Manic Mage

> He can’t hide from what’s locked deep inside of him.
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> Manic Mage

 The **Manic Mage** (real name Lisa Frolic) was a notable villain in *Turtle Man and DaPhantom* who served as the main antagonist of the second film, *The Lost Origins*. She found the Amulet of Souls within a distant cave, and uses it to hunt down Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M.

## Appearance

The Manic Mage was some sort of dark-purple coloured entity, with pulsing dark tentacles for hands and her whole body being covered in festering scales as well as smaller tentacles. Her face is covered up by a purple top hat which has a pattern covered with white stars and magenta strips and wears a suit with long sleeves and this similar colour and pattern. Underneath this is a pale pink shirt with some buttons, and underneath that is a magenta shirt with a paler bowtie being worn. In addition, the mage dons a tattered, dark purple cape with some splotches of grime having stained it, darker purple pants and also some dark purple shoes with ripped laces and a check on each of them.

## Background

Lisa Frolic had spent many of her early years living in the faraway village of Mystical Acres, where she grew up to be an acclaimed inventor. She was friends with fellow inventors John Blemington and Dan Rider, who one day had asked for her help in the creation of a powerful tool they conceived ideas for named the Amulet of Souls. They worked together to make it but later fought after it was banned from being used in public due to it’s dangers, and the other two had blamed Lisa for it’s dangerous nature and shut her out of the project. She swore that she would one day regain control of the Amulet through any means necessary, and spent many years training with inventions that would give her magical powers. She later became aware of the fact that John and Dan hid the Amulet in faroff lands, and so one day set out to find it again.

Due to Storm's tracking system that they have to find out things about her it can be implied that she has been a villain for a long time after this, making the trio far from her first targets. She was first seen near the beginning of the movie after a random villain and his minion were vaporised by the Amulet of Souls, entering the same cave to retrieve it. However, she was much more careful about the process then him and used one of her magical forcefields to safely collect the Amulet; thus giving her it's range of abilities. Following this, the mage began on a trek towards The City of Nexus in order to seemingly track down Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M. who were her newest targets. On her journey there, she is seen having passed many places such as a desert (where she kills and takes the soul of a sand monster), a swamp (where she seemingly takes Shumi's soul), a tundra (where she melts most of the snow and steals the Frost Mercenary's soul) and a forest (where she smashes Ellie's mossy grave). It is not known why she decided to smash Nurse Ellie's tombstone, but after having stolen the Frost Mercenary's soul she gained his memories and now knew exactly where Nexus was since he had been there before, and so redirected her journey. Whilst on the journey, she was passing through the very mountain range in which The Devourer lived, who had spotted her alongside Storm and they found out that she was also a powerful villain. When they tried to convince her to join the Sentinels, she said nothing and only menacingly showed the two of them the Amulet of Souls, so they backed off and decided that she was creepy. Sometime before arriving at Nexus, she had also encountered Rick and many other people and stole their souls though this wasn’t shown on screen - it is only revealed later when they were seen in her vac.

As the Manic Mage got closer to the City of Nexus, a storm had began brewing which caused a deadly flashflood and even spreading over to Yoshi Resort thus prompting the trio alongside Mort, Doctor M. and Katie to return and investigate. DaPhantom was able to stop the flood by absorbing all the water, however at that moment the Manic Mage had appeared before them, ready to fight. She used the Amulet of Souls to steal Mort, Katie and Doctor M's souls thus leaving only her targets conscious, and then proceeded to brutally attack them with the Amulet without giving much of a chance for them to fight back. Tired of this, she then decided to use the Amulet to put them to sleep and suffer nightmares induced by her; Officer M. had nightmares of his Boss tormenting him and being declined from the Nexus Police, Turtle Man had a nightmare of being killed by the Evil King and DaPhantom had a nightmare of him being killed by the train as human Mathew. However, Officer M. had realised that these nightmares were fabricated by the mage and didn't actually happen, so he was able to fight back and wake up as well as enter the minds of the other two to remember this. When they were all awake again, the Manic Mage applauded their efforts but continued to fight them with even more deadly attacks. Officer Jones tried to help them fight her, but she had quickly disposed of him by stabbing him several times which left him unconscious and then throwing him away in a forcefield. After more fighting in reality, the Manic Mage had finally succeeded in stealing the souls of Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M. after some struggling and they ended up trapped in her vac alongside all of the other captured souls. She goes on a rampage around Nexus and steals more souls before departing, her work finally having been done. Suddenly though, the mage was attacked by a shadowy figure who was throwing objects at her and she tried to attack back with a soul blast using Rick and Officer M’s souls but it was deflected. Regrabbing Officer M’s soul, she ran off into a cave filled with pools of molten lava and was about to dispose of the souls she gathered by pouring them in but the shadowy figure follows and kicks her into one of the pools; thus melting the Manic Mage alive. Only her bones were left behind which later floated to the lava surface, and the figure released all the souls she captured which rendered her hard work in vain.

