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Infinity Train
Denizens
The Kore
The korai are a group of living statues that act as an information bank, collecting information of all the cars they pass by.
In General
- Achilles' Heel: The korai can only obtain information about a car if one of their sisters has actually seen it, which spells trouble in the 400 Rabbits Car because no kore has entered it prior.
- Boring, but Practical: Compared to the flashy Infinet, they seem obsolete. However they are still a reliable bank of communication that can pass on information just as quick and can't be easily hacked.
- Gem Heart: All korai have a crystal heart.
- Letter Motif: All kore have names starting with L + vowel. According to Larkspur, the order goes "La", "Li", "Lu", "Le", "Lo".
- Living Statue: They're all marble statues that can walk and talk. The author notes for The Windfish Car reveal that there are two divisions: Classical (white marble: Larkspur and Lampetia) and Neo-Classical (painted: Lin)
- Ms. Exposition: Their main role is to give information about the cars.
- One-Gender Race: All korai are female, like their real life inspiration.
- Shown Their Work: The author explaining the function of the kore and that the statues were actually once painted in the past.
- Verbal Tic: Each kore has a different way of speaking.
- Larkspur: Puts spaces...between words.
- Lampetia: Has a unique one, you know~
- Lin: Hers is quite in-ter-res-ting.
Larkspur
A kore who works under Margaret in the Pearl Gates Car, she eventually becomes Gladion's partner.
See tropes about her here
See tropes about her here
Lampetia
A Living Statue who's the older sister of Larkspur and traveling companion of Specter.
- Action Girl: She's a kore who will fight back with her spear. She'll fight Pyramid Head to protect her partner.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: After Misaki's Rocket Punch shatters her body, she requests London to kill her so that her death sends a message to her sisters and the rabbits can't extract any information out of her. She tells him that she'll be fine as long as her heart is intact. After some reluctance, London agrees to fulfill the deed.Lampetia: What are you waiting for? KILL ME!!!
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: In the fight at the Tape Car, she gets a piece of shrapnel to stab her across the head.
- Four Is Death: Gets killed in Part 4 of the 400 Rabbits Car via London although it's not permanent since kore will be revived after some time as long as their hearts are intact. She is resurrected in the Fog Car and joins the White Gestalt.
- Genki Girl: Has a lot of energy to the point that the only thing Larkspur can say about her is that she's too...too.
- The Glomp: Upon reuniting with Specter in the 400 Rabbits Car, she tackles him with a hug. However, since she's a statue, all she does is end up crushing her partner.
- Go Out with a Smile: Before her first body fades away, it's shown that she was smiling.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Misaki's rocket punch reduces her to a torso and arms. And then that becomes rubble when London kills her.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Goes out this way in the Tape Car, trying to reassure Tiffany — the Apex girl she rescued from falling debris — before shrapnel stabs her in the head.
- Meaningful Name: It can be translated as "The shining one" in Greek, reflecting her bright personality.
- Mercy Kill: Much to London's frustrations, he places this on her so that she can recover and so that her death will alert her sisters to something going on.
- My Death Is Just the Beginning: Requests London to shatter her so that it sends a signal to the other korai to alert them of something bad happening.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Due to what happened when White Gestalt was on the train, Gladion purposefully erasing them from everyone's memories and the fact that she was reduced into her heart and stolen by a Apex child, she never got to see Specter leave the Train. Thanks to Amelia two stories later, they can say their farewells although she's ready to break down in tears when the call ends.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: During the fight in the Tape Car, she saves Tiffany from being crushed by rubble. Her reward is leftover shrapnel splitting her head, her reduced to rubble and the ungrateful bitch of the Apex taking her heart for her own to spite Specter.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- She was described as perky and lively, but she's nervous and downright terrified when she talks to Larkspur in the 400 Rabbits Car.
- Larkspur is surprised that she destroyed a brick blue heart Specter created because she's not one to destroy arts or constructions.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Serves the Red to both her sister Larkspur and her partner Specter being energetic, lively and bright.
- Sacrificial Lion: Her death by London's hands signals that not even a kore will be safe in Gladion's tale and signals a darker turn for the White Gestalt.
- Shaped Like Itself: Specter notes that he was always being pushing by her to try new things because she was so...pushy.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She's mostly seen as Specter's denizen partner. Her death in the 400 Rabbits Car signifies a darker shift in the narrative and will heavily affect Specter/Easter in future chapters.
- Stepford Smiler: She has one on her face when she encounters Larkspur because she's terrified about what happened to her and Specter in the "Toy Brick Car".
