Gates Warwas and Livvy Jones
Best friends who belong to a school Robotics club. They attempt to build a robot in order to win an important contest, with disastrous unforeseen consequences.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: Livvy has a number of dreams warning her that Francine the robot is trouble. Later Gates starts having them too, although they're probably just caused by him worrying.
- The Klutz: Livvy often trips over and once almost crushed Gates by dropping their heavy robot on him.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: When Livvy decides to break into her parents' lab (something they warned her never to do) to find out the truth about what's going on with them and Francine.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Livvy is much more outspoken and daring than the gentle, easily scared Gates.
- Nervous Wreck: Gates worries a lot and panics easily, often at minor things.
- Not a Morning Person: Gates did not appreciate it when Livvy woke him at 6am.
- Stubborn Hair: Livvy describes Gates as having this.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Livvy's convinced she is the only person who can beat Chaz in the contest, which he wins every year.
- Ridiculously Human Robots: Everyone else finds it creepy that Livvy built a robot that looks human and gave it a human name. She's not fazed. Her parents and housekeeper turn out to be even more convincingly human-looking robots.
- Science Hero: They are both skilled with robotics and Livvy aspires to be a scientist like her parents.
- Tuckerization: Gates is named after a boy whose parents won a charity auction to name a character in the story.
- We Used to Be Friends: Livvy was friends with a girl named Sara, until Sara ditched her for popular bully Rosa.
