Max and Chloe are pretty well known for their catchphrases of ‘Hella’ and ‘Wowser’ but how often do they actually use them throughout Life is Strange? A little peek at the script shows that Max’s wowser vastly outnumber Chloe’s hella, which makes sense given that Max is the main playable character, however she tends to think them and not actually say “wowser” out loud. Chloe also stops saying hella quite as much with each episode. This could have been Dontnod responding to player feedback from episode 1 as some felt the word was being overused.



Finally, Max actually starts saying hella after spending more time around Chloe so the next question is: How long before Chloe starts saying wowser?



Amount of hella said by Chloe

Episode 1: 5

Episode 2: 3

Episode 3: 1 (2 if counting Chloe repeating Max saying hella)

Episode 4: 0 (1 if counting Alt!Chloe repeating Max saying hella)

Episode 5: 2 (1 of which are said in Max’s nightmare, which isn’t the real Chloe)

Hella’s said by Chloe: 11

Hella’s said by Alt!Chloe: 1

Hella’s said by Nightmare!Chloe: 1

Total Hellas: 13

Amount of wowser said by Max

Episode 1: 8

Episode 2: 3

Episode 3: 5 (2 spoken out loud)

Episode 4: 3

Episode 5: 3

Total Wowser’s thought: 20

Total Wowser’s spoken: 2

Total Wowsers: 22

Amount of hella said by Max

Episode 1: 0

Episode 2: 0

Episode 3: 1 (2 if counting journal entry)

Episode 4: 1 (2 if counting journal entry)

Episode 5: 1 (2 if counting journal entry)



Total Hella’s written:3

Total Hella’s spoken: 3

Total Hellas: 6