| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' [[Characters/BigHero6 Main Character Index]]\ |
| 2 | '''''Superheroes''''': ''[[Characters/BigHero6BigHero6 Big Hero 6]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6Allies Allies]]''\ |
| 3 | '''''City of San Fransokyo''''': ''[[Characters/BigHero6FamilyAndFriends Family & Friends]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6SanFransokyoInstituteOfTechnology San Fransokyo Institute of Technology]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6KreiTechIndustries Krei Tech Industries]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6Civilians Civilians]]''\ |
| 4 | '''''Villains''''': ''[[Characters/BigHero6Yokai Yokai]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6Obake Obake]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6GoodLuckAlley Good Luck Alley]]'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6NoodleBurgerBoysTeam Noodle Burger Boy's Team]]'' | ''Sycorax and Associates'' | ''[[Characters/BigHero6OtherCriminals Other Criminals]]''-]]]]] |
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| 7 | !Sycorax |
| 8 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sycorax_logo_0.png]] |
| 9 | [[caption-width-right:350:Sycorax's logo]] |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sycorax.jpg]] |
| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:Sycorax's headquarters]] |
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| 13 | An esteemed biotech company founded by 23-year-old scientist Liv Amara, whose goal is to study and improve the environment through bio-friendly and environmental means. After Obake's defeat, monsters start to appear around the city, whom Hiro directly linked to Sycorax's projects and Amara's public appearances. |
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| 15 | * {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The Sycorax building has an eerie shape reminiscent of a DNA structure, which makes the place look more sinister, especially at night. |
| 16 | * EvilCorp: To the eye of the public, it looks like your revolutionary, bio-friendly tech company. However, it's ruled with an iron fist by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Liv Amara]], who uses her wealth and tech to turn Sycorax into a monster factory by bribing criminals and blackmailing people. [[spoiler:However, it's subverted, as the real Liv Amara is an HonestCorporateExecutive, but her clone Diane uses illegal means to get the money for the research of the cure she needs]]. |
| 17 | * GoodColorsEvilColors: Sycorax is associated to the color [[GreenAndMean green]], fitting for an EvilCorp. [[spoiler:Though it turns out that the company was completely benevolent under the real Liv Amara.]] |
| 18 | * MeaningfulName: Sycorax is the witch who was the mother of the monster Caliban in Creator/{{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/TheTempest''. The company is run by a woman who makes monsters. |
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| 20 | [[folder:Liv Amara]] |
| 21 | !![[spoiler:Diane "Di"]]/Liv Amara |
| 22 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/liv_amara_9.png]] |
| 23 | [[caption-width-right:310:''"At Sycorax, we believe in progress at '''''any cost'''''."'']] |
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| 25 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaraWilson\ |
| 26 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Big Problem") |
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| 28 | A self-made billionaire whose company, Sycorax, specializes in bio-technology. She serves as the main antagonist of the first half of Season 2. [[spoiler: She's revealed to be a clone made by the real Liv Amara named Diane, whose goal is to find her creator a cure after an experiment gone wrong gives her a rare deadly condition]]. |
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| 30 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Not literally an AI, but the same principle. [[spoiler: As a clone, "Di" was ''literally'' programmed with one purpose, the same way Chris was programmed to be the perfect assistant: her entire reason for being is to cure Liv. Her life has no other focus, as well as no morals, inhibitions, or any restrictions towards that goal. Because of this, she goes completely off the rails and starts robbing people to fund research, kidnapping people to get that research done, and mutating people to ensure these goals are completed. By the time the real Liv wakes up, she's horrified at the sheer destruction her creation has wrought.]] |
| 31 | * AlternativeSelfNameChange: In a sense. [[spoiler:She is a clone of the real Liv Amara, who gave her the name Diane, or "Di"]]. |
| 32 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Krei refuses to believe that she's better than he is in every way. |
| 33 | * ArcVillain: For the "City of Monsters" arc, which makes up the first half of Season 2. |
| 34 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: She is actually Diane, a clone made by the real Liv Amara to find a cure for her deadly condition. The real Liv Amara is in stasis while Diane impersonates her in trying to find a cure.]] |
| 35 | * AscendedExtra: She had one minor appearance in a Season 1 episode. Here in Season 2, she's the ArcVillain and her personality (and the multiple ones she uses) are more developed. |
| 36 | * AuthorVocabularyCalendar: Lampshaded and used as a plot point. The fact that 99% of her answers contain the words "investing", "Sycorax", and "future" and the vagueness of her answers tip Hiro off that she is hiding something. |
| 37 | * AxCrazy: She's ready to ''kill'' anyone [[HeKnowsTooMuch who's too close to discovering her plans]]. |
| 38 | * TheBaroness: An attractive, sadistic CEO who's ready to do ''everything'' to get to her ends. |
| 39 | * TheBeastmaster: A MadScientist variation. She turns people into monsters she can control by [[MindControl sending impulses to their brain to make them think what she wants]]. |
| 40 | * BeautyIsBad: Is an attractive 23-year-old woman, and the main antagonist of the second season. |
| 41 | * BeneathTheMask: Underneath her kind, likable facade is a sociopath who seems to take pleasure in her ruthless acts of villainy. |
| 42 | * BenevolentBoss: She believes in treating her employees well, unlike [[MeanBoss Krei, who doesn't give good pay and can be an ass to his workers.]] Actually averted since [[spoiler: she only treated her employees well because that's how ''the real Liv'' treated them; since Di impersonated Liv, she treated them the same way so no one could see the difference]]. |
| 43 | * BigBadFriend: To Karmi, who has '''no idea''' who Liv truly is and sees her as her "BFF". |
| 44 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She appears to be a nice, charismatic person. Beneath this front, she is eerily ruthless and amoral, having no qualms with experimenting on human beings and turning them into monsters. |
| 45 | * {{Blackmail}}: |
| 46 | ** As "Prey Date" reveals, [[spoiler: Di was the one who turned Orso Knox into a monster in the first place back in "Big Problem", and blackmails him into funding her unless her wants to be turned back into his monster form.]] |
| 47 | ** In "Something's Fishy", she bails out High Voltage out of jail, but when they turn down the occasion to work with her since they want a normal life, she threatens to call the police on them and states [[CassandraTruth no one will believe criminals like High Voltage were bailed out by her]], since she gave the police new K-9 units and is overall [[VillainWithGoodPublicity loved and seen as an angel by the public]], leaving them no choice but to work for her. |
| 48 | * BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: In "Prey Date", [[spoiler: Amara says that Orso Knox did not "pay" her, he ''invested'', in her and in his own future (because she can turn him back into a monster anytime she wants).]] |
| 49 | * BlatantLies: ''Everything that comes out of her mouth'', since as stated in AuthorVocabularyCalendar above, Liv uses always the same words in her public statement, which obviously mean she's not convincing and hides something. Only the audience and the titular team don't believe a word coming from her, while everyone else is oblivious to Liv's lies. |
| 50 | * BrokenPedestal: To Karmi, once she discovers Hiro was right all along about Liv being a monstrous evil scientist. |
| 51 | * ChekhovsGunman: She debuts in "Big Problem" and other than a short cameo in the season 1 finale, she doesn't appear again until season 2, where she is the main antagonist of the first arc. |
| 52 | * TheChessmaster: Like Obake. Liv is manipulative and sly, using schemes (such as the creation of the Mayoi) to keep her EvilPlan a secret while still being seen as a kind business woman, playing everyone around like a pack of cards. |
| 53 | * ClonesArePeopleToo: [[spoiler: By the end of "City Of Monsters", Di is still alive and treated as her own person separate from Liv as she is arrested.]] |
| 54 | * CollectiveIdentity: [[spoiler: "Liv Amara" is a name shared by the original woman and her clone, Diane]]. |
| 55 | * ConsummateLiar: Part of being a ManipulativeBitch. Liv is a ''very good'' liar and can deceive and trick anyone into taking her side or doing what she wants. Proof: she even deceived Baymax's LivingLieDetector! |
| 56 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Obake stayed out of the spotlight, and predominantly utilized robotics in his schemes. Liv Amara, however, is a businesswoman who [[VillainWithGoodPublicity is beloved by the public]], and heavily prefers bio-engineering. Obake is mentally ill as a result of his growing brain tumour, but all the while refuses to have it treated, even seeing it as a blessing. [[spoiler:Diane on the other hand goes to great lengths to treat the real Liv's illness, and is what primarily drives her villainous actions.]] Obake is AffablyEvil who is genuinely civil and polite to both his subordinates and enemies, and even shows a display of empathy towards his own creation Trina and treats her like a daughter. Liv is FauxAffablyEvil whose relationships with others a merely a means to an end, with even her creation/assistant Chris being seen more of a pet than an actual person. The difference goes all the way down to how they treat their younger counterparts: Hiro and Karmi respectively. While Obake and Hiro are enemies, the former genuinely respects the latter and wishes for Hiro to be his protégé, and in his final moments goes his way to save Hiro's life. Karmi admires Liv and ''does'' become her protégée, but Liv is nothing more than a FalseFriend who has no qualms trying to have Karmi killed when she interferes with her plans. She's also, notably, instead of being an EvilCounterpart to Hiro, [[spoiler:revealed to be one to Baymax]]. |
| 57 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: As she herself puts it, Sycorax is dedicated to progress "at any cost", which includes creating monsters out of humans through illegal experimentation. She is also just fine with aligning herself with criminals like Momakase and High Voltage, and breaking them out of jail. |
| 58 | * CuteAndPsycho: She gives herself a dorky GenkiGirl persona, but she's batshit insane. |
| 59 | * DeathGlare: [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/6967f4338bdc07c3ec251290d974b92a/tumblr_inline_ps3dfcmNfC1trf22l_540.png Gives one to Hiro]] as he is [[CassandraTruth accusing her of being behind the monster mutations]] during a public speaker's event. |
| 60 | * DeathTrap: Enjoys these, mostly of the "leave problem alone with something with tons of teeth" variety. The most drawn out example is in "Prey Date,' where after Karmi and Hiro get to close to her plans she locks them in Sycorax' sub-basement and lets loose the monster Orso Knox. However, she fails to realize that even as a monster, Knox's human side wouldn't allow him to hurt them. [[XanatosGambit She does manage to turn the "failure" of the trap to her advantage, though.]] She sets up another [[spoiler: involving monster Karmi and Hiro]] in "City of Monsters," but that likewise fails for similar reasons. |
| 61 | * DeadlyEuphemism: She gives people "upgrades". That means turning them into monsters, usually on her leash. |
| 62 | * {{Determinator}}: A villainous example. Liv will do ''anything'' and go through ''anyone'' in order to [[spoiler: cure the real Liv]]. |
| 63 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: She's brought down halfway through Season 2, leaving Chief Cruz to become the antagonist as he hunts Big Hero 6, who are now fugitives. |
| 64 | * EngineeredHeroics: Hiro publicly asks her what exactly her company does and why monsters seem to show up wherever she goes, and her company seems to benefit from them. In response, she creates the [[AdorableEvilMinions Mayoi]] who wreak havoc in the city. She also creates a serum which can change the Mayoi back to their tiny, cute forms and helps Big Hero 6 defeat them, reinforcing her [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good publicity]] while Mr. Sparkles, who is controlling them, takes credit for all the monster attacks. |
| 65 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The sole person she cares about is [[spoiler: the real Liv, who's her creator that Di considers almost like a sister]]. |
| 66 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: [[ExploitedTrope And she knows it]]. Liv is a blonde woman who’s loved by the city due to her charisma, environment-friendly inventions and wanting to (supposedly) make the world a better place. Little do they know, it's a huge, ''huge'' façade, as Liv is a ruthless villain and a lying, manipulative psychopath who won't hesitate to break the law to get to her ends. |
| 67 | * EvilAllAlong: Is introduced in "Big Problem" as a kind, charismatic business woman. Season 2 reveals she's a sociopath and a HiddenAgendaVillain. |
| 68 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: She treats her monsters as mere beasts and so consistently fails to realize that people - especially good people - will retain some of their humanity and fight her control, especially if made to do something they never would normally. While she does make attempts to force them to obey, it continues to be something she fails to adequately predict. [[spoiler: Di doesn't understand why the real Liv felt ashamed of her actions when it was all working toward curing her.]] |
| 69 | * EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: "Lie Detector" reveals she is this to Baymax. Just as Baymax is devoted to caring for Hiro, she will go to great lengths to cure the real Liv, but unlike Baymax she is willing to break the laws of society and nature to do it. "City Of Monsters" makes it clearer, by framing her origins alongside Baymax's: in one half, we see a video of Tadashi making Baymax with help from others, resulting in him creating something capable of helping people. In the second half, we see a similar video of Liv creating Diane, but she was forced to do so all alone and desperate, and so creates something that corrupts her good intentions. Di's drive is very similar to Baymax's, but she has none of his nobility.]] |
| 70 | * EvilDoppelganger: [[spoiler: What the Liv Amara we met since "Big Problem" actually is. The ''real'' Liv Amara is ill and [[HumanPopsicle in stasis]] while the fake Liv, a clone named Diane, impersonates her and commits horrible experiments on humans while trying to find a cure to save her creator.]] |
| 71 | * EvilGenius: Just like Obake before her, Liv is a brilliant scientist and a cunning, manipulative figure that sees her world [[TheChessmaster like a game of chess]]. |
| 72 | * EvilutionaryBiologist: She intends to "improve on Mother Nature's work", which means giving biological enhancements to people that turns them into powerful monsters. |
| 73 | * EvilWearsBlack: Wore a black gown in her debut episode. Can count as {{foreshadowing}} since it was before her [[EvilAllAlong villain reveal]]. |
