Characters / Weiss Reacts Beacon Staff

Main Teaching Cast

Glynda Goodwitch

Ozpin's assistant and a teacher of Dust Theory.

• A-Cup Angst: Used to have this, but then she changed gained huge tracts of land.
• Butt-Monkey: Suffers at the hands of Cinder's pranks.
  • Even when she was a kid, she was this.
• Compensating for Something: In Diary, she's constantly bashing the figures of Cinder, Yin, Yuko and Yona. I wonder why?
• Covert Pervert: Despite claiming to hate perversion, she attempts to flirt with Ozpin during the Beach Episode.
  • And Diary reveals a LOT of her perversion. Not that she'll ever admit it.
• Drives Like Crazy: She fails her driving test this way.
• Generation Xerox: She and Cinder have the same kind of relationship Weiss and Yang have.
• Hero of Another Story: 'The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch', in this case.
• He Who Fights Monsters: Resorts to antics to stop the antics in Weiss Reacts, recruiting Tukson to swing the odds in her favor.
• Hot Teacher: Oh definitely. Most definitely.
• Only Sane Man: Out of all the staff in Beacon, she comes off as the sanest. Only Yona acts more sane.
  • Not So Above It All: She also enjoys cosplaying. And The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch shows a lot of her crazy side as well.
• Ms. Fanservice: Most definitely.
• Tsundere: For Cinder AND Ozpin. She even dresses like Rin Tohsaka one time.
  • She also squees over Chieri. Not that she'd ever admit it.

Cinder Fall

The former Big Bad and now the teacher of Self-Defense at Beacon.

• Answers to the Name of God: She prefers this, Cinder-sempai or Cinder-chan over Professor Fall.
• Badass Teacher: But of course, it's Cinder. She can take on her entire Self-Defense class and win, only falling to Ruby using Weiss' tactics. She also beats up a Grimm for daring to hurt her class.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: She is much sillier and less serious than she is in canon, but she retains the same skills and power her canon counterpart has. There is a reason Ozpin hired her for Self-Defense specifically, and it is this.
• Berserk Button: Not having her burritos.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She is extremely eccentric in her actions and quite childish, much to Roman, and later Tohru's despair.
• Companion Cube: Burrito-kun, which acts as a Shout-Out to Cheese-kun.
  • It gets blown up off-screen during 'A Melodic Comedy' by Lukas.
• Cool Teacher: Offers food as a prize for beating her in combat and has full confidence that her students would easily beat the stuffing out of Siegmund.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: She inflicts this on most of the Self-Defense class except Ruby. And then later on a Beowolf summoned by a Mary Sue.
• Eccentric Mentor: Decides that the best way to train her students is to fight them herself and demands burritos as part of homework.
• The Gadfly: Towards Roman and Glynda.
• Generation Xerox: An older version of Yang.
• Heel–Face Turn: Did one along with Roman at an unspecified time (implied to be around the time of Volume 2) before the events of Weiss Reacts. This was likely motivated by Siegfried Schnee taking over from Siegmund Schnee and indirectly avenging Summer.
  • Face–Heel Turn: Did this sometime after The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch and before Weiss Reacts, obviously. This was motivated, in part, by Siegmund taunting her about Summer's death.
• Hidden Depths: Cinder clearly suffered from Summer's death, to the point that she takes up Summer's weapon as a Tragic Keepsake.
  • She may be a Stepford Smiler, considering that in addition to mourning Summer, she is also heavily implied to have had a rather bad romance in her past during the Yuletide Dance.
• Intergenerational Friendship: With Yang.
• Lovable Sex Maniac: Just like Yang.
• Mama Bear: Towards her class. Seriously, don't hurt them. Cinder doesn't like that.
• Ms. Fanservice: Being, well, Cinder, this makes complete sense.
• Noodle Incident: Her Heel–Face Turn reportedly involved burritos, and there was a horrible incident when the local burrito parlor ran out just as she walked in to get some.
• Sensei-chan: Acts like this.
• Shout-Out: Deus ex Gasai, a large meat cleaver. Also counts as Foreshadowing for what Velvet does years later in 'Weiss Reacts to TV Tropes'.
• Stepford Smiler: Acts incredibly energetic and nice, but there are hints that she's more than meets the eye, such as the fact that she still uses Summer's bow, her heavily implied bad romantic history, and her reaction to seeing her canon counterpart's actions.
• Start of Darkness: Her Roaring Rampage of Revenge against Siegmund hurtles her into a full Face–Heel Turn.
• Tragic Keepsake: The sword-bow weapon she wields? It once belonged to Summer Rose, Ruby's mother. It's implied she took it up out of respect for her after her death.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Burritos. Horrible things happen if she doesn't get her burritos.
• Troll: To Glynda, Roman, Ozpin....the list goes on.
  • She also trolls everyone in Beacon.
• Tsundere: Type A to Roman, type B to everyone else.

