Cucumber Quest/Characters

Tropes relating to the cast of Cucumber Quest.

Cucumber


Our illustrious hero! ... whether he wants to be or not. Cucumber is a smart kid who wants nothing more than to go to magic school and hone his spellcraft, but Destiny (in the form of his parents and the Dream Oracle) will have none of it. The Only Sane Man in a world insistent on Genre Savvy, Cucumber is nevertheless always willing to help someone in trouble -- though his combat skills and attitude may need a bit of work.

""SO IT SKIPS A GENERATION HERE AND THERE!!""
 * Green Eyed Red Head
 * Heroic Lineage: ...but his father wasn't a hero!


 * In-Series Nickname: Cuco
 * Only Sane Man: It's his thing.
 * Redhead in Green
 * Red Mage: His stats are closer to this than anyone else.
 * Refusal of the Call

Almond


Our illustrious hero!...'s little sister. Almond can't quite believe her nerdy brother is the supposed "Legendary Hero" when she's the one with the fighting chops, the can-do attitude, and the sheer grit to make it happen. Though she may tease Cuco like there's no tomorrow, Almond will always back him up in a fight -- and sometimes run ahead of him into said fight.


 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Blood Knight: Very eager to fight.
 * Crutch Character: Handles essentially all of the fighting in the prologue, but then the party is scattered.
 * Decoy Protagonist: Almond definitely is up front and center in Chapter 0 and much of the prologue, but later she disappears and Cucumber begins to take his place back as protagonist.
 * Flower in Her Hair
 * Hair Decorations
 * Glass Cannon: 5-star Attack, but only 2 Defense.
 * I Know Mortal Kombat: Television is apparently the reason for her excellent swordplay.

Carrot
A loyal knight -- if not quite the bravest, or the most competent -- who has recently joined Cucumber and Almond on their quest. Has a wider knowledge of the world of Dreamside than either of the two kids. Will stop at nothing to rescue his fair damsel, Princess Parfait.


 * Blade On a Stick: Carries a carrot-tipped pike.
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Failure Knight
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Inverted.

Princess Nautilus


The sweet and nerdy princess of the Ripple Kingdom, who is eager to help Cucumber, the Legendary Hero, succeed -- unfortunately, she appears to be more than a little disorganized.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Damsel in Distress: Her first appearance features her menaced by a pack of tough-talking crabs that are about 1/5th her size. And she's clearly distressed.
 * Everything's Better With Princesses
 * Embarrassing Nickname: One gets the impression that Cuco isn't the first person to suggest shortening her name to "Nautie".
 * Jumped At the Call
 * Mr. Exposition: Positively thrilled to be able to fulfill her role as this.
 * The Ditz: Unfortunately, she's terrible at it.
 * Nerd Glasses
 * Staff Chick: Well... she uses a cell phone but she fits this better than anything else.
 * Stone Wall: As the stat sheet would have it.
 * Summon Magic: Her high special stats seem to come from being able to summon familiars.
 * Tsundere: Type B, alternating very abruptly between "Tsun" and "Dere".

Tomato
Leader of the BLT Trio, who seems perpetually mad at everything in the world, and is always looking for someone to pick on. Usually Bacon.


 * Black Shirt: He's not a nice guy, but he and his crew probably wouldn't have caused trouble on his own.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Hot Blooded
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: He has an interest in the captive Princess Parfait.
 * Terrible Trio: With Lettuce and Bacon

Lettuce
Second-in-command (of three...) of the BLT Trio. Kind of a, like, Valley Girl, and totally obnoxious. Has a "thing" for Tomato.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Black Shirt
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Terrible Trio
 * Valley Girl

Bacon
The third member of the BLT Trio. Much to the dismay of Lettuce and Tomato. Bacon appears to waddle through life with a vague cheeriness, because there's not that much going on upstairs.


 * Black Shirt
 * Butt Monkey
 * Joke Character
 * Non Standard Character Design: Still a bunny, but clearly modeled after a pig.
 * Terrible Trio

Peridot


Queen Cordelia's henchwitch, complete with pointy hat and flying broomstick. She seems loyal to Queen Cordelia and dismissive of everyone else, and her preferred method of dealing with people is to Take Them For Granite... er, peridot.


