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| 3 | [[folder:Lan Jun Ye/Jade Armor]] |
| 4 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lan_jun_ye_jade_armor_left_normal_middle_training_right.jpg]] |
| 5 | [[caption-width-right:1000:Jade Armor (left), Normal (Middle), Training (Right)]] |
| 6 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ElleHaddock |
| 7 | The main character. Lan Jun is the eighth Jade in history and has much to learn about her powers, being Jade and fighting the Crimson Lord. In the meantime, she also has to juggle superheroics with school life. |
| 8 | ----- |
| 9 | * AbilityMixing: In episode 26, she tries and succeeds to combine the powers of two Beasticons at the same time. However, this puts a lot of strain on them and results in them quickly running out of energy. |
| 10 | * ActionGirl: Being the main character and quite skilled in martial arts, she is not afraid to fight the bad guys. |
| 11 | * AffectionateNickname: Lan Jun is called Lan-Lan by her friends and family. She is also called LJ for short. |
| 12 | * ApologeticAttacker: Whenever any of her friends harm her under the influence of a shard, she's not comfortable at all fighting back. Episode 12 amps this up, [[spoiler: apologizing to the Crimson Lord upon removing his shard, as she's come to understand that depriving him of a normal body is akin to torture.]] |
| 13 | * BadassNormal: Having been trained in martial arts since childhood, she is a force to be reckoned with even without the Jade Armor. She even defeated the Crimson Lord in an alternate universe without the Jade Armor. |
| 14 | * BarrierWarrior: She can summon a wind barrier to block attacks or throw enemies away who got too close. |
| 15 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler: Played With. While bummed out over the fact she wasn't "chosen" for any good reason and believing she shouldn't wear the Jade Armor, her inner self argues that she still did great and that even if she turns out not to be destined to be Jade, then someone else will naturally do so eventually, as destiny never fails. She seems to accept it.]] |
| 16 | * BerserkButton: Bad mouthing or otherwise messing with her mom. It helped her overcome a number of shard effects. [[spoiler:Further, when the Crimson Lord trapped her mom in a light bulb, she got dead serious, immediately attacking him upon seeing him and [[PinnedToTheGround pinning him down]].]] |
| 17 | * BraidsOfAction: She sports a long braided ponytail. As Jade Armor, it grows even longer. |
| 18 | * TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Subverted, harshly. She believed it to be the case, but as it turns out, the Beasticons only chose her because they were desperate after being stuck in the first episode's time loop.]] |
| 19 | ** [[spoiler: TheUnchosenOne: After meeting her inner self within her psyche, she fully understands that while she wasn't chosen by a greater power to be Jade, she ''chose'' to become Jade, and that's what matters in the end.]] |
| 20 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: She feels the strong need to help everyone, even if it results in the Crimson Lord gaining a shard. |
| 21 | * ClarkKenting: Jade doesn't even bother wearing a mask, albeit with her helmet, eye color and hair changing, dermal patterning and her entire armor getup, you'd be forgiven not to know she's Lan Jun. Later explained that, in a similar fashion to ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'''s "quantum masking", the armor is equipped with a magic that prevents anyone from recognizing her true identity just by looking at her. |
| 22 | * ColorCharacter: As Jade Armor since "Jade" is a shade of green. |
| 23 | * CrushBlush: Downplayed. Most of the time she is with Kai, she acts normally. But from time to time, she does end up blushing. |
| 24 | * CuteBruiser: Despite appearing like an average young girl, she is an expert martial artist even without the Jade Armor. |
| 25 | * ElementalPowers: As the wearer of the Jade Armor, the Beasticons grands her [[PlayingWithFire fire,]] [[AnIcePerson ice,]] [[BlowYouAway wind]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]] and [[MakingASplash water]] abilities. |
| 26 | * FatalFlaw: Lan Jun's ComplexityAddiction. She always wants to prove she can multitask and be a good Jade as well as a good teenager, but she tends to forget to do so many things and pile up responsibilities that she ends up falling flat. Numerous episodes show it's because she wants to grow up to be like her mother, who could handle all the pressure back when she was still around. |
| 27 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Zig-zagged. She's usually nice to the Beasticons, albeit her attitude and arguments with Shenwu often cause splits between her and him (and sometimes the rest of the team as well). Though she always makes sure to make it up to them the best she can. Her attempts at approaching Xinyan are also initially met with failure, though he progressively comes to accepting her help when he thinks the situation is desperate. |
| 28 | * HenshinHero: While a skilled martial artist as both Lan Jun and Jade Armor, she only has access to the Beasticons ElementalPowers as Jade Armor. |
| 29 | * ICallItVera: Lan Jun's cellphone is named Celly and her new bike is named Siclara. |
| 30 | * InnerMonologue: The audience often hears her thoughts. |
| 31 | * KidHero: While her exact age is never specified, it's stated that she's in her teens. Of course, that doesn't stop her from being a superhero. |
