History Pantheon / DeathManipulators

* Doc Scratch completely immune to the powers of [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} The Narrator]] and [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} The Mob]] due to his status as a First Guardian. Not only do their orders not work on Doc Scratch at all, but the option to order him around doesn't even exist. They can't tell him what to do. Guardians can never be told what to do. Neither the {{reality warp|er}}ing kind, nor the ordinary kind who raise kids in houses. It's a universal law of reality. [[BerserkButton This pisses off]] the Narrator to no end. (The Mob is too chaotic to have an opinion about this). The Narrator is ESPECIALLY pissed about Doc Scratch's ability to [[HostileShowTakeover take over the narrative]], seeing as he did so for Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} for a decent chunk of Act 5. Monika is quite envious that he is able to ignore the script and being told what to do, but has [[HeelFaceTurn moved past]] the HostileShowTakeover stuff. Yet, she doesn’t want to go near Scratch, and he has not taken any interest in her.

"[[white:You rang? That was a joke. Of course you didn't. I don't have a doorbell. Haa haa, hee hee, hoo hoo.]]

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'''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Doc Scratch]], The One [[ThanatosGambit Whose Plan's Final Step was his Own Death]]''' (Lil Call, Mirthful Messiah, White Text Guy, Mr. Vanilla Milkshake, An Excellent Host, [[VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}} The White Man]])
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* First Guardian (Equivalent to a Greater God, near Overdeity)
* Symbol: a Cue Ball
* Theme Song: [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scratch-2 Scratch]] and [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/baroqueback-bowtier-scratchs-lament-2 Baroqueback Bowtier (Scratch's Lament)]]
* Alignment: LawfulEvil
* Portfolio: '''[[ThanatosGambit Planning his death]]''', [[TheOmniscient Borderline Omniscient]], [[SmugSuper Incredibly Smug and Powerful]], being TheChessmaster, [[CardCarryingVillain making it very clear he is evil]], [[ManipulativeBastard successfully manipulating EVERYONE]], [[TheCorrupter corrupting a peaceful species into a warfaring race]] [[FinalSolution AND setting up their extinction]], [[AbusiveParents being a HORRIBLE]] ParentalSubstitute, speaking entirely in white, [[FriendlyEnemy being a friendly enemy despite being a]] CompleteMonster, [[VillainsNeverLie never lying]], [[ExactWords but never needing to]], [[HostileShowTakeover successfully taking over the narrative for a while]], [[NighInvulnerability being Nigh Invulnerable]], [[NonHumanHead having a cue ball for a head]], [[SatanicArchetype Satanic Archetypes]]

