Alex is smart, skeptical, and intentionally un-hip, but can't seem to overcome his self- conscious nature. His shyness and lack of confidence keep him from getting what he wants: a girlfriend, a better job, a more exciting life. Alex tends to develop frustrating crushes on unattainable women. Although he wants to break away from his gang of comic-book-reading, action-figure-collecting social misfits, it is with them that he feels most at home. He is overqualified for his job at REPRO MAN'S.