Arcturus Porter I

> "Arcturus, who could not abandon his friends despite the situation, represents the Element of...***Loyalty!***"
>
> - Victoria, "Challenge of the Elements"

> "Hahahahaha! Vickeey and Arckeey sitteeying in a tree, KISS-EEY-ING!" *(makes her Victoria and Arcturus dolls kiss each other)*
>
> - Pudding, in the present day

## Basic Info

### Nicknames

Arcy (by Victoria)
Arca (by Samu)
Arcky-san (by Kiara)
General Dimwit, Cyan-\*bleep\*, Sharkturus Loser, Blockhead Fightingbrain (by Mirage while evil)
Humongous Terminator Daddy (by Amelia, when he has the Terminator Armor on)

### Relatives

Divinity (creator)
Victoria Daisy (apparent future wife)
Melody Harmadale (daughter)
Primarch Porters (sons)
Primarch Porters' legions (descendants-in-law)
His descendants

### Voice Actors

Rory Max Kaplan (young)
Tom Wayland (older)
James Earl Jones (in fully-sealed Terminator Armor)

## Status

### Occupation

Pokémon Trainer
Hero (S1 only)
Emperor of Galar (series finale and formerly in original timeline)
Ruler of PokeVerse (possibly but formerly)
Primarch of the 1st Legion
One of the Traitor Guardians

## Biographal Infomation

### Age

10 (S1E1-S1E46)
30 (GoHS-S1E48; appearancewise up to S11)
2000 (S4-S7)
2001 (S8-S11)

## Magic Information

### Abilit(ies)

Superhuman strength (S1 only)
Dark magic (S4-S11)

### Harmony/Cutie Mark

An electric blue Poké Ball bordered in gold with two curled lines extending from it (S1 only)

### Stage 5 Upgrade?

Yes (S1 only)

**Arcturus Porter I** (ポーター新, *Pourtaa Arata*?) is one of the main characters of the first season, and the second central to be introduced. He is a 10 year-old boy from Hisui who is the future ancestor of all Porters.

He becomes a "dark supporting character" from Seasons 4-11 after being absent for two seasons and after losing all of his magic (even his Harmony Mark) other than dark magic, his Chosen One status, and his ability to transform.

## Bio

### Appearance

Arcturus has electric blue eyes and matching neck-length hair. As a civilian...

* In Season 1, he wears a cyan hat matching his hair and wears a loose, dark bluish-black split hoodie like garment (similar to Victoria's) over a skintight black bodysuit with cyan on the ends of his sleeves and gold tassels. Around his waist is a small gold carrying pouch and he has blocky short bluish-black, white, and gold platform boots. His Harmony Mark is a cyan Poké Ball bordered in gold with two curled lines extending from it.
	+ After gaining Stage 3, his black and cyan sleeves, as well as his leggings, are removed, and gold markings now appear on his body, which remain even after he loses his Chosen One status. He also gains gold on his eyes.
* As seen in Seasons 4-11, he wears an electric blue shirt with a white pocket, white pants, and electric blue and white sneakers. Sometimes, however, he's seen wearing his Terminator Armor without the helmet on, though he will have his helmet on when it comes to combat, and his modern-day clothing is worn inside the suit.

As a Guardian of Harmony, his hat disappears. He has a long tailcoat-like bright cyan, long-sleeved collared militaristic-style jacket with gold buttons, a small azure blue bowtie, lighter cyan cuffs, teal shoulderpads and electric blue fist armor with white gems. Under the jacket is a white dress shirt. He has cyan dress pants and men's styled black platform dress shoes as well was a pair of ice blue fairy wings on his back. His hair and eyes don't change, however.