- Uncertain Doom: Voyage of Wisteria hasn't revealed whether she's still around or not. All that is known is that London remarks how Tiffany (the girl from the Apex who stated that Chloe deserved to die) stole Specter's heart but whether or not Specter retrieved it before something bad happened is up in the air. It's revealed that she's still fine and Tiffany has been trying to make a new body for her (before it's revealed it was unnecessary; Lampetia was stuck in her heart form because she knew that exposing herself would've had her wheeled)
- Vasquez Always Dies: She gets killed off twice compared to her more feminine sisters Larkspur and Lin.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about her without mentioning her deaths and that she was taken away by Tiffany Rose.
- What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Zigzagged. To Specter, she was his partner. To London, he heavily hated how he killed her. To Tiffany? "Sweet! A battle trophy for my own!"
Lin
A kore found in the Windfish Car who can help awaken the Windfish from his slumber.
- Break the Cutie: Lampetia's death traumatized her and strengthened the nightmares in the Windfish Car.
- Damsel in Distress: Is captured by Death Eye so that she can't sing the Ballad of the Windfish to wake the Windfish up. Thankfully, Tokio saves her.
- Genki Girl: Not as energetic as Lampetia, but much more than the stoic Larkspur.
- Guest-Star Party Member: She lasts from the Windfish Car to the end of the Fog Car and joins with Aaron Hotchner and his son.
- Identical Stranger: Looks similar to Marin that all she has to do is add a little make-up and clothes and she can pass as the girl.
- Magic Music: Sings the Ballad of the Windfish so that the Windfish can awaken and stop the nightmares.
- Put on a Bus: She leaves the White Gestalt once Lampetia returns in the Fog Car.
Luanne
A kore whom Lin talks about in the Ghoul School Car, who dragged a passenger to their death.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She took a lot of crap from her passenger and got her revenge by drowning them.
- The Dog Bites Back: Was abused by her passenger and shattered, her heart thrown into the bog. Some time later, she returned and dragged said asshole passenger to their death via the same bog.
- The Ghost: She's only mentioned in passing.
- Shout-Out: She's a reference to the song "Leave, Luanne".
Lotus
Another kore that is mentioned.
- The Ghost: Always mentioned in passing.
- Hero of Another Story: Apparently met with Sly Cooper when he was on the Train.
- The Medic: Lampetia reveals that Lotus was the healer of the korai.
The Pearl Gates Car
Margaret
A denizen of the Pearl Gates Car who takes Gladion in to rest.
- Anti-Villain: She did steal Gladion and drugged him, but only so she could have her son back in some capacity.
- The Cameo: Appears near the end of Blossoming Trail where she adopts the newly reincarnated Sean/Shawn of the Apex.
- Easily Forgiven: Averted. Even if Gladion can empathize with her grief over her son's murder, he's rightfully infuriated about Margaret trying to brainwash him into a Replacement Goldfish and leaves the car without saying goodbye to her. At the end of Blossoming Trail, the denizens in that car still haven't forgotten what she did.
- Faux Affably Evil: She acts motherly but drugged Gladion and sealed his memories away so he acted as her deceased son, Dar.
- Foil:
- Of Lusamine. Both are motherly-type figures but Lusamine truly means well as a mother (but was distracted by her work) whereas Margaret has darker motives for Gladion. A few of her behaviors more or less match game Lusamine, such as her controlling and obsession.
- Of Tuba as both were mothers who lost their child and got a replacement in either Mallow/Hazel for the former and Gldaion for the latter. However the main difference is that Tuba's love for the two girls was genuine, Margaret tried to force Gladion to be her son.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Her son, Dar, was shattered by the Apex.
- Meaningful Name: It's Greek for "Pearl".
- Rule of Symbolism: She's the only denizen in the Pearl Gates Car — outside Larkspur — to be wearing something other than white, hinting that she's not as good as she claims to be.
- Small Role, Big Impact: It's through her that Gladion finds his reason to go on the Train and how he becomes partnered with Larkspur.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: She drugs Gladion's food in order to brainwash him into replacing her dead son.
- Theme Naming: Had a son named Dar that she lost to the Apex. Dar means "Pearl" in Hebrew.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: At the near end of Blossoming Trail, she finds the reincarnated "Shawn"/Sean of the Apex at her doorstep and takes him in.
- Widow's Weeds: She's still in grief over losing her son Dar, reflected in how she's wearing a black dress.
Dar (SPOILERS)
The son of Margaret, who was killed by the Apex.
- Death of a Child: It's implied he wasn't much older than Gladion when the Apex killed him.
- Literally Shattered Lives: Larkspur implies that he was killed off with a sledgehammer, shattering him into pieces.
- Meaningful Name: It's Hebrew for "Pearl" to match his mother.
