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Black

• Dirty Communists: In the past.

Agent Black

Asphalt

• Attention Whore: Likes all attention. Especially negative.
• Bad Liar: He'll make up awful lies in his efforts to take blame for things.
• Freudian Excuse
• The Masochism Tango: All his exes were people who yelled at or hit him.
• Mayfly-December Romance: Currently dating Harry, who has cancer.
• May-December Romance: Asphalt is younger then all of Harry's children.
• Taking the Heat: Will do this VERY gladly and without being asked.

BB

• Bigger Is Better in Bed: Apparently believes this.
• Hacker Cave: Works in one.
• Playful Hacker

Bird

• Berserk Button: Don't touch her head.
• Cute and Psycho: Became this when her original love interest turned out gay.
• Knife Nut: Brings her blades with her everywhere. Even karaoke night with her friends.
• Older Than They Look: Recently turned 18, but due to height and slight frame, she gets mistaken for younger.
• Wacky Marriage Proposal: Accepted the accidental proposal of someone she'd met a week prior.
• Yandere: Bird was built on this concept.

Brandy

• Scary Black Man

Capone

Cipher

• Back from the Dead: Crazy logic was involved.
• Funetik Aksent: Though not all the time, with large words, Cipher has to pause and slowly sound them out.

Delshad

Faust

• Team Mom
• The Shrink

Frosty

• But Not Too Black
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Is so androgynous many people can't tell which he is.
• May-December Romance
• Took a Level in Badass
• Trademark Favorite Food: Muffins.
• Woobie

Glyph

Henry

• Darkskinned Blonde: Yes, it's natural. No, we don't know why.
• Likes Older Women

Jackdaw

Jerry

• Stalking Is Love: He got over it.

Magpie

Murphy

Natasha

• Action Girl: Comes with being a spy, though we don't see it often.
• Sensual Slavs

Nero

• Meganekko
• Sex Is Evil
• Transparent Closet
• Uptight Loves Wild

Oak

Sonar

Switch

Thesaurus

• Meganekko
• Woobie

Vodka

Zee

27 & 72

• Creepy Twins
• Twincest

White

Agent White

Angel

• Hello, Nurse!

Ant

Audubon

• Dragon Rider: Would rather like to be one.
• Punny Name: Nickname, anyway. There are a number of spies named after birds, and Audu is a "birdwatcher."

Azrael

Benny

• Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: Granted most of his declarations of this are in the club chat.
• Sunglasses at Night: Originally there was no real reason for this until later his character was given photophobia.

Blanche

• Big Breasts, Big Deal

Blank

• Calling the Old Man Out
• Cute Bruiser
• Blue Eyes
• Hair of Gold
• Lovable Sex Maniac: In his college days.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Pie.

Cloudy

• Bunny Ears Lawyer
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Mad Scientist
• Meaningful Name
• New Age Retro Hippie
• Phrase Catcher: "Good talk, Cloudy."

Coolant

• Bi the Way
• Casual Kink
• Safe, Sane, and Consensual
• Ethical Slut

Cupcake

• Latin Lover

Flora

Harrison Graham

• Ascended Extra
• Closet Key: Never really thought about it until Asphalt came along.
• May-December Romance
• You See, I'm Dying

Gary

• Biggus Dickus: Naturally.
• Character Development: Getting there.
• Mary Sue
• Parody Sue
• Rose Haired Boy: Fake.
• Technicolor Eyes: Fake.
• White-Haired Pretty Boy: Also fake.

Model

• He's Got Legs
• The Unfavorite: A big part of his issues.

Narcissus

• Tall, Dark and Handsome: His foremost characteristic.
• Good Bad Girl: While this is listed as "distaff only," his attitudes towards sex are much closer to this than the Chivalrous Pervert. Gender roles. Who needs 'em.
• Technicolor Eyes: Silver.

Orin

• White-Haired Pretty Boy
• Eyes of Gold
• Facial Markings
• An Axe to Grind

Owl

• Informed Judaism: He doesn't practice.

Pavlov

• Bi the Way
• Non-Action Guy
• The Shrink

Princess

Sara

Scamp

• Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour

Seamus

• Eyepatch of Power

Squint

• Mad Scientist

Teddy

• Big Beautiful Man: Though he gets teased for it, Teddy is perfectly healthy and his husband likes him just how he is.
• Non-Action Guy: Desk agent and happy to stay that way.
• Through His Stomach: Forced to become an excellent cook, due to his own digestive issues.

Ten

• Invisible to Gaydar

Thirteen

• Adorkable: Arguably.
• Biggus Dickus

Tom

• Properly Paranoid: Well, mostly.

