| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' '''[[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus Main Character Page]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWindchasers Windchasers]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore Professor Sycamore]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenizens Denizens]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSpecter Specter]]), [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorCerise Professor Cerise]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSaraDiktaylis Sara Diktaylis]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | '''The Multiverse''' -] ]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Various worlds that make up part of the broader universe of ''Crocus''. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Infinity Train Earth |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Characters that are found within the Earth of the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' series. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[folder:Grace's Parents]] |
| 13 | !!Huxley and Cecilia Monroe |
| 14 | ->''“They’re not parents or royalty. They’re'' assholes ''plain and simple.”'' |
| 15 | -->'''Grace Monroe''' |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Debut, First Appearance: Routine Arc - The Pond Car) |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Huxley and Cecilia Monroe, Grace's father and mother respectively. They are ambassadors and have been separated from their daughter for the past eight years. Unfortunately, the time apart hasn't taught them a single thing. |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: After Grace vanished, and their bitchy attitudes demanding answers about her and denying that ''they'' could be the reasons for Grace's actions, no one wants to be associated with them. |
| 23 | * AdaptationalJerkass: At least Grace's parents were decent enough to be worried for her and then devastated at [[spoiler: her death]] in the original trilogy. Meanwhile, these two not only blatantly disregard Grace's opinions and make it clear they could care less if she was safe or not, but they even [[spoiler: disown her at her lowest point]] just to spite her. |
| 24 | * AdaptationalKarma: Neither of them got any punishment for their abusive and neglectful actions in canon. Their ''Blossomverse'' counterparts [[spoiler:don't get as much karma, barring that they have a completely emotionless marriage and their daughter is dead.]] These counterparts [[spoiler:get held hostage by Elipzo and are forced to see how their daughter has become the "baddest bitch on the Infinity Train" and are forced to work at minimum wage jobs while knowing that Grace's days are numbered and that if they ever try to confess this, not only will anyone ''not'' believe them, but their reputation will be completely destroyed when it was revealed that it was their abusive attitude is the reason why she vanished.]] |
| 25 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Upon learning how [[spoiler:they cemented Grace's punishment via execution]], they beg Emile that they will do and pay any price to see their daughter safe and sound. By the time Grace learns about their predicament in Act 2, [[spoiler:Elipzo has forced them to work at their restaurant, much to Grace's delight.]] |
| 26 | * AmbiguousSituation: Is the Train not coming for these two or is Emile gaslighting them so they don't try to escape and find a way to save their daughter from her death? |
| 27 | * AssInAmbassador: They're ambassadors and they're also jerks who don't see their daughter as a person. |
| 28 | * AwfulWeddedLife: There's nothing good about their life ever since their daughter ran away, as they sit separated across a dinner table and they hate each other. |
| 29 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Huxley wants his daughter to be punished for her crimes. [[spoiler:And what's the worst punishment you get for killing others? ''Execution''.]] |
| 30 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Not only do they learn just how much trouble their daughter has caused, they are now kidnapped and will be forced to see a cult ''murder her'' while thousands of denizens cheer Elipzo on. By the time they appear in Act 2, they're forced to work for Elipzo in their café, much to Grace's utter delight.]] |
| 31 | * CompositeCharacter: They hold a bit of ''Blossoming Trail'' Chloe Cerise in the hopes that they want Grace to come back to beg for their forgiveness for all the shit she did while not even bothering to improve ''themselves'' over the situation. |
| 32 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Want their daughter to be punished for her atrocities and never accepting her mistakes? That's fine. [[spoiler:Wanting her ''dead'' by thousands of denizens sick and tired of her bullshit? '''Absolutely not.''']] |
| 33 | * EvilCounterpart: To Goh's parents. Both parents are dark skinned and black haired and workaholics, but Kurune and Ikuo truly care for their son and did all they could with what little information they had, letting him stay home to search for Mew and are okay with his job as a research fellow. Grace and Huxley could care less about what's going on with their daughter, not going to see a ballet recital or have ice cream with her family. Kurune and Ikuo don't push expectations on Goh but Huxley and Cecelia pushed dance lessons onto Grace. While Kurune and Ikuo have (justified) reasons to hate Chloe, they don't want her ''dead'' (if you ignore Ikuo shouting Chloe deserves to drown), while the Monroe parents want their daughter to suffer. |
| 34 | * FatalFlaw: Their abusive and parental neglect towards Grace ends up with them incapable of understanding how ''they're'' at fault with how Grace was raised, to the point their social circles and family want nothing to do with them anymore. |
| 35 | * ForcedToWatch: During the Routine Arc, they ended up [[spoiler:kidnapped and placed in a restaurant called "Eatfinity", run by Elipzo members, and are going to watch as their daughter will be killed in the name of justice with thousands of passengers and denizens wanting this to happen.]] |
| 36 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They lambast on how Grace is horrible for not realizing her mistakes, while also never realizing that it's their hands-off parenting that's made Grace ''make'' those mistakes. |
| 37 | * HypocriteHasAPoint: That said, Huxley mentions that Grace isn't doing anything to fix her mistakes in the slightest, whereas he was known for being in denial that his and his wife's "parenting" shaped Grace into who she is now. |
| 38 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: They're both proud, stubborn, and deep in denial of their actions, just like their daughter. |
| 39 | * JerkassHasAPoint: They're abusive and neglectful parents, but sometimes they're right. |
| 40 | ** Cecilia is being hysterical when she screams at Grace's ear on what's happened to her, but she's not wrong at how Grace's excuses of how her child cult "isn't killing humans" [[NotHelpingYourCase doesn't help get her point across]] since she'll be seen as a groomer. Not to mention the hot water the family will be in when it's ultimately revealed just ''where'' numerous missing children have landed and ''what'' they've been doing. She also tells Emile that for all that they weren't good parents, neither she nor her husband taught her to be a serial killer. |
| 41 | ** Huxley points out that if Grace wanted him and Cecilia to see her ballet performance, she could've asked one of her caretakers to record it so they could see it later. It doesn't excuse how the two were constantly negligent of their daughter, but the fact remains that Grace ''could'' have done something to meet in the middle. |
| 42 | ** Cecilia coldly telling Grace that she's no longer welcome in their house is cruel, but Grace is 18 at this point, so her parents have the legal right to kick her out. |
| 43 | * MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: They are furious when people accuse them of raising a monster, especially since this all started with Grace actually being caught for petty larceny. |
| 44 | * MortonsFork: Emile spells it out this way once they are kidnapped: they can call the police and explain the situation by how ''they'' are at fault for Grace's kidnapping, thus risking their public image even more or they say nothing and let Grace be killed off and having thousands upon ''thousands'' of denizens and passengers cheering for her demise. |
| 45 | -->'''Emile:''' Just think carefully on whether you either risk losing your pride or your daughter. Whatever it is will be the ''end'' of the Monroes. |
| 46 | * NeverMyFault: Neither of them admit that it's ''their'' bad parenting that got Grace on the Infinity Train to the point that Cecilia is ready to disown her own daughter instead of understanding her point of view. |
| 47 | * OhCrap: The two have this look when [[spoiler:Emile reveals that their confessions on how they hate their daughter and want her punished was livestreamed onto the Infinet and now they will watch as their daughter is to be executed for her crimes.]] |
| 48 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Their nasty attitudes and the fact that they refused to let Grace take the fall for the petty larceny made people unable to forget how they're jerks. |
| 49 | * ParentsAsPeople: Huxley tries to use this card to Emile in that they couldn't be with Grace all the time due to their jobs. Emile doesn't buy it since they didn't show any love or concern at all. |
| 50 | * ShadowArchetype: |
| 51 | ** Of Chloe's parents. Chloe's parents [[ParentsAsPeople were flawed but loved their daughter]], learn to make up for their mistakes, and be both firm ''and'' loving to what Chloe has done, hoping to see her again to see how much she's grown (with Chloe reciprocating those feelings). These two have no such thing as empathy or realizations that they're just as responsible for Grace's bitchy behavior and blame her for everything instead of working on themselves, hoping that Grace comes home so they can put her down for her stupidity and selfishness (and Grace wishing she'd never see them ever again). |
| 52 | ** Huxley specifically contrasts Professor Cerise. While both are glasses wearing fathers, Cerise truly loved his daughter and his horrified at the idea that he could be seen as an abusive father just because he didn't pay attention to her, whereas Huxley tells Emile to go f-- himself and doesn't see anything wrong with what he did. Cerise never denied that something was wrong with his daughter, whereas Huxley didn't let his daughter speak her mind about the stolen bracelet. Cerise did put Chloe in the Institute but never as punishment, but rather as a safe haven to get away from the bullying. Meanwhile, Huxley doesn't care about his daughter's feelings and wants her to be punished. |
| 53 | ** As of Act 2, they're darker counterparts of the Fujihachi parents. While both parents are busy with their work and neglectful with their child, Kurune and Ikuo were ''not'' abusive towards Goh and did do their best to raise him. The Monroe parents, on the other hand, were shown to be cold and dismissive of their daughter and wanted to deny that they messed up. |
| 54 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Grace would never be a cult leader, or even on the Train to begin with, if they were much ''nicer'' and more ''concerned'' parents. |
| 55 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Both parents had lots of work on their hands, meaning that they weren't able to raise Grace properly and had hired helpers take care of her. Unfortunately, this made Grace go to desperate measures to get ''some'' attention on her...and all they saw was that she was a troublemaker and to deny that they weren't doing anything wrong. |
| 56 | * YouHaveToBelieveMe: This trope gets discussed in the Pond Car. Emile notes that even ''if'' the two were able to explain what's going on with their daughter, there's a high chance that no one was going to believe them for two reasons. 1) The stuff surrounding their daughter on a therapy train is too absurd for anyone to hear it. 2) They'd also have to reveal that ''they'' are at fault for this, exposing themselves as abusive parents who pushed their daughter to run away from home. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Ryan and Min-Gi/Chicken Choice Judy]] |
| 60 | !!Ryan Akagi and Min-Gi Park |
| 61 | |
| 62 | ->''"Train to nowhere/Train to nowhere/Train to nowhere/At least you're there"'' |
| 63 | |
| 64 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned in Boutique Street Car) | Orchid Observer (Mentioned, First Physical Appearance) |
| 65 | |
| 66 | Two childhood friends who boarded the Infinity Train during the eighties. They eventually become a two member band called "Chicken Choice Judy" although they're now retired, and married, in the present day. In ''Orchid Observer'', they are off to a concert in Arizona. |
| 67 | ---- |
| 68 | * AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed. Both of them were just normal humans in the show, but ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that they're capable of creating some sort of magical energy called "Chord". |
| 69 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Ryan was known to have been dumped by three girls in the show whereas it's unrevealed what Min-Gi's orientation is. With them both married to each other, Ryan is considered bi and Min-gi is gay. |
| 70 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Both of them were good friends growing up, even born on the same day, and they would eventually marry each other. |
| 71 | * CoolOldGuy: Both of them are this in the present day as they both entered the Train when they were in their twenties. In contrast, Amelia was around her thirties when she was first picked up. |
| 72 | * HappilyMarried: The two tied the knot around a decade prior to the story.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ryan and Min-Gi hail from Canada, which legalized same-sex marriage in the early [=2000s=].[[/labelnote]] |
| 73 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: They're the protagonists of ''Infinity Train'' Book 4, set during the time Amelia was on the Train and just as she was about to take over as Conductor. According to Omar, their first album is a popular hit on the train and many passengers used the songs to help navigate their own train trips. Their partner, Kez, is known to talk about their adventures from time to time. |
| 74 | * OfficialCouple: Omar reveals that they're married, and shows a picture of them on a reunion tour where they kiss to the crowd. |
| 75 | * PublicSecretMessage: Their first album, ''Train to Nowhere'', was made as a guide for those who got stuck on the Infinity Train. It's apparently saved many lives. |
| 76 | * SignatureSong: In-universe, "Train to Nowhere" is their most well-known song, to the point that the Windchasers and Red Lotus Uprising first learn about the duo when they hear a radio play it. |
| 77 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Korean-Canadian gay Min-Gi and Japanese-Canadian bisexual Ryan. |
| 78 | * UnseenNoMore: Initially referenced in ''Seeker of Crocus'' as having left the Train, they finall appear in ''Orchid Observer'' having breakfast in Arizona. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Jesse Cosay]] |
| 82 | !!Jesse Cosay |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned in Cyan Desert Car, First appearance: The Palimpsest Car) | Orchid Observer (Debut) |
| 85 | |
| 86 | A boy from Arizona who was sent on the Infinity Train and protagonist of ''Orchid Observer'' who hopes to find information about the Apex kids to warn their parents. |
| 87 | ---- |
| 88 | * ActorAllusion: Nate compares his brother to Spider-Man. Jesse technically ''is'' [[Creator/RobbieDaymond Spider-Man]] [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan in another world.]] |
| 89 | * AdaptationalSexuality: He had plenty of ShipTease moments with Lake, but author notes reveal he's asexual. |
| 90 | * AdaptationalSkill: |
| 91 | ** He's learned how to cook as his pumpkin lasanga is praised by his parents, and he helps out at the school cafeteria. |
| 92 | ** He's also gotten praise from a teacher on his artwork and is planning on making a graphic novel about his train trip. |
| 93 | ** He knows about medical procedures, as he talks his dad on how to treat Spencer when he has a seizure (but it's really [[spoiler:his robotic body running low on battery.]]) |
| 94 | ** While he was shown singing once at the beginning of ''Infinity Train'' Book 2, apparently he's good enough to land a role in one of his school's productions. |
| 95 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a sweet, goofy guy who likes to be friends with everyone at school but he's not a pushover, especially after his own Train trip. He warns his former "friends" that he's ''not'' going to let them walk over him anymore. |
| 96 | * BeyondTheImpossible: He and Lake did something that had never happened prior -- not only did Jesse ''go back'' on the Train to get Lake out, but he also was able to pull a denizen ''out'' of the Train and into his world. The power to be granted that miracle is what has him targeted. |
| 97 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He does ''not'' like Ethan picking on his little brother. Justified since it was this same bullying that got Jesse on the train in the first place after Nate broke his arm. |
| 98 | * CommonalityConnection: Colette lets her Wartortle team with Jesse because Jesse was part of the swim team at his school. |
| 99 | * FauxHorrific: He hisses "Blasphemy!" when Lake decides to call herself Lake Van Helsing (see below). |
