Chloe Elizabeth Price
"Since you're the mysterious superhero, I'll be your faithful chauffeur and companion!"
Click here for her appearance in Before the Storm
Voiced By: Ashly Burch (Life Is Strange & "Farewell"), Rhianna DeVries (Before the Storm & "Wavelengths") (English); Lynn (Japanese)
Max's 19-year-old childhood friend. She is shot by Nathan Prescott at the start of the game, which triggers Max's time manipulation powers. After they reunite, Chloe enlists Max's help in searching for her missing friend, Rachel Amber.
Chloe is also the main protagonist of Before the Storm.
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- Alternate Self:
- The Chloe we see for most of the game is an alternate self to the Chloe that was killed by Nathan.
- In Episode 4, Max majorly messing around with time creates an alternate universe where William Price is still alive, but Chloe was paralyzed in a car accident and is slowly dying. Alt. Chloe ultimately asks Max to put her out of her misery.
- AM/FM Characterization:
- She is a fan of punk rock (with one of her favorite bands being Firewalk) which suits her rebellious nature.
- However, some of the songs that can be heard on the stereo system in her room don't sound too different from what Max listens to, which hints that Chloe has a sensitive side to her that she is careful not to display in public.
- In spite of the fact that she frequently states how much she hates country music, she seems to have some affection for her father's favorite song, a country song, showing how much she still cares for him.
- Ambiguously Bi: The games confirm that Chloe is definitely into women, but whether she's also attracted to men is left unclear. Her sexual orientation is also unstated, though one of the
lead writers always saw her as gay and Chloe's voice actress, Ashly Burch interprets her as fluid in terms of gender and sexual orientation.- In Before the Storm, she mentions that she had a one-night stand with Eliot but didn't enjoy it and has no interest in sleeping with him again. In her diary, she notes that she has "no chemistry" with him. This is consistent with a comment she makes in the first game about having a "boy toy" phase, which she says Rachel "saved" her from.
- In her diary, she mentions that she was masturbating and was surprised when Pris from Blade Runner popped into her head, suggesting that she might not exactly understand who she's attracted to at this point.
- In "Farewell," Max and Chloe are revealed to have collected boy band trading cards, but Chloe vandalized them with breasts.
- She gets disappointed if Max chooses to use the boys' locker room to enter the pool and reveals that she's not interested in any of the guys at Blackwell.
- Chloe and her alternate self both ask Max if she's dating or dated anyone. Her alternate self encourages Max to have fun while she can with both boys and girls.
- In Episode 4, she asks Mr. Jefferson if he would like to dance with her and Max and coyly suggests that she'll see him again later before commenting to herself that she's "hot for teacher." It's possible that this was only to fluster Max.
- During Max's Nightmare Sequence in Episode 5, Warren, Nathan and Mr. Jefferson are among the characters Chloe hooks up with. As this is more a projection of Max's insecurities than real character interaction, it neither confirms nor denies that Chloe is attracted to men.
- However, regardless of whether she's bisexual or not, it's probable that she is exclusively homoromantic since all of her serious, long-term relationships are with women.
- Ambiguous Situation:
- Chloe's dreams in Before the Storm are shrouded in ambiguity. Chloe notes in her journal that her dreams feel like William is "trying to tell [her] something" and the constant presence of the raven (associated with prophecy) could hint that they are prophetic warnings, but whether this is the doing of William's spirit, the raven, and/or if Chloe has a power of her own is unconfirmed. Her dreams often contain references to events that have yet to occur and which Chloe herself has no way of knowingnote . Alternatively, the dreams could be nothing more than a coping mechanism, representative of her insecurities and abandonment issues, and a sign of her bad mental health. The conversation between Chloe and William in "Hell is Empty" when he appears to her while she is awake leaves it open to interpretation.
- The storm and the various meteorological anomalies in the first game may be a manifestation of Chloe's feelings of wrath and anger. Max has a vision of the storm immediately after Chloe angrily curses the bay, and the storm is seemingly only avoided by letting her die. "Chloe" is also an alternate name of the Greek goddess Demeter, who was worshipped for her power over air, water and nature, and similarly caused great destruction in her rage. Just like Demeter causes famine and winter when Persephone is with Hades, a freak snowfall occurs after Chloe tells Max that the bay "took away everyone [she's] ever loved," and animals start dying with increasing frequency by the third episode with no apparent cause. Max can find newspapers noting the animal deaths as "inexplicable" and an "ecological mystery." Additionally, the alternate Max in Max's nightmare claims that "someday, Chloe will destroy—" but is cut off before she can finish her sentence. It's possible she was referring to Max falling victim to Chloe's self-destructive behavior, since before this she remarks to the real Max that Chloe was just using her, but it's also possible she means that Chloe could destroy the town via the storm. Beached whales are also present in the alternative timeline, where William is still alive... but that timeline's Chloe still has plenty of reason to be angry at the world thanks to her disability (which is indicated to be terminal) ruining her life and isolating her from everyone except for her parents. It should also be noted that Max leaves the timeline right after potentially giving her a Mercy Kill, so we never see if the storm arrives in that timeline if she is allowed to die. Before the Storm adds to the mystery; in Blackwell's production of The Tempest, Chloe is forced to step in to play Ariel, the trickster air spirit who helps Prospera (portrayed by Rachel) bring about the titular storm. Rose Amber also describes Chloe as "a force of nature," and notes that this could be why she and Rachel get along so well. While it could just be a simple compliment, it gets more interesting when you take into account the implications that Rachel is a literal force of nature. Zak Garris also stated in this interview
that Chloe was "a creature of great power," like Ariel. The comics further support the theory that Chloe is connected to the storm; in one issue, she creates a sculpture resembling it despite that Chloe being from a timeline where it never occurred. - The nature of her relationship with Rachel was unclear for a long time, with interpretations ranging from Chloe having an unrequited crush on her to them at the very least having a Pseudo-Romantic Friendship. In the original game, Chloe will tell Max she "crushed on" Rachel when prompted and seems more upset that Rachel lied about her Secret Relationship with Frank than that it had happened at all. Rachel spends the entirety of Before the Storm flirting with Chloe, which she can optionally reciprocate, and Steph certainly seems to think they're an item. Wavelengths confirms that they were in a romantic relationship.
- Animal Motif:
- Her tattoo contains newly born butterflies, and the butterfly Max sees in the bathroom before discovering her powers has the same shade of blue on its wings as Chloe's hair. In Episode 4's alternate timeline, the pattern on Chloe's shirt resembles butterflies and there's a butterfly painting in what used to be her room. In Max's Nightmare Sequence, the only entry in her journal has a drawing of a butterfly with Chloe's head. If Chloe is sacrificed at the end of the game, a butterfly briefly lands on her coffin during her funeral. Butterflies are symbols of transformation, the soul and immortality, which fits as Chloe goes through personal changes and is frequently brought Back from the Dead by Max's powers.
- Alternatively, Chloe's spirit animal could be a bird, specifically a scrub jay. Max can optionally save the blue jays that constantly show up in Chloe's house, foreshadowing the final choice where Max can choose to save Chloe or let her die. In Native American mythology, the blue jay is a trickster who frequently travels to the land of the dead, which matches Chloe's personality and her several run-ins with death.
- In Before the Storm, she has a raven motif. They are frequently seen watching her or characters associated with her, she draws one when she vandalizes the Blackwell girls' bathroom in the opening to "Brave New World," and bird imagery appears on four of her optional outfitsnote . When she fills in for Juliet during Blackwell's production of The Tempest, she takes the role of Ariel and wears a costume resembling a raven. In various cultures, ravens are tricksters, associated with death, and can symbolize prophecy and wisdom.
