
Badass Bookworm: He is a doctor, after all.a doctor that will slit people's throats and rip out their organs while they're still alive.
Ax-Crazy: As the Repo Man, Nathan appears to forget that the people he's vivisecting are human.That doesn't change the fact that he accomplished this by locking her away from the outside world, stunting her maturity and poisoning her to keep up the illusion that she's sick. Abusive Parents: Played with he had the best of intentions, and after his wife's traumatic death he genuinely wanted Shilo safe.He often laments his late night duties, but a seeming multiple personality tends to take him over, leaving him a vicious killing machine as opposed to the kind hearted, torn father. Shilo's father and a widower, having lost his wife Marni, a death which he blames himself for.
What precision! Keen incisions, I deliver. Indeed, upon deciding that he failed Shilo, caused her to abandon him, and drove her into Rotti's thrall, he declares.
Morality Chain: It's implied Shilo is all that's stopping Nathan from taking on the sociopathic Repo Man persona full-time. Missing Mom: Her mother, Marni, died when Shilo was born. Littlest Cancer Patient: Older than the typical example of that trope, and technically isn't suffering from cancer - in fact, she's perfectly healthy - but the imagery of the trope certainly is invoked in the scene we see her without her wig, in her sickbed, behind plastic drapes, wearing a hospital gown-esque nightie. Needless to say, her meetings with Graverobber are a bit of a shock to her. The Ingenue: She is heavily sheltered and unaware of what the world is like. Foreshadowing: The revelation that her mother didn't die from a blood disease is the first indication that something else is making her sick. The song is a punk rock anthem about her rebelling against her overbearing father's control over her, and escaping her sheltered life. Emo Teen: Her song "Seventeen" highlights this heavily. Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: She is sickly pale from her disease.