History Characters / TheTribe

The main antagonists of Season 1. The Loco (sometimes called Locust) tribe are crazed anarchists who [[TheSocialDarwinist fetishize personal strength]] and attack whoever they see. They are held together by fear of Zoot, their leader, which morphs into a cultish reverence after his disappearance.

* Claustrophobia: Spike tries to drive her crazy by exploiting this, and it even works for a while.

%%* LargeHam
* TeenGenius: Manages to turn the City from post-apocalyptic wasteland into a high-tech dystopia, create a successful virtual reality and even [[AIIsACrapshoot a malevolent AI by the end of season 5.]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Cyberspace is this to him.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She'll work with or against the Mallrats as best suits her needs at the time.

->'''Seasons:''' S1, S3, S4, S5

%%* TheBigGuy: Class One.

* HotBlooded: He can be low-key charismatic but he lacks impulse control. It's one of the reasons he's considered TheLoad, the others don't think of him as very reliable and they have good reasons.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Towards Jack, and briefly Luke as part of his HeelFaceTurn.

->''"Power and chaos -- it's the only way!"''

* BigBad: As leader of the Locos during season 1.
* BurnBabyBurn: Gets sent off like this.

%%* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex:

->''"Power and chaos - it's the only way!"''

Truy arrived to the mall as a teenage single mother, searching for a safe place to birth her baby. In the beginning, she suffered from heavy postnatal depression while dealing with intense unrequited feelings for Bray. Having faced challenges beyond her years, Trudy was always vulnerable, and struggled with her mental health. This sometimes manifested in erratic behaviors, including a suicide attempt at one point.

%%* MamaBear

--->'''Trudy:''' Do you remember Jack? When I was just a scared pregnant girl begging to be allowed to stay here?\\

%%* GranolaGirl

* PragmaticHero: She does whatever is necessary to keep the group stable, and isn't ashamed of any of it. 'Necessary' has, to her, included [[spoiler:sleeping with Zandra's boyfriend, defecting to the Mall Rats' enemies, and saving The Guardian's life]].

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* BrattyTeenageDaughter (to her pseudo-parents, Salene and Trudy)

Lex is one of the original Mall Rats.

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->''"Come anywhere near Bray or Brady and I will scratch your eyes out!"''

->'''Played By:''' Dwayne Cameron

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->''"I don't ''need'' anybody."''

->''"I'm a scientist ... I lose things, forget birthdays and I'm more familiar with numbers than words!"'''

* IllGirl: She is bedridden for most of season 1 because of pregnancy, a near-fatal fever, and (implied) depression, in that order.

* AmbiguousDisorder: She fluctuates wildly between emotions, has paranoid fears about everyone, and [[{{Yandere}} obsesses over Bray]]. These traits were turned UpToEleven after Zoot's death, although she was always mentally vulnerable.

->'''Played By:''' Michelle Ang

%%* ButtMonkey
%%* StreetUrchin

!!Amber

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!!Lex

!!Jack

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'''Played By:''' Ashwath Sundarasen\\

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!!Salene
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!!Ryan
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!!Alice
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!!Ebony
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->'''Played By:''' Antonia Prebble

* StickyFingers: he stole vehicles from Tribe Circus and the Chosen, and is often seen hanging around in abandoned cars or trying to restart them. He's usually the one who suggests finding fuel and he seems the most familiar with cars and tends to be the group's designated driver. Note that the vehicles are usually stolen or attempts to commandeer an abandoned vehicle. The behavior is consistent with general lack of impulse control.

* TheBully: Season 1 Lex is power hungry and domineering. He's also (see below) seriously insecure. In Season 2 these tendencies make him susceptible to Ebony's power grab attempts, and he and Ebony tend to be on better terms (though still antagonistic and exploitative) than Ebony and the rest of the Mallrats, such that she relies on him as muscle and makes him sheriff when she becomes city leader.

* DirtyCop: As sheriff, he's known to take bribes.
* FamedInStory: his killing Zoot in early Season 1 (by accident, no less) is something of an urban legend and has religious significance to the Chosen and the Zootists.

