A list of characters who appear in SilverHawks.
The SilverHawks
A team of heroic Space Police who defend the Limbo Galaxy from Mon*Star and his mob.
Tropes associated with all the SilverHawks:
- Badass Crew: They most definitely are.
- Cyborg: What each team member is transformed into, although the series never uses the word.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Of the original Silverhawks crew, neither The Copper Kidd nor Bluegrass had their real names mentioned at any point of the show. The same happened to the new Silverhawks members.
- In the Comic-Book Adaptation, it's stated Bluegrass' name is T. Boone Pickens and The Copper Kidd's name is unknown to the other characters because he can't pronounce it.
- Space Police: One of the prime examples in Western Animation.
The Original Team
These are the Silverhawks who were introduced at the beginning of the series.
Commander Burt Stargazer
Voiced by: Bob McFadden (original), José Luis Castañeda (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The man who issues the orders to the Silverhawks. He's also the cop who originally captured Mon*Star.
Tropes associated with Stargazer:
- Break Out the Museum Piece: In one episode, the Silverhawks' modern cybernetics were targeted, leaving them helpless, but Stargazer's nigh-obsolete cybernetics were immune.
- Da Chief: Well, seeing as how this is basically a cop show IN SPACE!, he fits the role.
- Former Teen Rebel: Or so he says. Had the nickname "Barnstorming Burt".
- Mission Control: His usual role.
Lieutenant Johnathan "Quicksilver" Quick
Voiced by: Peter Newman (original), Eladio González Garza (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The field leader of the Silverhawks.
Tropes associated with Quicksilver:
- The Determinator: As the leader, he never gives up.
- Dub Name Change: The Latin American dub names him "Rayo de Plata" (Silver Beam)
- The Hero: Of the original Five-Man Band.
- Humans Are Special: He believes this, and this is what makes him The Determinator, particularly during his battle against his Evil Counterpart Darkbird.It's our human qualities that give us courage, endurance and the power to tell right from wrong!
- The Leader: He is the leader of the team.
Colonel Bluegrass
Voiced by: Larry Kenney (original), Braulio Zertuche (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The Silverhawks' pilot, and the only one among them who doesn't have wing attachments or a built-in weapon, instead relying on his guitar to shoot musical beams.
Tropes associated with Bluegrass:
- Ace Pilot: Between the Bushwacker and Plugger varieties.
- Colonel Badass: Though very laid-back and genial normally, he could kick ass with the best of them. Also, "Colonel Bluegrass" and "Colonel Badass" rhyme, and that has to count for something, right?
- The Deep South: He talks like Lion-O with a Southern accent.
- I Call It "Vera": He calls his guitar Hot Licks.
- Instrument of Murder: Hot Licks is a heroic example.
- The Lancer: Laidback and easygoing compared to Quicksilver's by-the-book nature, though they rarely bicker.
- Musical Assassin: Heroic variant.
- Never Bareheaded: He always wears a cowboy hat.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is never revealed in the TV series, so as noted above, it depends on if you think the comics are Canon or not.
Sergeants Emily "Steelheart" Hart and Will "Steelwill" Hart
Left to right: Steelwill and Steelheart
Voiced by: Maggie Wheeler (Steelheart) and Bob McFadden (Steelwill) (original); Yolanda Vidal (Steelheart) and Arturo Casanova (Steelwill) (Latin-American Spanish dub)
A brother and sister team of heroes who join the Silverhawks.
Tropes associated with Steelheart and Steelwill:
- Amazonian Beauty: Of the two Smurfettes on the cast (the other being Melodia), Steelheart is easily the nicer-looking due to her muscular body. We get a nice Male Gaze pan of her in the Title Sequence to showcase this. Bonus points for actually having Super-Strength, too.
- The Big Guy: Steelwill is the most visually obvious example, but really both of them qualify and are equally strong, serving as the most physically powerful members of the team
- Brother–Sister Team: They're both Gadgeteer Geniuses who work together all the time...and then punch down walls together all the time. They even suffered heart failures at the same time, requiring them to get fitted with bionic replacements prior to the Silverhawk assignment.
- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Invoked in the comics but ultimately averted. In the "Origin" issue, during their conversion to cyborgs, the siblings' hearts fail, requiring them to be replaced with artificial ones. The scientist in charge of their conversion process remarks that their artificial hearts will make them a touch unemotional... but they don't actually become unemotional or anything of the sort, they remain just as nice, social and professional as everyone else in the team.
- Flying Brick: Their abilities include Super-Strength, Flight via their artificial wings, and can shoot laser beams out of their shoulders and feet. Yep.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Both of them, as stated above. They are the mechanics and engineers of the team.
- Genius Bruiser: Super-strong football fans, and the team's tech specialists.
