Everyman HYBRID/Characters

Vincent
"We just keep going. We do what we always do, and we truck on."

AKA Vin, Vince, Vinnie, Vinny, etc. Originally the host of the show. At first he doesn't believe in the Slender Man. Vin films compulsively, sometimes to the anger of his friends.


 * Agent Scully:
 * : Very much so when he was younger,
 * Only Sane Man: To an extent, as he seems to have begun to believe.
 * Perma-Stubble: Goes between this and a small beard throughout the series.
 * The Everyman: See name. (It's actually his stage name for the exercise videos the boys were originally shooting.)
 * The Everyman: See name. (It's actually his stage name for the exercise videos the boys were originally shooting.)

Jeff
"This ain't worth it, man...this ain't worth it."

The series' cameraman. Since the Slender Man began stalking the crew, he's begun appearing more in videos and went on an trip to his old Elementary school after his girlfriend, Jessa, disappeared, and since she and his brother Alex (who is being stalked by the Rake) have been his main motivations.


 * Expository Hairstyle Change: After he came back from his trip, his hair was much shorter.
 * Heroic BSOD: Off and on since Jessa disappeared.
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Properly Paranoid: Alex thinks his brother is going crazy. Of course, he doesn't know how much Jeff has to deal with.
 * Seeker Archetype
 * Who Is This Guy Again?: After his haircut, he looks far too much like Alex for some people. Amusingly, he grew his hair out again right after Alex got a buzzcut himself.

Evan
"I just think the sooner we nut up, the sooner we can take this fucker down. No more running, no more waiting...I wanna kill it."

The nutrition expert. Since Slender Man showed up, he has become much, much more unstable. Likes knives.


 * Agent Mulder
 * : Most obviously in the "Slender man" video, with hints in "Ashen Waste."
 * Made official as of the latest video: Ryan and the SEVENTRAILSOFHABIT.
 * Though
 * Badass:
 * Memetic Badass: Him and his knife...
 * Batter Up
 * The Big Guy: Despite being shorter than Vince and Jeff.
 * Bruiser with a Soft Center: Evan knows martial arts, carries a giant bayonet around, is incredibly intense whenever the subject of what to do about Slender Man comes up, and  If his normal interaction with his friends doesn't make it obvious that he's this, however, his behavior in "Alex" certainly does, the What the Hell, Hero? he directs at Jeff notwithstanding.
 * Crazy Prepared: In "May & June", it turns out he'd been keeping an "emergency machete" attached to the bottom of Vince's car.
 * Dumb Muscle: Vince describes him as an "RL-troll" because he's hardly ever online. In "Damsel," he seems momentarily confused that Jeff's access key is in keycard form and not an actual car-type key.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait: Take a gander at all the Evan fangirls at the Unfiction forums. Jessie's even worried about them coming after her for hugging him.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: In contrast to Jeff and Alex's buzzcuts, Evan goes without a haircut as the series goes on. In an inversion, his longer hair only looks really unkempt while he's wearing his hat, which is usually when he's acting perfectly sane; it looks well-groomed during his Ax Crazy moments. Except during the non-canon "Slender man," where he is wearing it and looks appropriately disheveled while going after Vince.
 * Knife Nut
 * Laughing Mad: Most distinctly when in "Joke's Over".
 * Only Sane Man: While he initially appeared to be losing his mind, he seems to be the most practical and calm out of all of them... most of the time.
 * : With Steph.
 * Sanity Slippage: Seemed to be at first, though later it seems that there's something else going on... see below.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Greatly thought to be one for Damsel- he's reading her blog in the Sleep Deprivation video, is seen running behind her and Jessa in one of her videos, and makes a video defending her after
 * : With Steph.
 * Sanity Slippage: Seemed to be at first, though later it seems that there's something else going on... see below.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Greatly thought to be one for Damsel- he's reading her blog in the Sleep Deprivation video, is seen running behind her and Jessa in one of her videos, and makes a video defending her after
 * Stalker with a Crush: Greatly thought to be one for Damsel- he's reading her blog in the Sleep Deprivation video, is seen running behind her and Jessa in one of her videos, and makes a video defending her after

Daniel
"You guys ready to Slender-shoot?"

The crew's fake Slender Man from the early videos; he appeared to have cut and run when the genuine article appeared but it turns out he's still around, occasionally turning up for parties and other group events. Should have run.


 * Demoted to Extra
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: Went unmentioned for a long time until "Ryan and the seven trials of HABIT", where it turned out he was still around, just not involved much. Surprising considering he's the one who dressed like the Slender Man in the first place.

