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* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't endure nearly as much as Aniq or Walt do, he is mocked or insulted basically any time the other characters brings him up in conversation and is clearly hated by the majority of his peers.
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* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't endure nearly as much as Aniq or Walt do, he is mocked or insulted basically any time the other characters brings bring him up in conversation and is clearly hated by the majority of his peers.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Believed pop music to be a fad and broke up his band with Xavier due to his interest in it. Conversely, he put all of his stock in ska becoming the next big thing in music despite it being an infamously hated genre.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Believed Dismissed pop music to be as a fad and broke up his band stopped collaborating with Xavier due to his interest in it. Conversely, he put all of his stock in ska becoming the next big thing in music despite it being an infamously hated genre.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: Believes himself to have the makings of a musical superstar despite the only music he's known to have produced being painfully mediocre {{Ska}}. The musical numbers featured in his testimony show him to at least have a good voice, but it's unclear how much they can be trusted as an accurate depiction of his talents.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: Believes himself to have the makings of a musical superstar despite the only music he's known to have produced being painfully mediocre {{Ska}}. The musical numbers featured in his testimony show him to at least have a good voice, are much better, but it's unclear how much they can be trusted as an accurate depiction of his talents.
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* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A platonic example with Xavier. Back in high school, Yasper found Xavier embarrassing to associate with and broke up their band to strike out on his own. By the time of the reunion, Xavier has become a major success while Yasper remained a nobody, leading the latter to attempt to get the disinterested former to bless one of his tracks to gain fame by association.
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* LoveDodecahedron: One that only becomes more convoluted as the series goes on. Aniq is in love with Zoe, who was married to Brett but separated from him after he had an affair [[spoiler: with Chelsea. Ned dated Chelsea in high school but is now married to Jennifer 1 and clearly still harbors some unresolved feelings about the former. Xavier attempted to sleep with an intoxicated Chelsea during high school and then lied about doing so when she refused him, and spent most of the afterparty unsuccessfully trying to seduce Zoe.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: One that only becomes more convoluted as the series goes on. Aniq is in love with Zoe, who was married to Brett but separated from him after he had an affair [[spoiler: with Chelsea. Ned dated Chelsea in high school but is now married to Jennifer 1 and clearly still harbors some unresolved feelings about for the former. Xavier attempted to sleep with an intoxicated Chelsea during high school and then lied about doing so when she refused him, and spent most of the afterparty unsuccessfully trying to seduce Zoe.]]Zoe]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Had his Stanford scholarship revoked after the police became involved during a fight with Xavier during a St. Patrick's Day party in high school and lost his chance with Zoe after she mistook the mix CD he made for her as being made by Brett. While we don't know the exact details of his life after that, he states that he was never really able to get over what happened that day.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Had his Stanford scholarship revoked after the police became involved during a fight with Xavier during a St. Patrick's Day party in high school and lost his chance with Zoe after she mistook the mix CD he made for her as being made by Brett. While we don't know the exact details of his life after that, he states that he was never really able to get over what happened that day.]]
* TemptingFate: Begins the night declaring that nothing could go wrong and ends it the most likely suspect in a murder case.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Perceived Xavier to be the most immediate threat to his chances with Zoe during the reunion despite her obvious chemistry with Aniq and later confession that Xavier isn't her type at all. This only serves to further show little he actually knows about her, as he assumes that she would go for Xavier simply because he is wealthy and attractive rather than taking into account any of her actual wants and needs of a partner.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Perceived Xavier to be the most immediate threat to his chances with Zoe during the reunion despite her obvious chemistry with Aniq and later confession that Xavier isn't her type at all. This only serves to further show how little he actually knows about her, as he assumes that she would go for Xavier simply because he is wealthy and attractive rather than taking into account any of her the actual wants and needs of qualities she would desire in a partner.
* PapaWolf: Goes on a rampage when he finds out someone stole his daughter's favorite stuffed animal. Played with in that his response is framed as an overreaction that inadvertently causes him to put his daughter at risk of getting hurt.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Despite coming off as a self-absorbed dork chasing dreams of stardom, Yasper genuinely cares about Aniq's romantic pursuit of Zoe. Chelsea's testimony also reveals that his concern over Chelsea's health was genuine and recognized, as he proves to be one of the few people who comes off as a sincere friend.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite coming off as a self-absorbed dork chasing dreams of stardom, Yasper genuinely cares about Aniq's romantic pursuit of Zoe. Chelsea's testimony also reveals that his concern over Chelsea's health was genuine and recognized, as he proves to be one of the few people who comes off as a sincere friend.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite coming {{Determinator}}: Refuses to accept that he's missed his chance at striking it big, and doggedly pursues Xavier throughout the reunion until he finally gets him to agree to bless his track.
* {{Foil}}: To Chelsea. Both cite an incident with Xavier at their high school's St. Patrick's Day party as throwing their lives offas a self-absorbed dork chasing dreams track and came to the reunion in the hope of stardom, getting closure. Yasper genuinely cares about Aniq's romantic pursuit is a {{Determinator}} who maintains a positive outlook on life by living in denial of his failures while Chelsea is a BrokenBird whose failures are a direct result of her shattered self-esteem. Yasper was also the instigator of his incident with Xavier and approaches him at the reunion with the intention of leeching off of his fame while Chelsea was the victim of her incident and approaches Xavier at the reunion with the intention of destroying his career.
* FutureLoser: Downplayed. Though he was never particularly high up on the social ladder in high school, he was outgoing, ambitious, and on good terms with popular girls Chelsea and Zoe.Chelsea's At present, while he's ''still'' outgoing and ambitious, both of these qualities come across as him being in denial of the fact that his music career never went anywhere and he generally reads more as pathetic and desperate than anything else.
* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Of a different sort than Brett; Yasper's testimonyalso reveals that turns every witness other than himself into his concern over Chelsea's health was genuine and recognized, as he proves personal cheerleaders who serve no narrative function other than to be one of heap him with praise.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: Believes himself to have thefew people who comes off makings of a musical superstar despite the only music he's known to have produced being painfully mediocre {{Ska}}. The musical numbers featured in his testimony show him to at least have a good voice, but it's unclear how much they can be trusted as a sincere friend.an accurate depiction of his talents.
* {{Foil}}: To Chelsea. Both cite an incident with Xavier at their high school's St. Patrick's Day party as throwing their lives off
* FutureLoser: Downplayed. Though he was never particularly high up on the social ladder in high school, he was outgoing, ambitious, and on good terms with popular girls Chelsea and Zoe.
* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Of a different sort than Brett; Yasper's testimony
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Believed pop music to be a fad and broke up his band with Xavier due to his interest in it. Conversely, he put all of his stock in ska becoming the next big thing in music despite it being an infamously hated genre.
* LargeHam: He's very flamboyant and always maintains a high energy level. He's even implied to have actually performed the song and dance numbers featured in his testimony when recounting it to Danner.
* LargeHam: He's very flamboyant and always maintains a high energy level. He's even implied to have actually performed the song and dance numbers featured in his testimony when recounting it to Danner.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Lionizes his high school ska band despite nobody but him remembering it fondly (in fact, most don't remember it at all). As far as the audience gets to hear, their music was nothing to write home about.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A platonic example with Xavier. Back in high school, Yasper found Xavier embarrassing to associate with and broke up their band to strike out on his own. By the time of the reunion, Xavier has become a major success while Yasper remained a nobody, leading the latter to attempt to get the disinterested former to bless one of his tracks to gain fame by association.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A platonic example with Xavier. Back in high school, Yasper found Xavier embarrassing to associate with and broke up their band to strike out on his own. By the time of the reunion, Xavier has become a major success while Yasper remained a nobody, leading the latter to attempt to get the disinterested former to bless one of his tracks to gain fame by association.
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* ButNotTooBi: While she offhandedly mentions having been in a long-term relationship with a woman, both of her onscreen love interests are men.
* {{Foil}}: To Yasper. Both cite an incident with Xavier at their high school's St. Patrick's Day party as throwing their lives off track and came to the reunion in the hope of getting closure. Yasper is a {{Determinator}} who maintains a positive outlook on life by living in denial of his failures while Chelsea is a BrokenBird whose failures are a direct result of her shattered self-esteem. Yasper was also the instigator of his incident with Xavier and approaches him at the reunion with the intention of leeching off of his fame while Chelsea was the victim of her incident and approaches Xavier at the reunion with the intention of destroying his career.
* {{Foil}}: To Yasper. Both cite an incident with Xavier at their high school's St. Patrick's Day party as throwing their lives off track and came to the reunion in the hope of getting closure. Yasper is a {{Determinator}} who maintains a positive outlook on life by living in denial of his failures while Chelsea is a BrokenBird whose failures are a direct result of her shattered self-esteem. Yasper was also the instigator of his incident with Xavier and approaches him at the reunion with the intention of leeching off of his fame while Chelsea was the victim of her incident and approaches Xavier at the reunion with the intention of destroying his career.
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** To Brett. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
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** To Brett. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]].failed. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
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* ClingyJealousGuy: ''Very'' against the idea of Zoe being with another man, and spent most of the reunion trying to sabotage Xavier's attempts at seducing her. This trope is subverted in the case of Aniq, as he does not perceive him to be enough of a threat to warrant any interest.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
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* ClingyJealousGuy: [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]]: ''Very'' against the idea of Zoe being with another man, and spent most of the reunion trying to sabotage Xavier's attempts at seducing her. This trope is subverted in the case of Aniq, as he does not perceive him to be enough of a threat to warrant any interest.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to[[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]].failed. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to
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* NerdsAreSexy: Her childhood crush was [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]], and she gets very angry when Brett implies that he isn't a sexually enticing figure.
* LoveDodecahedron: One that only becomes more convoluted as the series goes on. Aniq is in love with Zoe, who was married to Brett but separated from him after he had an affair [[spoiler: with Chelsea. Ned dated Chelsea in high school but is now married to Jennifer 1 and clearly still harbors some unresolved feelings about the former. Xavier attempted to sleep with an intoxicated Chelsea during high school and then lied about doing so when she refused him, and spent most of the afterparty unsuccessfully trying to seduce Zoe.]]
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* BlackAndNerdy: He's black and an EndearinglyDorky puzzle-lover who was also bright enough to get a full ride to Stanford during high school.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Downplayed. While he's generally a NiceGuy, he tends to blow up when pushed too far and has carried a rather nasty [[spoiler: (but not entirely unjustified)]] grudge against Xavier since high school. To a lesser extent, he can be a bit condescending when speaking with others and clearly likes to think of himself as the smartest person in the room at all times.
* BlackAndNerdy: He's black and an EndearinglyDorky puzzle-lover who was also bright enough to get a full ride to Stanford during high school. He's also seemingly the only character capable of spelling the word "diarrhea" correctly off the top of his head.
* BlackAndNerdy: He's black and an EndearinglyDorky puzzle-lover who was also bright enough to get a full ride to Stanford during high school. He's also seemingly the only character capable of spelling the word "diarrhea" correctly off the top of his head.
* CannotSpitItOut: Has trouble confessing his feelings for Zoe and always has his efforts foiled whenever he finally musters the courage to do so.
