Characters in the podcast The Bridge (2016).
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Watchtower 10 Crew
Henrietta 'Etta' Perrault
Henrietta 'Etta' Perrault
- Voiced by Alex Brown
- Admiring the Abomination: If Bob counts as an abomination.
- A Friend in Need
- Allergic to Routine
- Badass Adorable
- Dark and Troubled Past: Her mother went missing and she is the only (known) survivor of a catastrophe.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Refuses to let anyone call her Henrietta to the point where it seems that most of the crew did not know it was her real name until after Percy and Nora revealed it.
- Foil: To Roger.
- Hidden Depths: She comes across as quite sweet and scatterbrained, but episodes focused on her past show a whole other side to her.
- It's All My Fault: She blames herself for the POSEIDON attack, believing that she led them there. It doesn't help that Roger seems to at least partially blame her as well (despite keeping information about the past attacks from the rest of the crew and sharing some of the blame).
- Missing Mom: The concierge
- Nephewism: She was raised by her aunt after her mother disappeared.
- Nightmare Fetishist
- Parental Abandonment: Her mother went missing, believed to be dead, when she was nine, though she may still be alive somewhere on the Bridge. We never find out what happened to her father.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red Oni to Roger's Blue Oni.
- The Storyteller
- Took a Level in Cynic: She used to see the world as a beautiful place but her terrible childhood has caused her to become more cynical.
Kate Burnham
Kate Burnham
- Voiced by Liz Hull
- Action Girl
- Big Damn Heroes: Alongside Bertie in Oops! Part 2. Though they aren't quite fast enough to prevent Roger getting stabbed...
- Code Name: Kraken.
- Damsel out of Distress
- Deadpan Snarker: So. Much.
- Genre Savvy: "Haven't you ever seen a horror movie? That's what they want us to do."
- Number Two: Takes over command of the Watchtower after Roger gets stabbed.
Bertrand 'Bertie' Renard
Bertrand 'Bertie' Renard
- Voiced by David Picariello
- Big Damn Heroes: Alongside Kate in Oops! Part 2. Though they aren't quite fast enough to prevent Roger getting stabbed...
- Dark and Troubled Past: His parents died when he was a teenager and he watched his fiancé die.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Only lets Etta call him Bertrand and seems particularly upset when Bollard uses his full name, insisting that she's not allowed to call him that.
- The Heart
- Hidden Badass
- Nice Guy
- Parental Abandonment: Both his parents died a few days before his seventeenth birthday.
- Percussive Therapy: In Oops! Part 2.
- Super Gullible: Actually believed Bollard's obviously false explanation for why she could call the Watchtower.
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Bertie knows that Etta's not alright because she called him Bertie instead of Bertrand.
Roger Kaplan
Roger Kaplan
- Voiced by Chris Martin
- Accidental Pun: "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it." He is immediately very ashamed of himself.
- The Chains of Commanding
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Particularly in Please Pardon Our Mess when Bertie worries about his stab wound but Roger insists that it's fine.
- Foil: To Etta.
- Geek:
Word of God has confirmed that he's the nerdiest of the Watchtower crew. - Immortality Seeker: It seems very likely that this is part of his backstory (though whether or not he received it is still up in the air).
- It's All My Fault: Clearly feels this way about whatever happened with his past crew.
- The Leader
- No Sense of Humor: Very rarely laughs, with the notable exceptions of Oops Part 2 and Please Pardon Our Mess. Both times he laughs in those episodes however, he is immediately punished by pain from his recent stitches.
- Only Sane Employee
- Perpetual Frowner
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Etta's Red Oni.
- The Strategist: He's the one coming up with the plans for how to get them out of trouble. He acknowledges this as being part of why he's in charge.
- Survivor Guilt: He seems to have a lot of this from whatever happened involving his last crew and the unknown "you" from Mystery Science... Whatever.
Bob
Bob
- Adorable Abomination: Although he has no set appearance yet, Bob is undeniably adorable.
- Eldritch Abomination
- Team Pet
The Hunt Club
Frank Hayward
Frank Hayward
- Voiced by Salim Razawi
- Innocently Insensitive: So much. Just... So much.
- The Team Wannabe
POSEIDON
Nora
Nora
- Voiced by Danielle Wood
- Ceiling Cling: Kate suggests that Nora may be doing this in Oops! Part 2.
- Code Name: Hawser.
- The Fundamentalist
- Only One Name: Since Nora is most likely not her real name, she has no need for a surname.
Percy
Percy
- Voiced by James Turner
- Break Them by Talking: Does this to Etta in Oops! Part 2. The slap in the face that follows it is very satisfying.
- Code Name: Hawser.
- The Fundamentalist
- The Gadfly: There isn't a single character he hasn't tried to provoke... Yet.
- Only One Name: Since Percy is most likely not his real name, he has no need for a surname.
- Torment by Annoyance
Bollard
Bollard
- Voiced by Jen Ellision
- Code Name: Bollard appears to be this.
- Meaningful Name: A bollard is a post on a ship or wharf to which a ship's rope can be tied. Or other words, a bollard keeps the ship secure and stops it from drifting. Bollard seems to play a similar role in POSEIDON.
Challenger Deep
Challenger Deep
- Voiced by Rebecca Mahoney
- Code Name: Her real name (or any actual name) is as of yet unknown.
- With Us or Against Us: "Whether through action or inaction, that blood is on your hands." Hoo boy.
Other Characters
Persnickety Pete
Persnickety Pete
The Fiancé
The Fiancé
- The Lost Lenore: Her death leads her fiancé to abandon the rest of his life in favour of checking the Botanical Gardens for a message from her. This (likely) leads to his death.
Siren
Siren
- Code Name: Siren. We don't know her actual name yet.
