Characters from the Cleopatra in Space cartoon.
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Main Characters
In General
- Badass Adorable: All of them are pretty cute in their own ways, but special mention goes to Khensu, who is a cat.
- Gender-Equal Ensemble: When Khensu is part of the team.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The crew are made up of a reckless Princess from Ancient Egypt, an energetic fish girl, a neurotic cyborg, and a talking cat.
- Secret-Keeper: Khensu, Akila and Brian when it comes to Cleopatra coming from ancient Egypt.
- Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World: Literally, Cleopatra randomly gets sent one day to the future where she has to save not just the day, but the world, all while living an average life as a teenager in high school.
Cleopatra Philopator VII
Voiced by: Lilimar Hernandez
The hero of the story, a 15-year-old princess from Ancient Egypt who was transported 30,000 years into the future.
- Action Girl: Extremely skilled at combat.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Has a massive crush on Zaid Antonius, who is the school's "bad boy". In Pirates she gets a crush on the pirate queen Amsaja, showing she wants bad girls as well.
- Ambiguously Bi: She has a clear crush on Zaid, but is also seen gushing over Yosira and kisses Akila on the mouth. Later she states she has a crush on Amsaja, confirming this.
- Artistic License – History: She has very little in common with the real Cleopatra VII, mainly in the way her original home life is depicted: for example, when Cleopatra was 15 she lived in Rome. Also she is depicted as an only child, but actually had several brothers and sisters.
- The Chosen One: Foretold by prophecy, and over 30,000 years ago the god Ra left a disturbingly accurate picture of Cleopatra on Dargham, where the UTA Tablet was safeguarded. However the prophecy remains incompletely translated, so no one really knows what Cleopatra is supposed to do. Despite this, people have invested all their hopes and dreams into her defeating Octavian.
- Dying Declaration of Love: "Pirates" has her repeatedly fantasizing about, as it's put, "going out in a romantic blaze of glory".
- Fish out of Temporal Water: She's an ancient Egyptian who gets sent 30,000 years into the future.
- Idiot Hero: She is rather Book Dumb and makes little effort to study, and is reckless, but gets the job done.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While Cleopatra is self centered, hot headed, and impulsive, she's also a brave and loyal person who will do anything to protect those she loves.
- Living Battery: She has the ability to absorb and store power.
- Oblivious to Love: She is clueless to Gozi's crush on her.
- One-Man Army: Easily one of the best fighters in the series so far.
- Shipper on Deck: Nudges Brian to ask out Akila.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: In episode 2, Cleo personalizes her school uniform to something closer to what she was used in Egypt, which essentially consist in removing the sleeve parts, baring her shoulders and arms..
- Stock Shōnen Hero: She ticks off most of the tropes of this archetype, being a hot headed, book dumb, determined hero who relies on the power of friendship and has energy-based powers.
- Tomboy Princess: She was the princess of Egypt, and enjoys rough and tumble fighting.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She enjoys combat training and anything that involves fighting. She also gushes over cute things and likes dressing up in fancy dresses for special occasions.
- You Are in Command Now: In the first season finale, she evacuates the Academy and the students before Octavian can get them, and flees into space. While she is only 15, and the teachers should outrank her, Khensu points out she was the one who took control in the crisis and got them away. Also they all know she is the Chosen One.
Akila Theoris
Voiced by: Katie Crown
A pink-eyed fish girl from another planet and the first of Cleopatra's teammates.- Adaptational Species Change: Akila goes from a human girl in the comics to a fish-like alien girl in the show.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Despite disliking Zaid for his personality, she can't help but admit he's handsome.
- Ear Fins: Akila, her mothers, and other Vevosonians (the series' take on Fish People) have fins or gills in place of ears.
- Embarrassing Middle Name: Her middle name is Cleopatra. She never told Cleo because it would be weird.
- Extreme Doormat: Is this in "Akila Says No" where her inability to say no causes her to be overworked with chores.
- Fish People: Has some features, although doesn't seem to need water.
- Genki Girl: She is sweet and energetic.
- Green-Skinned Space Babe: Blue skin in this case.
- Oblivious to Love: Didn't realize Brian had a crush on her, until Cleo claimed that Everyone Can See It to her.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In "Vacation" Cleo notes that she sees less perky than normal. This is because her parents were giving more attention to Cleo than her.
