Characters present in Super Animal Royale and Super Animal Royale Tonight.
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The Super Animals
A Super Fox, just one of many kinds of Super Animals.
The inhabitants of the island. Super Animals are the result of experiments with merging both human DNA and animal DNA. They used to be the main attraction of Super Animal World, before whatever happened.- Animals Not to Scale: All Super Animals – whether they be cats, rats, hippos, dogs, songbirds, horses, or monkeys – are all the exact same size.
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: Given the setting, it's hard to fault them for it.
- Donk Patrick and Howl Michaels keep having their lives threatened by the Super Animal Super Rebellion very often, and yet, they still report on the latest kills and bloopers like nothing happened in the next episode.
- In promotional material, the Super Animals that come out of the vats either have an idea of what's going on right away, are undergoing the process of accepting what's going on, or become incredulous and do not believe that they really have to kill each other for sport, before having to accept that that's really what's going to happen.
- Cute and Psycho: The Super Animals seem to really like killing each other for sport.
- Feather Fingers: All the bird Super Animals have feather-hands.
- LEGO Genetics: The result of this.
- No Biological Sex: The Super Animals lack biological sex according to
Word of God, technically making them all genderless, with their gender identities up to the Animals themselves to decide. - Ridiculously Cute Critter: Cute, anthropomorphic animals? Check.
- Starfish Language: Their language composes of nothing but gibberish and animalistic noises that sound occasionally like English ("Go go go" being the most notable example). The only known Super Animal to speak clear English is Donk Patrick, and to a much lesser extent, Ms. Macawsome.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Bananas, or "Banans" as they are referred to in-game.
Mini Animals
Don't you wanna stroke these lil' guys?.
Miniature versions of the Super Animals. They were once available to be adopted as pets by humans when the park was still active, but they now roam the Super Animal Farm. Sometimes, they're even adopted by Super Animals. In-game, they can be purchased with tickets and follow the player around during matches.- Ridiculously Cute Critter: They're smaller versions of the Super Animals. They even make cute little squeaks and yawns when you pet them!
- You Have Researched Breathing: It took until the start of Season 8
to pet these little guys outside of rounds!
Super Animal World (aka S.A.W.)
The Company
"S.A.W. is believing."
The company behind the creation of the Super Animals, the Super Animal Island and, possibly, the Super Animal Royale.
- Big Bad: We can't be sure yet, but it's highly implied they engage in amoral experiments and mistreat their creations, the Super Animals.
- Creating Life: S.A.W. created several different breeds of Super Animals, sapient and bipedal animals capable of speech (some more than others).
- LEGO Genetics: Taking a look at the labs shows that S.A.W. used genetic manipulation extensively to create the Super Animals.
Donk Patrick
"...on "Super Animal Royale Tonight!"
The Super Donkey host of Super Animal Royale Tonight.
- Determinator: Say what you want about Donk, but he will ALWAYS try his best to broadcast SAR Tonight, no matter how screwed he might be.
- Meaningful Name: DONK(ey).
- And a reference to sports commentator Dan Patrick.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In episode 3, he immediately evacuates the Giant Eagle once the Rebellion starts boarding, leaving Howl behind without a second thought.
- Verbal Tic: He usually brays mid-sentence when he's speaking. Justified, since he's a donkey.
Howl Michaels
*unintelligeble*
The Super Howl Monkey co-host of Super Animal Royale Tonight.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may not seem much, but he has shows many times to handle himself pretty well in fights. Specially in episode 4 where he wields a Minigun to start their escape from the Rebellion Hideout.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: He takes a secondary role next to the more erudite Donk, but he's shown to be better at handling himself in a fight, and unlike Donk, becomes (rightly) suspicious of Catfive.
- Hyperventilation Bag: Uses one in Episode 3 while flying on Jimmy Talon.
- Meaningful Name: HOWL(er), as in Howler Monkey.
- Also a reference to sports commentator Al Michaels.
Jimmy Talon
Now with 7% more Duck DNA
Jimmy Talon is a Super Giant Eagle, big enough to carry several passengers on his back. In-game, he's the vehicle that drops the player on the map.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Donk and Howl from the Resistance penguin chicks at the end of Episode 7
- LEGO Genetics: Although classified as an eagle, and definitely giant enough to carry 64 passengers, he looks like a mallard duck. One of the attract messages even lampshades this by saying he now has 7% more duck DNA.
