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Main Trio (Henry Stickmin, Ellie Rose) | Toppat Clan | Government | The Wall (Dmitri Johannes Petrov) | Center for Chaos Containment | Police and Security Guards | Unaffiliated

Ellie Rose

Appears in: Fleeing the Complex, Completing the Mission

"Henry and I make a pretty good team, too! Don't count me out!"

^{Click for her appearance as a Toppat recruit} 

A red-haired criminal with an unknown past who ends up captured by the Wall. She becomes Henry's faithful partner if he helps her escape with him.

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• The Ace: Ellie certainly qualifies as she's capable as (and possibly surpasses) Henry in action and she's less punching bag than him, has the ability to use the Force power, and serves as the Only Sane Woman to both Henry and Charles. This is definitely shown in one ending when Ellie proves herself capable of escaping the Wall all by herself; she even follows Henry to the Toppats' airship for revenge.
• Action Girl: Ellie is every bit as capable as Henry if she's allowed to tag along in the Convict Allies route and Mission shows that she's still plenty capable of pulling her weight in every route that features her. Ellie is shown to be really tough and deadly when she wants to be. In Complex, at the end of the Convict Allies route, she whips Dmitri with a stop sign in order to save Henry from his mercy, knocking him unconscious and even some of his teeth out.
• Affably Evil: Truly loyal to Henry if he helps her, and is polite when talking to other people.
• Ambiguously Related: A museum guard appearing in Diamondis called Jacob Rose, which led some fans to speculate that he's related to Ellie. Puffballs later debunked this.
• Arch-Enemy: If the player decided to ditch her in Complex, she becomes this to Henry at the end of the Toppat Civil Warfare route.
• Arc Villain: Of the Toppat Civil Warfare route of Mission, being the one who instigates the mutiny against Henry, and eventually becomes the new leader of the Toppat Clan. (Reginald could be considered a second Big Bad, but he gets thrown off the airship before the first choice and is then unceremoniously killed in the ending).
• Badass Adorable: Despite being a criminal, Ellie is quite a pretty girl who's capable to fight her way against her adversaries.
• Badass Biker: In the Convict Allies ending of Complex she and Henry escape the Wall on a motorcycle, with the Thief/Allies route opening with Ellie having driven all the way from Canada to South America to reach the Toppats' base.
• Badass in Distress: She's no damsel but Henry has had to help her out of a jam a couple of times in different routes.
  • In Complex, Grigori is able to capture her. Henry helps her out with a funny face which distracts him long enough for a passing truck to sort things out. She soon returns the favor when Dmitri arrives and pins Henry, utilizing a stop sign as an impromptu bludgeon.
  • In Mission, she's surrounded by the Bukowski twins and Henry uses a time machine to go back to the past and get them expelled during their training, meaning they never joined the Government’s forces and thus never surrounded Ellie in the first place.
• Batman Gambit: She pulls one of these in the "Toppat Civil Warfare" route by exposing Henry's treachery to the Toppat Clan. Due to the Clan being big on loyalty (and Reginald planning to overthrow Henry at some point anyway to get leadership back), they come together to dethrone Henry.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Appears to be the main reason why she is willing to tag along with Henry. By helping her escape The Wall, Henry effectively earns her loyalty to him, as well following whatever he does. Be it siding with the government, joining the Toppats, or just doing heists together.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Despite being a criminal like Henry, Ellie is noticeably nicer than him as she appear to be pretty friendly toward people she care about and willing to trust Henry on her first encounter with him to boost him up to the vent ceiling, ultimately become truly loyal to Henry if he return the favor. However, Ellie can be pretty scary when being violent as she's definitely not a person you want to messing with. And Henry learn this the hard way in Toppat Civil Warfare route where Ellie is utterly mad at him for abandoning her at The Wall.
• Big Damn Heroes:
  • Just when it looks like Dmitri has Henry pinned down at the end of the Convict Allies route, Ellie rescues Henry with the high-impact application of a street sign.
  • She does this again in the Toppat King route where Ellie comes in with a jeep to assist Henry and the Right Hand Man rushing their way to the rocket during its last minute countdown before it launched.
    Ellie: [with a slightly smug smile] You guys need a ride?
• Birds of a Feather: Due to sharing similar interests, it's no surprise that she and Henry easily get along from Convict Allies route onwards.
• Blind Obedience: Stays loyal to Henry even if he acts like an utter idiot. Goes so far that when Charles tries to crash his helicopter, she questions it... but goes along as soon as Henry thinks it's a good idea. Additionally, in the Pardoned Pals ending, she doesn't question or is even bothered with Henry's last-second decision to help the Government in taking down the Toppats' rocket despite Ellie suggesting to join the clan throughout the route.
