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* WingedHumanoid: Like all the angels, he's one. In fact, he's the first one to show up in the series.
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!!Lucifer/Satan
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---> '''Voiced by:''' Paul Dobson
A former angel of Heaven known as Lucifer, the being who would become known as Satan led a revolt against God and was banished for his trouble; he now roams the earth while opposing God and all He stands for. Several tropes listed [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheBible here]] apply to him; this list focuses on tropes specific to this series.
* BigBad: Just like in the original scripture, the whole problem of sin, and a lot of the misfortunes in this show's Bible stories by extension, can be traced back to him.
* BigRedDevil: Satan's default appearance throughout the series is based on the typical cultural interpretation as exemplified by this trope; he sports red skin, bat-like wings, horns, and flames for hair, in addition to wearing [[DarkIsEvil black armor]]. However, he can [[{{Shapeshifting}} change his look as needed]], including taking on his previous WingedHumanoid look from before his fall from Heaven (back when he was known as Lucifer), or assuming a normal human guise if he needs to blend in with mortals.
* TheCorrupter: Satan, of course. He doesn't limit himself to just the Bible characters, either; on at least three occasions he's tried to coerce Chris into joining forces with him or to otherwise be disobedient or rebellious against his parents or God in some way.
* DarkIsEvil: Lucifer, both before and after he falls from heaven and becomes Satan. His default appearance (both in his demonic form and whenever he assumes his angelic form) has him clad in [[EvilWearsBlack black armor]], and when he turns into SuperSmoke, it's always colored black. Even when he masquerades as a human, he wears dark-colored robes.
* MakeThemRot: Satan demonstrates this ability at different points throughout the series, such as causing a blooming flower to wilt with just a touch in "In the Beginning," and a fruit he's just handled turning black and rotted moments later in "Jesus in the Wilderness."
* ManBehindTheMan: In "He Is Risen," Satan is explicitly shown as the one behind Judas's betrayal of Jesus, whispering to the disciple to follow through with identifying Jesus to the mob when they come for Him in the Garden of Gethsemane.[[note]]This is actually in keeping with two passages in the Gospels where it's stated that Judas was led by Satan (Luke 22:3 and John 13:27).[[/note]]
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Whenever he appears as an episode's antagonist, Satan consistently demonstrates this ability. The first example, of course, is when he turns into [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent the serpent in the Garden of Eden]], but he can also turn into SuperSmoke and [[HumanDisguise assume a human form]]. He can even assume [[WingedHumanoid his angelic form of Lucifer]] from before he was banished from Heaven, in accordance with the Bible passage that says he can appear as an angel of light.[[note]]2 Corinthians 11:14, for the curious[[/note]] [[spoiler:And in "Revelation," he transforms into [[ScaledUp a gigantic cobra]] to attack the kids]].
!!Lucifer/Satan
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[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bible_profile_lucifer.png here]] to see him as Lucifer]]
---> '''Voiced by:''' Paul Dobson
A former angel of Heaven known as Lucifer, the being who would become known as Satan led a revolt against God and was banished for his trouble; he now roams the earth while opposing God and all He stands for. Several tropes listed [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheBible here]] apply to him; this list focuses on tropes specific to this series.
* BigBad: Just like in the original scripture, the whole problem of sin, and a lot of the misfortunes in this show's Bible stories by extension, can be traced back to him.
* BigRedDevil: Satan's default appearance throughout the series is based on the typical cultural interpretation as exemplified by this trope; he sports red skin, bat-like wings, horns, and flames for hair, in addition to wearing [[DarkIsEvil black armor]]. However, he can [[{{Shapeshifting}} change his look as needed]], including taking on his previous WingedHumanoid look from before his fall from Heaven (back when he was known as Lucifer), or assuming a normal human guise if he needs to blend in with mortals.
* TheCorrupter: Satan, of course. He doesn't limit himself to just the Bible characters, either; on at least three occasions he's tried to coerce Chris into joining forces with him or to otherwise be disobedient or rebellious against his parents or God in some way.
* DarkIsEvil: Lucifer, both before and after he falls from heaven and becomes Satan. His default appearance (both in his demonic form and whenever he assumes his angelic form) has him clad in [[EvilWearsBlack black armor]], and when he turns into SuperSmoke, it's always colored black. Even when he masquerades as a human, he wears dark-colored robes.
* MakeThemRot: Satan demonstrates this ability at different points throughout the series, such as causing a blooming flower to wilt with just a touch in "In the Beginning," and a fruit he's just handled turning black and rotted moments later in "Jesus in the Wilderness."
* ManBehindTheMan: In "He Is Risen," Satan is explicitly shown as the one behind Judas's betrayal of Jesus, whispering to the disciple to follow through with identifying Jesus to the mob when they come for Him in the Garden of Gethsemane.[[note]]This is actually in keeping with two passages in the Gospels where it's stated that Judas was led by Satan (Luke 22:3 and John 13:27).[[/note]]
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Whenever he appears as an episode's antagonist, Satan consistently demonstrates this ability. The first example, of course, is when he turns into [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent the serpent in the Garden of Eden]], but he can also turn into SuperSmoke and [[HumanDisguise assume a human form]]. He can even assume [[WingedHumanoid his angelic form of Lucifer]] from before he was banished from Heaven, in accordance with the Bible passage that says he can appear as an angel of light.[[note]]2 Corinthians 11:14, for the curious[[/note]] [[spoiler:And in "Revelation," he transforms into [[ScaledUp a gigantic cobra]] to attack the kids]].
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: A regular user of this trope, though he's far from the only one. Michael is fairly unique, though, as whenever he does it, he quotes scripture passages during situations that chronologically happen long before the passages themselves will be written (for instance, quoting Isaiah 14:12 and 15 while banishing Satan from Heaven, and later quoting 1 Corinthians 10:13 while assuring Chris that God will empower him to resist temptation just as Jesus was equipped to withstand Satan's wilderness temptations moments earlier).
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He did astonish the scribes and teachers at Jerusalem's temple with His knowledge of scripture at only 12 years old, after all. "Jesus in the Wilderness" shows the scene in detail, right at the point when Joseph and Mary have found Him after frantic searching.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He did astonish the scribes and teachers at Jerusalem's temple with His knowledge of scripture at only 12 years old, after all. "Jesus in the Wilderness" shows the scene in detail, right at the point when Joseph and Mary have found Him after frantic searching.searching.
