Line #8 Characters/KevinAndKellRudysPeers


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4	->'''Fiona Fennec:''' Let's celebrate!\
5	'''Rudy Dewclaw:''' Let's party!\
6	'''Bruno Lupulin:''' Let's...not.\
7	'''Corrie Dale:''' ''Let's perform [[CPRCleanPrettyReliable CPR]], please...''
8	-->--[[https://kevinandkell.com/2000/kk0807.html Comic for August 7, 2000,]] after Corrie (under her name in reverse) had been placed in the Species Registry by Fiona; dismayed at its suddenness, this put Corrie into a panic attack
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10	Characters that are around Rudy's age, mostly his friends and teammates from Caliban Academy. As of 2015, they have graduated from Caliban and spread to colleges, mostly Beige University. As of 2023, most of them have graduated college, and are now moving all over the country.
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12	!!'''Bruno Lupulin''' (Trans-Ram, Biologically Wolf)
13	Rudy's best friend. Practically engaged to Corrie. Trans-diet and trans-species vegetarian. Long story. Originally wore Corrie like a sheepskin to keep their relationship discreet, but switched to a fake sheepskin when Corrie entered society, and eventually decided to become a ram himself. Currently getting his college education through a correspondence school, and has now moved in with Corrie at the Fennec boardinghouse.
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16	* TheBigGuy: Because he's the only full-blooded wolf of his group of friends, he stands head and shoulders above the other teens in the strip. This usually doesn't come into play, except for the time he and Rudy fought.
17	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He met Corrie on his first hunt as a pup.
18	* ComingOutStory: Revealing to the hunting team he was trans-diet was framed to be this.
19	* MistakenForGay: Rachel thought he was a ewe at first thanks to wearing Corrie's fur, and being a lesbian, she kissed him. To prevent that from happening again, he started wearing ram horns with his sheepskin.
20	* ParentalObliviousness: His parents, who have only been seen twice, have been depicted as ''very'' detached. Both times they have been seen, they were planted in front of the TV. Bruno could get them to agree to anything ([[http://kevinandkell.com/2003/kk0219.html even his diet reassignment surgery]]) as long as it would stop him from interrupting their TV time. As a result, it was natural for him to seek Kevin for the parental guidance he lacked.
21	* VoluntaryTransformation: A 2016 storyline revealed he wasn't done getting four stomachs done as part of his trans-diet nature. He got follicles implanted so he could grow wool, making his sheepskin permanent, and got his ears docked to be more sheeplike. According to Lindesfarne's blog, his ram horns are now permanently implanted into his skull, he's also going to get hooves done on his lower limbs, and have his claws removed on his hands.
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23	!!'''Corrie Dale''' (Sheep/Wolf)
24	Bruno's girlfriend, Ralph's daughter. Was originally given up for adoption. Escaped a research facility, and lived much of her childhood acting as a sheepskin Bruno wore. When she found out Ralph was her father, he adopted her.
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27	* AbortedArc: She originally ran into Ralph a lot earlier in the comic strip and clearly something was being set up for them. Then because of time constraints revolving around the Y2K storyline, Mr. Holbrook had to cut out their planned meeting that was intended for that arc. They eventually did meet, it just took a couple more years.
28	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Her best friend Fiona was attacked by a cougar. Corrie's inner wolf awakened and she ''ate'' the cougar.
29	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Originally what she thought she was. Her actual [[TangledFamilyTree family heritage]] proved to be a ''lot'' more complicated.
30	* DeathByChildbirth: Her mother. Later it was discovered Corrie had the same genetic defect, causing her to end efforts to have a baby with Bruno and instead seek adoption.
31	* GenderEqualsBreed: Her mother was a sheep, and for many years, Corrie thought she was a full-blooded sheep too.
32	* IHaveManyNames: It's unknown how Corrie got her name; whether it was actually given to her by the lab that adopted her (though, given how livestock animals are sometimes treated, this is not certain), or if she came up with it when initially with Bruno. It's possible she only knew herself as Corrie before setting up the name of "Dale Corrie" for her real name connected to the online alias "Darkeyes" for her online affair with Rudy ("Redfang"). Or she was actually previously "Corrie Dale," and the name has stuck. Oddly enough, she did not take the last name of Dewclaw after Ralph, her biological father, took her back in.
33	* ImprobableAge: Getting a job at Herd Thinners, a prestigious organization where it's shown even top predators have trouble making the grade, when she was fourteen was pushing it. Being able to save enough money to buy a ''house'' from that same job pushed it into this trope.
