Robaire

**Robaire** is a minor character in *Turning Red*. He is the leader of the boy band 4★Town and Mei's idol.

## Personality

Robaire is one of the most well known and popular members of 4★Town. With him being the lead singer and dancer, others see Robaire as a charismatic and talented person which is one of the main reasons why the band has gained its popularity. He’s also shown to be protective and supportive to the people around him, including his friends.

## Appearance

Robaire is a black French-Canadian man with dark skin, short black hair with a fade cut, green eyes, and an eyebrow slit. He is commonly seen wearing small diamond earrings, a golden ring with the “R” initial embedded on it, an orange denim vest with the 4★Town logo, blue baggy jeans, and light green high tops.

At the concert, he wears the same outfit but completely white and without the logo. In addition to a completely white outfit, he is also seen wearing a green microphone.

## Role in the Film

Robaire is first introduced when Mei reveals the *Tween Beat* magazine that includes the band to Miriam, Priya and Abby. Throughout the movie, 4★Town is hosting a concert in North America and will eventually arrive to Toronto on May 25 during the red lunar eclipse. To Mei’s luck, they unfortunately arrive on the same night as the ritual Mei has to perform. Some time after she escapes the temple and reunites with her friends, the band appears on stage. Robaire was the closest to her location in the crowd and both of them were able to touch hands. That is until Ming finds her after transforming into a large red panda compared to Mei. Eventually after Ming destroys parts of the SkyDome during the concert, Robaire, Jesse, Tae Young, Aaron T., and Aaron Z. return to sing from the heart to activate the circle. Towards the end of the film, Robaire is last seen in the picture taken after the ritual was complete along with 5 autographs written on it.

## Relationships

### 4★Town

Robaire has a lot of passion for his band and is very close with his bandmates. He is planning on going solo one day but until then, he is enjoying himself with his four best friends.

### Mei

Mei is one of Robaire's biggest fans. He first encounters her at the concert in the SkyDome near the front of the stage. Although he doesn't interact with her frequently, he was able to help her with the ritual to save Ming after she caused severe damage in her red panda form.

### Miriam, Priya, Abby and Tyler

Besides Mei, her friends are also fans of Robaire. He is later approached by them while Mei distracts her mother in order to keep her in the circle. While the scene wasn’t completely revealed in the movie, it is hinted when the four create a beat to reprise “Nobody Like U” and the band returns to start singing.

### Ming

Ming is known to have a distaste against Robaire’s band and has refused to let Mei go to their concert. She mainly sees them as “glittery delinquents” and believes they’re not worth jeopardizing Mei’s life over. Robaire is first startled by Ming later on in the film when she arrives at the SkyDome in her red panda form due to how large she is. Eventually after 4\*Town helps with the ritual, she was able to get a picture with the rest of the band next to Mei.

## Trivia

* He is known for being multilingual, meaning he can also speak more than one language. He can commonly speak French besides English.
* During the concert, Robaire seems to be very protective of his band. This is revealed when he was able to remove the wings attached onto him while he was dangling over the stage. Instead of running away, he sticks around with the rest of the group to help them get down to safety.
* In the alternate ending, Mei is on a flight to California and meets Robaire unexpectedly when he sits next to her. Unlike the final cut, it is hinted that Robaire already knew Mei was able to transform into a red panda when he recognized her appearance and called her the “Panda Girl”. He even admits to her that he is "such a fan" causing her to transform on the plane.
* During Ming's giant panda attack, Robaire along with Tae Young, Jesse, Aaron T. and Aaron Z. are shown to be scared of Ming's panda. They are seen screaming and dangling over the stage. However, they managed to help each other get down and get to safety.
* Since Mei is a huge fan of Robaire, they are several different scenes shown such as Mei's fantasy when he proposes to her on stage and lifts her up in the air, when she imagines him as a merman while hugging Abby in the bathroom and during the concert, Mei and Robaire nearly touch hands before Ming attacks the SkyDome. At the end of the movie, Mei is seen holding Robaire in the group picture and smiling in her red panda form.
* Robaire looks back at Aaron T. and Aaron Z. as they are being introduced by Mei and smiles at them.

## Gallery

*"Mon Amour"*Robaire singing and smiling at MeiMei and Robaire about to touch hands