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Welcome to the Trope Pantheons thread! Please read the rules:

    Rules 
Rules. The following are not suggestions or tips, but things that have to be followed:
  • When writing a profile, take note of the following:
    • Gods cannot be followers or high priests for obvious reasons. The 'gods' have ascended meaning there is no need for said character to be a follower of another if they have ascended.
    • No hype profiles, please. 'Hype Profiles' are profiles that have been made out of ongoing events and have not been around for a long time. This creates 'hype' due to popularity and certain elements either through certain scenes, memes, dramatic acting or considered overly awesome. They are not bad tropes but building a portfolio solely for that is a bad idea, as they do not say a thing about representing the trope best (unless it's those trope concepts that they are trying to embody for a long time)
      • You can see one if the profile is only showing off how awesome they are or suddenly pushing how 'significant' they are thanks to the just very recent events rather than respecting the longstanding good representations of the trope. And usually having... minimum portfolio or flavor texts and being a bit too generalized or self-contained to events from within their home series instead of interacting with other Pantheon members.
  • When posting in the forum, take note of the following:
    • When you suggest a God, please explain why they fit the trope. Not everyone is going to understand just "X should be the God of Y because they exemplify the trope" off the bat, especially if they're unfamiliar with the work.
    • You must use the Trope Pantheons discussion thread in the forums if you wish to add a new deity, story, something else of importance to the Trope Pantheon canon, or reworking an existing deity (be it simply improving their existing profile or changing their title).
      • For new and reworked deities, 3 [tup] means the profile will have a one week waiting period.
      • For new and reworked deities, 4 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 5 [tup] is an automatic ascension for new and reworked deities.
      • Speaking of reworks, for anyone that wants to improve such profiles, they have to review the current trope the character(s) has and see if it still holds up or if there is a better rep for their trope.
    • For adding new Treasures to The Great Treasury or new Dominions to the Dominions, the following rules apply:
      • For new Treasures or Dominions, 3 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 4 [tup] is an automatic addition to the Great Treasury or Dominions.
    • Do not repost a profile in the forums more than twice in a day if noticeable changes have not been made in between. If a profile is posted a third time in a row without noticeable alterations, it will be downvoted. This is so spamming of no-effort profiles is less frequent and to prevent tropers from getting aggravated seeing the same profile over and over. The minimum acceptable change has to be a single flavour text.
    • The Pantheon is not a mouthpiece for you to voice your opinions on certain characters. You may like certain characters more than others, but do not make the mistake of making profiles for characters you like look like Character Shilling.
    • Tropers new to the Pantheon are barred from approving or downvoting profiles until they have ascended at least two profiles.
    • Do not include fan reception in any profiles. It has nothing to do with the character themselves and will create unnecessary conflict.
    • Write a detailed explanation on why the character is the best candidate for deity of that trope. If people disagree with you, do not force it on the people.
    • Keep in mind that if you still want to try to find a trope for a particular character, you are only given three chances to find a particular trope for them. If a suggestion goes past three possible tropes, then it will come off as shoehorning a character into the Pantheon just for the sake of that character to be there.
      • On a related note, even if a character does have a free trope being suggested, there is still a limit of three attempts for suggesting that character for that trope. If no one responds to that certain proposal after being posted three times, then it will get to the point where the idea will be seen as being shoehorned into the Pantheon. In addition, the idea needs to be considered acceptable and approved because they are good, not for the sake of pitying others because no one is responding to their idea.
  • When posting Pantheon related stuff to the wiki, take note of the following:
    • Do not put a link to these Pantheon pages into the main wiki page. The moment you want to add in a main Characters page that the character is a God of this trope, do not do it. If you see leftovers of this practice, inform the forum and use the cutlist. This also goes to the Trivia page. The only exception to this rule is if a page in the Pantheon could be confused for a page in Main, like Good Colors, Evil Colors and Good and Evil Colors.
    • Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment ALSO applies here. Do not bring things that would incite fights, even if it is what is currently the hot topic and might be 'urgent'. For example, the political scene and some really bad politicians. We are not here to fight at each other, so don't suggest things that go to that direction, this is a fictional Pantheon after all.
    • To add a Pantheon page for a certain work, 4 or more characters coming from the same series/franchise should be ascended before adding the page. For Creator specific pages, 4 deities coming from the same creator and 2 individual work pages coming from the same creator is the minimum to warrant a page.
    • Do not create a trope page for a story until the story is fully completed.