- Anti-Hero: Chloe is the hero of Before the Storm, but the story will feature how she fell into her bad habits and she associates herself with some gang thugs. One of her special abilities is also "Backtalk", enabling her to use her sharp tongue to get her way in arguments.
- Apocalypse Maiden: By virtue of not dying on Monday afternoon, she has become this. It is implied that her and Max both figured this out separately, and Chloe requests that Max undoes the timeline to prevent the tornado. There are also implications that she may have caused the storm herself.
- The Atoner: In Episode 5, she states that she doesn't deserve to live as much as her mom and step-father do, so she asks Max to go back in time and let Nathan kill her.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Chloe, upon being faced with a fatal choice at the end of Episode 5, finally admits to being concerned for David's safety, even finally referring to him as her stepfather. If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed, in Life Is Strange 2, Chloe and David are on much better terms, with her and Max even stopping by to visit sometime ago. Notably, Chloe was the one who initiated a phone call with David, and the latter refers to her as "sweetie" and his "daughter".
- Back from the Dead: Chloe can get killed numerous times over the course of the game, but Max can use her time powers to undo these deaths and bring her back.
- Badass Adorable: More like Took a Level in Badass or if not an extent like Max, but there is no doubt that she is charming and has an energetic side to her that make her dorky.
- Badass Normal: Chloe has to rely on her smart mouth to overcome her obstacles since she doesn't have a Time Master buddy yet. Sometimes it backfires and makes things worse.
- Bad "Bad Acting": Chloe's acting during The Tempest in the prequel is somehow both wooden and overly hammy, since she has no real acting experience and is only doing it for Rachel. However, if you get all the lines and directions correct, Rachel will be able to carry the scene, and Mr. Keaton will be awed (even if you spent several minutes walking around the stage before moving to your cue). She does slightly better when Rachel veers off-script, since there's obvious subtext that Chloe picks up on.
- Berserk Button: Emojis. Every time Max uses one in an SMS during the first half of the game, Chloe will call her out on it. Later episodes see her refrain from nagging increasingly often until she eventually starts using them herself.
- Betty and Veronica: Of Max's two possible love interests, Chloe is the outgoing, adventurous, and hot-headed new girl in Max's life. Warren serves as a friendly, down-to-earth Betty whom she's known for a while. Depending on the player's choices, Max can date Warren, Chloe, neither or both at once.
- Big Damn Kiss:
- If Max sacrifices Chloe to save Arcadia Bay, the two of them share a passionate kiss if Max/the player chooses to kiss her in Episode 3 and supported her throughout the playthrough. If not, they just give each other a heartfelt, emotional hug.
- Chloe and Rachel can end up having one towards the end of Episode 2 in the prequel.
- The Big Girl: She gets more physically involved in fights than Max.
- Boom, Headshot!: Receives one from Mr. Jefferson, of all people, in the end of Episode 4.
- Blackmail Backfire: Twice. First, she tries to score some cash from Nathan, but he ends up drugging and photographing her and she barely escapes from his dorm room. But after that, Chloe decides to try and blackmail Nathan again, which ultimately gets her killed.
- Brains and Brawn: The brawn to Max's brain, though reading the student files in Episodes 3 and 4 reveals that she at least has the potential to be a vastly better student, if not explicitly smarter. But, the "beauty" part can be qualified for herself and Max, since both of them are very good-looking.
- Brain Bleach: She reacts this way in Before the Storm if she finds condoms in Joyce's bedroom prompting her to realise that Joyce and David are having sex.
- Break the Cutie:
- Chloe is shown to be considerably nicer than her current self back when she was 14, as we learn during Max's multi-year jump backwards near the end of Episode 3. Preventing the death of her father appears to have solved every problem in Chloe's life, making her a happier and kinder person... then Max learns that Chloe has been paralyzed and left wheelchair bound in an off-screen accident in this alternate timeline.
- Though some of Chloe's current situation is self inflicted (she's not exactly the nicest person to get along with), she's had a pretty bad time of it. Her father dies in a car accident (which she takes personally in her worst times), her best friend leaves and never bothers to contact her (and doesn't even try when she gets back into town), her mother remarries to someone she absolutely detests (and who may even physically abuse her), and she finally fills that void Max left in her life with Rachel... only to have Rachel vanish without a trace. In Episode 3, we find out that Rachel was lying (to Chloe's face!) about her lack of a relationship with Frank, with the implication from letters that she explicitly planned on leaving Arcadia Bay with Frank rather than Chloe. In Episode 4, Frank can even mention that Rachel outright blamed Chloe for her and Frank's occasional relationship troubles. She's been abandoned and/or betrayed by nearly every significant person in her life, maliciously or not. Despite knowing of Rachel's relationship with Frank, Chloe is still devastated when she and Max discover Rachel's corpse.
- As the original game showed us, in Before the Storm, Chloe's innocence went downhill after her loving father passed away.
- Boyish Short Hair: After her father died, she became a Tomboy, cut her hair short, and dyed it blue.
- Brilliant, but Lazy:
- Throughout Episodes 1-3 in the original and in Before the Storm, it is mentioned several times that Chloe's rage against everything in general and rebellious attitude is causing her to squander her talents. Even her student file, which shows an abysmal performance, comments that she could do better if only she cared more about schoolwork and less about raving and getting high. Seems to be confirmed by Episode 4, as the Chloe of the alternate timeline has a perfect 4.0 GPA and is considered a "student leader despite her significant difficulties". Of course, when you're paralyzed from the neck down, there might not be much more to do than study...
- In Before the Storm, she has trophies and ribbons for various science fairs and a poster by her bed with the periodic table of elements, implying a previous passion for chemistry. Of course, examining the awards causes her to wonder if she peaked in middle school. She's also knowledgeable in car repair.
- In "Farewell," it's revealed she got into Blackwell as a scholarship student by securing one of 200 places against 2500 other applicants and she practically squees as she describes the facilities (but isn't enjoying the company).
- Big Guy, Little Guy: With Max, who is small and slight while Chloe is tall and lanky.
- Butch Lesbian: Downplayed. Chloe is more of a tomboy but she acts and dresses in a more masculine fashion compared to Rachel and Max.
- Butterfly of Doom:
- Is a victim of this big time in Episode 3. Max saving the life of Chloe's father had created a new future where Chloe ends up wheelchair bound, paralyzed, and fixed with a tracheotomy in her neck.
- In Episode 5, Chloe realizes that the ultimate cause of the tornado was Max traveling back in time to save her from Nathan.
- Byronic Heroine: Chloe is a troubled outcast with a selfish streak whose rebellious nature and goal of finding out what happened to Rachel causes much strife and drama throughout the game. This is in contrast to Max's more traditional Ideal Hero.
- Catchphrase: "Hella", to the point of becoming a
Memetic Mutation in no time. "Chillax" (chill + relax) ranks a close second. Turns out she got it from Rachel. - The Cameo: She appears in photographs in the second game in David's trailer: one with Joyce and David, and another one of the present day with Max if the player previously chose the Save Chloe ending.
- Childhood Friends: Max and Chloe were BFFs before Max moved. Their reunion is a trying time for both of them, as they both adjust to who the other has become in the mutual absence.
