Character page for The Mad Scientist Wars.
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Characters created by Professor Tinker
Commander Primary Xerox
The head of M, he attained the position because of his skill with paperwork.- The Determinator: He managed to beat off Madness for a year after his meds stopped working by sheer willpower alone.
- Expy: He is a lot like Commander Vimes, except for the paperwork.
Characters created by Professor Zobot
David Toboz
Initially a villain named Professor Zobot (Spell Zobot backwards), he tried to blackmail Jane Narbon into killing So It Begins. They teamed up and blew up his base. He emerged from the wreckage covered in burns, missing an arm, and suffering from amnesia. This seems to have reversed his alignment. He now fights crime.Formerly had a sentient robotic prosthetic arm he used as a replacement for his missing one, it turned out to be evil and tried to kill him and other people. After what became known as the Zobot Arm got destroyed, David replaced it with a non-sentient, super strong mechanical one.
- Artificial Limbs: His left arm.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Backpedals from telling Tinker he loves him.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Yup. Justified in that he was downloading his mind into a robot arm and didn't quite finish before the explosion severed the link.
- Manchild: In out of continuity threads, Sarcastic even comments on this. Twice. This may be because the few memories of his previous life he has are ones from his childhood.
- Skilled, but Naive: His naivete also interacts interestingly with his paranoia.
- Walking Techfix: This is one of his spark's two interesting facets - He can understand, fix, and even improve, given time and materials, anything. Anything. The downside is that he cannot create his own stuff.
Micheal Toboz
Created by Dana Amino for the Zobot arm, using random teenager's DNA and with the memories of the Zobot Arm as well as copies of minds of other mad scientists. Created by the Zobot Arm to take vengeance on its foes if it failed. Micheal upon being activated decided that vengeance was stupid and settled down to do general evil. Hates Primary Xerox for reasons he doesn't care to explain.- Mind Rape: Someone who wants him to kill David Toboz forces him relive Sarah's death, feeling what David felt, over and over and over again on a constant loop. They tell him they will stop if he does what they ask.
- Talking to Themself: Micheal has the dregs of the personalities of seven mad scientists in his head, which leads to this trope. It gets worse when he's alone (although shock and stress can also cause it), to the point of being unable to tell who he is amongst the conflicting viewpoints. This makes him actively seek out human contact as a stabilizer.
Sarcastic Female NPC
David Toboz's sidekick. Has a bit of a problem with being less good than she feels like she should be. Is a bit of an RPG nerd-girl and has a tendency to be used by her author as a mouthpiece out of game. No nonsense, sane as can be, yet despite all of this has shown a tendency towards being a thrill seeker.- Deal with the Devil: A demon has offered Sarcastic power in exchange for her soul. She is yet to take up the offer, much to the annoyance and surprise of the demon.
- Jumped at the Call: But after a while started to wonder if she'd bitten off more than she could chew. Too bad, because once you've answered it, The Call Knows Where You Live.
Richard Toboz
David's bigger brother. Martial arts expert. Does not like Mads.- Promotion to Parent: Led to friction with his brother. Although there may have been other reasons for that too.
- The Unfavorite: It's implied/outright stated that he was looked down upon because he didn't have the Spark.
Natalie
Certainly not a Valkyrie. Certainly not going to punch you in the face if you try to bug her. She's an atheist and ignores all the strange stuff around her deliberately to irritate people. Carries a sledgehammer pretty much everywhere.- Grievous Harm with a Body: She whanged soldiers with the body of a Norse god.
Characters created by Chicgeek
Penny Bright
A mad biologist and college student. Wide eyed innocent, soft-hearted. Can be more dangerous than she looks, especially if she sees you mistreating an animal. Somewhat silly background- after all, her vet parents are the sane but slightly goofy doctors (Russell Ulyssys) R.U.Bright,II and (Irene Marie) I.M.Bright, nee Fine. Creates tiny chimera creatures, usually has a few in her pockets. Has begun dating the white knight of the game, Sir Honor.- Cute Monster: All deadly, tiny, and ridiculous. Rex the snarky wolfbat is the main one, but she also has a scorpion kitten, a piranha canary, and a spider raccoon.
Characters created by Demothesis
Demothesis
Michael's hench, formerly DR.KINESTRO!(TM)'s hench. Secret Progressor agent.- The Spock: Every action is carefully measured and judged only on how efficient and effective they are. He's getting better with AD waking up.
- Split-Personality Takeover: Averted. Demothesis does not know how close he came to not existing. Again.
Foigran
An ancient evil dating back to before recorded history. He's immortal, patient and sadistic in his methods.- Eldritch Abomination: Well he's not precisely an eldritch abomination. He just ate one and uses it to fuel his abilities and immortality.
- Genre Savvy: Taken to absurd lengths in that he knows he's being written and comments on it.
DR.KINESTRO!(TM)
A bombastic mad scientist who thinks he's the most dangerous and evil mad scientist in existence. He's not. He's actually an accidental hero, to the point of being placed in the canon's Hall of Eternal Heroism, and he hates this.- Accidental Hero: His attempts at villainy always backfire into him saving someone's life or the city or the world on occasion.
- Big Word Shout: DOOM!(TM), FOOL!(TM), and PEON. He likes these words. A lot.
Progressor's Shadowy Leader/PSL
The leader of the Progressor's and a shadowy, mysterious figure. Not much else is known, expect he's short tempered and picks his agent's assignment's carefully.- Ancient Conspiracy: Leader of one.
Zander
A Progressor agent, psychopath, and probably related to Claire somehow.- Slasher Smile: He enjoys fighting just a little too much.
Characters created by Claire
Claire
A catgirl henchman. Is basically awesome.- Weaksauce Weakness: Titanium yarn. And marshmallows.
Characters created by Dr. Amino
Dr. Dana N. Amino:
Crazy even by Mad standards, Dr. Amino cares nothing for your plot! Or the fourth wall! Ha ha ha ha ha!- Escalating War: Invoked. Dropping a nuclear bomb on someone because they stole your look seems a bit like overkill. So she deliberately got herself humiliated by them so that she had a better reason to do so.
- Pie in the Face: This is her shtick.
Characters created by Sarah Mc Laren
Damien Watson Lux
Effectively Axel's "keeper", he tries to prevent him from hurting or killing others or himself. He is the most reluctant of the three to participate in adventure, having been on the butt end of it too many times for him to count. This hasn't managed to entirely kill a sense of wanderlust, however.- Gods Need Prayer Badly: He's on the equivalent of a hunger strike. Whether this is responsible for decreasing mental stability is unknown.
- House Husband: Not a husband, but as Sarah seems to mysteriously disappear when chores are looming, and asking Axel to do them is a bad idea, Damien generally does them all himself and has become surprisingly good at them.
- Living Weapon: This is the reason, along with Promoted to Scapegoat and Unwitting Pawn, that he got his powers.
- Refusal of the Call: The call came over anyway.
Sarah Sophia Mclaren
Damien's cousin. She stops Damien and Axel from killing each other. She's generally the most practical and pragmatic of the three. Seems to be somewhat of a Taoist.- Bystander Syndrome: Sees a lot of things as this. However, she will intervene if asked or needed.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Takes this to almost ninja levels. Justified in that she has this as a superpower. People think it's Offscreen Teleportation.
Axel Nikolai Dodge
Damien and Sarah's roommate, and a minor Spark. Jumps into everything feet first. While he normally is a little bit odd, when trying to be friendly he starts to cross over into creepy.- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Sees everything as a game.
- It Amused Me: His motivation for anything he does.
