List of minor Animorphs characters
Encyclopedia
These are minor characters who appear briefly throughout the Animorphs
book series who are neither humans, Andalites, Yeerks, nor Hork-Bajir.
(type not specified) with rabies
that bit Marco in book 42
. Marco referred to him as "Cujo" before discovering his name.
. Dude was Tobias' first morph, and it is not certain what happened to him after Tobias became a nothlit.
s, but Ellimist
was the first being Father absorbed who was still alive, Father kept Ellimist
for company for many years, playing rigged games with him and allowing him to communicate with the deceased Ketrans. Ellimist eventually began to defeat Father in the games (his first victory over Father was music), until he consumed all of Father's knowledge and left him as a husk. When Ellimist absorbed Father he found that the sponge had no sentience of its own, only that which was borrowed from its victims, which explained why Father was incapable of innovation.
cat, who Rachel
acquires and morphs in book 2, The Visitor
to get inside Chapman's house.
's friends. She first appears in Book 10
.
who poses as a homeless woman in the Animorphs timeline. Erek
says that she was a glamorous movie star in her previous life. She was rescued by the Animorphs when the Drode
interferes with their programming, causing their holograms to shut down. She later aids Cassie
's return from Australia.
in the underground Chee/dog park. When her hologram is on, she appears as an old woman, about eighty years old.
tour guide. He and two others try to taxidermy the Animorphs (minus Tobias). Tobias intervenes, and kills two of those Nartecs, including Naca, but the third escapes and gets reinforcements.
. It is believed by some fans that The One was first shown at the end of #41: The Familiar
as the entity who put Jake in the fake future, because both have an interest in Jake. The One somehow came into contact with several Yeerks who had been on the run from the Andalites, and The One promised them great power as long as the Yeerks worshipped it. To this end, it effectively turned them into a cult dedicated to worshipping The One. The One seemed to have the power to absorb or assimilate other beings, which is what it did to Ax
. At the end of the book, a ship belonging to The One was possibly destroyed when Jake
gave the order to ram his ship into The One's Blade Ship. It is not known what happened after that as the Animorph series ends with Jake giving that order.
It is theorized that The One is the entity that expelled Crayak from his galaxy millennia ago, and that The One is the single power greater than the Ellimist and Crayak, or that The One is another pawn of Crayak chosen to succeed the Yeerks in his "game" with the Ellimist.
In a joke, the One appears to be a reference to the Borg
from Star Trek: The Next Generation
mainly because The One had the power to assimilate other beings, just like the Borg did. Also, in one of the Star Trek Episodes, Descent, Part II, one of the characters is called The One (Lore) and is worshipped because of a promise of great power.
. Tobias feared that his feelings toward her were destroying the bit of human left in him. She is killed by Dracon beam when the Yeerks believed she was a morph.
during the battle for the Hork-Bajir
world. He revealed to Dak Hamee and Aldrea
that the Arn were responsible for the creation of the Hork-Bajir. Though unwillingly, he aided the Hork-Bajir in the battle against the Yeerks. However, he later gave up, informing them of the Arn's modification of their brain stem
s to prevent infestation. He was presumably killed by the Yeerks, along with almost every other Arn.
. He also knew Aldrea
and Dak Hamee. Years ago, Quafijinivon collected an Ixcila
from both of them, though Dak's was destroyed. After stealing a Yeerk
ship, he found the Hork-Bajir
valley and asked to be allowed to collect DNA to raise a Hork-Bajir army on the home world. In the process, he transferred Aldrea's Ixcila
to Cassie
, allowing her to lead them to a cache of stolen weapons. His motives are unknown, as Arn are known for using the Hork-Bajir, but he has nothing to gain—possibly he merely hoped for the eventual defeat of the Yeerks or the survival of the Arn's Hork-Bajir creations. An incredibly old Arn, Quafijinivon was scheduled to die approximately 400 days after his arrival on Earth—"give or take a few hours, that is a biological fact", as he himself said.