• Blood Knight: Being a Fiery Redhead, Ellie has shades of this. She exclaims how her mission with Henry and Charles was a lot of fun, she outright challenges anyone to fight her once she fuses with Henry, and Ellie wastes no time inviting Henry on a heist once the latter reveals he has a tank.
• Bridal Carry: Henry tried to rescue her like this in the Adrenaline choice in Complex. Tried. He somehow menaged to grab Grigori by accident.
• Butt-Monkey: It's notably downplayed, but Ellie suffers this all the same when she's tagging along with Henry, with more than half of the FAILs also result in her getting hurt or killed in some way. This is worth noting since Ellie doesn't caught up with any slapsticks whatsoever when she becomes Henry's nemesis in Toppat Civil Warfare route.
• Chessmaster Sidekick: Her loyalty toward Henry can come across as submissive as most of her actions are dependent on Henry's choices despite being more competent herself, never ever doubting him, even if it's the stupidest thing Henry could come up with. Her loyalty toward Henry eventually pays off at the end of the Toppat King route as Henry decides to promote her as his Right Hand Lady.
• Closer to Earth: The only female lead and the most sensible of the three... most of the time.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Henry. While they're both criminals who loves to steal and have no real morality, Ellie is noticeably nicer to other people than he is, should they be of no threat to her. Henry also lacks the Blood Knight aspect of Ellie and her level of competence.
• Cool Bike: In Convict Allies, she and Henry steal one from the Wall and use it to escape, with Ellie driving it.
• Dark Action Girl: She essentially becomes this on her more villainous routes, especially when the Toppats are involved.
• Distaff Counterpart:
  • To Henry. Both are criminals who loves to steal things, fit the Villain Protagonist mold, and their morality is dependant on the players' choice. Ellie even has a revenge arc against Henry like he had with Reginald.
  • To Right Hand Man. Both are associated with red color, are loyal & competent sidekicks, and it escalates even further with Ellie earning the rank "Right Hand Lady" at the end of Toppat King route.
• Declaration of Protection: As Henry's undyingly faithful companion, Ellie commits herself to keep Henry safe throughout his journey and a few of her choices and scenarios involving Ellie to find a way to get Henry out of danger.
  • Ellie is so protective toward him that when Henry ends up left behind when the Toppats' rocket finally launched in Toppat King route, she's the one who point that out to the others and asking Reginald to wait for him.
• Determinator: In Toppat Civil Warfare, where she busts herself out of the Wall, a supposedly inescapable prison, and follows Henry all the way to the airship, to get revenge on him for betraying her.
• Deuteragonist: Of Complex and most of the routes she's present in in Mission. Bonus points for her being just as capable as Henry.
• The Dog Bites Back: If Henry joined the Toppats in Airship and later decides to leave her behind at The Wall, Ellie will follow him to the Airship and rally the Toppat Clan against him for doing so in the Toppat Civil Warfare route.
• The Dragon: If Henry is taking villainous routes, then Ellie becomes this when she's tagging along with him. This is solidify at the end of the Toppat King route of Mission where she is promoted by Henry as his "Right Hand Lady".
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: A very subtle one. Her red-hair outline used to be a little lighter in the original version of Complex, while later in The Henry Stickmin Collection, it changed into a much darker red.
• Et Tu, Brute?: She's royally pissed by Henry's betrayal of her in Executive/Ghost.
• Evil Virtues:
  • Camaraderie. Ellie gets along and works wonderfully with Henry.
  • Gratitude. If Henry helps her escape, Ellie will become his loyal friend and helps him out in whatever he does.
  • Kindness. In spite of being a criminal, she's usually friendly towards other people.
  • Loyalty. Ellie never abandons Henry or leaves his side after he helps.
• The Farmer and the Viper: If Henry chooses to betray her after she gave him a boost up, she falls victim to this trope.
• Fiery Redhead: A competent, occasionally hot-blooded criminal with bright red hair to match.
• Fire-Forged Friends: Ellie can become this with Henry when they escape the Wall together, and with Charles in the "Triple Threat" route of Mission.
• Flower Motifs: Roses and tulips. Ellie's surname is Rose, if she joins the Toppat Clan she wears a pink top hat with a tulip-like decoration and during the final choice in the Thief/Allies route the choice with her head (None) is highlighted with a tulip. Both roses and tulips are flowers associated with love, perfection and passion, which may be a reference on her status as an Action Girl and loyal companion of Henry.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Ellie turns into this in the Toppat Civil Warfare route. She follows Henry to the Toppats' airship and rallies the clan against him for abandoning her, and it ends with her becoming the new leader to fight against Henry's faction of the clan.
