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== Main Characters ==
=== Mister Traveler/{{spoiler|Quote}} ===
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An amnesiac who awakes in a small cave in the depths of a strange island.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: He can optionally find {{spoiler|Curly's panties in a hidden passage of the Colons' house}} in the Sand Zone. And no, they don't do anything.
** They have a purpose in the Plus edition, : {{spoiler|Theythey unlock Curly as a playable character}}.
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Subverted}}.
* [[Amnesiac Hero]]
* [[Heroic Albino]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: He can carry vast amounts of weaponry, various keys he doesn't even need, various devices that are built ''onto'' his weapons, jars, food, and badges, and at the end of the day, still have enough to fit panties and lipstick in it too.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* {{spoiler|[[Only One Name]]}}
* [[Red and Black Keep Back]]: {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted;]]: Youyou start of with everyone thinking you were a battle robot and "Mimiga-butcher", but later on, you learn that you were sent to destroy the Demon Crown rather than the Mimigas.}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Ridiculously -Human Robots]]}}: As we learn from Professor Booster, despite his human-like limitations.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* {{spoiler|[[Theme Naming]]: Quote is programmerese for the " symbol.}}.
 
=== Curly Brace ===
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Contractual Boss Immunity]]: Aside from preventing drowning, her bubble tank also grants immunity to otherwise overpowered missiles.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: During the segment in the Labyrinth, where she fights alongside the protagonist, she is completely invincible. She can even walk through spikes.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: During the second half of the Labyrinth.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: {{spoiler|After the battle with the Core, she gives you her bubble-tank and drowns in your place, unless you ignore injured Booster and pick up a tow-rop in the chamber.}}.
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: Attacks the player character almost immediately after he meets her.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Programmers call "{}" curly braces.
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A firey young girl being pursued by the Doctor's henchmen.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Got shapeshifted into a mimiga thanks to Misery.
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: On several occasions.
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]: By the Doctor in the final battle. Fortunately, it's temporary}}.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: On several occasions.
* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Just as she encounters a frenzied mimiga, she brags about how she defeated Kazuma in a fight ([[Non -Action Guy|which isn't saying much]]). Cue [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]].
* [[Tsundere]]: First time you meet her, she gets rather annoyed if you say you wanted to save her (and annoyed if you say no), but she eventually softens.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Her true hair is green.
* [[X Marks the Hero]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Her true hair is green.
 
=== King ===
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* [[The Ace]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Toroko.
* [[Cool Sword]]: {{spoiler|And he passes it onto your hands after taking a fatal blow from The Doctor.}}.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: Utters this to Doctor when he meets him.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}
 
=== Balrog ===
A strange--ifstrange—if happy-go-lucky--monsterlucky—monster under the command of the Doctor
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: After turning the power on in Grasstown, the robot Malco prepares to attack you. Then Balrog shows up and crushes him, commencing a boss fight.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: OnDuring theyour third encounter with him, Misery turns him into a giant frog.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Bullfight Boss]]: The first fight with him.
* [[The Brute]]
* [[Bullfight Boss]]: The first fight with him.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''Huzzah!'' (or "Oh yeah!" in commercial English versions).
* [[The Cavalry]]: {{spoiler|In the good ending.}}.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Eventually.
* [[Incoming Ham]]: ''Huzzah!''
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: During the final encounter with him. Quite appropriately, you get an upgrade to rocket launcher after the battle.
* [[Recurring Boss]]: Fought 4four times throughout the first half of the game.
* [[Skippable Boss]]: The first fight with Balrog can be skipped by answering "no" when he asks if you're going to fight him.
 
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A young witch under the command of the Doctor.
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Unwilling works for the [[Big Bad]] and can [[Heel Face Turn]]. However, Sincesince the protagonist is a [[Heroic Mime]], there's not much to foil.
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]: Is possessed by the Doctor.}}.
* [[Evil Albino]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]: Heavily implied to have been one for her uncle Ballos.}} .
* [[Villain Teleportation]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: She has blue hair on her sprites and green hair on portraits.
 
=== The Doctor/{{spoiler|Dr. Fuyuhiko Date}} ===
The cruel tyrant of the island. {{spoiler|Formerly the research group's medic, he discovered the Demon Crown and went mad with power.}}.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep|Everyone Calls Him the Doctor"]]: His real name is subtly revealed on the way to [[True Final Boss]].
* [[Evil Genius]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Morally -Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]
* [[Sequential Boss]]
* {{spoiler|[[Superpower Meltdown]]: [[Energy Beings|Pays off]] [[Drunk Onon the Dark Side|in the end.]]}}.
* [[Take Over the World]]: His ultimate goal.
* [[Villain Teleportation]]
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A young Mimiga and Sue's friend.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Two permanent ones.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]] / [[Sacrificial Lion]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Monster]]}}: Happens due to being {{spoiler|force-fed demonic flowers}}.
 
