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=== Milo Bloom ===
The star of ''Bloom County'' from its earliest days, Milo was the group's [[Only Sane Man]], though he could be goofy as the rest of his friends when the situation called for it. Also a dedicated journalist with a habit for <s>
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: Has a lot of pull at the Bloom Beacon despite being the intern and later copy boy.
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=== Opus ===
An anxious,
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Forced into doing a lot of things and treated like crap by the world a good chunk of the time.
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* [[Put on a Bus]]: Twice. The first time he and Cutter John were lost at sea and presumed dead and he came back with amnesia. Then later in the strip, after Bill became Fundamentally Oral Bill, he was kicked out of the Boarding House by the converted house members after Bill decried "Penguin Lust" on TV. He came back later after Bill stopped being popular and stayed ever since.
* [[Retcon]]: He used to be Binkley's pet.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With every single
* [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]]: Opus
=== Bill The Cat ===
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* [[Overly Long Tongue]]
* [[The Unintelligible]]: he only speaks coherently every once in a while. Usually he says little more than "ACK."
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: He has been a lot of things, including a TV star, heavy metal frontman, dead,
=== Michael Binkley ===
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A wide eyed idealist and Milo and Opus' best friend. Lived with his dad Tom, who he clashed with with their polar opposite personalities. Also has a closet full of anxieties.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Went from a nerdy [[
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]:
* [[Future Loser]]
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: His real name is Michael Binkley, but even his ''dad'' calls him Binkley.
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* [[Strawman Political]]: For Republicans.
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: While he was flip-flopped for a long time, the cast were just as annoyed by his overly wimpy personality.
* [[Write Who You Know]]
=== Oliver Wendell Jones ===
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* [[Casanova]]: When he wasn't dating Bobbi.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Breathed said that he got rid of Cutter because he found it hard to draw a wheelchair in the confines of a comic.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Got tons of women and stood up to the Russians during months of
* [[Porn Stache]]
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* [[Breakout Character]]: She got a whole book, ''The Last Basselope''.
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: She was thought to be a male for a long time until a 1988 storyline where they were
* [[Talking Animal]]
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* [[Back for the Finale]]: Appeared for one out-of-character strip during ''Outland'''s final months.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She was usually very sweet during ''Outland'', but had quite the
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappeared two thirds of the way through ''Outland''.
* [[The Pollyanna]]
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: She was pretty much the comic's token female for a while after Bobbi was [[Put on a Bus]].
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Averted; she's actually quite friendly.
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Name one name, just one name, that's weirder than "Yaz Pistachio."
** [[Self-Deprecation|Berkeley Breathed]].
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