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Our Performance Review

**Our Performance Review** is episode 5 and the fifth installment of the The Phantom Podcast miniseries. Through the haze Ben posted this on 20 Apr 2015.

## Summary

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> In the fifth installment of the only podcast that exclusively talks about the Phantom Menace, Griffin and David look to the movie’s cast and rate all the major players – actor by actor. From finding Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi weak to Natalie Portman's not-horrible performance in the split roles of Queen Amidala and Padmé (and she goes on to future successes, okay?!) to even Tony Award-winning Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine just really having fun and bringing it. Also: poor, poor Jake Lloyd.
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### Milestones and Ephemera

* Number of good performances: 15
* Number of bad performances: 17
* Number of unquantifiable performances: 1
* New Ben Hosley nickname: The Tiebreaker
* Star Wars Card Trader app characters who never appear in on screen: Lan-doe? Hann Sa-low?

## Performance Review

1. ↑ Blank Check Podcast. Our Performance Review. Audioboom. Retrieved on February 1, 2023.
Swing Blitz

## Chandra Makisig

> “*Swing Blitz. Nice to meetcha.*”
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**Chandra Makisig**, titled **Swing Blitz**, is a magical girl and member of Team Blitz. She appears to be the youngest member of her team. She is playful and mischievous.

She shares some classes with Forte Drums.

## Appearance

Swing Blitz is a cameo of a character from Mary Cagle's other comic, Kiwi Blitz, so she shares many appearance and personality traits with that character.

Swing Blitz is a shorter Indian girl who has light brown skin with gray eyes and short gray hair. Her symbol is a dark gray raccoon face with a white mask.

Swing Blitz's magical girl accessories include a dark gray headband with white-tipped pointy ears and white gloves. She wears a short, elbow-length dark gray coat with a loose white collar and thick white trim; the cloak is held together by a pin of her symbol. Underneath her cloak, she wears a tunic-like outfit. Her baggy top is dark gray with a thick, light gray stripe down the center and white accents and large, light gray long sleeves with dark gray trim. She has a skirt that splits off into three sections, two dark gray ones at the side and one light gray one in the middle. She also wears a pair of loose, light gray shorts and dark gray boots with white cuffs.

## Trivia

* Swing Blitz is a cameo character from Mary Cagle's first webcomic, Kiwi Blitz, which started in 2009. There she is Chandra, also known as the Raccoon
* Swing's given name is probably Chandra Makisig.
* Swing's magical girl alias is based on the musical genre swing, fitting with the themed naming of her team.
Team Outrageous

**Team Outrageous** is a non-thematic magical girl team with fruit-based names. They were first mentioned in Chapter 2 and appeared together in Chapter 9. Cube has stated that they are the most popular non-thematic team. Their outfits are all based on a punk theme: Lemon has a punk-lolita scheme, Lime has a delinquent scheme, and Apple has a skateboarder scheme.

## Members

* Outrageous Lime
* Outrageous Apple
* Outrageous Lemon
Will

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> "Erm, I'm Will. We were in... Junior Student Council together?"
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**Will** is a student at Easttown High School. He was in Junior Student Council with Tessa Quinn. He is one of the only students to befriend Tessa instead of idolizing or avoiding her. He is willing to discuss conspiracy theories with Rue Bahia and is well-read overall.

## Appearance

Will is very tall, with pale skin, brown hair, and glasses. In his first appearance, he wore a blue plaid shirt and gray slacks. According to Tessa, he is "kind of cute"; according to Rue, he is a "twig boy."

Junior High Will was a short boy with close-cropped hair, pimples, and braces, who looked rather nerdy. Tessa positively makes a note of his growth.

## Trivia

* Will was part of the Junior Student Council with Tessa.
SD Wiki:Contribution Guide

A couple of rules to follow

## Manual of Style

* Since the comic uses American English for spelling, so do all the words in this wiki. (There may already be mistakes in regard to this, I'm can't always remember all the differences between Canadian and US spelling.)

## Pages

* In general don't do anything unless it's clearly in the comic or confirmed by the writer, Mary Cagle.
	+ And use the "Described what you've changed" feature when saving a page, especially when it's not
* To keep the Trivia sections uncluttered please avoid things that can be learned by reading the comic. If it fits in with the story or description of the character then put it in there (like the changes to Undine's costume for example)

## Character Pages

* Name/Alias. For Current Magical girls and the deceased members of Team Alchemical use their alias when given, for everybody else (including living, former magical girls use their civilian name (if known).
* Determining Friends is tricky, try to stick to people who actually seek out repeated conversations with each-other for friendly reasons. Relatives need to be mentioned or seen.
* Personal Pronouns. I'm not joking when I say don't assume their genders. If a character (or Mary) uses a pronoun then include it, if not: leave it blank and the option won't even show up.
* Magical Girl category is for characters that can currently transform into magical girls, Former Magical Girls are for those that can no longer do so because of death or loss of powers.

## Pictures

Currently only using art by Mary Cagle as per this definitely-not-legally binding tweet.

**Do not use any art from the her patreon unless it's available for free from other means.**

I haven't yet asked Oskar Vega for official permission for his art, so until then just stick to Mary's. And if we ever do then only use for slideshows, not the official portraits.
Matt Rogers

**Matt Rogers** (on Twitter @MattRogersTho) is a comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster based in New York City. His writing can be found at *Vulture*. Matt has been a member of several sketch comedy troupes including Hammerkatz and Pop Roulette, and currently is a regular performer at the UCB Theater New York and co-hosts "The GAYme Show" there.