- Leitmotif: "Where We Dropping?"
- Meaningful Name: Named after comedian/actor Jimmy Fallon.
- Space Jews: In SAR Tonight Episode 7, while the others mention CRISPRmas, Jimmy refers to a holiday called "Bananukkah".
Joe Cluck
The first Joe Cluck.
SAR Tonight's field reporter, a Super Chicken.
- Armor Is Useless: Inverted. Joe Cluck I wears a low tier armor in episode 5, and it actually keeps him alive. For an while. Joe Cluck II and III made the right decision and wore better armor in episode 6 and 7. But it didn't help much.
- Butt-Monkey: Things usually don't end well for Joe whenever he's on the field.
- Deadline News: Keeps getting killed while out on the field.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Joe V, after going through numerous hardships and losing both Peep and Joe VI, manages to leave the island and escape the Royale.
- Faint in Shock: Seems to be a recurring thing for Joes V, VI, and VII whenever they see another version of themselves.
- Legacy Character: A rather dark example; ever since episode 5, Joe Cluck ends up dying, and is replaced by another (but different looking) Super Chicken with the same name.
- Meaningful Name: Named after sports commentator Joe Buck.
- Pet the Dog:
- Joe V and later Joe VI get befriended by Peep, who keeps them safe
- Joe VI gets startled into a Giant Giant Clam by a crab. After he gets loose, he nearly gets startled by the crab again… only for the crab to start dancing, with Joe VI joining in.
- Sole Survivor: At the end of season 2, Joe Cluck V is the only Joe (not counting Zombie Joes) to not only survive, but make it off the island in one piece.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Joe Cluck II and III met their demise at the end of several gun barrels.
- They Killed Kenny Again: Downplayed; each Joe Cluck so far has been a different skin of the Super Chicken, so it's possible each Joe Cluck is actually a different one. I was White, II was Rhode Island Red, III was Black and IV was Orange.Donk Patrick: (in episodes 6 and 7 after Joe dies) We seem to have lost Joe for the moment, we'll check back with him later.
- Enforced in Season 2, as the next Joe Cluck is again a White Super Chicken, but otherwise definitely averted so far; his fate in Episode 1 was left ambiguous as he was encounted by The Finch, while Episode 2 revealed he was merely captured and imprisoned by the Super Resistance. He survived Episode 2, but was still imprisoned. And while he was imprisoned, he was replaced by a red chicken, and while they were both absent (but alive), they were both replaced by a black Joe. When Catfive sees three Joes at once, he tells them that only one Joe is allowed at a time, and decides to kill and eat two of them.
- Enforced in Season 2, as the next Joe Cluck is again a White Super Chicken, but otherwise definitely averted so far; his fate in Episode 1 was left ambiguous
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Joe Cluck III seems to be having a great time with the Super Penguins in episode 7. Subverted when it's revealed that they're Rebellion soldiers.
- After losing both Peep and Joe VI, Joe V is on his own, until encountering Peep again, only for it to turn out to be a new Peep who doesn't recognize him, but this second Peep actually lets him go, and we close out the season seeing Joe V leaving the island safely.
Thomas Sledison
"Right, right. Busy, busy."
A Super Husky inventor who creates pretty much every weapon and gadget used in the Royale at his workshop in the tundra.
- Big Damn Heroes: Runs over a group of Rebellion soldiers who were about to kill Donk and Howl with a hamster ball in episode 6, and takes them to safety.
- Catchphrase: "Busy, busy!"
- Leitmotif: "The Inventor."
- Meaningful Name: His name is similar to Thomas Edison, who was also an inventor. Additionally, his last name, Sledison, is related to sleds. You know, the vehicle that's pulled by huskies.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Thomas has only appeared in a few SART episodes so far, but the objects in his workshop and various promotional materials confirm that he's the creator of everything used in the Royale.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: He doesn't seem very bothered by the dozens of armed penguins in his workshop.
- Would Hurt a Child: He seemingly has no issue opening fire against the Super Penguins in his workshop, one of them being a little chick. Granted, they were all armed and agressive, including the chick, but still...