| 74 | * ExactWords: Liv tells Hiro that "Liv Amara" is not responsible for the monsters, which [[LivingLieDetector Baymax]] determines to be the truth. This is because [[spoiler:the real Liv Amara is being kept in stasis due to suffering from an unidentified disease, while the Liv Amara we know is a clone created by the real Liv named Diane]]. |
| 75 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Liv is an absolutely beautiful woman, and seems like a nice, friendly person at first glance. Behind closed doors, however, she's cruel, ruthless and amoral. |
| 76 | * FalseFlagOperation: Liv gets Mr. Sparkles to claim responsibility for the monster attacks while she helps to foil him, thereby throwing any suspicion off herself. Big Hero 6 doesn't buy it for a moment, but the rest of the public does. |
| 77 | * FalseFriend: Is this to Karmi, who has no idea of Liv's true colors and sees her as her "[=BFF=]". Comes to it’s head in “City of Monsters,” where Liv plans to cut Karmi loose instantly the moment their work hits a snag outside of her expertise, then decides she’s better served as a test subject to throw at [=BH6=]. |
| 78 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Acts poised and kind, but it's all an act to hide her monstrous real side. |
| 79 | * FingerTenting: Pictured above, as her villainous side is revealed to the audience in "Seventh Wheel". |
| 80 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 81 | ** To Krei. |
| 82 | *** Unlike Krei, Amara is passionate about her scientific work, worked hard to get to where she is, and is generous and willing to help people, even if she may be a bit oblivious and does seem to have an ulterior motive. Krei, on the other hand, is a businessman and not scientist and leaves the work to his disgruntled employees, and can be a CorruptCorporateExecutive that doesn't care about what happens to people unless [[EverybodyHasStandards it gets really bad]], either because [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he has a sense of decency]] or [[PragmaticVillainy doesn't want to get in legal trouble]]. |
| 83 | *** Interestingly, thanks to CharacterDevelopment, Krei started as TheLoad and a blackmailing bastard and slowly revealed himself as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with HiddenDepths. While Liv [[BitchInSheepsClothing looks nice at first]], but is actually [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupted]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] and the [[ArcVillain main villain of Season 2's first arc]]. |
| 84 | *** Additionally, Liv Amara tends to be dismissive (as shown by her KickTheDog moment below) towards those who don't share their area of expertise while Krei tries to be approachable to anyone of any talent. |
| 85 | *** Their possible (one-sided?) ShipTease also seems to serve as one to Hiro and Karmi. |
| 86 | *** There's also the way they treat their interns. At first, Krei sees Hiro as a MouthyKid [[NotNowKid he doesn't want to deal with]], but their relationship evolves into a mutual respect, with Krei even considering Hiro an “unpaid friend”. As for Liv, she acts like Karmi's best friend, [[FalseFriend but it's all an act]]. She couldn't care less about her, manipulates her, uses Karmi's inventions for her own goals, is ready to kill her [[HeKnowsTooMuch if she gets too close of her plans]] and finally [[spoiler:mutates her and forces her to attack Hiro]]. |
| 87 | ** To Karmi. |
| 88 | *** Both are [[BitchInSheepsClothing [=two-faced=]]] in different ways. Karmi's "nice girl" act was only in front of Granville to annoy Hiro, and dropped it by "Failure Mode". As for Liv, she gives herself a nice mask in public only to hide how monstrous she truly is. Also, CharacterDevelopment turns Karmi into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, while Liv becomes more immoral and villainous as episodes go on. |
| 89 | *** Both are passionate about their scientific work and would rather not interact with people if they aren't interested in that same passion. While both biologists, Karmi has a strong sense of morality by how she was ready to work in a basement with a feral monster Knox on the loose loose to ensure that he gets cured, and also by how she cares about Hiro's well-being despite not getting along with him. As for Liv, she has no sense of morals, doesn't care about the consequences of her actions, and is even ''thrilled'' to commit them. |
| 90 | *** They also seem to be a bit oblivious about how their male counterpart feels about them, with Amara being unaware of Krei's envy of her and Karmi being unaware that Hiro, a boy she sees as her rival, is the hero she crushes on. Both Krei and Hiro also express immaturity when talking about their female counterparts as well. |
| 91 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: She is quick to dismiss Baymax once she learns Hiro isn't the creator and to fund Karmi's project right after seeing it. It makes sense once you realize [[spoiler:Di needs everything she can get her hands on to cure the real Liv.]] |
| 92 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The real Liv Amara got sick after testing parasynths on herself and the experiment went [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly wrong]]. Out of time, Liv cloned herself so someone could save her. Di, the Liv clone, cares about her like her own sister and is ready to do ''anything'' to cure her. And since Liv's days were numbered, Di has not enough time on Earth to develop a moral compass or standards, thus explaining how cruel and insane she is.]] |
| 93 | * GenkiGirl: Downplayed and subverted. Liv can have moments where she seems cheerful and excited, but it's all a mask to hide how crazy and twisted she is. |
| 94 | * GivenNameReveal: In "City of Monsters", [[spoiler:she shows Hiro the real Liv in the pod and tells him that her real name is Di, short for Diane.]] |
| 95 | * GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Diane was created to save Liv Amara, a goal that she fulfills, but with numerous consequences and potentially ruined lives for everyone involved.]] |
| 96 | * GranolaGirl: A rare, surprising villainous exemple. She sees herself as a "Mother Nature protégée", uses ecologic technology and Sycorax contains lots of bio food. Yet, she's a villain. Though she [[ExploitedTrope exploits this trope]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing in order to be seen as a good person and have no one doubt her intentions]]. |
| 97 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: {{Exploited|Trope}} by Liv. Liv is a blonde-haired woman who gives herself a "Mother Nature"-loving façade, and is seen as a kind, charismatic individual by the public. Behind closed doors, she's a BitchInSheepsClothing and a ruthless sociopath. |
| 98 | * HateSink: Unlike the [[AntiVillain sympathetic]] Callahan and [[EvilIsCool cool]] Obake, Liv is a manipulative CorruptCorporateExecutive who turns people into monsters often without their consent, blackmails people into supporting her, treats her assistant like a pet and manipulates Karmi and pretends to be her friend while she couldn't care less about her and sees her as nothing but a pawn. Fans officially state she crossed the line when she [[spoiler:mutates Karmi and attempts to force her to eat Hiro]]. |
| 99 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: |
| 100 | ** She let Knox loose from his cell and had him attack Karmi and Hiro when they were too close to discover her plans. |
| 101 | ** In "City of Monsters", [[spoiler:she tries to mutate Hiro after he cures the real Liv since he's the only one who knows her real identity and the reasons she did her horrible actions]]. |
| 102 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: We have no idea why Liv does illegal mutations on those who fund her, [[spoiler: and what it has to do with the real Liv Amara who's in stasis.]] Turns out both have nothing to do with one another, as the mutations are done ForTheEvulz to get fundings while she works on her ''real'' endgame; [[spoiler:curing the real Liv]]. |
| 103 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: She created Bessie from scratch using a tech-nullifying meteor and bear DNA. [[spoiler:Turns out since she can't control Bessie like her other monsters, Bessie easily committed her HeelFaceTurn and used her electro beams to transform the monsters back into humans, thus contributing to Di's defeat]]. |
| 104 | * HypnotizeTheCaptive: [[spoiler:Di mutates Karmi, and uses her to kidnap and later blackmail Hiro into curing the real Liv in exchange of Karmi's human form. Considering [[ManipulativeBitch who she is]], [[ILied it was all a trick]] of course]]. |
| 105 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: What she says to [[spoiler:Liv]] to excuse all her horrible actions in order to [[spoiler:save her life]]. But to her surprise, [[spoiler: Liv dismisses all of it and is rightfully ashamed of her]]. |
| 106 | * ILied: [[spoiler: She promises to turn Karmi and all the monsters back into humans if Hiro and Baymax cure the real Liv. Once that is done... Di goes back on her word and tries to mutate Hiro for being [[HeKnowsTooMuch the only one who knows of her plan and who she is]]]]. |
| 107 | * KickTheDog: This woman is a professional dog-kicker: |
| 108 | ** When she comes to visit SFIT, she's eager to ask about Baymax to Hiro, but as soon as Hiro clarifies that Tadashi was the one who created Baymax, she immediately loses interest despite Hiro stating he's added additional features to Baymax and still being able to answer her questions. |
| 109 | ** She turned Orso Knox into a monster, then helped cure him (after months of deliberate delays) under the condition that he continually invest in Sycorax or else she will turn him right back to his monstrous state. Judging by his appearance in the "City of Monsters" episodes, she had no intention of keeping her promise regardless of his investments. |
| 110 | ** She manipulates the friendless Karmi and [[FalseFriend fakes her friendship with her]] in order to use Karmi's inventions and participation (both unbeknownst to Karmi) in her EvilPlan. |
| 111 | ** She’s makes it clear that she intends to cut Karmi loose the moment they learn that they need robotics knowledge to finish the cure, which Karmi doesn’t have, all while still lying to her face. Noticeably, since Karmi’s earnest drive to help leads her to work with Hiro and thus actually solves the problem, had Liv actually gone through with it, [[HoistByHerOwnPetard she would have been hurting herself in her callousness]]. What’s worse, when Karmi does come to her with the solution, all Liv cares about is [[spoiler: Karmi's connection to Hiro (whom she had just found out is a member of [=BH6=]), and so she ignores the cure she has in favour of betraying Karmi and turning her into another monster.]] |
| 112 | ** In "City of Monsters", [[spoiler: Hiro cures the real Liv, and how does Di thank him? She attempts to turn him into a monster because now he is [[HeKnowsTooMuch "a loose end"]]]]. |
| 113 | * KnightOfCerebus: To the audience, at least. The instant Liv's villainy is revealed, she showcases to be far more dangerous and psychotic than Obake before her, and establishes Season 2 as [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker than Season 1]]. |
| 114 | * KnightTemplarBigSister: She's basically this towards [[spoiler: the real Liv Amara]]. She's determined to [[spoiler:save Liv's life]], and she performs the most cruel and amoral actions to achieve this goal, caring about no one else but her. Inverted as in she's younger than [[spoiler:Liv]] due to [[spoiler:being her clone]]. |
| 115 | * KnowWhenToFoldThem: When she tried to create Nega-Globby, but it proved to be unstable, Liv decides it's not worth the trouble trying to get it back under control. |
| 116 | * LadyInRed: She is the villain, she wears a red dress, and has [[BasicInstinctLegsCrossingParody the basic instinct of sitting on chairs and tables with her legs crossed]]. |
| 117 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Of course [[spoiler: Liv]] calls her out on her actions (despite Liv/[[spoiler:Di]] expecting to be ''thanked''), and later she gets arrested alongside Chris in the second part of "City of Monsters" for all she's done. |
| 118 | * LegFocus: Often sits in a BasicInstinctLegsCrossingParody on her desk, exposing her long legs. |
| 119 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler: Di considers the real Liv, her creator, like her sister, or basically her only family. Liv is her MoralityPet; the only person Di loves, cares about and is devoted to]]. |
| 120 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: The only person on earth she loves is [[spoiler:the real Liv]], and her devotion to her blinds her and pushes her to commit immoral actions. |
| 121 | * MadArtist: She considers her horrible transmutations art, as she calls herself a "monster artist". |
| 122 | * MadScientist: Uses her biotechnology skills for human transmutation and other morally questionable endeavors. |
| 123 | * MadScientistLaboratory: Sub Level-9 is your typical creepy laboratory with organs like '''''beating hearts''''' and eyes in jars where Liv keeps monsters like Knox in cells. She also seems to have a ''Sub-Level 10'' lab, where she makes her most secret experiments with Chris and where [[spoiler: the real Liv's pod is.]] |
| 124 | * MadnessMakeover: A slight example. Her hair is always perfectly coiffed, but it falls into places at some point where she ''really'' goes insane in the climax of "City of Monsters". |
| 125 | * MakeUpIsEvil: She wears smokey eyeshadow and pink lipstick and is the second season's ArcVillain for the first half. She also wore heavy purple makeup prior to her villainous reveal in "Big Problem", which counts as foreshadowing. |
| 126 | * ManipulativeBitch: As Season 2 shows, she could give Obake a run for his money in terms of manipulative villainy. |
| 127 | * MasterActress: That woman is an unbeatable champion in manipulation, and was able to [[spoiler: pretend to be the real Liv in such a convincing way that nobody saw the difference]]. |
| 128 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 129 | ** The name "Liv" means "life" in Norse. Liv is an EvilutionaryBiologist trying to improve forms of life. |
| 130 | ** "Amara" means "bitter" in Italian, and "grace" in African. Both fit her a lot, since [[BitchInSheepsClothing Liv gives herself a gracious face, only to be a bitter, immoral person underneath.]] |
| 131 | ** Her actual name is revealed to be Diane, which means "supplier of beneficence and wellness". [[spoiler: She was created by the real Liv to cure her, thus bring her health and wellness.]] |
| 132 | ** Her nickname, "Di", is also a Greek word that means "two" or "twice", alluding to her nature as [[spoiler:Liv Amara's clone]]. |
| 133 | ** There's also the evident contrasts between the two women's names: [[spoiler:Liv for "live" (she's good and wants to create science for positive purposes) and Di for "die" (she's evil, amoral, and commits most of her horrible actions ForTheEvulz)]]. |
| 134 | * MindControl: She controls her monsters by sending impulses to their brain to make them think what she wants. |
| 135 | * MindRape: She puts [[spoiler:Karmi]] through one when she realizes [[spoiler:Karmi]] is fighting the control she has on her. While it happens, poor [[spoiler:Karmi]] is screeching and grabbing into her head, obviously suffering while she tries to regain control of her own mind. |
| 136 | * MoodSwinger: Mostly towards Karmi. One minute she acts dismissive and harsh, the other she goes back to her fake friendly demeanor so she can keep on putting Karmi in trust and manipulate her any further. |
| 137 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She's the first female major villain, and shows herself to be much more morally corrupt than Yokai and Obake combined. |
| 138 | * NearVillainVictory: She almost won, but only lost thanks to [[spoiler: the real Liv, who states she [[EveryoneHasStandards never wanted to be saved like this and that Di went way too far]] and transforms Chris and Karmi back into humans]]. |