!!Michael
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The captain of Heaven's warrior-angels, and the very first Biblical character the kids meet in the show's first episode, Michael makes several appearances (mostly cameos) across the series thereafter.
* ArchangelMichael: Yup.
* DecompositeCharacter: See Jesus's entry above.
* FlamingSword: He's armed with one (as are all other warrior-angels).
* FriendToAllChildren: He greets the kids with calm and reassuring words when they first meet in "In the Beginning," and saves Chris from falling off a cliff before then taking him to witness Jesus's temptations in "Jesus in the Wilderness."
--> '''Michael:''' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Do not be afraid. No harm will come to you here]].
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: He's a good angel who wears white armor with gold linings.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's friendly to the kids and loyal to God, but he doesn't hesitate to give the treacherous Lucifer a thrashing or kick him out of Heaven.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Male example. He's got blond hair and is an unambiguously sinless angel.
* LightEmUp: Able to make his chest-plate glow with incredible light as a battle tactic.
* PlayingWithFire: Aside from the FlamingSword, in "Elisha and the Syrians" he's the one driving the fiery chariot that takes Elijah to Heaven.
* TheQuietOne: In every episode where he appears but doesn't have a major speaking role. Most notably in "Job," he's silent as he witnesses Satan making his bold challenge to God about the pious Job.
* WingedHumanoid: Like all the angels, he's one. In fact, he's the first one to show up in the series.
!!Michael
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The captain of Heaven's warrior-angels, and the very first Biblical character the kids meet in the show's first episode, Michael makes several appearances (mostly cameos) across the series thereafter.
* ArchangelMichael: Yup.
* DecompositeCharacter: See Jesus's entry above.
* FlamingSword: He's armed with one (as are all other warrior-angels).
* FriendToAllChildren: He greets the kids with calm and reassuring words when they first meet in "In the Beginning," and saves Chris from falling off a cliff before then taking him to witness Jesus's temptations in "Jesus in the Wilderness."
--> '''Michael:''' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Do not be afraid. No harm will come to you here]].
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: He's a good angel who wears white armor with gold linings.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's friendly to the kids and loyal to God, but he doesn't hesitate to give the treacherous Lucifer a thrashing or kick him out of Heaven.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Male example. He's got blond hair and is an unambiguously sinless angel.
* LightEmUp: Able to make his chest-plate glow with incredible light as a battle tactic.
* PlayingWithFire: Aside from the FlamingSword, in "Elisha and the Syrians" he's the one driving the fiery chariot that takes Elijah to Heaven.
* TheQuietOne: In every episode where he appears but doesn't have a major speaking role. Most notably in "Job," he's silent as he witnesses Satan making his bold challenge to God about the pious Job.
* WingedHumanoid: Like all the angels, he's one. In fact, he's the first one to show up in the series.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: While it's never discussed in-universe, the series drops a few light hints here and there suggesting that Jesus is well aware of the kids' time-travelling nature, but simply doesn't say anything. Seeing as He's the Son of the all-knowing God of Heaven, it would make sense.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: Just like in the original series, Superbook can take the kids and Gizmo into adventures that last several weeks or months, then return them home with only a few minutes at most having passed in the modern day. "Gideon" sees Superbook taking them to witness the Israelites' battle against the Midianites and then returning them home less than ''one second'' after the adventure began.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: Just like in the original series, Superbook can take the kids and Gizmo into adventures that last several weeks or months, then return them home with only a few minutes at most having passed in the modern day. "Gideon" sees Superbook taking them to witness the Israelites' battle against the Midianites and then returning them home less than ''one second'' after the adventure began.began.
!!Jesus
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---> '''Voiced by:''' Noel Johansen
The Son of God, Rabbi of the Apostles, and prophesied Savior of the world, as in the original text of the Bible; many New Testament stories as depicted in the series revolve around Him, though He also makes a few cameos in Old Testament stories. Most of the character tropes listed [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheFourGospels here]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheBible here]] apply to this version of Jesus as well; this list focuses primarily on tropes specific to this show.
* AnAesop: Just like in the Bible, every parable He tells has a lesson to be learned, and not just for the hearers of that time; in several cases the lessons also help Chris and Joy to deal with their personal conflicts back home. The titular parable in "The Good Samaritan," for instance, helps Joy to see that she needs to be neighborly to a schoolmate who she would've previously ignored.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: "Revelation" has John the Revelator outline, in flashback, how Jesus left the disciples this way, covered in heavenly light as He went.
* CoolSword: He's the one who meets Joshua prior to the attack on Jericho in "Rahab and the Walls of Jericho," and he's carrying a sword that's glowing with light (along with the rest of Himself).
* DecompositeCharacter: As explained under the ArchangelMichael trope page, some Christian denominations treat that character as a separate being from Christ, while other groups treat them as the same person, with Michael being just another name for Jesus. For the latter group, this trope would be played straight here, with Michael being his own character separate and apart from Jesus.
* DetectEvil: Due to His divine heritage, He can sense evil when it's close by. "Miracles of Jesus" has Him sensing the presence of the man possessed by the legion of demons long before the individual actually shows up in person.
--> '''Peter:''' ''(pointing out a herd of pigs)'' Rabbi, we must find a way around those swine. Such creatures are unclean and dangerous.
--> ''(ungodly sounds come up from behind the group)''
--> '''Jesus:''' ''(looking back knowingly)'' No. There is something else...
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He's the recipient of this in "Jacob and Esau," after a fashion, being the divine figure with whom Jacob wrestles [[CueTheSun until daybreak]]. "After a fashion" because He cripples Jacob by touching his thigh to put it out of joint, in order to bring an abrupt end to the struggle; yet in acknowledgment of Jacob's perseverence (both in the physical combat and then in seeking a blessing before facing Esau), He gives Jacob a MeaningfulRename.
--> '''Jesus:''' Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
* HealingHands: Just like in the Bible, of course. "Miracles of Jesus" shows Him healing a paralyzed man, while "Jesus Heals the Blind" has Him healing three different blind men.
