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Main characters

Lucy

Our female protagonist. Sometimes sweet and sometimes mean, Lucy is wrought with insecurity and would rather punch you in the face than expose it.

• Anchored Ship: With Mike, and heartbreakingly so.
• Berserk Button: Flirting with Mike near Lucy is a very bad idea. Flirting with Lucy doesn't end so well either...
  • Nowadays, hurting her friends is unwise as well. Don't hit her. She reacts violently.
• Boobs of Steel: She is the only girl who fights and is the best endowed for her size, so Lucy may qualify, though only relative to her fellows.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Michael. And how!
  • Also with Paulo.
    • Well, considering they're the only two guys she's ever been interested in, and that this is Lucy...
• Blue Eyes
• Break the Cutie: Lucy got this in preschool, hence her lack of interest in socializing.
  • Lucy in Disaster Dominoes. After Mike finally got her to smile, he got run down. It Got Worse.
• Broken Bird
• Brutal Honesty: Sometimes.
• Cannot Spit It Out: "Maybe I should just dance around the subject and give everyone headaches. There, problem solved, the Lucy way."
  • And then she did. It didn't help.
• Catch Phrase: "Jerkface"
• Cats Hate Water: Lucy became hydrophobic after Mike almost drowned when they were younger. Oh, and she also almost drowned trying to save him, since she didn't know how to swim; Paulo had to rescue the both of them. That most likely contributed to the phobia...
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Though she tries not to appear that way.
• Cute Bruiser/Badass Adorable: Lucy can kick a whole lot more ass than is apparent. She's also one of the shortest characters.
• Freudian Excuse: See main page.
• Friendless Background: In preschool, she couldn't make any friends. This, in turn, led to her developing major trust and dependence issues.
• Hates Being Touched
• Heroic Albino
• Hidden Depths: How nice she can be is pretty much "pets only" overall. Her pets mentioning that niceness astounds everyone.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Jerkass Facade
• Loners Are Freaks: She was forced to play alone in pre-school. Because she didn't want dolls, but cars, and was a girl. Girls decided she was too boyish. Boys were afraid of her.
• Tsundere: "Why would I be best friends with such a jerkface?"
  • Slap Slap Kiss is her style. Interestingly, as she continues to grow up, she moves closer to becoming a Kiss Kiss Slap tsundere.
  • Sugar and Ice Personality: Lucy only regularly acts sweet to her pets. Everyone else is amazed to see it. But it's there. To even her brother's shock. "Cracks In The Ice" indeed.
• Tender Tears: She was scared.

Michael "Mike" S.

Our male protagonist. A star athlete and regular “nice guy”, Mike often finds that the girls who vie for his attention are the source of most of his problems.

• Adaptation Dye Job: Began in the author's sketches as a yellow cat, before becoming grey.
• Berserker Tears: Follow the sequence and notice that, while Lucy was hurt worse, he cried more.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Mike can be a nice guy, but when something pushes him to a point, like Lucy's abuse over the years and his friends taking her side during "Unrequited", he can lash out at times.
  • He's been overreacting lately and Lucy is all-but broken at this point.
• Butt Monkey: Originally a lot. Not so much recently.
• Can't Hold His Liquor: It takes very little alcohol to make Mike hilariously drunk. Which ends up directly leading to Alejandro attempting to mug the group in Confrontation. Oh God...
• Catch Phrase: "Guh!"
• Characterization Marches On: His recent treatment of Lucy completely wrecks his past status as the Dogged Nice Guy. Specifically, the nice part.
• Green Eyes
• He Who Fights Monsters: His grudge against Lucy.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Him yelling at Zach about Lucy not caring about him sure makes it seem like he's forgotten about Confrontation.
• Limited Scarf Choice: Enough so that him changing the color scarf he wears (or wearing no scarf at all) is a major thing.
• Living Emotional Crutch: To Lucy. He's aware of this, and resents it.
• Long-Distance Relationship: With Sandy.
• Mistaken for Gay: Paulo loves teasing him about this.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Harsh.
• Stepford Smiler: Hm...
• Super Senses: Michael has excellent hearing, to the point that sudden yelling and pep rallies really mess him up. Ace hearing indeed. The trap in Confrontation took advantage of this to get the group in an alley for mugging.
• Took a Level in Badass: His rescue of Lucy in Confrontation.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Lucy is considerably nicer to him and others than she used to be. He's, on the other hand, become less friendly to her since her Love Confession.

Daisy "Daze"

Smart and hardworking, this bubbly cheerleader spends her time immersed in books. She longs to be more than everybody’s “little sister”.