- Posthumous Character: The Apex killed him before Gladion entered the Train.
- Small Role, Big Impact: His demise not only causes Margaret to go mad with grief and try to use Gladion as a replacement but gives Gladion enough reason to go after the Apex.
- Walking Spoiler: Discovering who he is and what happened to him spoils not only Margaret's grief, but Gladion's reason for going after the Apex.
The Toy Brick Car
Blacksmith Pratt
A blacksmith in the Toy Brick Car who crafts shields for passengers.
- The Blacksmith: It's in the name.
- Mr. Exposition: He explains to Gladion about the nature of Larkspur and mentions her sister, Lampetia.
- Shout-Out: His name is a reference to Chris Pratt who voiced Emmet Brickowski and Rex Dangervest.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He crafts the shield Gladion uses to defend himself, thus helping to coin his nickname "Knight of the Orange Lily", and reveals more about Larkspur's past by bringing up her sister.
Emmet Brickowski
A denizen from the Toy Brick Car who is the current Special chosen by the Master Brick.
- The Chosen One: The latest denizen that is given the title of "The Special" by the Master Brick.
- The Ghost: His statue is on display in the Toy Brick Car, but when asked where he is now, the last that anyone heard of him was him going to see One-One about fixing up some cars.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: Spoils the fact that Emmet became a Master Builder near the end of his film.
- Mythology Gag: His statue has him sitting on a double-decker couch.
- Story-Breaker Power: Given how much power a Master Builder gets in his home series and his friendly personality, he could easily stop the Brick Dragon if he was in the Toy Brick Car. But he isn't, so Gladion has to step up to the plate.
- Uncertain Doom: No one knows what happened to him so whether or not he's dead is up in the air. When one reader questioned if he was wheeled, the author just answered that it was never stated.
The 400 Rabbits Car
Kisaragi
"I'm Kisaragi, and I'm gonna befriend everyone on the Train!"
A rabbit denizen who wishes to befriend everyone. He's found in the 400 Rabbits Car. In Voyage of Wisteria he has become the new White Rabbit.
- Abdicate the Throne: He's so despondent after the fall of the 400 Rabbits Car in Wisteria that he willingly steps down from being the White Rabbit in shame.
- Affably Evil: He's a Large Ham who is friendly to Gladion, Specter and London...while also having been the one to brainwash Tokio to become the White Rabbit...not to mention that he's quite adamant of not losing "his White Rabbit again". Given the flashback before everything went to hell because of Grace, he truly was a friendly bunny.
- Ambiguously Bi: He's set to marry Misaki but he calls Utahoshi his best friend and the way he mourns their death is not unlike someone mourning a lover.
- Ambiguously Evil: Considering that he is the one who brainwashed Tokio, but is doing so to make sure not to lose "his" White Rabbit again... This becomes a lot less ambiguous as Orange Lily goes deeper.
- Anti-Villain: At his very best, he's a combination of Noble Demon and Well-Intentioned Extremist. Not that it saves him from people finding him annoying.
- Berserk Button: Don't compare the White Rabbit to the Apex and do not compare him to Amelia.
- Beware the Silly Ones: He's both an absolute goofball, and the main reason why Tokio became the White Rabbit.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He got on Tokio's good side, only to drug him and brainwash him into becoming the White Rabbit.
- Brainwashing for the Greater Good: Voyage of Wisteria clarifies in that he brainwashed Tokio for the benefit of the tribe first, and not for his own desires. He even tells Goh that he didn't brainwash Tokio to become Utahoshi, just a leader figure.
- Break the Cutie: Grace killing his best friend hurt him hard.
- Break the Haughty: Upon returning in Voyage of Wisteria, Kiseragi gained quite an ego boost from becoming the White Rabbit and feeling that the fall of the Apex vindicated his previous actions. However, the fall of the 400 Rabbits Car by the hands of the Unsub's Crew- aided by former members of Project Solitaire- vaporizes all of his arrogance, leaving him a shell of his former self.
- The Caligula: He becomes the new White Rabbit during Wisteria, but his mental stability has not changed since.
- Character Tics: In Voyage of Wisteria, he flicks the sword in his sheath up and down to imitate the ticking of a clock.
- The Corrupter: He transformed Tokio into the White Rabbit.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: He got on the good side of Tokio, gave him a drink that made him sleepy before brainwashing the boy to play a certain role and constantly keeps the boy under a tight leash via mind control. Stranger Danger much?
- The Dreaded: Has a reputation as this in Voyage of Wisteria, particularly when it comes to Project Solitaire. How bad is it? London tells Goh that if Solitaire was still around when Chloe was on her crusade, not even she could stop it.