- Childhood Friend Romance: What she and Max can end up becoming, depending on the choices made. Some of her behavior in the Farewell bonus episode of Before the Storm seems to indicates that she's had feelings for Max since they were kids, though it's unclear if she realized that at the time.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She shames Max for even daring to take a phone call from Kate. Whether her jealousy is platonic or romantic is unclear, although her (potential) kiss with Max implies the latter. She develops out of this as the game progresses, apologizing to Max if she ignored Chloe and answered the call.
- Closet Key: Chloe is the first girl that Max has ever been attracted to. Even Chloe is taken back by their first kiss as she wasn't sure if Max was actually into girls.
- Cluster F-Bomb: It's rare Chloe doesn't use profanity every 2 minutes.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: She is mostly associated with blue. Specifically her blue-dyed hair, her light-blue eyes, the butterfly, and the breathing device that is attached to her neck in the alternate timeline.
- Coming Of Age Queer Romance: It's implied that Rachel Amber was the woman who helped Chloe realize that she's attracted to women. Their relationship is very complicated and ambiguous in nature, especially when you factor in player's choice, but it's clear that Chloe was in love with Rachel; it's just unclear if it was true the other way around.
- Cosmic Plaything: Absolutely nothing goes right for poor Chloe. Her father died, her mother remarried to a paranoid, emotionally abusive stepdad, her best friend moved away, her next best friend disappeared and got killed. She's in debt to a scary drug dealer and over the course of the game, she is nearly killed by Nathan, is rendered a quadriplegic in an alternate timeline created by Max which is then undone, and shot in the head, which Max can't rewind because she's been drugged. Oh, and the universe is actively trying to kill her.
- Curtains Match the Window: Her blue-dyed hair and blue eyes, though we often see her in prequels and alternate timelines with her natural, sandy brown hair.
- The Cutie: She was already beautiful and at times has cute quirky moments, but as shown in Max's alternate timeline in the original episodes 3 and 4, she was ridiculously joyful and upbeat in her pre-teen years.
- Cute Bruiser: For a young and quite cute woman like Chloe, she can defend herself really well. As shown in Before The Storm, she has the choice to punch Sheldon in the mosh pit and cut Damon Merrick in the face.
- Cynicism Catalyst: Threefold:
- The one-two punch of William's death and Max moving away shortly afterwards turned Chloe from a cheerful, energetic, Nice Girl to a cynical, anti-authoritarian loner with little regard for anyone except herself.
- While she was still somewhat selfish and self-centered, Chloe is shown to be a good deal nicer in Before the Storm, had an active social life and could even try to extend branches to those who disliked her like Nathan and David depending on the player's choices. However, after Rachel's disappearance and subsequent death, Chloe became extremely anti-social and apathetic to the point of drifting apart from her friends and having no positive relationships with anyone until Max returned to Arcadia Bay.
- Daddy's Girl: She's shown to have been very close with her biological father; her life took a severe turn for the worse after he died, and as far as she's concerned, David will never measure up to him, no matter what.
- Turns out, if the second game continues after the "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay" ending, Chloe has a much better relationship with David, who endearingly calls her "sweetie" and calls himself "her old man".
- Damsel in Distress: She gets in trouble and has to be saved by Max on several occasions:
- In Episode 1, Chloe is accidentally shot by Nathan. Max saves her by rewinding and setting off the fire alarm.
- In Episode 2, Chloe get her foot stuck in train tracks. Max comes to her rescue, freeing her before a train runs her over. During their shooting practice in the junkyard, Chloe can also get hit by a bullet that ricochets, which Max undoes by rewinding.
- In Episode 4, Chloe is shot by Mr. Jefferson. Max spends most of Episode 5 trying to correct it.
- Before the Storm continues the trend:
- At the beginning of Episode 1, she ends up being threatened by two guys for accidentally spilling their beer. Luckily, Rachel arrives to distract them and give Chloe enough time to escape.
- In the climax of Episode 3, she finds herself at the mercy of Damon Merrick after failing to save Sera Gearhardt from him. If it wasn't for Frank's arrival, she and Sera would be dead.
- Dangerous 16th Birthday: In the alternate timeline she gets a car for her 16th birthday. She ends up being paralyzed due to a car crash in that timeline.
- Deadpan Snarker: She is definitely this whenever she's on her mean phase. It's part of her tough front her puts on since her father's death. Her snark is a game mechanic in Before the Storm, dubbed as "Backtalk."
- Death by Genre Savviness: She eventually realizes in the final episode of the original game that she was linked to the tornado and asks Max to allow her to die in order to prevent the town's destruction from ever happening. Of course, you choose as to whether she dies or not.
- Death Glare: Depending on the circumstances, she is able to give nasty glare to people, such as the one she gives Frank while protecting Max from him.
- Declaration of Protection: In Before the Storm, she can promise to look after and protect Rachel Amber. Seeing how Rachel still wound up being killed by Jefferson, she failed miserably.
- Delinquent Hair: She's had a couple of run-ins with the law, gotten expelled from Blackwell, smokes pot, and has desecrated a flag to match. It's no surprise that she wears short, blue hair.
- Determinator: Nothing is going to stand in her path while finding Rachel and her abductors.
- Deus Angst Machina: Episodes 3-5 just pile on the hurt for Chloe. She ends up as a suicidal quadriplegic in an alternate timeline created by Max saving the life of her father, discovers Rachel's body and gets killed trying to avenge her murder, and then after being resurrected through some timey-wimey shenanigans, realizes that the cause of the approaching storm is the simple fact that she's alive when she was fated to be killed in the bathroom in the very first episode, meaning that if Max wants to save Arcadia Bay, she has no choice but to go back and let Chloe die a lonely, senseless death.
- Deuteragonist: To Max's Protagonist in the original. While Max is the viewpoint character and her powers are instrumental to the plot, Chloe is intimately connected to the central mystery, and many of Max's actions are driven by her desire to protect Chloe and make her happy.
- Dies Wide Open: Her eyes are wide open when Jefferson shoots her in the head.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Downplayed example. Chloe will frequently rail into Max for abandoning her via moving away. Never mind the fact that Max was only thirteen and had literally no choice but to go with her parents, making it a case of her being Mis-blamed in-universe (it would make far more sense to blame Max's parents, but this thought never seems to cross Chloe's mind). Chloe's accusations against Max not keeping touch, however, are far more justified, as shown in Before The Storm.
- Dramatic Irony: If she is kept alive when the tornado strikes, Chloe gets to accomplish her goal of leaving Arcadia Bay albeit under the worst circumstances possible.
- Does Not Like Men:
- Or at least she very clearly prefers the company of girls. If she reveals to Max that she has David's missing gun, she will say that it's men who need to be controlled, and that women should have the guns. Granted, it comes across as less vitriolic when you remember that the men in her life include David (her controlling stepfather), Nathan (who drugged her and threatened her at gunpoint), and Frank (a violent drug dealer). She's noticeably much friendlier to Justin, Trevor, and (initially) Mark Jefferson, and she doesn't show much animosity to Warren even though he's potentially a rival for Max's affections.
- When playing Dungeons & Dragons in Before the Storm, she takes a savage glee in punching NPCs "right in the dick."
- Don't Explain the Joke: She'll frequently ask Max if she understood her incredibly lame puns.
- Doom Magnet: Max's powers kick in when Chloe is shot. The world seems pretty set on finishing the job. The universe is actually trying to kill her in retaination for Max using time travel to save her from Nathan.
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- Earn Your Happy Ending: If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed, Life Is Strange 2 reveals that her and Max are still alive and well, either living in or visiting New York, and are getting along swimmingly with David now, even visiting him occasionally.
