Anthony Boonchuy

## Background information

### First episode

"Toadhunter" (actual AU) , "Chatuchak" (chronological AU) , "Annt Siblings or Beasts?" (first appearance)

### Voice

Unknown (someone suggested Ryan Potter though IDK if it's alright)

### Inspiration

US military special forces/special operations forces operators (alive & deceased) & other types of characters.

## Character information

### Other names

Anthony, Ant &/or Tony (family, friends & allies)
Mr. Boonchuy
Jack (Anne, his parents though not often, friends, allies, teammates & squadmates)
The Operator/The Green Beret/The Green Beret Operator
Quiet Professional &/or Not so Quiet Professional
Soldier-Diplomat
Snake Eater
Bearded Bastard (when in Amphibia for 5 months and joked around the events in S3)
The Big/Giant/Huge Beast/Monster (Wally with Wartwood townsfolks, Anne [to show off])
 The Apex Predator of Amphibia/Amphibia's Apex Predator
The Death Operator/Operator of Death
The Grim Reaper
Giant Protector of Wartwood/Wartwood Swamp or simly Wartwood's Protector (mostly Wartwood townsfolks)
Operator Jack (Anne, his parents though not often, friends and allies though less often)
The Advisor, Advisor Ant or Ant the Advisor
The Combat Pragmatist

### Age

Between 23-28 (yet most likely in his late 20s such as 28 during his misadventures in Amphibia)
Between 33-38 (10 years later after the Amphibia situation)

### Occupation

Saint James Middle School student (formerly)
United States Army soldier (formerly)
US Army Special Forces operator (formerly)
Wartwood Swamp's Protector (formerly)
Resistance fighter (formerly)
Wartwood Resistance Co-Leader & Wartwood Resistance Advisor (formerly)
One of the ad hoc leaders of the Los Angeles garrison (formerly)
Thai Go owner (currently in epilogue)

### Affiliations

Boonchuy family
Thai Go
Saint James Middle School (formerly)
United States Army AJROTC (formerly)
US military (formerly)
US Army (formerly)
75th Ranger Regiment of the US Army Rangers (formerly)
US Army Special Forces (later within 1st SFG) (A)) (formerly)
Central Intelligence Agency (not 100% willingly recruited for a short time yet still work well with various CIA Special Activities Center members) (formerly)
Plantar family
Wartwood Resistance (formerly)
US military's Los Angeles garrison (Ad hoc leader) (formerly)

### Goal

Finished off insurgents in Thailand (completed)
Leave Amphibia with Anne, and if possible other human teens AKA Anne's 'friends' home to Los Angeles (partly completed, completed after Battle of LA)
Stop/Destroy or slow down Andrias'+Core's invasion of Earth (completed)
Destroy the Core (completed even though lost his life with Anne's too, were back from their deaths thanks to the Guardian(s))
Take up as the successive owner of Thai Go (ongoing)With Anne as the new Guardian(s) successors to take care of the multiverse (would after his passing)

### Home

Bangkok, Thailand (formerly)
Boonchuy residence, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth (currently)
Somewhere near the Plantar Farm, Wartwood Swamp, Frog Valley, Amphibia (formerly and when stuck in Amphibia for 5 months & back there to fight against Andrias then later the Core)

### Relatives

'Bee' Boonchuy (father)
'Oum' Boonchuy (mother)
Anne 'Savisa' Boonchuy (younger sister)
Plantar family (adoptive family by name only which he prefered)
Mrs. Boonchuy's mom AKA Mr. Boonchuy's mother in law (grandma)

### Allies

Sprig Plantar (currently)
Hop Pop Plantar (currently)
Polly Plantar (currently)
Citizens of Wartwood Swamp (currently)
Sasha Waybright (currently though bit strained)
Marcy Wu (currently though bit strained)
Frobo (currently)
Captain Grime (currently, previously hostile at one another became trusted ally when Ant returned back to Amphibia)
Lady Olivia (currently)
General Yunan (currently)
Dr. Jan (currently, possible love interest then later wife)
Terri (currently)
Humphrey Westwood (currently)
Robert Otto (currently though have some doubts nor trust him)
Molly Jo (currently)
Ally (currently)
Jess (currently)
Mr. X (currently, previously hostile when protecting the Plantars and argued with how to protect the US)
Jenny (currently)
Wartwood Resistance members (currently even after disbanded)
Mother Olm (currently)
The Guardian(s) (currently though as an ally)

### Minions

Special Forces A-team members at Master Sergeant rank & below (teammates)
Wartwood Resistance members
Some US military units during War of Los Angeles

### Enemies

Sasha Waybright (formerly)
Marcy Wu (formerly)
Maggie
Captain Grime (formerly)
Some Toad Army members (formerly)
Mr. X (formerly)
Jenny (formerly)
Bog (formerly after defeat of the Core)
Fens (formerly after defeat of the Core)
Mire (formerly after defeat of the Core)
Tritonio Espada (formerly)
Lady Olivia (formerly)
General Yunan (formerly)
Dr. Frakes
Robert Otto (formerly)
Various Frobot models (except Frobo after "Frobo or Friend?" event)
UAV Drone Soldier
King Andrias (formerly though forever distrusts nor ever forgiven him)
The Core (destroyed)

### Powers and abilities

Yellow gem ability (include nuclear energy, atomic level manipulation [like quick healing to himself & others], extreme speed adaptability, & so on)

### Weapons

US military weaponry
Other Earth's nations weaponry
Amphibia's weaponry
DIY weaponry

### Fate

Previously almost deceased after using the 4 gems with Anne to safe Amphibia from Core's destruction of the planet, later resurrected by the Guardian(s) which also one of the Calamity Gems' creator(s) created a backup copy of him.
Thai Go owner (epilogue)
May succeed the Guardians as one of the overseers of the multiverse one day after his 'next' death.

### Quote

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. From Pericles which he said that."

Over the past 3,400 years of recorded human history, we’ve spent only 268 years in peace...
Well this 'peace' we have right now is WAY shorter as you fxxxheads just give Humanity very good reasons to unleash endless hell at you sxxxholes at FUBAR level!