34	* InnocentlyInsensitive: When they first decided to have children, Corrie initially wanted to adopt a lamb, since even though they both identified as sheep, Bruno was genetically a wolf, and she was half-wolf. [[https://kevinandkell.com/2018/kk0206.html Lindesfarne asked why simply having what would likely be a wolf cub was a big deal,]] showing Turvy to drive the point home.
35	-->'''Lindesfarne:''' I still don't see the problem.\
36	'''Corrie:''' Now that you mention it..\
37	'''Bruno:''' (''{{facepalm}}ing'') Sheesh... and I once accused '''Rudy''' of not being open to diversity.
38	** She would ultimately take that lesson a step further, as the child they adopted after she learned natural childbirth wasn't a good idea for her was neither wolf nor sheep.
39	* InterspeciesRomance: Was the product of one, her parents being a sheep and wolf. Now currently in one too with Bruno.
40	* MissingMom: Her mother and Ralph's girlfriend, Wanda Woolstone, died in childbirth.
41	* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: She and Bruno determined to have children eventually, originally thinking of adoption. In 2018 [[https://kevinandkell.com/2018/kk1012.html they started trying to conceive a child themselves.]] But they gave up when they found out Corrie had the same genetic defect that caused her mother's DeathByChildbirth.
42	* VagueAge: If you look at the 20th anniversary comics from 2015 (around the point that Bill started aging the cast roughly on real-time), it shows [[https://kevinandkell.com/2015/kk0902.html Kell pregnant with Rudy]] and [[https://kevinandkell.com/2015/kk0903.html Ralph having already lost his hunting skill]]. This suggests that Corrie had already been born, since her mother's DeathByChildbirth [[https://kevinandkell.com/2001/kk1008.html is what triggered Ralph's incompetence.]] So Corrie is definitely the oldest amongst Rudy's immediate peers, though it's not likely by much.
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44	!!'''Fiona Fennec''' (Red Fox/Fennec)
45	Rudy's long-time girlfriend. Mother Martha (vixen) and father George (fennec) are divorced; both re-married into the Dewclaw family. Originally made rich when she helped cut society's dependency on the Great Bird Conspiracy, but the wealth eventually evaporated in a financial downturn. Her mansion is now a boardinghouse managed by her mother. After cohabitating--splitting time between a burrow on her mansion's grounds in Domain and George Gopher's former burrow by Lindesfarne's tree near Beige University--during their later college years, Fiona and Rudy got engaged, and moved to the Rabbit Warren into the condo once owned by Miranda's dads.
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48	* AltarTheSpeed: In total, averted. Fiona and Rudy's relationship has has been permitted to develop naturally from their early teens into adulthood, maturing as they dealt with various pressures in either direction until finally getting engaged after both graduated college.
49	* FirstGirlWins: Not without some bumps along the way, but they've gotten through it all.
50	* EitherOrOffspring: She looked like a purebred red fox until [[https://kevinandkell.com/2002/kk0325.html her father's ears came in]] during a growth spurt.
51	* ImportantHaircut: Each time her hair changes, it's because something significant has happened in her life.
52	* JerkassBall: As Rudy experienced CharacterDevelopment during their later years at Caliban, Fiona has had moments where she has dealt with him in an irrational manner. In some cases, the reaction was uncalled-for. But even this has waned as they've gone through college and eventually moved in together.
53	* RichesToRags: She was rich for many years after gaining a bunch of money during the Y2K crisis where she went around fixing all the computers, but lost her liquid assets during an economic downturn. She ended up sharing Rudy's scholarship so she could go to college, while her mother let out her side of the mansion as a boardinghouse to pay the bills.
54	* ShutUpKiss: Fiona did this to Rudy [[https://kevinandkell.com/2023/kk1120.html when he was about to pop the question]] as she could hear his heart racing.
55	-->'''Rudy:''' Can you at least wait until I '''ask''' you to marry me?\
56	'''Fiona:''' "Preventative care".
57	* SuperHearing: Her hearing is well beyond that of other characters thanks to her fennec heritage. She can hear fur growing or know which stomach of a ruminant is digesting their food. This became useful when she was switched to the Gardening team as she patrols Beige's crops for pests.
58	** Lindesfarne revealed in her [[AllThereInTheManual Tumblr blog]] that Fiona's hearing even goes well beyond that of even other Fennec foxes. No one is sure why, though Lindesfarne theorizes the experimentation done on her as a young teen by the birds might have had some lingering affects.
