Line #30 Characters/KiwiBlitz


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3	!The Heroes
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5	[[folder:Steffi Frohlich/Blitz]]
6	!!Steffi Frohlich
7	[[quoteright:201:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steffi_frohlich.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:201:Steffi Frohlich/Blitz]]
9	The main character of Kiwi Blitz, a 14 year old girl who decides to become a superhero out of boredom, [[HiddenDepths at least at first.]] She pilots the Kiwibot, a mecha designed for robot arena combat, and she is also trained in taekwondo (though not to the extent as her friend Ben). She is very enthusiastic and excitable, and has a habit of rushing into danger, but actually thinks things through better than her allies give her credit for.
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11	* AllergicToRoutine: Ben points out she'd be better at Tae Kwan Do if she hadn't quit taking lessons.
12	* AmbiguouslyBi: Steffi definitely likes guys, given how she eventually starts dating Ben, but Ben [[MistakenForGay had assumed that she wasn't into guys]], and the main issue she has with [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Chandra's crush on her]] is the fact that Chandra is ''[[NoYay eleven]]'', not that she's a girl.
13	* AnArmAndALeg: She lost her left leg [[spoiler:protecting her father from an assassin]].
14	* ArtificialLimbs: Has a prosthetic leg due to an injury she suffered in early childhood [[spoiler:jumping in front of a bullet aimed at her dad.]]
15	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She has the attention span of a ''gnat''.
16	* BadassAdorable: She's trained in taekwando, and a seasoned veteran of mech combat.
17	* BilingualBonus: Fluent in German and English (English is her second language).
18	* BloodKnight: [[DownplayedTrope A rather mild example.]] She participates in public mecha battles even before she became a superhero and clearly enjoys fighting, but she never tries to actually hurt or kill anyone.
19	* ClarkKenting: Averted - her distinctive hairstyle, connections to her father's mecha corporation, and a superhero identity composed of dozens of gratuitous German references (she wears a ''pickelhaube'', for goodness' sake) leave the media [[spoiler:and Chief Bahia]] easily guessing her identity.
20	* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler:Cho]] and [[spoiler:Tigris]] against Alter, although in the latter's case they are basically just mutually exploiting each other.
21	* ExperiencedProtagonist: Martial arts training and mech fighting come in handy when you're a wannabe vigilante.
22	* FunetikAksent: Steffi had a pronounced German accent as a little girl as shown in flashbacks.
23	* GenkiGirl: When presented with a new mech for her birthday, immediately decides to fight crime in it, and throughout the story seems to dive into situations with relish when she should really be thinking about them. She seems to get the trait from her father, who also exhibits some rather fun-loving tendencies.
24	* GenreSavvy: One of her greatest assets is her ability to exploit animesque tropes.
25	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her hair is naturally blonde, and she enjoys helping people as a superhero.
26	* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Inverted. Her gift of headphones to Benzene for his birthday [[spoiler: wound up helping save her life from Gear as Benzene did a last second save. In addition, the constant stream of noise coming from her own headphones reminds her that she's alive after her NearDeathExperience.]]
27	* HeroicBSOD: She does not take [[spoiler:letting her father and one of her closest friends get kidnapped]] very well.
28	* HiddenDepths: At first Steffi seems to have chosen to become a super hero just for fun. But in her conversation with Reed after [[spoiler:he loses his arm]] she shows that deep down she really does care about justice and has a great deal of respect for the police, despite being a vigilante herself.
29	* HypocriticalHumor: She keeps calling the members of Alter "furries" and acts like it's horrific, but besides being a kiwi-bird themed superhero, Ben notes that she seems a little too into picking a cool costume when planning on infiltrating the bar to catch Natrix for someone who mocks furries.
30	* IdiotHero: A downplayed example in that she's not ''stupid''... just reckless, emotionally immature, headstrong, and [[DidntThinkThisThrough prone to acting before she really thinks about what she's doing]].
31	* IKnowKungFu: Tae Kwan Do, to be exact.
32	* InelegantBlubbering: Exhibits this [[http://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/track-1019 here]], after finding out [[spoiler:the security guard whose death she felt responsible for hadn't actually died.]]
33	* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Says this word for word after explaining her story to [[spoiler:Chief Bahia and Cho]].
34	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Steffi can be a real jerk sometimes. [[spoiler: Like when she needles Tigris into telling her backstory and then refuses to pay attention to it.]]
35	* JumpedAtTheCall: After robot combat became too boring.
36	* KickChick: Prefers kicks to punches, and even lampshades it as part of her "kiwi" motif.