* HolyHandGrenade: In "Revelation," while confronting Satan [[spoiler:to save the kids from being killed by the latter]], Jesus blasts His foe with a burst of light from one hand, utterly disintegrating him. And just prior to that, a whole ''barrage'' of light-blasts shoot down from the sky where Jesus is coming from, decimating a good chunk of Satan's army. "Begone, Satan!" indeed.
* JesusWasWayCool: Downplayed in this series. He's approachable, ready to give a much-needed lesson or word of advice to anyone who approaches Him, and of course is willing to turn water into wine for the sake of a wedding feast, but at the same time He never loses reverence for the things of God or waters down scripture in His words or actions. Though if you [[BerserkButton desecrate the temple]] or [[GoodIsNotSoft threaten harm to His followers...]]
* ManInWhite: Frequently, especially when He's surrounded by divine light.
* SecretSecretKeeper: While it's never discussed in-universe, the series drops a few light hints here and there suggesting that Jesus is well aware of the kids' time-travelling nature, but simply doesn't say anything. Seeing as He's the Son of the all-knowing God of Heaven, it would make sense.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Downplayed, as He usually does this whenever He is prophesying or foretelling what is to come, particularly concerning His crucifixion.
* WhiteStallion: Rides one in "Revelation," and the horse, being of supernatural nature, is capable of running on the clouds.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He did astonish the scribes and teachers at Jerusalem's temple with His knowledge of scripture at only 12 years old, after all. "Jesus in the Wilderness" shows the scene in detail, right at the point when Joseph and Mary have found Him after frantic searching.
!!Jesus
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---> '''Voiced by:''' Noel Johansen
The Son of God, Rabbi of the Apostles, and prophesied Savior of the world, as in the original text of the Bible; many New Testament stories as depicted in the series revolve around Him, though He also makes a few cameos in Old Testament stories. Most of the character tropes listed [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheFourGospels here]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheBible here]] apply to this version of Jesus as well; this list focuses primarily on tropes specific to this show.
* AnAesop: Just like in the Bible, every parable He tells has a lesson to be learned, and not just for the hearers of that time; in several cases the lessons also help Chris and Joy to deal with their personal conflicts back home. The titular parable in "The Good Samaritan," for instance, helps Joy to see that she needs to be neighborly to a schoolmate who she would've previously ignored.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: "Revelation" has John the Revelator outline, in flashback, how Jesus left the disciples this way, covered in heavenly light as He went.
* CoolSword: He's the one who meets Joshua prior to the attack on Jericho in "Rahab and the Walls of Jericho," and he's carrying a sword that's glowing with light (along with the rest of Himself).
* DecompositeCharacter: As explained under the ArchangelMichael trope page, some Christian denominations treat that character as a separate being from Christ, while other groups treat them as the same person, with Michael being just another name for Jesus. For the latter group, this trope would be played straight here, with Michael being his own character separate and apart from Jesus.
* DetectEvil: Due to His divine heritage, He can sense evil when it's close by. "Miracles of Jesus" has Him sensing the presence of the man possessed by the legion of demons long before the individual actually shows up in person.
--> '''Peter:''' ''(pointing out a herd of pigs)'' Rabbi, we must find a way around those swine. Such creatures are unclean and dangerous.
--> ''(ungodly sounds come up from behind the group)''
--> '''Jesus:''' ''(looking back knowingly)'' No. There is something else...
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He's the recipient of this in "Jacob and Esau," after a fashion, being the divine figure with whom Jacob wrestles [[CueTheSun until daybreak]]. "After a fashion" because He cripples Jacob by touching his thigh to put it out of joint, in order to bring an abrupt end to the struggle; yet in acknowledgment of Jacob's perseverence (both in the physical combat and then in seeking a blessing before facing Esau), He gives Jacob a MeaningfulRename.
--> '''Jesus:''' Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
* HealingHands: Just like in the Bible, of course. "Miracles of Jesus" shows Him healing a paralyzed man, while "Jesus Heals the Blind" has Him healing three different blind men.
* HolyHandGrenade: In "Revelation," while confronting Satan [[spoiler:to save the kids from being killed by the latter]], Jesus blasts His foe with a burst of light from one hand, utterly disintegrating him. And just prior to that, a whole ''barrage'' of light-blasts shoot down from the sky where Jesus is coming from, decimating a good chunk of Satan's army. "Begone, Satan!" indeed.
* JesusWasWayCool: Downplayed in this series. He's approachable, ready to give a much-needed lesson or word of advice to anyone who approaches Him, and of course is willing to turn water into wine for the sake of a wedding feast, but at the same time He never loses reverence for the things of God or waters down scripture in His words or actions. Though if you [[BerserkButton desecrate the temple]] or [[GoodIsNotSoft threaten harm to His followers...]]
* ManInWhite: Frequently, especially when He's surrounded by divine light.
* SecretSecretKeeper: While it's never discussed in-universe, the series drops a few light hints here and there suggesting that Jesus is well aware of the kids' time-travelling nature, but simply doesn't say anything. Seeing as He's the Son of the all-knowing God of Heaven, it would make sense.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Downplayed, as He usually does this whenever He is prophesying or foretelling what is to come, particularly concerning His crucifixion.
* WhiteStallion: Rides one in "Revelation," and the horse, being of supernatural nature, is capable of running on the clouds.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He did astonish the scribes and teachers at Jerusalem's temple with His knowledge of scripture at only 12 years old, after all. "Jesus in the Wilderness" shows the scene in detail, right at the point when Joseph and Mary have found Him after frantic searching.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Undergoes an outright ridiculous case of this in "The Fiery Furnace." Sure, Chris interacts regularly with a sentient tablet-computer that can open time-travel portals, he's got a DoAnythingRobot, he's seen angels and demons, he's witnessed Jesus performing miracles firsthand, he's seen that a giant like Goliath actually exists, he's watched Moses interact with a burning bush and part the Red Sea, but in this episode he has trouble believing that the fiery furnace (which, for the record, has nothing supernatural about it just yet) really exists--even after Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego bluntly tell him it exists, then hearing Nebuchadnezzar's herald announce it OUT LOUD FOR EVERYONE IN BABYLON TO HEAR that anyone who refuses to bow down to the king's statue will be thrown into the furnace. The look on the three Hebrews' faces when Chris suggests they'll just be demoted for disobeying the king, knowing what they themselves told him and what the herald announced hours earlier, speaks volumes.