But most notably for Blank Check listeners, Matt co-hosts the Las Culturistas podcast together with Bowen Yang. They are pop culture enthusiasts hosting a rising-star NYC-based podcast with a UCB background. Clearly this crossover event just had to happen sooner or later, and it finally did when Matt and Bowen appeared together on Blank Check as guests for the Brokeback Mountain episode. Matt calls the movie - even still, today, more than a decade later - a preeminent example of LGBT cinema, that somehow truly gets at so many of the visceral feelings and emotions and repressions of that experience, and makes it accessible.

And if you don't listen to their episode, it's ERASURE!
Suzy

> “Last one back *as usual,* HP.”
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**Suzy** is the Residence Assistant at Future's Promise Boarding House. Her powers are unknown, but presumably non-combat.

## Appearance

Suzy has dark skin, yellowish-orange eyes, and glasses with thick black rims. Her hair is bright orange and shoulder-length, and forms into floppy dreadlocks. It is tied into a short ponytail in the back.
Chapter List

There are currently 22 chapters of Sleepless Domain.

## Chapters

1. Chapter 1
2. The Team
3. Sinking
4. Treading Water
5. Drifting
6. Refraction
7. Sink or Swim
8. Tides
9. Aeration
10. Diastole
11. Flotsam
12. Penumbra
13. Fertilizer
14. Circulation
15. Downstream
16. Ripples
17. Confluence
18. Distributary
19. Atrium
20. Aberration
21. Making Waves
22. Cistern
Ms. Wells

> *"I came as soon as the CDD told us what happened. Are you okay? Are you hurt?"*
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**Ms. Wells** is Undine's mother. She is supportive of Undine and eager to hear about her friends. She cooks Undine's favorite meals and went with her when she first registered as a magical girl. She communicates with Undine's manager, Arthur and pays attention to daily features like the D.U. and Twilight Update.

## Appearance

Ms. Wells has brown skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair that puffs out in an afro, although she has been known to relax it into looser waves. She is quite short and curvy and has a mole near the bottom of her right eye.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-9-page-34
Sunlight Spear

**Sunlight Spear**, real name **Leana**, was a member of Team Spear with Heartful Punch’s mother, Moonlight Spear. Little else is known about her. Her current whereabouts are unknown at this time.

## Appearance

Sunlight Spear was a tall girl of apparently Caucasian origin with pale skin, orange eyes, and curly shoulder-length yellow hair. Her symbol was a stylized orange sun spilt in three parts by an arc that sliced through its middle.

When transformed, her magical girl costume looked similar to medieval armor. She wore a metal helmet that resembled a sunbonnet that had a yellow ribbon on it. Her neckpiece was made out of chain mail, and her sleeveless metal chestplate was attached to it. She wore a thick orange belt with a yellow cord tied around its middle. Below her belt, she wore a fauld. Beneath her chestplate and neckpiece, she wore a yellow, knee-length, sleeveless tunic lined with white that split into two parts below her waist. Beneath her tunic, she wore a loose orange shirt with elbow-length sleeves. She also sported metal gauntlets and metal gloves. Her knee-length cape was buckled to her chestplate, and was yellow with white trim and an orange lining. Her symbol was printed on the back of her cape. She wore armor underneath her tunic, including armored boots.

Sunlight Spear also wielded a halberd, which was a combined spear and battle-axe. The blade of the halberd was orange, and was attached to the pole by a yellow stylized sun emblem with an orange sun and yellow sunrays. A light blue ribbon, the same color as her armor, was tied to the top of her pole, which was colored a gradient from orange to red.
Team Alchemical

**Team Alchemical** was a popular magical girl team based on the classical Greek elements water, air, earth, fire, and aether. Three of its members are killed in action at the end of Chapter 2, leading to the disbanding of the team. Undine, the comic's main character, was a member of Team Alchemical before their demise.

## Members

* Alchemical Aether (Tessa Quinn, lost her powers(At the end of Chapter 2)) The leader and most powerful fighter of the team.
* Alchemical Air (Sylvia Skylark, deceased) The oldest, most concerned with the business side of Team Alchemical. She had her own manager.
* Alchemical Earth (Gwen Morita, deceased) Doesn't speak much, puts the most effort into improving her strength.
* Alchemical Fire (Sally Fintan, deceased) The youngest, most outspoken and the least satisfied with the leadership of the group.
* Alchemical Water (Undine Wells, still active) The first member to receive her powers and the only one to still possess them. Shy, and the mediator of the team.

## Trivia

* One of the original four elements of Team Alchemical, some believe that the image colors of earth and wind are reversed.
Melty Frost

> "It's okay, Flamesy. I think she's just shy."
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**Carina Thomsen**, titled **Melty Frost**, is a magical girl and half of the thematic duo Team Melty. She is in a sappy romantic relationship with Melty Flame, the other half of Team Melty. She is sweet, calm, and sympathetic, although Cube has stated that she is slightly more immature than her partner.

## Appearance

Melty Frost is short and curvy, with pale skin and long, wavy, light blue hair that reaches her hips and fades into lighter blue. Her hair usually covers one of her eyes, which are light blue. Her symbol is three light blue ice crystals.