* ClearMyName: Begins the investigation as the most likely culprit and so sets off on an investigation of his own to prove his innocence.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Had his Stanford scholarship revoked after the police became involved during a fight with Xavier during a St. Patrick's Day party in high school and lost his chance with Zoe after she mistook the mix CD he made for her as being made by Brett. While we don't know the exact details of his life after that, he states that he was never really able to get over what happened that day.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Had his Stanford scholarship revoked after the police became involved during a fight with Xavier during a St. Patrick's Day party in high school and lost his chance with Zoe after she mistook the mix CD he made for her as being made by Brett. While we don't know the exact details of his life after that, he states that he was never really able to get over what happened that day.]]
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* FaceDoodling: Had his body graffitied over by the other afterparty attendees after he passed outout, and spends the entirety of the investigation covered in embarrassing doodles.
** To Brett. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
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A brash divorcee attending the reunion to win back his wife Zoe after cheating on her [[spoiler: with Chelsea]]. His flashback is told as an [[ActionGenre action movie]].
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* BadassDriver: Presents himself as a high-speed stunt driver in his testimony. All other testimonies that depict his car chase with Aniq, Chelsea and Yasper portray things as being much less dramatic or impressive.
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: [[spoiler: His relationship with Zoe is eventually revealed to have started entirely because she mistook Aniq's mix CD for her as being made by him and Brett playing along.]]
* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't endure nearly as much as Aniq or Walt do, he is mocked or insulted basically any time the other characters brings him up in conversation and is clearly hated by the majority of his peers.
* ChickMagnet: Deconstructed. He had a reputation as a player in high school, and both Zoe and Chelsea showed some amount of interest in him. By the time the series begins he is married to the former [[spoiler: and had an affair with the latter]] but is shown to be hated by both, [[spoiler: with Chelsea even referring to sleeping with him as the absolute rock bottom of her downward spiral]].
* ClingyJealousGuy: ''Very'' against the idea of Zoe being with another man, and spent most of the reunion trying to sabotage Xavier's attempts at seducing her. This trope is subverted in the case of Aniq, as he does not perceive him to be enough of a threat to warrant any interest.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: [[spoiler: His relationship with Zoe is eventually revealed to have started entirely because she mistook Aniq's mix CD for her as being made by him and Brett playing along.]]
* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't endure nearly as much as Aniq or Walt do, he is mocked or insulted basically any time the other characters brings him up in conversation and is clearly hated by the majority of his peers.
* ChickMagnet: Deconstructed. He had a reputation as a player in high school, and both Zoe and Chelsea showed some amount of interest in him. By the time the series begins he is married to the former [[spoiler: and had an affair with the latter]] but is shown to be hated by both, [[spoiler: with Chelsea even referring to sleeping with him as the absolute rock bottom of her downward spiral]].
* ClingyJealousGuy: ''Very'' against the idea of Zoe being with another man, and spent most of the reunion trying to sabotage Xavier's attempts at seducing her. This trope is subverted in the case of Aniq, as he does not perceive him to be enough of a threat to warrant any interest.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both attended the reunion in the hope of reconnecting with Zoe, but Aniq did so [[TheOneThatGotAway to start a relationship with her that was never able to happen]] while Brett did it to [[WinBackTheEx rekindle a relationship with her that had already failed]]. Aniq also tends to overthink situations and only take action when it is already too late to do anything whereas Brett is almost mindlessly impulsive and prefers to lie his way out of problems on the spot.
* HairTriggerTemper: Danner even calls him "Mr. Aggro" within minutes of meeting him.
* HateSink: In a mystery series with a HiddenVillain, Brett provides an easy outlet for the audience's ire by being an insufferable douchebag no matter the situation. Even his most humanizing quality of being a loving father is completely undermined by his willingness to endanger his daughter for the sake of accomplishing his own goals.
* HellbentForLeather: Wears a leather jacket to go along with his wannabe tough guy image.
* HerCodenameWasMarySue: While every suspect's testimony (with the exception of [[ButtMonkey Walt]]) is self-aggrandizing to a point, Brett's goes out of its way to overly dramatize everything he did throughout the night to make him look as cool and impressive as possible. His jacket is also subtly padded to make himself look broader and more muscular than he does in reality.
* HiddenDepths: For all his faults and her dislike of him, Zoe has no trouble admitting that he is a great father to their daughter.
* HateSink: In a mystery series with a HiddenVillain, Brett provides an easy outlet for the audience's ire by being an insufferable douchebag no matter the situation. Even his most humanizing quality of being a loving father is completely undermined by his willingness to endanger his daughter for the sake of accomplishing his own goals.
* HellbentForLeather: Wears a leather jacket to go along with his wannabe tough guy image.
* HerCodenameWasMarySue: While every suspect's testimony (with the exception of [[ButtMonkey Walt]]) is self-aggrandizing to a point, Brett's goes out of its way to overly dramatize everything he did throughout the night to make him look as cool and impressive as possible. His jacket is also subtly padded to make himself look broader and more muscular than he does in reality.
* HiddenDepths: For all his faults and her dislike of him, Zoe has no trouble admitting that he is a great father to their daughter.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Perceived Xavier to be the most immediate threat to his chances with Zoe during the reunion despite her obvious chemistry with Aniq and later confession that Xavier isn't her type at all. This only serves to further show little he actually knows about her, as he assumes that she would go for Xavier simply because he is wealthy and attractive rather than taking into account any of her actual wants and needs of a partner.
* {{Jerkass}}: Brett is an abrasive, insensitive asshole who ruined his marriage by having an affair, refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, and frequently employs gaslighting to get what he wants.
* ManipulativeBastard: Most of his positive interactions with Zoe come about as a result of him lying to her, and his primary tactic to win her back during the reunion is to emotionally manipulate her by replacing the high school slideshow with pictures of their family.
* {{Jerkass}}: Brett is an abrasive, insensitive asshole who ruined his marriage by having an affair, refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, and frequently employs gaslighting to get what he wants.