- Meaningful Name: Steelheart, and also Steelwill to a lesser extent. They actually had their organic hearts replaced with mechanical ones during their conversion to cyborgs.
- Most Common Super Power: Steelheart has an impressive bust.
- Ms. Fanservice: Steelheart is the only woman Silverhawk, and the fact that their armor is effectively their skin means that she still has breasts and curves.
- The Smurfette Principle: Steelheart is the only female Silverhawk. This remains true even after they add more later in the series.
- Super-Strength: The strongest members of the Silverhawks team, in physical terms.
- Twin Telepathy: This is why their hearts failed simultaneously during the mechanization sequence in the pilot. Used at least once afterwards, but not much more than that.
The Copper Kidd
Voiced by: Pete Cannarozzi (original)
The Silverhawks' alien member. He communicates by taking high-pitched noises instead of speaking.
Tropes associated with The Copper Kidd:
- Cute Mute: Well, not mute exactly; his speech comes out as whistles, but they're intelligible enough to be understood in-universe (and by viewers with keen ears).
- Deadly Disc: In addition to the usual Silverhawk loadout, he has a pair of throwing discs which he keeps on his hips.
- Heroic Mime: Comes from a planet of them no less.
- Kid-Appeal Character: The most childlike member of the Silverhawks.
- The Unintelligible: Had a computerized voicebox installed during his cybernetic conversion, but his speech is still heavily synthesized.
- Precision-Guided Boomerang: He has two razor-edged discs implanted on his hips that he uses this way in battle.
- The Smart Guy: He is stated to be a a mathematical genius.
- Token Nonhuman: Hails from "The Planet of the Mimes", and is functionally human save for facial markings and skin coloration reminiscent of a clown, voicelessness, and a pronounced mischievous streak.
The Reinforcements
These are Sixth Ranger Silverhawks who were introduced midway through the series, after the original team had been established. None of them appear in the Title Sequence.
Hotwing
Voiced by: Adolph Caesar, Doug Preis (original), Raúl de la Fuente and Carlos Petrel (Latin-American Spanish dub)
A professional magician and illusionist with a Power Crystal embedded in his forehead instead of lasers in his shoulders. He uses his abilities to confuse and misdirect Mon*Star's gang.
Tropes associated with Hotwing:
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's not always clear if Hotwing really has mystical (or at least telekinetic) powers or is just a very skilled illusionist.
- Mind over Matter: His primary trick is his ability to manipulate matter and energy through mind power.
- Pointy Ears: Oddly, since he was human.
- Power Crystal: He has one located in his forehead, that his "magic" beams emanate from.
- Token Minority: He was the only African-American character in the show.
Flashback
Voiced by: Peter Newman (possibly)
A Silverhawk from (even farther in) The Future who occasionally travels back in time to save the main cast. In his first appearance, the other Silverhawks don't recognize him, so they treat him as an enemy. In later appearances, he's joined the team with no explanation.
Tropes associated with Flashback:
- Always Someone Better: Since he's from the Silverhawks' future, he's even more powerful than they are—except for Steelwill, whose strength matches his.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: He does this at least twice.
- Time Travel: His shtick. He's able to manipulate time to his own advantage.
Condor
Voiced by: Bob McFadden
Condor is a retired Silverhawk who's working as a private eye when his old friend Stargazer calls him back to active duty. His tech is outmoded, but his experience makes up for it.
Tropes associated with Condor:
- Jetpack: He has one instead of the permanently attached wings most modern Silverhawks use.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice is an imitation of Humphrey Bogart.
- Private Detective: What he's doing since quitting the Silverhawks gig.
- Retired Badass: Retired, then unretired.
Moonstryker
Voiced by: Larry Kenney (probably)
Moonstryker is a cocky young Silverhawk whose technology is a little more advanced than his teammates'. He uses a spinning turbine attached to his waist to fly.
Tropes associated with Moonstryker:
- Friendly Sniper: He's a crack shot with his built-in lasers.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: His deliberately misspelled name.
Mon*Star's Mob
Mon*Star
Pre-transformation
Post-transformation
Voiced by: Earl Hammond (original), Luis de León and Alejandro Villeli (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The leader of the mob, and Arch-Enemy of the Silverhawks and of Commander Stargazer in particular.
Tropes associated with Mon*Star:
- Big Bad: The most powerful villain in the series.
- By the Power of Grayskull!: A villainous variant. "Moon Star of Limbo! Give me the might - the muscle - the menace - of MON*STAR!"
- Combo Platter Powers: Super-Strength (to some degree even in his non-transformed form), The Light*Star (which itself had various effects, from energy damage, to crushing force, to stunning, to paralysis, to hypnosis — whatever the episode required, really), and Flight from the jets on his elbows (which could also be used to shoot fireballs), and power armor that presumably protects him from injury.