• Fusion Dance: Henry and Ellie can use the Metamoran fusion to fuse into Ellry. It doesn't help them against Kabbitz, though, complete with both Henry and Ellie doing a Yamcha pose at the end.
  Ellry: Who will challenge me...?
• Grin of Audacity: Similar to Henry, Ellie prones of doing this, if possibly moreso than him, especially when she's about to pull off plenty of dangerous things.
• Hat of Authority: Gains one in Toppat Civil Warfare after the deaths of Reginald and Right Hand Man.
• Heel–Face Turn: Similar to Henry, Ellie could become an outright heroic character depending on the player's choice in Airship.
• Hidden Depths: Although nothing is known about her criminal past, the Bounty/Allies route shows that Ellie might be a greedy thief as Henry does in a handful of routes and has her own contacts that track down the Toppat Clan. Said contacts is likely what allows her to track down Henry to the Toppats' airship in Executive/Ghost route.
• Honor Before Reason: She always puts her loyalty to Henry before everything, and thus will him wherever...even to death sometimes.
• Hot-Blooded: Ellie likes a fight and throwing herself into thrilling situations.
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: In contrast to the more bumbling Charles, Ellie demonstrates a much better awareness on what to do in most situations and can sometimes show up Henry. This trope is a bit downplayed compared to some examples in that she isn't perfect; she can still be just as silly as Charles and there ARE a few FAILs that are due to mistakes on her part.
• I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: In Thief/Allies route, Ellie can use a grapple gun to catch Henry from falling, only to accidentally shot his hand and pin him against a wall.
• Inexplicably Awesome: Unlike Henry who has no recurring special power outside of whatever he's able to pull off depending on the situation, Ellie is shown to have the force power on at least two occasions. How she somehow gains such power is anyone's guess.
• Innocently Insensitive: In Toppat King, Ellie questions why RHM is a cyborg as soon as she sees him. He doesn't appear to be bothered by what she and is more angry with Henry's presence, but still.
• In-Series Nickname: While it never mentioned elsewhere, one of her Leitmotif refers to her as "Red Headed Outlaw". "Right Hand Lady" on the other hand, is a more straight forward example as she earns it at the end of Toppat King route.
• I Owe You My Life: If Henry helped her escape The Wall, Ellie will stick around and become his loyal partner in return throughout Mission.
• It's Personal: She's out for blood when Henry abandons her in the "Toppat Civil Warfare" route, going as far as to break out of the Wall by herself and tail him back to the Toppat Airship.
• Karma Houdini:
  • Technically; like Henry, even if Ellie is pardoned by government, she's still a Villain Protagonist and has never punished for her criminal actions in the Wall, notably by starting prison riot along with him.
  • Subverted when she is abandoned or ignored by Henry, she is later locked up in her own cell. Double Subverted in one route (Executive/Ghost) where she broke free in the wall by herself, and later usurped Henry, becoming the leader instead. In fact, it's even more ironic that the same route also gives Henry a massive karma for his overall cruel actions.
• Kleptomaniac Hero: Downplayed compared to the ever-greedy Henry, but Ellie is still eager (or at least seems )to use Henry's tank to rob the Toppats of all their valuables in "Capital Gains". Justified, considering she's "running out of cash" and not afflicted by any faction.
• The Lancer: To Henry in the Convict Allies route and every route in Mission where the aforementioned route in Complex took place.
• Leitmotif: She has her own theme played at the beginning of Thief/Allies route. Additionally, she also has Red Headed Outlaw played at the end of both the Convict Allies and Capital Gains route.
• Lovable Rogue: Ellie is just as thieving as Henry but she's arguably nicer than him when it comes to interacting with other people.
• Mind over Matter: A recurring option when she's involved is to have her lift something with the Force. This occurs in two situations: she uses a Force Choke to lift Henry up to a ledge and the other has her Force Lift the money cart. The first time goes off without a hitch; the second... not so much.
  FAIL screen: We get it. You lift.
• Morality Pet: After the Convict Allies route, she's the only person Henry is consistently nice to. This is especially notable in the Thief/Allies and Bounty/Allies routes where Ellie is his only ally and Henry still keeping his criminal tendencies.
• Mysterious Past: Ellie must have done something to wind up in The Wall and she is just as gung-ho as Henry in taking part in a heist immediately after escaping in one of the routes, so she clearly has experience (and contacts, as she mentions at the beginning of Bounty/Allies route), but everything else is unknown. General Galeforce mentions that she, like Henry, was on the government's radar, although he never clarifies as to what for.
