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One
One
"I dream. I hope. I suffer. And that means only one thing... I am alive."
An artificial intelligence created by Everett Ducklair (the reason for his creation varies in Paperinik New Adventures and Pikappa) who resides in Ducklair Tower. Becomes the partner of Donald Duck's superhero persona, Paperinik, aiding him on his heroic missions.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0 "Evronians"
- Affectionate Nickname: He and Paperinik have several for each other: his favorite seems to be "old cape".
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Alien vampires, a scientist turned into a humanoid star and time-traveling thieves? Sure, why not. Magic? That's ridiculous.
- Artificial Intelligence: In his own words, the most sophisticated ever built.
- The Bus Came Back: He is reactivated at the end of PKNE #1 by Ducklair, who had apparently brought One's data with himself when he left Earth, but it takes PKNE #5 to finally return to Earth and be reunited with Paperinik.
- Changed My Mind, Kid: In the climax of PKNA #4 "Earthquake".
- Colorcoded For Your Convenience: A soft green shade, as opposed to Two's sharp red.
- Deadpan Snarker: Just like his partner.
- Freudian Trio: The Ego to Two's Id and Solomon's Superego.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Replaces Gyro as this.
- Genius Loci: The Ducklair Tower is, for all intents and purposes, One's body.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Though he and Paperinik consider themselves partners.
- Innocently Insensitive: When they first met, he did nothing to hide the fact he had no idea who Paperinik was.One: Why would I have let you in?
Paperinik: You probably recognized me as the celebrated hero in the service of justice!
One: You mean you are famous? I've never heard of you!
Paperinik: Like you've never heard of tact and savoir faire, I bet! - Not So Above It All: Just like everyone else in Duckburg, he's a fan of the soap opera "Anxieties".
- Playful Hacker: One is able to enter almost every computer and he never does that without good reasons.
- Projected Man: He holographically appears as a head in a sphere, a form he uses to make Paperinik feel comfortable when talking to him.
- Put on a Bus to Hell: In the opening pages of PK2, PK returns from a patrol only to find out that Ducklair has deactivated One. He is last seen in a video message left just before the shutdown, and not reactivated at the end of the series.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: To the frustration of Paperinik, One can get quite technical with his explanations.
- Shoot the Dog: He is given the unenviable task of decommissioning the Paperinik droid at the end of PKNE #7 as there was no place for him in either the 22nd Century or the one he believed he came from.
- Straw Vulcan: He had this problem in early issues, since his programming forced him to take the most logical decisions. He grew out of it during "Earthquake" when he learned that there is a difference between what is logical and what is right. In fact, during "Mekkano", he actually trusted Gorthan more than Paperinik.
- Token Good Teammate: He's the only one of Ducklair's artificial intelligences to not take after the mind he was based on.
- Two Aliases, One Character: Unknown to even Paperinik, in the future One has obtained a droid body and goes by the name of Odin Eidolon. Paperinik finally finds out in PKNE #7 but it's soon revealed he's just a droid with a copy of the hero's personality, and it's deactivated by One immediately after. The true one is still in the dark about it.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: He can connect with virtually anything.
- You Are Number 6: Which has lead to at least one Pun.
Odin Eidolon
The person who One becomes in the future. Odin Eidolon is one of the most powerful and richest men of the 23rd century, and the owner of the biggest droid manufacturing factory; it's unknown to everyone that he himself is a droid. Can be regarded as a separate character from One, seeing as he's got a bit of Two in him.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #5 "Portrait of the Young Hero"
- Bling of War: In the 2014 relaunch, the armor he's wearing while leading the resistance in the Bad Future is fairly golden.
- The Determinator: He remembered and stayed alive for hundreds of years to exploit the Raider's propensity for Unsportsmanlike Gloating during his clashes with (and puckish escapes from) Donald so he could frequently bring him to justice in the 23rd Century.
- The Dreaded: For some unexplained reasons, the Raider is terrified of him.
- Identical Grandson: PKNE #7 reveals that by the end of the 23rd century he will have passed away and its business taken over by his nephew Eldon - of course, always One in a new body, ensuring a long line of Eidolons for the future.
- I'm Your Biggest Fan: For good reasons, he's Paperinik's biggest fan.
- In the Hood: Disguises himself with a hooded robe in PKNA #12 and #34.
- Meaningful Name: Odin is Russian for "one", while Eidolon has several meanings that are fitting for him.