### Personality

#### **Season 1**

During his childhood, Arcturus was proud and mischievous, yet gentle. Despite already aspiring to be a "true gentleman", he lacked manners and mostly behaved like a normal child. His creator having died before he could remember Her, and his fellow boys ostracizing him because of his status left Arcturus somewhat lonely. While at first, Arcturus didn't have his future strength of will. However, he did have the kindness and courage to immediately jump to Victoria's rescue (which is when they developed hidden feelings after Victoria returned the favor and started living in the same orphanage together). First and foremost, Arcturus strives to become his definition of a "true gentleman" as he carries his Porter name with pride, never betraying the code of conduct he has set for himself and will treat any fellow human with respect unless they prove evil.

Arcturus also possesses a fierce inner strength and the drive to face and overcome conflict, which Ksendras calls an "explosive power". That drive, fueled by his affection for his friends and loved ones, enabled him to overcome the direst situations.

As a gentleman, Arcturus is also kind and positive. He has a mindset where he tries to imagine the consequences his actions would have on other people, even if they appear to be enemies. He is gentle and sympathetic, feeling pain even as he vanquishes a zombified person. Despite his skill in fighting, he will never seriously harm a person without a valid reason. His courteous nature as well as his mental fortitude and ability to withstand fear and pain is the main reason Kiara decides to aid him on his journey. Arcturus has always had an impulse to save others during his life.

Yet Arcturus can feel righteous fury at the evilness of his foes and will conduct justice by vanquishing them. He admitted that his reason for fighting Ksendras is not just for the safety of the Multiverse, but also to avenge his loved ones that the Angels of the Apocalypse had killed. Moreover, he does not pity truly despicable individuals he is not familiar with. Sometimes, though, he can be stubborn as well as impulsive and reckless. Being teased on his hidden crush on Victoria will even mean getting a direct insult from him, as shown with Kiara and Joy.

#### **Season 4-11**

From thousands and thousands of years to today, Arcturus is now a cynical, disagreeable individual whose primary concern was gaining enough money to preserve himself and his family's life (example: he sometimes gives Jim some money for him to take care of his wife and daughter). Arcturus's loyal side is still present, he demonstrated his bravery and loyalty then soon after, Arcturus became loyal to GDI. Aside from his seemingly self-centered ways, he, like his descendant Jim, was very loyal to his friends, and a good man despite being considerably short-tempered and inactive than he once was, having lost most of his responsibility, gentleness, nobility, and kindness. Arcturus is otherwise nice to his descendants, the Daisies and their friends. His penchant for befriending people and Pokemon is still present, notably with the appearance of his new Pokémon Clark the Slaking (who accompanied him as a co-pilot), and his tendency to approach the locals first and communicate with them, overall being the one to deal business with them.

Arcturus's goofy side is present, and he is somewhat frequent failures at blending with the local culture and his struggle at battling is a constant source of humor. Moreover, his boastful nature leads him to occasional goofs, such as pretending to know how to use an electric stove only to ridicule himself, not knowing that he did end up destroying an electric kitchen stove once. He often makes crude jokes, racist insults (mostly towards Slavs) and crass/inappropriate humor (only to be cut off before he can finish). He usually insults both his sons and his descendants (especially their friends) because he's afraid they'll turn out like his son Horus.

Arcturus is also improved all over the years as he learns about new things in the Multiverse, which is why he can use most technologies, controlling vehicles/aircraft and using weapons. Although, some of the technologies that he may don't know how to use and led him to frustration, cases like being ended up destroying an electric kitchen stove once because not only he got frustrated, he also finds it way too difficult for him to use.

Arcturus's final wife, Mary, described him as someone who had no patience for speeches or memorials and was allergic to politics, ideologies and suspicious of causes. However, according to Mary, he also hated bullies and could never stand down when confronted with them, and when he took on a difficult mission, he was never interested in knowing the odds of success. As Mary recognized, Arcturus's first instinct was always to run when things got hard, but that he never ran far and always came back and stepped up again, knowing that there was a time to run and a time to make a stand.

