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Character sheet for Cyberchase. Currently under construction and in need of a better organization scheme.

The Cybersquad

Tropes applying to the entire Cybersquad

Badass Bookworm
Color Coded for Your Convenience: Jackie favors yellow, Inez pink or purples, and Matt blue or green
Freudian Trio
- The Kirk: Matt
- The Spock: Inez
- The McCoy: Jackie
My Friends and Zoidberg: Three Earth kids...and Digit.
The Power of Friendship
Power Trio
Putting On My Thinking Cap: Jackie paces, Matt plays with his yo-yo, Inez does headstands. Lampshaded whenever Digit mimics Jackie's pacing
The Smart Guy
True Companions
Summon Everyman Hero
Token Trio
Two Girls and A Guy: And, surprisingly, little drama.

Matt

11-year-old Farm Boy sucked into Cyberspace and recruited to help Motherboard. Carries a handy red backpack with him at all times, is reasonably athletic, and loves solving mysteries. Also loves Star Wars, the color green, Redwall, and Will Smith.

Bag of Holding: He has a useful red backpack that he takes with him everywhere.
Determinator
Farm Boy
Fiery Redhead: While admittedly Matt doesn't really have much of a temper (unless you're Inez), he is slightly more hot-headed than either of the girls.
Friendly Enemy: To Slider
Friend to All Living Things: According to the website, he owns a bearded dragon, an armadillo, two African water frogs, and a dog named Obi Wan Kadoggie, although he doesn't always fit the "nice" part of the description.
Genius Ditz: While admittedly Matt isn't your traditional ditz, he is a bit less level-headed than his teammates and more likely to make decisions without thinking all the way through. Despite these traits, there is one area where Matt really shines: Greek Mythology. In fact, whenever that's involved, Inez and Jackie just shut up and watch him lecture.
Hidden Depths: Hates Valentine's Day, but made a card for Jackie and Inez all the same. It doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
Idiot Hero: While he's still very bright, Matt has a tendency to make rash decisions and examine stuff that might have been the group's best interest to avoid.
Redheaded Hero
Token Minority: Take a good look kiddies. This is one of the few times you'll ever see a white male character in one of the lead roles on PBS.
With Friends Like These: To Slider and Inez.

Jackie

Jackie is an 11-year-old girl who enjoys hanging out with her friends, and is possibly the hardest Earthlie to pin down in terms of character traits. She can be a little over-the-top with her emotions. She likes yellow, Destinys Child, Shrek, tofu burgers, and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.

Jackie: Cyberspace is doomed, doomed I tell you, DOOOOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-OOMED!

Matt: And the award for the best dramatic outburst of the day goes to...Jackie!

Magic Skirt: Eight seasons, and nothing, but it IS a kids' show
Red Oni: To Inez's blue
Shiny Midnight Black: stands out because she is one of the very few characters to have it
Thinking Out Loud: She tends to do this on occasion.
Twofer Token Minority: African-American and female.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: She hates bugs.

Inez

9-year-old girl who loves learning and books. Has a huge vocabulary and is always asking questions about the world around her. Likes purple, popcorn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Marc Anthony.

Berserk Button: Just don't call her Nezzie (this goes double for Matt) or be a bad sport.
Blue Oni: To Jackie's red.
Brainy Brunette
Geek: In general.
Exposed to The Elements: Wears shorts, even to cybersites filled with snow.
Friendly Rival: With Creech.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: She owns a cat named Gatito.
Little Miss Snarker: She has her moments.
Meganekko
The Napoleon: Do not call her short. Funnily enough she has no problem calling herself short.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Shorter Means Smarter
Tsundere: A more assertive form of type B.
Twofer Token Minority: Hispanic and female.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes: She is not a fan of heights.

Digit

Your friendly neighborhood "cyboid" and unofficial Team Pet. He used to work for Hacker, but flew the coop upon realizing that Hacker wasn't exactly a great guy. A fan of the Dixie Chicks and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach.

Acrophobic Bird
Adorkable
Bag of Holding: In his little compartment, we can find anything from Widget to measuring tools.
Chekhov's Skill: Digit can cook really well.
Cowardly Lion: In general, Digit is freaked out about everything, but always rushes in.
Fake Defector: Has pretended to go back to Hacker several times.
Gilbert Gottfried: voice actor
Ironic Fear: He does not like heights.
Kid Appeal Character
The Lancer: to Matt, whenever the Cybersquad splits up
Mook Face Turn
Team Pet: Widget
Turned Against Their Masters: He was built by Hacker.