| 32 | * LikeParentLikeChild: [[spoiler:Like her mother, she is Jade Armor fighting against the Crimson Lord.]] |
| 33 | * LimitedSocialCircle: Most of the time, she only hangs out with Alisha and Theo, sometimes with Kai and once in a while with Pearl, usually only if either is affected by a shard. |
| 34 | * MissingMom: Her mom has been missing for ten years [[spoiler:after sacrificing herself to stop the Crimson Lord.]] |
| 35 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: A strange heroic and weaponized variant. As she fights Crimson Lord after swapping bodies with several people over town, she starts listing off the things they both have in common, be it regarding their duties, families and troubles, so as to get in his head and anticipate what move he does next. |
| 36 | * PowerDyesYourHair: When transforming into Jade Armor, Lan Jun's hair color changes from purple to green. |
| 37 | * ProtagonistTitle: The name of her superhero persona, Jade Armor, is also the name of the series. |
| 38 | * RealWomenDontWearDresses: She is never seen in a dress. |
| 39 | * RefusalOfTheCall: In the first episode, it took the Beasticons multiple tries until she finally accepted the Jade Armor to stop the ongoing time loop. |
| 40 | * SheFu: Being a martial artist, she fights with quick, acrobatic moves. |
| 41 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Jade feels this way towards Crimson Lord at times (and Xinyan a lot more often), even having a [[DaydreamSurprise dream implying she wishes]] they weren't enemies and could just hang out as casually as she does with her Beasticons and friends. [[spoiler: As stated by the news' narration in the finale, her sympathy for her enemies actually proves to be a strength, as she can often not only reason with some of them against a problem in common, or end the entire conflict without causing harm to anyone.]] |
| 42 | * TakingUpTheMantle: She is the 8th Jade Armor. [[spoiler:Her mother was the 7th.]] |
| 43 | * TransformationSequence: Whenever she changes into Jade Armor, she gets one. |
| 44 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: [[spoiler: How she manages to summon her mother back to a more present form: have the Beasticons directly attack her all at the same time, removing a shard from her armor and risking her health and safety doing so. It works.]] |
| 45 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Bees]]: Even as Jade, Lan Jun has an intense phobia of bees, even just one bee will be terrifying to her. |
| 46 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: Her inner self, shown as Jade, single-handedly reassures Lan Jun that she's done a great job as the eighth Jade, as well as easing her worries over being unable to fight alone, reminding her that her time as Jade was always a team effort with those close to her and that it's much better to fight as a "we" than on her own.]] |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[folder:Beasticons]] |
| 50 | Magic creatures bonded to the mystical armors worn by warriors such as Jade Armor and Crimson Lord, granting their owners the powers of the elements they're connected to as soon as their holder transforms. As Jade, Lan Jun can rely on Shenwu, Chinlon, Zuchue and Baihu. |
| 51 | !!Shenwu |
| 52 | [[quoteright:908:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shenwu.jpg]] |
| 53 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AlphonsoFreemane |
| 54 | The Wind Tortoise, who's connected to Jade's chest piece. He's mostly a voice of reason within the team and tends to bicker with Lan Jun over her behavior, though he alternates between being overbearing and being in the right. |
| 55 | ----- |
| 56 | * BlowYouAway: As the elemental creature of wind, he grants the wearer of the Jade Armor wind powers. |
| 57 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While he can be harsh and grumpy, he is usually proven right when he warns Lan Jun not to do something. |
| 58 | * MeaningfulName: In Tai Chi, a ''Shen Wu'' is someone who through an appropriate level of wisdom and compassion has gained a perfect harmony of body, mind and spirit. |
| 59 | * MyGreatestFailure: Implied with Shenwu. The alternate version of him who managed to rescue Xin Qi from destruction, is notably much friendlier and excitable, whereas the main timeline version of him acts like an old geezer over his current Jade's attitude. Lan Jun believes that his failure to save her mother is what made him the sour tortoise he is today. |
| 60 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Shenwu, to his own annoyance at times. He calls modern tech deconcentrating, yet loves seeing memes on social media, watches comedy sitcoms and finds out he loves frogurt in spite of mocking the name. |
| 61 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: By his own account, he is over 5000 years old. |
| 62 | !!Chinlon |
| 63 | [[quoteright:582:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chinion.jpg]] |
| 64 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/LanceKrall |
| 65 | The Water Dragon, connected to Jade's arm bracers. He's pretty cool-headed and loves to go through philosophical rants from time to time. |
| 66 | ----- |
| 67 | * DragonsAreDivine: He is a dragon as well as the elemental creature of water and ice. |
| 68 | * ElementalDragon: As the elemental dragon of [[MakingASplash water]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]], he grants the wearer of the Jade Armor these powers. |