59	** After moving into the Rabbit Warren, Fiona noted having to tune out the constant background noise of all the bustle around them from all side.
60	* {{Technopath}}: During the [=Y2K=] storyline, she was temporarily given the power to fix electronics by the birds under the guise of an "alien abduction." This allowed her to fix everything that was going to be affected by the bug coming up for the year 2000. It's never been fully explained ''why'' the birds singled her out for this.
61	* UglyAmericanStereotype: While traveling the world and using her powers to fix the {{Y2K}} Bug, Fiona abused them to alter/restore landmarks and take blood sausage off a British restaurant's menu. Once she consciously realizes what she's doing, she calls herself an ugly American.
62	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: {{Averted}}; [[http://kevinandkell.com/2000/kk1204.html they actually despised each other when they were in the same daycare.]] It was only after Fiona and her parents returned to Domain from living overseas a few years that she and Rudy bonded romantically. When they first met at Caliban, it was as if they had forgotten they previously knew each other (which is plausible, since the animosity was when they were toddlers).
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64	!!'''Vin''' (Station Wagon)
65	Rudy and Fiona's second car. The first one literally fell apart in Aby's repair shop, and she bought the parts, enabling them to finance a better vehicle. This car failed testing as a self-driving car, but still has latent AI.
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68	* AIIsACrapshoot: It's clear that Vin has a level of sentience that its manufacturer was not comfortable with. [[https://kevinandkell.com/2022/kk1019.html But they failed at wiping the AI out.]] Thus far, Vin's AI has proven benevolent, from being merely helpful (opening its tailgate for Rudy) to even heroic (opening its sunroof to catch a falling Turvy in its backseat).
69	* AutoErotica: Vin's actual first appearance came when [[https://kevinandkell.com/2022/kk0727.html Rudy and Fiona were testing the vehicle's suspension.]]
70	-->'''A love bug flying outside:''' Sheesh. Getta room.
71	* LikeFatherLikeSon: In a way. A lot of Vin's personality traits [[https://kevinandkell.com/2022/kk1028.html come from downloading information from Rudy's smartphone.]]
72	* TakeThat: Rudy noted when naming Vin that he didn't want to simply call his car "Car", noting that was something Lindesfarne does.
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74	!!'''Edgar Carnassial''' (Lion)
75	One of the fellow students of Caliban Academy when Lindesfarne and Rudy went there. He was originally in a relationship with Rhonda, who dumped him and married her Ninth Life boyfriend after he was too needy and requested she hunt for him all the time. He responded by trying to hunt for himself, and formed a relationship with Leona when he tried out for the hunting team. When they went to college, she got caught up in sorority affairs, so he cheated on her with Miranda. After trying to mend their relationship over the summer and failing, they made a clean break, and he started going out with Miranda, whom he eventually married.
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78	* HiddenDepths: Turns out he could act and sing, going out for the school musical play while in high school. It led to him become a Theater Major in college.
79	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He actually has to kneel down to [[http://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0905.html hug Miranda.]]
80	* InSeriesNickname: As part of the Rhizome Trophy relationship ruse, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2021/kk0924.html#disqus_thread his name as a mouse]] is "Whiskers". He lampshaded that getting it as a nickname outside the ruse was inevitable.
81	-->'''Edgar:''' That's common for both felines '''and''' rodents.\
82	'''Rudy:''' You '''do''' realize you just acquired a nickname for life.\
83	'''Edgar:''' A chance I had to take.
84	* InterspeciesRomance: A lion dating (and eventually married to) a rabbit.
85	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Ended up in an affair with Miranda, with evidence that Leona's obsession with her sorority led to the affair.
86	* {{Retcon}}: Originally around Rhonda and Lindesfarne's age, but aged-down to Rudy's so that he could continue to be in the strip on the hunting team.
87	* TookALevelInKindness: He started off as Rhonda's self-centered, misogynistic Jerkass boyfriend who treated her like a drive-thru window. When he tried to win her back and fell in love with Leona, he started to lose some of these characteristics and become a friend to the main cast.
88	* TraumaticHaircut: Shaved his mane so he'd look like a female lion while on the Caliban hunting team. He let his mane grow back after initially getting together with Leona.
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90	!!'''Leona Mangle''' (Lioness)
91	Frank's daughter. Expert huntress, as you'd expect a lioness to be. Originally joined the hunting team at Caliban Academy to impress Edgar, who she'd had a crush on for a while. They dated, but when she went to college, she got involved with sorority activities and neglected him. He cheated on her with Miranda, which upset her. After trying to patch things up, she got a crush on Carl, and ended things between them. Leona and Carl got married in March 2020, and Leona found out she was pregnant with their first child that May.