- The Dreaded: When he escaped from prison, Earth decided he was such a threat that they sent five super-powered cyborgs to stop him.
- Evil Laugh: "Sneak attack" is a prominent example... when he realizes Hardware has given him a container with enough energy to transform and break out of jail.Hehehe! The Moon*Star Light, in a box! Hardware, you've outdone yourself, hahahaha! Now, no jail... can hold me!
- Evil Redhead: He's the series' major villain and his long, poofy '80s Hair is bright red.
- Eyepatch of Power: Wears one over his left eye in his normal form. It has a six-pointed star emblem that becomes part of his facial markings in his transformed state.
- Eye Beams: In his transformed state, the star emblem on his left eye becomes capable of firing bolts of star-shaped energy that can paralyze a target, transform his squid-mount, Skyrunner, into its armored form, or several other effects. The star-shaped energy blast homed in on targets as well.
- It's Personal: Between Mon*Star and Stargazer, who originally captured him.
- Large Ham: Even in this show, Mon*Star stands out for being the hammiest. He shouts more than he actually speaks.
- Lunacy: The light of the Moon Star of Limbo is what gives him his strength and ability to transform.
- My Beloved Minions: He might not always act kind, but at least he commands enough loyalty for a plan to break him out of jail to work perfectly despite requiring three mob members working together.
- Orcus on His Throne: In later episodes he stops getting actively involved in his own plots in any way. With very few exceptions, he just gives orders and doesn't actually do anything. Possibly done as a way to avoid further Villain Decay, because on the rare times when he did do something himself, he got beaten easily - e.g, episode 64, "Zeek's Power", where Condor defeats Mon*Star in a single hit.
- Pet the Dog: Gets two moments in "Uncle Rattler" - upon learning that Rattler is Yes-Man's uncle, he gives him a chance to escape, and while confronting Yes-Man, instead of getting angry or punishing the snake, he puts a hand on Yes-Man's shoulder and tells him that the mob is the only family the snake has.
- Powered Armor: Wears this in his transformed state. It gives him flight abilities and a degree of boosted strength and endurance, as well as the Eye Beam ability above.
- Red Baron: Mon*Star, the Planet-Master.
- Spikes of Villainy: He has a pair of small spikes on his shoulders in his normal form; in his armored form, he has them all over his head instead.
- Vocal Evolution: His voice started out very deep and growly, but over the course of the series slowly turned into a perfect imitation of Vultureman's screech, though it also partway reverted in the later episodes. (Earl Hammond voiced both characters.) More jarring in that his transformation phrase always used the original deep-voiced clip.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: With the help of the Moonstar's light.
Yes-Man
Voiced by: Bob McFadden (original), Francisco Reséndez (Latin-American Spanish dub)
Mon*Star's personal assistant, who activates the machinery for his boss's transformations with the Moonstar of Limbo.
Tropes associated with Yes-Man:
- Conflicting Loyalty: Between his boss and his Uncle Rattler.
- Dub Name Change: In the Latin American dub, he is named "Esclavo" (Slave)
- Snake People: The lower half of his body resembles a rattlesnake.
- Took a Level in Badass: A temporary variant. In "No More Mr. Nice Guy", he stepped into the Transformation Chamber with Mon*Star, which caused no physical transformation, but boosted his intellect and confidence to such a degree that he was running roughshod over the Silverhawks and the rest of Mon*Star's mob. The boost wore off on its own, however, and he was never allowed to use it again (because he also started gunning for Mon*Star's position).
- Yes-Man: Well, if his very name didn't clue you in already...
Hardware
Voiced by: Bob McFadden (original), Agustín Sauret (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The Mob's weapons specialist. Shrewd and competent in addition to his skills at building - and using - weapons.
Tropes associated with Hardware:
- Bag of Holding: The over-sized knapsack on his back carries a wide assortment of weapons and tools.
- Barefoot Cartoon Alien: In fact, he looks a lot like the orcs from The Return of the King, also from Rankin-Bass, many of whom also went barefoot.
- By the Power of Grayskull!: In the episode where he charged a pack with the Moon*star's energy, he used a modified form of Mon*star transformation formula.Moon*Star light. Enter this power pack. Give it the punch - the power - the potential - to free Mon*Star!
- Gadgeteer Genius: The man once built a box of Moon*Star light to break Mon*Star out of prison. The boss himself stated Hardware has outdone himself on that one.
- Gatling Good: One of his many weapons is a laser Gatling cannon for melee combat.
- Pointy Ears: Again, like the orc he resembles.
Melodia
Voiced by: Maggie Wheeler
The only female member of the Mob, she uses her trademark keytar weapon to create devastating shockwaves.