* Superior: [[Pantheon/NonAthleticSports Lord]] [[Pantheon/ParadoxesAndTimeLoops English]]
* Allies: [[Pantheon/EvilActions Davros]], [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} Tzeentch]], [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes The Brainspawn]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Bill Cipher]]
* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Romance}} The Trolls]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Lucy]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Doctor]], [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Professor Paradox]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Piccolo]], [[Pantheon/EmotionalCombat Asura]], [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Incubators]]
* Special Guest: [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral The MSPA Reader (AKA You)]]
* Annoyed with: Those who have the power over [[PoweroftheVoid the Void]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Strong Bad]], His enemies from Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}
* Opposed By: [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} The Narrator]], All of the good members of the House of Family.
* Doc Scratch came to the Pantheon with the single goal of summoning his master; the demon Lord English. This requires two things; his death, caused due to Lord English's summoning involving using him as a host, and the end of the universe (and every possible instance of said universe). However, due to Lord English being able to time travel, being summoned at the end of the universe is hardly an inconvenience. In fact, it was Lord English that created [[Pantheon/MaximumSecurity Lil Cal]], a puppet required for Doc Scratch's creation. Needless to say, Doc Scratch is quite positive the summoning will be a success. After all, [[YouCantFightFate the demon is already here]].
** However, Doc Scratch fully realizes that any plan to end the universe early would be suicidal; there are plenty of deities who would oppose him, [[WorldofBadass many who far more powerful than him, and some whose intelligence rival even his omniscience]]. Therefore his plan has been simplified to ensuring his creation in the Pantheon and staying alive until the universe ends naturally. Fortunately for him, there doesn't seem to be any other instances of the Pantheon. It's one of a kind.
* Should be noted that [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Doc Scratch is only his nickname]]. His true name is only known to himself, Lord English and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} The Felt]].
* Doc Scratch is a First Guardian. First Guardians are incredibly powerful creatures that gain [[RealityWarper reality warping powers]] and a near endless source of power from [[StarPower an object called the Green Sun]], a sun made up of the mass of two universes that resides in an EldritchLocation [[PlaceBeyondTime beyond time]] called the Furthest Ring. If a First Guardian has a high enough intelligence, (which Doc Scratch has), the First Guardian will also have near [[TheOmniscient Omniscience]] as well.
** A First Guardian's main purpose is to ensure that the planet they are on's main sapient species plays the game Sburb once their technology levels can use the coding. This game is also where First Guardians come from, as the NPC equivalents of the game creates the First Guardian for the planet playing the game using the blueprint of an artifact (or two, in Doc Scratch's case) and a genetic code that grants them access to the Green Sun's powers. The First Guardian is then sent to it's designated planet, back in time to the Planet's beginning.
** Since he was in the Pantheon since the beginning, [[TimeAbyss this makes Doc Scratch one of the Pantheon's longest lasting residents]]. However, as far as Doc Scratch is aware, the Pantheon is not destined to play Sburb, meaning he had to use a different method to ensure his existence and bring Lil Cal out of the realm of nightmares.
*** Fortunately for him, getting Lil Cal was easy. He just needed someone who could make their nightmares reality and do it subconsciously. [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNtoZ Haruhi Suzumiya]] was out, due to being in the impenetrable Main House and [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Prismo]] was out due to what the [[PersonaNonGrata punishment was for giving him nightmares was]]. That left [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Strong Bad]]. Lord English put the Lil Cal nightmare into Strong Bad's head and then Doc Scratch gave Strong Bad an SB email asking him what the creepiest thing he could come up with was. Strong Bad answered with a drawn picture of Lil Cal and the only thing left to do after that was to see if Strong Bad's subconscious would [[RealityBleed make the doll a reality like it did with the band Limozeen, and Trogdor the Burnininator]]. [[AllAccordingToPlan It did]]. [[Pantheon/AncientBeasts Luna]] took care of the nightmare shortly afterwards, so don't worry about Strong Bad having trouble sleeping.
*** The second part was getting the machinery that was used to bind the First Guardian Code with the Lil Cal and Magic Cue Ball blueprints to make his younger self. The difficult part was finding a scientist both [[MadScientist smart enough and evil enough]] to make the machine that would be a catalyst to summoning one of the most powerful and omnicidal Monsters to ever exist. Of course, being Omniscient, he knew who to get to help; Davros. With his help, The Felt were able to make Doc Scratch's younger self and send it to the past to when the planet was young.
* [[FauxAffablyEvil Although he is very polite, never lies and is an excellent Host]], do not be fooled. [[CompleteMonster There is NO line he won't cross to summon his master]] and it bears repeating that the requirement for summoning him is [[ApocalypseHow the end of the universe]] and that his master is a very evil man. One of his incarnations on Alternia was responsible for [[TheCorrupter turning what would have been a relatively peaceful race into group of cruel, war hungry group of galactic conquerors]], and [[FinalSolution plotting the entire races deaths]], and [[ManipulativeBastard was able to manipulate EVERYONE he met]], and [[TheChessmaster several he never even spoke to into doing what he wanted]]. [[LackOfEmpathy He really does not care about anyone]] and made his opinion on them quite clear;