* ManipulativeBastard: Most of his positive interactions with Zoe come about as a result of him lying to her, and his primary tactic to win her back during the reunion is to emotionally manipulate her by replacing the high school slideshow with pictures of their family.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Picked on Xavier during high school and remains antagonistic toward him during the reunion.
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* DysfunctionJunction: They're a bunch of maladjusted adults whose interpersonal relationships could be best described as twisted web of unrequited love and bitter grudges.
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* IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim: While every character featured in the high school flashback has shades of this, Xavier in particular is shown to have embodied all of the cringiest fashion choices of the mid-2000s in his unending quest to be seen as cool by his peers.
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* IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim: IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: While every character featured in the high school flashback has shades of this, Xavier in particular is shown to have embodied all of the cringiest fashion choices of the mid-2000s in his unending quest to be seen as cool by his peers.
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* AudienceSurrogate: The "mind movies" that the viewer watches are her perception of each witnesses testimony, and she will occasionally chime in with comments or criticisms about the person's story that closely line up with what the audience is thinking.
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* AudienceSurrogate: The "mind movies" that the viewer watches are her perception of each witnesses witness' testimony, and she will occasionally chime in with comments or criticisms about the person's story that closely line up with what the audience is thinking.
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* AudienceSurrogate: The "mind movies" that the viewer watches are her perception of each witnesses testimony, and she will occasionally chime in with comments or criticisms about the person's story that closely line up with what the audience is thinking.
* {{Foil}}: To Aniq. Both are attempting to solve the same mystery despite neither being legally permitted to, but Danner is a BunnyEarsLawyer who forgoes conventional investigation in favor of analyzing social dynamics between the suspects while Aniq is an AmateurSleuth trying to put his escape room puzzle-solving skills to use by seeking out esoteric clues around the crime scene. They are also the only black characters in the main cast, which Danner acknowledges early on and which seems to at least partially motivate her desire to give him the benefit of the doubt.
* GenreSavvy: She's a movie lover who filters witness testimonies through genre lenses, and will often directly address when their story strays away from the expected tropes.
* GreatDetective: While she's affiliated with the police, Danner otherwise fits this trope like a glove; being highly eccentric and in possession of a unique talent for deduction that allows her to solve mysteries that others can't.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's pushy and impulsive, but shows genuine sympathy for both Aniq and Chelsea's situations outside of the case and a willingness to give the former the benefit of the doubt even as he becomes an increasingly more likely suspect.
* PassThePopcorn: Keeps popcorn on hand whenever hearing a witness' testimony as part of her "mind movies" approach to investigating.
* SassyBlackWoman: Doesn't carry herself with any of the professionalism you'd expect from a police detective and offers frequent color commentary when listening to witness testimonies.
* ShipperOnDeck: Openly supports Aniq and Zoe getting together while listening to the former's testimony.
* SupportingProtagonist: While she is the detective attempting to solve the case, she's generally a secondary presence due to not being involved in the witness testimonies that make up most of the series' runtime.
* GenreSavvy: She's a movie lover who filters witness testimonies through genre lenses, and will often directly address when their story strays away from the expected tropes.
* GreatDetective: While she's affiliated with the police, Danner otherwise fits this trope like a glove; being highly eccentric and in possession of a unique talent for deduction that allows her to solve mysteries that others can't.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's pushy and impulsive, but shows genuine sympathy for both Aniq and Chelsea's situations outside of the case and a willingness to give the former the benefit of the doubt even as he becomes an increasingly more likely suspect.
* PassThePopcorn: Keeps popcorn on hand whenever hearing a witness' testimony as part of her "mind movies" approach to investigating.
* SassyBlackWoman: Doesn't carry herself with any of the professionalism you'd expect from a police detective and offers frequent color commentary when listening to witness testimonies.
* ShipperOnDeck: Openly supports Aniq and Zoe getting together while listening to the former's testimony.
* SupportingProtagonist: While she is the detective attempting to solve the case, she's generally a secondary presence due to not being involved in the witness testimonies that make up most of the series' runtime.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Played by the openly gay John Early and generally comes across as rather campy. While he mentions having an ex, he does not use any pronouns while discussing them.
* {{Fanboy}}: Downplayed. While he claims that most of his knowledge of Xavier is due to an ex of his having been a fan, he is nonetheless able to instantly identify props and the tour they were used on while investigating his guest house and has to take a moment to compose himself after seeing that Xavier is indeed the victim.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Danner intentionally avoids telling him that they aren't permitted to lead the investigation into Xavier's death in order to maintain her own credibility.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Danner intentionally avoids telling him that they aren't permitted to lead the investigation into Xavier's death in order to maintain her own credibility.
* NoRespectGuy: While he and Danner are technically partners, everyone seems to think of him as her sidekick and he can't do much to assert himself as anything more beyond insisting that they're equals. He isn't even able to properly introduce himself when the investigation starts!
* SatelliteCharacter: Almost all of his interactions are with Danner and he doesn't carry much weight in the story beyond being her partner and de facto assistant.
* TheWatson: His primary function in the story is to be a neutral party that Danner can explain her current thoughts on the case to.
* SatelliteCharacter: Almost all of his interactions are with Danner and he doesn't carry much weight in the story beyond being her partner and de facto assistant.
* TheWatson: His primary function in the story is to be a neutral party that Danner can explain her current thoughts on the case to.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: While he's an annoying showboater from the outset, the only character he is shown being openly antagonistic towards early on is [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Brett]] and he is otherwise mostly amicable to the other party guests. [[spoiler: The flashback to the St. Patrick's Day party reveals him to be much pettier and more vindictive than he was previously suggested to be.]]
* DirtyCoward: After ruining Chelsea's reputation for his own benefit, his first instinct when reuniting with her is to avoid her at all costs.
