Connie

* Connie
* Megaton Girl

The current contents of this article are merely a foundation and are not yet finished.

**Connie Opland** is the titular protagonist of *Megaton Girl* and the newest superhero addition to Los Dioses, California.

> *"A bubbly ditz with a larger than life personality and an even bigger appetite. After getting smashed by a meteor, Connie was gifted with powerful superhuman abilities, becoming the newest face in the hero community. She takes up the mantle of Megaton Girl with gusto, hoping that she can give the world the hero it deserves. While she may not be the brightest, she’s got a strong sense of determination and will always get up no matter how many times she hits the mat."* — from the Megaton Girl website
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## Appearance

### Physical Appearance

Connie stands at the considerable height of 6'4"[1] and has a strong build, fair skin and mulberry eyes. When tied up, her blonde hair reaches around her middle back with two slightly curled loose strands overhanging her face at the front, one unassuming and short and the other noticeably long.

### Civilian Attire

Connie ties her hair back in a softly curving ponytail with a deep magenta hair elastic and wears what appears to be a light pink t-shirt underneath a deep magenta hoodie. She also wears dark blue jeans and light pink-and-white runners.

### As Megaton Girl

Megaton Girl keeps her ponytail and overhanging hair at the front but both noticeably straighten in her superhero form, giving her a sharper look. She also wears a plush lilac mask over her eyes to conceal her identity with double curves on the sides reminiscent of butterfly wings. Megaton Girl's outfit keeps a similar appearance as a shirt, jacket and pants combo, but changes to include a hot pink jacket with a white collar and lapels, sharper shoulders and white hems on the rolled-up elbow-length sleeves. She wears a lilac shirt visible beneath the open jacket and lilac gloves. She also wears what appear to be reminiscent of thigh-length black workout leggings with a lilac stripe up the outer side of each leg, mid-length white socks and hot pink-and-white runners reminiscent of those worn as her civilian attire.

## Personality

Connie has an extremely outgoing, bubbly and occasionally fierce personality with a decidedly optimistic outlook on life. She is very self-confident and laid-back, caring little about what people think of her and preferring to be honest and authentic. However, there are times where she can get extremely nervous, as evidenced by her flustered stumbling after inviting Laurel to watch a meteor shower and attempting to confess her feelings.

She has also shown to be impulsive, eager to try almost anything on multiple occasions, such as trying her newly gained abilities even without proper training, and wanting to find Captain Valiant to "deck him in the 'schnoz'". Connie has shown enthusiasm on things she is passionate about, such as Laurel's artwork, and superheroics, having excitedly proposed the name "Laserface" and the slightly unsavory nickname "Gut Buster" for her laser-burp ability.

Connie is very set in her values and boundaries, whether it be refusing credit for turning Doctor Menace's laser pun around on him (as it was unintentional), or refusing Captain Valiant's constant advances. Despite this, she is sociable as she is able to hold a conversation while battling Doctor Menace, and consistently initiates optimistic conversation with Kirby upon meeting him. Austin has stated that Connie has strong motherly instincts and would be great with children, but she and Laurel wouldn't have any on account of her dangerous job.

## Relationships

### Laurel Fitz

Laurel is Connie's girlfriend and long-term best friend; it's stated that they have known each other for 20 years and met in pre-school.[2] They have both been romantically interested in each other for over a decade, with Laurel admitting in Episode 1 that she had plans to ask Connie out at a fair in seventh grade and Austin stating that Laurel reportedly went through an "anime phase" in highschool and drew Connie accordingly in her diary.[3] The two girls care extremely deeply for each other and as well as being a superhero, marrying Laurel has become a part of what Connie wants to do for the rest of her life.[4] They also have a somewhat business-like relationship with Laurel as Megaton Girl's secret publicist.

### William Kirby

William is her mentor and manager. Though initially reluctant, he agreed to take her under his wing and represent her over their shared contempt of Captain Valiant. He would sometimes find annoyance with her more immature tendencies from time to time. Noting her can-do spirit, big hearted nature, and willingness to help others, William sees Connie as a superhero that cares and holds a great deal of respect for her.