    Instructions and Tips 
Here are some tips one should keep in mind when editing:

  • Preparing to write:
    • First thing to do before present a profile is to go to the Trope Pantheons discussion thread. In the forums, you must discuss with other users on adding ideas and seek their approval with sound reasoning. You can also get some assistance in the forum thread by either asking for help and those interested asking if they can help. Submissions that are added without discussion are likely to be deleted and those who violate those rules by adding Pantheon content without discussion will get reported to the mods.
    • If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing anything hasty. Use good reasoning to see if your idea can easily replace the character present without drawing out your statement or giving too ambiguous claims most do not understand.
    • Please be sure to consult others in the discussion about what you want to work before making the profile. This is done to see if your proposal is the best representative and so, in case your profile is turned down, you do not waste time writing something that others might not find suitable.
      • In the same vein, if you adopt a profile from another troper, it is recommended that you make an announcement that you have done so on the discussion thread. More often than not, a trope that was reserved for something was given away to someone else. Check the Related tab on the top of a page to see if a trope or character has been reserved by a user.
    • If, for whatever reason, you are writing about a God who just happens to be a person in real life, just try to be very careful about what you decide to say. Do not try to make the editing seem too meta (self-referential) and use the aformentioned creativity to create hypothetical scenarios towards fictional characters.
  • When writing a profile for a character, here are a few things to note:
    • All deities should be sorted by their divine ranking. Put Overdeities on the top of the page and Quasideities on the bottom. Also be sure to add them in alphabetical order by their first/given name (can be reversed if it is Eastern ordered). For a group, if there is no official name for them all list down all their names by order of relevance or (if too long to list) title them as Insert Name Here Main Characters or some other identifiable title along the same lines.
    • The maximum number of tropes that a god can have is two, but do not try to abuse that fact. If you need to use a second trope to specify a certain thing about their position, that can be excused either because said character represents their trope choice very well alongside the first trope. It is still generally encouraged to only have one trope.
    • A trope can only belong to one profile at a time. The only time two profiles can share a trope is if there are explicit variations listed in the trope page proper (e.g. Muscle Angst is held by both Biscuit Krueger and Chihiro Fujisaki as the former represents "Too Much Muscle" and the latter represents "Not Enough Muscle")
    • If the character you are about to add to a House already exists in another, make sure to mention that this person has spots in other House as well. Up to 2 places can be made for a deity, with the sole exceptions being those at the Main House to highlight those characters’ importance to the Pantheon’s lore.
    • For a character's theme song, try to avoid calling it "Theme of God X" or "Theme of (Show where God X originates from)". If possible, try to find out if the song has an actual name through research. Most importantly, it has to be part their series’ official soundtracks from media. Do not list songs that are made by fans or outside sources. If they were not specifically used as music for that specific character, then they do not count. Furthermore, it has to be a general theme specifically made for that characters’ appearances, not some generic music that plays for many other instances not related to the character in question.
    • For images, when adding an image for your chosen character, it is highly recommended to use a stylized image that embodies the character or renders that also highlights a character’s behavior (such as cool poses). Most images should be from the main adaptations of the character, unless the images from the other media are of a higher quality than the adaptation. Unless it is needed, do not use fanart for images. If you are, please attribute to the original artist. Due to the website’s dark mode, removing white backgrounds from an image is paramount. This website is suggested to do the background removal. If an image you have takes up too much bytes, it is suggestible to use this site to reduce the byte size. If the byte is still too big, put the compressed image to other sites (or even the same one) to compress even further. Use wikias to look for better images, as even wikias for the series might not contain good official images.
    • Creativity is your friend. While it is not recommended to get too ditzy at your ideas, it is best that when writing a profile for a certain character, do you think of capable scenarios between X and Y. Tip: do not use shallow examples (X wields a sword and Y wields one too) and try to think of relationships that makes sense (i.e those characters that are shout-outs for another).
  • Pantheon Content:
    • Some series or genres will eventually have greater representation in the Pantheon than others. This is unavoidable, but a little diversity helps to make you not look like a shill per say. Try to ensure that if you add a deity from a popular series, make sure that it is because they are a good representative for the trope in question, and not just because they are connected to another deity in their respective canon.
      • As far as deities from actual mythologies, there is generally expectation to build the profiles off interactions from fictional portrays rather than basing it entire from the actual myth. Therefore, a mythological deity should be more of a Composite Character whose main identity is from the actual myth.
    • Occasionally there will be Gods that carry a title without a trope. This is not forbidden, but it is well advised not to abuse them. The only house that a tropeless profile are wholly allowed is the House of Food. Mainly due to most food items lacking tropes, and adding tropes about said foodstuffs is slightly unnecessary. However, the character being ascended for their choice of a food, or food-related thing must be a decently good representative of said item. (i.e their Trademark Favorite Food, or something that they are closely associated with In-Universe, or both).
    • For Dominions and Treasures profiles, always consider what made those places/objects popular in the first place. Were they plot-important, identifiable imagery or have a unique aspect of it? Do not just bring regular objects under the basis of following a certain canon.
  • For Profile Standards:
    • Flavor text is used to describe certain things about a character, place or object. To avoid short ones, it is recommended to write flavor text with 4-7 sentences that can fill around 2 lines each. Be warned that adding too many sentences does not equal good flavor text as it is not an essay of sorts (unless words are substantial and do add to the overall line).
    • Character Profiles of a certain person should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 7 (at the minimum) tropes describing their character.
      • Flavor text count for a deity profile should have by minimum, 10 (depending if the character in question has enough relationships/characterization) to 15 with a maximum of 20-25 for an individual profile.
      • On the other hand, group profiles (profiles of a group that has 4 or more members) have their maximum flavor text count to 15 minimum, giving individual lines for the other members of the group (unless the members are not as characterized) up to 30 at max.
    • Dominion profiles of a certain place should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 5 (at the minimum) tropes describing the context of the place.
      • Flavor text count should range at least 10 to 15.
    • Treasure profiles (inanimate objects without a trope) should have the following:
      • A portfolio that contains at least 6 (at the minimum) tropes that describes the object itself.
      • Flavor text count should be at least 7 flavor text up to 12 to constitute a treasure profile.

