#Danny Test-Utonium

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Utonium Clan Line-Up

Redesigned the kiddos to line up with my Powerpuff Girls redesign and current headcannons

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“Two orders of chili fries with cheese and a disgusting amount of onions.” Amber said flashing a grin before raising Devlin’s captured arm. “Oh, and what ever the heck Dev wants. On me.”

“Alright, the usual than.” Danny rang her up, before glancing at Devlin with an amused grin. 

Devlin was still hung up on her elbow interlocked with his to notice they’d arrived at the food truck. Arm tingly at the contact, he wasn’t really sure what was causing his arm to heat up. Given that it was his Petropsian arm she’d captured, as opposed to the Pyronite, it should be a bit cooler if anything. 

It was even stranger when disappointment mingled with relief when she pulled her arm away to grab their food. 

Devlin finally beat Amber in a race so she’s paying for lunch. He’s a little confused at what he’s feeling right now; he’s never really had this kind of problem before. 

Amber’s a bit oblivious to Devlin’s internal confusion; she’s got chili fries on the mind. 

They’re getting lunch at Buttercup’s Food Truck where Danny works when he’s got some free time.

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Man Up 4: The Donnyest Game”

Written by: Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Alicia Chan

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

Yup, he's back.

The epic Man Up saga gets yet another episode, turning the trilogy into a tetralogy, putting it in the same category as the Shrek series. I'd argue the quality is very similar, at least in my opinion. The second one was better than the first, one of the rare sequels that was better in every way, and the third one was just horrific. It was so horrific that I didn't even want to watch the fourth one, but somebody once told me that the world was going to roll me and The Final Chapter was better than the third.

I could talk about the Shrek films all day, but I don't think that's what you came here for. Maybe I'm just trying to delay the inevitable, since the very first character we see in this episode is...

...oh boy, Donny. I was sort of hoping that Donny in the title wasn’t referring to the comic relief, as unlikely as that would be. At least they continue the cruelty streak with him that started with Total Eclipse of the Kart, as he struggles to open a jar of strawberry jam without getting it all over himself and getting covered with ants. It's not that it isn't deserved. The Powerpuff Girls, who normally help other people with jars, don't seem to want to help, though Bubbles does give this lovely advice.

Bubbles: Stop, drop, and roll, Donny!

The joke is that he's not on fire, you silly goose! Get ready, because there's a lot of jokes like this. While all of this jam related insanity is happening, a familiar face is hiding in the bushes.

Because this is a part of the Man Up tetralogy, we get the one thing that linked all of them, and the only thing that linked all of them: the villain is Manboy, a man man man man who wants to prove that he is a man man man man by doing man man man man things. The most man man man man thing in this episode is to beat up this majestic unicorn. See, it's ironic, because this majestic horned pony is getting annihilated by ants. Or, "ant-nilhilated" as Donny puts it. He's trying. Oh McCracken, he's trying.

I'm surprised they didn't leave a pause between that pun and Blossom talking about the B-plot of this episode. She doesn't want to waste any time, because they have one hour before they have to participate in the Utonium Strawberry Picking Contest.

The winner gets their photo on the fridge, along with a photo showing the "4th year strawberry champ", which happens to be Blossom! Before I can ramble on about how this show's sense of time is out of whack, I can say that the episode proves that this is not referring to Blossom being the 4th consecutive winner of the strawberry picking contest, but the winner of the 4th year this contest was held. Then again, who would have participated in the 1st? Jojo back when he was a monkey? I'm putting way too much thought into this, am I?

Donny is super intrigued by this grand prize, as if the winds of destiny were whispering "Danny". Bubbles has to slowly move her Finn-faced head in to remind him that his name is Donny, in another amazing joke for this comic relief character.

Buttercup, that rascal, tells Donny he doesn't have a good shot at being the champion of giving Sitcom Dad his sweet, sweet free strawberries, but Bubbles comes in to defend her best friend.

Bubbles: It's okay, Don-Bon! You may not be the best strawberry hunter, but you’re still my best friend!

Yeah, great pep talk, Bubbles. Yeah, Donny is terrible at absolutely everything, but at least he's Bubbles' best friend because he has a great personality he doesn't treat his old friends like dirt when he makes new ones he's a unicorn! Donny seems to take it okay, at least.