- The Extremist Was Right: His idea to use passengers in a plan to make the Apex realize what they did was wrong, but Blossoming Trail reveals that the revelation that the cult was killing former passengers (after seeing Simon murder Chloe) shocks them so much that they split up from Grace. So yes, the idea was right, but the method was wrong. In Voyage of Wisteria he even tries to claim that he was right all along, much to everyone's annoyance.
- Everyone Has Standards: He did brainwash Tokio but it was never for his personal desires. He treated them well, called them by their name, gave a chance to walk out, and just made them be the White Rabbit, not a replacement Utahoshi. This doesn't stop people from seeing him as terrible for what he did to them.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: His desire to befriend everyone in the 400 Rabits Car had shades of this. Whether this is true or not, however, he doesn't seem to have many friends come Wisteria.
- Irony: He's a reference to the friendliest Kamen Rider in the franchise. But his actions to befriend Tokio makes him more of a villain...
- Legacy Character: Becomes the (technically) third White Rabbit by the time Voyage of Wisteria takes place.
- Karma Houdini: He's not gonna receive any comeuppance for his actions in Orange Knight, since he's still around and even the new White Rabbit by the time Voyage of Wisteria takes place.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: While he does get away with everything he did in Orange Lily, Wisteria sends him on an utterly spectacular Humiliation Conga to make up for it: His standing is lessened when people remember the horrible things he did, he gets betrayed by some of his former allies, and he's ultimately powerless to stop the 400 Rabbits Car to fall under the Unsub's Crew's wrath, at which point he abdicates the throne out of shame.
- The Man Behind the Man: He's pretty much the mastermind of the 400 Rabbits Car, having brainwashed Tokio into becoming the White Rabbit. Gladion even questions who is really in charge.
- Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "It's X time!"
- My Greatest Failure: He apparently failed to save the original White Rabbit, which is why he made a new one using Tokio. It turns out it was a personal request from Tokio himself who he believes is the reason why Utahoshi died.
- Psychotic Smirk: When he learns about Grace's death in Voyage of Wisteria, he has a smirk on his face.
- Saved by Canon: He's still alive at the end of the story as Voyage of Wisteria reveals that he's the new White Rabbit.
- Shout-Out: He's essentially a bunny version of Gentaro Kisaragi in appearance, Character Tics and helping that he even has Gentaro's surname.
- Smug Snake: He might be a big deal by the time Voyage of Wisteria happens, but it's very clear that once he sets foot on the Hazbin Car, his smugness could very well get him killed. This becomes even more pronounced when the 400 Rabbits Car is revisited, as he finds himself utterly powerless to not only manage the betrayal of his companions, but also the falling of his former kingdom. Eventually, he decides to Abdicate the Throne out of shame.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: Upon learning of Grace's death and when he's ask if he's happy about it, all he does is grin and state "Very".
- Tampering with Food and Drink: He gave Tokio a spiked drink as the first step to turning him into the White Rabbit.
- Took a Level in Cynic: A portrait of him had him happy and carefree...he's not this in the present.
- Walking Spoiler: It's difficult to talk about him without mentioning his role in the creation Tokio becoming the White Rabbit.
Clockwork Council
Kisaragi's friends and the advisors of the White Rabbit. Members include Sakuta, Misaki, Jojima, Kazashiro, JK, Daimonji and Nozama.
- Cute and Psycho: They're adorable bunnies with savage weaponry and insane mindsets.
- Killer Rabbit: Literally; they're bunnies that don't mind murdering someone. Misaki is the one that pretty much shatters Lampetia.
- Marry Them All: Nozama and Kazashiro discuss how the White Rabbit would pair everyone up.
- Mini-Mecha: Daimonji controls a rabbit mecha named Hippy-Hop, making him stand out from everyone else using regular weapons and fighting on foot.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: They're all named after the other Kamen Riders and members of the Kamen Rider Club.
Utahoshi (Massive Spoilers)
“The youngest ruler in a line that has passed through 40 generations! I wish to do my ancestors proud.”
The previous White Rabbit who was killed by Grace Monroe years ago.
- Barrier Warrior: Pushes the Apex out of the way with a barrier.
- Meaningful Name: Utahoshi can be read as "Star song"; his robe had music woven on there with stars acting as notes. In the Music Car, a graffiti of a bunny with a star-like music note can be found.
- Mirror Character: To Alrich Jimmens. A nice and friendly person whose death spurns their lover to go insane and find some way to bring them back. The difference is that Alrich's death was an accident, Utahoshi's wasn't.
- Nice Guy: Really kind and friendly to Tokio.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He reaches out to comfort Tokio, meaning he never saw Grace's knife.
