Line #23 Characters/LittleBrother


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3	!Introduced in ''Little Brother''
4	[[folder:Main Characters]]
5	!!Marcus Yallow/w1n5t0n/m1k3y
6	The star of the story, which is told from his perspective. He is a teenager attending Cesar Chavez High School, in San Francisco, California. In his spare time, he enjoys creating gadgets and hacking computers. However, after a terrorist attack destroys the Bay Bridge, he and his friends are caught by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for suspicious behaviour. Refusing to give up his rights, Marcus is subjected to mild torture before being released back into society, which now regards stopping terrorism to be more important than one's well-being. Angered by their blatant disregard for civil liberties, Marcus establishes a vendetta against the DHS. Taking on the alias of M1k3y, he uses his knowledge to reveal and abuse all of the loopholes that show the flaws of the system.
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8	* TheHero: The protagonist of both books.
9	* LeetLingo: Marcus's nicknames (w1n5t0n and m1k3y).
10	* PrecisionFStrike: In ''Homeland'', after [[spoiler: deciding to let Darryl choose what to do, and letting him decide on releasing all of the Darknet docs to the public]].
11	--> '''Marcus''': Yeah... Yeah, that sounds about right. Let's '''fucking''' do it.
12	* {{Revenge}}: His main motive for taking down the DHS in ''Little Brother'' is getting revenge for Darryl's disappearance, probable torture and possible death.
13	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Basically the entirety of ''Little Brother''.
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15	!!Darryl Glover
16	Marcus' best friend. Is harbouring a long-term crush on Vanessa. During the frenzy following a terrorist attack, he is stabbed in the chest. Marcus and his other comrades try to get help, but are mistaken for terrorists and captured by the DHS. For almost the entirety of ''Little Brother'', it is unknown not only where Darryl is, but if he's even still alive. [[spoiler: He is, and Marcus and Barbara find and rescue him near the end of ''Little Brother''. He returns in ''Homeland'', developing his relationship with Van, and convinces Marcus to release the Darknet Docs.]]
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18	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After he is tortured by the DHS in ''Little Brother''.]]
19	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler:''Homeland'' reveals that he really wants to be actively involved in Marcus's efforts to fight the DHS, and he wants to be the protagonist for once.]]
20	* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:With Van at the end of ''Little Brother''.]]
21	* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:"I'm Sorry."]]
22	* [[PlotTriggeringDeath Plot Triggering Disappearance]]: His disappearance spurs most of the events of ''Little Brother''.
23	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:His appearance in ''Homeland'' spoils the majority of ''Little Brother'', just knowing that he is actually alive is a huge twist for the first book.]]
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25	!!Jose Luis Torrez, AKA Jolu
26	One of Marcus' original three friends. Although he never took a major role in the group before the terrorism attack, his programming skills and access to the technology at a company called Pigspleen are vital when Marcus is first establishing his plans. [[spoiler: He eventually leaves Marcus's efforts to ensure his safety.]] He and Marcus remain good friends, and he reappears in ''Homeland'', where he [[spoiler: helps Marcus with the Darknet Docs and gives him advice at the end of the story. He is pursuing a relationship with Kylie.]]
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28	!!Vanessa "Van" Pak
29	One of Marcus' friends before the bombing of the Bay Bridge, who gets caught and imprisoned alongside Marcus, Darryl and Jolu. Her parents are Korean immigrants. [[spoiler: She decides not to follow Marcus' anti-DHS movement, for fear that it'll only make things worse in the long run.]] The end of ''Little Brother'' reveals that [[spoiler: she has had a crush on Marcus all along. However, she suppresses these feelings and ends up in a relationship with Darryl.]]
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31	* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:To Marcus]] in ''Little Brother''.
32	* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler: With Darryl]] at the end of ''Little Brother''.
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34	!!Angela "Ange" Carvelli
35	An attractive, blonde-haired friend of Jolu's that attends the same school as Van. Marcus meets her during his campaign to show that the DHS has taken security measures too far. She is supportive of Marcus' actions against the DHS, and the two begin dating soon after they meet.
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38	[[folder: Chavez High]]
39	!!Frederick Benson
40	One of the three vice-principals of Cesar Chavez High School. Dislikes Marcus due to his history of finding ways to get around the school rules, and supports the security measures the DHS enforce after the terrorist attack. He returns briefly in ''Homeland'', when [[spoiler: the Darknet Docs reveal that he was spying on his students.]]
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42	* HopelessWithTech: Seems to be this. Marcus wonders whether or not he has even worked out that the numbers in his nickname "w1n5t0n" represent letters or not. [[spoiler: He seems to understand enough to be able to use [=LaptopLock=], though.]]