Watson

Grey

The Lady in Grey

• Canon Sue: The Lady always wins. Always.
• Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!
• Well-Intentioned Extremist
• Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Not the Lady herself, but all of her children have hippie names. The youngest is Tomorrow Cleopatra.

Anne

Arthur

Badger

• Ambiguously Brown: Even he doesn't know what his ethnicity is.
• The Stoic

Bladwen

• Bunny Ears Lawyer: Dresses like a vampire, works as a doctor for spies.

Boddy

• Embarrassing First Name: Francis.

Brindle

Bruce

• Gentle Giant: Unless you deserve it.
• Scary Black Man: Not really, but he pretends.

Cobolt/Hal

• Ridiculously-Human Robots

Dove

Earl

• A Spot of Tea
• Childhood Marriage Promise: With Lucky.
• Embarrassing First Name: Ormand.

Flood

Fredo

• Dumb Is Good

Inch

• Ridiculously-Human Robots

Kiwi

• Abusive Parents
• Happily Married
• Ironic Nickname: Sort of. "Kiwi" is common slang for New Zealanders, but Kiwi himself is allergic to the fruit.
• Missing Mom: Died when he was ten.
• Parental Incest
• Scars Are Forever: Justified, as Kiwi never received medical treatment for the burn injuries he got from his father.
• Self-Made Orphan: His dad had it coming.

Mac

Metal and Gear

• Not Blood Siblings: Metal found Gear in the park when she was five and took him home to be her brother. No one noticed.

Olsen

• Author Appeal: ...His creator REALLY likes geeks.
• Cosplay: Half his closet is costumes. The other half is geeky.
• Geeky Turn On: Has a crush on a robot the size of an action figure.
• Facial Markings: Has a green tattoo around his left eye.
• Hates Being Touched: Will run out into a busy street to avoid it, or start crying.
• Nerds Are Sexy
• Single-Target Sexuality: Likes the 'son' of his boss. Has no other sexual preferences. At all. Ever.
• Theme Twin Naming: His mother could never tell twins apart, so when she had twins of her own, she named them both Robert so she'd never say the wrong name.
• Twin Switch. Did this a lot in high school with his brother.

Roman

• Convenient Coma
• Handsome Lech
• Bunny Ears Lawyer
• Loss of Identity

Scissors

• Meganekko

Sheila

• Dude Looks Like a Lady
• Gender Blender Name
• Happily Married
• May-December Romance

Smith and Wesson

• Jail Bait Wait: Smith and Reule probably did not do this.
• Sibling Team
• Theme Twin Naming: Both their nicknames and their real names.
• Twin Switch

Spike

• Bald of Awesome
• Papa Wolf

Taz

Terrance

Wolf

• Anything That Moves
• Dead Little Sister: His older brother and father.
• Funny Foreigner: His act.
• Hidden Depths: Who knew!
• Ladykiller in Love
• Poirot Speak
• Scars Are Forever: He may have left the one Gary gave him untreated on purpose, as a reminder.

Blue

Berry

Ceil

• Properly Paranoid: Had his desk made bulletproof so he could work under it in safety and is constantly looking for things to defend himself against.

Cyan

• The Shrink

Doc

Doktor

• Herr Doktor
• Truly Single Parent: He made the clones; even if it was for his wife.

Franz

Gumshoe

Hammerhead

• Hard Head

Indigo

• Technicolor Eyes: Silver.

Ink

• Convenient Coma
• Identity Amnesia: Was a Black agent, went into a coma, woke up and now thinks he's always been in Blue. Of course, no one has tried to set him straight

Jinx

• The Jinx: Named for this trope.

Jonny

• Otaku

Lapis Lazuli

• Law of Inverse Fertility: So many kids... with so many women. Though technically Raph is a clone.
• Papa Wolf
• Truly Single Parent: "Donor" for Raph.
• Team Dad

Leigh

• Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: Murder, arson, love of big guns and things that go boom.

Lester

Lucy

• Blind Musician: Has been this.
• Blind Seer: And this.
• Handicapped Badass: Arguably.
• Happily Married
• Sex Is Evil
• Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny
• Single-Target Sexuality
• True Love Is Exceptional: Maroon is everything Lucy didn't want in a partner.
• You Are Worth Hell

Noodle

• Little Miss Badass
• Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour

Norry

• Cloning Blues: Clone of Agent Blue made by the Doktor, raised as his son.

Rock

Raph

• Cloning Blues: Clone of Lapis made by the Doktor, raised as his son.