* DirtyCoward: After ruining Chelsea's reputation for his own benefit, his first instinct when reuniting with her is to avoid her at all costs.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: His interactions with Aniq during the latter's testimony portray him as being dismissively polite and suggest that Aniq's hostility toward him is entirely one-sided. [[spoiler: The flashback to their high school St. Patrick's Day party reveals that Xavier blamed Aniq for making Yasper break up their band, mocked him for missing his chance with Zoe, and then chose to press charges against him when he attacked his car in a blind rage. All of this gives Aniq's paranoia about him a lot more credibility.]]
* IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim: While every character featured in the high school flashback has shades of this, Xavier in particular is shown to have embodied all of the cringiest fashion choices of the mid-2000s in his unending quest to be seen as cool by his peers.
* MrFanservice: His attire during the reunion is an open jacket with nothing underneath, meaning that he spends most of his screentime with his chest exposed.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An amalgam of various oversexed male pop icons such as Music/JustinTimberlake and Music/JustinBieber.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: By the series proper, he's taken to calling himself "X" over Xavier.
* MrFanservice: His attire during the reunion is an open jacket with nothing underneath, meaning that he spends most of his screentime with his chest exposed.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An amalgam of various oversexed male pop icons such as Music/JustinTimberlake and Music/JustinBieber.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: By the series proper, he's taken to calling himself "X" over Xavier.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Despite claiming to be a feminist, Xavier's songs are filled with misogynistic lyrics and he is consistently shown to view women as sexual conquests to rub in the faces of other men rather than actual people. He is also an AssholeVictim whose behavior caused most of his high school acquaintances to carry some form of grudge against him.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler: Xavier narrowly escapes getting arrested for his fight with Aniq by mentioning that his dad owns a chain of popular coffeehouses.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler: Xavier narrowly escapes getting arrested for his fight with Aniq by mentioning that his dad owns a chain of popular coffeehouses.]]]] He is also suggested to have only managed to land on the Stanford waitlist due to his dad being an alumni.
* ThatManIsDead: Gets visibly upset whenever someone refers to him as Eugene instead of Xavier, and the only characters that do so clearly do it to mock him.
* AdultChild: All of them are to varying degrees shown to be emotionally stunted and completely hung up on their high school experiences.
* DysfunctionJunction: They're a bunch of maladjusted adults whose interpersonal relationships could be best described as twisted web of unrequited love and bitter grudges.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: They're former high school classmates brought together for their fifteen year reunion.
* DysfunctionJunction: They're a bunch of maladjusted adults whose interpersonal relationships could be best described as twisted web of unrequited love and bitter grudges.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: They're former high school classmates brought together for their fifteen year reunion.
* BlackAndNerdy: He's black and an EndearinglyDorky puzzle-lover who was also bright enough to get a full ride to Stanford during high school.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: Got drunk at both the St. Patrick's Day party and the reunion and is noted to be a lightweight by the other characters.
* EndearinglyDorky:Openly He's awkward and nerdy, but in a charming and likable way that enabled him to have strong romantic chemistry with Zoe. He's even openly called {{Adorkable}} by the detectives.detectives.
* FaceDoodling: Had his body graffitied over by the other afterparty attendees after he passed out
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** To Danner. Both are attempting to solve the same mystery despite neither being legally permitted to, but Danner is a BunnyEarsLawyer who forgoes conventional investigation in favor of analyzing social dynamics between the suspects while Aniq is an AmateurSleuth trying to put his escape room puzzle-solving skills to use by seeking out esoteric clues around the crime scene. They are also the only black characters in the main cast, which Danner acknowledges early on and which seems to at least partially motivate her desire to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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* FaceDoodling: Had his body graffitied over by the other afterparty attendees after he passed out
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** To Danner. Both are attempting to solve the same mystery despite neither being legally permitted to, but Danner is a BunnyEarsLawyer who forgoes conventional investigation in favor of analyzing social dynamics between the suspects while Aniq is an AmateurSleuth trying to put his escape room puzzle-solving skills to use by seeking out esoteric clues around the crime scene. They are also the only black characters in the main cast, which Danner acknowledges early on and which seems to at least partially motivate her desire to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Danner, who solves mysteries professionally, is hopelessly bad at figuring out escape rooms. She actually makes a reasonable excuse for this by claiming that her strengths as a problem solver lie in her ability to study social dynamics, which we see to genuinely be the case through her investigation methods.
* ButtMonkey: Gets bossed around constantly by his partner and doesn't appear to be taken seriously by anyone.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Detective Culp accidentally deletes the footage from the hidden security camera in Xavier's bedroom which would have shown exactly how he was killed.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Detective Culp accidentally deletes the footage from the hidden security camera in Xavier's bedroom which would have shown exactly how he was killed.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: ''And'' EmbarrassingLastName! Xavier's real name was Eugene Xavier Duckworth, Jr.; he started going by his middle name Xavier when he rebranded himself as a cool guy.
* HiddenDepths: Xavier comes across as a shallow pop star who came to the reunion to lord his success over his classmates, but his uncomfortable interactions with [[spoiler: Chelsea]] indicate that [[spoiler: he feels guilty over his part in her humiliation]]. He also claims to be a feminist, and the news report on his death describes him as a humanitarian in addition to being a singer and actor.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: For all his cockiness and swagger, it's implied that he still has baggage about being an outcast in high school. The lyrics to his song "Just Like U" reveal that he's secretly depressed and estranged from his father.
-->You know how it feels\\
When you're drippin' in diamonds\\
You're smilin', but dyin' inside\\
You know how it feels\\
When you drive a Bugatti\\
You crash it for fun 'cause you're high
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Xavier is a total AssholeVictim who's always promoting himself and his ego in the different witness accounts. Around Chelsea, however, his smugness plummets and he's shown to be incredibly uncomfortable during the entire conversation.
