History Characters / PS238

* LovesMyAlterEgo: Non-romantic version. Ron is very nice to Tyler during his school life, but he considers Moon Shadow to be TheJinx and the reason everything's gone wrong with his life. He is, naturally, completely unaware that Tyler and Moon Shadow are the same person.

* FastballSpecial: He's the thrower; Ms. Kyle (after increasing her mass) is the projectile. They use this on the alien probe that lands on school grounds and attempts to kidnap Captain Clarinet and Moon Shadow.

* MindOverMatter: He has telekinetic powers. Without his limiter, he's strong enough to hold several tons of rock for an extended period, but with limiter in place, he can barely lift a pencil.

* MindOverMatter: He has telekinetic powers. Without his limiter, he's strong enough to hold several half a ceiling of rock for an extended period, but with it he can barely lift a pencil.

* ChekhovsGunman: She appears briefly in the background a few times before her official introduction, and is officially named when Tyloer sees his AlternateSelf "Elemental Powers" threaten her to force Ambriel's compliance.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Extended to the whole family - Alexandria and Victor affirm that they will ''never'' cheat family.

* InsufferableGenius: Not quite on the same level as Zodon on either count, but he's quite capable (he made [[spoiler: Toby's body]], after all) and frequently rude and/or dismissive to other students. He's more disdainful than actively aggressive, but few students bother with him regardless.

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* ChekhovsGunman: She appears briefly in the background a few times before her official introduction, and is officially named when Taylor sees his AlternateSelf "Elemental Powers" threaten her to force Ambriel's compliance.

* BadLiar: Zodon either can't be bothered to lie in any way that sounds plausible, or (when annoyed) is extremely transparent.

* CompellingVoice: His voicebox lets him tap into harmonics that leaves people highly open to suggestion.

* GenreSavvy: Given that he was raised by two powerful heroes, he's already quite aware of the various conventions of his world. This, combined with OnlySaneMan, is a large part of how he's still alive.

* IndyPloy: Tyler's greatest asset outside of his GenreSavvy and being the OnlySaneMan is that he's extremely good at thinking on his feet. The Bureau of Alien Monitoring deception that both the teachers of [=PS238=] and the Revenant used to their benefit? Tyler came up with that on the spot when Cecil was questioning him. Given that he took a quick look around when fighting Charles and came up plans to counter what Charles was likely able to do based on that, he's training to become an expert at XanatosSpeedChess.

A deeply unpleasant middle school student and a delinquent. He becomes Tyler's "ArchEnemy" (by popular vote from Tyler's GenreSavvy classmates), despite not being metahuman. He later awakens to metahuman powers due to manipulation by the Lords of Order and Chaos, has a brief stint as a wannabe supervillain, and is last seen abducted by the "Guys in Gold Armor".

* GenreSavvy: Shows it off less frequently than Tyler, but he's had enough experience with supers that he's able to predict what will happen in many circumstances.

* HiddenBackupPrince: [[spoiler:Of the Argonian royal house. By the time Argon reconnects with him, he's the only one left who can become king.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility He tries his best with Ron]], but his job keeps him busy and he's blind to the fact that Ron doesn't really want to be a superhero like himself. [[spoiler: Eventually this leads to his divorce from Ron's mother.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:It turns out Argos isn't destroyed, and he isn't so much its "last survivor" as "scion of its royal house sent away to keep him out of reach of assassins". And the U.S. already knew that, and furthermore invented Argonite, a material harmful to him, to keep him in check. He doesn't respond well to the knowledge.]]

* MeaningfulName: His first name means 'Blind' in Latin, fitting for one who spends most of the plot 'blind' to what is really going on. As for his second name... hm, wonder what someone named ''Holmes'' could be like.

* CaptainErsatz: Of Morpheus from ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. Naturally, his aboveground hologram looks exactly like a young Creator/NeilGaiman.

The only member of the staff with [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/01082007/ any actual experience teaching]] before working at [=PS238=], and therefore someone the rest of the teachers refer to when they need help. Was known as Micro-Might when she was a superhero, due to her ability to increase her strength and density as she shrinks. WordOfGod is that she was explicitly based off the author's wife.

* DeadpanSnarker: Less than most,but she often resorts to snarky comments when things get too crazy.

* TheComicallySerious: Quite a few jokes at the expense of her ridiculous patriotism.

* ActionSurvivor: Tyler's early appearances mostly focus on him just trying to get through the daily routine of [=PS238=] alive. He grows out of it as he becomes [[BadassNormal more proactive]].

