Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Characters / KidRadd

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* FusionDance: With [[spoiler:Gnarl]], after their encounter at Chimera Point. At first it's involuntary, but after they're separated, they find they can re-combine voluntarily.]]]]

to:

* FusionDance: With [[spoiler:Gnarl]], after their encounter at Chimera Point. At first it's involuntary, but after they're separated, they find they can re-combine voluntarily.]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[/folder]]

to:

[[/folder]][[/folder]]
----------
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being a computer virus, he tries to present himself as pleasant, if smug and aloof, figure. During [[spoiler: the final battle, he's quite complementary towards Radd up until [[SpannerInTheWorks a few things he didn't foresee start happening]], driving him to frenzied anger and near-madness.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChekovsGun: His ability to charge the Mega Radd up to 255. [[spoiler: It's because 255 is the processing limit on an 8-bit system. Radd doesn't understand the meaning of it, but it's a hint from the very beginning that 255 isn't his limit.]]

to:

* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: His ability to charge the Mega Radd up to 255. [[spoiler: It's because 255 is the processing limit on an 8-bit system. Radd doesn't understand the meaning of it, but it's a hint from the very beginning that 255 isn't his limit.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ChekovsGun: His ability to charge the Mega Radd up to 255. [[spoiler: It's because 255 is the processing limit on an 8-bit system. Radd doesn't understand the meaning of it, but it's a hint from the very beginning that 255 isn't his limit.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DistressedDamsel: Taken hostage by Kobayashi.

to:

* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: Taken hostage by Kobayashi.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His merchant-based abilities don't sound impressive, but they are incredibly useful with incredible frequency. Also, see GoodBadBugs above.

to:

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His merchant-based abilities don't sound impressive, but they are incredibly useful with incredible frequency. [[spoiler: Eventually, since he ''can'' still "use items," he starts being handed weapons like guns to "use."]] Also, see GoodBadBugs above.



* NighInvulnerable: Being an NPC who was never coded to take damage, he's effectively invincible inside of games. During the ''Mofo'' segment he regularly shrugs off deadly multi-target attacks.

to:

* NighInvulnerable: Being an NPC who was never coded to take damage, he's effectively invincible inside of games.anything that doesn't erase his code can't affect him. During the ''Mofo'' segment he regularly shrugs off deadly multi-target attacks.



* WhiteMage: Despite the fact that being called one is his BerserkButton, he functions well as one, as being a merchant NPC means he essentially has a limitless supply of healing items, and since he has no ability to take damage he's NighInvulnerable inside of games.

to:

* WhiteMage: Despite the fact that being called one is his BerserkButton, he functions well as one, as being a merchant NPC means he essentially has a limitless supply of healing items, and since he has no ability to take damage he's NighInvulnerable inside of games.to anything that doesn't damage his code directly.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* DareToBeBadass: Unlike most of the heroes, Itty Bitty was neither an action character in his game of origin nor anything more than a reasonably successful business owner in Hopetown, rather than a dissident former member of the Moderators. Even after Crystal tries to have him imprisoned, he ''seems'' to have gone along with it until the revelation that he can't be meaningfully handcuffed as long as his hands aren't held above mid-chest drives them to try to suspend his hands ''above'' his chest, at which point he snaps, starts breaking out wrestling moves on the soldiers around him, and ultimately becomes one of the most powerful and endlessly useful members of the hero team.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BeneathNotice: He'd hoped that his elite mastery of the TouchOfDeath would contribute to the final battle, but instead everyone [[spoiler: including the Seer]] just ignored him until he walked into Radd's big duel and saved the day.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Before he starts getting guns, he is technically an NPC and can't directly hurt anyone. Inside games, this leads to him being a pure SupportPartyMember. Outside, in the "grey areas" of the Internet, he is not adverse to pumping out throws and bodyslams that aren't ''technically'' attacks.

to:

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Before he starts getting guns, he He is technically an NPC and can't directly hurt anyone.anyone, just use items, [[spoiler: although he gets a pile of guns during the final battle]]. Inside games, this leads to him being a pure SupportPartyMember. Outside, in the "grey areas" of the Internet, he is not adverse averse to pumping out throws and bodyslams that aren't ''technically'' attacks.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* StoutStrength: Itty Bitty's designed to look fairly chubby, but he's strong enough to [[GreviousHarmWithABody wield men as clubs and bowling balls to beat other men]].