| 69 | * MeaningfulName: ''Chinlon'' is a combination of "china" and "nylon". It's a type of nylon fabric that is more smooth than regular nylon and is often woven into swimsuits. |
| 70 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like all Beasticons, he is several thousand years old. While his exact age is unknown, he is at least 4000 as he mentioned his eye-sight started to decline at that age. |
| 71 | * ShoulderSizedDragon: Like the other Beasticons, he is small enough to fit on Lan Jun's shoulder. |
| 72 | * WordSaladHumor: From times to times, he likes to come up with odd idioms to help his Jade get through life. |
| 73 | !!Zuchue |
| 74 | [[quoteright:559:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zuchue.jpg]] |
| 75 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AnneYatco |
| 76 | The firebird, connected to Jade's helmet. She's very understanding regarding Lan Jun's teenage passions, being the older girl of the Beasticon team. |
| 77 | ----- |
| 78 | * AffectionateNickname: Lan Jun calls her Zuzu. |
| 79 | * GenkiGirl: She's amused by Lan Jun pretending to be an idol and loves games in general. |
| 80 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: A repetitive offender. She first lets it slip that Xin Qi was the previous Jade, [[spoiler: then that Lan Jun wasn't chosen for any particular reason at all]]. |
| 81 | * PlayingWithFire: As the elemental creature of fire, she grants the wearer of the Jade Armor fire powers. |
| 82 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like all Beasticons, she is several thousand years old. |
| 83 | * TeamMom: With Shenwu's harsh way of speaking clashing with Lan Jun more than once, she often has to separate them due to how much they scare Baihu. |
| 84 | !!Baihu |
| 85 | [[quoteright:402:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baihu_7.jpg]] |
| 86 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AnneYatco |
| 87 | The Terra Tiger, connected to Jade's leg pieces. She's a baby Beasticon and thus cannot speak, but is still plenty of help when Lan Jun needs her. |
| 88 | ----- |
| 89 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: The youngest Beasticon. She hasn't even learned to speak yet. |
| 90 | * DishingOutDirt: As the elemental creature of earth, she grants the wearer of the Jade Armor earth powers. |
| 91 | * MeaningfulName: His name literally translates to "White Tiger", a form she takes once Lan Jun transforms. |
| 92 | * NoSell: When a shard affecting the seasons makes her fellow Beasticons go through a regeneration cycle that tires them out, Baihu is the only one to remain full of energy thanks to her youth. |
| 93 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like all Beasticons, she is several thousand years old. |
| 94 | * TheVoiceless: Due to being a baby by Beasticon standards, Baihu has not yet learned how to talk. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | [[folder:Friends]] |
| 97 | !!Alisha Gray |
| 98 | [[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alisha.jpg]] |
| 99 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JasminePutmon |
| 100 | Lan Jun's best friend, a phone-savvy teen who loves boba tea and tends to filter through her friends' wackier plans. |
| 101 | ----- |
| 102 | * BerserkButton: Do not, under any circumstance, come between her and her boba. She was willing to let a shard materialize smartphone features in real life until a bad review closed the Boba Bistro, setting her straight to help Lan Jun get rid of it. |
| 103 | * DeadpanSnarker: Alisha, full stop. |
| 104 | * LimitedSocialCircle: She is only ever seen hanging out with Lan Jun and Theo |
| 105 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Lan Jun and Kai. She is always making sure they get the room along when the opportunity arises. |
| 106 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Boba teas. Also doubles as SeriousBusiness, as she'll absolutely ''end'' anyone who gets in the way of her boba. She's even introduced drinking two cups instead of one. |
| 107 | !!Theo |
| 108 | [[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theo_3.jpg]] |
| 109 | %%->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ |
| 110 | Lan Jun's other best friend, who loves to take part in spectacles and wants nothing more than to be an active part of Jade's fights against evil, as dangerous as it may get (and as inept as he may be). |
| 111 | ----- |
| 112 | * HeroicWannabe: He wants to be a hero and help Jade Armor but he lacks the physical capabilities to stand against her enemies. |
| 113 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He wishes Lan Jun would allow him to be a more active sidekick on her adventures. |
| 114 | * LimitedSocialCircle: He is only ever seen hanging out with Alisha and Lan Jun. |
| 115 | * NiceGuy: He is fun-loving and enthusiastic, always willing to help. |
| 116 | * OldShame: Theo is the [[spoiler:Kung Fu Fail kid]] in the viral meme video. Although Jade and Alisha aren't that perturbed by his big secret. |
| 117 | * SuperpowersForADay: In episode 12, he switched bodies with Lan Jun gaining the ability to turn into Jade Armor. It went as well as one would expect. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Family]] |
| 121 | !!Liam Green |
| 122 | [[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/liam_3.jpg]] |
| 123 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JackShalloo |
| 124 | Lan Jun's father, who was always abroad for work before the show began. |
