Caroline Cakepod

For Caroline's predecessor, see Ingrid Sprinkandle.
Caroline Whitney Cakepod is a Food District CRiTORA who ended up in the Abnormal District, and one of the protagonists of CRiTORA: abnormal.
== Bio==
The Cake CRiTORA. Caroline is the owner of Cakepod's Curious Confectionery, and is just as sweet as her creations. A master of her craft, she put absolute care into her desserts, valuing customer satisfaction above all else. That is, until she vanished during a tragic event, working with two CRiTORA she never met before in order to escape a mysterious place. Can she face her fears of the unknown and return home safely?
=== Personality ===
Caroline is typically sweet and amicable by nature, treating customers and friends alike with respect. She enjoys baking sweets for others, and makes sure to put as much effort as possible in her work. Her kind demeanor belies a fierce temper, however, and she can become aggressive if provoked, lashing out in fits of rage. 
Caroline's compassionate attitude leads to her attempting to find a more peaceful solution to issues, such as when she suggests reasoning with Galileo in Chapter 3. She also seems to be somewhat cautious, and is repeatedly annoyed by Isaac's headstrong attitude. This does not mean she is unwilling to fight, however; she immediately takes action against the V-CRiTORA during the Infestation Invasion, and steps in to confront yeti ViRUSES while rescuing Spud. 
Perhaps as a result of her personality, Caroline adopts a somewhat motherly attitude around younger CRiTORA, such as Suk-ban and Slimy, and is willing to protect them if need be. She also cares deeply about Mitzi, and worries about her handling the parlor in her absence.
==Physical Appearance==
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Caroline is a stout CRiTORA resembling a cake with vague cetacean characteristics. Her main body, which also acts as her head, is white, topped with pink icing and dotted with magenta berries. Three white candles rest atop her head, each with a magenta flame. She has pink, elliptical cheeks and rounded eyes with green irises and curved eyelashes. Caroline also has rounded ears resembling dog ears, which are white in color with green tips. Her arms, which resemble whale fins, are similarly colored, and she has short, stubby feet with three toes each. Caroline also wears a magenta skirt around her torso.
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As V-Caroline, she now more closely resembles a whale, with her body primarily gray in color. Her head is now large and gray, with her mouth being jagged and much larger. She now has a visible underbite, with her lower jaw being light gray and jagged. Her cheeks are now gray, and her eyes are now beady and yellow, with the left eye now a simplistic ring shape. Her head is topped with black icing with yellow patches, and a yellow flame emerges from a blowhole at the top. V-Caroline's torso is primarily gray with a light gray underbelly, as well as a yellow patch on her back. Her fins are now much rounder in shape, and are gray with black tips. A large gray circle is on the back of her torso, which connects to a long, thick black tail, ending in a large yellow flame. 
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== Powers and Abilities ==
*Flaming Candles: Caroline shoots fireballs from her candles.
**Natural Warmth: Caroline’s candles keep her warm during cold weather.
***Fiery Warmth: When powered up by Gumbo’s Fiery Gumballs, Caroline’s candles can provide even more warmth.
**Candle Illumination: Caroline’s candles can illuminate during light snowy or foggy weather, allowing her to see clearly.
***Fiery Candle Illumination: When powered up by Gumbo’s Fiery Gumballs, Caroline’s illumination becomes even stronger, allowing her to bypass some of her weaknesses.
**Fiery Flaming Candle: When powered up by Gumbo’s Fiery Gumballs, Caroline’s flames become orange and even more powerful, as shown in CRiTORA: abnormal's prologue.
*Blowout: Caroline blows air to blow her candles’ flames.
*Fuchsia Flame: Caroline charges up a fireball with her hands and fires it. This attack must be performed slowly; if charged up too quickly, Caroline has a chance of burning herself. 
**Fiery Flame: When powered up by Gumbo’s Fiery Gumballs, Caroline’s flames become orange and even more powerful.
*Whale Tail: Caroline grows a whale tail to smack threats, which is powerful enough to send threats great distances away.
*Quick Learning: Caroline is a quick learner, being able to absorb information quickly.
*Culinary Mastery: Caroline became very skilled with cooking thanks to her quick learning, and specializes in making desserts.
*Attention to Detail: Caroline is very good with details, and uses this to create intricate designs for cakes.
*High Creativity: Caroline has a great sense of creativity, and uses it to come up with new recipes and designs.
*Music Proficiency: Caroline is good with some musical instruments, such as the ukelele and steel drums.
== Weaknesses ==
*Water Vulnerability: Being covered in water makes Caroline feel weak and soggy. Her candles won’t be able to generate fire unless lit again.
**Unable to swim: Due to her fear of water, Caroline is unable to swim.
* Fire Vulnerability: Despite being a Fire Element CRiTORA, Caroline is weak to fire due to being a living confection.
**Due to this, she cannot use grills well and avoids grilling food.
* Slow Speed: Due to her cetacean characteristics, Caroline isn’t that quick, as shown in Chapter 6 when she struggled to keep up with Isaac and Kepler.
*Illumination Limit: While bright, Caroline's candles are much less effective in thick fog or blizzards. 
**These limitations can be bypassed if she eats a Fiery Gumball, however.
==Trivia==
* She was created as a replacement for Ingrid Sprinkandle, and the two share the same voice actress.
**Though Caroline is not classified a Pride CRiTORA like Ingrid was, she is abroromantic herself as a tribute to Ingrid.
*Prior to Caroline's creation, another CRiTORA named Caroline, Caroline Scribbayon, a Crayon Box CRiTORA, was designed by LastyGhost. Like most of Lasty's CRiTORA designs, she was retired.
**When naming Caroline Cakepod, Daydreaming Birdie forgot about Caroline Scribbayon's existence.
*Caroline was originally going to be colored light blue. This color scheme would be reused for Mitzi Cakepod.
*When initially designed, Caroline originally had a detailed circle brim similar to a pearl necklace around her waist. This was later deemed too difficult to draw, and was replaced with a skirt.
===Design origins===
Caroline is based on a cake. During development, Caroline was going to be a cake whale, but ended up mostly resembling a cake with a few whale-like features. Caroline's color scheme is loosely based on Ingrid Sprinkandle's color scheme, which is based on the abrosexual pride flag. V-Caroline's design more strongly resembles a whale and was inspired by Moby Dick, the Terrible Dogfish from The Adventures of Pinocchio (which is depicted as a whale in some adaptations), Cetitan from the Pokémon franchise and Whamon from the Digimon franchise. 
===Name origins===
Caroline is named after German-born British astronomer Caroline Herschel, the first woman to discover a comet.
Cakepod is derived from cake and pod (a group of whales, reflecting Caroline's vaguely whale-like appearance).
==Appearances==
===Abnormal===
*What's this Place?! (first appearance)
*A Dash of Honey
*Frozen in Time
*When All Sources Stop, Where Do We Go?
=== Shorts ===
* Cakepod Gaming
===Novels===
*CRiTORA: abnormal
== Related CRiTORA==
*Isaac X-Beetle (ally)
*Kepler Solarowl (ally)
*Ingrid Sprinkandle (predecessor, retired)
*Mitzi Cakepod (younger sister)
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