### Mr. Opland

Connie's father seems to care deeply about her and they seem close, with Connie visiting him for holidays such as Thanksgiving at his home in Oregon. It can be assumed this is where Connie also grew up, with her father as her sole caregiver.[5][6]

### Estranged Mother

Not much is known about Connie's mother except that she left her and her father when she was quite young.[5]

## Abilities

* Flight
* **Gut Buster**: The ability to scream (or burp) lasers
* Greatly enhanced durability and strength
* Accelerated healing
* Heightened OptimismTM

## Trivia

* Connie is canonically pansexual.
* According to Austin, Connie / Megaton Girl is inspired by a lot of his friends, some of his favourite heroes ("namely Po from *Kung Fu Panda*"), and some of his own aspirations.[7][8]
* When asked if Connie was modelled off any traits he loves about himself, Austin admitted that they're "both loud" and that Connie has his charisma, his dumb sense of humour, his legitimate desire to see his friends succeed and grow into the best version of themselves, and his appetite and belly—"because we're both fat and happy".[9]
* Connie and Doctor Menace are Austin's favourite characters to write for.[10]
* Connie will have Kirby's nanobots inside her forever.[11]
* Connie and Laurel's ideal night would be spent relaxing together: "Lots of snuggling, being silly, and romance."[12]
* According to Austin, Connie would "spoil the hell out of Laurel" by using her superpowers to take her on crazy and amazing dates.[13]
* About half of Connie's lines were either improvised or otherwise tweaked by Amanda Kay. Apparently her most notable additions to the script was the burp before the Gutbuster blast and, "Little bitch bot say what now?"[14]
* Connie mostly wears a combination of a shirt (mostly a hoodie) and pants.[15]
* Connie is one of two *Megaton Girl* characters that has a canonical birthday. As her birthday is November 14th, she is a Scorpio.[16]
* At a base power level, Connie and Chuck are identical, but Chuck is much more experienced.[17]
* "Connie would absolutely crush a box of cheez-its. She’ll eat pretty much anything, especially cheesy snacks".[18]
* Laurel reportedly finds herself booping Connie's adorable little button nose at least twice a day.[19]
* Connie was designed by Ama Schwindenhammer and Austin Lee Matthews.
* If she were an ice cream flavor, Connie would be Rocky Road.[20]
* Austin designed a Nutcracker-themed Megaton Girl AU called Sugarpunch Girl for Nutcracker Month 2020.[21]
* If Austin were to assign a block colour to each character, Connie's would be purple.[22] It was also stated in a Twitch stream that Austin mainly associates the colours yellow and magenta with Connie.
* Being a superhero has become what Connie wants to do for the rest of her life, as well as marrying Laurel.[4]
* Pre-Wish, Connie's dream superpower would have been size-shifting.[4]
* Connie's favourite music genres are ska, punk rock and chiptune.[23]
* Snacks and Butterflies is Connie's and Laurel's canonical ship name. No arguments.[24]
* Connie's favourite colour is neon green (on account of Laurel's eyes).[25]
* Connie likes pineapple on pizza, even if it isn't one of her preferred toppings.[26]

## References

1. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/623592748208078848/every-designed-megaton-girl-characters
2. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634733568598409216/i-dont-know-if-you-answered-this-yet-but-how-old
3. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/633006438425542656/i-attempted-to-make-connie-into-an-anime
4. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636724849659854848/pre-comet-connies-dream-job-and-superpower-one
5. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636796709884903424/i-touched-upon-one-of-them-in-episode-1-two-of
6. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/189352716015/how-are-the-megaton-girl-characters-enjoying-their
7. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634642003202834432/what-was-the-inspiration-behind-the-idea-of
8. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636634748311191552/who-was-the-main-inspiration-for-the-character
9. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634725207572168704/so-say-that-megaton-girl-was-build-around-traits
10. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634749214330634240/who-waz-ur-favorite-character-2-write-for
11. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634860602865680384/i-just-realised-will-connie-always-have-those
12. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634861983825641472/what-would-the-ideal-night-inout-look-like-for
13. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634862259135512577/would-connie-use-her-newfound-superpowers-to-take
14. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634862726011830272/and-last-one-for-tonight-how-much-of-the-megaton
15. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634932463850995712/are-connie-and-laurel-more-dressesskirts-or
16. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634932696066539520/have-you-assigned-zodiac-signs-to-the-mg-crew
17. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/634932932517216256/only-as-long-as-this-isnt-spoilers-how-strong
18. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/635464920136286208/what-if-your-favorite-cheese-cracker-snack-and
19. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/189383666165/so-laurel-how-often-do-you-find-yourself-booping
20. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636175674186645504/mg-characters-as-ice-cream-flavours-go
21. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/635697576882143232/some-art-a-megaton-girl-au-called-sugarpunch-girl
22. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636379332933271552/if-you-could-assign-one-block-colour-to-every-mg
23. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/637039277502578688/your-and-mg-characters-favourite
24. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/637065715944456193
25. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/638012433915576320
26. https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/647647278098710529/lore-question-who-likes-pineapple-on-pizza-and
27. [to be implemented:] https://amtrax.tumblr.com/post/636177598882414592/megaton-girl-characters-and-their-favorite