A group of four girls primarily identified as the Sadie Hawkins dates or quartet, since they were Lincoln's date for the mentioned dance.
They're comprised of Polly Pain, Tabby Swagger, Haiku, and Giggles, and possess a supporting role through the story.
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In General
- Action Girl: They all jump into action whenever they're needed, like during the hydra attack in the Proto-Lana arc.
- Ambiguous Situation: There are hints that they have some kind of relation to Lincolnism, and do mention having met Cristina before, but that's about it.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: On the receiving end of one of these courtesy of Proto-Luan. Tabby and Polly manage to break out before their minds are broken, while Haiku and Giggles don't, and end up becoming another problem.
- Dwindling Party: By the end of the Proto-Lucy Arc, both Haiku and Giggles kick the bucket, cutting the team's member count by half.
- The Four Loves: Proto-Luan identifies them as these, implying this was their job at Lincolnism. From her deduction, Polly is Agape, Tabby is Storge, Haiku is Eros, and Giggles is Philia.
- Pals with Jesus: They're friends with four of the Loud Sisters, who in this story are the divine matriarchs of the world.
- Strong and Skilled: Unlike the Neo-Sisters, whose lack of finesse in how they use their powers make them Unskilled, but Strong, the Sadie Hawkins' dates have actually had time to train their caste's abilities, gaining a sharper sense of how to apply their powers.
- Those Two Guys: Two examples:
- Polly and Tabby are almost never seen without the other: They form a band together in the poetry club, Polly accompanies Tabby when she and Sam go to the beach, they join forces to fight against the corrupted Giggles and Haiku, etc.
- While their interactions are a bit more minimal, Haiku and Giggles are also commonly seen hanging around each other: Giggles comforts Haiku when she gets stressed from running the poetry club, they both spend more time talking to each other in the beach, and they both end up corrupted together.
Polly Pain
A friend of Lynn who plays the drum in her and Tabby's band.
- All Drummers Are Animals: Downplayed. She plays the drums in her and Tabby's band, but there's no indication that she's particularly wild while playing them.
- Armor Piercing Answer: When Lynn asks her why she cares about Lincoln being injured when she's not even in her softball team, Polly makes it clear it's because Lynn's like that regardless of the sport. Lynn doesn't get the message.
- Burning Rubber: Lefts these while running to the poetry club with Lincoln and Clyde in tow.
- Mundane Utility: She uses her caste's Super-Speed in order to not only take Clyde and Lincoln to the poetry club in a pinch, but also to arrive at the poetry club for her performance with Tabby.
- Playing with Fire: She's part of Lynn's caste, so this goes without saying.
- Super-Speed: Again, another natural ability of the Lynn caste.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Snaps at Lynn after one of her homeruns hits Lincoln in the face, and she focuses more on the ball than on her brother.
- We Used to Be Friends: Ends her friendship with Lynn when her win-at-all-costs attitude finally gets on her nerves. Carol tries to talk to her into undoing the ending of the relationship, but Polly doesn't budge.
Tabby Swagger
A friend of Luna who plays the saxophone in her and Polly's band on the poetry club. She's the younger sister of both Sam and Maggie, and the youngest daughter of Mick Swagger to date.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Almost heads head-first into the battle with the hydra before thinking of a plan, before being stopped by Polly.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: Part of the Luna caste, who have this as a natural ability. However, she tops herself by combining this with a megaphone, disorienting the hydra. This also happens to be the loudest non-Luna use of this trope so far.
- Mellow Fellow: If she's not being pestered by Sam or being annoyed by the current problem of the week, she can be a rather calm and easygoing girl.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: When she gets too angry or shocked, she has a tendency of sprinkling British words and lingo in her speech, though this habit is strangely absent in the Proto-Lucy arc. She also can slip in some lingo even when she's not being bothered by anything.
- Related in the Adaptation: She's related to Sam (even if she'd rather not be) and Maggie through their common father, Mick Swagger.
- Three... Two... One...: She begins at five, but otherwise plays this trope straight, counting down until Polly eventually arrives at the poetry club.
Haiku
Lucy's friend, the apparent manager of the poetry club, and a general Lucy fan altogether. She's also the murderer of Calliope, Clyde and Penelope's interdimensional daughter.
- Two Plus Five Equals Torture: Compared to Giggles, the torture she got from Proto-Luan seemingly cracked her completely. While Giggles could still talk and in general just seemed to be really angry at Luan, Haiku's guilt shatters her mind and leaves a cackling maniac for the remainder of the Proto-Lucy Arc.
- The Corruption: She, along with Giggles, winds up being corrupted thanks to Proto-Luan's torture.
- Improbable Age: She's a little bit older than Lucy, but seems to be the only manager of the poetry club.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: By Stella through a Boom, Headshot!.
- Monster Nurse: Her familiar.
- Nervous Wreck: Given how she seems to be the only person running the poetry club, and the kind of people she has to work with and hang out most of the time, it's a bit of a given she can get kinda stressed over it.
- No-One Could Have Survived That: After being corrupted, she and her familiar are pinned to the ground by Lindsey's yo-yo, and subsequently thrown a giant Combiner Energy Attack from Maggie. While her familiar is completely destroyed, Haiku herself survives and becomes a pain in the bum for everyone until Stella finishes her off.
Giggles
Luan's friend, and generally The Conscience to her.
- The Corruption: Same deal as Haiku, only instead of being corrupted through her guilt, she's corrupted through her anger.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Only she's not the one talking: instead, she's listening to Luan explain herself when demanding an answer for why she injured Maggie so badly, which Stella takes an advantage off to decapitate her.
- Monster Clown: After being Corrupted.
- Non-Ironic Clown: Giggles is a girl who dresses as a clown more or less 24/7, and is also among the nicer members of the quartet. Sadly, she turns into a Monster Clown once corrupted.
- Off with His Head!: How she dies.