37	* MistakenForGay: When Steffi asks Ben if he ''likes'' her, he admits he thought she was gay. Steffi is ''not pleased.'' Ben's line was [[OrwellianRetcon later edited]] to say he thought she "[wasn't] really into guys".
38	* MissingMom: She went back to Germany and Steffi deliberately avoids contact with her. [[spoiler:This is because she hired the gunman who blew off Steffi's leg trying to kill her dad.]]
39	* NoPokerFace: According to Ben
40	* NothingIsScarier: Blitz has always worn headphones since she lost her leg. She thought she had died instantly, but as she was fainting from blood loss she found the music in her headphones to be a reassurance that she was still alive.
41	* RelationshipUpgrade: At [[spoiler:the end of Track 14]], she becomes [[spoiler:Benzene's]] girlfriend.
42	* RoseHairedSweetie: Dyes her blond hair pink [[spoiler:to avoid looking like her mother]].
43	* SecretIdentity: As Blitz... though the secret part is more of a [[OpenSecret "secret"]].
44	* SecurityBlanket: Her headphones. She hasn't taken them off since losing her leg, because the sound of her music was proof that she hadn't died yet. She goes nearly catatonic after she gets temporary hearing loss from an explosion during her fight with Gear.
45	* StepfordSmiler: To a degree. There are moments, particularly after an explosion courtesy of Gear gives her temporary hearing loss and when she [[spoiler:reveals to Benzene that her mother hired a hitman to kill her father]], where her flighty, cheerful demeanor drops, revealing a girl with a lot more baggage under the surface.
46	* SuperHero: She dresses up in a kiwi costume and fights crime in her HumongousMecha.
47	* SuperHeroesWearCapes: She pretty much insisted on one.
48	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:When she was five]], she took a bullet for [[spoiler:her father which severed her left leg.]]
49	[[/folder]]
50
51	[[folder:Benzene Contracter]]
52	Steffi's {{childhood friend\|s}} and unofficial sidekick. A pretty serious boy and fan of all things military. Pretty skilled at taekwondo and good with computers. He is pretty regularly exasperated by Steffi's actions and seems to have taken it upon himself to keep her out of trouble.
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54	* BadassNormal: Took down [[{{Cyborg}} Gear]] on his own with nothing but his martial arts skills, and did it with ''one move.''
55	* BadassInANiceSuit: What he was wearing when he fought Gear, due to having just come from his birthday party. He took the jacket off though.
56	* CombatPragmatist: Has no problem carrying (or using) a handgun he took from an Alter mook early in the comic. [[spoiler: Doesn't hesitate to shoot Gear in the back.]]
57	* DeadpanSnarker: Deals with Steffi's antics through endless sarcasm.
58	-->'''Steffi:''' It'll be awesome! I'd be just like ComicBook/IronMan!\
59	'''Ben:''' Sure, if Iron Man is both stupid and dead.
60	* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler:Cho]] and [[spoiler:Tigris]] against Alter, although in the latter's case they are basically just mutually exploiting each other.
61	* HypercompetentSidekick: Ben is the one who feeds Steffi tactical info, is generally portrayed as smarter, and is a better fighter than her hand to hand. But he sticks to the sidelines for the most part since he doesn't entirely approve of Steffi's actions.
62	* MissionControl: He takes this role for Steffi for the first few Tracks, but later takes to the field himself.
63	* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:He eventually admits that he enjoys superheroing just as much as Steffi does.]]
64	* OnlySaneMan: It typically falls to him to keep Steffi's antics in check.
65	* ParentalObliviousness: Benzene has just been caught by his parents, sneaking back in after being out all night backing up Steffi/Blitz. They are apparently concerned about him “sneaking out to see his girlfriend” but seem completely unaware that, if the plot makes any sense, he owns at least one (probably unlicensed) handgun and has shot at least one person with it, for no legitimate reason.
66	* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:At the end of Track 14, he becomes Steffi's boyfriend.]]
67	* SecretIdentity: As [[spoiler:Donner.]]
68	* SureLetsGoWithThat: At one point, when he is trying to get Steffi alone so they can discuss [[spoiler:telling her mother about recent events]], [[spoiler:Cho]] mistakenly assumes that they are having some boyfriend-girlfriend time. Ben makes no effort to correct her.
69	* TranquillizerDart: Gets an experimental tranq gun from [[spoiler: Cho for the raid on Alter.]]
70	[[/folder]]
71
72	[[folder:42]]
73	A [[DeceptivelyHumanRobot Japanese robot]] sent piece-by-piece to Steffi's father from his roboticist friend in order to avoid anti-robot laws. Since she was just sitting around the house Steffi press-ganged her into helping out with the super heroics.