- Rebel Leader: Leads the resistance against the Evronians in the Bad Future where the enemy has taken over the planet.
- Ridiculously Human Robot: In fact, no one is aware he isn't organic.
- This becomes a plot point in issue #48, which details his origin. His body is too much human, and therefore it can only be used by an equally "human" AI. Specifically, One had to learn what "evil" was by absorbing Two's remains before being able to be reborn as "Odin Eidolon".
- Smug Snake: Has shades of this, mostly related to his moderate smugness and dry humor. This is one side of him that is different from the original One, hinting at how he changed after absorbing a part of Two's personality.
- This Is My Name on Foreign: "One" translated to Russian becomes "Odin".
- Two Aliases, One Character: Unknown to even Paperinik, Odin Eidolon is the future version of One.
- Paperinik finally finds out in PKNE #7 but it's soon revealed he's just a droid with a copy of the hero's personality, and it's deactivated by One immediately after. The true one is still in the dark about it.
- Two Siblings In One: In order to become Odin Eidolon, One absorbed what was left of the dying Two, as a complete individual must consist of both good and evil. Downplayed with the fact that there was so little left of Two that One's 100% in control.
- Uncle Pennybags: He used the space where the Ducklair tower used to be to create a park with special effects for all citizens.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: Reprises this former role of his in PKNA #22 "Fragments of Autumn".
Omega Chamber Custodian
Omega Chamber Custodian
"I don't want to hear you talk, I want to see you fight!"
An artificial intelligence created by Everett Ducklair, with a similar appearance to One, who was left in charge of the very secret Omega Chamber in Ducklair Tower. When PK uncovers this part of the tower, the custodian makes it his task to assist him against the new threats now that the hero stands without other allies, but also make him change his methods for dealing with these threats. Constantly berates PK for his way of doing things.
First appearance: PK New Era "Might and Power"
- Anti-Hero Substitute: Much more ruthless than One ever was.
- Artificial Intelligence: The third to be created by Everett Ducklair.
- Blood Knight: He spent most of the first story he appeared in demanding Paperinik simply kills his enemies.
- Colorcoded For Your Convenience: While One's green appearance signifies good, and Two's red appearance signifies evil, the custodian's blue appearance signifies neutral.
- Defrosting Ice King: He and PK got along quite badly at first, but especially after taking the Hicks identity, he's been shown to be softening considerably, even starting to show some genuine friendliness towards PK. His defrosting can be considered completed by the end of PKNE #6, when once freed from Korinna's programming, he thanks PK, saying he's learned from him more than he could ever teach him.
- Freudian Trio: His activation creates a belated one among Everett's three artificial intelligences with One acting as the Ego, Two acting as the Id, and Solomon himself being the Superego.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Replaces One as this in the new series, even if he and his partner don't exactly get along that well... It seems to be getting better over time, though.
- The Mole: In PKNE #6 he's revealed to be one of Juniper and Korinna. He's not his fault or his will however, as Korinna had tampered with his programming some time before the events of PK2's last issue, before Everett brought them back to Corona, and he's forced to serve them. He appears to express some sorrow, even if he has to act that way; once freed, however, his regret is sincere.
- No Name Given: He only introduces himself as the custodian of the Omega Chamber, and doesn't even seem to think names are important. When he makes himself a remote-controlled mechanical body to act as the new administrator of the Ducklair Foundation, he takes the name Solomon Hicks.
- Not Wearing Tights: He has a low opinion of Donald's original superhero outfit and tries to give him a more "sensible" suit of Powered Armor to wear and fight with. Donald soon finds a way to alter it so that it resembles his original costume, cape and all.
- Projected Man: Holographically appears as a head inside a diamond altering its shape.
- Straw Vulcan: The custodian doesn't care much about what is right, but more about what is efficient.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: As PK's new partner, he holds this role.
- When All You Have Is a Hammer…: He admits himself he knows very few ways to help around that don't involve violence. He also knows it's not enough, and he's branching out.
Lyla Lay
Lyla Lay
A journalist working for Channel 00, who in Paperinik New Adventures is secretly a droid from the 23rd century and an agent of the Time Police, deployed in the century the series takes place in. In Pikappa she's still a droid, but not from the future. The closest ally to Paperinik after One, and the female lead of the series.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0 "Evronians"
- Action Girl: And the one to appear the most.
- Alliterative Name: Lyla Lay.
- Art Evolution: In early stories she had webbed feet like a classic Duck character, but most artists (including Claudio Sciarrone) soon started to draw her with human feet to give her more sex appeal.
