TROPE LIST
• All Girls Want Bad Boys - The biggest ships involving her in the fandom are either with Francis or Nick.
• An Axe To Grind - Her weapon of choice. Axe her question indeed.
• Baby Got Back
• Badass Normal - Necessary personality trait for all Left 4 Dead survivors.
• Call Back - The "big name news station" Rochelle worked for was Eyewitness 10 News. A couple of vans belonging to that news station can be seen in the first game's campaign Death Toll. And like the others in the sequel, she also shares lines with the first game's survivors, from the Church Guy's "better safe than sorry" mention to exclaiming Bill's "mother of mercy"s.
• Cargo Ship - Listen to her when she picks up a magnum. Or marvelling over any gun, for that matter. "I am in LOVE with this gun!"
• Chainsaw Good - Her reaction to picking up one.
• Cool Big Sis - At least to Ellis.
• The Chick - Of the sequel's crew.
• Closer to Earth - Regardless of her tendency to get way too excited about guns, Rochelle is still one of the more level-headed survivors of the series.
• The Danza - Rochelle is voiced by Rochelle Aytes.
• Deadline News - Implied to have happened to her news crew in Savannah.
• Deadpan Snarker - Frequently.
• Doesn't Like Guns - At first. "Normally I hate guns, but I think I hate zombies more."
• Gosh Darn It To Heck - A lot of her exclamations sound like this, but she'll curse just as much.
• Hot Scoop - Oh yeah.
• Incredibly Lame Pun - Axe her a question, she dares you.
• Intrepid Reporter - Averted in that Rochelle at first sees the entire thing as a story that can put her on the map, but turns out to basically be fighting for her life and totally unconcerned about the event itself.
• Rule Thirty Four - There are fan-made nude models of her for the game, and so on.
• Sassy Black Woman
• The Scrappy - Unfortunately has this status in the fandom for a variety of reasons. Your mileage is likely to vary.
• Ship Mates - Ellis makes a suggestion to Rochelle that her and Francis should double date with him and Zoey.
• Ship Tease: In The Passing, Francis flirts with Rochelle, though he doesn't like her opinion of his vest.
• Shipper On Deck - Rochelle and Coach don't mind pushing Ellis towards Zoey.
• Shout Out - Many of her quotes are lines from Anchorman, Billy Idol, and even The Fonz. She's also wearing Depeche Mode t-shirt.
• Twofer Token Minority
• What Could Have Been - Rochelle went through the most character changes during development, whereas the others were locked in earlier.
• Your Mileage May Vary - Many consider her to be The Scrappy due to her seeming lack of personality, while others have kinder views of her.
• An Axe To Grind - Her weapon of choice. Axe her question indeed.
• Baby Got Back
• Badass Normal - Necessary personality trait for all Left 4 Dead survivors.
• Call Back - The "big name news station" Rochelle worked for was Eyewitness 10 News. A couple of vans belonging to that news station can be seen in the first game's campaign Death Toll. And like the others in the sequel, she also shares lines with the first game's survivors, from the Church Guy's "better safe than sorry" mention to exclaiming Bill's "mother of mercy"s.
• Cargo Ship - Listen to her when she picks up a magnum. Or marvelling over any gun, for that matter. "I am in LOVE with this gun!"
• Chainsaw Good - Her reaction to picking up one.
• Cool Big Sis - At least to Ellis.
• The Chick - Of the sequel's crew.
• Closer to Earth - Regardless of her tendency to get way too excited about guns, Rochelle is still one of the more level-headed survivors of the series.
• The Danza - Rochelle is voiced by Rochelle Aytes.
• Deadline News - Implied to have happened to her news crew in Savannah.
• Deadpan Snarker - Frequently.
• Doesn't Like Guns - At first. "Normally I hate guns, but I think I hate zombies more."
• Gosh Darn It To Heck - A lot of her exclamations sound like this, but she'll curse just as much.
• Hot Scoop - Oh yeah.
• Incredibly Lame Pun - Axe her a question, she dares you.
• Intrepid Reporter - Averted in that Rochelle at first sees the entire thing as a story that can put her on the map, but turns out to basically be fighting for her life and totally unconcerned about the event itself.
• Rule Thirty Four - There are fan-made nude models of her for the game, and so on.
• Sassy Black Woman
• The Scrappy - Unfortunately has this status in the fandom for a variety of reasons. Your mileage is likely to vary.
• Ship Mates - Ellis makes a suggestion to Rochelle that her and Francis should double date with him and Zoey.
• Ship Tease: In The Passing, Francis flirts with Rochelle, though he doesn't like her opinion of his vest.
• Shipper On Deck - Rochelle and Coach don't mind pushing Ellis towards Zoey.
• Shout Out - Many of her quotes are lines from Anchorman, Billy Idol, and even The Fonz. She's also wearing Depeche Mode t-shirt.
• Twofer Token Minority
• What Could Have Been - Rochelle went through the most character changes during development, whereas the others were locked in earlier.
• Your Mileage May Vary - Many consider her to be The Scrappy due to her seeming lack of personality, while others have kinder views of her.