| 139 | * NeverMyFault: Though she created Nega-Globby, when he goes berserk and is too unstable, she lets it loose into the city and calls it "the city's problem". |
| 140 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Liv seems to have been inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes Elizabeth Holmes]], former CEO of Theranos, a health technology company. Not only does Liv share a strong physical resemblance with Elizabeth, she's also a young businesswoman who created her company at a young age (23 for Liv, 19 for Elizabeth), only to be revealed as a CorruptCorporateExecutive who showed a friendly and charismatic front to the medias while committing fraud behind people's backs. Liv's character could thus be seen as a TakeThat from Disney's behalf. |
| 141 | * NonActionBigBad: Just like Obake before her, Liv hires and mutates villains to do her work, or even ''creates villains'', while she observes from her private quarters at Sycorax. |
| 142 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Di says she will go to ''any'' and ''every'' measure to cure the real Liv's rare terminal condition. Problem is, she takes her "Progress at all Costs" mantra far too literally. There clearly were easier, less costly and more scrupulous ways to finding the cure, but Di was too callous and too proud to conceive of them, and doesn't mind mutating humans into monsters for funding]]. |
| 143 | * OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Averted. She needs a lot of money to fund her research, and that's why she turns people into monsters: {{blackmail}} is very lucrative. |
| 144 | * OnlyFriend: To Karmi, which is exploited by [[FalseFriend Liv]] to manipulate the poor girl and use her inventions for her own agenda. |
| 145 | * PetTheDog: |
| 146 | ** She kindly waves to Krei while in the middle of chatting to a bunch of other socialites. |
| 147 | ** She is affectionate towards her assistant Chris. However, this is downplayed in that she treats him as her personal pet rather than a person. |
| 148 | ** She shows a kinder, more vulnerable and genuine side to [[spoiler: the real Liv Amara]]; the sole person she cares about. |
| 149 | * PowerOfTrust: Defied. [[spoiler:In a dark parallel to the video showing Tadashi enlisting outside expertise in building Baymax, a video of the real Liv shows that no one helped her with her parasynth project, resulting in her trusting no one but herself and her clone to help her. Di is shown to have taken Liv's feeling of isolation to heart, as shown by how she resorts to illegal experimentation, extortion, and backstabbing of those she extorts rather than simply ask for help from the scientific community.]] |
| 150 | * PsychopathicWomanchild: Even with her true colors being revealed, she's shown to be thrilled over her plans similar to an excited teenage girl. It's shown when she's alone with Orso Knox and High Voltage. She is also immature when she complains about Big Hero 6, and is confused when [[spoiler: the real Liv]] calls her out on her actions, as if she had no idea she shouldn't commit them. Justified since [[spoiler: she's a clone, thus was not on earth long enough to learn about morals similarly to a child submitted to bad influence]]. |
| 151 | * PsychoticSmirk: Does one of these at least once an episode in Season 2. |
| 152 | * PunnyName: "Liv" and [[spoiler: "Di"]], as in "live and [[spoiler: die]]". |
| 153 | * PutOnABus: Since she is defeated by "City of Monsters", her arc is now concluded and she'll likely won't come back, due to spending the rest of her days in jail for everything she's done. |
| 154 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler: She is not the real Liv Amara, but she's identical to the real one and impersonates her. "City of Monsters" confirms she was a clone created by the real Liv, and is named Diane]]. |
| 155 | * RedIsViolent: Liv wears a red shirt and pencil skirt. She's actually an amoral sociopath that doesn't care what mayhem she causes or who she hurts in the process. In contrast to [[spoiler:the real Liv]], who is all dressed in white, and is more pure and good than she is. |
| 156 | * RichBitch: Considering she's a [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt CEO]] who gains her fortune through illegal schemes with criminals, she definitely counts. |
| 157 | * ShipTease: From Krei, maybe. At her gala for SFIT's new Bio-Tech building, Krei complains to Hiro that Amara is a rival who is somehow better than he is, even if she may be "brilliant and beautiful and generous", but then she notices him looking at her from the other side of the room and waves at him, to which he awkwardly waves back. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Hiro seems to see it]]. |
| 158 | * SlasherSmile: When she tries to mutate Hiro, she has a sinister grin on her face. |
| 159 | * {{Sloth}}: She's definitely lazy, as she leaves the bigger parts of the job to her "pets". In the climax of "City of Monsters", she lets [[spoiler:a mutated Karmi]] kidnap Hiro for her, watches Chris take on [[spoiler: Karmi]] and doesn't even try to mutate Hiro until he's been thrown at her. |
| 160 | * SmugSnake: Is completely confident in herself and her plans, to a point of being incapable of seeing why Big Hero 6 always seem to foil her plans. |
| 161 | * TheSociopath: Arguably even worse than Obake. Liv is a manipulative BitchInSheepsClothing who commits horrible actions and shows no remorse over them. She has [[LackOfEmpathy no empathy]] but knows how to fake it; she actually ''comments'' on that: |
| 162 | -->'''Liv:''' Okay, we are connected and our body language is empathy-positive. Talk to me. |
| 163 | * SoftSpokenSadist: She talks in such a mellow and "friendly" voice tone in public, you'd never doubt how mentally disturbed and evil she actually is. |
| 164 | * TomTheDarkLord: She's a CorruptCorporateExecutive and MadScientist named "Liv." [[spoiler: Her real name is the equally innocuous, "Diane."]] |
| 165 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Maybe. Her surname is Amara, whereas her voice actress's first name is Mara. |
| 166 | * TwinSwitch: [[spoiler: A clone variant. Di impersonated Liv while she was in stasis, and no one saw the difference]]. |
| 167 | * UndyingLoyalty: To [[spoiler:the real Liv Amara]]. To a dangerous, twisted extent. |
| 168 | * TheUnfettered: She will do literally anything to [[spoiler:cure the real Liv]]. |
| 169 | -->[[spoiler:'''Diane:''']] I was created for one purpose: [[spoiler:to save Liv Amara]]. And I will stop at nothing to accomplish that goal. ''Understood?!'' |
| 170 | * UnknownRival: She isn’t aware that Krei is jealous of her. |
| 171 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: While apparently not the OmnicidalManiac like Obake was, Liv's cruel actions have hurt many people on a much more personal level. As such, she definitely stands out as a disturbingly dark and wicked villain in such a light-hearted and optimistic series. |
| 172 | * VilerNewVillain: She replaces Obake as the main threat of the series for the first part of Season 2, and surprisingly proves herself to be '''''far morally worse than him'''''. |
| 173 | * VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: As Di points out to the disappointed Liv, she did what she was created to do. Liv programmed her to save her life; [[DidntThinkThisThrough she didn't program Di to have moral considerations]].]] |
| 174 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Liv is well-liked and respected by the people, but no one knows about her shady way of recruiting investors through unsavory means. |
| 175 | * WalkingSpoiler: Twofold. [[spoiler: First, the woman we met in "Big Problem" [[ChekhovsGunman turns up again]] in season two as the main antagonist of the first arc. Second, she is not who she says she is; even her very name is a lie.]] |
| 176 | * WhamShot: Two of these. The first one shows the pod in Liv's secret lab has a woman inside. The second one is when Liv wipes the fog away from the pod's glass, showing the woman is [[spoiler: the ''real'' Liv Amara, meaning the Liv Amara we met so far is an impostor]]. |
| 177 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Is obviously manipulating the naive Karmi and '''''tried to have her killed''''' after Karmi sneaked into Sub-Level 9 with Hiro and found a cure for Knox. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Karmi has no idea of this]] until it's too late. |
| 178 | * WouldHurtAChild: |
| 179 | ** Has no problem leaving Hiro to a feral Orso Knox's mercy (whom she herself freed from his cell) after Karmi interfered with her plans by sneaking into Sub-Level 9. |
| 180 | ** She also [[spoiler:attempts to mutate Hiro after he does what she wanted and cures the real Liv, just because HeKnowsTooMuch]]. |
| 181 | * XanatosGambit: Even when Big Hero 6 catches on to her true nature and that she's responsible for the monster mutations, they have no choice but to go to her for help so she can give them the cure as the alternative is letting a monster go loose in San Fransokyo and [[HeroWithBadPublicity being seen more as vigilantes than heroes]]. As a result, Liv gets [[VillainWithGoodPublicity free PR and more support while she's allowed to continue her schemes]]. |
| 182 | * {{Yandere}}: A non-romantic example. She's absolutely devoted to [[spoiler:her creator, Liv Amara]], the only person she loves and cares about in the world, and is ready to do ''everything'' and ''ANYTHING'' for her. From forcing people through illegal transmutations, to hurting [[WouldHurtAChild kids]] and even '''''COMMIT MURDER'''''. So yeah, she definitely counts. |
| 183 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Though Liv has a deep sultry voice, acts very mature and has her own company, sometimes it's easy to forget she's only ''23 years old''. Then you actually realize [[spoiler: she's Liv Amara's clone, so she hasn't been "born" for more than a ''few months'']]. |
| 184 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once Karmi informs Liv that she's developed nanobots with Hiro's help, Liv uses her as bait to [[spoiler: capture Hiro and mutates her into a monster]], as Karmi's biochemistry expertise is no longer required. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Chris]] |
| 188 | !!Chris |
| 189 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chris_bh6.png]] |
| 190 | [[caption-width-right:300:Click[[labelnote: here]]\ |
| 191 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buffchris_3.PNG[[/labelnote]]to see his mutant form]] |
| 192 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BenFeldman\ |
| 193 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Internabout") |
| 194 | |
| 195 | ->''"I'm the biologically perfect assistant."'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | Liv Amara's assistant, or as he prefers to be called, her "Chris-sistant". |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * AffablyEvil: Is honestly a pretty nice guy, even if he is working for Liv Amara. Becomes a FauxAffablyEvil as of "City of Monsters". |
| 200 | * AffectionateNickname: He likes it when Amara calls him her "Chris-sistant". |
| 201 | * AgentPeacock: Downplayed. Along with his occasional flirting with Wasabi, Chris exhibits some [[AmbiguouslyGay ambiguous]] CampGay traits and at first glance, you'd mistake him for Liv's GayBestFriend rather than her hypercompetent right-hand man. Don't think it doesn't mean he can't kick your ass, because he can and he ''will''. |
| 202 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Has a light brown skin, but we have no clue of what his ethnicity could be. |
| 203 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Is quite flirty with Wasabi, as seen in "Internabout" and "Prey Date". |
| 204 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's acrobatic and skilled in martial arts, and also [[IShallTauntYou taunts]] Ned Ludd during his fight with him. |
| 205 | * AmbiguousSituation: Was him attacking Hiro and [[spoiler:Karmi]] due to Liv[[spoiler:/Di]] implanting thoughts into his head, or he's really that evil and did it on his own accord? |
| 206 | * ArtificialHuman: Was created by Amara to be her perfect assistant and bodyguard. In "City of Monsters", he says he's a mix of human, canine, gorilla and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking foodie, apparently.]] |
| 207 | * AsideGlance: |
| 208 | ** [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/650c66a809130928b98fa5f6272b801a/tumblr_prvbxkkpru1vs51xn_540.gif Gives a hilariously annoyed one]] when he's hearing Honey Lemon talk nonsense in her sleep. |
| 209 | ** He also winks at the screen in "City of Monsters". |
| 210 | * BattleButler: He is Liv's assistant and has some modifications that allow him to lunge and punch straight through an SFIT security drone unharmed. |
| 211 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Not in the same vein as Liv, but still there. We see more of his "bitch" side in "City of Monsters". |
| 212 | * BloodlessCarnage: He gets severely beaten unconscious by [[spoiler:Monster Karmi]], but he does not have a single scratch or bruise on his body afterwards. Perhaps justified since he's biologically modified, he didn't bleed or bruised. |
| 213 | * TheBrute: Once mutated, he's an enormous pack of muscles which is very useful to defeat whoever Liv wants him to. |
| 214 | * CoDragons: With Mr. Sparkles. Though he works more directly with Liv in her underground lab while Mr. Sparkles takes the blame for the monster transformations so that the public doesn't doubt it's Liv. |
| 215 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has hazelnut hair and hazel eyes. |
| 216 | * DeadpanSnarker: Can be quite the snarker towards Liv herself. |
| 217 | * DepravedHomosexual: Downplayed. While he ''does'' flirt with Wasabi, his sexuality is ambiguous and all of his evil deeds are more related to his boss' orders than anything. |
| 218 | * TheDragon: To Liv. |
| 219 | * EliteMooks: As well as her assistant, Chris is also Liv's hypercompetent bodyguard skilled in martial arts. |
| 220 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: In addition to Honey Lemon, both Fred and Wasabi express how extraordinarily attractive he is (only [=GoGo=] gives him a slightly disinterested "eh"). Even Ned Ludd constantly refers to him as "handsome". |
| 221 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Everyone, male or female, can't help but describe how perfect he looks (especially his "symmetrical" face). This is because Liv created him. |
| 222 | * {{Foil}}: He appears to be one to Globby. Just like Globby, Chris is a henchman of the main villain of the season he debuts in, who's simultaneously competent ''and'' FunPersonified. But while Globby committed a HeelFaceTurn and helped the team defeat Obake in the Season 1 finale, Season 2 has Chris being [[UndyingLoyalty loyal to Liv to the end]]. It's justified since he ''is'' Liv's creation, after all. |
| 223 | * ForTheEvulz: Despite being a genuine NiceGuy, Chris mainly goes along with Liv's twisted schemes because [[ItAmusedMe it seems that being the antagonist's assistant is a fun game to him]]. |
| 224 | * FunPersonified: Sure, he's evil, but that doesn't change just how darn kind and excitable he is. |
| 225 | * FriendlyEnemy: He may be on the bad guys' side, but he's friendly with the team as their civilian identities, especially towards Wasabi. He even invites Big Hero 6 for a chat with cupcakes, at one point! |
| 226 | * GiantMook: Becomes this to Liv once he's mutated into an almost ten feet tall muscled man. |
| 227 | * GrowingMusclesSequence: In "City of Monsters", he can transform him into an enormous muscled man. |
| 228 | * HasAType: Flirts with Wasabi both in civilian and hero attire. He appears to like big, bulky guys. |
| 229 | * HumanPet: Acts like Liv's human dog. Liv states she named him, enforcing his status as an ArtificialHuman created by her. "City of Monsters" reveal that as well of being part-human, he also has canine and gorilla DNA. |
| 230 | * HypercompetentSidekick: To Liv. She leaves the ass-kicking to him. |