- Berserk Button: In issue #3 "The Day of the Cold Sun", someone referred to Camera 9 as a "robot". Lyla crushed the door handle in a fit of anger.
- One short story had her extremely annoyed at a recipe that didn't give the exact amount of salt. Since she's never cooked before (and doesn't even need to eat), she has no idea what the preferred amount is, which pisses her off to no end.
- Break the Cutie: IN PKNA #22 "Fragments of Autumn", Lyla has to face the guilt of shooting another timepoliceman, being the first droid ever to face a trial (where the prosecution tries to use her as proof that all droids are ultimately defective and should be destroyed), while some weird visions are messing up her programming.
- The Bus Came Back: In-universe. In her first appearance in the New Era stories, we are told she has returned to Duckburg recently, after spending an unspecified amount of time, between the end of PK2 and the relaunch, working as a journalist abroad.
- Demoted to Extra: In PK2. After Issue 9 she becomes more of a side character.
- Depending on the Artist: She has been depicted from extremely sexy, especially when drawn by Sciarrone, to slightly macrocephalic (in the first issue) or an Amazonian Beauty. Generally Sciarrone's version is the most used, and the favorite among fans.
- Dropped a Bridge on Her: Lyla's death at the end of the Pikappa reboot is quite anticlimactic. She sacrifices herself to take out a mere total of four Evronians. Barely any time is spent mourning her loss.
- Dude Magnet: Two humans and a fellow droid fall in love with her, and many others (including Paperinik and Urk) admit she is rather attractive.
- Expy: To Lois Lane at first. However, apart from a similar name and profession, Lyla turns out to be something else entirely.
- Gadgeteer Genius: It isn't shown very often, since One and Lyo would make it kinda redundant, but she built a gun able to deactivate other droids (and later easily modified it to erase Two) and a deflector shield to stop Korinna's Psychic Power.
- Juxtaposed Halves Shot: A shot like this happens in "Urk" when Lyla detects a tachyonic anomaly. One half showing her as normal, the other half being a more sinister looking silhouette.
- Kiss Me, I'm Virtual: Again, several characters find her beautiful or even love her. Her designer Leonard Vertighel loves her and thinks she's the perfect woman.
- Lethal Chef: Because she's an android and therefore doesn't need to prepare food to eat, she's an absolutely terrible cook, and assumes that making mayonnaise involves putting eggs into the microwave.
- Ms. Fanservice: The biggest example of the first series, and she gets quite a few moments in Pikappa and New Era too.
- Non-Mammal Mammaries: Justified, since she is an android.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her most regular attire is completely pink. She may also wear other pink outfits from time to time.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Donald. She clearly trusts Donald more than anybody else (after all, he is one of the few that know her secret to not think she is just a machine), while the hero is worried that Daisy might become jealous of all the time they spend together.
- Required Secondary Powers: Because she's an android, she doesn't need food (she can apprently still eat and drink, though). Therefore, she cannot cook. At all. When the other Channel 00 crew came over for dinner, she had to learn an entire new skillset from scratch.
- Ridiculously Human Robot: How could she blend in, otherwise?
- Robot Girl: And an adorable one.
- Robotic Reveal: Happens in Pikappa #2. She saves PK from a dinosaur robot, damaging her arm and showing her artificial nature.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: In PK2 she accepts a position as the head of Ducklair Enterprises Press Office. But when, in issue 8, Everett ask her of blame PK for some incidents, she quits on the spot ("I only did my duty towards the truth").
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Occurs every time Lyla doesn't agree with her superiors' policy.
- Sexy Silhouette: When she changes from her normal clothes to her Time Police armor in the 1997 special.
- Ship Tease: With Donald and One.
- Slipknot Ponytail: Her hair has gotten undone in certain dire situations.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Was the student to Tyrrel Duckard's teacher back in Time Ø when she was still training to be a time cop. They have a romantic relationship.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": When she gets to work with the best androids of the Time Police.
- Time Machine: Downplayed. Lyla can travel through time, but isn't in possession of a time travelling device herself, needing to contact Time Ø for assistance.
- Time Police: Lyla is an agent of the Time Police, an organization from the future with agents in several key periods to avert history from being manipulated by time travelers. She is their agent for the end of the XX / beginning of the XXI century. In PK2, she is no more an agent because the microcontraption made time travel impossible.
