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Here's a list of characters from the [[Web Comic]] [[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]].
 
Given the amount of [[Gender Bender|gender bending]] in this series, [[Gender Bender]] should only be noted for a character under special circumstances like Tedd or Vlad.
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** [[Papa Wolf]]: And there is the fact of Ellen also being his daughter
** Actual quote from Dan Shive: "Do not threaten or otherwise endanger Ellen. Elliot will break you."
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: Elliot's original shapeshifting powers only allowed him to turn into a catman, which hurt. Then he developed the power to change into a girl, which he dislikes, and all of the powers he's developed since are girl or girl-related transformations as well. {{spoiler|At least the super heroine can fly.}} Tedd theorizes that Elliot's magic will keep giving him girl-related transformations until he convinces himself he's satisfied with the girl forms he already has.
* [[Berserk Button]]: bullies. Which led him to become a...
* [[Bully Hunter]]: He mostly abandoned this habit, with a few [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-16 exceptions] like [[Rescue Romance|Justin's case]] -- though he's still [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-29 ready to jump in]. Goes part and parcel with his Chronic Hero syndrome (see below)
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'''Associated tropes:'''
 
* [[A -Cup Angst]]: Sarah's about average by any objective criterion, but her big sister Carol and then associating with people who have the [[Most Common Superpower]] as a ''literal'' superpower apparently makes her feel [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-23 a bit inadequate sometimes.]
* [[The Chick]]: Considering she has no powers or special abilities herself, she's frequently left behind on most adventures because she is mildly useless. Though it's not really her fault.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-04-15 She is almost] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-01-09 as bad as] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-06-05 Tedd himself] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-05 on occasion.]
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* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: And the target was the last to catch what's going on despite knowing the reasons.
* [[The Tease]]: [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-05-19 Oh, yes]. And uses her innate [[The Empath|empathic]] ability, brains, and dedication to [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-05-14 know Tedd's tastes] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-08-07 better than Tedd knows himself].
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: It has been acknowledged in-universe that her two only real options in a fight are [[Talking the Monster Toto Death|"Talk opponent down"]] and ''[[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|"Tear opponent to freaking shreds"]]''. A running subplot since Painted Black has been the ongoing efforts of the rest of the cast [[Boxing Lessons for Superman|to rectify this]]. This [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-09-07 seems] to be a major part of her behaviour patterns.
{{quote| '''Grace:''' ...I am ''not'' horrible at volleyball!<br />
'''Ellen:''' Grace, you either dive for cover or launch the ball into orbit.<br />
'''Grace:''' That's how I deal with most of my problems. }}
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: To a degree notable In-Universe.
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: In this in all things including [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|nudity]].
 
