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This is a list of the characters from the webcomic [[Flipside (Webcomic)|Flipside]].
This is a list of the characters from the webcomic [[Flipside]].


Be aware: the comic's nature is [[NSFW]], so click the links to it at your own risk.
Be aware: the comic's nature is [[NSFW]], so click the links to it at your own risk.
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== Veranda "Maytag" Kingfisher ==
== Veranda "Maytag" Kingfisher ==
A [[Good Bad Girl|nymphomaniac]] in a jester costume who is an expert on all things related to sex and sexuality. She's also athletic, a master of potion use, [[Wise Beyond Their Years|wise beyond her years]] and has placed [[Dungeons and Dragons|all her skill points]] into [[Talking the Monster To Death|Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Sense Motive]]. Her only weakness is that her incredible confidence comes from the [[Clothes Make the Superman|jester suit that she wears]], and without it [[Brought Down to Normal|she reverts to a shy, timid shadow of her former self]].
A [[Good Bad Girl|nymphomaniac]] in a jester costume who is an expert on all things related to sex and sexuality. She's also athletic, a master of potion use, [[Wise Beyond Their Years|wise beyond her years]] and has placed [[Dungeons and Dragons|all her skill points]] into [[Talking the Monster to Death|Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Sense Motive]]. Her only weakness is that her incredible confidence comes from the [[Clothes Make the Superman|jester suit that she wears]], and without it [[Brought Down to Normal|she reverts to a shy, timid shadow of her former self]].


* [[An Arm and A Leg]]: She allows Bloody Mary to {{spoiler|''chew her arm off from the wrist up'' (she'd already eaten the hand)}} in a play for time.
* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: She allows Bloody Mary to {{spoiler|''chew her arm off from the wrist up'' (she'd already eaten the hand)}} in a play for time.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: She deconstructs this trope; she starts out the series an unabashed hedonist but gets less and less willing to take sexual risks as the consequences of her actions threaten her relationship with {{spoiler|Bernadette}}.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: She deconstructs this trope; she starts out the series an unabashed hedonist but gets less and less willing to take sexual risks as the consequences of her actions threaten her relationship with {{spoiler|Bernadette}}.
* [[Bag of Holding]]: She has a "Dimensional Bag".
* [[Bag of Holding]]: She has a "Dimensional Bag".
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Rape As Drama]]: She's not above submitting to rape, if it's the only way to save the ones she loves. She states outright that her attitude to sexuality makes rape much less traumatic to her than to the average person.
* [[Rape as Drama]]: She's not above submitting to rape, if it's the only way to save the ones she loves. She states outright that her attitude to sexuality makes rape much less traumatic to her than to the average person.
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Her lack of, and complete inability to understand, modesty.
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Her lack of, and complete inability to understand, modesty.
* [[Sexy Jester]]
* [[Sexy Jester]]
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* [[Showing Off the New Body]]: Her first action while [http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic/book0/fs12pg13.html possessing Regina] was [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|groping herself]].
* [[Showing Off the New Body]]: Her first action while [http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic/book0/fs12pg13.html possessing Regina] was [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|groping herself]].
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: One sometimes wonders if one of her magical powers is to get people to stop fighting as long as her mouth keeps moving. This is also done a lot in the second fight scene between Bloody Mary and Bernadette.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: One sometimes wonders if one of her magical powers is to get people to stop fighting as long as her mouth keeps moving. This is also done a lot in the second fight scene between Bloody Mary and Bernadette.
* [[Talking the Monster To Death]]: Her MO is to be so bluntly matter of fact about her ability to defeat you that you hesitate... often fatally.
* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: Her MO is to be so bluntly matter of fact about her ability to defeat you that you hesitate... often fatally.
* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: After being captured by Bloody Mary.
* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: After being captured by Bloody Mary.
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: She has learned to accept pain rather than fight it, allowing her to be virtually impervious to torture and even mutilation. One scene has her smiling gently as {{spoiler|her arm is being eaten, much to the dismay of the person doing the eating}}.
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: She has learned to accept pain rather than fight it, allowing her to be virtually impervious to torture and even mutilation. One scene has her smiling gently as {{spoiler|her arm is being eaten, much to the dismay of the person doing the eating}}.
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: He does this on Orransong, by telling exactly why he quit the Knights.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: He does this on Orransong, by telling exactly why he quit the Knights.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: For most of the time, Crest's importance to the story was next to null. It's gotten so bad that in later chapters, other characters seem to be ''[http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=782 actively ignoring his existence]''.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: For most of the time, Crest's importance to the story was next to null. It's gotten so bad that in later chapters, other characters seem to be ''[http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=782 actively ignoring his existence]''.
* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]]
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]
* [[Pinball Protagonist]]
* [[Pinball Protagonist]]
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: His stated goal for going with the party is to wait until Maytag and {{spoiler|Bern}} have a fight and steal her away for himself. Granted, this was before he was [[Demoted to Extra|demoted]].
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: His stated goal for going with the party is to wait until Maytag and {{spoiler|Bern}} have a fight and steal her away for himself. Granted, this was before he was [[Demoted to Extra|demoted]].