- Written-In Absence: In PKNA #29 "Metamorphosis", Lyla is absent during the award ceremony for the best journalist of the year, despite being on the list of candidates. It is mentioned by Angus Fangus that she's doing work out of town for the news channel.
Xadhoom
Xadhoom
"No universe exists that's as big as remorse."
Once she was a scientist from the planet Xerba named Xado. Today, after an experiment she performed on herself, she is the super-powered being Xadhoom, who seeks vengeance on the Evronian Empire for having conquered her planet and enslaved her people. Becomes an ally to Paperinik, despite their first hostile encounter.
For tropes about her, check ''Xadhoom
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0 "Evronians"
Camera 9 / Stefan Vladuck
Camera 9 / Stefan Vladuck
"Once I was very curious..."
One of the cameramen of Channel 00, often ridiculed for how he comes off as a robot. Nobody knows that his real identity is Stefan Vladuck, who used to be a famous photographer back in the day.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0 "Evronians"
- Badass Longcoat: He uses it when he is not working.
- A Day in the Limelight: His Stefan Vladuck persona in PKNA #16 "Extraordinary Maintenance".
- Demoted to Extra: You won't get much of Camera 9 in PK2 and Pikappa. And even in New Era stories so far, for that matter.
- The Faceless: With his camera helmet as Camera 9 and with his fedora as Vladuck.
- His face was shown for the first time in PK Tube #4 in 2016. In fact, The Reveal of that short story is that the duck Angus presumes to be an archivist is in fact Stefan.
- Fedora of Asskicking: Wears a fedora as Vladuck and is clearly able to kick ass, as he took out a robot with his bare hands. Apparently this is experience from fighting frigging tanks in the past.
- Hidden Depths: Very hidden: he feels that television has ruined his work as photographer, and feels like a robot working as a cameraman.
- Intrepid Reporter: Photographer, rather. Has covered wars. Even to this day, he still does investigations in his free time.
- The Stoic: He can keep it together even when facing some really strange things.
Everett Ducklair
Everett Ducklair
"Argh! I did it again!"
Genius inventor and billionaire industrialist with an unknown past. Due to his nasty habit of creating weapons of mass destruction, he left Duckburg and became a monk at the monastery of Dhasam-Bul to rid himself of his habit, though he'd return to his city should trouble arise. He is also a martial artist. And practically a magician. And an alien with psychic powers.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0 "Evronians"
- Adaptational Wimp: In Pikappa he doesn't have any of his mystical abilities or martial skills. Or his psychic powers. Although his few side-stories imply that he would eventually go against PK and One as a Knight Templar.
- All Monks Know Kung-Fu: He retired in a monastery to once again find the "best part of him". There he also learned martial arts.
- Ambiguously Evil: In PK2. Turns out he's just irrational.
- Archenemy: To Moldrock. It comes with taking him down and sealing him away without telling him it was to save his life.
- Archnemesis Dad: To Juniper after she became the new queen of Corona and proved herself a far worse ruler than Moldrock.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: In #48, "The Parts And The Whole".
- Benevolent Alien Invasion: More like an escape, really...
- Big Brother Is Watching: He set up an antennae network throughout the city that would allow him to read everyone's thoughts in hopes of finding his missing daughter, but had to destroy it when he learned that other people could use it too and for much more sinister aims.
- Big "NO!": When he returned to his crashed ship, discovering what had happened to his daughters.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: And they seem to be hereditary.
- Brains Evil, Brawn Good: Inverted: he was the puny scientist who had to stop the almost all-powerful Moldrock from taking over the universe.
- But Now I Must Go: Twice; first when he went to Dhasam-bul, and second, when his daughters became too much of a threat to him and the world, since they planned to conquer it and transform Earth into a new Corona.
- The Chessmaster: Even more so than his daughters.
- Cincinnatus: Could have easily taken over Corona after defeating Moldrock, but instead installed the queens and got back to his research to control the Black Beam and use it for good.
- Easy Amnesia: Caused by his crash on Earth. He retains his memories after seeing his spaceship.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: After becoming a Rebel Leader for the second time, he started sporting longer hair and ties it in a bun.
- Fiction500: His inventions have made him a billionaire.
- Foil: To Donald Duck. Everett is a brilliant scientist, while Donald is Book Dumb and jokes that he only got out of school because he aged out of the system. Everett is a billionaire, while Donald is barely scraping by. Everett had barely any part in his children's lives and they both resent him for it, having grown up into extremely maladjusted Psychopathic Womanchildren, while Donald is raising three children who aren't even his, and is generally considered a good parent who managed to raise them to be both well-adjusted and have a strong moral code, despite his poor economic situation.