to:

* StoutStrength: Itty Bitty's designed to look fairly chubby, but he's strong enough to [[GreviousHarmWithABody [[GrievousHarmWithABody wield men as clubs and bowling balls to beat other men]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BishonenLine: Zig-zagged. The first few "stages" of his [[spoiler: FinalBoss body]] much resemble [[spoiler: Crystal, since after all, he stole it from her]], and grow increasingly humanoid as he cycles through them. But his ''final'' final form is a giant grey-back-and-purple mass of geometric shapes with a single cyclopean eye and tentacles that resembles his usual manifestation much more than [[spoiler: Crystal's]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* SpannerInTheWorks: The Seer calculated that the chances of [[spoiler: Radd charging up enough to destroy the Internet were near-zero. He ruefully comments that "that damn G.I. Guy almost had to prove me wrong."]]

to:

* SpannerInTheWorks: The Seer calculated that the chances of [[spoiler: Radd charging up enough to destroy the Internet Internet]] were near-zero. He ruefully comments that "that damn G.I. Guy almost had to prove me wrong."]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* SpannerInTheWorks: The Seer calculated that the chances of [[spoiler: Radd charging up enough to destroy the Internet were near-zero. He ruefully comments that "that damn G.I. Guy almost had to prove me wrong."]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:His ultimate goal was to use the power of Radd's Mega Radd to destroy the internet, annihilating every sprite and throwing humanity into chaos. He saw this as a MercyKill, but also wanted to take revenge on humanity. Ultimately, though, the only ones he succeeded in killing with his plans were [[LaserGuidedKarma himself]] and a bunch of barely-sapient puzzle sprites who [[GoOutWithASmile went out overjoyed, convinced they were achieving the highest score of their lives]].

to:

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:His ultimate goal was to use the power of Radd's Mega Radd to destroy the internet, annihilating every sprite and throwing humanity into chaos. He saw this as a MercyKill, but also wanted to take revenge on humanity. Ultimately, though, the only ones he succeeded in killing with his plans were [[LaserGuidedKarma himself]] and a bunch of barely-sapient puzzle sprites who [[GoOutWithASmile went out overjoyed, convinced they were achieving the highest score of their lives]].]]

Added: 169

Changed: 72

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* {{Irony}}: Despite his name, Itty Bitty is a pretty husky-looking guy.


Added DiffLines:

* StoutStrength: Itty Bitty's designed to look fairly chubby, but he's strong enough to [[GreviousHarmWithABody wield men as clubs and bowling balls to beat other men]].

Added: 343

Changed: 110

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Plays right into G.I. Guy's plan to destroy the Internet. Generally averted with the Seer, though he admits that Radd did a better job than Crystal at gathering unique, powerful sprites for him to cannibalize.]]

to:

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Plays right into G.I. Guy's plan to destroy the Internet. Generally averted with the Seer, though he admits that Radd did a better job than Crystal at gathering unique, powerful sprites for him to cannibalize.cannibalize, and setting Gnarl and Kobayashi off on their journey of self-realization leads to the rediscovery of Chimera.]]


Added DiffLines:

* UriahGambit: He admits during the final battle that he [[spoiler: was mostly hoping/expecting that Radd and his friends would just get themselves in over their heads and get themselves killed, and is mildly impressed they instead bring him much closer to realizing his goals than Crystal, with all her resources and ruthlessness, ever did.]]

Added: 194

Changed: 82

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



* NighInvulnerable: Being an NPC who was never coded to take damage, he's effectively invincible inside of games. During the ''Mofo'' segment he regularly shrugs off deadly multi-target attacks.



* WhiteMage: Despite the fact that being called one is his BerserkButton, he functions well as one, as being a merchant NPC means he essentially has a limitless supply of healing items.

to:

* WhiteMage: Despite the fact that being called one is his BerserkButton, he functions well as one, as being a merchant NPC means he essentially has a limitless supply of healing items.items, and since he has no ability to take damage he's NighInvulnerable inside of games.

