Z/Vincent

Name: Z/V.I.N.CENT-2152

Age: 485

Race: Unknown alien race

Color: Currently, deep purple and light blue. In the past, white and light blue.

Eyes: Blue

Height: As a laptop, approximately 14". With a solid energy-generated body, approximately 5'4".

Weight: Unknown

Special Skills: Psychology, total recall, hacking into computers, the ability to electrically shock anyone in range (when in complete physical form).

Little-Known Abilities: The knowledge of many alien languages.

Quirks: Loves 1980s television and loud Hawaiian shirts.

Family: Adopted brother Barney

Adopted brother Baxter

Allies: Anyone who is friendly to Baxter and Barney

Enemies: Anyone who is not friendly to Baxter and Barney

Backstory: Vincent is a living computer, created by an unknown alien race whose spaceships resemble the temples of Central and South America. The nature of his creation enables him to always think for himself and grow and develop over time. He is not artificially, but genuinely, intelligent.

His designation in the alien language is a symbol similar to the letter Z. But this translates in English to V.I.N.CENT-2152, so he accepts the name Vincent from Baxter and Barney and thinks of himself as such.

For 183 years he traveled the galaxies and dimensions with the spaceship's crew, learning about new cultures and languages. Earth was visited during this time, but abandoned again since it was far behind other planets' progress. Vincent was always treated as a living being, but none of the aliens were particularly close to him.

The later, fateful trip to Earth to see if they had advanced any resulted in the spaceship malfunctioning and crashing in what would become New York City. Most of the crew was killed instantly and the rest died soon after. Vincent was left alone, with only the far less sentient robots to talk to.

It was a minor relief when Earth advanced enough to create radio and then television. Vincent spent time listening and watching the programs of Earth and became acquainted with changing Earth cultures and improving his English. It was better than being left entirely to himself, but he still longed for real companionship again.

Then, at last, he found it in the form of the cross-fused and tortured Baxter Stockman. Vincent immediately suggested being friends, an offer which Baxter was happy to accept. He too was all alone and lonely.

Vincent's culture found nothing wrong with taking revenge on those who had done one wrong, so naturally Vincent found nothing wrong in it either. He encouraged Baxter to have the revenge he wanted and repeatedly looked for ways he could. He also looked for ways to reverse Baxter's horrific state, but due to the uniqueness of the calamity, he could find nothing helpful.

Throughout Baxter's many misadventures, Vincent was his almost-constant companion, except on one occasion when Baxter's mind failed and he forgot to take Vincent with him through a portal. Vincent was relieved when Baxter found him again and Baxter was devastated that he had forgotten his only friend thanks to the fly's takeover of his mind.

Vincent ended up repeatedly dismantled and hurt on their adventures, first with the collapse of the alien spaceship and later the destruction of a solid energy generator that he was using at the time to create a body for himself. The third disaster, an explosion on the Technodrome, left him still more dazed and hurt and Baxter thinking he was dead. Baxter had to go through the final stretch of his cross-fused time all alone again. Vincent, too, was again alone, but for both of them, things would change for the better....

Personality: Vincent is prideful about his origin and about computers in general. He feels that computers are the higher form of being over humans and has no qualms about the idea of computer rule. At the same time, he makes an exception to his feelings when he meets and grows close to Baxter, whom he adores as "the greatest guy in the universe." Later, he comes to feel the same about Barney.

Vincent is very loyal, and although misguided, is a friend for life to Baxter. He hates pain and broke under torture once and the threat of a different type of torture another time, which he deeply regrets. He is glad that he at least was able to come to Baxter's aid after both incidents and hopes he will not break again.

He finds nothing wrong with the desire to take revenge on one's enemies, but this is finally tempered when he becomes friends with Barney and has to deal with Barney's irrational hatred towards Baxter. Vincent is thrown into the position of mediator between the brothers, as he cannot allow harm to come to Baxter. He also learns that revenge is generally frowned upon in Earth cultures and finally succumbs to those rules when Barney tips off the deep end and tries to take revenge on someone who has been stalking Baxter.

Vincent is very sociable and friendly, but he is also capable of snarky comments, particularly with Donatello, with whom he has a particularly rocky past. Still, he is willing to make friends with anyone Baxter and Barney like, including the Turtles, whom he has held bitter feelings towards due to their not helping Baxter far sooner than they did.

Vincent hates to be stranded and unable to move, as he has been for most of his life. His longing for more only increases after experiencing what it's like to have a body and be able to move. He finds it highly distressing when he cannot physically help Baxter or Barney when they're hurt. This problem is eventually solved when Barney makes a new solid energy generator for him, one without the danger of a self-detonation device.

While the first body Vincent attempted had three-fingered hands, he decided to try something different the next time around and willed a body into being with four-fingered hands. He still preferred to create a body that was not entirely anatomically correct, but he finds clothes fascinating and likes to wear them despite not strictly needing to.

Vincent most definitely talks with his hands. He is always gesturing about something. Part of it is a way of tangibly expressing himself. The other part is simply the joy of being able to move. He never had a period of adjustment to get used to a solid energy-generated body and found it completely natural to do so. Some of that may be from years of watching people move on television shows. The rest . . . may be due to something else.

Another way he tangibly expresses himself is by being quite physically affectionate with both Baxter and Barney, hugging them and laying his hands on their shoulders. He is more physically affectionate with Baxter, since he knows Barney is generally uncomfortable with it while Baxter always longed for it. But he is capable and willing to give Barney a massage if he's extremely wound up from work or other stress. He himself leans more towards Baxter's attitude and loves it. This, as with his overuse of pet names, is a way he likes to show his love for his friends/surrogate brothers.

He has total recall, remembering every detail of his 485 years alive. It's hard for him at times that Baxter really doesn't remember much about the times when they only had each other, yet at the same time he's glad Baxter doesn't remember since it was such a painful time for him. He's overjoyed that Baxter remembers his love for him. Since Baxter remembers that, Vincent has made peace with the fact that Baxter only has scattered memories of specific experiences during that time.

He is an expert in psychology, which he uses to understand both Baxter and Barney. Although at times he was exasperated by Baxter's mental collapse during the cross-fusion, he was very patient and tried to keep encouraging him. His ability to understand Barney's thoughts and feelings later went a long way in helping mend Barney's troubled spirit.

Vincent's ultimate dream is for him, Baxter, and Barney to be a family, and although Baxter and Barney will likely never be as close as Baxter has longed for, Vincent's dream does seem to be coming true. Baxter and Barney have both become so close to Vincent that they consider him a third brother.

Vincent is fascinated by the culture of the 1980s, which extends to his television habits and his choice of apparel when he decides to wear clothes. His reasoning seems to be both that the 1980s were when computers started to come into vogue much more and he finds the cheesiness of the television shows both amusing and compelling.

Vincent is always very independently minded, but even moreso after gaining the freedom to move. Baxter and Barney have always treated him as an equal both before and after, and while he has always been free to leave if he wishes, he has no desire to ever leave. Baxter and Barney are his life and he would not be happy if he was away from both of them.