| 100 | * GiverOfLameNames: If you ask him to name something, it will always have "Dracula" in it because he finds anything with Dracula in it to be awesome. Lake mentions that all of the animals he met on the Train was named Dracula -- Jesse was going to name "Alan Dracula" just "Dracula" until Lake goaded him to try something new -- and he was going to call ''her'' "Dracula 2" when she got out of the Train. Even after Spencer decides to call them "Team Riconnetersi" (Reconnect in Italian), he mutters that Team Dracula is ''still'' better. |
| 101 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Even though he's a nice and friendly, he's no longer the doormat who entered the Train. He knows that what he's doing is naive, but he's still going to try anyhow. |
| 102 | * GrewASpine: When he confronts his old "friends", he lets them know that he's no longer the doormat he used to be and warns them that they can't get away with their bullying ways for long. |
| 103 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: By all means, Jesse is the most normal member of ''Team Reconnetersi'', but Aric says his heart and kindness is his superpower. If he didn't go as far as to go back for Lake, she would've ended up killed by Mirror Cop Sieve. The two of them created a miracle through their friendship. |
| 104 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He's the SupportingProtagonist of ''Infinity Train'' Book 2. |
| 105 | * InSeriesNickname: "Mr. Arizona Missing" by his former friend Ethan. |
| 106 | * IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: He's gotten into drawing and was encouraged to make a graphic novel about his adventures on the Train by a teacher which he calls "Travelfriends". |
| 107 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: Him going back to the Train to get Lake out of the Train was a spoiler for the final episode of Book 2. |
| 108 | * LovableJock: He's on his school's swim team and he's known to be very friendly to his fellow classmates. |
| 109 | * MirrorCharacter: To Goh. They're both dark haired and dark skinned boys, but Jesse is friendly and sociable at school whereas Goh barely goes to school outside tests. Jesse has many talents in the arts like cooking, drawing and musical theater, while Goh's skills are mostly about Pokémon research, using tech, and having a good throwing arm when it comes to Pokémon. Jesse's main flaw was him being a doormat who doesn't like confrontations, whereas Goh's problem is his lack of social skills and misjudging other people's intentions. Jesse also is known to be into sports, as he's on his school's swim team, while Goh is more focused on academics in Pokémon. |
| 110 | * MythologyGag: |
| 111 | ** The title of his graphic novel is called "Travelfriends" as that's what he called himself and Lake when they first met. |
| 112 | ** He hums a bit of the song "Empathy Goes" in ''Seeker of Crocus''. In the original show, the denizens of the Musical Car are singing this very song, which was directed by him. |
| 113 | * NiceGuy: Just like in the show, he's a friendly guy who is loved by most of his school. Even after learning about the Apex's mission to hurt denizens, the fact that they wanted to tempt him to stay with them forever, ''and'' proudly claimed they were going to kill Lake and Alan Dracula without pity, he only feels sorry for them because their parents have no idea what's happened and that they've been missing for so long. Simon is even shocked to hear that Jesse got in contact with his family and calls the Apex a "club" and not a "cult". |
| 114 | * OralFixation: He has a celery stalk in his mouth as he does his research in the prologue of ''Orchid Observer''. |
| 115 | * {{Otaku}}: He's seen ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' as Colette shouting "Virus eliminated!" reminds him of the show. |
| 116 | * RealMenCanCook: The prologue of ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that he's learned how to cook and helps out at the school cafeteria to help take over for the lunch lady in his school while she recovers from her train trip[[labelnote:Explanation]]In "The Black Market Car", Lake saw a lunch lady seeing One-One's introduction video and in "The Map Car", Jesse asks if a lunch lady that always hated him also went missing and wonders if she got on the Train, to which Lake goes "Maybe". It was later confirmed by Owen Dennis that said lunch lady Lake saw is the same one Jesse was talking about.[[/labelnote]]. He also has helped the school cafeteria to making healthier alternatives to food. |
| 117 | * RealMenWearPink: In the Horrorland Car, he's happily riding Colette's Galarian Rapidash, who is a unicorn with a cotton candy mane. |
| 118 | * RunningGag: He constantly compares Colette's job to that of a [[WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs Glitch Techs]]. |
| 119 | * SkewedPriorities: Jesse is more focused on the phone device on Colette's wrist and ''not'' a fountain pen that turned into a sword/gun combo, which Ethan points out. |
| 120 | * TheTeamNormal: Compared to the [[spoiler:hacker who works in a robotic shell]], the mirror reflection with super strength and durability, and the girl whose gun gives her telekinesis, Jesse is the only member of Team Riconnetersi who lacks a special ability. |
| 121 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted; after his train trip, he goes to a government sponsored program that helps former passengers adjust to getting back to normal life. |
| 122 | * TurnTheOtherCheek: |
| 123 | ** Jesse has every reason to hate Grace and Simon for what they did in the Mall Car -- from trying to pressure him to being a bully and even telling him point-blank that they're going to ''kill Lake and Alan Dracula'' without remorse -- but he's still going out of his way to contact their loved ones to tell them what happened. By Act 2 of ''Crocus'', he succeeded in contacting Simon's mother and sister. |
| 124 | ** Subverted when it comes to his former friends. Jesse wants ''nothing'' to do with them since they got his little brother hurt and didn't feel sorry for it. |
| 125 | * TwoferTokenMinority: The only Native American character (from the Apache tribe) who is coded LGBT+ (specifically asexual). |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder: Lake]] |
| 129 | !!Lake (Formerly MT/Mirror Tulip) |
| 130 | |
| 131 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned in Cyan Desert Car, First appearance: The Palimpsest Car) | Orchid Observer (Debut) |
| 132 | |
| 133 | A denizen who was once the reflection of a former passenger, free from the Infinity Train and staying at the Cosay residence. |
| 134 | ---- |
| 135 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: She can't help but whistle when Colette questions if Ethan's personal chef cooks him something under someone called Chef Boyardee. |
| 136 | * AdaptationalGenderIdentity: Female in ''Infinity Train'', considered female non-binary in ''Orchid Observer''.[[note]]Owen Dennis originally wanted Lake to be non-binary but the Cartoon Network executives vetoed it.[[/note]] |
| 137 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Was depicted as female with ShipTease from Jesse, but ''Orchid Observer'' author notes reveals she's aromantic. |
| 138 | * BerserkButton: Calling her some derogatory term at your own peril. |
| 139 | * BizarreTasteInFood: She can eat burnt toast without complaint although it's unknown if she can actually taste it or not. |
| 140 | * BrutalHonesty: She's blunt about Jesse's idea of telling the Apex parents on what's going on, stating that this might accidentally cause ''them'' to enter the Train in a futile attempt to rescue them. |
| 141 | * CommonalityConnection: She snarks that the only reason that she's partnered with Colette's Yamper is only due to Tulip being partnered with Atticus (as Yamper is a Pokémon based off a corgi). |
| 142 | * CutenessProximity: She tries to deny it, but she finds herself gushing over Colette's Yamper and calling him a good boy. |
| 143 | * DarkIsNotEvil: She wears a black sleeveless top and has a surly personality, but she's the reason why Jesse GrewASpine and get off the train after all. |
| 144 | * DidNotThinkThisThrough: Downplayed, but she internally notes that Mace [[VillainHasAPoint wasn't wrong]] about what she was going to do once she got out of the Train. Thankfully, the government has programs for former passengers who she talks to every now and then as a part of therapy and they get information on how the Train works. |
| 145 | * EatingOptional: She technically doesn't need to eat but the prologue of ''Orchid Observer'' has her eating dinner with the Cosays and she has a slice of burnt toast while at ITCH. |
| 146 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 147 | ** Lake dislikes Jesse's friends, but she thinks them running away when Ethan gets sucked into an arcade cabinet is low. |
| 148 | ** She also hates Simon but also notes that she doesn't want him to return to his mom if she ends up being abusive. |
| 149 | * HappilyAdopted: She's treated as an honorary member of the Cosay family, happily eating dinner with them. |
| 150 | * HatesBeingNicknamed: She does ''not'' like nicknames due to her time on the Train having everyone (albeit when Jesse did it, it was done in light teasing and he apologized) give her some derogatory term to highlight that she wasn't a person. |
| 151 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: She was the protagonist of ''Infinity Train'' Book 2. |
| 152 | * HiddenDepths: She's been getting into Jesse's literature as she calls Spencer Thompson [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Boo Radley]]. |
| 153 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: Her being in the human world, and actually being her own character, spoils the events of "The Chrome Car" and all of Book 2. Even her ''name'' is a spoiler. |
| 154 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Colette's Light. She's surly, abrasive, wears her hair pretty short and dresses in black yet she's known to blush easily and connects closely with Jesse. |
| 155 | * MirrorSelf: She's the reflection of Tulip Olsen. |
| 156 | * MythologyGag: She jokes that she wants to call herself "Lake Van Helsing". In the original pilot for ''Infinity Train'', show creator Owen Dennis joked that "Van Helsing" was Tulip's last name. |
| 157 | * NoLastNameGiven: Justified in that she was originally the reflection of Tulip Olsen and wouldn't really have a last name to begin with. In ''Crocus'', she jokes that she should just call herself "Lake Van Helsing". |
| 158 | * SourSupporter: She has little esteem for Jesse's attempts to contact the parents of the Apex, but she still supports the efforts since the parents should get ''some'' answers. |
| 159 | * StunnedSilence: When Jesse asking her if [[ArmorPiercingQuestion standing up to Grace and Simon wasn't considered fighting back]], she goes silent. |
| 160 | * TokenNonHuman: In ''Seeker of Crocus'', she becomes this for Team Riconnettersi as she's a denizen compared to the human Jesse, Spencer (who is [[spoiler:human but walking in a robotic body]]) and Colette. |
| 161 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Colette's girly-girl due to her fashion sense of a black hoodie with ripped sleeves, combat boots and a shaved head, along with her aggressive no-nonsense fighting style and sarcastic demeanor. |
| 162 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Burnt toast; whether or not she likes it for the taste or the texture is unknown. |
| 163 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: She asks why Ash and the other Trainers don't use fisticuffs to beat the snot out of Rainbow Rocket. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Nate Cosay]] |
| 167 | !!Nate Cosay |
| 168 | |
| 169 | ->'''Appears in:''' Orchid Observer (Debut) |
| 170 | |
| 171 | Jesse's younger brother. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * BadassAdorable: He's around Parker's age, but he managed to get two hits in against ''Eyeclops''. |
| 174 | * BadLiar: When his mother calls and asks what's going on the arcade, he stammers that things are fine and that he's eating Caesar salad and pizza topped with olives...which his mother knows that he ''hates''. |
| 175 | * BigBrotherWorship: Like in canon, he idolizes his brother and calls him a superhero. |
| 176 | * CowardlyLion: He's freaking out over having to fight Eyeclops all by himself, but he is still able to fight back until Spencer's summon arrives to unleash the killing blow. |
| 177 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: He has a dislike of Caesar salad and pizza topped with olives. His mother knows ''something'' is wrong when he says he suddenly likes the food. |
| 178 | * EyeScream: Does this to Eyeclops with a fire-poker, successfully stabbing two of their eyes. |
| 179 | * {{Fanboy}}: He's a huge fan of ''Spider-Man'' and compares how he was praised by Sothius to the scene in ''Film/IronMan2'' when a young Peter was praised by his idol.[[note]]While the boy with the Iron Mask was never named, WordOfSaintPaul would later state that this was a young Peter Parker.[[/note]] |
| 180 | * FullNameBasis: Whitney calls him Nate Elan Cosay when she calls him in regards to [=CarnEvil=] suddenly coming to life. |
| 181 | * GrewASpine: Despite ''clearly'' being scared of Ethan, as Ethan was the reason he got an arm broken, he tells the bully that he's only liked because of his parents' money. |
| 182 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: He fights off Eyeclops with a fire poker. |
| 183 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: He immediately gains a friendship with Spencer, who looks like he's a high school senior. |
| 184 | * KidHasAPoint: When Lake refuses to let Nate hand Spencer's fidget die back due to not seeing him or Colette as trustworthy, Nate brings up multiple points that Colette didn't erase ''their'' memories and that keeping secrets isn't the same as being ''evil'', before bringing up the difference between their work being kept secret and the government keeping the Train secret. Lake has no choice but to stand down. |
| 185 | * MirrorCharacter: To Parker Cerise, the younger brother of a passenger who got bullied and injured but while Nate was injured ''prior'' to Jesse entering the Train, Parker got injured while Chloe is on the Train. Nate proves himself to be brave by fighting off Eyeclops all by himself, whereas Parker has the emotional courage to stand up to bullies and calling out the idiot adults who are afraid of their own shadows. |
| 186 | * TakeThat: Makes a remark that he thinks the ''Spider-Man'' musical was garbage. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Stephan and Whitney Cosay]] |
| 190 | Jesse and Nate's parents. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * GoodCounterpart: To Grace's parents. They're both loving parents to Jesse compared to Huxley and Cecelia's abusive and neglectful reactions towards Grace. |
| 193 | * GoodParents: They're supportive of Jesse's endeavors after he left the Train and graciously take in Lake as a member of the Cosays. |
| 194 | * HiddenDepths: Both Cosays are supporters of Arizona's LGBTQA+ movement, as they mistake Aric's comments of shoving Spencer into a closet [[ClosetGay the wrong way]]. Justified since WordOfGod remarks that Jesse is asexual. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Jesse's Former Friends]] |
| 198 | !!Ethan Rafflesi, Leon, Piers and Luis |
| 199 | |
| 200 | -->'''Appear in:''' Orchid Observer (Debut) |
| 201 | |
| 202 | Jesse's old "friends" who convince his little brother to go through a dangerous stunt that broke his arm and got Jesse on the Train. |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: Ethan was just a stereotypical jock bully and only appeared in a video clip in the canon show. Here, he makes a suggestion that the heroes actually agree with to stop ''[=CarnEvil=]'', mentions how he has to study in order to keep his grade point average up, and also knows the meaning of an NDA when Colette asks him to sign one. |
| 205 | * AdaptationalKarma: They presumably got away with the stunt that led to Nate breaking his arm in the show barring the suggestion that Nate telling his mother would've gotten them in trouble. ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that the four had to pay for Nate's hospital bills, Ethan was suspended for a week and the four are either at the cusp of expulsion or repeating the entire year if they make one more mistake. |
| 206 | * AscendedExtra: They only appeared in a video on Jesse's phone in the show, but are minor characters in ''Orchid Observer''. |
| 207 | * DirtyCoward: Ethan's friends leave him to be sucked into an arcade cabinet. Even Lake calls them out on this. |
| 208 | * DopeSlap: Luis tries this on Lake by flicking her forehead. It fails due to her being metal. Jesse himself notes that he tried that before. |
| 209 | * DumbassHasAPoint: When fighting Tokkentaker, Ethan comes up with the idea of CuttingTheKnot and kill him with a bomb to end the game early. Everyone else actually agrees. The only reason this fails is because he didn't let Colette get her bombs and went for the first thing he saw. [[spoiler:Said thing was the virus that dragged him into the cabinet; her bombs are card shaped.]] |
| 210 | * EnemyMine: He doesn't see eye to eye with Jesse, but Ethan's willing to team up with him to get out of ''[=CarnEvil=]''. |
| 211 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 212 | ** Even though they ''did'' make Nate go through that manliness challenge that broke his arm, they ''claimed'' that didn't go after Nate after he told on them, didn't ruin his stay in the hospital and showed ''some'' sympathy when Jesse vanished. |
| 213 | -->'''Lake:''' Okay, we get it! You're actually human beings underneath those crusty exteriors of yours. |
| 214 | ** Ethan may be a bully, but even he knows it's stupid to start arguments with Jesse when they have to fight for their lives in an evil carnival. He also saves Colette from falling off the zeppelin when Tokkentaker kicks her. |
