Burton

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*Bāton*

**Burton** is one of the eight main characters in *Ninjala*. He is a scientist and researcher for the World Ninja Association tasked with the creation of Ninja-Gum, and a descendant of the ancient ninja Hattori Hanzō. After chewing on the prototype Ninja-Gum and turning into a child, Burton, alongside his friend and research partner Berecca, went to enter the Ninjala Tournament to find a way to return to normal.

## Appearance

Burton appears as a young, fair-skinned boy. He sports blond, messy hair on his head and bluish-purple/purplish-blue eyes. He wears both purple glasses and purple headphones that cover his ears. He also wears a purple shirt with a white and gold logo on it, as well as a large blue jacket with an orange interior. His shoes are blue and gold with white laces. He also wears navy blue calf-length jeans and orange, blue, white and black shoes.

As an adult. Burton wears the same clothing that he wears as a child. He also wears a white lab coat, as well as aubergine purple and black headphones around his neck.

## Personality

Burton is the definition of a nerdy type. He is a mild-mannered, cheerful optimist, quirky, and somewhat unreliable odd guy that has an optimistic view on most things despite the amount of times he's failed . He is a descendant of Hattori Hanzo, but loves research and is not interested in fighting. When faced with a dire or strange situation, he's quick to see the bright side and roll with whatever comes next. Like most nerds, he regularly reads books and experiments with science, no matter how dangerous the product may be. He also idolizes Thomas Edison, a deceased inventor.

## History and Story

Burton is researcher/scientist working for the WNA Research Institute, 3 years before the start of the anime, Burton was tasked with heading the development of Ninja-Gum, a top-secret project even within the WNA itself. He enlisted the help of his friend Berecca. Shorty after the start of the project the were met by a new coworker Ron, who almost killed Burton for sleeping on the job, although after some time to three get along really well and Ron started listing all there failures to see what would not work. Burton and Berecca were not informed of Ninja-Gum's true nature as a weapons technology. Burton and co. spent many days and night for three years developing the gum. Their experiments were always unsuccessful, but Burton remained enthusiastic and optimistic that the project would eventually work.

### Complete! Ninja Gum!

It is like any other day, Burton is sleeping tight as him alarm goes off, his clock actives' it's fail safe in order to wake him up for the day, but due to his reflex's, he dodges the rubber hammer that was meant to wake him up.

Two hours later, his bed get's tired of his laziness and get's him ready for the day, he is launched out of his room half asleep only to woken up and comes face to face with Ms. Peggy, who starts complaining that he makes to much noise in the middle of the Night, He tries to change the topic by telling her that she has a nice smile and twirling her around, using that distract her to leave for the lab.

Burton arrives at the lab, Berecca try's to reprimands him due to the fact that he is 2 hours late but he turns that around saying that there no time to waste and they need to do other another round of tests. They start test 2,502 but the gum ends up a failure and had a bad taste. When Berecca expresses frustration over the project's fruitless results over the past three years, Burton tries to cheer her up by turning the failure into a joke by calling out the bad taste. She brightens up and Ron throws Burton a USB, complied with all their errors on previous test. And like he always does, Ron clocks out at 11 a.m. In light of this, Burton invites Berecca to go on a break, she is hesitant at first as they just started but he convince her by saying that he would invite her to a bite.

The two go to a local restaurant and order food, Berecca still sadded at there failure, is once again cheered up by Burton, as he talks about that there is more to a researcher then just being in a lab. She cheers up and plugs in the USB to the tablet, going though there errors, something catches her eye, she remembers the failed gum that made Burton cry and let his guilt out about the failed test, she remembrance about there other failures and how Ron had helped them at there lowest point and how if it wasn't for him that there research would have been terminated. There food gets served and Burton looks out hi coffee and mentions the "Fibonacci Sequence". Berecca confused, Burton then goes on a rant about how the shell is his favorite formula and starts writting it down. Berecca just grins and sits quietly for him.

