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* BewaretheMindReader: Develops this opinion about Cameron by the end.
* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Had he listened to Dev and taken him and Cameron out of town immediately the plot would've ended right there, instead he offers weed to Cam (who accepts to spite Dev) which leads him to freak out and run away after being influenced by the town, and then when they find Cam he decides to pee, which leads to Cam being attacked by the static monster and the group finding Brian.
* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Had he listened to Dev and taken him and Cameron out of town immediately the plot would've ended right there, instead he offers weed to Cam (who accepts to spite Dev) which leads him to freak out and run away after being influenced by the town, and then when they find Cam he decides to pee, which leads to Cam being attacked by the static monster and the group finding Brian.
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* BewaretheMindReader: BewareTheMindReader: Develops this opinion about Cameron by the end.
*UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he listened to Dev and taken him and Cameron out of town immediately the plot would've ended right there, instead he offers weed to Cam (who accepts to spite Dev) which leads him to freak out and run away after being influenced by the town, and then when they find Cam he decides to pee, which leads to Cam being attacked by the static monster and the group finding Brian.
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* MedicatetheMedium: Zigzagged, he is mentally ill, being former drug addict and developing schizophrenia by the end, but he also has very real psychic powers.
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The main character in ''The Smoke Room'', [[spoiler:and technically the main character of ''Echo'' proper as you control Chase through his "ghost"]]. He was once a prostitue back in 1915 when Echo was thriving, but killed a man in self-defense.
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Inverted, his albinism made him exceptionally desirable to his clients.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[InformedKindness At least allegedly]]. He is repeatedly said to be kind, but during the events of the game his fear and paranoia make him pretty bitter.
* WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: He is white with red eyes. [[spoiler:In ''Echo'', as an antagonist, he is fully evil]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[InformedKindness At least allegedly]]. He is repeatedly said to be kind, but during the events of the game his fear and paranoia make him pretty bitter.
* WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: He is white with red eyes. [[spoiler:In ''Echo'', as an antagonist, he is fully evil]].
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Inverted, AbusiveParents: Constantly yelled at and berated Sydney for not behaving like he wanted him too.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He accidentally killed an elderly Sam Ayers by hitting him with hisalbinism made van in the 1970s. He never got over the trauma from it.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Flynn mentions in his route that Mr. Bronson always had a friendly and cheerful demeanor whenever he was out in public but was aware it was fake and that he was a rotten piece of work behind closed doors.
* DrivenToSuicide: After suffering a serious mental breakdown during a hunting trip with Sydney, he shoots himself with his own rifle. [[spoiler: It's possible Sam's spirit might have had some influence on his decision.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He was strongly opposed to Sydney's interests in wrestling.
* TheFundamentalist: A staunch member of the Mormon faith and pushed his religious-traditionalist values onto his son. Scolding himexceptionally desirable for being more interested in wrestling instead of hunting, disliked his interest in video games, and called Flynn a bad influence due to his clients.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[InformedKindness At least allegedly]].rebellious attitude and sexuality. He also constantly threatened Sydney with sending him to live with his uncle in a Mormon compound up north if he did not behave.
* NoNameGiven: His first name isrepeatedly said never revealed and has only been referred to be kind, but during as "Sydney's dad" or "Mr. Bronson" in the story.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Was very homophobic and disliked Flynn for that reason.
* PosthumousCharacter: Like his son, he's long dead before the events of Echo take place.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: His accidental murder of Sam Ayers leads to thegame latter's spirit possessing him. His suicide in front of Sydney made Sam jump into his fear son and paranoia make him pretty bitter.
Sydney's drowning lead to Sam taking possession of Chase whom he remains for most of the novel's story.]]
*WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: He is white TroubledAbuser: Was an abusive father who had to deal with red eyes. [[spoiler:In ''Echo'', as an antagonist, he is fully evil]].[[spoiler: living with guilt for accidentally killing someone which resulted in lasting trauma and depression.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Has smacked Sydney when the latter cursed at him.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He accidentally killed an elderly Sam Ayers by hitting him with his
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Flynn mentions in his route that Mr. Bronson always had a friendly and cheerful demeanor whenever he was out in public but was aware it was fake and that he was a rotten piece of work behind closed doors.
