Line #48 Characters/PhantomInvestigators


1	!!'''Daemona Prune'''
2	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daemona1.jpg]]
3	[[caption-width-right:275: [[labelnote: Click to see her out of uniform]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daemona2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
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5	-->'''Voiced by:''' Courtney Vineys (English), Creator/GabyUgarte (Latin American Spanish)
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7	* ActionGirl: Not only is she the leader of the team, but she really gets her moments in "The Year Of The Snake" and "Secrets Exposed!".
8	* AmbiguouslyBi: Had a crush on an [[TheGhost unseen character]] named Jasper Rusack along with some ShipTease with Casey here and there, and has shared some LesYay moments with Kira.
9	* TheArtifact: Her name. Early on in production, her name was Prunella Daemon, while "Daemona Prune" was just her aliases while as a Phantom Investigator. Eventually, the latter name was used for both.
10	* BadassAdorable: She's an adorable preteen girl who regularly faces off ghosts and demons.
11	* BadassLongcoat: The green one she wears as a Phantom Investigator.
12	* BadassNormal: She might be the only one on the team without powers, but she isn't any less badass.
13	* BrilliantButLazy: She's very smart and resourceful, but was also willing to just look at the answers to her upcoming biology exam instead of studying (however, she does realize the error of her ways and gets rid of the answers before looking at them).
14	* BunnyEarsLawyer: She can be a bit on the quirky side, from being the only member to wear a costume and continuously trying to make cheesy rhyming slogans for the team, but is incredibly effective at her job.
15	* ClarkKenting: She hides her identity while on the job by wearing a costume with a mask, as well as styling her hair differently. She also never gives out her name as a PI.
16	* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Wears a green hoodie while dressed casually, and then a slightly darker green jacket in her PI persona, complete with matching mask.
17	* ControlFreak: A more low-key example at times; in "Stall Of Doom" she brings up how while the gang all have equal say as a team, "she just likes doing things a certain way".
18	* CoolMask: Wears a green one as a Phantom Investigator.
19	%% * DeadpanSnarker: At times.
20	* DominoMask: Her green mask she wears as a PI.
21	* TheFace: The member of the team that does all the talking.
22	* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Pretends to join Willard's side in "Secrets Exposed!" after he makes her believe that Navarro was purposely putting her and the gang in danger the whole time. After she gets Navarro to meet up with her in the graveyard, which Willard instructed her to do, she reveals that she had her friends know about her plan the whole time and was just using Willard for the final battle between him and Navarro.]]
23	* FieryRedhead: Downplayed. She's passionate and ambitious, but is pretty cool and calm most of the time.
24	%% * GamerChick: Implied in "Were-Dog".
25	* GenkiGirl: Downplayed. She's the most enthusiastic member of the team, but stays pretty down-to-earth.
26	* HeartSymbol: Her jeans have a red heart-shaped patch on the left knee.
27	%% * TheHeroine
28	* HeroWithAUniqueName: "Daemona" stands out among names like Kira, Jericho, and Casey.
29	%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kira.
30	* IdenticalGrandson: Her grandmother looked almost exactly like her at her age, albeit with a different hairstyle.
31	* IKnowMortalKombat: Her driving skills came from playing video games.
32	* ImpliedLoveInterest: Has some moments with Casey that could be read as ship tease, however it's never stated if she has a crush on him (or vice versa).
33	* InnocentBlueEyes: As the loyal, heroic leader of the gang.
34	* TheLeader: Of the Phantom Investigators
35	%% * LittleMissBadass: She's twelve.
36	* MessyHair: While not on the job as a PI.
37	%% * NiceGuy
38	* NewTransferStudent: Had just recently moved to San Francisco and begun attending Lugosi Junior High sometime before the events of the series.
39	* NonPoweredCostumedHero: And notably the only member of the team that wears a costume; the rest dress casually.
40	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Possibly. "Daemona" was just an aliases initially while Prunella was her real name, however the show itself does not specify if Daemona is her real name or not.
41	* PluckyGirl: She's very optimistic and brave.
42	* RedheadInGreen: She wears a green jacket and mask while on the job. Dressed casually, she wears a green hoodie.
43	* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Kira's blue
44	* RhymesOnADime: Her slogans for the PI, some of them being quite painful. Her commercial for the team is full of them.
45	* RunningGag: In several episodes, she'll try to come up with a cheesy rhyming slogan for the Phantom Investigators when she answers the phone. With the gang giving her disapproving looks most of the time.
46	* ShipTease: Shares some small moments with Casey at times, such as wrapping her arm around his shoulders in "Birthday Presence" and calling him "adorable" in "Were-Dog".
47	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Strongly resembles her grandmother when she was her age. To a lesser extent, she also takes after her mom. Not only do they both have red hair and blue eyes, but they also wear almost the same color scheme.