== Nanase ==
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* [[I Will Protect Her]]: She starts with trying to keep Ellen sane. Later her desire to save Ellen [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-09-27 gives] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-10-03 her] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-10-08 a] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-10-09 new] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spell]].
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Angel-form, in addition to being [[Flying Brick|steel tough]], flies ''very'' fast.
* [[Looking for Love In All Thethe Wrong Places]]/[[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: {{spoiler|As evidenced recently, before dating Elliot and eventually becoming an [[Official Couple]] with Ellen, she used to date quite a lot of guys. Enough to get a reputation, as one of her exes brings up. This becomes [[Fridge Horror]] when one remembers that, even when she started dating Elliot, she was never actually attracted to him other than for his moral standards, instead hoping she would become attracted over time, which we can now chalk up to her underlying lesbian nature. All well and okay on its own, and everyone's okay with it. Now apply it to the, evidently long, list of guys she's dated, none of which she was likely ever attracted to.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kitsune are Japanese werefox tricksters.
** She nicknames her summoned double "[[Stealth Pun|Fox]]".
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* [[Irony]]: When Justin was outed, Melissa was herself betrayed in exactly the same way he thinks she betrayed him.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Justin instantly switches from amiable to badass when he has to defend the comic store from the fire monster.
* [[Meaningful Name]] and [[Shout-Out]]: A fan of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]''.
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Has this for a good while regarding Melissa - it's true that she made a terrible mistake and hurt him terribly, but until recently he took his treatment of her further than she deserved. He's getting better, though.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Beats out Sarah as the member of the main eight who gets the least spotlight, with the exception of the Birthday party arc involving his admitting his love for Elliot; the current Superhero storyline appears to be his [[Day in The Limelight]].
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* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: First with Justin, later with Catalina.
* {{spoiler|[[Locked Into Strangeness]]: She used to dye her naturally blonde hair dark blue... until her magical powers awakened, at which point dark blue dramatically ''became'' her "natural" color.}}
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Moment of Weakness]]: Panicked the first time she saw Nanase use her Fairy Doll spell and, in the process of getting help, blurted out to the others the personal issues they had been talking about.
* [[Neat Freak]]: Set phasers to ''[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-17 sanitize]''. And [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-07-10 get your ugly butt off her kitchen counter].
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* [[Summon to Hand]]: Any of the items stored in her [[Hyperspace Arsenal|Summon Chest]].
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* {{spoiler|[[These Hands Have Killed]]}}: The major reason she's no longer a [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]].
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-10-03 With Tedd]. And [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-10-18 with Nanase] ([http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-19 back from the trip to France]).
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: To make a point regarding School Uniforms. She does start off believing [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]], and still hates the idea of skirts in and of themselves.
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: Before {{spoiler|1=meeting [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-31 the aberration]}}. Literally so -- her eyes change into her current half-droopy state when she looks down at his corpse, and while she still [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-07-11 has] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-01-22 wide] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-06-23 eyes] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-02-10 quite] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-06-30 often], they do tend towards the "half-droopy." After {{spoiler|the encounter of a weird kind with Jerry leading to [[Freak-Out]]}}, though, she now tends to having wide open eyes as often as not.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Double-subverted. She has dark blue hair, but she's a natural blonde. However, nobody realized she dyes her hair because blue is considered a natural color in this setting. {{spoiler|Her awakening makes dark blue her "natural" hair color.}}
 
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* [[Hot-Blooded]]: she shares Elliot's hot temper but exhibits less control over it.
* [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]]: Her typical approach to Elliot ("You're like me if I were being directed by George Lucas.") Elliot actually gets more upset when she ''doesn't'' tease him because he feels guilty she got created (and stuck as a girl) in the first place.
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: She said it to Tedd {{spoiler|1=[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-09-14#comic when he offered to study Nanase].}}
* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: As someone on the WMG page put it, Ellen's problems derive more from not being ''Elliot'' than being female, which she doesn't seem to mind terribly.
* [[Most Common Superpower]]: Her body is based on "[[Hello, Nurse!|Female Variant #5]]" (designed by [[Chivalrous Pervert|Tedd]]), so she's probably the best endowed of the cast. And since that is her default form, the "Female Variant #5" modification gets applied again ''[[Up to Eleven|on top of it]]'' whenever [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-12-16 she] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-08 zaps] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-11 herself].
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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Comic book & anime geek who learned how to unlock "ki" ([[Magic Byby Any Other Name]]) after watching 168 hours of anime straight. Much of his instructor "wisdom" comes from comic books.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He's a nice guy and a goofball, but he'll still threaten to punch you ''through'' your face if you do anything evil.
* [[Black and Nerdy]]
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'''Greg:''' Yep! <thumbs up><br />
[[The Rant|comment]]: [[Jackie Chan]] once dressed up as Chun-Li for a [[Street Fighter]] parody in [[City Hunter|one of his movies]]. If it's good enough for Jackie Chan, Greg would probably say it's good enough for him. }}
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Because of anime martial arts examples such as [[Ranma One Half|Happosai]] and [[DragonballDragon Ball|Master Roshi]], he considers the fact that he does ''not'' fit this trope to be a point of shame.
* [[Enlightenment Superpowers]]: An already experienced martial artist invented his own style after a feat of ascetism ending with a big insight. Shive knows the classics, all right. In Greg's case, it's 168 hours of watching anime without breaks for lunch and sleep -- which accounts for the style's... peculiarity.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Easily towers over everyone in the main cast, yet as a black-belt level martial artist, he's not big on unnecessary violence.
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* [[Girl Posse]]: Lucy, Rhoda.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Distinguishable from Susan only by hair style [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-10-10 and fashion sense].
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Neat Freak]]: [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-02-01 "OK, you had both better have clean hands!"] Another coincidence with Susan?
 