**Anthony Boonchuy** AKA **Ant** or less commonly **Jack** is a Thai-American Human in his 20s (between 23-28, though around 28) in 2019 AD- 2020 AD from Bangkok, Thailand who later with his parents immigrated to Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He is the main character and protagonist of the Amphibia Alternate Universe (AU) siblings fanfic- "An Operator's Misadventures In Amphibia" AKA "AO MIA". He's the older brother of 13 years old Anne 'Savisa' Boonchuy is an American civilian and was an active US Army Special Forces operator member of the US Army Special Forces' 1st Special Forces Group ((1st SFG) (A)).

Due to the nature of the teleportation incident into Amphibia in 2019 AD, he has the ability to use the yellow gem earlier and with better control and way more stable than his sis and the rest of the human youngsters (not just Sasha & Marcy but other OCs too) with less side effects. Although the yellow diamond like gem looks almost identical to the other gems on the Calamity Box, it was actually crafted and modified separately comparing to its counterparts embedded into the box by someone/something.

Around 10 years later in the epilogue of "Hardest Thing(s)", he had already retired from his military service and currently the successive owner of Thai Go for years.

## Appearance

Anthony is a human male having 2 dark brown eyes and has brown hair with some traits similar to his younger sis Anne. He mostly resembles his dad 'Bee' due to the round yet flat chin, dark thick brown eyebrows, light wrinkles underneath his eyes with a big yet slightly flat nose; Though he inherited lighter skin color and frizzy hair from his mom 'Oum' just like Anne but shorter hair in comparison due to male gene/DNA. For a man who's originally from Thailand, his height with weight are between average to above average around 2019AD; Nonetheless he's the tallest in the family (taller than his dad, his dad's height unknown) in his late teens to his adult years.

## History - Before teleported into Amphibia

### Early life

Ant was born in Thailand's capital city Bangkok between the early 90s to the mid 90s, part of the "widely accepted" Millennials AKA Generation Y or Gen Y. Later emigrated with his parents (mom and dad who were also born in Bangkok too) to the United States during the early to mid 2000s (such as 2004) before grew up into a teenager due to some problems in Thailand such as the most glaring constant Coup d'état shenanigans. The place they would stay in the US was Los Angeles, California.

### Teenage years in the United States

Once they moved to LA, they found a house located in a residential area at 301 Lee Street, West Los Angeles, that they bought it as their home which they called it the "Boonchuy residence". While Ant with his parents being 1st generation immigrants weren't that rich, though they weren't poor at all as they still got millions to support their new lives in LA as both Ant's parents also opened their Thai restaurant "Thai Go" and give Ant a better life in the US than back in Thailand. Although he liked the US due to more stable, 'democratic' with more diversity than his first home country, he didn't actually love America totally due to inequality issues like racism, education cost, student loans, US gov wasting lots of money to fight the War on Terror into its Military Industrial Complex with the War on Drugs than other matters in the nation and other loads of problems to list out. Later in 2006, he witnessed his mom given birth in an American hospital to his younger sister Anne; Since that day he vowed to himself he would make sure/try his best for Anne with his family being safe and out of harms way if possible, using whatever 'methods' necessary. In his early teens, he was being bullied in and out of high school; Nonetheless being a young man, he had in mind of playing the long game; He's able to connect the dots of the various bullied situations in a quick time and used the right timing to take care of those bullies and enemies using various means; While also making valuable allies then trusted people which some later become his friends to give him the opportunity to learn many things other than the high school subjects. Which he's able to get good grades in school, attend various activities and being a strong young man both book smart and street smart. One of those things he learned was during his time as a cadet in the Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).

### Service years in the United States Armed Forces with free time in civilian life

During his later teens (about 17 years old) before graduation he thought of joining the US military, not for honor, nor adventure, nor duty, nor fun but to get enough money that can support his family plus he was in the JROTC program given him slightly better chance to get into the miltiary; He knows it's not really for the nation itself though wants to give his family the fake impression he's protecting the US. He first started as a US Army Combat Medic (68W) grunt/private between 17 to 18 years old cause he ain't want to be a regular doctor his mom 'suggested' for job career; Next a year later into one of the battalions within 75th Ranger Regiment of the Army Rangers. Then starts from an 18X Special Forces Candidate between late 2000s - early 2010s; After that to the rank of Sergeant First Class which is the rank of 18D Medical Sergeant/18F Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant about the early 2010s; And finally to the rank of Warrant Officer 1 or Chief Warrant Officer 2 which is the rank of 180A – Special Forces Warrant Officer AKA second in command of a 12 men A-team within in 1st SFG (A) during the mid to late 2010s, plus he's also the de fecto Culinary Specialist AKA Combat Chef who used his cooking experience with parents' guidance from Thai Go to make scrumptious food that various people (include A-team, US military personnel, US Intel Community, US allies & people not affiliated to the US) couldn't resist them even if they're MREs too. As well as a Combat Medic when his mom wished he would be a doctor though he declined due to being a doctor in the US suck at many obvious reasons include the pay problem.

Nonetheless his time in the military for about 10 years was far from easy and quite life threatening to say the least during the latter half of his service years when got into various conflict zones with other countries such as Asia and the Middle East. At least the amount of money he earned and saved is quite impressive for not just help himself with his family to have better living standards by achieving upper middle class in the American social class like improving their house but also lot of funds to help Anne attend Saint James Middle School (SJMS) which she won't need to pay student loans like he previously did. However the amount of time in the military slowly changed him as he started to have some negative behaviors like small amount of PTSDs, less warmhearted than before as he performs questionable deeds with discouraging others than encouraging which are the opposite to his surname in the Thai language and having liquid nitrogen level cold calculations to finish various missions+specific jobs when becoming/before becoming an 18F Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant. What's even worse he lost his left leg almost entirely during 1 of those combat tours, once his injuries healed he then got a prosthetic left leg to help him move around as his family (his parents & Anne) had to tell him to stop in the military or else he'll lose his life. Despite all this, he still had some humanity left within him as he's also a military working dog (MWD) handler with his K9 (inspired by this video). After the left leg lost he thought of leaving the military once he had enough money and be the new boss of Thai Go, though he also thought about being a private military contractor for a private military company if he had some chances.