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94	* BabiesEverAfter: Leona wasted no time getting pregnant with her and Carl's first child after they got married. The [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 storyline]] led to them being cooped up together, with Leona finishing classes online and Carl's gardening team shut down, [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0508.html permitting them to draw out their honeymoon]] once they returned home from it.
95	-->'''Carl's Mom:''' Congratulations, Dear. [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0516.html You'll make me a grandmother]] around January 25[, 2021].
96	** In the end, she gave birth a few weeks early, on January 8, by C-section due to the baby's large size.
97	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: After saving him from drowning at summer camp in 2016, Leona ended up saving his skin an additional two times by the end of the year (first from choking, then from poachers). After [[RuleOfThree the third time]], Carl called her out on it.
98	* DaddysGirl: Prior to her marriage, Leona was virtually Frank's entire world. A perfect example is [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2010/kk0820.html when she conned Frank into helping Edgar]] with hunting.
99	* FreudianExcuse: We found out during the drama around Carl turning pro that she was initially attracted to him because he reminded her of a unicorn. She liked unicorns as a cub, but [[https://kevinandkell.com/2019/kk1011.html developed intimacy issues]] after her mother's death, running from relationships at the first sign of trouble so they wouldn't disappear like a unicorn...or her mother.
100	-->'''Frank:''' Blame the illness, not her.
101	* InterspeciesRomance: Went to this with Carl after she broke up with Edgar.
102	* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was eight after a long illness, according to Lindesfarne.
103	* RescueRomance: With Carl, as a rare case of the female rescuing a DistressedDude. See: ChronicHeroSyndrome
104	* ScarsAreForever: She has a scar over her left eye. It was the result of an accident in a hunting competition in 2010.
105	* SurprisePregnancy: Though Savanna's conception was unplanned according to [[FourthWallMailSlot Lindesfarne]], there's no evidence that Leona and Carl were trying ''not'' to have a baby during their extended honeymoon.
106	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: When matched up against any of her friends, she's definitely the most tomboyish. Carl actually mistook her for a boy until he got his glasses.
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108	!!'''Carl''' (Rhinoceros)
109	A large rhino, introduced as an elder student on Beige University's competitive gardening team. Originally depicted as normally quadrupedal, he began walking on two feet regularly after he entered a relationship with Leona, whom he eventually married. Fairly HotBlooded initially, but much cooler later on. Currently a pro gardener for the Tidewater Pitchforks.
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112	* BlindWithoutEm: Like most rhinos, he's very short-sighted. Rudy helped him out with his gardening and eventually got him some glasses so he could see properly.
113	* BodyguardCrush: Averted, and later Defied. Carl was hired to be Miranda's bodyguard after a bad high-school relationship with a fox. Somewhere along the way, her uncle's partner started shipping them, but Miranda was never interested, and Carl respected that. In fact, when she began officially dating Edgar, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0908.html he outsourced his bodyguard duty to Rudy.]] A likely presumed understanding was that Edgar was good enough to protect her, with Rudy as backup just in case. [[https://kevinandkell.com/2021/kk1204.html This ultimately proved to be true.]]
114	* DeliveryGuy: Picked up knowledge on being a midwife from his mother, and ended up in this situation one summer specifically with Lindesfarne for Turvy's birth. He and Leona took formal midwife classes together later, but he was not directly involved in Savanna's birth.
115	* DistressedDude: Tends to end up needing help a lot, despite being such a tough guy. But that comes with the territory for being a rhino, as poachers go to great lengths to get his horn. Once, when he was pursued on his and Leona's honeymoon, [[HeroicSacrifice he offered to saw off his horn]] to get out of a jam.
116	* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Although usually seen on four legs early on, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0807.html he was once seen on two legs]] with his parents after the first Summer Camp incident that landed him in the hospital. But on his first date with Leona, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk1218.html he rose from four legs to two,]] and would be seen more often on two legs from then on.
117	-->'''Leona:''' Why now?\
118	'''Carl:''' First time I had a reason.
119	** Commenters on the strip joked that he [[VisualPun stood up for her]].
120	* FreudianExcuse: The final reason [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk1217.html why Carl resisted Leona's crush]] was because of the drama surrounding Miranda's affair with Edgar; particularly, that Leona wanted to hunt Miranda down. Miranda spoke up in Leona's defense, clearing the way for their relationship.
