History YMMV / CheckPlease

** Bittle started out the comic as their resident Woobie. Now, he tends to share the role with Chowder, after adopting some Mother Hen characteristics with the Freshman. [[spoiler: Comes back after he gets a concussion in the playoffs and returns sophomore year basically the same as he was freshman year, checking fears and all. The coaches worry about his health and performance and warn him that he might get cut from the team, leading to, well, tears.]]

* DieForOurShip: Bitty sometimes falls afoul of this because of Kent/Jack shippers. Bitty is portrayed as someone who gave up on Jack or that Jack never truly loved, or it's said that Jack never gave up on Kent. Due to [[spoiler:Bitty/Jack being the OfficialCouple as of Junior Year]] unless you want an AU, Bitty got to go.

* MemeticBadass: Lardo.

** There's a faction of the fans that are dissatisfied with how Jack and Bitty's relationship has progressed, and think a breakup would allow them both to grow before getting back together, since the creator has stated they'll be endgame. For another group, this is a sacrilege.

* FridgeLogic: NHL player's college friend has a relatively popular blog where he talks about said player? No way hockey fans - many of whom are invested in RealPersonFiction - haven't put 2 & 2 together with Bitty's tweets and vague comments to realize [[spoiler:that Jack and Bitty are dating.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Once you learn that Jack [[spoiler:supposedly never considered his relationship with Kent dating and it was mostly physical]], Kent character goes straight into JerkassWoobie territory, and his actions appear to be the result of sadness and loneliness.
** To be fair, Kent's a closeted professional athlete whose best friend[[spoiler:/ex/former hookup?]] overdosed and disappeared from his life when Kent was seventeen, and he's clearly still messed up over it half a decade later. Year 3 just confirms more of that.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Bitty has been shipped with the entirety of the Samwell Hockey Team(and Lardo platonically), plus Tater, Kent and even Bad Bob, besides various OCs. Sometimes even more than [[OT3 one at the time]]. There are even ships including [[{{Polyamory}} the entire Samwell Hockey Team/Bitty]].

** "Jack Zimmermman found dead, suspect is cute boyfriend". [[note]]A small update revealed that upon first seeing a photo of Bitty in the famous Bunny Costume, Jack actually went into StunnedSilence state[[/note]]
* NeverLiveItDown: Shitty is known for being very open minded and informed about gender and sexuality issues. He has a varies of interest beside that, but fanfics tend to limit his role to being Jack/Bittle ShipperOnDeck and [[TheMatchmaker Matchmaker]] who constantly rambles on about gender, sexuality, privilege and consent. It could be a lot worse, though.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Ngozi [[http://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/post/91579821847 didn't realize]] that it's illegal for people to play in the NCAA after QMJHL, which Jack does. She discussed it in her notes:
--> You know how everyone has coffee shop [=AUs=] for things? Check, Please! is a ''people-can-play-in-the-NCAA-after-doing-junior-hockey'' AU. And Bitty’s a barista.
** Both NHL teams wearing white jerseys? Sure! The home team in white and the away team in black? Why not!
** Kent being from New York means he should've played in the OHL, not the QMJHL.

* CrowningMomentofFunny: A LOT.

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* MemeticSexGod: Bitty, though it's subjected to YMMV. Part of the fans think he is a blushing virgin that must be handled like porcelain, the other part think he is Jack's dominator and a power bottom with skills to put any porn actor to shame. Canonically, Bitty has [[spoiler: never even kissed anyone other than Jack.]]

* FanficFuel: Bitty's bunny costume sparked dozens of M rated fanfics.
** Jack and Bitty's trip to Madison during the 4th of July.
** How their friends would [[spoiler: find out about their SecretRelationship.]]

* FandomBerserkButton: Downplayed, but fanworks of Jack breaking up with Bittle to go back to Kent do '''not''' please many fans.

** Bitty Booty.[[note]]On update 3.5, [[spoiler: Jack is shown to be actually really touchy feely in his relationship with Bittle, putting his hands over his ass twice in the update.]][[/note]]

* BrokenBase: The fandom is split on whether or not Kent Parson was abusive. It's probably the biggest source of fandom drama. Year 3.7 confirms that [[spoiler:Jack didn't think that Kent was good for him and describes their relationship as mostly physical.]]