| 231 | * InkSuitActor: Shares a few physical traits with his voice actor Ben Feldman. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feldman.png See for yourself.]] |
| 232 | * {{Keet}}: Cheerful, positive and dorky. |
| 233 | * KickTheDog: He steps on Baymax in his mutant form and damages him in front of Hiro, which is probably the worst action he's committed. |
| 234 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Gets beaten unconscious by Monster Karmi after he attacked her and Hiro, then arrested alongside Diane in the mid-season finale for their actions]]. |
| 235 | * LiteralMinded: When Ned Ludd asks him where he comes from, Chris answers "the world's most advanced genetic lab". He doesn't say he works for Sycorax, he says that because he ''literally comes from there'', as he's an ArtificialHuman created by Liv. |
| 236 | * MagicPants: His clothes are barely ripped after turning back to normal from his Hulk-like transformation. |
| 237 | * MrFanservice: Wears tight clothes that enhances his symmetrical build, and has his fair share of admirers. There's also the scene where his clothes rip during the GrowingMusclesSequence. |
| 238 | * NiceGuy: Despite being Liv's right-hand man and following her orders, he doesn't seem to be actually mean; he's friendly to everyone (in a genuine way, compared to [[BitchInSheepsClothing Liv]]), proposes food he cooked himself (even when alone with Nega-Globby) and refers to Karmi as an "ambitious and adorable intern" to Liv in a private conversation with her. Eventually subverted as he [[TookALevelInJerkass shows a significantly more sadistic side in "City of Monsters".]] |
| 239 | * TheNoseKnows: In "Muira-Horror!", Chris uses his enhanced sense of smell to track down a bear and steal its DNA for Liv. Justified, since he's part-dog. |
| 240 | * OhCrap: He pulls this face when [[spoiler: he gets turned back to normal and is facing an angry, 10 feet tall mutant Karmi, who then proceeds to beat the living shit out of him for [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend attacking Hiro]]]]. |
| 241 | * OnlyOneName: Only known as "Chris", which is justified since he was created from scratch and thus doesn't have a legal identity. |
| 242 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: A rare genderbend inversion. Liv is the female cruel ArcVillain, while Chris is her excitable, cheerful male minion. |
| 243 | * PerpetualSmiler: He's rarely seen to ''not'' be smiling. |
| 244 | * PetHomosexual: Downplayed; while [[AmbiguouslyGay Chris' sexuality is still ambiguous]], he seems interested in Wasabi and follows Liv everywhere she goes and goes along with all her twisted schemes. Bonus points since ''Liv actually treats him like a pet''. |
| 245 | * PetTheDog: While a nice guy in general, he calls Karmi an "ambitious adorable intern", which says a lot about how he sees her compared to his boss who's obviously manipulating and lying to the poor girl. |
| 246 | * PrettyBoy: An handsome young man whose attractiveness is informed by a lot of characters, women and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim men included.]] |
| 247 | * PsychoticSmirk: He drops the nice guy act and smirks in malice while fighting [[spoiler:Karmi]] in the climax of "City of Monsters". |
| 248 | * PutOnABus: Due to the "City of Monsters" arc being done with, ArcVillain Liv [[spoiler:/Di]] is arrested for her crimes, and so is Chris. They were never seen again. |
| 249 | * RightHandHottie: Liv's attractive assistant and accomplice in her schemes. |
| 250 | * ServileSnarker: While he's Liv's loyal right-hand man, that doesn't stop Chris from snarking at his boss. |
| 251 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: You wouldn't know he can punch straight through a robot without problem just by looking at him. |
| 252 | * SuperStrength: While he's already strong enough to punch through a robot without bleeding, once he's mutated, his muscles grow ten times as big and he can damage about anything. His strength presumably comes from the gorilla DNA he has. |
| 253 | * SupremeChef: Makes excellent sushis, and can make delicious cupcakes using ''gold sprinkles''. It's revealed it's because he has "foodie" DNA. |
| 254 | * TemporaryBulkChange: In "City of Monsters", he mutates into an enormous mass of muscles while he fights against [[spoiler:a mutated Karmi]], but once his chip is deactivated, he turns back to normal. Which leads to him to [[spoiler:taking quite a beating from Karmi]]. |
| 255 | * TookALevelInJerkass: He's definitely more smug, provocative and cruel in "City of Monsters". |
| 256 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Really likes sushis. |
| 257 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Liv. He follows her wherever she goes and goes along with all her plans. Justified as she is his creator, and he is confirmed to have canine DNA. |
| 258 | * VerbalTic: "I know, right?", to Liv's annoyance. |
| 259 | * VillainousCrush: Chris appears to have one on Wasabi in the shape of a ShipTease. |
| 260 | * WhamShot: Him punching ''his whole arm'' straight through a security drone without bleeding as if it was no big deal is the clincher that Chris is not a normal human. |
| 261 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: Said by Ned Ludd to have these. |
| 262 | * WouldHurtAChild: He tried to harm Hiro, a 14 year old boy. Thankfully, he was stopped by a mutated [[spoiler: Karmi]]. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:The Patient ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]] |
| 266 | !!Liv Amara |
| 267 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/therealliv.png]] |
| 268 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I never wanted to be saved like this."'']] |
| 269 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaraWilson\ |
| 270 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Lie Detector") |
| 271 | |
| 272 | The real CEO and founder of Sycorax. After experimenting healing parasites on herself, her experiment turned wrong and caused the parasites to attack her good cells, destroying her on the inside little by little. Her last hope was a clone of herself named Diane who impersonated her while trying to find a cure for her rare condition. However, while she was in stasis, her clone also went haywire and started doing illegal experimentation on humans. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: |
| 275 | ** While it's clear that the Liv Amara we met so far is a cruel and vindictive [[TheSociopath sociopath]], the revelation that she wasn't the real Liv all along brings into mind just how much is the real Liv even aware of, much less involved, in the actions of her clone. |
| 276 | ** It's actually revealed in "City of Monsters" that Liv was GoodAllAlong, and dismisses Di and her actions when she tries to tell her she should be grateful for them. |
| 277 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's beautiful, and she's a good scientist with morals and standards, [[BeautyIsBad compared to her clone Diane]]. |
| 278 | * BenevolentBoss: Implied. Di states that no one saw the difference when she and Liv switched, meaning that Liv really did treat her employees well the same way Di does so that no one doubts about it. |
| 279 | * BigDamnHeroes: The most pacific example possible. She's just been out of her pod after being cured, and is weak and confused... but when she sees Karmi and Chris fight and Hiro lying on the ground, she grabs her cellphone from Di and re-transforms them back into humans before the latter could mutate Hiro. |
| 280 | * BodyHorror: An inner body variant. The parasynths were slowly ''eating her on the inside''. Before letting Di find a cure, she had only weeks left to live. |
| 281 | * CollectiveIdentity: "Liv Amara" is a name shared by the original woman and her doppelgänger, whose actual name is "Diane" (or "Di" for short). |
| 282 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: She had weeks to live and created her clone Di to find a cure for her. She didn't program her to have morals so Di commits a lot of crimes to save Liv's life. |
| 283 | -->'''Liv:''' I never wanted to be saved like this. |
| 284 | * DisappointedInYou: Liv tells Di she is ashamed of what Di has done. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Di is distraught to hear this as she expected her to be grateful.]] |
| 285 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Once she learns all the horrific actions Diane has done to save her (including harming children), she tells her she never wanted to be saved like this and turns all the monsters back into their human form. |
| 286 | * {{Fangirl}}: She appears to be a fan of Creator/WilliamShakespeare considering she named her company after the character Sycorax from ''Theatre/TheTempest''. |
| 287 | * {{Foil}}: Similarly to Di, she's also one to Karmi. Both are the loner type and biotechnology prodigies. However, Liv is what Karmi would've become if she didn't learn to trust people; while Karmi started as a loner and eventually opened up to people and made friends, Liv only relied on herself (literally) and ended up creating an unstable clone who broke the law repeatedly and put innocent people in danger, who in the end only ruined her reputation. |
| 288 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: She engineered parasites that were meant to target and destroy viruses in the human body. Since no one believed in her (and thus no one would risk their healths being her guinea pig), she tested the parasites on herself, but they mutated and began targeting healthy cells. Di states she had a few weeks to live before the parasites eat her from inside and kill her. |
| 289 | * GoodAllAlong: Contrary to [[EvilDoppelganger Di]], Liv Amara is a well-intentioned scientist who worked hard to get where she is. Even if no one believed in her, she tested her invention on her own body to prove herself. And when she realizes all the atrocities Diane committed in her name, Liv is quick to make things right and harshly rebukes her for them. |
| 290 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight, contrary to her clone. |
| 291 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: Contrary to [[CorruptCorporateExecutive her clone]], as she disagreed with the illegal transmutations she inflicted on people to get what she needed for her cure. |
| 292 | * HumanPopsicle: Similarly to Abigail, she's held in cryo-sleep into at Sycorax to stop her disease from spreading any further while the Liv impostor tries to find a cure for her. |
| 293 | * ICantDoThisByMyself: Since no one believed in her project, Liv could count on nobody but herself, even when she accidentally committed her own death sentence with her experiment gone wrong. But since her days were counted, she took this literally and cloned herself so the clone could find a cure for her. |
| 294 | * ImmortalitySeeker: Her goal when she created the parasynths was to make cells regenerate themselves and grow stronger, thus develop an immunity to illnesses and live longer. Unfortunately for Liv, she had no one to test it on but herself, [[GoneHorriblyWrong and it went out of hand]]. |
| 295 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: In her test videos, she wears a white labcoat with the Sycorax logo. |
| 296 | * LightIsGood: She wears a white bodysuit into the pod. The white represents purity, which means the real Liv is good-natured and reasonable compared to her unstable clone. |
| 297 | * LonersAreFreaks: Implied. Liv had no one to back her up in her experiments, which were not taken seriously. She only had herself to count on (literally, as she created a clone whom she named Diane and who tried to find a cure for her while Liv rests in cryo-sleep in a pod). |
| 298 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 299 | ** The name "Liv" means "life" in Norse. The plot of Season 2's first arc revolves around saving her life. |
| 300 | ** Liv is also a diminutive of "Olivia", which mean "olive tree". The olive tree is a symbol for peace, and once Liv is out of her pod, she brings peace back by turning the monsters back into humans and stopping her evil clone. |
| 301 | ** "Amara" means "eternal" in Greek, which combined with her first name gives "eternal life". Her goal was to make immortality a reality by creating the parasynths. |
| 302 | ** There's also the evident contrasts between the two women's names: Liv for "live" (she's good and wants to create science for positive purposes) and Di for "die" (she's evil, amoral, and commits most of her horrible actions ForTheEvulz, which include ''attempted murder''). |
| 303 | * MoralityPet: Appears to be the sole person Di cares about (though justified, since she's her creator). She's vulnerable when talking to her in the pod, and tells her she'd do anything for her. Considering how cruel and psychotic she is, Di is the most human around Liv and Liv alone. |
| 304 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Liv is absolutely shocked by what her clone did in order to cure her. She has to live with the fact she created this monster and deal with the consequences of Di's actions. |
| 305 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: By creating Di, yes she's saving herself, but she had no time to make sure her clone had the same moral compass as her. Result, her clone goes rogue, threatening innocents, traumatizing children and breaking the law to get the cure. |
| 306 | * NotWhatISignedOnFor: More like "Not What I Signed ''You'' On For". Liv wanted Di to cure her, but she never asked her to threaten innocent lives, including those of ''[[WouldntHurtAChild children]]'', in the process. |
| 307 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Possibly. While "Liv" can be her full name, it's usually a nickname for the name "Olivia". |
| 308 | * OnlySaneWoman: Of Sycorax. She calls Di out on the illegal mutations she put people through and is the one to save the day by changing Chris and Karmi back into humans, and before Liv can mutate Hiro. |
| 309 | * PeopleJars: She is in cryo-sleep in a pod at Sycorax, possibly to prevent her disease from spreading any further. |
| 310 | * ProfessorGuineaPig: She tested her parasynths on herself because no one took her experiment seriously (and thus, she had no one to test it on). |
| 311 | * PunnyName: |
| 312 | ** "Liv" is for "live", and her clone Diane "Di" is for "die", which fits both of their moralities. |
| 313 | ** Also "Liv Amara" sounds like "live more". Liv's goal was to make immortality possible. |
| 314 | * PutOnABus: With the "City of Monsters" arc being over with, she probably won't have more appearances than that. |
| 315 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the real CEO of Sycorax, once Liv learns all the crazy things Di done to get the cure, she turns Chris and Karmi back into humans, completely disagreeing with her clone's methods. |
| 316 | -->'''Di''': [''after Liv turns Chris back to normal''] No! Liv, what are you doing?\ |
| 317 | '''Liv''': I'm doing the right thing. |
| 318 | * ShutUpHannibal: When Di tries to excuse her actions by stating she [[IDidWhatIHadToDo simply did her job]] and that Liv should be grateful, Liv is quick to shut her down by saying she's ashamed of her actions, and implying in that moment she didn't have to commit so horrible things to do get to her goal. |
| 319 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: If she would've never tested her parasynths on herself, she would've never created Diane and none of the "City of Monsters" arc would've happened. |
| 320 | * UngratefulBitch: Di basically calls Liv one... but it's [[DefiedTrope defied]] and simultaneously justified from Liv's behalf as Di's actions were far too inhuman and she used the most drastic, cruel measures to get to the only task she was given, which was only saving her creator. |
| 321 | -->'''Liv''': I never wanted to be saved like this.\ |
| 322 | [...]\ |
| 323 | '''Di''': [[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did my job!]] You should be grateful!\ |
| 324 | '''Liv''': [''disgusted''] I'm ashamed. |