| 215 | * FlowerMotif: Ethan's last name is Rafflesi, based on the rafflesia. A rafflesia is a carnivorous flower that has a sweet smelling nectar to lure in prey, referencing Ethan's ToxicFriendInfluence on Jesse. |
| 216 | * GangOfBullies: Who they truly are, given how they didn't give a damn on letting Nate get his arm broken from a dangerous stunt and didn't learn anything from it. Downplayed with Ethan, who begrudgingly works with Jesse and leaves him alone after the [=CarnEvil=] incident. |
| 217 | * GeniusBruiser: Ethan may be a JerkJock, but his plan to end ''[=CarnEvil=]'' early is spot on and he mentions reading ''1984'' since he has to maintain a certain grade point average to be on the team. He also apparently knows what an NDA means. |
| 218 | * HatedByAll: They're not liked at school due to what they did to poor Nate and getting his brother to disappear. |
| 219 | * {{Irony}}: Jesse internally notes that he can't believe he'd find something about Simon (a major bully who looked down Lake) from the guy who got him ''on'' the Train in the first place (who is still stuck in his bullying ways). |
| 220 | * {{Jerkass}}: All of them are jerks who don't give a damn at who they pick on. Subverted with Ethan who is willing to work alongside Colette, Lake and Jesse but only temporarily. |
| 221 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Ethan asks Colette why ''he'' has to sign an NDA over what happened in the arcade whereas Jesse and Lake aren't given one. |
| 222 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: They're never named in the show but gain names for ''Orchid Observer''. |
| 223 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Ethan throws what he thought was a bomb at Tokkentaker...only to reveal that it was actually the virus Colette captured from Deaddy. The virus dragged ''[=CarnEvil=]'' into the real world as a result.]] |
| 224 | * OffscreenKarma: They were only shown in a recording in Jesse's phone in ''Infinity Train'', leaving it up to viewers to decide if they ever got punished for getting Nate injured. ''Orchid Observer'' explains straight off the bat that they ended up having to pay for Nate's medical bills and are close to repeating the school year if they don't shape up. |
| 225 | * ShoutOutThemeNaming: All of them are named after characters from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Ethan is named after [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 Ethan]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Winters]], Leon is from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon S. Kennedy]], Piers is from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 Piers Nivans]] and Luis is from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Luis Sera]]. |
| 226 | * RaceLift: Since the show doesn't give any background on them, the author notes reveals that Leon -- who was AmbiguouslyBrown and wore a purple shirt and cap -- is Hindu, whereas Luis -- the one with blue-green hair -- is Korean. |
| 227 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Ethan somehow gets pulled into ''[=CarnEvil=]'', his friends run away to call the police or the arcade employees. |
| 228 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: They and Jesse were friends, before Jesse realized they were actually bullies who took advantage of his kindness that led to the accident that broke Nate's arm and he split away from them. |
| 229 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Ethan states that the group should just kill Tokkentaker with a bomb and end the game early so and everyone agrees that it's a smart plan. The only reason it ''doesn't'' work is because [[spoiler:he grabs the virus Colette extracted from Deaddy before she had the chance to say that the bombs she carries are in the shape of cards.]] |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Tulip Olsen]] |
| 233 | !!Tulip Olsen |
| 234 | ->'''Appearances:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned) | Orchid Observer (First physical appearance) |
| 235 | |
| 236 | A passenger from Minnesota who ran away from home to head for coding camp and escape the situation involving her divorced parents. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * ContrivedCoincidence: Many characters note how convenient it was that the car she entered ''just so happened'' to contain One-One in it and debate as to whether the Train deliberately planned it or not. Tulip even lampshades that she's asked herself this question for a while. |
| 239 | ->'''Aric:''' What are the chances that the car she ended up in would just so happen to have the real Conductor in it? Was it a coincidence? Or was the Train waiting for the right person to pick up to stop the false Conductor before they went over the edge? |
| 240 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: A former passenger who ended up teaming up with One-One and brought him back to be the true Conductor. |
| 241 | * GamerChick: Outside of her hobby of coding games, she gasps in excitement upon learning how [=ReFusion=] has an entire car filled with arcade cabinets. |
| 242 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: She's the passenger who helped return One-One to his role as Conductor, leading to the instruction videos that fully explain what to do, and convinced Amelia to stop rebuilding her past. Not to mention that Lake only came about because Tulip pulled her out of the Chrome Car, so she's also indirectly responsible for getting Jesse out of the Train as well. |
| 243 | * MissingReflection: It's not commented on but due to the fact that Lake is Tulip's reflection as her own entity, this means that Tulip herself has no reflection at all. |
| 244 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She wears glasses and likes coding games. |
| 245 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Without Tulip meeting One-One, Amelia would still be running rampant as the Conductor and the instruction videos wouldn't have been created. And without her letting Lake run free, she would never make it to the real world nor would Jesse be able to figure out his exit so quickly. |
| 246 | * SpannerInTheWorks: To Amelia and One-One; Amelia would have continued running the Train and hindering everyone's growth if Tulip didn't end up in the car that happened to host One-One, not to mention One-One wouldn't have returned as Conductor and create his instruction videos if she didn't complain how the Train lacks them. |
| 247 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Just like in the show, she has a love for onions. |
| 248 | * TheUnchosenOne: She was never destined for anything great, but rather just wanted to go see the Conductor to get back home. She ends up completely changing the Train because she was partnered with the Conductor. |
| 249 | * UnseenNoMore: Frequently mentioned in ''Seeker of Crocus'', she finally appears in Chapter 6 of ''Orchid Observer''. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Alrich Jimmens '''(Unmarked spoilers)''']] |
| 253 | !!Alrich Jimmens |
| 254 | |
| 255 | -->'''Amelia:''' ''He was my white rabbit.'' |
| 256 | |
| 257 | Amelia's former fiancé and the reason why Amelia usurped the Train from One-One. |
| 258 | ----- |
| 259 | * AnimalMotifs: Amelia compared him to a rabbit, for being sweet and friendly and on the move. |
| 260 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: ''Any'' mention of him will spoil Amelia's past so tread with caution. |
| 261 | * TheLostLenore: Alrich's death completely broke Amelia to the point that she'd rather make a world where he existed than move on. |
| 262 | * PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for more than thirty years. |
| 263 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: His death is what caused Amelia to enter the Train, disrupt the healing process of thousands of passengers and indirectly led to a cult and the massacre and trauma of hundreds of denizens for the next thirty years. |
| 264 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: A sweet endearing man whose life was tragically cut short. |
| 265 | * WalkingSpoiler: His death is tied to Amelia's journey onto the Train. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Simon's Family]] |
| 269 | !!Eva and Nadia Laurent |
| 270 | |
| 271 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (The Palimpsest Car; voice only) |
| 272 | |
| 273 | Simon's mother and little sister. |
| 274 | ----- |
| 275 | * BigBrotherWorship: Nadia loves her big brother, even though Simon hasn't seen her in years and is known on the Train as the co-leader of a denizen-slaying cult. Even after learning about what her brother did, she forgives him and wishes him the best of luck fighting the Train's obstacles. |
| 276 | * {{Expy}}: The co-author states that she pictures Eva from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' when she sees Eva Laurent, given that they're blond haired mothers with hearts of gold. |
| 277 | * FreakyIsCool: Nadia finds Lake to be awesome in regards to how she killed the Mirror Cops and knows that ''[=EarthBound=]'' is a game with a "creepy fetus boss". |
| 278 | * GamerChick: Implied by Nadia. When Eva mentions Simon being homesick, Nadia brings up that it's like [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 that RPG with the creepy fetus boss]]. Eva is an older version as she mentions that Fog Car probably functions like the "game/film" and that Simon must confront his problems before he can move on. |
| 279 | * GoodParents: Eva is shown to be understanding about Simon's problems and doesn't get mad over all of the stuff he did as the Apex (or at least not as mad as Grace's parents were). Unfortunately, her gentleness wasn't enough to stop Simon from being train-napped in the first place. |
| 280 | * InsistentTerminology: Nadia calls the Apex a "club". Simon isn't sure if it's because that's the term Jesse used when he told her about the Apex or she's trying ''not'' to say "cult". |
| 281 | * MamaBear: When kids laughed at Simon for running to his mom after he botched his word in the spelling be, she blew an air siren to make them shut up. |
| 282 | * MeaningfulName: Eva means "life" and Nadia means "hope", reflecting how they're the reasons why [[spoiler:Simon decides to stop being Apex and make things right.]] |
| 283 | * NightmareFetishist: Nadia calls ''[=EarthBound=]'' the RPG with "the creepy fetus boss" and brings up the ''Film/SilentHill'' movie when Simon talks about the Fog Car. |
| 284 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: They appear in one scene in the Palimpsest Car arc, and Eva has a minor role in ''Orchid Observer'', but it's through them that Simon [[spoiler:decides to start working on himself.]] |
| 285 | * StrugglingSingleMother: Simon tells Grace that after his dad died, his mom ended up like this, not helping that she was pregnant with Nadia at the time. |
| 286 | * TheVoice: They've only been heard in a phone-call in ''Seeker of Crocus'', as Simon doesn't want to see them on facecam at this point. Eva makes a physical appearance in ''Orchid Observer''. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Edith Finch '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 290 | !!Edith Finch |
| 291 | |
| 292 | ->''"She got pregnant, went on a trip to reconnect with her family, then came back months later to give birth to a son. Christopher. She put it in her will that we take care of him and that she was to be buried with the rest of her family and that we gave him the journal of her findings when he became of age. And until the day she died, she blamed herself for not doing more for you. For not giving you [Simon] the answers you wanted."'' |
| 293 | --> '''Eva Laurent''' |
| 294 | |
| 295 | Simon's next door neighbor before he got on the Train, whose family is infamous [[VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch for everyone dying gruesome deaths as if stricken with a curse.]] |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * DeathByChildbirth: She got pregnant and then passed away after giving birth before she even hit her 18th birthday. |
| 298 | * DevastatingRemark: In retaliation for Simon saying that her great-grandmother is at fault for how ''everyone in the Finch family'' ends up dead, she snaps back that no one would ever read a story from a boy "who doesn't know how to use spellcheck". Why is this so devastating? Because this was said the night before a ''spelling bee''.[[note]]Owen Dennis joked that Simon got on the Train due to an incident at a spelling bee[[/note]]. |
| 299 | * GirlNextDoor: Platonic version. She was Simon's next door neighbor but he never shows any signs of crushing on her (not that it would matter given that she's dead). |
| 300 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The fact that she's dead after giving birth to her son at age 17, both of which isn't confirmed until the end of her game. |
| 301 | * PartingWordsRegret: Until the day she died, she regretted chewing out at Simon. |
| 302 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died January 2017 (her gravestone said she was born February 1999) and Book 3 takes place somewhere around 2020. |
| 303 | * RageBreakingPoint: Having to deal with her mom going through cancer and Simon bluntly pointing out that her great-grandmother is completely at fault for the Finches' lives to go wrong, she snaps at saying no one will read from a boy "who can't use spellcheck". She realizes how horrible it was when Simon disappears a day later... |
| 304 | * RelativeButton: She got ''angry'' when a young Simon [[SpeakIllOfTheDead blamed her great-grandmother for perpetuating the family curse]]. |
| 305 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She got in an arguement with Simon after Simon stated that Edith's great-grandmother Edie was mostly at fault for why the Finches died gruesome deaths. Edith snapped back at that, stating how no one was ever going to read from a boy who can't use spell-check. This heavily impacted Simon when he messed up his word at his school's spelling bee and got him on the Train. It also becomes Simon's motivation to meet up with her older brother, Milton Finch. |
| 306 | * TheStoryteller: She was the one who told Simon about the lives of her relatives. |
| 307 | * TragicMistake: In a bout of anger at Simon insulting her dead great-grandmother Edie, she tells Simon that he was a terrible speller...the night before a spelling bee. This ended up causing Simon to mess up and get on the Infinity Train and she never saw him again. |
| 308 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Snapping at Simon that no one will ever read anything from "someone who doesn't know how to use a spell-check" the night before a Spelling Bee is what caused Simon to enter the Infinity Train. Eva stated she heavily regretted this. |
| 309 | * WalkingSpoiler: Not just spoilers from her game, but she's the reason why Simon is on the Train in the first place. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | !! Xochtil City (''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'') |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Rey Mysterio]] |
| 315 | !!Rey Mysterio |
| 316 | ->''"BOOYAKA!"'' |
| 317 | |
| 318 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned in Cyan Desert Car, first appearance in Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 319 | |
| 320 | A famous luchador who protects his home of Xochtil City from supernatural threats. He is a former passenger on the Infinity Train. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * ActionDad: Is a father in real life with two children, Dominic and Aalyah, and is capable of kicking ass in and out of the ring. |
| 323 | * AdaptationalBadass: In real life, Rey's a top-tier wrestler and world champion. In the Crocusverse, as he has his ''Rey Mysterio vs La Oscuridad'' appearance and abilities, he's considered on a level akin to a superhero. |
| 324 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: He's still the heroic, FriendToAllChildren {{Face}} like in real life, but he has a more serious air to him given his adventure on the Train, everything that went down in ''Lucha Underground'' and having to deal with Elipzo/Team Flare's plans, warning Oscar that what's going to happen next isn't like the comic books and movies he's devoured. |
| 325 | * AffectionateNickname: Like in real life, he usually is called "Rey-Rey". |
| 326 | * AnimalEyes: [[spoiler:Whatever happened to him on the Train, it left him with serpentine eyes. If The Figure is correct, he's aligned but was able to ''keep'' his contract off the Train. Rey himself confirms this in the Crocus Act 1 Intermission.]] |
| 327 | * TheArtifact: A minor one. His FinishingMove is called "619", the area code for San Diego (his hometown in real life). However, in this fanfic he lives in the fictional Xochtil City, meaning there's no connection to his signature attack. |
| 328 | * BadassFamily: His son, Dominic, is getting wrestling training from El Toro Fuerte and Aerostar mentions how Rey abandoned "his nephew" -- Dragon Azteca Jr. -- in the Temple. |
| 329 | * BerserkButton: '''Do not hurt a child in his presence'''. Team Flare learns this the hard way. |
| 330 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Rey Mysterio's alignment in wrestling terms is Face and he's commonly portrayed as a FriendToAllChildren. He also has enough firepower to incinerate Team Flare if you manage to push his BerserkButton. |
| 331 | * BladeEnthusiast: Aerostar notes that he has a humongous sword collection in his house. TruthInTelevision, as there are videos of him showing off his numerous swords. |
| 332 | * BlowYouAway: One of his abilities is to summon large gusts of wind with Magarudyne. |
| 333 | * BlueIsHeroic: His wrestling gear is bright blue and when he uses his powers, he gets glowing blue highlights and eyes. He also can summon blue flames. |
