Arcturus Porter I (Shining Bonds)/Tropes

Tropes that apply to Arcturus Porter I, written as if it were a TV Tropes page.

## Characterization and Background

* **One Man Army**: Like his central descendant, heavily armed and can withstand a enemy forces.
* **Old But Still Kickin'**: Presumably millions and millions of years old, oldest of all Shining Bonds characters despite has the appearance of a 30 year-old man.
* **Communism is Heresy**: Has an certain hatred of communism, dunno why.
* **The Predecessor**: The ancestor of all Porters.
* **Artificial Human**: Was created by magic instead of human parents.
* **Living Distant Ancestor**: He's the ancestor of all Porters, but is still very much alive. Averted as of "Invountarily Transformed."
* **The Multiversal Emperor of Mankind**: Used to be a emperor in his Federal times.
* **Starship Captain**: Has an GDI Kodiak-Class battlecruiser (which he used it as an merchant ship) painted with the color palette of his clothes.
* **Mech Pilot**: Has an ye olde Titan Mk. I main battle walker (the first Titan walker used by GDI) with a railgun but painted with the color palette of his clothes.
* **Fish Out of Water**: He lives in a cave as a hermit, so he doesn't know that much about modern society.
* **Smugglin' & Tradin'**: He currently is a merchant, or most likely a smuggler.
* **What Could Have Been**: Originally, his Japanese name was planned to be "Portuaa Akihito," but Nintendo rejected the name since they felt it would be disrespectful to the former emperor of Japan, Akihito.
* **Expy**: Of Han Solo from *Star Wars*. He has a starship (which in this case, it was the Kodiak-Class battlecruiser) of his own, and being a smuggler all the time until his death.
* **The Primarch**: He has an army of his own, in this case it was the undefeatable Defenders of Imperium, a military organization that served to protect Arcturus's empire. When the greedy alicorns attack in the movie, however, he and his army struggle to hold them off since they're all extremely powerful and were given their Celestia-level power without even earning it, and Anabelle is conveniently home sick with a cold when she could have helped.
* **Hero of the Day**: Has to fight back alongside Victoria, Kiara (the phoenix girl), Laura (the mermaid) and Nijimia (the angel) in some episodes whenever *all* of the main characters are in trouble.
* **Heroic Sacrifice**: In "Invountarily Transformed," he gave up his life after running out of options.
* **Vulgar Humor**: He likes making crude jokes, and another character always has to cut him off before he can go on.
* **Closeted Geek**: Arcturus is secretly a fan of *Saturday Night Live*.
* **Meaningful Name**: A subtle example in the Japanese version. The name "Arata" means "fresh" or "new," referring to the fact he's the ancestor of the Porter family.

## Appearance

* **You Gotta Have Blue Hair**: He has neon cyan hair like his descendants.
* **Older than They Look**: He's millions of years old, yet looks 30.
* **Ninja**: Downplayed. His casual is a bit ninja-styled.

## Abilities

* **Mighty Glacier**: Is a Fighting Elemental, but he doesn't have much agility and speed like Jim did. He makes up for it with physical strength.
* **Supernatural Sensitivity**: Can sense the presence of Victoria Daisy, but cannot see or hear her. Justified, since they're "artificial siblings" both created by the Divinity.
* **Master Swordsman**: Is a very capable swordsfighter.

## Relationships

* **Life-Partners**: With Victoria Daisy romantic-wisely. Platonic-wise, he is good friends with Katrina after being freed despite the age gap.
* **Divine Parentage**: A variation. He was created by the Divinity, but isn't biologically Her "offspring" and was created with his own DNA.
* **Useless Advisor**: In contrast to Victoria Daisy, he sometimes give Jim advices that aren't actually help or working.
* **Explosive Breeder**: He has 20 sons. However, it is unknown whether his current wife Mary is the mother of all of them or not or if he had them with various partners.
* **Brother-Sister Romance**: While they're not related by blood (as She created them both with their own DNA), their romantic relationship is still weird considering they're still technically siblings created by the Divinity.