| 325 | * UnkemptBeauty: Despite being in the pod for who knows how long and being clearly weak and exhausted when she gets out, only her hair seems flattened. But then again, it's not messy, and she appears to wear the same, flawless makeup as Di. |
| 326 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Since she was out of time, her only solution to save herself was to make a clone. She DidntThinkThisThrough since the clone [[TheSociopath has no moral compass]] and commits horrific transmutations to save Liv's life. |
| 327 | * WalkingSpoiler: It goes without saying that her existence shows that the Liv Amara we know so far is not the real one and there is clearly something more personal about her EvilPlan. |
| 328 | * WhamShot: Her introduction is this in a nutshell. She suddenly appears in the last seconds of the episode, where the Liv we knew so far wipes the fog from the capsule and reveals that the woman inside is the ''real Liv''. To make it worse, it's the last scene the viewers had before the start of a long hiatus. |
| 329 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We have yet to know what happened to Liv after Di and Chris got arrested, and if Sycorax will still be in the business after all the monster experiments throwing dirt on Liv's name. |
| 330 | * WouldntHurtAChild: Compared to [[WouldHurtAChild her clone]], she seems to be against hurting children as she rescues Hiro before he can be mutated. |
| 331 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite her looking rather mature and her deep voice, she's actually 23 years old. |
| 332 | * YoureInsane: When she sees all the horrible things Di has done, Liv is quick to call her out on it. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !Associated Parties |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Momakase]] |
| 338 | !!'''Click [[Characters/BigHero6OtherCriminals here]] for Momakase's page.''' |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:High Voltage]] |
| 342 | !!High Voltage (Barb and Juniper) |
| 343 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barb_and_juniper_4.png]] |
| 344 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/high_voltage_eels_14.jpg[[/labelnote]]to see their [[spoiler:mutant forms]]]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | |
| 347 | |
| 348 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KatyMixon (Barb), Sophie Reynolds (Juniper)\ |
| 349 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Issue 188") |
| 350 | |
| 351 | ->''"Together, we're High Voltage! Power Surge!!"'' |
| 352 | |
| 353 | A mother-daughter team of electricity/music-themed criminals. |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * AchillesHeel: Their energy orb. While it provides them with their electricity abilities, if you deprive them from it, they become helpless. |
| 356 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Barb is a chubby woman capable of doing acrobatics and complicated dance moves just as easily as her daughter. |
| 357 | * ActionMom: Barb is a villainous example. |
| 358 | * AffablyEvil: They might be criminals, they're more attention-craving and loves to entertain people during their heists. They're not outright evil. They're even quite friendly even as they battle Big Hero 6. |
| 359 | * AffectionateNickname: Barb sometimes calls her daughter "Juni". |
| 360 | * AnimalisticAbomination: By the end of "Something's Fishy",[[spoiler:they transform into [[FishPeople electric eel monsters.]]]] |
| 361 | * AnimeHair: They have a large and abundant amount of spiky hair. Though mostly justified as their hairstyle is inspired by the 80's, which lived through hairspray. |
| 362 | * AntagonisticOffspring / ArchnemesisMom: During their fallout in "Big Hero 7", Barb and Juniper were so angry at each other, they destroyed parts of the city with their electricity during their fights, which could've clearly injured them badly if they were hit. It's averted [[StatusQuoIsGod after they reconcile at the end of the episode]]. |
| 363 | * [[AttentionWhore Attention Whores]]: High Voltage wants attention just as much as money, if not ''more''. |
| 364 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Their mutation causes them to lose about all of the sanity and morality they still had.]] |
| 365 | * BadassAdorable: Juniper is a cute teenage DanceBattler, with the dorky and excitable personality that comes with it. |
| 366 | * BankRobbery: Their main crimes consists of robbing money from banks and [=ATM=]s. |
| 367 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: [[spoiler: Their mutated eel forms have these.]] |
| 368 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: Juniper has her moments, though she seems to have grown out of it in Season 2. |
| 369 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: When they are feuding in "Big Hero 7", Juniper calls her mother "Barb" out of anger at one point. Once they reconcile by the end of the episode, Juniper goes back to calling her "mama" in future episodes. |
| 370 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Juniper's appears to be: "Mama, are we going back to jail?" |
| 371 | * CoolCar: Barb owns a purple one that they use to escape after stealing money. |
| 372 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: Played straight and even lampshaded by Wasabi and Honey Lemon. Barb and Juniper are genuinely good performers, to a point where they even have crowds of people cheering for them as they commit crimes, well... mostly [[YoungerAndHipper Juniper]]. Wasabi and Honey Lemon, in an attempt to get them to give up their life of crime, point out that if the duo simply auditioned for a talent scout, they could easily obtain fame and fortune through legitimate means. But due to some twisted form of pride, Barb and Juniper believe auditioning is beneath them, but stealing is alright. |
| 373 | * [[DanceBattler Dance Battlers]]: Both of them channel their electrical attacks through dance moves. |
| 374 | * DanceOff: In "Big Hero 7", Barb and Juniper does one in Joe's Diner as they are feuding. It only makes them more angry at each other, destroying the diner and the city in the process. |
| 375 | * [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action Girls]]: Both are capable fighters and are the first female villains to be introduced to the series. |
| 376 | * DisappearedDad: No indication of Barb's husband/Juniper's father's status. |
| 377 | * DrivenToVillainy: [[spoiler:Their mutation into eel-like creatures causes them to have a VillainousBreakdown, and return to villainy.]] |
| 378 | * DumbMuscle: Said to be such by Mr. Sparkles himself among the Sycorax team. They're rather offended by this. |
| 379 | * EightiesHair: Both have voluminous, blonde bleached hair with colors in their bangs (purple for Juniper, pink for Barb), to go with their '80's aesthetic. |
| 380 | * EnergyBall: A variant. Their source of electricity come from a floating orb filled with electric energy, which allows the duo to shoot electricity from their bracelets. |
| 381 | * EtTuBrute: It's implied between "Issue 188" and "Big Hero 7" that Barb felt betrayed by Juniper leaving her to be arrested which led to their brief team separation. [[NeverMyFault Though Juniper blames the "betrayal" of their mother-daughter duo on Barb]]. |
| 382 | * EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: While she might have a few differences with Barb by moments, Juniper truly loves her mother. |
| 383 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being criminals, they greatly care about one another. |
| 384 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: They're disgusted when Liv[[spoiler:/Di]] Amara tries to force them to work for her and would've walked out the door if it wasn't from the fact she was gonna report them to the police. |
| 385 | * EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler: They come to this conclusion after their mutation causes them to realize just how fun it is being criminals.]] |
| 386 | * EvilWearsBlack: Their mini-dresses are principally black, and both are criminals. |
| 387 | * ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Since both have an '80's aesthetic, they have bright light blue eyeshadow, completed with a lightning for Barb. Juniper's isn't just on her lid, it's ''around her whole eye''. |
| 388 | * {{Expy}}: The duo seem to be a DistaffCounterpart of the father-son villains, Señor Senior Sr. and Señor Senior Jr. [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible from the creators' previous series]]. |
| 389 | * FameThroughInfamy: They love the attention they receive through their dance moves ''and'' criminal heists. |
| 390 | * FamilyValuesVillain: Although Barb is a criminal just like her daughter, that doesn't refrain her to ground Juniper or tell her typical parents thing such as cleaning up her room. |
| 391 | * FatAndSkinny: Barb and Juniper, respectively. |
| 392 | * FatBitch: Subverted with Barb. She's an AttentionWhore criminal with extra weight, but she's still AffablyEvil and a [[GoodParents good mother]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes to Juniper]]. |
| 393 | * FishPeople: [[spoiler:Turn into this after their BioAugmentation at the hands of Liv Amara's clone Diane, then into ''actual'' eels.]] |
| 394 | * ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler: Thanks to Di.]] |
| 395 | * FriendlyEnemy: They actually get along pretty decently with Wasabi, even explaining how they got so good at dancing to him. |
| 396 | * GoodParents: Despite their occasional quarrels, Barb loves Juniper dearly and is extremely supportive of her. |
| 397 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: Attempted to pull a HeelFaceTurn in "Something's Fishy", only to be [[ReformedButRejected rebuffed by the heroes]], pulled back into crime by Liv, and realize themselves that they could never really go straight because [[EvilFeelsGood villainy is fun]]. And besides, it's difficult for recently escaped criminals to just put off crime all together without time. |
| 398 | * HeelFaceTurn: According to "Gogo the Woweroo", they have officially retired from crime and are sticking to parole. |
| 399 | * HiddenDepths: Barb actually has quite the amazing singing voice. |
| 400 | * HorrorHunger: High Voltage get a craving for fish, so they stop a seafood truck and eat the shipment, ''without cooking it''. |
| 401 | * IAmAMonster: They panic once they [[spoiler:turn into FishPeople after their BioAugmentation. Juniper hides her head in her hands and says they're "freaks"]]. They quickly get over it as they suffer from a SanitySlippage mixed with an EvilFeelsGood. |
| 402 | * ItsAllAboutMe: |
| 403 | ** Juniper was willing to abandon her own mother when Barb is caught by Big Hero 6, however she didn't get far, as Juniper is shortly subdued by Baymax. |
| 404 | ** Barb. When a crowd cheers Juniper's name, she adds "And Barb!" And when Juniper points out how another crowd is cheering for her, Barb insists that they're cheering for ''both of them''. |
| 405 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Juniper gets subdued by Baymax a few seconds after she tried to leave her mother to be arrested. |
| 406 | * LaughablyEvil: Even if they're threats to the team, they're mostly comedic villains. |
| 407 | * LeanAndMean: Juniper, but downplayed as she's AffablyEvil and a FriendlyEnemy. |
| 408 | * {{Leitmotif}}: They have one that, given their gimmick, is as likely to be literally playing in-universe. |
| 409 | * LethalJokeCharacter: Their gimmick, appearance, and personalities are pretty goofy. However, they are capable of defeating and escaping from Big Hero 6 two times during their debut episode. This is lampshaded by [[GenreSavvy Fred]], who points out that it is not uncommon for heroes to underestimate and be defeated by seemingly silly villains. |
| 410 | * LittleMissBadass: Juniper. She's a teen, and an acrobatic dancer and fighter. |
| 411 | * LogicalWeakness: Their attacks don't work on anything that can insulate electricity. Also, taking out their energy orb would get rid of their electrical powers. Thanks to [[spoiler: Liv Amara]] who gives them a BioAugmentation, the trope gets later averted once they can generate electricity ''from their own bodies'' similarly to eels. |
| 412 | * MagicPants: After Bessie turns them back into humans, their clothes, who tore to shreds in "Something's Fishy", magically reappear. Though it's justified from the show's crew's part as they couldn't have them be naked... |
| 413 | * MakeUpIsEvil: They wear heavy 80's makeup completed with ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow. |
| 414 | * MamaBear: Barb doesn't take kindly to anyone insulting her daughter, as Richardson Mole can testify. |
| 415 | * MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Inverted and parodied in "Big Hero 7": |
| 416 | -->'''Barb''': [''to Juniper''] This is not how I raised you to steal things! |
| 417 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 418 | ** Barb is a common nickname for the biblical name "Barbara". The saint wearing her name is the protector of fire and '''''lightning'''''. Barb uses [[ShockAndAwe electricity powers and bolts of lightnings]] as a supervillain. "Barbara" also means "strange", which makes sense considering High Voltage is a more comedic pair of villains. |
| 419 | ** Juniper means "young", "youth-producing". She's the YoungerAndHipper part of the duo. |
| 420 | * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: [[spoiler:Similarly to Knox, the longer they're in their mutated forms, the more humanity they lose. By the time they've gone full-eel, they lost their abilities to talk and act like wild animals rather than people.]] |
| 421 | * MinidressOfPower: Both wear black mini-dresses over bright-colored leggings. |
| 422 | * MommysLittleVillain: Juniper to Barb. Barb taught her every dance move she knows and Juniper seems proud to be following her mother's footsteps in villainy. |
| 423 | * MusicalAssassin: They play music and perform dances while committing crime. Barb even has her own VillainSong by "Something Fishy"! |
| 424 | * MyBelovedSmother: Barb, to Juniper. She seems to have toned this down after "Big Hero 7". |
| 425 | * {{Pride}}: The two really love attention. They even believe auditioning is beneath them since they already see themselves as "stars". |
| 426 | * TheNapoleon: Barb, who is shorter and more quick-tempered than her daughter. |
| 427 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: While being mostly comedic, they're still hard to beat due to their electricity abilities which can cause quite the ruckus. |
| 428 | * OnlyOneName: We know their given names, but not their surnames. |
| 429 | * ParentChildTeam: A villainous example, although they are still AffablyEvil at best. |
| 430 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Juniper's leggings are a bright pink, and Barb wears pink legwarmers the same color. |
| 431 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Overlaps with PurpleIsTheNewBlack. Barb's leggings are a dark purple. Juniper also wears purple legwarmers, and both of their mini-dresses have light purple highlights. |
| 432 | * PsychoElectricEel: In Season 2, they got the ability to make their own electricity with some BioAugmentation (courtesy of [[spoiler: Liv Amara]]) using electric eel DNA. [[spoiler:This eventually resulted in them turning into eel-like FishPeople, and then barely-human eel creatures.]] |
| 433 | * ReformedButRejected: In "Something's Fishy", after escaping prison, they want a normal life. The heroes don't buy it. |
| 434 | * SanitySlippage: Their [[spoiler:transformation into FishPeople causes their humanity to fade and [[EvilFeelsGood enjoy their villainous actions and wonder why they considered giving it up]]]]. They've completely lost it once [[spoiler: they've gone full-eel.]] |
| 435 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: |
| 436 | ** In "Issue 188", Juniper tries to escape and leaves Barb to be arrested after she is caught by Honey's chem-ball. She doesn't go far and is stopped by Baymax. |