The two finish there food and the two were getting ready for the 2,503rd test, Ron came just in time and due to him talking to Ron, Burton doesn't pay attention and accidentally tosses his cat Goro into the machine. They start up the machine but it stops all of a sudden and they noticed that Goro was stuck, after rescuing the cat, he notices Goro's bell is missing and was left in the machine, the bell doesn't reacts well with the Ninja-Gum formula and causes an explosion. The trio moves the rubble and notice that a new batch of prototype gum has been created. Burton and Berecca consume it, Berecca believes that it was a falure again but Burton proves her other wise as he sticks to the roof and Berecca starts feeling sensation and the the two go crazy with their new powers out of excitement of success after 3 years of failing.

Upon seeing this, Ron takes off his coat and pulls out a Katana and attempts to kill Burton, claiming that he wanted to see the true power of the ninja gum. The two engage in combat, Ron katana get's stuck into the gum and throws at pipe at Burton, Burton blows a huge bubble and grads it with shaping it and revealing the Ninja-Gum's ability to create weapons, much to Berecca's and Burton's shock. Burton ultimately emerges victorious and Berecca tries to demand an explanation from him but Ron tries to make a run for it, Burton traps his leg with gum and the two try to get their friend to explain what was going on but he pulls up a cartoon looking bomb and it blows up, but thanks to the ninja gum enhancement, they get out unharmed and are launched to a local park.

Berecca try's to demands an explanation on why the Ninja-Gum can create weapons, to much to her surprise Burton is stumped on how it was possible. Burton creates a theory to try and explain the nature of the gum and concludes that the Gum and Ninja blood combined to unleash the Shinobi power that can be used to create weapons and Ninjutsu and, at the very least, Ron and maybe even WNA knew about this, suddenly the two turn into kids due to a side-effect of the Ninja-Gum, much to their shock. The two go and get new clothing, as they outgrown there other cloths.

Berecca informs Burton that the first thing they should do is go back to the lab and figure out a way to undo the side effects of the Gum. The two go back to the Lab but there is already a cop blocking the door and he claims that the space is under investigation. The two just go through the vent but to their surprise everything they worked for, as well as their machines, have been taken and the room was left clean, like nothing had happened.

### WNA Academy – Let the Battles Begin

Berecca and Burton decide to participate at WNA Academy, to draw out suspicions of them.

## Trivia

* Burton's English voice actor, Max Mittelman, is also well known for various other roles in games, anime, and western animation. Some of his notable roles include the voice of Ryuji Sakamoto in *Persona 5* and Saitama in the English dub of *One-Punch Man*. He also voices Prince from the animated short, Trick Moon.
* In Eagle City, there is an advert on the Showtime Musical Theater building (pictured) for *"Bubble Nation: the Musical"* with *"Starring: Burton Jr."* in the corner. It is not known whether the Burtons are the same person or if it is merely a coincidence.
* Burton from the 2D Cartoon and the Anime have a lot of key differences, for example, In the 2D cartoon Burton knows the purpose of the Ninja Gum and chooses to keep it from Berecca, as oppose to the anime were he is surprised about how the gum made weapons. Other example is that in the 2D Cartoon he finds out the true colors of Ron, in the anime, Him and Berecca are blasted by a bomb before they could find the truth of Ron.
* During Episode Zero, Burton asks Ron, "Who the hell are you?!" This makes Burton one of the only two characters in the series so far to swear, the other being Berecca.
* Burton is currently the only character whose exact ancestry is known, as Ron states in Episode Zero that Burton is a descendant of Hattori Hanzō. Hanzo was a famous real-life ninja that lived in Japan during the Sengoku period, and he is often the subject of varied portrayal in modern pop culture, often as a legendary figure with supernatural powers.
* Burton is the male model for Sydney James in the in-game shop.

## Gallery

* 3D Model
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* Misc
Burton's Render.Burton as an adult.Burton examining his new features.Burton posing for a Sydney James advertisement with MichelleBurton reading a book on the couch.Concept art of Ron, Berecca, and Burton as adults during the credits of Episode 0.Concept art and sketches of Burton during the credits for Episode 0.Burton in the Wall Shooter Shinobi Card.