History Characters / Chew

* DistresstedDude: During [[spoiler: Major Leauge Chew, he's kidnapped by Amelia's psychotic ex Dan.]] Thankfully [[spoiler: Amelia]] comes to the rescue and he gets to finish off the psycho that was holding him.

* CorrupteCorporateExecutive

* VillanousBreakdown: Upon finding out [[spoiler: He can't absorb Toni's ablities and that she's already set his downfall in motion. ]]

* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: To Amelia as of issue 41]]

* TragicKeepsake: Keeps his ex-girlfriend [[spoiler: and later wife]] Min Tso's toe she gave him in his freezer. [[spoiler: It's later revealed he did so that, when she was ready, Sage could take in her mother's memory before her brain cancer got really bad. ]]

* TenchiSolution: [[spoiler: How the LoveTriangle with Applebee and his USDA boss is resolved, to his horror. ]]

* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:She inherited her father's cibopathy, though it's unclear if she also inherited his uncontrollable visions]].

* GenreSavvy: When [[spoiler: Mason Savoy]] claims to be a friend of her father asks to talk to her, she promptly books it. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Savoy has few problems drughing a teenager, but fortunately for her, he simply wanted to recruit her. ]]

* ADayInTheLimelight

* HeroicBSOD: Goes though this after [[spoiler: Toni is killed by the vampire, ruthlessly murdering his minons and generally focusing entirely on his work. He snaps out of it at the end of the "Family Recipie" arc thanks to a ThanatosGambit by Toni herself.]]

* UnphasedEveryman: Zig-Zagged

* {{Jerkass}}: Is pretty much a dick to Tony every time the two are together.
* TooDumbToLive: Continually gets involved in poultry-dealing, despite knowing that it's illegal and that his own ''brother'' is a cop, is perfectly willing to send him to jail for the crime, and his brother can track down if he was involved in making anything poultry related. To put this in perspective, Tony tries to send him to Jail in the first comic, and only doesn't thanks to his bosses FDA protection, and Chow is fullya ware Tony was moved to the FDA, yet continually brings chicken around him.

* [[spoiler: Defiant to the end. ]]

* ShipperOnDeck: For Tony and Amelia, being insanely excited wehn she finds out he has girlriend, letting him call her on the way to a mission and trying to set up a nice dinner for them.

* GenreSavvy: When [[spoiler: Mason Savoy]] claims to be a friend of her father asks to talk to her, she promplty books it. [[spoiler: Unfortunatley for her, Savoy has few problems druging a teenager, but fortunately for her, he simply wanted to recruit her. ]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulu: Fought a penguin version of him during the Bad Apples arc.

** LaserGuidedKarma: Once John became an FDA agent, his first order of buisness was beating the ever loving shit out of D-Bear and making D-Bear give him his FDA payment.

* CorrupteCorporateExecutive.

!!The Vampire

** Attempting to make Tony eat shit for a case.

* IntrepidReporter: On the ocasions she dosen't do food stories and upon learning where Poult Plus comes from.

* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: To Tony and Colby. He's a chibopath like tony but one willing to work far outside the law, in contrast to Tony's by the book cop nature and like Colby he believes the bird-flu epidemic was a coverup, but unlike Savoy Colby refuses to go against the law to do so. ]]

* OutOfFocus: During the 4th , 6th, and 7th arcs, though her lack of focus in Space Cakes, the 6th arc, is explained by the fact [[spoiler: she refuses to leave a heavily injured tony's bedside ]].

** Attempting to make tony eat shit for a case.

* CurbStompBattle: Almost every fight Mason gets into is extremley one sided, even against a horde of ninja. [[spoiler: he takes down tony in less than a minute after Tony attempts to arrest him, beats Colby to a pulp, and easily defeats a man with a wide array of powers thanks to his abliity to get power from candy simply by exploiting the man's one weakness.
* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasStandards: Shows visable regret after drugging and kidnapping Sage. ]]

Another cibopath. He is an agent of the FDA who mentors Tony when he first joins. [[spoiler: He murdered health inspector Evan Pepper and believes that the government is covering up the truth about the bird flu epidemic. It is implied that he lost a significant other in the epidemic.]] While he has the same powers as Tony, he is much fatter and is seen eating food besides beets, suggesting that he is less disturbed by cibopathic visions than Tony is.

* {{Jerkass}}: Is pretty much a dick to Tony every time the two are together, and to most people who aren't Toni.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* BlackBestFriend: Savoy's [[spoiler: Even after Savoy becomes a fugitive. ]]

A businessman who invented "fricken," a chicken substitute using frogs with modified DNA. [[spoiler:Savoy finds out that Montero knew about the bird flu epidemic before it happened]].