- Endearingly Dorky: Not an extent like Max's adorable dorkiness, but her incredibly lame puns she makes does cause her this. Even in Before The Storm, her interactions with Rachel are endearing and adorably dorky.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Has this reaction when she finds out that Rachel was seeing Frank behind her back.
- Every One Has Standards: Chloe may be a teen rebel who gets into lots of trouble, but she doesn't like bullies. Seen when she has the opportunity to defend Nathan Prescott from Drew North.
- Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas: Downplayed. While she's far from being evil, Chloe acts selfish and like a jerk on some occasions. Despite that, she clearly holds her late father's memory at heart. And though she doesn't have always a good relationship with her mother Joyce, Chloe loves her nonetheless and her mother is the reason why Chloe chooses to commit a Heroic Sacrifice to save Arcadia Bay by stating her mother doesn't deserve to die in a diner.
- Evil Versus Evil: Chloe's opinion of the fight between Drew and Nathan in the prequel. She can still intercede on Nathan's side if the player chooses, since Jerkass though he is, he's the one being bullied right now.
- Expy: She has an uncanny resemblance to Emma from Blue Is the Warmest Color. Both characters are punkish, rebellious teenage girls with short blue hair and are LGBT. The only main difference is that, in Emma's case she is gay whereas in Chloe's case she is Ambiguously Bi (See above).
- Expository Hairstyle Change: She had longer hair as a child, which she cut short after the death of her father as part of her rebellious phase. Shall you spare her in the first game, 2 shows a picture of her with longer hair dyed green, which is taken 3 years after the event of the first game.
- Failure Hero: She can promise Sera in the prequel that she'll keep Rachel safe. Main timeline(s) Chloe fails at this, as Rachel would go down a progressively more troubled path before being abducted and killed by Nathan. In Waves, Chloe averts this, however, as she and her Rachel successfully make it out of Arcadia Bay.
- Fatal Flaw: A literal example, because it repeatedly gets her killed. Chloe's lack of forethought, combined with her tendency toward rash decisions, and her failure to learn from her past mistakes, often leads her to repeat the same ones. Which makes her Her Own Worst Enemy.
- Such as trying to confront Nathan Prescott alone, despite knowing that he was dangerous and mentally unstable; resulting in Chloe being shot. She only survives the shooting due to the event prompting the discovery of Max's rewind ability.
- Chloe then steals one of David's guns in order to play with it, while drinking beer. Max tries to advise Chloe against it, but Chloe brushes it off. Max's fears are realized when Chloe accidentally shoots herself, forcing Max to use her rewind to save her again.
- Minutes later, Chloe decides to relax on the railroad tracks and ends up getting stuck in front of an oncoming freight train. Once again, Max has to use her powers to save her.
- Max ends up having to save her so often, that her own subconscious eventually lampshades it during the nightmare sequence in episode 5:
nightmare Nathan: (at Max) "Chloe is a loser and you can't keep saving her over, and over, and over..." - Feminine Mother, Tomboyish Daughter: The tomboyish daughter to Joyce's feminine mother. Joyce is no pushover, mind, but she cooks, wears a dress often, and generally accepts her second husband David's conservative outlook on life. Naturally, she doesn't at all approve of Chloe's rebellious nature.
- Flipping the Bird: If the player chose to reveal Max herself and takes the blame for Chloe's weed, Chloe will give David, her stepfather, a double bird-flip once he leaves her room. She also does it several times to various persons (and one "Keep Out" sign) in the prequel.
- Foil: Max acknowledges that Chloe is everything she is not.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Discussed and defied, Max calls Chloe out on her selfishness but Chloe rejects it and Max can back down. Chloe blames her father for abandoning her when he was killed in a car accident and Chloe also blames her mother for sending him out in the first place.Max: Chloe, you can't keep blaming me and everybody for everything wrong in your life. It's so not fair.
Chloe: I gotta blame somebody. Otherwise it's all my fault. Fuck that.
Max: (Determinant) Grow up. God, you are not the only one in Arcadia Bay with problems. Kate Marsh almost...
Chloe: Yes, Kate Marsh almost killed herself. Such sad. Okay? That doesn't make me feel any better about my fucked-up life, get it? - Genki Girl: Her happy and energetic side is what makes her at her best. It's one of the few traits that didn't change after her father's death.
- Good Is Not Nice: Chloe is a decent but selfish person with an ultimately kind heart, and she's not above morally questionable actions if it suits her — stealing guns from her stepfather, attempted blackmail, taking money she finds in a desk drawer, etc.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Chloe gets irrationally jealous every time Max shows even the slightest bit of attention towards someone who's not her, or disagrees with her in favor of somebody else. This is implied to be because of Max's absence, Rachel's disappearance, and abandonment issues resulting from both. According to a letter Rachel planned to give to Chloe, she'd similarly get jealous whenever Rachel hung out with or brought over guys, which is why she hid her relationship with Frank, and love for Jefferson.
- Guile Hero: Since she doesn't have time powers like Max, Chloe instead relies on her natural wit (weaponized through the "Backtalk" mechanic in Before the Storm) to manipulate others into doing as she wants.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She was this both before William died and in Max's alternate timeline.
- Heartbroken Badass: Doesn't take Rachel's death well at all.
- The Hedonist: She's very pleasure-driven and prefers to goof off whenever possible.
- Heroic BSoD:
- Herself and Max both suffer from this in Episode 4. When it's revealed that Rachel, Chloe's one best friend since Max left, has been Dead All Along. She breaks down crying.
- She can also suffer this earlier, if she kills Frank. She is unable to do anything until Max encourages her.
- Heroic Sacrifice: After Max explains that her time manipulation caused the tornado, Chloe asks Max to use the butterfly photo to travel back in time to the first episode and allow Nathan to kill her, preventing Max's time powers from manifesting. Max can choose to go along with this.
- Her Own Worst Enemy: Covered extensively under Fatal Flaw and compounded by Chloe's Hair-Trigger Temper. It doesn't take much to set her off, often prompting her to jump to conclusions and act accordingly.
- Hidden Depths:
- Enjoys reading "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", enough that it is one of the few times she does homework.
- There's evidence in Before the Storm that she had a passion for chemistry before her father died. Admitting her love of science to Rachel is one of the truthful options in their game of "Two Truths and a Lie".
- In general, she's actually very book smart when she puts her mind to it. She's just not willing to use it.
- Horrible Judge of Character:
- Two of Chloe's associates are Frank and Nathan, who are an Ax-Crazy drug dealer and an Ax-Crazy drug addict, respectively. She's aware they're terrible people, she just isn't able to exploit them quite as well as she thought.
- She also hits it off with Mr. Jefferson, after Jefferson says Be seeing you to both girls. Guess who was behind the drugging and kidnapping of Rachel and Kate, and many other young women?
- I Cannot Self-Terminate: Twice, if you can believe it. Once in an alternative timeline where she's slowly dying and bankrupting her parents, and she asks Max to give her a morphine overdose. Once at the end of the game where she realizes that her not having died when she was supposed to is breaking reality enough to cause the tornado, and she asks Max to go back in time and prevent her from surviving. Max can refuse both times.