| 334 | * BurningWithAnger: Upon learning that [[spoiler:Elipzo stalked Mallow when she was on the Train, when she was ''five'' as a reminder, and ''brainwashed her'' to make her think that Trains don't exist in Alola, thus making it impossible for her to ever tell others about the Infinity Train and making her unable to see any info online,]] Rey erupts into blue flames. |
| 335 | -->'''Oscar:''' Aaah! Not again! |
| 336 | * CompositeCharacter: Combines his portrayal from ''Rey Mysterio vs La Oscuridad''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Given his appearance, powers and friendship with Oscar[[/labelnote]] with his role in ''Lucha Underground''[[labelnote:Explanation]]His role in being a mentor to Dragon Azteca Jr. and associations with Aerostar [[/labelnote]] and a bit of his history with WWE.[[labelnote:Explanation]]His comics reflect wrestlers he's fought and major events like his ''[=Wresltemania=]'' 22 Championship match, not to mention he also knows Paul London as both wrestled for ''WWE Smackdown'' in the early [=2000s=].[[/labelnote]] |
| 337 | * TheDreaded: Senor Degrada -- the boss Celosia and Byrony answer to -- considers him this. Given that this is after Rey ''threatened to sacrifice Team Flare to the gods''... |
| 338 | * ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Most people don't expect a terror on the Train to be a ''5 foot luchador turning fifty''. |
| 339 | * FamedInStory: He's a famous luchador in his home world and has his own series of comic books. He's also targeted by Elipzo as a potential threat and even ''Indigo'' is somewhat terrified to have Rey calling him. |
| 340 | * FeatheredSerpent: A recurring motif that Aerostar notices. He sees numerous feathered serpent flags in Rey's house, Rey has a statue of Quetzalcoatal (given to him by El Toro Fuerte who ''also'' met up with Quetzalcoatl) and Rey has a double with a blue feathery main and forked tongue. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the Crocus Act 1 Intermission that it's because he's aligned with Quetzalcoal.]] In Act 2, Colette's Dudunsparce -- a large snake with wings -- ends up being his partner. |
| 341 | * FriendToAllChildren: One of his most well known traits and the thought of someone ''hurting'' a child is enough for him to let loose. |
| 342 | * GameBreakingInjury: Jokes that he's constantly had surgery on his knees to Ash. |
| 343 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Was once on the Infinity Train and he has a comic series that details some of his exploits. From what is seen so far, he apparently met up with King Titus of Azada and teamed up with a Jaguar Warrior named Opal and met with a three-headed dragon -- the same one whom Kaito partnered back on ''his'' train trip. In ''Seeker of Crocus'', he's on the radar of Elipzo. |
| 344 | * HypnoticEyes: Using Quetzalcoatl's powers, Rey can use the ability Hypnotic Wave to put people to sleep. He uses this on [[spoiler:Mallow when she suddenly goes crazy and about to stab someone with a knife.]] |
| 345 | * IRegretNothing: Rey tells his double that he does not regret having Oscar learn that he has powers or letting him share in them, stating that he wasn't going to let a child be injured in a serious fight. |
| 346 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 347 | ** Rey got on the Train to avoid being a "sacrifice to the Gods". He ends up off the Train ''aligned'' to one. |
| 348 | ** Rey is a luchador and known for his high-flying maneuvers. The Pokémon he gets from Ash are all ''Ground-types'', with Gibile being the most notable. Moreover, while Colette gives him a Pokémon with wings, it's her Dundunsparce, who is ''incapable'' of flight. |
| 349 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: It spoils how Rey was sent to a dungeon at the end of ''Lucha Underground'' Season 3. |
| 350 | * MaskedLuchador: He's one of the most well-known luchadors in the entire world. |
| 351 | * MeaningfulName: His name is translated as "King of Mystery" in Spanish. |
| 352 | * MirrorCharacter: To Augustine Sycamore; they're characters both associated with blue and act as a ParentalSubstitute (Augustine to Yuri and Chloe, Rey to Oscar and Lio) and unleash their special abilities by crushing a card in their hands. Sycamore is single (and in his thirties) while Rey (nearing fifty) is married with two children and has an extended family. |
| 353 | * MyGreatestFailure: While on the Train, he couldn't save Angela Orosco from her demons and had to watch her be consumed by flames. |
| 354 | * MythologyGag: |
| 355 | ** The comics Lio point out have Rey fighting off against guys like [[Wrestling/RandyOrton The Legend Killer]] and [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} The Devil's Favorite Demon]]. |
| 356 | ** Aerostar sees a photo of Rey with an Aztec headdress, which he wore for his World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match against Randy Orton and Kurt Angle for ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 22]]''. |
| 357 | ** Zocks finds a photo of him entering a wrestling ring in a low rider, like he did for the 2006 ''Royal Rumble''[[note]]Rey would later do the same at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' 39 (April 2023), but the story takes place in late 2020.[[/note]]. |
| 358 | ** His ringtone is his first WWE Theme. |
| 359 | * NervesOfSteel: Whatever his double is, what with the venom and forked tongue, Rey stands firm in how he did the right thing saving Oscar's life by granting his power. |
| 360 | * OddFriendship: Or partnership in this case. Rey ends up getting along well with Ash's Gible and Colette's Dundunsparce. |
| 361 | * OlderThanTheyLook: The narration for ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'' lampshades how he looks so youthful despite having wrestled for thirty years now.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Rey Mysterio was born in 1974, Aerostar himself was born ten years later and London was born in 1980 with ''Infinity Train'' Book 3 having uploaded on July 2020.[[/labelnote]] He even tells Specter in the Crocus Act 1 Intermission that he's turning ''50'' in a few years. |
| 362 | * PapaWolf: Don't hurt a child in his presence. When Team Flare wanted Oscar dead because he accidentally stole a phone that had secret plans on it, he unleashes the full extent of his powers and threatens to sacrifice Team Flare to the gods. |
| 363 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Rey stands a little over five feet and yet he's a force to be reckoned with. |
| 364 | * PlayingWithFire: He can summon blue fire through Agilao and Maragion. |
| 365 | * RingOldies: He's nearing 50 by the time the story starts. |
| 366 | * ScreenName: He talks to Tony under the name [=King?=] in ''Seeker of Crocus''. |
| 367 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: ''Lucha Underground'' Season 3 ended with him seen in a dungeon with his fate in the following season left unknown aside from him presumably being sacrificed to Matanza in the beginning of Season 4. Aerostar reveals that when he traveled back in time to save Rey, all he saw was a flash of green light. It's later revealed that the Infinity Train saved him. |
| 368 | * TechnicolorFire: When he unleashes his fire abilities, the flames are bright blue. |
| 369 | * TheWorfEffect: ''Rey Mysterio versus the Cosmos'' shows that he can terrify Team Flare with a couple of fireballs. So it's ''serious'' when [[spoiler:Rainbow Rocket Giovanni summons Mewtwo to throw him around like a ragdoll.]] |
| 370 | * WouldHitAGirl: Subverted, he would rather ''not'' hit [[spoiler:Mallow]] but has no choice when she's going crazy. Even then, the attack he uses, Memory Blow, is used on the stomach and not the head. |
| 371 | -->'''Oscar:''' I thought memories were in the head?\ |
| 372 | '''Rey:''' And then have me charged for giving her a concussion?\ |
| 373 | '''Oscar:'''...good point. |
| 374 | [[/folder]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[folder:Oscar Aciano]] |
| 377 | !!Oscar Aciano/Enygma |
| 378 | ->''"I’m Rey’s #1 fan so wherever he goes, I go!"'' |
| 379 | |
| 380 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 381 | |
| 382 | A young boy who is a fan of Rey Mysterio and was temporarily given the powers to fight alongside his hero, going under the name "Enygma". He now seeks to uncover the truth behind his idol, if only to ensure the secret stays super secret. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * AscendedFanboy: He's a young boy who idolizes Rey Mysterio. He also was able to fight alongside his idol. |
| 385 | * BookDumb: Implied, the narration notes that he screams his lungs out if he gets a bad grade at school. However, he's also quite observant at putting things together and figuring out solutions on the fly. |
| 386 | * ColorMotifs: Blue. The mask he wore when he became Enygma is blue and his last name is translated into "Blue bottle flower". This also reflects how Rey Mysterio -- based on his cartoon self -- is predominantly wearing blue. He also mentioned that he got a Squirtle from Professor Sycamore (in his games). |
| 387 | * CoolMask: He has a collection of Rey Mysterio masks and he wears one as Enygma to hide his identity. |
| 388 | * CutenessProximity: It takes a while, but he eventually warms up to Colette's Closdire. |
| 389 | * DisappearedDad: Oscar notes in ''Rey Mysterio versus the Cosmos'' that he doesn't like Lio's joke of Rey coming to deliver his phone to his mother like Rey is her "second love", implying that his father isn't part of his life. What this means -- either a divorce, death, the father just walked out of their lives -- isn't made clear. The Act 2 Prelude notes the possibility that it was traumatic because he could've been dragged onto the Train like Mallow were it not for his family and Lio. |
| 390 | * {{Expy}}: Green Phantom Queen confirms that he's one of [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Paco]] as a young boy who is a big fan of a luchador and joins them on crazy adventures. Main difference is that Paco is ''not'' capable of fighting -- he doesn't officially start his training until Season 5 and Jade knocks him out with the Sheep Talisman (Astral Projection) in the FinalBattle -- whereas Oscar can fight if he shares in Rey's powers. Funnily enough, Dominic is actually training under El Toro Fuerte and Paco is heard arguing with Jade during the phone call. |
| 391 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 392 | ** His favorite subject at school is English and he likes writing book reports because they're similar to him typing out reviews on comics. |
| 393 | ** He's into the ''Pokémon'' series, particularly Gen VI, as he mentions to Rey how he would spend hours trying to find a Shiny Hawlucha and he has lots of knowledge of Professor Sycamore and Team Flare. |
| 394 | ** His favorite sport is soccer. |
| 395 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: A minor example; he assumes Chloe Cerise is like Chloe Bougeois and she's a snobby spoiled brat, not the fiery heroine on the Infinity Train who, while she ''did'' act spiteful, is a much nicer character than C. Bougeois is. It turns out Chloe Cerise is closer to Marinette. |
| 396 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Nearly pressed Chloe's BerserkButton when asking how and why she knows so much about demons. |
| 397 | * KeepingSecretsSucks: He feels uncomfortable having to lie to Lio about Rey's secret and his search for answers, and the fact that he also was a superhero named Enygma. By the time he appears in the Act 1 Intermission, it's implied that he's told Lio what happened. |
| 398 | * IveGotAnXAndImNotAfraidToUseIt: When Colette's Clodsire decides to get the jump on him, he proclaims he has a Hawlucha (actually Ash's) and he's not afraid to use it. |
| 399 | * KidHero: He's a young boy who helped fight the forces of evil once empowered. |
| 400 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Subverted; while he ''does'' know that Rey Mysterio has magic abilities, he's also in the dark as to how much of Rey's exploits are actually real. He ultimately finds out more about him by the time he appears in ''Seeker of Crocus''. |
| 401 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 402 | ** His last name is Spanish for "blue bottle flower" or "Cornflower", which are symbols of good fortune. This reflects how this fanboy became a fighter alongside his idol. |
| 403 | ** His first name is actually a reference to Rey himself; Rey's real name is ''Oscar'' Gutierrez. |
| 404 | * MirrorCharacter: To Chloe Cerise. They're both associated with red -- Chloe's red hair and later red cloak, Oscar wears a red jacket -- and have a closeness to a blue-related older male (Rey for Oscar, Sycamore for Chloe). They also feel uncomfortable talking to their close friend about something -- Chloe and the problems at school and Oscar being a side kick to a super-powered Rey Mysterio -- but while it took Chloe a long time to finally confess what's going on to Goh, it's implied that Oscar eventually told Lio about him being Enygma. |
| 405 | * OhCrap: Screams in terror when he looks at the Rotomdex's photos [[spoiler:because he just captured signs of ''Team Rainbow Rocket'' invading Alola.]] |
| 406 | * {{Otaku}}: He's into ''Power Rangers'', given how he squees in excitement at seeing Kaito and Zocks transform and the idea of kaiju battles with Pokémon. |
| 407 | * RedOniBlueOni: The fiery red to the Blue of both Rey and Lio, and wears a red jacket. |
| 408 | * RunningGag: Whenever he kicks something, it usually hits someone that concidentally is connected with something big. In ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'', he kicked a soda can that hit one of the Team Flare admints that had him stumble onto the plot of them wanting to uncover the Fifth Sun. In ''Seeker of Crocus'', he kicks a Beast Ball that [[spoiler:strikes an invisible Colress.]] |
| 409 | * SecretKeeper: He's the only person, outside of Rey's family, who knows that Rey is some superhero with magic powers. What he ''doesn't'' know is just ''how'' Rey got those powers and is actively trying to figure it out. |
| 410 | * SweetTooth: He only gets out of bed when his mom teases him with making ''chocolate caliente'' (Mexican hot chocolate) and his tamales at the Chocolate Cosmos café has a mole sauce (a Mexican sauce that sometimes has chocolate in it). The third chapter reveals that chocolate is one of the items of his "holy trinity". |
| 411 | * TagalongKid: For Rey, the Zenkaigers and Goldtsuiker siblings in the ''Seeker of Crocus'' Act 1 Intermission. |
| 412 | * WrongGenreSavvy: |
| 413 | ** Oscar assumes that whatever power corrupted Gran Cuerno is associated with Rey's adventures in his comic ''Rey Mysterio vs The Infinity'' because the mask corrupting the wrestler had an infinity symbol. Unfortunately, he's unaware that the comic is actually referring to the Infinity Train and it's ''highly'' unlikely that Uroboros is associated with it (mostly due to the fact that there's only one episode of the show so far). |
| 414 | ** He's more used to the Pokémon anime so he's complete shock that the Ultra Recon Squad appeared in the Crocusverse. |
| 415 | * YourFavorite: His favorite breakfast is ''huevos divorciados'' -- two fried eggs with one having red salsa, the other having green. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Lio Dalia]] |
| 419 | !!Lio Dahlia |
| 420 | ->''"We’re friends, Oscar. And friends should be able to keep things between one another."'' |
| 421 | |
| 422 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission, Cameo) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 423 | |
| 424 | Oscar's best friend. |
| 425 | ---- |
| 426 | * TheCameo: He appears during the Act 1 Intermission of ''Seeker of Crocus'' in a phone call with Oscar. |
| 427 | * ColorMotif: Blue. He's also associated with blue as he has a blue cap, a shirt with blue sleeves and he snacks on nachos with blue tortilla chips. |
| 428 | * DeadpanSnarker: Shows signs of this, particularly when it comes to his best friend's hyper-activeness. |
| 429 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 430 | ** He's into ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' and Oscar notes that he's a huge fan of Carapace/Nino Lahiffe. |
| 431 | ** He also has heard of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' as he discusses the XanatosGambit trope. |
| 432 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Initially has no idea that his best friend became a temporary superhero until the Act 1 Intermission of ''Crocus'' has Oscar calling Lio and openly shouts how Rey and ''Enygma'' are going to save the world. |
| 433 | * MirrorCharacter: He's the Goh to Oscar's Chloe, being a dark skinned friend of the red-focused character. Unlike Goh, Lio is ''immediately'' on the ball and supportive of Oscar's troubles even if he doesn't know what's bothering him. |
| 434 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: He wasn't given a name when the pilot dropped so the fanfic calls him Lio. |
| 435 | * OnlySaneMan: He's known to make remarks about how ''Rey Mysterio'' comics are StrictlyFormula and doesn't understand why Oscar is excitedly to read a new one. |
| 436 | * {{Otaku}}: In the comic book shop, he is looking at the newest ''Manga/OnePiece'' volume and he also is knowledgable about Power Rangers if his reactions to the Zenkaigers is to go by. |
| 437 | * PutOnABus: While he was involved in the adventure for ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'', he's staying behind in Xochtil City while Oscar joins Rey and the Zenkaigers. |
| 438 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Oscar's Red, who is calm, collected and logical. And fittingly, he wears a shirt with blue sleeves and a blue baseball cap. |
| 439 | * SecretKeeper: It's implied that he learns about Oscar's stint as a superhero as Oscar calls him and openly states how Rey and Enygma are off to the Pokémon world in the Act 1 Intermission of Crocus. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[folder:Rey's family]] |