Suddenly, Blossom gets a call from the Mayor that the Blimp Shrimp is on the loose, reminding us all that the Powerpuff Girls do indeed save the world before bedtime and aren't just strawberry pickers that can fly. There really isn't much else; we don't even get to see this Blimp Shrimp; I guess we're supposed to just find rhyming funny. It's not really on the money.

Well, there is one reason: it's so Donny can do something that isn't very bright, since he can't seem to use his common sense without the girls to guide him. While he’s hunting for strawberries using his strategy of saying he will not be distracted, he sees a churro on a napkin. This napkin happens to be right next to a lasso hanging off of a tree! He can't fall for this.

(Johnny Test Whip Crack)

At least, that's what Manboy thought. Manboy is bewildered by this specimen, as not only does he not look like the unicorn in his purple guidebook, he fell for the very first trap he put up! You'd think he would know all of this, since he was clearly looking at him getting defeated by ants.

Man Boy: It says here that unicorns are incredibly powerful, are experts at camouflage, and are capable of tracking their opponents across many miles! That doesn't really sound like you!

Donny: I know! I sound more like, "Hi, my name's Donny! D-O-N-N-Y!"

I am so glad to say this is the last time he appears this season. They couldn’t even be consistent with him not knowing his name. They could have at least had him misspell it. Actually, they shouldn’t. Manboy, finding no pleasure in beating up such a weakling, offers him some training that would turn him into a commando. “A strawberry commando?”, Donny asks, and Manboy just rolls with it.

So Manboy trains his own opponent through many tasks, like jumping across cliffs, catching fish, doing pull-ups over a fire, and a few other. This training montage is played a bit too straight to be that funny, but it does have this song about how montages are only here to speed things up. No, really.

Bet you can't guess what's happening here Time is of the essence, so we'll make it clear We only got a minute for a montage song Because this episode is ten minutes long

A montage is happenin'!

I am not going to lie, it's kind of catchy, and at least it gives a scene some sort of a joke.

There is one other thing: there's a scene where Donny gets taken away by what is unmistakably a bald eagle. Later, after he starts getting the hang of being a manly unicorn, he punches that eagle right in the face without even a hit flash. I don’t even know what to say.

After his training and his somewhat justified violence against the national bird of the country this takes place in, or at least it was in the original, he ends up becoming a Rambo-like muscled hero, looking almost exactly like the picture in that purple guidebook. I always wanted to see Donny get the Musclecup treatment, said no one ever. Thanks to this training, Donny stops telling bad jokes all the time and now speaks only in gruff action hero lines. Not sure if I would consider that an improvement.

Manboy: Okay, unicorn! It's time to play the most dangerous game...and you're it!

...so he wants to play a children's playground game with him? That is the conclusion one would expect Donny to consider with that line, but how else would somebody interpret that? I think he may have forgotten a sentence.

Suddenly, Donny starts shooting horn lasers at him. He tries, for the only time in the entire episode, to use his man man man man beard powers, but they get lasered off. Much like the Reboot Puffs in certain episodes, Manboy just knows that a punch would not be able to stop him, and just runs away.

Speaking of the Reboot Puffs, we do get a peek back at the B-plot, and I really mean a peek, because there's almost nothing here. After Sitcom Dad reiterates how this strawberry picking contest's prize is that fabled picture on the fridge, Buttercup boasts that she is for sure that she'll win this time. She has a secret weapon: a dust buster. Bubbles asks if she really learned nothing from that time she used a vacuum cleaner last year.

Insert cutaway gag where Buttercup chases triple chin Ranger Smith with a vacuum cleaner. Honestly, Bubbles should have just stopped at asking if she really has learned nothing, because the answer is usually yes.

Most of this episode is just Manboy getting chased by the Muscled Hellhorn, sometimes hiding in a bush to avoid him. Donny slowly walks, yelling out to Manboy to come out, come out, where ever he is. This is the big irony; he's this big and strong manly man, and he's getting chased away by a sparkly unicorn...who is also a big and strong manly man. I think the muscles and action movie one liners really lessen this.

Buttercup shows up to suck up some strawberries with her dust buster, and she unintentionally sucks up the bush Manboy was hiding in. Hey, something that actually ties the Donny chasing after Manboy plot with the strawberry plot! Unfortunately, that's the only time the two plots really converge; Donny doesn't even seem to be interested in the strawberries in any of these scenes.