• Beta Couple: With Abbey.
  • Or so it seems...
• Brown Eyes
• Clingy Jealous Girl: for a few chapters. She gets better.
• Gave Up Too Soon: Inverted with her crush on Mike. She waited so long for him that she didn't even notice Abbey liked her.
• Generic Cuteness: While still seen as pretty (Augustus has called her 'gorgeous' and Carter at one point even mistook her for Lucy) Daisy is regarded as being much less attractive than most of the other Main girls. However Daisy is part Ragamuffin, which develop later than most cat breeds, so her lack of attention probably stems from her poor self-confidence and the fact she isn't as developed as the other females.
• Love Triangle: AbbeyxDaisyxAugustus. In canon, Abbey got her. In a What If chapter, Augustus did.
• Running Gag: "Hi, I'm Daisy!"
• Teen Genius
• Nice Girl Daisy despite being very occasionally immature or jealous, is very kind-hearted and supportive of her friends, often going to huge lengths to help them out.

Paulo

Paulo spends more time hitting on girls than paying attention to class. Despite his talent for timewasting, he is fiercely loyal and will always stand up for his friends.

• Beta Couple: He and Jasmine were at first considered this, but then Pillow Talk subverted this.
• Brutal Honesty: Paulo in "Another Path" failed at tact. A few times. And Lucy thanked him a few times.
• Butt Monkey: Paulo had some butt monkey time randomly if Lucy (and sometimes Yashy) was nearby until high school. And then...
• Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: Paulo is particularly protective of Daisy, and immediately shapes up when she's watching.
  • In the chapter "Return", it's revealed that Paulo now thinks of Daisy as more of a sister anyway, and doesn't mind her going out with another guy.
    • However, it is hinted at in "Back and Forth" that he still doesn't want to be seen as a sexual deviant in her eyes, as he immediately notices her and seems worried about her opinion of him when Tess and Lucy start some drama because of his sleeping around and being a man-whore in general.
• Catch Phrase: Paulo's abuse of the word "AWESOME" and common usage of kid, wimp, wuss, etc. when referring to Mike.
• Chivalrous Pervert: When the well-being of Daisy or Lucy is in danger, Paulo tends to forget his perversion in favor of helping them or, at least, trying to. He also reacted this way when Sue got hurt in Confrontation.
  • Also, he absolutely refuses to make use of Lucy's fragile state when she almost imposes herself on him.
• Eyes of Gold
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold

David

Chipper and dimwitted David sees the world a little differently to those around him. His distance from the others sometimes yields surprisingly astute observations.

• Ambiguously Bi: David adores Abbey according to the chart. And this or this makes it seem that David likes touching Abbey while having fun.
  • Now according to the new chart, he also adores Augustus.
• Brown Eyes: Really dark though.
• Catch Phrase: David to Kizuna: "Who are you?" Poor girl can't get a break...
  • David also tends to come out of nowhere with an "AWKWARD" announcement.
• Cloudcuckoolander: It's only gotten worse with Flanderization.

Abraham "Abbey"

Bound by a strong moral code, Abbey struggles to balance his protective nature with his short temper. While he may butt heads with the more easygoing members of the class, he’s working on it.

• Berserk Button: Don't abuse/insult a girl in front of Abbey, unless you want a face full of fists.
  • This could be a bad sign.
• Beta Couple: With Daisy.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Indeed.
  • Never bully someone with this guy around. He will beat the shit out of you.
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Freudian Excuse
• Green Eyes
• Knight Templar: Well, at first he seemed to just hate bullying thanks to his Freudian Excuse, but as of Chapter 62, and being elected onto Student Council, he's ready to expel anyone for the slightest bullying. I think we've got a disaster coming.
• Shadow Archetype: His "Disaster Dominoes" version. Abbey hates abuse, that Abbey was abusive. Abbey loves Daisy, that Abbey constantly tried to beat what he didn't like out of her. Abbey gets therapy, that one clearly didn't.

Secondary characters

Susan "Sue"

Always busy behind the scenes, Sue's interest in the dramatic doesn't always extend to her social life. She'd much rather be writing or directing.

• Brown Eyes
• Put on a Bus: During freshman year. She later got a supporting cast role in sophomore year.

Sandy

Mike’s very own green light on the horizon, Sandy is Mike’s earliest childhood friend and his current love interest. Having found success as a young model, she struggles with the demands of work, school and a budding long-distance relationship.

• Gray Eyes
• Long-Distance Relationship: With Mike.
• Put on a Bus: Rather literally.