| 443 | !! Dominic, Aalyah and Angie |
| 444 | |
| 445 | ->'''Appears in:''' Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut: Dominic, Cameo; Angie and Aalyah, Mentioned) |
| 446 | |
| 447 | Rey's wife and children who are briefly mentioned. |
| 448 | ---- |
| 449 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Dominik isn't the HateSink from 2022 onwards. |
| 450 | * TheCameo: Dominic appears in a phone call to his father in the prologue, studying under El Toro's tutelage. |
| 451 | * TheGhost: Neither Rey's wife, Angie, nor daughter, Aalyah, have made appearances so far. |
| 452 | * NoodleIncident: Angie nearly got a knife out when Rey showed her what happened to his eyes. |
| 453 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Dominic's reaction when he shows Rey that [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures two children are arguing back and forth]] between "Jackie" and "El Toro". |
| 454 | -->'''Rey:''' Is it those two?\ |
| 455 | '''Dominic:''' Those two. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Dragon Azteca, Jr.]] |
| 459 | !!Dragon Azteca Jr. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | ->'''Appears in:''' Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Mentioned) |
| 462 | |
| 463 | Rey Mysterio's cousin who is still taking part in ''Lucha Underground''. |
| 464 | ---- |
| 465 | * TheGhost: He's only mentioned through Aerostar at Rey is "abandoning" him. |
| 466 | * LegacyCharacter: He's carrying on the name of Dragon Azteca Sr., his mentor. |
| 467 | * WrestlingFamily: Is actually Rey's cousin in real life, through the original Rey Mysterio Sr. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Benedict]] |
| 471 | !!Benedict |
| 472 | |
| 473 | ->'''Appears in:''' Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 474 | |
| 475 | The owner of ''Galaxy Comics''. |
| 476 | ---- |
| 477 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: He's close to Oscar and Lio, to the point that he trusts Oscar with a very valuable heirloom. |
| 478 | * MysteriousPast: How is he involved with the Fifth Sun? |
| 479 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He gives Oscar a medallion he wore upon learning about the "Fifth Sun". Lio notes that Benedict would ''never'' do such a thing, given how it's a priceless heirloom, and he previously refused to sell it to Zocks despite the Kaizoku giving him a sack of treasure. |
| 480 | * OhCrap: The look on his face when he learns about the "Fifth Sun". |
| 481 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He refuses all of Zocks' payments in gold coins and rings for his comics and the offer for his medallion. |
| 482 | * ShoutOut: His name, wearing a blue shirt and medallion is presumably one to Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, aka Dr. Strange. Bonus points, Benedict Cumberbatch ''did'' dress up as Dr. Strange to read comics in a comic store once. |
| 483 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't have a big role, but his medallion is what kicks off the main plot of ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos''. |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[folder:Night Claw]] |
| 487 | !!Night Claw |
| 488 | |
| 489 | ->'''Appears in:''' Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 490 | |
| 491 | A panther-based luchador who is in Xochtil City for his own reasons. |
| 492 | ---- |
| 493 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Per WordOfGod, he wasn't on ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' long enough to gauge a personality on him (and by long enough, we mean ''within the span of three episodes''). The fanfic has him as an OnlySaneMan loner type character who gets annoyed at Aerostar's curiosity. |
| 494 | * AnimalMotif: He's based on the panther. |
| 495 | * MysteriousPast: There is nothing known about his past to the point that Aerostar can't find anything about him, probably referencing how little screentime he had on the show. |
| 496 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He left Boyle Heights and everything with the Seven Tribes because it was an absolute madhouse and because he felt like there was something else he had to take care of. |
| 497 | * SurroundedByIdiots: This is what he felt when being Boyle Heights, which is why he decided to leave as soon as possible. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | !!Zenkaitopia/Kaizokutopia |
| 501 | |
| 502 | [[folder:Kaito Goshikida/Zenkaizer]] |
| 503 | !!Kaito Goshikida |
| 504 | ->''"Full force, full throttle!"'' |
| 505 | |
| 506 | ->''"We have a choice to be optimistic or wallow in despair. So I choose to look forward to the good in life because that’s what keeps me smiling. I mean, you shouldn’t wait until things clear up to decide to smile again."'' |
| 507 | |
| 508 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (debut) |
| 509 | |
| 510 | The leader of the Zenkaigers who wishes to be the "World's first" at numerous achievements. |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * ActionSurvivor: He ended up on the Train and got back home ''after a week''. In comparison, Mallow took three months at age 5 to figure her problems out. Justified in this case, because his partner at the time ''happened to be a Goetia''. |
| 513 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Somewhat. In his show, Kaito was shown to be upbeat despite losing his parents. However, ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'' reveals that he was on the Infinity Train (even if it was only for a week) after some kids mocked him for his parents disappearing. |
| 514 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed; he's still his happy-go-lucky energetic self, but he also is shown to have moments of calm and zen when it comes to deeper problems. |
| 515 | * TheAntiNihilist: He gives an insightful speech about his optimistic philosophy in the Palmipsest Car, stating that you shouldn't wait till things get less hard before you become happy. The co-author reveals that this was a reference to a contestant from ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' (who tragically passed away in February 2022) who stated a similar quote. |
| 516 | * CallForward: He mentioned seeing an older him dressed him white, which is a reference to [[spoiler:him encountering the Creator of the World in the ''Zenkaiger'' finale who takes on the form of Kaito in a pure white attire. Moreover, he was tricked into doing this via rock-paper-scissors, just like how Kaito challenged the Creator to such a game and won.]] |
| 517 | * CharacterCatchphrase: He likes to note how things are "full-force/full-on x". |
| 518 | * ColorMotif: White. His jacket is white, his Sentai outfit is predominanetly white, and his eyes glow white which signal that he was influenced by Auric [[spoiler:and another entity on the Train, revealed to be Agares (who dresses up in a pure white version of Kaito).]] |
| 519 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:He unknowingly made a covenant with Agares when he was younger and Asher reveals that Auric/Buné made another one in case of emergencies.]] |
| 520 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He punches Agares, ''the second ranked Goetia'', over [[spoiler:Agares having tricked him to make a covenant when he was younger.]] |
| 521 | * GoodWearsWhite: His Zenkaiger suit is predominantly white, he wears a white jacket, and he's the leader of the Zenkaizers. |
| 522 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He's a former Train passenger, and his partner was a three-headed dragon (Auric). He also met with moving statues, talking dogs, and a cult obsessed with lamps. |
| 523 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 524 | ** He knows a bit of pro wrestling, as he notes that Rey Mysterio is different to the Japanese wrestlers he's grown up with. |
| 525 | ** He can be quite philosophical at time, stating that one shouldn't wait till things get better to be happy. |
| 526 | * InexplicableLanguageFluency: Upon looking at some files from the old phone Oscar picked up, he's somehow able to read ''Aztec glyphs'' just by looking at it. [[spoiler:This is probably due to his covenant with Agares, as one of Agares' ability is to let his conjurer read and understand different languages.]] |
| 527 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 528 | ** Kaito boasts that he wants to be the world's first at things. [[spoiler:He unknowingly made a covenant with Agares, the ''second-ranked'' of the Goetias.]] |
| 529 | ** The boy who has a RainbowMotif and is associated with the color white [[spoiler: has a secondary covenant with an all ''black'' Goetia.]] |
| 530 | * LikeASonToMe: [[spoiler:Auric, in disguise as Yugure, considers Kaito like his own offspring. This is around the same the readers learns ''he's one of the Goetias''.]] |
| 531 | * MythologyGag: He mentions in Act 2 how he gave advice to the Zenkai Red in his dreams, a reference to the ''Zenkaiger'' TV-Special, ''Introducing Zenkai Red!''. |
| 532 | * TheNicknamer: He refers to many denizens by nicknames. Auric was called "Au-san", his kid (who would become Sycamore's Shadow/Asher) is "Kage", Kage's former mentor -- Paimon -- is "Pie-sama" and Pie-sama is a devoted folloewr of "Luci-san" aka '''Lucifer'''. |
| 533 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's a sweet guy most of the time, so it's quite startling that he's ''upset'' with Agares [[spoiler:over how Agares tricked him into a covenant when he was six and not feeling sorry about it]] and ''punches him in the face''. |
| 534 | * ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler:Whatever "blessed" him stated that he would become a different person/enlightened upon having a bird in his hands and riding a crocodile. Cutanner and Ricky realize that the bird is Secchan and the crocodile is ''the crocodile ship they're currently on''.]] |
| 535 | * ProphetEyes: Momentarily has these when he warns Rey about event involving "light, crash and worlds", placed under a hypnotic trigger by Auric. [[spoiler:He gets this again when he stars translating the documents from the phone Oscar recovered; which is in ''Aztec glyphs''. It's later revealed that it's part of the covenant he made with Agares.]] |
| 536 | * RainbowMotif: His secondary color motif. He has a rainbow stripe on his Zenkaizer outfit, and his last name can be read as "five-color person". |
| 537 | * StepfordSmiler: Downplayed; he gives a speech that explains that keeps smiling despite the hardships he faces because one shouldn't just wait till things get easier before you start smiling again. |
| 538 | * TokenHuman: Of both the Zenkaigers (as they're robots) and the Goldstuikers (as they come from a different world). |
| 539 | * VerbalTic: When he's "enlightened", he goes "Crococo~" |
| 540 | [[/folder]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[folder:Zocks Goldtsuiker]] |
| 543 | !!Zocks Goldtsuiker/Twokaiser |
| 544 | ->''Yohohoi, yohohoi, yohohoihoi~'' |
| 545 | |
| 546 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 547 | |
| 548 | A pirate who hails from Kaizokutopia and is an ally to the Zenkaiger. |
| 549 | ---- |
| 550 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: His transformation sequence involves dancing to a pirate jig. But he's also a pirate and he will fight dirty if need be. |
| 551 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Don't hurt his siblings or he will get incensed. |
| 552 | * BlingBlingBang: He wears a bright gold outfit as Twokaizer. |
| 553 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Is this with his sister Flint, and also his younger brothers. |
| 554 | * CombatPragmatist: Comes with being a pirate, but he will shoot the Team Flare Grunts without a second doubt. |
| 555 | * HumanAlien: He's human in appearance but he hails from another world. |
| 556 | * {{Pirate}}: He and his siblings hail from Kaizokutopia -- ''kaizoku'' being the Japanese term for "pirate" -- where everyone is a pirate. |
| 557 | * VerbalTic: Likes to end sentences with a ''Yohohoi''. |
| 558 | [[/folder]] |
| 559 | |
| 560 | [[folder:Flint Goldtsuiker]] |
| 561 | !!Flint Goldtsuiker |
| 562 | |
| 563 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 564 | |
| 565 | The middle daughter of the Goldtsuikers. |
| 566 | ---- |
| 567 | * ActionGirl: She's not a ''Super Sentai'' like Zocks[[note]]Well, not ''yet'', as she becomes one in the ''Twokaiger x Gokaiger'' special which takes place after the end of ''Zenkaigers''[[/note]], but that won't stop her from rushing into battle with a hammer. |
| 568 | * BigSisterInstinct: She only got into battle with Team Flare when they were about to hurt her little brothers. |
| 569 | * EveryoneHasStandards: As she tells Team Flare -- who are ready to destroy Benedict's comic shop and take Oscar dead or alive because he accidentally has ''their'' phone -- that she and her siblings are pirates, but they have ''standards''. |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Cutanner and Ricky Goldtsuiker]] |
| 573 | !!Cutanner and Ricky Goldtsuiker |
| 574 | |
| 575 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 576 | |
| 577 | Twin brothers and youngest of the Goldtsuikers. They used to be human but were transformed into super-deformed robots due to a curse from [=SDtopia=] caused by their constant bickering. |
| 578 | ----- |
| 579 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Rey explains that you can only get on the Train if you're traumatized, the two immediately proclaim that they're this in the hopes of seeing Au-san's dragon hoard. They eventually change their minds when Rey recalls one of his stories at seeing a passenger die in a burning building. |
| 580 | * CuteMachines: They're small samurai robots with the hyper-active energy of young children because they ''are'' young children. |
| 581 | * SiblingRivalry: They're always seen fighting each other; it's one of these arguements that turned them into their current forms. |
| 582 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: They've become terrified of "fire dogs" when they appear in the ''Seeker of Crocus'' Act 1 Intermission. More specifically, they're afraid of Houndooms when Hewie tried to appear on screen. |
| 583 | -->"AHH! Evil fire dog!" |
| 584 | [[/folder]] |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[folder:Juran]] |
| 587 | !!Juran |
| 588 | |
| 589 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 590 | |
| 591 | A dinosaur-based Kikanoid with a good heart and a strong sense of justice. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * CoolOldGuy: He's the equivalent of a 40-year-old man and he's quite mellow, giving Goh some advice on trying to be kind and help him understand that what happened with his friends shouldn't be put squarely on his shoulders. |
| 594 | * FriendToAllChildren: He's willing to protect Oscar and Lio from Team Flare, agreeing to be a bodyguard for the time being. |
| 595 | * InSeriesNickname: Oscar and Lio call him "Luchasaurus" due to him being a dinosaur-based robot. |
| 596 | * RedIsHeroic: He's a red-colored character on the side of good. |
| 597 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's afraid of ghosts and starts panicking upon seeing the Rotomphone, Rotodex, Golurk, Banette and ''Specter''. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Gaon]] |
| 601 | !!Gaon |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 604 | |
| 605 | A Kikanoid with a feline appearance who loves animals, humans included. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * AnimalLover: He loves all sorts of animals, including humans. |
| 608 | * CutenessProximity: He has this towards animals and humans. Pokémon -- or at least the beast-type ones, given his derision to Golurk and Renji's Magnemite -- also follow under this umbrella, given his reaction to Snowy. |
| 609 | * ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Discussed. When he sees Oscar and Lio, Oscar questions if Gaon is going to be like that [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry crazy cleaver girl.]] He also goes gaga over Pokémon and wants to trade places with Chloe because she's traveling with Atticus. |
| 610 | * PantheraAwesome: He's based off of a lion. |
| 611 | * WorthIt: Mutters this after being blasted with Snowy's Powder Snow and says "No regrets" after Pikachu shocks him. |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder:Magine]] |
| 615 | !!Magine |
| 616 | |
| 617 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 618 | |
| 619 | A Kikanoid with a thing for magic and fortune-telling. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * BerserkButton: ''Do not'' do anything that would get in the way of her fortune-telling. The other Zenkaigers have flashbacks involving the two times the Walds monsters did that and it wasn't pretty. |
| 622 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: A sweet and friendly Zenkaiger who can be a bit of a ShrinkingViolet, but will kick your ass if you do anything to interrupt her fortune-telling. |
| 623 | * CommonalityConnection: She gets along with Chloe by telling her how they are both passioante for their loves (demons for Chloe, fortune-telling for Magine). |
| 624 | * CrystalBall: She carries one of them to use her fortune-telling. |
| 625 | * FortuneTeller: It's one of her hobbies and she uses a crystal ball to see into the future. |
| 626 | * MagicIsFeminine: She's into magic and fortune-telling and is female. She's also based off of the ''Magirangers'' Super Sentai group. |
| 627 | * PinkIsFeminine: Is a pink Kikanoid and the only female of the Zenkaigers. |
| 628 | * SeriousBusiness: She takes fortune-telling very seriously and ''anything'' that gets in the way of it will ensure her wrath. |
| 629 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Goh remarks that Magine saw an image of someone scratching their neck in her crystal ball; said person also had red hair. If she didn't see this, Goh wouldn't have made the call just as Chloe was about to have her head chopped off. |