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76	* ArtEvolution: [[spoiler: Once she becomes fully Sapient she's drawn like the rest of the cast. Her face actually moves.]]
77	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:At the end of Track 17, Barkley hacks her and turns her against the heroes.]]
78	* CombatPragmatist: Programmed to be nonviolent, she uses holograms and mind games to survive in a fight, as seen when she goes up against [[spoiler: her "sister", 39.]]
79	* DeceptivelyHumanRobot: She's designed to look and act human to put people at ease, but WordOfGod makes it clear that she is not actually self-aware, just really well programmed. [[spoiler:After her reconfiguration, she seems to have moved into true sapience]].
80	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Is reprogrammed by Private Barkley to serve Alter at the end of Track 17.]]
81	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Late in Track 25, the heroes manage to undo Barkley's hacking and get her back on their side.]]
82	* HollywoodHacking: She is very proficient in this. [[spoiler:She also falls victim to it in Track 17.]]
83	* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:Turns out Barkley couldn't actually hack her core AI, he just subverted some key external subroutines. He's still trying, she's still fighting.]]
84	* MadeOfIron: Bullets don't scratch her and she is even able to tank one of [[TheBrute Taurus']] punches.
85	* OffWithHisHead: Done in a non-canon art piece. Ben and her wrapped her own head in a Christmas present as a prank on Steffi.
86	* PerpetualSmiler: Does not have the ability to frown, [[spoiler: not even when she's burying her sister "alive".]]
87	* RobotGirl: A very creepy example.
88	* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Pushes Jones out of the way when Ben is forced to shoot her. Bonus points for doing so by [[DynamicEntry kicking her in the face.]]]]
89	* StealthHiBye: Tends to just show up behind people without warning, almost as if she was designed to give them the creeps.
90	* StepfordSmiler: Her smile is permanently built in but has no significance.
91	* UncannyValley: Explicitly mentioned in-universe on several occasions. For example she only blinks once every 10 seconds on the dot, and she just opens her mouth to talk due to the speaker in it.
92	** [[spoiler: Loses this when she becomes fully sapient after her reconfiguration. Most likely because she properly understand emotions and has a subconscious.]]
93	* YouAreNumberSix: Her name is simply the number 42.
94	[[/folder]]
95
96	[[folder:Heinrich Frohlich]]
97	Steffi's father and owner of the Mecha Machen design and manufacturing company. Kickstarts the plot by giving Steffi the Kiwibot on her 14th birthday. Fully supports his daughter's decision to become a superhero, until she gets herself into actual danger that is. Not a particularly responsible father.
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99	* ArmsDealer: The old family business. Heinrich made changes when he got in charge.
100	* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:At the end of Track 17, he is captured by Cebus along with Reed.]]
101	* ManChild: He loves building Steffi's quirky mecha about as much as Steffi loves playing with them.
102	* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:Due to a combination of paranoia, resentment, and the belief that he would get custody of Steffi in a divorce proceeding, his own wife tried to have him killed in the incident that cost Steffi her leg.]]
103	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: [[IconicOutfit Once wore German Flag colored boxers.]]
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Francis Freeman]]
107	The rather quiet assistant to the Frolich household.
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109	* AlliterativeName: '''F'''rancis '''F'''reeman.
110	* AscendedExtra: She started out as a nameless prop before getting some characterization late in Track 22.
111	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Late in Track 22, the insanity Steffi gets up to finally pushes her too far, and she ''snaps'' and goes on a tirade. During the sound bite at the end of the chapter, she internally threatens to ''kill Steffi'' if she gets Heinrich killed due to her recklessness.
112	* CannotSpitItOut: She's crushing bad on Heinrich, but cannot express her feelings.
113	* TheGenericGuy: In her own words: "I'm the kind of person who's never stood out from the crowd."
114	* NoNameGiven: She was just a nameless assistant all the way until Track 22.
115	* TheQuietOne: She doesn't really talk much.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	!The Cops
119
120	[[folder:Reed Bahia]]
121	A policeman in the NYPD, the son of the current Police Chief. Out of all the police shown he is the only one who seems to really want to stand up to the various supercriminals running around causing trouble, and he [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure is always quick to point out that while Steffi is a vigilante, it's the people she's]] ''[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure fighting against]]'' [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure who are the real villains.]] [[TheCommissionerGordon Serves as Steffi's one and only ally in the police.]]
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123	* AmbiguouslyBrown: From his last name, he is most likely Indian.
124	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Gear cuts off his arm and leaves him alive to try to prove some kind of point.]]
125	* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:He gets [[{{Pun}} disarmed]] by Gear and has said arm replaced with a prosthetic.]]
126	* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:At the end of Track 17, he is captured by Cebus along with Heinrich.]]