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== Umber and Dirk ==
== Umber and Dirk ==
* [[Rape As Backstory]]: Umber, according to the Interviews.
* [[Rape as Backstory]]: Umber, according to the Interviews.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: Umber is stated as having a sense of smell as keen as a dog's.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: Umber is stated as having a sense of smell as keen as a dog's.


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* [[Mundane Utility]]: She does this a lot. The very first thing we see her doing is using a magic forcefield umbrella.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: She does this a lot. The very first thing we see her doing is using a magic forcefield umbrella.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Suspiria falls victim to this with respect to Bloody Mary in a truly epic example of [[Genre Blindness]]. Or maybe it's because she's an [[Insufferable Genius]]. Or both...
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Suspiria falls victim to this with respect to Bloody Mary in a truly epic example of [[Genre Blindness]]. Or maybe it's because she's an [[Insufferable Genius]]. Or both...
* [[Too Clever By Half]]: More than once, her massive overconfidence in her own abilities has been painfully undercut by her corresponding lack of practical experience (specifically, a tendency to overextend herself and run out of [[Mana|juice]] before the job is done).
* [[Too Clever by Half]]: More than once, her massive overconfidence in her own abilities has been painfully undercut by her corresponding lack of practical experience (specifically, a tendency to overextend herself and run out of [[Mana|juice]] before the job is done).
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Her magic hair in particular.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Her magic hair in particular.


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== Voulger ==
== Voulger ==
* [[Defeat By Modesty]]: How he was able to submiss Maytag.
* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: How he was able to submiss Maytag.
* [[The Nudifier]]: His sword "Thread-Reaper", [http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=103 which he used to submiss Maytag].
* [[The Nudifier]]: His sword "Thread-Reaper", [http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=103 which he used to submiss Maytag].


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== Danzig ==
== Danzig ==
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Josuke Higashikata]], or possibly of Araki characters in general. He even shouts "ORA! ORA! ORA!" when attacking.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Josuke Higashikata]], or possibly of Araki characters in general. He even shouts "ORA! ORA! ORA!" when attacking.




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A Level 3 wizard, who's also the master of both Regina and Lucient. He hires Bernadette in Book Zero in order to grant them protection.
A Level 3 wizard, who's also the master of both Regina and Lucient. He hires Bernadette in Book Zero in order to grant them protection.


* [[Kill It With Fire]]: How he killed {{spoiler|Clairen}} in ''Chapter 18: Many Plans Come To Fruition'', from Book Zero.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: How he killed {{spoiler|Clairen}} in ''Chapter 18: Many Plans Come To Fruition'', from Book Zero.




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== Moss ==
== Moss ==
* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read]]: Though not actual mindreading, his talent has the same implications.
* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read]]: Though not actual mindreading, his talent has the same implications.
* [[Blessed With Suck]]: His curse allows him to see everyone's weaknesses has left him a bitter misanthrope.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: His curse allows him to see everyone's weaknesses has left him a bitter misanthrope.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Initially, this was assumed to be because he was always so horribly depressing, [[Emo]], sarky, [[Goth]], etc. It turns out that {{spoiler|he had magical eyes which caused him to only see the worst in people, causing both his BAD attitude and his hiding of his very weird-looking eyes}}.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Initially, this was assumed to be because he was always so horribly depressing, [[Emo]], sarky, [[Goth]], etc. It turns out that {{spoiler|he had magical eyes which caused him to only see the worst in people, causing both his BAD attitude and his hiding of his very weird-looking eyes}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: Though not without justification.
* [[Jerkass]]: Though not without justification.

Revision as of 09:50, 8 April 2014


This is a list of the characters from the webcomic Flipside.

Be aware: the comic's nature is NSFW, so click the links to it at your own risk.



Main characters

Veranda "Maytag" Kingfisher

A nymphomaniac in a jester costume who is an expert on all things related to sex and sexuality. She's also athletic, a master of potion use, wise beyond her years and has placed all her skill points into Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Sense Motive. Her only weakness is that her incredible confidence comes from the jester suit that she wears, and without it she reverts to a shy, timid shadow of her former self.