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: Similar to Henry, Ellie also capable to suddenly gains special powers out of nowhere depending on the situation, with the only differences are that they're only serves to help Henry when he's in a rough spot and most of her power are item based, safe for her force power.
• Nice Girl: Being a thieving criminal aside, she's always polite to people she interacts with. Just don't cross her.
• Noble Demon: She's a thieving Villain Protagonist as much as Henry, but Ellie is noticably less selfish than him and has huge value on companionship.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: When she helps Henry, he can either help her back...or leave her to be locked away at the Wall.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: in the Toppat Civil Warfare route, Ellie isn't messing around with Henry when she becomes his enemy due to the latter's betrayal in Complex. And it shows when Henry throws Reginald out of the airship, Ellie, along with a couple of the Toppats, force him to Walk the Plank, willing to murder him if he doesn't do so.
  Ellie: [while pointing her rifle toward Henry] Jump! Or I'll make you jump.
• Noodle Incident: One has to wonder how she wound up in a maximum security prison like The Wall. Even her bio lampshades this. Mission shows that she has an interest in stealing like Henry does, which may hint at what may have warranted her imprisonment in the first place. Furthermore, in the Pardoned Pals ending, General Galeforce mentioned that she's also on the government's watchlist.
• The Not-Love Interest: She's very loyal and close to Henry should he help her, and he even gets to save her on occasions, but they're both strictly platonic friends throughout.
• Not So Above It All: Although she's usually the sane and more competent one when compared to Henry and Charles, a lot of the choices and FAILs have her be as stupid as the guys or join in their antics.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
  • In the "Executive/Ghost" route of Mission, we learn in the beginning that she escaped the Wall on her own and followed Henry up to the Toppats' airship without being noticed. This is despite the "ghost" route of Complex being the sneakiest route Henry can take in that game (plus he leaves by the sea on an inflatable boat which would be hard to follow). It should also be noted that Henry is supposed to be the first person to escape the Wall in 50 years, making Ellie the second one, right after him. At the end of that route, she will also take leadership on the Toppat Clan because of Reginald and the Right Hand Man's deaths and she did dethrone Henry out of the airship, even if she was totally unknown to the clan, though we don't also see how she became their leader. She never makes an appearance on any of the other "Ghost" routes, but the explanation with the "Executive/Ghost" path is that she knows that Henry is the Toppat Clan leader, which presumably makes him easier to track down, and more tempting of a target.
  • This also happens in the "Executive/Allies" route, when she and the Right Hand Man attempt to defend the rocket ordered by Reginald, she's never seen until she hijacks the jeep to help both Henry and RHM to reach the rocket.
• Only Sane Woman: Usually applies anytime she's paired with Henry and Charles. When Charles once again suggests a Dynamic Entry to stop the Toppat Clan's rocket from reaching the orbit, she's understandably confused on how that would even work while Henry just... accepts the idea without a second thought. Of course, she still has her moments where she's not immune to partaking in some of the more ridiculous situations the two get her into.
• Pink Means Feminine:
  • Her hat if she joins the Toppats is pink.
  • In the downgrader FAIL in Mission her lines are pink compared to Henry's blue.
• Platonic Life-Partners: With Henry from Confict Allies route onwards. The two are always value each other and supporting one another, regardless what affiliates they're in. Ellie even goes as far being undyingly loyal toward Henry and even commits herself to protect him after the latter help her escape.
• Plot Armor: Unlike other two main characters Henry and Charles, Ellie can only die in a FAIL screen and has no route where she is Killed Off for Real in the end. And yes, even in Toppat Civil Warfare, the timeline where she served as an antagonist, doesn't make her dead, possibly due the route ending in a Cliffhanger.
• Riddle for the Ages: We never learn how or why she ended up in The Wall. While her character card does allude to this, and the fact that she was on the government's radar as well raises questions, we never ultimately learn what she did.
• Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Since Henry accidentally shoots her with a sniper rifle in one of the FAILs, this is likely why Ellie decides to shoot Henry with a taser so his gunfire will take out the guards.
• Red Is Heroic: Should she pull a Heel–Face Turn in the Triple Threat and Pardoned Pals routes.
• Red Is Violent: Her red hair fits her Fiery Redhead and Blood Knight nature. That said, this becomes a heroic example if she's joining the government.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's more hot-blooded, fiery and thrill-seeking than Henry is.
• Revenge: If Henry goes the Executive/Ghost route, she pursues him to the Airship by calling out the Toppats for abandoning her to be locked away at The Wall.
