Oliver

"Aww, man. I thought for sure your friend is actually Mr. Hiro Hamada, he's my favorite. Green Lantern, Flash, Spider-Man. That means superheroes aren't real." - Oliver to Léa in Beyond Worlds Season I.

## Biographical Information

### Name

Danilo Vermont Buenavista (BW), Danilo Vermont Valderama (Azul)

## Relationships

### Family

Martín Buenavista (father), unnamed mother, Léa Navarro (older half-sister) (BW), unnamed mother (Azul)

### Friends

Léa Navarro, Hiro Hamada, Cameron Mendes, Red Ordonia, Julian Navarro, Big Hero 6

## Production Information

### Actor

Shawn Koumi

**Danilo Vermont Buenavista** (**Valderama** is his surname in the reboot), or better known by his nickname **Oliver**, is a supporting character in both Beyond Worlds and its reboot, Beyond Worlds: Azul. He's the 7-year-old half-brother of Léa Navarro as they share the same father, **Martín Buenavista**. He first met his older half-sister when she and Hiro Hamada saved him in the fire that broke out in his house by Red Ordonia's neighborhood. This changes in the reboot when Oliver was only a kid trapped in the same fire saved by Léa and Hiro.

Oliver's inspiration is most likely **Shawn Koumi**, who's aged down and would also voice Antonio Madrigal in Amarillo's reels and animatics.

## **EARLY LIFE**

#### **Original**

Oliver was born on March 17, 2014 to Léa Navarro's father, Martín, and his mistress. Not knowing it at the time, he was conceived out of wedlock; his mother and father likely had a one night stand and as a result, his mother got pregnant with him. His father picks them over his first family, which are Léa and her mother. With the information laid out at some point in the story, it was safe to assume that on 2018, Oliver's father bails on them again like what he did to Léa (who's still known as *Mayari* at the time) and **Lianne Akamine**. As of now, Oliver and his mother are living in Pasadena along with his maternal grandfather.

#### **Reboot**

In the reboot, Oliver's last name is Valderama, which means he isn't connected or related to any of the main characters- he remains as a kid trapped in his room who would need Léa and Hiro to eventually save him from the fire.

## **PERSONALITY**

He's quite a soft-spoken and polite boy, and is also quick-witted and dynamic, which he showed when he saved Mudpie from the middle-aged man in the park, also making him unfazed of animals, if not an animal lover. At such a young age, Oliver displayed a lot of understanding his peers; like knowing where Léa is coming from because she was upset at their father's actions. He also knows he wasn't the reason why Léa is mad at him- she was mad at their father. Despite being an introvert, he befriends everyone and goes along with them well.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

Oliver is described to look kind of like his half-sister; straight dark brown hair with sideswept bangs falling over his forehead, although unlike Léa he has darker blue eyes. Due to him being only 7 years of age, he's measured to have a petite body structure and is standing at 4'1". He is wearing an orange rain jacket over a gray shirt, black pants, and his shoes are also gray in color. Oliver wears a black rope bracelet around his right wrist, probably given to him by his mother.

## **TRIVIAS**

* His nickname "Oliver" came from both his names, "Dan**ilo** **Ver**mont", which is an anagram. It was **Stefen Sanchez** who thought of this.
* Oliver is initially just in the original story to show that Léa is just as capable of saving others like Hiro even though she's just a "civilian". It was never originally planned that he's supposed to be her half-brother, let alone having a bigger role in the series.
	+ It wasn't until **Pauline Sui** was editing Beyond Worlds' *Chapter 8: Orthoepy* when writers realized that Oliver could be a relative of Léa as a plot twist.
* It was confirmed by Stefen Sanchez that Oliver (and Julian Navarro) is named after Stephanie and Matthew Patrick's son, Oliver Julian Patrick.
* In the original, Oliver was supposed to be the boy from Léa's planetarium show who tells her, "They do tasks and vote to throw impostors out of the spaceship!" when she asked if someone knows what astronauts do in the International Space Station. This idea was scrapped, however, as it would be too much of a coincidence.
	+ After all, Léa and Oliver would recognize each other when she saved him from the fire. Also, remember that Oliver was just supposed to be a "random" character just for Léa's character development arc.
* Unlike Léa and Red Ordonia, he didn't drop his father's surname (in Léa's case, changed, because she took her step-father's surname), and instead his mother's was never revealed.
* Oliver is most likely Filipino-American, as his father is pure Filipino, but Oliver himself has blue eyes (Léa also has blue eyes, but it's because it's confirmed that **Lianne Akamine**, her mother, has them too).