On top of that, Arcturus is also extremely arrogant with an insane amount of pride in his own unique nature, and how he is a flawless being who never makes any mistakes, often shifting the blame onto others. He loudly complains about how nearly everyone apart from himself exists on varying spectrums of incompetence, such as when he blames the entire state of Galar on Magnus and Jim. In addition, he is also extremely hypocritical and will often go to extreme lengths to appear as infallible, even backtracking over things he previously said and denying or ignoring that he said them, such as when he forgave Magnus (slightly) for what he did. Often when he endorses something or someone terrible unknowingly, he will refuse to retract his compliment even when presented with large amounts of evidence that said thing is objectively awful and will try to justify such negative aspects as reasonable; unwilling to admit he had made a mistake.

After the final episode of season 11, Arcturus regained his old self back upon reuniting with Victoria in the afterlife, though starting from "Memories in the Mist!", he is shown to slowly be regaining his past personality due to his (brief) reunion with her.

### Relationships

* **Victoria Daisy**: He has a hidden crush on her. He is shown to miss her a lot after season 1, but is lucky he got a child from her. Despite them *technically* being siblings (though not by blood), their romantic relationship was part of the Divinity's plan all along.
* **Melody Harmadale**: He loves his only girl very much. After a (brief due to her wish) reunion at the Spirit World in "The Hour of Doomsday," the two of them and Victoria finally become a happy family. In "Farewell, Melody", they become a happy family for real after Melody passes away after 3,000 years of psychological torture outliving all of her friends and family.
* **Primarch Porters**: His first 20 sons. They are also Melody Harmadale's brothers. He often insults and berates them and generally acts like a terrible father to them, but truly loves them.
* **Mira Freedman**: Arcturus is at first enemies with her (even more so than Victoria) and often threatens to pull out weapons (even if they don't exist at the time) and swears at her. After she sees the error of her ways, he starts seeing her as a friend.
* **Joy Cherrysnow**: Arcturus is often quite annoyed by Joy being immature, especially when she causes both him and Victoria to witch out, but still considers her a friend.
* **Samu**: His Oshawott and "Heterosexual Life-Partner," who he cherishes very much. He even wishes for him to be reincarnated should he ever die, and his death along with Victoria that is indirectly caused by Arcadia having to take away somecreature else's life in order to become immortal is what fuels his rage and twists his heart.

#### Future

* **Jim Porter**: His main descendant.
* **Team Rocket**: His another nemesis because of the trio's presence, Arcturus refers to them as "completely unnecessary" and a bunch of "f\*\*\*ed-up BDSM enthusiasts."
* **Laplus Darkness**: The two get along well, although Arcturus isn't *completely* a villain.
* **Event Horizon**: Arcturus hates Event Horizon even more than Team Rocket, being disgusted that someone who's around the same age as most of the protagonists would be so evil and ruthless (and he usually refers to her as "that pink-skinned witch.")

### Etymology

* His English name **Arcturus** comes from a red giant star in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth's sky and the brightest star in the constellation Boötes (the herdsman).
* His Japanese name **Arata** means "fresh" or "new," a subtle reference to the fact that he was the first Porter who was "freshly" created by the Divinity. While not used for him, other kanji for the name can also mean "uncultivated field," also referring to the fact he was created by Her as the first Porter. Interestingly, originally his Japanese name was going to be "Akihito" (meaning "light/shine person"), but it was scrapped since it would be disrespectful to Akihito, the former emperor of Japan.

## Magical Abilities

Arcturus is a Fighting Elemental; as a result, he can deliver magically superpowered kicks and punches. He has greatly enhanced strength, but as a result, does not have as much speed or agility. He is also a very skilled swordsfighter. His magic aura is electric blue in color.

## Guardian of Harmony

Arcturus is the Guardian of Willpower, his Elemental type is Fighting and his Element of Harmony is Loyalty. His theme color is electric blue, and his weapon is a spear.

