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Main Characters
Quincy
- Deadpan Snarker: To everyone, but especially TJ.Quincy: Is head slamming normal for you?
- Defrosting Ice King: Over the course of the story, he goes from being a Jerkass to a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. The first noticeable sign of his defrosting is him swearing off using his private jet in order to have equal footing with the player and TJ in their hunt for the keys. He later willingly heals your Doodles, saying that it "feels kinda nice" and kickstarts the search for TJ after the events of the Arid Mines vault, despite previously disliking him.
- Establishing Character Music: His character theme, "High Society Waltz," is somber and serious, one of the few tracks made mostly of piano. It establishes him as no-nonsense and very rigid.
- Foil: To Suzie. Quincy was born into wealth and has almost anything he could possibly want, but he is brooding and generally unhappy with his life. Suzie, on the other hand, is cheerful and hard to get upset, despite living in poverty for most of her life and being subjected to constant mockery for not enjoying candy.
- Instant Fan Club: Portia makes one for him to replace the lack of attention from his father.
- Pet the Dog:
- He offers to heal your Doodles with his own medicine before you fight Erika, even though he doesn't have to. He even says it "feels kinda nice."
- After TJ goes missing after the Arid Mines vault, he seems genuinely concerned and starts a search for him.
- An NPC inside the house on Route 12 describes how a "blonde boy" saved her from bankruptcy and eviction when she made some poor investments by buying her ranch and letting her keep living in it so long as she takes care of it. She describes said boy as not knowing how to interact with people and rude but with a heart in the right place. When asked why he helped the woman out, the boy "shrugged and said something about how his dad made him angry." The woman's descriptions heavily imply that the one who saved her from homelessness was Quincy.
- Princely Young Man: He might as well be the embodiment of this trope. He's even constantly followed around by his butler Reginald most of the time.
- The Proud Elite: He will never let you forget, not even for a moment, that his dad is DoodleCo's CEO. His disdain for the lower classes is palpable.
- The Rival: He's one to the player. He is constantly in opposition to you, only passing up on keys either because he owes you a favor or you fought over who would challenge the Key Guardian and he lost.
- Signature Mon: His Shelldo, then later Shadark and eventually Horbeast.
TJ (Unmarked Spoilers!)
Click to see him in his von Sweets worker disguise.
A friendly and laid-back yet unlucky boy you meet after first entering Lakewood Town. He lampshades ridiculous happenings quite a bit.
- Establishing Character Music: Played With. He has no overworld theme, establishing him as average and plain. He even complains about this.
- Friendly Rivalry: He has one with the player. Although he says he refuses to stand in their shadow forever, he is on very good terms with them and will always have their back. That is, until a while later...
- Head Desk: He pulls one of these in von Sweetsville by slamming his head into a nearby wall after seeing the player in the help center.
- Left the Background Music On: He once discusses this by complaining that everyone else gets their own signature character music, but he doesn't. (While it's true he has no overworld theme, he does have his own battle theme.)
- Meta Guy: Lampshades anything and everything. Talks about main character luck, character music themes, and more.
- Rival Turned Evil: He starts as a Friendly Rival, but after his status as a universal anomaly is revealed, he slowly turns against you until he becomes a full-on antagonist.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He leaves his friends behind in the DoodleCo Office, heading for Icyridge to get the Frigid key by himself. One of the last things he says to the player and their group is "I think it's time we go our separate ways."
- We Used to Be Friends: At the end of The Oasis chapter of the game, TJ abandons the group to attempt to get the Frigid Key (and all Keys after that) on his own, his rivalry with the others becoming less friendly and more antagonistic.
Suzie
- Book Worm: When looking for the Key Guardian in DoodleCo Academy, she spends the entire time in the library, so much so that she misses the entire story arc of that portion of the game and is forgotten multiple times by TJ and Quincy. Even when looking for TJ after the events of the Arid Mines vault, she checks the library, confirms that TJ isn't there, then goes back to reading, despite the fact that her friend is going through an existential crisis.
- Contrapposto Pose: She stands like this while idle. This is because she uses Roblox's "Bubbly" animation package, and that is how the idle animation stands.
- Establishing Character Music: "Suzie's Theme" is bouncy and upbeat, matching her bubbly personality.
- Eyes Out of Sight: Her eyes are always covered by her bangs. The only way to see them is it you run into a glitch where her hair model comes off her head.
- Foil: To Quincy. Suzie is cheerful and hard to get upset, despite living in poverty for most of her life and being subjected to constant mockery for not enjoying candy. Quincy, on the other hand, was born into wealth and has almost anything he could possibly want, but is brooding and generally unhappy with his life.
- Forgettable Character: Suzie is forgotten multiple times during the DoodleCo Academy arc. Quincy remarked multiple times that he "[couldn't] help but feel we've forgotten about something."