| 630 | * VerbalTic: When she looks into her crystal ball, she mutters "Nu-nu-nu", the Japanese onomatopoeia for murmuring. |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder:Vroon]] |
| 634 | !!Vroon |
| 635 | ->''"My curiousity engines are going into overdrive!"'' |
| 636 | |
| 637 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: Act 1 Intermission) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (debut) |
| 638 | |
| 639 | A Kikanoid who is interested in learning everything he can. |
| 640 | ---- |
| 641 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Vroon is curious about ''everything'' and will constantly shift subjects depending on what is in front of him. |
| 642 | * BlueIsHeroic: A blue Kikanoid on the side of justice. |
| 643 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Whenever he becomes curious of new things, he likes to state how his "Curiosity engines are going into overdrive!" |
| 644 | * ConstantlyCurious: One of his defining traits is to be curious about everything and wanting to know all that he can. |
| 645 | * TheGlomp: Hugs Chryssa when she states that the Cerise Institute has a databank he can use to find a Pokémon partner. |
| 646 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: An intellectual Kikanoid who wears white framed glasses. |
| 647 | [[/folder]] |
| 648 | |
| 649 | [[folder:Yatsude Goshikida]] |
| 650 | !!Yatsude Goshikida |
| 651 | |
| 652 | ->'''Appears in:''' Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 653 | |
| 654 | Kaito's grandmother who runs a candy shop/cafe called "Colorful". |
| 655 | ---- |
| 656 | * CoolOldLady: She's a calm and caring grandma figure who houses the Kikanoids in her home and let them work at her shop. |
| 657 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: She already lost her son and daughter-in-law for ten years[[note]]''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'' takes place after Episode 27 of ''Zenkaigers'' so they're both alive[[/note]] but she exclaims that she was terrified of losing her grandson for a week and having returned with strange tales of talking puppies, moving statues and lamp-obsessed cults. |
| 658 | [[/folder]] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | [[folder:Secchan]] |
| 661 | !!Secchan |
| 662 | |
| 663 | A robotic eagle created by Kaito's parents that acts as a bank of knowledge of previous ''Super Sentai'' teams. |
| 664 | ----- |
| 665 | * InsistentTerminology: He's not a ''parrot'', but an eagle. |
| 666 | * RobotBuddy: He's a robotic eagle that acts like the mentor for the Zenkaigers. |
| 667 | * VerbalTic: Usually ends sentences with ''-chun'', the Japanese onomotopaeia for a bird's chirp. |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | !!Other characters |
| 671 | |
| 672 | [[folder:Jeff Hardy]] |
| 673 | !!Jeff Hardy |
| 674 | |
| 675 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Mentioned) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Debut) |
| 676 | |
| 677 | Brother of Matt Hardy who is constantly referenced by other people. |
| 678 | ---- |
| 679 | * AmbiguousSituation: Green Phantom Queen herself states whether or not Jeff is a passenger is "up in the air", mostly because his personal history of drug abuse won't mix well with the Train itself. [[spoiler:He appears in ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'' somehow broken/"deleted".]] |
| 680 | * ChekhovsGunman He's only mentioned twice: once by Chloe (who quotes a line to his theme "Obsolete") and Rey (who mentions that Jeff's been worried sick about his brother gone missing.) He appears in a news video in ''Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos'' [[spoiler:having gone mentally insane due to unknown circumstances.]] |
| 681 | [[/folder]] |
| 682 | |
| 683 | [[folder: The Clark Siblings]] |
| 684 | !!Lee, Marc and Meghan Clark |
| 685 | |
| 686 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: The Boutique Street Car) |
| 687 | |
| 688 | Tony's older siblings who are holding the fort while he's on the Train. |
| 689 | ---- |
| 690 | * BigWordShout: They shout "TONY!" upon seeing their little brother's face after two weeks. |
| 691 | * TheCameo: Appear in the Boutique Street Car when Tony calls them. |
| 692 | * ColorMotif: Lee wears blue, Marc wears Red and Meghan wears pink. |
| 693 | * SecretKeeper: They are the only ones of Tony's family who knows that he's on the Train. |
| 694 | [[/folder]] |
| 695 | |
| 696 | [[folder:Jerry]] |
| 697 | !! Jerry |
| 698 | |
| 699 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: The Boutique Street Car) |
| 700 | |
| 701 | The head of the World Organization of Helping People (WOOHP) and effectively Tony's boss. |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * CoolOldGuy: He's in his sixties and runs a super secret agent organization. |
| 704 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Once he learns what's going on, he helps make a cover story of Tony at a coding camp in Europe so as to not worry his parents and ensures that WOOHP will support Tony while he's on his trip. |
| 705 | * SecretKeeper: He's one of the only few people who knows Tony's whereabouts. |
| 706 | [[/folder]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | [[folder:Spencer Thompson '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 709 | !!Spencer Thompson/Specter/Orchidea Nuocere |
| 710 | |
| 711 | ->'''Appears in:''' Orchid Observer (Debut) | Arcanum Universe: Scarlet Heists (Mentioned) |
| 712 | |
| 713 | A student supposedly transferring to Jesse's school while he was on his Train Trip. He is also a famous figure in a game called ''Tuner Showdown'' before it's revealed he's an alternate version of Specter. |
| 714 | ---- |
| 715 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Specter in his show is stoic, calm, aloof and ''sadistic''. ''Blossomverse''/''Crocus'' Specter is softened up to give him humanizing traits. '''This''' Specter, is a complete 360 from standard Specter: shy, quiet, calm and shows no signs of his canon sadism. |
| 716 | * AlternateSelf: He's an alternate version of Specter. |
| 717 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: After he tasered a clown coming towards Nate, he tells the boy that he can only unleash it "once per charge". Nate then questions if he's a robot/cyborg/android and the way he tries to dodge the question implies that he's not even human to begin with. It's later revealed that he's an alternate Specter but again, it doesn't give any hints if ''this'' Specter is human at all. Chapter 6 of ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that he ''is'' human, but he uses an android body when he travels to other worlds. |
| 718 | * AmbiguousSituation: Given that Colette, his partner, is an alternate version of Chloe Cerise, whether he's also an alternate version of someone else or not is up in the air. Later chapters confirm that this is an alternate Specter. |
| 719 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Downplayed; while he is shown wearing a black hoodie and jeans, something that is an enduring fashion trend in the New 20s, he carries his most important objects in something called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatelaine_(chain) chatelaine]] which were usually used by women in the ''16th'' century and there is evidence of those worn by the [[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samnite-people Samnites]] -- who lived around the time of ''Ancient Rome''. |
| 720 | * AwesomeMcCoolName: His ''Tuner Showdown'' alias is called Orchid ''Harm'' (Orchidea Nuocere). |
| 721 | * BerserkButton: Don't take his phone while he's busy with his idle game; especially if he's just a few attacks from defeating an enemy. Jesse learned this the hard way. |
| 722 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Shy he may be, he also shows that he's not a pushover, having used his recording pen to make note of Ethan and his cronies that he can use to get them expelled. And when [=CarnEvil=] bleeds to the real world, he is already prepared to protect Nate. |
| 723 | * TheCameo: Colette sees him on a TV screen in ''Descendant's Shadow'', where he's finished defeating an opponent. |
| 724 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: While revealed to initially be an OC, it's later revealed that he's an alternate Specter. |
| 725 | * CharacterTics: |
| 726 | ** Fiddling around with his [[https://www.officialfidgetcube.com/collections/fidget-cube-xl/products/fidgetcubexl twelve-sided fidget cube]] or tapping at his phone while playing his idle game. |
| 727 | ** He also stumbles when it comes to Internet lingo. For example, instead of "[=G2G=]", he uses "[=IN2G=]" (I need to go) and he uses "AL" (all right) instead of "OFC". |
| 728 | * ColorMotifs: Not black, despite his nickname being "Black Hoodie". It turns out to be green as he has a green fidget die, green quarter note earrings, a blue-green kopesh sword, and his fingernails are painted bright green. This helps to associate with his plant-like abilities. |
| 729 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a black hoodie that covers his face, but he's very shy, bonds with Nate and vows to protect him when Ethan, Jesse, Lake and Colette get sucked into ''[=CarnEvil=]''. |
| 730 | * DeadpanSnarker: He snarks to Colette that wrestling fans haven't argued over ''Bust-a-Groove'' with their signs. |
| 731 | * DramaticStutter: He has a tendency to stutter, which adds to his ShrinkingViolet personality. |
| 732 | * TheFaceless: Most of the time, his face is obscured by his hoodie or his phone covering his face. It gets to the point that in ''Seeker of Crocus'', everyone is wondering what he looks like under it. But for those who read ''Orchid Observer'' or connected the dots from the co-author's obvious AuthorAppeal, he looks like Specter. |
| 733 | * FamedInStory: He's apparently the tenth ranked Tuner in an idle game called ''Tuner Showdown''. |
| 734 | * FlowerMotifs: Orchids. His alias in ''Tuner Showdown'' is Italian for "Orchid Harm", his belt buckle has an orchid, and he has a signature of laying a white orchid onto the body of an opponent. Two meanings for orchids include love and wealth, which reflects how this Specter is in a healthy relationship with his Ryoken and that, as part of the Knights of Hanoi, he lives with Ryoken in his seaside manor. |
| 735 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: There are a few hints about him being an alternate Specter to the point the author herself lampshades that the readers really should've seen it coming. |
| 736 | ** Colette's alias for him is "Spencer Thompson". Thompson is the surname of Specter's VA -- Billy Bob Thompson. |
| 737 | ** He doesn't like being called "Boo" -- which is something ghosts usually say. And another term for ghost is a specter. |
| 738 | ** Nate cheers him on by first calling him Specter instead of Spencer. The narration states that he flinched on the former. |
| 739 | * TheGadfly: He trolls Evil Marie by dancing around and singing "Don't lose ur head" to her before slicing it off. |
| 740 | * GentleGiant: Shy, quiet, looks like a high school senior and honestly looks like he wouldn't hurt a fly. He also bonds with the younger Nate. |
| 741 | * TheGhost: He's mentioned in ''Scarlet Heists'' by the Arcanum Professor Cerise as someone he ''hopes'' his daughter [[TemptingFate never meets up with.]] |
| 742 | * GreenThumb: He has abilities related to plants, like growing a forest, rapidly growing pomegranate seeds and a smoke screen made of pollen. |
| 743 | * HatesBeingNicknamed: He's okay with someone calling him Spencer Thompson but detests nicknames. He quietly refuses being called "Boo Radley" or "Boo". |
| 744 | * HatesBeingTouched: Being hugged by Colette only has him whisper "Please stop hugging me". |
| 745 | * HeroesPreferSwords: His weapon is a blue-green ''khopesh'' sword. |
| 746 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 747 | ** He likes playing in arcades with rhythm games being his favorite. |
| 748 | ** He's fluent in Italian, as he comes up with the team of him, Colette, Jesse and Lake when they appear in ''Seeker of Crocus'' as Riconnetersi or "Reconnect" in Italian. Jesse lampshades this: |
| 749 | -->'''Jesse:''' And how do ''you'' know Italian exactly?\ |
| 750 | '''Spencer:''' You can be surprised how many apps you find in another world. |
| 751 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: When paired with his partner, ten-year-old Colette. |
| 752 | * InTheHood: He wears a black hoodie that covers his face. This gives him the alias "Black Hoodie" before he's called Spencer Thompson. When he brings it down, he looks similar to Specter. |
| 753 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 754 | ** Spencer is a brilliant hacker and part of the villainous Knight of Hanoi...and yet he struggles with using ''basic Internet lingo''. |
| 755 | ** Spencer only became a Tuner due to him ignoring the Terms and Conditions of the app he downloaded. Again, he's supposedly one of the terrifying Knights of Hanoi. |
| 756 | * ItWasAGift: His precious fidget die is this, given to him by his family. |
| 757 | * LetsGetDangerous: He's fine standing back, eating pepperoni pretzels and playing his idle game. But when Nate is in danger from ''[=CarnEvil=]'' coming to life, he gets ready to fight with a khopesh sword in hand. |
| 758 | * LiteralMetaphor: Colette makes a comment about having to shove Spencer into a closet. The Cosay parents assume that Colette is trying to hide the fact that he's gay. It turns out, Spencer is in a rechargable robot body, and his charging station is ''literally'' in the closet of a hotel room. And yes, he's gay. |
| 759 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: He's shy and quiet compared to his more proactive, outgoing partner. |
| 760 | * MeaningfulName: His surname, "Thompson" was coined by Colette, who uses guns, due to the fact that it's the name of a famous gun -- the ''Tommy'' gun. Also, as he's an alternate Specter, the surname reflects his dub voice actor -- Billy Bob ''Thompson''. |
| 761 | * MythicalMotifs: He has a Classical Mythology motif, specifically to those related to plants or the tale of Hades and Persephone. His khopesh sword looks similar to a sickle and is named Ascalaphus, the caretaker of Hade's orchard who announced that Persephone ate the six pomegranate seeds. He also can throw pomegranate seeds onto the ground and his PreMortemOneLiner to some clowns is "See you in Hades". |
| 762 | * NervousWreck: He's shy, has a stutter and shrinks back in fear when Ethan and his cronies snatch his fidget die. |
| 763 | * OfficialCouple: With his world's Ryoken as a flashback in ''Orchid Observer'' proves. |
| 764 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: The idea of him summoning white orchids apparently came a white orchid dropping out of his hand once. He rolls his eyes when Colette brings it up in their first conversation. |
| 765 | * ParentalAbandonment: His birth mother abandoned him and something happened to his adoptive mother. Those who knows Specter's backstory would know the truth: his parents abandoned him in a tree (who he saw as a mother) and the tree was chopped down while he was being electrocuted. |
| 766 | * RealMenWearPink: He loves ''VideoGame/BustAGroove'' and his favorite character was the artist Frida. He also has green nail polish and green earrings. |
| 767 | * RedBaron: "Orchidea Nuocere" (Orchid Harm in Italian), named because of the white orchids that appear. |
| 768 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobot: If he ''is'' a robot anyway (see AmbiguouslyHuman above), he's capable of eating food without issue. It's later revealed to be a robot body that his mind inhabits. |
| 769 | * SecurityBlanket: |
| 770 | ** His twelve-sided fidget dice. So much so that when Ethan and his friends played around with it, ''licked it'', and then threw it into the trash, he panics and goes searching for it. |
| 771 | ** His phone is also one, as he constantly keeps playing an Idle Game on it. |
| 772 | * ShockAndAwe: He can give an electric shock to someone once per charge. |
| 773 | * ShrinkingViolet: He is a shy character with a stutter and usually keeps his face hidden with a hood. |
| 774 | * SweetTooth: Apparently has a love of Neapolitan desserts, and Colette lets him use her Alcremie as a partner. |
| 775 | * TastesLikeFriendship: He and Colette became friends once she handed him a box of pepperoni pretzel bites. |
| 776 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Has a fondness for pepperoni soft pretzels. He and Colette bond when she handed him pepperoni pretzel bites and he eats a pepperoni-jalapeno pretzel when he meets Lake and Nate at the arcade. A flashback reveals that he's also into Neapolitan desserts. |
| 777 | * WalkingSpoiler: If you've come this far and haven't realized that this is an alternate Specter, then this should probably lay that to rest. |
| 778 | [[/folder]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | [[folder:Colette Cadieux '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 781 | !!Chloe Cerise (alias: Colette Cadieux) |
| 782 | ->''"I'm more than just a girl. I'm Colette Cadieux, the Descendant's Shadow."'' |
| 783 | |
| 784 | ->''"BURN IT DOWN!!!"'' |
| 785 | |
| 786 | ->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (First appearance: The Palimpsest Car) | Orchd Obsever (Debut) | Arcanum Archives: Descendant's Shadow | Arcanum Universe: Scarlet Heists |
| 787 | |
| 788 | A young girl who is Spencer's partner for his mission and a Cyber Warrior who fights off against living computer viruses. Turns out that there's a lot more to her than that. |
| 789 | ---- |
| 790 | * ActionSurvivor: Prior to becoming a Cyber Warrior, Chloe mostly relied on her wits and whatever she had on hand. |