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* DreadfulMusician: Zig-zagged. He can play musical instruments just fine, but his singing is absolutely ''atrocious.'' The usual response to Gizmo making any attempt to sing is to cringe, cover one's ears, and/or shut him up as promptly as possible.
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* InstantCostumeChange: A variation where Superbook can alter the time-travelers' clothes where needed, including trading their modern garb for Bible-era clothing if they'll need to blend in better.
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* PhraseCatcher: Every episode, when Superbook shows up with its musical jingle, the kids inevitably declare, "Superbook!" Less commonly, during time-jumps, "Where is Superbook taking us ''now?"''
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* TimeSkip: In a few episodes, Superbook will take the kids forward in time (how far ahead depends on the plot), sometimes showing relevant information to them during the warp. "Samuel and the Call of God," for instance, has them meeting Samuel as a child around the time when he's spoken to by God in the temple; then Superbook warps them to several years later when Samuel is an adult, and during the warp it briefly showcases to them the deaths of Eli and his sons Hophni and Phineas and the defeat of Israel by the Philistines in battle that took place in between the two periods.
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* TimeSkip: In a few episodes, Superbook will take the kids forward in time (how far ahead depends on the plot), sometimes showing relevant information to them during the warp. "Samuel and the Call of God," for instance, has them meeting Samuel as a child around the time when he's spoken to by God in the temple; then Superbook warps them to several years later when Samuel is an adult, and during the warp it briefly showcases to them the deaths of Eli and his sons Hophni and Phineas and the defeat of Israel by the Philistines in battle that took place in between the two periods. Likewise in "Philip," shortly after the confrontation with Simon the sorcerer, Superbook takes the kids forward in time to when Philip meets the Ethiopian eunuch, while showing them the disciples' miracles in between the two periods.
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* InTheBlood: Apparently, Chris having a scientific bent came from both sides of his family. His maternal grandfather got several scientific awards in his life, as revealed in "Teach Us to Pray." And, of course, there's his father Professor Quantum, a genius inventor.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Whenever Superbook appears for the first time in an episode, it usually shows up from seemingly out of nowhere, though a few times we get to see that it's been hitching a ride in one of the kids' pockets or book-bags or in some random corner of Dr. Quantum's lab. It always heralds its arrival with a specific musical jingle, though, so the kids know it's about to get active.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Whenever Superbook appears for the first time in an episode, it usually shows up from seemingly out of nowhere, though a few times we get to see that it's been hitching a ride in one of the kids' pockets or book-bags or has been hanging out in some random corner of Dr. Quantum's lab. It always heralds its arrival with a specific musical jingle, though, so the kids know it's about to get active.
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* MotorMouth: He tends to chatter on and on, especially when talking about his robotic capabilities, necessitating Chris and/or Joy to shut him up quickly lest he spill the beans to any Biblical characters about the trio being time-travelers.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: "Nebuchadnezzar's Dream" reveals that she's got a small dog named Bella.
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* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: One of Superbook's usual rules is that it doesn't allow the kids to take any technology from the present back with them into Bible times, except of course for Gizmo; any other tech is removed from them during the warp to the past and given back when they're returned home. Only on two occasions has Superbook made an exception to this; in "Revelation," Chris gets to carry a digital picture-frame of himself and his parents since it's part of the episode's dilemma where he's certain they'll never forgive him for his latest bad antic, and in "Elisha and the Syrians," Joy gets to take her cell-phone with her because it's a key element of her current moral dilemma of whether to upload an unflattering video about another girl as revenge for said girl having done the same to her.
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* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: One of Superbook's usual rules is that it doesn't allow the kids to take any technology from the present back with them into Bible times, except of course for Gizmo; any other tech is removed from them during the warp to the past and given back when they're returned home. Only on two occasions has Technology isn't the only thing to get this restriction, as in one episode a box of pizza that the kids have purchased is taken from them and later given back at the end of the adventure (pizza is too obviously anachronistic to Bible times, after all). However, there are times when Superbook made will make an exception to this; this rule if the items in question are important to the episode's moral dilemma. In "Revelation," Chris gets to carry a digital picture-frame of himself and his parents since it's part of the episode's dilemma where he's certain they'll never forgive him for his latest bad antic, and antic; while in "Elisha and the Syrians," Joy gets to take her cell-phone with her because it's a key element of her current moral dilemma of whether to upload an unflattering video about another girl as revenge for said girl having done the same to her.her; and in "The Fiery Furnace," Chris gets to carry his cell-phone since it's part of his moral dilemma about whether to use a test cheat-sheet he'd downloaded earlier.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: At least two episodes show he's got a liking for pizza.
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* MeaningfulName: His full first name, Christopher, means "bearer of Christ," and throughout the series he learns and eventually applies important lessons about what it means to live up to that definition in following the ways of Jesus. His surname, Quantum, is a physics term that refers to the smallest amount of energy or matter, and is also the Latin term for "amount;" Chris himself has a pretty brilliant scientific mind and is at least able to follow his father's descriptions and instructions, though his expertise isn't quite on Dr. Quantum's level.
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* MeaningfulName: Joy's name pretty obviously refers to a great feeling of pleasure or happiness, and she herself is generally very friendly, pleasant and optimistic (at least, in those episodes where she's not the one with the moral conflict).
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* PluckyGirl: Quite often.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Joy can usually keep pretty level-headed, but she does occasionally fall into this mode, particularly when interacting with female Biblical figures. "For Such a Time as This" gives a pretty good example of this, where she is quite in awe of Esther on realizing that this woman happens to be the queen of Persia.
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* AnimeHair: How many people do we know of whose hair hangs forward the way Chris's does, and in such heavy volume at that? Though it's probably a slightly exaggerated way of drawing what's supposed to be a normal hairstyle. One episode even shows him combing his hair, only for it to be standing up in rather wild fashion (and then it goes back to its normal look following Superbook's warp).
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair, brown eyes.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He's got a pair of buzz-saws built into his arms, which is very useful for cutting through trees.
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* {{Narrator}}: Gets into this role every so often for the audience's benefit, summarizing certain aspects of Bible stories at the beginning and/or end of a given episode.
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* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: One of the skills he was programmed with. He can get into a necessary disguise in an instant if he needs to blend in better, although sometimes the clothes he pulls out appear to come from Hammerspace.