, a sea-dwelling race, planned to use Visser Three
's Sea Blade to launch an attack on the surface, but the Sea Blade is destroyed by the Nartec after the Animorphs hijack it. After the Animorphs leave the underwater city, the fate of Queen Soco and the Nartec is unknown. They are presumed dead from excessive mutation. She is fluent in several surface dweller languages.
who serves as a teacher for Cassie and Marco when they are captured by the Helmacron ship. His nickname is derived from their first conversation; Cassie asks for a name, but the Helmacron does not know how to answer (implying that Helmacrons, or at least the oppressed male Helmacrons, don't have names), so Marco starts calling him a wuss. He shows them that the Helmacrons have killed all high-ranking officers because they cannot trust them. The logic in that is that a captain (or anyone else in a high-ranking position) would inevitably make several mistakes, and since they cannot allow that, all Helmacrons have to be dead before they can rise to a position of power.
Animorphs
Animorphs is an English language science fiction series of young adult books written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic. Five humans, Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias, and one alien, Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill , obtain the ability to morph into any animal they touch. They name...
book series who are neither humans, Andalites, Yeerks, nor Hork-Bajir.
Alternamorphs books only
- The First JourneyThe First Journey (Alternamorphs)Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey is the first book of the Alternamorphs series, a spinoff of the Animorphs series. It involves a second-person narrative so as to allow the reader to actually take part in the story...
(order of appearance)- Hamlet, your sister's hamster
- Gingerbread, Ms. Humphries' cat
- Princie and Gale, two German ShepherdGerman Shepherd DogThe German Shepherd Dog , also known as an Alsatian or just the German Shepherd, is a breed of large-sized dog that originated in Germany. The German Shepherd is a relatively new breed of dog, with its origin dating to 1899. As part of the Herding Group, the German Shepherd is a working dog...
police dogs that only appear in The First JourneyThe First Journey (Alternamorphs)Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey is the first book of the Alternamorphs series, a spinoff of the Animorphs series. It involves a second-person narrative so as to allow the reader to actually take part in the story...
. You, the reader/narrator, acquire Princie's DNA, but it only serves you well the first time you choose to use this morph. The second and third times you're presented with the opportunity to morph Princie, this choice leads to your death or capture.
- The Next PassageThe Next Passage (Alternamorphs)Alternamorphs #2: The Next Passage is the second and final book of the Alternamorphs series, a spinoff of the Animorphs series. It involves a second-person narrative so as to allow the reader to actually take part in the story...
- ??
Ant-Cassie (deceased)
An ant that acquired the ability to morph, and absorbed Cassie's DNA. Once it returned to ant form, Cassie squished it.Buffa-human (deceased)
Buffa-human is an African Cape Buffalo named Aka who accidentally acquires the power to morph, and absorbs Chapman's DNA and Visser Three's DNA. Cassie was convinced that the buffalo was learning, since it was mimicking human speech. Much to Cassie's dismay, the 'Buffa-human' was shot and killed by dracon beam fired by a Hork Bajir controller.Buster
Buster was a Pit bullPit bull
A Pit bull is any of several breeds of dog in the molosser breed group.Many jurisdictions that restrict pit bulls, including Ontario, Canada,, Miami, Florida, U.S...
(type not specified) with rabies
Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...
that bit Marco in book 42
The Journey (Animorphs)
The Journey is the forty-second book in the Animorphs series, written by K. A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Emily Costello. It is co-narrated by Rachel and Marco.-Plot summary:...
. Marco referred to him as "Cujo" before discovering his name.
Champ
Loren's pet German Shepherd guide dog. Tobias morphed Champ to get closer to his mother in #49: The Diversion.Dude
Tobias's pet cat, a black and grey-striped TabbyTabby cat
A tabby is any cat that has a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with an "M" mark on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a cat breed. In fact, the tabby pattern is found in many breeds of cat, as well as among the...
. Dude was Tobias' first morph, and it is not certain what happened to him after Tobias became a nothlit.
Euclid
A male poodle belonging to Marco's stepmother, Nora Robbinette. He is very hyperactive and "attacks" Marco unprovoked.Father
A parasitic sponge that absorbed the minds of thousands of other aliens of various species, Father kept their dead bodies alive by supplying nutrients through his tentacles which were woven into the body of all the beings that were part of his consciousness. Father was so large that his power stretched across an entire moon. He absorbed the last of the remaining KetranKetran
The Ketrans are a fictional race from the Animorphs book series; they lived in giant crystals hovering above a lava-covered planet. The Ellimist was once a member of this race, apparently one of the first technologically advanced sentient life-forms of the galaxy...
s, but Ellimist
Ellimist
The Ellimist is a fictional character from the science fiction novel series Animorphs.The Ellimist is an almost god-like being, displaying many reality warping powers, though it is stated several times that while he appears to be, he is not omnipotent. By standard values, the Ellimist is a force of...