** Oh, that part about turning the race into a bunch of war hungry, conquerers? The tool he used to do that was a little girl, [[ParentalSubstitute who he basically groomed]] to do have a [[FateWorseThanDeath job and life that she hated]] so much that the only reason [[DrivenToSuicide she didn't kill herself]] was because she was [[ImmortalityHurts cursed with immortality]] by Lord English and the only reason [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds she did her job]] was so [[DeathSeeker she could have the curse lifted and finally be able to die]]. [[AbusiveParents Said grooming included locking her in a room for most of her life, and whenever she tried to rebel, disciplining her with a broom and]] ''[[AbusiveParents teleporting her into space]].'' Needless to say, he is [[{{Understatement}} NOT liked]] by the good members of the [[Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives House of Family]].
*** Due to being one of the worst {{Parental Substitute}}s ever, the people who hate him the most are [[Pantheon/SurrogateRelationships Piccolo]], who is DISGUSTED at him, and [[Pantheon/EmotionalCombat Asura]], who hates him because Scratch reminds him about how the Seven Deities used his daughter. Doc Scratch doesn't really think they are strong enough to kill him prematurely, [[NighInvulnerability since one of his incarnations was able to survive the destruction of the universe]], but they have caused enough problems that his first reaction to one of them approaching is to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere teleport himself and his temple somewhere far away from them]].
* Though Piccolo and Asura are annoyances, there are three others he considers genuine threats; The first is [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Lucy]], since she is one of the few people who can actually damage his plans due to being as smart as he is.
** The other two are [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Doctor]] and [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Professor Paradox]], who, due to being just as skilled of {{Time Master}}s as Lord English, are considered by him and Doc Scratch to be two of his biggest threats.
* Giving Doc Scratch a Rank was a little tough. As a First Guardian, the power he gets from the Green Sun is insane. One creature with the same power source was able to destroy a creature that embodied and contained an entire universe ([[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5083 and every possible instance of that universe]]), which ''should'' give him a rank of Overdeity. ''However'', Doc Scratch, for all his power, seems to have only very passive abilities, such as teleportation, due to his biology basically being that of a puppet. He doesn't seem to have any attacks to actually use his power with and if he does, he hasn't shown them. Therefore he is stuck as a very high ranked Greater God.
* While borderline Omniscient, [[NotSoOmniscientAfterAll there are a few gaps in his knowledge]]. These come from three different things. Some gaps in his knowledge are simply there by design, as pillars for the foundation of his vast knowledge. Their main purpose is to tell him when to stop observing and when to start influencing things. He doesn't actually mind these as they give him things to figure out through deductions and his deductions are almost never wrong. And even if he doesn't deduct it, the answers always come to him in time. The second cause comes from people who have powers related to the [[PowerOfTheVoid Void]], or more specifically, the Voids ability to obscure and destroy information. These ones actually piss him off to no end
** The third cause comes from [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatars]]. [[Webcomic/ParadoxSpace He once tried to play a game of chess against]] Andrew Hussie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAIGgTfyh_A but it... didn't go very well]]. Omniscience blocking aside, he would have avoided them anyway. Whenever an AuthorAvatar is around him, he turns limp, easily damaged and lifeless due to technically being a puppet.
* When not manipulating people, or doing whatever he can to make the end of the universe come a little sooner, Doc Scratch enjoys playing games with people, notably chess. When asked if it is really that enjoyable to play a game when his near Omniscience means he knows every outcome and is pretty much guaranteed to win. Doc Scratch has made his answer quite clear;

* Gets along VERY well with Tzeentch. Tzeentch is incredibly impressed with his manipulation skills, orchestrating a plan that involves two worlds, spread over two universes, perfectly. Doc Scratch enjoys his company, but has made it clear he has no intentions of being his follower of his; He has one master and one master alone
* Is completely immune to the powers of [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} The Narrator]] and [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} The Mob]] due to his status as a First Guardian. Not only do their orders not work, but the option to order him around doesn't even exist. They can't tell him what to do. Guardians can never be told what to do. Neither the {{reality warp|er}}ing kind, nor the ordinary kind who raise kids in houses. It's a universal law of reality. [[BerserkButton This pisses off]] the Narrator to no end. (The Mob is too chaotic to have an opinion about this).