** [[FreudianExcuse A lot of his early behavior makes sense given what we learn of his backstory]]. He grew up with a father who is implied to have been an alcoholic who was abusive to him and his mother. He struggled academically and never learned to read, and this led to him developing an inferiority complex. His possessive and domineering attitudes with girls in the early seasons might be from watching his mother being abused, his sexual aggressiveness and general macho attitude is overcompensation, and on top of this he and Ryan were at one point conscripted into a paramilitary organization of teenagers where he was physically and sexually abused by a sadistic DrillSergeantNasty (and the fact that she was a woman might also have contributed to his misogyny early on. He gets a bit better when Tai-San helps him realize that what he really wants is an assertive, independent girlfriend who can call him on his crap and hold their own against him physically or intellectually. But this is only when he gets over insecurity. He also gets saddled with most of the "adult" storylines, being one of the older cast members, such as struggling with alcoholism, being sexually aggressive with girls, and being most susceptible to the virus and having to face accelerated aging and his own mortality. Really, the amount of emotional depth they give an abusive bully was very good writing.

%%* MrFanservice

* OffTheWagon: A pretty good depiction
%%* PingPongNaivete

%%* TheAlcoholic

%%* BadassLongcoat

%%* DarkIsNotEvil

%%* HotBlooded

%%* LeeroyJenkins

* StickyFingers: he stole vehicles from Tribe Circus and the Chosen, and is often seen hanging around in abandoned cars or trying to restart them. He's usually the one who suggests finding fuel and he seems to be the designated driver.

* BookDumb: he seems generally ignorant of most things (culture, art, politics,

** [[FreudianExcuse A lot of his early behavior makes sense given what we learn of his backstory]]. He grew up with a father who is implied to have been an alcoholic who was abusive to him and his mother. He struggled academically and this led to him developing a massive insecurity complex. His possessive and domineering attitudes with girls in the early seasons might be from watching his mother being abused, his sexual aggressiveness and general macho attitude is overcompensation, and on top of this he and Ryan were at one point conscripted into a paramilitary organization of teenagers where he was physically and sexually abused by a sadistic DrillSergeantNasty (and the fact that she was a woman might also have contributed to his misogyny early on. He gets a bit better when Tai-San helps him realize that what he really wants is an assertive, independent girlfriend who can call him on his crap and hold their own against him physically or intellectually.

* ThickerThanWater: Although Zoot was a murderous psycho that Bray had to save Trudy from, he still mourns Zoot's death, because he was Bray's brother.

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!!Alice

->'''Played By:''' Vanessa Stacey
->'''Seasons:''' S1, S2, S3, S5

* BigFun: A very rare female example, Alice was a CoolBigSis type of a character that several characters loved dearly for her often cheerful attitude.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: She was made a regular cast member for seasons 2 and 3 because she was voted the best guest character of the first season in a fan poll.
* PutOnABus: Taken by the [[spoiler: Technos]] in series 4, returns briefly for the last few episodes of season 5.
* StoutStrength: While she often was a fun, cheery gal to be around, if needed, she also could knock peoples' heads together, quite literally.
* TeamMom: For her own tribe in the beginning, and more or less for the Mall Rats whenever Amber wasn't around.
%%* TranquilFury


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!!Amber

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->'''Played By:''' Beth Allen
->'''Seasons:''' S1, S3, S4, S5
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: it turns out in season 3 she survived the explosion on Eagle Mountain at the start of season 2, and has forged a new identity as "Eagle", now leader of the Eco tribe.]]

!!Baby Bray
->'''Played By:''' Lucas Hill (S4), Adam Sondej (S5)
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5
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* DeadGuyJunior: Amber names the baby after his father, who it later turns out has [[spoiler: been [[DeadlyEuphemism "deleted"]] by the Technos.]]

* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Believes he and Amber are in one with Pride.

