History DarthWiki / SpecialIntelligence

* CanadaEh: Crosby's own Canadian heritage is the subject of ridicule all of once, though.

* DisabledHottie: Crosby's wheelchair-bound girlfriend, Sharon Carter.
* DisabledLoveInterest: Again, Sharon Carter.

* NamesTheSame: There's an O.E.I.O. crew member surnamed Crosby, and of course, is a source of confusion when Joffrey Crosby is in the same room as the other Crosby.

* FiveManBand:
** Team One (Series I):
*** TheHero: Joffrey Crosby
*** TheLancer: Olivia Smithson
*** TheBigGuy: John Bauer, Roy Kessel
*** TheSmartGuy: Justin Porter, Thomas Ross
*** TheChick: Alice Baines, Brett Danielson
*** TheMentor: Elliot Shade
*** SixthRanger: Sharon Carter
** Team One (Series II):
*** TheHero: Joffrey
*** TheLancer: Olivia, Roy
*** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Guys and Girls]]: Sharon, Justin, Thomas
*** TheBigGuy: John Bauer
*** TheChick: Alice
** Shabadoo's Legion of Darkness:
*** The BigBad: Josef Shabadoo
*** TheDragon: Gilgamesh
*** TheBrute: Annihilator X
*** The EvilGenius: Testtubes
*** The DarkChick: Romanov
*** SixthRanger: James-Michael Liles

* NiceHat: Roy's beanie toque.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The character bios page (in my head) alone has about over 50 characters listed and profiled.

* {{Meganekko}}: Who else but Sharon Carter?

* HollywoodNerd: The S.I.D.'s nerds fall under Type II.

** Josef "Joey" Shabadoo, the villain from the "Mystic Peninsula" arc, is a clear reference to "Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo", a gag from TheSimpsons.

* TheWarOnTerror: Seems to have been supplanted by more extraordinary threats, as it turns out.

* FiveBadBand: Shabadoo's Legion of Darkness
** The BigBad: Josef Shabadoo
** TheDragon: Gilgamesh
** TheBrute: Annihilator X
** The EvilGenius: Testtubes
** The DarkChick: Romanov

* HeroicBystander: Surprisingly, Rocky Stone managed to save the day during the "Dreamkillers" arc as he KOs a crazed civilian under the influence of the titular villains.

* EvilRoy: Who's not really evil to begin with, but he is a sarcastic jackass.

* BadAss:
** '''John. Fucking. Bauer.''' Then again, he's partially named after "24's" Jack Bauer.
** Once Joffrey Crosby grows up and takes a level in badass.....holy effin' crap.
** Hypercompetent S.I.D. Agent Olivia Smithson, who shows us just how badass she can be many, many times.

** Part 2 of "Reborn in the USA" has Sharon wearing a [[Film/HarryPotter Hufflepuff]] scarf, while standing next to Marc, who himself is wearing a CaptainAmerica t-shirt.

** John Bauer is appropriately the end result of putting [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] together into one uber-badass character.

*** The exterior of the Shop-Stop that Rocky Stone and Carter Cole work at shows it adjacent to a [[{{Chuck}} Buy More]].

** Sharon Carter resembles and pretty much acts like [[{{Batman}} Oracle]], which is a deliberate shout out, says Word of God.

** Part 2 of "Reborn in the USA" has Sharon wearing a [[HarryPotter Hufflepuff]] scarf, while standing next to Marc, who himself is wearing a CaptainAmerica t-shirt.

* ShippingBedDeath: Averted hard, as we see both Sharon and Crosby's characters developing well after getting together in the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" arc. Then again, falling in love seemed to be essential to both their character arcs.

* AdultChild: Played for both laughs and drama with Joffrey Crosby. He's frequently told to "grow up", and part of his character arc deals with this.

* HairOfGold: Olivia Smithson.

* AdultChild: Played for both laughs and drama with Joffrey Crosby. He's frequently told to "grow up", and part of his character arc deals with this.

* BadAss:

* BigBad: Mr. Decker, Josef "Joey" Shabadoo, the Bloodserpents, The Legion of Darkness, etc.

* CerebusSyndrome: While most of Series I's early arcs involved fantastic threats usually played for laughs, the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" arc featured a dramatic change with a turn for the darker side of things at times.

* ChristmasEpisode:

-->'''Robbie'': Does this make me look like a mad genie who could go to college?

** One strip has a quick cameo from several characters from {{DarthWiki/SPECWAR}}.

* DeadpanSnarker: John Bauer. Full emphasis on the "deadpan" portion here.

* DemonicPossession: A specialty of the Bloodserpents' "Negotiator", and he successfully manages to possess [[spoiler:Olivia]], as well as [[spoiler:Brett]].

* {{Expy}}:
** John Bauer is appropriately the end result of putting [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] together into one uber-badass character.

** Team One (Series I):

*** TheBigGuy: John Bauer, Roy Kessel

*** TheBigGuy: John Bauer

*** SixthRanger: James-Michael Liles
* ForcedToWatch: Decker tortures the captive S.I.D. agents by forcing them to bear witness to him literally dismantling John Bauer.

* GameFace: The Dreamkillers, who pose as humans (or possess humans), will reveal their true forms whenever they go in for the kill in a person's dreams, or when nearing death.
* GenerationXerox: It's revealed that Mr. Crosby is as heroic and noble as his son, but interestingly enough, he's not as childish as his son.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Office of Extracurricular Intervention Operations, which exists alongside the FBI, CIA, and NSA as its own group.

