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PCA TV Tropes Meme Part 2: Team... Zeke?
15 years ago
As always, all you gotta do is find character-related tropes which are relevent to your characters, and justify/explain why they work with your characters. TV Tropes is right here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...../Main/HomePage and I'd recommend people do it, it's fun, gives readers more insight into your characters, and you might learn that your characters are more stereotypical than you think. I sure did.
Enough copy and pasting; here's the rundown on the stereotypes, cliches and tropes that Zeke and his teammates follow.
Zeke:
Cowardly Lion: Zeke is always sweating over failing in fights and is generally classed by his teammates and foes as a terrible fighter and a coward, these facts only being further justified by the boy’s nervous nature. The truth is that he’s not as bad a fighter as he classes himself, but he’s still no great fighter either.
Hot Mom: And Vivian knows it.
Tranquil Fury: His mom has been teaching him that he shouldn’t be so submissive when he’s in trouble, and thus he now tends to be a bit more likely to fight back. And when he does, he does not feel the need to be loud about it.
Shrinking Violet: Zeke is very shy; a rather blunt comparison with his loud brother Twitch. His submissive attitude doesn’t help either.
Knight Templar: Zeke’s almost medieval ethics tend to be a bit corrupt at times; causing quite a bit of surprise when people see how cruel the boy can actually be.
Elephant’s Child: A little less curious than the trope would imply, but still likely to ask questions if allowed. Most of the time he’s too terrified of being hit by his brother for saying anything ‘stupid’.
Big Brother Worship: Zeke really does look up to his brother, but doesn’t always take his advice to heart. Thankfully.
Apologize A Lot: If you’re his friend, at least.
Twitch:
Rollerblade Good: Whenever, wherever.
Fragile Speedster: Very fast on his feet, even without his rollerblades; Twitch is definitely the fastest of Isabella’s team. He’s not as fragile as one would think either; all that training with his rollerblades must have ended with some accidents, so he must he relatively tough.
Big Brother Mentor: To his little brother Zeke. Whilst only separated by one year the two have very different personalities, with Twitch taking the lead due to his.
Big Brother Bully: Rarely; but Zeke’s whininess and his tendency to embarrass his brother leads Twitch to be a little quick-tempered towards him.
Corrine:
Villain Protagonist: Depends on your interpretation, really.
Real Men Wear Pink: He tends to wear pink and violet clothing, due to his species’ fur colour. He’s straight, though. Of course, Valence still thinks he’s gay.
Badass Bookworm: Corrine is smarter than he is strong, but that just seems to make him seem even stronger. He’s not physically strong of course, instead relying on his psychic powers to make up for his incredibly fragile body, and using his mind and planning skills to make upfor any shortcomings in his psychic strength too.
Child Prodigy: No, he’s not another one of those ‘is amazing just because’; he’s only as smart as he is because he was pretty much forced to study constantly by his parents during his childhood.
The Woobie: Sort of. On one hand he’s a meglomanic sociopath and on the other he’s an emotionally unstable pink kitten.
Antihero: So much so.
Well Intentioned Extremist: He wants to make a utopia. By taking over the world. Real original…
Perpetual Frowner: He’s just never happy. But since he’s been spending time with Karah this could be averted in the future.
The Stoic: His parents taught him to keep emotions out of his life, but he’s beginning to recover.
Technobabble: Corrine is not good at explaining things.
Egopolis: It’s probably only a utopia in Corrine’s mind…
Chessmaster: Whoa boy. And he’s not bad at manipulating emotions and such too. Well, so he thinks.
Friendless Background: He doesn’t have time for friends; damn it. Except maybe Karah…
Hidden Heart of Gold: Corrine cares a lot for… alright, just Karah, but he does have a hidden heart of gold, as suggested by his dreams of a utopia. Finding it is an insane challenge in itself, plus the fact that Corrine reveals in a slightly more… aggressive way. Threatening her boyfriend with death, for example.