** The Narrator is ESPECIALLY pissed about Doc Scratch's ability to [[HostileShowTakeover take over the narrative]], seeing as he did so for Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} for a decent chunk of Act 5.
* Has some aggrievances with [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Incubators]]. While he considered their abilities to manipulate without lying almost as good as his, he is against them trying to prolong the lifetime of the Universe. Since he has to wait for the universe the Pantheon is in to end naturally, since trying to end it prematurely will just have him be foiled by Deities far more powerful than him, prolonging the heat death of the Pantheon's universe is delaying his master's inevitable summoning.
* Get's along well with [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Bill Cipher]] due to them both being knowledgeable manipulative {{Reality Warper}}s and for both Doc Scratch and his master reminding him of his Henchmaniac 8-ball.
* Is helping out The Brainspawn gain as much knowledge as possible, since they plan to destroy the Universe when they know everything. Everyone Wins! The only condition for his help is that they actually destroy the universe itself, not simply everything in it.
* [[Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder Has heard of the possibility of creating a Red Sun equivalent to The Green Sun]], with [[TimeMaster temporal powers]] instead of {{reality warp|er}}ing ones. He's not interested. From what he's heard, he would have to choose between the two power sources and Lord English already has all the time powers he needs while Doc Scratch is fine with the powers he already has.
* Is actually rather fond of [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff's]] antics and has even named his pistol after their stupidity; [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3869 The Deudly]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff/23 Firearm]].
** Said firearm is also one of the few things that can permanently kill Lord English due to firing cue balls related to [[KryptoniteFactor The Magic Cue Ball]]. Unfortunately for everyone else, Doc Scratch hasn't loaded the thing, since he knows he won't be needing to use it in the Pantheon.
* Has his own page.
** '''[[SelfDemonstrating/DocScratch > Be Doc Scratch]].'''

* Opposes: [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Cthul]][[Pantheon/PlanetaryAndCelestial hu]]

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Romance}} The Trolls]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Lucy]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndSpace The Doctor]], [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Professor Paradox]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Piccolo]], [[Pantheon/EmotionalCombat Asura]], [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Incubators]]

*** Fortunately for him, getting Lil Cal was easy. He just needed someone who could make their nightmares reality and do it subconsciously. [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNtoZ Haruhi Suzumiya]] was out, due to being in the impenetrable Pantheon/MainHouse and [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Prismo]] was out due to what the [[PersonaNonGrata punishment was for giving him nightmares was]]. That left [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Strong Bad]]. Lord English put the Lil Cal nightmare into Strong Bad's head and then Doc Scratch gave Strong Bad an SB email asking him what the creepiest thing he could come up with was. Strong Bad answered with a drawn picture of Lil Cal and the only thing left to do after that was to see if Strong Bad's subconscious would [[RealityBleed make the doll a reality like it did with the band Limozeen, and Trogdor the Burnininator]]. [[AllAccordingToPlan It did]]. [[Pantheon/AncientBeasts Luna]] took care of the nightmare shortly afterwards, so don't worry about Strong Bad having trouble sleeping.

** The other two are [[Pantheon/TimeAndSpace The Doctor]] and [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Professor Paradox]], who, due to being just as skilled of {{Time Master}}s as Lord English, are considered by him and Doc Scratch to be two of his biggest threats.

* Despite having losses as the result of his competitors cheating, he hasn't really called them out on it. [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Dr. Hax]] isn't amused at it and has tried to get him to notice cheating during competitions. Death, on his part, is more interested in keeping his word on deals mortals make with him.

