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HeroTV
A Reality TV production group owned by Apollon Media under their Hero Business Division whose selling points are superhero based media programs; which includes daily news broadcasts, live broadcasts of First League superhero crime fights in sportscast style, audit hero points, and run commentary programs in discussing superhero performance.The production staff of HeroTV also serves as Mission Control for Sternbild's superheroes, with lead producer Agnes Joubert holding the rights to assign missions to specific superheroes.
General
- Color Motif: HeroTV's uniform color is yellow, which are mainly designed as breaker jackets. Mario also wore yellow suits as his presentation outfit.
- Critical Staffing Shortage: HeroTV's major crisis during The Rising, where they went through a severe
budget shortage period since the arrest of Albert Maverick; leading to the few surviving central staff needing to pick up random stories to shoot. Such as interviewing the introverted cat lady feeding a huge pack of street cats.
Agnes Joubert
Click to see her prior to S2
Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (JP), Tara Platt (EN)
The producer for HeroTV. Her top priority is to increase the show's ratings and please her boss and the sponsors, regardless of its impact on the heroes' work.
- Big Beautiful Woman: She gains a fair amount of weight between Tiger & Bunny: The Rising and Season 2; which Ryan, who’s been away during this period, took notice.
- Big Damn Heroes: Broadcasts Maverick's unwitting Engineered Public Confession to the world. And mocks him while doing it.
- Catchphrase: "Bonjour, hero(es)!"
- Color-Coded Eyes: Green eyes to further emphasize her exotic nature.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Actually averts this — while she does everything to get the show better ratings, she still has honest morals.
- Da Chief: To the heroes, though with...slightly different priorities compared to the typical example.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- Even she didn't want to air Jake's brutal beating of Tiger.
- Despite wanting heroes to save their heroics for the camera, she gradually focuses more on people getting saved and is more accepting of the fact.
- Everyone Looks Sexier if French
- French Jerk: She can be pretty mean sometimes.
- Formerly Fit: She gains a noticeable amount of weight between the first and second season, apparently as a result of stress-eating due to the pressure she's under as the new head of HeroTV post-Maverick being exposed.
- Mean Boss: She's domineering, rather bossy, and usually barking orders at her co-workers. Her behavior can sometimes extend past her job.
- Ms. Fanservice: Big breasts, long legs, hot skirt... yeah, she fits.
- Ship Tease: Despite her looks and style, gets just one with Barnaby when he saves her from one of the kidnappers in Episode 9. There was a clearly noticeable moment right after when she couldn't take her eyes off his face (and he was awfully close to her).
- Took a Level in Kindness:
- Much less short-tempered and aggressive near the end of Season 1 and throughout Season 2.
- She takes the initiative with Maverick to form a Second League after the defeat of Jake, which is much less showy than the main cast and not aired, but allows aspiring heroes to deal with minor crimes and can possibly be promoted to First League. When The Rising sees its dissolution, she's incredibly upset and fights to have it restored as soon as possible.
- Workaholic: She only seems to care about ways to improve ratings.
Mario
Voiced by: Shinichirou Ohta (JP), Daran Norris (EN)
The Announcer for HeroTV.
- The Announcer: Mario is the sportscaster of live superhero crime-fights, interviewer of superheroes, and the announcer for superhero-based banquets and ceremonies.
- Combat Commentator: One of Mario jobs is to sportscast live superhero crime-fights for HeroTV.
- Large Ham: Comes with being a superhero sportscaster.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Ghostbusters-era Harold Ramis.
Cain Morris, Mary Rose, & Orlando Cooper
Voiced by:
[Cain] Kiyoshi Katsunuma (JP), Keith Silverstein (EN)
[Mary] Riho Fushida (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)
The core production staff of HeroTV; Cain is the Director, Mary is the Switcher, and Orlando is the Camera Operator.
- The Internet Is for Porn: When Barnaby closes his Ouroboros research of from his computer browser as HeroTV's documentary crew follows him around, Cain assumed Barnaby was hiding his online Porn Stash, and asks for recommendations; much to Barnaby's amusement.