Since she is part of a thematic duo with Melty Flame, her costume closely resembles her partner's. Her outfit is a darker blue with a high collar and long, puffy sleeves trimmed with light blue lace. Her symbol is above her chest. Melty Frost's chestpiece is light blue. Her top laces together with yellow ribbons. Her belt is white and has two smaller belts that buckle it together. Her skirt splits off into two parts. One part flows out behind her and is split into two very light blue coattails. The other part is her skirt and is gray-blue, trimmed with a pattern of very light blue ice crystals and edged with light blue lace. Her skirt is knee-length and her coattails are shin-length. Her boots are shin-length and match her belt. She also wears very light blue gloves.

## Trivia

* Melty Frost, together with Melty Flame, endorse Junetag Appliances as part of their MG branding and commercial activity.
Born to Party

"Born to Party" is the debut song released by Julia Michaels. The song gained attention when it was featured on MTV's hit TV show "The Hills".

## Background

Julia Michaels released "Born to Party", her first song, at the age of 16. It was featured on MTV's hit TV show "The Hills", exposing her music to a wide audience that responded immediately. The single, with it's fun, steady dance beat, became a quick success among the viewers and created demand for more music, which led to an EP released by the singer, however, the four-song tracklist of this debut EP did not include the song "Born to Party".

## Critical reception

Seven years after the release of this song, while reviewing "Nervous System", Katherine St. Asaph of Pitchfork mentioned "Born to Party", calling it "a breathtakingly cynical cut-rate" version of American singer-songwriter Kesha's debut single, "Tik Tok".

Overall, "Born to Party" is highly compared to "Tik Tok" due to the electronic beats and autotuned voice that both songs feature.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah

OK!

Oh oh oh oh oh, ah, oh oh, oh

Oh oh oh oh oh, ah, oh oh, oh

[Verse 1]

I've got my cherry lips on

And my knee high boots

Somebody buy me a pop

'Cause I'm lookin' real cute

V.I.P. up in here

Paparazzi 'round my booth

Didn't come here to pose

If you wanna know the truth

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh

Watch how I do this

Oh, oh, oh oh

I'm gonna get some bruises

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh

I'm gonna blow a fuse

With my techno music, pop music, retro music, rap music

[Chorus]

Turn it up on a Friday

Bump it all night long

I-I-I'm gonna party when they're playing my song

All night, lookin' tight

Everybody feel it alright

So, turn it up on a Friday

I-I-I'm Born To Party

[Verse 2]

Gotta change my shirt

'Cause I'm breakin' a sweat

A-somebody crank up the air now

I'm soakin' wet

Deep it down real low

Bring it back up from the floor

Hey DJ, drop a hit

Gimme more, gimme more

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh

Watch how I do this

Oh, oh, oh oh

I'm gonna get some bruises

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh

I'm gonna blow a fuse

With my techno music, pop music, retro music, rap music

[Chorus]

Turn it up on a Friday

Bump it all night long

I-I-I'm gonna party when they're playing my song

All night, lookin' tight

Everybody feel it alright

So, turn it up on a Friday

I-I-I'm Born To Party

[Bridge]

Oh, oh, oh oh

Born To Party

Oh, oh, oh oh

Born To Party

Oh oh oh oh oh, ah, oh oh, oh

Oh oh oh oh oh, ah, oh oh, oh

[Chorus - Outro]

Turn it up on a Friday

Bump it all night long

I-I-I'm gonna party when they're playing my song

All night, lookin' tight

Everybody feel it alright

So, turn it up on a Friday

I-I-I'm Born To Party

Turn it up on a Friday

Bump it all night long

I-I-I'm gonna party when they're playing my song

All night, lookin' tight

Everybody feel it alright

So, turn it up on a Friday

I-I-I'm Born To Party

## Videos

Born to Party by Julia Michaels LyricsVideo uploaded by a Youtube user featuring the song and its lyrics.
## References

<references>

1. ↑ Julia Michaels Releases Self-titled EP
Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Aberration began on May 11, 2022 and ended on October 31, 2022. It picks up at the end of Chapter 19 as the city reacts to the premature failure of the inner barrier and Anemone confronts Tessa and the Purple One's combined form.

## Synopsis

### Anemone and the Purple One

Anemone confronts Tessa/Goops after being shot in the torso. Tessa/Goops taunts her and reveals that the Founder had tried get rid of her, and that Anemone isn't immune to her memory tricks. The shock of this revelation causes Anemone to become extremely distressed, and her form begins to dissipate slightly as Tessa/Goops warns her about "what can happen" if she loses focus. Regaining her composure, Anemone prepares to attack her, easily defeating the monsters Tessa/Goops conjures before backing off when she realizes civilians have noticed them. Tessa/Goops vanishes with a final message for Anemone: the Founder is still partially aware of what's happening and continues to suffer the longer Anemone "draw[s] this out".

### At the hospital

Vedika and the nurses try to figure out how to respond to the inner barrier's failure. While Vedika has no combat abilities, she volunteers to launch the emergency flare since she's still immune to the monsters' poison.

After firing off a flare, she lures the monster away from the entrance. After leading it up a ladder, she manages to shoot it in its open mouth. As it falls, it grabs ahold of her leg, causing her to link with it telepathically. She sees a formless mass of bodies and mysterious voices in distress. As the monster lets go and falls to its death, she immediately forgets what she witnessed as she experiences the "static eyes" effect. Returning to the hospital, she is unable to shake the feeling that she saw something, and is still very unsettled by the experience.