* DrivenToSuicide: After suffering a serious mental breakdown during a hunting trip with Sydney, he shoots himself with his own rifle. [[spoiler: It's possible Sam's spirit might have had some influence on his decision.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He was strongly opposed to Sydney's interests in wrestling.
* TheFundamentalist: A staunch member of the Mormon faith and pushed his religious-traditionalist values onto his son. Scolding him
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[InformedKindness At least allegedly]].
* NoNameGiven: His first name is
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Was very homophobic and disliked Flynn for that reason.
* PosthumousCharacter: Like his son, he's long dead before the events of Echo take place.
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Inverted, his albinism made him exceptionally desirable to his clients.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[InformedKindness At least allegedly]]. He is repeatedly said to be kind, but during the events of the game his fear and paranoia make him pretty bitter.
* WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: He is white with red eyes. [[spoiler:In ''Echo'', as an antagonist, he is fully evil]].
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: As his species suggests, he's all-but-stated to be from their universe's equivalent of Canada, even portraying the usual stereotype regarding [[CanadaEh [[CourteousCanadian Canadian politeness]].
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DogsAreDumb: Chase mentions in his narration that this is an in-universe stereotype that domestic dog species have to deal with.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Jenna and her family have Meseta heritage, which is based on the real-life Navajo tribe. It's mentioned a tribe-associated scholarship helped her pay for college and she had a grandmother who lived on a nearby reservation.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Jenna and her family have Meseta heritage, which is based on the real-life Navajo tribe. It's mentioned a tribe-associated scholarship helped her pay for college and she had a grandmother who lived on a nearby reservation. Her family name is also a very common Navajo surname in RealLife.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early builds of the novel states her (and the Begay family as a whole) being fennec foxes which would fall under MisplacedWildlife considering she has Native American heritage and fennecs are from Africa. Later builds retconned this with her family being kit foxes which have a similar appearance to fennecs but are native to North America.
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: Explicitly {{discussed|Trope}} on his and Flynn's routes, and the presence of one in his room acts as early {{Foreshadowing}} that Echo is causing him to [[NotHimself destabilize]].
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: Explicitly It's unknown whether or not he feels this way in the present but it's {{discussed|Trope}} on his and Flynn's routes, and the presence routes that he was not a fan of them when he was younger. Chase was surprised to find out he had one in his room acts as early {{Foreshadowing}} route. Leo himself states that Echo is causing him his reasoning was due to [[NotHimself destabilize]].a lot of Echo's residents being violent methheads and/or homophobic that he felt he needed one for protection.
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* LonelyRichKidLonelyRichKid: With the exception of his friend group, he was shunned by most kids and adults in Echo due to the town-wide resentment towards his family. After dropping out of college and losing contact with most of his friends, the only offline socialization he really had was with Flynn.
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* WickedWeasel: Though unlike most examples of this trope, he isn't really shown to be that sly or cunning and is more direct with how he carries out his agenda.
* WickedWeasel: Though unlike most examples of this trope, he isn't really shown to be that sly or cunning and is more direct with how he carries out his agenda.
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* DrugsAreBad: If his in-game portraits aren't enough proof, other characters make reference to how grotesque his appearance is thanks to years of heavy drug abuse. With a very skinny and malnourished build, missing and yellowed teeth, and patches of fur missing. Chase and Leo have also mentioned him looking like a skeleton or a corpse.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Constantly throws around homophobic and racial slurs at Leo.
* TroubledAbuser: Had a very rough life growing up and is strongly implied he and his sister were sexually abused by their father. While Chase does not have a high opinion of him, he does feel sympathy for him and understands his past, drug abuse, and overall toxicity of Echo itself is what made him such a deplorable person. He also felt that a jab Leo made at his sister's expense was going too far. There's also the fact he is so desperate for his fix that he allows Brian to torture him in exchange for drugs.