| 437 | ** In "Something's Fishy", they attempt this when Liv wants them to work for her while all they want is a normal life. Unfortunately, Liv [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails them]], leaving them no choice but to give in. |
| 438 | * SheFu: They use a lot of acrobatics in their fighting style. |
| 439 | * ShockAndAwe: |
| 440 | ** They can use electrical attacks thanks to an energy orb floating above their heads. Alternatively, they use electricity bracelets with batteries when not having their energy orb under the hand. |
| 441 | ** In Season 2, they don't need their orb anymore after a BioAugmentation and can generate electricity ''directly from their bodies'' similarly to eels. [[spoiler:They ''turn'' into actual eels in the end.]] |
| 442 | * StageMom: Barb acts as this to Juniper. Downplayed as while some of her lines pushes Juniper to get their dance moves right, Barb cares a lot about her daughter and loves to dance with her while they commit crimes. |
| 443 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Even if their hair is most likely dyed, Barb and Juniper have the same brown eyes and Juniper does look like a younger, thinner version of her mother. Krei doesn't seem to see it... then it's parodied when both of them kick him in the gut. |
| 444 | -->'''Krei''': [''twitches in pain''] Yeah, I feel the resemblance... |
| 445 | * TearsOfJoy: Completed with slow-mo run as they reconcile in "Big Hero 7". |
| 446 | * TragicMonster: In season 2, [[spoiler: Amara turns them into electric eel monsters. Downplayed since they were villains to begin with, but rather affable and dorky at that.]] |
| 447 | * TheUnintelligible: [[spoiler: As eel monsters, they can only communicate in screeches and hisses.]] |
| 448 | * VillainSong: Barb has her own one in "Something's Fishy" called "We're Gonna Do Good". Ironically about turning good, while a few instants later, they go back to villainy. |
| 449 | * VillainousBreakdown: In Season 2 after their mutation into FishPeople. |
| 450 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite being thieves, each time they rob [=ATM=]s, people cheer for them and enjoy the dance performance they give. |
| 451 | * WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:In "Something's Fishy" they are transformed into eel monsters by Liv]]. Luckily averted once they get turned back into humans after the mid-season finale. |
| 452 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They aren't seen again after "City of Monsters Part 2" after [[spoiler:they turn back to normal and are supposedly back in jail]], but "Gogo the Woweroo" reveals they are currently on parole. |
| 453 | * YankTheDogsChain: After they complete their part of the deal with Liv, they think they can finally lead a normal life. Then they [[spoiler:turn into eel monsters and go through a SanitySlippage]]. |
| 454 | * YoungerAndHipper: InUniverse, people seem to prefer Juniper over Barb. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder:Mr. Sparkles]] |
| 458 | !!Mr. Sparkles (Frank Sparkles) |
| 459 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_sparkles_54.png]] |
| 460 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 461 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrsparklesmutated_8.png[[/labelnote]] to see his [[spoiler:mutant form]]]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/PattonOswalt\ |
| 464 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle") |
| 465 | |
| 466 | ->''"Never give up on your dreams!"'' |
| 467 | |
| 468 | An insane host of the online game show ''Maximum Insane Obstacle Challenge''. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37700000/Big-Hero-6-Concept-Art-Mr-Sparkles-Deleted-villain-big-hero-6-37716000-800-1169.jpg concept art of the movie]], Mr. Sparkles is shown to have light blonde hair. Here in the series, he has pink hair. |
| 471 | * AnimeHair: [[spoiler:His mutated hair is long, green, and spiked up.]] |
| 472 | * ArcWords: "Never give up on your dreams!" |
| 473 | * AscendedExtra: He has only one voiced appearance in Season 1, and doesn't bother the heroes beyond that one despite being in the opening. In Season 2, he becomes part of Liv Amara's team of villains, which gets him a lot more screentime. |
| 474 | * AttentionWhore: Tells a contestant that he called onstage to get out of his light, and this was before Mochi's video took away his internet fame. In fact, he's so attention-craving that he turns to the criminal life because ''[[FameThroughInfamy he's now getting attention as a wanted criminal]]''. |
| 475 | * AxCrazy: Part of his new obstacle course has a giant blender, which [=GoGo=] almost falls into. |
| 476 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He wants to blast a cat into space, surely killing him with the lack of food and oxygen, simply because his video became more popular than his show. |
| 477 | * BaldOfEvil: His pink hair is actually a toupee, and Mr. Sparkles is bald underneath. Though as of Season 2, he [[spoiler: grows green hair after his mutation.]] |
| 478 | * TheBeastmaster: Liv engineers for him [[spoiler: a species of creatures that can become giant beasts he can control and sense through.]] |
| 479 | * BeingEvilSucks: He reveals to the team in "A Fresh Sparkles" that spending time in jail made him realize that none of his inmates and former partners in crime were happy, which prompts him to [[HeelFaceTurn turn his life around for the better.]] |
| 480 | * BerserkButton: Having [[AttentionWhore the attention taken away from him]] proves itself to be a major one. |
| 481 | -->'''Mr. Sparkles''': [''growls''] No one can take away Mr. Sparkles' sparkle! '''''No one!''''' |
| 482 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His games uses a lot of bizarre aspects, and uses weird gadgets as well (ex: a ''chicken airship that drops egg bombs'', and that's one of many weird things...) Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he's shown to still have strange, yet creative ideas. |
| 483 | * CoDragons: With Chris. While Chris is Liv's assistant and principal right-hand man, Mr. Sparkles is a vital subordinate to Liv, who takes the blame for the monster transformations so that Liv is cleared of any suspicions. |
| 484 | * CreepyBlueEyes: Has blue eyes, and is an insane, bizarre individual. |
| 485 | * DepravedDwarf: He's a grown adult villain, yet is shorter than ''Hiro'', a teenager. |
| 486 | * DisproportionateRetribution: A cat took away all the attention away from you? Kidnap it and threaten to blast it into outer space unless someone can rescue it from your obstacle course. |
| 487 | * DistressedDude: Yama kidnaps him and uses it as bait for Big Hero 6 in "A Fresh Sparkles". |
| 488 | * TheDragon: He has this role to Liv Amara, who acts as the de facto leader of the monsters crafted by Sycorax. With him being more of a public face, no one will suspect that Liv is behind his activities. |
| 489 | * EasilyForgiven: Deconstructed in "A Fresh Sparkles". While doubtful of him, the team gradually seem to realize that Sparkles genuinely switched sides. Yet Honey Lemon, who's normally too [[NiceGirl nice]] and [[NaiveEverygirl naive]] when it comes to their enemies [[NoodleIncident (and let them escape without meaning to in the past)]], doesn't buy it in the ''slightest'' and is deadset on not letting him escape this time. On her guards and sure that he's a FakeDefector, Honey Lemon spies on Sparkles and makes him damn well know she doesn't forgive him or thinks he's honest. But when Mr. Sparkles gets kidnapped by Yama and returns something the latter stole at the museum, Honey Lemon sees he truly has changed and Sparkles now is on Big Hero 6's good side. |
| 490 | * EvilIsHammy: Has quite the flamboyant personality, with EvilLaugh included. Being voiced by Creator/PattonOswalt does that. |
| 491 | * {{Expy}}: Is this to Arcade, a villain with a game show host personality who forces people into what is essentially a deadly obstacle course. |
| 492 | * FameThroughInfamy: He'll commit any crime as long as people know who he is. |
| 493 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's a flamboyant and seemingly cheerful game show host, but is also quick to insult the contestants when they fail his challenges. He's also willing to commit crimes just to seek FameThroughInfamy. |
| 494 | * FriendToAllChildren: Post HeelFaceTurn, Mr. Sparkles is beloved by the children at his job at the Pizza-Party-Torium. He's shown happily making a balloon dog for a little boy at some point. |
| 495 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler: After Liv mutates him, his eyes glow a bright green when he gains control over the Mayoi.]] |
| 496 | * GreenAndMean: [[spoiler: After his bio-augmentation, he gains green skin and hair.]] |
| 497 | * GreenEyedMonster: Exaggerated. He's jealous of a '''cat''' for stealing his fame. |
| 498 | * GuyLiner: He's got dark lines around his eyes, which is most probably eye liner. |
| 499 | * HatedByAll: The people watching the show seem way more interested in the absurd challenges than its loud host. Noticeably even before Mochi becomes famous, nobody seems terribly interested in Mr. Sparkles’ antics. Once he commits a HeelFaceTurn, he is beloved by the customers of the Pizza-Party-Torium. |
| 500 | * HeelFaceTurn: "A Fresh Sparkles" reveals that he renounced crime and now works at the Pizza-Party-Torium. |
| 501 | * HeelRealization: Mr. Sparkles realizes while in jail that none of the criminals he knew were happy with what they did and where it led them, making him decide to [[HeelFaceTurn change sides]], rat out Yama and once freed gets a normal job. |
| 502 | * HotBloodedSideburns: Gain these in Season 2 after [[spoiler: his mutation]]. |
| 503 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Has this realization somewhere mid-Season 3, as he quits the life of crime and gets hired by Sara at the Pizza-Party-Torium in order to start a new life. Sure enough, Sparkles has never been genuinely happier. |
| 504 | * ILied: Even though he says he will let Mochi go if anyone can finish his obstacle course; after [=GoGo=] won the challenge, he still launches Mochi into space. |
| 505 | * ItIsDehumanizing: While Mr. Sparkles doesn't refer to Bessie as "it", he seems annoyed that Ned Ludd refers to Bessie as a female, and the way he says it is entirely PlayedForLaughs. |
| 506 | -->'''Mr. Sparkles''': Stop imposing gender on our meteorite bear monster! |
| 507 | * ItsAllAboutMe: A major AttentionWhore who throws tantrums when things don't go his way and when people aren't focusing on him. By "A Fresh Sparkles", he improves on this. |
| 508 | * {{Jerkass}}: Self-centered, condescending and insults the contestants at his show as well as his co-workers (ex: Yama, High Voltage, etc.) |
| 509 | * JerkassRealization: He appears to have had one of these in jail, as of S3 he decides to drop his criminal ways ''AND'' becomes [[TookALevelInKindness way nicer than before]]. |
| 510 | * JumpedAtTheCall: The instant he learned about Liv mutating villains, he did not hesitate a second into partnering up with her. |
| 511 | * KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged. He doesn't get into any actual trouble for kidnapping Mochi or putting his challengers through a deadly obstacle challenge but he has his own wanted poster, which in his eyes, means that he's famous again so he takes it as a ''good'' thing. Borders on KarmaHoudiniWarranty. |
| 512 | * {{Keet}}: After [[HeelFaceTurn turning to the side of good]], Sparkles is way more cheerful, and even somewhat dorky. |
| 513 | * KickTheDog: |
| 514 | ** More like "Kick The Cat". He kidnaps Mochi and threatens to send him to space unless someone succeeds his obstacle cours. When [=GoGo=] succeeds... he blasts Mochi to space anyway. |
| 515 | ** In "The Present", during Big Hero 6 and the villains' Christmas party, he steals Hiro's gift (which is rightfully Hiro's) and laughs about it. [[LaserGuidedKarma Karma later bites him in the ass]] when that causes Big Hero 6 to attack and defeat all the villains. |
| 516 | * LaserGuidedKarma: |
| 517 | ** In "The Present", the villains have a Christmas party and when Big Hero 6 show up, Steamer makes it clear [[GoKartingWithBowser it's a day of peace between them]]. Yet, Mr. Sparkles, [[{{Jerkass}} being who he is]], steals Hiro's gift from him and taunts him about it. Result? [[BigSisterInstinct Honey Lemon]] attacks and the team defeats all the villains [[ItMakesSenseInContext (and makes a snowman with them).]] |
| 518 | ** Ratting out Yama comes to bite him in the ass when the latter escapes from jail and kidnaps him. |
| 519 | * LaughingMad: The EvilLaugh he does on occasion showcases how mentally unstable he is. |
| 520 | * MadHatter: He's well aware of how crazy he is, as he tells an employee in his debut episode "Can't you see I'm giving myself a creepy pep-talk?!" |
| 521 | * MoralMyopia: He claims having having his fame stolen by a cat is "not fair", yet he rigged his obstacle course with various hidden traps so it would be all but impossible to win. |
| 522 | * TheNapoleon: A short, hot-tempered PsychopathicManchild. |
| 523 | * NeverMyFault: He blames all the other villains but himself when they are all caught by Big Hero 6 in "City of Monsters", just to show how selfish and petty he is. Becomes averted in Season 3 when he had come to realize the consequences of his actions off-screen, prompting a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 524 | * NiceGuy: Post-HeelFaceTurn, Mr. Sparkles becomes a genuine kind individual who performs good actions as a benevolent Pizza-Party-Torium employee. Honey Lemon out of all people doesn't buy it, thinking it's part of being a BitchInSheepsClothing, but he proves himself to have really changed to her eyes [[PetTheDog when he returns the painting Yama had stolen to the museum.]] |
| 525 | * OlderThanTheyLook: The only thing that betrays Mr. Sparkles' age is the fact that he's balding and his pink hair is a toupee. |
| 526 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Mr. Sparkles" is most likely a stage name. |
| 527 | * PityTheKidnapper: While being captured by Sparkles and the Mayoi, Wendy Wower attempts to annoy him into letting her go... [[SubvertedTrope but it doesn't work]], as Mr. Sparkles finds her singing entertaining and even encourages her to keep singing. |
| 528 | * PlantPerson: [[spoiler: He is genetically engineered to become part-plant which gives him control over the Mayoi.]] |
| 529 | * PsychopathicManchild: Felony Carl describes him as an "emotionally unstable man-boy" in "The Fate of the Roommates". |
| 530 | * PurpleIsTheNewBlack: Is a crazy villain that is entirely dressed in purple. |
| 531 | * ReformedCriminal: As of Season 3, he decides to abandon his former illegal ways and decides to live a normal life as a cheerful Pizza-Party-Torium employee. |
| 532 | * SanityStrengthening: In Season 3, while still a {{cloudcuckoolander}}, he is shown to have dropped ''entirely'' his former AxCrazy tendencies. It's probable he seeked professional help to rehabilitate as a ReformedCriminal. |
| 533 | * SciFiBobHaircut: A male example: the Big Hero 6 franchise has been confirmed to happen in 2032, and Mr. Sparkles has a pink bowl cut. Played with as it's actually a toupee. |
| 534 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: [[spoiler: After his mutation, his green hair and skin]] contrasts with his purple suit. |
| 535 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Pulls the "Don't you know who I am?" statement after Mochi is more popular than he. It keeps happening in his later appearances as well. |
| 536 | * SpecialPersonNormalName: "A Fresh Sparkles" reveals that his first name is Frank and that Sparkles is legally his last name, not a stage name. |
| 537 | * TheStoolPigeon: Mr. Sparkles lead to Yama being arrested ''twice''. The second time it happened, he was freed on parole. No wonder he's on Yama's blacklist... |
| 538 | * TomTheDarkLord: As stated above, his real name is Frank. It was his name the entire time he was a dangerous, yet eccentric villain. |
