Line #87 Characters/SpaceCases


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3	[[folder:The Christa crew]]
4	!'''Harlan Band'''
5	!!! '''Played by:''' [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Walter Jones]]
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7	The Hot Shot, All-American Earthling, ''de facto'' leader of the kids. He is skilled at gymnastics and martial arts.
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10	!!Associated Tropes:
11	* ActorAllusion: In "All You Can Eaty," he refers to the bridge as the "command center" (the only time ''anyone'' calls it that) -- um, [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers wrong show, Walter!]]
12	* AcePilot
13	* AllThereInTheManual: Back when there was an official website, his profile said that he hailed from the island of Los Angeles.
14	* BadassNormal: As the only bog-standard human among the kids, he's also the only one without any "powers", though his martial arts prowess helps make up for it.
15	* BelligerentSexualTension: His interactions with Catalina [[spoiler:and later Suzee]] usually come off as this.
16	* BullyingADragon: Loves to torment Radu, who comes from a [[SuperStrength super strong]] species that could easily turn him into paste. Fortunately for him, Radu is too much of a NiceGuy to ever actually do so.
17	* FantasticRacism: Against Radu, since his father was killed in the war against the Andromedans. He eventually grows out of this.
18	* HotBlooded: "Harlan Band leaps before he looks."
19	* HumansAreLeaders: Immediately assumes this position among his alien classmates without consulting them first, though none of them seems to object really. In the episode where he and Radu swap species (long story), Radu is the one who immediately assumes command, and again, no one really objects.
20	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be an overconfident hotshot and harsh with Radu, but he's ultimately a good guy.
21	* TheLeader: In his own mind, and the other kids do usually reluctantly treat him as their unofficial leader. Sometimes he lives up to the concept.
22	* LeeroyJenkins: He leaves the plans to Catalina or Suzee. He'd rather jump in.
23	* PowerIncontinence: In "Both Sides Now", he switches species with Radu, gaining Andromedan strength and hearing. He becomes a nervous wreck, because he can hear ''everything'' and finds it hard to touch antyhing without breaking it.
24	* SmallNameBigEgo: "Harlan Band thinks he knows it all."
25	* TheTeamNormal: Again, the only human child on TheTeam.
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27	!'''Catalina'''
28	!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/JewelStaite
29
30	An InsufferableGenius with rainbow hair from Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Has the ability to produce supersonic screams. She has a friend named Suzee, who exists in another dimension. The other crew members think she doesn't exist and think she is just an "{{imaginary friend}}," at least at first.
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33	!!Associated Tropes:
34	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: "Catalina is talking to [[ImaginaryFriend the wall]]."
35	-->'''Catalina:''' She's [[InsistentTerminology invisible!]]
36	* DeadpanSnarker
37	* InsufferableGenius
38	* PutOnABus: She's sent off to Suzee's dimension at the end of Season 1.
39	* TheSmartGirl
40	* SuperScream
41	* TeenGenius
42	* {{Tsundere}}: Type B, towards Harlan.
43	* WrenchWench
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45	!'''Radu'''
46	!!! '''Played by:''' Kristian Ayre
47
48	A young man from Andromeda who possesses SuperStrength (while being, in a reversion of the [[TheBigGuy associated trope]], short, slight, and not in the least bit imposing or aggressive) and super hearing. Because of their abilities, Andromedans were enslaved by an evil alien race called the Spung, the show's version of ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s Klingons. Radu faces prejudice from Harlan early in the series, due to the fact that Harlan's father was killed by Andromedans during a war.
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51	!!Associated Tropes:
52	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Generally very kind, shy, and gentle, but he ''can'' rip you apart if you get him angry enough.
53	* TheBigGuy
54	* InterspeciesRomance / StarCrossedLovers: With Elmira, though it never gets to get farther than a kiss.
55	* TheLancer
56	* MrFanservice: Sweet and shy despite his ProudWarriorRace, and with enough guilt and self-effacing tendencies to make him a massive {{woobie}}. The episode where he turns into a human is very popular.
57	* NiceGuy: ''Very'' nice.
58	-->'''[[JerkAss Harlan]]:''' Did you know that when you enter a room, the hair on the back of my neck stands up?
59	-->'''Radu:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yes. I hear it.]]
60	-->'''Harlan:''' ''That's gotta bug you right?''
61	-->'''Radu:''' Well, um, I'm not thrilled about it, but...
