History Fanfic / TheSiphon

* EyeScream: Jack loses an eye during his encounter with [[WebOriginal/TheRake The Rake]].

* HeartbrokenBadass: Jack after [[WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller Jeff the Killer]] murdered his family [[spoiler: His cousins, too, after Uncle Bill and Aunt Anne die]].

%% *AmusementParkOfDoom: The heroes will eventually go to the [[WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney abandoned Disney park]], taking care of business there.

%% *BadassBaritone: Uncle Bill [[spoiler: Presence]], although this is of course an {{InformedAttribute}} because the reader cannot hear it.

Naturally, it being a Creepypasta, it is prone to be filled with some [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]]. And although the [[FiveManBand Five-Man Band]] does tend to get very brutal and violent, most of them are true examples of [[GoodIsNotSoft Good Is Not Soft]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Is Not Evil]].

%% *ActionGirlfriend: Do NOT! EVER! Harm Mary's personal idiot (David). You WILL regret it! [[spoiler: [[http://snuffbomb.deviantart.com/art/Creepypasta-Laughing-Jack-357523173 Laughing Jack]] and Laughing Jill found this out the HARD way!]]

%% *AbandonedWarehouse: The [[FiveManBand Five-Man Band]]'s eventual base of operations.

%% *TheHero: Jack
%% *TheLancer: David
%% *TheSmartGuy: Alexander
%% *TheBigGuy: Nick [[spoiler:and Tia the half-dragon girl]]
%% *TheChick: Mary
%% *TheHeart: Lucy
%% *TheSixthRanger: Alexander

* %% *TheHero: Jack
* %% *TheLancer: David
* %% *TheSmartGuy: Alexander
* %% *TheBigGuy: Nick [[spoiler:and Tia the half-dragon girl]]
* %% *TheChick: Mary
* %% *TheHeart: Lucy
* %% *TheSixthRanger: Alexander