During one day (before he lost his left leg) when taking a few days off-duty time out of the military to get back home back in LA seeing his family as holiday to relax, he saw a nice looking yellow gem similar to yellow diamonds on top of a closet when he walked past the 'Thrift Stop' shop on his left. Which he walked inside the store and head towards that gem. He saw the gem in front of the Calamity Box (though wasn't interested in the box), so he took the gem and brought it to the cashier where the old female store worker was. She told him it's just a few bucks as it's not worth much compared to the other products in that store, nonetheless Ant insisted for that gem which the elderly worker received a few bucks from him and he left the store with the yellow gem he bought.

### The day about to be teleported

One day in 2019 AD, he with his K9 within his 12 men A-Team were in a military base in Thailand to help the local forces (Royal Thai Armed Forces, Royal Thai Police and Volunteer Defense Corps) to take care of the local insurgents in the ongoing South Thailand insurgency, even though relations between Thailand and the US had been very sour since the coup d'état in 2014 AD; Though regular military alliance on the other hand is fine when politics are nothing but petty words and pointless propaganda. Anyways he with his A-Team and the local forces in a military base devised a plan to possibly finish the insurgents for good, while risky it should be finished with way less casualties.

After finished the mission in this morning, he with his K9 got into his Toyota Hilux technical while the rest of his team with the local forces rounded up the wounded allies with alive captured insurgents back to base for this victory, if they could call that. Nonetheless the work was done. Before Ant start the engine, he used his secured link from his communication gear to contact Anne to her phone which at the same time was her 13th Birthday that he just finished his job and once he got back home he would spend more time with her to make up lost times as a big brother plus give her some special presents for her. Anne in LA was quite overjoyed that Ant would be back soon to celebrate her Birthday, though she admitted he might be a bit late when flying all the way from Thailand to LA.

## Story 1: First in ~~Asia~~ Amphibia

### In a wild unknown world

After teleported, he finally woke up on the driver seat from his blacked out unconscious state after his K9 kept on barking, pushing and licking him inside the Toyota technical for quite some time. He later checked himself and the K9 that they are somehow fine though shocked that he's not in Thailand anymore plus the jungles' vegetation around him under the raining cloudy sky though looked similar to their Earth counterparts were completely alien to him. In no time he quickly put on his filter+communication gear equipped Avon Protection M53A1 gas mask and help his K9 put on a military dog variant gas mask to prevent any harmful substances in this other world's air that would kill them if they breath in. Once both him and the K9 had their gas masks on, he opened the left door with caution. Once he's outside of the Toyota, he could feel the rain and small breeze around. He felt relieved he's very much alive though he won't take off his mask to breath. Next he checked all his equipment, gear, weapons, food and so on at the technical (inside and outside) with the pickup trailer, somehow all the stuff he checked are somehow fine without any damage nor problems. Then he used the radio and other types of communication tech to communicate to his teammates or other people if he's not the only one sent to this world, though after some time were fruitless in the end. Due to being in another world and the supplies he got might last between few months to possibly half a year give or take, he needed to make sure the items he had wouldn't be lost, badly damaged or contaminated or else he with the K9 would die for real without any way getting back home to Earth. As a result he calmly yet with vigilance got back into his Toyota and drove it to find a strong shelter in the jungle, which would take him quite a while.

During a whole day the weather was getting worse and started to become a storm, at least he's able to find a cave in front of him to stay for some time before the weather could get even worse. Right after wearing his water resistant raincoat and grabbed his loaded M4A1 carbine/MK18 Mod 2 Close Quarter Battle Receiver (CQBR) that has various gadgets belong to the Upper Receiver Group, Improved (URG-I) AKA SOPMOD Block III kit, he with his K9 got off the Technical and walked right to the cave with caution as if there's any hazardous stuff/creatures inside. He turned on the flashlights located on his rifle, helmet and the plate carrier on both himself with the K9 to see what's in the pitch dark, which the K9 (even when wearing the gas mask) smelled something then quickly gave a small growl to alert Ant something in front of them was a small yet humanoid creature hugging itself on the ground. So he carefully and stealthily walked closer to that said creature. Once he's at a good distance with his K9, he demanded the creature to get up on the ground and raise the hands/claws in the air. Which the creature is spooked, quickly jumped up and did what Ant ordered, as it slowly turned itself towards Ant and the K9 under Ant's instructions. This shocks not just Ant but also the 'creature' as it is none other than Anne, as Ant sees Anne somehow alive and breathing without a gas mask. Anne though doesn't know that's Ant due to the gas masks he with the K9 were wearing and she's slowly backing away from him and the K9. As a result Ant slung back his carbine plus tell his K9 to sit down and tells his sister to calm down as he isn't an enemy but someone she would be more than happy to see again. Anne was confused about what Ant was talking, till Ant slowly takes off the gas mask which he reveals a joyful smile and reply: "Because it's me Anne, your older bro". Anne suddenly felt so joyful with a big happy cheerful voice with some tears: "Ant? Bro it's you!" which she rushed to him to have a great sibling hug. Both siblings rejoiced in tears and commenting that they haven't seen each other for a long time, while the K9 is confused about what's happening.