Sternbild Second League Heroes
Members: Ms. Violet, Sumo Thunder, Chopman, and Bombeman
In light of NEXT superheroes growing in demand after the case of Jake Martinez in S1 Episode 13, HeroTV formed a second tier of heroes tasked in taking care of minor criminal arrests while saving the heavier crimes for the First League heroes. As this tier of heroes aren't the focus on HeroTV, they are allowed to have members with less than effective powers.
In light of NEXT superheroes growing in demand after the case of Jake Martinez in S1 Episode 13, HeroTV formed a second tier of heroes tasked in taking care of minor criminal arrests while saving the heavier crimes for the First League heroes. As this tier of heroes aren't the focus on HeroTV, they are allowed to have members with less than effective powers.
- Ascended Extra: Downplayed, but they do get a small but important role in The Rising.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Chopman's ability to enlarge body parts makes him the only hero with an offensive ability, but he forgets to take the environment into account and ends up restricting his own attacks and movements.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: The Second Leaguers do not appear in Season 2.
- Crippling Overspecialization: Bombeman's power is... to breathe underwater, and that's it. While he could be considered effective in the water, the fact that he has no abilities out of it means he's pretty much a normal human.
- Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Played With, as they do get paid, but their salary is folds lower than First Leagues.
- Informed Attribute: Played for Laughs. Ms. Violet claims her poison nails can immobilize those she's hit, but it only causes some mild itchiness at best.
- The Smurfette Principle: Ms. Violet is the only girl hero shown amongst the group.
- Super Zeroes: They are, at the very least genuinely heroic people who try their best to be heroes. Unfortunately, they are considered to be lame and barely effective.
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: All of their powers are circumstantial at best. Even Chopman who arguably has the most effective power out of the lot, finds himself being hindered quite easily.
Apollon Media
Corporate Center
Albert Maverick
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Fukuda (JP), Jamieson Price (EN)
President and CEO of Apollon Media. Maverick was a longtime associate of the Brooks family, and took Barnaby in after his parents were murdered.
- Big Bad: Of Season 1, being both the murderer of Barnaby's parents and a powerful figure involved with Ouroboros.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: To the public, he's the benefactor of superheroes worldwide. In reality, he's a power-hungry manipulator.
- Broken Pedestal: Barnaby saw him as a father after the death of his parents. He's shattered when he finds out that the man he believed to be his loving guardian was the one who murdered his parents, altered his memories to cover up the crime and took advantage of his desire for revenge to mold him into a marketable superhero.
- Butterfly of Death and Rebirth: Has a prominent one on his tie right around when he gets revealed as the Big Bad. Makes sense, as he's continually "killing" and replacing other people's memories.
- Complexity Addiction: He makes one attempt to drug Kotetsu for an easy memory edit, which fails because Kotetsu leaves without drinking the coffee. Rather than just try again later (which would be easily arranged because he's Kotetsu's trusted employer), Maverick puts together a plan that requires him to edit the memory of everyone who knows Kotetsu's secret identity, wipe all paper and digital records of him, and then plaster his face all over the city as a wanted man. As you do.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He's actually a member of Ourobouros.
- The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: He may have originally created HeroTV to promote NEXT rights and keep the city safe and prosperous, but if so, that rapidly took a back seat to the lure of money and power.
- Driven to Suicide: Follows the spirit if not the letter - during his arrest, he opts to wipe his own mind, leaving himself a drooling vegetable, rather than give away anything about Ouroboros.
- Elephant in the Living Room: Maverick's most obvious facial feature is a large bump between his eyebrows. No one mentions this, ever. Kaede even describes him as an old man with glasses and a necktie, which isn't exactly a narrow demographic. However, Kotetsu instantly recognizes him upon his daughter's verbal description.
- Empty Shell: In the final episode, he uses his power to give himself a virtual lobotomy after his confession is broadcast live.