- Hypocrite: In episode 3, Chloe has a full-blown meltdown when she finds out that Rachel cheated on her with Frank, despite repeatedly hitting on Max behind Rachel's back. Chloe flirts with Max at every opportunity, going so far as to dare Max to kiss her in the same episode where she learns about Rachel's infedelity. If Max accepts the dare, Chloe will text Warren to brag about it and to tell him he's "out of the loop now" (essentially claiming Max as her own. Thus, off-limits to him). Even if Max turns her down, Chloe will still declare herself to be Max's date when Max introduces her to Mark Jefferson. All this from the girl who said Rachel was supposed to be "her angel" and "the love of her life", before she even knew whether Rachel was still alive.
- Icy Blue Eyes: Due to her rebellious nature, although this averted in the alternate timeline in Episodes 3 and 4.
- Idiot Hero: Zig-zagged—she's intelligent, but tends to behave in stupid, impulsive ways due to her own emotional problems, and thus mainly ends up serving as Max's muscle.
- I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: In Episode 2, Chloe will hit herself with a ricochet if Max suggests shooting the bumper of a car in the junkyard. Thankfully, rewind is there to save the day.
- I Know Mortal Kombat: After you find out that she stole her stepfather's gun, you can ask Chloe if she knows how to use it. She will respond that she knows how after watching gun videos.
- Important Haircut:
- As a child, she had long blond hair. After her father's death, she cut it and dyed it blue as part of her newfound rebellious streak.
- If she survived the first game, she dyes her hair green and grows it out. This, combined with covering up her tattoos, shows that's she's moved on and won't let her tragedies define her life anymore.
- Irony: In Episode 1, Chloe parks her truck across two disability parking spaces. In Episode 3, she wants to steal money from the school's disability fund. In the alternate timeline Max creates at the end of the episode, she's a quadriplegic, and the principal is encouraging her parents to send her to another school because Blackwell doesn't have the money to accommodate her disability.
- It's All About Me: If Max doesn't hide in time when David comes into her room, Chloe will pin the blame of the joint on Max, apparently under the impression that Max just won't face repercussions for this. In Episode 2, she will act resentful if Max takes Kate's call instead of focusing her attention solely on Chloe. She's called out on this trope in Episode 3 and fully admits to it, and Episode 4 shows her slowly moving away from this, including apologizing for giving Max shit about Kate's call. In Episode 5, she admits to being a selfish person, and completely averts this as she asks Max to save Arcadia Bay from the oncoming storm by travelling back in time to before her powers manifested and letting Nathan kill her.
- It's All My Fault:
- She seems to at least partially blame herself for Max ending up in the Dark Room.
- In Before the Storm, she blames herself for Rachel getting stabbed by Damon Merrick, as she did nothing while the two fought.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Outside she's selfish and constantly blames everyone for no reason whatsoever. But in the inside, she's a real sweetie with a ultimately kind heart.
- Kick the Dog:
- Chloe blaming Max for her joint, despite the fact that this might get Max kicked out of Blackwell if she is caught. She'll only do it if Max/the player fails to hide.
- Chloe gets disproportionately angry and possessive if Max takes Kate's call in Episode 2. Even she realizes how much of a bitch she was being in this situation, as she'll apologize to Max for it while visiting Kate should she survive.
- Trying to steal money from the Blackwell Handicap Fund. Max gives her a What the Hell, Hero? moment for it. Turns out it actually is a handicap access fund, which Max discovers in Episode 4.
- Killed Off for Real: In the "Sacrifice Chloe" ending, Max goes back in time to let Chloe be killed by Nathan. Since Max trying to save Chloe was what gave her time powers to begin with, the act of letting her die means Max can't undo her death.
- Kill the Cutie: Three times. Averted when Max saved her from getting shot by Nathan in the beginning of episode 1, by Jefferson at the end of Episode 4, and if you choose to sacrifice her at the end of Episode 5, it's inverted.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: The most foul-mouthed person in the game. Her alternate self also swears but not to the extent of this trope.
- The Lancer: To Max's more grounded personality. She's also the Deuteragonist by extension. Max notes in her journal that being around Chloe makes her feel giddy and rebellious.
- Laser-Guided Karma: She parks in the handicapped driving space in Episode One and attempts to steal from Blackwell's handicap fund in Episode 3. After Max creates a new timeline by saving William's life, Chloe becomes handicapped herself.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: She had longer hair in her youth, before her rebellious tomboy phase hit. If you chose to Sacrifice Arcadia Bay, Sean can find a picture of Chloe and Max in the sequel which shows Chloe let her hair grow again and dyed it green.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: She plays this role a little bit for Max, who is shy and introverted by default. Max often notes that being around Chloe makes her want to do daring things she wouldn't normally see herself doing.
- Strangely enough, she seems to think of Max as having done something similar for her; she starts the game in a depressed and angry state before their rekindled friendship brings out her playful, happy side. With Max's help, she's finally able to confront the people who have wronged her (such as David and Frank), and find out the truth about Rachel. In the end, she readily admits that being with Max has made her happier than she has been in years.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Her dreams/nightmares of her father in the prequel come off as a case of Spirit Advisor, but they could also just be a coping mechanism. William appearing to her while awake puts even more question on this, as it could enforce the former interpretation, or it may be a sign of just how bad her mental health is.
- Meaningful Name: She is ultimately the price Max has to pay to save Arcadia Bay.
- Missing Mom: If Max sacrifices Arcadia Bay in Episode 5 of Life is Strange 2 David mentions that Joyce died in the storm that destroyed Arcadia Bay.
- Ms. Fanservice: She is young and quite attractive, but she receives a lot of Male Gaze scenes in the original.
- Her crowning moment appears in Episode 3 during the scene at the pool. Granted, it's a great character scene, but her and Max strip down to their bras and panties to go swimming with a Fanservice Faux Fight.
- Episode 5 has her stripping down to her underwear in front of Max, but this is an aversion - it's while Max is trapped in the Dark Room in the middle of her nightmare.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Her reaction if she kills Frank. She's devastated, openly questioning if she did the right thing, and Max's reassurances that it was self-defense.
- Music Genre Dissonance: She has a strong punk aesthetic, and the attitude to match, but none of the music she plays on her stereo or that's associated with her sounds punk-like; in fact, it doesn't sound much different than what Max listens to. In the prequel, she's shown to be a fan of the band Firewalk, which sounds more metal than anything. The closest Chloe gets to listening to an acknowledged punk band is in Episode 4's alternate timeline; checking her computer will show that she wants to attend a concert featuring a Black Flag tribute band. This could be justified if you believe she's supposed to be a bit of a poseur In-Universe.
- Never My Fault: Chloe blames her problems on anyone she can except herself. She acknowledges as much in Episode 3, even though she's not willing to accept it. This is evident in the relationship between Chloe and Max. Chloe calls out Max for "abandoning" her and not making any effort to contact her, though Chloe herself tried to; while a justifiable complaint, Chloe remains bitter about this even after Max begins doing all she can to help her and doesn't begin to show real gratitude until Episode 2. In Episode 4, the alternate version of Max is shown to have made some effort to stay in contact, sending letters, postcards and photographs to Chloe, but Max is still convicted for not visiting more often or making sure that Chloe didn't feel isolated or lonely. Even when the real Max assumes control of the alternate Max, Chloe still calls her out on avoiding her. It seems to be part of Chloe's identity to be the 'forgotten', and regardless of the choices the player makes, they will find themselves scolded for their lack of involvement in her life. It has also been stated that she will even blame people for situations beyond their control, such as William for dying in the car accident, and Max for moving away in the first place. Even though there was no way William could have known he was going to die that day, and it was not Max's choice to move away.Max: Chloe, you can't keep blaming me and everybody for everything wrong in your life, it's so not fair.Chloe: Gotta blame somebody, otherwise it's all my fault. Fuck that!
