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=== {{color|#2ED73A|D}}{{color|white|o}}{{color|#2ED73A|c Scratch}} ===
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: As the Handmaid's father figure, and likewise towards Vriska.
* [[Affably Evil]]: He casually tells Spades Slick to help himself to some candy before they continue their negotiations, which consists of {{color|#2ED73A|
* [[Angrish]]: When he gets angry, his chat color changes from white to [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004163 Text To Run Away From Really Fast].
* [[Asexuality]]: Heavily implied, although not stated outright.
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{{[color|white:Of course I am not. Not in the way you mean.}}]<br />
{{[color|white:And anyway, you are applying standards of conduct frowned upon for your kind which make no sense to apply to me.}}]<br />
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{{quote| {{[color|white:I can tolerate many things from a guest. Curt manners. Egregious womanizing. Murdering the help. Casual arson. Even atrocious candy bowl etiquette. But it is the desecration of a priceless timepiece where I must draw the line. I'm afraid I must now insist that you take your beating ''quite'' personally.}}]}}
* [[Big Bad]]: Of Act 5, before his death.
* [[The Blank]]: As {{color|#2ED73A| The Felt}}'s cueball, he has no facial features whatsoever.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Suddenly and completely takes over as the narrator twice in the story. The text even becomes white to show this.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Unlike Hussie, he doesn't screw around with wordplay or otherwise try to downgrade serious occurrences with comedy while narrating. His narration of what we would've seen if Disc Two wasn't damaged in his own words: Rose dies, John doesn't, the end.
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* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: As befitting the cue ball's role of nudging things. "Don't turn your back on the body". [[Nightmare Fuel|WHICH BODY, Scratch? WHICH ONE?]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Usually.
* [[Death Seeker]]: His death is a necessary step in summoning {{color|#2ED73A| Lord English}}.
* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: When he attempts to make amends with Vriska and implies that she will come across a monopoly of misfortune if she refuses, her only response is a torrent of childish insults. Rejected, he almost-outright states that Vriska will not survive the destruction her actions will cause. She didn't.
** Given his omniscience and role in preserving the Alpha timeline, this may have been nothing more than an attempt to slip in a barb on Vriska. He knew she wouldn't act differently, and his job was to preserve the cascade of misfortune that brought about Lord English -- but he left her with the blame for it.
* [[The Dragon]]: Of a sort to {{color|#2ED73A| Lord English}}, even though we never see them together.
* [[The Easy Way or The Hard Way]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005524 Presents this option to his guest], even though he knows it'll be the hard way.
* [[Evil Mentor]]: He's the one who's responsible for post-Scratch Alternia's whole [[Crapsack World]] / [[The Spartan Way]] / [[The Empire]] thing through the use of Aradia's ancestor, as explained [http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005953 here].
* [[Exact Words]]: His M.O. for conning his marks. None of his direct statements are lies (with occasional exception made in the short term for jokes) except by omission, but he leads others astray with implications, hypotheticals, and generally presenting just enough information to lead his listener to the wrong conclusion.
* [[Expressive Mask|Expressive Cueball Head]]: Normally blank white, but sometimes it displays images.
* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{color|white|S u c k e r s .}} [[The Chessmaster|A perfect summary of what just happened]].
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Before he was revealed, he was named [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|White Text]].
* [[Foreshadowing]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006011 He always claimed to be a magnificent host.]
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* [[Friendly Enemy]]: To everyone to an extent, but especially Spades Slick.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Justified - his plans ''can't'' fail, not because of their fiendish cleverness so much as the fact that anything which would deviate from the alpha timeline -- i.e. the one resulting in his creation and his death as Lord English's host -- creates an alternate timeline that is doomed to inevitable destruction. In other words, his plans are guaranteed success because [[You Can't Fight Fate]].
* [[Giggling Villain]]: "{{color|white|
* [[Hollywood Dress Code]]: Invokes [[The Mafia]] suspenders [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005524 removing his jacket] before beating his guest.