** There's a faction of the fans that want an angstier plot, which includes Bitty and Jack breaking up. For another group, this is a sacrilege.

** Sometimes it happens to Kent from Bitty/Jack shippers. Kent is to be blamed, partially, to Jack's issues and often says or does something that ends up screwing up Jack's relationship with Bitty.

* {{Fanon}}

* HarsherInHindsight: Once you learn that Jack [[spoiler:never considered his relationship with Kent dating and it was mostly physical]], Kent character goes straight into JerkassWoobie territory, and his actions appear to be the result of sadness and loneliness.

* JerkassWoobie: Kent, specially after 3.7 revealed that [[spoiler:while he is in still love with Jack, Jack never thought of their relationship as anything more than physical and something that was not good for him. We get a glimpse at what happened on Jack's room during Epikegster: Kent clung to Jack, while the other seemed just annoyed at his presence. He even cries in that update.]]

** Bitty Botty.[[note]]On update 3.5, [[spoiler: Jack is shown to be actually really touchy feely in his relationship with Bittle, putting his hands over his ass twice in the update.]][[/note]]

* MemeticSexGod: Bitty, though it's subjected to YMMV. Part of the fans think he is a blushing virgin that must be handled like porcelain, the other part think he is Jack's dominator and a power bottom with skills to put any porn actor to shame. Canonically, Bitty is implied to be a virgin and has even shied away from kissing guys.

** Ployfrogs (Chowder/Nursey/Dex) has a lot of fans

*** Said anxiety stuck with him until his teenage years; he then became addicted to his medication and began to abuse alcohol, as well, which eventually resulted in him going to rehab, while his best friend was instead first pick in the draft and went on to win both the Stanley Cup and the Calder Memorial Trophy.

*** And for the icing on the cake? In ''Parse III'', it's implied that [[spoiler: he was not only in a relationship with the same best friend who was first draft pick when Jack instead went to rehab, but said relationship was more than a little rocky. (YMMV on whether or not it was abusive.)]] There are not enough words in the world to describe how badly this poor boy needs a hug.

* BrokenBase: The fandom is split on whether or not Kent Parson was abusive. It's probably the biggest source of fandom drama. Year 3,7 confirms that [[spoiler:Jack didn't think that Kent was good for him and describes their relationship as mostly physical.]]

* CrackShip: Alexei "Tater" Mashkov/Kent "Parse" Parson got a spur of popularity out of nowhere after tater's introduction. They haven't met and Kent is still to show up after Tater made his appearance, but the fans liked them together, possibly just to have a [[ShipMates ship mate]] to Eric/Jack.
* CriticalResearchFailure: Ngozi kind of [[http://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/post/91579821847 didn't realize]] that it's illegal for people to play in the NCAA after QMJHL, which Jack does. Quickly remedied by an AuthorsSavingThrow below, sort of? Other than that, the authoress has been acclaimed on her accuracy to hockey both game and culture-wise, probably because of the shitton of research she did to get to that point for her screenplay, ''Hardy'', CP!'s base.

* DieForOurShip: Sometimes happens to Bitty, because of Kent/Jack shippers. It's rare but sometimes happen and Bitty is portrayed as someone who gave up on Jack, that Jack never truly loved or Jack never gave up on Kent. Due to [[spoiler:Bitty/Jack being the OfficialCouple as of Junior Year]] unless you want an AU where Kent and Jack end up together, Bitty got to go.
** Sometimes happens to Kent from Bitty/Jack shippers. Kent is usually to be blamed, at least partially, to Jack's issues and oftenly says or does something that ends up screwing up Jack's relationship with Bitty. Other times, though, he is portrayed sympathetically, making amends to Jack and becoming his friend, though his relationship with Bittle is still rocky.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bad Bob and Alicia Zimmermann. They got little screentime, but they were a lovely couple and (at least Bob) are ShipperOnDeck for Bittle/Jack, even more considering that [[spoiler: Bob helped Jack realize his feeling for Bittle and run after him on his graduation]]. They are often portrayed as Jack's love gurus and eager to have Bittle as their son-in-law.
* FanPreferredCouple: Bittle/Jack, had any doubt?
** There's a considerable amount of fans to Jack/Kent, who like the angst and character study that can be done around the relationship.
** Dex/Nursey got popular to compete with the BetaCouple Shitty/Lardo, which was already fairly popular.

