Mike Monroe

(Unnamed)- Brother

Joan- Ex-Fiancée

> I was too thirsty for revenge. I wanted that thing gone too bad. If we never went down to that sinkhole, maybe this whole thing could've been avoided. Maybe if I just went when I heard about the Night Slasher, everyone would still be alive.
>
> Mike to Doug, apologizing about the events on the island.

**Michael "Mike" Monroe** is the main protagonist of *The Expedition*. He is voiced by BogleBlocks Pictures. Mike is the leader of an expedition team. After a crater is found on a newly risen island, Mike and his team are sent to investigate. However, after Dr. Pepitone is killed by someone, Mike and his team are relentlessly pushed to their limits to survive on the island. Despite several casualties, Mike survives the events on the island.

Mike had a relationship with his fellow teammate, Joan, though they broke up before marriage. Although they were no longer in a relationship, they still remained friends. After her disappearance, Mike became a very vengeful man, wanting nothing more than to kill The Omega.

## Biography

### Early Life

Mike was born into a decent childhood and had a brother. He and his brother always looked after one another and considered themselves best friends. When Mike was in his teens, his dad got a job as a truck driver and around the same time his brother moved out of the house. His mother remarried a guy who Mike could only describe as "evil". His step-father beat his mother physically and tortured Mike mentally. Mike talked to his brother about what he should do about his step-father's behavior, and came to conclusion that if he stuck around, he would end up killing him and his mother one day. Mike confronted his step-father and told him that if he hurt him or his mother one more time, he would hurt him. Expecting his father to fight back, he did the opposite. His step-father broke down and cried in front of him, telling Mike he wanted to change. His step-father and mother went into family therapy and mended their relationship. Mike claims that now his mother and step-father are one of the happiest couples he's ever seen.

### Later Years

In high school, Mike met someone name Tyreek. He befriended him and their friendship lasted throughout high school and into adult life. They studied together in college and both got jobs in an expedition research facility and were put on the same team. A few years later, Mike met a woman named Joan, who was an assistant nurse at a local hospital. Mike started dating her and eventually they decided to get married. Joan quit her job as a nurse to join the expedition team to spend more time with Mike. More and more people joined the expedition team and they all grew close bonds between one another.

However at some point, Joan and Mike decided it would be best if they broke up, calling off the marriage and remaining friends. Mike claims he calls his mother everyday since he moved out and is assumed he still keeps in contact with his brother.

### The Expedition

Mike makes his debut in the film when he is searching the crater along with the rest of his team. He sets up camp for the night, and later Pepitone is killed. Mike thinks of two plans. Half the team will go down the river to see if there are any means of escape while the other try to radio for help. He is with Tyreek, Doug, and Luke on a motorboat trying to find a way off the island, which is cut short due to The Omega. Luke shatters the bones in his hand and they drive back to camp, and whilst on the way he sees Donna's fatal helicopter crash, where he gets punched unconscious by Doug. He later talks to Doug, who is angry towards him. He lets Rufus take his truck to find Doug. He stays at camp with Joan and Tyreek who are watching over Luke. Joan diagnoses Luke with compartment syndrome and they are forced to amputate his hand. Mike holds Luke down while Tyreek preforms the procedure. After healing Luke, Joan and Mike talk, strengthening their relationship.

Doug and Rufus return to camp that night, explaining their discovery of The Omega and the death of the Night Slasher. Mike is among the five that go down to the sinkhole to search for The Omega. While he's there, Mike sees a vision through one of the paintings, showing him what happened when The Omega got to Earth and found Houskataet. They return to camp, only to be ambushed by The Omega. The team defends their camp and learn that The Omega's weakness is fire, however Joan goes missing during the fight, leaving Mike heartbroken and desperate for revenge. The team goes down to the Mobile Lab crash site to make a flamethrower and fix the radio. Mike radios the Coast Guard for help, which is successful, but they are immediately attacked by The Omega. The Omega is subdued and interrogated by Mike. After some back and forth banter, Mike threatens to kill The Omega. In response, The Omega sends all of them down into a trench. Rufus fires a grapple with Mike on top of everyone else. Doug cuts the chain, leaving Mike alone with The Omega.

The Omega and Mike talk to one another genuinely, explaining their pasts. After the conversation, Mike is pulls out two machetes and is ready to brawl with The Omega, which he loses. He saved by Tyreek who is impaled by a sword. This breaks Mike, having him trying to kill The Omega once and for all. He is joined by Rufus, Doug, Samantha, and Luke shortly afterwards who defeat The Omega. As The Omega prepares to sink the island, Rufus sacrifices himself by staying behind and buying the others time. Mike, Doug, Samantha, Luke, Rashid, and Tyreek successfully take refuge in a floating cave, where they reflect on the events that transpired. The Coast Guard finds the survivors in the cave, and escort everyone, including Mike, back to America.

## Personality and Appearance

Mike is typically calm, smart, and a good friend. However he is very stubborn and will sometimes try to settle his personal goals before doing what's best for the group. Mike's greatest fault, perhaps, is his uncanny ability to place responsibility on himself and set for himself goals that are impossible to reach. Despite his faults, Mike is well-trained in combat, as his step-father was a former military commander, who taught him all he knows. Mike's personal weapon is a machete, as he is very good in close quarters combat.

During the first part fo the film, Mike is shown to be calm and keep everyone the same way, knowing they will all die if they are driven apart. Mike is shown to constantly look over his fellow teammates, making sure their morale and overall well being is stable. Once Joan disappears, Mike immediately becomes like Doug, vengeful. He desperately tries to kill The Omega, blaming him for all the deaths and bad things that have happened. Mike feels enough towards The Omega that he can share his past, making him willing to open up to people. Once Tyreek is mortally wounded, Mike is completely overcome with anger and only becomes himself again once he knows The Omega is gone for good.

Mike is a 32-year-old Caucasian-American male. He has brown hair with a short growing beard and several bruises and cuts all over his face. He is a fit man with an average amount of stamina and strength. He wears the same outfit as Tyreek, Doug, and Luke.

## Trivia

* Mike is the only one of the expedition team to have his entire name revealed.
	+ He is also one of the three characters out of the entire cast to have their full names revealed, the other two being Alejandro Rivera and O'Nall.
* Mike has his own truck specifically assigned to him.
* Originally, Mike was going to be the last man standing, and would be the only one to return to the United States. Later, he would commit suicide because of the events. BogleBlocks Pictures scrapped this ending because he found it would be too dark.