While both siblings are happy to see each other, they stop hugging as they need to know how each of them got into this new place. Right after they sit down in front of a makeshift fireplace Ant made, he asked Anne how she's in this place in the first place. Anne didn't feel like to lie to her bro, though she would be scared to see Ant furious she stole the Box thing. So Anne told Ant about the day happened on her birthday in LA (except steal Calamity Box part) which sent her to this place, also she pulled out the box out of her backpack to show it to Ant. Ant is unhappy that her birthday turned from bad to FUBAR level, nonetheless he's still glad Anne is still one piece though not sure if her 'friends' Sasha, Marcy and xxx (as in the OC of your works) are also teleported as well. Which Anne felt that too as she hoped the rest are fine, then Anne asked her older bro how he got there. Well Ant told her he was with his 12 men A-team with the local Thai forces (military, paramilitary & police) to take down a local insurgency inside Thailand. While he's on his Toyota and about to get back to LA if it wasn't that yellow gem that sent him into here. Which Ant showed her the yellow gem around his left wrists which is tied by a small rope. Which at that moment, both Boonchuy siblings clicked (as in having the same thought). They were somewhat teleported by those items (the gem & box), which they conclude must have some connection between. Later they ate dinner (one of Ant's MREs) and slept in this new world. Though they didn't slept long as the recent events made them uncomfortable, so both of them agreed to investigate the local terrain to see where they are. By that time the storm was gone and when the siblings were searching around, Wally Ribbiton accidentally saw Anne and thought she's some monster that he quickly fled. Which Anne wanted to chase him though Ant told her it's best to get back to the cave and find out more details tomorrow, as well as hunt for food. So Anne agreed and both of them get back to that cave and slept again.

### Annt Siblings or Beasts?

During the night inside the cave, both siblings with the K9 were doing their separate stuffs when Anne told her older brother that she would try to scout the nearby area to find somewhere better than the current conditions in the cave. While Ant wasn't keen on this as separated would be hard to reunite with each other when many hazardous situations in this new unknown world, nonetheless he gave Anne a compass, a DIY wooden spear, a radio headset, one of the Binocular Night Vision Device (BNVD) variants and tracker (fictional though might be inspired by CIA tech) so she could check around the nearby areas then get back if she sees something unusual or dangerous. Which Anne was thankful about Ant's advice with the items she got, so she had her items and head off.

Sometime later at Stumpy's Diner located in the town Wartwood Swamp, Wally Ribbiton AKA One-Eyed Wally departed from the diner for the night, heading to the forest where he encountered Anne who's behind her. Though he freaked out and ran away from her due to her size as well as the glowing 'eyes' from the BNVD she's wearing. Which Anne couldn't make contact with Wally, though could see that was sentient live and headed back to the cave to tell Ant about it. While Ant's optimistic there's civilization in this unknown world as Anne told her, he's still skeptical would the locals be hostile to them.

Once the red mantis was dead,

## Story 2: Risky & Wacky Journey Back Home

### Handy Annt Siblings Pack Up to Newtopia

A day after the South Tower incident on that late morning, Sprig and the Boonchuy siblings (Ant is between Anne's right and Sprig's left) are sitting on the lower roof of the Plantar farm above the door while hearing a frog who's been carried by a flying dragonfly in the air exclaiming: “It’s been 3 months, still up HERE!!” and seeing the flowers around the farm blossoms due to Spring season.

They packed up as much stuff as possible for this long trip to Newtopia from Wartwood. While Ant had to picked up the needed items that they'd be prepared for various threats getting to the Amphibia's capital city, still he couldn't bring everything with him which he had to leave a number of them in Wartwood or else lose everything.

## Story 3: War of the Worlds

### Far From Sweet New Normal

Once both siblings, the K9 and the Plantars just got teleported into Amphibia, Ant even though had his left arm wounded due to Andrias' energy sword stabbed right through the elbow still able to drive his Toyota technical plus bring himself, the dog, his sis and the frog family to the Boonchuy residence. However he already figured that sooner or later the US gov would burst into their home to capture them and possibly experiment the Plantars with getting interrogated by gov agents from various agencies like the FBI & NSA for information about the teleportation incident and so on.

Some time later leaving the traffic jam at the LA highway, he quickly drove the Toyota right in front of the Boonchuy resistance' garage door.

Though the US gov is suspicious about Ant and the rest of the gang, they admit the information is far from lies and the possible invasion by King Andrias is likely to happen give or take as that's very important information to the US's national security to know more about the Frog-Bots with the Frog Army's abilities and weaknesses.

## Epilogue

Once Ant, Anne, Sasha & Marcy got back to LA, Cali (still in ruins while still under repairs) they were unwillingly brought to a specific undisclosed location by the US gov with US military for more questioning about the after effects. Nonetheless Ant's efforts able to revert this effect as the deal with the US gov had been finally done. Which the US gov had to agree with this secret deal while not making a fuzz.

10 years later in 2029AD, Ant was the successive owner of Thai Go after his parents retired around 9 years ago. During the early times he turned his 'meager' restaurant in LA into an internationally recognized megacorporation not just food and services like culinary but also logistics, shipping, banking, manufacturing, farming, armed security (private military contracting) & so on. Anne on the other hand got a job as a herpetologist at the Aquarium of the Pacific then promoted to manager level.

## Personality & traits

He's an intelligent, experience and 'normally' no nonsense "Renaissance Man" that others felt like he's in his 30s or 40s. While he has some of the similar personalities and traits like his dad, those are more his mom's. His voice is a bit deeper than his dad which makes him a bit more masculine.

Having photographic memory, always learning, versatile, modular, resourceful, level-headed, cool-headedness, well coordinated planning, good patience, quickly responsiveness, adaptable, flexible, unmovable iron will, perseverance, never underestimate others, cold yet efficient calculations, kept on practice, teaching spirit, cooperative, rationally-minded, special operations mindset and all-rounder skillset that makes him the de facto leader many people needs. Despite these positive traits, experience with abilities, he's quite a distrustful morally grey less benevolent uncharismatic person which made him slightly hard to trust almost anyone, include his family members; Nonetheless with start to trust his family as time went on. He would do almost anything to do whatever he thought was needed and there were holes within rules/laws, though he wouldn't show all his true natures to his family nor many of his friends with colleges/teammates till in Amphibia and once back home. During normal circumstances he rarely argues and/or fights someone by playing the long game, though depends on some situations that are TOO life threatening or at extremely dire might be totally different.

He's a straight man that's no fan of all of things related to LGBT such as g a y, nonetheless he mostly ignores this hippy thing. Despite he likes America, he never buys in the whole American Exceptionalism stuff as the US ain't a shining example.

