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1The characters of the ''Drawn To Life'' series.
2
3!Tropes for Raposa in general:
4* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal
5* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Even ''[[BigBad Wilfre]]'' has shades of this.
6* {{Smurfing}}
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8[[foldercontrol]]
9
10[[folder: Main Characters]]
11!The Creator and the Hero
12
13ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, the Creator is the almighty being who created the world of Drawn to Life. The hero is the Creator's presence powering a wooden dummy. Whether or not they're separate entities is unclear.
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15* TheAce: Easily the best combatant and explorer in any of the games, and roughly equal with Wilfre himself as the most powerful character aside from the Creator [[spoiler: and Mike]].
16* AGodIsYou: All the things the Raposa request you restore are all your doing and in whatever vision you can imagine.
17* ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the first game (maybe), based off dialogue in the other games.
18* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The first game's hero has a few conversation options like this, showing that it's enjoying itself.
19* GenderInclusiveWriting: Since the Creator is you, there's no pronoun attached to the title whatsoever. The Hero, however, averts this, as they're occasionally referred to with masculine pronouns despite the potential for AmbiguousGender or NoBiologicalSex when creating them.
20* HelloInsertNameHere: The hero is nameless, with you providing it.
21* InvincibleHero: Can become this in the first game with the primary cheat code.
22* PhysicalGod: Could be considered this, as they acknowledge your presence and wonder how you watch over them. particularly with the cheat code. Wilfre in the sequel [[CurbStompBattle one-ups him]], however.
23* ReplacementGoldfish: The newly-created hero of the last game does not share its predecessor's memories for some reason or other. The raposa don't dwell on this, however.
24* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. As a demigod of sorts, the Hero is the only character capable of traversing the extremely hostile environments of each game.
25** Averted in the village segments. While the Hero is unquestionably the only combat-capable villager, the other raposa tend to be the ones doing their jobs. The protagonist can gather clues on Zsasha's activities, for example, but needs Cricket's help to actually track him down.
26* TheStoic: Other conversation options can tend towards this.
27
28!Mari
29[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariconcept_2.png]]
30 [[caption-width-right:350:You are The Creator of everything. This is your world! Bring it back to what it once was! Please...]]
31The mayor's daughter and future mayor of the village. She is the only one left with faith in the Creator, and that's when you answer her call and begin the game. She's not quite sure about her skills as mayor, but [[spoiler: she has no choice but to accept it once her father dies]].
32* NotBrainwashed: In the second game [[spoiler: she willingly joins Wilfre's side in order to preserve the world. Shocking everyone. However, once she shows her friend Jowee what she saw, he encourages her to do the right thing and decides to sacrifice everything in order to wake Mike up.]]
33* PrayerIsALastResort: At the beginning of the first game, she desperately prays to the creator asking to save the decaying village.
34* WhatTheHellHero: She gives one of these speeches to the hero when [[spoiler: the lifeless body of her dad is found and is too late to save him.]]
35-->'''Mari:''' Dad! No... You should have protected him! You're useless, Hero!
36
37!Jowee
38[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jowee_5.jpg]]
39[[caption-width-right:350:Oh Rapo... What am I getting myself into!?]]
40Mari's best friend and a Raposa with a love of adventure. He's skeptical about you at first, but soon becomes one of your closest friends. At the end of the first game, [[spoiler: he leaves the village, but returns anyway]].
41
42* SeriesMascot: He's on the title drawing screen as well as the image that represents the games when one activates the DS with the games currently in.
43
44!The Mayor
45The mayor of the village and Mari's father. He's among the last ones to leave the village before [[AGodIsYou you]] begin fixing everything. [[spoiler: He's eventually murdered by Wilfre in the endgame]].
46
47* HighClassGlass
48* NoNameGiven: It's possible that, with the strange names the series has, that his name [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep actually is "Mayor".]]
49** NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler: Although all he does is explain what your immediate goals in the next set of levels are.]]
50* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Maybe. He reappears for a while toward the end of the DS sequel, but this is never explained, and he disappears for good after a bit.]]