As for those strawberries, the next time we see a Powerpuff Girl is when the episode suddenly cuts to a scene where Blossom is picky about what strawberries she puts in her basket. At least that kind of fits her character, even if that seems to sabotage her plans to win. Sitcom Dad outright said the person with the most strawberries wins that coveted photo on the fridge. Honestly, that's really it for the strawberry plot until the end, and no attempt is made to connect this scene with anything else.

It's just more Donny from here on out. If there's any kind of progression, at least the training montage made him a little more competent at dodging traps. He easily dodges an arrow trap, and just walks through a fallen tree. The closest thing to an action scene in this entire episode, really. Eventually something's got to break this new character of his, and it's going to take more than a napkin with a churro on it.

Oh no, it takes a napkin with two churros to make him fall into a trap! He even reverts back to his usual voice just to yell out his love for churros. Manboy shows up that he finally bested this majestic and powerful unicorn...even though he not once tried to lay a finger on him like he said he was going to do. I guess he would take any victory at this point.

Unfortunately for Manboy, that victory doesn't last. Somehow, Donny managed to set up a trap of his own, as Manboy ends up walking backwards, stepping onto a green button, which covers him in strawberry jam. At least that strawberry jam scene from the opening has a point, as he then gets to succumb to the ants.

And not just ants, either, but he also ends up running into a beehive. It doesn't entirely reference the infamous Nicolas Cage remake of The Wicker Man, but we do get this line, which is almost as good:

Manboy: Oh my god! Bees! Bees! Gyaaah!

Okay, he says gosh, but that's not what I heard. Then he gets attacked by a shark, because random. Eventually, he does end up going into a river, which does cleanse him from the jam, the ants, the bees, and the shark. This river ends up going into a waterfall, and then goes into another waterfall. Both times, they have to point out where Manboy is with a giant yellow beeping arrow, as if the context wasn't clear enough. This scene was enjoyable, but that might be because this is the best beating Manboy ever gotten.

And now, the required "I'm so sorry I was such a doofus" scene, though we usually don't see it from a villain. Donny somehow managed to get out of the cage and run all the way down to the bottom of the twin waterfalls to confront Manboy. I honestly stopped questioning such things; maybe it's that same kind of unicorn magic that allows him to poof tickets to ice skating shows.

Donny doesn't accept this apology, and does what he wanted to do as a person who was called "It."

Donny: Tag, you're it! Now you'll have to chase me-e-e-e-e-e!

The conclusion one would expect Donny to consider with that "and you're it" line is exactly what happens. One might ask, if this was Donny's idea of playing tag, why was he trying to horn laser him? The answer, much like most other questions one could ask about this reboot, is pineapples.

Manboy, in his anger, finally decides to lunge right towards Donny to possibly fulfill his promise to beat up a unicorn. Donny moves his neck slightly to make him miss and hit a tree instead. Yeah, it wasn't as cool as when Blossom did that in the original.

In the end, they finally tie this all up with that strawberry plot I completely forgot about, since it barely shows up. Blossom has her pretty pile, Buttercup accidentally sucked up the park ranger, and Bubbles ate the strawberries she found. Since she's best friends with a character who is well established in this episode to be not too bright, Bubbles can't be too far off, you see.

Donny shows up with that tree Manboy ran into, and it turned out to be a strawberry tree. His muscular physique is suddenly gone for no reason whatsoever. Why shouldn't they just have him stay muscular at the end of the episode? The status quo never seems to bother them.

The Professor decides to give Donny that fabled photo on the fridge he always wanted, right next to a fridge magnet of a poorly drawn Texas. Yee haw. Yeah, I can't think of a better ending for this.

Does the title fit?

Sadly, yes, at least with the Donnyest Game. I guess Donny being made more "manly" does sort of continue with Man Up 3's themes, but that's as close as we get.

How does it stack up?

Out of all the Donny-focused episodes, this is the best Donny one by the virtue of having not as much to complain about. He’s not constantly whining and being an absolutely terrible analogy the writers had to deny. He’s not being a terrible friend by ditching him for a total stranger who happened to have glitter and crayons. The episode doesn’t prop him up as this incredibly important character while the characters we should be caring about are getting their butts kicked. Most importantly, it’s not Bubbs and Donny Get The Mail.