127	* BadassNormal: He can keep up with the rest of the cast despite not being a cyborg or having a mecha.
128	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:After getting a prosthetic arm.]]
129	* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:When Jones is revealed to be TheMole.]]
130	* FacialMarkings: Left over from a rebellious phase as a teenager.
131	* FairCop: A male example; he is devoted to his job, and ''not'' unattractive.
132	* PoliceAreUseless: Went into the police force specifically to try and avoid this trope.
133	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After losing his arm in a fight with Gear, he has it replaced with a bionic prosthetic [[SwissArmyWeapon bristling with weaponry.]]]]
134	* WasItAllALie: [[spoiler:How he reacts to Jones being TheMole.]]
135	* WellDoneSonGuy: Reed's greatest dream as a child was to be a policeman like his father. It's revealed later that Reed's father is the current police chief.
136	[[/folder]]
137
138	[[folder:Chief Bahia]]
139	A seasoned NYPD veteran, the chief of police and father of Reed. He does not approve of Blitz's antics.
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141	* ByTheBookCop: But not at the expense of the big picture, as he tells Steffi that arresting her wouldn't be worth the effort of processing her when he has bigger fish to fry.
142	* TheCommissionerGordon: Downplayed - he does not approve of Blitz, but during the ambush in Track 17 he works with her with little complaint.
143	* CoolOldGuy: Proves to be extremely hard to kill during Track 17.
144	* DaChief: He's the chief of police in New York.
145	* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:When Jones is revealed to be TheMole.]]
146	* {{Facepalm}}: His reaction to [[spoiler:hearing the entire tale of Steffi's antics as Blitz]].
147	* AFatherToHisMen: Does not take it well when several of his officers are injured in an ambush [[spoiler:and Jones turns out to be TheMole.]] Of course, he's literally the father of one of them.
148	* LoveObstructingParents: Averted. He approves of Reed and Jones' relationship. [[spoiler:After the latter's reveal as TheMole, however, he obviously changes his tune.]]
149	* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He has figured out Blitz's identity - [[ClarkKenting not that it was very difficult]].]]
150	[[/folder]]
151
152	[[folder:Cho]]
153	Reed's sarcastic partner.
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155	* ButchLesbian: As it turns out, she has a wife she loves very much.
156	* CowboyCop: [[spoiler:Teams up with Steffi, Benzene, and Tigris, vigilantes and a criminal, respectively, to free Heinrich and Reed from Alter.]]
157	* DeadpanSnarker: A common trait amongst this crew.
158	* EnemyMine: With [[spoiler:Blitz]] and [[spoiler:Tigris]] against Alter, although in the latter's case they are basically just mutually exploiting each other.
159	* HappilyMarried: To an unnamed wife. Much to everyone's surprise.
160	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her sarcasm is legendary, but she does care about protecting civilians and has a close friendship with Reed. [[spoiler: This comes to a head when she teams up with Steffi, Ben, and Tigris to rescue him from Alter.]]
161	* LastNameBasis: Everyone calls her Cho, her last name. [[spoiler: Her first name is Helen.]]
162	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Blitz first appears, she and Reed are "unable" to capture her.
163	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:During Track 15, she draws a gun on Jones and appears to be betraying her, but then she accuses her (correctly) of being TheMole.]]
164	* SecretKeeper: In Track 21, [[spoiler:she becomes this for Steffi on two levels. One, she knows her SecretIdentity as Blitz. Two,]] [[spoiler:on a more personal level, she knows about her issues with her mother.]]
165	* TheStoic: She is usually pretty deadpan.
166	[[/folder]]
167
168	[[folder:Celesta Jones]]
169	A spunky young recruit. Becomes Reed's girlfriend.
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171	* CoolBigSis: Cool older cousin to Chandra.
172	* FairCop: She's a new police recruit, and is fairly easy on the eyes.
173	* GenkiGirl: She's rather perky.
174	* LoveInterest: To Reed.
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Flores and Barnes]]
178	Two cops who are rarely seen apart. Flores is the girl, and Barnes the guy.
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180	* CowboyCop: [[spoiler:Barnes provides Ben police supplies so he can exact revenge on Alter for injuring Flores.]]
181	* FacialMarkings: Flores has a big plus sign on one cheek and a minus sign on the other, so far unexplained.
182	* GoodCopBadCop: When interrogating Natrix, Flores plays the bad cop to Barnes' good cop. Jones wonders if Flores is relieving stress.
183	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Barnes.
184	* ShipTease: During a break-in to reclaim the impounded Kiwi-Bot, Blitz [[spoiler:and Raccoon]] knock them out and put them into a cute pose next to each other. 42 later suggests that Barnes has romantic feelings for Flores.