    Divine Ranking System 
  • Overdeity: Omnipotent-level Reality Warpers capable of manipulating the entire universe (or at least the world) at will. Within their own universe they are believed to be omnipotent, or at least impossible-to-completely-destroy embodiments or concepts.
  • Greater Gods: High-level Reality Warpers and that are extremely powerful (capable of destroying or changing anywhere from a large city to a planet at will) and very strong non-reality warpers capable of doing the same thing.
  • Intermediate Gods: Deities at this level are capable of strong but specialized powers such as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc. without major drawbacks and low level Reality Warpers capable of affecting their immediate area at will.
  • Lesser Gods: Capable of highly specific or little power on their own, or suffer from Power at a Price. However, they may be able to ruthlessly exploit their power or combine it with just being badass enough to make up for it.
  • Demigods: Basically the Badass Normals of the pantheon, making up for their lack of abilities with strength, strategy, and/or planning.
  • Quasideities: Any otherwise normal human, human equivalent, or below without any special powers or training will fall here.

    Templates 
Template for adding a new deity:

God X, God/dess of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Rank: This can range from Quasideity, Demigod, Lesser God, Intermediate God, Greater God, to Overdeity, based on representation of power mentioned above.
  • Symbol: An image or icon used to represent the deity.
  • Theme Song: Official song (in other words, no fan music, regardless of quality) that usually is used in affiliation with the character. If the deity is a musician this will most likely be their Signature Song. If possible, give a link for reference, preferably on either a website like Soundcloud or YouTube.
  • Alignment: Good, evil, neutral etc. Forget about The Great Character Alignment Debate here, the Pantheon is one of the few places where you can assign Dungeons & Dragons alignment to characters that don't have alignment system. After all, the Pantheon is based on D&D and is made for fun.
  • For Pokémon deities only:
    • Gender: Defines the gender of the Pokémon; if genderless, it instead defines what gender they identify as.
    • Ability: Provides the Pokémon's ability. If they can Mega Evolve, the new ability is listed as well.
    • Moves: Defines the four moves used by a Pokémon. A Z-Move may also be listed.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the character.
  • Domains: Things that the character has influence over.
  • Herald: Non-ascended loyal character that is from the same series as the ascended character.
  • High Priest: Non-ascended like heralds, but not from the same series, and can serve as a worthy replacement in case something would happen. They can be served as part-time workers in case the originals are busy with some jobs. Co-Godhood is accepted depending on the approval of the originals, usually if the co-deity is from the same series.
  • Followers: Non-ascended characters that are not part of the Pantheon, but would probably worship this character by the fact that they share the ascended character's trope.
  • Relationships between ascended characters go here with your chosen character, it goes something like this:
    • Allies: Members of the Pantheon that are allies, those that share the same values as them and would theoretically be friends with them.
    • Rivals: Members of the Pantheon that are rivals, people who may look at your character with suspicion or a challenge.
    • Enemies: Members of the Pantheon that are foes, those who would see your chosen character as a threat, either on their pespective or yours.
    • Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that do not fit in various relationships (examples include Enemy Mine, Vitriolic Best Buds, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Headbutting Heroes, Friendly Enemy, Friendly Rival, Just Friends, etc.), allies, rivals, or enemies.
    • Partner: Defines a partnership with an ascended deity and Mon-type. (if any)
    • Feared by/Fears: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon notably fear or are feared by.
    • Respected by/Respects: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon respect or are respected by.
    • Opposed by/Opposes: Not necessarily the same as "Enemies", but this is used for any deity whom the members of the Pantheon directly opposes or is opposed by (basically the opposite of "Respects") terms of certain viewpoints, regardless of alignment.
    • Pitied by/Pities: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon feel pity for or are found pitiable by.
    • Conflicting Opinion: Sometimes, the Deities argue over specific themes and philosophies.
  • Add the Intro. The intro is made up of two trivia, the Ascension Text (or just the Ascension) and The Bio. Both are necessary, but which order you use for them may vary depending on the profile in question. It may be better for one profile to have The Bio first and the Ascension second or vice-versa, although for the most part the order is irrelevant:
    • The Ascension Text: This the story of how the character got into the Pantheon and/or was ascended. There are many ways for this to happen. They may be tricked into it or have simply wandered into the Pantheon, they may have had an already ascended character bring them in, they may already be in the Pantheon (via being another deity's Herald or sharing a trope) and got "promoted", or some combination of the above. Anything is possible in the Pantheon, so use your imagination, but try to incorporate their trope into the story, if possible.
    • The Bio: A brief synopsis on the character's backstory. No need for the character's entire life/production history, but just give enough that those who don't know the character can get an idea of how the character works.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple of more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 (15-20 for group profiles) at minimum to 20-25 (30 for group profiles) at maximum.

Template for Dominions profiles:

Place X, Place of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
  • Alignment: Refers to the dominion's role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the dominion.
  • Domains: Things that the place has links to.
  • Relationships (Optional): Unless the location has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as where the dominion is linked to, note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said dominion, good or evil otherwise.
  • Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Dominion is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple of more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Dominions is 10 at minimum to 15 at maximum.

