Matthew

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### Alias(es)

The black shade, matty(by sherlie), broccoli head(by sherlie), crystal wimp(by owen)

### Age

16(seasons 1 and 2), 17(seasons 3 through 5), 18(matthew spinoff)

### Species

human(formerly), crystal human(formerly), liquid metal human

## Relationships

### Family

Marshall Benedict(father), Lewis Benedict(older brother)

### Allies

Owen(formerly), sander(formerly), sora(formerly), general Q(formerly), sergent plasma(formerly), yami(formerly), alexis(formerly), costa(formerly), dawn(formerly), cronostopolis(formerly), Lewis Coldwrick, Sherlie

### Enemies

marshall benedict, owen, sander, sora, general Q, sergent plasma, sir jorden, lily, charlie, odin, marx, lamel, everet, bethany, matthias, cudo, miles, catherine, kirby, tyler, rachel, edith, dax, ryan, marshall benedict(hallucination), Hel

## Personal Life

### Occupation

civilian(formerly), soldier(formerly), vigilante

### Affiliation

good(season 1 and 2), neutral(season 3 and spinoff), evil(season 4 and 5)

### Likes

sherlie, having a proper mentor figure, hurting the people who wronged him

### Dislikes

owen, general Q and anyone related to them, anyone who dares to bring harm to sherlie, marshall benedict

"Hello Owen, Long time no see. Surprise, what you're not excited to see me Owen, I taught we where best friends, BUT I GUESS YOU WEREN'T LYING SINCE FRIENDS ARE NOTHING BUT TOOLS TO YOU!"~Matthew to Owen after revealing himself to still be alive in season 5

***Matthew is a major character in Owen's anime, he is arguably the secondary main character given how much screentime and character development he gets, Matthew is Owen's primary rival however as owen becomes a better person he wants the rivalry to end but by then Matthew is too far gone and has developed an obsession with owen'***

## Appearance

Matthew is a tin small male with medium length light green hair and pale white skin, as a civilian he is seen in a white T shirt with green sleeves and a green stripe across the middle as well as shorts and green shoes, as a member of the army he wears a black suite with a brown belt, in his first battle with owen he loses his lower lefs wich are replaced with metal legs with white and black stripes, he later also loses his arms wich he replaces with a golden liquid from an artifact wich allows his arms to change shape, he also cuts his hair short, in his final battle with owen in season 1 his head gets chopped of and falls in the lava, his head is replaced with sierra's in an attempt to set him back on the right path, he later cuts his hair and dies it black, his eyes turn purple

In season 3 he has a cracked left eye wich he wears and eye patch over, he has short white hair and pale white skin, he wears a dark blue cape with a hood and a messy version of his previous outfit

While controlling and imitating lily he has her appearance, while going under the fake identity of mark he has medium length brown hair, brown eyes, a grey coat and black pant, gloves and shoes, when under his alterego the black shade he wears a black mask with what resembles a jaw as the upon mouth area, the upper mask also has a long 'nose' and two spikes on the sides as well as a sort of fin on the top, his eyeholes are lines with spikes on them, the right one is closed by a dark blue piece leaving only the left eye exposed, he has dark blue spiked shoulder pads, a short dark blue cape and a black torso piece with blue lines going across it, he has black sleeves with stripes on them wich he wears gauntlets over that reach up to his elbows and resemble knight gauntlets, the gauntlets also have two dark blue belts strapped over them, he wears black jeans with long leg armor over them resembling his gauntlets and having three dark blue belts strapped over them as well as having metal bottoms

(season 5 appearance)

In Matthew's spinoff he has changed his appearance and outfit, his left eye has returned to a green color and only turns red when he is feeling intense hate, he has medium length dark green hair wich covers the entire right side of his face, he is now about average height for a male but because he walks hunched over he's still very short, he starts out in a light blue asylum uniform, after his escape he now wears brown pants with a grey belt, black boots, a black sleeveless shirt, two elbow reaching fingerless gloves, a brown scarf and occasionally a black cloak with hoodie to hide his identity

## Seasons character appeared in

* Owen's anime season 1
* Owen's anime season 2
* Owen's anime season 3
* Owen's anime season 4(implied to have influenced lily's actions)
* Owen's anime season 5
* Matthew's spinoff
* OGH fighters: the eternal battle

## In The Fighting Game

Matthew is a strange fighter, his portrayal is based of his season 5 appearance, a lot of his moves are awkward looking and have weird movements, despite this he is has good close and long range capabilities, another notable mechanic is his rng, bolth of his 1 bar specials have different versions, while one of them can either have a big hitbox but poor rang or a small hitbox and long range the other has matthew casting one of several spells making it hard for both the user and opponent to know wich spell he'll cast this time as they can widely vary in hitbox, properties and range, his damage output and hp are quite average

## Trivia

* he is the only case of a character slowly turning evil over the course of several seasons
* even though he can regenerate in any way he wants to after becoming liquid metal he choses to keep his right eye as a wound
* he is actually multi handed as seen by him dual wielding and him switching wich hand he is writing with effortlessly
* his season 3 appearence was originally a lot tamer but it was changed to make his transformation in season 5 more believable
* for a long time it was unclear if lily was her own person created from matthew's remains or matthew's consciousness without his memories, in season 5 it was confirmed that lily is her own person seperate from matthew
* originally matthew's green hair was because of his crystallization and his natural color was brown, however this was redconned when young matthew, lewis and marshall where all shown to have green hair in a flashback
* Owen and Matthew's character development is mirrored with owen going from a bad person to a good person and matthew going from a bad person to a good person
* matthew is the only character to have appeared in every season of Owen's anime in some way
* matthew has had three bad father figures being marshall benedict, general Q and yami
* the reason Matthew was able to trust lewis coldwrick so easily probably has to do with him having the same name as his older brother, having the same eye color as sherlie and being the kind mentor figure he has always wanted
* matthew is confirmed to have schizophrenia, while this was a factor in his fall to evil it wasn't the primary cause as he has had it since he was young most likely because of his abusive dad, in season 1 and 2 it's not very noticeable as he takes strong medication to surpress it but from season 3 onwards he stops taking his medication, this along with the many traumatic events around him where the causes for his personality shift
* it's important to note that matthew isn't actually insane, in his spinoff it was revealed that his eyes only turn red when he feels intense hatred, since his eyes are always red in season 5 this implies that he led his hatred take complete control over his actions, another reason for why he isn't actually out of his mind is that he is fully aware of his actions as well as being able to think clearly enough to come up with complex plans and strategies, while his goal to protect sherlie has helped in healing him he is still occasionally overcome by hatred causing him to get very aggressive and even trying to kill people related to owen