Kontrast

> "I'M NOT CALLED "KONNY" FOR THE LOVE OF-"
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> -Konny "Kontrast" Trausch[1]
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**Kontrast** (formerly known as **White Baby Luigi**) is the last and smallest member of the Protectors. He is an an original character created by BabyLuigiOnFire, and like all diminutives, he is small and designed after Baby Luigi; he is German, which is displayed on his flag and his name. While he has the greatest strength of the Protectors despite his size, he is the most frail of them, being the first character to go down in a battle. Due to his frailty, due to his short fuse, and due to his forgetfulness and perceived general incompetence, he is the lowest-ranked member of the Protectors. Alongside Bluminescence, he currently works at the Mushroom City Car Wash.

He is named Kontrast due to his primary color being white and his secondary color being black, which are the most strongly contrasting colors available. The name is spelled with a "k" due to the word in German being spelled the same way. A connection can also be made with Dark Light and Kontrast, where Dark Light's primary color is black while Kontrast is primarily white.

One of his most recurring nicknames is "Konny", which is an adorable name that Kontrast despises, first coined by Chroma Key (who was part of Mario's delusions at the time). It eventually caught on by Ray Trace and others, much to the agony of Kontrast.

## Backstory

Not much is revealed about Kontrast's backstory and is left in ambiguity. Kontrast first met Ray Trace in a flashback where they were training to be Protectors and immediately disliked him at first sight. due to Ray Trace's nationality and his happy go-lucky, egotistical nature, as well as his tall size. Another of Ray Trace's flashbacks involve Kontrast getting trapped in a spider web while Ray Trace acted incompetently ignorant of the situation.

## History

### The Trial of Flora

Kontrast first appears in post 2551, as White Baby Luigi, where he first hears of the news of Dark Light's apparent passing and gets very agitated about it. He suggests to beat whoever killed Dark Light up. When Dark Light gets a gender change, Dark Light smacks Ultra Violet for thinking it is strange, which led to Kontrast snickering at him.

Ray Trace and White, disguised as bushes, appear in the Car Wash in post 3,202 during a costume party. The bush housing Ray Trace compliments the characters, while the bush housing White criticizes them. They then get revealed, where Ray Trace relishes the thought of the aliens present doing nasty experiments on White.

### Vacation at Moonlit Midnight Forest Reserve

Kontrast is present when Dark Light announced her vacation at the Moonlit Midnight Forest Reserve in post 3783, where he quipped under his breath how it seems Redshift constantly babysits them already. He was one of the Protectors Dark Light disparages on who will mess up while she is gone.

### *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time* adaptation

Kontrast and Ray Trace were sent on a rescue mission for Ultra Violet being stranded there, only to be turned to a purple Shroob mushroom by the Elder Shrooboid. The Elder Shrooboid thought Kontrast was easy to defeat. Both of them are eventually rescued and turned back to their normal selves by Professor E. Gadd.

### A Ghostly Race

Kontrast, Bluminescence, and Ultra Violet pull Kontrast's dirty, white pick-up truck into the Car Wash, due to Bluminescence's insistence they get it cleaned.

## General information

### Physical description

Kontrast is designed after Baby Luigi, though his costume is based off the German troops' attire from both World Wars, wearing a circular helmet and a belt akin to military belts that contain bullets on them. He is physically smaller than the other Protectors, being dwarfed by even Baby Luigi himself, though his arms are muscular due to him working out to improve his strength. His color scheme is highly contrasting, using both white and black which fits his name. His facial features include dotted eyes that are closer together than Baby Luigi's and highly curving eyebrows.

Kontrast's voice is best described by listening to Nick's voice from the German dub of *Left 4 Dead 2*. Some of the hurt and death voice clips amused Kontrast's author, however, which is partially a reason he is made the butt-monkey of the Protectors.

### Personality

One of the most defining aspects about Kontrast is his hot-headed nature. While he is generally on the good side and does what is right to Protect his friends and can be friendly to others, he is easily vexed by the smallest of things. The surefire way to get him angry is to call him "Konny", first coined by Chroma Key, as Kontrast does not like cutesy, endearing names that also sounds like a girl's name. He is prone to throwing temper tantrums when he cannot hold his anger in and can even literally explode if he gets far too angry (in which he respawns in a closet to be rescued later on). In addition to his hot-headed nature, he is prone to complaining, and this leads to much teasing from others, especially from Ultra Violet, Ray Trace, and Chroma Key.

While Kontrast enjoys smashing his enemies and brawling to show off his strength as well as charging into battles to help his co-workers, if a threat is far bigger and more threatening than average, Kontrast becomes easily spooked and starts crying loudly, wanting assistance from his teammates; he would grab and hug Ray Trace for comfort when he is spooked.

Kontrast is also known to be highly clumsy and incompetent, which is a reason he is last of the Protectors. He is prone to forgetting vital instructions and he easily messes up simple tasks assigned to him, much to everyone's, including himself, annoyance, hence why supervision is required whenever Kontrast does a task. Even so, Kontrast is not a stupid character and he is not gullible, often being the first one to act suspicious of an objects or intentions of a stranger.

Kontrast has a tendency of saying the phrases, "Whaddya mean..." and "Let me tell you something..." or variations of those phrases.