| 125 | ----- |
| 126 | * AmazonChaser: His wife was the previous Jade, which he was aware of. |
| 127 | * NonActionGuy: Unlike the rest of Lan Jun's family, he doesn't show any skill as a martial artist. Rather, he helps by deciphering ancient texts. |
| 128 | * SecretKeeper: He was one for his wife and later his daughter. |
| 129 | * SoProudOfYou: Upon seeing his daughter as Jade, he can only hug her and state how proud Xin Qi would be to see her this way. |
| 130 | !!Xin Qi |
| 131 | [[quoteright:794:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xin_qi.jpg]] |
| 132 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JensenOlaya |
| 133 | Lan Jun's mother, who has disappeared after the events of the Crimson Lord's destruction. She was the previous Jade before Lan Jun and hasn't been seen ever since. |
| 134 | ------ |
| 135 | * ActionGirl: [[spoiler:As the previous Jade armor, she, like her daughter, fought the Crimson Lord directly.]] |
| 136 | * ColorCharacter: [[spoiler: Like her daughter when she was Jade Armor.]] |
| 137 | * EnergyBeings: [[spoiler:Following her HeroicSacrifice to defeat the Crimson Lord for good, she lost her body but managed to survive using her chi. Though she ended up stuck in the city's power grid.]] |
| 138 | * HeroicSacrifice: Xin Qi, Lan Jun's mother and the seventh Jade, before the show began as she destroyed the Crimson Lord's armor. |
| 139 | * IWorkAlone: Outside the Beasticons, she always worked on her own. Her alternate self from a reality where she hasn't gone missing is understandably shocked to learn that Lan Jun enlisted her two best friends to help her duty as Jade. |
| 140 | * SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler: Lan Jun eventually manages to bind her spirit into a bottle of her favorite perfume, allowing her to get a more stable form in the absence of her human body.]] |
| 141 | !!Zhi Xuan/Gram |
| 142 | [[quoteright:652:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhi_yuan_aka_gram.jpg]] |
| 143 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KateLiu |
| 144 | Lan Jun's grandmother. |
| 145 | ------ |
| 146 | * ActionGirl: Played with. While she only fights when confronted by the villain, she is not afraid to do so when the situation arises. |
| 147 | * BadassInDistress: Despite being able to fight on equal grounds with the Crimson Lord, lacking any protection against the shard's magic, she often finds herself in the need of being saved due to the shard's magic. |
| 148 | * BadassNormal: Despite lacking any powers, she is able to hold her own against the Crimson Lord. |
| 149 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: Fei Fei is clearly interested in her, and she seems flustered by his advances. |
| 150 | * OldMaster: She's quite proficient in battle. |
| 151 | !![=GramGram=] |
| 152 | [[quoteright:474:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gramgram_4.jpg]] |
| 153 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JensenOlaya |
| 154 | Lan Jun's great-grandmother |
| 155 | ------ |
| 156 | * ActionGirl: Played with. While she only fights when confronted by the villain, she is not afraid to do so when the situation arises. |
| 157 | * BadassInDistress: Despite being able to fight on equal grounds with the Crimson Lord, lacking any protection against the shard's magic, she often finds herself in the need of being saved due to the shard's magic. |
| 158 | * BadassNormal: Despite lacking any powers, she is able to hold her own against the Crimson Lord. |
| 159 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She's much smaller than anyone else in her family as well as most other characters in the show. |
| 160 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her obsession with Mahjong and upholding her title as champion ends up buying time for Crimson Lord to get one of his shards back (though it doesn't last, as usual). |
| 161 | * NoNameGiven: Her real name is never revealed. |
| 162 | * OldMaster: Like her daughter, though in a more straightforward way as she's the one who tends to teach Lan Jun what she has to know most of the time. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Villains]] |
| 166 | !!Crimson Lord |
| 167 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crimson_lord_liquid_left_restored_right.jpg]] |
| 168 | [[caption-width-right:1000:Liquid form (Left), solid form (Right)]] |
| 169 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JonathanButlerDuplessis |
| 170 | A supervillain that's been terrorizing Ban Tang for ages. He lost his body during a fight with Xin Qi, the previous Jade, and has been revived by his distant cousin Will. The shards that make his armor are active and primordial to his return to power, as well as the main threat that Jade has to deal with. |
| 171 | ------ |
| 172 | * AnachronismStew: His dialogue shows he's familiar enough with modern technology and civilization... and at times, he's utterly dumbfounded by what's in front of him. |
| 173 | * AndIMustScream: Downplayed, but he sees being locked into the shape of a puddle as a complete nightmare. |
| 174 | * BadBoss: Downplayed. While he often berates and insults Will, laughing when something bad happens to him, he never gets physically abusive and also compliments him on good ideas from time to time. Also, Will doesn't seem to mind his beratings. |
| 175 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He was very abusive towards his Beasticons, which is pretty much why Xinyan has a heavy distrust of humans. |
