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The MCK Crew
Mason Storm
"Woo-hoo! Surf's up!"
Voiced by: Mitch Dean/Chance Scoggins
The star player of the Mammoth City Soccer Beetles, Mason Storm is confident, daring, and cool-headed. His father is Mac, a firefighter, and he has a younger brother named Michael.
- Meaningful Name: He's said to be a storm out on the field.
- Cool Big Bro: To Michael.
- Cool Board: Has one of these.
- Like Father, Like Son: It's likely Mac passed on his expertise to his son, because during the factory fire, Mason demonstrates safety procedures such as covering the mouth with wet fabric and manages to lead a lot of the kids out to safety.
- Nice Guy: When his friend makes fun of Taylor's younger brother Tommy when he tries to hand out flyers protesting Evel Beetle's factory, he tells him to knock it off. He's also pretty friendly in general and usually the one to hold Junior back when he gets aggressive.
- Super-Toughness: At one point he wipes out pretty hard but doesn't appear too affected by it. In fact, all he cared about was fixing his damaged skateboard.
- Too Dumb to Live: He endangers other students (and himself) by showing off and doing elaborate skate tricks in the hallways.
- Took a Level in Badass: During the fire scenes.
- Totally Radical: He sometimes talks like this.
Taylor Hudson
"It's going into sugar shock!"
Voiced by: Hayley Williams
Taylor Hudson (Grant in the radio series) is a serious, pragmatic teenager interested in saving the environment. She's president of her own school club, the Eco Kids. Her father is Tom Grant, a star news reporter, and she has several brothers, one of whom is named Tommy.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Pretty much her whole character in the prequel. Though she does gain support when she lets senator Hector Ruiz in on her concerns.
- All Women Love Shoes: Averted. She calls it an "insulting stereotype" when Tom brings it up.
- The Cassandra: See Ignored Expert below.
- Cheated Angle: Her bangs tend to switch directions depending on which way her head is facing.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Taylor's an environmentalist, and she dresses in blue, green, and brown, colors commonly associated with the Earth.
- Control Freak: Described as someone who "could lighten up". This is especially so during one of their club meetings, in which she takes roll for the three members, including herself, and refuses to let anyone speak until they're recognized.
- Crazy-Prepared: As said above.Taylor: If we don't do it right when there's only three of us, we won't do it right when we have a full classroom!
- Friend to All Living Things: Cares a great deal about nature.
- Ignored Expert: She presents evidence that Evel Beetle's factory being built would cause pollution of the water supply and harm to animal life. However, she's dismissed for it because everyone favors the factory over the environment.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Taylor is pretty similar to Hayley Williams, in that they're both religious, natural blondes with freckles who sing in a band.
- Like Father, Like Son: She says she learned to get her facts together before making a claim from Tom.
- Missing Mom: She has a father and several brothers, but her mother is never mentioned.
- No-Respect Guy: Her efforts to save the world are usually ignored or ridiculed by her peers.
- Only Sane Man: One of the few characters who distrusts Evel Beetle and is aware that what he plans to do will endanger the city.
- Soapbox Sadie: Her main shtick. She regularly attends protests and speaks out against the factory.
- The Smurfette Principle: She appears to be the only daughter in her family.
- Token Religious Teammate: All of the kids are Christian, but it's made a bit more obvious with Taylor, who wears a cross necklace and mentions going to church.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Isabella's girly girl.
- Youthful Freckles
Isabella Ruiz
"Ay, bendito, tell me you are not wearing that tonight!"
Voiced by: Jennifer Heflin
Isabella Ruiz is the daughter of fashion designer Anna Ruiz and senator Hector Ruiz, and is portrayed as a trendy, popular, and amiable girl.
- Accents Aren't Hereditary: Her family is Puerto Rican, and while her parents have accents, she doesn't.
- All Women Love Shoes: She mentions buying new shoes for the Beetlecube launch party several times. She also says to a friend that her shoes are "so ten minutes ago" and offers her loaners from her locker.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Comes off as this during the big soccer game, as well as when her father withdraws his support for Evel Beetle's factory and her mother consequently gets fired, due to her taking that as not being able to attend the party.
- Famous Ancestor: Anna and Hector Ruiz are both notable figures in Mammoth City. Isabella brings this up. A lot.
- Gold Makes Everything Shiny: Her outfit includes a golden necklace, ring, bangles, and hoop earrings.