121	* HiddenDepths: His mother is a midwife, so he knows what to do when Lindesfarne goes into labor.
122	* HiredGuns: Was originally a bodyguard hired by Miranda's fathers to protect her after a brief relationship with a fox. It's unknown if this arrangement still exists after they accepted her relationship with Edgar.
123	* InterspeciesRomance: He started dating, and eventually married, lioness Leona Mangle.
124	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he was suspicious and didn't accept Rudy at first, he still defended him from the rival teams, and eventually accepted him as a friend.
125	* TheLancer: Given his demeanor, could be considered one to Rudy when he was on the gardening team. But once he turned pro...
126	* TheLeader: Not content to fall in line and tank with the rest of his team, Carl took a leadership role, with the assistance of Leona. See further down.
127	-->'''Carl:''' (''[[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0214.html after being overrun with kudzu]]'') Leona? I know you're busy planning our wedding, but I need you up here...
128	* MistakenForCheating: During the preseason for Carl's first season with the Pitchforks, he was practicing at Beige University, while Ophelia was visiting with Greta. Greta's dorm was underneath the gardening stadium at Beige. So Leona thought they were in the same place, and her mind ran off with her about the implications. Exasperating that was that Ophelia lost her phone in her shell, so she was missing Leona's calls.
129	* ObliviousToLove: Really, more actively in denial than actually oblivious; Carl resisted Leona primarily because he recognized her from the aftermath of Edgar and Miranda's affair (namely, Leona going after Miranda). It was only after Leona and Miranda teamed up on the third rescue, when Miranda spoke up in her defense, that Carl finally accepted Leona's advances.
130	* PoorCommunicationKills: He initially kept his intentions to turn pro and leave the gardening team under wraps. A good presumption is that he wanted to tell Leona first, and also ask her to marry him. But because someone in the press leaked the news, Leona ended up ''the last one to know'', hurting her feelings and putting the proposal on hold. She held the grudge long enough that he ''actually returned an engagement ring''. When she finally opened up enough for him to pop the question, he had to use the return receipt as a stand-in.
131	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Invoked with his draft. The owner of his pro gardening team is trying to tank to stockpile more talent. Carl is having none of that, and has taken a leadership role to whip the rest of his team into shape, to the ire of his team owner. Of course, the team owner expected Leona to devour Carl eventually, so his talent wouldn't get in the way. Whether or not this will remain the case after Angelique bought the team remains to be seen.
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133	!!'''Miranda Hutch''' (Rabbit)
134	Niece of one of the members of the Rabbit Council. Has two fathers, a StraightGay couple. On Beige University's competitive gardening team. Was the first to accept Rudy, likely due to Kevin being on the Rabbit Council. She became involved with Edgar, but backed off to let him and Leona patch up their relationship. She predicted this would fail and was waiting for Edgar. She served at the Domain area Easter Bunny between 2019 and 2023, receiving the title from Dorothy Kindle and passing it to Wendell Luckyfoot.
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137	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Or, the Domain equivalent, all herbivores want carnivores. Miranda dated a fox in high school and is currently dating a lion in college.
138	* TheChessmaster: Miranda sometimes gives off these vibes. Rudy picked up on it when [[https://kevinandkell.com/2017/kk0214.html she nominated him to Beige U's Safety Escort program.]] She had previously roped Carl into the program as well.
139	-->'''Rudy:''' Kind of a habit of yours?\
140	'''Miranda:''' You'll look good in a reflective vest...
141	* CloserToEarth: She is introduced breaking up a brewing fight between wolf Rudy and rhino Carl.
142	-->'''Miranda:''' Seriously, you don't want to do that.\
143	'''Carl:''' Why not? He'd be perfect as '''mulch'''.
144	* {{Expy}}: Fans pretty much accept that, by looks and demeanor, Miranda is at bare minimum heavily inspired by Velma from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''. This was once lampshaded when [[https://kevinandkell.com/2018/kk0211.html she was dressed up as Velma]] for a costume party.
145	* FireForgedFriends: Once things settled down after the affair, and Edgar and Leona's subsequent break-up, a situation involving [[DistressedDude Carl and some poachers]] resulted in Leona and Miranda becoming friends.
146	* InterspeciesRomance: Much to the consternation of her fathers, she's always been attracted to carnivore males. She dated a fox in college, and eventually married lion Edgar Carnassial.