| 176 | * BatmanGambit: Pulls one in episode 25: [[spoiler:After realizing Xin Qi is trapped in the city's power grid, he has Will hook up the [=RV=] to the city's power grid while also installing a seperate power generator. Then, he has Kai shut down all electricity across the city knowing it would force Xin Qi to flee trying which would sooner or later result in her landing in the [=RV=]'s lightbulb trapping her.]] |
| 177 | * BigBad: Of the series. In fact, it's the shards of his armor that cause most of the problems. |
| 178 | * TheBigGuy: Once he regains his body, he is the tallest and most muscular character in the show. |
| 179 | * CardCarryingVillain: He is evil, he knows it and he loves it. |
| 180 | * ClassicVillain: He wants to take over the city. Why? [[CardCarryingVillain Because he is evil.]] |
| 181 | * ColorCharacter: Since crimson is a shade of red, he is one. |
| 182 | * TheDreaded: Everyone except Lan Jun and her family are afraid of him. |
| 183 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Crimson Lord is hellbent on causing chaos but later reveals himself to be [[spoiler: unable to feel any peace of mind whatsoever, which is why he's so evil as he doesn't see anything wrong with what he does.]] |
| 184 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is only known as "the Crimson Lord". His real name is never mentioned. |
| 185 | * FailureGambit: He pulls one in episode 11 intentionally holding back and losing to Jade Armor to gaslight Kai into believing his lie that Jade Armor is the real villain. |
| 186 | * ForcedToFeelEmpathy: In the finale, Jade [[spoiler:purifies the shards inside his body, thus purifying the Crimson Lord as well, resulting in him having a HeelRealization and breaking down.]] |
| 187 | * FreudianExcuse: Implied. Jade supposes that his family's put a lot of pressure on him, as he was the House of Crimson's last member. |
| 188 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Upon Jade purifying his armor in its entirety, the Crimson Lord realizes he's been in the wrong all this time and begs for her forgiveness as he turns back into a puddle and renounces all the shards he was holding.]] |
| 189 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Following the purification of the shards inside his body, he breaks down having a HeelRealization immensely regretting his actions and begging for forgiveness. He then gives up all his shards reverting back to his fluid form.]] |
| 190 | * TheParalyzer: Once regrown, his helmet allows him to briefly paralyze his opponents. |
| 191 | * PeoplePuppets: When drunk in his liquid form, he can take over other people's bodies. However, the one time he did it, he described it as a not pleasant experience and vowed to never do it again. |
| 192 | * PetTheDog: Whenever Will has an idea he liked, he will compliment him, much to Will's delight. One time, the Crimson Lord even literally petted him for coming up with a good plan. |
| 193 | * SealedEvilInACan: Or a bucket in his case. Finding shards is the only way to give him his full body back. |
| 194 | * TopHeavyGuy: He has a very muscular upper body but thin legs. |
| 195 | * TransformationSequence: Whenever he absorbs a shard and regains his solid form, he gets one. |
| 196 | * VocalDissonance: Despite being the biggest guy on the show, he has a fairly high voice for a man. |
| 197 | * WasOnceAMan: Used to be human, but his armor's destruction with him in it led to him being a puddle once a shard fell into a water bucket. Jade's dialogue implies it may have been gone for much longer than that. |
| 198 | * WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: According to Shenwu, his plight can only end by love, before adding that the Crimson Lord is incapable of feeling it. [[spoiler:Although not exactly love, he stops villainy altogether once Jade's purification provides him with the inner peace he's been missing all those years.]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | !!Will |
| 201 | [[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/will_31.jpg]] |
| 202 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JackShalloo |
| 203 | A distant cousin of the Crimson Lord who revived him by dropping a shard in a bucket of water. He's been working with him ever since then to give him his body back. |
| 204 | ------ |
| 205 | * TheBully: When he gets his hand on a Jade Armor video game, he absolutely trumps, mocks and makes fun of other players for his own pleasure. It appears if he's not the one getting picked on, he can be quite demeaning. |
| 206 | * CardCarryingVillain: He resurrected the Crimson Lord because he is evil, hoping to serve him as his evil sidekick. |
| 207 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Defied. He resurrected the Crimson Lord specifically to become his evil minion. |
| 208 | * GeniusDitz: He's managed to recreate a substitute for the Beasticons and bring back Crimson Lord with his research all while barely living out as a school janitor. If only it weren't for his occasional clumsiness and tendency to lose face in front of his evil boss. |
| 209 | * GiverOfLameNames: The names he gives to worship Crimson Lord get more and more ridiculous as the show goes on. |
| 210 | * HidingInPlainSight: He is the school's janitor, so nobody really questions seeing him everywhere, although his presence away from the school eventually gets noticed. |
