History Characters / TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler: While it turns out that James is not a sociopath,]] his monotonous speech patterns and difficulty connecting with people indicate that he's at least a little off. [[spoiler: Much of it has to do with his trauma from seeing his mother kill herself.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Has trouble connecting with people, walks and talks slowly, is easily manipulated by others, and doesn't see a problem in killing people.

* AbusiveParents: Her mother. She decapitated Bonnies stuffed animal and made her eat lipstick. Both to make up for her [[Hypocrite own failings]].

* KarmaHoudini: No one, not even Alyssa, knows that [[spoiler: James wants to kill her for thrill at the beginning of the show. Not even his dad is angry at him for punching him and stealing his car.]]

-->Played by: Jessica Barden

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from an abrasive grade A jerk ass in Season 1 to a more thoughtful person in Season 2. She cares about the feelings of others more, and [[spoiler: having to divorce her newly-wed husband because James still loves her all this time]] weight heavily on her conscience.

* TookALevelInDumbass: [[spoiler: Downplayed. Presumably due to the grief over losing of his father and having to break up with Alyssa, James is not in the brightest state of mind during Season 2. He is far more prone to making mistakes and needs Alyssa's help a lot more.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Both this and kindness at the same time in Season 2. Back in Season 1, James tends to be more reluctant about doing dickish things and Alyssa has to coax him into it on multiple occasions. Season 2 reverses the role with James being the dickish one while Alyssa becomes the voice of reason. James is the one to suggest they skip out on paying a restaurant and suggest that they ignore a seemingly lost hiker. He is also the one who callously abandons Bonnie in spite of Alyssa's protest.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from an abrasive grade A jerkass in Season 1 to a more thoughtful person in Season 2. She cares about the feelings of others more, and [[spoiler: having to divorce her newly-wed husband because James still loves her all this time]] weight heavily on her conscience.

* FilleFatale: She's obsessed with losing her virginity despite James's almost total lack of interest in her, but it gets played with when she is the victim of a brutal AttemptedRape, James ends up killing her rapist, and at the end, James wants to lose his virginity with her while Alyssa can't.

* {{Tsundere}}: Alyssa starts off as a big-time Type A, being generaly rude and belligerent to everyone, including James, except for a few moments where she shows some vulnerability, but only to James.

* KnifeNut: He carries his knife everywhere and plans to kill Alyssas with it. [[spoiler:He ends up killing a serial killer professor instead.]]
** When preparing to confront [[spoiler:Bonnie, James]] preps himself up by holding two big knives. He then notices an even bigger meat cleaver and tries to switch one of his knives for it.

* LeftHandClue: Permanently scarred his left hand, dipping it in his dad's deep fryer, apparently just to "feel something".

** [[spoiler: When preparing to confront Bonnie, James preps himself up by holding two big knives. He then notices an even bigger meat cleaver and tries to switch one of his knives for it.]]

-->Played by: Alex Lawther

* {{Adorkable}}: James is awkward, doesn't know how to talk to people or show emotions, has weird hobbies and talents, and is somehow a little cute.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alyssa is extremely rude to everyone, abrasive, snappy, and hard-shelled, but she is also deeply troubled and shows herself to be extremely loyal.

* TookALevelInKindness: Towards everyone except [[spoiler: James]] in Season 2. Her abrasive tendency is almost entirely gone and the only person who still brings it out is [[spoiler: James]].

** [[spoiler: When preparing to confront Bonnie, James is seen holding two big knives. He then notices an even bigger meat cleaver and tries to switch one of his knives for it.]]

* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: Subverted. He wants to be one, but it turns out that he doesn't have the stomach or the mindset for it.]]

* TookALevelInDumbass: [[spoiler: Downplayed. Presumably due to the death of his father and having to break up with Alyssa, James is not in the brightest state of mind during Season 2. He is far more prone to making mistakes and needs Alyssa's help a lot more often.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: In Season 2.]]

* KnifeNut: He carries his knife everywhere and plans to kill Alyssas with it. [[spoiler:He ends up killing a serial killer author instead.]]

* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: Subverted. He wants to be one, but it turns out that he doesn't have the stomach for it.]]
* TheStoic: Despite that [[spoiler:he's not ''actually'' a sociopath]], James is still very rarely demonstrative or even overly expressive.

* TookALevelInKindness: In Season 2.

* CripplingCastration: Downplayed. [[spoiler: His member is still intact after getting shot near it, but apparently he hasn't been able to get it up between Season 1 and 2. PlayedForDrama briefly when James cries over the fear of not being able to make love with Alyssa again.]]

* InLoveWithTheMark: Initially, James wanted to kill a human being and choose Alyssa as his first target. However, he end up falling in love with her on the course of the first season.
* KnifeNut: He carries his knife everywhere and plans to kill Alyssas with it. [[spoiler:He ends up killing a serial killer author instead.]]

* KnifeNut
* MissingMom

* TheStoic

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LadySwearsAlot

* WhatIsThisFeeling

* TheSociopath: Subverted.

* AbusiveParents