The Caveman

"I fear this may sound rude of me, but no one dares to mess with the Caveman!" - The Caveman after fighting Isaac X-Beetle in CRITORA: abnormal.The Caveman is a Jungle District CRiTORA who ended up in the Abnormal District.
==Bio==
The Neanderthal CRiTORA. Little is known about The Caveman aside from being the only human in CRiTOPiA, despite being just a head. He may be formal, but this CRiTORA doesn't go easy on ViRUSES.
===Personality===
The Caveman is a very competitive CRiTORA, and will not go easy on anyone who fights with him. Despite this, he speaks very formally and is quite apologetic. Additionally, he is willing to set aside his differences with others and work with them when the time calls for it, as shown when he agrees to join forces with Isaac.
==Physical Appearance==
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The Caveman's body consists of a cream humanoid head with a rounded nose, a squared chin, rounded ears, and noticeable cheeks. His eyes have white sclera and black irises, and he has a dark green, unkempt mop of hair. His mouth contains several off-white sharp teeth. 
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As V-Caveman, his head is now gray in color, with a dark gray spot on the left-hand side. His ears are now pointed, resembling goblin ears, with one being gray and the other dark gray. His nose and cheeks are more pointed, and he has rectangular teeth instead of fangs. V-Caveman's eyes are heterochromatic, with one being cyan and the other being yellow, and both bearing pie-cut pupils. He also has a dark gray goatee and black bushy eyebrows.
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== Abilities ==
* The Caveman can summon a variety of stone weapons to use in battle, ranging from spears to axes. (ability yet to be named)
* Weapon Proficiency - The Caveman is very proficient with weapons in general, being able to craft a wide variety of them. 
==In the series==
The Caveman first appears in Chapter 2 of CRiTORA: abnormal, solely focused on his own survival. Isaac encounters him at a large junk pile while scavenging for diamonds, and the Caveman succeeds in warding him off, taking the diamonds for himself. Isaac would encounter the Caveman twice afterwards, in Chapters 4 and 8. In Chapter 8, Isaac prepares to attack the Caveman out of frustration, but both are interrupted by the sudden appearance of VS, who reveals the true nature of the Abnormal District. After realizing the magnitude of their situation, Isaac and the Caveman agree to join forces in order to escape. 
Later, Isaac and the Caveman intervene during Kepler and Galileo's battle, with the Caveman sending Galileo flying with a diamond axe. After regrouping with Caroline and Slimy, the Caveman joins the survivors alongside Slimy. 
In Chapter 9, the Caveman helps Filmore fight off V-Isaac, buying him time to escape. After some time, the Caveman encounters V-Norten, who ends up infecting him despite his timid nature. V-Caveman then dogpiles Filmore along with the rest of the V-CRiTORA, infecting him. He assists in pursuing Slimy, who is eventually infected by the V-Mighty Trio, and later in destroying the pipe filled with disinfection water. After being disinfected, Filmore invites the Caveman to ride inside him as repayment for his help. 
In Chapter 10, the Caveman destroys falling debris in order to clear Filmore's path, but ends up getting knocked out by a stalactite, forcing Saturday and Norten to rescue him. After the Caveman regains consciousness, he escapes the Abnormal District along with most of the other survivors, and later helps in pulling the Mighty Trio and Galileo to safety. 
 
==Trivia== 
*Although there are many humanoid CRiTORA, the Caveman is the only CRiTORA to directly resemble a human. 
* He and Spud Jumbotoe are the only characters to appear in the old version of CRiTORA: abnormal with Osmehel, Darrell, and Ingrid.
*He was originally intended to be a gag character inspired by the floating baby head from Phineas & Ferb, though he retains indirect inspiration from it.
*The Caveman was based on a cropped head photo of human Joe from a picture book adaption of the animated movie Help! I'm a Fish!, which Daydreaming Birdie made and thought was funny at the time, as human Joe looks very different in the actual movie.
**The Caveman was also originally going to have a body, but he ended up simply being a head as a reference to the cropped image.
**A caveman CRiTORA was also considered in 2018 and would've more closely resembled Bigfoot, but it was never designed at the time.
*His infected form was inspired by concept art for V-Mr. Head, which was initially designed by LastyGhost and based on an Early 2014 video by Daydreaming Birdie titled IT'S MR. HEAD.
**Aspects were also inspired by Waluigi from the Super Mario Bros. franchise, Spamton G. Spamton from Deltarune: Chapter 2, and goblins.
===Design origins===
The Caveman is based on a neanderthal.
===Name origins===
His name is literally "the caveman", describing his appearance. 
==Appearances==
=== Abnormal ===
* What's this Place?! (first canon appearance, cameo)
* A Dash of Honey
* Frozen in Time (cameo)
*When All Sources Stop, Where Do We Go?
===Novels===
*CRiTORA: abnormal
=== Non-canon ===
* Origins (first chronological appearance, cameo)
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