### Transformation

Arcturus holds his Harmony Gem and shouts "Miracle Engage!", causing the Gem to glow and activate. He then puts the Harmony Gem close to his Power Necklace and as soon as the Necklace activates as well, the screen is engulfed in a white light.

## Pokémon

* Samu the Oshawott (partner Pokémon; deceased after season 1 and reincarnated as Jim)
* Clark the Slaking (future)
* When he was 4 years old, he also caught a Pikachu (which also earned him his Harmony Mark), but was forced to give it away due to being too young at the time.

## Analysis Card Profiles

### Season 1

The Guardian of Willpower, with the nature of a gentleman. Created by the Divinity, he always strives to fight with pride. He will treat any fellow creature with respect unless they prove evil and is filled with kindness, courage, determination, and a fierce inneer strength. His Element of Harmony is Loyalty.

### Seasons 4-11

Following the death of Victoria, he is no longer a Guardian of Harmony with any sort of magic (if not counting his secret dark magic), has become much more of a jerk than a gentleman (now with 20 sons, or 21 children if counting Melody Harmadale, a specially gifted girl), and with a burning desire to murder Arcadia to avenge his beloved's death. He often makes fun of and insults others (ESPECIALLY if you're evil) but still does truly care for his friends inside. He does wish from the inside that he could see his beloved (apparent) wife again...