Template for Treasure profiles:

The name of the item in here (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

  • An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
  • Appearance: A shortened description of the item's looks with some notable features also mentioned.
  • Class: Refer to the Treasure Classification System in the Great Treasury.
  • Alignment: Refers to the objects' role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
  • Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
  • Museum Check: A note that says whether the item is viewable by the public.
  • Portfolio: Tropes associated with the item.
  • Domains: Things that the item has links to.
  • Relationships (Optional): Unless the item has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as where the item is linked to (especially the original owner of the item), note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said object, good or evil otherwise.
  • Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Treasure is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
  • Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
  • And some more trivia/facts.
  • And a couple of more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Treasures is 7 at minimum to 12 at maximum.

Edited by Willbyr on May 24th 2021 at 7:52:09 AM

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#202101: Sep 12th 2023 at 10:27:04 PM

Homura's profile is also barebones.

Sakuro95 Since: Sep, 2023
#202102: Sep 13th 2023 at 7:38:06 AM

Since my suggestion for a new addition to the pantheon got a thumbs-up and no arguments against it, I decided to start work on what the profile would look like, although other people are free to expand this as they see fit.

Rough Draft

Mad Rat and Heart, Gods of Torso with a View

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madratdeadduotransparent_3.png
Mad Rat and Heart MAJOR SPOILER 

Rank: Intermediate Gods

Theme Song: (I don't know how to embed Youtube Links in text)

Rat's Dream for Mad Rat,
Heart's Beat for Heart

Edited by Sakuro95 on Sep 13th 2023 at 7:44:24 AM

Bazzardreturns The Marked Prince from Canada Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: In love with love
The Marked Prince
#202103: Sep 13th 2023 at 7:49:06 AM

[up] Here’s some tips.

When putting links to outside sites, you do it like this.

[[ insert link url here ]]

(All with out spaces between the brackets.)

Like this.

Theme: Do Not Touch.

Edited by Bazzardreturns on Sep 13th 2023 at 7:59:08 AM

Time to explore the world!
neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. Since: Nov, 2010
Mr
#202104: Sep 13th 2023 at 1:19:38 PM

I am working on a profile and have two possible pictures for a character called Rheneas. I would like to know what other people think is the better picture of him.

Opinion 1; https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mainrheneasrws2.png

Opinion 2; https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gallantoldenginers3.png

"May your heart be your guiding key"
WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015
#202105: Sep 13th 2023 at 1:42:28 PM

[up]The Uncanny Valley is strong in these. I guess the first one is less creepy.

Bazzardreturns The Marked Prince from Canada Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: In love with love
The Marked Prince
#202106: Sep 13th 2023 at 6:37:40 PM

[up][up] the stuff of nightmares. But yeah, Photo one works best.

Time to explore the world!
neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. Since: Nov, 2010
Mr
#202107: Sep 14th 2023 at 1:48:37 AM

Thank you

"May your heart be your guiding key"
nightelf37 The Scrappy and Butt-Monkey of the Pantheon Thread from Hadithi (it's Swahili for 'story') Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: They grew on me like a tumor...
The Scrappy and Butt-Monkey of the Pantheon Thread
#202108: Sep 14th 2023 at 3:25:14 AM

So, since I'm already watching the show for some other project, I'm considering adopting a profile from Phantom Fire. Also, nostalgia sake.

That said, given…significant problems in the second half of the show, I'm electing to use the characterization the team has settled in at the end of Season 4 and the second movie. There will be mentions of the forms acquired in the seasons afterwards, though.

TV Tropes Pantheon Group Members Database
Kuprin (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Abstaining
Necromancer10 Buddy from Crakcarz, the Continent of Wacky Necromancers Since: May, 2019 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
Buddy
#202112: Sep 14th 2023 at 9:04:58 AM

[up] Koume Shirasaka was the recently reworked holder for that trope. Do check the Pantheon section in the trope's related page to see if someone might have it there first.

Beep-beep
mdalsted mdalsted from Chisago City, MN Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Singularity
mdalsted
#202113: Sep 14th 2023 at 2:09:02 PM

I've just realized that Kamen Rider Meteor (AKA Ryusei Sakura) is in the Hall of Combat Clothing when his trope — Star-Spangled Spandex — has nothing to do with combat. Permission to move him to the Hall of Clothing Theme?