* BunglingInventor: Her gadgets all work, but they're ''too powerful''. TimTaylorTechnology is her [[PlanetOfHats Hat]].

* ButtMonkey: Deserves it every time.

* TheChessmaster: His plans seem to be very far-reaching and it's unknown just how many irons he's got in the fire.

* BadassLongcoat: Which he is never seen without. After [[spoiler: it turns into CapeWings]], he swears he's never taking it off again.

* ConspiracyTheorist: According to some of his friends, he gets obsessed with "secrets." Then he manages to stumble upon a real one.

A friendly BadassNormal who becomes Tyler's mentor so that he doesn't get killed going to a school for super kids. He was originally created by Creator/MichaelStackpole for the short story "Peer Review" and subsequently donated to the strip.

* TheChessmaster:
** He quietly appropriated the Bureau of Alien Monitoring Tyler invented in order to put Cecil's talents to good use.

* SinkOrSwimMentor: On occasion, The Revenant will just push Tyler forward - when teaching him about grapples, quite literally, right off a building. He avoids doing this around villains, though, and it also becomes less frequent as Tyler is starting [[BadassNormal to jump in on his own]].

* FantasticRacism: He despises Forak for being a lower class of noble than himself, Ron for being half-"softling", most of the population of Earth because they allow "ferals"…

->''"You can get your HarryPotter stuff ready while I'm making wizard stir fry!"''

* NeglectfulParents: His parents are so exhausted with him that [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10032011/ they are more than happy to hand him off to a random stranger]] without bothering to check who he is. Thankfully that stranger was the Revenant, but still.

[[folder:Diana Langton]]

Quickie-Mart / K-square worker, abducted by Charles. Also [[spoiler:one of the Positrons. Her number is higher than 2]].

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* CaptainErsatz: ''Looks'' like {{Spawn}}. Has the origin of [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Genesis]]. ''Acts'' considerably nicer.

* BloodKnight: Later issues show her getting a bit ''too''enthusiastic about violence.

* ModeLock: In theory, he should be able to turn into a normal, intelligent form. In practice...that's never happened. His father has been shown to have this ability, so we don't know yet if Bernard simply can't change forms, can't change ''yet'', can but hasn't learned how to do it, or can but actively is refusing to do so.

* ModeLock: In theory, he should be able to turn into a normal, intelligent form. In practice...that's never happened.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Done by Harold when he assaulted the school. He overclocked her powers, thereby making activation causing her to become too dense to move.

* DeadpanSnarker: Less than most,but she often resorts to sarky comments when things get too crazy.

* LeetLingo: Code C-134N (Clean). It seals his float chair and effectively puts him through a wash cycle, followed by a spin dry.

The only member of the staff with any actual experience teaching, and therefore someone the rest of the teachers refer to when they need help. Was known as Micro-Might when she was a superhero, due to her ability to increase her strength and density as she shrinks. WordOfGod is that she was explicitly based off the author's wife.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: The fact that he's technically half-alien isn't really an issue. [[spoiler: The fact that his mother isn't Argosian is a real problem to their ruling class, however.]]

* UnfortunateNames: His Argonian name is [[spoiler: "Mo-Ron"]].

* HypocriticalHumor: He's suspicious of Prospero, thinking he's the herald of an alien invasion. The other kids point out that one of his classmates is already half-alien, and his father got his power gauntlet from aliens.

* PowerIncontinence: Part of why she prompts [[GasleakCoverup Gasleak Coverups]] is that she tends to get a bit out of control when she loses her temper. Seeing as she's one of the youngest students, she's still learning the ins and outs of her powers. In one alternate dimension, she was hurt badly enough by that dimension's Tyler (who was considerably less nice but way more powerful) that she had to permanently wear a containment suit due to this problem.

* PetTheDog: Mind you, he is still a {{Jerkass}} about it, but he does do one nice thing. [[spoiler: When picking an alternate universe in which to send his parents, he chooses one where his alternate self was both screwed over by the alternate parents and was orphaned, so that said alternate self could get the decent parents that he deserved.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: A non-lethal kind. He brainwashed and transported his {{muggle}} parents to a parallel dimension with no superpowers, whose local Zodon was an orphan.]]

* RealityWarper: He can do pretty much anything. One time (off screen) he gave every unpowered person powers, took away every powered persons' powers, and then put it back again.

* BadassFingersnap: [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/01202012/ How]] he changes his clothes.

* FunPersonified: He's a winning combination of this and NiceGuy. One of the friendliest, most upbeat and all around fun kids at PS238; it's telling that even Cecil, who doesn't exactly have a great opinion of superhumans, enjoys his company.