| 791 | * AdaptationalBadass: As a whole, Chloe is much more assertive and confident when she's seen in ''Orchid Observer''. ''Descendant's Shadow'' is about ''how'' she becomes more badass, both as a fighter and a trainer. |
| 792 | * AdaptationalContextChange: The only reason Chloe fight off Pelipper in ''Journeys'' Episode 49 was because of how ''conveniently'' the Team Rocket Prize Master just wasn't working that day and so they had no choice but to ask for Pelipper to help out. Here, Chloe uses Descendant's Shadow to close the panel that would've dropped the Team Rocket Poké balls down the slot until Team Rocket gives up and then sends Pelipper to finish her off. |
| 793 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: |
| 794 | ** Chloe showed no signs of getting into fighting with Yamper and thus the only move he actually uses is Spark. In ''Arcanum Archives: Descendant's Shadow'', she tells Goh that she's been training alongside Yamper with all of his reserve Pokémon in case Spark doesn't end up being helpful. |
| 795 | ** In comparison to the show where she stood around and watched Team Rocket fumble about when their Rocket Prize Master suddenly stopped working, she uses the telekinesis of Descendant's Shadow to ensure Team Rocket's Prize Master didn't work so they gave up and summoned Pelipper (Water/Flying, in case one forgets) against her Electric Yamper. |
| 796 | * AdaptationalNationality: It's implied she's from Kanto, but she tells Goh that her dad is from Galar and her mom is from Kalos, essentially meaning that she's the Poké-equivalent of half-British/half-French. |
| 797 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: |
| 798 | ** ''Blossomverse'' Chloe and Goh did ''not'' get along well due to one unable to explain her problems and other so focused on Mew that he ''can't'' see Chloe's problems. Due to the story taking place in Episode 49, they are on much better terms with one another and Collete/Chloe is more open to have more explorations with him and Ash. They also end up becoming {{Friendly Rival}}s ala the ''Let's Go'' protagonist and rival when it comes to catching Pokémon. She also ensures to Goh that they're ''always'' friends, even when Goh starts getting envious about Hop. |
| 799 | ** The only interactions ''Blossomverse'' Chloe and Hop is during the Fog Car, mostly when Chloe has to deal with Delirium. The Chloe and Hop in this verse become fast friends and partners as Cyber Warriors. It's to the point that mentioning that Hop is in trouble will get her ready to murder someone. Spencer even notes that she'd part the sea to save him. |
| 800 | ** She never got along with Ash until ''after'' shit hits the fan in ''Blossoming Trail'' and even then, their talks are still distant. In ''Descendant's Shadow'', Ash becomes a BigBrotherMentor and he gives her info on Pokémon moves and stories about his adventures. |
| 801 | * AliceAllusion: She chases a young girl in an ethereal Lolita dress down the rabbit hole into a Data Train and, like most iterations of Chloe, is a huge ''Alice in Wonderland'' fan. |
| 802 | * AllGirlsLikePonies: ''Scarlet Heists'' reveals that she has a Galarian Ponyta and it is a Galarian Rapidash by the time they're seen in ''Seeker of Crocus''. |
| 803 | * AlliterativeName: Her alias is '''C'''olette '''C'''adieux and her real name is '''C'''hloe '''C'''erise. |
| 804 | * AlternateSelf: ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that she's an alterante version of Chloe Cerise. |
| 805 | * AlternativeSelfNameChange: Goes by "Colette Cadieux" in ''Orchid Observer'' and ''Seeker of Crocus'' to distinguish herself from the other Chloe, and also because she wants to keep her identity secret when she dimension hops. |
| 806 | * AmbiguouslyBi: In ''Descendant's Shadow'', she is known to have feelings for Hop (despite author notes revealing that the two aren't getting together) and may or not crush on an upperclassman named Tommy. She initially mistakes [[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Grusha]] as a girl before being embarrassed at learning that's not the case. She also gushes over how [[WesternAnimation/LoliRock Iris]] looks prettier in person. ''Orchid Observer'' will reveal that she's "bi-curious" as she still maintains her feelings for Hop, but she's slowly comes to terms with being in a relationship with Regina. |
| 807 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: Prior to becoming a Cyber Warrior, she was quick to survey her surroundings to her advantage. For example, she manages to use a beach ball as a distraction to get herself out of the bindings of Gunning's Cyber Tool. She also saw the Rocket Prize Master like a gumball machine and uses her tool to shut the flap that would drop the Poké ball. When fighting off Daten, Ryu's Digimon, she takes note that they're terrified of having a carrot thrown at their face before she learns that Daten ''hates'' carrots. |
| 808 | * BadassAdorable: An alternate Chloe who fights with a gun that gives her telekinesis and has more experience in Pokémon battles. Most of her Pokémon are also very cute but powerful as well. |
| 809 | * BattleBoomerang: The first weapon she gets outside her Cyber Tool is a boomerang, reflecting the one that Kitty-N from ''Bust a Groove'' uses in her jammer ability. |
| 810 | * BerserkButton: |
| 811 | ** Implying that Hop is in trouble is one. When Ash mentions a Hop in the Infinity Train, she immediately demands answers. |
| 812 | ** Don't steal her food. Bray Zen taking her whipped cream to top the curry ''without'' her permission has her spike a baked apple she cooked for him with Tama-basco sauce in retaliation. |
| 813 | ** Oh and don't diss mint chocolate ice cream. She was going to have Ryu's head (her Ryu not the one on the Train) for that. |
| 814 | * BespectacledCutie: When she's in her Colette Cadieux attire or just simply wearing her pink Cyber Goggles (which look like normal pink framed glasses), which highlights how she's a normal ten-year-old girl. |
| 815 | * BiWildered: In ''Orchid Observer'', she expresses confusion over the fact that despite her admiration for Hop, she feels closer to Regina and is unsure if it's okay that she's "bi-curious". It takes some encouragement from Jesse for her to accept that she has feelings for a girl. |
| 816 | * BodyMotifs: Hands. She thrusts a hand out when she initially tries to use the telekinesis of her Cyber Tool, she wears accessories that have Hamsa hands -- which are historically symbols of good fortune/protection -- and the moment that she became friends with Hop is when they held hands. She's also friends with Goh, who always proclaims that "the future is in the palm of his hands". |
| 817 | * BornLucky: In Part 3 of the Harvest Moon Car she reveals that she has a shiny Clodsire, a three-segmented Dudunsparce and ''caught Suicune''. |
| 818 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: As someone who is an avid wrestling fan, she tends to use their catch phrases. |
| 819 | ** When she's about to fight, she roars [[Wrestling/SethRollins "Burn it down!"]] |
| 820 | ** During the battle against Tokkentaker in ''Orchid Observer'', she cries out the signature line of WWE commentator [Pat] [=McAfee=]: "For the brand!" |
| 821 | * BraidsOfAction: Once she has no choice but to fight inside ''[=CarnEvil=]'', she ties her hair into a braid and then lays waste to a group of murderous clowns. |
| 822 | * BullyHunter: Dislikes bullies and decides to fight Ethan in a round of ''[=CarnEvil=]'' for how he and his cronies picked at Spencer and his fidget dice. |
| 823 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: She at first looks like an original character, but is eventually revealed to be an alternate version of Chloe Cerise. |
| 824 | * CassandraTruth: She tells everyone in the Data Train that she saw a girl in a purple and black dress with the Cyber Tool Pen. No one believes her and accuse her for being a thief. However, Hop later stands up for Chloe by stating that just because he can't see it, that doesn't mean one should deny Chloe's claims. Turns out the little girl ''is'' [[RealAfterAll real]], as she's really the combined spiritual essence of the items used to make the Cyber Tool with Hop being the only other person who sees her. |
| 825 | * CheeryPink: She has a lot of pink accessories and is a GenkiGirl. |
| 826 | * CherryBlossomGirl: Has a more prominent cherry blossom motif than in the anime, given that she has one or two shirts that actually have cherry blossoms on them, is associated with the color pink, and is hailed as the successor to a legendary hero. |
| 827 | * TheChosenOne: |
| 828 | ** She was chosen for the specific mission in ''Orchid Observer'' because it involves the Infinity Train which her great-great-grandfather, Alec Cerise, entered centuries ago and gave proof of its existence. |
| 829 | ** She's also the only one capable of wielding Descendant's Shadow, a Veteran-level Cyber Tool, and thus carry on Wakana Himika's legacy. |
| 830 | * ClarkKenting: She makes a big deal of her disguise, but ultimately it's just her without the braid and glasses. It's ''still'' good enough to fool Crocus-Ash though, since he was never that close to his Chloe, until she calls out Yamper. |
| 831 | * ColorMotifs: Three versions of them. |
| 832 | ** Pink and blue. She has pink framed glasses, and her attire has a shirt with a blue moon, not to mention that her fanny pack is a combination of pink and blue, same with her tamagotchi. [[spoiler: She also has a tattoo on her left shoulder of a pink and blue Ekans.]] |
| 833 | ** Purple and black. Her Cyber Tool is a mixture of these colors and she is gifted a hamsa hand pendant with purple and black beads. This reflects her being the next generation of Wakana Himika, whose signature colors were also purple and black. |
| 834 | ** White. Aside from her school uniform, her Colette disguise has a white tee, her Cyber Warrior armor is white, and her favorite ''Bust-a-Groove'' character is (S)Kitty-N, who wears a white toku-inspired outfit. |
| 835 | * CombatPragmatist: Chloe's not afraid to fight dirty, like having Yamper bite on the chain of Achi's bear trap to electrocute her, or hurling Coro directly at Woodmon's face with her Cyber Tool. |
| 836 | * CompanionCube: Her tamagotchi, with the slime mascot called "Datchi-chan". |
| 837 | * CompositeCharacter: She's essentially a mixed bag of character traits. |
| 838 | ** By the time she appears in ''Seeker of Crocus'', she ends up as a female combination of Ash and Goh's best traits. She's captured plenty of Pokémon (and is the one who caught Suicune in her world instead of Goh) while she has a HotBlooded attitude with a hankering for fighting like Ash would. |
| 839 | ** Surprisingly, she holds traits to the alternate Chloe from ''Journeys'' Episode 89 and 90 -- being a more confident and head-forward Chloe who is tech-savvy. |
| 840 | ** Video-game wise, she's the female protagonist of the ''Let's Go!'' series Elaine. This includes how she has an Eevee starter with partner moves, and her relationship with Goh is like the player character's rivalry with Chase. |
| 841 | * CrazyPrepared: |
| 842 | ** She made sure to have Yamper be trained in different moves outside Spark, which comes in handy when she has to fight off Gunning's Court. |
| 843 | ** She always keeps a spare bag of Oran berries on her, which people lampshade. She explains this by stating her mom has an Oran berry bush back at their house and tells her to carry some berries on her, just in case. These berries were how she obtained her Clodsire. |
| 844 | * CutenessProximity: She absolutely melts at seeing Hop's Wooloo and later extends this to other cute things. |
| 845 | * DecompositeCharacter: While Crocus-Chloe carries many of the ''Boiling Point'' Chloe's traits, Colette has BP Chloe's love of the color pink, cheery attitude, and romantic side. |
| 846 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: She's still trying to figure out what she wants to do, but upon entering a Data Train, meeting Hop and proving herself more than worthy, she becomes a Cyber Warrior with the mission to protect her world (and others) from living computer viruses. She eventually decides to try out as a Pokémon Ranger, and by the time she appears in ''Seeker of Crocus'', she's waiting for the Almia region to respond to her acceptance letter. |
| 847 | * DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: When Kiawe snarks that maybe they'll be a big performance show with the Alolan Idols after Rainbow Rocket is done and Colette can join them, she only asks "Really?" with sincerity. Lake even asks if she doesn't understand that Kiawe was being sarcastic. |
| 848 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite everything she does in the Galar Wild Areas, particularly in being more proactive in catching Pokémon, she barely gets noticed by Cara Less or Bray Zen -- the latter especially doesn't give a Raticate's ass at how he ''nearly crushed Chloe with a stalagmite'' and shouts at her when she tries to help them with his and Cara's fossil mix-up -- and Goh captures the fossil Pokemon Arctozolt instead of her even though ''she'' put more work into fighting it[[note]]To compare, Chloe has ''three'' Pokémon going against Arctozolt while Goh sticks with his newly captured Boldore[[/note]]. Downplayed in that Ash notices the problem and Goh ''is'' willing to give Chloe said Pokémon when they see her upset about Cara and Bray's decisions, but she turns the offers down [[HonorBeforeReason because she technically didn't defeat them]] and insists that she and Goh fight for the right to keep Arctozolt. |
| 849 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early ''Descendant's Shadow'' has her Pokémon not be nicknamed. But later on, she would nickname others like Pastel (Galarian Rapidash), Blurpleberry (Shiny Clodsire), and Cremini (Breloom). |
| 850 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Her Pokémon out of her initial four -- Yamper, Eevee, Squirtle, Alcremie -- are all given nicknames based off of food. Even she gets on this, as two nicknames for her are "Twizzler" (because her braided hair looks like licorice) and "Tomatoe cherry" (Again, red hair and her surname means "Cherry"). |
| 851 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
| 852 | ** ''Orchid Observer'' has her officially appear in a flashback when she meets with Spencer, showing off a side that loves food -- handing Ramul some pastries and pretzel bites for Spencer -- before a scene in the present has her press forward to stop Ethan from picking on her partner. This shows that she has a gentle side but doesn't like injustice. |
| 853 | ** ''Descendant's Shadow'' has Chloe at the precipe of getting ready to move forward with her life and also has her mention to Goh that she has been training with Yamper in case of emergencies, showing a more proactive Chloe who prepares for any situation. |
| 854 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She may use guns as weapons, but she's not a gun enthusiast and would rather wield light guns or toy guns if possible. |
| 855 | * {{Expy}}: Green Phantom Queen admits that she kept seeing [[Anime/YuGiOhGoRush Yuamu Ohdo]] when she envisioned Colette's Season 1 design, specifically noting the pink glasses and light blue jacket tied around the waist. |
| 856 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: She gives Ramil -- the cook on the Data Train -- some homemade mini Fraisiers, which are essentially the French version of strawberry shortcake. ''Arcanum Archives: Descendant's Shadow'' has her cooking alongside her mother. |
| 857 | * FieryRedhead: Has red hair and a feisty personality, just like most ''Blossomverse'' iterations of Chloe. |
| 858 | * FourLeafClover: After becoming a Cyber Warrior, Chloe makes the clover her symbol. She names her party Trèfle Rouge (Red Clover) and her Yamper, Eevee and Squirtle proudly wear red four-leaf clover pendants. She explains to Hop that she uses this symbol to give her good luck on her new path. Fittingly, as the BornLucky trope above shows, these clovers have given her good fortune. |
| 859 | * FreeRangeChildren: Her parents and teacher are okay with her ''going to another dimension'' apparently. Her partners gave a cover story that she's going to a workshop. Later subverted in ''Seeker of Crocus'' as her father is ''not happy'' to learn that she's gone to another dimension for a mission when she promised to not go on a crazy adventures. |
| 860 | * FriendToAllChildren: Gets along well with Daga and Nate Cosay, which is explained because of her closeness to her little brother Parker. |
| 861 | * GamerChick: She loves light gun games and bonds with Spencer because of their love of ''VideoGame/BustAGroove''. She states she loves the first game's Kitty-N (or rather ''Skitty''-N) and has Kitty-N's theme from the first game on her phone. This is necessary for her job as a Cyber Warrior to have a passion for games since they're usually fighting sentient viruses. |
| 862 | * GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: A much more prominent example compared to ''Crocus'' Chloe. She wears her hair long, her main attire is in pinks and blues, her wardrobe is full of shirts and leggings, and she is capable of baking cakes and sweets. She loves arcade games, particularly rhythm games and shooters. She also is a big wrestling fanatic, as she comments to Spencer how there's many wrestling fans [[SeriousBusiness who like to passive-aggressively debate about their favorite video games with their signs]] and loves roaring "BURN IT DOWN!", a phrase associated with Seth Rollins. |
| 863 | * GiverOfLameNames: |
| 864 | ** She makes up unique moves for her Eevee -- aka the Partner Movies from ''Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!'' -- meaning that she's the one who calls the Dark-type move "Baddie Bad". She justifies the kiddish name by giving the excuse that she's 10. |
