Rebecca Colton, better known as Amanda the Adventurer, or simply Amanda, is the titular secondary antagonist of the Amanda the Adventurer franchise.
She is the servant of the entity and the presented to be the protagonist of a children's program named after her who is usually accompanied by her timid anthropomorphic sidekick, Wooly the Sheep. Wooly seems aware of her true nature and tries to warn Riley Park while making sure Amanda doesn't notice. As the player gets further into the game, Amanda appears to be an eldritch horror that has control over the show, though parts of the game also seem to suggest that she may not be as in control as it seems, appearing to also have the conscience of her voice actress and daughter of the show's creator, Rebecca Colton. Because of this and the fact that Rebecca was made to recite the names of demons by Hameln Entertainment, Amanda is suggested to be a gestalt entity consisting of Rebecca's tortured soul and the mysterious demon that now seemingly possesses her.
The character was voiced by Chelsea Lecompte in the pilot, and is currently voiced by Blair Greene-Osako, while Rebecca herself was portrayed by Lucy Brown.
Appearance[]
Human Form[]
In her human form, Amanda appears as a dark-skinned girl with afro puffs (like Pibby). She wears a yellow t-shirt with cyan pants, and matching yellow shoes with cyan laces and purple socks.
Monster Form[]
In her monster form, she loses her humanoid figure and becomes a monster with irregular sharp teeth and what appears to be multiple eyes on her face, though they may be some sort of fungus. Her overall body is now grey and looks starved, with her ribs and pelvis prominent through her skin. Her fingers are really long and skeletal and her legs are bent outwards.
Trivia[]
- Amanda is largely a parody of Dora Marquez from Dora the Explorer, sharing both an extremely similar alias/profession, and a mammalian partner.
- Because of this, the two have appeared in various amounts of fanart together and are often depicted either as rivals or a duo.
- It has been speculated by fans that the demon possessing Amanda the adventurer is Balam. During Rebecca’s interrogation, she names three demons, one of them being him, and this one matches the characteristics of Amanda. Balaam in mythology was a demon who could manipulate pocket realms and used children as sacrifices.
- Amanda is left-handed. This is shown when she wields the knife in the "In the Kitchen" tape or when she's drawing in the "Keep a Secret?" tape.
- Before being adopted by Sam, who described Rebecca has having a rough life prior, Rebecca's previous mother is implied to have been a cannibal. This is hinted at in the Petting Zoo tape, where Amanda is observing the chickens. There, Amanda points out how "some mommies eat their babies", implying that Rebecca might have witnessed her mother eating one of her siblings. Further giving credence to this is how Amanda suspiciously asks "how they know" if the player chooses to call the rooster "Sam" or "Colton". Additionally, much of Amanda's triggers seem to revolve primarily around meat, as she is visibly distraught when she is forced to go to the butcher shop in the altered version of episode 2 to the point that she destroys all the other buildings.
- It’s revealed in Amanda the Adventurer 2 that Amanda and the Entity are separate beings as shown when Amanda tells the entity the player is trying to help.
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