- Engineered Heroics: In order to drum up ratings during the early days of Hero TV, he teamed up with Ourobouros so the group would orchestrate crimes that Maverick could have his heroes thwart on camera. The reason he murdered Barnaby's parents is because they found out and were going to call the police on him. Whether he still does this regularly in the present is unclear, but he's able to have Ourobouros bomb a populated shopping mall with just a phone call in order to distract Kotetsu.
- Evil All Along: Even though he raised Barnaby (or so he would have everyone think), he was behind Barnaby's parents deaths all along, as well as Rotwang.
- Evil Old Folks: He's pretty old and is the Big Bad.
- The Extremist Was Right: Thanks to his management, HeroTV is a smash hit, and the positive exposure of NEXT heroes has significantly reduced anti-NEXT prejudice over the decades of its run. However, this is because he supplied tech to the criminal organization Ouroboros, who in turn provided criminals for the heroes to capture, and it becomes increasingly clear over the show's run that a lot of his actions are far from necessary for the greater good.
- Failed a Spot Check: He makes sure to alter the memories of everyone in the Apollon building, who know Kotetsu's identity. However, he not only forgets about Kotetsu's old boss, but also Kotetsu's family. That means there are four people who can still help Kotetsu, and they do.
- Fake Memories: Maverick's NEXT power, for which he's been placing on Barnaby since the murder of Barnaby's parents. Maverick later rewrites the memories of all HeroTV cast and crew to frame Kotetsu.
- False Flag Operation: In its early days, Hero TV suffered from low ratings due to anti-NEXT prejudice. Albert Maverick made a deal with the Ouroboros crime syndicate to create flashier crimes and disasters for Heroes to foil.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: When he activates his power to re-write Barnaby's memories.
- Hate Sink: Lets just say he's a real piece of work.
- Have You Told Anyone Else?: To know who else was with Barnaby during Kriem's Deathbed Confession.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: It's implied that his habit of repeatedly subjecting Barnaby to his powers left the latter's Mind Raped, Brainwashed and Crazy persona weak enough to be returned to normal without Maverick's involvement, provided an appropriate catalyst came into play.
- Honorary Uncle: To Barnaby.
- I Have Your Daughter: He captures Kaede along with the other heroes in the final two episodes, Unfortunately for him, she's her father's daughter.
- Just Between You and Me: Maverick is very quick to explain his plans, his murder of Barnaby's parents, and how Ouroboros fits into everything when confronted by Barnaby...in order to keep him busy until the drugs he put in his drink kick in. Then comes the memory wipe.
- Karmic Death: Both his figurative and actual deaths count. After using his Psychic Power to wipe other people's memories, he ends up using it to give himself a virtual lobotomy. Also, as the CEO and President of Apollo Media, he is at least partially responsible for Mr. Legend's fall (and in turn Lunatic's philosophy of murdering criminals), which makes his Vigilante Execution by Lunatic karmic.
- Kick The Son Of A Bitch: Literally with Rotwang, who was hanging onto his other leg outside the top of the Justice Tower. Telling him he never planned on getting rid of the NEXT with him because he himself is one, and having him fall to his death.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Maverick's power as a NEXT, as well as replacing memories.
- Monster Protection Racket: Maverick is collaborating with Ouroboros on one of these.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: When Mr. Maverick and Kaede meet, he pats her on the head—unwittingly transferring his power to her.
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: He tries to paint himself as a Well-Intentioned Extremist when his plans failed, but the show makes it clear that he'd gone off the rails a long time ago. Replacing NEXT superheroes with robots, for instance, is not the best idea if you want to combat anti-NEXT prejudice. When he's called out on just wanting power, he shrugs it off by saying someone has to be in charge.
- Parental Substitute: Barnaby considers him one. A Freeze-Frame Bonus in Episode 23 proves that this isn't true - Barnaby was actually raised in an orphanage. Maverick just altered his memories to make him think otherwise.
- Psychic Powers: Has the NEXT ability to alter memories.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Helps the heroes as much as possible during the Ouroboros crisis.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: A big part of his M.O. along with Screw the Rules, I Have Money!.
- Shout-Out: His first name to Albert Wily. His last name to the Quirky Miniboss Squad in Mega Man X.
