History Characters / QuestionableContent

* GeniusCripple: A flashback to her childhood shows that she was either born without arms prior to getting her ArtificialLimbs, or she lost them at a young age.

* SeriousBusiness: His description of his job to Marten's mom comes off as a humorous cross between this and PlayedForLaughs [[LargeHam hamming it up.]]

* GoodParents: When he finds out Sam has roped May into working as her assistant, his first reaction is... to burst out crying, [[SoProudOfYou gushing between sobs about how proud he is]] that Sam has not only found a job and is making good money as a creative, she is also using her position and wealth, such as they are, to help a disadvantaged ex-convict.
* HandsOffParenting: Sam seems to have a lot of freedom in her activities. Turns out she lies about her activities and he's none too pleased when he finds out.

* CantHoldTheirLiquor: Initially. Her first foray into alcohol was disatrous, the subsequent ones less so.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: Subverted. Characters InUniverse (and casual readers) think that they're twins, but they're merely siblings.
* HiddenDepths: It is a matter of some confusion precisely ''how'' Claire is qualified to interview for any sort of position at Cubetown at all, let alone the head of a department that ''she'' would ultimately be putting together. Word from the then-unseen director wasn't any more illuminating, simply that "she shows promise". But as her confrontation with The Director and subsequent conversation [[spoiler: with Moray-44]] showed, despite her lack of professional experience she might very well be perfect for the job: She unintentionally puts the idea in Moray's head for creating a Department of Information Sciences during her initial interview, lays down a solid plan for visiting, aclimates quickly to Cubetown's [[DitzyGenius unique brand of sanity]], and after becoming fed up with one bit of eccentricity too many, demands to speak with The Director of Cubetown personally. [[spoiler:Moray-44]] spells it out explicitly:

* CanadaEh: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], perhaps intentionally on Emmett's part, as it might be why they're getting picked on at school. Aside from a passing reference to Tim Horton's and a slight accent, there's no real indicator that Emmett's from Canada, and they get defensive when Bubbles asks if there are any AI's "where you come from" (she meant Emmett's old hometown).

** This apparently has a negative effect on his career and inventions. According to Station, he only completes 4% of his projects because he keeps getting distracted by something new. When Roko appeals to him on May's behalf because her body is falling apart, he gets to work on proposing socialized medicine for AI's instead of just purchasing a new body for May (which, with his wealth and status, he could easily do).

* CatSmile: While she will every so often play it straight when she's especially pleased, she also [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it with [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4708 "goblin mode"]] whenever she's being cranky and stubborn.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Claire, starting around strip #2800, and [[ShipTease teased]] beforehand.

* TheWoobie: Liz is in many ways a horrible person due to her arrogance and lack of social skills, but people who put up with her for a few minutes tend rapidly to discover that her FriendlessBackground and InferioritySuperiorityComplex make her much more sad then monstrous -- and breaking out of that mindset is a long job for her.

* CantHoldTheirLiquor: Considering Liz is extremely small, has two artificial arms (which means she has less blood volume), and had not consumed alcohol before, it's justified how quickly she gets inebriated on her first beer.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Is acutely aware of her age and social awkwardness, and reacts by being an arrogant jerkass.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Borders on this and {{Jerkass}} - she doesn't generally mean any harm, she's just horribly, horribly tactless. And that's on her good days.

* FriendlessBackground: Her lack of social skills, Moray's attempt to respect her boundaries, and the whole ... ''thing'' of Cubetown, meant that when she started spiraling from lack of direction, there was nobody there to even notice, much less help.

** Tells a ''recovering alcoholic'' "Don't drink, not ''my'' problem" to their face while trying to throw an underage drinking party. [[GetOut Faye reacts appropriately]].
* {{Pride}}: As seen in the above flashback, this is part of her flaws, having resulted in not asking for any sort of help up to and including calling a plumber to unclog a toilet.

** Tells a ''recovering alcoholic'' "Don't drink, not ''my'' problem" to their face while trying to throw an underage drinking party.

* BerzerkButton: Do '''not''' [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5204 disrespect her alcoholism recovery.]]

* {{Robosexual}}: Possibly. When drunk, she is extremely excited by the thought of Evan’s large breasts, and when Evan shows up at the bar, Elizabeth exclaims “Titties!” and demands “Put me in your cleavage, I’ll ride you like a power loader”.

* MultiethnicName: Mother was of Swedish descent, father Italian. Mother insisted on a name from the old country. hence, Sven Bianchi.

* MultiethnicName: Brunhilde is Old High German, and Khoury is Arabic, most common in Lebanon.

* TheHeart: Unlikely as it may seem, given her case of NoSocialSkills. She tries to be nice (in her own odd way) to everyone and constantly works to diffuse conflicts among the other characters. Probably the best example is how she sees the good in Sven when everyone else has written him off, and brokers his reconciliation with Dora.