- Never Speak Ill of the Dead: In a Sacrifice Chloe ending David will lament to Sean about how bad of a stepfather he was to her and how he should have done better, never bringing up her many, many shortcomings.
- Nightmare Sequence: Several in the prequel.
- When David is giving her a ride to school in Episode 1, the still-exhausted Chloe falls asleep and has a dream about William driving around. Several things indicate this isn't a memory, though: Joyce's purse is sitting on the backseat next to Chloe (and it's full of condoms), and David's socket wrench is in the passenger seat pouch. Turns out it's Chloe's imagining of William's death, and she wakes up just as his car is hit by the semi-truck.
- A second, much more nightmarish sequence happens later, when Chloe falls asleep in the junkyard. This time the journal shows drawing of Max hanged from a tree, creepy texts from Max in Chloe's phone, and it ends with an image of Rachel bursting in flames.
- Episode 2 continues the trend, only this time William is roasting marshmallows in the inferno of his car. While he remains silent at first, he eventually delivers words to wisdom to Chloe. He turns his face towards Chloe to reveal that one side has been completely burned off.
- Has another one in Episode 3 where she and William are on stage and are acting out the moments before his death to a crowd of people while he tries to give her advice. It ends with him being run over and leaving a trail of blood in place much to Chloe's distress. William would appear again later in the episode while Chloe is awake. Whether this hints to him being a Spirit Advisor or if it's there to show how bad her mental health has become is up in the air.
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- Obfuscating Stupidity: Definitely not stupid, but her default "fuck the world" attitude and preoccupation with hedonistic activities like smoking weed make it a bit of a surprise when she shows her more knowledgeable side. She knows about several ideas and concepts such as Chaos Theory that Max doesn't know, and in Episode 3 Max finds a book about time travel on her desk, realizing that she was also throwing her back into getting to the bottom of her power. Alternate Chloe was a straight A student before her accident, so she can excel when she puts her mind to it.
- Odd Friendship: Her friendship with Max in a nutshell. Chloe is extroverted and rebellious, while Max is introverted and sheepish.
- Penny Among Diamonds: The Price family are, if not exactly poor, at least working class compared to the obviously very middle-class characters around them. Though their house is quite spacious, it's a little run-down and seems to be in a less affluent part of Arcadia Bay; and Joyce, William, and David's jobs are/were all blue-collar (diner cook/waitress, mechanic, security guard). Chloe attended Blackwell Academy as a fully-funded scholarship student, and it's implied that even though she's a local and therefore able to save money by living at home, the family being able to pay tuition fees was always out of the question. Farewell makes it clear that her family owned only one car while she was growing up, and in fact William's accident was preceded by a decision to pick Joyce up from work to give her the day off taking the bus home. As a young adult Chloe does own the household's second car, but only because she fixed up a shell by herself with parts she found in the junkyard, and it might not even be strictly road-legal.
- Preserve Your Gays: The events of the first game make it seem like the universe wants Chloe dead. However, if Max sacrifices Arcadia Bay it is confirmed in Life is Strange 2 that Chloe is still alive and well as of 2017.
- Promoted to Playable: In the first game, Chloe was only Max's ally, but in the prequel, she's the character you get to play as.
- Pungeon Master: Makes incredibly lame word play with increasing frequency as she hangs out more with Max.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Shared with Max when they asked Frank to help them in their investigation of Rachel's disappearance.
- Rebellious Spirit: Often talks about how she wants to trash Arcadia Bay and everyone in it. Eventually, though, she tells Max she only says that stuff because she's angry.
- Reckless Gun Usage: How Chloe shows off the gun she stole from David to Max, by pointing it directly at her.
- Redemption Equals Death: At the lighthouse she tells Max that she has been selfish, but now she would sacrifice herself to save the town. Max can go along with it.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Hot-headed and antagonistic red to Max's blue. Ironically, Before the Storm allows her to reverse this and be the calmer, more rational blue to Rachel's flighty and impulsive red.
- The Resenter:
- Towards the rest of her family, especially David, although she has a better relationship with Joyce. In Episode 3, she admits that she partially feels Joyce abandoned her for David and that she even blames William for his own death, even though she rationally knows it isn't his fault.
- Has varying degrees of this with pretty much everyone in Arcadia Bay. She's peeved at Max initially for not making effort to contact her, and later is furious that Rachel had been with Frank and explicitly lied to her about it. She pretty much sees everyone in her life as wanting to hurt or abandon her.
- Revenge Before Reason: Once she discovers Rachel's body, a grieving Chloe gets blinded by revenge and is dead-set on killing Nathan for what happened to her. Unfortunately, this leads to her death by the hands of Jefferson.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: She goes on one against Nathan once she finds Rachel's body. Unfortunately, Jefferson kills her before she can avenge Rachel.
- Romantic Runner-Up: Implied to have been essentially this to Rachel Amber. Before the Storm drops indications that Rachel was manipulating Chloe, but gives the player the opportunity to develop their relationship into a genuine — or at least genuine-seeming — romance.
- Running Gag: Her overuse of the word "hella"note . It quickly picked up as a meme among fans, so it soon became lampshaded and established as a sort of Catchphrase for her in later episodes. When Max finds herself saying it in Episode 3, Chloe remarks that she's rubbed off on her. Then when Max says it in the alternate timeline in episode 4, alternate Chloe will remark that she hates the word.
- Secret-Keeper: Max reveals her rewind power to Chloe at the end of Episode 1.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: One of Chloe's flaws is that she lacks foresight and cannot take responsibility for herself. As a result, almost all of Max's visions of Chloe's death(s) are a result of Chloe's own decisions and refusal to think it through. If she lays on a train track; the mechanism may activate and lock her in place as an oncoming train moves towards her, if she recklessly fires a gun; the bullet will ricochet and inevitably hit someone, if she provokes a mentally ill kid holding a gun; that kid will accidentally shoot her because he has the gun pressed against her stomach and she tried to push him away. Her refusal to follow due process with Rachel Amber's death will also result in her death because she and Max decided to find the body on their own without telling anyone, resulting in Jefferson killing Chloe and abducting Max.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: Rarely on the original and she is a very good-looking girl, but in Before The Storm, at the Tempest play, she looks adorable in her crow costume.
- She Is All Grown Up: While she was cute as a child, she is absolutely beautiful as a teenager. Max noticed...
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog: How her story ends in the timeline created in the "Save Arcadia Bay" ending. After a life full of pain, Nathan fatally shoots her by accident and she dies for nothing, completely unaware that her former best friend is sobbing a few feet away.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Played with. Chloe commits seemingly countless crimes over the course of the game (possession of a controlled substance, theft, burglary, attempted breaking and entering, tresspassing, extortion, conspiracy with regards to all the crimes she commits with Max and several traffic violations) as well as myriad more before that. Normally, she would have been arrested and thrown in prison long ago. However, David has a lot of friends in the local police department and uses his influence to keep her from being charged. Played with in that Chloe isn't aware David is doing this, but Max can learn it in episode 4 depending on their relationship up to that point.
- Situational Sexuality: Inverted. Chloe prefers the company of women to that of men and has canonically dated Rachel Amber but it is mentioned that she had a few "boy toys" in the past.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Before the Storm reveals that she and Rachel Amber were more than just friends. Sadly, their romance ends tragically with Rachel not only cheating on Chloe with Frank and Jefferson, but being killed by the latter.