Villains

THE Hacker

Pompous, dastardly, and power-hungry—the Big Bad of the series, until his in-series Villain Decay. At the moment, he is currently attempting to rescue his image. Like the color puce and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Showing Hidden Depths, his favorite book is The Prince by Machiavelli.

He did a wonderful interview here.

Bad Boss
Big Bad: At least at first.
Butt Monkey: In later episodes.
Catch Phrase:
- "That's THE Hacker to you!"
- Calls Buzz and Delete "Duncebuckets"
Christopher Lloyd: Voice actor
Fashion Victim Villain: Template:Invoked During one episode, he tried to get Wicked to help him pick outfits after conquering Cyberspace. It didn't go well.
Elvis Impersonator: When he attempted to conquer Happily Ever After
Lantern Jaw of Justice: ...Except he's evil.
Large Ham
No Indoor Voice
Smug Snake
Spell My Name With a The: the page quote
Surrounded By Idiots
Terrible Trio: With Buzz and Delete
Turned Against Their Masters: Built by Dr. Marbles.
Villain Decay: Lampshaded In Universe

Buzz

One of Hacker's henchmen and the smarter of the two. Likes blue-green, donuts, and Home Alone. Aspires to open a donut shop one day, but every attempt has been foiled so far.

Buzz's first voice actor, Len Carlson, died in 2006. He was replaced by Len Carlson. The episode "Ecohaven: CSE" is dedicated to Mr. Carlson.

Blue Oni: To Delete's red.
Fat and Skinny: The fat to Delete's skinny.
Harmless Villain
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Delete.
Shorter Means Smarter: Smarter than Delete at any rate.
Trademark Favorite Food: Donuts.

Delete

Another one of Hacker's henchmen. His favorite colors are both rust and salmon. Likes The Wizard of Oz and Chicken Little.

Although the website does not mention it, he really likes bunnies.

And Call Him George: Delete wants a bunny so he can "love him, and keep him, and call him George."
Butt Monkey: To Hacker's schemes.
The Ditz
Fat and Skinny: He is the skinny to Buzz's fat.
Harmless Villain
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Buzz.
Red Oni: To Buzz's blue.
Robert Tinkler: Voice actor
Villains Out Shopping: The Cybersquad has accused him of being up to no good even when he was just looking for Buzz.

Wicked

Witch hailing from the cybersite of Happily Ever After. She's a bit obsessed with Hacker, to the point where she even faked being a princess to get to marry him.

In the ending credits, she took Dr. Marbles' place a few seasons in.

Affably Evil: She's actually treated the Cybersquad decently on occasions. In the later seasons, she's more interested in trying to get with Hacker than taking over Cyberspace.
Clingy Jealous Girl
Conspicuous Consumption: After she helps Hacker take over Cyberspace, she immediately takes money and starts spending it willy-nilly, leading to an episode where the Cybersquad learns the benefits of managing your money efficiently and not wasting it on things you don't need.
Evil Redhead
Fiery Redhead
Fluffy Fashion Feathers: When she was pretending to be the Princess of Pompadouria, she picked out this for her wedding dress.
Hot Witch: She's not ugly like a traditional witch, and she's good-looking enough for Hacker to be attracted to her.

Ledge

New villain introduced towards the very end of season 8. He was a huge fan of The Hacker back in the day, and aspired to be just like him.

Ascended Fanboy: Became a villain just to impress Hacker
They Look Just Like Everyone Else: He actually looks fairly normal and acts nicely in his introduction.

Recurring Characters

Motherboard

The benevolent ruler of Cyberspace. Unfortunately, she's also pretty useless thanks to Hacker's virus. Her role in the series is mostly to give the kids their next assignment.

Badass Bookworm
The Chick
The Mentor
The Pollyanna: Not quite as extreme though.
Status Quo Is God: Every time the kids find the Encryptor Chip, it gets destroyed or sent away.
The Stoic
Team Mom

Dr. Marbles

Template:Quote box Motherboard's tireless mechanic and creater of Hacker. Likes blue and Tron. His favorite novel is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...just take a guess at his favorite hobby.