* PosthumousCharacter: Xavier's death kicks off the plot, but, as the victim, he's a major presence in every testimony.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: For all his cockiness and swagger, it's implied that he still has baggage about being an outcast in high school. The lyrics to his song "Just Like U" reveal that he's secretly depressed and estranged from his father.
-->You know how it feels\\
When you're drippin' in diamonds\\
You're smilin', but dyin' inside\\
You know how it feels\\
When you drive a Bugatti\\
You crash it for fun 'cause you're high
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Xavier is a total AssholeVictim who's always promoting himself and his ego in the different witness accounts. Around Chelsea, however, his smugness plummets and he's shown to be incredibly uncomfortable during the entire conversation.
* PosthumousCharacter: Xavier's death kicks off the plot, but, as the victim, he's a major presence in every testimony.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler: Xavier narrowly escapes getting arrested for his fight with Aniq by mentioning that his dad owns a chain of popular coffeehouses.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: All of them omit, alter, or misremember details based on their own perception of events.
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* AlliterativeName: A poster in Episode 1 reveals that his full name is '''A'''niq '''A'''djaye.
* AmateurSleuth: Aniq designs escape room puzzles professionally, and tries to put his know-how to use to solve the murder case independently of the detectives.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Aniq is very nice, but Danner recognizes that it is possible to push a guy like Aniq to violence, [[spoiler: as Walt’s flashback proves]], meaning he’s just as suspicious as anyone, and his account and history of animosity with Xavier makes him the prime suspect.
* AmateurSleuth: Aniq designs escape room puzzles professionally, and tries to put his know-how to use to solve the murder case independently of the detectives.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Aniq is very nice, but Danner recognizes that it is possible to push a guy like Aniq to violence, [[spoiler: as Walt’s flashback proves]], meaning he’s just as suspicious as anyone, and his account and history of animosity with Xavier makes him the prime suspect.
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* EndearinglyDorky: Openly called Adorkable by the detectives.
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. While its initially implied that Xavier barely notices Aniq, [[spoiler: their history runs much deeper.]]
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. While its initially implied that Xavier barely notices Aniq, [[spoiler: their history runs much deeper.]]
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* EndearinglyDorky: Openly called Adorkable {{Adorkable}} by the detectives.
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. Whileits it's initially implied that Xavier barely notices Aniq, [[spoiler: their history runs much deeper.]]
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. While
* FootDraggingDivorcee: Refuses to accept that his marriage is over.
* FutureLoser: The former BigManOnCampus has become a FootDraggingDivorcee trying and failing to win back his ex-wife after cheating on her.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: He and Zoe started dating in high school and ended up getting married. However, they are effectively divorced by the time the series starts.
* NeverMyFault: Brett frequently finds ways to avoid taking the blame for the problems around him, including [[spoiler: blaming Chelsea for "seducing him" into having an affair]].
* FutureLoser: The former BigManOnCampus has become a FootDraggingDivorcee trying and failing to win back his ex-wife after cheating on her.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: He and Zoe started dating in high school and ended up getting married. However, they are effectively divorced by the time the series starts.
* NeverMyFault: Brett frequently finds ways to avoid taking the blame for the problems around him, including [[spoiler: blaming Chelsea for "seducing him" into having an affair]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: For all his obnoxious behavior and obsession with success, Yasper is shown to be a very competent AV guy who easily installs new tech into Xavier's place and utilizes it to help Aniq clear his name.
* HiddenDepths: Despite coming off as a self-absorbed dork chasing dreams of stardom, Yasper genuinely cares about Aniq's romantic pursuit of Zoe. Chelsea's testimony also reveals that his concern over Chelsea's health was genuine and recognized, as he proves to be one of the few people who comes off as a sincere friend.
* HiddenDepths: Despite coming off as a self-absorbed dork chasing dreams of stardom, Yasper genuinely cares about Aniq's romantic pursuit of Zoe. Chelsea's testimony also reveals that his concern over Chelsea's health was genuine and recognized, as he proves to be one of the few people who comes off as a sincere friend.
* FutureLoser: Formerly the class president and one of the most popular girls in high school, Chelsea is now a drunken trainwreck.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: She was friends with Zoe and the two Jennifers in high school. The Jennifers turned on her after the infamous St. Patrick’s Day party, while Zoe stuck by Chelsea back then but is now hostile to her due to [[spoiler: Chelsea having an affair with Zoe's husband Brett]].
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* AlliterativeName: A poster in Episode 1 reveals that her full name is '''Z'''oe '''Z'''hu.
* DudeMagnet: Zoe has Aniq, Xavier and Brett all vying for her attention throughout the reunion, though in Xavier's case it is at least partly motivated by a desire to get back at Brett for bullying him during high school.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: She and Brett started dating in high school and ended up getting married. However, they are effectively divorced by the time the series starts.
* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed. People's testimonies generally portray Zoe as grounded and reasonable compared to her classmates. However, off-hand comments imply that she's struggling far more than the characters picked up on and [[spoiler: her conversations with Chelsea are much more terse and uncomfortable than the others]].
* DudeMagnet: Zoe has Aniq, Xavier and Brett all vying for her attention throughout the reunion, though in Xavier's case it is at least partly motivated by a desire to get back at Brett for bullying him during high school.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: She and Brett started dating in high school and ended up getting married. However, they are effectively divorced by the time the series starts.
* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed. People's testimonies generally portray Zoe as grounded and reasonable compared to her classmates. However, off-hand comments imply that she's struggling far more than the characters picked up on and [[spoiler: her conversations with Chelsea are much more terse and uncomfortable than the others]].