Freudian Excuse: Not one person is entirely good or evil; something will have to have happened in the past to make them what they are today.
CrimsonShark Mr. Tahiti Plan der Linde from The Internet of Loneliness and Beyond Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
Mr. Tahiti Plan der Linde
#202114: Sep 14th 2023 at 2:36:34 PM

[up] Sure with the transfer [tup].


Meaning to ask this for some time, but is anyone up for adopting my profile of Jackson Maine and Ally Campana? I lost motivation in doing them and felt like giving them to someone else who might feel interested in them.

Edited by CrimsonShark on Sep 14th 2023 at 11:10:38 AM

"Money is the goddamn plan! Have some faith, y'all!"
Kuprin (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Abstaining
#202115: Sep 15th 2023 at 10:54:39 AM

What an Ax-Crazy character is the most terrifying and atrocious in all of fiction?

Excessive-Menace uwu from the Velvet Cage (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
uwu
#202116: Sep 15th 2023 at 11:39:48 AM

[up] The Tropes Pantheon thread isn't the place to discuss questions like this. Unfortunately, I don't know what forum on this site is appropriate to ask this question.

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!
Gehayadren Bad Movie Binge Collector from A Garbage Fire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#202117: Sep 15th 2023 at 5:50:17 PM

For Rayvis, Ridley is a fearsome and high ranking space pirate, while Frieza used the Saiyans as space pirates before he enacted the final solution to the Saiyan problem. It would be best to avoid both of them. Though he could take their cybernetics.

Ha ha ha. What a story, Mark.
r-lock256 (Spin-off Series)
#202118: Sep 16th 2023 at 9:51:43 AM

Done with Johnny Five.

