Saturday Tanglewood

"Big tree... who are you?" -Jang Suk-ban to Saturday Tanglewood, CRiTORA: abnormal.
Saturday Tanglewood is a Haunted District CRiTORA who ended up in the Abnormal District.
==Bio==
The Dried Tree CRiTORA. With one floating eye and a small talking bird, Saturday watches over any CRiTORA they trust to ambush ViRUSES with their extendable branches. It's not recommended to call the bird a LiFEFORM, however. In their spare time, they tend to the Monster Manor's garden.
== Personality==
Saturday speaks through their bird, which can be mistaken for a LiFEFORM if on its own, something Saturday is offended by. They speak with a formal, ethereal tone, and are typically calm and collected. They can be angered if pushed far enough, however, such as when they become frustrated with Norten Groovywave's refusal to rescue the Caveman in Chapter 10. 
==Physical Appearance ==
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Saturday is a multi-entity CRiTORA consisting of a dried tree, a large floating eye and a small black bird. The tree is large and gray, with long, tapering branches extending from its sides and two smaller branches beneath them. They also have four black insectoid legs, which are how the main body moves around. The eye has four eyelashes protruding from the corners, and has a white sclera with an indigo iris and black pupil. As for the bird, it is simple in shape, and has indigo eyes with white pupils and a white beak. When not flying, the bird usually rests on a white nest atop one of the lower branches.
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As V-Saturday, their main body now resembles a lush sakura tree. The tree is now mostly puce in color, and the branches have sprouted lush pink foliage in the shape of a large heart. Their lower branches end in off-white tips, and curve around the front of the tree. The top of the base is rounded with a sizable opening in the center, and bottoms out into a skirt-like shape with the lower section being pink. Its legs are stubby and alternately colored puce and yellow. V-Saturday's eye is now a baby fox, bearing blush pink and off-white fur. The fox has a simplistic face, with two ears adorning its head and a wavy, blush-pink tail. The fox's eye typically remains closed, but can open as seen in concept art. V-Saturday's bird now resembles a chick more than a crow, being yellow in color with a pink beak and jagged pink tail.
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==Powers and Abilities==
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* Haunting Tangle - Saturday can extend their tree branches for offense or defense.
** Saturday can also generate thorns on their branches. Their sclera turns black when using this ability.https://www.wattpad.com/1393841636-critora-abnormal-the-novelization-chapter-9/page/2 (ability currently unnamed)
*Saturday can release a swarm of bats from their eye that explode on contact. (ability currently unnamed)
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*V-Saturday can summon swarms of small woodland creatures to attack enemies. (ability currently unnamed)
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== In the series==
Saturday first appears in Chapter 5 in CRiTORA: abnormal, first appearing as their bird, which lands on Filmore Hillton before flying away. Isaac X-Beetle flies out and pursues the bird, eventually meeting Saturday proper. He leads them back to Filmore, but they end up finding Kepler Solarowl and Caroline Cakepod struggling to rescue Bonkers Tootoowarrior, ending up lagging after being struck by lightning. With Isaac also lagging, Saturday uses its branches to allow Caroline to cross the lake, successfully rescuing Bonkers. The five then make their way back to Filmore, and join the rest of the survivors.
Even with them shrinking to fit inside Filmore, Saturday's weight causes Filmore to break down in Chapter 6, leaving him incapacitated as the Mighty Trio disembark to search for other CRiTORA. Once they return with Norten in tow, the four end up lagged. After the other survivors unsuccessfully attempt to move them, Saturday uses their branches to pull the four inside to safety. OnceRobin Bobbinboat manages to carry Filmore and the survivors to safety, Saturday disembarks from Filmore, allowing him to regain consciousness. When Candace Transportool joins the survivors, taking most of the CRiTORA aboard her, Saturday is one of the few to remain aboard Filmore.
In Chapter 9, Saturday and Robin fight off V-Isaac in order to protect Filmore, with Saturday providing Robin with leverage to attack V-Isaac. They are soon distracted by Norten, however, who refuses to fight the V-CRiTORA. This causes Saturday to divert their attention away from Robin, leaving her at the mercy of V-Isaac. Saturday then attempts to fight off a newly infected Robin, while also trying to contact Filmore. Both fail, and Saturday is infected. They later lure Norten into their tree, infecting him as well. Later, V-Saturday takes part in chasing Slimy Goodrop, nearly subduing her with its woodland creatures before Slimy melts them. After Slimy is infected, V-Saturday assists her in destroying a broken pipe, allowing disinfection water to spill out and disinfect the survivors. Saturday then boards Filmore once more, along with several others. 
In Chapter 10, Saturday coerces Norten into helping them rescue an unconscious Caveman as Mirabel Lampacei and Jang Suk-ban thawed out Filmore. After the Caveman is rescued, Saturday protects the other two from falling debris. Eventually, Saturday escapes the crumbling Abnormal District along with the other survivors, save for the Mighty Trio and Galileo Cosmosnap. When the district finally disintegrates, Saturday uses their branches to pull the four CRiTORA to safety, with the help of the remaining survivors and the Mighty Trio's allies. In the epilogue, Saturday and Mirabel visit Cakepod's Curious Confectionery, stopping to greet Caroline and Suk-ban before enjoying their cheesecake.
==Trivia== 
*Their original name was going to be Wednesday MacAddams, but it was changed due to an extreme resemblance to Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family.
* Their infected form was designed by xXSweetXSyndromeXx and was based on an idea by LastyGhost. 
** The eye becomes a fox, the bird becomes a baby chick, and the tree becomes lush.
*Saturday resides in the Monster Manor in the Haunted District alongside Mirabel and Miss Lilypourri, managing the garden and feeding crow LiFEFORMs.
===Design origins===
Saturday is based on a dried tree, a crow and an eye. Their design overall seems to have a haunted forest motif, as each aspect is commonly associated with haunted forests in some way. V-Saturday may be based on sakura trees, or cherry blossom trees, as well as a chick and baby fox. 
===Name origins===
Saturday is likely a remnant of their original name, changed to be more distinctive. Tanglewood references their tree aspect, derived from tangle (as in tangled vines or branches) and driftwood. 
==Appearances==
===Novels===
*CRiTORA: abnormal
===Comics===
*CRiMSON ROSE (normal form on poster only)
====Comic strips====
*Mistaken for Something
== References==
==External Links==
*Saturday Tanglewood on the LastyGhost Wiki
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