version, especially compared to Bakugou.

!![[spoiler: [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Solf J Kimblee]]]]

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-->"You can call me the Conductor."

* AlternateSelf: Keeps tabs on a lot of his, particularly how and where they died. [[spoiler:This may or may not extend to [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the one who spells his name with a Y]], given that Round 2 shows that he's very dead as well and Kimblee may have been in contact with the game master of that round.]]
* AppropriatedAppellation: The Conductor takes on the "Observant" title Bakugou mockingly calls him by. [[spoiler:Subverted later, as it turns out it used to be his title.]]

* FairPlayVillain: Always presents himself as this, anyway. The truth isn't so fair.
* GentlemanSnarker: The image he likes to give off.

* MathematiciansAnswer: To the frustration of the characters.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Leaves enforcing the rules to his associates, most often the thing in the pit, while he sits safely behind the glass. [[spoiler:When Tabby poses a genuine and immediate threat to the shadow, though, he intervenes and kills her with his ChainLightning, and he also faces the survivor pool himself at the end.]]
* PetTheDog: Seen in some of his private conversations the captives, most commonly Ashley. They form a sort of [[FriendlyEnemy odd correspondence]] and he grows to like her. [[spoiler:Too bad it's right before she dies. [[NotSoStoic He doesn't take it too well]].]]

* StealthPun: [[spoiler:The true meaning of "Conductor."]]

-->"I was trying to help you guys."

* BewareTheQuietOnes: She can and will rip a strip out of you if you seem like you're just using her [[spoiler:or might just stab you in the face instead]].

* HelpFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Graduated a round and volunteered to help the Conductor. After he used her for a few experiments, she tried to kill him, he killed her in return, and she decided to help the new class.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: According to her profile. [[spoiler:Though she ''did'' win a round.]]
* MagicLibrarian: Only by virtue of [[spoiler:knowing the secrets of the school and being more used to being a ghost. She's average otherwise.]]
* SpellMyNameWithABlank: While she does have a surname, the Conductor has stricken it from the record.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Refers to people by their proper names only when he's [[{{Understatement}} not happy]] with them.

* InsaneForgiveness: Not out of any sort of goodness, but because of fast-acting apathy. [[spoiler:Exemplified by a conversation with the Conductor after the third trial, who calls her out on this:]]
--> [[spoiler:[[BigBad Conductor]]: "...If I didn't know any better, I would think you were trying to console me."]]
--> [[spoiler:Youko: "...Oh. I guess I am."]]

!![[Franchise/HarvestMoon Elise]]

* FairPlayVillain: Always presents himself as this, anyway.

* TheCynic: Throughout all of Round 1. The one time he tries optimism [[spoiler:and pushes for everyone to spare Kimblee in the final trial]] he almost dies.

* YinYangTwins: Sol is brash and outgoing, Luna is proper and reserved.

* YinYangTwins: Sol is brash and outgoing, Luna is proper and reserved.

* EndingMemorialService: The final post of Round 1 starts with Jean lighting a funeral pyre for [[spoiler:Kimblee]].