| 211 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kai. Both are avid Red Rogue fans, and he doesn't waste an occasion trying to convince Kai that Crimson Lord's just as heroic as his comic counterpart. |
| 212 | * NoFullNameGiven: He is only called "Will" throughout the series. His last name is never revealed. |
| 213 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: He looks like your average ditzy evil henchman but as Xinyan found out the hard way, he's actually more competent than what people give him credit for, as he can analyze situations and quickly figure out whether there's a shard or someone is manipulating him. |
| 214 | * UndyingLoyalty: To his master, the Crimson Lord. He never leaves his side and is always there to catch him when his latest scheme fails. |
| 215 | * VillainExitStageLeft: Once the Crimson Lord is depowered back into his fluid state, Will usually simply mobs him up, puts him back in his bucket and the two book it. Lan Jun only tried to pursue them once. |
| 216 | * VillainsOutShopping: He's seen either reading Red Rogue comics, doing tai chi in the park, jamming out to music or different types of hobbies when he's not looking for a shard. |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !!Mrs Bao/Black Tiger |
| 219 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_bao_black_tiger_left_normal_right.jpg]] |
| 220 | [[caption-width-right:1000:Black Tiger (Left), Normal (Right)]] |
| 221 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JingLusi |
| 222 | A rather mean yet magic-savvy shopkeeper, owner of the Shop of the Strange, who's also the diabolical Black Tiger, a robber who captures magical creatures and items of high value. She's also none other than the sharp-tongued mother of Pearl, a classmate of Lan Jun's. |
| 223 | ----- |
| 224 | * AbusiveParents: She's rather neglectful towards her own daughter and demands perfect grades from her, believing her unfit to succeed her just yet. It gets better over time. |
| 225 | * ActionGirl: As a thief, she is not above getting her hands dirty in fights. |
| 226 | * CardCarryingVillain: She is fully aware that she is the villain. She is even trying to make the cover of a magazine called "Villains Weekly". |
| 227 | * ClarkKenting: She has a different hair-style and wears stylish high-tech, see-through glasses and a black-and-purple full bodysuit. Other than that, her voice and appearance remain the same. |
| 228 | * ColorCharacter: As Black Tiger since black is a color. |
| 229 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As harsh as she may be, she does care about her daughter deep down, but her obsession with upstaging her sister and defeating Jade tend to make her lose sight of it. |
| 230 | * FatalFlaw: {{Greed}}. It often causes her to mess with shards only for it to backfire resulting in her needing to be rescued. |
| 231 | * GadgeteerGenius: She has created a number of gadgets to help her. She can also knows how to combine them with shards. |
| 232 | * MeaningfulName: Depending on the hànzi (or accent mark above the "a" if written in western letters), "Bao" can have dozens of meanings. One of them is ''Băo'', which literally translates to "jewel", "gem" or "treasure", a fitting name for a thief. |
| 233 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon Jade purifying the invisibility shard, Black Tiger realizes that had she not been defeated, she might've disappeared forever. Overwhelmed with regret, her daughter then embraces her, making her realize she's been severely unfair to Pearl during the whole misadventure. |
| 234 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Despite her strictness, she is not above making cat puns whenever the opportunity arises. |
| 235 | * TheParalyzer: She has a special powder that can temporarily paralyze anyone. |
| 236 | * ParentChildTeam: She eventually accepts her daughter as her sidekick. |
| 237 | * SiblingRivalry: She's very jealous of her sister being a more successful and renowned thief, which is what spurs her first onscreen crimes. |
| 238 | * SoProudOfYou: When Pearl brings back a stolen weapon of Lan Jun's mom's as a birthday gift, she couldn't be prouder of her daughter for doing her very first solo theft. |
| 239 | * TransformationSequence: Whenever she changes into her Black Tiger costume, she gets one. Though the part where she gets out of her clothes and into her bodysuit is skipped. |
| 240 | !!Pearl/Blue Lynx |
| 241 | [[quoteright:530:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_left_blue_lynx_right.jpg]] |
| 242 | [[caption-width-right:530:Normal (Left), Blue Lynx (Right)]] |
| 243 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AnaYiPuig |
| 244 | A goth classmate of Lan Jun, whose mother owns a shop full of creepy and mystical items (and also is the Black Tiger). She's always seen hanging with her friends Lucy and Jasmine. Later down the show, she gets her own costume and thief persona as Blue Lynx. |
| 245 | ------ |
| 246 | * AcademicAlphaBitch: Rude as she may be, she's always focused on getting full marks. Her tutoring of Lan Jun will hopefully, according to her, allow Lan Jun to maybe become "second best". |
| 247 | * ActionGirl: While she hasn't fought Jade Armor much, she did manage to hold her own against her and successfully escape. |
| 248 | * ClarkKenting: Like her mother, she only wears stylish high-tech, see-through glasses and a blue-and-black full bodysuit but not much else to hide her identity. Still, Lan Jun fails to recognize her. |
| 249 | * ColorCharacter: As Blue Lynx due to blue being a color. |