| 865 | ** Zigzagged for some of her Pokémon. Her Clodsire is called Blurpleberry for their shiny blue-purle coloration, her Galarian Unicorn is named Pastel due to their cotton candy mane, and her Cottonee gets Cloud Ear because of their fluffy appearance and little leaf ears. Her Dudunsparce, meanwhile, is called...Dunce. |
| 866 | * TheGunslinger: She carries numerous types of guns on hand and uses them with proficiency, her most signature gun being her Cyber Tool, Descendant's Shadow, that's part pistol. It also makes her stand out compared to Hop and Alain, as both of them are blade wielders. |
| 867 | * GuysSmashGirlsShoot: When paired with Hop, Alain or Spencer, she usually goes at it with the gun part of her weapon plus her telekinesis, whereas they use daggers and swords. |
| 868 | * HeroicLineage: Her great-great-grandfather Alec Cerise was once a passenger on the Infinity Train whose journals were what helped Arcanum figure out that the Infinity Train was real. She herself obtained his flower highlights and pragmatic way of fighting, along with how they both chose a Squirtle as their Kanto starter. Moreover, if ''Arcanum Universe: Scarlet Heists'' is any indication, her father also moonlights as a superhero underneath her nose. |
| 869 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 870 | ** She's knowledgeable about French cuisine, or rather ''Kalosian'' cuisine, and mentions reading [[Film/JulieAndJulia the memoir of some woman trying to recreate all of Julia Child's recipes within a year]]. Somewhat justified in that she's half-Kalosian on her mom's side. |
| 871 | ** Why does she love screaming "Burn it down?" Because it's associated with the wrestler Seth Rollins, who is her favorite. |
| 872 | * HotBlooded: In her fight against Team Rocket over the Pokémon at her school, she roars "BURN IT DOWN!!!!" when Yamper and Eevee go off against Pelipper. She keeps this trait when she appears in ''Seeker of Crocus''. |
| 873 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's ten-years-old and thus the smaller one compared to the high school senior Spencer. |
| 874 | * HypocriticalHumor: She disliked Jesse Cosay's suggestion of calling the team of her, him, Lake and Spencer as "Team Dracula". She herself was willing to name one of her Eevee's moves ''Baddie Bad'' and her rare three-segmented Dudnsparce is simply called ''Dunce''. |
| 875 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: She becomes close friends with Hop (who looks to be in his early teens) in ''Descendant's Shadow'' as he was the one who helped her become adjusted to the Data Train, the Rune Masquerade and even stood up for her when everyone accused her of being a thief. She later extends a friendship with Spencer (age 16) and Alain (who is a young adult). |
| 876 | * InSeriesNickname: Her tamagotchi pet, Datchi-chan, calls her "Colli". In ''Descendant's Shadow'', she gets constantly called "girl" due to the Cyber Warriors initially not seeing anything significant about her. Meowth calls her "Twizzler" due to her braided red hair looking like licorice. In ''Seeker of Crocus'', Looker's file calls her "The Heriess". |
| 877 | * IronicName: Her moniker is "Dark Princess", but many of her outfits are ''white'': her school uniform, her Colette Cadieux attire has a white tee, and her Cyber Warrior armor is also pure white. |
| 878 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 879 | ** She hates the idea of alternate selves when, in the context of the Crocusverse, she herself ''is'' an alternate version of the ''Seeker of Crocus'' Chloe Cerise and the author notes revealed that she's already met Soleil -- who looks ''exactly like Chloe herself''. |
| 880 | ** While she is a FieryRedhead like most Chloes in the ''Blossomverse'', the starter she gets from Professor Oak is a Squirtle. Albeit one whose signature move is Weather Ball (thus it will mostly be used in Sunny weather), but still. |
| 881 | ** Her two starter mons is Yamper (a puppy) and Eevee (a fennec fox). But the video game character Chloe likes is ''Kitty''-N. |
| 882 | ** A lot of Chloe's angst in the anime and ''Blossomverse'' is how she hates being under someone's shadow. This Chloe is fine being called Descendant's Shadow and wishes to take on the legacy of the hero before her. |
| 883 | * LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears one in Chapter 14 that has pink heart pockets, which is a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/WarioWare Penny Crygor]], as she heads to the Eevee Evolution Lab. It also symbolizes how this Chloe respects her father for being a professor. |
| 884 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Light to Lake's Dark. She wears white and has pink and blue accessories, not to mention that she's bright, energetic and a romantic as well. |
| 885 | * LineOfSightName: Her alias came from how she recalled Colette from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' while making the titular dish and that she and her mom had lunch at "Cadieux bakery". |
| 886 | * LoveEpiphany: In ''Orchid Observer'', a talk with Jesse has her realize that she's into both boys ''and'' girls, as she still feels her fondness for Hop but can't help but feel fuzzy when she thinks about Regina, helping to see herself as bi-curious. |
| 887 | * {{Lunacy}}: Her motif is a blue moon. She wears a shirt that has a full blue moon, has a fanny pack with a similar moon, and her hairclip and sticker on her phone is a blue crescent moon. Finally, her Tamagotchi is a blue moon with a pink crescent. ''Descendant's Shadow'' reveals that the blue moon is the symbol of the Rune Masquerade and Arcanum in general. |
| 888 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: She's a girly girl who plays light gun games and is forward in standing up to bullies, not to mention likes wrestling. Meanwhile, Spencer is shy and wears makeup, not to mention he's into rhythm games (his favorite character being the artist). |
| 889 | * MeaningfulName: Colette is French for "People of Victory" and "Cadieux" means "Battle", so her name can be read as "A victorious person in battle", reflecting how she's a skilled Cyber Warrior and Trainer. |
| 890 | * MindOverMatter: Her pen/rapier-gun lets her unleash the power of telekinesis. This was actually the power of Wakana Himika, the first modern Arcanum Hero. By ''Orchid Observer'', she's gain enough experience points that she can use this power without even touching the tool, but rather through hand gestures. Pokémon wise, she has an Alcremie and later a Galarian Rapidash. |
| 891 | * MirrorCharacter: |
| 892 | ** To May, surprisingly enough. Both are girly girls who have no idea who they want to be in life and have fathers with prestigious careers, but while May eventually goes on the path of Pokémon Coordinator, Chloe doesn't show that type of ambition (yet). They also get ''very, very'' angry if you steal their food, but May's anger is more in regards of someone stealing it to ''eat'', whereas Chloe gets mad if someone snatches it without her permission. |
| 893 | ** She's a mirror of [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Penny]] as well. Both are girls who have an Eevee as a Pokémon -- Chloe has an Eevee as her starter while Penny's party is nothing ''but'' Eevee evolutioins (barring Glaceon and Umbreon) -- but Chloe is a cheerful girl who [[LongHairIsFeminine who wears her hair in a braid]] in a white school uniform, while Penny is cynical, [[BoyishShortHair has short blue and red hair]], and wears a grey hoodie and leggings. Chloe lives a secret life as a Cyber Warrior and later someone who teleports dimensions, Penny is secretly the head of Team Star, Cassiopeia. Chloe is a Cyber Warrior who fights off data through the power of video games, Penny is a PlayfulHacker. While they nickname their Pokémon, Chloe mostly names them after food, whereas Penny calls her Eevees with the same name, "Veevee". |
| 894 | * MixAndMatchWeapon: Her main weapon is a pistol with a rapier blade. TruthInTelevision as there are such things as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_sword pistol swords]]. |
| 895 | * TheMusketeer: A variation as her weapon is ''both'' a sword and a gun at the same time. She mainly uses the pistol part, but will dive in with the rapier blade if she doesn't have ammo. |
| 896 | * TheNicknamer: She named her Shiny Clodsire "Blurpleberry" (because Shiny Clodsires are blue/purple and they became friends after sharing Oran berries), her Dudunsparce is simply "Dunce", and she has a Galarian Rapidash named "Pastel". Zigzagged however, given that her first four Pokémon -- Yamper, Eevee, Squirtle, Alcremie -- are not nicknamed. |
| 897 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Chloe just wanted to give a little girl her pen back. She ends up on an otherworldly train and labeled as a thief with threatens of memory erasure just for trying to be nice. Thankfully, the Commissioner realizes that she was stating the truth and allows both her memories to be kept and to become an official Cyber Warrior. |
| 898 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 899 | ** She got her name "Descendant's Shadow" because she accidentally got her hands on a veteran-level weapon. We learn the story as to how in the ''Arcanum Archives'' story starring her. |
| 900 | ** If her Goh's reaction to "Evil Chloe" appearing when she retaliates with Bray stealing her whipped cream by spiking a baked apple with Tama-basco sauce is any indication, she's apparently shown a more vindictive side when it involves food in the past. |
| 901 | ** Not only has she caught Suicune, but Suicune came to her time of need when fighting a cursed wave right around the same time her Ash and Goh had to deal with an evil team hoping to summon Arceus. |
| 902 | * OralFixation: Before she fights Ethan in a round of ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'', she places an orangelle -- candied orange peel dipped in chocolate -- into her mouth. |
| 903 | * PaperThinDisguise: The only thing Chloe does to disguise herself as Colette is just wear a shirt and jeans, let her hair down and place a pair of glasses on her face. Even ''Team Rocket'' are a bit more creative with their outfits. Of course, this ''still'' fools Crocus-Ash until she shows off her Yamper. |
| 904 | * ThePenIsMightier: Her most dangerous weapon is an unassuming fountain pen...that can transform into a ''rapier/handgun combo''. It turns out to be a Veteran-level Cyber Tool that gives her the power of telekinesis. |
| 905 | * PersonalityPowers: Colette's life turned upside down when she found Eevee, Hamsa, and the Data Train. Naturally, the power of telekinesis is perfect for a girl trying to find her footing in life. |
| 906 | * PinkHeroine: The heroine of ''Descendant's Shadow'' who has plenty of pink to share. |
| 907 | * PinkIsFeminine: She has a lot of pink accessories like a pink fanny pack and her glasses. |
| 908 | * PurelyAestheticGlasses: She wears pink-framed glasses as part of her disguise. However, she can use them to scan for anomalies, like a glitch in the ''[=CarnEvil=]'' cabinet she and Ethan were playing. They were given to her by Patra when she was dragged into a ''Bust-a-Groove'' arcade cabinet and [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual actually help her scan viruses]]. |
| 909 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Her weapon is a purple and black rapier-pistol combo, which is considered a Rank 4 Cyber Tool only meant for Veteran-level Cyber warriors, that gives her the power over telekinesis. To compare, the Alain in her world is a Rank ''3'' warrior and a LivingLegend. |
| 910 | * QueerColors: She has accessories that are purple (and black) and pink/blue, and she considers herself bi-curious. |
| 911 | * RageBreakingPoint: Lost, confused, being chased and threatened with memory erasure just for trying to do something ''nice'', Chloe shouts at everyone who was chasing her on the Data Train when all she wanted to do was just ''give their stupid pen back''. |
| 912 | * RedBaron: "Descendant's Shadow", named after her weapon, reflecting how she is carrying the legacy of the original Dark Princess. |
| 913 | * RecurringElement: ''Arcanum Universe: Scarlet Heists'' once again shows another Chloe being totally into ''VideoGame/CarnEvil''. |
| 914 | * TheReveal: Chapter 3 of ''Orchid Observer'' reveals that she's an alternate version of Chloe Cerise. |
| 915 | * SeriousBusiness: |
| 916 | ** She takes laser tag seriously and terrified her opponents with her backstory of [[Film/JohnWick a hitman wanting revenge for someone shooting their puppy.]] |
| 917 | ** Take her food without permission, and she will get her vengeance one way or another. Lampshaded by Hamsa who states that Bray stealing her whipped cream shouldn't warrant ''that'' big of a reaction. |
| 918 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Ethan tries to bribe her and Spencer to not expose how he was bullying Spencer (as if he gets in trouble one more time, he's repeating the school year), Colette gives a flat "No" in response. |
| 919 | * ShipperOnDeck: Implies that she doesn't mind if her Ash and Goh end up together, whether romantically or platonically, when she meets with ''Crocus'' Ash. |
| 920 | * ShipTease: With Hop, due to him being the reason she's able to become a Cyber Warrior. Ultimately, the author revealed that she and Hop are not a couple. |
| 921 | * ShoutOut: |
| 922 | ** The first name of her alias comes from the character from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', and she was cooking this at Home Ec. class when the name came to her. |
| 923 | ** When she describes her SeriousBusiness laser tag game in ''Orchid Observer'', the puppy in her "backstory" is named [[Creator/KeanuReeves Keanu]]. Moreover, the idea of her taking laser tag seriously with a serious backstory comes from [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Webby Vanderquack]]. |
| 924 | ** Given her purple/black color scheme, her love of canines, and the martial arts she chooses is Muay Thai, combined with the numerous toku references out there, she's most likely referencing [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury RJ, the Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger.]] |
| 925 | ** She's a kid-''Bayonetta'' when she appears in ''Orchid Observer'' and ''Seeker of Crocus''. She wears glasses, wield a firearm as her main weapon, her name is based on cherries, (Bayo's real name is Cereza, and Chloe's surname is Cerise), she wears her hair in a braid like Cereza, they have a small association with cats, and they both share an AliceAllusion[[note]]Bayonetta's is found in ''VideoGame/BayonettaOriginsCerezaAndTheLostDemon''[[/note]]. Colette even sticks something sweet in her mouth before she fights in ''[=CarnEvil=]'', like Bayo has her love of lollipops. |
| 926 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: When her father explains his "reasons" why he keeps her in the Institute -- a supposed prophecy from his grandfather that a Cerise born with flower highlights in their hair will lead them to an "unknown" future" -- Chloe just asks him that if he wants her safe to teach her to be a Pokémon Trainer and have a partner for defensive purposes, with Yamper internally noting why he hasn't been there to fight alongside her prior to the Slateport water festival. |
| 927 | * StatusQuoIsGod: Through author notes, she is ''not'' getting a Fuecoco (whom Green Phantom Queen finds to be ''adorable'') because the fire croc would just hog all the spotlight. |
| 928 | * StockShonenHero: Compared to ''Crocus'' Chloe being more of a shoujo heroine/calamity princess, Colette is hot-blooded, ready for a challenge, caring, and is blessed with a powerful Cyber Tool that gives her telekinesis, not to mention she's a toku hero in all but name. She's not an IdiotHero since she's capable of analyzing her surroundings and quite crafty in solutions nor is she ObliviousToLove. |
| 929 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly-girl to Lake's tomboy as she's a peppy, flowing red haired pink and blue wearing girl who bakes sweets and loves French cuisine. |
| 930 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Croque monsieur[[note]]The French version of a ham and cheese sandwich[[/note]], garlic fries and a glass of grape juice. |
| 931 | * TruerToTheText: Compared to the ''Blossomverse'' iteration of Chloe, she's close to the anime's version of a friendly energetic girl who is willing to take risks and explore her surroundings and doesn't have the former's spite or temper. Green Phantom Queen revealed that events that would shape the Arcanum version of Chloe took place during Episode 49 of ''Journeys'', around the time Chloe started growing as a character. |
| 932 | [[/folder]] |
| 933 | |
| 934 | [[folder:Regina]] |
| 935 | Colette's long-distance girlfriend who has a Glaceon and is off on her own adventures. |
| 936 | ----- |
| 937 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Minor ShipTease with Chloe in the anime, it's confirmed here that the two slowly see each other as girlfriends. |
| 938 | * AscendedExtra: Was simply a character of the week in the anime, but in the Crocusverse she's now Colette's girlfriend who also joins in on Cyber Warrior shenanigans. |
| 939 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: She's traveling alongside her Glaceon, Mirchie, and is a Cyber Warrior in her own right alongside two other figures named Noah and Yuvi. |
| 940 | * AnIcePerson: Her signature Pokemon is her Glaceon, Mirchie. |
| 941 | * NoodleIncident: How she became a Cyber Warrior is unclear. ''Seeker of Crocus'' has Gloria and Arcanum-Ryu mention something on the lines of her meeting Chloe, then interacting with blue fanatics that would eventually lead her to be partners with a virtual boy and a sexy vampire. |
| 942 | * TrueBlueFeminity: She wears blue, she has the cyan colored Glaceon and she and Colette encountered one another during the meeting with the blue fanatics. Helps to contrast Colette's love of pink. |
| 943 | [[/folder]] |
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