Roomies 2 Character Profiles Someone asked for a primer on the characters in the show, since he didn't know all of the characters. I was actually debating myself if I should actually do this. Lo and behold, I did do it, so this will help all of you who are confused on any of the characters. All of the profiles will avoid mentioning any spoilers, so if you do want to see the character's series in the future, you can do so without any worries of knowing what happens later in the series. Do note that some storylines will be covered in Roomies 2, as is the norm in most of the high-level reality fanfics. For each character, a link is provided to a picture of him/her. Official U.S. websites were used when available. Air times for series are also provided if they are currently running. I've only provided U.S., Canada, and Japan times, where available. Also note that times differ depending on your time zone and the specific stations that you get in your area (especially in reference to Kids' WB and Fox Kids). Listings are accurate as of today. [Special Note (4/20/05): The links listed below were active when this was originally published three years ago, in 2002. There's a good chance some of the links may not work anymore, for various reasons, and because of how things change frequently on the Internet, I won't be constantly updating them to running sites. Though by this point in time, it shouldn't be too hard to find many of these characters' pictures if you know where to look. Also, the TV listings reflect where and when each character's show aired at the time. Those will also not be updated in this reposting... to see if any of these shows are still on the air, check your local listings!] ****** Name: Bit Cloud Series: Zoids [Zoids New Century Zero] Age: 16 Description: Before meeting the Blitz team, Bit Cloud was just living a dream. He was hoping to collect enough salvaged parts from damaged Zoids to eventually build one of his own. But when he disrupts a battle between the Blitz Team and the Tigers Team, he gets injured in the process. He is nursed back to health when Bit meets the Liger Zero for the first time. Now, Bit stands as one of the premier Zoid battle pilots in the world! But is Bit really the Blitz Team's ace? Or is there something special behind the Liger Zero? On TV: US - Cartoon Network, Weekdays at 4:30 p.m. EST Picture Links: http://www.zoidsbattle.com/ZoidsBattle.html [Click on Battle Profiles, then on Bit Cloud's picture (first one, top row)] [Site requires Flash, I believe, it doesn't say] http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/animeadmirers/zoidspages/zoidsty1.html Name: Chi-Chi Sonn Series: Dragonball Z Age: 35 Description: Chi-Chi is the daughter of the Ox King, a former student of the great Master Roshi. From the first time she met her husband Goku, she was head over heels in love with him. But although Goku has been among the top fighters in the universe, if not the best, Chi-Chi is still a pretty good fighter despite her age. In fact, she trained her youngest son Goten into the promising young fighter that he is today. As the oldest in the house, Chi-Chi definitely will be looked up to as a mother figure, but she is one of the most dangerous threats to win a challenge. On TV: US - Cartoon Network, Weeknights at 6 p.m. & Midnight EST, Saturdays at 1 p.m. EST [2 hour block] Canada - YTV, Weeknights at 8 p.m. EST [1 hour block], Fridays at 10 p.m. EST Picture Link: http://www.dragonballz.com [After choosing a Flash or non-Flash version, click on characters, other, and then Chi-Chi] [Site requires Flash 4.0, although an alternative HTML version can also be viewed if you don't have Flash] [Browser required to be at least IE 4.0 or Netscape 4.0 (or some equivalent)] http://www.geocities.com/chichi_anne/chichi_archive3.html [Full body shot in the dress for her place in the anime that Roomies 2 occurs - fifth row, picture in the center - Chi-Chi is the woman standing in the center of that picture] Name: Duo Maxwell Series: Gundam Wing Age: 16 Description: Duo is the pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, number two in the Gundam Wing chain of command behind Heero Yuy and his Wing Gundam. Duo has suffered a lot of setbacks in his life, but he is always cheerful and good-natured, no matter how serious the battle is. He earns his name the "God of Death" because he strikes from the shadows with his Gundam's lethal