- Her and Max can be these, depending on the player's actions and the ending chosen. Despite all the times Max saves Chloe's life and everything she goes through to make her happy, Chloe will be forced to either sacrifice herself to save Arcadia Bay from the storm or stand by and watch the whole town be wiped off the map. If Max chooses the former option, she and Chloe can share a passionate last kiss depending on their relationship, but the Chloe who gets shot dead by Nathan when Max goes back in time never even sees her face.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's One Head Taller than Max, who frequently notes how well she's turned out.
- Stepford Snarker: Chloe is hella sarcastic, but it's mainly an act to protect herself from getting hurt.
- The Stoner: She really loves her weed, although she's not a total pothead like her friend Justin.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Potentially averted. If Max sacrifices Arcadia Bay Episode 5 of Life is Strange 2 reveals that Chloe is still alive and well as of 2017 and is friends/lovers with Max.
- Supporting Protagonist: Interestingly, while she was effectively the Hero Deuteragonist in the first game, she becomes this in the prequel where she's Promoted to Playable. Like Max before her and Sean after her, she is the perspective through which the player views the actions and events surrounding the true hero of her story, in this case Rachel Amber.
- Tattooed Crook: A heroic (sort of) example. Her right arm is filled with tattoos, and she's a familiar face at the local police station for all the wrong reasons (though mostly only petty vandalism and drug possession).
- Teacher/Student Romance: Chloe says "Hot for teacher" word for word in Episode 4 while joking to Max about Mr. Jefferson to fluster her.
- The Tease: She likes to playfully flirt with Max and purposely make her feel uncomfortable by propositioning her. This comes back against her if the player takes her up on her request to kiss her.
- They Killed Kenny Again: She dies on very frequent basis, but thanks to Max's time travel abilities, she keeps coming back.
- Together in Death: In the timeline where she's murdered by Mark Jefferson, she dies right next to the spot where Rachel is buried.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Chloe is mostly a tomboy, like Max. She likes pirates, science, car mechanics, and metal music. While she wears mostly boyish rocker clothing, she can also wear tights and short shorts, and she also eventually dyes her hair blue. She was also more overtly girly in her youth, wearing her hair long and liking unicorns and rainbows, before becoming a troubled dropout.
- Too Dumb to Live: Tends to show this a lot throughout the game (at least once per episode) and if it were not for Max and her powers, she would have stayed dead in the first timeline. For example: what the the hell were Max and Chloe thinking when they decided to have a lie down on train tracks?!
- Took a Level in Badass: With her being a rebel without a cause, she acts tough around everyone she's connected into.
- Took a Level in Jerkass:
- Retroactively. While still self-centered, Chloe was a good deal nicer and had an active social life in Before the Storm. Following Rachel's disappearance, Chloe deteriorated into an apathetic jerk who drove away everyone she ever had a positive relationship with before Max came back into the picture.
- In Episode 2, when she tries to guilt-trip Max into going along with her ideas. Max ends up getting a Psychic Nosebleed a couple times from overtaxing her powers, and she actively disparages Max for considering taking a call from the depressed Kate.
- Took a Level in Kindness:
- Starts showing signs of maturing and accepting responsibilities for her actions in Episode 4, depending on the choices the player makes, such as apologizing to Max for being selfish when Kate called her in the diner in Episode 2 should she survive the suicide attempt.
- In Episode 5, this increases tenfold, when you first rewind back she still gives Max a ton of attitude for trying to stop her going to the party and taking revenge on Nathan or Jefferson despite Max being visibly upset/shaken, and even seems to accuse Max, implying that whatever happened was her fault, at first, but when she realizes just what happened to Max as a result of her actions and what she had to go through to get back to warn her she back-pedals hard and seems to feel both concerned for Max and guilty. It's to the extent she does not even blow up at Max if you tell her about the alternate timeline, and even gently coaxes Max into telling her in one dialogue option. Chloe becomes a lot more caring and sympathetic towards Max in general after that.
- Toxic Friend Influence: Most of her interactions with Rachel during Before the Storm end with her getting in trouble or doing something reckless. Later, she turns the tables in her relationship with Max. Joyce hopes that Max will be a good influence on her, but the player can certainly make it go the other way around with their decisions.
- Tranquil Fury:
- After her and Max discover Rachel's buried body, her personality goes from "sarcastic and adorable" to a "really freaking angry person about to avenge her friend's murder." Sadly, it didn't go so well for both herself and Max.
- If Max tells her about Jefferson drugging and kidnapping her, she will express sympathy and guilt for what happened to Max, before coldly stating her desire to kill Jefferson for what he did to her.
- Troubled, but Cute: Complete with leather jacket and extreme moodiness, Chloe is a textbook example, gender notwithstanding. She was kicked out of school, spends most of her time drinking and smoking in a junkyard, and makes terrible life choices every single day. She'll still win you over with her beautiful looks, sharp grin, Hidden Heart of Gold, and truly awful past.
- True Companions: She views Max as her only best friend left.
- Undignified Death: Several of her potential deaths are especially stupid. She can shoot herself if her bullet ricochets off a car bumper and can be potentially run over by a train because she thought it was a good idea to lie down on the tracks.
- Ungrateful Bitch: Zig-Zagged in regards to Max. While she does appear generally grateful to her for saving her from Nathan in the bathroom, she doesn't hesitate to try and blame her for her weed if David finds her in her room.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: A selfish rebel she might be, but it turns out she wasn't always like this. She was more cheerful and less mischievous during Max's childhood, until Chloe's dad William died in a traffic accident, causing her to have a negative outlook on life. Max tried to avert William's death, giving Chloe her opportunity to be happy but at a cost of being bound to a wheelchair permanently. Max has to undo it and return to the original timeline, but not before reassuring Chloe that she will be there for her no matter what happens to them.
- Verbal Tic: "Hella". Lampshaded when Max offhandedly uses the word and Chloe jokes that she's rubbing off on her. Ironically, Alternate Chloe hates the word and complains about Max using it.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Chloe curses herself for freezing when Damon attacks Rachel and also seems to feel guilty about not being there for Rachel before her disappearance. Years later, if anyone tries to hurt Max, she is much more proactive in protecting her. She can shoot Frank and his dog when they threaten Max.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- After she saves Max from Nathan and shared some witty banter, she will call Max out on never contacting her after she moved away, and still not contacting her after she moved back.
- In Episode 2, she will harass Max about letting her stepfather's gun be taken right from her hands, should you not choose to shoot. She lets it go pretty fast, though, and comments immediately after the fact she's kind of glad it happened.
- Wrench Wench: Before the Storm shows that she is quite competent at fixing cars. She makes a truck from the junkyard up and running. It's the same truck she is driving 3.5 years later, in Life is Strange.
- Young Gun: She has a gun as a side weapon that she stole from David. She can also take Nathan's gun if Max doesn't intervene when Warren beats him up.
Alternate Timeline Tropes
Chloe Price (Alternate Timeline)
"Hella"? I hate that word, no offense.
Max's decision to use her powers to prevent William's death had an unexpected side effect. William gave Chloe a car for her 16th birthday, and not long after Chloe got into a car accident and became paralyzed from the neck down.
- And I Must Scream: Downplayed. The wonders of modern technology mean that Chloe's condition isn't quite as hopeless as it could be, but she's still completely paralyzed from the neck down, can't perform even basic daily routines by herself that most people take for granted, and is trapped in a body that is slowly and painfully breaking down.