147	* MeetTheInLaws: Eventually Miranda had to bring Edgar to meet her fathers, and she disguised him as a mouse. [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk1024.html They actually already knew,]] and were able to out him. They accept the relationship primarily because [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk1029.html Rudy's panning of Edgar's hunting ability]] was relayed to them through Kevin.
148	-->'''Miranda's uncle:''' Are you sure we can trust him?\
149	'''His partner:''' We have it on the best authority.
150	* TheMissusAndTheEx: An advantage to eventually becoming friends with Edgar's ex is [[https://kevinandkell.com/2017/kk1224.html finding out things he likes, and what makes him tick.]]
151	* NoodleIncident: It's implied that her high school relationship with the fox did not end well, as [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk1029.html her uncle noted he hired Carl as her bodyguard]] in its aftermath. Of course, this could've just be him and his partner being overprotective, but we simply don't know.
152	* OrphansOrdeal: Averted. Her parents died when she was a baby, but it hasn't led to any moments of overt wangst, since this is a simple fact of life in the Domain world. As she explains to Edgar, her uncle and his partner have more than provided as parents for her.
153	* TheRival: She ended up this to Leona following her initial affair with Edgar.
154	* SecretRelationship: Even before they began their affair, Miranda [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0405.html was compelled to hide Edgar's species]] from her fathers.
155	-->'''Edgar:''' What species did you tell him[[note]]Specifically, her uncle[[/note]] I was?\
156	'''Miranda:''' Iguana.
157	** Once they began dating, she tried to disguise him from her fathers as a mouse, though this failed. Later, they used the disguise again to help her get the Rhizome Trophy.
158	** When they started dating, there was a throwaway gag of [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0906.html Edgar and Miranda trying to dress up like Rudy and Fiona]] on early dates as a disguise, but was quickly nixed.
159	--->'''Edgar:''' [[PaperThinDisguise Besides...these disguises probably aren't fooling anybody]].
160	* WomenAreWiser: Tends to have this mindset in comparison to Rudy's impulsiveness, Carl's hot-headed tendencies, and even Leona's histrionics.
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162	!!'''Greta Garter''' (Garter Snake)
163	Fiona's roommate after Leona joined a sorority, leaving her in the lurch. She's quite vain, but very friendly and kind.
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166	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: She sheds her skin far more then any normal snake should.
167	* TheFashionista: Always has her make-up done.
168	* HealingSerpent: As a snake she seems to be intending to become this with her pre-med major. She also has been known to mimic the Rod/Staff of Asclepius while [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2015/kk0924.html posing for her selfie stick]].
169	* HiddenDepths: Although incredibly vain, she's also very sympathetic, and proved to be a very good friend for Fiona at Beige U.
170	** Fiona also thinks she's a pre-med major, which means she has to be quite intelligent under the vanity.
171	* TheMakeover: Is adept to giving them to people. She gave Miranda a temporary one and used her make-up specifically for scales so that Fiona could wear her many piercings in her ears again.
172	* PowerOfTrust: Fiona at first didn't want to hug for obvious reasons. After a year of living together, she lets Greta give her a big hug goodbye at the end of the year.
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174	!!'''Todd''' (Toad)
175	Greta's boyfriend. Greta had set up a blind date with a turtle, but it ended up eaten, leaving an empty shell. Todd crawled in, and the rest is history. He eventually gave up the shell, and is now living as a toad again.
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178	* CommutingOnABus: Todd does not go to Beige, though he still appears quite frequently, suggesting his relationship with Greta is strong enough that it's worth the extra trips to Beige.
179	* FailedASpotCheck: Todd and Greta had been dating for three years before she found out he was really a frog wearing a turtle shell.
180	* LongDistanceRelationship: Todd and Greta began dating while in high school, and he goes to a different college.
181	* MoreThanMeetsTheEye: In his initial appearances, he stayed withdrawn in his shell. It was only after saving Greta from a ceiling vent grate, going unnaturally fast for a turtle in order to do so, that he revealed the truth.
182	* RedHerring: When Fiona returned for her sophomore year at Beige U, she found Greta with a rather large bulge. She asked "Todd?", wondering if he had been eaten. [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0912.html Todd then showed up.]]
183	-->'''Fiona:''' How's... ...Todd?\
184	'''Todd:''' I'm here.\
185	'''Greta:''' Oh this? Just a burrito.
186	* RemovableShell: One of the more macabre takes, as he assumed the shell of a freshly-predated turtle, stumbling into a relationship as a result. While it had its advantages, he gave the shell to Ophelia for her own protection, deciding to resume living as a toad with Greta.