* TroubledAbuser: Had a very rough life growing up and is strongly implied he and his sister were sexually abused by their father. While Chase does not have a high opinion of him, he does feel sympathy for him and understands his past, drug abuse, and overall toxicity of Echo itself is what made him such a deplorable person. He also felt that a jab Leo made at his sister's expense was going too far. There's also the fact he is so desperate for his fix that he allows Brian to torture him in exchange for drugs.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: TJ's sexuality is kept ambiguous throughout the game, with various implications that he either is or is not attracted to both guys and girls. He had a brief relationship with Heather, though the related side story shows him unable to have sex with her. While Chase sees certain actions by TJ as potential attraction toward guys (such as his close friendship with Julian, and certain behaviors of his), this seems to be a misinterpretation on Chase's part, especially after the messy rejection Chase receives in TJ's route. Many have interpreted TJ as being asexual (with Chase even suggesting it during a side story) due to his overall aversion toward sex, and his cluelessness and/or disinterest toward sexual topics.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: TJ's sexuality is kept ambiguous throughout the game, with various implications that he either is or is not attracted to both guys and girls. He had a brief relationship with Heather, though the related side story shows him unable to have sex with her. While Chase sees certain actions by TJ as potential attraction toward guys (such as his close friendship with Julian, and certain behaviors of his), this seems to be a misinterpretation on Chase's part, especially after the messy rejection Chase receives in TJ's route. Many have interpreted TJ as being asexual (with Chase even suggesting it during a side story) demisexual due to his overall aversion toward sex, and his cluelessness and/or disinterest toward sexual topics.topics, and because he only shows occasional sexual interest toward people he feels comfortable with.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: He does have an attraction to guys (in some side story he gets aroused by Chase and Leo's relationship, in the game proper he expresses interest in [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame The Smoke Room]] and is offended at Chase not sharing a bed with him in the Jenna route; [[spoiler:amusingly in his own route he doesn't feel attracted to Chase, but that might be because he went off the deep end]]) as well as to girls (in one side story a girl he had a crush on successfully gave him a stiffie). Overall, he might be demisexual, since all these situations aside from the Smoke Room one involve fantisising about either romance or someone he actually trusts.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: He does have an attraction to guys (in some side story he gets aroused by Chase and Leo's relationship, in TJ's sexuality is kept ambiguous throughout the game proper he expresses interest in [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame The Smoke Room]] and is offended at Chase not sharing a bed game, with him in the Jenna route; [[spoiler:amusingly in his own route various implications that he doesn't feel either is or is not attracted to Chase, but that might be because he went off both guys and girls. He had a brief relationship with Heather, though the deep end]]) as well as to girls (in one related side story a girl he had a crush on successfully gave shows him a stiffie). Overall, he might unable to have sex with her. While Chase sees certain actions by TJ as potential attraction toward guys (such as his close friendship with Julian, and certain behaviors of his), this seems to be demisexual, since all these situations aside from a misinterpretation on Chase's part, especially after the Smoke Room one involve fantisising about either romance or someone he actually trusts.messy rejection Chase receives in TJ's route. Many have interpreted TJ as being asexual (with Chase even suggesting it during a side story) due to his overall aversion toward sex, and his cluelessness and/or disinterest toward sexual topics.
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* GoshDangItToHeckGoshDangItToHeck: TJ talks like this throughout the game, as he dislikes swearing and gets uncomfortable when his friends swear excessively around him.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: One of his powers.
* MedicatetheMedium: Zigzagged, he is mentally ill, being former drug addict and developing schizophrenia by the end, but he also has very real psychic powers.
* MentallyUnwellSpecialSenses
* PolicePsychic: After leaving Echo Cam would occasionally get visions of Brian's murders and report them to the police.
* PsychicLink: Another one of his powers though he only uses once.
* Seers: Can look into both the past and possible futures, he can also see alternative timelines.
* Telepathy: Another one of his powers.
* MedicatetheMedium: Zigzagged, he is mentally ill, being former drug addict and developing schizophrenia by the end, but he also has very real psychic powers.
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* BewaretheMindReader: Develops this opinion about Cameron by the end.
* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Had he listened to Dev and taken him and Cameron out of town immediately the plot would've ended right there, instead he offers weed to Cam (who accepts to spite Dev) which leads him to freak out and run away after being influenced by the town, and then when they find Cam he decides to pee, which leads to Cam being attacked by the static monster and the group finding Brian.
* BewaretheMindReader: Develops this opinion about Cameron by the end.
* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Had he listened to Dev and taken him and Cameron out of town immediately the plot would've ended right there, instead he offers weed to Cam (who accepts to spite Dev) which leads him to freak out and run away after being influenced by the town, and then when they find Cam he decides to pee, which leads to Cam being attacked by the static monster and the group finding Brian.
