Steve Palchuk

Lumbering Oaf, Oaf with golden hair, Snackbutt, Blond and Primitive Oaf, Warrior Oaf (by Aja)
 The Blonde Oaf (by Krel)
 Young Oaf (by Varvatos Vex)

### Affiliations

Team Creepslayerz
Guardians of Arcadia

### Likes

Winning, admiration, praise, always being right, stuffing Eli in a locker (formerly), helping Eli with the supernatural, Aja

### Dislikes

Losing, being vulnerable, his father, evil aliens, being abducted

## Family

### Parents

Unnamed mother
Mr. Palchuk (father)
Coach Lawrence (step-father)

### Children

Maja, Baja, Taja, Faja, Daja, Waja Tarron (daughters)
Eli Jr. (son)

### Friends

Eli Pepperjack (best friend), Aja Tarron, Krel Tarron, Varvatos Vex, Jim Lake Jr., Claire Nuñez, Toby Domzalski, Darci Scott, Shannon Longhannon, Mary Wang, Seamus Johnson, Logan, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Merlin, Douxie Casperan, Morgana, Archie, Blinky Galadrigal

### Enemies

Morgana, Bular, Gunmar, General Morando, The Zeron Brotherhood, Gumm-Gumms, Gwendolyn, Jim Lake Jr. (formerly), Titans, Goblins, Green Knight, Colonel Kubritz, Skrael, Bellroc

**Steve Palchuk** is a character from the *Tales of Arcadia* franchise who appears as a major character in *Trollhunters*, *3Below* and *Wizards* and one of the main protagonists of the film *Rise of the Titans*. He is the best friend of Eli Pepperjack and a member of the Creepslayerz.

Steve is voiced by Steven Yeun.

## Background

Steve used to be a bully but when he was brought into the supernatural world, he became best friends with Eli and they formed "Team Creepslayerz," becoming valuable allies with Jim, the Trollhunters, Krel and Aja Tarron in the fight against evil.

### Development

Steve is based on Steve Jorgensen-Warner, who was a Changeling in the 2015 novel. Both Jorgensen-Werner and Palchuk frequently bully the main protagonists Tobias Dershowitz and Jim Sturges Jr. (the book versions of Him and Toby).

While Steve in the series was going to be a Changeling, they played with the idea in the episode "To Catch a Changeling" when Toby suspected that Steve, Claire and even Stricklander were changelings. According to *The Art of Trollhunters*, his Troll design was re-used for Draal's concept.

### Personality

Initially, Steve was an arrogant bully who made life miserable for fellow classmates Jim Lake Jr. and Eli Pepperjack. He was also very vindictive, as he insisted on getting back at Jim for knocking out his tooth and attempted to replace him in his school play as Romeo. Steve is also very boastful, as he is always gloating about himself or when he thinks he has been better than someone. However, most of the time, the reason Steve was a bully was because his father was abusive towards him and his mother. Coach Lawrence implied this by saying just because Steve's father is gone didn't mean his hostility had to remain in the house.

However, when he learns the truth about the supernatural things that exist in Arcadia, Steve decides to change for the better. After encountering a goblin, Steve teamed up with his bully victim, Eli Pepperjack after being forced to work with him on the baby project. Now believing in the supernatural, the boys were convinced by the goblin that the threat to Arcadia Oaks was Jim Lake Jr.. However, Steve realized this was a mistake when he was in the witnessed Jim changing into his Trollhunter armor and proclaiming to a golem that he was saving Arcadia. This proved what the goblin was saying was wrong. After this experience, Steve and Eli finally befriended each other and became genuine in protecting Arcadia from other threats. However, they had to maintain their status quo at school to avoid suspension. Changing for the better, Steve and Eli would later help Jim, the trolls, and Team Trollhunters after the survivors from Trollmarket when it fell. They provided the trolls with umbrellas so they could walk in the daylight without being burned.

Steve especially saw a different world of perspective after he met Aja Tarron and immediately fell in love with her. Despite being mistaken for being an idiot, Steve is actually quite intelligent and resourceful. In "Truth Be Told," he successfully played a role in Aja and Krel escaping from the Zeron Brotherhood's ship by providing them with a tin foil hat that disrupted their shackles. After a while, he has come to accept the supernatural, as when he learned that Aja was an Akiridion (as in, not from Earth), Steve immediately accepted her. He later showed Krel and Aja sympathy after learning they were refugees on the planet after General Morando overran them. After this display, he finally became friends with Aja's brother Krel and kept their secret even from his best friend, Eli. When he, Toby and AAAARRRGGHH!!! met Archie for the first time in 3Below, Steve was not shocked at seeing a talking cat, but the fact that Archie merely his glasses.

Initially resentful to having Coach Lawrence as a stepfather, he later came to accepting him as a better father than his biological one.

## Trivia

* According to Coach Lawrence, Steve uses "extra strength pimple pads" (which may imply that Steve has acne problems) and has an affinity for pudding, which he leaves around his household and does not clean up after himself.
* According to Aaron Waltke on Discord, it is confirmed that Lancelot is Steve's ancestor.
* After years of always calling him by his last name, *Rise of the Titans* is one of the few times where Steve refers to Jim by his first name other.