While Ant had cause mistakes, he's able to fix many of them quickly and makes sure wouldn't make those same mistakes again.

He despises 'shipping' and glorified fashion magazines from Anne as crappy garbage ideas, making him Anne's opposite that sometimes lead to both siblings having arguments about those 2 genres or similar things. Even though he loves his younger sis, he's unhappy to clean up the various types of mess Anne and her friends created; Leading to him lecturing and/or scolding Anne for the shenanigans she made back in LA on Earth (though not often) and in Amphibia (more often), which Anne complains that he sounds like mom and dad scolding her in combined with US military discipline though she admitted that she caused quite a lot of trouble while also embarrassed she needs her bro to clean up many times. He used to believe in Superhero vs Evil stories when he was a naive kid, though as time passed and once he reached the US he quickly dismissed the term "good vs evil" as crap and his time in the US military made him detests of the genre which he told the harsh reality to Sprig when he was about to then later being 'Frogman'.

Even though he's sometimes the smart ass cynical jerk that others (include his parents though uncommon and Anne as being annoyed about his attitude) dislike, in Amphibia he's able to decrease this issue by teaching the people he trusted (also Anne) to learn as much as possible; He understands training Anne and the Plantars with their friends (mostly Amphibians) to use Earth made weaponry with technology such as firearms is VERY risky, though he admits it's a necessity as Amphibia isn't like Earth. So after 5 months in Amphibia and got back home the Plantars with Anne are able to follow many basic commands by Ant when dire situations happened plus almost as well trained and as disciplined yet when there are some shenanigans make Ant quite disappointed.

He likes to keep himself clean AKA good hygene, meant even when he's back from Amphibia his teeth didn't have issues such as cavities as he brought a lot of dental care stuffs. Nonetheless being a Green Berets meant without constant time to clean up while on mission &/or training ain't some huge problem to him, so he's still fine with the mud & stuff on his clothes till he found somewhere with some way to clean up effectively.

He's a guy who likes things done clean & swift, nonetheless would use almost any dirty tactic if he had no other options.

While he didn't have many bad habits, his smoking & alcohol drinking were the most noticeable traits; Yet in Amphibia he had to control the amount he consumed and smoked due to limited numbers of alcohol, cigarettes and cigars he brought with plus to not damage his health at alarming or severe level.

## Items

### Weapons

In the beautiful yet extremely hostile Amphibia, it's too dangerous to just have fists and a pair of legs even when known a lot of different martial arts like Combatives. For Ant who's an experienced, well trained, intelligent, practical, pragmatic and modular US Army Green Beret operator, he's geared with loads of various weaponry; After all Green Berets are trained to use a variety of weapon types dated back from WW1 to recent conflicts on Earth, so the operators can be familiar with some specific enemy weapons during different missions, easily use such weapons in any nation without problem, and train different factions using those weapons to fight with the operators; Moreover Green Berets are known for their self-reliance and specialized skill-set. Those weapons range from the ones he used on Earth during his time in the military to the ones he got/salvaged from Amphibia, he even made some DIY weapons that are the combination of weapons craftsmanship with resources both from Earth and Amphibia.

#### Earth weaponry-

Weapons both originated from Earth which are civilian and military (include those used by special forces/special operations forces units) origin range from melee weapons like clubs, bats, knives/daggers, ballistic knives, tomahawk axes, axes, spades, hammers, batons, sticks and so on to range weapons like firearms, grenades, launchers, artillery, bows, crossbows, slingshots and so on. Though most of those weapons needed to be lightweight enough and tough enough for Ant & his technical to carry without too much weight problem:

Melee-

Range (non firearms nor gun powder types, though mostly refer to not firearms)-

Handgun- M1911 (), Beretta 92 (), Glock (), SIG Sauer P320 (),

Assault rifle/Carbine- Kalashnikov rifle (), M16 (), M4 carbine (), FN SCAR,

Battle rifle-

Shotgun-

Submachine gun/Personal defense weapon-

Machine gun-

Designated marksman rifle-

Sniper rifle-

Anti-material rifle-

Grenade-

Grenade launcher-

Anti-armor launcher-

Explosive-

Mine-

Mortar-

#### Amphibia weaponry-

Melee-

Range-

#### DIY weaponry-

Boom Shroom munition-

Boom Shroom pipe bomb: Basically, it's 2 metal pipes, one inserted into the other. There are metal caps at each end. Between the caps is stretched a long spring, hooked onto each end. Holes are drilled through the bigger and smaller pipes, and a pin is inserted in that hole to stop the smaller pipe from snapping into the bigger one. Then the Boom Shroom is inserted at the bottom. When the pin's pulled, the smaller pipe collapses into the bigger one, pushing the cap of the Boom Shroom against the bottom pin to set it off. The metal pipe serves two purposes: to provide a safer means of transporting the shrooms, and also to create fragmentation when they blow up.

### Gear

#### Earth variant-

Crye Precision Adaptive Vest System™ (AVS™) kit-

The Crye Precision AVS (Adaptive Vest System) is a fully modular warfighting platform capable of scaling from a plate carrier to a load-bearing full armor system. The premier choice of US Special Operations Forces, the AVS with harness provides structural support that distributes weight across the body vs resting entirely on the shoulders mitigating potential fatigue and long term injury. Each surface of the AVS is configured to allow preconfigured panels to be installed and removed immediately versus requiring each equipment pouch to be molle woven into PALS channels individually. Available as a complete package in Multicam® Black, this offering including size matched a AVS harness, standard front/back plate pouches, AVS Detachable M4 Flat Flap (capable of running 3 USGI rifle magazines), Zip-on Pouch Panel 2.0, and 152/Bottle Smart Pouch as well as a set of AVS Padded Shoulder Covers in Black.