Doctor Jennifer Dogna
"To be honest... I'm not that kind of doctor."
A Super Golden Labrador doctor of Super Skullcat Studies and the head of the Lab Labs (labrador labratories) who creates new Super Animals to put on the island for the Royale.
She's also one of the few characters that can be interacted with as an NPC in the game, hanging out in the pre-game lobby and inside the Super Pyramid's secret lab as well as occasionally popping up from the S.A.W. respawn hatch in S.A.W. vs Rebellion.
- Catchphrase: "Life's ruff."
- Clipboard of Authority: Carries a clipboard and pen at all times.
- Easter Egg: If you stay in her secret lab after the Skunk Gas passes through, she puts on a gas mask to protect herself from dying.
- She will also rarely pop up from S.A.W.'s respawn hatch during S.A.W vs Rebellion games.
- For Science!: Why a hundred million Super Animals have died in the games? This trope, of course. There's also a motivation to make hybrids of Super Animals if The Very First Skullcat is anything to go by, or at least to make them better than they were before.
- Leitmotif: "The Lab Lab."
- Meaningful Name: DOG(na).
- Also a reference to biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who did pioneering work in the same gene-editing technique used to create the Super Animals, CRISPR.
- Open Secret: The fact that she has a secret lab hidden in Super Saharaland is very much made known by her.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: A S.A.W. scientist studying Super Skullcats who wears a pair of glasses.
- Verbal Tic: Sometimes, when she says the phrase "Lab Lab," she'll repeat herself in some other way. For instance:"Get out out of my Lab Lab!"
S.A.W. Security
"But not to fear, we've got our best good boys on the case."
The forces in charge of putting down the Rebellion on the Company's behalf.- Hunter of His Own Kind: S.A.W. guards are all Super Animals, and fight the Rebellion, who are also Super Animals.
- Irony: Despite being mostly dogs, the apparent leader of the Security forces is an as yet unnamed Super Fox — a species many breeds of dog were bred to hunt.
- Leitmotif: A brass, militaristic version of the Super Animal Royale theme.
- Mooks: S.A.W. has it's own guards, most of them being Super Dogs.
- The Nose Knows: The Super Labrador Guards in episode 6 seemed to be able to see (smell?) through the Rebellion's pathetic disguises. Unfortunately, not only did Donk ignore them, but they immediately chase the Lucky Cat Mine, blowing themselves up.
- Putting on the Reich: Their uniforms seem eerily familiar to a certain real-life uniform.
Ms. Macawsome
"Polly got some tickets?"
A Super Parrot in charge of the official S.A.W. shop, which sells cosmetics in exchange of the premium currency "S.A.W. tickets" in the game itself.
- The Fashionista: Has a few traits of one.
- No Full Name Given: She's referred to as "Ms. Macawsome" or just "Macawsome." No first name has been provided.
- Verbal Tic: She often clicks, whistles and purrs, which is justified since she's a parrot.
- Weird Currency: The S.A.W. shop takes tickets instead of money.
Rabbita Smith
"It's so hard to find artists with any real vision these days. So much… fluff."
A Super Lionhead Rabbit who's Super Animal World's top art critic. She presents the winners of the Super Animal Royale Art Contests.- Small Name, Big Ego: Considers herself the greatest judge of taste. Additionally, there's her reaction when one of the winning art pieces prominently featured her."Flattery will get you everywhere…"
- Straw Critic: Some of her lines imply that she is one.
Super Animals Super Resistance (aka The Rebellion)
In General
"We are the Animals! Kill the Masters!"
A group of Super Animals who fight against S.A.W. and repeatedly hunt down Donk and Howl.
- Child Soldiers: They're not above recruiting children to their cause, as shown by the Super Penguin Chick in "The Night Before CRISPRmas" and Peep in Season Two.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters: They definitely seem to think so. Given what happened to the park, it's hard to disagree.
- Implacable Man: The Rebellion will simply never stop until Donk and Howl are dead. No matter the precautions the hosts take to protect themselves, the Rebellion always shows up.