!!Brady
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->'''Played By:''' Beanie Palmer (S1), Kiriana Chase (S1), Story Rose (S2), Eva Rose (S2), Ariel Garland (S2), Georgia-Taylor Woods (S3-S5)

!!Charlie
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->'''Played By:''' Charley Murphy Samau
->'''Seasons:''' S4

!!Cloe
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->'''Played By:''' Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S4

%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
%%* BrattyHalfPint
* BrattyTeenageDaughter (to her pseudo-parents, Salene and Trudy)
* GuileHero: Once the older Mallrats start trusting her with her own tasks in their dealings with the Technos, it turns out that she's rather good at manipulating Ved.
%%* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces
%%* SheIsAllGrownUp

!!Dal
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'''Played By:''' Ashwath Sundarasen\\
'''Seasons:''' S1-S3
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* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Jack's red. He's the practical, cool head that sees Jack's inventive ideas through to their application
* TheSmartGuy: Like Jack he had a history of tinkering with electronics and chemistry sets, despite being one of the more younger members of the tribe, he was one of the smartest, even helping Jack to repair his rainwater collection system.

!!Danni
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->'''Played By:''' Ella Wilks
->'''Seasons''' S2

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Amber after her "death" in season 2.

!!Ellie
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->'''Played By:''' Jennyfer Jewell
->'''Seasons:''' S2-S5

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: After Jack is taken by the Technos in early Season 4.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: towards Jack, and briefly Luke as part of his HeelFaceTurn.
* TheSmartGirl: Also a computer expert like Jack, which helps form their attachment.

!!Gel
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->'''Played By:''' Vicky Rodewyk
->'''Seasons:''' S5

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!!Jack
->''"I'm a scientist ... I lose things, forget birthdays and I'm more familiar with numbers than words!"'''
->'''Played By:''' Michael Wesley Smith

* FakeDefector: In Season 5.
* GadgeteerGenius: having a talent for science and technology, he's responsible (along with Dal) for various inventions that benefit the tribe, including a water-filtration system and a wind turbine built from scrap.
* HollywoodAtheist: Averted. He doesn't put much stake in Tai-San's prophecies because they ''are unscientific''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Dal's blue. His ideas are generally more fanciful and inventive than Dal's; but Dal is practical enough that when he and Jack work together they come up with some pretty amazing stuff, like a water purification system and an electric generator.
* TheSmartGuy: Came up with various inventions to help make life easier and like it was for the Tribe, as described above.

!!K.C.
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->'''Played By:''' Ari Boyland
->'''Seasons:''' S1, S2, S3, S5

%%* BrattyHalfPint
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* StreetUrchin

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!!Lex
->''"I don't ''need'' anybody."''
->'''Played By:''' Caleb Ross
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S5

* AbusiveParents: Lex's father beat both him and his mother.
%%* TheAlcoholic
* AntiHero: He's more than willing to take the role of TheBigGuy whenever he gets something out of it.
%%* BadassLongcoat
%%* TheBigGuy: Class One.
%%* BoldlyComing
* CartwrightCurse: A variant on it - [[spoiler:Lex's partners are fine unless they say "I do."]]
%%* DarkIsNotEvil
* DirtyCop: As sheriff, he's known to take bribes.
%%* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very much a jerk when he was introduced - and occasionally even later seasons as well - but he always came through for the Mall Rats, helping them to fight off attacking Tribes.
%%* LeeroyJenkins
%%* MrFanservice
* NeverLearnedToRead: A major source of his insecurity. The first episode contradicted this, but after that the series was pretty consistent about it, and strongly implied that he [[MeaningfulName had Dyslexia]].
* OffTheWagon: A pretty good depiction
%%* PingPongNaivete
* TheRival: To Bray and pretty much any other postpubescent male.

!!Lottie
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->'''Played By:''' Beth Chote
->'''Seasons:''' S5

!!May
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->'''Played By:''' Laura Wilson
->'''Seasons:''' S2-S5

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%%* DidYouThinkICantFeel
%%* GreenEyedMonster
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!!Mouse
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->'''Played By:''' Jacinta Wawatai
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5

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%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears

!!Patsy
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->'''Played By:''' Sarah Major
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S3

!!Paul
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->'''Played By:''' Zachary Best
->'''Seasons:''' S1

* TheVoiceless: Subverted. Although deaf, he does occasionally speak.
* PsychicPowers: He feels "vibrations," as his sister, Patsy, puts it.