The AVS's 7 features are as follows:

* U.S. Elite Exclusive
* AV Harness - provides structural support and a mounting platform for a variety of AVS components, which allows a wide range of different load-outs and configurations
* AVS Standard Plate Pouch Set - custom fit for each plate size and are designed to work with standard ballistic inserts
* AVS Detachable M4 Flap - provides three M4 mag pouches (3 USGI rifle magazines)
* Pouch Zip-On Panel 2.0 - a panel of preconfigured pouches that zips to a rear platebag. Two VELCRO® brand lined GP pockets across the top, a wide GP pouch in the middle, and fold-flat wide GP pouch on the bottom
* AVS Padded Shoulder Covers - provide additional support and comfort for the AVS system.
* 152/Bottle Pouch - storage pouch for various types of radios (PRC 152 or MBITR), 32 oz water bottle, different magazines (SureFire® 60-round, one or two 30-round 5.56, two 25-round 7.62x51 SR-25, or one 20-round 7.62x51 magazines), or IZLID Ultra Laser

This ~~$1,400~~ USD ($999 USD shown on 25th Nov, 2021 AD [https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqs1UENF0c/]) kit has small, medium and large sizes options.

P.S. The Multicam® Black variant AVS doesn't exist in 2019 but in mid 2021, though it shows the AVS in the AU is in Multicam® regular camouflage.

## Trivia

His first name is inspired by Ashly Burch's older brother Anthony Burch, as both Burch siblings' mother Kamonwan pronounced as Mon being an immigrant to the US from Thailand.

Reason Ant chooses Jack as his middle name is because it meant "Jack of all trades, master of none". Which is true to him as an Army Green Beret operator needs to be modular, crafty and improvise during different situations in various surroundings such as in the beautiful yet lethal marshland of Amphibia. Moreover his favorite cartoon series is Samurai Jack (original series from Cartoon Network during 2001–04 time to Adult Swim version in 2017) as he likes the main character with the same name very much, which he uses it as his middle name and would like someone calls him "Operator Jack". Plus he liked the Jack-in-the-box toy as it surprises others just like how he surprises his friends, families, allies and enemies in various ways.

In one of the TV trope references, he was sort of an ace from his later teenage years to the US military early years, but as his military service time went on in his latter half a decade he started to have some symptoms of a Broken Ace both visible and non-visible which are similar to Anne. Still he's an Ace nonetheless.

Once he's in Amphibia, those 5 months made him from an Ace/Broken Ace level jack of all stats operator AKA 'Balanced Guy' starting his very first day in that swamp from another world into a master of all (more like almost but close to all) before leaving back to Earth on the final day compared to his sis, Sasha, Marcy and other OCs even when combined their powers once charged as well.

Due to the items & advantages he has and packs when compared to his sis and others in Amphibia, he's sort of the badass normal numero uno (In Italian means the best or most important person). Then again he's the protagonist in that Amphibia AU.

## External link

His bios & details in the comment section-> https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/lk7n0e/anyone\_who\_likes\_annes\_fictional\_older\_bro\_plus/

Toadhunter fanfic-> https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/lcf1b5/uroddysaint\_presents\_toadhunter\_ant\_boonchuy/

Origins of his height & weight-> https://www.boi.go.th/un/boi\_event\_detail?module=news&topic\_id=4099 , https://www.thebalancecareers.com/us-military-enlistment-standards-3354017(https://www.thebalancecareers.com/weight-charts-3344603)

The Boonchuy residence analysis: Part 1- https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/ofgxlz/analysis\_of\_the\_boonchuy\_residence\_in\_los\_angeles/, Part 2- https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/ofjcwc/analysis\_of\_the\_boonchuy\_residence\_in\_la/

His pay till 2019 AD- https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-military-service-members-make-2019-2

"The Salary of an Army Green Beret" 2022 AD post from Sapling gives a basic idea of his salary when as a Green Beret- https://www.sapling.com/8405635/salary-army-green-beret

Art of Ant made by usernameoridk- https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/oohb02/usernameoridks\_version\_of\_anthony\_ant\_boonchuy/

For people don't know Special Forces/Special Operations Forces-> Future War Stories The Barracks: Special Operations Forces- Part: 1, Part: 2, Part: 3, Part: 4

Pop Culture Field Manual (PCFM) answered to my question AKA the episode's first question "How would Spec Ops do on fictional worlds?", which Ant would able to survive to possibly thrive in Amphibia-> https://pcfm.buzzsprout.com/1742300/8676170-fan-questions, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nKGdnAUhY (from 2:29-8:21)

From social media-> https://www.instagram.com/p/CKsj78dJ8zJ/, https://twitter.com/Pete52827285/status/1392114144267186180

US Army Special Forces “Green Berets” | The Complete Guide by SOFREP Jun 19, 2021-> https://sofrep.com/specialoperations/u-s-army-green-beret-special-forces-the-complete-guide/

Ant's millennial issues sort of inspired by this Marvel's Millennial Movement video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPN8q3Y7gA

Ant's yellow diamond gem (inside one of those gems both main characters & OCs)-> https://www.deviantart.com/sfcabanas15/art/Amphibia-Gemstones-Calamity-Gemstones-894199212

Ant's Toyot Hilux Technical inspirations-> https://www.deviantart.com/bimsel18/art/Toyota-Hilux-ODA-720-821107937 , https://www.deviantart.com/1stresponseemergency/art/Toyota-Hilux-Special-Operations-Pickups-859913632

Ant's Toyota Hilux Technical turret details-> https://milsysgroup.com/product/msg-42-turret-and-stand-for-bed-of-non-standard-vehicle/ , https://milsysgroup.com/product/msg-42-turret-with-hatch-and-front-shield/ , https://milsysgroup.com/product/msg-42-hatch-assembly/ , https://milsysgroup.com/product/folding-a-frame-42-series-turret/ , https://milsysgroup.com/product/manual-traversing-mechanism-for-42-series-turret/ , https://milsysgroup.com/product/hilux-pedestal-bed-assembly/

Ant wouldn't be mused to see his parents wearing those T-shirts (his mom on the left part in a white MILF T-shirt says: "Man I Love Frog", while his dad on the right part in a white DILF T-shirt says: "Dxxx I Love Frog"-> https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/qqu2oe/they\_know\_what\_they\_are\_doing/

