Peacock (JP: ピーコック Pīkokku) is the alias of Patricia Watson (JP: パトリシア・ワトソン Patorishia Watoson) a survivor of no man's land who was rescued by lab 8 and turned into an Anti-Skullgirl weapon by Dr. Avian.
General Information[]
Peacock is one of the original eight playable characters in Skullgirls, standing out as being one of the few zoners in the game, and was among the first characters ever conceived by Alex Ahad. Her homestage is Lab 8.
Peacock is capable of aging. Some of her parts may need to be re-fitted because of this.
Peacock took up smoking after her transformation. They are imaginary cigars that are created in a similar manner to her other summons, and don't seem to have the same negative side effects as normal ones.
Alex Ahad has stated that Peacock will never stop believing in imaginary friends.
Peacock's favorite television program is "Annie: Girl of the Stars". She is shown to own merchandise from the show as she is seen wearing Sagan slippers while in her sleeping attire.
Personality[]
Nothing sates Peacock's boredom more than a good cartoon and fighting. Brash, combative, and impatient, Peacock is easily the most outspoken member of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. Peacock is also, for the most part, optimistic and light-hearted, and considers imminent threats more of invitations to brawl. Her tendency toward violence is a reflection of both her tragic past and near-death experience as well as the cartoons she cherishes.
While it has been stated she has a damaged psyche, Peacock does not attack people out of sheer randomness or without provocation. Although she often acts confrontational to fellow ASG Lab 8 members, Peacock still very much considers them family, and will go to great lengths to protect them from harm. Dr. Avian was particularly close to Peacock, and his death sent her into an outrage to search for his murderer. She also gets along well with other Annie fans as shown by her interactions with Aileen in Annie's story.
None, however, are closer to Peacock than Marie Korbel, her one true friend from her past in no man's land and the Skullgirl she is tasked to destroy.
Character Basis[]
Origin[]
Peacock's dialogue and animations reference multiple cartoon eras, but chiefly feature golden age of animation era cartoon violence and slapstick.
Name[]
Her true name is Patricia Watson, while she herself came up with Peacock. The word "peacock" is the more commonly known name of the peafowl, but is actually the term for the male bird.
The name Patricia is derived from the Latin word "patrician" and means "noble". Watson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Walter". It should be noted that Walter means "ruler of the army", which accurately describes her relationship with her gang.
Being once close friends, Marie continues to address her as Patricia. Her gang typically refer to her as "boss".
Design[]
Her natural eye color used to be green before they were gouged out by slave traders. The Argus System is Peacock's only means of sight, as the ones on her face are actually empty eye-sockets. The holes left are also a visual pun: Due to her design being based on American cartoons, her eye-sockets could easily be interpreted as though they are natural eyes; drawn in the style of a 1930's cartoon character. The joke is how similar styles of drawing can offer different perceptions on how something looks. Her references are similar to the 30's such as Mickey Mouse.
Her cartoon revolver bears resemblance to the Smith & Wesson Model 29, a .44 Magnum revolver made famous by Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
In older design concepts, Peacock was intended to be a more "demented type" character, originally being envisioned as a scarred, sociopathic individual due to her experience as a slave. At one point, she was considered to be a boss alongside Marie. Her design was changed to be more 'cartoony' and lighthearted. These design documents also included references to her abilities being part magic with spells being carved onto her bones.
Story[]
Backstory[]
Once a war orphan slave named Patricia, Peacock’s body was gruesomely mutilated by slave traders that captured her. She was rescued by Dr. Avian’s Anti-Skullgirls Labs, and rebuilt with a reality-defying arsenal of biomechanical weaponry: the Argus System augmented her body, and the Avery Unit gave her access to unprecedented weaponry.
Alas, they couldn’t do anything for her mind: Peacock’s damaged psyche and abiding love of cartoons shaped her new “toys” into a terrifying gang of cronies, who she has no qualms using to paint the town red… with blood. Terrifying as she is, she may be the kingdom’s best bet against the Skullgirl.
Patricia once lived in Rommelgrad, when that country got turned into no man's land she ended up in a makeshift orphanage along with Marie (it's unconfirmed wether they knew each other beforehand), which was originally a nobleman's house. Having to make do with what was available, both girls used to dress in maid outfits that they found within the house. At some point after that, they were captured by slave traders, but because Patricia was too defiant to be a slave, after she helped Marie escape she was mutilated as an example to the others: Her eyes were gouged out, and she was also maimed.
