Pojo's Anime: Big O Character Bios

Written by: Mushroom Pie

Rodger Smith:
Rodger Smith is Paradigm City's top negotiator. He makes deals with suicidal people, criminals, businessmen, and kidnappers. When things get too rough, he calls upon the mighty Big O, a megadeus, which is Greek for "Big God," to help him defeat his enemy. When he first enters the Big O to pilot it, it's computer fires up, telling Rodger, "Cast in the name of God, ye not guilty." He doesn't know what this means, but just seems to ignore it. He seems to have made a game out of his negotiating, in which he flips an hourglass at the beginning of a job, and attempts to complete negotiations before all of the sand is in the bottom.

Dorothy:
Dorothy is an android. A man named Timothy Wayneright had a daughter by the same name, but lost her in the confusion of the amnesia striking 40 years ago. The human Dorothy is presumed dead. Timothy was one day struck by an old memory, and designed the blueprints to Dorothy II, a replica of his daughter, and Dorothy I, a giant robot. He used the money he made selling the blueprints of Dorothy I to Beck to build Dorothy II. However, he did not have the right resources, so he once again turned to Beck. Beck gave a man Solderno (pronounced Soldono for God knows what reason) the blueprints to both of the robots. Solderno was a factory technician that had participated in many shady dealings with Beck in the past, and gladly built the two Dorothys. However, Beck turned on him and went back on their deal, so Solderno called Rodger Smith into the mix, claiming his daughter had been kidnapped. Solderno was later killed by Beck for doing this. Dorothy then went to live with Wayneright, and assumed his last name. Wayneright was also killed by Beck, because Dorothy was necessary to make a damaged Dorothy I usable. Dorothy now resides at Rodger's mansion as a maid.

Norman:
Norman is a fairly mysterious character in Big O. He serves as Rodger's butler, and shows Dorothy the ropes when she becomes a maid at the mansion. He seems to be one of the few people that still remembers religion, as he is praying to a statue of the virgin Mary in the manga. He is also apparently the one who discovered Big O, and who gave Rodger his identity as Rodger Smith, the negotiator. But, wait, Rodger is only in his 30s at best, he shouldn't have experienced the amnesia, should he?

Beck:
One of the first antagonists of the series, Beck is both a ruthless villain and comic relief. Beck is a technological genius, and uses his superiority in technology to commit crimes. In the manga, he faces Big O with a new robot almost every chapter. In the anime, he only pops in to wreak havoc here and there. He's the one who had Solderno build Dorothy I and II.

Angel:
A mysterious woman who works for the Paradigm Company as Alex Rosewater's secretary. Little is known about her, other than she seems to be much more than she claims.

Michael Seebach:
This man is a reporter who is obsessed with the truth. This character actually doesn't exist in the anime, and is only referred to. He is, however, in the manga. He believes that the Paradigm Corporation is manipulating the truth to hide many a conspiracy. He had recently been closely following the story of the God of Death, a giant robot that was terrorizing the city. He even braved the unknown of the underground to learn more about it. This was his worst, or should I say best, choice he ever made.

Schwartzwald:
After coming in contact with the God of Death in the underground, Michael Seebach's true self abandoned his worthless human shell. His empty body returned above ground, forgetting about his encounter until he came face to face with the God of Death above ground once more. He was shocked when he saw the pilot of it; it was him. He looked different, covered in bandages and a different shaped head, but it was unmistakably him. When Michael discovered this, he faded away into nothing, leaving only behind his true self, Shwartzwald. Big Duo determines Shwartzwald as Not Guilty, giving him the ability to pilot it. He plans on using it to finish what started 40 years ago, and though there are people around who can stop him, Rodger is the only one that wants to.

Big Ear:
Big Ear is an old man who sits at a table by himself in a bar Rodger comes to often. Big Ear has a hearing aid that picks up just about anything in the city; phone calls, police messages, and even conversation on the street.I assume the latter is accomplished by him either having lackeys all over the city, or small microphones, which sounds more logical. And what does he do with all of this vast information? He sells it of course. Rodger often comes in and has an indirect conversation with him, getting info that he may need for his current job. When he leaves, he casually "drops" a roll of twenties on Big Ear's table, who quickly hides it under a newspaper that he pretends to be reading. To my knowledge, they never actually mention his name in the anime.

Alex Rosewater:
Alex Rosewater is the malevelont president of the Paridigm Corporation, which runs the entire city. He uses his influence and power for nothing more than his own personal gain. He has the power to stop Schwartzwald, but rather leaves it to Rodger and the Big O, in order to gauge his power. He is also responsible for three mysterious robots that appear off of the coast of Paradigm. What could they be for?

Gordon Rosewater:
Gordon Rosewater is the father of Alex. He has an entire dome to himself and has made a large farm from it. Quite the opposite of his son, Gordon is a sweet old man who in some way helps Rodger every time he comes to him. He created the "tomatoes," children with false memories in their minds from over 40 years ago.