43	* ThePeepingTom: [[spoiler:Spies on his students through abusing a program called [=LaptopLock=], which allows him to, among other things, access the students' ''webcams''.]]
44	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:His fate is never revealed, although presumably it wasn't pretty, considering the docs relating to his usage of [=LaptopLock=] were leaked onto Reddit.]]
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46	!!Ms. Galvez
47	Marcus's Social Studies teacher. Marcus likes her because she allows her students to have discussions about current events in her class. [[spoiler: She eventually gets fired after a discussion involving the DHS gets out-of-hand.]]
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49	* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher
50	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is unknown what happened to her after [[spoiler: she was fired and replaced by Mrs. Andersen]].
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52	!!Mrs. Andersen
53	Marcus's [[spoiler: second Social Studies teacher]]. She appears after a heated in-class discussion about the DHS leads [[spoiler: to Ms. Galvez's early dismissal]]. She supports the belief that one's happiness and freedoms should be supressed if it means liberty can be enforced.
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55	* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Introduced as this.
56	* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher
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58	!!Charles Walker
59	A student in Marcus' Social Studies class that supports the rules that the DHS are enforcing. He is a football player, a bully, and a snitch.
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61	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Subverted. At the end of the ''Little Brother'', he tries to take down Marcus for opposing the DHS but is intantly thrown off by Masha]].
62	* TheMole: For the teachers. Doesn't try to hide this.
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65	[[folder:Miscellaneous Characters]]
66	!!Lillian Yallow
67	Marcus' mother. She views the DHS's methods of terrorist locating and preventing to be extreme and against the rights of civillans, but does not go as far as Marcus does to protest against their actions.
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69	!!Mr. Yallow
70	Marcus' father. Although he supported free rights, Marcus' sudden disappearance led to him thinking the worst, and he began blindly supporting the DHS. [[spoiler: He eventually comes round to Marcus' side after he explains to him what really happened on the day of the terrorist attack. He kicks off the rest of the book by sending Marcus to Barbara Stratford.]]
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72	* BlindObedience: To the DHS throughout ''Little Brother''. [[spoiler: Subverted after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
73	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When he learns that the DHS aren't the good guys, and the Xnetters aren't the bad guys.]]
74	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He is shocked to learn that the DHS are every bit as evil as the Xnetters have said they are, and that he has been backing them instead of his own son this whole time.]]
75	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After Marcus explains what the DHS did to them to him.]]
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77	!!Major General Graeme Sutherland
78	The commanding officer for Northern California DHS operations. After Marcus' first attempts to sabotage the DHS, he announces that they will increase its staffing and analyst levels. When he later calls Trudy Doo's illegal concert to a show of support for terrorism, [[spoiler: it is revealed that he had a hand in capturing and imprisoning Marcus' friends after the terrorist attack]].
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80	!!Trudy Doo
81	The singer/front-woman of the anarcho-feminist band 'Speedwhores'. She is also the founder of Pigspleen, a company that creates programs for use on the internet. She employs Jolu and Marcus while they are establishing the Xnet, which is a government-interference-free method of online communication accessed through Microsoft Xboxes. Later on, her band holds an illegal concert that supports M1k3y's beliefs. She re-appears in ''Homeland'', attending a protest alongside Marcus and Liam, and pushes Marcus into his People's Mic speech relating to the [[spoiler: Darknet Docs]].
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83	!!Barbara Stratford
84	An investigative reporter working for the "Bay Guardian" newsletter. She is also a friend of Marcus' mother, [[spoiler: who decides to report his story once he reveals how he was detained by the DHS. She is a crucial part of the climax of the story, when she leads a team of police into the prison on Treasure Island and begins to arrest the members of the DHS]].
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86	* AdultsAreUseless: [[spoiler: Completely subverted; her actions are basically what end up saving Marcus in the final chapters]] of ''Little Brother''.
87	* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Shows up to save Marcus and arrest the staff of Gitmo-By-The-Bay prison at the very last minute]] in ''Little Brother''.
88	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is only mentioned a couple of times in ''Homeland''.
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90	!!Ron Glover
91	Darryl's father. A retired Navy radio operator, he enters a period of despair after Darryl fails to return home.
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94	[[folder:Spoiler Characters]]
95	'''NOTE''': All spoilers for ''Little Brother'' will remain unmarked in this section. All spoilers for ''Homeland'', however, will be marked.
