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1!!David Wong
2* ActionDuo: With John.
3* ActionSurvivor: He has no formal combat training but still goes up against all sorts of Lovecraftian horrors without breaking.
4* AntiHero: A Type I. Dave is a complete loser.
5* AuthorAvatar: David Wong is the protagonist of a book by David Wong.
6* ByronicHero: Dave has had quite a troubled past and mentions in the epilogue that he may be a sociopath, but still fights to save the world and cares about his friends.
7* DeadpanSnarker: How he copes with the insanity around him.
8* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: He and John blow up Korrok's realm with dogshit near the end of the first book.]]
9* FirstPersonSmartass: His narration is dripping with sarcasm.
10* HeterosexualLifePartners: With John.
11* NeverMyFault: Dave has a mild case of this [[spoiler: Monster Dave instead [[ItsAllMyFault takes responsibility for things outside of his control.]]]]
12* RefusalOfTheCall: Dave has no desire to be the Chosen One, and actively fights against attempts to nominate him as such. When Molly starts barking and, after acknowledging that she wants them to follow her, Dave promptly climbs in his car and drives the other way. His first dose of Soy Sauce has to literally force itself down his throat.
13* SelfDeprecation: Lots. Dave is fully aware of what a loser he is and doesn't hesitate to make fun of himself for it.
14-->''"I drove home to change, proving that even on the soy sauce, part of me was still a dumbass"''
15* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Revealed to be one of the shadow men's clones near the end of the first book. Later books also reveal that David can transform into a horrifying Half Bat half Mantis cryptid know as the BATMANTIS???]]
16* VitriolicBestBuds: With John.
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18!!John
19* ActionDuo: With Dave.
20* TheAlcoholic: Heavily implied.
21* BigDamnHeroes: He does this a couple of times.
22* ChickMagnet: He doesn't really try, but manages to attract a variety of women over the course of the story. It makes sense. John's a fun guy.
23* CloudCuckoolander: John is... strange, which actually helps him when fighting monsters.
24* DeadpanSnarker: Slightly less so than Dave.
25* HiddenDepths: Beneath his crude exterior John is incredibly kind and completely without prejudice.
26* JumpedAtTheCall: Much more eager than Dave to get involved in weird stuff. Though, in the epilogue, even he thinks [[spoiler:the world on the other side of the gate on the basketball court]] is too lame to save. Don't worry, some kids do it for them.
27* PungeonMaster: He tosses out a bunch of chair puns while killing sauce monsters with a folding chair.
28* ShipperOnDeck: Rather blatantly tries to set up Dave with Amy. It works.
29* TheStoner: His stoner tendencies end up kicking off the plot of the book when he decides to take a hit of the soy sauce.
30* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dave.
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32!!Amy Sullivan
33* AllTheOtherReindeer: She doesn't seem to have had many friends except for her brother following the accident.
34* AnArmAndALeg: She lost one of her hands in a car accident.
35* DisabilitySuperpower: [[spoiler:Her "phantom limb" allows her to interact with things that exist just outside of our main layer of reaity.]]
36* GenkiGirl: She's very cheerful and optimistic for the most part.
37* LoveInterest: To Dave.
38* NerdsAreSexy: She has a number of nerdy hobbies and is studying computer science in college by the second book.
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40!!Molly
41* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler: There are hints that she's some kind of supernatural entity sent to help the protagonists fight Korrok.]]
42* AnimalCompanion: To Dave.
43* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Despite Dave's constant insults toward her as "mentally challenged" she's shown to be somewhat smarter than he is.
44* BadassAdorable: She ends up saving the day on multiple occasions.
45* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: She ends up saving David from the burning trailer by ''driving a car through the wall.'']]
46* TeamPet: For the main heroes.
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48!!Korrok
49* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: Eventually revealed to be a malevolent supercomputer from an AlternateUniverse where biotechnology became common.]]
50* AxCrazy
51* BigBad
52* TheCaligula: He rules over Shit Narnia with an iron fist and enjoys torturing and devouring his own servants.
53* TheChessmaster: He manipulates events in our world to hasten his coming.
54* EldritchAbomination: Definitely. [[spoiler: He's an omniscient, sadistic supercomputer made completely of meat that wants to dominate the universe.]]
55* EvilIsVisceral: [[spoiler: He's a tower of meat and eyes and mouths the size of ''the Statue of Liberty.'']]
56* EvilOverlord: Of Shit Narnia, and presumably many other worlds.
57* DeusEstMachina: [[spoiler:A supercomputer that grew sentient and became an EldritchAbomination.]]
58* DimensionLord: Of Shit Narnia.
59* GigglingVillain: [[spoiler: He's described as giggling like a toddler during Dave's confrontation with him.]]
60* AGodAmI: His followers worship him as an omniscient, all powerful god.
61* TheManBehindTheMan: He's responsible for all the monsters invading our world via the soy sauce.
62* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler: He refers to John and Dave as "fags" during their meeting.]]
63* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: He has the mentality of a 13 year old on Xbox Live.]]
64* GeniusDitz: [[spoiler: Is an omniscient super computer that controls multiple dimensions, but acts like a schoolyard bully.]]
65* {{Sadist}}: He seems to derive joy from torturing humans.

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