The Quirk Compendium

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Let's see if we can get to five hundred random character quirks.
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1) Character picks his nose and wipes it on people he doesn't like.
2) Compulsively making origami shoes out of napkins, bus tickets, e.c.t.
3) Makes cat meowing noises at the moon.
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4- Always putting on their left boot first
5- Keeping holiday decorations up all year
6- Only feeling safe if they wear their mother's locket
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7) Always puts both socks on before putting both shoes on
8) Fantasizes about dramatic scenarios between himself and his adversaries while in reality is very shy and overly-polite by nature
9) Drops it like it hot when he's overstimulated and even bocks like a chicken while sticking out his elbows and makes flapping wing movements while doing it
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10) Sucks on her own hair.

11) Likes calling people 'shmucks'.

12) Colours fingernails with felt markers.
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13) Always eats seafood at a steakhouse.

14) Washes hair with a bar of soap.

15) Cooks one minute rice within 58seconds.

You may recognise the last one ;).




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16) Has a bad habit of taking over her host body.
17) Won't ever take her headphones off.
18) Throws daggers at the people he likes... (yah, they's a weird one...)
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19) Has a compulsion to always have a candy-cane in their mouth.
20) Randomly taps any surface they come near (wall, desk, floor, lunchbox, anything...)
21) Always washes their hands after they do anything (opens a door and then washes their hands. Walks inside and turns on the light, washes their hands...)
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22) He'll always answer the phone before the first ring is over. When he doesn't, you know there's a big problem.

23) She'll take money with her left hand, and give money with her right hand.

24) He isn't religious, but he will cross himself at the mention of a deceased person -- he says it's out of respect.
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25) He is always shaking his fingers, even in his sleep

26) Can't stand matching socks

27) Stares at a wall until an answer comes to him during a test
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28) Talks about recent events as if they happened years ago.

29) Chews up food and puts it on someone else's place as a way of showing appreciation for their company.

30) Instead of laughing they chuckle silently until it all comes out in one big 'Haaaahhh' sound.
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31) tells stories from the past like horror stories
32) sucks their thumbs then dries their thumbs off on other people
33) hiccup like a rubber duck
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34) Applies lip balm about every five minutes
35) Snaps fingers in a Z-formation to almost every sentence
36) Coughs to cover up offensive comments--even other people's




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37) has never been on the internet
38) speaks exclusively in rhyming couplets
39) refers to the help as "Mum" and "Papa"
First you will awake in disbelief, then
in sadness and grief and when you wake
the last time, the forest you've been
looking for will turn out to be
right in the middle of your chest.




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40) Chews at hair and fingernails
41) Proofreads everything five times, then asks their friends to help them proofread again
42) Cuts up all their food into bite-sized pieces before eating any of it
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