187	* TrueLovesKiss: {{Invoked}} [[https://kevinandkell.com/2016/kk0511.html when Greta kissed Todd]] after finding out he was really a toad. After a brief moment of PostKissCatatonia, Todd looks at himself.
188	-->'''Todd:''' Still a toad.\
189	'''Greta:''' (''smiling'') Warts and all.
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191	!!'''George Turtle''' née '''Gopher''' (Gopher)
192	When Carl graduated and turned pro gardener, George appeared via the transfer portal. Being a gopher that is into gardening runs afoul of his species' reputation, and especially his family's nefarious activities.
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195	* AboveTheInfluence: When the pelt hunters saw George disguised as Ophelia, they think she's really a gopher, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0706.html and instead take "her" to a bar]] and try to ply "her" with alcohol. George dumps the drinks in a nearby planter until he can get away from them, presumably once they've gotten too drunk and passed out themselves.
196	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Gophers in this comic normally cultivate a reputation of ''stealing'' produce. So George wanting to be a gardener is indeed very strange among his species, and it took a bit for his Beige teammates to accept him.
197	* ChickMagnet: George accidentally became this after Greta completed his disguise with a mask [[https://kevinandkell.com/2023/kk0818.html she designed off the face of a popular fictional turtle character]]. It is feared this will complicate efforts to keep him out of the spotlight.
198	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: He prints out a 3-D turtle shell so he and Ophelia can safely go on a date but doesn't identify as being an actual turtle. They lampshade it in the strip by wondering if either of them is committing cultural appropriation. [[spoiler:Though that was ultimately averted when the greater turtle community accepted them both, and encouraged George to live as a turtle.]]
199	* GoneHorriblyRight: With the 2023 gardening season at Beige, Greta makes a mask to finish George's turtle outfit so he doesn't attract attention from his fugitive family. The problem is that [[https://kevinandkell.com/2023/kk0818.html Greta used a popular turtle character]] as model for the mask. This made him [[https://kevinandkell.com/2023/kk0816.html extremely popular with other lady turtles.]]
200	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Accidentally thinks Ophelia is merely wearing the turtle shell for protection, causing her to correct him because she now considers herself an actual turtle.
201	* LoveMakesYouDumb: Despite only being in a relationship for at the most a matter of months, George was willing to quit college and move to be with Ophelia as she became Savanna's nurse, despite the fact he had no offers to join the pro gardening leagues, which is the only work he knows how to do. Carl wisely talked him out of it.
202	* RescueRomance: Had the makings from the beginning when he saved Ophelia from fur traders, but was initially complicated since she's a weasel, and eats gophers. Since they were [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic masked]], [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0604.html they each initially thought they were their own species.]]
203	** Then, after she finds out and gets rescued again following a ScrewThisImOuttaHere freak out, Lindesfarne throws a CastIncest monkey wrench into the situation by [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0622.html creating a new identity]] for her, making her George's ''sister''.[[invoked]]
204	** Of course, when it was over and they were able to get Ophelia to escape--with the help of some cross-dressing from George to throw off the hunters--[[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0707.html he put the wig and mask he used on a manikin head]] to remind him of her.
205	** Once they appear to have lost the pelt hunters once and for all, with Ophelia now set as a turtle, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0827.html they appear ready]] [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk1120.html to give things a try.]]
206	* TookTheWifesName: Interesting take on the trope, as the greater turtle community encouraged George to live as a turtle, as Ophelia had been, after their wedding. Since his family had not only disowned him, but was actively out to kill him, he accepted it.
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208	!!'''Ophelia Turtle''' née '''Stoat''' (Trans-Turtle; Biologically Weasel)
209	A vagabond who was robbed of her family by pelt hunters. She was saved from them by George, but gopher being on her personal menu complicated matters. She now lives as a turtle, using Todd's previous shell, to conceal her species.
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212	* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: PlayedForLaughs. Savanna plays a game with her she labels "Spin the Caretaker."
213	* CrashIntoHello: An understated version more related to NonSequiturThud [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0601.html as she collapsed at George's feet]] while digging her way under Tree to escape pelt hunters.
214	* EveryoneHasStandards: Though she definitely hunted to stay alive--which complicated early feelings between her and George, since she did count gophers among her prey--she definitely had scruples about it. She could've easily eaten Carla when she hatched since she was going to eat her egg anyway, but was instantly smitten, and tried to raise her instead. She even admitted that, under different circumstances, she ''would've'' eaten Carla.