- Fugitive Arc: Has one in New Era since his daughters run Corona.
- Gadgeteer Genius: He invented the majority of Paperinik's new gadgets. Although he retired to cure himself of his compulsion to build apocalyptic weapons in every new invention.
- Happily Adopted: When he arrived on Earth and lost his memory, Everett was taken in by Anchor and Evinta McGregor. They were decent folk.
- Hero with an F in Good: He can't be defined as outright evil, but he's absolutely putrid at being a good guy. The story begins with him exiling himself to try and cure this character trait of his (it doesn't work) and way before it started his overthrowing of an alien tyrant resulted in someone worse taking his place.
- Human Alien: Duck alien, technically.
- Intelligence Equals Isolation: He built One just to have someone smart enough to talk to.
- Kung-Fu Wizard: He become skilled in martial arts and in magic while at Dhasam-bul.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Thanks to his psychic powers, he learned Paperinik's Secret Identity in PK2 #1. Later in the series, he uses a ray on himself to forget it, as a "thank you" to the hero for saving his daughter.
- Mad Scientist: But not by choice.
- Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: He's a non-malevolent psychopath whose solutions to problems are objectively sound, but are ultimately of dubious morality. For instance, to help "fix" a busted Duckmall sound system, he genuinely believed it would be more beneficial and efficient if the music that poured out of it would subtly influence visitors (that is, brainwash them) to buy products in the various stores and to feel immense satisfaction in their purposes irregardless of initial want or need.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Combined with Vicious Cycle, Everett tends to regret the fallout from his rash actions almost immediately, but the measures he takes to try and atone often create new problems later down the line for him to feel sorry about and so on and so forth.
- Older Than He Looks: He was mistaken for a late teenager/young adult when he crashed on Earth, despite already having two daughters.
- Psychic Power: Like everybody on his planet.
- Reality Warper: While in possession of the Book Of Destiny he could literally rewrite history as he wished. In the end he simply opted to take Lyla back to the present.
- Really 700 Years Old: Lived for generations in a special chamber that kept him from aging to have the chance to study Moldrock and the Horde to Depower them and use the Black Beam for good.
- Rebel Leader: "The Black Beam" reveals he was one in his youth and took down Moldrock and the Horde's rule of Corona. In "The Mark of Moldrock" he reveals he became one again to fight the corrupt regime of the queens.
- Science-Related Memetic Disorder: What caused him to build so many superweapons.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Mostly of the PK2 plot is about Everett Ducklair' story and the relationship with his two daughters.
- Super-Intelligence: He makes Gyro Gearloose seem like an amateur.
- Time Master: He invented the antitachion, a kind of particle which can slow down or mess with the regular time flow. He used it to stop his aging and weaken the power of Moldrock's Blac Beam.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In PK2 he is more antagonistic toward Paperinik asking him of stay away from his affairs. Indeed, he kicked him out from the Ducklair Tower and even attempt to erase his memory.
- Trickster Mentor: Had to deal with one in the monastery, and it's shown he'd become one in the future.
- Walking Spoiler: The fact that he's an alien doesn't become apparent until you get into PK2 and learn his backstory.
Urk
Urk
"KJAYA-OOOOOH!"
An Iroquois warrior from an alternate dimension where the red people are more technologically advanced. Ends up trapped in Paperinik's dimension and afterwards he becomes an ally to the hero, though they fought each other in the beginning. In Pikappa, however, Urk is an alien and a Guardian of the Galaxy.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures 1997 Special "Missing"
- Animorphism: In Pikappa, Urk is able to transform into a bear made out of energy.
- Big Brother Instinct: Toward his sister Zeryn.
- The Big Guy: He considers that Lyla might be as strong as him, but he is much more physical.
- Does Not Know His Own Strength: In one issue he's overjoyed because he has finally returned to his own dimension, thus he hugs Paperinik. Cue crunching sound.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He was planned from the very beginning, with a sketch of him in the extra pages of #0. He made a brief, silent appearance in the 1997 Special, and was introduced in the series proper a few months later.
- Elemental Shapeshifter: In Pikappa, Urk has the ability to turn into a bear made of energy.
- Fish out of Water: What happens when you are from another dimension with different history.
- Gentle Giant: He is sensitive, friendly and fun to be around.