- Girlish Pigtails: Her pigtails are short but visible, and she fits the "Girlish" part of the trope to a T. She has longer pigtails in the back, but since they're gathered below her jaw, they don't count as the trope.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Very sweet and energetic, with an upbeat theme song to boot.
Key Guardians
Key Guardian Nimbus
- The Hermit: He lives alone in Graphite Temple. In fact, even his Tamer Class is "Hermit."
- Heroic Lineage: Like most Key Guardians, he is descended from a hero of the Doodle War hundreds of years ago.
- Meaningful Name: A "nimbus" is a type of cloud. He specializes in Spark-type Doodles, can control the weather, goes by "The Key Guardian of Thunder," and lives alone in a temple on an island in the sky. "Nimbus" fits his whole theme pretty well.
- Shock and Awe: He is a Spark-Type specialist, has the power to create heavy thunderstorms, and guards the Thunderstorm Key.
- Weather Manipulation: Somehow, he has the power to create strong rain and storms around his territory.
Key Guardian von Sweets
- Chubby Chef: He runs a large candy factory and is the only character with a chubby body type.
- Food-Based Superpowers: He is a Food-Type specialist. Only one of his six Doodles is not a Food-Type.
- The Hermit: He lives alone in his candy factory, having never come out even once for years.
- Heroic Lineage: Like most Key Guardians, he is descended from a hero of the Doodle War hundreds of years ago.
- Large and in Charge: He is the mayor of von Sweetsville and runs a large candy company. He also is the only character to have a chubby body type.
- Meaningful Name: His first name, Dulcis, is a Latin name meaning "sweet." His surname provides a more obvious example.
- Repetitive Name: His Meaningful Name makes his full name translate into "sweet of sweets."
Key Guardian Erika
- Cool People Rebel Against Authority: Rebellious, aggressive, and uncooperative. She claims that her after-school club is the only reason she still goes to school.
- Friend of Masked Self: She claims to be a friend of the DoodleCo Academy Key Guardian, and frequently acts as a messenger between them and the party. Little do we know, the Guardian was her all along.
- Heroic Lineage: Like most Key Guardians, she is descended from a hero of the Doodle War hundreds of years ago.
Key Guardian Victor Solis (Unmarked spoilers!)
- Heroic Lineage: Averted. It's actually Zane who is descended from a hero of the Doodle War, but Victor stole the Miracle Key from Zane's father, becoming its guardian instead.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: It appears he gets off scot-free after you beat him and he gives you the Miracle Key, but as soon as you step out of the Oasis Underground, A cutscene starts where he is implied to have been killed at the hands of a Shadow Clan member.
- Meaningful Name: Downplayed. Although the names "Victor" and "Solis" don't particularly have anything to do with Victor as a person, put them together and it sounds like "Sole Victor," which is exactly what he would've been had his plan to trick the Oasis citizens suceeded.
- Villain with Good Publicity: He is the President of Oasis Energy, which supplies everyone that lives in the city with the power they need to live out their daily lives. As a result, he is viewed in a generally favorable light. However, this power was generated via abuse of the Legendary Doodle Zerzura. He also stole the Key that belonged to Zane's family and had a plan to trick the citizens of the Oasis just so he could reap more profits.
Antagonists
Craig
- Black Cloak: His main outfit has him wearing a black hood over his sheriff uniform.
- Dirty Cop: He is the sheriff of Graphite Lodge, attempting to overthrow the mayor using demagoguery and fearmongering.
- In the Hood: He constantly has the hood of his Black Cloak up.
- Ironic Name: The name Craig means something along the lines of "rock" or "from the rocks," derived from the word "crag," meaning "a steep, rugged mass of rock." Cue the irony when Maelzuri traps him inside the Opal Orb.
- Malevolent Masked Man: His mouth is covered with a black bandana, immediately tipping the player off that he's not a good guy if Cassidy's frequent warnings didn't get through the first time.
- The Sheriff: Of Graphite Lodge.
- Small-Town Tyrant: He already has a very powerful negative influence over the people of Graphite Lodge, but if his plot to overthrow the mayor succeeded, it would've solidified his role as the "king" of the town.
Mr. Riffraff/Lucas Rimbaud
- Affably Evil: Even though TJ warns the player that Mr. Riffraff is a highly dangerous wanted criminal, the first thing you see him do is invite an overworked construction worker to his lair to play Roblox and help him beat a difficult boss on a game called Hero Havoc. He also gives you a kind tour around said lair and invites you to stay awhile.
- Benevolent Boss: He loves his minions, Number Two and Number Three, very dearly. Number Three even states that Riffraff gives him a stability that he needs in comparison to the Louis Fanclub.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Before leaving Ellen's office, he reminds everyone present that they don't have permission to call him by his "old name."