| 250 | * FreudianExcuse: Her cold demeanor and rather unfriendly attitude towards most of her classmates result from her mother's huge expectations of her. She gets scolded when her passing grade is no longer perfect (never mind the fact she's still top of her class and usually gets full marks). |
| 251 | * HiddenDepths: She did years of gymnastics enough to keep up with Jade, and while she didn't like Jade, she still auditioned for her role during Fei Fei's play. She's also quite crafty when it comes to using threads, such as making herself and Lan Jun friendship bracelets (unaware they're shard-empowered). |
| 252 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: She seems rather cold and mean to those who bother her, but when Lan Jun visits her shop (in her great-grandmother's body), she wastes no time handing her a cup of water when her throat seems sore. |
| 253 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She and her friends attend Theo's stand-up comedy show. They're seen laughing genuinely throughout it. |
| 254 | * OddFriendship: By her last appearance, it's implied she may eventually develop one with Lan Jun. |
| 255 | * ParentChildTeam: She eventually becomes her mother's sidekick. |
| 256 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While in the body of Lan Jun's great-grandmother, she wastes no time lecturing her mother about her nasty attitude without having to suffer the consequences. |
| 257 | * SecretKeeper: Though not show shown at first, she's revealed to be perfectly aware of her mother and aunt's hobbies as supervillain thieves. [[spoiler: As it seems she's come to learn who Jade is, she's one to Lan Jun as well.]] |
| 258 | * VillainousLineage: Not only is she fully aware her mother and aunt are criminals and proud of it, she wants to help her mother commit her crimes. |
| 259 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: Would give anything for her mom to acknowledge her as a competent thief and sidekick, as well as academically speaking. |
| 260 | !!Xinyan |
| 261 | [[quoteright:899:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xinyan_3.jpg]] |
| 262 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/WallesHarmon |
| 263 | The Wood Monkey Beasticon, initially bonded to Crimson Lord's chest piece. Having retrieved a shard when his master was defeated, he lives freely and uses his powers to try and allow animals and Beasticons to rule over humans, taking revenge against humanity as a whole for the abuse the Crimson Lord put him through. |
| 264 | ------ |
| 265 | * AndThenWhat: As Alisha put it, even if he manages to get a hold of a shard's power, it won't necessarily be of any use to him and might as well be detrimental, effectively making some battles to get them completely useless. |
| 266 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: Jade gets through to him that his hatred of humans is irrational, as not only is Crimson Lord, the one responsible for his abuse, not human anymore, but humans are animal too. He seems to consider it before feigning defeat. |
| 267 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Xinyan will sometimes agree to help Jade and her friends after they've shown kindness to him, albeit he'll say he's [[{{Tsundere}} only repaying a debt]]. This pays off in the end, as [[spoiler: he sacrifices his Shard and thus identity as a Beasticon so that the Crimson Lord won't have it.]] |
| 268 | * DefrostingIceQueen: He's antagonistic towards Jade, but her efforts to try and make peace progressively seem to wear him down to the point he's willing to stop the fight (under the pretense of shutting her up). When she believes the Beasticons are very ill and begs for his help, he's actually moved by her devotion (even if it doesn't change his mind). |
| 269 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He could be briefly seen in the background of episode 2 before making his debut in episode 4. |
| 270 | * EnemyMine: In his own words, he doesn't like Jade, he just hates Crimson Lord. |
| 271 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Is given many occasions to redeem himself, but his past abuse and distrust of humans keeps him from accepting Jade's offers of joining her team. |
| 272 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gives up his shard and allows himself to become a regular animal so that Crimson Lord won't use it or him for his evil plans. Thankfully, Lan Jun manages to reverse it back using a purified shard.]] |
| 273 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his hatred for humans, he quite enjoys human television. For example, when a shard infected a remote causing it to change reality into whatever channel is turned to, he stopped looking for a nature documentary to watch sports instead. |
| 274 | * HumansAreBastards: His entire motivation is to take the world back from humans and give it to animals and Beasticons alike. |
| 275 | * LastOfHisKind: Implied. None of the other Beasticons appear when Crimson Lord try to summon them, and Xinyan himself managed to stay around only because he picked up a shard when his former master was defeated. Whether the other ones are dead, disappeared, also in hiding, regular animals or something else is never shown, as Crimson Lord eventually replaces them with the Beastibot. |
| 276 | * MeaningfulName: ''Xinyan'' has many meanings depending on how it is read: |
| 277 | ** As a name, it can mean "a desire for independence and freedom from others" which reflects his desire to "free" his fellow Besticons from humans. |