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Sue's older brother.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He is mostly seen trapped in a warehouse whining, and his younger sister Sue beats the crap out of him often.
* [[Distressed Dude in Distress]]: He's first met locked up inside a Grasstown shelter.
* [[Pointless Band -Aid]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You]]: GottaHas Havegreen Green Hair]]hair.
 
=== Jenka ===
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* [[Jet Pack]]: He gives one to you over the course of the game.
* [[The Professor]]: Of course.
* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: There is a point where he falls and gets major injuries. Ignore him completely, {{spoiler|and he will come back alive and well with an improved Booster 2.0}}.
 
=== Momorin Sakamoto ===
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=== Ballos ===
{{spoiler|Once Jenka's kind and loving brother, now a mad sorcerer trapped in the depths of the island.}}.
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Averted. His eyes keep proper colours no matter what direction he faces.
* [[And I Must Scream]]
* {{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss]]}}
* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]
* [[Hate Plague]]
* [[I Cannot Self -Terminate]]: {{spoiler|The last thing he says to you before his death is "Now kill me... or I... shall kill you."}}
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: One is stark-red while the other is stark-white.
* [[Sequential Boss]]
* {{spoiler|[[True Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]}}
 
 
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* [[Kaizo Trap]]: After killing him, it is still possible to take damage and even die if you touch his remaining bubbles.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Of Balrog, for the most part. There are subtle differences between Balrog's sprite and Pooh Black's.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: His name is sometimes spelled "Puu Black.".
 
=== Monster X ===
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* [[Climax Boss]]
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]
* [[Load -Bearing Boss]]
* [[Underwater Boss Battle]]: Can raise the water level in the chamber in an attempt to make you drown.
 
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=== Ma Pignon ===
A mischievous mushroom that lives in Mimiga Village's graveyard. He gives the hero the Mushroom Badge if he {{spoiler|saves Curly and tells him about her amnesia. The badge itself does nothing;: the actual cure is Ma Pignon himself. However, he won't go down without a fight}}.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: {{spoiler|Required in order to get the best ending}}.
* [[Jerkass]]
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* [[Bonus Boss]]
* [[Palette Swap]]: Of the generic enemy Droll.
 
=== Heavy Press ===
A [[King Mook|giant Press]]. It appears as a boss in {{spoiler|[[Brutal Bonus Level|Sacred Grounds]]}}.
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=== G-Clone ===
{{spoiler|A mysterious machine within the Wind Fortress that produces clones of Curly.}}.
 
* [[AI Breaker]]: The Mooks it spawns won't attack you when you stand on the block at the very left.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Boss of the Wind Fortress.
* [[Mook Maker]]: {{spoiler|Curly clones}}, to be precise.
 
 
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=== Jack ===
Mimiga Village's second-in-command. He guards the entryway to the graveyard.
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: The last time he can be seen is in a Plantation prison. He disappears completely without a word thereafter.
 
=== Santa ===
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* [[One Mario Limit]]: Averted.
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Said spike-trap comes with a very obvious warning.
{{quote| Watch out! Deathtrap to your left! [[Chunky Salsa Rule|One touch means instant death!]]}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: A necessary bomb ingredient, {{spoiler|charcoal}}, its found in his house.
 
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A resident of Grasstown. The fireplace in her house contains a passageway that leads to the second half of Grasstown.
* [[Event Flag]]: To pass through the fireplace, you need a jellyfish juice. Said jellyfish juice comes from a giant jellyfish that appears only when you try to pass through the fireplace.
* [[Optional Sexual Encounter]]: Sleep in her bed after she mentions jellyfish juice, and the hero will wake up with her sleeping next to him. He obtains her lipstick, which is useless outside of getting [[Hundred Percent100% Completion]].
 
=== Malco ===
A robot that oversees the power room in Grasstown. He helps break Kazuma out of a house.
* [[MacGyvering]]: He can make a bomb out of a charcoal, a gum and jellyfish juice.
* [[Robo Speak]]: In the fan-translation, he SPEAKS IN ALL-CAPS ALL THE TIME.
* [[Tin Can Robot]]
 
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