- Dreaming of Things to Come: He is hunting down a Doodle that is sending him prophetic dreams. These dreams are so prophetic, in fact, that he realized that TJ wasn't like anyone else only due to the fact that he had never appeared in one of his dreams.
- Duality Motif: His hair is half-black, half-white, split straight down the middle. The motif is further established by the fact that one of his Doodles is a Dramask, a Dark-Light type based on the concepts of tragedy and comedy.
- No Full Name Given: Subverted. When he is first encountered, he is only known by his alias, "Mr. Riffraff." However, a cutscene in the Oasis reveals his real name is Lucas Rimbaud.
The Savior / Zavier
- Badass Longcoat: It doesn't flow dramatically due to the limitations of clothes in the Roblox engine, but his red jacket is very intimidating.
- Bandaged Face: Only his left eye is left unbandaged. It's a wonder how we can clearlyhear him when his mouth is covered with layers of bandages.
- Don't Call Me "Sir": His title that his people gave him is "The Savior." However, in his introduction, he says he doesn't like that, and instead says to call him "Zavier."
- Red Baron: Everyone knows him as simply "The Savior" or "Zavier." Whenever he's mentioned or seen, the player has to mentally prepare themselves for the worst.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: Red jacket, black suit, tried to erase TJ from existence. Enough said.
- Time Master: Because he possesses the Elder's Chronos, he can travel through time, travel between different timelines, and straight-up Ret-Gone some things. note
- Tragic Time Traveler: He hails from an apocalyptic future. He stole The Elder's Chronos to travel back in time and stop DoodleCo from getting their hands on the ten Keys that unseal the force that created that future in the first place. However, he has failed and rewound time over and over and over again, leading to him slowly becoming more aggressive and deranged with each failure until he is eventually willing to simply threaten and kill anyone who gets in his way.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is searching for the ten keys because if DoodleCo gets their hands on them and unlocks the door they go to, it will unleash an apocalyptic force that will cause the horrible future he hails from.
DoodleCo Employees
Charles
- Bald of Authority: He is the CEO of DoodleCo and has no hair, the only character other than von Sweets to be bald.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He appears briefly at the beginning of the game on the television as he talks about how DoodleCo can improve quality of life on the island.
- Parents as People: He has to focus on his company to make a living, even if he is too busy to spend time with Quincy.
Portia Sharpe
- Achievements in Ignorance: Has a female Squed, later Moyai. The Squed line is an all-male species.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Portia's mother is the only known parent of a major character aside from Charles. However, she died before the events of the story in a freak accident.
- Promoted to Playable: When she is trying to get back TJ's wallet from Ruffian Ziggy, you temporarily become her, fighting with her team.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Although it is said she'll never be as good as her mother, she is a brilliant gadgeteer. She is also one of the few major characters to wear glasses.
- Stalker with a Crush: She founded the Quincy Fan Club, follows Quincy everywhere if she can and watches him from afar if she can't, stayed in The Oasis instead of trying to get back home purely because she knew Quincy would go there for the key, and only got TJ's wallet back because it would give her a chance to get close to Quincy. Her dialogue heavily implies she sees Quincy in a romantic light.
David Teneson
- Afro Asskicker: He is ranked as the #2 Tamer in the Doodle Battle League.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: He is a very formidable Doodle Tamer and always wears a black suit. This contrasts him with most other DoodleCo executives, who wear more casual clothing.
- Night-Vision Goggles: His goggles allow him to see in the pitch-black darkness that Reragon creates.
- Signature Mon: His Reragon. His is the only Reragon seen, and he is the only known Tamer that owns one.
Shadow Clan Members
"Inari"
The first member of the Shadow Clan that the Player encounters. Sometimes clumsy, but sometimes brilliant at her job.
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: When encountering Rufus and Inari at the same time in Mister Riffraff's lair, Rufus calls Inari "the girl who thinks they're a ninja," not "the girl who thinks she's a ninja." While it could've been a typo, it could also imply that Inari doesn't think of herself as fully a woman, instead opting for neutral pronouns some of the time.
- Chuunibyou: She is very excited about being a member of the Shadow Clan, to the point where it sometimes affects her competency at being a Shinobi. She often comes across as a teenager or young adult with delusions of grandeur, not a real ninja who takes her job seriously.
- Highly-Visible Ninja: Zig-zagged. Her first appearance is her failing to be stealthy and battling you with the condition that if she wins, you stay quiet about her failure. However, she was able to pickpocket the Opal Orb off of TJ with ease and steal the Stone Key from the Doodle Museum of History.... until she got caught by the museum curator, the Key Guardian.
- McNinja: It's highly unlikely that Inari is actually Asian.
- Meaningful Name: Inari is the Shinto deity of several things, including foxes and worldly success.
- Ninja: As a member of the Shadow Clan, she is a Shinobi by profession.