- The Infiltration: It seems like there are several Rebellion agents that have infiltrated S.A.W., or at least the SAR Tonight studio, like Catfive who plants a Lucky Cat Mine by the end of episode 5.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Two of them don simple paper masks of both SAR Tonight hosts in Episode 6 to gain access to the studio. It works.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: They're particularly ruthless in their goals.
- Too Dumb to Live: The group that boards the Giant Eagle during episode 3 drops a live grenade in an attempt to kill Howl. The explosion causes the Giant Eagle to crash land, presumably killing all the Rebellion members inside.
- Villain Song: "Rebel March," a rallying anthem about overthrowing and killing the humans.
The Finch
"…Hello."
A Super Green Finch that seems to be the leader of the Super Animal Super Resistance, who makes his first appearance in Season Two of Super Animal Royale Tonight.
- Appeal to Force: As shown in his interview with Joe Cluck V.Finch: Oh… We never kill the good [Super Animals]. We only kill the traitors. <chuckles>
Joe V: I see. And who decides which ones are the <falls down Trap Door> traitoooooooooooors…
Finch: I do. <menacing laugh> - Dressed to Oppress: He's introduced wearing a red armband with the Rebellion's insignia on it, along with an ammunition belt. In later episodes, he trades the armband and belt for a military uniform with a sash. His militaristic appearance is likely highlighted by the fact that his feathers are green.
- The Grinch: "How the Finch Stole CRISPRmas" is essentially a lengthy reference to the trope namer, as he curtails any holiday singing.He hadn't approved any CRISPRmas joys.
He must put an end to this noise, noise, noise! - Rebel Leader: All signs point to him being the leader of the Rebellion, with his behaviour making him the more villainous flavour of this trope.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: At The Stinger of "The Stage is Set," Joe Cluck is stuck beneath the stage, where he and the rebels that surround him can only be seen By the Lights of Their Eyes. For some reason, the Finch's eyes are in red.
- Spell My Name with a "The": Just about all of the times he's mentioned, he's referred to as "the Finch."
Dr. Spotson
A Super Chocolate Lab scientist similar to Dogna, working for S.A.W. Research Labs. But, like Catfive, he's also a Rebellion member who's been using the DNA cloning technology to make more soldiers for the Rebellion in an underground base with the help of traitorous Delivery Moles.
- Easter Egg: Like Dr. Dogna, he can be seen popping up from the Rebellion's respawn hatch in SAW vs. Rebellion mode.
- Evil Counterpart: To Dogna.
- Punny Name: His name is a reference to Dr. Watson combined with "Spot", a common name given to pet dogs.
Peep
"And don't let me catch you again! ...See ya!"
A Super Chick that forms a bond with Joe Cluck V while he's in the rebellion's captivity, eventually joining him during his escape in the aftermath of the beach battle.
- Badass Adorable: An adorable chick… who singlehandedly takes out all of the SAW guard dogs while rescuing Joe Clucks V and VI.
- Catchphrase: "…Sorry." Usually whenever something bad happens to one of the Joe Clucks. It even ends up being their last words after they're shot.
- Child Soldiers: They're just a Chick, yet is nonetheless a member of the rebellion, complete with helmet and capability to kill.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Is killed by Catfive while rescuing Joe Clucks V and VI.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Joe Clucks V and VI have just about no survival instinct, resulting in Peep saving their skins on more than one occasion.
- Legacy Character: After getting killed while saving Joe Clucks V and VI, Dr. Spotson immediately makes a new Peep who doesn't seem to have any memory of their time with the Joes… but Peep II still lets Joe V leave the island.
- Leitmotif: A short piano-strings-and-glockenspiel sting during their close moments with the Joes – that doubles as a Triumphant Reprise of part of the Rebel March – included as part of the track "Storming the Rebels."
- Lima Syndrome: Grows close to Joe Cluck V while he's being held captive, and eventually goes on the run with him.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Manages to go in disguise as a construction beaver simply by killing one and putting on his vest and hard hat.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Their taking out all the SAW guard dogs in the season 2 finale leaves SAW Studios defenceless, which the Finch very quickly takes advantage of.
Catfive
"Meow. (Hey.)"
A Super Cat working at Super Animal Royale Tonight's studio as a janitor... in actuality, however, he's an undercover agent for the Super Animal Super Resistance.