- Shipper on Deck: Was one for Brian and Cleo when she thought he had a crush on her.
Brian Bell
Voiced by: Jorge Diaz
A Cyborg teenage boy.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: While he is just as neurotic as in the comics, he is also less grouchy and more friendly.
- Cowardly Lion: He's often afraid of going on missions, but pulls through to save the day.
- Dark and Troubled Past: While he has worked his best to put it behind him, he grew up in troubled city with thieves and lowlifes. Then something unexplained happened to his body, requiring his brain be put into a cybernetic one.
- Endearingly Dorky: As Cleo states, "Akila likes her Brians dorky".
- Gadgeteer Genius: Creates many different devices over the course of the show.
- Insistent Terminology: He is a cyborg, not a robot.
- Made of Iron: Literally, since he is a cyborg. He is more durable than the rest of the cast.
- Man in the Machine: The only part of his original body intact is his brain.
- Nervous Wreck: Is constantly freaking out with all the danger he's put in, and even uses a breathing bag.
- No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Even Octavian considers him the most advanced cyborg he has ever seen, but no one has managed to duplicate the technology Brian was built from. Partially subverted in that his body's creator, Doctor Queed, is still alive, if insane.
- Technobabble: Routinely uses this when describing technology.
- Telescoping Robot: His limbs and neck are able to stretch.
- The Smart Guy: He's a dorky inventor.
Khensu Kasaar
Voiced by: Sendhil Ramamurthy
An intelligent, long-eared cat with the ability to speak, serving the leader of the group, and a teacher at P.Y.R.A.M.I.D.
- Alien Arts Are Appreciated: Enjoys watching an alien soap opera despite not understanding the language.
- Badass Bookworm: Despite being a teacher and academic, he is still a fearsome fighter when called for.
- Camp Straight: He has a female love interest, but otherwise he acts in extremely camp ways, from specific manneirisms to liking romantic works. Then again the "straight" part might be debatable considering he has a crush on Brian in "Cyrano".
- Only Sane Man: Is the most level headed of the group.
- Smoke Out: Uses these to comedic effect in "Girls' Night Out", to repeatedly escape from awkward conversations.
- Stern Teacher: Although with the fate of the galaxy at risk, and Cleopatra's impulsiveness, who can blame him.
Mihos
A ferret-like alien found on the planet Kenyu.
- Amplified Animal Aptitude: Is intelligent enough to understand the crew despite not being able to talk.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He uses himself as bait to capture a mole crab.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Not even Khensu can resist his cuteness.
- Team Pet: Is this to the team.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: He falls in love with a slug-like alien who's considerably bigger than him.
P.Y.R.A.M.I.D.
In General
- Academy of Adventure: A School where the students are trained in space exploration and combat, which is often the target of Octavian.
- Mildly Military: While training kids to become soldiers in the war against Octavian, and has cadets do a lot of dangerous missions, it is also very much a high school, and with a lot of recreational activities.
- Space Cadet Academy: The School trains students to fight in space.
Administrant Khepra (Spoilers)
Voiced by: Sumalee Montano
The leader of the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. council.
- A Day in the Limelight: While "Girls' Night Out" focuses on mostly the female characters, she gets the most focus and development.
- Anti-Villain: Believes from P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. projects that they cannot win the war, even with Cleopatra's help (if anything her arrival has made the odds worse), while millions die in the process. So she reasons that helping Octavian win will save far more lives than keeping the war going. She does this fully aware she will likely receive no reward for this.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Octavian imprisons her despite her helping him. However, she didn't expect anything else, since she knows how much she despises him.
- Walking Spoiler: Not only is she Kensu's mother, she betrayed P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. to Octavian.
Callie
Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren
A popular girl at school, and Cleopatra's academic rival.
- Academic Alpha Bitch: Highly cares for her grades and status as the top student.
- Canon Foreigner: She is a character exclusive to the series.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Callie when it comes to Ancient Egypt, though its not really her fault as almost all information for that time has been destroyed.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She slightly warms up to Cleo after "Partners", although she's still rude to her.
Dennis
- Cowardly Lion: Originally he is scared of anything and everything, although Brian as his mentor presumably helps tamp this down. By the time of his combat midterm, and the first season finale, he is willing to fight for his friends.