Johnny Five, God of Miraculous Malfunctions (S.A.I.N.T. Prototype Number Five)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rszjohnny5.png
  • Lesser God
  • Symbol: Himself
  • Theme Music: Who’s Johnny
  • Alignment: Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: Grew Beyond Their Programming, I Am Not a Gun, Tank-Tread Mecha, Funny Robot, Beware the Nice Ones, Phlebotinum Rebel, Technical Pacifist, Androids Are People, Too
  • Domains: Robots, Sentience
  • Allies: The Iron Giant, WALL-E & EVE, Bastion, Pinocchio, Courage the Cowardly Dog, 00 Cyborgs, Jenny Wakeman
  • Enemies: The Corpus, Null Sector
  • Special Relations: Detroit Androids
  • NOVA Laboratories has developed S.A.I.N.T., a group of prototype robots to be used for the military, but a lightning strike brings one of the robots to life and it escapes afterwards. Coming across Stephanie Speck, an animal caretaker in Oregon, Number Five learns about the world around him and decides to deal with problems in a non-lethal way, going against his original programming. After fully evading NOVA’s efforts to capture him, Number Five names himself Johnny Five and after some time living in Montana with Stephanie and former NOVA scientist Newton Crosby, he is sent to a big city by his friends to help Benjamin Jahveri, a struggling toy designer who got fired from NOVA Laboratories over the earlier incident. As Johnny Five sought to be acknowledged as sentient while assisting Ben and his business partner Fred Ritter in designing toys, the robot got involved with some thieves led by Oscar Baldwin and got badly beaten up after finding out Oscar’s intentions. Despite his injuries, Johnny Five was able to carry out non-lethal revenge on the thieves and in thwarting their efforts, got his wish of being acknowledged as a sentient being fulfilled.
  • Life had been going great for Johnny Five since being accepted as a sentient being. Having better understood how owning a car and keeping it safe works, it was a matter of time before he got an unrelated letter in the mail from an unknown benefactor who was curious about a robot’s status as a living being and wanted to talk to him. Johnny would meet the sender of the letter in a building and he would be told about the possibility of meeting other robots who shared his status and be a god alongside them. The whole notion of being a god was merely an exaggeration, but Johnny was more than excited at the possibility of meeting other robots who shared his status as a living being. There was a whole lot of input for Johnny to take in since that meeting, including the fact that there were many worlds waiting for him outside his home and he would need a lot more items for that utility pack of his to better explore his undiscovered surroundings.
  • Despite being designed for the military and the wars they engage in, Johnny Five is against the idea of killing someone, preferring to confront his enemies through non-lethal means and later replacing all of the military weapons he had with a multi-purpose utility belt. One other heavily armed robot that preferred to be peaceful was The Iron Giant and despite the size difference, Johnny easily befriended him. One thing that concerned Johnny was that The Iron Giant was apparently designed to be far more destructive than a mere military robot and could go on a rampage if angered enough. As much as Johnny would like to tinker around with The Iron Giant’s machinery to remove his violent aspects not dissimilar to how he reprogrammed three robots sent to capture him to act like The Three Stooges, Johnny realized that the Pantheon as a whole is a far bigger world and The Iron Giant choosing to be like Superman was more than necessary to keep innocents safe from any danger that’s headed their way.