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{{quote| '''Noah:''' Is it jealousy? I have been told I could make straight men see rainbows.}}
* [[Friendless Background]]: Wants friends, but has difficulty making them because he is shy and has poor social skills.
* [[Friends Withwith Benefits]]: He's dating Melissa despite her still being in love with Justin, and they "provide close comfort and pleasure for each other."
* [[Guttural Growler]]: Implied that he does this {{spoiler|as "The Child Left Behind".}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Nearly won a race through the "[[Fictional Counterpart|Swedekea]]" store with [[Supernatural Martial Arts|super-powerful martial artist]] Elliot, and later tells Raven that he was ''holding back.'' To be fair, Elliot was too, but still...
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* [[Author Avatar]]: He parrots what Dan says a lot in the commentary and interrupted a Q&A in comic to act as his mouth piece. However, he's not solely existent for that. Dan's actual [[Author Avatar]] has shown up less since he was created, though.
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Invoked: George feels this way about [[Star Wars]] ep. 1-3.
* [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: Possibly; repeatedly refers to Elliot as Justin's boyfriend, but maybe he's just being sarcastic... or jealous.
* [[Meta Guy]]: The reason he was created.
 
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* [[Only in It For Thethe Money]]: He knew his bosses' ideas were ''[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-02-20 completely nuts]'', was fully aware of the dubious morality of his job, and [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-03-12 hated the company], but...
* {{spoiler|[[The Stool Pigeon]]: He was the snitch who gave out the Project Lycanthrope to Mr. Verres}} after he grew attached to Grace.
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Too busy cleaning out his ears to notice Elliot slips his bonds (and clothes) via shapeshifting.
* [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil]]: When his brothers are having climactic combat showdowns with the protagonists, Guineas engages Ellen... in a thumb war (and loses!)
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: On occasion.
{{quote| [[Lassie (TV series)|"Who is Timmy and how did he fall down the well?"]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]
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* [[Hates Being Touched]]: This is how Hedge is certain that it was Vlad after the [[Gender Bender]].
* [[Humanity Ensues]]: courtesy of Ellen.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Didn't like seeing Grace get hurt, and snaps her out of a [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: As in human/bat/falcon/leopard/Uryoum hybrid.
* [[Second Law of Gender Bending]]: Interestingly, the only straight example thus far: "I've never been a man in my life as far as I'm concerned!"
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* [[Flying Brick]]: [[Wreathed in Flames|On fire]].
* [[Healing Factor]]
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]
* [[Self -Disposing Villain]]: Of course, for someone undergoing [[Villainous Breakdown]] and batshit insane to begin with it's sort of [[Justified]].
* [[Super Strength]]
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You Withwith Me]]}}
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: His fighting style is entirely based on his powers. Against someone immune to fire, and who can neutralize his healing factor, he is a complete amateur.
* [[Wreathed in Flames]]
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* [[Knight Templar]]: Somewhat. He's fully aware that his goal is morally wrong, but [[I Gave My Word|feels that it has to be done regardless]].
* [[Lawful Stupid]]: If it wasn't for his oath to {{spoiler|kill anything born from the Dewitchery Diamond}}, he wouldn't even qualify as a villain.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: In [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]], Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice his own child, but at the last moment, an angel stopped him, announcing that God was just testing his faith. Now consider that Ellen was created by the Dewitchery Diamond, which means that Abraham is Ellen's father in a roundabout way. Now consider that his oath to God led him to try to kill Ellen. Now consider that {{spoiler|Nanase looked awfully angelic when she convinced Abraham to spare Ellen's life.}}
* [[Necessarily Evil]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-universe example. Apparently, "Every properly trained wizard has heard of Abraham, the idiot apprentice who recklessly enchanted a massive diamond instead of selling it to pay someone more skilled to fix his cursed noble friend."
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: She glomps Chika in sheer joy when Raven accepts Amanda's offer to go on a date.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Tries to be this. She isn't too good at being all that ambiguous.
* [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: Of Amanda and Raven, [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|despite the fact that she has romantic feelings for Amanda.]]
 
=== Chika ===
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