48	* TheTeamNormal: The only member of the team to not posses any powers.
49	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Kira's girly girl.
50	* UndyingLoyalty: Especially evident in "From Egypt, With Love". After the Egyptian pharaoh the gang performed last rites on realized that Kira was the reincarnation of his princess, he attempts to take her with him to the afterlife- which she almost agrees to doing. As the gang try to pull her away, he asks why they're protesting so much. Daemona tells him that Kira's her best friend, and if she goes with him, [[{{Determinator}} she'll never stop searching for her]].
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52	!!'''Kira Williams'''
53	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kira_2.jpg]]
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55	-->'''Voiced by:''' Amber Ross (English), Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish)
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57	* BerserkButton: Don't ever [[MyFavoriteShirt wreck her outfits]].
58	%% * BrainyBrunette
59	%% * CoolBigSis: In "Haunted Dreams", she acted as one to Jenny.
60	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Downplayed; her hair is a lighter shade of brown than her eyes.
61	* DeadpanSnarker: The snarkiest member of the gang.
62	* TheFashionista: She even mentions fashion as a cause worth fighting for in "The Fifth P.I."
63	* FriendToAllChildren: She acts as a CoolBigSis to Jenny in "Haunted Dreams"
64	* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: She and Casey have had the least interactions with each other.
65	%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Daemona.
66	%% * TheLancer: To Daemona.
67	%% * LittleMissBadass: She's twelve.
68	%% * LittleMissSnarker
69	* NiceGuy: She might be sarcastic and biting, but also very kind and caring.
70	* PersonalityPowers: According to WordOfGod, her telepathy goes along with her having a high emotional IQ.
71	* PinkMeansFeminine: She's the most feminine of the gang, and wears a shirt that's partially pink along with pink sneakers.
72	%% * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Daemona's red.
73	* SassyBlackWoman: A downplayed example but Kira can break out the sass in spades if properly motivated.
74	* ShipTease: Shares some moments with Jericho now and again; she can be shown holding onto him for comfort in "Secrets Exposed!" and in a deleted shot from "Skating The Plank".
75	* TheSmartGuy: Often plays this role alongside Casey.
76	* SourSupporter: In "Haunted Dreams" when she was thinking of quitting the team, and again in "Stall Of Doom" when the gang had to solve a case from one of the girls who flushed her "best techno DJ" award down one of the school toilets.
77	* TechnicolorMagic: Her telepathic waves are rendered in purple.
78	%% * {{Telepathy}}: Her power.
79	* TenMinuteRetirement: She attempts this in "Haunted Dreams" after missing too many DJ gigs and getting her outfits wrecked numerous times while being a PI. At the end of the episode, she realizes how important her job is and doesn't go through with leaving.
80	%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Daemona's tomboy.
81	* TsurimeEyes: Notably the only member of the gang with eyes that style.
82	* VitriolicBestBuds: At times with Daemona. Kira can easily get annoyed with her, but it's also clear that the two girls are easily the closest members of the gang.
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84	!!'''Jericho'''
85	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jericho_7.jpg]]
86
87	-->'''Voiced by:''' Aleksander Kocev (English), Creator/EnzoFortuny (Latin American Spanish)
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89	* BerserkButton: As shown in "Stall Of Doom", Jericho absolutely hates being talked down to or treated like an idiot.
90	* TheBigGuy: The most physical of the gang, getting his red belt in kung fu at the beginning of "The Year of the Snake", and also happens to be the tallest of the gang as well.
91	%% * BookDumb
92	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jericho can have some pretty strange thought patterns at times; he thinks the reason why New Year's is celebrated in China after their New Year's Day is because of the timezone differences.
93	%% * DeadpanSnarker
94	%% * TheDitz: He can have his moments.
95	* HippieParents: Hinted at in "From Egypt, With Love" and confirmed in official press releases, however neither of his parents appear on-screen.
96	* InSeriesNickname: "Jer"
97	* InherentlyFunnyWords: "Sphinx"
98	* KidAppealCharacter: As the most laid back, fun-loving, and carefree member of the gang.
99	* KindheartedSimpleton: He's the ditziest member of the team, but also very sweet and friendly.
100	* MindOverMatter: His power is telekinesis.
101	* MundaneUtility: Official press releases for the show state that he claims he developed telekinesis from being too lazy to do his chores.
102	%% * NiceGuy
103	* OnlyOneName: He isn't given a last name in the series.
104	* PowerGlows: He projects a bright green glow whenever using telekinesis.
105	%% * RedOniBlueOni: The red to Casey's blue
106	%% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Casey's Sensitive Guy.
107	%% * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead
108	%% * SpikyHair
109	* SurferDude: Tends to sound like one at times.