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97	!!Zeb
98	A homeless man Marcus runs into on the streets, Zeb shared a cell with Darryl after the DHS took them both away under false pretences. He slips Marcus a note that lets him know what happened to his best friend and it is later used to back up Barabra Stratford's story. Marcus ends up living with him (during which time he finds out that Zeb is a freegan – he only eats food that has been thrown away by somebody else) until he is kidnapped again by the DHS. He returns in ''Homeland'' [[spoiler: as Masha's love interest, although they are revealed to be having relationship issues in the book's final chapter. He is thought to have been kidnapped (by Zyz) throughout the book.]]
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100	* AccidentalHero: He never actually intended for his note to be released to the public, but he wasn't upset with Marcus for doing it.
101	%%* DistressedDude: In ''Homeland''.
102	* HomelessHero: He puts a lot on the line to help Marcus's cause.
103	* LastMinuteHookup: With Masha at the end of ''Little Brother''.
104	* WalkingSpoiler: Anything about him spoils his appearance late into ''Little Brother''.
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106	!!Masha
107	A girl who, while working for the DHS, [=IMs=] Marcus with the offer of protection from the DHS. She meets up with him at the [=VampMob=], and is revealed to be the pink-haired girl who photographed Marcus and his friends during the game of Harajuku Fun Madness at the beginning of the story. She eventually kidnaps him when he tries to resist. He escapes from her, with her phone, and on it the picture that proves Darryl's existence and disappearance at the hands of the DHS. She returns in ''Homeland'', [[spoiler: at Burning Man, and gives Marcus a USB containing the torrent for the Darknet Docs. She is kidnapped along with Zeb by Carrie Johnstone shortly after.]]
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109	* ChekhovsGunman: She's actually the pink-haired Harajuku Fun Madness player from Chapter 2.
110	%%* DamselInDistress: In ''Homeland''.
111	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Can never seem to make up whether she's on the side of Marcus and the other Xnetters, or the DHS. [[spoiler: She's a protagonist]] in ''Homeland''.
112	* LastMinuteHookup: With Zeb at the end of ''Little Brother''.
113	* TheMole: For the DHS in the Xnetters' Web of Trust, and for Marcus in the DHS.
114	* WalkingSpoiler: She only shows up late into ''Little Brother'', and almost anything about her – including her true identity – is a spoiler.
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116	!!Liam and Nate
117	Liam and Nate are two amateur jammers that show up at the end of ''Little Brother'' to help Marcus, who they recognize as m1k3y, and give him temporary shelter from the DHS. They idolize m1k3y and look up to him in every way. They appear again in ''Homeland'', where Liam is now working for Joseph Noss's campaign alongside Marcus, and Nate shows up for a brief scene. Liam still idolizes m1k3y, and when [[spoiler: Marcus is fired/forced to quit]] at the end of the book, [[spoiler: Liam says that he is going to quit afterwards.]]
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119	* AscendedExtra: Liam gets a much larger role in ''Homeland''.
120	* BlindObedience: Both of them towards Marcus/m1k3y.
121	* WalkingSpoiler: They only show up at the end of ''Little Brother''.
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123	!! Severe Haircut Woman/Carrie Johnstone
124	The true BigBad of the story, Carrie Johnstone (known for most of ''Little Brother'' as "Severe Haircut Woman") is a war criminal working for the DHS. She is present at both of Marcus's kidnappings, and constantly interrogates and tortures him, going as far as waterboarding him in the climax of ''Little Brother''. She is trialled for her crimes after being caught by Barbara Stratford, but gets off free. She returns in ''Homeland'', where [[spoiler: she kidnaps Masha and Zeb at Burning Man, and is now working as the head of security for Zyz. Marcus eventually releases the d0x on her prepared for him by members of Anonymous, which is implied to be the start of her downfall. Her fate is unconfirmed though.]]
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126	* BigBad: She is the most specific antagonist ''Little Brother'' has, with the entirety of the DHS also counting. [[spoiler: She is also this in ''Homeland'', alongside Zyz this time.]]
127	* KarmaHoudini: At the end of ''Little Brother'', despite her story being revealed to the public, she gets off scott-free. [[spoiler: She may or may not have gotten this treatment in ''Homeland'' too, depending on whether or not Joe's lawyer released the d0x or not]].
128	* NoNameGiven: Subverted, her name is revealed in ''Little Brother'''s Epilogue.
129	* WalkingSpoiler: Her name, her status as the BigBad [[spoiler: of both stories]] and her reappearance at the end of ''Little Brother'' are all major spoilers.
130	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:We don't actually know exactly what happened to her after the events of ''Homeland'', just that Marcus and his friends never heard from her again, meaning that the d0x probably hit her hard.]]

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