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A list of characters in Kid Radd and the tropes associated with them.
Radd[]
The hero of Kid Radd (the game and the comic), he's a hero sprite who initially fights to rescue his girlfriend Sheena. Forced from his world when the Moderators arrive to free him, he must adapt to life outside.
- Captain Ersatz: Of the hero of a lesser-known NES game, Totally Rad.
- Classic Cheat Code: Radd can unlock the Hoverboard with Right, Up, Right, A, Down, Down. (R U RADD?)
- Glass Cannon: Can unleash incredible firepower, but can only take four hits of any strength.
- Groin Attack: On Kobayashi
- The Hero
- My God, What Have I Done?: After destroying a Moderator ship pursuing him, the first time he actually killed someone.
- The Slacker: As a result of never making any decisions without his human around.
- Too Dumb to Live: He confronts the person who sold him the illegal code, and forces him to give him another. He ends up getting some corrupt code in the process and almost dies.
- Took a Level In Badass: Gets more competent at fighting as time goes along.
- Unwitting Pawn: Plays right into G.I. Guy's plan to destroy the Internet
Sheena[]
Radd's girlfriend.
- Catapult Nightmare: Of accidentally leaving behind some silent and immobile sprites, dooming them to death. It may have been All Just a Dream, but it's the product of some deep-seated doubts.
- The Chick
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: She can't attack or be attacked, enabling her to enter dangerous games and liberate their sprites.
- Stone Wall: As an NPC, is invincible but posseses no attack abilities.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out Bogey for his callous remarks on Radd's arrest, but learns that it was a form of Tough Love.
Bogey[]
A minor enemy from Radd's game who is carrying a power-up
- Back From the Dead: Revived with the help of Radd's player
- Heroic Sacrifice: Forces Radd to kill him to collect his power-up and survive the Seer's ultimate attack
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- The Lancer
- One-Hit-Point Wonder
- Tough Love: After Sheena accuses him of being callous over Radd being arrested, he responds that Radd has to learn how things work in the world outside.
Gnarl[]
The main villain of Radd's game.
- Degraded Boss: By the time Radd faces him again, he's become strong enough that he's no longer a threat.
- Final Boss
- Mirror Boss: In the first form. Unfortunately, Radd's strongest attack is roughly equivalent to Gnarl's weakest attack.
- One-Winged Angel
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Finds Chimera Point by accident and leads Crystal there
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: More in a personal development sense. While Radd has undergone Character Development, Gnarl is essentially still the same as when he left the game.
Captain QB[]
An officer for the Moderators, formerly from a fighting game
- An Ice Person: Super Freezeplay DX
- Anti-Villain: Type III; he's willing to sacrifice Radd to ensure the future of all sprites
- Face Heel Turn: Joins Crystal for a while
Itty Bitty[]
A shopkeeper in Hopetown
- Hammerspace: Can store an unlimited number of items, including entire ships.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: His merchant-based abilities don't sound impressive, but they are useful at some crucial moments.
Dr. Amp[]
- Cool Old Guy: In appearance
- The Smart Guy
Joule[]
Amp's assistant, a bee girl.
- Distressed Damsel: Taken hostage by Kobayashi.
G.I. Guy[]
The founder and leader of the Moderators. He grows disillusioned with the violence inherent in sprites and wants to destroy the internet and real world.
- Broken Ace: The failure of Protos and Crystal's betrayal have embittered him
- The Comically Serious
- Humans Are Bastards: He thinks this of players
- Kill It with Fire
- Hot Wings / Power Gives You Wings: Can fly on these
- Macross Missile Massacre: Creates a
- Mind Control: Can do this to his enemies once they're at low health. It also enables...
- Nietzsche Wannabe
- Ramming Always Works: He does this to Radd, resulting in him losing some of his health, but weakening Radd to the point at which he can mind control him
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Lampshaded when Radd says he had a somewhat accurate view of the problem but a "really insane view of the solution"
Crystal[]
A low-level enemy sprite from an RPG
- Bad Boss
- Big Bad
- Dangerously Genre Savvy
- The Starscream: Overthrows G.I. Guy and later, betrays her own accomplice and immediate superior, QB
- Shoot the Messenger: Enjoys this quite a bit, but typically doesn't kill the messengers.
- Tyrant Takes the Helm
The Seer[]
A virus that gained sentience after expanding to every corner of the Internet
- Clipped-Wing Angel: Fusing to other sprites enabled him to be killed, which resulted in him crashing because of conflicting death parameters]
- Faceless Eye
- Grand Theft Me: On Crystal
- Hoist by His Own Petard
- The Man Behind the Man: Manipulated Crystal to obtain a powerful body.
- Omnicidal Maniac
- Womb Level: His base.
Kobayashi[]
The Discount Ninja, hired for $20 by some Moderators who wanted to pocket the rest of the money allocated
- Butt Monkey
- Flash Step: Is able to avoid Radd's attacks with it. Unfortunately, he can't hit anything with it.
- I Have Your Wife: Takes Joule hostage.
- Lethal Joke Character: Most of his attacks are flashy and never hit, but some never miss.
- Not So Harmless: After stowing away aboard QB's ship, he steals a gun and reduces Radd to 1 HP, only being stopped from killing him by Sheena's intervention.
- Took a Level In Badass
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Finds Chimera Point by accident and leads Crystal there
Radd's Player[]
- Author Avatar
- Author Filibuster / Character Filibuster: Believes that humans are, by nature, deeply flawed but can and must try to rise above their natures to do good.
- This Loser Is You: Laments that he spent too much time playing games when he was younger.
- Took a Level In Badass: Gets considerably better at the game as he goes along, eventually becoming able to win regularly.