51
52!Heather
53A mysterious young Raposa girl with half of her face covered in shadows. She doesn't talk very much. In the DS sequel, it's revealed that [[spoiler: she's Mike's sister in the real world]].
54
55* AmbidextrousSprite
56* CuteMute: As a Raposa, she doesn't seem to speak many sentences in the first two games. [[spoiler: Averted with her human real self, who is more talkative.]]
57* BigBrotherInstinct: When the crash was about to happen, she instinctively protected her brother's face before the car fell down.
58* DamselInDistress: Somewhat, she's kidnapped by Wilfre at the beginning of the DS version of ''The Next Chapter'' and is found only after the final boss.
59* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Due to being older than her brother, she's more responsible and understanding than Mike, who is still in his teens.
60* {{Nephewism}}: [[spoiler:After her parents die in the car accident, she moves alongside her brother to the house of her uncle's Owen]]
61* OlderAlterEgo: [[spoiler: The real-life Heather is apparently a teenager in contrast to the little Rapo girl players are more familiar with.]]
62
63!Mike
64[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mike_art_8.png]]
65[[caption-width-right:250:Why does everyone look so weird?]]
66A human that the hero stumbled across seemingly by accident in the first game. Not knowing what a human is, the others consider him to be an odd Rapo without any ears (their ears are all long). He comes to accept being in the village. In the sequel, it's revealed that [[spoiler: the world is actually a fantasy of his while the real world Mike is unconscious from a coma or falling out of a tree]].
67
68* AscendedExtra: In the original game he was just a human in the raposa world and didn't had much to add to the plot. However, his role is significantly expanded in the sequel, as he becomes more active in the plot and because it's revealed that [[spoiler: he's the main reason why the whole world where the raposa exist]]
69* {{Nephewism}}: [[spoiler:After his parents die in the car accident, he moves alongside his sister to the house of his uncle's Owen]]
70* OlderAlterEgo: [[spoiler: The Rapoworld version of him seems to be one of these.]] He's introduced as an adult computer programmer in a stylish leather jacket [[spoiler:but in reality doesn't seem older than 10.]]
71* PhysicalGod: Might not seem it, but, [[spoiler:due to the entire world being his coma fantasy, he's the real creator god of the game's setting]].
72* StepfordSmiler: In ''Two Realms'' is revealed he feels responsible for the crash that killed his parents and the downfall of his town.
73* TokenHuman: Acts as this in the Raposa world.
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder: Supporting Villagers in the DS Sequel]]
77!Isaac
78Cindi's father. He owns the village shop.
79
80!Cindi
81Isaac's daughter.
82* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cupcakes. They're the only thing she eats, really.
83
84!Crazy Barks
85A rapo who seems to think he's a dog.
86
87* CompanionCube: The big rock that he's always near is this to him.
88
89!Pirate Beard
90A pirate Raposa found by the hero on an island. He plans to pillage the village, but settles down when he's given a place to stay. In the DS sequel, he takes the helm of the turtle ship.
91
92* FriendlyPirate: Pirate Beard and his crew initially seem like scary characters and the village is in a state of panic once they're rescued by the player. However, they end up striking a deal with The Mayor to not hurt any of the villagers in return for a ship found off the coast. Pirate Beard even ends up offering Jowee a chance to go adventure with them. In the second game, the pirate has turned into a heroic character, the navigator and captain of the "Turtle Ship" the characters are stuck on.
93
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder: Other Villagers in ''Drawn To Life'']]
97!Farmer Brown
98
99A farmer who grows banya.
100
101* OverallsAndGingham
102* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Some form of southern accent, most notably with his tendency to say "Y'all".
103
104!Chef Cookie
105
106A French-accented chef. He runs the local restaurant.
107
108* MauriceChevalierAccent
109* SupremeChef: According to the dialogue from other characters.
110
111
112!Tubba and Bubba
113
114Two brothers who got separated before the beginning of the game. Tubba is saved first, and the two are reunited when Bubba is saved from the Kaori Jungle.
115
116* BigEater: Their dialogue is mainly about eating banya.