* AbandonedWarehouse: The [[FiveManBand Five-Man Band]]'s eventual base of operations.
* ActionDad: The protagonist's Uncle Bill [[spoiler: before he got killed, that is]].
* ActionGirl: Mary and Lucy are known to kick major ass when the need rises.
* ActionGirlfriend: Do NOT! EVER! Harm Mary's personal idiot (David). You WILL regret it! [[spoiler: [[http://snuffbomb.deviantart.com/art/Creepypasta-Laughing-Jack-357523173 Laughing Jack]] and Laughing Jill found this out the HARD way!]]
* AlienBlood: Some monsters will spill black, green, yellow or blue blood.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: The heroes will eventually go to the [[WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney abandoned Disney park]], taking care of business there.
* AuthorAvatar: Contrary to what many people may think, it's not Jack. It's David.
* BadassAdorable: Lucy, very much so! Alexander may also count.
* BadassBaritone: Uncle Bill [[spoiler: Presence]], although this is of course an {{InformedAttribute}} because the reader cannot hear it.
* BadassBoast: The heroes are prone to deliver these, used as a [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking]] or [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-Mortem One-Liner]] at times.
%%* BadassBookworm: David and Lucy.
%%* BadassCreed: The quote at the top of this page.
%%* BadassFamily: The Tellers.
%%* BadassNormal: Everyone but Jack and Presence [[spoiler: until his cousins' powers get unleashed]].
* BadassUnintentional: Lucy, because she doesn't really like to fight.
%%* BarbarianLonghair: David.
* BashBrothers: David and Nick, of course. Jack is also considered their foster brother, though.
* BatterUp: David.
* BeingWatched: [[spoiler: Presence watches the Tellers, but in a good way]]
* TheBerserker: [[spoiler: Nick]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Each of the heroes really means well, and are indeed very nice people. They want to protect the weak and innocent from the evil monstrousities that prey on them, albeit very violently and brutally.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: David doesn't really like to talk. And you should watch out for him.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Nick is the biggest goof-ball of the bunch, and really one you don't want to mess with.
* BigBad: Jeff the Killer.
* BigBrotherInstinct: David, of course! Jack himself also counts, even though he's the cousin of the other Tellers.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The story's heroes are brutally violent murdering vigilantes. The ones they kill are much, MUCH worse than they are, though. And the heroes themselves are actually rather decent people who take care of each other and do what they do to keep innocents safe or avenge them.
%%* BloodKnight: Again, Jack.
%%* BoisterousBruiser: Any of the heroes, but Nick is the most prominent example.
%%* BoomHeadshot: Jack's preferred method to quickly dispose of a monster.
* BreathWeapon: [[spoiler:The half-dragon girl Tia]] can breathe fire.
* BringIt: When a Teller tells you to attack them, and you actually do it, chances are that's the last thing you will ever do.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Many of the monsters are powerful enough to really harm the heroes. This, however, does not stop the heroes from continuing to bring them down.
* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler: Jack will at one point be unable to use his powers. This does NOT stop him from kicking ass!]]
* BullyHunter: In his origin story, Jack was actually standing up for a friendly and quiet bully target, which got him in trouble.
%%* ByTheBookCop: Uncle Bill.
* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler: Zalgo]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Without using his power, Jack still has peak-human physical attributes.
* ColdBloodedTorture: When Jack really feels the need to make a monster truly suffer for what they've done. [[spoiler: Also what Mary does to Laughing Jack and Laughing Jill. The only one of the heroes who remains a [[BadassNormal normal human with no powers]]]].
* CoolOldGuy: Uncle Bill again.
* CrapsackWorld: The story takes place in a world where all {{Creepypasta}} stories are real.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Nick, of course.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Jack's power to host the spirits of those who got killed by monsters is a way to help those spirits exact vengeance on their killers. [[spoiler: And of course there's David, who gains the power to transform into a demonic being.]]
* DarkSide: [[spoiler: David when manifesting his powers]]
* DeathByOriginStory: Jack's parents.
* DeathGlare: Another way for the Tellers to indicate that you're about to go down.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: David eventually, albeit voluntarily and in a non-malicous way]].
* {{Determinator}}: Each and every one of the Tellers.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay / RedOniBlueOni: David and Nick.
* EldritchAbomination: [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]], among some others. [[spoiler:None of them survives, though.]] [[spoiler:Except Prescence, but "he" truly means well, anyway.]]
* EmotionalBruiser: Naturally.
* ExactWords: When a Teller or Mary says they'll do something, they WILL!
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Nick eventually shaves his head to show his individuality, and starts looking even cooler.
* EyeScream: Jack loses an eye during his encounter with [[WebOriginal/TheRake The Rake]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The story's full of it! The reader is warned by the protagonist beforehand, though.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Jack will put you in a whole world of pain if he doesn't want to kill you right away.
* FieryRedhead: Mary.
* FightsLikeANormal: They're deep down still only human, after all.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Jack
** TheLancer: David
** TheSmartGuy: Alexander
** TheBigGuy: Nick [[spoiler:and Tia the half-dragon girl]]
** TheChick: Mary
** TheHeart: Lucy
** TheSixthRanger: Alexander
* FriendToAllLivingThings: The Tellers really are this. They only get brutally violent to those who bring harm to them.
* GoodIsNotDumb
* GoodIsNotSoft: Their brutally violent approach to their enemies aside, the Tellers and Mary are without a doubt moral and kind people.
* Gorn: It's full of this, too!
* GunFu / TheGunslinger / ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Jack.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Lucy, naturally!
* HandicappedBadass: Jack after having lost one eye.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Jack after [[WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller Jeff the Killer]] murdered his family [[spoiler: His cousins, too, after Uncle Bill and Aunt Anne die]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Alexander [[spoiler:He used to work for the Slender Man, but became an ally and friend of the Tellers]].
%%* HeroicWillpower
* HumansAreFlawed: As kindhearted as the Tellers really are, they are still only human and thus prone to make mistakes.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Spoken a few times, but ignored or waved off every time. [[spoiler: Nick had thought this happened to him, but he still managed to retain his humanity and morality.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Jack, but justified by which spirits he hosts.
* DraconicHumanoid: [[spoiler: The half-dragon girl Tia]].
* InvincibleHero: Subverted, as the author stated to actually put an effort into preventing the characters from becoming this...
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Asskicking for the Tellers, very much so.
* KilledMidSentence: When a Teller really wants you to [[ShutUpHannibal stop talking]].
* KilledOffForReal: When a character is classified as dead, expect that character to never come back. Ever. [[spoiler: Well, of course there's the fact that Uncle Bill's spirit is hosted by Jack...]]
* KnifeNut: David, given his reaction to receive switchblades as a birthday present.
* KnightInSourArmor: The Tellers yet again.
* LightIsGood: Lucy again. [[spoiler: Especially apparent after she achieves her powers.]]
* LittleMissBadass: Who else but the adorable Lucy?
* MeaningfulName: David [[spoiler:That is, considering the name of his transformed form, Goliath]].
* MinoredInAsskicking: Lucy. However, she doesn't really like to fight.
* NoSell: When Jack doesn't evade an attack and just takes it in, often inspiring a feeling of OhCrap.
* PopCulturedBadass: The Tellers really do like rock music, and some popular TV shows.
* RedBaron: Jack Teller, the Siphon.
* ReluctantWarrior: Just because Lucy doesn't really like to fight doesn't mean she won't when the need rises.
%%* RuggedScar: On Jack's cheek.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Mary and Lucy, who [[OppositesAttract because of this are best friends]].
* TranquilFury: When either of the heroes is in this stage of anger, you'd better run away fast!
* UnderestimatingBadassery: A bad idea to do for any of the monsters
%%* VigilanteMan: The entire FiveManBand.
* WorthyOpponent: The Tellers prove themselves to be this to the monsters.

* ActionGirlfriend / ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do NOT! EVER! Harm Mary's personal idiot (David). You WILL regret it! [[spoiler: [[http://snuffbomb.deviantart.com/art/Creepypasta-Laughing-Jack-357523173 Laughing Jack]] and Laughing Jill found this out the HARD way!]]

* BadassBookworm: David and Lucy.
* BadassCreed: The quote at the top of this page.
* BadassFamily: The Tellers.
* BadassNormal: Everyone but Jack and Presence [[spoiler: until his cousins' powers get unleashed]].

