Wonder-Purple

**Wonder-Purple** (ワンダー パープル *Wanda Papuru*) is the main hero of The Wonderful 101: Marvelous New Age and a member of CENTINELS Planetary Secret Service, NEO Division. Her real name is **Charlotte Hira** (平 シャーロット *Hira Sharotto*) and she works as a car mechanic outside being a superheroine. She attacks using wheels.

## General Information

Number N-001

Hobby: Charity Work

Field Office: Queenstown, New Zealand

Weapon: Relentless Tires

## Profile

**Appearance**

In her civilian guise, Charlotte wears clothes reminiscent of her biker past. This includes a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans, and matching black bracelets on each wrist.

As her alter-ego, Wonder-Purple, she dons her dark purple CENTINEL-Suit. She wears a standard Wonder Mask concealing the majority of her face. Her CENTINEL-Suit consists of a lavender jacket with the NEO Wonderful 100 emblem on the back, which is buttoned up only across her breasts. Her weapons are the Relentless Tires, which are a pair of wheels attached to each shoulder by silver metal rods on each upper arm, which can flip downward to become bludgeons in combat. She wears a tight black leather bodysuit underneath her jacket that covers her entire belly. She also wears deep purple boots that stretch up the length of her entire legs. Directly below her neck is the Shirogane Drive, present on all Wonderful Ones.

**Personality**

Charlotte is one tough cookie, scaring both friend and foe alike with how ferocious she is when fighting evildoers. Her passion comes from her past seeing the criminal underworld and her own illegal activities in the past. Despite that, she has a noble heart and is able to work well alongside others.

## History

When Charlotte was a child, she was recruited by notorious criminal Ace Kuro into a New Zealand biker gang called the Battle Rollers. Raised from youth to believe that crime was OK and that the government couldn't be trusted, she joined the gang in their illegal activities. When Earth Defense War III broke out (aka the events of the original Wonderful 101 video game), Ace convinced the other Battle Rollers to attempt a bank robbery in all the chaos. This idea ended in disaster when a Cough-Foon blew up the bank during the heist with Charlotte being the only survivor. Losing the only father figure she had ever known and believing help would never arrive, she hid out the rest of the invasion inside the Battle Rollers base alone and scared.

After the invasion ended and the remaining GEATHJERK forces were neutralized, CENTINELS announced to the world their plans to create a second team of Wonderful Ones to bolster their forces in preparation for future conflicts. Charlotte was discovered by a CENTINEL agent in her base, and therefore was convinced to become a CENTINELS recruit to become a Wonderful One. She agreed to fight and make sure no one went through what she experienced, and shocked everyone (including herself) with how her time in the Battle Rollers made her an incredible combatant. Her training was difficult, especially since she had to overcome her beliefs about government and the justice system, but she became the first new member of the NEO Wonderful 100. Her identity of Wonder-Purple was overlooked and approved by both Commander Nelson and Charlotte herself, who picked her favorite color to represent herself.

Despite this, CENTINELS required Charlotte to adopt a civilian identity in order to keep her status as Earth's best weapon safe. With assistance from the CENTINEL agent that recruited her in the first place, Charlotte turned the Battle Rollers old base into a legitimate home and got a job working for Kaiki Garage as a car mechanic. She also began doing charity work in an attempt to make up for her previous criminal activity.

## Gameplay

Drawing a circle shape will activate Wonder-Purple's Unite Morph, Unite Wheel, a giant purple tire whose size varies depending on the number of available heroes as with the other Unite Morphs.

The Unite Wheel is a powerful Unite Morph that can spinout before dashing forward at incredible speed to cross gaps even the Wonder-Jump can't conquer. Also unlike the aforementioned Wonder-Jump, the Unite Wheel also takes down most enemy forces in a single strike in mid-air or on the ground. The Unite Wheel possesses tougher armor than the average Unite Build, allowing it to power through enemy attacks like physical strikes and energy beams.

Charlotte has also invented a new technique for combat that she dubs the **Wonder-Roll**, which is actually a dodge roll enhanced by the super agility of the CENTINEL Suit. This is used to dodge enemy attacks in the blink of an eye, though it must be initiated quickly and is not capable of dodging certain attacks.

## Etymology

**Charlotte** is a female given name, ultimately deriving from the masculine name Charles. Meanings include "petite", "strong and virile", and "vigorous".

**Hira** is a Japanese surname that is written using a single kanji meaning "even", "flat", or "peace".

**Ace Kuro** (黒 エース *Kuro Esu*) is based on the Japanese word *aku* (悪), meaning "evil". His first name is Latin for "one", "unity", or "expert" and is commonly used for drivers and cocky individuals. His surname is simply the Japanese word for black, symbolizing Ace's status as an antagonistic force and fitting the Wonderful 101's color motif.

**Kaiki Garage** (カイキ ガレージ *Kaiki Garaji*), the place where Charlotte works, is based on the Japanese word *kikai* (機械), meaning "machine". Interestingly, kikai spelled with different kanji (機会) can mean "chance" or "opportunity" fitting with how Kaiki Garage represents Charlotte's new life.

## Trivia

* Charlotte's character is based on biker gangs, which are a common sight in New Zealand. Her character is actually based more on American biker gangs in order to avoid angering any legitimate New Zealand bikers.
* Originally, Wonder-Purple's Unite Build was a beartrap-like weapon called the **Unite Jaws**. This was changed to Unite Wheel because of the Unite Jaws being limited in utility and difficult to turn into a legitimate weapon in non-Unite Build combat.