Astrodude

* Regular suit
* Lego
* Venus Suit
* Titan Suit

**Astrodude** is one of the main characters in SolarBalls. He is the main human character in SolarBalls, and is known for being curious and compelling. Although being pushed around by many, he still focuses on his goal of exploring the Solar System, even though he thinks he is going mad with seeing planets talking.

## Personality

Astrodude is a pleasant, curious ball and is often startled by the planets, as seen when Mercury, Mars and The Moon attempt to ask him about Venus‘s name. Despite being (kind of) friends with the planets, Astrodude has attempted to take pills to get rid of the “talking planets” which he thinks are inside his head, before being interrupted by Earth. He has however got used to the talking planets, as shown in Why does Saturn have rings? and also in Mission to Titan - Part 1.

## Relationships

### Houston

Astrodude's boss, Houston is a ball that works at NASA and ROTSAR, leading Astrodude's missions. Astrodude has a complicated relationship with him such as Houston commanding him to take his suit off on Mars, nearly killing him. Despite this, Astrodude trusts his boss and will do what he is told, even if he doesn’t show much enthusiasm for his tasks.

### Mars

Astrodude met Mars when he was asked about Venus‘s name’s true meaning alongside Mercury and the Moon. Astrodude asked the planets and the Moon if the question was a threat. Mars And the Moon responded with “No” but Mercury responded with “Yes”, attempting to scare Astrodude into revealing the secret.

### Mercury

Astrodude met Mercury when he was asked about Venus‘s name’s true meaning alongside Mars and the Moon. Astrodude asked the planets and the Moon if the question was a threat. His interaction with him is the same as with Mars.

### The Moon

His first encounter was whilst Astrodude was investigating an asteroid. The Moon appeared and explained to him how Earth makes him feel like he doesn’t matter sometimes. Astrodude then responded with “Maybe he doesn’t know how important you are?”, and then the Moon agrees with him and goes to orbit Mars with Phobos and Deimos. 'Astrodude then realizes that he may have just ended the world. Once the Moon returns he tells Astrodude how the moons of Mars are very weird. They then both stare at Earth, whose axial tilt and tides are disrupted to his absence. Astrodude and the Moon would later have several more encounters and would make a (sort of) bond.

### Saturn

Whilst Saturn conversed about its rings with Uranus and Neptune, Astrodude flew by in his spacecraft. Noticing that Saturn had gotten a fact wrong, Astrodude corrected Saturn by telling him that his rings might have been formed by debris from a past collision with a moon, but ended up making him cry. Astrodude attempts to reassure him saying that it is just a theory but only makes it worse, leaving Saturn to leave crying.

## Trivia

* Astrodude is the human with the most screen-time and dialogue compared to the other humans in the series.
* He is the only human who is a protagonist.
* The name “Astrodude” was made up by the Sun, and the rest of the planets went along with it. His real name is unknown.
	+ In the official SolarBalls Discord Server, it was confirmed by Alvaro, the creator of the show, that Astro Dude's name would be an important plot point.
	+ In the same server, the owner, Icy, suggested that Astrodude’s real name was “Dave”, but this is yet to be confirmed.
* Astrodude appears to have infinite oxygen in his suit (for some reason.)
* His ship also seems to have infinite fuel.