Double

**Double** is a character introduced in *Spark the Electric Jester 2*, leading a group of renegade robots hired by Freom to kill Fark. He is a secondary antagonist, along with his group.

## Appearance

Double is a rather intimidating GPA robot, towering over most of the cast. He is primarily blue and white, with red, yellow, and gray accents. His eyepatch and scarf are maroon. His left eye has a completely black sclera with a red pupil. His right eye, when uncovered, is completely washed with red. His body is covered in cracks and dents, most likely sustained from years of combat. He wields dual swords, with two sheathes on either side of his torso.

## Personality

Double is cold and calculating, but isn't above insulting people like Fark or E.J. He revels in the thrill of combat and cutting down foes, no matter what they are. He is not easily fazed, taking E.J's "threats" in stride, and giving a casual, if a little smug, comment to the revelation that Freom is Fark's father. He likes a good challenge, taking on Freom's son gleefully.

It is implied that Double is not all callous, seeing how Flint respects him to a great degree and that he (supposedly) helped rescue Float. However, not much of that side is seen.

However, *Spark 3* paints Double in a darker light, thought bits of it can also be seen back in *Spark 2*. In truth, Double loves to murder robots and formies alike for the thrill, murdering a formie thief when they were stealing from his former master's home and massacring the workers of a facility (at least twice) regardless of how much danger they actually posed to robots. His supposed desire to free all robots from formies is merely a cover for this bloodlust.

While Double did willingly save Flint and trained him as a student, when Flint fought him in retaliation to the aforementioned massacre, Double showed no hesitance in fighting back. Despite this, Double invites his former student to join him in hunting Fark, alongside Float, hinting despite his bloodlust, his connection with Flint was genuine.

## Abilities

Double is skilled in swordplay, wielding two swords with ease. He is also rather good at fisticuffs and can deliver devastating blows. He has quick reaction time, such as when he immediately counters after being stunned by one of Fark's perfect parries. He can consume the area in a white-hot blast in his second phase, in which parrying is required to escape unscathed.

## History

In the original backstory, some time before the events of *Spark the Electric Jester*, Double was a teacher. Apart from that, not much is known about his past, such as how he rebelled.

In his retconned backstory in *Spark 3*, Double was the guard to the mansion of a wealthy artist. After the artist passed away, Double and the mansion were left abandoned. One day, a thief broke in trying to steal the items within. Double swiftly murdered the thief, an act he quickly found joy in. Scouting for other targets for his bloodlust, he came across a factory and a worker robot left to rust after it gained sentience and tried to run away. Saving the robot (after murdering the formie staff), he would teach it swordsmanship. Double also gave the robot a wig made of hard fibers to protect his neck. The pair then adopted names, Double's name represented how he dual wielded swords, and the pupil became known as Flint.

The two then went on a mission to liberate another factory from formie control. During the attack, Double's showed his mysterious power to his pupil as the dual wielding swordsman took down a giant robot in his lonesome. Double, while separated from Flint, would massacre the formie staff at the core of the facility. Flint came in the aftermath, and despite Double's words about how the formies would only oppress robots while they were still alive, Flint went into a rage and fought his mentor. The battle ended in a draw, and Flint walked away, denouncing his master.

Sometime afterwards, during Freom's first uprising, Double would be attracted to the cause, seeing it as an opportunity to kill to his heart's intent. To this Spark 2 and *Spark 3* give slightly different accounts of what happened:

* In *Spark 2* it was said that both him and Flint came across Float abandoned in a scrap heap, and welcomed her into their group. However, Double was implied to be wary around Float, doubting her claim that she has lost all her memories, according to Flint.
* In *Spark 3* Double would come across Flint, who at that point met and bonded with Float. He invited the two to join him in the uprising. Flint accepted solely to protect Float, pretending to still be loyal to Double. Double and Flint then trained Float to fight, which ended quickly.

Regardless of the truth, during the events of *Spark the Electric Jester 2*, Double and his group were hired by Freom to kill Fark. Fark encountered Double and Flint in Technoria City. Double was unfazed by Freom revealing that he was Fark's father, and was only focused on killing Fark. He claims that he fights for the liberation of robots, before Fark calls him out on his bluff. Double then agrees, stating that he's only fighting for the rush of cutting down Formies and GPAs alike. With that, Double slashes at Fark, proclaiming that this would "be the most satisfying kill of [his] life."

The fight ensues, but after a last stand, Double dies, and Fark moves onto Terminal Dragon.

In *Spark 3*, a hologram of Double is fought during the Throwback boss fight in Historica Hysteria, this time by Spark, coming after holographic copies of Ryno Dyno and E.J. It is unknown if this event occurred in Spark's original journey, or only happened during loops within Clarity's simulation.

## Trivia

* Double's boss fight, design and character are reminiscent of Sundowner from *Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance*, which LakeFeperd is stated to be a fan of. Double wields dual swords and is fought on a helipad on a stormy night, much like Sundowner. Both Sundowner and Double enjoy causing death and destruction, are shown to be very coarse in their language, and are leaders of their respective group, Double for his team and Sundowner for Winds of Destruction.
* Double is named after the double variable in coding. Doubles in coding can be either whole numbers or decimals and have a wider range of values than floats. He fittingly uses two swords and is the leader of the group, above Float and Flint.
* In early versions of the beta, Double actually swore a lot. This was changed by Lake after fan backlash. The only other character affected by this was E.J.

## Gallery

Example of Double swearing in the April demo.Sketch, line art, and the final image of Double.Double in the Spark 2 credits.In-dev shot of Double.Without his eyepatch.In-dev shot of his boss fight.Concept art of Double.