- Non-Indicative Name: He was the White Rabbit, but he has sand-colored fur.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death at the hands of Grace is what caused Tokio to become the replacement White Rabbit and Kisaragi's desire to take vengeance on the Apex.
- Post Humous Character: By the time Gladion learns of this story, he's been dead for two years.
- Present Absence: His presence lingers on in Voyage of Wisteria, from Kisaragi going to meet the Apex to bring it up, to London reminding the Apex of Grace's folly and even Hazel brings up how Grace grimaced about the story of a girl chasing a white rabbit.
- Rabbit Magician: Could summon a barrier but whether that was an innate power or something he gained as the White Rabbit is unknown.
- Sacrificial Lamb: A kind innocent bunny whose death shows how ruthless and apathetic the Apex are.
- Shout-Out: He's named after Kengo Utahoshi from Kamen Rider Fourze who also had the powers of a Barrier Warrior and then got killed when his back was turned.
- Small Role, Big Impact: His death led to Tokio's decision to become the White Rabbit and Kisaragi's descent into vengeance.
- Take My Hand!: His last action before his death was to give his paw out for Tokio to grab.
- Tempting Fate: He hoped to make his ancestors proud as the newest White Rabbit, as shown in his quote. His reign never even lasts a day.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: A kind rabbit who was ready to protect his car...and got killed by Grace.
- Walking Spoiler: Saying what happens to him in turn spoils what happens to Tokio and leads to Kisaragi's mad chase for revenge.
The Windfish Car
Tarin
The father of Marin.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Tells London and Specter that he's well aware that he's a dream and will remember everything about how he'll vanish whereas he was completely oblivious to this in his game.
- Tanuki: His true form.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Mushrooms.
Death Eye
The leader of the nightmares that plague the Windfish Car.
- Adaptation Name Change: He was called DeathI in the game.
- Dark Is Evil: A black malevolent eye with two arms and is the leader of the nightmares that attacks Koholint.
- Die Laughing: As he fades away, he decides to use his last moments to laugh at White Gestalt's faces over their quest to end the Apex.
- Eye Scream: Easter defeats him by striking a lightning bolt in the eye.
Other
Black Paradox Denizens
A quartet of denizens that are in the Black Paradox Car. Their job is to collect souls that are lost.
- Four Is Death: Four members and they're associated with souls.
- Prophet Eyes: They're all describe as having white eyes.
- Psychopomp: If their purpose is meant to be taken literally, rather than metaphorically.
- Shout-Out: To the Junji Ito manga of the same name.
- The Stoic: Larkspur say they aren't as "emotive" as she is.
- Take Our Word for It: What they're like is never brought up except for Gladion not liking the cyborg member of the four.
Tomas
A cyborg leopard engineer working under One-One who will later be the inventor of the Infinet.
- Artificial Limbs: His right arm is robotic.
- Brutal Honesty: Doesn't mince words that the entire situation with Amelia and the Apex is all One-One's fault with the former caused from having blabbed about how the Train can "create anything" and the latter for not doing anything to stop them even after returning as Conductor.
- Minor Major Character: He's mostly seen as an engineer and creater of the Signal Car/Infinet but Voyage of Wisteria has him at the center of The Unsub Crew's plans.
- Panthera Awesome: Is a humanoid cheetah.
- Reincarnation: He's the reincarnation of a terminally ill patient named Horace.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Has a pair that he puts on when he starts working.
Dr. Wright
The proprietor of the Shock Street Car, wishing to make the most terrifying attraction on the Infinity Train.
- Amusement Park of Doom: He wishes to create one in the Shock Street Car.
- Goggles Do Nothing: They're perched on his head but he never wears them.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: He's a disembodied head and torso.
- Loves the Sound of Screaming: He enjoys scaring passengers and only lets the White Gestalt pass after they test his rides. Given the screams, he deems it a success.
- Nightmare Fetishist: He wishes to make a terrifying amusement park and loves hearing people scream.
- Shout-Out: His name and the car he resides is from the Goosebumps book, A Shocker on Shock Street.
Queen Cutie
A plush elephant who is the queen of the Magic Castle Car.
- Adaptation Species Change: Aside from her changing from a living toy elephant to a denizen, her original form had a robotic body with four large buttons on it. In here, she's a plush elephant.
- An Arm and a Leg: Her leg and ear were torn off by the Apex once, given how they're seen stitched together.
- Break the Cutie: She was assaulted, had her ear and leg torn off and a good friend of hers, Rose, was kidnapped. However she's learning to move on from the trauma.
- Cool Crown: Wears a tiny crown on her head.
- The Cutie: An adorable elephant who is sweet, kind and makes tea and cookies. Heck "Cutie" is her name.