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* {{Hammerspace}}: Related to the trope immediately above, Gizmo is ''somehow'' able to store things inside himself in such a way that really can't be explained any other way aside from this trope. The stuff he's been shown to hold within himself include, but are not limited to: a wide variety of clothes for him to change into at a moment's notice, a mechanical parrot, an anvil, over two dozen basketballs...and that's just from his chest cavity and without counting the multitude of gadgets he's got installed otherwise.
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* {{Hammerspace}}: Related to the DoAnythingRobot trope immediately above, Gizmo is ''somehow'' able to store things inside himself in such a way that really can't be explained any other way aside from this trope. The stuff he's been shown to hold within himself include, but are not limited to: a wide variety of clothes for him to change into at a moment's notice, a mechanical parrot, an anvil, over two dozen basketballs...and that's just from his chest cavity and without counting the multitude of gadgets he's got installed otherwise.
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* CoolBoard: Like many other kids in the series, Chris has one with a single large spherical wheel on the underside.
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* GarageBand: He's the lead guitarist in one.
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* AcademicAthlete: Joy gets good grades at school, is highly involved in extracurricular activities like the chess club, and has been shown in at least two episodes to be skilled enough at soccernote to be a practice partner for Chris.
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* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: One of Superbook's usual rules is that it doesn't allow the kids to take any technology from the present back with them into Bible times, except of course for Gizmo; any other tech is removed from them during the warp to the past and given back when they're returned home. Only once has Superbook made an exception, in "Elisha and the Syrians," where it allows Joy to take her cell-phone with her because it's a key element of the moral dilemma she's facing (the temptation to upload an unflattering video about another girl as revenge for said girl having done the same to her).
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A character sheet for the main characters in WesternAnimation/Superbook2011.
!!Chris Quantum
The series' main character, Chris is an avid skateboarder and guitarist who loves video-games and pizza.
* AesopAmnesia: Numerous episodes have Chris needing to learn, again and again, not to be an arrogant, self-centered douche-bag.
* BigEater: "Let My People Go" begins with Chris proudly recalling how he ate an entire pepperoni-pineapple pizza the previous summer.
* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't get this as often as Gizmo, Chris can still fall prey to this depending on the episode. "Isaac and Rebekah" is the most prominent example for him.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: With Joy, for Gizmo.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's good at delivering the occasional snarky line. For instance, in "The Good Samaritan," here's his response when Joy wants to trail a schoolmate of theirs who habitually takes all the ketchup packages from their local pizza parlor:
--> '''Chris:''' News at 10--ketchup packs go missing from the pizza shop. Yeah, let's break the story wide open.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* GadgeteerGenius: Not quite on his father's level, but Chris certainly has a scientific mind. In "Nehemiah," for instance, he builds a functioning hoverboard ramp (with a little help from Dr. Quantum), and in "Isaac and Rebekah," he's able to assemble a functioning exo-skeleton that Dr. Quantum has built (though he initially and deliberately neglects to follow the assembly instructions to the letter).
* ItsAllAboutMe: Chris has had to be called out on having this attitude more than once.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Oftentimes selfish, craves stardom at others' expense, rebellious...but he truly does care about Joy, Gizmo, and his family.
* RedOniBlueOni: Usually the red to Joy's blue (fittingly, one of his casual outfits includes an orange shirt), except when Joy's the one with the moral conflict, in which case the roles are reversed. Both of them are always the blue to Gizmo's red.
* SecretSecretKeeper: With Joy and Gizmo, concerning the fact that [[spoiler:his mother Phoebe]] got LaserGuidedAmnesia after joining them on one adventure.
* TemptingFate: Chris has a rather unfortunate tendency to do this. Just for one example, we get this bit from "Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream," after Superbook deposits the kids into a prison cell:
--> '''Chris:''' Okay, prison. This trip certainly can't get any worse.
--> ''(a huge prisoner comes out of the darkness behind them and grabs Chris and Joy by their shoulders)''
--> '''Joy:''' [[OhCrap And then it did]].
!!Joy Pepper
Chris's next-door neighbor and best friend, and the series' {{Deuteragonist}}, Joy enjoys sports and is active in several school clubs.
* AcademicAthlete: Joy gets good grades at school, is highly involved in extracurricular activities like the chess club, and has been shown in at least two episodes to be skilled enough at soccernote to be a practice partner for Chris.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In "Noah and the Ark," Joy has a crush on Pearce, the leader of a group of delinquent extreme skateboarders with whom Chris wants to hang out. For that reason, she's willing to overlook little things like Chris forging a note from his mother, skipping school and breaking into a closed skateboard park, if it means she can get him to introduce her to Pearce.
* BigEater: Despite her slender frame, Joy is actually one of these, as "Elisha and the Syrians" reveals that she once ate a whole birthday cake on a dare from Chris.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: With Chris, for Gizmo. Though Joy's work gets a little harder when Chris starts acting no better.
* Deadpan Snarker: Joy can occasionally fall into this role; it helps that she gets enough fuel from Chris and Gizmo either Tempting Fate or otherwise acting foolish. Witness her response to this exchange in "Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream":
--> '''Gizmo:''' (to Chris) Statistically, it appears your plan to get Joseph back to his brothers will not work unless they just happen to show up in Egypt on their own.
--> '''Chris:''' Yeah? And the day that happens, I'll shave my head and dress like an Egyptian.
--> '''Judah:''' (arriving with the rest of the brothers) Excuse me, I am Judah. My brothers and I have traveled here from Canaan.
--> '''Joy:''' ...I'll see if I can borrow Joseph's razor.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* GirlNextDoor: Joy is Chris's next-door neighbor, and she frequently visits his house, hangs out in his tree-house, or plays in his yard with him and Gizmo.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Usually.
* NotSoAboveItAll: There ''was'' that time she willingly took on Chris's dare to eat a whole birthday cake in one sitting.
* OnlySaneMan: She kind of has to be the sanest of the trio, what with Chris and Gizmo being, well, Chris and Gizmo...unless, of course, she's the one facing the episode's conflict, in which case some of her rationality drops a little.