One year prior to the events of Skullgirls, Lab 8 teamed up with Lab 0 and the Last Hope to infiltrate the Medici warehouse said to be containing Rommelgrad's refugees. Although Valentine and the rest of her gang safely rescued the refugees, there was very little Valentine could do to heal the injuries done to Patricia's body and was even willing to abandon her as a casualty of war. Big Band, however, believed that Dr. Avian would be of help and took the girl back to the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. The doctor informed him that Patricia would adapt well to her new eyes and that she would be walking in no time. Patricia became insistent on becoming an ASG soldier after the impression left on her by Lab 8's team. Despite that, Avian was wary about giving her too much power, while admitting her compatibility with the Avery Unit is strong.
After some tests, Patricia's Argus System and Avery Unit were completely installed, and the combination proved to make her more powerful than the scientists had anticipated. Instead of being able to bend only space, Patricia could also bend other aspects of reality, spawning Tommy and Andy during her training. Eager to sign up for Lab 8's team, she assigned herself the name "Peacock".
She later vanished into the city with her gang, causing Lab 8's crew to worry immensely about her safety and condition after her surgery, and Stanley insisted that Big Band find her as soon as possible. Following her trail, Big Band stumbled upon an ice cream stand from which Peacock and her gang ate all of the ice cream except for Rocky Road. He considered this a clue, but later assumes that she was merely stress eating due to all the strange new occurrences happening to her all at once. He finally arrived at a movie theater, where he found the "clown car" that Peacock was said to have driven away in. As the vehicle appeared damaged, he burst into the theatre, assuming that the Medici may have returned for her. Peacock is revealed to be perfectly fine, having gone around the town because she felt she needed a break from the labs. The two begin to hit it off; although Big Band tells her she could have taken a break without causing property damage, they begin to connect through what they like most in a movie.
2e Story[]
After defeating the Skullgirl, which turns out to be her best friend Marie, Peacock destroys the Skull Heart, though the skull heart claimed her act to be "foolish" and that this will "not be over". She and Marie have a friendly conversation before Marie disappears from the world, and Peacock vows to take revenge on the people who made both their lives miserable.
She is seen confronting the true head of the Medici family and his own secret weapon (Black Dahlia) and the two duke it out.
Abilities & Fighting Style[]
Her arsenal consists of two synthetic parasites, the Argus System and the Avery Unit, and her "gang", which includes Avery, Andy Anvil, Tommy Ten-Tons, George Bomb, and Lonesome Lenny as well as a variety of modified objects and weapons taken from Lab 8.
The Avery Unit has the power to summon objects and weapons from lab 8 and gained the ability to distort reality as a side effect of Peacock’s insanity. She can’t create things out of thin air, but rather modify Lab 8’s range of specialized arsenal. Her power is still growing so she may be able to summon more things in the future.
The Argus System is composed of her arms and also function as her eyes, the "arm eyes" can be detached and can float around as well as shoot Z-Rays at the precise wavelength needed to disrupt the skullgirls essense.
Story of Joining Sora's Team[]
Peacock joins Sora's team with Big Band, Leduc, all his friends, and all heroes that againts Skullgirls, and other villains organizations, especially her to avenge the Dr. Avian death as his creator who saved his life who was killed by Valentine, especially Peacock feels sorry for Class 3-E who has lost their precious one, namely Aguri, especially She really feels sorry for Class 3-E who is always oppressed by main building staff, and main building students except for Shindo but Peacock likes him as the one who saved Class 3-E especially She likes Gakuho, Asano, and Ren who are on good terms again with Class 3-E especially He hates Yuto for making Rokuro suffer which made Rokuro kill his friends, especially Peacock hated him more than he hated Marie especially. She, and Marie hated Malty, Mald, and the evil nobles in the world of Melromarc who had treated Naofumi, Mirellia, Ake, Raphtalia, Filo, Rishia, and their alliance members except for Ren, and Itsuki wants to make up for her, especially She is willing to teach Isogai as his friend to be a leader for his classmates because he is very interested in him, and his classmates as Class 3-E especially She likes Ritsu because She feels sorry for Ritsu because She once told by his owner not to have human friends, making Peacock hate the owner Ritsu that remind to Lab Zero, She is primarily an enemy of king, Yanagisawa, Kakuzawa, Fumito, Kutou, and other criminals associated with Lab Zero, and Medici Mafia, especially She is friend with Keiji, Dorothy, Yogiri Takatou, Tomochika, Ohkawa, Masaru Saiga, Kitaro, Adonis, Class-3-E, Rokuro, Naofumi, Kawasumi, Ren, Saya Kisaragi, Baby Bonnie Hood, Garcia, Ange, and other heroes that same with her fate.