Added: 866

Changed: 293

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AllForNothing: The Seer confirms that [[spoiler: his plan wouldn't have worked anyway; if the Internet and the outside universe ''were'' somehow physically linked the Seer would've found it and destroying the Internet would only cause mass chaos and civilizational damage, but humanity would survive.]]



* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. The bigger the challenge, the more pleasurable. [[spoiler:He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it, seeing it as proof that he too is infected by humanity's vicious nature. That same nature that overcame both of his attempts to build something better.]]

to:

* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. The bigger the challenge, the more pleasurable. [[spoiler:He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it, seeing it as proof that he too is infected by humanity's vicious nature. That He blames that same nature that overcame for overcoming both of his attempts to build something better.]]



* DarkIsNotEvil: A skull-faced undead soldier in camouflage combat gear who uses [[TechnicolorFire unearthly purple fire]] as a weapon and has MindControl as a power, but he's on the team's side, even as the most messed-up of them. [[spoiler: Even after he turns out to be a DevilInPlainSight, he's still easily the most sympathetic of the comic's three major antagonists by virtue of having a halfway decent FreudianExcuse, having actually tried to be a better person at some point in the past, and not ''just'' pursuing his EvilPlan out of naked selfishness.]]



* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:His ultimate goal was to use the power of Radd's Mega Radd to destroy the internet, annihilating every sprite and throwing humanity into chaos. He saw this as a MercyKill, but also wanted to take revenge on humanity. Ultimately, though, [[LaserGuidedKarma the only person he succeeded in killing with his plan was himself.]]]]

to:

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:His ultimate goal was to use the power of Radd's Mega Radd to destroy the internet, annihilating every sprite and throwing humanity into chaos. He saw this as a MercyKill, but also wanted to take revenge on humanity. Ultimately, though, [[LaserGuidedKarma the only person ones he succeeded in killing with his plan was himself.]]]]plans were [[LaserGuidedKarma himself]] and a bunch of barely-sapient puzzle sprites who [[GoOutWithASmile went out overjoyed, convinced they were achieving the highest score of their lives]].



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:He was forced to kill other sprites over and over again in his original game, and no matter how much he enjoys fighting, existing only to fight was a living hell for him. When a glitch allowed him to escape, he tried to build something better, only for it to fall into ruin due to the intrinsically violent nature of many sprites. After trying and failing a second time, he concluded that that their vicious nature could not be overcome. He isn't clear on how much humanity needs the internet, but knows that destroying it will at minimum cause global chaos. He decides to take {{Revenge}} against humanity and MercyKill the universe by blowing it up. If anything survives, he hopes it will be something better than what they have now.]]

to:

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:He was forced to kill other sprites over and over again in his original game, and no matter how much he enjoys fighting, existing only to fight was a living hell for him. When a glitch allowed him to escape, he tried to build something better, only for it to fall into ruin due to the intrinsically violent nature of many sprites. After trying and failing a second time, he concluded that that their vicious nature could not be overcome. He isn't clear on how much humanity needs the internet, but knows that destroying it will at minimum cause global chaos.chaos, and believes it will cause them to destroy themselves in its absence. He decides to take {{Revenge}} against humanity and MercyKill the universe by blowing it up. If anything survives, he hopes it will be something better than what they have now.]]

Added: 49

Changed: 1060

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TyrantTakesTheHelm

to:

* TyrantTakesTheHelmTyrantTakesTheHelm: When she fully takes over the Moderators, she suspends the constitution and starts installing evil decor while militarizing the organization, [[ThePurge imprisoning dissidants]], and trying to TakeOverTheWorld.



* WrongGenreSavvy: The Seer notes that [[spoiler: her selection of chimerized sprites were selected more for their individual power than for clever exploits like Radd's (save for the admittedly-smart idea of giving it "hits" instead of "health"). While that makes the FinalBoss body she designed ridiculously powerful and durable, it also means that it isn't ''invincible''.]]

to:

* WrongGenreSavvy: The Seer notes that [[spoiler: her selection of chimerized sprites were selected more for their individual raw power than for clever exploits like Radd's (save for the admittedly-smart idea of giving it "hits" instead of "health"). While that makes the FinalBoss body she designed ridiculously powerful and durable, it also means that it isn't ''invincible''.]]



