History Characters / HatchetfieldMainResidents

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The Mean to Bill's Nice and Paul's In-Between. For whatever hints there are that he may be capable of improving himself someday, Ted's still a piece of shit. He's an abrasive hyper-sleaze who disparages his coworkers (especially poor [[LoserProtagonist Bill]], abandons someone he calls his best friend to die and employs absolutely no tact in [[spoiler:expressing his belief that saving Alice is a lost cause.]]

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: As perhaps a natural extension of being the most recurring Hatchetfield character, he's also the one who gets killed most often, having met a brutal end in every timeline he's appeared in thus far outside of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s ambiguous ending.

''So crash those shiny cymbals''\\

''The future's priceless, babe''\\

''Just for once I’ll feel the light inside the burning of a candle''\\

** In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', she has the same core personality, but we see more cracks--she lusts after Max despite attempting to suppress that urge and when he ends up [[spoiler:[[AccidentalMurder accidentally killed due to the prank they pull on him]] she is the one who tells the others they should cover it up and is noticeably far less freaked out about it than the rest of the group. The ending takes this even further with whatever innocence she may have once had being fully cast aside as she [[FaceHeelTurn begins taking the souls of 'dirty dudes.']]]] For a non-spoilery example, she sings "I'm so fucking dead" with the rest of the cast during ''High School Is Killing Me'', though she covers her mouth when she sings it.

** In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', she has the same core personality, but we see more cracks--she lusts after Max despite attempting to suppress that urge and when he ends up [[spoiler:[[AccidentalMurder accidentally killed due to the prank they pull on him]] she is the one who tells the others they should cover it up and is noticeably far less freaked out about it than the rest of the group. The ending takes this even further with whatever innocence she may have once had being fully cast aside as she [[FaceHeelTurn begins taking the souls of 'dirty dudes.']]]] For a non-spoilery example, she sings "I'm so fucking dead" with the rest of the cast during ''High School Is Killing Me'', though she covers her mouth when she says it.

** In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', she has the same core personality, but we see more cracks--she lusts after Max despite attempting to suppress that urge and when he ends up [[spoiler:[[AccidentalMurder accidentally killed due to the prank they pull on him]] she is the one who tells the others they should cover it up and is noticeably far less freaked out about it than the rest of the group. The ending takes this even further with whatever innocence she may have once had being fully cast aside as she [[FaceHeelTurn begins taking the souls of 'dirty dudes.']]]]

* FullNameBasis: Like Becky Barnes, classmates always refer to her by her first and last name as an expression of distaste, and this habit carries over to people who hear about her through the local teens such as Bill. Tom, who knows her primarily as Tim's babysitter, calls her only "Grace", requiring WordOfGod to step in and confirm that Tim's babysitter ''is'' the same Grace mentioned earlier.

* StereotypicalNerd: This is how he comes across in his EarlyBirdCameo in TGWDLM; in addition to his ridiculously nerdy IconicOutfit, he is stiff, monotone, complains about his frail health, and shamelessly tattles on Emma for slacking off at work. CharacterizationMarchesOn presents him as less and less nerdy with each appearance: Nick Lang's portrayal in "Abstinence Camp" revaels him to be a far more well-adjusted person than he had previously appeared; he bonds instantly with popular girl Stephanie rather than getting along with the other "nerdy prudes" attending the camp. His complaints of low blood sugar prove to be a legitimate medical problem, and he explains to Steph that his nerdy outfit is just an attempt at mimicking his brother in having a distinctive look. In ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', he scarcely seems like a nerd at all, simply an overachieving student who's merely anxious and antisocial from a lifetime of bullying, with his outfit counterintuitively being an armor against teasing: the bowtie prevents him from looking like he comes from a low-income family, who get the worst of the bullying at Hatchetfield High, while the suspenders prevent pantsings; gaining the slightest bit of confidence leads him to a SignificantWardrobeShift quite early in the show.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: As of ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'', he's played by the same actor as his brother; the resemblance becomes somewhat textual when Richie notes than when dressed in ghostly rags [[spoiler:he resembles the Homeless Man, who is a time-displaced version of Ted.]]