was the first being Father absorbed who was still alive, Father kept Ellimist
Ellimist
The Ellimist is a fictional character from the science fiction novel series Animorphs.The Ellimist is an almost god-like being, displaying many reality warping powers, though it is stated several times that while he appears to be, he is not omnipotent. By standard values, the Ellimist is a force of...
for company for many years, playing rigged games with him and allowing him to communicate with the deceased Ketrans. Ellimist eventually began to defeat Father in the games (his first victory over Father was music), until he consumed all of Father's knowledge and left him as a husk. When Ellimist absorbed Father he found that the sponge had no sentience of its own, only that which was borrowed from its victims, which explained why Father was incapable of innovation.
Fluffer McKitty
Melissa Chapman's black and whiteBicolor cat
A bicolor cat has white fur combined with fur of some other color, for example black or tabby. There are various patterns of bicolor cat. These range from Van pattern through to solid color with a throat locket...
cat, who Rachel
Rachel (Animorphs)
Rachel is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs. Her full name is never explicitly mentioned in the books, but her relation to her cousin Jake Berenson through their fathers makes it most likely to be Rachel Berenson, if it was never changed or hyphenated.-Biography:Before the...
acquires and morphs in book 2, The Visitor
The Visitor (Animorphs)
The Visitor, published in 1996 and written by K. A. Applegate, is the second book in the Animorphs series. It is narrated by Rachel.-Plot summary:...
to get inside Chapman's house.
Guide
An Iskoort who serves as a guide to the Animorphs while they are on the Iskoort planet. Guide became insanely rich after the Animorphs decided to sell him their memories. His full name is Guide, Grub of Skin-Seller, Brother of Memory-Wholesaler.Jenny
Jenny is a Chee who plays the part of one of ErekErek King
Erek King is a fictional character from the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. He is a member of the Chee, a pacifistic android race created by the Pemalites. Erek King was the name of a real Animorphs fan who won a competition on the Animorphs Official Site to have his name included in one of...
's friends. She first appears in Book 10
The Android (Animorphs)
The Android is the tenth book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Marco.-Plot summary:While sneaking into a concert in dog morph, Jake and Marco discover that they are unable to detect a smell from their friend Erek King, something impossible, as all living things...
.
Lourdes
Lourdes is a CheeChee
The Chee are a fictional race of androids created by the extinct Pemalites, a race of pacifists from the sci-fi book series Animorphs, written by K. A. Applegate. The word Chee means "Friend" in the Pemalite language.-Fictional history:...
who poses as a homeless woman in the Animorphs timeline. Erek
Erek King
Erek King is a fictional character from the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. He is a member of the Chee, a pacifistic android race created by the Pemalites. Erek King was the name of a real Animorphs fan who won a competition on the Animorphs Official Site to have his name included in one of...
says that she was a glamorous movie star in her previous life. She was rescued by the Animorphs when the Drode
Drode
The Drode is a character in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate.-Physical appearance:The Drode is an alien creature, described as being similar to a very dark purple dinosaur with wrinkled, pruny skin, and an oddly humanoid face. Like a small dinosaur, it walks on two legs and balances by a...
interferes with their programming, causing their holograms to shut down. She later aids Cassie
Cassie (Animorphs)
Cassie is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs, written by K. A. Applegate. Her last name is never mentioned, although she referred to it as being "nice" in The Secret.-Biography:...
's return from Australia.
Maria
Maria is the (current during when the series takes place) human name of a Chee named Chee-lonos. Her first appearance is in The AndroidThe Android (Animorphs)
The Android is the tenth book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Marco.-Plot summary:While sneaking into a concert in dog morph, Jake and Marco discover that they are unable to detect a smell from their friend Erek King, something impossible, as all living things...
in the underground Chee/dog park. When her hologram is on, she appears as an old woman, about eighty years old.
Naca (deceased)
The Animorphs' NartecNartec
The Nartec are a fictional terrestrial species appearing in the Animorphs series, that first appeared in Animorphs 36: The Mutation, narrated by Jake. They were possibly inspired by the legend of Atlantis. They are humanoids that live in a giant cave under the ocean off the coast of the Animorphs'...
tour guide. He and two others try to taxidermy the Animorphs (minus Tobias). Tobias intervenes, and kills two of those Nartecs, including Naca, but the third escapes and gets reinforcements.
