Andre

Andre Samson Dre is a 16-year-old cyan boy who lives in Mirai City, similar to Antcruz, specifically the closest apartment building near the city’s outskirts. Referred by the others of the main six as the “asshole” of the bunch, Andre has lent a hand in battle in an attempt to replenish his established bad reputation since becoming the cause of the 88 Gang’s separation, and while his efforts are respected and have made him one of Antcruz’s most recurring allies, he has still not completely let go of his narcissistic and asshole-ish behavior, often getting drunk (despite being under the drinking age,) making a fool out of himself in front of girls, being prone to breaking promises, and also being one of the lowest-graded students in Miracle Academy. Like Antcruz and Dash, Andre also frequently plays basketball, often being on the opposite team as the two.

Backstory
Andre was born on November 18, 2004. At a young age, he would meet Dash, who would since then become his childhood friend, with the two still remaining together after they started going to Miracle Academy. Since the both of them were rather unpopular throughout both of their social lives and shared a lot of the same interests, they could easily relate to one another and felt comfortable talking about what is on each other’s minds at a given moment, even if it’s the most embarrassing thing possible, such as Andre’s frequent failures to find a romantic partner (a recurring event that still goes on to this very day.) A few months into his first year in Miracle Academy, Andre started to feel like a loser for relying on the same friend throughout most of his life at that point, so he would begin talking to and sitting with the school “misfits” at lunch and joining after school clubs where he would meet more of them. He would later go on to form a gang known as the “88 Gang,” named after the year his mother was born in, with some of these “misfits,” with Dash himself joining in not long afterwards, coinciding with the divorce of his parents. Andre, now finally feeling like he’s living “the traditional teenage lifestyle,” would eventually start leading the gang to do illegal and rebellious acts, such as vandalism, shoplifting, and underage drinking (the latter of which Dash wouldn’t participate in,) but that would ultimately lead to the gang’s downfall, as Andre and the rest of the gang would be caught in the act as he caused major damage to a car and would have to turn himself and the entire gang in to the police, causing the gang to permanently separate and Andre’s reputation to significantly fall apart, being the cause of the gang’s exposure to the police and him generally being seen as a bad influence. Andre would go through somewhat of a redemption after he noticed Dash participating in a battle against evil robots with his new girlfriend Sarah, as well as Antcruz, and decided to chime in from that point, using a silver slingshot that used to belong to his father when he was his age, with his help being appreciated and his techniques being seen as useful, although he’s still let himself go since the fallout of the 88 Gang, still keeping the bad habits he grew during that time period and noticeably looking worse and generally becoming more of an asshole since then.

Personality
As established, Andre is very rough, harsh, and narcissistic, and often does bad things with no remorse, only aiding Antcruz and his friends as an effort to replenish his tarnished reputation. Though this effort has actually seemed to work due to surprising technical ability that has been rather useful, most of his other efforts, such as his attempts to quit his drinking habits and impress girls, have failed countless times. He is also foolish and lazy, with him refusing to clean up his messy hair and nearly breaking promises. Despite these flaws, Andre still thinks highly of himself, no matter how many times reality tries to knock sense into him. With that said, Andre does have some redeeming qualities; He does actually care about his friends (even if his actions will say otherwise occasionally), he is rather smooth, skillful and strategic in combat, which makes him useful among his peers, and he’s one of the more active of the bunch, frequently playing basketball with Antcruz and Dash (often being on the rivaling team.)

Appearance
Andre has a cyan skin tone with really messy and greasy white hair as well as teal eyes. His outfit includes a purple v-neck shirt with a jersey-styled, dark indigo number 6 plastered onto it, as well as blueish-grey shorts, oversized silver rings worn on his wrists, tealish-grey socks and dark blue/teal leather shoes.

Antcruz
Antcruz has very mixed feelings about Andre; While he appreciates his help and thinks he’s a fun person to hang around with on occasions such as nights out at the arcade and such, he finds him a bit suspicious considering his history and reputation. Andre also enjoys spending time with Antcruz, but his arrogance can still carry over towards him and his actions can tend to put him in danger in some situations, such as him easily forgetting to keep Nia a secret.

Sarah
Although Andre claims to respect Sarah, telling Dash that he made a good choice by dating her and her being one of the few who haven’t been a victim of at least one remark from him, Sarah dislikes Andre, having known about his history, attitude, and bad habits due to conversations with Dash, and generally having a feeling of disgust around him. With that said, she still feels that he’s an important person to have around due to his contributions in battle, and does respect how long his friendship with Dash has lasted.

Dash
Dash and Andre have been friends since childhood, with the two (both rather unpopular at the time) being the only close friends and being at their most honest and respectful around each other. However, after the fallout of the 88 Gang, Dash distanced himself from and temporarily cut ties with Andre. The two reconciled after Andre helped Antcruz defeat a robot for the first time, although their friendship is considerably less innocent than it used to be and the two are no longer afraid to show more aggression towards one another. Out of the rest of the allies, Dash is probably the most prone to being a victim of Andre’s arrogance, though he is used to it. The two are also more competitive towards each other than they were before. Despite the change in attitude, however, they both have still cared for each other just as much throughout their entire history.

Natalie
Although Andre has “no feelings whatsoever” about Natalie, her thoughts about him have been continuously on-and-off; She really enjoys his company on some occasions, finding him to be one of the more fun and charismatic of the bunch. Other times, however, she thinks he’s more plain annoying and that his arrogance has gotten the best of him. She doesn't care about his carefree nature since it doesn’t affect her or the rest of the group, but holds some ridicule towards some of his antics, especially the ones involving attempts to impress girls, which she considers “misogynistic.” Overall, Natalie’s opinion on Andre depends on which specific occasion is being considered.

Nia
Nia’s weirdest relationship is with Andre, with her notably unintentionally bringing out the worst in him on most occasions. Andre is among Nia’s favorites of the main six and is easy to attract attention from her due to his cyan skin tone, however, he chooses to use this to his advantage, attempting to kidnap her behind Antcruz and Sarah’s backs, seeing capturing an alien as a good opportunity to impress girls, though this usually doesn’t end up working out. (This is worsened by the fact that this would break his promise to Antcruz to keep her as a secret.) Andre can also prove to be a bad influence on Nia by demonstrating his drinking habits in front of her.

Trivia
- Andre is voiced by coolspeedyjosh.

- Andre is the last of the main six characters to be introduced, with him debuting in late May 2019, nearly 3 months after Natalie's debut.

- The original concept of Andre was that he would come off as cute despite trying to come off as cool. This should be noted when looking at his debut drawing, where he’s seen kneeling down on the floor blushing with watery eyes, definitely not looking drunk in the slightest.

- Andre was also originally conceived to be a transgender male. This was scrapped, since I thought the concept of the character at the time would be considered offensive in this context and I wanted to stay cautious given the environment I was posting content in. Had I gone through with this idea, this would've made him my only trans character thus far.

- Earlier drawings also had the number 7 on Andre’s shirt rather than a 6. This was changed to the number 6 later on, as I thought it would be funnier to subtly reference the fact that he’s the sixth main character.

- Andre’s original ability was that he would be able to throw balls of many different types. This was changed to the slingshot as I thought it would make much more sense.

- Interestingly, the 88 Gang was originally conceptualized to specifically be Dash’s gang and it was going to continue on rather than separate. This was changed since it would make more sense for Andre’s backstory if the gang separated and I didn’t know how I could incorporate them into artwork.