### Elsewhere

Flares are seen throughout the city. Zoe and Rue prepare to tackle a monster, but the Outer Barrier's return causes it to disappear. Bud and Harley rendezvouses having split up to respond to different flares. In her bedroom, Anemone struggles to focus, wondering why she can't remember the Founder's name if she still exists.

Tessa/Goops appears at Tessa's front door. Taking on Tessa's regular appearance (albeit with purple-tinted eyes), she heads inside.

## Interstitial

The interstitial was a four-page story of the night Kokoro met Kicks. She finds a kitten after the mother was killed by a monster and, not knowing where to turn, she takes her to The Catfe. The lady on duty gives the kitten a checkup and formula, and talks about the process of caring for her.

## Trivia

* This is the fourth chapter to start with a cover page, the first three being Chapters 1, 5, and 17.
* Vedika's last name is revealed to be Dhawan.
Knuckle Thrash

## Harley

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**Harley**, titled **Knuckle Thrash**, is a magical girl that fights in a non-thematic duo with Bud. They are close friends who are not afraid to rib one another, and are always seen together.

She considers it her job to keep Bud in line, but ends up falling into her antics just as often. She is a friend of Heartful Punch and is in the Magical Girl Power Training Club.

She is reserved, but friendly, and has a very "no nonsense" attitude.

## Appearance

Harley is a taller Native American girl who is heavily built and quite muscular, with tan skin and dark blue eyes. She has long, straight, dark blue hair that matches her eye color.

## Powers

Harley is a physical melee fighter whose punches are presumably augmented by the brass knuckles that accompany her transformation. She can discorporate the knuckles at will to spar safely during training.

## Trivia

* Harley was named after Harley Saito, a Japanese professional wrestler.
Kiwi Blitz

Kiwi Blitz is Mary Cagle's first webcomic and has been running since 2009.

The comic is a science fiction adventure story following Steffi Frolhich's quest to become a superhero. Initially helped by her father and best friend, Benzene, Steffi eventually gets involved in an increasingly complicated series of events including robots and genetically modified criminals.

## Connections to Sleepless Domain

All the members of Team Blitz are directly based on characters from Kiwi Blitz. Furthermore, even the names (except Swing Blitz) were established in a 2012 bonus comic.

Francis Freeman (aka Employee Lady) is another character from Kiwi Blitz that appears in Sleepless Domain, though only in the background of Page 8 of Chapter 6.

Sylvilagus (aka Rabbit Punch) also appeared as a magical girl. She was seen on Page 7 of Chapter 8, three months before her reveal in Kiwi Blitz (but one year after being doodled).

1. ↑ Mary Cagle's Tumblr, Bunny Suits
Chapter 2

## Characters

### Introduced

Heartful Punch, Cassidy, Vedika, The Purple One, The Golden One, Alchemical Air's siblings

### Appearing

Alchemical Aether, Alchemical Air, Alchemical Earth, Alchemical Fire, Alchemical Water

On September 3rd, Team Alchemical attends Future's Promise School together and go through their daily routines before going out for another night of fighting monsters.

During the school day, Sally expresses her dissatisfaction with Tessa's leadership, convinced that Tessa is only the leader because she’s the strongest of the team, and suggests a leadership change, which angers Tessa and causes tension with the rest of the team. Undine is distressed by this, but Gwen reassures her. Consequently, Tessa decides to skip out on Team Alchemical's nightly monster patrol. Before they go out, Undine attempts to convince Tessa to accompany the team as usual, but Tessa refuses, believing that nothing will go wrong.

That night, the team goes on patrol without Tessa. When Sylvia flies up to check the air for monsters, she is suddenly hurled down, startling everyone. After this, the team fights monsters without any obstacles. While Sally congratulates the team, Undine is hesitant; she is confused why Sylvia came crashing down at the start of patrol if they easily defeated the monsters.

While she is pondering this, the team is caught unawares by a large, extremely powerful monster that seems to be elevator themed, accompanied by a purple girl with an unsettling body that seems to be made of slime. Unable to fight back, the team is suddenly lifted into the air by the monster and slammed into the ground multiple times, since they were not strong enough to defeat the monster without Tessa's help.

Mean while, Tessa, worried, decides to check on her team and is led to them by a strange golden creature. When she arrives, Tessa sees the bloody remains of Team Alchemical. Gwen, Sally, and Sylvia have already died, but Undine is still alive, having used her water powers to force her blood to keep her heart pumping. Tessa destroys the elevator monster in one shot, then rushes to Undine, who weakly tells her what happened. Undine, having already accepted that she is going to die, tells Tessa to keep fighting for the city, but Tessa, desperate, attempts to heal Undine using her powers. During the healing process, Tessa is successful in healing Undine, but loses her powers, while Undine’s pupils turn pink. At the end of the chapter, Undine is left as the only remaining active member of Team Alchemical.

This chapter has no interstitials, but it does have a page announcing the change of artists.