Not long after her death, a talking crocodile called Snappy showed up in the cave and started taking her bones to gnaw on. Looking for more bones, he had picked up the Amulet of Souls and ran off with it since he mistook it for a frisbee. This showed that even though the Manic Mage may have perished in the lava, the Amulet which she used was tough enough to survive - nobody knows what may become of it next. Even a while after her death the amulet has still been active thanks to Snappy, having wandered about with it and accidentally activating some of it’s powers like capturing and releasing Officer Jones’ soul. He then left the amulet at the distant Farlands, and the main trio kept trying to track the amulet down before it could cause any more major harm. Some other stuff happened involving the Amulet such as it bouncing back and forth between people, becoming damaged and leading the trio to a distant shrine and village where they could learn about Lisa and the Amulet’s history before it was finally destroyed, bringing millions of deceased souls back to life which lead to the Soul War. She was indeed brought back as a ghost during this war and killed Rick with an orb as well as drained energy from DaPhantom, until the Devourer and his sentinels defeated her spirit.

## Personality and Relationships

The Manic Mage was a bleak, ominous figure who travels and does her business alone, rarely ever speaking and saying few words whenever she does. She did not seem to have any known associates, friends or family of any kind which really does make her quite the isolated figure, however she does not seem to mind this and even relishes the lack of others around her. Furthermore, the mage was also a pretty twisted person who takes pleasure in making those who oppose her either suffer mentally through nightmares and imagery induced by her or by ensuring they are put through slow, painful harm. She never showed sympathy towards any of the people involved in her actions, making her a cold and heartless monster; potentially one of the most evil characters on the entire show. An example of her dire coldness was her threat made towards the Devourer and Storm Weaver when they asked her to join the sentinels - all she did in response to them was reveal the Amulet of Souls in her pocket, which served as a threat to back off if they did not want their souls stolen. Though before becoming the Manic Mage she was a more sociable person, being friends with Dan Rider and John Blemington before their friendship fell apart over disputes of what to do with the Amulet they created.

The Manic Mage had gladly stolen the souls of many people such as Shumi, Rick and the Frost Mercenary, even utilising some of their memories or abilities and had no issue with these acts whatsoever. She also showed particular notice towards Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M. as she was attempting to track them down from the very start of the movie, being able to know where they lived using the Frost Mercenary’s memories. It is not known why she even attempted to hunt down and exterminate the trio from the get-go, but maybe it could have been because she saw them as a threat or took note of their strength and/or previous victories over dozens of powerful opponents.

## Abilities

The Manic Mage’s range of abilities was quite large, the most notable of which being her strength in combat which allows for strong attacks such as punches and also being able to withstand a lot of damage being dished out towards her. This made her a fairly formidable foe, as does the weapons she carries around to use which can range from knives to large battleaxes that she all knows how to use; many of her fights are unpredictable as it’s never known just what weapons she might choose to use or switch to. Even outside of physical strength, she bore many magic powers such as being able to create forcefields that can hold or push things away (which she used to hold the Amulet of Souls at first without being vaporised) and also cast demonic energy bolts that are very deadly.

Her obtaining of the Amulet of Souls within the movie had only amplified her strength and powers, not only allowing her access to new abilities but also strengthening her current ones. Using the amulet, she was able to steal the souls of just about anybody and transport them into her own vessel which not only leaves the victim completely lifeless but also gives her all of their knowledge and abilities. These captured souls could then either be stored to strengthen her energy more, or charged up into concentrated blasts and fired out to deal damage though this would use up the soul in question. Using the amulet, she was also able to channel the souls locked within it into deadly attacks such as scorching hot soul rays and explosive soul bombs. The amulet further allowed her to have control over the minds and dreams of anybody nearby who did not wield it or have resistance against it, allowing her to completely twist anybody’s mind and thoughts such as putting them to sleep and making them suffer nightmares. In fact, she could even be able to go through people’s thoughts and memories and alter them, so she could create events that didn’t actually happen to a person in their mind in order to further traumatise and weaken them. Also, the presence of the Amulet is able to control weather such as start heavy rain ot thunderstorms and she could use it to explode weak elements/entities.

Even before acquiring her powers, it would seem that the Mage had a handful of skills when it came to engineering, as she helped in it’s creation. Unlike the villain of the first movie, the Pumpkin Punk, the Manic Mage had no known weaknesses or anything that she is more vulnerable to than normal attacks. But she was susceptible to fire and lava, which ended up being her demise when the shadowy figure kicked her into a pool of lava when she was trying to dispose of her souls.

## Appearances

* Turtle Man and DaPhantom: The Lost Origins
* S8E14 - The Mystical Acres (Lisa Frolic appears during the woman’s story)
* S8E15 - Soul War (soul ghost)

## Trivia

* Originally, this character was going to be male and an old wizard instead of a mage, but the concept was reworked for a bit until it eventually became the Manic Mage known today.
* She had a similar appearance to one of the Devourer’s sentinels, Veiled, but it is unknown if they have any connection together or are of a similar species at all.
* Her real name was revealed to be Lisa Frolic in the penultimate episode of Season 8.

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