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* NoSocialSkills: Walt is visibly uncomfortable even when he's just standing idly, initiates conversations brusquely, and [[spoiler: believes an appropriate way to return a lost item to someone is by chasing after them from a distance while shouting cryptically at them]]. In the latter case, he even states that he kept his distance because he was conscious of accidentally being perceived as a creep.
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* HiddenDepths: For all his seemingly idiotic behavior, its shown he truly loved [[spoiler: Chelsea]] in high school and that their break-up and subsequent issues took an emotional toll on him.
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* HiddenDepths: For all his seemingly idiotic behavior, its it's shown he truly loved [[spoiler: Chelsea]] in high school and that their break-up and subsequent issues took an emotional toll on him.
* TheDividual: Along with sharing a first name, both are also pregnant at the same time.
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** At one point she actually asks to talk to Danner's manager
** She constantly accuses Aniq of the murder despite having no evidence, and when accused of the crime herself she states that she couldn't do it because she is "with child"
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* BumblingSidekick: To Danner. He mostly trails behind her to reinforce her authority and accidentally destroys evidence that would have exonerated Aniq.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He was regarded as such a loser in high school that even Yasper and Aniq, who were pretty low on the food chain themselves, talked badly about him behind his back.
* GloryDays: Inverted. He was unpopular and bullied in high school, while as an adult he's a world-famous, ultra-successful celebrity.
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* SelfMadeMan: Subverted. The media surrounding Xavier portrays him as a rising superstar who appeared on the music scene as a naturally discovered talent. "High School" reveals his father owns a chain of coffee shops, giving him a ''huge'' financial advantage over anyone else attempting to break into music.
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* SelfMadeMan: Subverted. The media surrounding Xavier portrays him as a rising superstar who appeared on the music scene as a naturally discovered talent. "High School" reveals his father is a Stanford alum who owns a successful chain of coffee shops, giving him a ''huge'' financial advantage over anyone else attempting to break into music.
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: InUniverse, most of the other characters' "movies" reduce her to her role as Aniq's and Brett's love interest.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Each of them sees themself as the "star of their own movie," resulting in completely warped and differing recollections of the night.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Each of them sees themself as the "star of their own movie," resulting in completely warped and differing recollections of the night. The exception is Walt, who is so forgettable that even his own episode just features him as a background character observing the others.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Each of them sees themself as the "star of their own movie," resulting in completely warped and differing recollections of the night.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Each of them sees themself as the "star of their own movie," resulting in completely warped and differing recollections of the night.
** Yasper, Aniq, and Chelsea all forget that he rode to the afterparty with them.
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* BiTheWay: Reveals off-hand to be have recently broken up with a girlfriend, which lead her towards her affair with [[spoiler: Brett]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: She's a quirky, unusual woman who pictures entire testimonies as lengthy movies and openly admits she's not particularly a "clue person." She's also an ''excellent'' judge of social dynamics and uses that to decipher the different secrets and issues among the suspects.
* CowboyCop: Instantly takes charge of a case she's not supposed to lead and plans to solve it in a single night before higher profile cop can take control the next day.
* CowboyCop: Instantly takes charge of a case she's not supposed to lead and plans to solve it in a single night before higher profile cop can take control the next day.
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* AssholeVictim: Obnoxious, egotistic, selfish. [[spoiler: Threw a temper tantrum when Yasper split the band, ruined Chelsea's reputation by claiming he slept with her, destroyed Aniq's chance to go to Stanford, and more.]] Every episode exposes more layers to his sheer dickery and why someone would want to kill him.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Played with. Flashbacks to 2006 show him as an awkward nerd desperate to impress his peers, regarded as a loser by everyone and initially seems to indicate he became a jerk once he became famous. As his frustrations and ego builds up, he sabotages and humiliates his peers in order to boost his own prestige. After [[spoiler: getting Aniq arrested and ruining his chance to go to Stanford]], he proves that he was already a bully that would only become worse upon attaining fame.
* SelfMadeMan: Subverted. The media surrounding Xavier portrays him as a rising superstar who appeared on the music scene as a naturally discovered talent. "High School" reveals his father owns a chain of coffee shops, giving him a ''huge'' financial advantage over anyone else attempting to break into music.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Played with. Flashbacks to 2006 show him as an awkward nerd desperate to impress his peers, regarded as a loser by everyone and initially seems to indicate he became a jerk once he became famous. As his frustrations and ego builds up, he sabotages and humiliates his peers in order to boost his own prestige. After [[spoiler: getting Aniq arrested and ruining his chance to go to Stanford]], he proves that he was already a bully that would only become worse upon attaining fame.
* SelfMadeMan: Subverted. The media surrounding Xavier portrays him as a rising superstar who appeared on the music scene as a naturally discovered talent. "High School" reveals his father owns a chain of coffee shops, giving him a ''huge'' financial advantage over anyone else attempting to break into music.
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* ButtMonkey: Aniq's night at the reunion [[spoiler: and the Saint Patrick's Day Party]] was less than ideal. His attempts at reconnecting with Zoe were foiled, he gets absurdly drunk on alcohol and [[spoiler: cat tranquilizers]], he's pantsed twice, and few of his peers seem to respect him. [[FromBadToWorse And then he's pointed at as a prominent suspect for murder.]]
* EndearinglyDorky: Openly called Adorkable by the detectives.
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. While its initially implied that Xavier barely notices Aniq, [[spoiler: their history runs much deeper.]]
* EndearinglyDorky: Openly called Adorkable by the detectives.
* UnknownRival: He portrays Brett as a violent competitor for Zoe's affection. Brett himself barely seems cognizant that Aniq exists. While its initially implied that Xavier barely notices Aniq, [[spoiler: their history runs much deeper.]]