Ant's age around to 'join' the Army Rangers-> https://classroom.synonym.com/act-score-needed-case-western-reserve-9093.html

Ant's sort of a fan of Fieldcraft Survival's CEO & former Green Beret operator with the rank of Sergeant Major - Mike Glover. He spent 18-years (14 years of special operations experience) in the US Army and as a government contractor (include in the CIA) for OGA-> https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/mike-glover-spotlight-redefining-survival/ As Mike said in that "Understanding the ammunition you carry" video background: "I am a former Special Forces SGM that started my career as an 11B or basic infantryman, and became a Special Forces 18B weapons specialist and served 9 combat rotations overseas. I served as a Sniper, Assaulter, JTAC, TSE expert, Free Fall jumpmaster and more. I served in 3rd SFG, 10th SFG, USASOC, 19th SFG, and the CIA as a GRS officer protecting Case Officers overseas. I have a Bachelors degree in Homeland Security/Crisis Management and I appreciate you all tuning in!".

Ant would find this video helpful about being Thai-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFXmyNUaXFo

Some of those negative events happened to Matt Braly & his mom On Braly being quite real plus inspirations of Ant facing those similar issues since emigrated from Bangkok, Thailand to LA, USA; As well as Ant using his methods to threaten the frogs+some Amphibians in Wartwood turning to food as warnings or make fun of the local people in a very twisted sense of humor during the early days-> https://medium.com/@darya.png/matt-braly-on-amphibia-culture-and-alienation-the-metaphorical-and-fantastical-6887b1d527e8

Most types of weapons from 'Here are the weapons and gear that the US military's top special operators never leave home without' webpage are used by Ant-> https://www.businessinsider.com/weapons-gear-used-by-us-military-special-operations-delta-seals-2020-10

Many firearms models in this 'Spec Ops SHOOT Call Of Duty Weapons IRL (with Travis Haley) | Experts Try' video have been used by Ant-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmYH2N5-qQQ

As well as those firearms models from 'Spec Ops SHOOT Escape from Tarkov Weapons IRL (with Jim Fuller) | Experts Try' video also used by Ant-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHHRRG7Jtos

Ant's M4A1 carbine, CQBR or both types of firearms in SOPMOD mode as seen in this 'https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/12/the-green-beret-rifle-why-these-rifles-might-be-the-deadliest-on-earth/' post-> https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/12/the-green-beret-rifle-why-these-rifles-might-be-the-deadliest-on-earth/

Ant would tell Anne & possibly the Plantars about the reasons similar to the 'Why Almost Every Town In America Has a Thai Restaurant' video once back in LA-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W09QCLmnCUU

Ant would be VERY rough, threatening, harsh & cruel to Sasha and Marcy (mostly that Taiwan Chinese American brat) for their betrayals by their actions+thoughts behind their heads; Which he still wouldn't forgive nor accept their redemption.

Ant would try to say possibly half of those 7 things or all of them to Anne should hear: 1. I love you. 2. I'm proud of you. 3. I'm sorry. 4. I forgive you. 5. I'm listening. 6. Capitalism is a tool of the upper classes designed to keep the people struggling, oppressed, & docile. 7. You have what it takes. -> https://twitter.com/sungwookim/status/1477458025732780032

Ant would train Anne, the Plantars & some trusted allies to use firearms & gunpowder weaponry correctly similar to this "A 13 year old girl knows well how to use weapons" video though with more firearms types, much stricter discipline & more resources with time-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZE-EDGw2vo

Ant would train Anne about various self defense moves during their 5 months time in Amphibia similar to this "SELF DEFENSE MOVES EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW" video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Jn0eP-ZVg

As well as what Anne needs to expect in that DIY Special Forces training Ant made for her-> https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/dont-be-the-grey-man-be-yourself-at-special-forces-selection/

One of Anne's first firearms would be a sidearm such as the Glock 17, plus she would use it well right before then after the events of "The Third Temple"-> https://www.reddit.com/r/amphibia/comments/t2e97r/anne\_with\_a\_glock17/ , https://preview.redd.it/y6uda95mjak81.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=83d0a223ced5cc890a4e553bbf5f750e6ad70382

When Anne is quite well prepared & ready, Ant would lend her the extra gear & weapons he has brought to Amphibia to Anne so she appear like this-> https://twitter.com/FiveFreddy019/status/1449015025205657603 , https://www.deviantart.com/fivefreddy05/art/Anne-Boonchuy-Tactical-894949208

Right before Anne get back to Amphibia during that night in a warehouse that house the teleporter in "Escape to Amphibia", she would be wearing this outfit & armed with these weaponry-> https://www.deviantart.com/fivefreddy05/art/Day-of-Amphibia-909851065

Ant had read Rhonda Byrne's book '*The Secret*' after its release on 26th Nov 2006, which gives him some of the mind sets not just prepare, endure but also thrive to 2019AD. Similar to this 'I Went From Being Homeless to a Mega Millionaire' video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9aKIEuO4lc

Ant would have similar thoughts of him & his family in LA having the issues facing as middle class as seen in this 'Why The Middle-Class Is Disappearing' video, though different circumstances-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sj-8pjt9Xk

'4 Phase Plan to Become Special Forces | Green Beret ' video not that identical to Ant's route to be a Green Beret, but sort of close-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3jV8hZX-g&t=9s

Details about Thailand from 'Geography Now! THAILAND' that Ant would try to simply it with some Thai puns when explaining to his sis, the Plantars & some allies -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWoq9N4fL9k

'Matt Braly Interview: Amphibia Season 3' that might be useful for Ant's AU-> https://twitter.com/screenrant/status/1513910744672260101 , https://screenrant.com/amphibia-matt-braly-interview/

Ant would simply explain about the basic stuff around the Green Beret topic similar to this 'Who Are the Green Berets?' video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47j6NLejEE

This 'Learn from the 5 SOF Truths' video is why Ant ingrained this important detail to himself & teach his sis with his allies & friends about those 5 truths other than just military stuff-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MpNWCIhbc&t=5s