- Smug Snake: And how. The man sips tea while Kotetsu and Barnaby are coming to kick his ass.
- The Sociopath: Eventually revealed as such. He's superficially charming enough to be widely liked and respected by the general public and those around him, but he has absolutely no empathy for anyone else, as shown by killing his best friends and Mind Raping their son to cover up his crimes. He also possesses a grandiose sense of self-worth, viewing himself as a hero who built the city and saved the NEXT instead of a power-hungry schemer. Even his NEXT power of altering memories plays into Maverick being a Consummate Liar and Manipulative Bastard.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: As Maverick discovers, it's not that easy to successfully Unperson someone and even more difficult to actually make it stick. The attempt to do so onto Kotetsu fails on multiple levels due to not accounting for family, friends, and professional connections, let alone Lunatic having done enough previous research to immediately smell a rat.
- Treacherous Advisor: Has carefully conditioned Barnaby to live the life he planned out for him.
- Villain Ball: Grabs it after failing to immediately drug and Mind Rape Kotetsu, causing him to abandon his track record of Pragmatic Villainy in favor of the more complicated scheme of framing Kotetsu for Samantha's murder.
- Villain with Good Publicity: He's widely respected enough for the Mayor to essentially defer all responsibility to him during a terrorist situation with the city under threat and beloved by the populace and heroes for his role in Hero TV and helping the improved public reputation for NEXTs. This is just a cover for the power-hungry sociopath underneath.
- Would Hurt a Child: His last ditch effort to escape involves putting a gun to the head of 10-year-old Kaede.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To Barnaby after Episode 23 when he's free of Maverick's brainwashing, and to Rotwang in Episode 25 once he has the doctor's androids.
Mark Schneider
Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (JP), Sam Riegel (EN)
Apollon Media's CEO during The Rising with the ambition to reform the company post corporate crash down after The case of Maverick.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems personable and generous at first, but it doesn't take long to see how scummy he is behind closed doors.
- Break the Haughty: The second half of The Rising is this to him, thanks to his secretary taking action at the cost of being criminally charged.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: With eyes only on profits, Schneider lives to suck up the juices of innovative businesses for his own personal gain, and is just as bad as Maverick. It's telling that Lunatic, the vigilante who usually goes after murderers, decides that Schneider should be judged, and actively hunts him down.
- Fantastic Racism: He does not view NEXTs as humans. He intends to replace HeroTV with a show where the heroes would have to fight against animals in a battle to the death.
- Jerkass: His main purpose in the second movie is to make Kotetsu's life as miserable as possible.
- Hate Sink: Schneider's an infuriatingly haughty man who just makes the lives of everyone around him worse. Tellingly, the true goal of all "Justice Day" suspects is to overthrow Schneider from power.
- Laser-Guided Karma: At the end of the movie, Yuri Petrov decides to expose his crimes to the public and punish him legally, after his usual method of dealing with scum is thwarted by the heroes.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Within the public space, he's seen as a benevolent figure who swoops in to save failing companies in the nick of time. That just hides how many people he wronged in order to get to where he is and his discrimination towards NEXTs. By the end of the film, this good publicity is naturally flushed down the toilet.
Virgil Dingfelder
Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa (JP), Crispin Freeman (EN)
Schneider's secretary; true name Andrew Scott. Is the lead planner in attempt to usurp Mark Schneider from economic power.
- Anti-Hero: Played with, Dingfelder may be the Big Bad on record, but in factual aspect, he simply took the drastic approach to overthrow Schneider from power; and would be glad to take Schneider's life if possible.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He has the ability to create the gigantic crablike robot monstrosity out of metals nearby him.
- Big Bad: The mastermind behind the attacks in The Rising, all to make Schneider pay for his actions.
- Extra-ore-dinary: His NEXT power.
- Mirror Character: To Barnaby. Dingfelder is a young man who is actively seeking revenge on a Corrupt Corporate Executive for pushing his single father to suicide after purchasing away his father's company; leaving his family out of business. The comparison between Dingfelder's character to Barnaby's showed how far Barnaby has managed to move past his vengeance state of mind.