| 278 | ** As a word ''xin yan'' can mean "heart", "intention", "conscience", "consideration", "cleverness" or "tolerance". This, too, is fitting considering his deep care for other Beasticons which has driven him to [[EnemyMine even work with Lan Jun on numerous occasions]] to defeat a common threat. |
| 279 | ** Read separately, ''xin'' means "joy" while ''yan'' means "beauty". |
| 280 | * RedIsViolent: Is a darker shade of red than Zuchue (even his symbol on Jade's armor is red) and is the only actively hostile Beasticon that Lan Jun encounters. |
| 281 | * SixthRangerTraitor: Much to his chagrin, he's often reduced to helping Jade whenever things don't work well with whichever villain he teamed up with. |
| 282 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: 100-years-old eggs, with a slight preference for banana bread and banana chips (though he does make fun of the fact humans would expect him to like bananas). |
| 283 | * VillainRespect: Over the course of the show, he grew to respect Lan Jun. |
| 284 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Due to having suffered abuse at the hand of the Crimson Lord, he wants to "free" his fellow Beasticons and protect animal kind. As such, he doesn't fight them and, despite his hatred for humans, has even [[EnemyMine teamed up with Lan Jun]] multiple times to defeat another villain if her Beasticons are in danger. He can also be reasoned with to a certain degree for example freeing Alisha after she convinced him he didn't actually want to be big or giving up a shard after Jade reminded him that humans are animals, too. |
| 285 | * YouAreACreditToYourRace: [[spoiler: Once Lan Jun brings him back to being a Beasticon and insists she doesn't own him and that he's free, he says that for a human, she's not so bad after all.]] |
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| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Secondary Characters]] |
| 289 | !!Kai Zhu |
| 290 | [[quoteright:944:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kai_67.jpg]] |
| 291 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JeremyAngJones |
| 292 | Lan Jun's school crush and the son of the wealthy Zhu family, who owns the electricity business of Ban Tang. |
| 293 | ------ |
| 294 | * CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: Crimson Lord plans to recruit him in the conflict against Jade. It initially works, but he ends up regretting it and defects back to helping her instead.]] |
| 295 | * {{Expy}}: Main character's crush? A bit of a rebel inside? Unaware she's a superheroine? Has subtle hints of reciprocating her feelings? Son of a wealthy yet corrupt family? [[spoiler: Related to the BigBad?]] He certainly has shades of resembling Adrien Agreste, minus the superheroic secret identity. |
| 296 | * HeelFaceTurn: After having helped the Crimson Lord gain two shards, he realized his new master doesn't actually care about the city and subsequently betrays him, helping Jade Armor. Downplayed since he wasn't actually evil, just misguided. |
| 297 | * IKissYourHand: In episode 11, he kisses Lan Jun's hand after dancing with her signaling his romantic interest in her to her. |
| 298 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 299 | ** His last name ''Zhu'' is affiliated with Ming dynasty emperors. As a surname, it means "upright". |
| 300 | ** ''Zhu kai'', as his name would be read in eastern Asia, means "to boil food". |
| 301 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When he gets enraged, his eyes glow with crimson energy. |
| 302 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: He debuted mostly as Lan Jun's crush. [[spoiler: Subverted harshly once it's revealed he's the descendant of the same tribe as the Crimson Lord, which makes the latter try to join him in his battle against Jade.]] |
| 303 | * {{Unishment}}: [[spoiler: In the finale, Kai gets sent to a boarding school after his actions in the previous episode. However, as they got hip-hop dance classes, the very thing his father forbid him to do and his favorite activity, he doesn't seem to complain much and promises to keep contact with Lan Jun.]] |
| 304 | * VillainousLineage: His family is said to be "corrupt" and "sinister". [[spoiler:He is also related to the Crimson Lord.]] |
| 305 | !!VP Lane |
| 306 | [[quoteright:389:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vp_lane.jpg]] |
| 307 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MorganLorraine |
| 308 | Lan Jun's homeroom teacher, who's usually quite harsh on her students and pushes them to study harder. |
| 309 | ------ |
| 310 | * MesACrowd: Without her knowledge, Lan Jun and Kai end up creating several clones of her within the school while looking for the Mahjong dice she confiscated. |
| 311 | * OldShame: Before she was a Vice Principal, VP Lane had a secret past she will reveal to no-one, although Jade discovers the truth, but she does not reveal what she learned, so the viewers never find out what happened. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !!Malik Melki |
| 314 | [[quoteright:920:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malik_4.jpg]] |
| 315 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/XavierCadeau |
| 316 | Ban Tang's online news channel reporter, often caught in the very wrong place at the right time. |
| 317 | ----- |
| 318 | * AlliterativeName: His first and last name start with M. |
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