The One
The One was encountered by the Animorphs in the final book, The BeginningThe Beginning (Animorphs)
The Beginning is the fifty-fourth and final book in the Animorphs series. Unlike other Animorphs books in the main series, but similar to the Megamorphs, all characters conduct narration instead of just one.-Plot summary:...
. It is believed by some fans that The One was first shown at the end of #41: The Familiar
The Familiar (Animorphs)
The Familiar is the forty-first book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Ellen Geroux. It is narrated by Jake.The cover quote is "They're out of sight...
as the entity who put Jake in the fake future, because both have an interest in Jake. The One somehow came into contact with several Yeerks who had been on the run from the Andalites, and The One promised them great power as long as the Yeerks worshipped it. To this end, it effectively turned them into a cult dedicated to worshipping The One. The One seemed to have the power to absorb or assimilate other beings, which is what it did to Ax
Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs.-Biography:Aximili is a young Andalite who becomes stranded on Earth when the Andalite Dome Ship GalaxyTree is shot down by Yeerk fighters...
. At the end of the book, a ship belonging to The One was possibly destroyed when Jake
Jake Berenson
Jake Berenson is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists from the science-fiction book series Animorphs, written by K. A. Applegate. Until the penultimate book of the series, his last name was never revealed, and he was known only as Jake...
gave the order to ram his ship into The One's Blade Ship. It is not known what happened after that as the Animorph series ends with Jake giving that order.
It is theorized that The One is the entity that expelled Crayak from his galaxy millennia ago, and that The One is the single power greater than the Ellimist and Crayak, or that The One is another pawn of Crayak chosen to succeed the Yeerks in his "game" with the Ellimist.
In a joke, the One appears to be a reference to the Borg
Borg
Borg may refer to:* Borg * Borg means Castle in some Nordic languages.-Places:*Borg, Saarland, Germany*Borg á Mýrum, Iceland*Borg, Vestvågøy, Norway*Diocese of Borg, Norway*Borg Massif, Antarctica*Borg El Arab, Egypt...
from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
mainly because The One had the power to assimilate other beings, just like the Borg did. Also, in one of the Star Trek Episodes, Descent, Part II, one of the characters is called The One (Lore) and is worshipped because of a promise of great power.
Price-Cut Polly (deceased)
A red-tailed hawk Tobias freed from a car dealership in #3: The EncounterThe Encounter (Animorphs)
The Encounter, published in 1996 and written by written by K. A. Applegate, is the third book in the Animorphs series. It is narrated by Tobias.-Plot summary:...
. Tobias feared that his feelings toward her were destroying the bit of human left in him. She is killed by Dracon beam when the Yeerks believed she was a morph.
Quatzhinnikon (deceased)
The leader of the ArnArn (Animorphs)
The Arn are fictional creatures from the Animorphs book series. The Arns' physiology somewhat resembles that of birds . It is possible that the Arn were the galaxy's masters of biological innovation. Interestingly, this race created an entire ecosystem after an asteroid destroyed much of the life...
during the battle for the Hork-Bajir
Hork-Bajir
The Hork-Bajir are a race of aliens in the Animorphs novels.The Hork-Bajir are fictional aliens that are usually about seven feet tall. They are a dark shade of green and have three-toed theropod feet. Their necks are long and they have a mouth that resembles a falcon's beak with teeth. Their legs...
world. He revealed to Dak Hamee and Aldrea
Aldrea
Aldrea-Iskillion-Falan is a fictional character in the Animorphs series.Aldrea is the daughter of Prince Seerow, a main character in Animorphs 34: The Prophecy and the heroine in The Hork-Bajir Chronicles...
that the Arn were responsible for the creation of the Hork-Bajir. Though unwillingly, he aided the Hork-Bajir in the battle against the Yeerks. However, he later gave up, informing them of the Arn's modification of their brain stem
Brain stem
In vertebrate anatomy the brainstem is the posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. The brain stem provides the main motor and sensory innervation to the face and neck via the cranial nerves...
s to prevent infestation. He was presumably killed by the Yeerks, along with almost every other Arn.
Quafijinivon (deceased)
Quafijinivon is the last of the ArnArn (Animorphs)
The Arn are fictional creatures from the Animorphs book series. The Arns' physiology somewhat resembles that of birds . It is possible that the Arn were the galaxy's masters of biological innovation. Interestingly, this race created an entire ecosystem after an asteroid destroyed much of the life...