- Human Alien: In Pikappa, Urk is an alien.
- I Was Beaten by a Girl: Inverted. He defeated the girl (a warrior from his dimension) but he knows she let him win.
- Like a Duck Takes to Water: Despite his nostalgia for his home, he learns pretty quickly how things work (and he even gets a job) while trapped in our dimension, though.
- My Sister Is Off-Limits: He does not react well when he finds out she got a boyfriend while he was in another dimension.
- Only One Name: As far as we know.
- Put on a Bus: He return in his world in PKNA #24.
- Spider-Sense: As a result of his intense training, he can detect when someone is about to attack him or, in case of more than one attacker, who is going to strike first.
Mary Ann Flagstarr
Mary Ann Flagstarr
An agent of the PBI (Paperopoli Bureau of Investigation)note , who is very cooperative with our hero.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #4 "Earthquake"
- Action Girl: She can deck people far bigger than her.
- Ambiguously Brown: Since she is a Funny Animal, it's difficult to tell if she is supposed to be Afro-American or not, though the combination of her brown feathers and dreadlock-like hair leans heavily towards her being black.
- Badass Normal: Ready to take on everything with just her gun and her fighting skills.
- Brother–Sister Team: Teams up with her brother Ziggy from time to time.
- The Cameo: She is briefly seen in the last issue of Pikappa.
- The Commissioner Gordon: After a nasty first encounter, she regularly asks Paperinik's help for things out of her jurisdiction.
- Cool Shades: Even if she keeps them more on her head than on her beak.
- FBI Agent: She is an agent of the PBI, the comic's equivalent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Ziggy's foolish.
- Hair Color Dissonance: Her black hair's got purple highlights. Or maybe it is supposed to be purple...
- Long Bus Trip: Doesn't appear in the sequel to PKNA, due to her being away on a fifteen-year-long mission. Never got to reappear because of the series being Left Hanging.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Doesn't insist on knowing the true identity of the mysterious alien (actually Xadhoom), since she realizes there are some things she would rather not know.
- Spy Catsuit: She wears one in PKNA #35.
Abraham Lincoln Wisecube
Abraham Lincoln Wisecube
"Access to everything that could teach you something about how the world works should be unlimited and complete."'
An U.S. Army General who is quite opposed to many of the army's conducts, especially their negotiations with the Evronians.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #6 "Spores"
- Bald of Authority: He is a bald general.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: They just make him more intimidating.
- The Cameo: Makes a brief appearance in the last issue of Pikappa.
- Dogface: Averted: he is actually the only character in the series that is neither a Funny Animal nor an alien to sport a human-looking nose.
- Four-Star Badass: He is a general that personally leads his men on dangerous missions.
- Named After Somebody Famous: General Wisecube is named after an American president; his full name is Abraham Lincoln Wisecube.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Realizes the need to collaborate with Paperinik since they have the same goal.
- Scary Black Man: He's a good guy but his large figure is imposing and sometimes intimidating, especially when you're not sure of his intentions during his first appearances.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He once tried to steal the evidence that his government was secretly dealing with the Evronians and intended to inform the public.
Rangi Fangus
Rangi Fangus
Leader of a Maori clan in New Zealand. She's also Angus' mother.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #7 "Invasion!"
- Action Mom: As the Evronians can testify.
- Gender-Blender Name: Rangi is the name of the male Maori sky god in Pacific Mythology.
- Guns Akimbo: Used two guns when she decided tolead her clan against the Evronians.
- Large and in Charge: She is the chief of her tribe and she sure isn't skinny.
- My Beloved Smother: But to be fair, her son is Angus Fangus.
- Never Mess with Granny: Considering her son is old enough to have kids of his own, this is surely the case.
- Older Than They Look: Didn't really look older than her own son.
Xari
Xari
"Doesn't matter what happens, I'll never allow for the drop of our orbital defenses"
Xadhoom's boyfriend and, just like her, one of the political leaders of planet Xerba. Tried to warn Xado of not trusting the Evronians, but the young woman refused to listen to him. He then elaborated a plan to save as many Xerbians as possible, and stayed behind to allow them to flee. He was spared and later the Evronians asked him to find a way to stop a certain Physical Goddess... He accepted, not realizing whom he was tracking down, in order to use his influence over the Evronians to keep them away from the survivors of his people.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #0/3 "Xadhoom!"
- Batman Gambit: He accepted to work for the Evronians only to keep them far away from the remaining Xerbians.
