Best Fiends / Characters

Characters in Best Fiends. Information for their roles in the web shorts are included here as well.

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The Green Glades

Temper the Mighty Mite

Voiced by: Mark Hamill (episodes "Boot Camp" to "Howie's Gift"), Phil LaMarr ("Temper's Adventure" onwards)

A Day in the Limelight: Has his own solo mission that rewards him with "The Dark Mite" costume.
Batman Parody: His standard design is an insect parody of Batman, with a costume called "The Dark Mite" that colors him in Batman blacks. His webseries voice actor is also the most common voice actor for The Joker, Batman's biggest adversary.
Determinator: He has boundless courage.
Ironic Name: He has no need for anger management despite his name.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Temper and all the other Mites are listed in the Map of Minutia as some of the smallest Fiends, but Temper is a super-strong one.
Series Mascot: He's the first Fiend you get, and appears as the "face" of the series.
Shout-Out: Is a big shout out to Batman.
Stealth Pun: As a mite that invokes Batman in design, this makes him Bat-Mite.

Gene the Tap-Dancing Centipede

A Day in the Limelight: Has his own solo mission to get him a costume.
Dance Battler: The tap-dancing variation.
Shout-Out: Named for Gene Kelly.

Lapoleon the Future Emperor Cockroach

Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche

Cockroaches Will Rule the Earth: Is being groomed to be the Emperor of Everything when he grows up, since he can withstand atomic blasts.
Creepy Cockroach: Averted, like the other bugs.
The Dandy: The web shorts give him an air of being appearance-obsessed, along with being given additional accessories to wear.
Maurice Chevalier Accent: Is given one in the webseries, referencing his name.
Nigh-Invulnerability: Being a cockroach, he's impossible to kill, and it's hinted that it's been attempted multiple times against him before. He takes the threats with more annoyance than fear.
Non-Idle Rich: Despite being rich, living in a huge mansion, and appearing to have multiple servants, Lapoleon still joined the fight with the Fiends to help protect Minutia. He's also a key player on a soccer team, while also being the lead of a defense group against the Slugs.
Reluctant Ruler: He looks cripplingly shy in his earlier forms, though by his final evolution he looks ready to take his throne.
Vampires Are Rich: One of the explanations for his "Dracoleon" vampire costume, which gives him a vampire outfit to fit his rich lifestyle.

Karma the Colour-Blind Chameleon

Ambiguous Gender: She goes by feminine pronouns, but her gender is listed as "Unknown" on the website. Some bios end up forgoing pronouns entirely for her as well, or even giving masculine pronouns instead, hinting at a genderfluid nature. Despite this, the book "The World of Best Fiends" lists Karma's gender as female, contradicting the website and game.
Fish Eyes: Since she's a chameleon, she can't get her eyes straight all the time.
Hollywood Chameleons: Inverted, she always stands out against everything instead of blending in.

Vincent the Moth

Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Any light source will automatically distract him from any goal he has at hand.
You Don't Look Like You: His image on the website gives him darker-rimmed eyes, along with a brighter color scheme, while he has standard eyes and duller colors in the game proper.

Lacey the Lacewing

Acrophobic Bird: Ironically, she wants to soar through the skies.

Snap the Dragon Caterpillar

Punny Name: Her name and species, a play on the snapdragon species of flower.

The Strawberry Patch

Tantrum the Battle-Hardened Dung Beetle

Catchphrase: "'Tention!"
Older Than They Look: He looks like a kid in his first form.
Returning War Vet: He was the veteran of the Great Bug War.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Downplayed, he's only like this in his final forms.

Gordon the Brave Warrior Scorpion

Voiced by: David Herman

A Day in the Limelight: Has his own solo mission to get him his own costume.
I Just Want to Be Special: He wants to make his own legend like his father.
Scary Scorpions: Averted, like the other bugs.

Bob the Grumpy Determined Ladybug

Moose the "Reckoned" Stag Beetle

Paper Tiger: He's not as tough as you might think. His horns don't grow out of his head; they're part of his hat.

Wu the Tarsier

Barefoot Cartoon Animal: His fourth evolution gives him a set of fighting robes, but leaves him barefoot.
Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: His fifth evolution gives him the pair of shoes that his fourth form is missing.
Monkey King Lite: His whole motif in his final two forms. His static art on the website gives him a cloud to ride on that his game art is missing.

Bam the Caterpillar

Ambiguously Gay: On top of Dude Looks Like a Lady below, he grew up ashamed of his poofiness before deciding to embrace it, and becoming the go-to-hairstylist for the Fiends.
Cartoon Creature: He doesn't look like any particular breed of caterpillar or moth.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: His final form is a very feminine-looking moth, with long hair and thick eyelashes.

Rose the Orchid Mantis

Pink Means Feminine: She's described as being pretty in pink, but she packs a major punch.

Carmen the Cochineal

Insect Gender-Bender: She has wings, a trait that only male cochineal have.
The Pig-Pen: She doesn't look messy, but being a cochineal has her leaving messy red stains everywhere.
Shout-Out: She's named for Carmen Sandiego, with her tagline on the website even being "Where in the world?".

The Mellow Flowers

Kwincy the "Cute" Spider

Big Eater: His expression implies it.
Crutch Character: He starts out as the first yellow converter character you get in the game, playing a heavy role for yellow-clearing levels. However, further unlocking introduces Woody, whose converter is a double one, meaning he gets twice the power and abilities in the same span that Kwincy can, rendering the spider useless later on.
Cyclops: His first form.
Extra Eyes: Every form after, and they stack like a pyramid.
Informed Attractiveness: He's apparently handsome by Fiend standards.
Person as Verb: The Map of Minutia suggests "doing a Kwincy" involves an impolite gaffe.
Spiders Are Scary: Averted, as it's implied he's actually quite the looker.