## Trivia

* Some parts of this chapter don't match the rest of the comic due to Oskar's creative decisions contradicting Mary's vision. Specific examples include Heartful Punch being drawn with gauge earrings and roads when no vehicles exist in The City aside from the trolley system.
Chapter 1

## Characters

### Introduced

Alchemical Aether, Alchemical Air, Alchemical Earth, Alchemical Fire, Alchemical Water, Anemone

Chapter 1 is the first chapter of Sleepless Domain, premiering on April 6th, 2015 and running till June 25, 2015. It is so far the only chapter to have no title.

## Synopsis

The comic begins at 9:55pm on September 2nd, with Alchemical Aether (Tessa) waiting for the rest of Team Alchemical to arrive as the city's intercom announces for normals to take shelter in their homes.

Alchemical Water (Undine) is the next to arrive, apologizing for being late. She's followed by Alchemical Air (Sylvia), who brought a cameraman to get promotional footage.

Alchemical Fire (Sally) shows up and immediately picks a fight with Sylvia, as Undine realizes Alchemical Earth (Gwen) has been around for an indeterminate amount of time.

Team Alchemical transforms and tracks down a group of nearby monsters. Sally and Gwen run ahead to fight some smaller monsters, and the rest of the team show up just as a larger monster, the leader arrives.

Tessa orders the team to execute her plan, which starts with Sally and Sylvia taking out the smaller monsters with a firestorm. Then Gwen and Undine trap the larger monster in a magical plant attack so that Tessa can finish it with a focused blast. Sally complains that the rest of the team never gets to have any finishing shots, to which Tessa replies that she gets to finish off the rest of the monsters because she's the strongest.

As Team Alchemical jokes around after their nightly patrol is over, the chapter ends with an ominous narration by one of the team members. It's unclear if it's Tessa or Undine.

## Interstitials

Anemone explains how the great barrier surrounds The City to keep the monsters out (and the people in). She uses paper cut-outs to demonstrate it.

The second interstitial is a detailed look at a poster featuring Alchemical Air promoting registration with the Board of Magical Girls.
Mr. Wells

> *"That many [fan letters]!? That's **great**! You should come open them in the kitchen so your mom can see!"*
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**Mr. Wells** is Undine's father. He is supportive of Undine and communicates with her manager, Arthur.

## Appearance

Mr. Wells has brown skin, dark gray eyes, and closely-cropped dark brown hair with a clean fade and hairline. He is shown wearing a shirt and tie, presumably after having returned from work. He has a thin beard that rings his mouth and jawline.
Chapter 11

### Appearing

Undine, Heartful Punch, Zoe, Claire, Alex, Zoe's Aunt, Zoe's Uncle, Vedika, Cassidy, Harley, Bud, Gabby, Tessa, Ms. Wells, Anemone, Mark, Nicodemus, The Golden One

### Referenced

Alchemical Air, Alchemical Earth, Silver Strike (In a picture), The Purple One

Chapter 11 covers the evening of September 11th, after HP and Undine's talk in the previous chapter. It follows HP and Undine as they train with the MGPTC and go on patrol, as well as Zoe's sleepover with her young cousins.

## Synopsis

### Training

The two eat dinner eat dinner at Burg Berg, where the waitress is noticeably star-struck by HP. Undine wants to take it easy tonight, so HP suggests telepathy training with Vedika.

At the training session, Undine and Vedika practice transformed training, with Vedika sending and receiving simple thoughts like numbers. Their conversation drifts to HP, and how surprised Vedika was when HP asked her to join the club. Undine's mind wanders back to HP telling her how self-conscious Vedika was about her powers before realizing that Vedika is reading her mind, and sensing awkwardness, Vedika breaks the connection.

As the two meet up again to talk normally, Vedika apologizes for the discomfort, before they return to talking about HP and the nature of magical girls' powers.

As this is going on HP and Harley have an intense sparring session. They take a break when HP glimpses Undine. Harley blunting asks HP if she has a crush; an embarrassed HP says Undine has too much else to worry about.

At home, Tessa calls Undine's house, but Ms. Wells says she's out with her club.

### Zoe and her cousins

Zoe's cousins Claire and Alex arrive for an overnight visit, with the latter still recovering from the effects of the monster attack the previous night. He is sullen and listless. Claire enthusiastically asks Zoe about what it's like being a magical girl and wishes she could be one.

Listening in, Zoe's parents worry about Zoe's safety, having previously thought they would not have to go the experience of having a magical girl daughter a second time.

### On patrol

As usual, Undine and HP go on patrol together. The Golden One attempts to force Mark to talk to the two of them, but not wanting to get in trouble, he shoos it away.

Undine and HP catch a glimpse of it as it runs away and they realize they've both seen it before. Undine expresses frustrating at being "stuck waiting for more bad things to happen".

## Bonus pages

The interstitial is a two-page Anemone comic explaining the fictional holiday "Crimmus", and appears mid-chapter to coincide with Christmas.

The guest comic is by Corinth, depicting a television interview with Team Outrageous.
Forte Lead

## Roni

> *"*This is Team Forte, here to serve up some sick beats *and* sick beatings!*"*
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**Roni**, titled **Forte Lead,** is the leader of Team Forte, as well as the lead guitar and lead vocals of their band. She was also the first on her team to receive her powers and spent time as a solo. She is quite friendly but rather insensitive.

She shares some classes with Pop Blitz.

## Appearance

Forte Lead has neck-length, darker blonde hair that curves inwards. She has orange eyes and a tan complexion. Her symbol is a yellow guitar with soundwaves surrounding it and is located on her left shoulder.