117
118
119!Zsasha
120
121A thief that the Hero accidentally rescued from the forest. He steals from the village, but has a tendency to return items out of remorse. At the end of the first game, it turns out [[spoiler: he was stealing to provide for a child he took in]].
122
123* AffablyEvil: Not really evil though.
124* MysteriousPurple: Zsasha is a purple-wearing thief who sneaks into the village at night, steals from the raposa, and constantly evades being arrested by Officer Cricket. His actual morality is more ambiguous than it seems, though, as he gives up the items after you chase him around the village and is later revealed to be caring for a young, orphaned child he met in the forest. He's also incredibly laconic and is the only rapo you can't find or talk to after rescuing him, even in the sequel, where he winds up standing on a platform you can't reach.
125* NobleDemon: Though not one of the monsters of the game, he's considered somewhat antagonistic, yet still knows when he's beaten.
126
127!Cricket
128
129An investigator who's primary focus during the game is catching Zsasha.
130
131!Navy J
132
133A Raposa performer who is known for his songs and dance moves, but is really better at dancing more than singing.
134
135* ShoutOut: To Elvis.
136* SmallNameBigEgo: Isn't quite the singer he thinks he is.
137
138!Galileo
139
140An astrologist who left the village with his family many years ago. He'll move back in if he can have an observatory built. He knew Mari when she was a small child.
141
142* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Only character from the original game to never appear again. [[spoiler: However, he reappears in ''Two Realms''.]]
143
144!Samuel
145
146A strange, hooded Raposa who prefers to hang out in isolation. He's quite wise despite his quirks, and can give the player some good advice.
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148* ProverbialWisdom: Such as "We must become the tree".
149
150!Indee
151
152An explorer who loves to go on adventures. He's willing to give pointers to up-and-comers like Jowee in adventuring. His father did the same thing in ''his'' youth, leaving the Mayor to babysit the young Indee.
153
154* ShoutOut: To Franchise/IndianaJones
155
156!Count Choco
157A Raposa vampire who can't stand the sight of blood, so he prefers tomato juice. He could just be dressing up as a vampire for fun.
158
159* AfraidOfBlood
160* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
161* OurVampiresAreDifferent
162
163!Unagi
164
165* CoolShades
166** SunglassesAtNight
167
168!Dr. Cure
169
170A doctor. She's the last Raposa saved in the game, and arrives too late to [[spoiler:save the Mayor's life.]]
171
172* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine
173
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder: Villagers in ''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' (Wii)]]
177!Circi
178
179Mari's deputy mayor, following [[spoiler:Wilfre's defeat]] in an attempt to rebuild the village.
180
181[[/folder]]
182
183[[folder: Characters in ''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' (DS)]]
184!Sock
185A Raposa that wears an over-sized sock for a hat. Mari and Jowee agree to let him join their adventure, as he's trying to find his way home. [[spoiler: He's actually Wilfre in disguise]].
186
187* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: He is Wilfre in disguise]]
188* CloudCuckoolander
189* SixthRanger
190** [[spoiler: SixthRangerTraitor]]
191
192!Mayor Rose
193The mayor of Watersong.
194[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mayor_rose.png]]
195 [[caption-width-right:350:Miles, please go outside with your new friends. I must speak with Mari alone]]
196
197* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: Rose, but she's stopped.
198* PassingTheTorch: Attempts to make Miles the mayor of her town before she dies.
199
200!Miles
201* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Miles is never seen again after completing Watersong.
202
203!Salem
204
205A mysterious Raposa who stole Rose's voice. [[spoiler: He's actually Wilfre]].
206
207* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
208
209!The Butler
210
211Rose and Miles' butler.
212
213!King Miney
214[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kingminey_artjpg.jpg]]
215[[caption-width-right:155:Why aren't you working?]]
216The king of [[SteamPunk Lavasteam Village]], he forces everyone to work in the mines in search of Banya Crystals. [[spoiler: He's being manipulated by Salem/Wilfre]].
217
218* CainAndAbel: He has this with Moe.