- Carnivore Confusion: The stinger of the Season 1 recap of SAR Tonight shows Catfive eating a drumstick off Joe Cluck IV's roasted corpse. He hurriedly puts it back when he realizes he's still on camera.
- Evil All Along: Is revealed at the very end of Episode 5 to be a Rebellion spy, when he plants the Lucky Cat Mine that was intended to blow up Donk and Howl.
- Foreshadowing: In Episode 5, one of the Super Labrador guards starts barking at Catfive. At first you think it's because he's a cat, but by the end of the episode it's revealed that he's an infiltrated Rebellion Agent.
- Karma Houdini: Plants a bomb and contributes to Donk and Howl's misfortunes multiple times, nearly kills and eats Joe Cluck V or VI, then kills Peep when she rescues them, and gets no consequences for any of this. In fact, because everyone else in SART thinks Catfive was defending Donk and Howl from Peep, Howl even abandons his suspicions of him. Whether any consequences will come after the Finch marches on SAW Studios remains to be seen.
- Meaningful Name: Catfive's name is a reference to a category of network cable.
- The Mole: He's a Rebellion agent who has infiltrated the studio.
- Janitor Impersonation Infiltration: Got a job as a janitor in order to infiltrate the studio.
- Would Hurt a Child: Shoots and kills Peep with a magnum, live on Super Animal Royale Tonight.
Cackling Carl
"So many thingies!"
A peculiar Super Hyena who sells items in "Cackling Carl's Cart" in exchange of "Carl's Coins", a currency earned by playing matches.
- Buffy Speak: His diction is full of "we have this ones, and this thingy!"
- Dumpster Dive: One of the ways he gets the things he sells, other than stealing from the S.A.W. park.
- Glass Eye: His right eye seems to be one, but closer inspection shows that it's a marble ball.
- Heinous Hyena: A foul-smelling, constantly crackling Super Hyena that runs a somewhat shady business. He's also missing an eye, bits of his ears are missing and his tail is in a pretty bad shape.
- The Hyena: Constantly laughing, crackling and giggling whenever he's on screen. He's also a Hyena.
- Stylistic Suck: His ad spot on Super Animal Royale Tonight is loaded with shaky camerawork, gaudy or low-effort typefaces, needless transitions, and even contains noticeable grammatical errors. It even advertises this."So many thingies! So many transitions… so many fonts!"
- Traveling Salesman: Seems to be this, since his store is located in a mobile cart pulled by an Emu.
- Visible Odor: Carl is often accompanied by flies and, possibly, a very foul odor. Given that it is implied he obtains his products from digging through trash, this isn't very surprising.
- You No Take Candle: His ad spot on "The Stage is Set" is littered with grammatical errors.
Other
The First Super Skullcat
The First Super Skullcat
"Boo, I said!"
The very first (successful) Super Animal made by S.A.W. and by extension the first Super Skullcat. Although S.A.W. was not fond of it's "ruff" physical appearance, so they hid him in a tomb in Super Saharaland and gave it a job as a sort of horror show.
- Mix And Match Creature: The drawings on the Super Pyramid's walls implies he (and by extension, all the other skullcats) were created by mixing lions with regular cats.
- Monster Progenitor: The very first Super Animal that was successfully created.
- Mummy: Takes on the role of one, wearing standard mummy bandages to cover up his physical deformities and hiding inside a sarcophagus to scare any tourists that enter his spot.
- Slept Through the Apocalypse: Since he's been staying inside his sarcophagus, he has no idea about the park's current situation.
Twinkle
Twinkle the Star-nosed Mole
"Hi."
A Super Star-Nosed Mole that was accidentally created by Dogna when making more Delivery Moles, and ultimately sealed away in a cell by Dogna after he proved incapable of being a Delivery Mole. He spent a long time in his cell, chained up and growing bigger and more monstrous until he's unleashed by an escaped Super Lizard.
In-game, he plays the role of a boss battle in the S.A.W. vs Rebellion gamemode.
- Does Not Know His Own Strength: In the montage of him trying to fit in with the Delivery Moles, he takes part in a test of throwing the delivery box up... only to toss the box so hard it digs into the ground above them, and then falling back down on the teacher mole.