185	* SleepCute: After being knocked out by Blitz [[spoiler:and Raccoon]], they are put into such a pose for giggles.
186	* ThoseTwoGuys: Tigris even refers to them as such.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	!The Villains
190
191	[[folder:Private Reinald Barkley]]
192	A mentally unstable soldier who stole a mecha and went on a bit of a rampage. Steffi's first challenge as Blitz.
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194	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:He shows up in Track 17 and is apparently working with Alter.]]
195	* CompanionCube: The AI of his mecha, which was designed to provide a source of comfort for soldiers in the field. For Barkley, [[GoneHorriblyRight it worked too well]]. [[spoiler: He even admits to 42 that he knows she's not really sapient. That AIs are mostly If-Then and instructions. But he doesn't care. Because he doesn't think it's right to just throw something away that was interacted with a bunch, especially as she was his only companion during the entire war. And ARIS is the only thing he really has in the world.]] Also, she [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-583 does a pretty good job]] at faking sapience.
196	* ShellShockedVeteran: Trauma over surviving a war drives him to steal a mecha containing the AI that kept him stable.
197	* StarterVillain: He's the first opponent Blitz faces.
198	[[/folder]]
199
200	[[folder:The Raccoon]]
201	A costumed thief who steals on the behalf of a mysterious organization. Definitely a criminal, but seems to be a decent kid for the most part. After Steffi's Kiwibot was captured by the police, she blackmailed the Raccoon into helping her steal it back.
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203	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Has fairly tan skin, but unclear ethnicity. [[spoiler:Considering that her last name is "Makisig", they're likely of Filipino descent]].
204	* BadassAdorable: Not only able to fight Steffi on an even footing, but also took down ''three adult police officers'' when attempting to steal back the Kiwibot.
205	* {{Bifauxnen}}: A pretty boy [[spoiler:who turns out to not be a boy at all]].
206	* BlatantBurglar: Gets a big kick out of showing off.
207	* EtTuBrute: Doesn't take it well when [[spoiler:she is duped into thinking Steffi sold her out]].
208	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Refuses to use the grappling hook on Steffi [[spoiler:in their first fight]] because it could kill her. [[spoiler:Even during their rematch when she believes Steffi sold her out to the police, she just uses her grappling hook to keep Steffi away from Cebus, and is shocked when Steffi fails to dodge one of her punches.]]
209	* EvilIsPetty: After learning that one of Alter's prisoners is [[spoiler:Heinrich Frolich, father of Blitz, who she believes sold her out to the police]], Raccoon refuses to give him any food, forcing his cellmate to poke crumbles through the holes in their cage.
210	* GrapplingHookPistol: Built into a gauntlet.
211	* HonorAmongThieves: "I may be a thief, but I ain't no liar!"
212	* PrecociousCrush: Develops one on Steffi/Blitz.
213	* PunchClockVillain: Isn't really evil, just a kleptomaniac driven by inescapable compulsions.
214	* PuppyDogEyes: After getting PunchedAcrossTheRoom by Steffi.
215	* TheReveal: The Raccoon's true identity is [[spoiler:a young girl named Chandra Makisig who turns out to be being groomed and enabled by her older cousin Cebus]].
216	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:Plot twist: she's a girl, and a young one at that.]]
217	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: When Steffi interrupts The Raccoon from eating a sandwich and making "nomph nom" noises, The Raccoon ends up saying one of them.
218	* StickyFingers: "Now, before anyone asks: Yes, [TR] has Kleptomania. No, it does not compel [TR] to dress up as a Raccoon and steal things for mysterious third parties." - '''Mary''' (Author), [[http://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/track-07bite here]] (spoilers on page).
219	* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Raccoon has a TON of gadgets such as the claw hook, smoke bombs, a taser knuckle, knockout patches, and more. It's quite amazing considering that [[spoiler:she's just a young girl.]] It's implied that all of the gear is supplied by a larger organization. [[spoiler:An impression reinforced when we learn she's being enabled and groomed by her cousin Celesta AKA Cebus.]]
220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder:Gear]]
223	A {{Cyborg}} supervillain who seems motivated purely by boredom and sadism. Robs a bank specifically to lure Blitz out for a fight. Half of her body is cybernetic.
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225	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Cuts through the Kiwibot with ease.
226	* AffablyEvil: Typically projects a cheerful and friendly (if AxCrazy) demeanor.
227	* ArchEnemy: [[ConversationalTroping She suggests she is Blitz's, but Blitz denies it.]]
228	* AxCrazy: Appears to genuinely enjoy hurting people.