### Powers and abilities

Being a Protector, Kontrast has access to the signature energy bracelets that can unsheath sharp, glowing blades and enhnaced physical attributes assosciated with Protectors. He is the brawler of the group; Kontrast can lift heavy weights and exerts much phyiscal strength, more than any other Protector. However, he is the least durable member of the group and is the first to fall under pressure. Kontrast is rather average in other areas, such as speed, though his clumsy nature makes his dexterity slightly worse than average.

When Kontrast touches a Power Crystal, he becomes Frostigen Kristall Kontrast, or "Frosty Crystal Kontrast". His face turns gray and he grows ice crystals all over his helmet, while is primary weapon is an ice fan while his secondary is a hardended, crystalized fist, used for bludgeoning opponents. Kontrast's special element is ice, where he can freeze opponents with his weapons and then shatter ice into pieces. Kontrast's ice abilities helped capture and seal Chrysolite Marine in a jar kept in a large refrigerator in the Protector Base.

### Relationships with other characters

Kontrast has a deep hatred of Ray Trace, where both of their personalities clash: Kontrast is grumpy and hot-headed while Ray Trace loves pranks and jokes, to which Kontrast hates. Kontrast is short and small, while Ray Trace is the tallest member of the group. Kontrast does not perceive himself as handsome, while Ray Trace thinks he is the most handsome member of the group. Kontrast also does not like Ray Trace's Russian nationality, as first showcased in a flashback Ray Trace had. Kontrast perceives Ray Trace as an idiot (and he is likely not wrong). Unfortunately for Kontrast, he is often paired with Ray Trace, much to Ray Trace's delight and to Kontrast's agony. Kontrast often loudly complains about Ray Trace, to the point where Ultra Violet would often quip and make fun of Kontrast's annoyance of Ray Trace. Despite his hatred of Ray Trace, Kontrast does care about Ray Trace when his life was seriously in danger; when Ray Trace, for example, gave way as Zhyoltaya Molinya Ray Trace, Kontrast wished he was joking, even if it meant it would cheapn the moment, just to make sure he's okay.

Another character who would rival Kontrast's ire is Chroma Key, whom he perceives almost as bad as Ray Trace, as Chroma shares a lot of key characteristics Ray Trace has, such as a high ego and a light-hearted, joking nature. It does not help that Chroma Key is the one who instigated calling him "Konny". Nor does it help that Chroma Key's special other is none other than Ray Trace.

Kontrast also despises the Preservers and White Lightning's characters as they served as the antagonists of the Protectors, though he hates the Preservers more for their history behind their group.

Kontrast is likely the only member of the group who does not fully respect Dark Light, as he is prone to complaining about her bossy nature and thinks that she picks on him to do the most menial tasks. On the other hand, Kontrast sees Bluminescence as his friend, due to Bluminescence's highly friendly personality and that they work with each other in the car wash. Kontrast has mixed feelings on Ultra Violet, where both would share complaints and ire, though Ultra Violet is more cynical and unsociable while Kontrast is just hot-headed; Ultra Violet would often quip to the expense of Kontrast, much to Kontrast's annoyance.

## Quotes

* "*OKAY!!?!!?!? WHO IS THE MORON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?!?!?!!! I'LL GET REVENGE!!!*"[2]
* "*Wait a minute. FLORA? That stupid woman that you're pressing charges against? Lemme tell ya somethin, I think she's up to no good! She probably has a hidden motive behind that act! I can sense it.*"[3]
* "*It's perfect until someone realizes that bushes don't talk, idiot.*"[4]
* "*Oh really? Watch. I'm going to ask one of those idiots about that guy. Then I'll beat the thief to a bloody pulp with my bare arms.*"[5]
* "*Have you seen who works here? Fools. Idiots. How many times did something stupid happen here? Why did we even decide to go here? This place is probably gonna kill all of us at this rate.*"[6]
* "*Couldn't you wait until AFTER the wash, you moron?*"[7]
* "*You kept us waiting for 30 minutes for a **BOOK**, Ray Trace?*"[8]
* "*WHERE THE HECK AM I? WHAT DID I EVER DID TO YOU? I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU INTO A PULP ONCE I'M FREE!!*"[9]
* "*I'm carrying the body of my incapacitated friend, can't you show a little bit more consideration? Yes, we won, that's great and a relief and all, but look at all of us right now. This entire thing is a nightmare and still very fresh in our memories, we're not exactly in the mood to attend festivals or whatever right now.*"[10]
* "*Lemme tell you something. You have a better chance at seeing Dark Light dance around naked, drunk on top of a speeding muscle car at three in the morning than her agreeing to change our name to the "Guild of Friends".*"[11]
* "*We'll beat him down! Whaddya say!? Let's get him!*"[12]
* "*What's so funny, Ray Trace? You're surprised at me seeing you naked? I've seen you like this before, plenty of times, TOO much times in fact.*"[13]
* "*MY NAME'S........NOT.....KONNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!*"[14]
* "*I'd appreciate it if you stop calling me "Konny" this INSTANT.*"[15]
* "*"Konny" is not my name you-*"[16]

* "*My name is not KONNY you Chroma piece of-*"[17]

## Gallery

*Garry's Mod* screenshot depicting Kontrast, Ultra Violet, and Bluminescence at a bar.