## Trivia

* As a future gag, Pudding will often pretend to make her Arcturus Porter I and Victoria Daisy dolls kiss each other, much to the disgust of Nanette and Jim. Arcturus, however, will always get triggered when he sees Pudding trying to make fun of him, which even once ended up with her being responsible for nearly turning him into a witch.
* As payback for Event Horizon's obsession with illogical Daisy-Porter ships, Arcturus will, in future seasons, often ship "DarknessShipping" (Event Horizon and Black Hat), "BrainShipping" (Demencia and Black Hat), and "RoboTeenShipping" (Event Horizon and Necrosis). However, he drops the last one after Necrosis becomes a human since she is no longer a robot and shipping a hero with a villain is weird.
	+ The name he coined for the last ship is also a reference to the show *My Life as a Teenage Robot.*
* Arcturus is a huge fan of *Saturday Night Live*, a show he got hooked on after discovering TVs and electronic devices. This isn't the case in season 1, however, since TVs don't exist and other modern technology doesn't exist either.
* It is said that Victoria's death (after season 1; spoiler alert) is the reason behind Arcturus's future status and behavior. This theory will be confirmed in an episode of season 11.
	+ This is also seen when Arcturus cries every time anyone mentions Victoria.
* Arcturus is racist, but only towards Slavs. He does seem to have a slight prejudice towards reformed villains or those who have biologically nonhuman origins (or those who are both, such as Miranda who is a Sentimonster, Ellen who is a cat-permanently-turned-human, or Nicole who is a former-robot-permanently-turned-human), but will quickly get over it once he gets to know them.
* Arcturus is one of the few main human characters in the franchise to have biologically nonhuman origins or to at least not be born to human parents, the others being Victoria (also created by the Divinity), Laura (a mermaid), Nicole Messerli (a robot turned permanently into a human), Fuurin Asumi (a spirit), Jim and June Porter (cyborgs), and Miranda Starwoods (a sapient humanoid Sentimonster).
* It can be implied that Arcturus and Victoria briefly got married when they kissed in the season 1 finale, even though no marriage fantasies appeared at all in the episode.
* Along with Jim and Dragonet, he is one of the most foul-mouthed characters in the entire series. He doesn't swear much in season 1, but does in later seasons as an adult (which is always bleeped).
* His sons are all named after various constellations, and Arcturus himself is named after a star as well.
* At some point when his sons and Melody (who's still physically 12) became adults, Arcturus developed a urge of committing suicide to see Victoria in desperation, but was always unable to do it. This is finally averted in the Season 11 finale, where both he *and* Princess Ellie die due to a blast from Eternatus. Seeing his Heroic Sacrifice as important to the Multiverse's history, only the Princess of Galar gets revived by Mew after the battle.
* He never insults Melody and Sanguinius, because the former is his only daughter and the latter sacrificed himself for him.
* Due to unknown reasons, Arcturus is never seen putting on/taking off his armor onscreen.
* Instead of magically creating him in space, the Divinity created him and Victoria as babies in the orphanage they lived at until they were 10. The staff had even noticed them appearing one day out of nowhere, and both were also given their names by the staff.
* Coincidentally, Jim in the present day is both his direct descendant *and* his Oshawott Samu reincarnated.
* Like Madison in the present day, Arcturus's purification attacks work unorthodoxly and require physical contact due to his power being superhuman strength.
* He has a lot of berserk buttons than anyone else, this is likely because of him being a jerk.
* In one story of "Multiversal Comedic Horror," Arcturus regrets erasing a major effect in the timelines by giving Melody away to an unknown family, and once Layla overhears this...it does not turn out well.
* After the Arcturus's Great Betrayal event, the Daisies and Porters (including Victoria and Melody) are the only ones that don't call him the following (especially since Melody knows he can change for the better):
	+ Traitor
	+ Murderer
	+ Psychopath
	+ Heretic
	+ Meanie
	+ Wretched Creature
	+ The Enemy of All Who Lives
* His Polaris Sword has been passed down through the Porter family for generations, but it is unknown who passed it down to Jim.
* As shown in the Season 11 finale, Arcturus desperately wanted to apologize to Arcadia after he sees the error of his ways, but he has no time. However, he does tell Melody to tell Arcadia that he is sorry and wants to apologize to her.
* At some point in Season 10, he also claimed that he *brutally murdered* his former friends since his betrayal, including Liam, Emilia and Joy.
	+ When he is first shown in the afterlife, he is *extremely* remorseful to his friends about killing them and the absolute destruction he had caused to the Multiverse.
* His wish is for his Oshawott Samu to be reincarnated should he ever die. As a result, Samu ends up becoming reincarnated as Jim in the present-day when he dies.
* According to a made-up interview, Arcturus became a slight cyborg in the present-day due to battle injuries he sustained during Arcturus's Heresy, and Ellie had to replace part of his face and one of his arms with cybernetic parts. It is unknown why he doesn't just ask someone with healing powers to heal him, however, but it may be a similar situation to Jim (as in, his damage is too extensive for someone like Sayaka to heal fully, even though Arcturus is not a nearly complete cyborg like him).
* Besides losing his powers when he destroyed his Harmony Gem and Power Necklace, he also lost his Harmony Mark and all his magic untransformed. Since non-Chosen Ones also have Harmony Marks and magic, the Magic of Friendship most likely manually took his away as punishment. After his death, the MoF gives them back to him in the afterlife as a reward for his redemption. The gold markings remain, however.
	+ In fact, after Victoria's death, Arcturus's Power Necklace and Harmony Gem start to become corrupted, though he prevents becoming a witch by numbing his grief with alcohol, and he destroys his Power Necklace and Harmony Gem during Arcturs's Heresy that happens some time later, so he thus can't become a witch anymore.

* The scene of Melody shaking his dead body and begging him to wake up after his sacrifice in "Sword and Shield" is very similar to the scene of Simba shaking his father's dead body and begging him to wake up in *The Lion King*. As a bonus, some of her dialogue in the scene is also very similar (such as "You've gotta get up! We've gotta go home...")
* It is debatable whether Arcturus is considered truly evil or not in the present-day, as he posesses dark magic and lost his Chosen One status, but does have a heart of gold extremely deeply buried inside.
* Although he was born on the same day and at the same time as Victoria, it is confirmed by both chararacters' creators that they are not biologically related *at all* and have their own DNA. This was done to avoid any squicky implications.
* Arcturus has no belly button. He shares this trait with Victoria, Melody, Mira, Nicole, Tsukiko, and Honoko.