Jessica "Jess"

Jessica is a proud, quick-witted member of the cheerleading team who is never afraid to voice her opinion. Together with her closest friend Rachel, she has been quick to offer compassion to Daisy.

• Berserk Button: Jessica hates it when called out about how she bullies Tess, which led to Lucy's button being pressed... Tess pretty much just takes the bullying.
• Bi the Way: Fancies Lucy.
• Bottle Fairy: Has been seen drunk in "Back and Forth".
• Break the Cutie: Jessica got this from a lot of the school and Tess as a freshman.
• Characterization Marches On: Jessica and Rachel were initially your typical high school bullies with little reason for singling out Tess aside from her being an easy target. As time went on, though, hints were gradually dropped that there was a deeper reason as to why they bullied Tess specifically, a reason that was fully revealed in "Pillow Talk".
• Freudian Excuse: See main page.

Rachel "Rache"

A true flirt, Rachel revels in playful jokes that make light of those around her. While her open nature is often confronting to friends, her cheerful demeanour always shines through.

• Black Eyes
• Butt Monkey: In Pillow Talk.
• Characterization Marches On: Jessica and Rachel were initially your typical high school bullies with little reason for singling out Tess aside from her being an easy target. As time went on, though, hints were gradually dropped that there was a deeper reason as to why they bullied Tess specifically, a reason that was fully revealed in "Pillow Talk".

Jasmine "Jazz" "Jazzie"

A peppy freshman girl whose life is dominated by school activities. While she’d ordinarily keep to her own group of friends, Jasmine has taken an immediate liking to Paulo, happily adopting the role of his girlfriend and principal partner-in-crime.

• Beta Couple: She and Paulo were considered this at first, but "Pillow Talk" later subverted this. ** And yet it's been unsubverted at the end of "Carry Me".
• Green Eyes
• Third Option Love Interest

Augustus "Final Fantasy Cat"

Calm and composed, Augustus is always sure of himself and executes his tasks with quiet efficiency and biting wit. While he keeps his emotions close to his vest, there’s one girl who can unravel everything…

• Attempted Rape: Final Fantasy Cat looked like he was about to do this to Daisy, but Abbey intervened, though it turns out he wouldn't have gone through with it.
  • More like he never planned to in the first place.
• Brutal Honesty: In spades.
• The Charmer: Used on Daisy and attempted unsuccessfully on Lucy.
• Foil: To Lucy. Taeshi herself says that "[Augustus] renders her NORMAL".
• Goth
• Gray Eyes
• Jerkass Facade: He may have apparently been trying to manipulate Daisy, but as he explains to Lucy, he genuinely respects and adores her, and he really wants her to get over her self-confidence issues. Too bad Daisy considers him a creep.
• Schemer: To the point he does it unintentionally now.
• Smug Snake

Pets

Yashy

Lucy’s first pet, and the loudest by far. Yashy is something of a prodigy, with a sharp wit that betrays her young age. Bratty, loudmouthed and rude, deep down she wants nothing more for Mom to settle down with her flea.

• Blue Eyes
• Bratty Half-Pint: What she lacks in size, she more than makes up for in volume.
• Catch Phrase: "Whore!!" to Daisy.

Chirpy

Innocent and naive, Chirpy remains in awe of the world around her. She clings to Yashy and always does her best to follow the examples of grown-ups (while making frequent mistakes in the process.)

• Brown Eyes
• Cheerful Child
• Wide-Eyed Idealist: She's far less happy about Yashy's violent habits.

Lily

Lucy’s most mature pet, Lily is a source of wisdom for much of the cast (and babysitter to others.) Patient and understanding, she is usually able to steer her friends in the right direction.

• Brown Eyes
• There Are No Therapists: Lily averts this one single-handedly.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Assuming she's not Older Than She Looks.

Blur

Mike’s pet bird Blur was rescued from a fire as a youngster and has trouble remembering what came before the incident. He counts Yashy as a close friend and can often be seen playing or arguing with her.

• Green Eyes
• Meaningful Name: "You're as quick as a blur and your memory sucks!"
• No Name Given: Due to amnesia, we never learn anything as to who he was before that fateful thunderstorm.

Fancharacters

Tessa "Tess" Canning

A rich party girl with a rebellious streak, Tess departed the scorched earth of Junior year to find newer, younger friends. She has since struggled to reconcile her upcoming graduation with the close friendships she quickly forged.

• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Paulo. Originally.
• Big Fancy House: Lives in one. Mike and Lucy are suitably impressed.
• Bottle Fairy: Tess has drinking mentioned in her character bio. She was seen drinking wine in the "Arrival" chapter of the Summer Vacation arc.
• Brown Eyes
• Butt Monkey: Tess has minor butt monkey time around Jessica and Rachel.
• Rich Bitch: During her relationship with Roger. Junior and senior year, still rich but not a bitch anymore.
• Tsundere: Tess is one, too. Sometimes.