- Honorable Elephant: She's a regal elephant queen.
- Ms. Exposition: She's the one that gives Gladion the identities of the Apex leaders.
- Living Toy: She's a walking talking elephant plushie.
- Nice Girl: Sweet and caring to everyone she encounters, even giving a Tokio a warm hug.
- Trauma Button: Being assaulted by Easter has her beg for her life as it reminds her of the Apex tearing her apart.
Passengers
Leroy
A passenger on the Infinity Train some time before Gladion, long enough ago that a gift shirt he had given Larkspur has faded significantly. He was a swordsman with inhuman powers. He was a camper from Camp Half Blood.
- Fantasy Metals: His sword was 'made of a strange bronze' as Larkspur put it, being that of Celestial Bronze. It could hurt denizens but not regular passengers.
- Foregone Conclusion: A somewhat complicated one. Leroy's only mention in the series was his broken sword in the Camp Half-Blood attic, a hilt with a tag that says this broke and Leroy got killed. 1999. While he is confirmed to be dead it is not clear if he got off the train before dying or if his lifeless body was spat out by the train with his broken sword sometime in 1999.
- Half-Human Hybrid: He has a human dad and a goddess mother, as he is a Demigod.
- Hero of Another Story: He got into at least one swordfight with another passenger, and as a Riordanverse Demigod probably had his own battles with monsters from his world even before the Infinity Train.
The Apex
A cult that worships the "Conductor" of the Train and revels in strength by destroying cars and killing nulls for the sake of a giant number. Gladion's ultimate goal is to dismantle them.
- Foregone Conclusion: Zigzagged; the Apex will still be around by the time Chloe boards the Train, but according to Larkspur in Blossoming Trail, a big plan of theirs will have been derailed by her and Gladion.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: They have some sort of big plan that Gladion will eventually derail.
- Karma Houdini: They'll still be around for Blossoming Trail, so whatever happens, they won't get to pay for the consequences of their actions just yet.
- Kids Are Cruel: As shown in the flashback to the 400 Rabbits Car, they didn't care about ruining a festive day for Utahoshi and one kid even had the gall to spray hot sauce over Tokio's eyes and another knocked a glass of water down before he could clean himself.
- Lack of Empathy: They don't show any qualms to Lampetia having sacrificed herself to save Tiffany; they're more in awe at Tiffany's Battle Trophy and not even showing concern how Specter is horrified at losing Lampetia again.
- Saved by Canon: For a given definition of "saved", but whatever happens in this story, they'll come out no worse for wear for the events of Blossoming Trail.
- Villain of Another Story: Again, they are involved with countless deaths and destruction of other cars and wreaking havoc in other passengers' lives for their own amusement.
- Would Hurt a Child:
- They murdered Margaret's son, Dar. In fact, it's this trope that convinces Gladion to go after them.
- They didn't mind spraying hot sauce in Tokio's eye or slamming a guitar in his face.
The Thief/Robbie Jewell
Another passenger who attempts to steal Gladion's Pokémon in the Toy Brick Car. Deeply resents the fact that so many other passengers come from worlds that seem so much more amazing and exciting than his own.
- Breaking Old Trends: He's an original character compared to every other passenger coming from different franchises.
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: He's a stand-in for passengers that come from "normal" worlds and states how unfair it is that he lives a life of mundane boredom.
- Five Stages of Grief: Initially Anger then turns into Bargaining. He's mad that his parents were divorcing and thinks that getting the Master Brick and other cool stuff from the Train will stop the divorce from ever happening.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Finds it incredibly unfair that other worlds are filled with such amazing and alien things while his own homeworld has nothing particularly special about it.
- Gotta Have It, Gonna Steal It: He's so desperate to have something special about him he tries to steal Gladion's Poké Balls and claim them as his own.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Ultimately, he's desperate to have something that makes HIM stand out, not wanting his presence on the Train to be the only amazing thing that ever happens to him. This is later revealed that if he had something cool and interesting, it'd bring his parents back together.
- It's All About Me: All he cares about is that he comes from a world that isn't cool, or at least, as cool as Gladion's world. It's later expanded on in him hoping that getting something cool will keep his family together.
- Lack of Empathy: Tries to argue his case by claiming that Gladion will easily be able to catch replacements for his team once he goes back home, showing how he sees Pokémon as things to possess rather than partners and beloved companions.
- Meaningful Name: Robbie is obvious as he's a thief. 'Jewell' however doesn't mean "jewel"; it means "bountiful" as it reflects that he wants a life where he gets everything he wants.
- No Name Given: Initially unnamed, he's given the name Robbie Jewell in the final part of the Toy Brick Car.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Gladion tells him the story of Tulip Olsen who also struggled with her parents and their divorce, to help him explain that he's not alone with his struggles.
