History Characters / StarWarsCloneForce99

!!Sergeant Hunter

!!Wrecker

!!Tech

* TheTeam: They are initially a FiveManBand without {{The Smurfette|Principle}} as all clones are of course male, though the introduction of [[OppositeSexClone Omega]] fixes that.
** Hunter is TheLeader, willing to work with regs, and gets in close with his combat knives, not unlike using a sword. He also becomes the TeamDad in both a figurative and literal sense when the team not only goes rogue, but he accepts responsibility to care for Omega, being a literal child.
** Crosshair is TheLancer, more standoffish and less friendly towards the regs. Since all are soldiers with guns, he's the best shot and the team's sniper. He betrays the team in the first episode of ''The Bad Batch'', switching his allegiance to the Empire when the rest of the squad goes rogue, though [[BrainwashedAndCrazy not of his own volition]].
** Wrecker is TheBigGuy, as a loud BoisterousBruiser that loves to be in the thick of the fight.
** Tech is TheSmartGuy, whose personality pretty much comes down to "the one that uses computers". He also serves as the TargetSpotter for Crosshair until the sniper defects.
** Echo is the NewMeat, a heavily traumatized clone with hacking abilities and specialized ARC-trooper training, the former of which allows him to serve as TheCracker.
** Omega is the TagalongKid as well as TheHeart, herself [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a female clone]] with [[spoiler: the true genetic template of Jango Fett himself and Force potential to boot.]]

* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Heroic examples (with the exception of Crosshair). After the Clone Wars end and the Republic is turned into the Empire, the Bad Batch quickly deserts when it becomes apparent the Empire has abandoned any sense of morality. Without any skills usable in civilian life (or any life experience outside of a military setting, for that matter), the Bad Batch turns to mercenary work to get by.

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:Hunter offers to let him rejoin the Bad Batch at the end of the first season, but he refuses.]]

* AdmiringTheAbomination: He's honestly impressed by the Empire's new chain code system, since it'd give them a record of almost everyone in the galaxy.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: During the Bad Batch's mission on Daro, Tech attempts to redirect the TK Stormtroopers and Clone Commandos, but because he's using a now-defunct clone code, all he does is set off the alarms and alert everyone to their position.

* EveryonesBabySister: Literally, as both the only known OppositeSexClone of Jango and a TagalongKid. [[spoiler: Though as ''Metamorphosis'' reveals, she's not the ''only'' female clone - Emerie Karr is one too.]]

* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler:He may have rejoined the Bad Batch in Season 3 after defecting from the Empire, but that hasn't completely removed his standoffish and dickish attitude which frequently puts him at odds with Hunter and Omega]].

* WouldntHurtAChild: By the time of "Return to Kamino", he has doubled back on his previous willingness to kill children. He orders Omega to be captured and transferred off-world when he confronts Hunter, even calling out Hunter on dragging her along by pointing out that he should be keeping her safe. [[spoiler:This is because he had his inhibitor chip, which encouraged infanticide when it suited the Empire's needs, removed. But in "A Different Approach", he was considering throttling the street urchin for demanding a ridiculous fee for information on Batcher, until the kid gives a much cheaper fee to placate him.]]

* LivingMacGuffin: Why is she wanted by bounty hunters? [[spoiler:The Kaminoans want her back because she's a pure genetic clone of Jango. Due to the Kaminoans having no tabs on Boba's whereabouts, she's their best source of fresh genetic material for more clones in order to stay in the Empire's interest.]] [[spoiler:In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS3E3ShadowsofTantiss Shadows of Tantiss]]", she has the highest M (midichlorian) counts out of all the clones on Tantiss, making her even more valuable to the Imperial Advanced Science Division.]]

** Omega solidifies this trope as her desire to stay with the Bad Batch is so great, she was willing to give up a chance to stay with Cut and Suu and live a life with a real family. Later, Ventress recognises this, which is why [[spoiler: she lies to Omega and claims that her potential is low, as otherwise she would have to leave to be trained]].

* AscendedExtra: In the original run of ''The Clone Wars'', he's a recurring character who is seemingly killed off in his fifth episode, late into Season 3. The revival reveals him to be NotQuiteDead and sets him up to transition into the main cast of ''The Bad Batch''.

** Their backstory is similar to the Null ARC troopers from the ''Literature/RepublicCommando'' novel series. Like the Nulls, they are prototype, genetically modified clones turned into a unit of atypical commandos. The comparison becomes more apt in ''The Bad Batch'' spinoff series, where the squad chooses to desert from the clone army shortly after the events of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', rather than stay and serve the Empire, just like the Null [=ARCs=].

