Shawn Spencer is perfectly capable of fulfilling responsibilities and doing his duties. But goofing off and having fun will always have a heavy sway in his decision making. He sometimes ignores orders or finds ways to spend as much time avoiding an assignment as possible.

Shawn Spencer always seems to underestimate the gravity of important situations or the difficulty of tasks by about a mile or ten.Shawn Spencer is a bit of a slacker, never really thinking things all the way through - and it usually comes back to bite him in a wildly comedic way. However, he also tends to not be deterred from things that would often scare others away.

Despite an aversion for physical confrontation, Shawn Spencer has a quick-witted and sharp sense of humour, and never passes up the opportunity to make a quip or jibe about his situation, or to taunt his enemies. While some find Shawn Spencer to be funny and likeable, others do not always respond so warmly, and occasionally Shawn Spencer will get himself into more trouble than he thought when someone takes a joke the wrong way.

Shawn Spencer prefers to push the rules to the absolute limit. While he is unlikely to actually break rules or disobey orders, he toes the line between what is allowed and what isn't at every opportunity.

Shawn Spencer vastly prefers ranged combat, taking every opportunity to use skills and Force Powers to disengage from melee and instead fight at range, so much so that he has become competent at staying out of melee in the first place.

Shawn Spencer has an uncanny knack for identifying traps and alerting others to them. Now, if only he could consistently do it BEFORE the trap goes off...