beam scythe. After the After Colony's version of the One Year War ended at the end of A.C. 195, Duo has settled down and now works with a friend of his, Hilde, in the salvage business. On TV: Canada - YTV, Fridays at 10:30 p.m. EST Picture Link: http://www.gundamofficial.com/www_ac/gw/characters/char_duo.html Name: Faye Valentine Series: Cowboy Bebop Age: 23 Description: Not much is known about Faye's past, but some say that she is much older than she seems. She is quite the gambler, whether she wins fairly or not, so don't bet against her winning a few games here and there! But when she's not gambling her money away, she's a cowboy, which in the year 2071, is another term for a bounty hunter. Sometimes, she works with Spike, Jet, and Ed, although she tries to beat them to the bounty to get the money all to herself. And although she wears very little, she knows a lot about shooting a gun! So don't press your luck with her! On TV: US - Cartoon Network, Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. EST Picture Link: http://www.fayevalentine.net/pics/screenshots/2.shtml [Picture 24 - top row, farthest right - first full body shot] Name: Jeri Katou Series: Digimon: Digital Monsters [Digimon Tamers] Age: 13 [in the original, she is only 10] Description: Jeri is your average run-of-the-mill young girl who gets her kicks by playing with a sock puppet. That's not normal for a 13 year old! Well, it is, compared to the fact that her friends Takato, Rika, and Henry all have real living Digimon! At first she wants one to cuddle and squeeze. Now, she wants one to battle with. And she'll even have Rika teach her the Digimon card game to get one! And to think that this was all inspired by Takato's Guilmon. Maybe she wants a Digimon just like Guilmon! Or maybe she wants one to impress Takato! Who knows? On TV: US - Fox Kids, Saturdays at 9 a.m. & 10 a.m. EST Canada - YTV, Weekdays at 5:30 p.m. EST, Sundays at 4 p.m. EST [repeats only] Picture Link: http://www.lelola.net/digimon/juri.shtml Name: Jessie Series: Pokémon: Johto League Champions Age: 18 [estimated] Description: Jessie is one-third of Team Rocket. Well, at least their specific squad. Along with James and Meowth, these three try everyday to capture some Pokémon back to their boss. But after an incident at the Viridian City Pokémon Center, these days Jessie and her teammates are focused on one thing... capturing the Pikachu of Ash Ketchum. But after nearly 200 episodes (about 250 in Japan), they're no closer to capturing Pikachu than before! Maybe Jessie needs to put her anger to good use and lead her teammates to victory for once. On TV: US - Kids' WB, Weekdays at 4 p.m. EST [repeats only], Saturdays at 10 a.m. EST Canada - YTV, Weekdays at 5 p.m. EST, Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. EST [repeats only] Japan - TV Tokyo, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. JST [repeats only], Thursdays at 7 p.m. JST Picture Link: http://www.pojo.com/cartoon/Bios/Jessie.html Name: Joey Wheeler Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! [Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters] Age: 15 Description: Joey is a rookie duelist. He only learned the game of Duel Monsters through his best friend, Yugi Mutou, who recently did the impossible... defeating Seto Kaiba, the #1 ranked Duel Monsters card player in the world! Joey hopes to follow in the footsteps of his friend, and he has him, and his two other friends, Tristan and Téa, to support him. It's too bad he's had to learn the game through fighting some of the world's top players. Joey does have a cause in all of this... he's hoping to win the prize money to fund an operation his long lost sister, Serenity, needs to survive. On TV: US - Kids' WB, Weekdays at 3:30 p.m. EST [repeats only], Saturdays at 11 a.m. EST Canada - YTV, Mondays at 6 p.m. EST, Fridays at 9:30 p.m. EST [repeats only], Sundays at 3:30 p.m. EST [repeats only] Japan - TV Tokyo, Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. JST Picture Link: http://www.duel-monsters.com/site.php?goto=ep5 [All from Episode 5 - Joey is the blonde haired kid on the blue dueling platform - several images of other characters, including his first opponent, Mai Valentine, and his sister, Serenity, the red haired young girl in the flashback-type pics] Name: Keitaro Urashima Series: Love Hina! Age: 20 Description: Years ago, a young girl promised to meet him at Toudai