** Jack and Bitty's travel to Madison during the 4th of July.

** Eric will end up working in the food industry, that's almost unanimous belief among fans. Whether he will open his own bakery, work on one or write cooking books varies though.

** Chowder to end up playing in the NHL is a very popular idea.
** Alicia Zimmermann would be a hardcore ShipperOnDeck for Jack/Bittle, just like her husband.
** Kent is believed to ReallyGetsAround, even though there's no evidence of that.
* HarsherInHindsight: Once you learn that Jack [[spoiler:never considered his relationship with Kent dating and it was mostly physical]], Kent character goes straight into JerkassWoobie territory, and his actions become clearly triggered by sadness and loneliness.
* ItWasHisSled: The two major revelations of Year 2 are commonplace knowledge by now: Bitty and Jack kiss at Jack's graduation and Jack and Kent dated when they were young.

* JerkassWoobie: Kent, specially after 3.7 revealed that [[spoiler:while he is in still love with Jack, Jack never thought of their relationship as anything more than physical and something that was not good for him. We get a glimpse at what happened on Jack's room during Epikegster: Kent clung to Jack, while the other seemed just annoyed at his presence. He evn cries on that update.]]

** Bitty Botty.[[note]]On update 3.5, [[spoiler: Jack is sown to be actually really touchy feely in his relationship with Bittle, putting his hands over his ass twice in the update.]][[/note]]

* ShipMates: Bittle/Jack has Shitty/Lardo most of the time, but Nursey/Dex and Ransom/Holster are also options. Year 3 had the first Ship Mate to this couple including Kent which was Kent/Tater.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Downplayed, but some people think this happens to Bittle. The 2 first years of the plot heavily focus on Jack's issues, his past and his plans for the future, on the other hand, Bittle only get focus on his coming out and his crush on [[spoiler: Jack]], during year 2. A lot of things about Bittle end up never really being talked about or explored, such as his relationship with his father and his conservative family, his bullying-filled childhood, the origin of his fear of checking, which seems to expand on most forms of physical contact and his romantic life.

* BrokenBase: The fandom is split on whether or not Kent Parson was abusive. It's probably the biggest source of fandom drama. Year 3,7 confirms that [[spoiler:Jack did not thought Kent was good for him and was mostly physical.]]

* MemeticSexGod: Bitty, though it's subjected to YMMV. Part of the fans think he is a blushing virgin that must be handled like porcelain, the other part think he is Jack's dominator and a power bottom with skills to put any porn actor to shame. Canonically, Bitty is implied to be virgin and has even shied away from kissing guys.

* BrokenBase: The fandom is split on whether or not [[spoiler:Kent Parson was abusive]]. It's probably the biggest source of fandom drama.

* MemeticSexGod: Bitty, though it's subjected to YMMV. Part of the fans think he is a blushing virgin that must be handled like porcelain, the other part think he is Jack's dominator and a power bottom with skills to put any porn actor to shame.

* CrackShipp: Alexei "Tater" Mashkov/Kent "Parse" Parson got a spur of popularity out of nowhere after tater's introduction. They haven't met and Kent is still to show up after Tater made his appearance, but the fans liked them together, possibly just to have a [[[ShipMates ship mate]] to Eric/Jack.

* CrackShipping: Alexei "Tater" Mashkov/Kent "Parse" Parson got a spur of popularity out of nowhere after tater's introduction. They haven't met and Kent is still to show up after Tater made his appearance, but the fans liked them together, possibly just to have a ShipMate to Eric/Jack.

** There are dozens of ideas about Bittle's Mo-maw, many of them that she is a very good baker, sometimes even surpassing Bitty.