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Dr. Germahn
Dr. Germahn
A stereotypical Mad Scientist, and proprietor of Germahn Laboratories, complete with accent.
- Author Appeal: In-universe reason for what Germahn Labs produces. Also out-of-universe, probably.
- The Bus Came Back: Eventually returns... in the main storyline, talking to Arthur.
- Character Alignment: Self-explained Chaotic Good. While he causes chaos, he makes sure nobody is hurt.
- Demoted to Extra: Has been largely absent in later Q&As.
- Dirty Old Man: Has many things that can lead to Fanservice.
- Herr Doktor: Stereotypical proprietor of Germahn Laboratories
- Mad Scientist: His job when not providing exposition or experimenting on his employees.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Explains using Amanda as a guinea pig.
- Mister Descriptor: Dr. Germahn is a stereotypical German scientist.
- Mr. Exposition: Was this early on, before Mr. Verres took over.
Amanda
Amanda
Dr Germahn's lab assistant. Perky, happy, and eternal victim of Dr. Germahn's experiments, almost always involving shrinking.
- Character Development: While she's still a bit of a Genius Ditz, she's much more professional in manner, and more knowledgeable about the rules of magic in the EGS verse in the later Q&A's. Sometimes she even tries to control Lisa's Cloud Cuckoo Lander moments instead of joining in. Example
. - Genius Ditz: While Dr Germahn and her roomate Lisa both cite she's got brains, Charlie Brown has better luck seeing through Lucy's talks on holding a football than Amanda has avoiding testing out shrinking potions/formulae/sodas/anything.
- Mad Scientist: Apparently, she learns from Dr. Germahn. Also? In DES Comics she made the Velocitoaster.
- Professor Guinea Pig: The above test subject? Herself. Her last appearance showed her testing out her own shrinking formula.
- Yaoi Fangirl: She has an awful lot of fun describing a hypothetical storyline involving Elliot and Justin feeling attracted to one another.
Lisa
Lisa
Amanda's roommate, and prospective lawyer. Apparently has a crush on Amanda, but she's reluctant to voice it where Amanda can hear.
- Ambiguously Gay: Tried to be this. She wasn't too good at being all that ambiguous, and it has finally been confirmed that a) Lisa likes girls, b) Amanda knows Lisa likes girls, c) the charade was kept up for the sake of a running gag (whether Amanda knows that Lisa likes her specifically is still unknown).
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She glomps Chika in sheer joy when Raven accepts Amanda's offer to go on a date.
- Shipper on Deck: Of Amanda and Raven, despite the fact that she has romantic feelings for Amanda.
Chika
Chika
Amanda's colleague.
- Asian and Nerdy: An Asian girl with a very analytical mindset.
- Crazy-Prepared: Every time Lisa tries to pull some prank on Chika or with her assistance, it's turned back on Lisa. Also, not going to make more Fanservice than she wants to.
- Only Sane Man: Her science may be mad, but she isn't.
- Out of Focus: She's been featured in the fewest Q&A comics.
- Situational Sexuality: She raised her hand when Lisa and Amanda questioned whether anyone "experiments" to test their sexuality. However, she did not reveal the results of those tests.Chika: Oh, don't look so shocked. I approach everything scientifically.
Dan
Dan
Squirrel avatar
Human avatar
Author Avatar. Shows up whenever Dan wants to say something directly or tell a story that doesn't fit any of the canon characters. He was originally drawn as a squirrel person, but has since switched to a human avatar.
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: Once answered a question about his gender identity with a literal
Shrug of God in writing form, so the jury's still out, adding the only reason he defaults to he/him pronouns is avoid answering questions he doesn't want asked. - Author Avatar: Almost any time he's shown, it's as the artist/writer.
- Beast Man: He originally appeared as an anthropomorphic squirrel creature. As of 2022, the squirrel-person avatar has been officially retired, and he stated his intent to appear in human form from then on.
- Loophole Abuse: Once turned himself into a girl to escape a hammer beatdown, since the hammers didn't work on women.
Writer's Block
Writer's Block
Personification of Dan's writer's block. A living block with some animal features. Makes it harder for people to write in its presence. Is sometimes the protagonist in non-canon NP storylines.
- Lazy Bum: It has a cat-like habit of sitting on Dan's desk and not moving until Dan figures out how to continue his story.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: It only speaks in noises like moo and meerp, but the characters in-universe can understand it. Since the Writer's Block usually acts as Mr. Exposition, this lets Dan write NP comics without needing to actually tell a story.
- Writer's Block: An Anthropomorphic Personification of one. It shows up whenever Dan has no ideas for the current NP storyline.
Angelic Tweeting Bird
Angelic Tweeting Bird
When there is nudity, such as during the NP story where Grace, Sarah, and Ellen are making a sexy male form, an invisible angelic tweeting bird flies between the fourth wall and the readers.
- Nipple and Dimed: Lampshaded in one comic where Grace changes into a man, causing the bird to confusedly look at her chest before deciding to fly off.
- Scenery Censor: Is a living one, and ironically exists to keep the author from having to resort to this or awkward and contrived camera angles.