229	* BerserkButton: She does ''not'' take it well when [[spoiler:Cebus calls her Maggie]].
230	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Her first prosthetic arm has a retractable blade instead of a hand.
231	* CardCarryingVillain: She freely admits she's consciously embracing villainy.
232	* ConversationalTroping: Sprinkles trope references throughout her conversation, perhaps as part of the villainous persona she appears to be deliberately trying to cultivate.
233	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: She appears to have embraced this trope wholeheartedly; especially since a glimpse at her BackStory shows she UsedToBeASweetKid back when she received her first prosthetics.
234	* {{Cyborg}}: Of the "[[spoiler:we can rebuild her after hideous mutilation]]" variety.
235	* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:She lost most of the left side of her body in a bombing that also killed her parents.]]
236	* DoNotCallMePaul: [[spoiler:Does not like to be called Margaret. God help you if you call her "Maggie."]]
237	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing she does onscreen is walk into A. Bank, idly remark that it seems a little quaint, and then [[spoiler:disdainfully stab a security guard who tries to talk to her for looking "aggressively boring".]]
238	* EyepatchOfPower: Pretty literally. As in, it's an eyepatch with an "on/off" symbol on it.
239	* FingerFirearms: Her original bionic arm was a handless ArmCannon with a concealed blade. She later gets an updated version that has a hand with a gun barrel built into each finger in place of the blade.
240	* ForTheEvulz: Her apparent motivation. We later get some glimpses of her backstory that hint at deeper psychological issues.
241	* FreudianExcuse: What we see of her backstory is pretty horrific.
242	* KnightOfCerebus: She's the first seriously dangerous villain.
243	* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[http://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-442 Page 442.]]
244	* NightmareFetishist: Aside from her propensity for maiming, hurting and mutilating people, it's implied that she lives in the same abandoned subway station where the bomb dismembered her and killed her parents.
245	* SwissArmyAppendage: Her first prosthetic arm contains a big serrated blade and a machinegun. Her second version is upgraded to include a hand in place of the blade.
246	* ThatManIsDead: Cebus manages to hit this button, too. As far as she's concerned, little [[spoiler:Maggie]] is gone and only Gear remains.
247	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Steffi mentions that Gear's face is too long for her to be seventeen like she claims.
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	[[folder:Natrix]]
251	A [[LittleBitBeastly reptilian-looking criminal]] who is the front man for Alter. More of a consigliere than a boss.
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253	* BioAugmentation: In this case with snake DNA.
254	* TheFace: He's Alter's front man but not the leader.
255	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The Raccoon has no issue selling him out to Blitz, and thus indirectly, the police, and the other Alter members don't seem to like him much either.
256	* LittleBitBeastly: Has snakelike eyes and scales on his face.
257	* NonActionGuy: Ben takes him down without a fight.
258	* VillainsOutShopping: He's introduced playing ''TabletopGame/GoFish''.
259	[[/folder]]
260
261	[[folder:Dr. Hardane/Hircus]]
262	The true leader of Alter, appears to be a WellIntentionedExtremist.
263	----
264	* AntiClimaxBoss: Jokingly discussed in the in-universe cast page. "He got arrested shortly after appearing, and thus loses points for being a really shitty Boss Battle."
265	* BioAugmentation: If Tigris is to be believed, his true goal is curing genetic disorders; the body modder stuff funds his therapeutic research.
266	* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's set up as the leader of Alter and the main villain of the comic, but is swiftly usurped by Cebus.
267	* AFatherToHisMen: He refuses to sell out Alter even after Cebus backstabs him.
268	* TheManBehindTheMan: The true leader of Alter, Natrix was just a front man.
269	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: His followers call him "Doc".
270	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: The laws against genetic experiments on humans drove him underground.
271	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He uses the profits from his criminal organization to fund research into curing genetic disorders.
272	[[/folder]]
273
274	[[folder:Cebus '''(MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
275	Celesta Jones, a (seemingly) spunky young recruit for the police. In reality, she is an Alter mole codenamed Cebus.
276	----
277	* BigBad: She betrays Hircus to seize control of Alter and becomes the main antagonist of the comic from that point onward.
278	* BioAugmentation: She looks normal. She's not.
279	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's either a psychopath, a sociopath, or a solipsist; possibly all three. She's definitely adept at manipulating others.
280	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Backstabs the police for Alter, then backstabs Alter boss Hircus so she can take over herself, and may have backstabbed her cousin Chandra by outing her to the police to exploit her resulting vulnerability.
281	* DelayedReaction: After [[spoiler:getting impaled in the arm by an EMP katana]].
282	-->'''Page 600:''' Wha
283	-->'''Page 601:''' '''NGGGYAAAAAAARGH!'''