Alec "McCain" McCain

Alec “McCain” McCain remains detached at all times, making blunt pronouncements in situations which do not always welcome them. His tone-deaf flavour of cold rationality doesn’t earn him many favours with most of the cast.

• Brutal Honesty
• Deadpan Snarker

Kizuna "Kizu"

Madly in love with David, Kizuna never has any luck getting David to notice her, let alone consider her romantically. Airheaded and clumsy, Kizuna is nevertheless a skilled cook, sadly for David. She appears oblivious to his dimwitted comments.

• Ax Crazy: In Disaster Dominoes.
• Brown Eyes
• Bus Crash: in a reference to Poochie.
• Killed Off for Real: Her artist requested Taeshi cease using her.

Carson

Carson is a manifestation of his creator’s heartfelt objection to the pervasiveness of the “token” gay stereotype in modern pop culture. (He blindly loves Michael, dresses flamboyantly and borrows his name from “Queer Eye”.)

• Abhorrent Admirer: Blindly loves Mike, in which Mike doesn't return his feelings
• Bury Your Gays
• Camp Gay
• Gray Eyes
• Incompatible Orientation: With Mike
• Killed Off for Real
• Stereotype Gay

Carter

He loves Lucy.

• Abhorrent Admirer: His absolute weirdness turns everyone off.
• Killed Off for Real
• Single-Target Sexuality: For Lucy.
• Stalker with a Crush

Minor characters

Amaya

Mild-mannered popcorn merchant Amaya is Sue's best friend. She chooses to remain mute. Her job at the cinema can sometimes be very useful to those who know her!

• Cute Mute: Gives off this impression due to her insanely shy nature. She's actually The Silent Bob.

Katherine "Katie" He-

Precocious Katie spends most of her time worrying about makeup and hair styles and has been duly rewarded by her position as the most popular girl in school. She’s not necessarily mean and cruel… she just doesn’t think too much about others.

• Alpha Bitch
• Brainless Beauty: Oh, my gawd. That is, like, sooo Katie, y'know? Like, totally.
• Cleavage Window: Seen here
• Green Eyes

Stacy

Katie’s best friend. Fluent in the written word, Stacy’s peers haven’t (yet) deterred her from a passion for reportage, creative writing and poetry.

• Blue Eyes

Flower Girl

This mysterious girl is absent from just about everything besides David’s fantasies. While she remains unaware, she has completely captured David’s affections, and he spends a lot of his time clumsily stalking her.

• Blue Eyes

Molly

Abbey’s little sister seems to have an endless reserve of childish positivity, showing strong dedication to schoolwork and her local Girl Scout troop. She loves her brother dearly, and shoulders more of their shared burden than he’d like.

• Cheerful Child: Just don't mention her mother.
• Cute Kitten
• Green Eyes

Justin

A hapless kid dragged into various misadventures by other members of the cast, Justin is generally seen looking for cover and wishing he could just go back home.

• Brown Eyes
• Precious Puppies

Alejandro "Confrontation Cat" or "Rapecat"

• Big Bad: Most certainly. His manipulations led to Paulo's jerk mentality, Paulo's phobia of barking, Confrontation in general, and he's being worked for by Augustus. He also remembers his grudge against Mike and Lucy.
  • Some keen-eyed forum users suggest he was the one who date-raped Tess when she was a freshman.
• Combat Sadomasochist: Alejandro took two of Lucy's kicks, had his teeth smashed into each other hard enough to chip one and draw blood, and was still okay enough to beat Lucy senseless before Mike came back, smashing his face into an alley floor and still not stopping him. It took Mike and Lucy together to turn the fight around (at which point it became a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown). And he beat Mike (and was about to crush his skull) before all this happened.
• Faux Affably Evil: Until you make him mad.
  • Moral Myopia: He does seem to genuinely care for the members of his gang. He's a complete douche to everyone else, though.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: AND HOW.

Sue: So um... why are you picking on us? We're like... thirteen, ya know. If you think we're loaded with cash, then you're kind of an idiot. Alejandro: *fingers Sue's chin* So then what's the harm in givin' us all yer money? Sue: *slaps Alejandro's hand away* Because we actually NEED it! Alejandro: *punches Sue in the face* WHO THE HELL CARES ABOUT YOU?!?

• Would Hit a Girl: And hits two on-panel. It's implied that he hit his old girlfriend.