University and marry him. Who knows if Keitaro is trying to see if that prophecy is true? He'll never know it seems, because he's failed the entrance exams twice already! As he studies to take it again, his grandmother appoints him the manager of her inn. What Keitaro doesn't know is that the inn is now a girls' dormitory building! How will he get along with these young ladies? Well, at least if Keitaro wins Roomies 2, he'll have the money to go to school. Now, if he can only pass those exams! On TV: None, Currently Being Released on DVD in US and Canada Picture Link: http://www.geocities.com/myksvoll/ [Click on Group Gallery, top row, farthest picture to the right - Keitaro is the lone guy standing off to the right side, with his pretty female companions/residents in the foreground] Name: Kiyone Makibi Series: Tenchi Universe Age: 23 Description: Kiyone is a proud member of the Galaxy Police! A first class detective, to be exact. Not bad, except for the fact that at Police Academy, she finished at the top of her class. Why hasn't she been promoted? Well, most, if not all of the blame, can be put on her partner, Mihoshi. As of things couldn't be worse, they're now assigned to patrol Earth! Not exactly a dream job, but at least she gets to stay with the handsome Tenchi Masaki! And now, she can at least get away from Mihoshi and hopefully show what it takes to walk away a winner in Okayama! On TV: None, Currently Off-Air Picture Link: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/9909/gallery/gallery4.html [Top row, center picture - Kiyone is the green haired woman on the right] http://members.tripod.com/kiyone_1/image.html [Third row, right picture - Kiyone in her police uniform, once again, the woman on the right] Name: Melfina Series: Outlaw Star Age: 17 Description: When bounty hunter "Hot Ice" Hilda is chased by pirates to Sentinel III, she holds in a suitcase the body of an unconscious Melfina. With the help of Gene Starwind and Jim Hawking, Melfina is revived to help them find the XGP, a special ship built with the cooperation of the pirates and the space police forces. But when Melfina is left in the hands of Gene and Jim, will they help her find out who she really is? There's a lot of mystery surrounding Melfina's purpose in life. But while she tries to solve that mystery, she's satisfied with navigating the Outlaw Star. On TV: US - Cartoon Network, Saturdays at 1 a.m. EST Picture Link: http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/ols/gal/nogene.html [Third picture - Melfina in the center without the blue poncho] [Fourth picture - Melfina second from right, with it on] Name: Mondo Ooya Series: Mon Colle Knights Age: 13 [in the original, he is only 11] Description: Mondo is one half of the Mon Colle Knights, a superhero duo who spends their free time going to Mon World in order to find the six Monster Items that will bring peace to both Mon World and the real world. With the help of his partner and girlfriend, Rockna, and her father, Professor Hiragi, they set out to do so. Mondo tends to be the adventurous type who never gives up and fights for what's right. He also tends to fall for pretty girls too often as well, which often gets Rockna madly jealous. At least he doesn't have to worry about her here... or does he? On TV: US - Fox Kids, Saturdays at 11 a.m. EST Picture Link: http://achan.mooshuu.com/bacchiguu/ocels4.html [Fourth row, farthest to the right - yeah, weird picture - he's the young boy on the center right] http://achan.mooshuu.com/bacchiguu/ocels2.html [Top row, third from the right - regular dress for Mondo, on the right, slightly out of the picture] Name: Roger Smith Series: Big O Age: 25 Description: After a freak accident leaves the citizens of Paradigm City wondering if they are the only humans still alive in the world, Roger Smith's job as a negotiator is to keep the city from falling apart. Sometimes Roger can't handle negotiations man-to-man, so he often resorts to getting the job done giant robot-to-giant robot. Once again, we have another rich competitor among the group, and Roger's it. He shares characteristics of Madison and Giselle, both rich kids from last season. And he always wears black. Not much for going with the status quo, huh? On TV: None, Currently Off-Air Picture Link: http://www.geocities.com/big_o_fan/index.html [Yes, that's Roger on the splash page, and the only full body shot of him I could find]