215	* HiddenDepths: During her time on the run, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk1013.html she found Carla's egg]] after the latter's parents were eaten, and fostered her until the pursuing fur traders [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk1017.html forced her to turn Carla in for adoption.]] She later uses the skills she had learned to become a nanny to Leona and Carl's daughter Savanna.
216	* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A familial example. Ophelia loved the little chameleon Carla that she had found, but knew her life on the run was dangerous and no way to raise a child, so she gave her up to the adoption agency.
217	* MysteriousVeil: Since the ventral side of the shell obscures her muzzle, and she can easily pull her entire body ([[https://kevinandkell.com/2022/kk0515.html and, sometimes, someone else]]) inside, it gives this impression. It's invoked during her and George's wedding, when [[https://kevinandkell.com/2023/kk0223.html she lifted her head out of the shell]] after saying "I do".
218	-->'''Ophelia:''' That's the turtle version of lifting the veil.
219	* OrphansOrdeal: Of the characters in this comic subject to this trope, Ophelia's situation has been most extreme: her entire family was gradually picked off by pelt hunters, leaving her orphaned, completely homeless, and on the run by age 13.
220	* PlotAllergy: An attempt to permit her to escape from poachers [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0701.html by having Greta disguise her]] was confounded because she's allergic to makeup.
221	-->'''Greta:''' Oh... I had such plans.\
222	'''George:''' We were going to disguise you as an [[BrickJoke iguana]].
223	* RedHerring: A mysterious benefactor funded her and George's wedding and honeymoon. They accepted, but remained suspicious as to who. It turned out it was the fellowship of the various turtle species, which welcomed both of them because of rumors of unnatural speed rooted in the incident where Ophelia saved Savanna from poachers. Of course, there did end up being some ''quid pro quo'' involved: They were tasked with protecting eggs laid by sea turtles during their honeymoon. They were monetarily compensated for their work, however.
224	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Ophelia learned George's real species, she ran from Lindesfarne's tree, unable to reconcile that someone of a species she considered prey had saved her from pelt hunters. Of course, she immediately gets caught by her pursuers again, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2020/kk0621.html forcing George and Lindesfarne to re-rescue her.]]
225	* SentIntoHiding: The original plan for protecting Ophelia was to have her live as a gopher with George. The fur traders came too soon to fully implement the plan, so she ended up hiding with Greta instead, even after she was finally "declared dead" and given a separate identity as a turtle.
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227	!! Edward Hopper (Coyote)
228	When they first moved into the Rabbit Warren, Rudy and Fiona quickly discovered a coyote living incognito in their area. After an incident where he saved a crowd from a runaway delivery truck, he formally passed his scampering test, officially earning his Rabbit License just as Rudy and Fiona had. He works in a Rabbit Warren hospital as an orderly.
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231	* AlternativeSelfNameChange: Edward's name prior to emerging in the Warren is unknown. He assumed his current name as part of his living incognito in the Warren.
232	* BigDamnHeroes: At the point Rudy, Fiona, Francis, and Danielle were pursuing him for information, an electric delivery vehicle went rogue after overstuffed packages fell on its accelerator pedal. Edward pushed a young rabbit out of the way, jumped into its cab, and stopped the vehicle.
233	* IJustWantToBeNormal: After tailing Edward for a time, it was clear to Rudy and Fiona that he was just trying to lead a normal life, and had no ill intent for any of the rabbits. When the delivery truck incident happened, he ran away, ostensibly to avoid being seen--and detected as a coyote--by any cameras.
234	* KeepingTheEnemyClose: After the delivery truck incident and hearing his story, [[https://kevinandkell.com/2024/kk0518.html Rudy and Fiona offered Edward their friendship.]] But Rudy's thought bubble during that makes clear he still doesn't completely trust him. Which could be justified, considering their past.
235	* LastOfHisKind: In a way, but no less tragically. It turns out, he was part of the coyote gang that was [[https://kevinandkell.com/2003/kk1228.html trapped in the Rabbit Warren by Lindesfarne in 2003]] [[FantasticRacism after they targeted Bruno for being trans-diet,]] and Rudy for being his friend. Edward revealed that Rabbit Warren guards killed his other three gang members, and he had hidden in a hole with a convenient pipe leaking rabbit pheromones. Eventually, he had been in long enough to be comfortable laying low in the Rabbit Warren, relying on the pheromones to remain hidden.

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