. He also knew Aldrea
Aldrea
Aldrea-Iskillion-Falan is a fictional character in the Animorphs series.Aldrea is the daughter of Prince Seerow, a main character in Animorphs 34: The Prophecy and the heroine in The Hork-Bajir Chronicles...
and Dak Hamee. Years ago, Quafijinivon collected an Ixcila
Andalite terminology
A compilation of Andalite terminology used throughout the Animorphs series.*Andalite Homeworld: The name of the native planet of the Andalites is not given in the series, and is simply referred to as the Andalite homeworld. It possesses more than one sun, which gives its sky a red-gold hue, and the...
from both of them, though Dak's was destroyed. After stealing a Yeerk
Yeerk
Yeerks are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the book and television series "Animorphs" written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic.-Biology:...
ship, he found the Hork-Bajir
Hork-Bajir
The Hork-Bajir are a race of aliens in the Animorphs novels.The Hork-Bajir are fictional aliens that are usually about seven feet tall. They are a dark shade of green and have three-toed theropod feet. Their necks are long and they have a mouth that resembles a falcon's beak with teeth. Their legs...
valley and asked to be allowed to collect DNA to raise a Hork-Bajir army on the home world. In the process, he transferred Aldrea's Ixcila
Andalite terminology
A compilation of Andalite terminology used throughout the Animorphs series.*Andalite Homeworld: The name of the native planet of the Andalites is not given in the series, and is simply referred to as the Andalite homeworld. It possesses more than one sun, which gives its sky a red-gold hue, and the...
to Cassie
Cassie (Animorphs)
Cassie is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs, written by K. A. Applegate. Her last name is never mentioned, although she referred to it as being "nice" in The Secret.-Biography:...
, allowing her to lead them to a cache of stolen weapons. His motives are unknown, as Arn are known for using the Hork-Bajir, but he has nothing to gain—possibly he merely hoped for the eventual defeat of the Yeerks or the survival of the Arn's Hork-Bajir creations. An incredibly old Arn, Quafijinivon was scheduled to die approximately 400 days after his arrival on Earth—"give or take a few hours, that is a biological fact", as he himself said.
Queen Soco
Queen Soco of the NartecNartec
The Nartec are a fictional terrestrial species appearing in the Animorphs series, that first appeared in Animorphs 36: The Mutation, narrated by Jake. They were possibly inspired by the legend of Atlantis. They are humanoids that live in a giant cave under the ocean off the coast of the Animorphs'...
, a sea-dwelling race, planned to use Visser Three
Visser Three
Visser Three, born as Esplin 9466 Primary and later known as Visser One, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the sci-fi book series Animorphs, written by K.A. Applegate. He is the leader of the Yeerk forces on Earth, having inherited the planet from Edriss 562, who was Visser One at...
's Sea Blade to launch an attack on the surface, but the Sea Blade is destroyed by the Nartec after the Animorphs hijack it. After the Animorphs leave the underwater city, the fate of Queen Soco and the Nartec is unknown. They are presumed dead from excessive mutation. She is fluent in several surface dweller languages.
- Naca is the Animorphs' strong "tour guide" of the Nartec city, but he later lures them into a trap that leads to their (temporary) capture.
Tjala
Tjala is Yami's dog. Cassie describes him as "a sturdy little dog, not more than a half-grown pup, with dark spckles all over his coat and sharp ears."Wuss
"Wuss" is a male HelmacronHelmacron
The Helmacrons are a fictional race of aliens in the Animorphs universe. They are about a sixteenth of an inch tall with humanoid bodies with another set of legs. Their heads are perfectly flat on top, with large green eyes sitting on them. Their faces come down from the top in an inverted pyramid...
who serves as a teacher for Cassie and Marco when they are captured by the Helmacron ship. His nickname is derived from their first conversation; Cassie asks for a name, but the Helmacron does not know how to answer (implying that Helmacrons, or at least the oppressed male Helmacrons, don't have names), so Marco starts calling him a wuss. He shows them that the Helmacrons have killed all high-ranking officers because they cannot trust them. The logic in that is that a captain (or anyone else in a high-ranking position) would inevitably make several mistakes, and since they cannot allow that, all Helmacrons have to be dead before they can rise to a position of power.