62	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Though he's not a midget, just shorter than you'd expect (the actor is only 5'5", to boot). WordOfGod is that the Andromedans have extremely dense molecular structures, which is why they're so strong, but also makes them short.
63	* StarCrossedLovers: With Elmira, which is awkward because her race used to keep his race as slaves. He also gets ShipTease moments with Suzee in season two.
64	* SuperSenses: His hearing, thanks to spiral-shaped ears.
65	* SuperStrength: "Radu's really super strong."
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67	!'''Bova'''
68	!!! '''Played by:''' Rahi Azizi
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70	He hails from Uranus, and has an antenna which creates electricity and a high metabolism. Really hates it when [[UranusIsShowing people make jokes about his home planet]]. [[TheEeyore Perpetually depressed]], but in a PlayedForLaughs way.
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73	!!Associated Tropes:
74	* DeadpanSnarker: If there's a sardonic comment to make on a situation, he ''will'' be the one making it.
75	-->'''Harlan:''' I'm tired of running from the Spung! This time they're going to know they've been in a fight!
76	-->'''Bova:''' Oh, yeah, they'll be scraping us off their windshields saying, "Some fight, huh?"
77	* TheEeyore: "Bova acts likes nothing's funny."
78	* KidAppealCharacter
79	* LightningCanDoAnything
80	* OddFriendship: With Rosie. Tips over into ShipTease occasionally (like when she mistakenly assumes he's giving her a shoulder rub at one point).
81	* PersonalityPowers: He's cloudy and creates lightning.
82	* PlanetOfHats: Uranians are a pretty pessimistic bunch, both from being so far from the sun and from people making fun of their planet's name.
83	* ShockAndAwe
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85	!'''Rosie Ianni'''
86	!!! '''Played by:''' Paige Christina
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88	Cheerful young girl from Mercury who is hairless and has hot pink skin. She can create heat and always has a "sunny" attitude about everything.
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91	!!Associated Tropes:
92	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even more so than Radu. She's the sweetest, nicest, cheeriest little thing you will ever meet, but she ''does'' come from a species that can scorch anything just with a touch...
93	* BlessedWithSuck: In one of the show's promos, Rosie notes that her optimism is mainly because she doesn't have much of a choice. If she even so much as thinks about getting upset, her body overheats.
94	* TheCutie
95	* {{Cheerful Child}}: "Rosie's cheery, bright, and sunny."
96	* GenkiGirl
97	* PlayingWithFire
98	* MeaningfulName: "Rosie" ties into the reddish-pink colour of roses, complimenting her pink skin, or a [[PunnyName play on the term "rosy" meaning cheerful and optimistic]].
99	* TheMedic: Even by way of HealItWithFire occasionally.
100	* MyBloodRunsHot
101	* NiceGirl
102	* OddFriendship: With Bova.
103	* PersonalityPowers: She's sunny and creates heat/fire.
104	* PinkIsFeminine: Aside from her skin, her ''fire'' is pink too.
105	* PlanetOfHats: All Mercurians are sunny and optimistic, with a huge smile constantly plastered on their faces. Rosie is downright placid compared to her parents.
106	* ThePollyanna
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108	!'''Thelma'''
109	!!! '''Played by:''' Anik Matern
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111	The resident robot and ship's avatar. She's a little screwed up, thanks to Harlan stepping on and cracking [[PersonalityChip her jewel]]. It's not clear how much of her personality was like that before the jewel cracking, though.
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114	!!Associated Tropes:
115	* AIIsACrapshoot: Though she's not evil, just... nuts. Very very nuts.
116	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
117	* EccentricAI: Constructed to be a highly-advanced android... but then Harlan accidentally stepped on her PersonalityChip when the kids first snuck aboard the ''Christa''. She's been profoundly bizarre ever since.
118	* FunWithAcronyms: Techno Human [=EmuLating MAchine=].
119	* LiteralGenie: "Android Thelma functions wrong."
120	* SpaceshipGirl
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123	[[folder:The Teachers]]
124	!'''Theresa James "T. J." Davenport'''
125	!!! '''Played by:''' Cary Lawrence
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127	The kids' teacher at the Academy, who accidentally gets stuck on board the ship after having to go search for them when they sneak out of her class onto the ''Christa''.
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130	!!Associated Tropes:
131	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Commander Goddard.
132	* BritishStuffiness
133	* TheComicallySerious
134	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On the very very rare occasions she avoids fainting or panicking, she can be surprisingly effective.
135	* {{Fainting}}: Near constantly.