- Gratuitous Spanish: "Ay, bendito..."
- Hollywood Thin: Isabella has a significant hourglass figure, considering her age.
- I Am X, Son of Y: Almost all of her appearances in the prequel include this.
- It's All About Me: She asks everyone in the school hallway to keep it down purely so she can hear her friend on the other end of a phone call.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Compared to the CD, where she's kinder and more sympathetic, Isabella acts elitist and haughty in the radio series, going as far as to ask Tommy when he approaches her table at lunch, "Do you know who I am?"
- Phoneaholic Teenager: She's frequently depicted talking with her friends on her cell. Anna has even said it's difficult to get through to her because of this.
- Pink Means Feminine: Wears a pink-and-black-striped off shoulder top with lace, pink shoes, and pink eyeshadow.
- Spoiled Brat: In the radio series, she comes off as used to getting what she wants and becomes upset when she doesn't.
- The Ditz: E refers to her as "good hearted, but easily distracted".
- Her response to him in the fourth scene:
E: You have been chosen for a special mission.Isabella: You've got to bring some color in here—this fluorescent lighting does nothing for your skin tone. - The Fashionista: In spades. She tends to comment on people's clothing and the like. After all, her mother is a renowned fashion designer.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Taylor's tomboy.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Isabella's noticeably nicer and more tolerant in the CD as opposed to the prequel. Where she calls Taylor's eco group "tree-hugging creeps", she later finds and comforts her in the hallway after Jill blows her off.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Somewhat. She's in middle school but calls Tommy an "underclassman", which is high school terminology.
Deejay Justice
"Robot, have you slipped a sprocket?"
Voiced by: Quinton Caruthers
Deejay Justice is an aspiring DJ with a thoughtful, respectful personality. His father is the principal of Mammoth City Junior High.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments, though he isn't snarky so much as he is matter-of-fact.
- Meaningful Name: He deejays.
- Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish: Near the end of the prequel with AXTN.
Junior Kinkaid
"What are you looking at?"
Voiced by: Travis Scott
Large, aggressive, and temperamental, Junior Kinkaid often targets other kids for lunch or arcade money and lashes out at most people in his path.
- Anti-Hero: Despite his behavior, he's still considered a protagonist.
- Casual Sports Jersey: Wears one, though he doesn't seem to be involved in any sports.
- Hot-Blooded: Prone to quick anger.
- Invisible Parents: His parents are never touched upon.
- Jerkass: He's a bully and a brute. He does, however, have a Pet the Dog moment when he rescues an injured woman from the factory fire.
- Perpetual Frowner: He rarely (if ever) smiles, even in promotional material.
- The Bully
- Top-Heavy Guy
- Underdressed for the Occasion: When Moss asks him if he wants to go to the Beetlecube unveiling party, he makes a point of not wanting to dress up.
- Unusual Euphemism: He, along with his friend group, insults other kids by calling them "fragments".
AXTN
"[Beeps]"
Deejay's Robot Buddy that can also change into a turntable.note
- Chekhov's Gun: At first, he's shown to be nothing more than a turntable. Later he transforms into a robot at just the right time to save Deejay and Mac Storm, with indestructibility to boot.
- It Was a Gift: Given to Deejay by E for his seventh birthday.
- Living Prop: Essentially this, though he does rescue Deejay and Mac from the burning factory.
- Made of Iron: He's indestructible.
- Overly Long Name: His full title is Animatronic Experimental Thermal Neotype.
- Speaks in Binary: In the comic.
Antagonists
Evel Beetle
"I own this city."
Voiced by: Pat Reilly
A ruthless, evil billionaire with plans to control all of Mammoth City and the world.
- Berserk Button: Whenever someone attempts to denounce or otherwise go against him.
- When his money is spent without his knowledge.
- Big Bad: The series' main villain. One of the few characters with irredeemable qualities, in that he essentially plots murder and gets away with it, placing all the blame on DJ Enemy Threat despite telling him he wouldn't get caught.
- Child Hater: Can be considered this. As "Mammoth City Rap" puts it, that man don't care about the kids!
- He saw nothing wrong with pressing charges against Mason, who's in 7th to 8th grade at the most, for accidentally running into his limousine with his skateboard.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Even Evil Has Standards: Averted. He really doesn't.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Speaks in a low, gravelly, often monotone voice.
- Meaningful Name: Evel is, well, evil.