* RedOniBlueOni: Usually the blue to Chris's red (appropriately, one of her casual outfits includes a blue hoodie), unless she's the one with the moral conflict, in which case the roles are switched. Both of them are always the blue to Gizmo's red.
* SecretSecretKeeper: See above.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Joy's hairstyle is similar to her mother's, and she takes aspects of her facial features from both her parents.
* VocalEvolution: Throughout the first season Joy sounds quite young, in some cases sounding slightly younger than her stated age of 12 years. From Season Two onwards, though, Shannon Chan-Kent gives her a more mature-sounding pitch that levels off throughout the rest of the series; compare her voice in the first episode "In the Beginning" to her voice in the Season Two premiere "Jonah." (By comparison, Sam Vincent and Cathy Weseluck maintain more or less the same vocals as Chris and Gizmo right throughout the show's run.)
* WomenAreWiser: Though she's certainly not immune to her own weak moments.
!!Gizmo
A robot built by Dr. Quantum to protect and assist Chris and Joy, Gizmo provides much-needed exposition during their time-travel adventures.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's ditzy and cute.
* ButtMonkey: Gizmo tends to be the unfortunate victim of slapstick in each episode.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: One of the skills he was programmed with. He can get into a necessary disguise in an instant if he needs to blend in better, although sometimes the clothes he pulls out appear to come from Hammerspace.
* CloudCuckooLander: Gizmo has a rather...excitable imagination.
* CowardlyLion: Gizmo isn't the bravest robot to have ever existed (one episode shows him recoiling in fright when mistaking an ordinary twig for a snake, among other things), but when it really counts, he'll do everything he can and must to protect Chris and Joy from harm. Lampshaded in "Revelation," where the trio have a front-row view of the Battle of Armageddon:
--> '''Gizmo:'' Quick! Both of you under me! I'll protect you!
--> '''Joy:''' But, Gizmo, that's brave!
--> '''Chris:''' And you aren't brave!
--> '''Gizmo:''' It is the end of the world! Do you think this is a good time to mention my shortcomings?!
* DoAnythingRobot: Gizmo seems to have a device for just about any situation as the plot requires. Buzz-saws in his hands to cut through trees, rocket-boosters in his feet for flight, telescopic eyes, a geo-sensor to tell the time and place where the trio's been brought by Superbook, propellers for underwater travel, the ability to transform into a two-seater mini-jet, a dome-shield installed in his back...
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Related to the trope immediately above, Gizmo is ''somehow'' able to store things inside himself in such a way that really can't be explained any other way aside from this trope. The stuff he's been shown to hold within himself include, but are not limited to: a wide variety of clothes for him to change into at a moment's notice, a mechanical parrot, an anvil, over two dozen basketballs...and that's just from his chest cavity and without counting the multitude of gadgets he's got installed otherwise.
* NoIndoorVoice: Gizmo's got ''problems'' keeping his vocal volume down. Chris and Joy frequently have to cover his mouth in situations where they have to keep hidden, lest he give them away.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to the kids' blue (and he, of course, has red metal plating).
* ReligiousRobot: Gizmo is just as reverent toward God as any of the humans are who worship Him.
* RobotBuddy: [[AllThereInTheManual The series' website]] says Dr. Quantum built Gizmo specifically to be this for Chris and Joy, as well as to protect them from danger (though ''they'' wind up protecting ''him'' more often than not).
* SecretSecretKeeper: See above.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No Bible character ever seems put out by Gizmo's inhuman appearance (the closest we get is David assuming Gizmo's red plating is armor, while Moses's reaction to seeing Gizmo use a built-in vacuum cleaner to collect manna is to ask which of Israel's tribes Gizmo is part of). He doesn't get a second glance in the modern day, either, though it's more justified since he's part of an era and society where robotics are the norm.
!!Superbook
The titular Superbook, here taking the form of a small computer tablet instead of an actual book like its earlier-series predecessor, it draws the kids into time-travel Bible adventures to teach them important lessons.
* AdventuresInTheBible: Superbook puts the kids through these OnceAnEpisode.
* AnimateInanimateObject: You don't normally expect a hand-held computer tablet to fly about on its own, speak, create portals to the past, or teleport people through time. Justified in this case, though; see EmissaryFromTheDivine.
* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: One of Superbook's usual rules is that it doesn't allow the kids to take any technology from the present back with them into Bible times, except of course for Gizmo; any other tech is removed from them during the warp to the past and given back when they're returned home. Only once has Superbook made an exception, in "Elisha and the Syrians," where it allows Joy to take her cell-phone with her because it's a key element of the moral dilemma she's facing (the temptation to upload an unflattering video about another girl as revenge for said girl having done the same to her).
* CrypticConversation: Whenever it warps the kids into an adventure, Superbook never tells them the name of whichever Bible character they're going to meet, only describing the individual's character traits. The dialogue varies, and in some episodes Superbook doesn't even have to say it's a person they're going to meet; "In the Beginning" has it telling the kids that it's taking them to a time and place when disobedience destroyed the world (Lucifer's rebellion in Heaven and the entry of sin in Eden).
* EmissaryFromTheDivine: "Revelation" implies that Superbook is a manifestation of God's Holy Spirit.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* HeavenlyBlue: Whenever it pulls its quick-teleport trick on the kids, they're transported in bright blue beams of light.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Inflicts this on Phoebe at the end of one adventure. The fact that Jia Wei ''doesn't'' get this treatment in a later episode surprises the kids.]]
* ModernizedGod: Or at the very least, implied to be a manifestation of the Spirit of God Himself. It takes the form of a small, oval-shaped hand-held computer tablet, which kids in the 2000s can easily relate to.
* NoMouth: Capable of speaking, but doesn't have the visible tools for it. Not that Superbook talks all that often anyway.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Whenever Superbook appears for the first time in an episode, it usually shows up from seemingly out of nowhere, though a few times we get to see that it's been hitching a ride in one of the kids' pockets or book-bags or in some random corner of Dr. Quantum's lab. It always heralds its arrival with a specific musical jingle, though, so the kids know it's about to get active.
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Whenever Superbook pulls the kids into an adventure, it's portrayed as the Wormhole variety, with them being drawn toward a great light at the beginning and then returning home in a quick flash of light at the end (or being transported from one place or time period to another in said flash of light if Superbook desires).