- Gentle Giant
- Mildly Military: Despite being at a military academy, Denis is probably the least military student attending. When push comes to shove though, he steps up when the Academy is attacked.
- Stealthy Colossus: Easily the biggest guy at the Academy, yet in "Ladies Night Out," able to sneak around perfectly undetected. Cleo and Khensu not only fail to notice he is in the room with them, they forget he is even there! He repeats sneaking around several more times, telling Cleo the secret is making his mind a blank.
- Super-Strength: Can punch right through a Xerx and tear it in half.
Zaid Antonius (Spoilers)
Voiced by: Xolo Maridueña
- Anti-Villain: He's only working for Octavian because his parents were held hostage.
- Composite Character: Is one of Zaid Zarberi and Antony from the comics, being one of Cleo's classmates who's a rebel, while also working for Octavian.
- Everyone Has Standards: He ultimately refuses to turn Cleopatra in, and surrenders.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he has a "bad boy" personality, and is a spy working for Octavian, he deeply cares about his parents and refuses to let any harm come to Cleopatra.
- Put on a Bus: In "My Best Friend, Mihos", he is banished from the academy, severely reducing his appearances throughout the rest of the season.
- Walking Spoiler: The fact that he's a spy for Octavian.
Philo
Voiced by: Gunnar Sizemore
A student at P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. Cleo is instructed to tutor. They have a lot in common, which only causes friction.
- Composite Character: Uses Zaid Zarberi's character design, but otherwise has a different name, role, and personality.
- Delinquent Hair: Has a Mohawk.
- Too Much Alike: Cleo has difficulty mentoring him because he's an impulsive, easily distracted rebel like her.
Nile Galaxy Residents
Pharaoh Yosira
Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren
The Pharaoh of the Nile Galaxy, and overall leader of P.Y.R.A.M.I.D.
- Action Girl: And learning surprisingly quick from Cleo.
- Damsel in Distress: At the end of Season 1, she sacrifices herself so Cleopatra and Zaid escape. While the remainder of the Academy escapes, Yosira is unfortunately left behind in Octavian's custody.
- Good Is Not Soft: Is a capable combatant in her own right. Also, when dealing with people who were blackmailed into trying to assassinate her, she helps beat them up, offers them a second chance and P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. protection...and makes very clear this is their last chance.
- Rebellious Princess: Well, Rebellious Pharaoh, and a discrete one for all that she will dump her stuffy robes at the first opportunity. She has Cleopatra secretly come to give her combat lessons, and sneaks out to do a mission with her as well.
- The Smart Guy: Has excellent plans when she goes into the field with Cleopatra. In the end she decides her place is back in the capital coming up with more ideas and plans.
- Spoiled Sweet: She is wealthy and powerful, but also an absolute sweetheart.
Doctor Queed
Voiced by: Paul Rugg
A former doctor at P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. and an acquaintance of Khensu. He was kicked out for being insufferable. He created Brian's cyborg body.- Absent-Minded Professor: Emphasis on the "Absent minded".
- Canon Foreigner: He is a character exclusive to the animated series.
- Character Catchphrase: "UNCANNY SCIENTIFIC BRILLIANCE!"
- Ditzy Genius: Is quite the Cloudcuckoolander, but has made great inventions.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Designed Brian's body, possibly the most advanced cyborg body of all, as well as a plethora of other inventions.
- Insufferable Genius: Can't shut up about his "UNCANNY SCIENTIFIC BRILLIANCE!"
- Maker of Monsters: Created a giant ice spider monster for the heck of it.
- Vetinari Job Security: P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. fired him because he was too insane for them to handle. Except then the entire Academy contracts a lethal disease, and he is brought back as the only one who can save them all. Which he gleefully lampshades. Afterwards he seems to stick around given how he has his own lab.
Debbie
Voiced by: Candi Milo
A sentient planet made from "Megamorphic Rock".
- Genius Loci: Being a living planet.
- Gilded Cage: Creates this for the team.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: She doesn't interact with many people due to being a planet.
- Lotus-Eater Machine: Accomplishes this without actually manipulating their minds. She uses the rock to transform into the team's greatest desires.
- Rock Monster: Her avatars are this.
- Telepathy: Has some version of this, being able to sense the team's greatest desires.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: At the end she gets drone that allows her to visit P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. and becomes friend with fellow planet, Omnia.