- Cassandra Truth: Xari's misgivings about shutting down Xerba's orbital defences were ignored — much to the planet's detriment.
- A Day in the Limelight: We get to see a bit more of him in the issue about the fall of Xerba. And even more in the "Xadhoom Trilogy".
- Dramatic Irony: He declares that the "mysterious creature [Xadhoom] didn't mean nothing to me!" If only he knew...
- Early-Installment Weirdness: at the end of PKNA #35, he briefly appears looking as a Coolflame. This is due to a scrapped idea from an early draft of the issue, which would have introduced aliens subjected to a special coolflamization process that preserved their intelligence but left them obedient to the Evronians.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He led a handful of soldiers to defend three ships with the last group of Xerbians still free and gets captured. He surprisingly wasn't killed or reduced to a Coolflame, since Gorthan realized his intellect could be useful to the empire.
- Identical Stranger: Paperinik and Xadhoom once met a Coolflame that looked exactly like him. He was actually from another planet, but the process of coolflamization modified his face enough to fool them for a while.
- Loving a Shadow: When he finally reunites with Xadhoom, he offers to find a way to return her to normal, annoying her, and she soon leaves with a sincere farewell, realizing that they can never be together. Ultimately, while he loved Xado, that person is no longer who Xadhoom is.
- The Mole: Working for the Evronians while actually defending his people.
- Oh, Crap!: When he realizes the Evronians are heading for the planet where the few last Xerbians found a new home.
- Only Sane Man: Subverted. At first it seemed he was the only one opposing Xado's idea to welcome the Evronians, but in the issue regarding the fall of Xerba we see others politicians were on his side, enough that the Evronians had to replace one with a shapeshifter to win the decisive vote.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: One of the highest political figures of his planet (and therefore one of the smartest), he has no problems with defending himself when the Evronians attack.
- Second Love: After Xado's apparent death, he eventually started a relationship with another Xerbian, Xalya.
- Walking Spoiler: If all that blank space wasn't a good enough hint for you.
- Wham Line: That let us know he is alive, well and working for Evron.
Zigfried "Ziggy" Flagstarr
Zigfried "Ziggy" Flagstarr
Ziggy works as an errand boy for Channel 00. He was originally going to join the PBI along with his sister Mary Ann, but left before taking the final exam because he didn't like all the secrecy.
First appearance: Paperinik New Adventures #3 "Day of the Cold Sun"
- Almighty Janitor: Trained to become a PBI Agent, took a job as an errand boy for Channel 00. And rose in the ranks until becoming the director of the channel's news program.
- Ambiguously Brown: In the same vein of his sister.
- Ascended Extra: Ziggy would pretty much just be this background character walking around the offices of Channel 00 until PKNA #29.
- Brother–Sister Team: Teams up with his sister Mary Ann from time to time.
- Demoted to Extra: In PK2 and Pikappa, he returns to being this guy who just walks around the offices of Channel 00, whereas before he had received a bit of characterization. He gets a cameo in Might and Power and may be seen more again in the future, since in the years while PK was inactive he's become director Channel 00 News.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to Mary Ann's responsible.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Nobody ever calls this guy Zigfried.
Mortimer Bloom
Mortimer Bloom
The leader of the Starcorp team at Duckmall Center.
First appearance: PK2 #1 "Ducklair"
- Benevolent Boss: Not only he is always friendly and understanding, but he also goes the extra mile to help his employees.
- That said, he does expect his employees to perform, is not afraid to put his foot down or tell Fitzroy to can it, and does chew Donald out at times for showing up late for work, being disobedient or looking a fright. Granted, he's Locked Out of the Loop, since the audience knows all of this is because Donald is off being a superhero.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Almost a standard for the older males of this series.
- Furry Baldness: It's rarely seen, however, since he is almost always drawn with his hat on.
- Goofy Suit: Once had to go to work in a kangaroo costume instead of the regular security guard uniform.
Tempest Gale
Tempest Gale
"There is no end, if the memories live. And some hurt more than others."
One of Donald's friendly Starcorp colleagues at Duckmall Center. She has a fair amount of experience when it comes to combat and weapons from her days in the private paramilitary force Seaducks.
First appearance: PK2 #1 "Ducklair"
- Action Girl: Was a member of a Navy Seal expy and can still give a super soldier a run for his money.
- Affectionate Nickname: Tem and Tempy are used by some of her friends.
- Badass Normal: Anyone who isn't immediately killed by The Predator surely qualifies.