However, there really isn't much to praise, either. The strawberry plot doesn't really go anywhere beyond a cutaway gag, and this episode doesn't change my opinion on Manboy or Donny as characters. I don't hate this episode, but I didn't really want to re-watch it.

Next, another episode where a villain cowers in fear over a cutesy character. Will it be any better than this one?

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What plays/musicals do the CN Gen 2 theater kids usually do? Do any of the OCs have favorite roles they've played?

Theater Kids and their favorite Plays/Roles

NOTE: With Raymond being the Drama teacher and most of the Class being queer, the plays tend to be far gayer than they should ben.

Drake Atoms: ***Heathers: Veronics Sawyer

*Sam Astrominov: Be More Chill; the Squip

Jordan Universe: ***Heathers: JD

*Ruben Gilligan: Alexander Hamilton: Alexander

*Cheryl Beetles: BeetleJuice: Lydia Deets

*Tyrone Fulbright: BeetleJuice: ****Barb Maitland

*Danny Test-Utonium: BeetleJuice: Adam Maitland

*Abigail Vincent-VonMarizipan: Be More Chill: Micheal Mell

* **Xander Hamilton: ***Heathers: Heather Chandler

Raymond can and WILL drag people to center stage if they fit the role in his opinion. This applies to specifically our favorite Scaredy Cat Danny, who only signed up for this class because his friends were.

*haven't made character sheets for yet

** yes, the Alex's full name is Alexander Hamilton, (his father's Eugene "Bling-Bling Boy" Hamilton) and YES the theater kids constantly sing Alexander Hamilton at him. If he didn't love them so much he'd have killed them all by now.

*** Their school's Heathers was Genderbent

**** they also made the Maitlands a happy gay couple

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Danny showing Video Games to Xelia. She is not impressed, but amused at her fiance’s antics

That his hat she’s wearing. The highlights in her hair are red streaks she got put in with Becka as she saw it was one of his family’s customs.

Yeah, he accidentally got engaged to her in midst a brawl without his gravity enhancers. It went roughly like this:

Danny: Oh my god I killed her!

Kenny: Dude, it’s soooo much worse.

Devlin: Hope you like sand.

Danny: *blinks* W-what? 

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Daniel “Danny” Test-Utonium

Eldest child of Buttercup, Danny looks like the guy to snap you like a twig for looking at him funny, what armed with a scowl and a dog the size of a small horse.

The reality of it all is that he and his mutt are Teddy Bears. A bit of a scaredy cats too if he were being perfectly honest. 

Despite being the strongest of the Utonium Grandkids, he’s pretty sure the whole hero thing isn’t his cup of tea. 

Details Below the Cut

Personality:

Gentle giant

Pacifist

Chill (no temper)

Curious

Outdoorsy

Intelligent

Common sense is strong in this one

Responsible

Friendly

Self confidence is intermediate...

Due to his Powers kind of springing up on him out of nowhere (thank you puberty), his confidence in his abilities took an enormous dip.

mama’s boy

Quirks

Developed a nervous tick of pulling out his drum sticks and beating out a rhythm on the nearest object, whether that be a desk, a bookshelf, or his thigh. 

Additionally, will occasionally reach his hand out and meet empty air (reaching out to pat Bucky’s head)

Likes:

Audio books

Movies

Video games

Skateboarding (really good)

Science

Drums

Food chemistry (cooking basically)

Ice cream

writing songs for the Band

Dislikes:

Confrontation

Dealing with idiiots

Catchy meaningless pop songs that get stuck in your head

Cats

Chores

Having to find Nate (seriously that Boy can wander far and fast)

Appearance:

Height: 6′1″ (Buttercup blames the Chemical X and Johnny is convinced his sisters snuck in growth horomones into his baby formula)

Build: heavy weight and built, though his muscles aren’t exceptionally defined as he does not work out

Eyes: bright green, Powerpuff Pupil (the white highlight within the Pupil) though average size

Thick Blocky Eyebrows

Square face

Hair: Dark brown shaved sides with a longer, tied back, hot green warriors wolf tail on the top