The similar pieces of gear for Ant's K9 in 'Every Piece Of Gear In A Military Dog Handler’s Field Bag | Loadout' video & possibly how the K9 was trained in a similar manner in 'How Military Dogs Are Trained | Boot Camp' video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fpEgydyoY&t=318s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xit5GR\_Nm10

Ant's familiar with the SOPMOD stuff, based on these posts by former Green Beret operator Jeff Gurwitch in 5, 27, 2022-> https://www.swatmag.com/article/history-of-sopmod-part-i/ , https://www.swatmag.com/article/history-of-sopmod-part-ii/

Ant's M4A1 carbine SOPMOD Blocks (1s, 2s & possible Upper Receiver Group, Improved (URG-I) AKA IIIs from USASOC program), based on 'History of SOPMOD BLK I, first-hand account of its use with Special Forces.' video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_-cBwlXblmk & 'History of SOPMOD BLK II with Special Forces and its use in Afghanistan.' video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH4d-SWyBWg

Ant being 1st gen Thai Yank in America meant he's quite fluent as heck in his Thai mother tongue while he with his parents are pretty much disappointed as hell with Anne's 2nd gen situation, 'this is for all the second generation kids out there who didn’t get a chance to be fluent in their family’s language' art by **FISTRAID**-> https://twitter.com/FISTRAID/status/1556098320002494464

Ant would reassure Anne, his parents, his friends (include the Plantars) as well as Anne's friends+allies those 8 false stuff people think of the US military (21st century version) as seen in the "8 Things People get Wrong about the U.S. Military" Simple History video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDzp4YXpzLk

Ant attended the United States Military Academy AKA West Point during a short course given him the needed details & enhanced his leadership for him when as a Green Beret as well as in Amphibia; Inspired by this "What Army Cadets Go Through During West Point Basic Training | Boot Camp | Business Insider" video-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LndU1nlPQ80

Ant's time during US Army Special Forces selection and training such as Phase V training at Robin Sage, similar to "Robin Sage: Inside the Final Test of Special Forces Training" from Coffee or Die Magazine though differently during his time-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeSodhf-tls&t=8s

This "Gask Mask Shooting Range Day with Navy SEAL "Coch" and Dorr" by Tactical Hyve be useful for how Anthony (with his gas mask) in the AU version of "Marcy at the Gates" teaches Anne with the Plantars how to shoot at ants with what firearms Ant given to them while they were wearing gas masks, though not Marcy cause she's WTF level clumsy...- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxxYIvB9Pw&t=6s

Let's just say Anthony's constantly swearing quite a lot such as Atomic F-Bombs not just in English but also his other mother tongue in Thai as well as other dozens of languages (maybe almost 50 more different languages) he learnt from his parents, Boonchuy famil, friends, schools (In Thailand & the US), the US military (most obviously Army Green Beret language lessons), etc. Which not just his younger sis Anne, his parents+family with teammates but even in Amphibia then back in LA cause quite a lot of cringe with anger to others for Ant's almost 24/7 cussing. Inspired by BKK Edition's Top Thai Swear Words 101 & 102 videos respectively- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XZGJ1QNoYQ , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBfw4LkwzhU As well as this "Thai Local Teaches You BAD WORDS in Thai" video by Forrest Lee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3A9ikAopKM

These "Military Trauma Surgeon Rates 10 Battle Wounds In Movies & TV | How Real Is It?" + "Military Trauma Surgeon Rates 9 More Battle Wounds In Movies and TV | How Real Is It? | Insider" respective videos from could be useful for showing how Ant who's also a combat medic using the correct order not just in the military but also in Amphibia twice (1st stranded around 5 months then back to Amphibia with his black ops force)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyD6UKPbLE0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7jmbc6zwU

The "Unique Bullets (Cross Section)" video by Simple History shows the various types of ammo (except square bullets) be in Ant's arsenal when in Amphibia twice- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyflvac55k

This "Green Beret Explains Military Acronyms & Terms | Tactical Rifleman" video would give me ideas for Ant used a number of military acronyms with terms when he's in & out the US military with in Amphibia twice.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl-BIA8mbFw

Ant might tell about his arsenal (most likely M4A1 carbine such as the CQBR variant) to Anne, Plantars &/or Wartwood Resistance members similar to Travis Haley's "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR RIFLE - TRAVIS HALEY MK18 #SHORTS" video in May 3, 2023- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duC6kVnO79Y&t=1s

For sure Ant with his parents being 1st gen Thai immigrants to the US at LA, Cali sure was costly as hell just like how this "How Expensive Is It to Be an Immigrant?" video made in Jul 6, 2023 by Two Cents explained, at least he with his parents had some help in some way which Anne once born didn't have to deal with too much economic issues- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11IV-HzNQAk

Ant's 'primitive' arsenal include his DIY ones are similar to "Special Forces Survival Expert’s Favorite Primitive Weapons | Tactical Rifleman" video in Jul 15, 2023- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmuMvS0Trqc

While Ant used a number of firearms, he's alright of various firearms magazine positions (bottom, side & top) with no huge issues, based on this "The WORST gun Magazine Position in WW2" Simple History video in Jul 15, 2023- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWm93g0thBI

"What Makes a Green Beret" video by Nick -MACHINE- Lavery in Oct 16, 2023 seems to fit some areas of Ant during his US military times as a Green Beret- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_1RxWuOsdMk&t=17s

SpiritusSystems' "What does it take to become a Green Beret? : Civilian to SF Pipeline Explained" video Kevin (Spiritus Systems) and "MJ" (Special Forces 18E and JTAC) have a discussion on the requirements and challenges to becoming a Green Beret and a step-by-step breakdown of the process from being a civilian who wants to try out, all the way to getting on a Team that sort of fits Ant's progress as a Green Beret- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqTPdvAX73Q

One of Ant's abilities with the yellow gem similar to this-> https://www.instagram.com/p/CdyH\_cTJRuw