* PortalBook: Superbook, of course, though here it's depicted as an oval tablet-like device small enough to fit in the palm of one hand. When it activates, it shows a virtual depiction of a book opening and flipping to the appropriate page.
* TimeSkip: In a few episodes, Superbook will take the kids forward in time (how far ahead depends on the plot), sometimes showing relevant information to them during the warp. "Samuel and the Call of God," for instance, has them meeting Samuel as a child around the time when he's spoken to by God in the temple; then Superbook warps them to several years later when Samuel is an adult, and during the warp it briefly showcases to them the deaths of Eli and his sons Hophni and Phineas and the defeat of Israel by the Philistines in battle that took place in between the two periods.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Just like in the original series, Superbook can take the kids and Gizmo into adventures that last several weeks or months, then return them home with only a few minutes at most having passed in the modern day. "Gideon" sees Superbook taking them to witness the Israelites' battle against the Midianites and then returning them home less than ''one second'' after the adventure began.
!!Chris Quantum
The series' main character, Chris is an avid skateboarder and guitarist who loves video-games and pizza.
* AesopAmnesia: Numerous episodes have Chris needing to learn, again and again, not to be an arrogant, self-centered douche-bag.
* BigEater: "Let My People Go" begins with Chris proudly recalling how he ate an entire pepperoni-pineapple pizza the previous summer.
* ButtMonkey: While he doesn't get this as often as Gizmo, Chris can still fall prey to this depending on the episode. "Isaac and Rebekah" is the most prominent example for him.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: With Joy, for Gizmo.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's good at delivering the occasional snarky line. For instance, in "The Good Samaritan," here's his response when Joy wants to trail a schoolmate of theirs who habitually takes all the ketchup packages from their local pizza parlor:
--> '''Chris:''' News at 10--ketchup packs go missing from the pizza shop. Yeah, let's break the story wide open.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* GadgeteerGenius: Not quite on his father's level, but Chris certainly has a scientific mind. In "Nehemiah," for instance, he builds a functioning hoverboard ramp (with a little help from Dr. Quantum), and in "Isaac and Rebekah," he's able to assemble a functioning exo-skeleton that Dr. Quantum has built (though he initially and deliberately neglects to follow the assembly instructions to the letter).
* ItsAllAboutMe: Chris has had to be called out on having this attitude more than once.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Oftentimes selfish, craves stardom at others' expense, rebellious...but he truly does care about Joy, Gizmo, and his family.
* RedOniBlueOni: Usually the red to Joy's blue (fittingly, one of his casual outfits includes an orange shirt), except when Joy's the one with the moral conflict, in which case the roles are reversed. Both of them are always the blue to Gizmo's red.
* SecretSecretKeeper: With Joy and Gizmo, concerning the fact that [[spoiler:his mother Phoebe]] got LaserGuidedAmnesia after joining them on one adventure.
* TemptingFate: Chris has a rather unfortunate tendency to do this. Just for one example, we get this bit from "Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream," after Superbook deposits the kids into a prison cell:
--> '''Chris:''' Okay, prison. This trip certainly can't get any worse.
--> ''(a huge prisoner comes out of the darkness behind them and grabs Chris and Joy by their shoulders)''
--> '''Joy:''' [[OhCrap And then it did]].
!!Joy Pepper
Chris's next-door neighbor and best friend, and the series' {{Deuteragonist}}, Joy enjoys sports and is active in several school clubs.
* AcademicAthlete: Joy gets good grades at school, is highly involved in extracurricular activities like the chess club, and has been shown in at least two episodes to be skilled enough at soccernote to be a practice partner for Chris.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In "Noah and the Ark," Joy has a crush on Pearce, the leader of a group of delinquent extreme skateboarders with whom Chris wants to hang out. For that reason, she's willing to overlook little things like Chris forging a note from his mother, skipping school and breaking into a closed skateboard park, if it means she can get him to introduce her to Pearce.
* BigEater: Despite her slender frame, Joy is actually one of these, as "Elisha and the Syrians" reveals that she once ate a whole birthday cake on a dare from Chris.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: With Chris, for Gizmo. Though Joy's work gets a little harder when Chris starts acting no better.
* Deadpan Snarker: Joy can occasionally fall into this role; it helps that she gets enough fuel from Chris and Gizmo either Tempting Fate or otherwise acting foolish. Witness her response to this exchange in "Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream":
--> '''Gizmo:''' (to Chris) Statistically, it appears your plan to get Joseph back to his brothers will not work unless they just happen to show up in Egypt on their own.
--> '''Chris:''' Yeah? And the day that happens, I'll shave my head and dress like an Egyptian.
--> '''Judah:''' (arriving with the rest of the brothers) Excuse me, I am Judah. My brothers and I have traveled here from Canaan.
--> '''Joy:''' ...I'll see if I can borrow Joseph's razor.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* GirlNextDoor: Joy is Chris's next-door neighbor, and she frequently visits his house, hangs out in his tree-house, or plays in his yard with him and Gizmo.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Usually.
* NotSoAboveItAll: There ''was'' that time she willingly took on Chris's dare to eat a whole birthday cake in one sitting.
* OnlySaneMan: She kind of has to be the sanest of the trio, what with Chris and Gizmo being, well, Chris and Gizmo...unless, of course, she's the one facing the episode's conflict, in which case some of her rationality drops a little.
* RedOniBlueOni: Usually the blue to Chris's red (appropriately, one of her casual outfits includes a blue hoodie), unless she's the one with the moral conflict, in which case the roles are switched. Both of them are always the blue to Gizmo's red.
* SecretSecretKeeper: See above.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Joy's hairstyle is similar to her mother's, and she takes aspects of her facial features from both her parents.
* VocalEvolution: Throughout the first season Joy sounds quite young, in some cases sounding slightly younger than her stated age of 12 years. From Season Two onwards, though, Shannon Chan-Kent gives her a more mature-sounding pitch that levels off throughout the rest of the series; compare her voice in the first episode "In the Beginning" to her voice in the Season Two premiere "Jonah." (By comparison, Sam Vincent and Cathy Weseluck maintain more or less the same vocals as Chris and Gizmo right throughout the show's run.)
* WomenAreWiser: Though she's certainly not immune to her own weak moments.
!!Gizmo
A robot built by Dr. Quantum to protect and assist Chris and Joy, Gizmo provides much-needed exposition during their time-travel adventures.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's ditzy and cute.