** The FantasticRacism they have towards regular troopers is reciprocated, as clones on Kamino refer to them as the "Sad Batch" and "Defect Squad". They also call Omega a "Lab Scrabber". This causes a lunchroom brawl in the first episode. The only Regs that like them and vice versa are Cody and Rex. Like many things, this changes over the following seasons, but Cody and Rex are still the ones they get on ebst with.

** Omega is TheSmurfettePrinciple; she's a young, female clone who is noted to be one of the five enhanced clones (Echo doesn't count since he started off as an ordinary clone). She has quickly become the mascot of the team. [[spoiler: Season 3 also reveals that she's a latent Force-sensitive]].

** Omega's mutation caused her to be [[OppositeSexClone born female]] and to age at a normal rate, but otherwise her abilities are still unknown. [[spoiler: It later turns out she's not a mutated clone; she's a first generation clone of Jango Fett, and by extension, Boba Fett's sister, who happens to have inherited a lot of his natural talent. She's also, to general shock, revealed in Season 3 to be Force sensitive.]]

* {{BFG}}: He cobbles together a grenade launcher made from the remnants of an old Separatist Tank in Season 2.
* BigBrotherBully: Downplayed. When Jesse angrily tells Crosshair he can't condescend to Rex, Wrecker asks "says who?" and hoists him by his neck for no reason other than his amusement.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Quite literally, being the biggest of the Batch, and was quick to jump to Crosshair's aid when Rex starts beating on him for his insensitive comments, even if he deserved it. He also is quick to rush to Omega's defense after a couple of regs insult her, starting a FoodFight in the process.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Of the members of the Bad Batch, his inhibitor chip is the only one to retain enough functionality to affect his decisions. When Tarkin realizes this, he orders the programming to be amplified to finish off any semblance of morality and loyalty to his friends. [[spoiler:This is {{Subverted|Trope}} when it is revealed that he had removed his inhibitor chip and yet continues to serve the empire]].

* WouldntHurtAChild: By the time of "Return to Kamino", he has doubled back on his previous willingness to kill children. He orders Omega to be captured and transferred off-world when he confronts Hunter, even calling out Hunter on dragging her along by pointing out that he should be keeping her safe. [[spoiler:This is because he had his inhibitor chip, which encouraged infanticide when it suited the Empire's needs, removed. But in "A Different Approach", he was considering throttling the street urchin for demanding a ridiculous fee for information on Batcher]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Like Hunter and Wrecker, Echo shows this towards Omega, to the point of threatening the Shock Trooper that notices she's gotten out of their cell. This is especially jarring coming from Echo as, unlike the rest of them, he was born a Reg and biologically is still identical to the Shock Troopers. It's hard not to hear a little Jango with this line. In [[spoiler:''Return to Kamino'', he makes sure she stays behind so she won't be hurt while they rescue Hunter, despite her protests.]]

* {{Expy}}: He's confirmed to be based on Billy Sole from ''Film/{{Predator}}''. Appearance-wise, he looks like [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]] and [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake.]] Since the squad is confirmed to be based off ''Series/TheATeam'', he's one for John "Hannibal" Smith, the squad's leader.

* {{Expy}}: He's confirmed to be based on Billy from ''Film/{{Predator}}''. Appearance-wise, he looks like John Rambo and Solid Snake. Since the squad is confirmed to be based off ''Series/TheATeam'', he's one for Hannibal, the squad's leader.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Going with the Delta Squad comparisons, he is one for Boss, being the tough, Jango Fett-esque leader of a crack commando unit of clone troopers who handle the most dangerous assignments. But whereas Boss is much more like Jango, Hunter has SuperSenses and ends up being promoted to parent. By further contrast, he refuses to leave Crosshair behind on Kamino despite him being brainwashed, whereas Boss follows orders and leaves his sniper, Sev, behind on Kashykk.

** Omega solidifies this trope as her desire to stay with the Bad Batch is so great, she was willing to give up a chance to stay with Cut and Suu and live a life with a real family.

** The FantasticRacism they have towards regular troopers is reciprocated, as clones on Kamino refer to them as the "Sad Batch" and "Defect Squad". They also call Omega a "Lab Scrabber". This causes a lunchroom brawl in the first episode. The only Regs that like them and vice versa are Cody and Rex.

** Omega is TheSmurfettePrinciple; she's a young, female clone who is noted to be one of the five enhanced clones (Echo doesn't count since he started off as an ordinary clone). She has quickly become the mascot of the team.