Hidden Depths: Corrine seems pretty stoic… but get him going on his emotions and he will not stop.
Good Is Not Nice: This tends to show up often in my characters; as does it’s opposite. Corrine just happens to be a bit of an epitome of the trope; as he’s cruel and manipulative but often has society’s best interests at mind.
Karah:
Breath Weapon: Water and air; since she’s a Lugia.
The Ditz: While she’s usually smart and serious, she tends to be a ditz at times. Especially around her boyfriend.
Fat Girl: Thanks to her species and height having a high weight was pretty much unavoidable. She’s highly sensitive about the fact, too, and Isabella’s constant mocking does not help.
Tiny Guy Huge Girl: With her boyfriend, Rayza; although he’s not actually that short. Karah’s just that tall.
Huge Schoolgirl: Karah’s definitely one of the taller girls in the PCA, at least from my experience.
Deadpan Snarker: Karah tends to be a bit snarky, at least compared to her teammates. Zeke’s too naïve, Twitch is too busy, Corrine’s too stoic and Isabella’s too… gossipy?
Elemental Baggage: Unlike most of her type Karah cannot ‘summon’ water or air, instead simply having larger lungs to store air (and logically for holding her breath longer underwater) and having to store water in her stomach (thus all of her water moves are her regurgitating it, rather than summoning it somehow). Unfortunately having to store water within herself makes things really awkward on freezing days; since whilst having water in one’s stomach is bad enough for digestion, having your stomach frozen over pretty much ruins it. And I suppose that’d explain why she’s overweight; that water must ruin her metabolism.
Isabella:
Rich Bitch: She’s not too bad, but does have a bit of a superiority complex. This is probably fair enough considering how submissive most of her team are, though.
The Libby: Again, sort of. She and Eyrie go hand-in-hand as the ‘plastics’ of their social group, although they’re not too bad. Janice joins the duo on occasion as well, but she’s not as judging. Not even close.
Gossipy Hens: Isabella and Eyrie are like this most of the time, especially when they’re together.
The Prima Donna: She isn’t much of an actor, but the attitude fits well with the way she treats her team.
The Fashionista: She’s a clothing designer for a reason; y’know.
Enough copy and pasting; here's the rundown on the stereotypes, cliches and tropes that Zeke and his teammates follow.
Zeke:
Cowardly Lion: Zeke is always sweating over failing in fights and is generally classed by his teammates and foes as a terrible fighter and a coward, these facts only being further justified by the boy’s nervous nature. The truth is that he’s not as bad a fighter as he classes himself, but he’s still no great fighter either.
Hot Mom: And Vivian knows it.
Tranquil Fury: His mom has been teaching him that he shouldn’t be so submissive when he’s in trouble, and thus he now tends to be a bit more likely to fight back. And when he does, he does not feel the need to be loud about it.
Shrinking Violet: Zeke is very shy; a rather blunt comparison with his loud brother Twitch. His submissive attitude doesn’t help either.
Knight Templar: Zeke’s almost medieval ethics tend to be a bit corrupt at times; causing quite a bit of surprise when people see how cruel the boy can actually be.
Elephant’s Child: A little less curious than the trope would imply, but still likely to ask questions if allowed. Most of the time he’s too terrified of being hit by his brother for saying anything ‘stupid’.
Big Brother Worship: Zeke really does look up to his brother, but doesn’t always take his advice to heart. Thankfully.
Apologize A Lot: If you’re his friend, at least.
Twitch:
Rollerblade Good: Whenever, wherever.
Fragile Speedster: Very fast on his feet, even without his rollerblades; Twitch is definitely the fastest of Isabella’s team. He’s not as fragile as one would think either; all that training with his rollerblades must have ended with some accidents, so he must he relatively tough.
Big Brother Mentor: To his little brother Zeke. Whilst only separated by one year the two have very different personalities, with Twitch taking the lead due to his.
