diff --git a/src/app/character.coffee b/src/app/character.coffee
index ad76409346..9bf5fd2195 100644
--- a/src/app/character.coffee
+++ b/src/app/character.coffee
@@ -8,23 +8,6 @@ _ = require 'underscore'
 lodash = require 'lodash'
 derby = require 'derby'
 
-module.exports.username = username = (auth) ->
-  if auth?.facebook?.displayName?
-    auth.facebook.displayName
-  else if auth?.facebook?
-    fb = auth.facebook
-    if fb._raw then "#{fb.name.givenName} #{fb.name.familyName}" else fb.name
-  else if auth?.local?
-    auth.local.username
-  else
-    'Anonymous'
-
-module.exports.view = (view) ->
-  view.fn "username", (auth) -> username(auth)
-
-  view.fn "tnl", algos.tnl
-
-
 module.exports.app = (appExports, model) ->
   user = model.at '_user'
 
diff --git a/src/app/helpers.coffee b/src/app/helpers.coffee
index 900edcc610..9852545b48 100644
--- a/src/app/helpers.coffee
+++ b/src/app/helpers.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 moment = require 'moment'
 _ = require 'underscore'
+algos = require './algos'
 
 # Absolute diff between two dates
 daysBetween = (yesterday, now, dayStart) ->
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@ removeWhitespace = (str) ->
   return '' unless str
   str.replace /\s/g, ''
 
+username = (auth) ->
+  if auth?.facebook?.displayName?
+    auth.facebook.displayName
+  else if auth?.facebook?
+    fb = auth.facebook
+    if fb._raw then "#{fb.name.givenName} #{fb.name.familyName}" else fb.name
+  else if auth?.local?
+    auth.local.username
+  else
+    'Anonymous'
+
 viewHelpers = (view) ->
   view.fn "percent", (x, y) ->
     x=1 if x==0
@@ -59,4 +71,74 @@ viewHelpers = (view) ->
 
   view.fn "truarr", (num) -> num-1
 
-module.exports = { viewHelpers, removeWhitespace, randomVal, daysBetween, dayMapping }
+  ###
+    User
+  ###
+  view.fn "username", (auth) -> username(auth)
+  view.fn "tnl", algos.tnl
+
+  ###
+    Items
+  ###
+  view.fn 'equipped', (user, type) ->
+    {gender, armorSet} = user?.preferences || {'m', 'v1'}
+
+    if type=='armor'
+      armor = user?.items?.armor || 0
+      if gender == 'f'
+        return if (parseInt(armor) == 0) then "f_armor_#{armor}_#{armorSet}" else "f_armor_#{armor}"
+      else
+        return "m_armor_#{armor}"
+
+    else if type=='head'
+      head = user?.items?.head || 0
+      if gender == 'f'
+        return if (parseInt(head) > 1) then "f_head_#{head}_#{armorSet}" else "f_head_#{head}"
+      else
+        return "m_head_#{head}"
+
+  view.fn "gold", (num) ->
+    if num
+      return (num).toFixed(1).split('.')[0]
+    else
+      return "0"
+
+  view.fn "silver", (num) ->
+    if num
+      (num).toFixed(2).split('.')[1]
+    else
+      return "00"
+
+  ###
+    Tasks
+  ###
+  view.fn 'taskClasses', (task) ->
+    return unless task
+    {type, completed, value, repeat} = task
+
+    classes = type
+
+    # show as completed if completed (naturally) or not required for today
+    if type in ['todo', 'daily']
+      if completed or (repeat and repeat[dayMapping[moment().day()]]==false)
+        classes += " completed"
+      else
+        classes += " uncompleted"
+
+    if value < -20
+      classes += ' color-worst'
+    else if value < -10
+      classes += ' color-worse'
+    else if value < -1
+      classes += ' color-bad'
+    else if value < 1
+      classes += ' color-neutral'
+    else if value < 5
+      classes += ' color-good'
+    else if value < 10
+      classes += ' color-better'
+    else
+      classes += ' color-best'
+    return classes
+
+module.exports = { viewHelpers, removeWhitespace, randomVal, daysBetween, dayMapping, username }
diff --git a/src/app/index.coffee b/src/app/index.coffee
index 5317003429..431eb22669 100644
--- a/src/app/index.coffee
+++ b/src/app/index.coffee
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ profile = require './profile'
 pets = require './pets'
 