- Yandere: A platonic version. She refuses to let Cleo's team off her so she won't have to be alone.
Theoda and Pothina
Theoda voiced by: Cissy Jones
Pothina voiced by: Kari Wahlgren
- Adaptational Sexuality: Akila's parents in the comics were a heterosexual couple. Here they are lesbians.
- Adaptational Species Change: Like their daughter, they become Fish People.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: The treat Akila like a little kid and give a lot of attention to Cleo.
- Doomed Hometown: Their planet was conquered by Octavian sometime before the series.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Ki-ki for Akila.
- Good Parents: Are ultimately this, depite Akila being jealous that they're spending time with Cleo. They offer themselves to be eaten by a snake in her place.
Villains
Octavian's forces
Octavian
Voiced by: Jonathan Kite
The main antagonist of the show.
- Adaptational Comic Relief: Was a dead-serious villain in the comics. Here, he has many comedic moments.
- Adaptational Ugliness: Played with. In the comics his look was the case of thousands of years of decay and Body Horror, while in the show he gets zapped as a teenager and immediately gets ugly. He looks much more desiccated here while the comics version at least maintains a degree of majesty.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: The Emperor is the most dangerous warrior in the series in his own right, with tens of thousands of years of experience, immortality, and an incredibly powerful sword.
- Badass Cape: Claims he has a "total evil guy cape".
- Big Bad Friend: He is actually Gozi, Cleo's old friend. He doesn't actually hate Cleo and genuinely wants her to help him take over the galaxy.
- Combat Tentacles: Has several tentacles on his lower torso he uses to fight with.
- Cool Sword: Has a Kopesh, an Egyptian sickle-sword, that glows green.
- Dark Is Evil: A Mummy in dark armor who also has a Khopesh that shoots out black light.
- The Dreaded: Despite his hammy nature, he remains this very much so.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When Cleo is draining his life force he tearfully exclaims that he was her friend.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Genuinely does not understand while Cleo and all the others in the galaxy oppose him as the peace and safety his tyranny offers.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Has a rather low voice and is the main villain of the show.
- Hobbes Was Right: Believes that people are idiots who need control in order to function.
- Immortal Immaturity: He's 30,000 years old but has a juvenile personality.
- Large Ham: Generally how he talks.
- Laughably Evil: Has many silly quirks, and enjoys doing his "evil laugh" alone.
- Lighter and Softer: His origin story. In the comic, living thousands of years basically broke him, on top of a lot of other trauma. Here, he rose from a slave to a ruthless pirate king, and came to conclude regular people were too stupid to take care of themselves.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Claims he can't be killed. In "Rescue" he's blown up and crashes into a planet with the only damage being his armor. He even remarks that he was decapitated once.
- Pet the Dog: Is touched that Cleo kept his slingshot.
- Really 700 Years Old: Over 30,000 years old!
- Skull for a Head: It goes with his "mummy" motif.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Claims that he's bringing peace to the galaxy.
Xerxs
Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker
The robotic footsoldiers of Octavian's empire.
- Adaptational Species Change: They were orc-like creatures in the comic. Here they are robots, although Assecula, Octavian's right-hand man, resembles the comic's Xerx more.
- Mecha-Mooks: Robots that work for Octavian.
- Mook Maker: There's a space station that manufactures the Xerx. It gets blown up in "Xerx Works".
- Ray Gun: Have these mounted in their hands.
- Too Dumb to Live: The Xerxs pass information and orders between each other, but if their signals are blocked, then they are individually incredibly gullible morons.
- What Measure Is a Mook?: They seem to have limited autonomy but are otherwise just robots controlled by Octavian, and get routinely smashed and blown up.
Dittobot
Voiced by: Xolo Maridueña (as Zaid)
A shape-shifting robot that Octavian sends to P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. to capture Cleo.
- Killed Off for Real: Is presumably killed by Cleo.
- Ray Gun: Has the ability to turn its hands into these.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Has this ability.
The Osirans
Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren (Urteko, Bobbi, Terawat), Candi Milo (Wodger, Nekkles)
A gang in Hykosis city that works for Octavian and held Zaid's parents hostage.
- Amazon Brigade: Not that it's noticeable at first, but all of them are women.