* LoserAndCoolKidFriendship: In both ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die'' and "Abstinence Camp", she befriends Peter despite him being a giant nerd, due to finding him rather charming underneath the bowtie and social awkwardness. In ''NPMD'', she also bonds with the clique of nerds over their shared grievances with Max, and then [[spoiler:the AccidentalMurder and subsequent cover-up]]. She's still loathe to say she's friends with Grace, though.

* BrainyBrunette: Subverted; Steph admires intellect but doesn't possess it in excess herself. She initially approaches Peter for help studying because she herself is the smartest girl in the popular crowd, and his assistance gets her a C+, which she proudly proclaims as passing with flying colors. She also identifies herself as sapiosexual, which is why she's more attracted to Peter than anyone she's known before. Peter, as expressed in both performances of "Cool As I Think I Am", is of the opinion that Steph is smarter than she thinks.

* FinalGirl: PlayedWith, she's not virginal or pure like the traditional final girl, however she is shown to be resourceful and more than capable of defending herself in both of her major storylines.

* SmokingHotSex: [[spoiler:Smokes a cigarette after she sleeps with Max]]

!!!'''Appears in:''' '''''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''''' | '''[[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E1TheHatchetfieldApeManAndWatcherWorld "Watcher World"]]''' | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Forever & Always"]] | [[Recap/NightmareTimeS1E2ForeverAndAlwaysAndTimeBastard "Time Bastard"]] | ''WebVideo/WorkinBoys''
!!!'''Mentioned in:''' ''Theatre/BlackFriday''

* HeroicSacrifice: Lampshaded, when he doesn't let Pete die.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Potentially, the and Sam are the only infectees of the Hive who actually ''do'' stay dead, as Professor Hidgens tied them down and dissected their bodies. Given the level of injury other infectees can recover from, it's equally likely that they reassembled but couldn't break free of their bindings -- either way, they are never seen again.]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: After the Waylon Hall prank goes wrong, Max expresses how glad he is that the nerds put so much effort into doing something just for him, and says he misjudged them. Cue [[spoiler:the floorboards giving way, and Max being fatally impaled on debris, immediately blaming the nerds for it and cursing them with his dying breath.]]
* JerkJock: A colossal understatement.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He relishes in his status as a 'Literal Monster.'

* TheOtherDarrin: After Rob Manion was removed from Starkid, he was played by Nick Lang (one of the Creator/LangBrothers), and then by Creator/JeffBlim in Working Boys.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: As perhaps a natural extension of being the most recurring Hatchetfield character, he's also the one who gets killed most often, having met his end in every timeline he's appeared in so far.

* LittleMissSnarker: Her one moment of true lucidity in ''Black Friday'' has her retort to Paul that if he wants to know what time it is, [[CallBack he should wear a watch]]. "Yellow Jacket" displays that this wasn't a fluke, and when in a relatively calm and mundane situation in comparison to her first two appearance, she takes no bullshit.

A barista attempting to work her way through community college. Paul's crush. A globetrotter for much of her young adulthood, she stayed in Hatchetfield after the funeral of her sister Jane to try to make something of herself.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He blows up the meteor at point-blank range, but his assimilated self manages to put him back together. Infectees of the HIve can seemingly not actually die.]]

* HonoraryUncle: In "Jane's a Car", Tim refers to him as Uncle Paul, suggesting that, even if this is a timeline in which Paul is married to Emma and therefore literally Tim's uncle, Tim has grown close to Paul and Emma.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Paul shows no signs of being attracted to men (or anyone other than Emma) in the show, but fans have seized on [[AllThereInTheManual the soundtrack version]] of "What Do You Want, Paul?" having Paul stammer he wants "money, a partner, kids" rather than saying a ''wife'' and kids.