People like to debate with hair color is his natural color, as with Johnny’s genes, it is entirely plausible to have a kid with green hair

Friends:

Tyrone

Reuben

Notes:

Tends to lean more towards his dad’s Bounty Hunting in career choices

Inherited his mom’s knack for cooking as well as her resting b**** face

Being the eldest, it’s often his job to wrangle in his younger siblings when his parents aren’t around

Has an enormous Great Dane named Bucky

Canines unusually large, so they stick out

Got him from the streets, covered in scars

Missing part of his ear

Robot front right leg from when he got hit by a car

Looks terrifying as hell

Sweetest dog alive

Scared of Cats

Powers include high durability and Super strength

He is the Strongest of the Utonium Kids, having the muscle power to rival Tetramands and (albeit weaker) Vaxasaurians

wears inhibitors to prevent him from inadvertently breaking everything he touches

Can jump extraordinarily high as a result

Is in an accidental engagement with Xelia RedWind

Surpsisingly enough, he isn’t really complaining

Though some of the Tetramand customs will never cease to allude him

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Which CN Gen 2 kid constantly cracks their joints?

Danny- but he actually kind of has too. Because his bones are constantly trying to make up for the strength of his muscles and tendons, they overdo it on "maintenance" causing his joints calcify over time.

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Which CN Gen 2 character is most likely to cry at a sad movie/video game ending, even if they've seen it before?

Danny, Tyrone*, and Rueben*. There is a reason people call those three the Teddy Bears.

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Who is the most accident prone of the CN Gen 2 Kids?

*Kyle and Danny were definitely clutsy when they were going through their growth spurts, but as a general rule, I'd say Peter is the most accident prone, just because he doesn't realize when he's hurt most of the time.

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Which CN Gen 2 kid is most likely to break down into tears?

Danny definitely. He's a marshmallow trapped in a wrestlers body.

Luckily *Rueben and *Tyrone got his back.

*haven't made character sheets for

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Which CN Gen 2 kid is into rhythm games?

The Glowsticks (Roman, Jordan, and Kaiden), The Secondhands (Amber, Remus, and Bishop), The TeddyBears (Tyrone*, Rueben*, and Danny*), and the Neys (Courtney*, Tiffaney*, and Britney*) all enjoy the Rhythm games at the Plaza Arcade and compete in the tournaments. 

*no character sheets as of yet

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Which CN Gen 2 kid(s) prefers storms over sunny weather?

None of the kids with the ability of flight (it's not fun getting caught in a storm.

Danny, Kaiden, and Violeta like them though- they try to get pictures sometimes.

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Which CN Gen 2 kids argue about classic nerd war things (Star Wars vs Star Trek, Digimon vs Pokemon, Yugioh vs Magic, DnD vs Pathfinder, etc.)?

Let's see,

Charlie

Evergreen

Braxton

*Rueben

*Tyrone

Danny

*Greg

Zelda

*Sam

Roman

Kenny

Glitch

off the top of my head. There are many a geek in this group.

*haven't made character pages for as of yet

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First Day of 6th Grade: Introductions

First Page >>> Next Page

So far so Good?

Lots of Kiddo designs for page 2 ^.^

OC Context/Summary for those who don’t want to dig through the character tags:

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In order of Appearance:

Tyrone Fulbright: Son of Butch Jojo (last name JoHimson here) and Fanny Fulbright. He has pretty much 0 affiliation with his father excluding the annual mandatory visit to Townsville Penitentiary.

Danny Test Utonium: Eldest of Johnny Test and Buttercup Utonium. Heart of gold, dumb of a**, a Himbo in training. This is before his powers kick in so he’s a bit more confident.

Rueben Gilligan: Eldest of Abigail Lincoln and Hoagie Gilligan. The unoffical leader of “the Teddybears” as Becka has dubbed the three of them, he tends to be the first with a joke and a plan.

Courtney Green: Daughter of Ace Green (Gangreen Gang). Oily and slick, she just as likely to tear you down verbally as physically. Stupid loyal to her friends though. Mess with them, get a bat to the face. Before her updated wardrobe

Britney MacFarlane: Daughter of Mindy, think Heather Duke post getting power. She gets what she wants whether she has to grind others to dust to do it. Britney knows best after all.