 * Black Magician Girl
 * Cute Witch
 * The Dragon: She's the one out collecting the stones for Cordelia, and is clearly her most competent minion (though that isn't hard).
 * It's Pronounced Peri-DOH: A Berserk Button, according to Word of God.
 * Playing Tennis With the Boss: How she is defeated.
 * Taken for Granite: Her signature move is turning people & things into peridot statues.
 * The Rival: Played up as this for Almond.
 * Tsundere: Type B.

Queen Cordelia


The Big Bad of the series, not much is known about this enigmatic vixen who has set up residence in Caketown Castle. She has little patience with incompetent minions, and certainly no good intentions for Dreamside.


 * (Faux?) Affably Evil: Too early to tell where she falls on the spectrum at this point, but she squeals and hops up and down like a schoolgirl when Peridot brings the last Disaster Stone.
 * Big Bad: Along with the Nightmare Knight.
 * Cats Are Mean: Has cat ears, which is noted as highly suspicious considering everyone else has rabbit ears...
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Evil Laugh: See page 3.
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Fur and Loathing: Her dress has a large fur fringe along the top edge.
 * Human Aliens: It's been implied. She looks just like the normal bunny-humans save her cat ears and she keeps making remarks about "this planet".
 * Vague Age: The stat sheet calls attention to it.
 * Wine Is Classy: Is typically clutching a glass of red wine.

Nightmare Knight
A dark and powerful malevolent entity. Can only be defeated by the Legendary Hero...


 * Big Bad
 * Game Breaker: Invoked. Were he in a video game, he would be this. His attack, defense and special stats are beyond maxed out (not unlike Cabbage's jerkface).
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Sealed Evil in A Can

Splashmaster
A giant squid and the first known Disaster Master of the Nightmare Knight. What he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn.


 * The Brute
 * Cool Crown: "Limbo King." At least he thinks it's cool.
 * Cyclops
 * Dumb Muscle: Attack stat beyond maxed out, but only a 1 in Special.
 * Giant Squid
 * Glass Cannon: Even more so that Almond.
 * You No Take Candle: Can't speak complete sentences properly, and is a poor speller to boot.

Dream Oracle


The graceful and mystical guardian of Dreamside, the Dream Oracle guides the Legendary Hero with a gentle yet firm touch on his way to greatness, cheering him on every step of the way.

... That's what she'd like you to think. In no way is she as competent as she seems, and she turns a deaf, translucent ear to Cucumber's protests that he's not hero material, she did just give his sword away to a total stranger, and his name is not Zucchini.


 * Big Good: We think so. And she thinks so.
 * Gods Hands Are Tied: There may be a legitimate reason why she can't seal the Nightmare Knight away herself... or maybe she's just lazy.
 * The Obi Wannabe
 * Sealed Evil in A Can: Her job is to seal away the Nightmare Knight.
 * True Blue Femininity: Head to toe blue, complete with blue skin and a billowy blue dress.

Cabbage
Father of Cucumber and Almond, husband to Bagel, a smooth-talker, a Palace employee, and a total jerk. Insistently Genre Savvy, to an almost scary degree...


 * Heroic Lineage: Averted, as it skips a generation here and there.
 * Jerkface
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: His tactics are questionable (he suggests CHEATING to Cucumber to pass a spelling test) but he clearly wants his children to succeed and heroically saved Bagel when they were in High School.
 * Pet the Dog: Bagel genuinely loves him dearly, and says that he's kinder than he seems.

Bagel
Mother of Cucumber and Almond, wife to Cabbage. Encourages Cucumber to follow his dreams -- as long as his dreams are becoming the Legendary Hero and giving up his dreams of magic school.


 * I Was Quite The Cutie Pie

Saturday
A thief who has obtained the only weapon that can defeat the Nightmare Knight. She obtained it through the sinister means of... walking up to the Dream Oracle and asking politely.


 * American Accents: Fond of Southern phrases.
 * Odd Name Out: Her name doesn't really fit any of the naming conventions in the comic.
 * Spanner in The Works: Stealing the Dream Sword put a wrench into Cucumber and the Oracle's plans.

Parfait
The Princess locked in the castle, and Sir Carrot's damsel fair.


 * Damsel in Distress
 * Gratuitous French
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: At least, to the BLT Trio.