Slider

A friend of the Cybersquad. His dad was once a friend and coworker of Hacker's, but went into hiding. In one of the StoryArcs, the Cybersquad helps him find his dad. He occasionally helps out the Earthlies and is popular with the fans.

The Charmer
Chick Magnet: Much to Matt's chagrin.
Friendly Enemy: To Matt. It's more from Matt's end because Inez likes Slider a lot and Matt (supposedly) likes Inez (not that he'll admit it).
Innocent Prodigy
Sixth Ranger
Totally Radical: He comes from Radopolis. Slider himself is less Totally Radical than most of the other citizens of Radopolis that we've seen.
With Friends Like These: Mostly to Matt.

Sam Vander Rom

Journalist seen around Cyberspace reporting on various doings. Quite the Deadpan Snarker.

Al Roker: Voice actor
Blue Oni: To Erica's red
Deadpan Snarker: So, so much
Incredibly Lame Pun: Sam Vander Rom...CD-rom...
With Friends Like These: To Erica Ram

Erica Ram

An associate of Sam Vander Rom's. She is also a journalist.

Red Oni: to Sam's blue

Creech

The current ruler of the Cybersite Tikiville.

Fluff

Penguin who became one of the True Companions of the Cybersquad in the later seasons.

Everythings Better With Penguins

"For Real" segments

Harry Wilson

Butt Monkey: At first, but it tones down later.

Bianca

The Ditz: Occasionally.

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 -year-old [[Farm Boy]] sucked into [[Cyberspace]] and recruited to help Motherboard. Carries a handy red backpack with him at all times, is reasonably athletic, and loves solving mysteries. Also loves [[Star Wars]], the color green, ''[[Redwall]]'', and [[Will Smith]].
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 Jackie is an 11-year-old girl who enjoys hanging out with her friends, and is possibly the hardest Earthlie to pin down in terms of character traits. She can be a ''little'' over-the-top with her emotions. She likes [[Captain Obvious|yellow]], [[Destinys Child]], [[Shrek]], tofu burgers, and ''Walk Two Moons'' by Sharon [[I Thought It Meant|Creech]].
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 -year-old girl who loves learning and books. Has a huge vocabulary and is always asking questions about the world around her. Likes purple, popcorn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Marc Anthony.
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 Your friendly neighborhood "cyboid" and unofficial [[Team Pet]]. He used to work for Hacker, but flew the coop upon realizing that Hacker wasn't exactly a great guy. A fan of the [[Dixie Chicks]] and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach.
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 Pompous, dastardly, and power-hungry—the [[Big Bad]] of the series, until his in-series [[Villain Decay]]. At the moment, he is currently attempting to [[Genre Savvy|rescue his image]]. Like the color puce and ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. Showing [[Hidden Depths]], his favorite book is ''[[The Prince]]'' by Machiavelli.
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 One of Hacker's [[Mauve Shirt|henchmen]] and the smarter of the two. Likes blue-green, donuts, and ''[[Home Alone]]''. Aspires to open a donut shop one day, but every attempt has [[Status Quo Is God|been foiled so far]].
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 === Delete ===
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 Another one of Hacker's henchmen. His favorite colors are both rust and salmon. Likes [[The Wizard of Oz]] and [[Chicken Little (Disney)|Chicken Little]].
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 Witch hailing from the cybersite of Happily Ever After. She's a [[Stalker With a Crush|bit obsessed]] with Hacker, to the point where she even faked being a princess to get to marry him.
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 New villain introduced towards the very end of season 8. He was a huge fan of The Hacker back in the day, and aspired to be just like him.
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 == Recurring Characters ==
 === Motherboard ===
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 The benevolent ruler of Cyberspace. Unfortunately, she's also pretty useless thanks to Hacker's virus. Her role in the series is mostly to give the kids their next assignment.
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 === Slider ===
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 A friend of the Cybersquad. His dad was once a friend and coworker of Hacker's, but went into hiding. In one of the [[Story Arc|StoryArcs]], the Cybersquad helps him find his dad. He occasionally [[Sixth Ranger|helps out the Earthlies]] and is [[Ensemble Darkhorse|popular with the fans]].
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