Gibbons

**Gibbons** is a student of the School and a member of the Room 424 World Domination Club. He is a supporting character in *Sparkle On, Raven: The Life of DrillGirl*.

He is portrayed by Pea.

## Appearance

### Physique

Gibbons is a small imp-like creature bearing many of the characteristics traditionally associated with the Christian Devil, including goat’s horns, red coloration, talons, a furry upper body, and bat-like ears & wings, plus a pair of chicken-like bird feet. It is revealed in Room 424’s credits sequence that his wings grant him the ability to effortlessly hover a few feet off the ground.

## Personality

Gibbons is loyal to Albert Tensai and his World Domination Club. He is highly reactive, quick in particular to attempt to serve his loyalties and fulfill their needs. As far as assistant archetypes go, he much more closely resembles a streetwise “toady” than a refined “butler,” and speaks informally, with a thick Brooklyn accent.

He is occasionally absent-minded, flipping Albert’s lightswitch on before asking and offering Raven most of a boilerplate spiel intended for villains before realizing who he’s speaking to and panicking. On the other hand, he can be a critical thinker; in his first appearance, he recognizes the stereotypical flaws in Albert’s plans and pushes back against them, convincing Tensai to adopt a more pragmatic strategy.

## History

Gibbons first appears as Albert Tensai’s assistant in episode 4, "Room 424", though Albert states that he “has always been here.” In the episode, he delivers the bad news that their Cryptid Club representative has failed to defeat Raven, before nudging Albert away from his “student-of-the-week” formula and encouraging him to mob Raven with several students at once. He appears again when Raven and her friends head to Room 424, answering the door, chiming in during Tensai’s introductory monologue, and reacting to Locke’s loss on behalf of their club with an intense and inconsolable crying fit.

In What the Heck Happened to You, Berrycream?, Gibbons makes only a brief appearance as a maitre d’ at Room 424’s Maid Cafe Experience. He interrupts Albert to inform him that table 7 needs more bread.

## Relationships

### Albert Tensai

Gibbons is a loyal servant to Albert Tensai and refers to him almost exclusively as “Boss.” Although he seems to generally respect Albert and his capabilities, he doesn’t always trust his plans and will gently push back against them as he sees fit.

The pushback he’s willing to give does have its limits, however. While quite insistent against relying on a weekly itinerary of one-star students to defeat Raven, when Albert proceeded to schedule all of his one-star students (as opposed to all of his students of *all* ranks, which is what Gibbons meant), he quickly gave up and agreed to set them up. Whether this limit was due to impatience, fear of being seen as insubordinate, or laziness is unclear.

He seems rather emotionally invested in Tensai’s success, and reacts despondently to his losses. While this investment could be interpreted as a fear of retribution from Albert, as of episode 5 we have not seen Albert abuse Gibbons in any way.

When briefly seen in his role at the Room 424 Cafe, Gibbons seems confident giving Albert orders, though still referring to him as “Boss.” This is most likely due to their shared dedication to the café project rather than an actual fluctuation in pecking order.

## Trivia

Gibbons’ voice appears to be modeled on Meowth’s voice from the Pokémon anime, provided in the 4Kids dub by Maddie Blaustein.