The Variant Dynasty: Part I

**The Variant Dynasty: Part I** is the first part of the Variant Dynasty saga, the first arc of the Multiverse of Madness myth arc and features the aftermath of Shelby Forthright’s attacks on the town and the subsequent fracture of the multiverse.

## Plot

After Shelby’s demise, the town reels from the multiverse being completely unraveled from the actions the Myles Bots committed to stop Forthright. However, a multiversal crisis follows and Zachary also struggles to balance his new leader role with college and his work life while Pinky and the Brain stalk them all when they think the team is out to kill them and take over the world themselves. When a formidable man comes into the world to destroy the Myles Bots, the team must try to figure out which multiverse variant is to be trusted and stop Brain, Pinky and the man who is revealed to be none other than Dr. Perry Seinfeld.

## Cast

* Nathan Kress as Zachary Delightful, the leader of the Myles Bots who also controls Woodstock’s body as Woodstock II. He had also gained the ability to understand LPS pets after the events of the “Chapa Phone Home” skit.
	+ Mo Willems as Pigeon, an ex-villain who succumbed to unnecessary behavior when he kept on mistakenly believing he is in hot water. Due to these insecurities, he was manipulated into a bitter and tyrannical slaver erroneously convinced he is the hero up until Rosa poofs his sister Claire.
	+ Trixie Willems as Duckling, an understanding and remorseful nonhuman who was forced to piece his life back together after he was confronted by his upset mother for acting like a three-year old. Due to the massive damage he caused, he becomes repentant and takes multiple jobs in order to atone for his actions as a villain and his involvement in Forthright’s evil plot.
* Grey Griffin as Lily Loud, the sole survivor of the Loud killings. She is also revealed to be Madeleine Buzzard, the daughter of Bradford Buzzard and the heir to the FOWL leadership.
	+ Grey Griffin also voices Claire Delightful, Zachary’s sister and the newest family angel who was poofed by Rosa Casagrande as the evil spirit’s final victim.
* Cathy Weseluck as Spike, Zachary’s illegitimate son. He eventually becomes a vampire when he is bitten by a temporarily resurrected Flutterfilly during a Halloween scheme orchestrated by the Emerald Nightmare.
* George Kidder as Hank, the attempted first victim of Terminal. He eventually bites it after the Emerald Nightmare blows up a hospital killing Hank in the process.
* Marc Maron as Mr. Snake, a safe-cracking ex-criminal turned optimist
* Max Mittelman as Plagg, Zachary’s older brother
* Rob Tinkler as Woodstock, a resurrected veteran
* John Mulaney as Spider-Ham, the nemesis and target to Forthright
* Lachlan Watson as Butterscotch Sundae, a Sixth Ranger to the team dynamic. However, he was killed off in the final episode of the Halloween miniseries of the Variant Dynasty saga and is replaced with Black Bolt.
* Diego Luna as Chip/Whiplash, a high school graduate turned superhero
* Anson Mount as Black Bolt, a resurrected member of the Illuminati
* Michael O’Leary as Perry Seinfeld, the false main antagonist of the arc and a coronal examiner inspired by Forthright to become a serial killer. He was advertised as the main antagonist but it is established later on to be a way to promote the Halloween Ends movie. As a result, Perry being the villain was a misadvertisement campaign to hide the true villain of the arc.
* Tara Strong as Unikitty, the second false main antagonist of the arc and a fallen hero who wants to turn everyone into mindless happy zombies under his control. He was advertised as a posthumous character but it was a major misadvertisement campaign to hide his true colors as the true main antagonist of the arc. Another misadvertisement campaign revealed him to be both the masked Bayfield BabyFace Killer and also a set-up for Emerald Nightmare, the true villain of the arc
* Devon Mack as Terminal/Emerald Nightmare, the arc’s main antagonist and Forthright’s accomplice
	+ William DaFoe voices him as of “Strained”.
	+ Unknown as Hector Buzzard, Bradford Buzzard’s son and the true identity of Emerald Nightmare
* Campbell Scott as Shelby Forthright, Lily Loud’s abusive grandfather
* Sonia as Rosa Casagrande, the main cause of Zachary’s akumatization as well as the official cause of the long-foreshadowed debut of Ms. Delightful.
	+ Eric Bauza as El Cucuy, Rosa’s alter-ego after her brief death and subsequent turn to evil
* Dee Bradley Baker as Perry the Platypus, Terminal and Forthright’s right-hand man resurrected during the Forever Purge. He eventually defected from the Grizzly Empire after Forthright and Terminal turn everyone in Royal Woods and Equestria into zombies and he then comes to realize his friendship with Zachary alone is a toxic one machinated by Forthright. He then was sent back to the afterlife when he falls to his death being betrayed by Emerald Nightmare and targeted by Silver.
* Chris Houghton as Cricket Green, a framed victim of Shelby Forthright
* Angus Imrie as Zero, a friend of Zachary Delightful
* Jeremy Shada as Gingerbrave, a former soldier from a Texas military base
* Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk, a school librarian and honorary Myles Bot
* Mark Ruffalo as Smart Hulk, She-Hulk’s friend
* Unknown as Kai-Lan, a surviving veteran of the franchise
* Unknown as Rintoo, a fan of the Dragon Lands
* Paul Rudd as Ace Savvy, a defector of the Grizzly Empire
* Kristen Bell as Mi, the Andersons’ next-door neighbor
* Alex Hirsch as King Clawthorne, the late Eda’s sidekick
* Samuel Vincent as Russell Ferguson, a pet camper
* David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck, the false richest person in the world
* Danny Pudi as Huey Duck, the eldest triplet and a former pawn in Shelby’s tricks
* Ben Schwartz as Dewey Duck, the middle triplet
* Bobby Moynihan as Louie Duck, the youngest triplet and a firm believer in the true nature of the Grizzly Empire
* Kate Miccuci as Webby Vanderquack, the fourth triplet and Scrooge’s daughter
* Unknown as Wolf of Fire, a fire wolf pup who became mentally evolved into a talking animal
* Eden Espinosa as Zombie Scarlet Witch, Shelby Forthright’s successor in becoming a supervillain and one of the two sole survivors of the defeat of the Cult of Belos
* Unknwon as the Brain, an intelligent and arrogant mouse who remains a firm believer in Logan Farrell’s immortal words after the cop was killed through the Vecna curse
* Rob Paulson as Pinky, a ditzy and absent-minded mouse who had his intelligence increased to Zachary’s IQ level due to Forthright’s previous actions in emotionally manipulating Chapa’s superpowers