** Omega's mutation caused her to be [[OppositeSexClone born female]] and to age at a normal rate, but otherwise her abilities are still unknown. [[spoiler: It later turns out she's not a mutated clone; she's a first generation clone of Jango Fett, and by extension, Boba Fett's sister, who happens to have inherited a lot of his natural talent.]]

** Omega is the TagalongKid as well as TheHeart, herself [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a female clone]] with [[spoiler: the true genetical template of Jango Fett himself.]]

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: While they generally have a low opinion of "regs", there are a few exceptions such as Rex and Cody. This gets {{Lampshaded}} by Omega when they meet Rex again and Wrecker responds by giving him a BearHug.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Despite being a clone of male Jango Fett, she's assumed to be an OppositeSexClone as she presents and identifies as female and is identified on sight as an enhanced clone, same as the Bad Batch. However, Prime Minister Lama Su later refers to her as an "unaltered clone" bringing up the very real possibility that she was genetically male at her creation like the only other known unaltered clone, Boba Fett, but is transgender or intersex. The ambiguity comes from the context of the conversation, as the alterations being referred to were specifically those related to the viability of Omega as a template for future clones (lacking RapidAging as well as the biological and mental conditioning to make the Clone Troopers obedient and docile). The lack of clarity of the Prime Minister's meaning behind "unaltered" leaves the door open for either interpretation.

** To [[Series/TheMandalorian Grogu]]. Both of them are mysterious children that a stoic warrior (Din Djarin for Grogu and Hunter for Omega) ends up taking under their wing, with both having some sort of ability unique to only them (the Force for Grogu and some as-yet-revealed powers for Omega tied to her being a pure unenhanced clone), tragic ties to Order 66 (Grogu being a victim and Omega losing [[spoiler:Crosshair]] to its influence), a massive bounty on their heads, and having encounters with Fennec Shand. Grogu, however, is still just an infant that, though powerful, is deeply traumatized by what happened to him, and needs further training to hone his abilities, whereas Omega, though older, is still unsure of what she can really do (as are her guardians), and has no experience of the galaxy beyond the confines of Kamino. Moreover, Fennec Shand doesn't harm Grogu and actually aids in his rescue, while Omega nearly ends up as Fennec's prisoner (though that's later revealed to be [[spoiler: her being hired to protect Omega from the Kaminoans by Nala Se]]). Finally, both are needed alive for the Empire's cloning projects, with Grogu's blood getting extracted for Project Necromancer, or in [[{{Narcissist}} Moff Gideon]]'s case, [[spoiler:make Force-Sensitive clones of himself outfitted in beskar armor]], where Omega is used as leverage by Dr. Hemlock to make Nala Se work on Project Necromancer for Palpatine's sake, lest she suffers for it.

* EveryonesBabySister: Literally, as both the only known OppositeSexClone of Jango and a TagalongKid.
* FamilyOfChoice: Despite the fact she had the chance to live with Cut Lawquane and have a real family with basic stability, she chooses to stay with Hunter and the Bad Batch, because that's where she felt she belonged and doesn't care about the danger that comes with them.

* MythologyGag: Her blonde hair is most likely natural, seeing as she's an unenhanced clone and that the Kaminoans probably wouldn't have let Omega dye her hair. In the ''ComicBook/JangoFettOpenSeasons'' comic from ''Legends'', Jango's mother and sister had blonde hair, so this may be a result of OppositeSexClone making Jango's blonde genes dominant in Omega.

* TheReveal: The third season [[spoiler:reveals she's being sought for the Emperor's Project Necromancer for her high Midi-chlorian count. And if she has a high m-count, she's probably Force sensitive and a potential Jedi.]]

* SherlockScan: Thanks to her training with Nala Se, she's able to tell that Rex is a first-generation clone just from the lines on his face. She's also the first one to realize who Cid is and seems to be very perceptive in general.

** He's also one of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance Tam]], as both characters were on the side of the good guys before both of them undertook a FaceHeelTurn and joined a fascist organization founded by Palpatine[[note]]Indirectly via Supreme Leader Snoke, his puppet.[[/note]] when they believed that such a side was the one in the right, get placed in charge of an elite squad, then have some form of regret for their choices when they see how truly lacking in humanity these groups are. The key difference is that, unlike Tam, Crosshair's defection was done unwillingly thanks to his inhibitor chip, whereas Tam joined the First Order after learning her mentor and his new trainee were secretly part of the Resistance. Another difference later crops up when Crosshair [[spoiler: is shown to have willingly removed his chip to serve the Empire]], whereas Tam got cold feet and later left the First Order.