- Revenge: His motivation for causing havoc in Sternbild is to take revenge against Schneider for driving his father to suicide.
- White Hair, Black Heart: His vendetta against Schneider is understandable, but he's willing to endanger innocent people in order to get his revenge.
Hero Business Division
Alexander Lloyds
Voiced by: Wataru Yokojima (JP), Daran Norris (EN)
The Director of Apollon Media's Hero Business Division. Shown to be very business-oriented, the only thing he cares about is getting the most out of his superhero employees, whether they like it or not.
- Catchphrase: "If you don't like it, you can quit." Amusingly enough, Tiger and Barnaby's meteoric rise in popularity after defeating Jake leaves him horrified at the very notion.
- Hidden Depths: In The Rising, it turns out he has a wife and kids.
- Ink-Suit Actor: A retroactive example, but he bears a good resemblance to his English voice actor, Daran Norris.
- Jerkass: Takes way too much pleasure in reminding Kotetsu that he's an expendable corporate asset. Until the Time Skip, anyway. He turns into a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, especially when he bluntly tells Kotetsu in The Rising after he finds himself out of the hero job again to try finding a job that causes him to find some form of stability.
Ben Jackson
Voiced by: Katsuhisa Hōki (JP), Beau Billingslea (EN)
The former Director of TopMag's Hero Division who lost his job after TopMag closed the division. Throughout the course of Season One, Jackson survived by being a taxi driver in Sternbild, and was eventually hired into Apollon Media's Hero Business Division post Case of Maverick for his support towards his former superhero employee, Wild Tiger.
- Bearer of Bad News: Was the one who informed Kotetsu that he was apparently losing his powers.
- Benevolent Boss: Despite Wild Tiger's descending popularity, Jackson was a warm, and loving boss to Wild Tiger during their years in TopMag; treating Tiger with great respect.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Kotetsu from a brainwashed Ivan and Pao-Lin without a second thought.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: From Director of TopMag's Hero Division to a mere taxi driver. A sad subversion since, unlike most examples of the trope, he was a genuinely caring boss to Kotetsu. Although, as S1 Episode 12 reveals, he doesn't seem to mind it, as he is more worried about Kotetsu's new lease of superhero life, and Kotetsu's loss of powers than anything else. Ultimately subverted in the last episode of Season One, where he was hired into Apollon Media.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's totally not Forest Whitaker.
- Spanner in the Works: Maverick didn't take Jackson into account when mind-wiping associates who knew of Wild Tiger's secret identity, since Jackson has been out of the hero business for months.
Doc Saito
Voiced by: Hiroshi Iwasaki (JP), Dave Wittenberg (EN)
Apollon Media's Hero Business Division Lead Engineer. Saito is in charge of developing the hero suits for their company's superheroes. He speaks with a voice that is barely audible.
- Big Damn Heroes: Singlehandedly saves all of the heroes by activating the androids' safety mode seconds before they're about to kill the heroes.
- Claustrophobia: It is revealed in Episode 6 that he has this.
- The Engineer: He designed Kotetsu and Barnaby's suits.
- Genius Ditz: Just look at his amazing and very original upgrades for the suits.
- Insufferable Genius: Saito is insistent to make sure that Kotetsu knows just how awesome the Powered Armor he made for him is. Like, say, forcing him to be the "victim" in a crime scene replication so he can feel the suit's fire-resistance capabilities for himself.
- Situational Sociability: In Doc Saito's case, it's less a flip in personality and more the difference between hearing him and not. He speaks so quietly his dialogue requires subtitles. Placed in front of a microphone or loudspeaker, however, he has No Indoor Voice.
- Sweet Tooth: Shown in Episode 13 to have an L-like affinity for ice cream.
- The Unintelligible: He in an unintelligible whisper, speaking so softly that not only can others barely hear him, but the show has to subtitle him so the audience knows what he's saying. Unless he's talking through an intercom, anyway, in which case he has No Indoor Voice. In the finale, he's rigged up a megaphone to a helmet to make himself heard.
