History Characters / Chew

* CoolPet: She has a bionic rat, which unfortunately gets killed shortly after she does.

* BastardBoyfriend: Often hits Saffron to get her to do what he wants.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: "Bad Apples" has him going on one to [[spoiler:avenge Toni]] that has him killing as many of the Collector's men as he can to flush out their boss. Deconsturcted as while it's effective it's also taking a clear toll on his sanity. He eventually stops after [[spoiler: Toni's cibopathy created SpiritAdvisor urges him not to continue, or he'll end up just like the Collector.]]

* BadassAbnormal: Though only slightly thanks to the cybornetic half of his face.

* AntiVillain: He's ruthless, amoral, and willing to resort to kidnapping, backmail, and murder to find out the truth behind bird flu and stop the vampire. Conversely he clearly does care about Olive and Ceaser, has a point about the chicken ban, and is going after the same mass murderer the FDA is. [[spoiler: This is exemplified by his final actions: He forces Tony to eat him, but only after trying his damnedest to make an alliance with him and saving Amelia from some E.G.G. members.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Will dip into some of the less-refined expletives in the english language whenever sufficiently angered or frightened.

* InTheBlood: It's implied the food powers transfer from generation to generation, with Tony's chibopathy dating all the way back to the Old West.

* VillainousBreakdown: Upon finding out he can't absorb Toni's ablities and that she's already set his downfall in motion. [[spoiler:He has an even bigger one when Tony reveals that he has zero intention of eating him and is just going to leave his corpse for the rats.]]

A terrorist group that believes the government is covering up the real truth behind the bird flu epedimic. They serve as a recurring antagonist.

* GoldfishPoopGang: Played with. They are a legit threat, being armed gunmen who easily get into secure areas, and in any other setting they'd be fine. But they constanly get beaten down due to going up against food weridos.
* WesternTerrorists: Primarly focused on the US.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Suprisngly enough, but he has a group of loyal friends who are more than willing to help him with his insane scheme.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: "Bad Apples" has him going on one to [[spoiler:avenge Toni]] that has him killing as many of the Collector's men as he can to flush out their boss. Deconsturcted as while it's effective it's also taking a clear toll on his sanity. He eventually stops after [[spoiler: Toni's cibopathy created SpirtAdvisor urges him not to continue, or he'll end up just like the Collector.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: He starts out fairly badass but after his kidnapping, his fastball takes it up a notch. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven after eating Poyo.]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After he becomes a cyborg. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven once he dies: He's apparently so powerful he's gone from fighting Kaiju to fighting cosmic abominations.]]

* AxCrazy: Dangerously unhinged. Taken UpToEleven in the final issue where he's [[spoiler: grown into a massively powerful psychopath who keeps murdering people just to get Olive's attention. ]]

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

* ButtMonkey: Has to eat rather vile things as part of his job, is hated by just about every single character on the cast, his boss more than all of them combined, and over the course of the series has had to eat a petrified dog, has had his partner bite his ear off, lost his job, forced to eat dead baseball players and had to eat his own sisters toe to take out her killer.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Is looked down on by pretty much everyone as a freak, his boss hates his guts, and all of his family barring Toni hate his guts for various reasons. The only people who don't seem to hate him or consider him a freak are Colby, Amelia, Ceasar, Toni and Mason. Subverted in recent issues, as the rest of the FDA highly respects him as does the public thanks to Amelia's reporting.

** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Strike that, he's a cyborg now. [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven once he dies: He's apparently so powerful he's gone from fighting Kaiju to fighting cosmic abominations.]]

* RunningGag: Tends to be unavailable due to fighting some eldrich monstrosity whenever Tony needs him.

* TheUnreveal: We find out Chow has his own power, but we never find out what it is. All we know is that it's laughable.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Colby was the only human agent.

The number 2 to FDA Chief Director Lamode Currently interim director of the FDA while Applbee's [[spoiler: in the hospital following The Collector's battle with the FDA. He retains the position due to Applebee getting the blame for the incident. ]]. Has the apperance of a gingerbread man.

* StagedPedestrianAccident: Saffron and Eddie include him in their gang so they can do these as a distraction.

!!Ms. Cookie/Lily

* NoFullNameGiven: She refuses to use the codename Eddie gives her and tries to introduce herself as Lily Van Something but she's interrupted before she can give her full name.

* VagueAge: There are many rumors about the terrible things he's done, some of which would make him impossibly old.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: He and Saffron are both criminals but while she's only killed in self-defense, he is perfectly willing to murder people in the name of a heist. She doesn't know.

Tony's grandfather

* RetiredMonster: He's a former mobster. He's also rumored to have done many other terrible things.
* ShroudedInMyth: The only verifiable story about him is that he worked in organized crime in the 1970s and 1980s. However, he is also rumored to have killed his own platoon to obtain NaziGold during WWII, to have gotten into a gunfight after insulting someone's cooking in the Wild West, and to have some involvement in a [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty train of pioneers getting eaten]].
* VagueAge: There are many rumors about the terrible things he's done, some of which would make him impossibly old.

Sage's twin sister. She has the same power.

* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: She can read the memories and skills of anyone nearby so long as they are eating the same food at the same time. She's sentenced to three years in prison surrounded by hardened professional criminals eating the exact same thing as her every day.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She's never mentioned throughout all of ''Chew'', though it's implied she's part of the reason why Tony's family treats him so frostily. She's sent to prison when the bird flu pandemic is just starting and, after release, leaves town with her boyfriend.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both Saffron and Sage are named after spices.

!! Lt.Marshall Mello

* NiceGuy
* ThePollyanna
* PunnyName

** He helps Colby [[spoiler: cook up Poyo in order to give Tony the power to stop the Vampire and avenger Toni]].

* CoveredInGunge: Get's covered in blood on her first date with Tony after he kills a guy holding her hostage.