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* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex Husband]]: Portrayed as such in Aniq's story. Even in reality, he was stalking and emotionally manipulating his ex for much of the reunion.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Brett thinks himself as a Vin Diesel-esque action star on a valiant mission to repair his family. Everyone else just thinks he's annoying, and no one is impressed by his antics.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Brett thinks himself as a Vin Diesel-esque action star on a valiant mission to repair his family. Everyone else just thinks he's annoying, and no one is impressed by his antics.
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* HourglassPlot: Throughout his focus episode, Yasper is desperate to revive the ska band with Xavier in order to achieve fame. Xavier is clearly uninterested, merely playing along for the sake of a good time. [[spoiler: "High School" reveals that it was Yasper who broke up the band while Xavier desperately tried to cling on, having switched roles by the present.]]
* NiceGuy: While obnoxious and self-absorbed, Yasper is a sincere friend to Aniq, working hard to help clear his name. Additionally, he expresses genuine concern about Chelsea's well-being even when her reputation was in the dirt. His inspirational speech that motivated Chelsea towards making better decisions is revealed to be ''real'' in Chelsea's version of events.
* RomanticWingman: Presented as such in Aniq's version of the event and, surprisingly, largely consistent with his actions in his own testimony.
* NiceGuy: While obnoxious and self-absorbed, Yasper is a sincere friend to Aniq, working hard to help clear his name. Additionally, he expresses genuine concern about Chelsea's well-being even when her reputation was in the dirt. His inspirational speech that motivated Chelsea towards making better decisions is revealed to be ''real'' in Chelsea's version of events.
* RomanticWingman: Presented as such in Aniq's version of the event and, surprisingly, largely consistent with his actions in his own testimony.
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* BiTheWay: Reveals off-hand to be have recently broken up with a girlfriend, which lead her towards her affair with [[spoiler: Brett]].
* BrokenBird: After the infamous Saint Patrick's Day party, Chelsea's life took a complete downward spiral. [[spoiler: Betrayed by her friends, slut-shamed,]] called "crazy" by everyone ''including her own mother'', tied with various self-destructive behaviors and addictions... even her own flashback is full of self-loathing, compared to the relatively rose-tinted, ItsAllAboutMe goggles of her peers.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Bitter, paranoid, and an emotional mess, Chelsea slowly reveals herself to possess a strong moral fiber who speaks in defense of Aniq and [[spoiler: genuinely apologizes to Zoe.]]
* BrokenBird: After the infamous Saint Patrick's Day party, Chelsea's life took a complete downward spiral. [[spoiler: Betrayed by her friends, slut-shamed,]] called "crazy" by everyone ''including her own mother'', tied with various self-destructive behaviors and addictions... even her own flashback is full of self-loathing, compared to the relatively rose-tinted, ItsAllAboutMe goggles of her peers.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Bitter, paranoid, and an emotional mess, Chelsea slowly reveals herself to possess a strong moral fiber who speaks in defense of Aniq and [[spoiler: genuinely apologizes to Zoe.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Socially awkward, unable to retain anyone's focus for a second, and constantly insulted.
* ForgettableCharacter: None of Walt's high school classmates remember him, and even fewer have any interest in reconnecting. To whit:
** He frequently vanishes or reappears in different flashbacks, depending on if people can remember him.
** The Saint Patrick's Day Party that many characters obsess over was at ''his house'', which no one recalls.
** ''His own focus episode'' is labelled High School rather than his name like the other suspects.
* ForgettableCharacter: None of Walt's high school classmates remember him, and even fewer have any interest in reconnecting. To whit:
** He frequently vanishes or reappears in different flashbacks, depending on if people can remember him.
** The Saint Patrick's Day Party that many characters obsess over was at ''his house'', which no one recalls.
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* AsianAirhead: A stereotypical dude bro who comes across as being short on brains but big on enthusiasm.
* FutureLoser: He was the most popular guy in school among his classmates. Now, he's a HenpeckedHusband living a normal life.
* HenpeckedHusband: Jennifer 1 has him firmly under her heel and he's always deferential to her.
* HiddenDepths: For all his seemingly idiotic behavior, its shown he truly loved [[spoiler: Chelsea]] in high school and that their break-up and subsequent issues took an emotional toll on him.
* FutureLoser: He was the most popular guy in school among his classmates. Now, he's a HenpeckedHusband living a normal life.
* HenpeckedHusband: Jennifer 1 has him firmly under her heel and he's always deferential to her.
* HiddenDepths: For all his seemingly idiotic behavior, its shown he truly loved [[spoiler: Chelsea]] in high school and that their break-up and subsequent issues took an emotional toll on him.
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The former class president turned drunken mess attending the reunion to fulfill her own mysterious agenda. Her flashback is presented as a PsychologicalThriller.
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A detective investigating the death of pop sensation Xavier.
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Danner’s partner, helping her investigate the death of pop sensation Xavier.
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A world famous pop sensation attending his high school reunion and throwing its after party when he is murdered.
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!!The Police
[[folder:Detective Danner]]
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[[folder:Detective Culp]]
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!!The Victim
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!!The Suspects
[[folder:Aniq]]
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[[folder:Brett]]
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[[folder:Yasper]]
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[[folder:Chelsea]]
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[[folder:Zoe]]
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[[folder:Indigo]]
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[[folder:Walt]]
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[[folder: Ned]]
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[[folder:The Jennifers]]
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!!The Police
[[folder:Detective Danner]]
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[[folder:Detective Culp]]
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!!The Victim
[[folder:Xavier]]
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!!The Suspects
[[folder:Aniq]]
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[[folder:Brett]]
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[[folder:Yasper]]
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[[folder:Chelsea]]
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[[folder:Zoe]]
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[[folder:Indigo]]
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[[folder:Walt]]
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[[folder: Ned]]
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[[folder:The Jennifers]]
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