136	* GenderBlenderName: ..."James"?
137	* SternTeacher
138	* StiffUpperLip: She... tries to project this image, but generally fails spectacularly.
139	* TeamMom: She tries to be this to the kids, but they usually don't buy it.
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141	!'''Commander Seth Goddard'''
142	!!! '''Played by:''' Paul Boretski
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144	The kids' second teacher, an officer and veteran of the Spung War that was busted in rank after an incident with a space pirate.
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147	!!Associated Tropes:
148	* BadassTeacher
149	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Miss Davenport.
150	* CatchPhrase: "Space hates... <x>!"
151	* DemotedToExtra: Suffers an accident that leaves him in a healing coma for most of the second season as part of Nickelodeon wanting to make the show YoungerAndHipper.
152	* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: According to WordOfGod, his middle name ''literally'' is "Danger".
153	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's more willing to put up with the kids' antics than Miss Davenport is, and more palatable to them in how he gets them to behave. Probably because he's essentially a rebel himself, and also treats them more like his officers than like kids.
154	* ReassignedToAntarctica: After the NoodleIncident with said space pirate he was busted in rank and sent to the Academy to teach.
155	* TeamDad: Succeeds at this better than Miss Davenport does at being TeamMom.
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158	[[folder:The Spung]]
159	!'''Elmira'''
160	!!! '''Played by:''' [[Series/StudentBodies Katie Emme [=McIninch=]]]
161
162	A young Spung Oracle girl who runs away from her people to escape their control over their women, and ends up meeting and helping the Christa's crew. [[AscendedExtra Was going to eventually become a main character]], [[DemotedToExtra but the network kiboshed it]] and [[ExecutiveMeddling shoved in]] Suzee instead.
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165	!!Associated Tropes:
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167	* CuteMonsterGirl / GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe
168	* DefectorFromDecadence
169	* InterspeciesRomance: With Radu, eventually.
170	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter
171	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
172	* NonMammalianMammaries: She's a lizard woman with curly hair and breasts. Don't ask too many questions.
173	* RebelliousPrincess
174	* StarCrossedLovers: With Radu, which is awkward because her people used to keep his people as slaves.
175	* WaifProphet
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177	!'''Warlord Shank'''
178	!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeTakei
179
180	A Spung commander and space pirate, who first encounters the Christa while trying to retrieve the escaped Elmira, and eventually develops into one of the series' major villains.
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183	!!Associated Tropes:
184	* ActorAllusion: When Harlan informs him that the hull of the ''Christa'' is made from a material that, if the ship is destroyed, will destroy Shank's own ship from the resulting explosion, Shank laughs off the "obvious bluff". He would know; [[Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver he was there when the guy who first thought it up came up with it in the first place]].
185	* BigBad
186	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted as Shank implies he's very much not like this. When he faces off against Goddard he makes sure he catches his rank and full name (and even double checks it with him) because Shank wants to have all the facts right when he adds Goddard to the list of people he's killed.
187	* LargeHam: Not surprising, considering who plays him.
188	* ThirdPersonPerson
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191	[[folder:Everyone Else]]
192	!'''Suzee'''
193	!!! '''Played by:''' [[Series/GeneralHospital Rebecca Herbst]]
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195	Catalina's "imaginary" friend, who turns out to really be an alien girl living in a different dimension. If you took all of Catalina's personality traits and set them on HIGH, you'd get Suzee.
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198	!!Associated Tropes:
199	* TheAce
200	* AllThereInTheManual: The long-defunct official website listed her homeworld as "Yensid".
201	* AstralProjection: She is able to project her mind into other people's bodies temporarily.
202	* ImaginaryFriend: Subverted. Everybody else thinks she's this, but at the end of Season 1 she turns out to be real.
203	* InsufferableGenius: Her whole species are geniuses.
204	* RealAfterAll: She turns out to be real at the end of Season 1, and takes Catalina's place aboard the ''Christa'' in Season 2.
205	* ReplacementFlatCharacter: For Catalina.
206	* TheSmartGirl: "Suzee's smarter then a million books."
207	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A dual example. She was meant to replace Catalina, who departed because Creator/JewelStaite moved to a different show, but also replaced Elmira, who was intended to become a series regular before Nickelodeon executives nixed it. Consequently, she has a lot of Catalina's character tropes, but has an approximation of Elmira's mental abilities and is teased as a love interest for Radu.
208	* TeenGenius
209	* WrenchWench
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