- Beast Man: They are all anthropomorphic animals (except Wodger who is just a fish).
- Mobile Fishbowl: From episode "Rescue!", Wodger is a fish alien swimming in a fishbowl atop a robotic body. When said robotic body is blown up, the surviving fishbowl is shown to be perfectly round with no visible opening.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: They all have eyelashes, the only indicator that they're female besides the voices.
Cyrano
Voiced by: Greg Cipes
An artificial intelligence app that Brian downloads to become more "cool". It backfires when Cyrano takes over Brian's body.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: He befriends Brian, only to betray him.
- Fate Worse than Death: Brian traps him in a video game.
- Grand Theft Me: What he tries to do to Brian.
Other Villains
Space Scavengers
Voiced by: Ace Gibson (Dave), Kari Wahlgren (Marigold Heads), Marieve Herington (Damaris and Jane-2000E)
A group of space scavengers, who weren't cut out to be pirates.
- Cannot Tell a Lie: Jane-2000E, to the annoyance of the others, as it can ruin their plots.
- The Dragon: Dave used to be this to Octavian, but the latter eventually threw him out of an airlock.
- Didn't Think This Through: Dave's plan to trade Cleo for money to Octavian is quickly shredded when Cleo points out that Octavian would remove the luxuries Dave would want the money for anyways.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite Dave claiming he has no friends or loved ones, he has great affection for his pet slug, Precious.
- Gass Hole: Precious is 'quite' flatulent for its size, and has three anuses, two on its back and one on the end of its tail. In its initial appearance, it even raises its tail to do it right in the face of Damaris, and in a later appearance, farts in a sequence from front to back when in love. The scavengers in general also don't hold it in, as Damaris and the big slug thing demonstrate on first meeting Cleo.
- Robosexual: One of the two Marigold Heads really, really likes Brian's hardware.
- Scullery Maid: Apparently the only thing the space scavengers can think of for what to do with prisoners they don't have a plan to sell off.
- Space Pirates: But not officially, as they aren't good enough to be proper ones. They still manage to be somewhat of a threat when they kidnap Cleo.
- Starfish Language: Precious can apparently use its farts to communicate full sentences to Dave.
- We Can Rule Together: Dave tries to pull this with Cleo. It actually starts to work at the beginning, until he reminds her of the unsanitary conditions they live under.
Simon
Voiced by: Rhys Darby
A giant snake Akila finds in Snakey Hallow, the deadliest forest in Planet Chios.
- Abusive Parents: Claims to have eaten his children, although it's unknown if he was telling the truth or just trolling. We see smaller snakes team up with him.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Is nice to Akila, and claims he wants to help her with her parental issues. Turns out he just wanted to eat all of them.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Black is his predominant color, with reddish-orange scutes.
- Snakes Are Sinister: Initially seems to avert this and acts kind to Akila, but reveals that he wants to eat her.
Space Pirates
Voiced by: Kimberly Brooks (Amsaja), Candi Milo (Ostea), Andrew Morgadl (Cyborg Dwayne)
A pirate crew made up of Queen Amsaja, Ostea, and Cyborg Dwayne. And Boop.- Always Someone Better: Cyborg Dwayne is a superior Cyborg to Brian.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Cleo explicitly says that she has a crush on Amsaja, and she certainly had fun messing with her.
- Hates Being Nicknamed: Cyborg Dwayne dislikes being called Cyborg Dwayne.Cyborg Dwayne: And you don't need to call me Cyborg Dwayne. It's just Dwayne. I don't call you Biological Organism Amsaja, m'kay?
- Similar Squad: They look like the main team except with different color schemes.
Ancient Egypt
King Ptolemy
Voiced by: Sendhil Ramamurthy
The Pharaoh of Egypt, and Cleo's father.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, the pharaoh was mostly absent from Cleo's life to the point where he never appears in person and he places too much responsibility on her. In the show, he makes time for her and is more reassuring.
- Ascended Extra: He barely exists in the graphic novels despite other characters mentioning him, but appears in the first episode and a few other times like in Cleo's dreams.
- Good Parents: He cares about Cleo's future and treats her well.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Downplayed, but he happily puts on his late wife's wig.
Gozi
Voiced by: Karan Brar
Cleo's childhood friend who has an unrequited crush on her.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He isn't seen wearing one.