* ThrowTheDogABone: His relationship with Amelia is pretty much the only stable relationship of any sort he has.

* {{Jerkass}}: Is pretty much a dick to Tony every time the two are together.
* TooDumbToLive: Continually gets involved in poultry-dealing, despite knowing that it's illegal and that his own ''brother'' is a cop, is perfectly willing to send him to jail for the crime, and his brother can track down if he was involved in making anything poultry related. To put this in perspective, he gets sent to jail by Tony in the first comic, and he's still dumb enough to bring a turkey to the family Xmas party after he gets out.

Tony's fraternal twin sister, who works for NASA. She seems to be the only member of the Chu family that doesn't hate him. She's also [[spoiler:revealed to be cibovoyant]].

* NiceGirl: One of the nicest people in the cast by far.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler: He really did, as Tony was in no shape to care for her following Min's death.... it was the fact he never came back for her that soured their relationship. ]]

* ButtMonkey: Every other apperance he gets beaten up.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Gives this offer to [[spoiler: Tony who refuses. ]]

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: John Colby helps enforce the poultry prohibition while part of the Philadelphia PD and the FDA even though he strongly disagrees with it and believes that it is part of a government cover-up.

* UnphasedEveryman

* [[spoiler: ThanatosGambit: Leaves her toe behind so Tony can eat it and use what she learned to defeat The Vampire.

!!Montero

* ButtMonkey: Has to eat rather vile things on a regular basis and is hated by just about every character in the series.

* SleepingWithTheBoss: Sleeps with his and Tony's Bad Boss Applebee (to get Applebee off their backs) and later with his USDA boss.

* TwoFaced: [[spoiler:Colby a Terminator-esque prosthetic after taking a chef's knife to the face in the first issue]].

* [[spoiler:WeCanRebuildHim]]

* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: To Tony and Colby. He's a chibopath like tony but one willing to work far outside the law, in contrast to Tony's bi the book cop nature and like Colby he believes the bird-flu epidemic was a coverup, but unlike Savoy Colby refuses to go against the law to do so. ]]

* JerkAss: almost consistently one towards Tony and Colby

* '''Charlie Chu''': Tony's distant cousin. Works for Oni Press.
* '''Sage Chu''':

* LoveAtFirstSight: Tony with Amelia Mintz.

Tony's ex-girlfriend. It is implied they broke up due to her blatant insanity. When Tony proposed to her, she accepted and asked him to eat one of her toes.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:he's a cibopath, not actually a vampire]]; a explanatory page in "International Flavor" confirms that [[there is no such thing as vampires, but the fear that the idea thereof inspires is real, and the power of harnessing that fear is undeniable]]...

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler: he's a cibopath, not actually a vampire]].

* BadBoss: Mike Applebee, who hates Tony for no discernible reason and seems more concerned about torturing Tony than solving cases.

* '''Sage Chu''': Tony's younger sister.

* BlessedWithSuck: Cibopathy.
* ByTheBookCop: Mere pages in to the first issue, we see that Tony is willing to arrest his own brother.

* StoutStrength

Tony's girlfriend. She is a saboscrivner, meaning that she can write about food so vividly that it can cause people to actually taste it. She uses her ability in her job as a newspaper food critic. Her power allows Tony to taste foods without the often disgusting visions that usually come with them. The two begin dating though Amelia is sometimes annoyed at the time taken up by Tony's job.
* BrownNote: the alternate use of her saboscrivner powers.

* [[spoiler:ImAHumanitarian: She has to do this to living people to use her powers]].

* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Cibopathy]].

** [[spoiler:BadassAbnormal: Strike that, he's a cyborg now.]]

* AsianGalWithWhiteGuy: Tony and Amelia are a GenderInverted example.

* AsianGalWithWhiteGuy: Tony and Amelia are a GenderInverted example.

An incredibly {{Badass}} fighting rooster who is later converted into a cyborg by the USDA.

Tony's fraternal twin sister, who works for NASA. She seems to be the only member of the Chu family that doesn't hate him.

A cibopath who pretends to be a vampire and learns things by drinking blood. He has a yet-unexplained interest in the space program.

* '''Rosemary Chu-Shen''': Tony's older sister. Dislikes Tony.

Another cibopath. He is an agent of the FDA who mentors Tony when he first joins. [[spoiler: He murdered health inspector Evan Pepper and believes that the government is covering up the truth about the bird flu epidemic. It is implied that he lost a significant other in the epidemic.]]