  • An Arm and a Leg: She allows Bloody Mary to chew her arm off from the wrist up (she'd already eaten the hand) in a play for time.
  • Anything That Moves: She deconstructs this trope; she starts out the series an unabashed hedonist but gets less and less willing to take sexual risks as the consequences of her actions threaten her relationship with Bernadette.
  • Bag of Holding: She has a "Dimensional Bag".
  • Battle Couple: With Bernadette.
  • Blithe Spirit: Before she compromises herself with Bernadette.
  • Broken Bird: Her entire character is an apparent Subversion of this; despite her traumatic past, she's so much of a Blithe Spirit as to nearly be The Unfettered. There are hints of a darker side underneath, however.
  • Clothes Make the Superman: Subverted. Up to Chapter 30: Blackbird, her often absurd self-confidence was directly tied to her jester outfit. In that chapter, it's revealed that she has always been self-confident and the two personalities are simply part of her performance.
  • Feel No Pain: How she was able to "resist" pain.
  • Good Bad Girl
  • Hannibal Lecture: Delivers one to Bloody Mary after she ate her arm.
  • Life or Limb Decision: She willingly sacrifices her arm to give herself time to talk Bloody Mary out of killing her.
  • Lovable Rogue
  • Magic Feather: Her costume.
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl: She really enjoys playing this role, most prominently for Regina and Crest.
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Marshmallow Hell: In Chapter 4: Sexual Tension, she pushed Crest's face to her chest when trying to get him to open up.
  • Ms. Fanservice
  • Nice Hat
  • Rape as Drama: She's not above submitting to rape, if it's the only way to save the ones she loves. She states outright that her attitude to sexuality makes rape much less traumatic to her than to the average person.
  • Selective Obliviousness: Her lack of, and complete inability to understand, modesty.
  • Sexy Jester
  • Shameless Fanservice Girl: Understands the nudity taboo most people have, but doesn't believe in it. Extends it from "no nudity taboo" to "no sexuality taboo". Remains mostly tamed due to being in a relationship. Best summed up here.
  • Showing Off the New Body: Her first action while possessing Regina was groping herself.
  • Talking Is a Free Action: One sometimes wonders if one of her magical powers is to get people to stop fighting as long as her mouth keeps moving. This is also done a lot in the second fight scene between Bloody Mary and Bernadette.
  • Talking the Monster to Death: Her MO is to be so bluntly matter of fact about her ability to defeat you that you hesitate... often fatally.
  • Talking Your Way Out: After being captured by Bloody Mary.
  • Too Kinky to Torture: She has learned to accept pain rather than fight it, allowing her to be virtually impervious to torture and even mutilation. One scene has her smiling gently as her arm is being eaten, much to the dismay of the person doing the eating.
  • Warrior Therapist: Especially in the chapters dedicated to Bloody Mary.


Bernadette

A Lady of War and Maytag's long-time companion and friend. She is a master of the Split Rose Dual-Wielding technique, which focuses entirely on parrying and counterattacking your opponent.


Crest

A young skilled rogue, and the son of a famous knight. In an effort to raise enough money to pay for an operation to restore his mother's eyesight, he falls into the dangerous world of underground gambling. When he is caught using sleight of hand at a high stakes poker game, his life as he knew it would change...


Allies and friends

Britannus

Self-proclaimed "toughest mercenary" of Vestige Town, and self-appointed "bodyguard" of Maytag. He only appears in Book Zero.

 Asylum local: Hi there, handsome. Would you like to make me feel like a woman?

Britannus: Gah!

  • Out of Focus: A very minor character. He only appears in the first chapters of Book Zero.
  • Tempting Fate:
    • In the first chapters of Book Zero, Maytag wants to know if all the skills he says he has is real. So, she drags him to The Asylum first...

  Maytag: So you want to be my bodyguard, right? That's fine with me... but I'll have to take you out for a test-run first, of course, before I say yes!

    • ...and later she makes him confront against the Black Poison Angels.

 Maytag: I would like to see how well you perform with a sword...

Bernadette: I'll have you know my skill with a sword is top-notch, thank you very much!!!

Maytag: Shall we put that to test? I'd like you to meet some friends of mine... this is Prim, Ashley and Lilia.


Lucient

Regina


Umber and Dirk


Sierra


Orransong

Suspiria


Kindred (Kin)


Glyph


Enemies

Clairen

An old friend of Bernadette, who turned into a deadly assassin. She has a tattoo covering the right part of her body.


Voulger


Derricks

Danzig

  • Expy: Of Josuke Higashikata, or possibly of Araki characters in general. He even shouts "ORA! ORA! ORA!" when attacking.


Melter


The Thin Man


Other

The Black Poison Angels

An Amazon Brigade of three women, Prim, Ashley and Lilia, who appear in Book Zero.

  Ashley: Don't waste your breath, Maytag... I think he's afraid to lose with a woman.


Seraph

A Level 3 wizard, who's also the master of both Regina and Lucient. He hires Bernadette in Book Zero in order to grant them protection.

  • Kill It with Fire: How he killed Clairen in Chapter 18: Many Plans Come To Fruition, from Book Zero.


Noventia


Moss

  • A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Though not actual mindreading, his talent has the same implications.
  • Blessed with Suck: His curse allows him to see everyone's weaknesses has left him a bitter misanthrope.
  • Hidden Eyes: Initially, this was assumed to be because he was always so horribly depressing, Emo, sarky, Goth, etc. It turns out that he had magical eyes which caused him to only see the worst in people, causing both his BAD attitude and his hiding of his very weird-looking eyes.
  • Jerkass: Though not without justification.
  • Scarpia Ultimatum: He pulls this on Maytag in Chapter 23: Silhouette. Subverted when he doesn't follow through.


Ash

Bloody Mary


Fata Morgana