Jojo the Chaos Butterfly

Voiced by: Kate Walsh ("Boot Camp" to "The Fight Before Christmas"), Audrey Wasilewski ("Slug Swap" onwards)

A Day in the Limelight: Had her own limited-time solo mission to rescue Labbit. It is now changed to give her a "Furious" costume.
Expressive Accessory: In the webseries, the eye spots on her wings change to match her own expressions.
Killer Rabbit: Playing on the Butterfly Effect, her description claims that a flap of her wings can cause a tornado. We never see it happen, though.
Pretty Butterflies: Is designed to look pretty in her design, complete with lipstick and graceful wings.

Vega the Firefly

Light 'em Up: Fitting as a lightning bug, since she's fighting against darkness, too.
Light Is Good: About as good as it gets, in her case.

Newt the Knocked Frog

Coconut Meets Cranium: His name is a reference to Sir Isaac Newton, who legend has it theorized about gravity by inspiration from when he was hit in the head by an apple falling out of a tree. Newt had the same thing happen to him, but it didn't inspire him to become Minutia's greatest physicist - instead, his tongue is apparently so fast it defies physics.
Fish Eyes: For him, it makes it look like he's constantly spacing out.

Woody the Cannonball Woodlouse

A Day in the Limelight: Has his own solo mission to get him his own costume.
Catchphrase: "Let's roll!"
Cowardly Lion: He's terrified of most battles, but the Fiends see him as a living cannonball.
Human Cannonball: His tucking ability makes him one to the other Fiends.

Beebert the Moviegoing Bumblebee

The Movie Buff: His defining trait. Aside from the Slug War, his biggest goal is finding 3D glasses to fit over his giant ones.
Nerd Glasses: His first form wears a thick pair of horn-rimmed glasses, which turn into different types of eyewear with different evolutions.

Dina the Hickory Horned Devil

Lady Looks Like a Dude: She lacks any feminine identifiers, to the point she's been mistaken for Gene.
Little Miss Snarker: She's loaded with a sharp tongue and fierce wit.
Mistaken Identity: A few Fiends have mistaken her for Gene in a Halloween costume.

The Glowshroom Garden

Brittle the Nervous Housefly

Flies Equals Evil: Inverted, she's one of the heroes.
Girliness Upgrade: Earlier versions showed her final forms as being very hairy, which lead to some people to mistake her for a boy. Later updates feminized her final design, giving her small eyelashes in her final design, along with a hair-like helmet instead of a hairy body.
Terrified of Germs: "The World of Best Fiends" book mentions that she's a hypochondriac, due to her fear of her own safety. She's decided that being neat and tidy is the best way to keep herself safe.

Whisper the Bee-Wannabe Yellowjacket

A Day in the Limelight: Has her own solo mission to give her a special costume.
Cordon Bleugh Chef: The only compliment to her "Hunee" recipe is that it's sticky.
I Just Want to Be Special: She's a yellow jacket who wishes she were a honeybee. She's even trying to make her own line of honey.

Dennis the Party Animal Grasshopper

Dancin' in the Ruins: His goal is to celebrate in the ruins of the Slug empire when the war's over.
Life of the Party: He likes parties, and plans to throw a big one in the ruins of the Slug empire.

Bo the Different-Kind-Of-Slug Dragon Slug

A Day in the Limelight: Has his own solo mission to give him a special costume.
Token Heroic Orc: Being a dragon slug makes him safe and stand out from the mutated ones.

CiCi the Cicada

Singer-Songwriter

Labbit (no longer available as of the Easter 2017 update)

Guest Fighter: Was introduced during a promo with Kidrobot to advertise the new vinyl slug figures, being that he's the mascot of that company.
Left Hanging: Where did he come from? How did he keep his moustache so coiffed? His description asks both questions but neither were ever addressed before he got pulled from the game.
Mix-and-Match Critters: Is a half-bug, half-rabbit creature.
Put on a Bus: Disappeared without explanation, at least initially, upon updating to the Easter 2017 edition of the game. The only acknowledgment in the game is an occasional blink-and-you-might-miss-it slide that comes up and says Labbit retired.
- Seriously have since given probably the most explanation we're going to get - that Labbit was "a unique case [who] needed to be retired".
Shaped Like Itself: Labbit's species is listed as "Labbit".

Rascal the Rabbit who replaced Labbit

Rascally Rabbit: As hinted by his name.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Rascal has all the same abilities and attack power as Labbit. If you had already unlocked Labbit, you were given Rascal automatically, and whatever progress you made with Labbit carried over.

Pop the Axolotl

I Am Not Weasel: Pop would prefer you didn't call her a fish.
The Storyteller: She likes telling stories.

Splendid the Sea Slug

The Leader: She's the former regent of a nudibranch colony. With the Slug takeover driving her out, she has gone to the side of the Fiends.
Token Heroic Orc: Like Bo, she's a slug that was cast out by the evil ones, bringing her to the side of the Fiends.

Ru the Panda Ant

Genki Girl: She's described as being "silly and optimistic".
I Am Not Weasel: The Fiends think she's just a furry ant, not realizing she's a type of wingless wasp.

Trill the Oak Treehopper

The Dewdrop District

Howie the Knowledge-filled Lizard