* FacelessEye

to:

* FacelessEyeFacelessEye: The Seer's physical manifestations are usually hovering cyclopean eyes with a simple purple iris on otherwise featureless grey spheres. [[spoiler: During his villainous monologue in the finale, the sphere grows a huge mouth with a long, creepy tongue so it can laugh about killing everything.]]



* GenreBlindness: [[spoiler:The Seer did not tell Crystal what sort of sprites to fuse with, being gnomic and vague with this suggestions. Despite being omniscient, he didn't expect Crystal's picks to not include commonplace invulnerability or other powers beyond "really hard bosses," though she ''did'' think to give it "platform hero hit-detection," which he acknowledges was clever.]]

to:

* GenreBlindness: [[spoiler:The Seer did not tell Crystal what sort of sprites to fuse with, being gnomic and vague with this its suggestions. Despite being omniscient, he didn't expect Crystal's picks to not include commonplace invulnerability or other powers beyond "really hard bosses," though she ''did'' think to give it "platform hero hit-detection," which he acknowledges was clever.]]



* WombLevel: His base.

to:

* VisionaryVillain: He turned from his original purpose of destroying the Internet to passive observation [[spoiler: because he realized that humanity would be decimated, not destroyed, by its loss, [[AmbitionIsEvil and after becoming self-aware, decided that mass-destruction wasn't enough for him]]. Ultimately, after killing everyone in the "sprite layer" and finding some way to give himself a physical body on Earth, he hopes to [[OmnicidalManiac spread parasitically across the cosmos, finding and obliterating all life everywhere in the universe]].]]
* WombLevel: His base.base has a creepy organic theme.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MagneticHero: With the exception of the [[ShopliftAndDie shopkeepers]] from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Island of Melba]]'' games, the allies Radd comes up with are the ones who either randomly decide to tag along with Radd, or who are actively seeking him and his allies out.

to:

* MagneticHero: With the exception of the [[ShopliftAndDie shopkeepers]] from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Island of Melba]]'' games, the allies Radd comes up with are the ones who either randomly decide to tag along with Radd, or who are actively seeking him and his allies out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FirstInjuryReaction: Sheena, formerly a NighInvulnerable NPC, [[spoiler:is combined with her PromotedToPlayable sequel iteration]] and thus gains a lifebar and damage animation. When hurt for the first time, she screams her head off about it. This prompts her boyfriend to comment "What, did you never get hurt before-oh right..." Luckily, she learns [[spoiler:she can swap between her MagicalGirlWarrior player-character version and invincible NPC version at will.]]

Added: 1498

Changed: 1206

Removed: 425

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ArmoredButFrail: Radd has a measly 4 points of health, but he can't take more than 1 damage per hit, and his MercyInvincibility prevents foes from chaining together hits on him.



* IdiotHero: Especially early in the plot, where he has a tendency to be gullible and not think through his actions. He gets better later on, but these tendencies still remain.



* LimitBreak: "Pretty Armageddon!"

to:

* LimitBreak: "Pretty Armageddon!"Armageddon!" She can use this attack every 500 shots, and it [[SmartBomb destroys all enemies in a wide range.]]



* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Revived with the help of Radd's player.]]

to:

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Revived with the help of Radd's player.player, through [[RespawningEnemies being scrolled back on screen]].]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Appears just in the nick of time to save Radd from [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer an aggressive code dealer.]] [[spoiler:And again at the very end, to drop a power-up on death and heal Radd to full health.
]]



* TouchOfDeath: A bit of an unusual version. As an enemy sprite, his touch is harmful to all hero sprites. If they make physical contact with him, they take damage. This is how he manages to effortlessly win in a fighting tournament game; all he had to do was latch on to his opponent, and watch said opponent's health bar quickly dwindle down to nothing. [=NPC=]s and fellow enemy sprites are generally not affected, though.



* PlantMooks: He sleeps inside a plant pot.
* TouchOfDeath: A bit of an unusual version. As an enemy sprite, [[CollisionDamage his touch is harmful to all hero sprites.]] If they make physical contact with him, they take damage. This is how he manages to effortlessly win in a fighting tournament game; all he had to do was latch on to his opponent, and watch said opponent's health bar quickly dwindle down to nothing. [=NPC=]s and fellow enemy sprites are generally not affected, though.



* WaddlingHead: Like many other minor enemies, he's essentially a head with feet.



* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. The bigger the challenge, the more pleasurable. He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it, seeing it as proof that he too is infected by humanity's vicious nature. That same nature that overcame both of his attempts to build something better.
* CombatPragmatist: He gets his first hit on Radd with a sneak attack, his second by sacrificing some of his large HP pool to ram Radd, then lands the third hit he needs by using a "low power, high accuracy" attack, since all attacks damage Radd equally.
* TheComicallySerious

to:

* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. The bigger the challenge, the more pleasurable. He [[spoiler:He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it, seeing it as proof that he too is infected by humanity's vicious nature. That same nature that overcame both of his attempts to build something better.
better.]]
* CombatPragmatist: He When he fights, he fights to ''win'', always using the most effective attack possible. [[spoiler:He gets his first hit on Radd with a sneak attack, his second by sacrificing some of his large HP pool to ram Radd, then lands the third hit he needs by using a "low power, high accuracy" attack, since all attacks damage Radd equally.
equally.]]
* TheComicallySeriousTheComicallySerious: He often has deadpan reactions to Radd's antics.



* KillItWithFire
** HotWings: Can fly on these.
** MacrossMissileMassacre
* MindControl: Can do this to his enemies once they're at low health, though it really functions more like PeoplePuppets. It also enables PsychicAssistedSuicide

to:

* KillItWithFire
** HotWings: Can
KillItWithFire: He has control over fire, and uses it for some attacks. He can alao fly on these.
** MacrossMissileMassacre
[[HotWings wings of fire.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: While he's [[spoiler:fighting Radd]], he fires a barrage of missiles.
* MindControl: Can do this to his enemies once they're at low health, though it really functions more like PeoplePuppets. It also enables PsychicAssistedSuicidePsychicAssistedSuicide.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: In battle, he always uses the most effective tactics available, such as using an attack that deals damage based on MP to take out the final boss of Mofo in one shot. [[spoiler:He's equally ruthless when he faces Radd — getting a cheap shot in at the start of the battle, [[VirtueIsWeakness taking advantage of Radd's desire to not kill him,]] and using weak-but-accurate attacks to exploit Radd's ArmoredButFrail nature.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:His ultimate goal was to use the power of Radd's Mega Radd to destroy the internet, annihilating every sprite and throwing humanity into chaos. He saw this as a MercyKill, but also wanted to take revenge on humanity. Ultimately, though, [[LaserGuidedKarma the only person he succeeded in killing with his plan was himself.]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it.

to:

* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting. The bigger the challenge, the more pleasurable. He is simultaneously disgusted by the fact that he enjoys it.it, seeing it as proof that he too is infected by humanity's vicious nature. That same nature that overcame both of his attempts to build something better.



* StrawNihilist

to:

* StrawNihilistStrawNihilist: He has come to the conclusion that humanity and spritekinds' darker natures cannot be overcome and there is no point in trying.



%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

to:

%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:He was forced to kill other sprites over and over again in his original game, and no matter how much he enjoys fighting, existing only to fight was a living hell for him. When a glitch allowed him to escape, he tried to build something better, only for it to fall into ruin due to the intrinsically violent nature of many sprites. After trying and failing a second time, he concluded that that their vicious nature could not be overcome. He isn't clear on how much humanity needs the internet, but knows that destroying it will at minimum cause global chaos. He decides to take {{Revenge}} against humanity and MercyKill the universe by blowing it up. If anything survives, he hopes it will be something better than what they have now.]]

Added: 123

Changed: 7

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HamsterWheelPower: When he says the Bogeys run the power plant, he means in the same way water runs a hydroelectric dam.



* MascotMook: However, there are so many of them in the game, they're used to run the local power plant when they're released.

to:

* MascotMook: However, there are so many of them in the game, they're used to to, ahem, run the local power plant when they're released.

Added: 245

Changed: 52

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CaptainErsatz: Of the hero of a lesser-known NES game, Totally Rad.

to:

* CaptainErsatz: CaptainErsatz:
**
Of the hero of a lesser-known NES game, Totally Rad.Rad.
** His franchise follows the same arc as the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series, starting with a beloved platformer and its immediate sequel is [[InNameOnly a reskin of a totally unrelated game]].

Top