Judiciary
Yuri Petrov
Voiced by: Koji Yusa (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN)
Sternbild City's Judge for Administration of Justice, as well as a curator for HeroTV. He takes all state of affairs into account to rule the damages broadcasted on HeroTV, and rule indemnities between professional superheroes and the city.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Appears in Episode 1 in the background of the after-party behind Blue Rose.
- Foreshadowing: For Season 1, the colour of his tie shares the same scheme as Lunatic. While the tie he uses in Season 2 is Lunatic’s pattern design in black and white.
- Hanging Judge: An extremely severe judge, that treated Edward Keddy getting a hostage killed in the attempt of saving her as a murder rather than manslaughter, and sentencing him accordingly. Him being Lunatic, this was him being merciful.
- Looks Like Cesare: He has pale skin and dark rings around his eyes, giving him a positively ghoulish look.
- Momma's Boy: Despite his mother blaming him for his father's death, Yuri still loves her and even takes care of her as seen in Season 2. It also seems that the mother and son are on good terms. Unfortunately, when two robbers broke into her home and killed her, Yuri loses it.
- Patricide: He killed his abusive father while trying to protect his mother.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He will always do his research on a criminal if he suspects something fishy with their case. Even if the whole city believes otherwise. This proved vital to Kotetsu's remaining free when he was chased by his brainwashed friends.
- Scars Are Forever: He has a burn scar in the shape of his father's hand that he covers with make up.
- Stealth Mentor: Though he's not reliable enough to even be considered an Aloof Ally, he does have moments of this. Specifically, he drops Kotetsu from a blimp in the Rising, conveniently putting Kotetsu in the perfect position to help Barnaby. Underneath all the barbs and taunts, Lunatic seems to genuinely want to believe in Kotetsu and his way of justice.
- The Stoic: No matter what happens, he seems to be calm and collected like no other.
- Superpowerful Genetics: His father was a NEXT and so is he, though his powers are completely different from his father's.
- Talking to the Dead: He talks to a hallucination of his father.
- Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Yuri's NEXT power manifested when he tried to stop his father from beating his mother. As of date, Yuri uses his powers to execute criminals as Lunatic.
Civilians
Cis
Voiced by: Akiko Yajima (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)
A mysterious young woman whom Sky High meets and falls in love with in Episode 15.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: And breaks rather easily when hit by lightning.
- Apologetic Attacker: Subverted, "I'm sorry" is one of the stock phrases she has in her memory, and it's pure coincidence that it's the one she uses when she starts slamming Kotetsu's face into a wall.
- Creepy Monotone: Later revealed to be Machine Monotone.
- Deceptively Human Robots: Turns out she's a gynoid that had wandered off.
- Electronic Speech Impediment: She seems to have limited amount of phrases she can say and starts to repeat them after she's broken.
- Emotionless Girl: Justified, seeing how she's a robot.
- Expy: Of Dorothy from The Big O, a previous work from the director. Right down to having the same voice actress and being a Robot Girl.
- Marionette Motion: During the fight.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: When she's in combat mode.
- Robotic Reveal: Turns out she's actually a robot.
- Satellite Love Interest: Justified, she's a robot and thus she can't have more depth than she's already been given.
- Sci-Fi Bob Haircut: Her hair is in a bob cut and she's an android in a superhero show.
- Spell My Name With An S: Cis, Sis, and Six are all different spellings used for her name.
- The Stoic
Outside of Sternbild
Little Aurora
A NEXT celebrity who works to unite NEXT and non-NEXT.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Books with her image frequently appear in the first half of season 2 before making her debut in the second half.
- Eyes Always Shut: Justified; her NEXT power only works when her eyes are closed. As a result, she's kept them closed for 40 years so she could help with problems around the world. The only time she's shown having them open is during Ouroboros' assassination attempt on her.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: She's been largely unconnected to the events of the series, but is a world-wide celebrity
- Reed Richards Is Useless: Averted. She uses her powers to solve environmental issues, rather than using them for hero work.
- Super-Intelligence: While her eyes are closed she gains increased intelligence, to an extent greater than the entire rest of humanity combined.