Sketchvale
Player's Mother
- Ambiguously Absent Parent: Where is her partner, the player's father? It isn't known, and he's never brought up.
- Hands-Off Parenting: After the opening cutscene, she has no other mandatory scenes in which she appears. Sure, you can visit her, but she never tries to get in contact with you on her own.
- Ms. Exposition: She gives you a basic rundown of the plot at the very beginning of the game, although she's reading it off of a poster.
- Parental Obliviousness: She sends you off on your adventure, then never learns about any of the wild shenanigans you get into. Met a notorious criminal? Oblivious. Got your first Key? Oblivious. Been harassed by an evil time-travelling maniac who has threatened and tried to kill you multiple times? Oblivious.
- Parent ex Machina: If you somehow manage to lose a Doodle Battle or black out before reaching Lakewood Town and thus the first Doodle Station, you will be teleported back to her for a heal instead. This also happens if the last doctor you went to is somehow invalid (such as a nurse in an event area which has since been removed).
- Small Parent, Huge Child: If you make your avatar sufficiently large, that is. The player's mother will always look the same no matter what the player themselves looks like. This means you can set your size as large as humanly possible and she will look like a mouse in comparison.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: Try cosplaying as her! All of the assets that make up her model are on the Roblox catalog, meaning it's entirely possible to become a clone of your mother.
- Unnamed Parent: She is simply known as "Mother" or "Mom."
The Professor
- Eternal Employee: No matter what, he'll always be standing at the lab, ready to sell you another starter for 40 Robux.
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: He dons the stock Mon professor outfit, which includes a nice white labcoat.
- Opponent Instruction: He gives you a rundown on how to battle with Doodles shortly after you get your starter.
The Oasis
Kentucky Smith
- Adapted Out: Kenducky, Kentucky's duck sidekick in Hero Havoc, does not appear in Doodle World.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: He even introduces himself as such.Kentucky: I'm Kentucky Smith, archeologist by trade, fighter by heart!
- Living Legend: Suzie has heard of him, and apparently several embellished stories have been spread about him.
- Recurring Element: He makes an appearance in Hero Havoc, Doodle World, and Project Pokémon, all as an archaeologist NPC.
Zane (Unmarked Spoilers!)
- Blue Blood: The Ruined Castle near Route 7 used to belong to his family, meaning he is a prince by birth.
- Heroic Lineage: His father was the guardian of the Miracle Key, meaning his family is descended from a hero of the Doodle War.
- Ornamental Weapon: He has a sword and scabbard hanging from his belt, but he never once uses it, takes it out of its scabbard, or even mentions it.
- Really Royalty Reveal: It isn't known that Zane is technically a prince until the second half of The Oasis story was released.
Minor Characters
Alice
- An Ice Person: As seen when you battle with her team, she is an Ice Type specialist.
- Bully Magnet: Two of her three Help Center Requests revolve around her being bullied.
- Church Lady: She is one of the few known members of the Louis Fanclub. Her mannerisms, such as invoking Louis' name, make it clear she's very active in the club.
- Little Bit Beastly: She sports noticable deer horns. It is unknown if they are an accessory or if they're actually part of her skull.
- Promoted to Playable: During the request "The PvP Club Bully," you temporarily fight with her team. Justified, as she gave her Doodles to you to prove that her team can beat anyone in the right hands.
- Quest Giver: She has at least one Help Center Request per town that has one.
Cassidy
- Adaptational Heroism: In Hero Havoc, another one of wish_z's games, Cassidy is a violent and commanding outlaw. In Doodle World, however, she is a friendly NPC who assists you throughout the Graphite Lodge chapter.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In Hero Havoc, Cassidy will "end anyone who dare goes against her." In Doodle World, she is welcoming and friendly.
- The Bus Came Back: After the Graphite Lodge chapter of the game, Cassidy has no more relevance to the story. However, she makes a reappearance in the Help Center Requests "Mysterious House," "Abandonded Pirate Ship," and "The Cursed Apartment."
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Cassidy is friendly and innocent, in stark contrast to other people who live in Graphite Lodge. Her hair is a very pale blonde.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Her three Help Center Requests all revolve around her and the player going to check out a creepy location, whether it be a strange house in Graphite Lodge, a shipwrecked pirate ship on Route 5, or an apartment in The Oasis which she believes to be cursed. It can be assumed that she has a special interest in these types of locations.
Wayfarer Jack
- Cool Shades: He constantly wears sunglasses, and is intended to be much harder than the rest of the tamers in the game.
- No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction: The reason he set up his Help Center Requests was so that he could finally have a challenge when it came to having Doodle Battles, as he is such a powerful tamer nobody is on his level anymore and he's become bored.
- Sunglasses at Night: His shades are constantly on, even in cloudy areas such as von Sweetsville.
