Penny and Aggie/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: For a while, Aggie has a hard time making and keeping true friends, [[Freudian Excuse|for fear that they will replace her]]...

* [[Missing Mom]] (Aggie has difficulty letting go of her memory)

** [[In the End You Are On Your Own]]: Defied. {{spoiler|After a horrible nightmare, Aggie learns that this trope is, in the words of her mother, "bullshit."}}

** [[In the End You Are on Your Own]]: Defied. {{spoiler|After a horrible nightmare, Aggie learns that this trope is, in the words of her mother, "bullshit."}}

* [[Single-Target Sexuality]] (in the early arcs, she's uninterested in either gender until [[Love At First Sight|she meets Marshall]])

* [[The Snark Knight]] (in the earlier arcs)

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* [[Honest Advisor]]/[[Number Two]]: To Penny

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]

* [[Shipper On Deck]] --> [[The Dulcinea Effect]]/[[Knight in Shining Armor]]

* [[Shipper on Deck]] --> [[The Dulcinea Effect]]/[[Knight in Shining Armor]]

* [[The Spock]] --> [[The McCoy]]

** [[Tsundere]] Type A

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* [[The Chick]]

* {{spoiler|[[Driven By Envy]]}}: The source of Michelle's {{spoiler|anorexia}} exacerbated by Cyndi's "encouragement".

* {{spoiler|[[Driven by Envy]]}}: The source of Michelle's {{spoiler|anorexia}} exacerbated by Cyndi's "encouragement".

{{quote| ''(Regarding herself and Penny in a Mirror)'': [[Madness Mantra|Thinner than her. You'll always be thinner than her, now. It's all right. It's all right.]]}}

* [[The Ditz]]

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* [[Chick Magnet]] (The only girl never attracted to him, even momentarily, is Penny. Even Sara finds him attractive prior to her discovering she's gay)

* [[Disappeared Dad]] (he has no idea who his dad even is)

* [[Let's Wait A While]]

* [[Let's Wait a While]]

'''Rich Diggle''', Penny's first love

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{{quote| No, wait! I don't have a complex psychology! I'm just in it for fun, chicks, praise and bling! }}

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Particularly in the [[Penny and Aggie ~~(Webcomic)~~/Campaign Trail/Recap|Campaign Trail]] arc.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Particularly in the [[Penny and Aggie/Campaign Trail/Recap|Campaign Trail]] arc.

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: [[Ambition]]

* [[Handsome Lech]]

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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Ethical Slut]]

* [[Friends ~~With~~ Benefits]] / [[Relationship Upgrade]]

* [[Friends with Benefits]] / [[Relationship Upgrade]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]] (as drawn by Jason Waltrip)

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* [[Attention Whore]]: Downplayed {{spoiler|eventually, in a very literal fashion}}. Helen desperately wants acceptance, approval, and attention, no matter the source; she believes that letting herself be used is the only way to achieve these ends. This culminates in a [[Heroic BSOD]]/[[Villainous Breakdown]] when {{spoiler|she realizes she slept with resident skeezoids Bob and Elmer while under the influence of alcohol.}}

* [[Broken Bird]] See above.

* [[Driven By Envy]]/[[The Resenter]]: Helen drifted apart from Penny's group of friends in middle school, and resents them for excluding her from their clique. She is implied to have been envious of Penny's social status in childhood, as well.

* [[Driven by Envy]]/[[The Resenter]]: Helen drifted apart from Penny's group of friends in middle school, and resents them for excluding her from their clique. She is implied to have been envious of Penny's social status in childhood, as well.

* [[Extreme Doormat]] (She ''wants'' people to use her and is at a loss whenever no one needs to.)

** [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]/[[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: Very downplayed; after {{spoiler|remembering her rape}} and overhearing Brandi and Stan's healthy sexual relationship, Helen realizes she has heretofore been unable to differentiate between being loved and getting screwed, and has a breakdown.

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* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]: Of every clique she's been in:

{{quote| (Helen's inner monologue:) "Please keep believing I'm going to heaven, Charlotte."}}

* [[Rape As Drama]]: {{spoiler|Taking advantage of young women too drunk to give informed consent seems to be a favorite pastime of Bob and Elmer.}}

* [[Rape as Drama]]: {{spoiler|Taking advantage of young women too drunk to give informed consent seems to be a favorite pastime of Bob and Elmer.}}

* [[The Runaway]] (to ''[[Something Positive]]'''s Boston)

* [[Sour Supporter]]/[[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Formerly, of the Pennies.

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* [[The Fundamentalist]] (big time, but after befriending Duane she becomes gentler and more open-minded... or so it seems, until {{spoiler|she kidnaps and tortures Cyndi in what she believes is God's punishment for Cyndi's [[Manipulative Bastard]] actions}})

* {{spoiler|[[Interrupted Suicide]]}}

* [[Rape As Drama]] (makes false accusation against Sara; the real thing is also heavily implied in her backstory)

* [[Rape as Drama]] (makes false accusation against Sara; the real thing is also heavily implied in her backstory)

'''Nick and Melody D'Amour''', Aggie's parents

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Jaded Washout]] (in the earlier strips)

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]] (when flirting with Lynda as a teenager)

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] (when flirting with Lynda as a teenager)

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]] (by Penny; subverted in that she's ''happy'' for him, thinking his "affair" will bring back the active, upbeat dad she used to have)