• Saying Too Much: One fail in Complex is by Ellie incorrectly telling a guard that she and Henry (having disguised as guards beforehand) that they transferred from the eight floor, which happens to be the cafeteria. The guard catches on and pulls a gun on them.
• Signature Headgear: If she joins the Toppat Clan, she gets a pale pink top hat. If she's a simple recruit or the right-hand-lady, the hat will have a single purple rose on the brim. But if she's the leader, she gets a crown of purple roses around her hat.
• The Smurfette Principle: The first (and only) major female character in the Henry Stickmin series. Justified in that Puffballs himself voiced every character up until Escaping the Complex, at which point most of the cast had already been established.
• Strong and Skilled: While it's downplayed unlike most examples, she contrasts Henry's Weak, but Skilled with how she's consistently capable in a straight combat unlike Henry who's pretty inconsistent with it and mainly using his wits or whatever he have in hand alone. Additionally, while both of them has roughly the same skill with how she's capable to escape the Wall all by herself in Toppat Civil Warfare route, Ellie doesn't really show this side of her too much in favor of following Henry's decisions out of her loyalty to him.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: As stated above, she has better combat skills to rely on during fights, whereas Henry has to rely on his gadget and guile due to his inability to fight.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Her feminine-style haircut reveals she's female before she speaks. Most of the males are distinguishable through facial hair, shoes, and headgear. Her mouth is also red with lipstick. Also, whenever her upper eyelids are visible, it's shown she has detailed eyelashes on those eyelids, a trait that passes onto her fusion with Henry, Ellry.
• Thrill Seeker: Ellie often shown to be eager on performing dangerous actions when compared to Henry.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She appears to be a tomboyish girl, but if she joins the Toppats she chooses a pink hat with a tulip decoration.
• Too Dumb to Live: Well... Not on her part specifically most of the time, but Ellie can be rather submissive at accepting many of Henry's idea... including the stupid ones.
• Tritagonist: She appears less than Charles, but still more often than everyone else so counts as this for Mission and the series as a whole.
• True Companions: With Henry and potentially Charles, following any Mission route that includes the Convict Allies route, meaning that she'll follow Henry regardless of a Toppat or Government victory... except if Henry ditched her instead, which she would come back to him for revenge in Toppat Civil Warfare route.
• Undying Loyalty: To Henry big time if the player decides to help her to escape. In return, she will be ready to support him no matter what choices Henry makes, and becomes his faithful ally. On the flip side, this is completely averted if Henry decides to abandon her, as she goes against him and becomes his enemy instead in the Toppat Civil Warfare route.
• Unknown Rival: Although Dmitri is chasing after both her and Henry in Thief/Allies, he doesn't seem to know much about Ellie, referring to her as "the girl".
• Unwitting Pawn: If she helps Henry, he can trick her and leave her behind to rot.
• Villain Killer: Ellie kills, or causes the death of some antagonists, all of which she works with Henry to do, such as Right Hand Man in Capital Gains and Dmitri Petrov in Pardoned Pals.
• Villain Protagonist: She shares this role alongside Henry since she's also a criminal like him. And just like Henry, her morality can be influenced depending on Henry's choice in Airship.
• Villainous Friendship: With fellow criminal Henry. She's consistently shown alongside him and supporting him no matter what.
• Voice for the Voiceless: She serves as this to Henry when she's tagging along with him as Ellie occasionally speak up for him. Most notable examples are when Ellie asks The Wall's guards to hold up the elevator for the duo to blend in and when she speaks her intention to join The Toppat Clan with Henry.
• Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to discuss the Toppat Civil Warfare ending without revealing that she escaped the Wall and caused Henry to be dethroned.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out Henry on abandoning her in the Toppat Civil Warfare route. It leads to him getting dethroned and Ellie taking the lead.
• Wild Card: Despite being a criminal, Ellie seems to have no real morality beyond her loyalty to Henry if he helps her escape the Wall. Whether this means following Henry into a heroic or villainous path is determinant upon the player's choice in Airship. However, one unique things about her is that she can be the outright main antagonist of Toppat Civil Warfare.
• Yes-Man: Ellie is more than happy to accept any of Henry's decisions throughout his journey, even if it's something that could get both herself and Henry killed.
• You Are in Command Now: With Reginald and the Right Hand Man inadvertently killed off by Henry and his allies' escape pod in the Toppat Civil Warfare route, she becomes the leader of most of the Clan, barring Henry's faction.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: She shares this reaction with Grigori to Henry making a face in Allies.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Downplayed in that Henry doesn't kill her after she helps him escape, he can merely leave her behind.

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