* ButtMonkey: Gizmo tends to be the unfortunate victim of slapstick in each episode.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: One of the skills he was programmed with. He can get into a necessary disguise in an instant if he needs to blend in better, although sometimes the clothes he pulls out appear to come from Hammerspace.
* CloudCuckooLander: Gizmo has a rather...excitable imagination.
* CowardlyLion: Gizmo isn't the bravest robot to have ever existed (one episode shows him recoiling in fright when mistaking an ordinary twig for a snake, among other things), but when it really counts, he'll do everything he can and must to protect Chris and Joy from harm. Lampshaded in "Revelation," where the trio have a front-row view of the Battle of Armageddon:
--> '''Gizmo:'' Quick! Both of you under me! I'll protect you!
--> '''Joy:''' But, Gizmo, that's brave!
--> '''Chris:''' And you aren't brave!
--> '''Gizmo:''' It is the end of the world! Do you think this is a good time to mention my shortcomings?!
* DoAnythingRobot: Gizmo seems to have a device for just about any situation as the plot requires. Buzz-saws in his hands to cut through trees, rocket-boosters in his feet for flight, telescopic eyes, a geo-sensor to tell the time and place where the trio's been brought by Superbook, propellers for underwater travel, the ability to transform into a two-seater mini-jet, a dome-shield installed in his back...
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Related to the trope immediately above, Gizmo is ''somehow'' able to store things inside himself in such a way that really can't be explained any other way aside from this trope. The stuff he's been shown to hold within himself include, but are not limited to: a wide variety of clothes for him to change into at a moment's notice, a mechanical parrot, an anvil, over two dozen basketballs...and that's just from his chest cavity and without counting the multitude of gadgets he's got installed otherwise.
* NoIndoorVoice: Gizmo's got ''problems'' keeping his vocal volume down. Chris and Joy frequently have to cover his mouth in situations where they have to keep hidden, lest he give them away.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to the kids' blue (and he, of course, has red metal plating).
* ReligiousRobot: Gizmo is just as reverent toward God as any of the humans are who worship Him.
* RobotBuddy: [[AllThereInTheManual The series' website]] says Dr. Quantum built Gizmo specifically to be this for Chris and Joy, as well as to protect them from danger (though ''they'' wind up protecting ''him'' more often than not).
* SecretSecretKeeper: See above.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No Bible character ever seems put out by Gizmo's inhuman appearance (the closest we get is David assuming Gizmo's red plating is armor, while Moses's reaction to seeing Gizmo use a built-in vacuum cleaner to collect manna is to ask which of Israel's tribes Gizmo is part of). He doesn't get a second glance in the modern day, either, though it's more justified since he's part of an era and society where robotics are the norm.
!!Superbook
The titular Superbook, here taking the form of a small computer tablet instead of an actual book like its earlier-series predecessor, it draws the kids into time-travel Bible adventures to teach them important lessons.
* AdventuresInTheBible: Superbook puts the kids through these OnceAnEpisode.
* AnimateInanimateObject: You don't normally expect a hand-held computer tablet to fly about on its own, speak, create portals to the past, or teleport people through time. Justified in this case, though; see EmissaryFromTheDivine.
* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: One of Superbook's usual rules is that it doesn't allow the kids to take any technology from the present back with them into Bible times, except of course for Gizmo; any other tech is removed from them during the warp to the past and given back when they're returned home. Only once has Superbook made an exception, in "Elisha and the Syrians," where it allows Joy to take her cell-phone with her because it's a key element of the moral dilemma she's facing (the temptation to upload an unflattering video about another girl as revenge for said girl having done the same to her).
* CrypticConversation: Whenever it warps the kids into an adventure, Superbook never tells them the name of whichever Bible character they're going to meet, only describing the individual's character traits. The dialogue varies, and in some episodes Superbook doesn't even have to say it's a person they're going to meet; "In the Beginning" has it telling the kids that it's taking them to a time and place when disobedience destroyed the world (Lucifer's rebellion in Heaven and the entry of sin in Eden).
* EmissaryFromTheDivine: "Revelation" implies that Superbook is a manifestation of God's Holy Spirit.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* HeavenlyBlue: Whenever it pulls its quick-teleport trick on the kids, they're transported in bright blue beams of light.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Inflicts this on Phoebe at the end of one adventure. The fact that Jia Wei ''doesn't'' get this treatment in a later episode surprises the kids.]]
* ModernizedGod: Or at the very least, implied to be a manifestation of the Spirit of God Himself. It takes the form of a small, oval-shaped hand-held computer tablet, which kids in the 2000s can easily relate to.
* NoMouth: Capable of speaking, but doesn't have the visible tools for it. Not that Superbook talks all that often anyway.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Whenever Superbook appears for the first time in an episode, it usually shows up from seemingly out of nowhere, though a few times we get to see that it's been hitching a ride in one of the kids' pockets or book-bags or in some random corner of Dr. Quantum's lab. It always heralds its arrival with a specific musical jingle, though, so the kids know it's about to get active.
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Whenever Superbook pulls the kids into an adventure, it's portrayed as the Wormhole variety, with them being drawn toward a great light at the beginning and then returning home in a quick flash of light at the end (or being transported from one place or time period to another in said flash of light if Superbook desires).
* PortalBook: Superbook, of course, though here it's depicted as an oval tablet-like device small enough to fit in the palm of one hand. When it activates, it shows a virtual depiction of a book opening and flipping to the appropriate page.
* TimeSkip: In a few episodes, Superbook will take the kids forward in time (how far ahead depends on the plot), sometimes showing relevant information to them during the warp. "Samuel and the Call of God," for instance, has them meeting Samuel as a child around the time when he's spoken to by God in the temple; then Superbook warps them to several years later when Samuel is an adult, and during the warp it briefly showcases to them the deaths of Eli and his sons Hophni and Phineas and the defeat of Israel by the Philistines in battle that took place in between the two periods.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Just like in the original series, Superbook can take the kids and Gizmo into adventures that last several weeks or months, then return them home with only a few minutes at most having passed in the modern day. "Gideon" sees Superbook taking them to witness the Israelites' battle against the Midianites and then returning them home less than ''one second'' after the adventure began.
