History Characters / InSpaceWithMarkiplier

-> Played by: Mick Lauer

* FunWithAcronyms: In any other context, "U.S.A." has [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates a wildly different connotation]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The credits list her as "Dorene L. Whitacre", but the ship roster on your tablet spells her name "Dorene Whitacare", the note in Mark's locker spells it "Dorine", and the subtitles refer to her as "Mrs. Whitacre".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Yep."

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-> Played by: [[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} Mark Fischbach]]

* SuperOCD: Mark keeps pissing them off by messing with the stuff in their office.

* HotScientist: A smart, capable Cryo specialist, played by the attractive Pamela Horton.

* GunNut: If his [[AwesomeMcCoolName name]] doesn't give it away, his [[BadassBandolier attire]] certainly does.

-> Played by: Lio Tipton

* {{Jerkass}}: Not to a villainous degree, but he speaks pretty condescending to the Captain, and isn't unwilling to screw them over in revenge for a perceived slight.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Her species apparently have their brains in their kneecaps.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears in the beginning of the second act via time travel, but in a messy state and from after she's introduced properly.
* FinalSpeech: Lady can be encountered in certain routes near the end of Part 2. By this point, she realizes the futility of her chase and gives a motivational monologue before seemingly passing away, though it turns out she's not dying (but still heavily injured) and was [[InvokedTrope invoking the trope]] from Earth's movies.
* GenkiGirl: She's quite giggly and energetic when she's not trying to hunt down the Captain and Mark, and sometimes even when she is.
* TheHeavy: She's the closest thing Part 1 has to a main antagonist, due to her antagonistic efforts to stop Mark and the Captain in her belief they are making things worse.
* HeelRealization: If encountered towards the end of Part 2, she'll apologize for chasing after the Captain and Mark and constantly threatening them with violence, having realized by now that she was dead wrong to think they caused the paradox on purpose.
* HeroAntagonist: While a bit unhinged, she's trying to save the multiverse. Although her antagonistic demeanor towards Mark and the Captain means that they never once consider working together.
* HiddenDepths: She's quite IntriguedByHumanity, and admits to being fond of hamsters and Earth movies.
* IComeInPeace: She introduces herself saying she came in peace, trying to be polite to humans.
* IntriguedByHumanity: She's quite enamored by human customs, and can't help but {{Squee}} a bit during FirstContact despite the seriousness of the situation. Mark [[invoked]][[WordOfGod confirmed]] in his [[https://youtu.be/QWUgU9O9M_4?t=17192 10 Year Anniversary stream]] that the Lady is an "Earth weeb" who's been waiting for humanity to reach the stars for a long time.
* MadeOfIron: Getting knocked out by a falling metal grate barely slows her down, with naught but a bandage to show for it afterward. She {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this in Part 2, commenting that her people are notoriously difficult to kill.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Lady is named by the {{Narrator}}, but she says it's not her name. The credits keeps it as the name. However, [[WordOfSaintPaul Lio confirmed]] in a livestream that her real name is [[spoiler: [[PunnyName Allu Minium]]. ]]
* PointyEars: She has elf-like ears.

* RousseauWasRight: In Part 2, she gives a speech that nobody is inherently evil and the wormhole may have not been made out of anyone's intent, and promises to fix everything. This doesn't stop her from holding the Captain at gunpoint and shooting at them when they flee.
* RunningGag: In Part 1, she gets knocked out by an air vent cover on multiple paths. In Part 2, the Captain tries to use it as a weapon against her, though it's [[BarrierWarrior not as effective]] this time.

* SlasherSmile: Does this a few times when she had Mark or the Captain in her sights.
* SoleSurvivor: By the time the Captain returns to the U.S.A. headquarters in Part 2, she's all that remains of the agency, the other members having been lost to the universal collapse.
* StepfordSmiler: While her enthusiasm for humankind seems legitimate, it quickly becomes clear that she's ''deeply'' worried about the wormhole and is papering over it with a chipper attitude. Finding out that Mark and the Captain ''don't know how to shut down the wormhole'' causes the mask to break and for her to start threatening them with a gun.
* SuperOCD: Mark keeps pissing her off by messing with the stuff in her office.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Deciding that Mark and the Captain are at fault for causing the wormhole to appear, she decides to hunt both down herself with a blaster. While both ''are'' responsible, they still know more than her and at least are trying to fix the problem. It turns out she was only half-right; should she be found toward the end of Part 2, she implies she's realized as much, saying she was wrong to think the Captain was at fault.
* WhatTheHellHero: She gives Mark a handful for picking up a warp drive in the middle of nowhere and using it without clear understanding of how it works, creating a threat to the multiverse.