* Portfolio: [[NonHumanHead Jackal Head]], [[DarkIsNotEvil Fair Death Deities]] [[EverybodyHatesHades Villainized]], [[MummyWrap Embalming And Wrapping Mummies]], [[DeathByAThousandCuts Tick Damages]], [[BreakoutCharacter Majorly Well Known Egyptian Deity]]

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* Was approached by [[Pantheon/CouplesArchetypes Yomi,]] who had heard her old friend was in the Pantheon, though when she found him she seemed thoroughly confused. The Anubis she knew, after all, was far less [[LittleBitBeastly animalistic]], and more importantly, [[CuteMonsterGirl a girl]]. It took a few seconds to clear up the misunderstanding: Yomi had simply mistaken the god for [[VideoGame/SakuraDungeon his little]] [[NamesTheSame sister]].

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[[caption-width-right:302:Charon depicted in the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series]]
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* Portfolio: [[SeldomSeenSpecies Jackal]] [[NonHumanHead Head]], [[DarkIsNotEvil Fair Death Deities]] [[EverybodyHatesHades Villainized]], [[MummyWrap Embalming And Wrapping Mummies]], [[DeathByAThousandCuts Tick Damages]], [[BreakoutCharacter Majorly Well Known Egyptian Deity]]

*** Fortunately for him, getting Lil Cal was easy. He just needed someone who could make their nightmares reality and do it subconsciously. [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenres Haruhi Suzumiya]] was out, due to being in the impenetrable Pantheon/MainHouse and [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Prismo]] was out due to what the [[PersonaNonGrata punishment was for giving him nightmares was]]. That left [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Strong Bad]]. Lord English put the Lil Cal nightmare into Strong Bad's head and then Doc Scratch gave Strong Bad an SB email asking him what the creepiest thing he could come up with was. Strong Bad answered with a drawn picture of Lil Cal and the only thing left to do after that was to see if Strong Bad's subconscious would [[RealityBleed make the doll a reality like it did with the band Limozeen, and Trogdor the Burnininator]]. [[AllAccordingToPlan It did]]. [[Pantheon/AncientBeasts Luna]] took care of the nightmare shortly afterwards, so don't worry about Strong Bad having trouble sleeping.

** Oh, that part about turning the race into a bunch of war hungry, conquerers? The tool he used to do that was a little girl, [[ParentalSubstitute who he basically groomed]] to do have a [[FateWorseThanDeath job and life that she hated]] so much that the only reason [[DrivenToSuicide she didn't kill herself]] was because she was [[ImmortalityHurts cursed with immortality]] by Lord English and the only reason [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds she did her job]] was so [[DeathSeeker she could have the curse lifted and finally be able to die]]. [[AbusiveParents Said grooming included locking her in a room for most of her life, and whenever she tried to rebel, disciplining her with a broom and]] ''[[AbusiveParents teleporting her into space]].'' Needless to say, he is [[{{Understatement}} NOT liked]] by the good members of the [[Pantheon/{{Family}} House of Family]].

* Opposes: [[Pantheon/{{Undead}} Nekron]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Nagash the Undying]], [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Seymour Guado]] and the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction

* Herald: [[Literature/TheKaneChronicles Walt Stone]] (human vessel)

* Portfolio: '''[[ThanatosGambit Planning his death]]''', [[TheOmniscient Borderline Omniscient]], [[SmugSuper Incredibly Smug and Powerful]], being TheChessmaster, [[CardCarryingVillain making it very clear he is evil]], [[ManipulativeBastard successfully manipulating EVERYONE]], [[TheCorrupter corrupting a peaceful species into a warfaring race]] [[KillEmAll AND setting up their extinction]], [[AbusiveParents being a HORRIBLE]] ParentalSubstitute, speaking entirely in white, [[FriendlyEnemy being a friendly enemy despite being a]] CompleteMonster, [[VillainsNeverLie never lying]], [[ExactWords but never needing to]], [[HostileShowTakeover successfully taking over the narrative for a while]], [[NighInvulnerability being Nigh Invulnerable]], [[NonHumanHead having a cue ball for a head]], [[SatanicArchetype Satanic Archetypes]]