 helpers.viewHelpers view
-character.view view
-tasks.view view
-items.view view
 
 _ = require('underscore')
 
diff --git a/src/app/items.coffee b/src/app/items.coffee
index 17a7c40e3b..d19d9e89f0 100644
--- a/src/app/items.coffee
+++ b/src/app/items.coffee
@@ -70,46 +70,6 @@ _.each ['weapon', 'armor', 'head', 'shield'], (key) ->
 _.each items.pets, (pet) -> pet.notes = 'Find a hatching potion to pour on this egg, and one day it will hatch into a loyal pet.'
 _.each items.hatchingPotions, (hatchingPotion) -> hatchingPotion.notes = "Pour this on an egg, and it will hatch as a #{hatchingPotion.text} pet."
 
-###
-  view exports
-###
-module.exports.view = (view) ->
-  view.fn 'equipped', (user, type) ->
-    {gender, armorSet} = user?.preferences || {'m', 'v1'}
-
-    if type=='armor'
-      armor = user?.items?.armor || 0
-      if gender == 'f'
-        return if (parseInt(armor) == 0) then "f_armor_#{armor}_#{armorSet}" else "f_armor_#{armor}"
-      else
-        return "m_armor_#{armor}"
-
-    else if type=='head'
-      head = user?.items?.head || 0
-      if gender == 'f'
-        return if (parseInt(head) > 1) then "f_head_#{head}_#{armorSet}" else "f_head_#{head}"
-      else
-        return "m_head_#{head}"
-
-  view.fn "gold", (num) ->
-    if num
-      return (num).toFixed(1).split('.')[0]
-    else
-      return "0"
-
-  view.fn "silver", (num) ->
-    if num
-      (num).toFixed(2).split('.')[1]
-    else
-      return "00"
-
-  view.fn "copper", (num) ->
-    if num
-      c = (num).toFixed(4).split('.')[1]
-      c.toString().substr(2,2)
-    else
-      return "00"
-
 ###
   server exports
 ###
diff --git a/src/app/profile.coffee b/src/app/profile.coffee
index b578ac2529..defe3bc955 100644
--- a/src/app/profile.coffee
+++ b/src/app/profile.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 character = require './character'
 browser = require './browser'
+helpers = require './helpers'
 
 module.exports.app = (appExports, model) ->
   user = model.at('_user')
@@ -22,6 +23,6 @@ module.exports.app = (appExports, model) ->
     uid = $(el).attr('data-uid')
     model.ref '_profileActive', model.at("users.#{uid}")
     model.set '_profileActiveMain', user.get('id') is uid
-    model.set '_profileActiveUsername', character.username model.get('_profileActive.auth')
+    model.set '_profileActiveUsername', helpers.username model.get('_profileActive.auth')
     browser.setupTooltips(model)
 
diff --git a/src/app/tasks.coffee b/src/app/tasks.coffee
index ddfd3dc889..52a726d343 100644
--- a/src/app/tasks.coffee
+++ b/src/app/tasks.coffee
@@ -4,36 +4,6 @@ _ = require 'underscore'
 moment = require 'moment'
 character = require './character'
 
-module.exports.view = (view) ->
-  view.fn 'taskClasses', (task) ->
-    return unless task
-    {type, completed, value, repeat} = task
-
-    classes = type
-
-    # show as completed if completed (naturally) or not required for today
-    if type in ['todo', 'daily']
-      if completed or (repeat and repeat[helpers.dayMapping[moment().day()]]==false)
-        classes += " completed"
-      else
-        classes += " uncompleted"
-
-    if value < -20
-      classes += ' color-worst'
-    else if value < -10
-      classes += ' color-worse'
-    else if value < -1
-      classes += ' color-bad'
-    else if value < 1
-      classes += ' color-neutral'
-    else if value < 5
-      classes += ' color-good'
-    else if value < 10
-      classes += ' color-better'
-    else
-      classes += ' color-best'
-    return classes
-
 module.exports.app = (appExports, model) ->
   user = model.at('_user')