* BizzareAlienBiology: Her species apparently have their brains in their kneecaps.

* ADogNamedDog: Wug is the name of the species and is also the name of every Wug.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Wug is happy to help. But if you anger him, he will kill you.

* MindProbe: Wug puts a helmet on Mark to learn English language and about the wormhole.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: While Wug likes helping, he reminisces that his ancestors had a tendency for destruction, which he sympathizes with.

* TranslatorMicrobes: After Wug scans Mark's brain to learn human language, Mark and the Captain (who didn't have the helmet on) are able to understand Wug and other aliens.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Throughout the duology, Mark, while generally competent and helpful, is also a bit dorky and childish (albeit in an endearing way). However, when [[spoiler:he attacks the Captain at the climax of Part 2 and tries to go back in time]], this demeanor completely disappears, replaced with a deathly serious and even slightly intimidating attitude. Most exemplified when the Captain tries to reach out to him after [[spoiler:he takes the warp crystal from them.]]
--> '''Mark''': ''(grabs the Captain's hand)'' [[TranquilFury Don't.]]

* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler: Old Mark is this in Part 2 after coming to the realization that his younger self was the cause of the paradox. In addition to setting the Captain on their quest to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, he gives them some earnest words of wisdom regarding the nature of mistakes near the end.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Combined with ExplainExplainOhCrap. [[spoiler: If you stop him from going back in time in Part 2, he at first blows up at you for stopping his one chance of fixing the warp drive to resolve the paradox, only to realize that this would lead to him creating the warp drive in the first place. The revelation that he's the source of the paradox brings him to tears.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: In Part 1's true ending(s), Mark has been reduced to a deranged old man who keeps blaming you for the disastrous results of his own stupidities. In Part 2, however, [[SubvertedTrope he's gotten over this]], openly admitting to his mistakes and pushing you to stop his younger self from building the warp drive. Succeeding in doing so leads to him [[ItsAllMyFault completely breaking down as he realizes what he almost did]].]]

* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: The GoldenEnding shows that Mark, in order to stop the Captain from causing a TemporalParadox, went back in time and [[BigBad sabotaged the ship himself]] to make it blow up, not realizing that him doing so [[DidntThinkThisThrough is what caused the problem with the wormhole in the first place]]. Preventing Mark from jumping the final time undoes the paradox and resolves all problems.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: He states openly that the only person he trusts ''more'' than himself is the Captain. Indeed, he's quite forgiving if you treat him as TheChewToy for the sake of fixing the ship. [[spoiler: He will, however, get fed up if you continue to treat him this way ''after'' saving the day, culminating in him smothering you with a VorpalPillow]].
** [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] in Part 2: [[spoiler: While Old Mark has come to his senses and is as loyal to the Captain as ever, his younger self has come to the conclusion that the Captain is responsible for the whole situation and turns on you, spending several loops rebuilding the warp core and physically attacking you to prevent you from causing the TimeCrash. However, if you stop him from going back in time and he comes to the realization that ''he'' was the one responsible, he apologizes and regains his loyalty.]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Mark is ultimately responsible for the damage being caused to the multiverse, and his sabotage of the ''Invincible II'' in the hope of saving the multiverse is what dooms it. However, Mark genuinely doesn't mean to hurt anyone and sincerely believes his actions are helping.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Lady is named by the {{Narrator}}, but she says it's not her name. The credits keeps it as the name. However, [[WordOfSaintPaul Lio confirmed]] in a livestream that her real name is [[spoiler: [[PunnyName Alu Minium]]. ]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Lady is named by the {{Narrator}}, but she says it's not her name. The credits keeps it as the name.

** Part 2 reveals that [[spoiler:he '''did''' build it. In an attempt to try and fix the multiverse, Mark spent a number of {{Time Loop}}s rebuilding the warp core in order to go back and stop the paradox from destroying everything, only to realize -- after you stop him from completing his plan -- that he caused the core to make an EmergencyTemporalShift and end up adrift in space, only for his past self to stumble across it.]]
* IronicName: As you might have guessed, she's no more invincible than her predecessor. [[spoiler:She's guaranteed to be destroyed at least once in the story, although it doesn't stick thanks to the GroundhogDayLoop]].