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]] / [[Interface Screw]]: At one point he hijacks the entire story and the MSPA site is changed to reflect this, having a green color scheme. It's impossible to view the pages any other way as well. He also changes the site's banner to reflect the events in the room as they happen while the comic continues on.
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* [[Living Weapon]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005520 Admits to being his master's weapon].
* [[Made of Iron]]: Can literally not be harmed, so long as the Green Sun shines.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: From the end-of-Act 5.2 flash '''[S] Cascade''', when it's revealed that '''The Tumor''' doesn't destroy the '''{{color|lime|
{{quote| {{color|indigo| TC: that's all done motherfuckin white texted bro}}<br />
{{color|indigo| TC: NOW WHAT?}}<br />
{{color|white| (mystery text)}}<br />
{{color|white| (mystery text)}}<br />
{{color|indigo| TC: oh yeah?}}<br />
{{color|indigo| TC: AND JUST WHAT THE MOTHERFUCK IS IT}}<br />
{{color|indigo| TC: that we motherfuckin are?}}<br />
{{color|indigo| TC: :o?}}<br />
{{color|white| S u c k e r s .}} }}
* [[Man in White]]: His pants and his coat are pure white, but his shirt and tie are different shades of green.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: He's more or less analogous to a devil (and Hussie has even [http://www.formspring.me/mspadventures/q/226538232941150929 outright called him] a [[Satan]] analogue), but he's still classy.
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* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: He indicates to Slick that "Doc Scratch" is just a nickname.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: When the [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|narrow fenestrated wall]] displays Spades Slick and Snowman's hate snog, he stats banging it to change the view.
* [[Physical God]]: He and the other First Guardians (like Becquerel) are near omnipotent. Because {{color|#2ED73A|
* [[Punny Name]]: Scratch is a pool term for pocketing a cue ball. Extends to Sburb too, as the term "Scratch" is used for a hard reset of a game.
** [[Stealth Pun]]: Scratch is around 600 million years old, making him [[Satan|Old Scratch]].
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* [[Schizo Tech]]: Uses a typewriter to communicate with the trolls, who are using an online chat client.
* [[Sharp Dressed Man|Sharp Dressed Cueball Puppet]]
* [[Shout Out]]: Partially one to the [[Slender Man Mythos]], but aside from being evil faceless functionally omniscient sharply dressed men who have a special attraction to children, they don't have much in common. {{color|#2ED73A|
* [[Smug Super]]: The fact that he calls everyone who isn't omniscient "suckers" should clue you in.
* [[Super Strength]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005520 There goes a perfectly good horse hitcher].
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{{quote| {{[color|white:I'm a facilitator, not an assassin.}}]}}
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: His death is the final step necessary for summoning Lord English, who bursts out of his corpse.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Like {{color|#2ED73A| Lord English}}, his name is a billiards term.
* [[Time Abyss]]: He's almost as old as Alternia.
* [[Troll]]: Juuuuuust a bit. For example, after misleading the reader to the identity of his houseguest:
{{quote| {{[color|white:Someone who would have suspected anyone else is a person I would also describe as a sucker.}}<br />
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** And then there's mean mind game he plays on Karkat where he tells him never to turn his back on the bodies -- shortly before a few of them go missing.
* [[Villains Never Lie]]:
{{quote| {{[color|white:Deception is only necessary for those like you to achieve their objectives.}}<br />
{{color|white|I play with my cards face up.}}<br />
{{color|white|Isn't it funny how during our various matches, I can tell you what my moves will be in advance, and still win?}}] }}
** He later adds that he usually doesn't lie, except at short to middle term for the purpose of a joke or a prank. Note that he only considers it a lie if you don't find out.
** It should also be noted that in his chessmaster actions, he never actually lied at all. Rose just assumed they meant the same things. ''He even pointed this out to Rose specifically''.
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* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Types in a very sophisticated manner, wears a dashing suit, and lives in an elegant English-style home.