* [[FauxAffablyEvil Although he is very polite, never lies and is an excellent Host]], do not be fooled. [[CompleteMonster There is NO line he won't cross to summon his master]] and it bears repeating that the requirement for summoning him is [[ApocalypseHow the end of the universe]] and that his master is a very evil man. One of his incarnations on Alternia was responsible for [[TheCorrupter turning what would have been a relatively peaceful race into group of cruel, war hungry group of galactic conquerors]], and [[KillEmAll plotting the entire races deaths]], and [[ManipulativeBastard was able to manipulate EVERYONE he met]], and [[TheChessmaster several he never even spoke to into doing what he wanted]]. [[LackOfEmpathy He really does not care about anyone]] and made his opinion on them quite clear;

* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Kratos]]''', [[Pantheon/EvilActions the other Hades]], [[Pantheon/CommercialAttitude Mr. Krabs]], [[Pantheon/TimeManipulation Lord English]], [[Pantheon/WordsAndPhrases Janemba]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Dhuum]], anyone who tries to rip him off.

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} Andrew Hussie]], [[Pantheon/WindAndAir John Egbert]], [[Pantheon/OtherPowers Dirk Strider]], [[Pantheon/{{Romance}} The Trolls]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation Lucy]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndSpace The Doctor]], [[Pantheon/CausesOfMadness Professor Paradox]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Piccolo]], [[Pantheon/EmotionalCombat Asura]], [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Incubators]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Strong Bad]], His enemies from Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}, the exception being Andrew Hussie

* Giving Doc Scratch a Rank was a little tough. As a First Guardian, the power he gets from the Green Sun is insane. One creature with the same power source was able to destroy a creature that embodied and contained an entire universe ([[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006983 and every possible instance of that universe]]), which ''should'' give him a rank of Overdeity. ''However'', Doc Scratch, for all his power, seems to have only very passive abilities, such as teleportation, due to his biology basically being that of a puppet. He doesn't seem to have any attacks to actually use his power with and if he does, he hasn't shown them. Therefore he is stuck as a very high ranked Greater God.

* Is actually rather fond of [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff's]] antics and has even named his pistol after their stupidity; [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005769 The Deudly]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/comoc.php?cid=023.jpg Firearm]].

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} Yogg-Saron]], [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} KI!Hades]], SCP-1440

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} Majin Buu]], [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles Black Mage]], [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Keel Lorenz]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]], [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Larfleeze]], [[Pantheon/EvilActions Hades]], [[Pantheon/BeastOther the Tyranids]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Deviljho]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Aurum]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/ChefsAndEstablishments Sanji]], [[Pantheon/BossDesign Baal]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Diablo]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements The Vex]], the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction

* Superior: [[Pantheon/{{Sports}} Lord]] [[Pantheon/TimeManipulation English]]

* Despite having losses as the result of his competitors cheating, he hasn't really called them out on it. [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Dr. Hax]] isn't amused at it and has tried to get him to notice cheating during competitions. Death, on his part, is more interested in keeping his word on deals mortals make with him.

* Worthy Opponent: [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Superman]], [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel Flash]], and [[Pantheon/SpiritualAndMentalPowers J'onn J'onnz]]

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* Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Nox]] (his mother), [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Thanatos]] and [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Nemesis]] (his siblings), [[Pantheon/CommercialArchetypes Grim]], [[Pantheon/DeathAndPostmortem Death of the Endless]], [[Pantheon/{{Symbolism}} Death the Horseman]], Lord Death, [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Discworld Death]], [[Pantheon/{{Ghosts}} The Flying Dutchman]], [[Pantheon/CharacterAdaptations Pikkon]]