Jessa
Full name Jessalyn. Jeff's girlfriend; "Jessa's kind of weird and I love her for it." She went missing soon after she first appeared.


 * Damsel in Distress:
 * Genki Girl: Quite possibly--we haven't seen her not smiling or at least looking happy once.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: To everyone except Damsel (which is quite odd, considering they're best friends).

CANYOUSEETHEWORDS / "Damsel" / Steph
"When people make a mistake, they generally try to cover it up. I’m no different."

An art student at Princeton, first getting involved with the EMH crew through her friendship with Jessa. However, she's not unaware of a certain tall man. She and Jeff don't really get along; he suspected her of involvement in Jessa's disappearance and reported her to the police, putting her in the mental ward. Her last entry, on the post-queue, reveals her family was killed by the Slender Man and she is the one who burned down her house afterward; she seemingly signed off for the final time at the end.

The HYBRIDs take it upon themselves to save her, and do so... on the day she would've been released anyway. She has since been living with Evan. HALLOWEEN HANGOVER reveals that she and Evan have become an item,


 * Ascended Fanon: As you can respond to her blog and chat with her a bit, the Fan Nickname "Damsel" was very quickly acknowledged and is pretty much considered canon by a lot of the fanbase. She likes it.
 * Damsel in Distress: Despite the nickname, she doesn't really fit this trope until she's put in the mental ward. She's out again thanks to the boys, not that it was necessary...
 * Fan Nickname: "Damsel". See Ascended Fanon.
 * Meganekko
 * My Parents Are Dead
 * Relationship Upgrade: With Evan.
 * Strange Girl
 * Unwanted Rescue: "I would be fucking stoked if they weren't releasing me today."

Alex
"Don't even know what to do. Can't tell anybody...I mean, this thing is much worse than some skinny stick."

Jeff's younger brother. First made cameos in "Day In The Life" and "Jeff", he seemed to be unrelated to the plot until his Youtube account was discovered.


 * Evil-Detecting Dog: His beloved Sparky.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Very similar to his brother's.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: "Troll Catch" has him initially being a bit of a Jerkass, trying to lighten the mood with Jeff in pretty much the worse way possible, but PMs with him have shown that he really does care about his brother and he genuinely seems like a good guy.
 * Name's the Same: No, not that Alex. Not that "J" either.
 * Possibly.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Very similar to Jeff.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Between refusing to tell anyone about the Rake and leaping headlong into HABIT's game, Alex seemed raring to die in mysterious supernatural circumstances until his fellow teammates voted him out.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Very similar to Jeff.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Between refusing to tell anyone about the Rake and leaping headlong into HABIT's game, Alex seemed raring to die in mysterious supernatural circumstances until his fellow teammates voted him out.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Between refusing to tell anyone about the Rake and leaping headlong into HABIT's game, Alex seemed raring to die in mysterious supernatural circumstances until his fellow teammates voted him out.

Jessie
"You could always wait in the car, that always ends up well, right? Nooo, fuck no."

A girl first spotted on the U Stream who joined the guys when they went to Lambertville in "Cops Checked, No Body". Dr. Corenthal is her great-uncle. She and Evan used to date, and are still friends.


 * Genre Savvy: In addition to the above quote, she wonders if hugging Evan on-camera will make her a fangirl target.
 * Token Girl: Well, the only one to join the guys on their expeditions.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": There's been a bit of debate on whether it's "Jesse" or "Jessie", although most signs point to the latter.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": There's been a bit of debate on whether it's "Jesse" or "Jessie", although most signs point to the latter.

Dr. Corenthal
"In all my years of practice, I have never seen a utensil buried so deep into a human body."

First mentioned in "-.", Doctor Corenthal worked at Fairmount Children's Home decades ago. The reports found in the Bags mention four of his patients, : his most worrying patient by far was a boy named   who would only answer to the nickname "HABIT" and was generally a danger to everyone around him. Corenthal supposedly killed himself in 2005. Oh, and he is or was Jessie's great-uncle.

In the 1990s, Dr. Corenthal also treated.


 * A Fate Worse Than Death:
 * Apocalyptic Log: His notes on "HABIT"
 * Terrible Ticking: After working with "HABIT", the lyric "rabbit or habit" began to plague him--he even heard it in his sleep. This has led to fan jokes about him being so hip he liked Animal Collective decades before they existed.
 * Terrible Ticking: After working with "HABIT", the lyric "rabbit or habit" began to plague him--he even heard it in his sleep. This has led to fan jokes about him being so hip he liked Animal Collective decades before they existed.

The Slender Man
"Take solace in the rain, my children. It only means I'm near."