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The enigmatic leader of {{color|#2ED73A| The Felt}}. An omnipotent, time-traveling demon who appears at the end of the universe, emerging from Doc Scratch's body, killing him. Of course, given that he can travel through time, only showing up at the end of the universe is hardly an inconvenience. [[Nightmare Fuel|He's already here]].
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* [[Bad Boss]]: He cares very little for the Felt and his manifestation in the universe kills his [[The Dragon|Dragon]].
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]] / [[Jackass Genie]] / [[Literal Genie]]: As explained [http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005953 here].
* [[Big Bad]]: As far as the Midnight Crew was concerned, what with him being boss of {{color|#2ED73A| The Felt}}.
** [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Is the boss of Doc Scratch, who manipulated the entire series to ensure English's summoning.
*** [[Bigger Bad]]: To Jack Noir, Doc Scratch, and Betty Crocker all, though he has yet to directly interact with the protagonists.
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* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]/[[Retroactive Preparation]]: Because he can time-travel, he sets up all the necessary requirements for his own summoning.
* [[The Dreaded]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{color|#2ED73A| Lord English}} is not only a mob boss, but also an [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004153 indestructible time-traveling demon, summoned at the end of the universe]. His eyes are rapidly [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scratch/room117.gif flashing pool balls.] The rest of his body is ''not'' any less disconcerting.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To the Genesis Frog / Bilious Slick. Just as the Genesis Frog is the Speaker of the Vast Croak at the beginning of the universe, Lord English is the Speaker of the Vast Honk at its end.
** Sort of one to Doc Scratch (the difference, of course, is that they're both evil); while Doc is affable and enjoys humor, English is violent and stoic.
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* [[Magic Wand]]: Has a scepter or cane similar to the White and Black Kings. The difference is that the scepter is gold, while the top is flashing multiple colors and is sometimes replaced with an image of the Green Sun. Also, it's bottom is a pool cue.
** [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Can change into a [[Bling Bling Bang|golden assault rifle.]]
* [[Monster Modesty]]: Still wearing the torn remnants of {{color|#2ED73A|D}}{{color|white|o}}{{color|#2ED73A|c's}} pants.
* [[Names the Same]]: There's been a lot of confusion with [[Ultima|Lord British]] in terms of name origin. Andrew later [[Sure Why Not|made the association meaningful]].
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: [[Word of God|According to Hussie]]:
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* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: He is already here. (Showing up unexpectedly is kind of his schtick.)
* [[The Omnipotent]]: See [[Physical God]] below.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005530 According to Doc Scratch], '{{color|#2ED73A| Lord English}}' is just a title he goes by.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "He is already here," and variants thereof.
* [[Physical God]]: The most powerful character on-record in the comic; he combines both the time powers of the Felt with the reality warping of the First Guardians. The only thing he lost was Scratch's Omniscience due to the Cue Ball breaking when he emerged from Scratch.
* [[Pimp Duds]]: His CAIRO OVERCOAT. In fitting with the trope, he often enslaves and empowers women to do his dirty work, such as {{color|#2ED73A|
* [[Punny Name]]: A reference to a type of spin used on a cue ball.
** His [[Badass Longcoat|CAIRO OVERCOAT]] is a pun on CHICAGO OVERCOAT, Mobster slang for a coffin. Its object double is a sarcophagus.
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** And then [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005981 again], when he actually does appear. All we see are his eyes.
* [[Who Names Their Kid Dude]]:
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: "[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006690 CANE!]"
* [[Zany Scheme]]: Ties in with [[Finagles Law]] in that ''everything'' bad that has happened to our heroes is ultimately the result of Lord English's meddling. Crappy Troll society? Lord English. Omnipotent, omnicidal opponent who destroys the universe? Lord English. Queen who destroys ''her'' universe upon death? Lord English. [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|Betty Crocker from space?]] You'd better believe it's Lord English.
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