Retail/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== Marla Masters ===

 

 

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Marla Masters, until she takes Scott's last name.

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Marla claims that retail has made her jaded over the years.

* [[Longest Pregnancy Ever]]: Averted, Marla's pregnancy went at a realistic pace.

* [[Morning Sickness]]: Poor Marla suffers from this at the start of her pregnancy, to the point of ''actually taking time off work''.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: The rare times Marla dresses up, she looks gorgeous.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Marla looks an awful lot like her mother.

=== Val Williams ===

 

 

* [[Black Best Friend]]: To Marla; Val is shown to have a decent social life outside of work.

=== Cooper Costello ===

 

 

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Cooper Costello. This seems to be a trend for the main characters.

=== Stuart Suchet ===

 

 

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Stuart Suchet.

* [[Conservation of Competence]]: Stuart is incompetent, while Marla and the others tend to be very good at their jobs.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Stuart is this, believe it or not, when Marla visited the mall with her new baby.

* [[Jerkass]]: Stuart has moments where he crosses into this, including when he attempted to fire Cooper ''gleefully'', and when he contstantly takes credit for Marla's hard work.

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Stuart seems genuinely confused about the fact that his workers have ''feelings''.

* [[Morality Pet]]: His sister, Diane. She's [[The Unseen|not been in the strips yet]], but it's implied Stuart looks out for her, and that they care a great deal for one another. For Marla and the others, it's proof that Stuart can not only love, but can be loved by another human being.

=== Lunker ===

 

 

* [[Adorkable]]: Lunker is downright adorable, from singing in the stockroom, to his 'ultimate dream pet' being a kitty.

* [[Badass]]: When a robber with a knife tries his luck at the gas station while Lunker's working, he ends up in hospital with broken ribs.

** When Stuart tries to fire Cooper, Lunker ''grabs'' him and demands that he and Cooper can [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|share hours instead.]]

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Lunker's a very popular character, just look at the comments on any strip that he's in.

* [[Face of a Thug]]: Poor Lunker has this, even though he's a sweetheart.

* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: All Lunker wants is a cat of his own.

* [[Manly Tears]]: Lunker tears up on hearing about Cooper's past.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Lunker always refers to himself as Lunker.

 

=== Courtney ===

 

 

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Courtney's rude to almost everyone, and instantly takes a dislike to Amber just because she's pretty.

=== Josh Tobin ===

 

 

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Josh ''is'' very intelligent, but he's insufferable with it.

=== Amber ===

 

 

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Amber happens to have lovely reddish blond hair to match her name.

=== Jerry ===

 

 

* [[Straw Misogynist]]: Believes Marla might be promoted to store manager simply because Grumbel's can get away with paying her less as she's a ''woman''. Jerry also demeans Marla constantly, despite the fact she's an extremely hard worker, and it does seem to be because she's female.

=== Connie ===

 

 

 

=== Scott ===

 

 

* [[The Bartender]]: Scott works at a bar, and it's how he and Marla met.

=== Zoe ===

 

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