110
111	!!'''Casey'''
112	[[quoteright:287:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/casey_13.jpg]]
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114	-->'''Voiced by:''' Andrew Decker (English), Creator/VictorUgarte (Latin American Spanish)
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116	* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: His mom is gone, and it's unknown what happened to her.
117	%% * BadassBookworm
118	* BookSmart: He's a straight-A student.
119	* BrainyBrunette: He has brown hair and he's the smartest member of the team.
120	* CharacterTics: Casey has a tendency to often hold his hands in front of him, and sometimes behind.
121	%% * CuteBookworm
122	* TheCutie: Very sweet and innocent, and even referred to as being "cute and adorable" by Daemona in "Were-Dog".
123	* DeadpanSnarker: While not as often as the rest of the gang, he can sometimes have his moments. Notably in "Stall Of Doom".
124	* DisguisedInDrag: He disguises as a mermaid briefly in "Skating The Plank".
125	%% * DorkInASweater
126	* EndearinglyDorky: Daemona considers him to be "cute, smart, and adorable" in "Were-Dog".
127	* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: He rarely interacts with Kira.
128	* GeniusSweetTooth: As seen in "Ghosts On Film", he loves candy and pie.
129	* ImpliedLoveInterest: Besides his one-off crush on Terri Chang in "Were-Dog", a few episodes give him some ship tease moments with Daemona. However it's never stated if he has feelings for her or not.
130	* InnocentBlueEyes: To go with his kindness and innocence.
131	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: His attitude when it comes to his more embarrassing transformations, such as when he had to morph into a toilet paper roll to get under a locked door, and his earlier DisguisedInDrag moment.
132	%% * LovableNerd
133	* LuminescentBlush: In "The Fifth PI" after coming out of a clothes hamper with underwear on his head.
134	* MissingMom: While his dad doesn't appear on-screen in the series (nor do any of the gang's parents besides Daemona's), WordOfGod confirmed he only lives with his dad. Whether his mom passed away or his parents are divorced remains unknown.
135	* MorphicResonance: Most forms he shapeshifts into keep the blue and red coloring of his sweater. Some forms even include his hair (or hair color), eyes, and glasses.
136	* NervousWreck: Especially evident in "Were-Dog" as he explains to the gang how he got bit by a werewolf while in his dog form and couldn't morph back, sounding very close to having a panic attack.
137	%% * NiceGuy
138	* OnlyOneName: Like Jericho, he isn't given a last name in the series.
139	* OutOfFocus: Only has one episode where he's the central focus ("Were-Dog") while the rest of the gang had two to three. It doesn't help that the show only had thirteen episodes.
140	%% * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Jericho's red
141	%% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Jericho's Manly Man.
142	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: At times, usually with Jericho asking him to "translate".
143	* ShrinkingViolet: He's the shyest of the gang.
144	%% * SmartPeopleWearGlasses
145	%% * TheSmartGuy
146	* SweetTooth: To the point where he has no problem raiding one of the gang's clients' cupboards without asking.
147	* TemporalSickness: He becomes nauseous in "From Egypt, With Love" from going back in time to ancient Egypt.
148	* VocalEvolution: His voice is lower in the first few episodes. By the second half of the series, his voice started getting higher and squeakier.
149	%% * VoluntaryShapeshifting: His power.
150	* WeightWoe: Averted. He's a bit chubbier than the rest of the gang and is the most insecure of the group, however it's never shown to be part of his insecurities.
151	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: According to official press releases from when the show first aired, Casey's dad is a teacher at his school, but spends so much time helping out other students that he barely has time for his own son.
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153	!!'''Wad'''
154	[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wad.jpg]]
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156	-->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Holman
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158	%% * ButtMonkey: Often.
159	* ForcedTransformation: He was originally a pixie named Tad, but was changed into a chewing gum sprite as punishment for ding-dong ditching the Earth Elemental.
160	%% * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Tends to be this.
161	* KidAppealCharacter: Of the "clown" variety.
162	* MeaningfulName: He's a sentient wad of gum.
163	%% * TheMillstone: For most of "Thank Wad"
164	%% * NonHumanSidekick
165	%% * TheNoseless
166	%% * PluckyComicRelief
167	%% * TeamPet
168
169	!!'''Jinxie'''
170	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jinxie.jpg]]
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172	-->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Holman
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174	* BeleagueredAssistant: To the gang sometimes. "Errand demon for a bunch of adolescent mortals!"
175	* BigEater: Implied in "The Fifth P.I."- "Nothing like an afternoon with food, food, TV, and food."
176	* TheJinx: It's in his name. He is a bad luck demon, after all.
177	* {{Leitmotif}}: Has a short one that plays whenever he shows up.
178	* MeaningfulName: As a bad luck demon, he's a jinx.