219* GoMadWithPower
220* TheCaligula: [[spoiler: Only because of Salem]].
221* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler: Sees the error of his ways just before you beat the world boss]].
222* {{Leitmotif}}: One of the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic more impressive ones]] in the series.
223
224!Moe
225
226* CainAndAbel: He's the Abel to Miney's Cain.
227
228!Key
229
230* BadassNormal: The only Raposa shown to have any fighting capability.
231* GadgeteerGenius: He created the Robosa, including the giant one.
232
233!Click
234[[quoteright:145:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/click_artjpg.jpg]]
235[[caption-width-right:145:We needed someone to lead us. Our lives need structure. Rules. Someone to guide and protect us]]
236* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist]]: He cares very deeply for his home, so he [[spoiler: created a council and rule enforcement system to keep everyone in line]].
237
238[[/folder]]
239
240[[folder: Characters in ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'']]
241!Aldark
242* BigBad: Of ''Two Realms''.
243* EvilIsBigger: Unlike Wilfre, who was the same size as the other Raposa, Aldark is practically the same height as the Hero, who is already more than twice as tall as a human being.
244[[/folder]]
245
246[[folder: Bosses]]
247!Wilfre
248[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilfre_concept_art_2.png]]
249[[caption-width-right:350:You are all weak... and you will fail.]]
250The main antagonist of the whole franchise. A cunning Raposa who turned against the town and is skilled with persuasion and manipulation.
251
252* AllegoricalCharacter: Possibly one of death.
253* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of the whole franchise
254* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler: His Ultimate Creation. The player can easily spend the majority of the battle just jumping on his head]]
255* HopelessBossFight: In the DS sequel. At first, [[spoiler: before the creator decides to intervene and destroy his scepter]].
256* {{Leitmotif}}: He has two: "Ooh Wilfre", during his encounters in the story, and shadow showdown during the final boss battles.
257* SatanicArchetype: Ticks almost, if not all of the boxes.
258* ShapeShifter: Only explicit in the sequel.
259** ShapeShifterGuiltTrip
260** ShapeShifterSwanSong
261* TookALevelInBadass: After being a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] NonActionGuy in the first game, finding [[ArtifactOfDoom the Sceptre]] in the sequel turns him into a PhysicalGod capable of [[WorldWreckingWave draining entire biomes of life and color]], ThinkingUpPortals, [[ShapeShifter shapeshifting]], and even delivering a CurbStompBattle to [[PlayerCharacter the Hero]], an already established Physical God and borderline InvincibleHero.
262** Averted in the finale, where relying on his [[spoiler: Ultimate Creation]] turns him into a pitiful ClippedWingAngel.
263* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist]]: Possibly.
264
265!King and Queen
266A random spaceship and a tank that the hero attacks at the climax of the Space Jungle.
267
268* ChessMotifs: As you'd expect, these bosses are chess-themed, with their designs being based on their respective namesake.
269* DamageSpongeBoss: The King has the most HP out of any boss in the series, having a whopping ''75 HP.'' [[note]]Compare this to the first game's record holder, the Angler King, who has 20 HP.[[/note]]
270* GenreShift: Their boss fight is a Shoot 'Em Up.
271* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It appears briefly before you go off to its boss level, but otherwise there's nothing known about these contraptions, whether or not they're aligned with Wilfre or [[spoiler: Click]].
272* MightyGlacier: The King moves extremely slowly, but bombs barely scratch it and it's the only boss in the game to utilize a OneHitKill attack.
273* OneHitKill: It's main gun can deal these.
274* TankGoodness: The King.
275
276!Frostwind
277
278* AdvancingBossOfDoom: On the first part of his level.
279* AnIcePerson: More of a dragon, really.
280* SealedEvilInACan: He's referred to as having been "awakened" by Wilfre, rather than "created."
281* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He attacks the player by throwing ice shards from his mouth rather than fire.
282* WarmUpBoss: Ironic for an [[AnIcePerson ice dragon]]. Unlike the bosses that come after him, his attacks are predictable and easy to dodge.
