Teens

Upon starting a new game, the player can choose their character from 4 **Teens**. All of them are equipped with a SCA.B on their left hand at the start of the game. Not much is known about the teens, however their individual personalities and quirks can be inferred by their passive/reactive dialogue.

The player character awakes in a small cave, unsure of what happened before they blacked out. On leaving the cave, surrounded by oversized blades of grass and a massive baseball, the realization that they are now standing at a mere 7 millimeters tall quickly sinks in.

In order to figure out what happened to them, the player must survive the dangers of the backyard and find a way to return to their normal size.

## Ally "Hoops" Nguyen

### Aliases

Hoops
Ally Hoops
Ally

### Relatives

Unnamed Brother
Unnamed Mother
Unnamed Grandmother

## Biographical information

### Appearance

Hoops has dark brown hair that she styles into a side ponytail held up with a yellow scrunchie. She wears a white t-shirt with a pink, skateboarding cat donning shades. On her back is a multicolor, plaid-patterned backpack. In addition to the adhesive bandage on her right knee, Hoops also wears pink and white dolphin shorts, white socks with blue stripes, and white basketball shoes with blue laces.

### Personality

Hoops is very eager to take on any challenge that is thrown at her. She has a strong background in athleticism attributed to her experience playing basketball. Confident, determined, and energetic are some of the things Hoops' friends might say when describing her. A natural-born leader on and off the school basketball court, Hoops acts like she knows what she wants, which comes in handy even if she doesn't. That said, she is always ready to help a friend and will be the first to cheer them on when they need it.

### Personal Trivia

* Based on her dialogue, Hoops has a family consisting of her Brother, Mother, and Grandmother. If there are any more relatives in her family, they aren't made apparent in the dialogue present in game.
* Her parents never let her have soda.
* Judging by the ending cutscene, her and Max might be in a relationship post-game.

## Biographical information

### Appearance

Max has brown hair in a flat top hairstyle. He wears a yellow tank top that says "WHOA" with a tiki-style illustration of three colorful dinosaurs dancing in front of an erupting volcano, along with a black and yellow backpack. Max also wears ripped, faded blue jeans, white socks, and black and red sneakers with red laces.

### Personality

Max has a great sense of humor and is often perceived as the comic relief of the game. At first, Max may come off as just the typical charismatic class clown, but don't let his jokes and big personality fool you. This kid has a heart of gold and knows the true value of friendship. Never one to leave a friend hanging, (Except for Pete), he is always there when needed and usually has a smart remark ready for any situation he comes across.

### Personal Trivia

* He dreams of becoming famous.
* Max thinks lowly of Pete, making fun of him regularly.
* Max is allergic to bees.

## Peter Boggs

### Aliases

Pete
Petey *(by Max)*

### Relatives

Unnamed Father
Unnamed Mother

## Biographical information

### Appearance

Pete has short, blonde hair and freckles. He wears brown aviator glasses and has an orange and blue backpack. He also wears a blue button-up with a planetary design and a front breast pocket with two pens inside. His shirt has rolled up sleeves and is neatly tucked into his brown, leather shorts. On his feet are green socks with a blue stripe and brown sneakers.

### Personality

Pete is a common "nerd" archetype. He is highly interested in fantasy, video games, technology, and tabletop board games. His nervous and meek personality is offset by his thirst for adventure. Pete seems prepared for almost any situation… *almost*. Pete understands that his hobbies, such as his love for the role playing game Minotaurs and Myrmidons, may seem nerdy to some, so he values those who let him be himself and those who befriend him will find a friend for life.

### Personal Trivia

* He has scout training from a troop he is/was in.
* Judging from the dialogue between Willow and Pete, Pete most likely has a crush on Willow.
* Pete fears his mother would use his 7th grade yearbook photo on a "missing person" milk carton.

## Biographical information

### Appearance

Willow has black hair in a spiky style. She wears black eye shadow and lipstick. Her clothing consists of a yellow/green undershirt and a black tee with a design depicting a dagger with a rainbow blade stabbing a cloud, (From her favorite band, "The Sad Stab"). She also wears ripped, purple leggings and black-and-white, high top sneakers. Her backpack is pink and teal.

To accessorize, Willow wears one half of a silver, broken heart necklace and two studded, black, leather bracelets on her right wrist. On her shirt, she wears a green alien face pin, and in several other places, safety pins adorn her outfit.

### Personality

Willow is a more mature, level-headed individual that, due to her gothic sense of style and personality, has a brooding exterior. Her interactions come with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Most things that would scare others do not phase Willow. She initially assumed her situation of being shrunk was just one of her many nightmares. Underneath the witty and sometimes dramatic exterior lies someone with a caring and generous heart. She enjoys theater, poetry, and the band Sad Stab, and she also has an interest in fantasy and adventure.

### Personal Trivia

* She wears lipstick called "morte noir," which can be translated to "Black Death"
* She appears to be a bit of a troublemaker, given that she has a fake hall pass in her backpack
* Willow loves spiders.
* Some of the interactions between her and Pete, specifically when encountering a ladybug, could potentially imply that they share feelings for each other, given how Pete speaks a poetic verse, Willow tells Pete that she's blushing now, and Pete replies with a slight stutter that he meant the ladybug.

## Trivia

* While playing in multiplayer, depending on which teens are present, the characters will converse with each other in response to certain events.
	+ Through these interactions, it is conveyed that the teens knew each other before the events of Grounded and was confirmed by the introduction cutscenes that they all attended the same Highschool called, "Brookhollow High School"

* All the teen's names are either puns or plays on words. Max's full name is Maxwell Smalls, and his nickname is obviously Max, making him Max Smalls, an oxymoron. Willow's full name is Willow Branch, clearly referencing the tree. Peter "Pete" Boggs is a little harder to figure out, but his name is a play on the natural phenomenon of a peat bog. Ally "Hoops" Nguyen is the only character who's pun comes from their first name and nickname, rather than their nickname and last name, with Ally "Hoops" being a play on the basketball slang term "alley-oop."