Tropes associated with Melodia:
- Distaff Counterpart, Evil Counterpart: To Bluegrass, again. Like him, Melodia attacks using a musical instrument that shoots lasers shaped like music staves (plural of "staff"). In her case, she uses a keytar note , whereas Bluegrass uses a guitar.
- Instrument of Murder: Melodia's keytar.
- Musical Assassin: Has a keytar as her weapon.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Her looks are very reminiscent of Cyndi Lauper, back in The '80s.
- Sinister Shades: The frame is shaped like a musical note, even!
- The Smurfette Principle: She is the only female member of the mob.
- Wicked Witch: Well, she's not quite one per se. However, the way she talks is a cross between this and the Valley Girl accent. She also laughs like a Wicked Witch (and also acts like one...).
Windhammer
Voiced by: Doug Preis (original), Esteban Siller (Latin-American Spanish dub)
A member of the Mob who uses a magical tuning fork to create devastating weather effects, usually lightning or tornadoes.
Tropes associated with Windhammer:
- Blow You Away: Has weather-related powers.
- Weather-Control Machine: His tuning fork.
Molec-U-Lar
Voiced by: Doug Preis (original), Miguel Ángel Sanromán (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The Mob's resident master of disguise and infiltration expert.
Tropes associated with Molec-U-Lar:
- Can't Shift While Shifted: Mo-Lec-U-Lar can do both Voluntary Shapeshifting into living beings and Objectshifting, into anything from a cigar box to a spaceship, but must return to his default shape before taking another form.
- Master of Disguise: He can shapeshift without any known size, form, or duration limitation. He just has to return to his default before taking another form.
- Robo Speak: The level of inflection varied from episode to episode, but in his true form he always spoke with robotic stiffness.
- The Shadow Knows: Molec-U-Lar's disguises have one flaw...
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can maintain a given form for as long as he needs, and can even transform into weapons.
Buzz-Saw
A sentient robotic member of the Mob, outfitted with numerous saw-blades.
Tropes associated with Buzz-Saw:
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: His buzzsaws can cut through (or embed on) very thick plates of steel with ease.
- Death Is Cheap: Justified since he's a robot and can presumably be rebuilt; he gets blown up more than once (including the SECOND EPISODE) and always reappears in later episodes as good as new.
- Killer Robot: He is a robot built for destruction, for sure. And sadism.
- Saw Blades of Death: He is a walking bundle of buzzsaws, and he can launch them too as a ranged attack.
Poker-Face
Voiced by: Larry Kenney (original), Esteban Siller (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The Mob's money-man, he runs the Starship Casino on their behalf.
Tropes associated with Poker-Face:
- Sharp-Dressed Man: He always wears a tuxedo.
Mumbo Jumbo
Voiced by: Peter Newman (original), Francisco Reséndez (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The Mob's resident strong-man with the head of a bull.
Tropes associated with Mumbo Jumbo:
- Dub Name Change: The Latin American dub names him "Bucéfalo" (Bucephalus)
- The Juggernaut: In terms of raw power, only the Steel-twins can take him on head-on.
- The Unintelligible: He mostly talks in grunts and roars, but others can at least understand him.
- The Worf Effect: Being a villain who's strong but not very smart, he tends to get used to show how tough other characters are. Such as in "Smiley", where he gets knocked out in a boxing match to show how tough the Mob's new one-shot member is.
Timestopper
Voiced by: Larry Kenney (original), Luis Alfonso Mendoza (Latin-American Spanish dub)
The youngest member of the Mob at age 14, he has the ability to stop time for one Limbo-minute.
Tropes associated with Timestopper:
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His name's Timestopper. He stops time.
- Explosive Overclocking: If Timestopper doesn't un-freeze time before the Limbo-minute limit is up, his time-piece will explode.
- Time Stands Still: His keynote ability, activated through a time-piece worn on his chest. He's also able to determine whoever he wants to be able to move within the frozen time (so he can freeze the Silverhawks while the other members of the Mob remain unaffected).
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's afraid of the dark. Yes, really. This is also his Weaksauce Weakness, since he can't use his powers in complete darkness.
Zero the Memory Thief
Voiced by: Peter Newman (original), Tito Reséndiz (Latin-American Spanish dub)
An unsavory character who worked with the mob on occasion. Zero could drain memories of both living beings and computers which would be stored on tapes worn on his chest.
Tropes associated with Zero the Memory Thief:
- Easy Amnesia: Draining memories was easy; Zero would point his wand, pull out his target's memory and upload the memory data to his memory tapes. His victims couldn't remember anything afterwards.
- Memory-Wiping Crew: A one-man example of this trope.
- The Sixth Ranger: Was not a regular member of Mon*Star's mob, only showing up sometimes.
- Transferable Memory: His entire gimmick, if you didn't guess already.