*** Fortunately for him, getting Lil Cal was easy. He just needed someone who could make their nightmares reality and do it subconsciously. [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenres Haruhi Suzumiya]] was out, due to being in the impenetrable Pantheon/MainHouse and [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Prismo]] was out due to what the [[PersonaNonGrata punishment was for giving him nightmares was]]. That left [[Pantheon/{{Pride}} Strong Bad]]. Lord English put the Lil Cal nightmare into Strong Bad's head and then Doc Scratch gave Strong Bad an SB email asking him what the creepiest thing he could come up with was. Strong Bad answered with a drawn picture of Lil Cal and the only thing left to do after that was to see if Strong Bad's subconscious would [[RealityBleed make the doll a reality like it did with the band Limozeen, and Trogdor the Burnininator]]. [[AllAccordingToPlan It did]]. [[Pantheon/AncientBeasts Luna]] took care of the nightmare shortly afterwards, so don't worry about Strong Bad having trouble sleeping.

* Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Nox]] (his mother), [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Thanatos]] and [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Nemesis]] (his siblings), [[Pantheon/CommercialArchetypes Grim]], [[Pantheon/DeathAndPostmortem Death of the Endless]], [[Pantheon/{{Symbolism}} Death the Horseman]], Lord Death, [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Discworld Death]], [[Pantheon/{{Ghosts}} The Flying Dutchman]], [[Pantheon/AdaptationsAndContinuity Pikkon]]

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} Majin Buu]], [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles Black Mage]], [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Keel Lorenz]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]], [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Larfleeze]], [[Pantheon/EvilActions Hades]], [[Pantheon/BeastOther the Tyranids]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Deviljho]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Aurum]], [[Pantheon/{{Hatred}} Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/ChefsAndEstablishments Sanji]], [[Pantheon/BossDesign Baal]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Diablo]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements The Vex]], the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction

"[[white:You rang? That was a joke. Of course you didn't. I don't have a doorbell. Haa haa, hee hee, hoo hoo]].

'''[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Charon]], God of [[TheFerryman Giving The Dead Passage]]''' (The Ferryman, Kharon, Charun, Haros, [[Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries Daimon of Boundaries]])

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} Majin Buu]], [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles Black Mage]], [[Pantheon/{{Faith}} YHVH]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Keel Lorenz]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]], [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Larfleeze]], [[Pantheon/EvilActions Hades]], [[Pantheon/BeastOther the Tyranids]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Deviljho]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Aurum]], [[Pantheon/{{Hatred}} Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/ChefsAndEstablishments Sanji]], [[Pantheon/BossDesign Baal]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Diablo]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements The Vex]], the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction

* Allies: [[Pantheon/BodyParts Osiris]], [[Pantheon/EarthAndRock Geb]], [[Pantheon/AquaticLife Sobek]], Deities That Are A LittleBitBeastly, [[Pantheon/{{War}} Nasus]], Doggie Kruger, [[Pantheon/{{Justice}} Shikieiki Yamaxanadu]], [[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} Anakaris]], [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Hades]], [[Pantheon/LifeAndDeath Decim]]

* Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Nox]] (his mother), [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Thanatos]] and [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Nemesis]] (his siblings), [[Pantheon/CommercialArchetypes Grim]], [[Pantheon/LifeAndDeath Death of the Endless]], [[Pantheon/{{Symbolism}} Death the Horseman]], Lord Death, [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Discworld Death]], [[Pantheon/{{Ghosts}} The Flying Dutchman]], [[Pantheon/AdaptationsAndContinuity Pikkon]]

* On relatively good terms with Flynn, as he will give him the chance to be bribed and return to the land of the living. He feels rather overworked, as [[Pantheon/{{Faith}} YHVH]] and his angels nuked the planet and he has to work with 7 billion+ souls. Won't voice anything about them however; he's not that high up in the divine management to be that aware of them. However, this is a special situation as he will usually hunt those who cheat death, as seen in VideoGame/DevilSummoner.