Ozpin

The headteacher of Beacon.

• Badass Teacher: By extension.
• Beware the Quiet Ones
• Retired Badass: Used to be a full-time Huntsman until he retired to teach kids.
• Eccentric Mentor
• The Gadfly: Towards Glynda.
  • He's this towards everyone, as it turns out.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: His normally calm attitude wavers when he realises Demeter Rose may be considering attacking Beacon.
• Seen It All: Isn't even fazed by half the insanity that his students come up with.
• Tranquil Fury: Is mentioned to have 'cold fury' under his seemingly calm exterior.
• Troll: Most definitely. His most major appearance involves making Glynda declare him the God-Emperor of Swag.
  • Even more of one during the Diary Arc.

Other Teachers

Yuko Kanoe

A ghost haunting Glynda since her Signal days. Recently acquired a physical body. She becomes Beacon's professor of Supernatural Studies.

• Become a Real Boy: Velvet gives her a body to possess.
• Canon Foreigner: Originates from 'The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch' and didn't make an appearance in Weiss Reacts....
  • Canon Immigrant: ...until chapter 75's Cliffhanger.
• Cute Ghost Girl: A rather perverted one who haunts Glynda. She remains this way until Velvet makes her a body.
• Lovable Sex Maniac: Oh, most definitely.
• Ms. Fanservice: Like her source material.
• Right Man in the Wrong Place: She was summoned by accident instead of Homura Akemi by Velvet.

Roman Torchwick

Cinder's assistant and the new Professor of Economics and Huntsmanship at Beacon as of Volume Two.

• Beleaguered Assistant: To Cinder.
• Deadpan Snarker: The few times he appears, he often calls out Cinder on her obsession with burritos.
  • Chapter 75 displays his snarker tendencies more.
• Heel–Face Turn: Did one at an unspecified time (implied to be around the time of Volume 2) before Weiss Reacts along with Cinder.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being an immense snarker, he does show a soft spot for Chieri. And earlier, he squees over sitting next to Rise in a club.
• Only Sane Man: Again, to Cinder.
• Real Men Wear Pink: He is a Risette fanboy and his favourite anime? Cardcaptor Sakura.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Pulls this due to the insanity of the Diary Arc for a week. Cinder searches for a replacement quickly because who would buy her burritos if her slave isn't around?
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Did we mention he was a Risette fanboy?
• Tsundere: A male type A to...well, everyone.

Ludwig Amadeus

The teacher of Music at Beacon.

• Cool Old Guy: Appears to be the oldest teacher, and claims to have taught Freya, Cinder and Glynda in the same class.
• Meaningful Name: He shares the name of two famous composers.

Gretchen Faust

A teacher at Beacon..... but nobody is sure of what exactly.

• Abhorrent Admirer: To the Slender Man himself, to the point that he runs away from Faust.
• Badass Teacher: Ozpin would likely only keep her around because of this, given her other traits.
• Beware the Silly Ones: She's a teacher namely known for her crush on the Slender Man, her general tampering with beings beyond human understanding and her insanity. She's also a Huntress who has lived long enough to teach Glynda, Ozpin, Cinder and the other adult Hunters how to fight, a skilled mage who can control said beings, and it's implied, one of the few Hunters who can take on Siegmund Schnee alone.
• Black Speech: Speaks in this to protect Jaune from his admirers during the Beauty Pageant with a powerful spell.
• Canon Immigrant: She and Alexander Arc are from another fanfic based on Weiss Reacts written by a different author.
• Eccentric Mentor: Definitely. She, for one, organises a battle in the east wing of Signal. Why? To decide the culture festival's events.
• Faustian Bargain: She's named after the Trope Namer and his Love Interest, and Roman implies that's exactly what she did.
• Mad Scientist: Regularly summons Eldritch Abominations for experiments.
• Nightmare Fetishist: She has a crush on the Slender Man, among other things.
• Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Regularly summons horrors that have, on at least two ocassions, kept team RWBY stuck in their dorms while Tukson and Beth slay them. And keeps Shoggoths as pets.
  • Not to mention that she scared Slen D. Mann by simply asking him out. This must be emphasised; she scared a being of unfathomable horror and empowered by his conversion to the church of Kamina, by HITTING ON HIM!
• Older Than They Look: She's mentioned to not have aged despite having taught the staff members around the same time as Professor Amadeus. Given that Amadeus is fairly old.....
  • She looks nineteen, and yet is old enough to have taught Glynda and her friends when Glynda herself was younger than the main protagonists.
• Renaissance Man: Well, woman. From what can be told about her, she has a lot of experience in various areas of study.
• Sensei-chan: Is very immature despite being a very powerful Huntress and witch.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: In Diary of Glynda Goodwitch, it's revealed that Gretchen is quite attractive when she cleans up her hair, clothing and wears more flattering attire. Almost to the point of....
  • Stupid Sexy Flanders: Glynda finds her physically attractive, despite her other, more undesirable traits.
• Stalker with a Crush: She stalks the Slender Man himself.

