Cofee mindfuck scene was so cruel. His wafflling skills are almost as 1337 as Zelos'. I didn't really think that he's stereotypical, but the way he ended up handling things was profanely cliché. Event, anger/excitement, event, doubt, talk with friends, cheer up, event, anger/excitement, event, doubt, talk with friends, cheer up. I really liked the skit where he uses "avaricious", which is an entertaining, if short-lived, change of pace. And I thought Noishe was sort of weird for a dog, and probably more of a monster, but I just went with it because Lloyd said so. Mostly, I just went with the approach that it's Noishe.
"Well, if one sword has a power of 100, don't two swords have a power of 200?" Extra credit for justification of dual-wielding. And also, don't you know that Kratos and Zelos are really just one person named Kratos/Zelos, except the Kratos half gets cooler costumes and a useless angel skill. All the online guides agree with me.