The mainstay and central character of the mythos, the crew originally created a fake Slender Man to add some spice to the show - only for the real one to show up. What "he" wants is as unclear as ever, but  and is doing everything he can to mess with the HYBRID crew's heads.

"Go play your little game, children. Nothing more to see here."
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * The Blank
 * Combat Tentacles: In "Joke's Over".
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Noodle People
 * Psychic Powers: According to Evan's description of his fight with Slender Man, he telekinetically blocked the bat then did some kind of damage.
 * Real After All
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to HABIT's Red. Comes off as a Blue to The Rake as well.
 * Speak of the Devil: What initially seems to have drawn him to the series. After everything else that's happened, however, the boys are starting to wonder if he would have shown up eventually anyway.
 * Suddenly Voiced: Sort of. He doesn't audibly speak, but there was a sequence of unsigned tweets-- one in allcaps and one normal. The allcaps one appears to be HABIT. The non-allcaps tweets are highly implied to be him; though according to HABIT not personally typed.

The Rake / "The feral Other"
"Haabithaabithabithabithabithabit"

First spotted in "Cops Checked, No Body", the entity from this well-known creepypasta: a pale, naked, savage creature that scuttles around on all fours and smells like raw sewage.

Some consider it the (still-evil) opposite to the Slender Man, comparing its feral, openly violent nature to Slendy's preference for silently messing with his victims' minds.


 * Beast Man: A really creepy variant; he's some sort of freakish, furless dog-man.
 * Canon Immigrant
 * Cross Through: The letter from the original Rake story is replied to in Everyman HYBRID
 * The Dragon: The dominant theory is that he's HABIT's enforcer.
 * Humanoid Abomination: Along with being a freaky dog-man, he also seems have some of the same powers as Slendy.
 * Leitmotif: Not a single piece of music, but if you here a song by The Decemberists playing in a video, expect a Rake attack at some point.
 * The Unintelligible: Assuming he's not speaking gibberish in "Alex" then he's very hard to understand. The consensus seems to be "I am the Rake."

HABIT
"Sing along, rabbits."

A mysterious being whose presence has become increasingly felt as the series has gone on. Was thought to be the Rake, but now highly implied to be  Has an email for registering for vague "trials", the Seven Trials of HABIT, and a Twitter account for actually outlining the trials. Appears to be the one responsible for the Morse Code videos as well as the other odd edits and cutaways in the main videos.

According to Can You See the Words,

"YOU ARE ALL IN THE SAME. SINKING. VESSEL."
 * Ax Crazy: Made of this (perhaps literally). Not only does he just love gruesome death, he also has a thing for rabbits. And the Seven Trials are downright bizarre, seeming only to exist so HABIT can systematically kill people or manipulate them into choosing his victims for him, though at the moment he's only killed rabbits who have broken the rules, rather than the losers.
 * Big Bad: Shaping up to be the true Big Bad of the series, rather than Slender Man. Or at least trying to upstage him.
 * Big Bad Wannabe: Slender Man, at least, treats him like a minor annoyance.
 * Black Comedy: Oh God.
 * But for Me It Was Tuesday: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RYANS I GO THROUGH IN A DAY?
 * Dead Baby Comedy: His sense of humor.
 * Demonic Possession: He's either doing this to, or he's a Split Personality.
 * As of his Can You See the Words entries, it's almost certainly the former. He's possessed plenty of other people.
 * Dude, Not Funny: Deliberately invoked.
 * Expy: Rather similar to totheark, a fact not lost on the characters. He is, however, much more coherent and unambiguously villainous.
 * It's also becoming evident that he's a powerful, possessing force, rather than just a crazy human. Perhaps he is even more similar to BOB from Twin Peaks.
 * Fan Nickname: Becoming possessed by him is known as "inHABITation".
 * Immune to Bullets: In one of Habit's posts on Can You See the Words (the one about the little girl), he is shot by police multiple times, and though they do cause him to bleed, he doesn't seem to suffer any actual damage.
 * Jack the Ripper: Yep.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Slender Man's Blue.
 * This Is Sparta:


 * Split Personality:
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: Can hide the morse code videos from the hybrid crew's perception, forge videos of events that didn't actually happen, and
 * Super Strength
 * Troll: Some of the things he says and does are really just for no other reason than to piss people off.
 * Used against him by Little Kuriboh...yes, that Little Kuriboh, who apparently loves baiting HABIT like no one's business.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: In addition to being Jack the Ripper, HABIT has also admitted to being Josef Mengele. He also seems to enjoy Nazi memorabilia.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: In addition to being Jack the Ripper, HABIT has also admitted to being Josef Mengele. He also seems to enjoy Nazi memorabilia.