* BarbarianLonghair: David.

* BloodKnight: Again, Jack.
* BoisterousBruiser: Any of the heroes, but Nick is the most prominent example.
* BoomHeadshot: Jack's preferred method to quickly dispose of a monster.

* ByTheBookCop / ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Uncle Bill.

* HeroicWillpower

* NoSell: When Jack doesn't evade an attack and just takes it in, often inspiring a feeling of
** OhCrap

* RuggedScar: On Jack's cheek.

* VigilanteMan: The entire FiveManBand.

** [[spoiler: BiggerBad: Zalgo]]

* BaldOfAwesome: Nick eventually shaves his head to show his individuality, and looking even cooler.

* BadassBeard: Jack eventually grows one.

* BadassMustache: Uncle Bill. David grows one just like it[[spoiler: in memory of his deceased father]].

* DemonicPossession: [spoiler: David eventually, albeit voluntarily and in a non-malicous way]].

* ColdBloodedTorture: When Jack really feels the need to make a monster truly suffer for what they've done. [[spoiler: Also what Mary does to Laughing Jack and Laughing Jill. The only one of the heroes who remains a [[BadassNormal normal human with no powers]].

* [[Spoiler: BiggerBad: Zalgo]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: When Jack really feels the need to make a monster truly suffer for what they've done. [[Spoiler: Also what Mary does to Laughing Jack and Laughing Jill. The only one of the heroes who remains a [[BadassNormal normal human with no powers]].

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Spoken a few times, but ignored or waved off every time. [[Spoiler: Nick had thought this happened to him, but he still managed to retain his humanity and morality.]]

* KilledOffForReal: When a character is classified as dead, expect that character to never come back. Ever. [[Spoiler: Well, of course there's the fact that Uncle Bill's spirit is hosted by Jack...]]

* LightIsGood: Lucy again. [[Spoiler: Especially apparent after she achieves her powers.]]

** [[Spoiler: BiggerBad: Zalgo]]

* AmazonChaser: Pretty much the reason why David likes Mary so much.

* BadassArmFold

* BadassBoast: The heroes are prone to deliver these, usually as a [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking]] or [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-Mortem One-Liner]].
* BadassBookworm: David and Lucy, both also [[GeniusBruiser Genius Bruisers]].

* BadassDriver: Accompanied with CarFu sometimes.

* BadassLongcoat: The protagonist loves wearing one.
** TheCoatsAreOff: Which means you're dead, or [[FateWorseThanDeath going to be in a world of pain and WISH you were dead]]!

* BashBrothers: David and Nick, of course. Jack is also considered their brother, though.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Jack's preferred method of taking care of business.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Each of the heroes really means well, and are indeed very nice people. They want to protect the weak and innocent from the evil monstrousities, albeit very violently and brutally.

* BigBrotherInstinct: David, of course!
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The story's heroes are brutally violent murdering vigilantes. The ones they kill are much, MUCH worse than they are, though. And the heroes themselves are actually pretty nice people.

* BullyingADragon: In his origin story, Jack was actually standing up for a friendly and quiet bully target, which got him in trouble.

* ColdBloodedTorture: When Jack really feels the need to make a monster truly suffer for what they've done.
* CoolOldGuy: Uncle Bill again. [[spoiler: Presence may also count]]
* CoolShades: David.

* DeadpanSnarker: The author tends to be quite snarky in person, so it's only natural for him to have characters becomes this.

* DifferentAsNightAndDay: David and Nick.
* EldritchAbomination: [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]], among some others. [[spoiler:None of them survives, though]] [[spoiler:except Prescence, but "he" truly means well, anyway]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Jack when his powers first awakened.
* ExactWords: When a Teller says they'll do something, they WILL!
* EyeScream: Jack loses an eye during an encounter with [[WebOriginal/TheRake The Rake]].

* GadgeteerGenius: Jack

* GoodIsNotSoft

* GunFu / GunsAkimbo / TheGunslinger / RevolversAreJustBetter / ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Jack.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Spoken quite a few times, but ignored or waved off every time.

* ItsWhatIDo: Jack, about killing monsters.

* KilledOffForReal: When a character is classified is dead, expect that character to never come back. Ever.

* LightIsGood: Lucy again.

* MeaningfulName: David [[spoiler:That is, considering the name of his transformed form, Goliath]]
* MinoredInAsskicking: However, she doesn't really like to fight.
* NoSell: When Jack doesn't evade an attack and just takes it in, usually inspiring a feeling of

* PapaWolf: Uncle Bill again.

* SealedBadassInACan: [[spoiler: Presence]]
* TranquilFury: When a Teller is in this stage of anger, you'd better run away fast!

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: [[spoiler: The half-dragon girl Tia]].

* BadassGay: Alexander.

* BreathWeapon: [[spoiler: The half-dragon girl Tia can breathe fire]]

* BerserkButton: Evil in general tends to really push this for the heroes. And then there are those who hurt their loved ones, which is the worst idea you could possibly have.

* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: Zalgo]]