| 539 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: While he had his cheerful moments as part of his FauxAffablyEvil persona, once he reforms by "A Fresh Sparkles", his cheerfulness is showed to be much more genuine. |
| 540 | * TookALevelInKindness: In "A Fresh Sparkles", where while he's still a weirdo, he is less self-centered and happily works a humble job instead of committing crimes for attention. |
| 541 | * VillainTeamUp: Teams up with Yama in "The Fate Of The Roommates". Subverted as he breaks it off and ends up backstabbing Yama and leaving him to be caught, though. Played straight by the end of the episode where he affiliates himself with Liv Amara. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:Orso Knox]] |
| 545 | !!Orso Knox |
| 546 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orso_knox_monster.png]] |
| 547 | [[caption-width-right:250:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 548 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knox.png[[/labelnote]] to see his human self]] |
| 549 | |
| 550 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/FredTatasciore\ |
| 551 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Big Problem") |
| 552 | |
| 553 | ->''"This thing of darkness... I acknowledge mine!"'' |
| 554 | |
| 555 | One of the richest men in San Fransokyo who was turned into a monster under mysterious circumstances. |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * AndIMustScream: It's heavily implied that Knox is stuck in his savage monster form and a part of him is desperately trying to call for help. |
| 558 | * AnimalEyes: Downplayed. Knox keeps his blue eyes as a monster (which is how Baymax recognizes his identity), but his sclera is yellow. However, it's played straight where Knox loses more humanity and his pupils turn into reptile-like slits. |
| 559 | * AxCrazy: Being kept for too long in his monster state turns him into an aggressive and violent beast. |
| 560 | * BigEater: Invoked by Hiro in "Prey Date". [[spoiler:He actually never set out to hurt anyone on his rampage. He was simply hungry.]] |
| 561 | * DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Even as an unstable dark-colored monster, Orso Knox doesn't want to hurt anybody purposefully. He's simply hungry and slowly loses himself to his animal instincts.]] |
| 562 | * TheDogBitesBack: Subverted. He attempted to [[spoiler:attack Liv for turning him into a monster, but he's stopped in time by Karmi.]] |
| 563 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: He is finally transformed back into a human for good in "City of Monsters Part 2" and freed from Liv[[spoiler:/Diane]] Amara's control as she was stopped by [[spoiler:the real Liv Amara]] and Big Hero 6, and later arrested for her crimes. |
| 564 | * EvilDetectingDog: Well, monster. In his monster form, Knox tries to attack [[ArcVillain Liv]] and growls at her, since she is the cause of his mutation. |
| 565 | * EvilSoundsDeep: He has a really deep voice in monster form, at least when he ''is'' able to speak |
| 566 | * {{Fanboy}}: Of Shakespeare, apparently. |
| 567 | * ForcedIntoEvil: "Prey Date" reveals Orso Knox is far from being a villain. He was turned into an unstable monster by Sycorax, probably part of an experiment, and after Karmi helps turning him back into a human, Knox gets blackmailed by Liv into funding her company and give her good publicity or she'll turn him back into his monster form. Knox eventually lampshades this once he's turned back into a human: |
| 568 | -->''"Actually, to be clear, I'm not with them."'' |
| 569 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: On his debut episode, Knox is about to harm Liv Amara and is stopped in time by [[BadassBystander Karmi]]. Liv was the one who turned him into a monster in the first place. |
| 570 | * HellishPupils: When he gains these, it means his humanity is disappearing and you should ''run''. |
| 571 | * InnocentBlueEyes: As a human, Knox is a shy, nervous and meek NiceGuy. His blue eyes is what makes Baymax deduce that the monster on the loose is indeed Orso Knox. |
| 572 | * IronicName: Orso means "bear". Though he has no resemblance to a bear, his name means a ferocious beast... just like him. |
| 573 | * TheKindnapper: In "Prey Date", Knox seemingly captures Hiro. He actually was [[spoiler: taking him out of Sycorax, since Liv is the one behind his monster transformation, and Knox most possibly wanted Hiro to avoid the same fate as him.]] |
| 574 | * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: The more time he spends in monster form, the more savage he becomes. |
| 575 | * MadeOfIron: It takes ''several patches filled with sedative'' to finally knock him out. |
| 576 | * MagicPants: Once he's finally turned back into a human, Knox regains his clothes while he was obviously naked as a monster. |
| 577 | * MixAndMatchCritters: His monster form looks like a cross between a whale, a dinosaur and a human. |
| 578 | * NiceGuy: As a human, Orso Knox is actually a kind individual. |
| 579 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Despite his vicious looks, [[spoiler:he saves Hiro twice in a row]]. |
| 580 | * NotEvilJustMisunderstood: In "Prey Date", he is not kidnapping Hiro. He [[spoiler: saves Hiro from Liv's basement, thinking she'd mutate him as well.]] |
| 581 | * OldFriend: Of the Frederickson family. Mrs. Frederickson greatly worries about his condition. |
| 582 | * PersonalityRemnant: Is a fan of Creator/WilliamShakespeare. When Big Hero 6 is first fighting him in monster form, he manages to say Shakesperian quotations, which is how they figure out his true identity. |
| 583 | * PunchClockVillain: Justified. [[spoiler: Knox was forced into being transformed into a monster, and him losing his humanity is far from being intentional.]] Proof is, when turned back into a human, Knox is a frail NiceGuy. |
| 584 | * PutOnABus: Since Liv[[spoiler:/Di]] and Chris get arrested and their arc is done with, Orso Knox probably won't appear again since he's been turned back into a human for good. |
| 585 | * ShrinkingViolet: After being successfully turned back into a human by Karmi and Sycorax, Liv's press conference shows Orso as a shy, meak individul. Justified since [[spoiler:Liv was the one who transformed her in the first place and he's obviously nervous around her]]. |
| 586 | * SpeaksInShoutOuts: Knox is a fan of Shakespeare. As a monster, he communicates entirely in Shakespeare quotes. |
| 587 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He is the only one of Liv's monsters who did ''not'' go through a mutation willingly, who was not a criminal supervillain and was blackmailed from start to finish by Liv (High Voltage were blackmailed too, but were still criminals in the first place). After [[spoiler:Bessie]] transforms all of the monsters back into humans, Knox is quick to state to Big Hero 6 he is not associated with the villains. |
| 588 | * TheUnintelligible: As of "Prey Date", Knox was kept for so long in his monster state he lost the ability to speak and can only growl, roar and grumble. |
| 589 | * UnstoppableRage: Knox losing his humanity to animal instincts causes him to go through this and is extremely hard to stop him once he's on rampage. |
| 590 | * VillainousRescue: While he was believed to have captured Hiro, he was actually ''saving him from being taken to Liv Amara's basement''. This alone shows he's still got good in him and was ForcedIntoEvil. |
| 591 | * WasOnceAMan: He was turned into a monster by [[spoiler: Di Amara to ransom his humanity back to him]]. Luckily averted once he gets turned back into a human for good after the mid-season finale. |
| 592 | * WouldntHurtAChild: Even if he's a feral monster, he '''never''' tries to actually ''harm'' Hiro. [[spoiler: This shows he still has some of his humanity left into him. "Prey Date" implies he was actually trying to '''save''' Hiro from Liv's basement, thinking she'd mutate him as well.]] |
| 593 | * YankTheDogsChain: Just when Karmi succeeds transforming him back into a human, Diane reveals that she can still turn him back into a monster whenever she wants unless he does what she wants. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | !Liv's Creations |
| 597 | [[folder:Nega-Globby]] |
| 598 | !!Nega-Globby |
| 599 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/negaglobby.png]] |
| 600 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, Creator/AndyRichter (post-intelligence)\ |
| 601 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Nega-Globby") |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He's this for the original Globby. Not only does he possess the same abilities Globby does, his greater mass allows him to overpower his progenitor. |
| 605 | * {{Animorphism}}: Just like Globby, he can create into any animal he wants. |
| 606 | * ArtsyBeret: He wears one in "The New Nega-Globby" once he gains a brain and becomes cultured in art and music. |
| 607 | * TheAssimilator: Initially a small blob, it absorbed matter into itself to increase its size. It also absorbed an eye from a creature contained within Liv's lab. |
| 608 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In "The Globby Within", he gets so powerful he transforms into a giant version of himself. |
| 609 | * AxCrazy: Liv's experiment on him made him too unstable, and once he escapes Sycorax, he destroys everything that gets in his way. |
| 610 | * BerserkButton: After he develops an intelligence, anyone saying "ATM ''machine''" gets on his bad side, since the "M" already stands for "machine". |
| 611 | * BirdsOfAFeather: Fred figures that Nega-Globby will be happy if they leave him with Richardson Mole, since they're both insufferable know-it-alls. It works; they bond even while trying to one-up each other. |
| 612 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Has a black scelera behind [[RedEyesTakeWarning his red eye]]. |
| 613 | * BlobMonster: Just like Globby himself, he's entirely made of purple goo. |
| 614 | * TheBusCameBack: His debut episode hinted Nega-Globby wasn't destroyed, and sure enough, he comes back in "The Globby Within" where he's using Globby to get stronger by taking control of his body. |
| 615 | * {{Cyclops}}: Is a BlobMonster with one, single red eye. |
| 616 | * DarkIsEvil: Is a dark bluish-purple color, in contrast to Globby's much lighter purple color. |
| 617 | * EvilCounterpart: To Globby. |
| 618 | * EvilIsBigger: Stands much taller than Globby, and this extends to all of its forms as well. |
| 619 | * EvilLaugh: The only intelligible sound he can make. |
| 620 | * HeelFaceTurn: The entire premise of "The New Nega-Globby" is to free Nega-Globby from his prison and give him sentience to get a chance to redeem himself. He becomes a condescending snob instead that almost goes into a rampage when he's unable to fit with others. He is pacified by becoming friends with Richardson Mole, both insufferable and pretentious twats. |
| 621 | * ItCanThink: It's suggested to be smarter than it looks in spite of its animalistic rampage, due to knowing how to use all of Globby's abilities, and demonstrating strategic capability in its fight with Big Hero 6 and Globby. He is given an artificial brain in "The New Nega-Globby", which increases his intelligence. |
| 622 | * InsufferableGenius: Gains this personality upon getting a new brain in "The New Nega-Globby". He quickly annoys the team to no end. |
| 623 | * TheJuggernaut: None of the team even made it flinch, to a point where he pretty easily could have destroyed the city had Globby not intervened. |
| 624 | * NighInvulnerability: ''Nothing'' Big Hero 6 throws at him actually works to stop him, which makes sense due to him being made out an indestructible substance. |
| 625 | * NotQuiteDead: Globby eats Nega-Globby, but the ending of the episode shows that Nega-Globby still exists inside of him. It's a SequelHook to "The Globby Within", where Nega-Globby possesses Globby's body and forces him to commit acts of destruction, thus framing him. |
| 626 | * OhCrap: Gives a panicked expression before Globby eats him. |
| 627 | * PuppeteerParasite: After being eaten by Globby, Nega-Globby didn't die; he was simply weakened. In "The Globby Within", he's getting stronger inside Globby and possesses him to wreck havoc. |
| 628 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Is a dark shade of purple, and a dangerous foe. |
| 629 | * PurpleIsTheNewBlack: He's a darker shade of purple than Globby, showing he is much more dangerous and feral. |
| 630 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Has only one red eye, and is a dangerous monster that destroys everything he sees. Completed with [[BlackEyesOfCrazy Black Eye Of Crazy]]. His eye turns green in "The New Nega-Globby" once he gains intelligence and stops rampaging savagely. |
| 631 | * ReplacementFlatCharacter: Since Globby has [[HeelFaceTurn become a superhero]], Nega-Globby takes his place as the malleable enemy with a dangerously diverse powerset. |
| 632 | * SlasherSmile: Does a ''lot'' of these in "The Globby Within". |
| 633 | * SuddenlySpeaking: He starts speaking in "The New Nega-Globby" after he becomes fully sentient. |
| 634 | * TheUnintelligible: Contrary to Globby who is half-human, half BlobMonster, Nega-Globby is simply derived from Globby's gelatinous consistency, thus he only communicates in growls and roars. He eventually gains a voice in "The New Nega-Globby". |
| 635 | * UnstoppableRage: From the second Liv tampers with it, it becomes incredibly angry, rampaging and destroying basically everything in sight from that point forward. This is remedied in "The New Nega-Globby" by giving him an artificial brain that reduces his instability, though he almost went into another rampage. |
| 636 | * VillainousLegacy: Liv created Nega-Globby from Globby's substance. After her defeat, Nega-Globby eventually reawakens from inside Globby and starts a chain of events that turn Big Hero 6 and Globby into fugitives. |
| 637 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Just like Globby, as he is made from the same substance as him. |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | [[folder:Mayoi]] |
| 641 | !!Mayoi |
| 642 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mayoi_3.png]] |
| 643 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"Mayoi!"'']] |
| 644 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DeeBradleyBaker\ |
| 645 | '''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Something Fluffy") |
| 646 | |
| 647 | A bunch of cute creatures that mysteriously starts appearing around the city. |
| 648 | ---- |
| 649 | * AdorableEvilMinions: Once Mr. Sparkles gets the power to control them, they become this to him. |
| 650 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: The medium-sized Mayoi basically act like a BigFriendlyDog, showing behaviours like tail-wagging and playing fetch. Their original, cute forms act more like [[CuteKitten kittens]], whereas their final, giant forms act [[BearsAreBadNews bear-like]]. |
| 651 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Karmi first identifies the Mayoi as fungi, then claims they are part plant, part animal. Fungi are actually neither plants nor animals. |
| 652 | * BewareTheCuteOnes: They are absolutely adorable, but once they are under the control of the wrong person and they swarm together at you, ''RUN''. |
| 653 | * BadassAdorable: A villainous example; they're Mr. Sparkles' minions who can throw ''shipping containers'', while still looking extremely cute while doing so. |
| 654 | * BigEyesLittleEyes: Have quite large eyes, emphasizing their cute appearance. |
| 655 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Under Mr. Sparkles' control, they become ruthless and aggressive. |
| 656 | * CuteIsEvil: Was created by Liv Amara as part of her evil plans and are ''extremely'' adorable. Subverted as when not under Mr. Sparkles' control, they're more [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] than anything. |
| 657 | * CuteMonster: Adorable creatures invented by [[MadScientist Liv Amara]]. |