  • At a glance, WALL-E looks and acts similar to Johnny, being a robot with treads for movement that’s fascinated with the world around them. WALL-E ended up going on a much grander adventure thanks to a chance meeting with EVE, a more advanced robot he fell in love with, and how important a plant he liked ended up being to rebuilding Earth. Seeing EVE’s plasma cannon reminded Johnny of his own laser weapon he once used before uninstalling it entirely and while he can’t do anything about EVE’s weapon, he is aware that she has mainly used it for self-defense if she or WALL-E are in danger. To WALL-E, seeing Johnny was like looking at an older sibling and a version of himself who was originally built with EVE’s firepower and traded it for a utility belt to understand the world around him. Johnny was more than eager to explore the Pantheon with another curious robot and has tagged along with WALL-E and EVE in seeing what the world had to offer, with EVE providing additional power in case Johnny’s utility belt isn’t enough against any threats that are lurking.
  • Robot warfare is something that Johnny wants no part in, especially if it comes from groups such as Null Sector that are hell-bent on wanting mechanical superiority at the expense of humankind, but learning about how it was possible for normally peaceful robots to turn violent scared him significantly. That was what happened with Bastion, a peacekeeping robot that turned violent during the Omnic Crisis, a war between robots and humans, but what happened with this Bastion unit gave Johnny a reason to want to meet him. When that war ended, Bastion would reactivate after a period of inactivity with great interest in the world around him and wanting to live in peace, with bad memories of the Omnic Crisis triggering his combat protocols. It was a much longer process for Bastion to go from killing machine to mostly peaceful robot (and was even the latter before the Omnic Crisis happened) than Johnny’s transition from robot designed for war to someone who wants to deal with things non-lethally, but Johnny remained sympathetic to Bastion’s ordeal (and Bastion felt the same way about Johnny after hearing about his backstory) and even if Johnny learned from input he gathered that trauma takes a long time to heal from, he’s hopeful Bastion can overcome it to live a truly peaceful life.
  • Being designed as a military weapon of war was something that didn’t sit well with Johnny once he gained sentience and the fact that the Pantheon had many different ways of carrying out war and different kinds of weapons to use was even more distressing to him. If that wasn’t enough to rattle that robot, then hearing about various groups of warmongers who took glee in their job would put Johnny on edge in trying to avoid them as much as possible. With access to highly advanced robots, The Corpus is a conglomerate who seeks technology and will do anything to make a profit, especially if it involves warfare, and an organization that Johnny is horrified by. Even if he comes off as antiquated in terms of weapons and appearance compared to other robots, it doesn’t change the fact that he doesn’t want to be turned back into a weapon of war with weapons far more deadly than just a laser beam at the hands of entities far more dangerous than his previous pursuers.
  • Since Stephanie originally mistook Johnny to be an alien, he had been wondering how she would feel about going to the Pantheon and learning that there are many extraterrestrials running around. When it came to actual mechanical lifeforms of an extraterrestrial nature, Johnny learned of one incident that Courage the Cowardly Dog went through regarding Robot Randy. Despite initially enslaving Courage and the Bagges, Randy had no desire in planetary conquest compared to the rest of his kind and it was after getting beaten in a dance contest against Courage that Randy was able to pursue his passion of woodcarving. There were more than a few parallels of a robot made for warfare that went against his directive that Johnny noticed and he offered to provide help for Courage, which the dog accepted after finding Johnny to be like a smaller version of Randy.