Forte Lead's costume is yellow, white, and black, and is very similar to her teammates'. She wears an unbuttoned black vest with yellow accents and a music staff on its chest area that wraps around her back. Her symbol is also on her vest back. Her vest collar extends to her neck and has yellow accents. Beneath her vest, she wears a white, sleeveless shirt with two light yellow stripes down its front. Her shirt also has a yellow dress tie attached to her collar. On the back of her costume, her shirt extends into two thick, rectangular white coattails, and in the front, her shirt dips down into a triangular shape. Her sleeves are separate from the rest of her costume and leave her shoulders bare. They are large, black and pinch in at the top, with thick white cuffs and yellow buttons. Her skirt is black with yellow lining and is pleated. It is quite short. She wears black boots that begin below the knee with yellow musical staves on them. Her boots also have yellow soles.

## Trivia

* Roni is also a Hebrew name that means "song."
* It is only a coincidence that she shares a first name with Roni Lee, the lead guitarist and vocalist for Venus and the Razorblades.
Five-Timers Club

The **Five-Timers Club** refers to guests who have appeared in 5 episodes on the main feed. The catchphrase for the club is "It's tough to make the five."

## Members

Only main feed episodes count toward membership.  Current members, in order of when they joined the Club:

Katey Rich, Emily St. James, Fran Hoepfner, Olivia Craighead, and Jordan Hoffman are the only members of the club who have never appeared on a Blank Check: Special Features episode. There are several guests on the cusp of joining.

## Double Digits Club

In the Welcome to Marwen episode, Emily Yoshida made her 10th main feed appearance and thus became the first person to join the Double Digits Club. The second member, Richard Lawson, joined in 2022.

### Members

Current members, in order of when they joined the Club:

1. Emily Yoshida
2. Richard Lawson
3. Marie Bardi-Salinas

Fastest to join the Double Digits club was Marie at 882 days, Emily at 1840 days, and Richard at 2191 days.

## Actor Five-Timer Members

While not guests on the show, several actors have appeared in 5 (or more) films **across different miniseries** covered on the main feed of the podcast. This is because many directors have actors that are frequent collaborators or muses, like Tim Burton and Johnny Depp or John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, who would make it in within a single miniseries. And, as the motto says, it's tough to make the five.

## References

1. ↑ Defined in Howl's Moving Castle @ 0:17:00
2. ↑ @blankcheckmeta. Tweet December 29, 2022. Twitter. Retrieved on December 29, 2022.
3. ↑ u/bl70u1 "Congratulations to the newest member of the Blank Check five-timers club, Billy Crudup!", reddit.
4. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet thread Nov 1, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
5. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Mar 14, 2023. Twitter. Retrieved on August 31, 2023.
6. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Jul 29, 2023. Twitter. Retrieved on August 31, 2023.
7. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Jan 6, 2023. Twitter. Retrieved on January 6, 2023.
8. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Apr 4, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
9. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet June 22, 2022. Twitter. Retrieved on July 12, 2022.
10. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Dec 5, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
11. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Jul 12, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
12. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet thread Jun 6, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
13. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet thread Jun 6, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
14. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Nov 12, 2022. Twitter.
15. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet May 25, 2022. Twitter. Retrieved on July 12, 2022.
16. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Jan 2, 2023. Twitter. Retrieved on January 6, 2023.
17. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Oct 23, 2021. Twitter. Retrieved on May 16, 2022.
18. ↑ @BlankCheckMeta. Tweet Aug 2, 2022. Twitter. Retrieved on August 2, 2022.
Forte Bass

## Gail

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**Gail**, titled **Forte Bass**, is the quietest member of Team Forte. She plays the bass guitar and has been confirmed mute by Cube. She is the most considerate and serious member of her team. She is twins with Outrageous Apple.

She has at least one class with Undine and Outrageous Lime.

## Appearance

Forte Bass has long, bright red hair that is tucked into her collar. Her hair covers her right eye. She has pale skin and darker red eyes. Her symbol is a red bass guitar with soundwaves around it and is located on her left shoulder.

Forte Bass's magical girl outfit is black, white, and red, and is very similar to her teammates'. She wears an unbuttoned, long black vest with light red accents and a red music staff on its chest area with her symbol on her vest back. Her vest collar is extremely large and has light red accents. Beneath her vest, she wears a white, sleeveless shirt with two light red stripes down its front. Her shirt also has a puffy red tie tied around her collar. On the back of her costume, her vest extends into two thick, rectangular black coattails, and in the front, her shirt dips down into a triangular shape. Her sleeves are separate from the rest of her costume and leave her shoulders bare. They are large and black and loose at the top, with thick white cuffs and light red buttons. Her skirt is black with red lining and is pleated. It is quite short. She wears black boots that begin below the knee with red musical staves on them. Her boots also have red soles.

## Trivia

* Clues are given in the comic, but a Patreon post confirmed her first name is Gail and that her namesake is Gail Ann Dorsey, real-life bassist for David Bowie.
Magical girl branding

Magical girls often take advantage of their celebrity status to sponsor or create products, including merchandise, magazines, and other items. Below is a list of examples of magical girl branding.