Carter VonMarzian: Middle child and only son of Henrietta VonMarzipan and Eddward Vincent (i.e. Double D). Definitely the detective of the family, he’s quick to right a wrong or disprove conspiracy theories. Brit calls him “Pig Pen” in reference to his recent interest in Palynology. (Said interest causes his father high levels of distress, thx for nothing OCD)

Shang McCraigen: Fourth eldest of the McCraigen Clan and by far the sassiest. This is about a 2 years since he was fostered first fostered (and a few months since he was officially adopted) by Mac and Rachel. He’s picked up Mac’s ability to read the room- hence his checking in on Jordan.

Jordan Universe: Eldest daughter of Steven Universe and Connie Maheswaran. Given her family’s history with Kevin 11k, she’s not really sure how to feel about his son being at her school. Either way, it’s gonna be awkward for a little bit.

Violeta E. Salazar: Daughter of Caesar Salazar. Easily the smartest of the room, she tends to keep more to herself at this age- only really interacting with her cousin and his friends. Not super involved with alien politics/criminal activity, she doesn’t get the big whoop at the name Levin.

Roman Salazar: Son of Rex Salazar. Far more confident than when he was first starting off, he’s pretty calm in the school environment- if a bit bored. Like his cousin, he tends to learn more back at Providence between his Tio and his Aunt. Equally ignorant on the whole big deal on the name Levin, he’s indifferent.

Kaiden Kincaid: Son of KO. Normally really attentive in class- he kind of wiped himself out brawling with Boxbots the day before. This particular model of Robbie had some unexpected kicks to him.

Mildred “Millie” Billions Morbucks: The only child of Billy Billions and the younger daughter of Princess Morbucks, Millie’s got a lot on her plate to be the best. The youngest in the class at age 8, she is the child prodigy her father had hoped for. The only reason she isn’t at the private school is (pettily enough) that both her parents want to prove she’s smarter than their rivals kids. She is VERY familiar with the capabilities of a Levin so she VERY much would like to stay on Devlin’s good side on the opposite side of the classroom.

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Glowsticks only Light Up Once you Make them SNAP.

or Each Time the Glowsticks’ were pushed to their limits.

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👤 💇👖 for the oc ask thing

I'm gonna do a Teddybear for each of these

👤: Danny Test-Utonium

While Danny is more durable than an average human (if he wasn't his super strength would be snapping his his bones man) he's far from indestructible.

He has a bunch of scars on his hands- where the skin of his knuckles split in a fight, where he nicked his fingers helping his mom chop up vegetables from dinner, from where he scraped his hands on warped metal he busted, etc.

On his upper left arm he's got a roughly-star shaped scar from where his Aunt Mary and Aunt Susan tried to run an experiment on him when he was really little. (Johnny lost his shit on them when he found out about that)

Unless, he's stressed, Danny doesn't tend to break out too badly, partially do to his cleanliness.

💇: Rueben Gilligan

Ruben likes to experiment with his hair style. Long, short, up, down, he's done it all. As of late he's been keeping it short, it makes it easier for quick disguise changes when there's less hair to hide under the wig.

He's got his routine nevertheless, perfection isn't easy after all. His bathroom countertop is littered with hair care products.

Since he doesn't want to bleach his hair, he hasn't ever really dyed his own hair. However, he has bleached and dyed several of his friends hair. He also tends to be the one to help Greg with his hair.

👖: Tyrone Fulbright

You know how men used to dress in 80s horror films? The whole crop tops, booty shorts, high socks and sneakers? Throw in some tennis gear and you've got Tyrone's go to gear.

In the winter, he might exchange the shorts for skinny jeans, though the crop tops stay. He's also got an enormous hoodie that's even big on Danny that he stole from his grandpa.

He's a bit of a shoe fanatic. If they are big, clunky, and loudly patterned, he must have them.

Additionally, he wears what all appearances is a simple white leather belt. He never takes it off, even for a tennis match. In reality, it's a Chemical X modulator, designed by Prof. Utonium himself. Due to the... instability of the Rowdy Ruff genes, it basically maintains his body chemistry so that he doesn't abruptly break down at random.

It's more of a precaution than anything. However, Tyrone's stress levels drastically increase when he's not wearing it, which does NOT help the situation.