284	* DirtyCop: Turns out to be feeding information to Alter from the inside.
285	* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's a total piece of shit, but [[http://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-533 even she wouldn't]] force Heinrich to watch her kill Steffi.
286	* EvilAllAlong: She's introduced as a heroic MauveShirt, only to turn out to be a mole for a criminal association.
287	* HateSink: From being an unrepentant mole, to her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, to her exploitation of her cousin's kleptomania, to her motives, there is nothing redeemable about her.
288	* ItsAllAboutMe: Down even says as much, noting that she's only on the side of herself.
289	* {{Jerkass}}
290	-->'''Cast page:''' Kind of a huge asshole, honestly.
291	-->'''Blitz:''' What is your '''problem! Is it just-- your mission-- to be the world's biggest asshole!?'''
292	* KlingonPromotion: Allows Hircus to be arrested so she can take over Alter.
293	* LoveInterestTraitor: She's set up as Reed's love interest, only to knife him in the back.
294	* MeaningfulName: "Cebus" is a genus of monkey.
295	* TheMole: First for Alter, but she has no loyalty to it either.
296	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Unlike other Alter members, all she wants is to make money from Hircus and Down's genetic engineering research.
297	* TheStarscream: She betrays her boss in order to take power for herself.
298	* SuperSoldier: Although she has not been modified to look like an animal, she has still had some genetic modification and can keep up in a fight with Reed despite his prosthetic enhancements.
299	* SurroundedByIdiots: When finally cornered by the heroes, she complains that there isn't a single competent person in all of Alter. Steffi promptly quips that that includes her.
300	* UnfriendlyFire: After deposing Hircus she tries to murder Tigris, who is the one Alter member strong enough and loyal enough to pose a real threat.
301	* WalkingSpoiler: You can't discuss any of her actions post-Track 17 without revealing that she's TheMole.
302	* WasItAllALie: Reed gives this line to her after her betrayal. She responds that she actually did think he was kind of cute.
303	[[/folder]]
304
305	[[folder:Tigris]]
306	A cranky and short-tempered tiger girl who dresses and acts like an anime character. Has an intense-to-the-point-of-deadly rivalry with Cebus and really, really dislikes Steffi.
307	----
308	* BerserkButton: Do NOT accuse her of being a furry if you know what's good for you.
309	* CatGirl: And not the cute and cuddly kind.
310	* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler:With Taurus.]]
311	* DoNotCallMePaul: Hates being called "Kitty".
312	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Offers to team up with Blitz against their common enemy Cebus, although she admits that they are basically exploiting one another.]]
313	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is very affectionate with Taurus, and very loyal to Hircus for saving his life.
314	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Besides [[spoiler:Taurus]], who she's been friends with since they were children, and Alter's boss Hircus, she doesn't really like any of Alter's members. And it's [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-606 reciprocated]]:
315	-->'''Tigris:''' Cebus tried to kill me first!\
316	'''Alter member 1:''' Well I assume she had a good reason!\
317	'''Alter member 2:''' I mean, it ''is'' Tigris, right?\
318	'''Cho:''' Does anyone in your gang actually like you?
319	* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: When [[spoiler:Blitz]] asks if Taurus is her boyfriend, she immediately gets extremely flustered, denies it, and then changes the subject.
320	* InsistentTerminology: It's not a samurai sword, it's a katana.
321	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Appears to believe this, as befits a Japanese culture otaku.
322	* OccidentalOtaku: Piggy calls her "[[IncrediblyLamePun Weabro]]" for her troubles. She's even wearing a SailorFuku when Alter ambushes the police.
323	[[/folder]]
324
325	[[folder:Taurus]]
326	A quiet yet strong bull man.
327	----
328	* TheBrute: He is Alter's main strongman.
329	* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler:With Tigris.]]
330	* EvilIsPetty: When playing ''TabletopGame/GoFish'' with Natrix.
331	-->'''Natrix''': Got any threes? ''[camera shows Taurus' hand, and he has a three]''\
332	'''Taurus''': Go fish.\
333	'''Natrix''': What! Are you '''sure''' you're not cheating?\
334	'''Taurus''': [[BlatantLies Nope.]]
335	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Treats Tigris like an older sister.
336	* NoSell: Ben tries to taze him. [[RhymesOnADime It doesn't faze him.]]
337	* TheQuietOne: Rarely says much.
338	* TerseTalker: When he does talk, it tends to be in simple, one-word sentences.
339	* UndyingLoyalty: To Tigris. [[spoiler:When he learns that some sort of mutiny is happening within Alter, he immediately sides with Tigris with no further context given to him.]]
340	* VillainsOutShopping: He's introduced playing Go Fish.
