The Dresden Files/Characters/Harry's Household: Difference between revisions

== '''Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden''' ==

 

 

Our hero, a smart-assed private investigator and wizard with [[Mega Neko|a really big cat]], an [[Big Friendly Dog|even bigger dog]] and a [[Dark and Troubled Past|dark past]]. Since he killed his mentor in a magical duel after said [[Evil Mentor]]'s failed attempt to bring him over to [[The Dark Side]], he's been under very serious suspicion by the White Council as a potential warlock. Only Ebenezar McCoy's intervention stopped him from being executed. Now he makes a living [[We Help the Helpless|helping the helpless]] and beating the snot out of vampires, but he's starting to realize that his family history is a lot more complicated than he had suspected...

** According to ''Welcome to the Jungle'', he's ''six-foot-nine'', actually. '''Everyone''' supplies the "tiny girl" part. Except maybe Gard.

* [[Hurting Hero]]

* {{spoiler|[[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]}}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He considers it "the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy."

** ''Proven Guilty'' has another such moment. Yes, it's awesome that he {{spoiler|kills a [[Alien (franchise)|xenomorph]]}} with [[Hellfire]], but immediately after, he finds that the girl he was rescuing from it had {{spoiler|bled to death, and he might have saved her life if}} he hadn't been focused so much on, and having so much fun with, obliterating the monster.

* [[Nay Theist]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|by killing the Red Court he created a vacuum that various baddies are trying to fill.}}

* [[The Nicknamer]]: It even becomes significant in-story on occasion; {{spoiler|his naming of Ivy and Lash gave them identities separate from the Archive and Lasciel, respectively, and naming Bob allowed him to develop a different personality as well.}}

* [[One-Man Army]]: He probably has the highest "monsters killed/time" ratio on the entire White Council.

** Inarguable after Changes, though other people still did the prep work.

* {{spoiler|[[Our Hero Is Dead]]: Harry's shot at the end of Changes and falls into Lake Michigan. It's been confirmed that he's dead. He gets better.}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Few things make him madder than threatening or actually harming children. Along comes ''Changes''...and let's just say that no one would be making any attempts on {{spoiler|Harry's daughter any time soon should Harry still be alive}}

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Let's just say that when Bob needs to take on other spirits, he rarely has any trouble handling them, the only possible exceptions being a [[Physical God]] and {{spoiler|his [[Evil Me Scares Me|evil self]].}}

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Bob. . Even though ''he has no body''. Among other things, he usually spends his time reading sleazy romance novels when he is not helping Harry. Bob explains his fascination with the naked female form as being a purely aesthetic appreciation for their beauty and grace...

'''Bob''': And they have BOOBS! }}

* [[Magical Computer]]: Literally. Bob has an expansive knowledge of all things magic, and somehow possesses the capability to understand the current state of magic and any changes to it that may have occurred.

** {{spoiler|And as of Ghost Story he literally has a computer!}}

*** {{spoiler|Which means that he has access to porn. God help us all.}}

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The TV series changed him from an animated skull to a ghost ''attached'' to the skull. This is because it's much easier to show emotion and the like with, you know, a face.

== '''Mouse''' ==

 

 

Harry's dog, acquired accidentally when Harry was hired by a Tibetan monk to retrieve a litter of fu dog puppies from captivity. Mouse accidentally got left behind, and Harry couldn't get in touch with the monks to return him. Harry named him Mouse because he was small, grey and quiet... and the last line of the book in which he's introduced is, "Why did you buy large-breed puppy chow?"

* {{spoiler|[[This Is My Human]]: As far as Mouse is concerned, Harry belongs to him.}}