* HenshinHero: The American Knight activator works in this manner, transforming the user into a Kamen Rider*esque hero.

* [[OneManArmy One-Robotic Man Army]]: John. Motherfuckin'. Bauer.

* PsychopathicManchild: Josef Shabadoo, even after he becomes a dangerous threat.

* RoaringRampageOfRescue: With Crosby kidnapped during the "And I'll Form The Head" arc, Sharon volunteers to lead the rescue effort.

** Roy saying far too much than he's asked.

-->'''Crosby''': Sir, with all due respect, I think I speak for everyone when I say that I've had just about enough of your "help". We've risked our asses saving the entire universe from some time traveling asshole, plus protected a magical peninsula from another asshole, all the while you sit here texting and making needless changes to our team. I could tolerate that, but once you [[TemptingFate suspend]] one of the finest agents I've ever met and [[BerserkButton my girlfriend]], you've pushed the wrong, wrong button, sir.

* ShipperOnDeck: Roy, for reasons that even he can't elaborate on, seems to like to ship Crosby/Sharon.
-->'''Roy''': Hey, I don't have to elaborate. You and her were made for one another, dammit.

* SuperToughness: John Bauer. [[spoiler:Which makes sense, given that he's a robotic artificial human and all.]]

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* Joffrey Crosby: One of the new recruits to the S.I.D. program, who's a bit childish, and a bright optimist. His quest for maturity, along with his budding romance with Sharon Schaefer, a close friend of his, form the majority of Crosby's character development.

* [[spoiler: Sharon Schaefer: Joffrey Crosby's girlfriend who's as every bit as optimistic as him. She joins S.I.D. as a SixthRanger during the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" arc.]]

* ActionGirl: Olivia Smithson, Alice Baines, and even Sharon Schaefer. [[spoiler:Particularly once Sharon joins up with the S.I.D.]]

* AlliterativeName: Sharon Schaefer, as well as O.E.I.O. Director Lyle Lancaster, and Lorne Laurinaitis.s a multinational effort, with different cultures coming together to help out.

** "I love you." Representative of Crosby's own character arc of whether or not he truly loves Sharon Schaefer or Olivia Smithson.

* BadassFamily: Believe it or not, the Schaefer clan. Tom Schaefer served in the U.S. Army Rangers, Natalie Schaefer was a former FBI agent, and of course, their daughter Sharon is an agent of the O.E.I.O.'s S.I.D. unit.

** Unless you have one hell of a death wish, don't ever try to kill Sharon Schaefer, because Joffrey flippin' Crosby will fucking kick your head in.

* BettyAndVeronica: Joffrey Crosby falls in love with Sharon Schaefer (Betty) and fellow S.I.D. agent Olivia Smithson (Veronica). [[spoiler:However, by the time Series I ends, Crosby ends up with Sharon.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Joffrey. Fucking. Crosby. He's generally a nice, if a bit air-headed agent, but do something like, say, attempt to kill Sharon Schaefer, Crosby will outright tear you apart.

* DarkestHour: "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Chapter III" ends with Decker well on his way of conquering Earth, the O.E.I.O. team left in defeat, and Joffrey Crosby wallowing in despair. [[spoiler:However, that turns around in Chapter IV, as a well-timed talk with Sharon Schaefer is enough to inspire Crosby to go on.]]

** "Mystic Peninsula" centers on Sharon Schaefer.

* DisabledHottie: Crosby's wheelchair-bound girlfriend, Sharon Schaefer.
* DisabledLoveInterest: Again, Sharon Schaefer.

** Sharon Schaefer resembles and pretty much acts like [[{{Batman}} Oracle]], which is a deliberate shout out, says Word of God.

*** SixthRanger: Sharon Schaefer

* GeniusCripple: Sharon Schaefer.

* GoodParents: Tom and Natalie Schaefer are this, especially given how their daughter Sharon turned out.

* GuileHero: Half of the S.I.D. is made up of these, but Thomas Ross, Alice Baines, Brett Danielson, and Sharon Schaefer are notable examples.

* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Once she joins the S.I.D,]] Sharon Schaefer, who becomes quite a friggin' badass, even with minor paralysis.

* TheHeart: Sharon Schaefer [[spoiler: once she joins the S.I.D. team,]] is definitely the heart and soul of The Team. She often is the one who motivates her teammates to go on and is able to pull anyone of them out of despair just by simply giving a heart-to-heart talk.

* {{Meganekko}}: Who else but Sharon Schaefer?

* NiceGuy: Several characters, including Joffrey Crosby, Sharon Schaefer, and Thomas Ross.

** Mr. Decker, after clearly dominating over our heroes and so on, has this reaction when Crosby, Bauer, and Olivia refuse to give up, and when [[spoiler:Schaefer comes in for the rescue, along with the other S.I.D. team members, and a buttload of O.E.I.O. reinforcements.]]

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A key element of the character arcs involving Sharon Schaefer and Joffrey Crosby.

* {{Wangst}}: Turned on its head in regards to Crosby and the major character arcs involving him. We see him lamenting about not being able to "grow up", as well as the fact that he can't win Sharon Schaefer's heart, but not to any extent of him crying or bawling his eyes out.

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** Thomas Ross is loosely based on the WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, reportedly.

** Thomas Ross is loosely based on the AngryVideoGameNerd, reportedly.

* Elliot Shade: The S.I.D. team's Mission Control. Introverted, but he's a dependable team member.

** Mr. Decker, after clearly dominating over our heroes and so on, has this reaction when Crosby, Bauer, and Olivia refuse to give up, and when Schaefer