* AndroclesLion: Omega gets attached to her, and she's scheduled for destruction as a result, since the Empire don't want their attack dog going soft. Omega frees her, but Hemlock figures the now blunted Batcher will soon be killed by the wildlife outside Tantiss. He's wrong, and Batcher returns to help Omega and Crosshairs escape.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: In "Aftermath", Tarkin amplifies his partially-working inhibitor chip to turn him into a slave of the Empire. [[spoiler: Later {{Subverted}} when it's shown he took out his chip to work with the Empire of his own accord. However, he certainly came close to having this fate during his imprisonment under Dr. Hemlock]].
* SanitySlippage: After Order 66 goes out, his inhibitor chip starts slowly overwriting his mind and changing his personality. The chip's amplification only really sped up the process. [[spoiler: Later {{Subverted}} when it's shown he took out his chip, admitting to his squad that his loyalty to the Empire was who he really was all along.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:After his apparent death, the Imperials are only able to return his goggles to Hunter.
All the pieces are in place for a DisneyDeath, should he reappear some time later.]]

* LeeroyJenkins: Wrecker tends to bounce between two modes in combat, charging at the enemy to take them on in hand-to-hand or firing an epic amount of rounds downrange. The former tends to be his usual strategy. In dealing with armies of basic mooks, it usually works, but twice in ''The Bad Batch'' it gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], first during a training exercise against a DT-X series sentry droid, then again against [[spoiler:the brainwashed Crosshair,]] and then again against Fennec Shand, who handily knocks him out cold.

* RedemptionDemotion: [[spoiler:While his melee skills are still up to par, Crosshair loses much of his vaunted accuracy with a rifle after finally rejoining the rest of the Batch at the beginning of Season 3. Justified, since all the blood the Advanced Science Division took from him on a regular basis at Mount Tantiss caused some damage to his arm, and he hasn't bothered to have his arm checked as of late]].

* EnergyBow: In "Rampage", she takes a Zygerrian plasma bow during the mission to rescue Muchi. After some practice, it becomes her favored weapon.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: Crosshair betrayed his own teammates ''very'' deeply, especially after all they've done for him. By the end of Season 2, Crosshair pulls a HeelFaceTurn. While Omega was willing to TurnTheOtherCheek on him, Crosshair will have to work ''really'' hard for them to accept him back. His own team does forgive him, but he still has to earn forgiveness from the other regs].

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: [[spoiler:Crosshair betrayed his own teammates ''very'' deeply, especially after all they've done for him. By the end of Season 2, Crosshair pulls a HeelFaceTurn. While Omega was willing to TurnTheOtherCheek on him, Crosshair will have to work ''really'' hard for them to accept him back]].

* RedemptionDemotion: Crosshair loses much of his vaunted accuracy with a rifle after finally rejoining the rest of the Batch at the beginning of Season 3. Justified, since all the blood the Advanced Science Division took from him on a regular basis at Mount Tantiss caused some damage to his arm.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: In "Aftermath", Tarkin amplifies his partially-working inhibitor chip to turn him into a slave of the Empire. [[spoiler: Later {{Subverted}} when it's shown he took out his chip to work with the Empire of his own accord.]]

* [[spoiler:A downplayed one as he's still an aloof dick, but "The Outpost" shows him going out of his way to attempt to save Mayday, a Clone Commander when he previously would have likely left him for dead for being a "reg". Witnessing firsthand how little the Empire thinks of the Clones as a whole thanks to his demotion seems to have made him realize that all Clones are in the same boat rather than him being any kind of exception.]]
* [[spoiler:By Season 3, particularly after linking back up with the rest of the Batch and burying the hatchet with them, Crosshair is overall a better person than he used to be, ranging from being less standoffish and more cooperative with the Batch and even with the regs in Rex's resistance movement to a degree, to being somewhat cordial with Omega (including using her name for the first time instead of calling her "the kid", and implicitly having developed enough of a bond with her to the point where she emulates his mannerisms in the same way she did with Hunter in the series premiere).]]

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:A downplayed one as he's still an aloof dick, but "The Outpost" shows him going out of his way to attempt to save Mayday, a Clone Commander when he previously would have likely left him for dead for being a "reg". Witnessing firsthand how little the Empire thinks of the Clones as a whole thanks to his demotion seems to have made him realize that all Clones are in the same boat rather than him being any kind of exception.]]

* AGirlAndHerX: In her case, a girl and her Lurca hound. Batcher was initially a lab experiment on Tantiss whom Omega bonded with when she had no one to talk to during captivity. Now, Omega has a much needed lifelong companion.

!!"Batcher"