Big Brother Bully: Rarely; but Zeke’s whininess and his tendency to embarrass his brother leads Twitch to be a little quick-tempered towards him.
Corrine:
Villain Protagonist: Depends on your interpretation, really.
Real Men Wear Pink: He tends to wear pink and violet clothing, due to his species’ fur colour. He’s straight, though. Of course, Valence still thinks he’s gay.
Badass Bookworm: Corrine is smarter than he is strong, but that just seems to make him seem even stronger. He’s not physically strong of course, instead relying on his psychic powers to make up for his incredibly fragile body, and using his mind and planning skills to make upfor any shortcomings in his psychic strength too.
Child Prodigy: No, he’s not another one of those ‘is amazing just because’; he’s only as smart as he is because he was pretty much forced to study constantly by his parents during his childhood.
The Woobie: Sort of. On one hand he’s a meglomanic sociopath and on the other he’s an emotionally unstable pink kitten.
Antihero: So much so.
Well Intentioned Extremist: He wants to make a utopia. By taking over the world. Real original…
Perpetual Frowner: He’s just never happy. But since he’s been spending time with Karah this could be averted in the future.
The Stoic: His parents taught him to keep emotions out of his life, but he’s beginning to recover.
Technobabble: Corrine is not good at explaining things.
Egopolis: It’s probably only a utopia in Corrine’s mind…
Chessmaster: Whoa boy. And he’s not bad at manipulating emotions and such too. Well, so he thinks.
Friendless Background: He doesn’t have time for friends; damn it. Except maybe Karah…
Hidden Heart of Gold: Corrine cares a lot for… alright, just Karah, but he does have a hidden heart of gold, as suggested by his dreams of a utopia. Finding it is an insane challenge in itself, plus the fact that Corrine reveals in a slightly more… aggressive way. Threatening her boyfriend with death, for example.
Hidden Depths: Corrine seems pretty stoic… but get him going on his emotions and he will not stop.
Good Is Not Nice: This tends to show up often in my characters; as does it’s opposite. Corrine just happens to be a bit of an epitome of the trope; as he’s cruel and manipulative but often has society’s best interests at mind.
Karah:
Breath Weapon: Water and air; since she’s a Lugia.
The Ditz: While she’s usually smart and serious, she tends to be a ditz at times. Especially around her boyfriend.
Fat Girl: Thanks to her species and height having a high weight was pretty much unavoidable. She’s highly sensitive about the fact, too, and Isabella’s constant mocking does not help.
Tiny Guy Huge Girl: With her boyfriend, Rayza; although he’s not actually that short. Karah’s just that tall.
Huge Schoolgirl: Karah’s definitely one of the taller girls in the PCA, at least from my experience.
Deadpan Snarker: Karah tends to be a bit snarky, at least compared to her teammates. Zeke’s too naïve, Twitch is too busy, Corrine’s too stoic and Isabella’s too… gossipy?
Elemental Baggage: Unlike most of her type Karah cannot ‘summon’ water or air, instead simply having larger lungs to store air (and logically for holding her breath longer underwater) and having to store water in her stomach (thus all of her water moves are her regurgitating it, rather than summoning it somehow). Unfortunately having to store water within herself makes things really awkward on freezing days; since whilst having water in one’s stomach is bad enough for digestion, having your stomach frozen over pretty much ruins it. And I suppose that’d explain why she’s overweight; that water must ruin her metabolism.
Isabella:
Rich Bitch: She’s not too bad, but does have a bit of a superiority complex. This is probably fair enough considering how submissive most of her team are, though.
The Libby: Again, sort of. She and Eyrie go hand-in-hand as the ‘plastics’ of their social group, although they’re not too bad. Janice joins the duo on occasion as well, but she’s not as judging. Not even close.
Gossipy Hens: Isabella and Eyrie are like this most of the time, especially when they’re together.
The Prima Donna: She isn’t much of an actor, but the attitude fits well with the way she treats her team.
The Fashionista: She’s a clothing designer for a reason; y’know.