- Spear Counterpart: Of Tulip Olsen as he's a kid struggling through his parents' divorce. Gladion even brings up Tulip's journey to help him realize that he's not the only one who is suffering. Moreover, unlike Tulip who refused to take the Conductor's offer to have a car created where she got everything she wanted (because it would't be real), Robbie used the Master Brick to create everything he wanted to fill the hole of his parents separating. He also distracts himself with games, similar to how Tulip is focused on coding.
- The Unapologetic: When he's caught, he's more concerned with complaining about how unfair it is that Gladion comes from such a cool-sounding world and has his own monsters to fight with. He later apologizes after calming down.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: At the end of the day, he's a scared little boy trying to work through his parents' divorce and believing that getting something from the Train will keep them together.
The Black Tyrant (SPOILERS)
A knight in black armor whom Gladion fights in the Toy Brick Car in a jousting competition. Their real identity is actually Penelope Mouse.
- Ambition Is Evil: She betrayed the Cooper Gang because she felt like the Thief's code limited them to greater things like weapon building.
- The Atoner: The best she can get if she decides to have her number drop is to maybe get forgiveness from the Cooper Gang. She agrees that a maybe is good.
- The Comically Serious: When their limbs get ripped apart by the Brick Dragon, they don't even humor the dragon by reacting in pain or with a Monty Python reference.
- Enemy Mine: Works with Gladion to stop the dragon from destroying the Toy Brick Car, if only to get the Master Brick for herself.
- Foreshadowing: The insignia of the Black Tyrant's armor will look quite familiar for those into Sly Cooper and the fairy tale that begins The Toy Brick Car is a parallel to a certain mouse from the series...
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: Penelope being the Black Knight from Thieves in Time and that she's performed a Face–Heel Turn.
- Long List: Penelope lists off the different types of animals that come from her world to Gladion and gets angry when she brings up "hippos, raccoons and turtles".
- Samus Is a Girl: Like in their home series, the Black Tyrant is really the female Penelope Mouse.
- Tin Tyrant: An evil knight who literally is called "Black Tyrant".
Sly Cooper
A former passenger on the Train, the latest in a long line of thieves. He was picked up after he somehow landed in Ancient Egypt.
- Broken Pedestal: Had this reaction upon learning that Slytankhamen, who would create the Thievius Raccoonus, was evil.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Was last seen lost in the past but the Train picked him up and lets him go back to his old gang, and Carmelita, in modern Paris.
- Hero of Another Story: He traveled back to Ancient Egypt, stopped his corrupt pharaoh ancestor Slytankhamen and then the Train picked him up before dropping him in modern-day Paris. He also was seen by one of Larkspur's sisters Lotus.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: The fact that he lands in Ancient Egypt is a big spoiler for the secret ending to Thieves in Time.
- Rascally Raccoon: Is a raccoon and a master thief.
Artix von Kreiger and Aurelio Voltaire
A duo who entered the train and have portraits in the Toy Brick Car.
- Bash Brothers: Both of them as it's mentioned they came together onto the Train.
- Breaking Old Trends: Voltaire is a real-life person — albeit he has an avatar in AdventureQuest Worlds — compared to the fictional characters from other media.
- Cool Key: Voltaire's weapon is one of these. Fans of AdventureQuest Worlds will remember that it's called the Vorutanian Keyblade.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Artix is the Champion of Darknes but his appearance is that of a Paladin and uses the power of souls with an association to light.
- Hero of Another Story: They're both knights in the Toy Brick Car and got on the train after an encounter with something called the "Paladin Slayer".
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: Artix's backstory as the Champion of Darkness/Undead Slayer is revealed without any shocking revelations.
- Mythology Gag: Voltaire's portrait reflects the album art of "Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking From the Chalice Filled With The Laughter of Small Children"
- Perky Goth: Voltaire.
- The Power of Rock: Voltaire is a musician and a capable ass-kicker to boot.
- Red Baron: Artix is called "The Champion of Darkness" and Voltaire is "Gothic Keymaster"
- Soul Power: Artix is empowered with souls of every undead he slays.
Waspinator
A robotic alien lifeform who transforms into a giant wasp. Infamously unfortunate. His 'master' is implied to be D-16/Prime Megatron.
- Ascended Extra: He becomes beneficial in the Omelas Car in Voyage of Wisteria.
- Butt-Monkey: Being trapped on the Infinity Train has not meant that Waspinator has any less prone to misery. We see the poor bot torn apart by the Apex who collect his limbs after all.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: Waspinator can always seem to regain his lost limbs, no matter how often the Apex rip them off. This is abused by many in the Apex, who collect his limbs like trading cards and build forts with them and then later used for good affect in Voyage of Wisteria when one of his arms can plug the small black hole in The Omelas Car.
