Norma Khan

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> You don't understand! My fear world is the real world!
>
> -Norma, Trust Me

## Norma Khan

### Alias(es):

* Partner (Barney)
* Mortal (Courtney)
* Norman (Hox)
* Nerd (Alternate Norma)
* Nerd-ma (Alternate Barney)
* Bro-ma  (Asmodeus)

### Occupation:

* Demon Clean-Up Crew (Formerly)
* Dead End Attraction Tour Guide

## Biographical Information

### Relative(s):

* Swati Khan (Mother)
* Unnamed Father
* Unnamed Sister
* Unnamed Grandmother

## Physical Traits

### Attire:

* Green hair clip
* Purple jacket
* Dark blue turtleneck sweater
* Green shorts
* Dark leggings
* Dark grey and grey boots
* Phoenix Parks security guard jacket (Occasionally)
* Phoenix Parks turtleneck sweater (At the end of "The Watcher's Test"

## Connections

### Friends/Allies:

* Barney (Friend)
* Pugsley (Friend)
* Courtney (Friend)
* Badyah (Co-Worker, Friend, Crush)
* Logs (Co-Worker)

### Rivals/Enemies:

* Temeluchus (Formerly)
* Fingers
* Angels

## Character Traits

### Likes:

* Her friends
* Demonology (Special Interest)
* Pauline Phoenix (Formerly)
* Horror films

### Dislikes:

* Fingers
* Socializing
* Courtney teleporting right next to her
* Mascots
* Angels (Currently)

## Out-of-Universe Information

### Appears In:

Season 1

* The Job (Debut)
* The Tunnel
* Trust Me
* Night of the Living Kids
* The Nightmare Before Christmas in July
* Wait Time: 22 Minutes
* Norma Khan: Paranormal Detective
* The Pauline Phoenix Experience
* The Phantom of the Theme Park
* Into the Fire

Season 2

* Take the Angels Bowling
* Evil Twins Are People Too
* The Trials of Barney
* Eat the Parents
* The Ride of a Lifetime
* My Super Sweet 1600
* All Dolled Up
* The Other Side
* Going Up
* The Watcher's Test

### Debut:

The Job

**Norma Khan** is a protagonist in the Netflix animated series, *Dead End: Paranormal Park*. She is voiced by Kody Kavitha. Her Vyond Voice Is Emma UK

## Biography

Norma Khan is the daughter of Swati Khan and her unnamed husband. Norma has an unnamed older sister who moved away. She has been a fan of Pauline Phoenix ever since she was a child and made yearly visits to Phoenix Parks. At one point she went to a summer camp, which did not work out well for her. This resulted in Norma telling her mother not to bring summer camp up ever again.

For unstated reasons, her father is no longer around, and it is a point of contention to bring that up with her mother.

## Appearance

Norma has short, dark brown hair with dark brown skin and an orange nose.

Her normal outfit consists of a dark blue turtleneck sweater, a purple jacket, green shorts over dark leggings, and gray boots. She also wears a small green clip in her hair.

In some episodes, she wears her Phoenix Parks security guard uniform, and sometimes also has a pink satchel bag.

In "Trust Me," she wears her summer outfit consisting of a light purple long sleeved beach shirt with a dark purple circle, her usual green shorts and hair clip, white shoes, and a wide brimmed hat with a green stripe.

In "Norma Khan: Paranormal Detective," on top of her normal outfit, she wears a black fedora alongside a pair of black sunglasses.

## Personality

Norma is a logical-minded and introverted girl. She is more confident and brave around other beings such as ghosts and demons rather than people. She often takes the lead when faced with danger, such as in "Take the Angels Bowling" where she approaches an agitated Fingers. By contrast, she is very socially anxious, dreading social interaction and having been shown to have panic attacks when overwhelmed or overstimulated. However, she is able to stand up for herself when she needs to. She can be abrasive on first impressions and may not always recognize others she is not very close with, but she is also very organized, and cool enough under pressure to depart knowledge. She is loyal to those she is close with and cares about.

Shown through most of the first season, Norma has a special interest in Pauline Phoenix, which she has also described as a hyperfixation she's had for the past fifteen years, and becomes uncharacteristically excited involving anything related to the actress. However, this attitude changes when she learns that Pauline is nothing more than a selfish liar who cares for nothing more than her reputation. After facing the hideous truth, it breaks her heart that her personal hero was the villain the whole time. She later developed a hyperfixation on demons, angels, and the Multi-Plane by the second season. Though after the accident with Pugsley, she wanted her revenge against the angels, to the point of teaming up with demons.

## Abilities

* Heightened intelligence
* Musical talent *(Temporary)*

## Trivia

* She is of Pakistani-American descent.
* She is canonically autistic.
	+ Her being written as autistic is based off of Steele's personal experience on being autistic.
* In "All Dolled Up," she comes out as bisexual to Logs, and later to her mother.
* Norma's social anxiety, which was foreshadowed in the first episode, is highlighted in "Trust Me."
* In the graphic novels, Norma is a tour guide for the Dead End Attraction, an occupation she gets at the end of the second season.
* She is currently the only character to speak in every episode.
* In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," she reveals that she's afraid of elevators.
* In "The Job," she mentions her unnamed grandmother.
	+ Similarly, in "Wait Time: 22 Minutes," she mentions her unnamed sister. In the graphic novels, her sister is named Ananya, although it is unknown if that remained the same in the animated series.
	+ In "All Dolled Up," she brings up her father in a negative light, suggesting that there may be some family tension surrounding this subject.
* Norma, alongside Barney Guttman, Pauline Phoenix, and The Watcher, is one of the only characters with their name in an episode title (hers being "Norma Khan: Paranormal Detective").

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, episode 1, "The Job": "*Guess I'll just spend another fifteen years hyperfixating on something else.*"
2. ↑ [1]