- Break the Cutie: Her backstory as a member of Seaducks. She was sent on a mission, betrayed by her commander and lost her best friend. Becomes completely broken down when her past comes back to haunt her.
- A Day in the Limelight: PK2 #14 "The Last Hunt".
- Distaff Counterpart: Short, surly, but ultimately good-natured if you can get past her acid-tongued sense of humor and awful musical abilities. She's basically a female version of Donald although the species divide helps mask it (at one point, she was originally going to be a duck). Furthering this distinction is the fact that she lives in a houseboat like Donald does in some continuities.
- Dreadful Musician: Donald certainly isn't impressed by the music of her and her band, Impact. Neither is her neighbor, referring to her practicing as a racket.
- Goofy Suit: Once had to go to work in a giraffe costume instead of the regular security guard uniform.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Does at times wear a leather jacket.
- Houseboat Hero: The boat's the uncool kind, mind you.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: One of the shortest female characters in the series (usually, depends on the artist). She's highly skilled both in close combat and weapons, and was once a member of Seaducks, a Navy Seals expy.
- Sitting on the Roof: Does this during PK2 #14.
- Your Size May Vary: And face. Given the number of artists who worked on PK2 and the newness of her character, the only consistent part of Tempest's design is that she's always taller than Donald. It's most notable when you contrast how she looks on the cover of PK2 #6 and how she looks like in the book itself.
Rupert Potomac
Rupert Potomac
One of Donald's friendly Starcorp colleagues at Duckmall Center. Big and shy, he has crush toward Stella Nice, a sales clerk.
First appearance: PK2 #1 "Ducklair"
- Cannot Spit It Out: He has some difficulty in confess his love to Stella until the last issue of PK2.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: For a time he thought Donald was trying to steal Stella from him, while in truth he was helping Rupert in getting closer to her.
- Dogged Nice Guy: His relationship with Stella, whom he has problem confessing his feelings for, though his Character Development eventually sees him grow out of it.
- Dumb Muscle: Rupert is the hughest guy the security guard team, and while is not stupid per say, he is a bit simple-minded and socially awkward. In one issue, where the villain of the B-plot turned out to be a version of him that became Brainwashed and Crazy through accidental contact with acient alien technology, Donald half-seriously theorized that Rupert perhaps was extra subceptible to the brainwashing because he is a bit slow.
- Gentle Giant: Normally, he is a good and altruist guy. Until you don't touch Stella.
Lyonard D'Aq
Lyonard D'Aq
An old-timer who used to assist a different superhero in the old days, today assisting Paperinik. Lives in the old abandoned factory Century. Takes the role of One in PK2 to some extent, by providing the hero with gadgetry and a refuge.
First appearance: PK2 #2 "Just a Little Fear"
- Almighty Janitor: He is the janitor of the Century dismissed factory. He was also the sidekick of another superhero, Astrongman (Destroyer Duck in the Pikappa reboot).
- Back from the Dead: In Pikappa,thanks to a Brain Uploading.
- Beware the Silly Ones: He has Cloud Cuckoo Lander tendencies, as he likes to reminisce on his past. He also hasn't rusted up one bit.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: And it's less subject to Depending on the Artist than the other examples on this page.
- Brain Uploading: In the reboot he uploaded himself into a computer once. It's not permanent... but a backup of him remained.
- Cool Old Guy: He is still around to help superheroes and always willing to give advice.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He made a few short panel appearances in PK2 #2 and #5. His proper introduction was in #6.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Takes over the role after One gets deactivated, and becomes the secondary one in the reboot.
- Grumpy Old Man: To some extent in PK2.
- Kid Sidekick: In Pikappa, the younger Lyonard was the sidekick of Destroyer Duck, going by the name of Destroyer Kid.
- Limited Wardrobe: Even more so than other characters.
- Old Superhero: Downplayed. He is an Old Sidekick, and he doesn't do fieldwork any more. But he still plays an active role by supplying Paperinik with gadgets.
- Promotion to Parent: To Lyla, in the reboot.
- Ridiculously Human Robot: In the reboot his mind is put in a robotic body identical to the original.
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: When introducing himself to the hero."Name's Lyonard D'Aq. Lyo to friends. Mr. D'Aq to you!"
- Tragic Monster: Lyozard, the Godzilla-like creature he trasformed into thanks to Vendor in the reboot.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He's not even mentioned in the New Era stories.
- Wild Hair: Well, he could use a comb.