341	[[/folder]]
342
343	[[folder:Canis]]
344	A tall brown dog man with floppy ears. Definitely not man's best friend.
345	----
346	* CodeName: Complains Alter's code names are no fun because they're all so glaringly obvious. What's the point of having a code name anyone can guess just by looking at you?
347	[[/folder]]
348
349	[[folder:Lupus]]
350	A short gray wolf kid with a good nose for tracking.
351	----
352	* AmbiguousGender: Cebus refers to them with the pronoun "they".
353	* BloodKnight: Likes to fight just for the joy of fighting.
354	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They seem like a complete joke at first, but [[spoiler:they beat ''[[HypercompetentSidekick Ben]]'' in hand-to-hand combat - which they refer to as [[JustToyingWithThem "Playing with him"]] - and even manage to put up a decent fight against ''42.'' Not a ''great'' fight, but still [[CurbstompCushion better than anyone else in the comic.]]]]
355	* EvilIsPetty: Asks if they can have Canis' codename after Canis gets captured.
356	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Although they bluff about it, they can't shoot an unarmed Ben]].
357	* MookChivalry: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. They straight-up forget that they should probably be ganging up on Ben until Sus calls them out on it.
358	[[/folder]]
359
360	[[folder:Drakky]]
361	A big, rather draconic looking man, probably due to crocodillian DNA.
362	----
363	* TheBrute: Alter's ''other'' big guy after Taurus.
364	[[/folder]]
365
366	[[folder:Sylvilagus]]
367	A rabbit woman who gets rolled over during the raid on Alter HQ.
368	----
369	* NoNameGiven: She's only named in the commentary of [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-552 Page 552]], and that her nickname is "Sylvi".
370	[[/folder]]
371
372	[[folder:Down]]
373	Another EvilutionaryBiologist behind Alter's BioAugmentation program. Does not appear to share Dr. Hardane's altruism.
374	----
375	* BioAugmentation: Warns [[spoiler:Reed and Heinrich]] not to assume she's baseline just because she's not fuzzy.
376	* EveryManHasHisPrice: Defied. "This group has its weirdos, but everyone has their reasons for being here... reasons that go beyond pure money."
377	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Cebus is defeated, Down suggests over the building's PA system that everyone grab their stuff and run like hell.
378	* PlayingWithSyringes: Hints that she's not above experimenting on unwilling subjects.
379	* TheUnfettered: Has a problem with pesky laws that limit genetic research on humans for much less noble reasons than Hircus.
380	[[/folder]]
381
382	[[folder:35]]
383	Another gynoid from the same model line as 42. Captured and reprogrammed by their father's enemies.
384	----
385	* BuriedAlive: Her fate at the hands of 42 after her ill-fated assassination attempt. Once [[spoiler:freed from Barkley's hacking]], 42 digs her up [[spoiler:to have Barkley re-reprogram her]].
386	* CainAndAbel: The Cain to 42's Abel, who she tries to kill after her captors reprogrammed her.
387	* YouAreNumberSix: Like 42, she simply has the number 35 for a name.
388	[[/folder]]
389
390	!Other
391
392	[[folder:Miriam Frolich]]
393	Steffi's mother. Still alive, but no longer a part of her life.
394	----
395	* DisproportionateRetribution: Heinrich fully admits that he was not a good husband or father, but [[spoiler:that doesn't justify trying to have him assassinated.]]
396	* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Heinrich is an immature ManChild who is more concerned with designing cool robots than being a parent, but Miriam ends up doing much more harm to Steffi than Heinrich ever could.]]
397	* MissingMom: Returned to Germany before the story started.
398	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Never appears in person in the main story, [[spoiler:but is the reason why Steffi lost her leg.]]
399	* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:Due to a combination of paranoia, resentment, and the belief that her husband would get custody of Steffi in a divorce proceeding, Miriam tried to have him killed in the incident that cost Steffi her leg.]]
400	* WalkingSpoiler: It's almost impossible to talk about her without mentioning her [[spoiler:attempt to have her husband assassinated.]]
401	[[/folder]]
402
403	[[folder:Barry]]
404	A friend of Heinrich's who works with prosthetics. Made Steffi's leg.
405	----
406	* PlayingBothSides: Is perfectly willing to work with both Blitz and [[spoiler: her self-proclaimed rival, Gear.]]
407	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Appears in less than half a dozen pages of the comic apparently just to provide a replacement for [[spoiler:Reed's arm]] but is later revealed to also be the source of [[spoiler:Gear's weaponized prosthetics - and is implied to have influenced, or at least encouraged, her [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul mentality]] as well.]]
408	[[/folder]]

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