* InformedAttractiveness: The Captain is apparently attractive enough that most of the crew's first reaction to them upon their arrival is surprise and immediate interest, but since the series is shot from their POV, we don't get to see it for ourselves.
* TheScapegoat: Being TheCaptain, they automatically take full responsibility for whatever trouble the ship gets into, even if they're not at fault and have been there only for a few minutes.
* SillyWalk: In "Life Support" route the Captain does the "running" motion with their hands, while walking slowly.
* SuperStrength: The Captain is capable lifting Mark and throwing him a significant distance with only one arm in some routes, and sometimes knocking other crew members out of their way with seemingly little effort.

* AndIMustScream: As seen in Part 2, [[spoiler:at some point after getting separated from the Captain, Mark found himself stranded alone aboard the ''Invincible II'' and trapped in an endless GroundhogDayLoop. We aren't told just how long he was stuck there, but it was enough time to reconstruct the warp core from scratch (which the Lady had claimed would take thousands of years), and he later describes the experience as "an eternity in hell."]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: In the route where you force Mark to fix all of the ships problems (and then force him to build and defend the colonies all by himself after you land on a planet), the fake ending concludes with Mark using a VorpalPillow on you.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Old Mark in Part 2 is resigned to the fact that his efforts to fix the universe have only made things worse, and is content to wait out the end in a diner while [[TheStarsAreGoingOut the stars go out]] one by one.]]

* {{Irony}}: Despite being in charge of [[HumanPopsicle cryo pods]], she's generally rather irritable. Not very cool at all.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Celci is generally snippy, irritable, and tends to act annoyingly superior towards her fellow crewmates, but she also heavily prioritizes the colonists under her care, taking pains to ensure their safety, and is generally more pleasant and friendly towards the Captain, frequently thanking them for their help and even telling them ItHasBeenAnHonor if they choose to [[spoiler:blow up the reactor core in the first half of Part 1]]. It's also implied that, though she's annoyed by his personality, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Celci does genuinely respect Mark's skills as an engineer.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Celci is the only main member of the crew to not have a personality quirk, being a rational technician who prioritizes the safety of the colonists, which puts her at odds with other crewmates who try to solve problems without giving much thought.

* ConnectedAllAlong: In the [[spoiler:Noir]] route there is a note in Mark's locker that suggests Ms. Whitacre and Celci may be connected somehow. [[WildMassGuessing May be]].
** [[spoiler:In the Let Go ending of part 2, she calls [[WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier Damien]] an old friend, right after nearly calling him [[PolarOppositeTwins something else.]]]]

** In the scene where Celci is introduced, Whitacre's voice can be heard calling from a distant cryopod, complaining that she's supposed to be asleep before the warp jump.

** WordOfGod says that she's the voice that says "don't give up" the first time you get in the cryo pod.

* TheOmniscient: She seems to know exactly what's going on and can swap in with other crewmembers without Mark getting suspicious. At one point she directly references the insanity of the Captain repeating the same thing over and over. She even has the power to take the Captain straight to the TrueEnding... Or leave them stranded outside the universes.

* BigGood: Wug is confident that the U.S.A. can help the crew deal with the wormhole. Unfortunately, they're no more equipped to handle it than the crew is.

* MadeOfIron: Getting knocked out by a falling metal grate barely slows her down, with naught but a bandage to show for it afterward. She {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this in part 2, commenting that her people are notoriously difficult to kill.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Deciding that Mark and the Captain are at fault for causing the wormhole to appear, she decides to hunt both down herself with a blaster. While both ''are'' responsible, they still know more than her and at least are trying to fix the problem. [[spoiler: It turns out she was only half-right; should she be found toward the end of Part 2, she implies she's realized as much, saying she was wrong to think the Captain was at fault.]]

* LovableRogue: She's a space criminal, but also the only one willing to help humans to solve the issue with the spaceship (albeit in return for some rare crystals).

* TookALevelInKindness: In part 2, she gives the Captain a friendly hug upon encountering them again, and has struck up an OddFriendship with Wug.

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[[caption-width-right:250:''"When thinking in infinities, 'unlikely' is just certainty waiting for its turn."'']]

* HumanAllAlong: He turns out to be a human from [[RealLife another, higher dimension]]. Specifically, he's Dr. Cecil H. H. Mills, an author who took a gig to narrate the Captain's story to help pay off his gambling debts.

[[caption-width-right:250:''"The only person I trust more than myself is the Captain."'']]

[[caption-width-right:250:''"The multiverse is littered with the corpses of your failures."'']]

[[folder:"Lady"]]

* IntriguedByHumanity: She's quite enamored by human customs, and can't help but {{Squee}} a bit during FirstContact despite the seriousness of the situation.

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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You... near... die! You... much... danger!"'']]