| 658 | * CutenessProximity: ''No one'' can resist their cuteness. [[NotSoStoic Not even [=GoGo=] or Professor Granville.]] Only [[OnlySaneMan Hiro]] doesn't let their cute appearance fool him. |
| 659 | * {{Expy}}: Let's see... adorable creatures that has multiple growing phases and can only say the name of their species. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Where have we heard of this before?]] |
| 660 | * GentleGiant: Even when they become gigantic, they maintain their puppy-like personality and are still affectionate. [[SubvertedTrope That's as long as they're not under Mr. Sparkles' control, that is...]] |
| 661 | * GiantMook: Engineered to be this for Mr. Sparkles. |
| 662 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Once their eyes start glowing, '''''watch out'''''. It means Mr. Sparkles has taken control of them and will become BrainwashedAndCrazy. |
| 663 | * GreenAndMean: Zig-zagged. Although created for nefarious purposes, they're inoffensive unless they're put under Mr. Sparkles' control. |
| 664 | * MeaningfulName: Mayoi written in kanji can mean doubt, hesitation or bewilderment while katakana can refer to lost. They were engineered to sow doubt of Liv's culpability in the monsters, people are hesitant to believe they're a threat, Hiro is confused on how they could even be at first in spite of his suspicions and they ultimately end up escaping with Mr. Sparkles in the end. |
| 665 | * MiracleGroMonster: Because they can eat regular food as well as photosynthesize they grow massive in a short amount of time. |
| 666 | * NonMaliciousMonster: The Mayoi display no real aggression and are very friendly in their natural state, even when they grow to large sizes, allowing Big hero 6 to easily herd them. Unfortunately, this only lasts until Mr. Sparkles takes direct control of them. |
| 667 | * OneWordVocabulary: "Mayoi!" |
| 668 | * PetTheDog: They're actually very friendly and caring to anyone who picks them up and "adopts them". |
| 669 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: When working together, they're capable of ''throwing shipping containers!'' |
| 670 | * {{Planimal}}: More plant than animal. |
| 671 | * PokemonSpeak: They can only say "Mayoi" (which is why people start calling them that). |
| 672 | * PunchClockVillain: Don't have any actual villainous intent, as shown from their friendly interactions with just about all of San Fransokyo. In fact, they're only really on the villain's side at all because of Liv Amara and Mr. Sparkles' control over them. |
| 673 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Nearly everyone in San Fransokyo (even [=GoGo=] and Professor Granville) thinks of them as adorable. |
| 674 | %%* SidekickCreatureNuisance: In [[OnlySaneMan Hiro's]] eyes, anyway. |
| 675 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: These adorable tiny creatures? They can throw '''''shipping containers'''''. Yeah... |
| 676 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They appear to be unconscious after Bessie turns all the mutated villains back to normal and Mr. Sparkles loses control of them. At the end of "City of Monsters Part 2," Fred feeds sushi to one of them, but the rest are unaccounted for. Since the "City of Monsters" arc is now over, who knows what will happen to them. |
| 677 | [[/folder]] |
| 678 | |
| 679 | [[folder:Bessie]] |
| 680 | !!Bessie |
| 681 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bessie_bear_2.png]] |
| 682 | [[caption-width-right:310:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 683 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bessie_meteor_33.png[[/labelnote]] to see Bessie as a meteor]] |
| 684 | |
| 685 | -->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Muirahara Woods" ''(as a meteor)'', "Lie Detector" ''(as a monster)'') |
| 686 | |
| 687 | A meteor owned by Ned Ludd whose magnetic field causes electronic devices to malfunction. In Season 2, Liv Amara steals and mutates it with bear DNA, creating a dangerous monster with electromagnetic capacities. |
| 688 | ---- |
| 689 | * AffectionateNickname: Ned endearingly calls her "girl". |
| 690 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: When Ned tames Bessie, she whines and lies on the ground with her head down similarly to a sad submissive dog. She even happily licks his face later on, acting like a BigFriendlyDog. |
| 691 | * AxCrazy: Since she's part-bear, Bessie is ''extremely'' unstable and aggressive. It eventually gets under control once [[spoiler: Ned Ludd tames her]]. |
| 692 | * BankRobbery: The reason why Bessie was created was to steal gold from the San Fransokyo Bank, as Liv needs it [[spoiler: to find a cure to a rare disease]]. |
| 693 | * BearsAreBadNews: Liv mixes bear DNA (which she gets from Chris fighting one and getting some of its fur) and combines it with Bessie to create a meteorite-bear hybrid to get the gold she needs. The combination of the bear's savage nature and Bessie's WalkingTechbane properties make it a formidable opponent for Big Hero 6. |
| 694 | * BerserkButton: Do not hurt Ned or her cubs if you know what's good for you. |
| 695 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Bessie's scelera is black, emphasizing her [[GlowingEyesOfDoom shining yellow eyes]] and violent nature. |
| 696 | * BodyguardingABadass: She becomes protective of Ned Ludd, despite him being a clearly competent fighter. Though it's justified that since he has no scientifically enhanced weapons, he's more at risk with villains like High Voltage and Mr. Sparkles and his Mayoi. |
| 697 | * BreathWeapon: Bessie has the ability to fire electromagnetic beams from her mouth. It becomes useful to [[spoiler: turn the mutant villains back to normal in "City of Monsters"]]. It is later revealed by Hiro she can no longer cause a dead zone for electronics unless hit by this beam. |
| 698 | * TheBrute: To Liv. |
| 699 | * ChekhovsGunman: She's the only monster made from scratch by Liv. She's also [[spoiler:the only monster who isn't controlled by her, thus easily commits a HeelFaceTurn and deactivates the other monsters' chips with her tech-nullifying beams]]. |
| 700 | * CompanionCube: As a meteor, Bessie is this to Ned. He sweet talks her and becomes aggressive when someone is too near her. |
| 701 | * CuteMonster: While her calmer moments ''can'' make her look cuter, her cubs definitely play this trope more straight. |
| 702 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She surprisingly grows to care about Ned Ludd and commits a HeelFaceTurn because of him. |
| 703 | * EyeLightsOut: Happens when Baymax sucker-punches Bessie. Unfortunately, she gets back up a few moments later. |
| 704 | * GentleGiant: Post-HeelFaceTurn. [[MamaBear Just don't hurt Ned, though.]] |
| 705 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Has bright, yellow shining eyes. |
| 706 | * GoldFever: A variant. Liv created the Bessie monster to steal the gold she needs [[spoiler: in order to cure the real Liv in stasis from a rare disease.]] |
| 707 | * GoodIsNotNice: Even after her HeelFaceTurn, Bessie remains a savage bear, who can be extremely violent and aggressive (especially when her cubs are concerned). |
| 708 | * GreenAndMean: As an aggressive bear monster, Bessie keeps her green color and glow. |
| 709 | * HeelFaceTurn: Ned Ludd manages to subdue her in "City of Monsters", which makes Bessie docile like a dog to Ned and violently protects him if another villain tries to harm him. |
| 710 | * HybridMonster: Liv combines bear DNA with Bessie the meteor to make a tech-nullifying bear. |
| 711 | * ItCanThink: Thanks to Liv, Bessie is now sentient and extremely dangerous. |
| 712 | * MadeOfIron: Justified. Using bear DNA, Liv planned to create a monster strong enough to steal the gold she needs and defeat Big Hero 6. |
| 713 | * MamaBear: She becomes a literal example when Mr. Sparkles and High Voltage try to hurt Ned. Becomes doubly literal in "Fred the Fugitive", which reveals she's had cubs after Hiro finds her uncharacteristically violent and tearing up the woods trying to find them after they got lost. |
| 714 | * MeaningfulName: Bessie is a derivative of "Beatrice", which translates to "bringer of joy". She's Ned Ludd's one source of happiness. |
| 715 | * MonsterIsAMommy: "Fred The Fugitive" showcases she had three bear cubs, that are made out of green rock like her and whom Bessie is [[MamaBear extremely protective of]]. |
| 716 | * RockMonster: By using bear DNA, Liv Amara turns Bessie into a glowing rock-bear. |
| 717 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Bessie is a lab experiment by Liv Amara, and has bright yellow eyes. |
| 718 | * SicklyGreenGlow: Both as a meteor and a bear mutant, Bessie shines a bright green light. |
| 719 | * TookALevelInBadass: It was originally just a rock that caused electronics to screw up. After being fused with bear DNA it is now as powerful as a full grown bear. It lost its ability to screw up electronics but gained a BreathWeapon that causes electrionics to shut down. |
| 720 | * UndyingLoyalty: At first towards Liv, then switches for Ned Ludd. |
| 721 | * UnstoppableRage: While it gets better after Ned tames her, if you hurt him or her three bear cubs, nothing will stop her at tearing you apart. |
| 722 | * TheUnintelligible: Due to being part-bear, Bessie communicates just like one; she can growl, roar and whine. |
| 723 | * WalkingTechbane: Her magnetic field causes all electronic devices (including Baymax) to go awry or just stop working. In "Lie Detector", after being turned into a monster by Liv, Bessie causes the team's tech to malfunction in the worst possible time when they're too near her. |
| 724 | * WouldHurtAChild: She attacks anything she sees, no matter their age (as seen with Hiro in "Lie Detector"). |
| 725 | [[/folder]] |
| 726 | |
| 727 | !Others |
| 728 | [[folder:Flying Bots]] |
| 729 | !!Flying Bots |
| 730 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sycorax_bot.jpg]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | -->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Internabout") |
| 733 | |
| 734 | A bunch of robots whose purpose is to generate bio food and bring them to employees. |
| 735 | ---- |
| 736 | * BenevolentAI: Ironically, they are not only the only robots among the bio-tech corporation, but the only benevolent thing about it at all. [[spoiler:At least under Liv Amara's clone Diane's control]]. |
| 737 | * TheBusCameBack: They had a very small role in S2, but play a crucial part in "Return To Sycorax" in order to stop the Yaki Taco monsters. |
| 738 | * GreenAndMean: Inverted. They are green, but are the ''only'' thing about Sycorax that ''isn't'' malevolent (although justified since they are robots and the other threats are mutants). |
| 739 | * LightIsGood: They're white and the TokenGoodTeammate of Sycorax. |
| 740 | * NotQuiteFlight: Just like the Buddy Guardians, they are ''hovering'' bots rather than flying ones. |
| 741 | * RobotMaid: They create and give bio food to whoever programs them to on the go. |
| 742 | * TinCanRobot: They look like flying white garbage binsm, but their designs are rather cute. |
| 743 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only thing created by Liv Amara who doesn't aim to harm others. [[spoiler:Although that's because it was created ''by the real'' Liv Amara]]. |
| 744 | [[/folder]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | |
| 747 | [[folder:Yaki Taco Monsters]] |
| 748 | !!Taco Scorpion & Crepe Vulture |
| 749 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yaki_taco_monsters.PNG]] |
| 750 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Crepe Vulture (left) and Taco Scorpion (right)]] |
| 751 | |
| 752 | -->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The Series]]'' (debut: "Return To Sycorax") |
| 753 | |
| 754 | A duo of monsters made out of animal [=DNA=] and Yaki Taco fast food. They are hybirds between a taco and a scorpion, and the Sugarzilla crepe dessert with a vulture. They were created by accident when Fred mistook one of Liv[[spoiler:/Di]] Amara's machines for a microwave and put his food inside. |
| 755 | ---- |
| 756 | * AmbiguousGender: Since they are monster hybrids made out of food, they seem to be the only Sycorax monsters (perhaps except for the Mayoi) who don't have a designed gender. |
| 757 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Their entire existence is questioned when you take in consideration Fred wakes up from a nightmare at the end of the episode. Did they ''really'' exist until the revelation of the Monster Smoothie, or the ''entire'' episode was part of Fred's nightmare?]] |
| 758 | * ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: In real life, vultures are harmless scavengers who feast on dead carcasses and will only attack if it feels threatened, while the Crepe Vulture is shown to be aggressive and [[KidnappingBirdOfPrey tries to kidnap Krei]]. However it's justified since it was created at Sycorax, where the tampering of [=DNA=] are ''shown'' to make the resulting mutants aggressive, and there's the fact [[spoiler:the ending is reveled to be an AcidRefluxNightmare of Fred and questioning if the events at Sycorax really did happen]]. |
| 759 | * AxCrazy: A given, considering they were created at Sycorax in one of its many monster-making machines (by accident nonetheless). |
| 760 | * BewareMyStingerTail: The taco monster is part-scorpion, thus has a stinger tail it uses to attack anything it sees. |
| 761 | * BreathWeapon: The Crepe Vulture has an ice breath, while the Taco Scorpion has fire breath. It's a nod to them being made out of ice cream and spice food respectively. |
| 762 | * CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: They were created by complete accident by Fred, who mistook one of Liv[[spoiler:/Di]] Amara's [=DNA=] combining machine for a microwave. The components of the food were mixed with leftover vulture and scorpion [=DNA=] that was remained there. |
| 763 | * EvilIsBurningHot: The Taco Scorpion has fire breath. |
| 764 | * EvilIsDeathlyCold: The Crepe Vulture is made of ice creme in a crepe, which gives it a powerful inner ice breath weapon. |
| 765 | * FeatheredFiend: The crepe mutant has vulture [=DNA=], and it has what appears to be wafer feathers that allows it to fly. |
| 766 | * FireIceDuo: They both are made out of ice cream and spices, granting them each a {{breath weapon}} of ice and fire respectively. |
| 767 | * {{Flight}}: The Crepe Vulture (due to being, well, a ''vulture'') can fly. |
| 768 | * FoodEatsYou: These monsters were a simple taco a crepe, before being put in Liv Amara's machine by Fred made them sentient and aggressive beasts. They are the only Sycorax monsters made out of food. [[spoiler:However, [[AllJustADream the ending of the episode]] makes one wonder if they actually existed. But if Di was able to make a meteor alive by combining it with bear [=DNA=], it could've been possible for mere food to become monsters as well]]. |
| 769 | * ItCanThink: The two of them are rather expressive and know how to combine their forces against the members of Big Hero 6. |
| 770 | * KidnappingBirdOfPrey: The Crepe Vulture kidnaps Krei at some point by grabbing hold of his shoulders mid-flight, making it up to Baymax and Hiro to rescue him. |
| 771 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Baymax's scan of them indicates that "the DNA of a scorpion and a vulture were merged with a taco and a crepe". |
| 772 | * PowerPincers: The Taco Scorpion has those, due to the nature of its source species. |
| 773 | * ScaryScorpions: The taco mutant has scorpion [=DNA=], and is just as dangerous as any other monsters the heroes faced before. |
| 774 | * RedIsViolent: The mutants are dangerous and have red prominent body parts (strawberries beak and talons for the vulture, the pincers and tail for the scorpion). |
| 775 | * TheUnintelligible: They can only screech, growl and roar. |
| 776 | * VillainousLegacy: Of a sort. They were not created by Liv[[spoiler:/Di]], but by Fred (accidentally and unintentionally) using ''her'' [=DNA=] combining machine. |
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