- Saved by Canon: Waspinator is unkillable in canon and that is same in Knight of the Orange Lily, as he is still around by the end of Blossoming Trail to send mail to Lexi and appears in the flesh in Voyage of Wisteria.
- Third-Person Person: Waspinator speaks about Waspinator in the third person.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: He becomes beneficial in the Omelas Car in Voyage of Wisteria and he's able to give advice to one of the Apex kids.
Mad Ben
An alternate version of Ben Tennyson ruling the Desert Racetrack Car.
- Achilles' Heel: Despite having the Omnitrix (or "Power Watch"), he has a few weaknesses: the Omnitrix can't scan a human or denizen or a denizen fused with a human as proven with Easter, and in the small window between Ben returning to his human form, a good strike to the watch is capable of neutralizing him. However you need to make the attack weak enough to not activate the Failsafe or he'll turn into Mad Chromastone.
- Badass Driver: He's king of the Desert Racetrack Car because of his driving skills although his Omnitrix also helps.
- Compensating for Something: His car is the biggest one in the race compared to the jeep that the White Gestalt uses, most likely to show off his arrogance.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He's surprised when Gladion has Silvally attack Specter, stating that he wouldn't go that far barring an incident with Mad Rook.
- Evil Is Hammy: He is known to be very dramatic and is a villain.
- Fatal Flaw: His pride and arrogance like in the show; any insult of being called a child or anything that doesn't make his races seriously will push his Berserk Button.
- Flaw Exploitation: London tells the White Gestalt that Mad Ben hates anything that gets away of his pride. Specter uses this to point out that Mad Ben is a pathetic weakling who will never get the revenge he wants because that means he'd have to leave the Desert Racetrack Car to get his number down or he'd have to wait an eternity for Ben Prime and Ben-23 to ever arrive (which, given what the Infinity Train is, most likely never). This angers Mad Ben enough for him to ram his car into The Kendrick — when he was just a few feet from winning the race — and ends with them tieing and his ego bruised when the audience cheers for White Gestalt.
- Graceful Loser: Zigzagged; upon tying with the White Gestalt, he pretends to gracefully accept the loss because his arrogance in trying to crush them instead of going to the finish line means the White Gestalt are seen as the heroic underdogs, not to mention he can't do another race until his car is fixed.
- Insult Backfire: Tries calling Specter a dog begging for scraps; Specter retorts he's a dog loyal to his master and will proudly wear his loyalty like a dog wears a collar.
- Nigh-Invulnerable: Nothing the White Gestalt throws at him lasts. Even Easter's electric attack transformed him into Mad Chromastone.
- No Indoor Voice: His speech is in bold whenever he announces himself.
- Power Copying: Is using the Infinity Train to amass new forms, including Silvally, a Twilightverse Vampire, and Lapis Lazuli.
- Self-Inflicted Hell: Specter's jabs invoke this on him: in order for Mad Ben to see Ben Prime and Ben-23 again he'll have to either wait for them to ever arrive (which is not likely) or he'll have to give up his throne so he can go across the Train in an attempt to get his number down to 0 which would take years to drop. But given Mad Ben's pride, he'd never give up his throne, effectively dooming him to one spot.
- Villain Respect: He tells Tokio that he liked the idea of threatening to detonate the Apex (albeit the boy should've gone through with the threat) and enjoyed the fight against White Gestalt that he'll let them live and hope to win a race.
Aaron and Jack Hotchner
A profiler and his son who are currently staying the Grand Guignol Apartments in the Fog Car.
- Berserk Button: Jack bringing up the name of George Fotney, his mother's killer is still a sore spot for his dad.
- Children Are Innocent: Jack's innocence makes him immune to the darkness of Silent Hill and thank goodness for that. He invokes this in order to go save Lampetia. It caused Alex Shepherd — Pyramid Head — to suffer a Logic Bomb.
- Death Glare: Most of the time, Aaron is staring at everyone like this.
- Fanboy: He likes superheroes and gushes how cool Gaim and Ryugen look.
- The Ghost: They are briefly mentioned in Blossoming Trail and Voyage of Wisteria with Aaron having made recordings about his analysis over ones like the Apex and the Unsub.
- Last-Name Basis: Aaron usually uses his last name.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: Aaron's been Put on a Bus since Season 12 of his show and it also spoils the fact that his wife was murdered and his encounter with Mr. Scratch.
- The Stoic: Aaron's default expression. He only drops it upon seeing his late wife, or rather Silent Hill's construct of her, Haley.
