Beetlejuice

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PLAYER
NAME: Wolfy
CONTACT: Plurk, quesadillawizard on discord
OVER 18? Yes
CURRENT CHARACTERS: n/a

CHARACTER
NAME: Beetlejuice
CANON: Beetlejuice the Musical the Musical the Musical
CANON POINT: From the finale where Juno throws him out of the house, presumably to the sandworms.
BACKGROUND: Wiki

SUITABILITY:
I think Beetlejuice, who is entirely selfish up until the 11th hour, would do to learn some of the friendship values that are so prevalent in Pokemon. Learning to make real, actual friends and then retaining those friends would set him on the course to better behavior. MAKE THAT MAN EXPERIENCE EMPATHY!!! In the musical, right before his pull point, he gets to be alive for like five minutes. Maybe less. During those few minutes he goes on a roller coaster ride of emotions and later, once he's dead again, he says he admires the living for dealing with that all day every day. As a demon, it's implied he didn't feel emotions normally or at all. Debatable, since he's shown feeling both lonely and angry. But guess what!! HE'S NOT A GHOST-TYPE so he is ALIVE in the Bay! I did have him on the first TDM and again on the third, so he's been alive for a little while but spent most of that lost and wild in the forest. So he's still got to travel that Becoming a Member of Society arc.

He would be reluctant to join any kind of team at first because he sees himself as a one man show, but once he sees the benefits of working together with all kinds of different Pokemon, he'd be willing to play along. At least, as long as it serves him. He's got no problem lying, cheating, and stealing. He hasn't really faced consiquences before, so that will be another learning curve. The nature of Pokemon battles will appeal to him--a good way to get all his destructive energy out. His battle style would be all about intimidation and manipulation (Scary Face and Baby Doll eyes) and cheap shots until he evolves and can pack more of a punch. He's a big dog in a little dog body. Or weasel body.

He's going to hate being a weird weasel with no way to change back, but finding out that he has the ability to evolve and get bigger and stronger (and cooler) will give him a solid goal to work toward. Using Pokemon abilities won't be much different than using his demonic ghost powers for him. However, it's going to take a while for him to learn about type advantage because he has no way of knowing which Pokemon does what.


QUESTIONNAIRE:

⟡ Your character is on an exploration quest when they find an injured Pokemon in need of help. This Pokemon appears to be in distress and is quite dangerous, posing a risk to your character even if they mean well, and putting your quest mission at risk. What do they do? What are some possibilities of how they work with teammates to address this, or do they go at it alone?

Who WOULDN'T want a big dangerous Pokemon in their debt? Beetlejuice would have to be sure he's actually able to assist before he starts making deals, because while he has no problem lying, he doesn't want a bigger, more dangerous Pokemon to catch wise and retaliate. He is but a weasel. BJ would more than likely try to pull this if he's alone as to isolate the other Pokemon and manipulate them. If he's with a group he doesn't think he can win over with his Very Good and Smart Idea, he'll actually lean the other way and suggest that the Pokemon is big enough to take care of themself and that they have something important to do. The goal, guys! The goal!

⟡ Your character's worst enemy has recently appeared in game, and has joined the guild your character is part of. They both want to tackle the same quest, and your character's enemy suggests that they work together as a team to accomplish this goal. How does your character respond to this?

BJ's current worst enemy is his MOM. If Juno appeared and joined his guild, Beetlejuice would simply throw himself out the nearest window. His pull point is from when she dupes him with kindness so she can grab him and throw him to the sandworms because he's protecting someone she's trying to drag to Hell. He feels strongly about this.

However, Beetlejuice's word is probably not worth much to the Pokemon of Bottlecap Bay, so any smear campaign he'd start against her would probably fall apart. If it's Juno suggesting they work together, Beetlejuice would probably fall for it. He wants her to like him so, so badly. He'd have more experience as a Pokemon than her, so he'd actually be able to teach her something. See, ma! He's not a TOTAL screw-up!

Alternatively, depending on how much development he's gotten and if he's found himself a circle of friends, he might dig his heels in and become a huge pain in the ass. If she hates him so bad, he'll give her a REASON. Even at the cost of the goal. He has no problem making this all about him.

⟡ The leader of your character's guild has just approached your character with an offer: they will provide your character with extra supplies, reputation points, and help them with any of their current struggles. In exchange, they ask for your character to do a favor for them that may harm the other guilds, and will not specify what the favor is in advance. It sounds shady, but it's the deal of a lifetime in your character's path to get back home, and refusing it may cause strife for your character within their current guild. What do they think of this offer? What do they ultimately decide to do?

Scoring extra goodies AND screwing over some chumps in the process? Count him in! He wants out of this place and he'll do whatever it takes to get there! No thought given to this, he just does it. Sucks to suck!

If he's got a friend in that guild though, he might try to scheme up a double-cross. He AND his friend win that way! He doesn't seem to anticipate any punishment he'll receive from this. That's a problem for future Beetlejuice.

⟡ Due to shortages on supplies, the city is facing issues deciding where to cut corners during this rough time. Somehow, the responsibility has fallen on your character's shoulders, and they have to make a decision. If they send out an extra team of Pokemon, they will be able to gather more food, and through that, save the lives of dozens of starving Pokemon that were in dire need of nutrition. However, the only Pokemon available to scout for food are those working at the pokeclinic, and sending them out would mean certain death for at least two ill patients. What does your character decide to do? How do they feel about this choice, and how would they deal with the pushback that comes from either side?

Here is where it gets interesting. Up until just a few moments before his pull point, he never knew what it meant to be alive. And he's been alive the whole time he's been in this world. He likes being alive, even if he's a stupid weasel. So there's some empathy deep in his heart. The things that would have to have fallen into place to end up with BEETLEJUICE being the one to make the call would guarantee that he's done some growing. He's still very new to it though, so he would go for sending the Pokemon out to scout UNLESS one of the Pokemon guaranteed to die was a friend. Then he'd stick by them. He doesn't have a lot of friends, he's gotta hang onto them. It's a childish mentality, but it is what it is.

POKEMON: Galarian Zigzagoon
GUILD OPT-OUT: none
SAMPLES:
Test Drive Meme 1
Test Drive Meme 2