179	* MrExposition: He usually explains to the gang about the kinds of monsters they're dealing with.
180	%% * NonHumanSidekick
181	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Only among the main characters- he's the only one that's a hand puppet instead of a stop-motion puppet.
182	%% * TheNoseless
183	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Tends to go between "Jinxy" and "Jinxie"; many fans tend to use the latter spelling as it's what Carl's Jr. used on their toy of him.
184
185	!!'''Professor Felix Navarro'''
186	[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/navarro.jpg]]
187
188	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardCansino
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190	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually very friendly and sweet [[spoiler:but is outright dangerous as a vampire]].
191	%% * BigBrotherMentor: To the gang.
192	%% * BrainyBrunette
193	* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler: He's really around sixty-two, but hasn't physically aged since at least his twenties]].
194	* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: In the fifties, he was the leader of the Phantom Investigators at the time, also consisting of Daemona's grandparents and a fourth member, Willard Plowright. After Willard made a deal with the [=NetherRealm=] to become a vampire, the other three members linked a portal to send him back to the realm, but not before he bit Navarro, thus cursing him to become a vampire. While the totem of spirit control is able to render him human, it also causes him to stop aging, meaning he'll outlive everyone he cares about]].
195	* EyeColorChange: Normally has brown eyes. [[spoiler: Has glowing red eyes without the totem of spirit control]].
196	* FriendToAllChildren: He loves the gang like they're his own kids.
197	%% * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
198	%% * GadgeteerGenius
199	* GratuitousSpanish: Upon realizing he could've just bought raisins at the supermarket instead of making [[AwesomeButImpractical the raisinator]]- "El supermercado! Silly me!"
200	* HairColorDissonance: His hair is dark blue, but representing black.
201	* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: [[spoiler: While he became a vampire around the time he was fifteen, he appears to be in his twenties in the series. It could be possible that it took a few years for his curse to go into full effect. He hasn't aged since the early sixties at the latest]].
202	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the gang. They're twelve; he looks to be somewhere in his twenties [[spoiler:but is actually older than that]].
203	%% * LastNameBasis
204	%% * TheMentor: Toward the [=PIs=].
205	* NiceGuy: A very friendly mentor figure toward the gang.
206	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Looks like he's in his twenties, but is actually around sixty-two as he stopped aging due to being a vampire]].
207	* OutOfFocus: Got the least amount of screentime among the main characters, only appearing in five episodes.
208	* PapaWolf: Generally a low-key example but he's ''very'' protective of the gang.
209	* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:When he doesn't have the totem of spirit control]].
210	* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Notably the only one of the main seven characters who rarely shows up in promotional material and does not appear in the opening sequence.
211	* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: He's shown to be pretty depressed over being immortal and having to see his friends and family pass before him, which eventually is going to include the gang themselves, but keeps up a positive and friendly attitude for the gang.]]
212	%% * TeamDad: Tends to be this to the gang.
213	* TheTeamNormal: [[spoiler: Of the original Phantom Investigators. At least, before he became a vampire.]]
214	%% * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As a vampire.]]
215	* VocalEvolution: Started off with basically the [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin]] voice with a slight Latino accent. His accent became more prominent as the show went on.
216	* WalkingSpoiler: Unfortunately, most of what's known about him wasn't revealed until the final episode (not helping that the series was CutShort).
217
218	!!'''Mary Prune'''
219	[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mary_11.jpg]]
220	[[caption-width-right:288:Mary at fifteen. Note that she was never depicted at her final age onscreen.]]
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222	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaGeeGeorge
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224	* BadassFamily: [[spoiler: She was also a Phantom Investigator as a teenager, just like her granddaughter]].
225	%% * CoolOldLady: Implied to be this in her later years.
226	* HighSchoolSweethearts: "Secrets Exposed!" shows that she and her husband, Harold, had known each other since junior high school.
227	* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Has apparently been watching and protecting Daemona from the Nether Realm ever since Daemona came into her inheritance.]]
228	* PlotTriggeringDeath: The fact that she left her home to Daemona's family and left her ghost detecting tools and books to Daemona was what kicked off the events of the series.
229	* PosthumousCharacter: Had passed away a few years before the series' events take place; Daemona inherited all her books on the supernatural and her ghost detecting tools and gadgets, which kicked off the events of the series.
230	* SmallRoleBigImpact: She died before the series began and her only on-screen appearance was in a flashback. But it's thanks to her leaving Daemona her ghost-hunting tools and gadgets in her will that leads her to forming the Phantom Investigators.
231	* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:The final moments of the last episode revealed that she can contact Daemona through the [=NetherRealm=]. It's implied she would've become this for her had the show not been cancelled after its only season]].
232	%% * {{Telepathy}}: [[spoiler: Her power]].

Context Characters / PhantomInvestigators