Yona Arc

Jaune's mother and teacher of Weaponcraft.

• Action Mom
• Badass Longcoat: She wears this over her..... well, we decline to call it clothing.
• BFG: Her weapon of choice.
• Expy: Of Yoko. Also, William Tell.
• Fiery Redhead
• Friendly Sniper
• Ms. Fanservice: Of course, as she's an expy of Yoko.
• Only Sane Man: Along with Glynda out of all the staff in Beacon.
• Stripperiffic: Her clothing of choice.
• Tsundere: She shows some tendencies of this.

Peter Port and Bartholomew Oobleck

• Fluffy Tamer: Port. Has a tendency to name his finds "Edgar", much like his canon voice actor Ryan Haywood. Ren lampshades the most well-known Edgar by saying "None of them are the one in the hole" in Chapter 86 when Nora remarks about the choice of name.
• Eldritch Abomination: Oobleck summons these to attain more speed.
• Out of Focus: Compared to canon.
• Those Two Guys

Cassandra

A teacher from the Antic Order who comes to Beacon at the end of the Volume 3 Reaction to engage in certain activities.

• Bodyguarding a Badass: Is sent to Beacon in part to watch over Pyrrha in particular, although she mentions that she'll also be keeping an eye on everyone else.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Is named during the Anniversary Special, but does not appear until The Stinger of the Volume 3 Reaction.
• The Mole: For the Antic Order, planted in Beacon.
• Protectorate: Pyrrha seems to be the main reason Cassandra is at Beacon. She specifically names her as the main person she will keep an eye on, for one, and asks for a closer watch on her.

Other Staff

Beth Lupin

The caretaker, groundskeeper, janitorial staff and IT technician staff of Beacon.

• Almighty Janitor
• BFS: Her weapon, Hrunting, is a freaking chainsword rifle.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Expy: Of Beowulf.
• Mama Bear: She leaps to Weiss' defense against Siegmund, despite lacking any weapon except a nearby axe.
• Only Sane Man: Much to her distress.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She's smaller than the main cast. She's also capable of cleaning up after Humongous Mecha and Stuff Blowing Up.
• The Rival: To Yang.

Tukson

Beacon's librarian as of chapter 91.

• Badass Bookworm: He's also the librarian. Tukson does not disappoint when it comes to being Badass. To wit, he pulls out a Kamehameha made from his own Aura that even resident Badass Blake can barely deflect while inside the Lagann, manages to fight a three-on-one fight and nearly win, taking two ultimate attacks to take down, and then handing Blake and Yang their backsides without weapons.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: He needs no weapons.
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Early-Bird Cameo: Tukson was revealed much earlier when Beth describes the training room as 'as if a pack of pumas stormed in and ripped everything up'- him being a puma Faunus.
• Expy: Of Lordgenome. His attacks take inspiration from Goku, Udyr, Ryu, Ken and Kenshiro.
• Humongous Mecha: He owns one, the Lazengann.
• Ki Manipulation: His Semblance.
• The Prankster: Is said to be a master prankster, just like Cinder and Ysengrim.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Tukson's canon counterpart was killed unceremoniously in the first episode of Volume 2.
• Worthy Opponent: Has been seeking one for a long time, from what little is known of Tukson thus far.
  • He found one in Blake.
• You Are Already Dead: His Aura exploding technique is a less lethal version, subduing an enemy by rupturing all of their aura.

Tohru Honda

Cinder's replacement teaching assistant after Roman pulls off a Screw This, I'm Outta Here.

• Badass Pacifist: Retains this trait. And of course she's a Badass - she's in the Reactsverse.
• Beleaguered Assistant: To Cinder, temporarily, after Roman took an impromptu vacation.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Don't insult her friends. She may not lose her temper, but she will certainly demonstrate just WHY she's a Badass Pacifist.
• Butt-Monkey: Is the target of various antics courtesy of Ren and Lukas. And Espresso. And Cinder seems to love shoving her into perverted cosplays....
• Cool Teacher: Well, cool teacher's assistant. She still counts.
• Hidden Buxom: Apparently, according to Espresso.
• Mama Bear: Despite barely being a year older than the Reacts cast, she manages to come of as this due to actually slapping Dove for bullying a Faunus.
• New Transfer Student: Is this..... until it's revealed at the end that she isn't. See Red Herring.
• Nice Girl: But of course, it's Tohru.
• Older Than She Looks: She's old enough to be Cinder's assistant despite looking young enough to be a Beacon student.
• The Pollyanna: Nothing surprises her. Nothing.
  • Subverted hilariously; she gives up on Velvet after various antics.
• Red Herring: She isn't the titular transfer student of 'Weiss Reacts to Transfer Students'. Minako is.
• Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Courtesy of Cinder and Espresso.