- Obviously Evil: Aside from his actions, his company is named "Worldwide Evil" and it's even in his name. Yet the citizens of Mammoth City (minus a few) are blind to this because he provides jobs and supports their schools and other aspects of the town. Even if suspicion arises, it's dismissed due to him being just all-around too rich and powerful.
- Pyromaniac: If all the arson is any indication...
- Sinister Shades: Never seen without them.
- Villain with Good Publicity: And how.
Warren C. Jones
Voiced by: Chris Well
Evel Beetle's primary assistant.
- Foil: The mild and tentative to Evel's malign and aloof.
- Smart People Wear Glasses
- The Consigliere: Occasionally.
DJ Enemy Threat
A tormenting DJ bent on winning the DJ Mix competition.
- Big Bad: The secondary antagonist in the radio series. He's almost if not just as bad as Evel Beetle himself.
- Jerkass
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He shows no remorse when he sees and leaves an injured woman to die in the fire, taunting that due to all the blinding flames and smoke it's like he was "never there".
- The Bully: Threatens the other hopefuls into dropping out of the DJ Mix competition, going as far as to send his lackeys to trash and destroy their belongings.
Moss
Voiced by: Jeremy Bose
One of Junior's friends. He's a very minor antagonist but nonetheless attempts to fight and outshine Mason on the Mammoth City Soccer Beetles.
- It's All About Me: He believes he could easily be the star of the team if the coach would give him more attention and playing time. He eventually gets so fed up that he tries to injure Mason on the field, earning a penalty.
- Only One Name: Lampshaded by the sports commentators in chapter eight.Joe Stewart: Another one for Moss!Wally Bryce: Hey, Stu, is Moss his first name or his last name?Joe Stewart: Ahh...I don't know.
- Simpleton Voice: Has one of these.
Other Characters
E
"You have been chosen for a special mission."
Voiced by: Jerry Minshall
The janitor of Mammoth City Junior High, as well as the coordinator of the Mammoth City Messengers.
- Almighty Janitor: He's good with inventing and knew about Evel Beetle's plans before anyone else did.
- Hidden Depths: He's shown to be pretty handy, shown by his creation of AXTN, the M-Coders, and all the gadgets and tools in his lair.
- Narrator: Acts as this in both the radio series and the CD.
- Smart People Wear Glasses
JJ Justice
Voiced by: Kenneth Cooke
The principal of Mammoth City Junior High and Deejay's dad.
- Putting the "Pal" in Principal: Depicted as a sensible, sympathetic man with a sense of humor.
- Good Parents: Both he and his wife care very deeply about their son.
Jill Randolph
Voiced by: Angel Clark
Taylor's best friend.
- Deadpan Snarker: Most of her lines are delivered either sarcastically or in annoyance.
- Foil: She's realistic and laid back where Taylor is serious and at times dramatic.
- Only Friend: She appears to be this to Taylor, at least until the latter joins up with Mason, Isabella, Junior, and Deejay. Crosses a bit into heartwarming seeing as, despite her blunt and smart-alecky nature, she's usually the one to go along with Taylor's plans, notably her Eco Kids club.Jill: [after Squire quits the club] And then there was [sic] two.Taylor: [defeated tone] Yes, and then there was [sic] two.
Squire Williams
A student at Mammoth City Junior High, Squire is a good-natured boy with a characteristic high-pitched voice. However, his submissiveness often makes him a target for bullying.
- Accidental Misnaming: Expect to hear him be called "Squirrel" almost every time. There are a few times this overlaps with Malicious Misnaming.
- Jerkass Ball: During the Eco Kids meeting, right before he quits abruptly.Squire: Look, Taylor, the only reason I even joined this stupid club was to get extra-curricular credit.
Coach Wilbur
Voiced by: Troy Collins
The coach of the Mammoth City Soccer Beetles.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Shows shades of this by making his team run laps as punishment, calling them "ladies" and "nancies" (with the exception of teammate Nancy), and quite obviously favoring Mason over everyone else.
- Motor Mouth / Chewing the Scenery: His lines tend to be delivered in a loud, quick, and intense fashion.
Anna and Hector Ruiz
Isabella's parents.
- Good Parents: They love Isabella and do their best to make her happy.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Hector. He listens to Taylor when she provides proof of Evel Beetle's factory being bad news and goes as far as to confront him and withdraw his support for the factory.