Scarecrow

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Red

Brick

• The Stoic

Carmine

• Spicy Latina

Cerise

• Blind Without'Em
• Headphones Equal Isolation: Subverted, as Cerise wears headphones to actually hear at a normal level due to hypersensitive hearing.
• Opaque Lenses: Although his eyes are visible in profile, his glasses are opaque and hide his eyes in all other views.

Ethan

• For Science!: There's really no logic behind his Mix-and-Match Critters.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: He makes them.

Florid Cerise Baroque, aka Caesar

• Invisible to Gaydar
• Everything Sounds Sexier in French
• Gratuitous French
• Everyone Looks Sexier If French
• Must Have Nicotine
• Stoic Woobie: A woobie in his own right (like most RM characters) but he definitely ain't gonna ask for anything special.
• Author Appeal: The author loves French accents.
• Sword Fight
• True Neutral: Type II
• Properly Paranoid
• Jade-Colored Glasses
• Meaningful Name: First and last names are from a period of French art. Middle name is French for cherry.
• Drink Order: Wine, usually quite expensive. Very touchy about it, too.
• Poirot Speak
• Workaholic
• Career Killers
• Consummate Professional
• Gentleman and a Scholar
• Sharp-Dressed Man: He only wears suits, in agency colors, of course.
• Cult: Was in a highly secretive cult at one point - currently on the run

Greg

Harold

Herring

• Ridiculously-Human Robots: He is one.
• Depending on the Artist: Subverted- His appearance really does change.

Lipstick

• Dude Looks Like a Lady
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Kind of? Not really?

Lydia

Miri

Rolo

• Semper Fi: Honorably discharged.
• Friendly Sniper
• Sweet Tooth
• Big Brother Instinct

Sangria

Strawberry

• Anything That Moves

Vermilion

• Irish Travellers
• Wholesome Crossdresser

Green

Barium

• Badass Labcoat: He is almost always in a labcoat.

Snake

• Meaningful Name: His given name, Hebe, is a bowdlerization of the word for snake.
• The Stoic

Yellow

Canary

Chess

Chiffon

Huang He

Icterine

Labrador

Meringue

Moron

• Friendly Enemy: Moron would rather everyone just get along.
• Parental Incest
• Speech Impediment: He has a very bad lisp.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Moron has a phobia of the dark, which was gained in relation to above-mentioned incest.

Sulfur

Whey

Purple

• Badass Crew

Amethyst

• Cute Bruiser
• Errol Flynn: Amy's idol.
• Gender Blender Name: Even his boyfriend calls him Amy.
• Ill Girl: Six years of chemotherapy does HELL on your health.
• Momma's Boy: Big time
• Older Than They Look: Cancer stunted his growth.
• Sword Fight
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Could never please the man he thought was his father. His biological father turned out to like him better.

Fuchsia

• Cute Mute: By choice.
• Older Than They Look: Some kind of medical condition stunted his growth.
• Stuff Blowing Up: Causes this. With gusto.

Puce

• Dude Looks Like a Lady: To the point where the gangs in his neighborhood refuse to believe he's male, even after a few of them have seen him naked. But don't tell him that.
• Femme Fatalons
• Badass Long Hair

Purple

• Eyepatch of Power: Usually covers it with his hair, though.
• May-December Romance: Quite happy with Frosty.
• Papa Wolf
• Silver Fox

Brown

Amontillado

Bambi

• Gold Digger: His mom.
• Sick Episode: How he becomes closer to Thumper.
• Wholesome Crossdresser

Buster

• Buxom Is Better: lost her boyfriend to new-found bustyness.
• Big Breasts, Big Deal
• Convenient Miscarriage: Though it did bring her boobs with it.

Lag

Thumper

• Dojikko
• Magic Feather: This comes in the form of the horseshoe pendant he wears .

Sepia

• Casual Kink: Despite the fact he's mostly attracted to men, this only shows up with women.

Xenops

Yaffingale

Zenaida

Orange

Shere Khan

Thrush

• Iron Woobie
• No Social Skills: Due to his horrible past.
• Younger Than They Look: A mild example. Probably sixteen, can pass for 21.

Pinky

• Those Two Guys

Brain

• Those Two Guys

Civilians

Buck

Bud

• Transparent Closet
• Invisible to Gaydar

Cedric

• Unlucky Childhood Friend

Dennis

Hazmat

• Hazmat Suit: He is named for it.
• Workaholic

Jared

Katy

Kevin

• Cheerful Child
• Keet

Lee

Lenassi

Mallory

Patrick

River

Sam Hopkins

Seth

Sir

Taras

Mercenaries

Schwarzwald

Calandra

Daniels

Hirose

Ikaika

Kim

Maddox

Mary and Sue

• Twincest

Reznik

Ts'ai

Yang

Freelancers

Bill

Julie