## In the comic

### Toys and Memorabilia

* A magazine for magical girls is featured on the first page.
* A Team Alchemical poster is seen in Chapter 3.
* Undine has a signed poster of Alchemical Air and a collection of Team Alchemical dolls in her room.
* One of Tessa's new classmates claims to have all of her posters.
* Tessa has a variety of her own dolls and plush toys, including "Punko Pops".
* Miss Nasri mentions that Heartful Punch has a large quantity and variety of merchandise, and that more updated versions need to be made after HP changed her bangs.
* Undine is a secret fan of a water pistol based on her outfit.
* Anemone has created unlicensed dolls including Heartful Punch, Melty Flame, Melty Frost, and Alchemical Water. She has a lot of spare time.

### Household Products

* Undine modeled for a hair care product called Ocean's Kiss.
* Team Melty starred in an ad for Junetag Appliances.

### Food and Drink

* Heartful Punch has endorsed a cereal (Power Crunch) and a brand of protein powder (Punch Protein). She seems fond enough of both products to use in her daily life.

### Video

* Alchemical Air hires a cameraman to capture footage of her and Team Alchemical in Chapter 1.
* Heartful Punch has been featured in workout and fitness videos.
* Between chapters, we often see HP being interviewed, although the canonicity of these interviews is never assured.
* Team Forte is seen filming footage for their music videos in Chapter 5.
* A cameraman is following Team Outrageous in Chapter 9.

## Real life

* Shirts and prints for the comic are available at Hivemill.com.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-5-page-17
2. ↑ https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/interstitial-6
The Golden One

**The Golden One** (a name given by Anemone) takes the form of different animals throughout the story and often helps magical girls.

In its first appearance, The Golden One appears as a fox-like creature that leads Alchemical Aether to the location of Team Alchemical after their defeat. Tessa describes it as not looking like a monster, but possibly another magical girl's familiar.

In Chapter 3, it appears as a long-legged bird and is watching Alchemical Water and Heartful Punch from afar.

In Chapter 5, it appears as a bat before Undine and leads her to Mark and Nicodemus, allowing her to save them from a monster. After she defeats the monster The Golden One transforms into its fox form as it slips away.

In Chapter 9, it presumably led Team Outrageous to help Undine and HP. Later, it appears in its bird form as Undine and Heartful Punch are conversing and watches them from a rooftop. Afterwards, The Purple One appears to it and threatens it. While in its cat form, The Golden One hisses at The Purple One and shows animosity towards her. This is the first time The Golden One's shown emotion of any kind. The Purple One also implies that the form The Golden One is currently taking is weaker than its possible true form. The Golden One leaps at her, causing her to dissolve while laughing.

So far, it's been seen by Undine, Tessa, Team Outrageous, Mark, Nicodemus, and The Purple One. It has led Undine and Tessa to places where others need their help. Neither Undine nor Tessa have thought about it afterwards. It and The Purple One seem to be familiar with one another, and it appears to strongly dislike The Purple One, as shown when it hisses at her and leaps at her.

## Appearance

Since The Golden One can change into different animals, it doesn't have a fixed appearance. However, it's always colored light golden with deeper golden accents. It also has a golden curlicue as a tail. It glows gold as well.

### Cat form

Its cat form is a light gold with a large head and slender body. It has huge black eyes and a small black nose. While drawn by Oskar Vega, its eyes have no pupils. While drawn by Mary Cagle, its eyes have golden pupils. The fur around its eyes is a deeper gold. Its legs and its large, pointed ears are a deeper gold as well. Its tail is a golden curlicue that brightens to a deeper gold.

### Bird form

Its bird form is a light gold. Its body is spherical with large eyes, white irises, and dark pupils. It has a large, deeper golden beak and dark golden flecks above its eyes. Its wings are feathery and are folded to its side. Its legs are deeper golden and very long. Its crest feathers curl up and its tail feathers form a golden curlicue that brightens to a deeper gold.

### Bat form

Its bat form is a light golden with a large, deeper golden nose. This form looks like a regular bat colored gold, with large wings and fangs. The insides of its ears are a dark gold. The insides of its large wings are a deeper golden. Its eyes are large and black, similar to its fox form. There are darker golden flecks above its eyes. Its tail is a golden curlicue that brightens to a deeper gold.

Bat FormBird FormCat FormFox Form
The Woman in White

> "It's rare for me to see the same girl twice."
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**The Woman in White** is a mysterious woman who appears in the dream magical girls have the night they receive their powers. She is calm and well spoken.

She seems to be able to control normal dreams, as she has been shown forcibly ending one of Undine’s dreams. She also knows Undine’s name, though how she attained this knowledge is unknown.

Most magical girls don't seem to remember their dream well, and the Magical Girl Support Institute seems to have an interest in understanding their dreams.

Anemone seems to be the only one to clearly remember her. Notably, even when told directly about her, others can't remember what they're told; something about her seems to cause amnesia in everyone but Anemone, with static-like horizontal lines appearing in their eyes whenever they try to remember her.

There may be some connection between her and the Outer Barrier, which appears to be a wall of static-like horizontal lines; this closely resembles the effect that appears in the eyes of anyone who tries to recall her.

The statue that stands in the magical girl memorial cemetery depicts her with arms outstretched, although most people think it merely depicts a symbolic noble magical girl.