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!!Ryan
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->'''Played By:''' Ryan Runciman
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S3

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ryan is one of the nicest people, ever, yet if you get him angry he will beat the crap out of you.
%%* TheBigGuy: Class Two.
* TheDanza: Though it's most likely just a coincidence seeing how he's no more prominent than most of the characters.
%%* GentleGiant

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!!Salene
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->'''Played By:''' Victoria Spence
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S5

%%* OffTheWagon
* TeamMom: Started as the more domestic version but eventually took Amber's place in the tribe.
%%* TeenPregnancy

!!Sammy
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->'''Played By:''' Lucas Hayward
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5

!!Tai-San

->'''Played By:''' Michelle Ang
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S4

%%* FakeDefector: In Season 3.
%%* GranolaGirl
* TheFundamentalist: Vehemently opposed to modern western science and medicine.
* TheLostLenore: To Lex, in later seasons.
* PragmaticHero: She does whatever is necessary to keep the group stable, and isn't ashamed of any of it. 'Necessary' has, to her, included [[spoiler:sleeping with Zandra's boyfriend, defecting to the Mall Rats' enemies, and saving The Guardian's life]].

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!!Trudy
->''"Come anywhere near Bray or Brady and I will scratch your eyes out!"''
->'''Played By:''' Antonia Prebble
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S5

* FaceHeelTurn: In Series 2 after returning from the Chosen.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: After visiting the Nomads.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: While not resulting in death Trudy allows herself to be taken away by the Chosen to save Lex's life
%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* MamaBear
* TeenPregnancy: much of the first series revolves around her getting pregnant by Zoot and her vulnerability after the Locos throw her out.
* WhosLaughingNow: In Series 3, now that she has the Mallrats at her mercy:
--->Trudy: "Do you remember Jack? When I was just a scared pregnant girl begging to be allowed to stay here?"
--->Salene: "We took you in Trudy!"
--->Trudy: "I was never welcome here! Do you have any idea how that felt?"

!!Zandra

->'''Played By:''' Amy Morrison
->'''Seasons:''' S1

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!!Ebony
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->'''Played By:''' Meryl Cassie

!!Zoot
->''"Power and Chaos - it's the only way!"''
->'''Played By:''' Daniel James
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S5

* BigBad: As leader of the Locos (the main antagonist tribe) during season 1.
* BurnBabyBurn: Gets sent off like this.
* DarkMessiah: Preaches an ideal of "power and chaos" (rejecting the old world of the adults with their rules) which the Locos adopt; after his death, the Chosen take this and turn him into a god figure.

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!!Java
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->'''Played By:''' Megan Alatini

%%* DarkActionGirl
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!!Jay
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->'''Played By:''' James Napier
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5
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!!Mega
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->'''Played By:''' Calen Maiava-Paris
->'''Season:''' S4-S5
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* BigBad: after taking over the Technos in Season 5.
* ManipulativeBastard: though the Technos appear to be reduced in power after being overthrown in season 4, he cleverly manipulates his way to power.

->''"I'm a genius. Didn't they tell you? "''

* BigBad: as leader of the Technos in Season 4, subjecting everyone to insane virtual reality experiments.
* HeelFaceTurn: after defeat and abandonment at the end of season 4, he is slowly worked round over the course of season 5.

* TeenGenius: manages to turn the City from post-apolcalyptic wasteland into a hi-tech dystopia, manages to create successful virtual reality and even [[AIIsACrapshoot a malevolent AI by the end of season 5.]]

!!Siva

->'''Played By:''' Monique Cassie
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5

%%* ActionGirl
%%* DefectorFromDecadence
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Is fine with Lex still pining after Tai-San.

!!Ved

->'''Played By:''' Dan Weekes-Hannah
->'''Seasons:''' S4

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: to his brother Jay.
* TeenGenius: second only to Ram in computer skills (so says Wiki/TheOtherWiki).

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!!Hawk

->'''Played By:''' Sam Kelly
->'''Seasons:''' S4-S5

* TheBigGuy: Actually Season 3 and 4's best example of this.

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->'''Played By:''' Ashwath Sundarasen
->'''Seasons:''' S1-S3

* BadassBookworm: Dal proves to be this during the tribe circus invasion of the mall in what qualifies as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

%%* TheBigGuy

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