  • Robots having a desire to be acknowledged as an equal to humans or having a case like Jenny Wakeman where they want to live a life like regular humans do was something that fascinated Johnny and he found stories about such a subject to be compelling. One such story that took many different paths that surprised Johnny came from a trio of androids from Detroit consisting of a police officer, a mother, and a resistance leader who advocated for android rights. Their path to a better future for androids had many options for them to take and Johnny was shocked to learn that there were two versions of these androids running around in the Pantheon due to how different their personalities would become based on their choices. Johnny is fully supportive of robots and other similar mechanical lifeforms be treated as an equal to humans and while he is empathic towards the Detroit androids taking a heroic path, seeing them go on a darker route in the name of mechanical supremacy unnerved him as Johnny preferred to have humans and machines live together in harmony.
  • It wasn’t just robots that expressed a desire to be human as Johnny would discover. Having been aware of Pinocchio after reading his story, Johnny would meet the puppet-turned-boy himself and develop a friendship with him, even if Pinocchio becoming human was more of a literal thing instead of Johnny simply being acknowledged as such. There were plenty of other non-human entities that wanted to fully become human for better or for worse and some of the methods that were attempted to accomplish such a goal ranged from highly unusual to outright creepy. As much as Johnny cared about wanting to be seen as human and that enduring bad experiences was part of it, he feels that entities trying to force their way to becoming human (or even be acknowledged as such) at the expense of innocents is very troubling.
  • If there was something about the Pantheon that horrified Johnny, it was the fact that actual human beings could be dehumanized in literal and metaphorical ways into becoming something they aren’t. It was one thing if people needed mechanical parts for themselves to keep living after a deadly accident, but in cases of people like the 00 Cyborgs being mechanized into weapons of war, that was something Johnny found unforgivable. Despite still looking human and having escaped and destroyed the group that made them who they were, the 00 Cyborgs still had some angst about if they were truly human. To Johnny, he views the 00 Cyborgs as sentient beings no matter what they went through and appreciated how they became something of a surrogate family, with the group accepting his similar background of being something built for war who went against his directives and opted to live a peaceful life.
  • Johnny believes in nonviolence and even with the dangers he and his friends faced, he made sure that his actions to fend off his enemies didn’t endanger their lives. Despite the greater threats present in the Pantheon, some denizens still believed in pacifism and even if they don’t want to start fights, plenty such as Optimus Prime are determined to end those battles if pulled into one for the sake of those they are protecting and it was such a mindset that Johnny understood even if he doesn’t want to fight by default. Having a pacifist mindset was seen by some in the Pantheon as a detriment and Johnny Five was disheartened to learn just how many craved senseless violence and wanted to cause carnage for their own sick amusement. No matter the issues with being a pacifist, Johnny remains committed to dealing with his problems non-lethally, especially with the support of like-minded entities.
  • Thieves were a bit of an issue for Johnny given his experiences with Oscar Baldwin and his associates and even if some thieves in the Pantheon had genuinely noble intentions, the robot would prefer to keep his distance from them. If there is something Johnny hates more than thieves, it’s being used as a pawn for an evil plan. There was no shortage of smart manipulators throughout the Pantheon who are willing to take advantage of someone’s traits for their own benefit and they wouldn’t mind disposing of their pawns if said pawn discovers something wrong as was the case with Johnny’s near-death beating. If there’s any input that Johnny is looking for after that incident, it’s trying to tell if that seemingly friendly figure has an ulterior motive, but such input would be difficult to find and retain in the face of entities who are good at masking their intentions and covering their tracks.

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