## Appearance

The Woman in White has dark golden skin. Her eyes, which are gold and white, are hidden by a white light. Her hair is fluffy, long, and extremely voluminous, reaching down to her skirt. Her dress doesn’t have an exact neckline. It is a light golden, the same color as her hair, and its skirt poofs out to her knees. Her arms and legs are bare.
Gabby

> *"Do not distract me."*
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**Gabby** is not a member of the Magical Girl Power Training Club, but is usually in the gym at the same time. She is stoic and serious about her training. She is at least comfortable enough with Harley to help her on the weights, and at least sympathetic enough towards Undine to give her a warning about a nearby adversary.

Not much is known about her yet, but she has healing powers and patrols an area near the outer barrier by herself.

Do not distract her.

## Appearance

Gabby is a muscular, heavily built magical girl with tan skin, pink eyes, and thick pink eyebrows. Her hair is a dark reddish-pink that gradually fades to a lighter pink at its tips and is tied up in a ponytail with a single ringlet.
Chapter 17

## Characters

### Appearing

Rue, Zoe, Harley, Vedika, Undine, Kokoro, Bud, Suzy, Lettie, Starlight Spear, Sunlight Spear (flashback)

### Referenced

The Purple One, Gabby, Outrageous Lime, Cassidy, Techno Blitz (Alt-Text on Page 22), Mr. Aichi, Moonlight Spear

Chapter 17: Confluence began on December 17, 2020 and ended on May 21, 2021. It covers the rest of the MGPTC meeting from the previous day, the various members' patrol that night, and Undine and HP's meeting with the CDD the next day.

## Synopsis

### The club

After the girls calm down, they start to discuss what do about the shadow girl. They aren't really sure what her nature is and have few leads, and wonder if she is merely doing it to scare people. Bud suggests the nickname "Goops" to make her seem less intimidating.

HP mentions that she doesn't think any of them should go out alone, which isn't a problem since they are all partnered up except for Vedika, who is not out on patrol.

### On patrol

Zoe asks Rue if she's ever run into a humanoid monster before, and Rue tells her about the time she saw Goops's hand on the night they met. She suspects it got caught up in the explosion or perished after the barrier refreshed and Zoe doesn't elaborate.

Bud and Harley walk Gabby's usual route (near the outer barrier), as she was worn out from healing duties. They discuss how they could deal with an entity that does not appear to have any weaknesses. Bud ponders whether Vedika's powers might work on her.

HP is happy when Undine tells her it's a relief to have things out in the open. They discuss their respective experiences with relationships, with Undine having never been in one and HP having dated Outrageous Lime.

### School

The CDD pulls HP out of class for a debriefing regarding Cassidy's disappearance conducted by Mingxing Guan, formerly Starlight Spear and teammate of HP's mother. HP rebuffs her attempts at friendly chatter and insists on cutting to the chase. After Undine joins them they discuss the fight with Cassidy, and Undine decides to tell Mingxing about Goops. While Mingxing believes Undine, she chides her for not telling the CDD earlier, which causes HP to get defensive before Undine calms her down.

The chapter ends with Mingxing thinking back to when she found Mitsuki's body and burnt out her powers rushing a freezing Kokoro to the hospital.

## Interstitials

The first interstitial is Anemone explaining what magical burnout is (when girls lose their powers), versus more common overexertion (which can cause them to detransform or faint). It was drawn in a simplified style (minimal colors and no shading) because Mary was on a road trip.

The second interstitial features Rue and Zoe after a fight. Rue drinks one of her potions to heal her injuries, alarming Zoe, who had only seem them be used as explosives.

## Trivia

* It is the first chapter since Chapter 5 to start with a cover page.
* This is the first mention of Gabby's healing powers.
* We learn Cassidy's last name in this chapter: Tailor.
* This is the first time we see the outer barrier. Bud and Harley's eyes get the "static" effect while looking at it.
Unnamed Characters

Characters that appear multiple times or with speaking roles that have not been named, and do not warrant an entire page yet.

## Magical Girls

### Arrow Face

Harasses Zoe about attending Future's Promise in Chapter 4.

### Butterfly Forehead

Appears in backgrounds of Chapter 6. Her symbol appears in Chapter 7's Interstitial.

### Francis Freeman

A look-a-like to a Kiwi Blitz character. She appears in the background of Chapter 6.

### Pumpkin Hair

Appears to be in Miss Scarface's class during Chapter 6, also seen glancing nervously at Undine in Chapter 8's cafeteria scene.

### Gardening girl

Appeared on page 4 of Chapter 18. She belonged to a gardening club and kicked out Kokoro and Undine who entered their place of activity without permission on the same page.

## Normals

### Camera Person #2

Channel 4 Employee that accompanies the reporter in Chapter 3.

### Camera Person #4

Outrageous Lemon's sister (and fan), appearing in Chapter 9.

### Channel 4 Reporter

Appears on TV before requesting an interview from Undine during Chapter 3.

### Miss Ellen Baker

Future's Promise teacher appearing in Chapter 4. Has a strong resemblance to a character from Japanese English language books *New Horizon*.

### Miss Scarface

Future's Promise teacher for one of Undine, Forte Bass, and Outrageous Lime's classes in Chapter 6.

### Silver Strike's Fans

Seen in Chapter 6 asking Zoe about her powers.

### Tessa’s Classmates

Seen in Chapter 6 insensitively mobbing Tessa, their new classmate.

### Daylight Highlight Host

Seen in a Chapter 7 interstitial and a guest comic interviewing Heartful Punch.