- Butterfly of Doom: Is a victim of this big time in episode 3. Max saving the life of Chloe's father has created a new future where Chloe ends up wheelchair bound, paralysed, and fixed with a tracheotomy.
- The Cutie: Just like the mainline version of her, she is quite beautiful, but this Chloe is significantly sweeter and kinder.
- Daddy's Girl: Joyce mentions that Chloe listens to William more than she does Joyce, even saying that Chloe seems to outright ignore her.
- Disabled Snarker: While less sarcastic than her mainline version, she still gets a snarky line there and there, usually about hers and her parent's situation.
- Foreshadowing:
- Her entire existence is foreshadowed by some of Main!Chloe's actions in the game, such as illegally parking in a reserved handicap space, and trying to steal from Blackwell's handicap fund.
- The choice that involves on whether or not if Max can Mercy Kill Chloe is a subtle sign of what the final decision will be in the last episode of the game.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate: Begs Max to help her die since her paralysis prevents her from doing it herself.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Contrasting her mainline equivalent's Icy Blue Eyes. Since this version of Chloe was never broken by William's death and the fallout therefrom, her eyes never lost that youthful sparkle.
- Irony: Quite a few things about the alternate Chloe Price's life and personality are ironic inversions or distortions of her mainline counterpart's:
- In Episode 1, Chloe parks her truck across two disability parking spaces. In Episode 3, she wants to steal money from the school's disability fund. In the alternate timeline Max creates at the end of the episode, she's a quadriplegic, and suffering the repercussions of the school's undersized disability fund (a letter from the principal recommends she transfer schools because Blackwell can't afford to make all its buildings wheelchair-accessible).
- In the main timeline, Chloe is a disruptive high school dropout and a street punk. In the alternate timeline, she's a well-behaved straight-A student and a science geek.
- Mainline Chloe often calls Max "Super Max" because of her time travel powers, which adds a little bit of extra sting when alternate Chloe tries to placate Max for being unable to do more by telling her she can't always be Super Max.
- Mainline Chloe uses "hella" as her Catchphrase, while alternate Chloe dislikes the word and almost never says it.
- Alternate timeline Chloe never met Rachel Amber, and therefore seems relatively unconcerned about her disappearance beyond reflecting on how sad it must be for her parents.
- The main timeline's Chloe is a casual drug user who sometimes uses "medicating" as an euphemism for getting high, and her stepfather disapproves of her habit. Alternate timeline Chloe is dependent on medically-prescribed regular doses of morphine to fight off the pain of her injuries, and her father has gone deeply into debt to provide this along with her other medical expenses.
- Max has been spending so much time and effort to save Chloe from both death and her feelings of abandonment. Alternate Chloe's final request is to have Max euthanize her, and she'll call Max out for abandoning her if she can't go through with it.
- While Mainline Chloe is outwardly bitter, stubborn, angry, and often selfish, she does trust Max to make a choice between her and Arcadia Bay in Episode 5, and leaves the decision entirely in Max's hands. Alternate Chloe is kind, understanding, and affectionate with Max for the most part, but she nevertheless insists that Max agree to her request for a Mercy Kill to prove that she really cares after leaving her behind years ago, and she'll judge Max harshly if she refuses.
- Mercy Kill: She asks Max to give her one because she's already dying a slow, painful death and wants this wonderful day with her best friend to be her last memory. If Max fulfills her wish via morphine overdose, Chloe passes away peacefully, on her own terms, free of pain, and with a happy smile on her lips.
- Nice Girl: This Chloe is incredibly nice to Max and is not that bitter about Max's refusal to contact her after the accident. She's also incredibly kind and understanding to her parents. She becomes significantly more bitter, however, if Max refuses to give her the Mercy Kill that she wants, implying that the resentment and anger that Mainline Chloe wears on her sleeve is still fully present in this Chloe even if she expresses it differently.
- The Smart Guy: Chloe's much more astute in this timeline. She even got straight A's.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: This Chloe will ultimately die despite being such a kind person who doesn't deserve to pass away.
- Walking Spoiler: Her very existence spoils a rather large mid-game plot twist.
- What the Hell, Hero?: She will call out Max on this if she refuses to euthanize her, accusing her of wanting her and her family to suffer.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Her respiratory system is slowly failing, so she doesn't have that much longer to live.
Comics Timeline Tropes
(Comics Primary Timeline) Chloe Price
The Chloe from the Dust timeline. She's Dust-Max's primary companion before she jumps universes. All spoilers for this Chloe will be unmarked.- Expository Hairstyle Change:
- The blue dye in her hair has faded to a teal shade when she's seen again, and is long enough to be tied in a short ponytail.
- After the Time Skip in Settling Dust, she's adopted the green hair she was previously seen with in a photograph in Life is Strange 2 and her ponytail is much longer.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: More like I Just Want My Beloved To Survive, but she ultimately supports Max's decision to jump into another timeline to stabilize herself. As she admits in Settling Dust, she struggled with hating and missing Max during her absence, but is overjoyed when she finally returns to her.
- Heroic BSoD: Seeing a version of Rachel alive does a number on her and she needs a minute alone afterwards.
- Official Couple: With Max. They're still going strong by the end of the comic.
- Older and Wiser:
- She's grown more independent and sensitive since the events of the storm, and is even able to cope well with Max's departure with the help of the High Seas. When Max expresses guilt at leaving her behind, Chloe is quick to tell her that it isn't her fault and is nothing less than happy to be with her again, a stark contrast to how she handled her father's death and Max's move as a teenager.
- When she sees a picture of her Waves timeline self with Rachel and Max, she's not jealous at all, and gets a bit teary-eyed while expressing joy that another version of Rachel got to live her life and that Max got to meet her.
- Relationship Upgrade: The "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay" ending leaves her and Max's relationship status ambiguous. In this timeline they get together.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Max's Dimensional Traveler abilities wind up separating them after the Dust arc. By the end of Waves, Max is trying to find a way back to her. She succeeds in Settling Dust.
- Understanding Girlfriend: To Max. She supports her decision to leave the Dust timeline to stabilize herself, and instead of spiraling into self-destruction she finds ways to support herself and cope with her departure. When Max finally returns after a two-year absence, Chloe welcomes her with open arms.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Like Max herself, Chloe believes that Max is going to reset the timeline again at the end of the Dust arc. Soon after, she realizes she was wrong.
Comics Alternate Timeline Tropes
(Comics Alternate Timeline) Chloe Price
A version of Chloe who never lost Rachel. All spoilers for this Chloe will be unmarked.- Alternate Self: Unlike the main timelines' version(s) of Chloe, this one is happily dating Rachel (who is still alive), and they are living together in Santa Monica.
- Ambiguous Situation: Her sculpture is heavily implied to be tied in some way to the storm that happens at the end of the game, despite the storm never happening here.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Besides William's death, Max's departure and the events of Before the Storm, this Chloe is hinted to have had some bad experiences with drugs. The main timeline's Chloe is known to be a stoner, but it's implied this Chloe also used harder drugs at some point.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: This Chloe made it to LA with Rachel and gets to reunite with (a version of) her best friend.
- Innocently Insensitive: Towards Dust-Max for most of the Waves arc due to being unaware of her situation.
- In Spite of a Nail: The Storm still exists in the Waves timeline in the form of a sculpture that Chloe herself builds.
- Official Couple: With Rachel.
- Older and Wiser: Compared to game Chloe. Notably, she has a far better grip on her abandonment issues.
- Wrench Wench: Works in a garage throughout the Waves arc.
"No matter what you choose, I know you'll make the right decision."