283
284!Deadwood
285* TheCorruption
286* FragileSpeedster: The shadow inside Deadwood moves quickly and erratically, but it only takes 3 hits to defeat, the least of any boss in the game.
287* WhenTreesAttack
288* WakeUpCallBoss: Deadwood marks an increase in difficulty in Drawn to Life. Deadwood spawns a continuous swarm of shadow monsters to make up for his lack of attacks, and shakes the screen from time to time, which will knock you off of him and usually down to the ground. The shadow on the inside is no joke, either, because despite only taking 3 hits to defeat, it gains MercyInvincibility upon being hit, and it occasionally shakes the screen when it jumps from side to side.
289
290!Angler King
291A giant fish monster that Wilfre unleashed to stop the Hero. It shipwrecked Pirate Beard and his crew on the level where you find them.
292
293* DamageSpongeBoss: Has the most health out of any boss in the game, with a whopping 20 HP.
294* UnderwaterBossBattle: The only boss you fight underwater.
295
296!Giant Scorpion
297[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A giant scorpion that Wilfre has control over.]]
298
299* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The only boss to receive ''no'' foreshadowing whatsoever. The implication is that Wilfre created it immediately beforehand.
300* ScaryScorpions: It's a villainous scorpion.
301
302!Bakibeard
303A ghost of a Baki pirate captain whose ship is about to attack Watersong. He is the first boss in the DS game. He also has [[OneHundredPercentCompletion treasure hidden in every level]].
304
305* BackFromTheDead: You kill his puny, mortal form and then he comes back as a giant ghost. Though with all the other Baki ghosts flying around, his living form may have been an illusion.
306* BaitAndSwitchBoss: When you reach the end of the pirate ship, you discover...a [[TheGoomba Baki]] wearing a Pirate Captain’s outfit, who perishes [[OneHitPointWonder just as easily]] to your weapons (or [[GoombaStomp feet]]) as any other, exiting in the [[DeathThrows usual way]]...before the [[GivingUpTheGhost disembodied soul]] of said Captain rises back onscreen, understandably angry, and [[OneWingedAngel powers]] [[MakeMyMonsterGrow up]] to give the Hero a taste of their own medicine.
307* CurbStompBattle: The first phase treats him like an ordinary Baki. Go nuts.
308* NinjaZombiePirateRobot: The ghost of a pirate Baki.
309* WarmUpBoss: Like Frostwind in the first game, his attacks are predictable and easy to dodge, not to mention he only takes 8 hits to beat.
310
311!Giant Robosa
312A giant Robosa made by Key. It's actually a prototype that [[spoiler: Salem]] activated when [[spoiler: his hold over Miney had stopped]].
313
314* BackgroundBoss: For the portions of the battle not inside him.
315* BulletHell: {{Downplayed}} for his eyes, which shoot fire projectiles similarly to [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]].
316* EternalEngine: On the inside, he definitely is this.
317* HumongousMecha: Oh, yes, large enough to have the mechanical equivalent of a {{Womb Level}} inside it. However, as it was originally built for construction, its very industrial nature and more realistic bulk might bring it closer to the {{Real Robot Genre}}.
318* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A giant robotic Raposa. With fists for hands.
319* TurnsRed: Once both his eyes are destroyed, his movements become faster and his fists are exposed for a shorter period of time.
320* UnskilledButStrong: It is described as being impulsive and clumsy by Key. Despite this, the Giant Robosa still knows how to put up quite a fight with only its fists.
321
322[[/folder]]
323
324[[folder: Humans]]
325!Aly
326* DemonicPossession: Unknown to her, Aldark allows one of his minions to corrupt her in order to break Mike's heart by calling him a weirdo, causing Mike to finish his friendship with the hero.
327* NiceGirl: Outside Heather and Uncle Owen, she is one of the fewer townspeople to care about Mike when he lost his parents in the accident and everyone else in the town began to blame each other.
328
329!Deputy Snider
330* MyGreatestFailure: He doesn't sleep well at all since he accidentally killed Mike's parents in the car crash.
331[[/folder]]
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