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Birdboy is the titular character and one of the two main protagonists (alongside Dinky) of Alberto Vasquez's 1st full-length animated feature Birdboy: The Forgotten Children.

He is the son of the infamous Birdman. He is a shy misfit and drug junkie who is always on the run from the island's police officers, who were responsible for the death of his father. As a result of this, he is also always fighting with his inner demon, an amalgamation of both his trauma, insecurities, and hatred towards those that killed Birdman, using drugs to keep it in check.

Appearance Birdboy is a small anthropromorphic bird with white feathers. He has a spherical head with a pair of black bead-like eyes and a small black beak.

Birdman is the overarching protagonist of Alberto Vasquez's 1st full-length animated feature Birdboy: The Forgotten Children.

He was the father of the titular Birdboy as well as the keeper of the lighthouse on the island. Following a nuclear explosion from one of the island's factory, the lighthouse was shut down, causing him to lose his job. Under the alias "Birdman", he, along with a group of other birds, attempted to revive the island by planting magical seeds. However, when officials were observing the lighthouse, they mistook the magical seeds for drugs. Believing that Birdman was smuggling drugs, they shot him down and killed him, whilst also cutting down any surrounding trees he's planting, undoing his work.

Appearance Like his son, Birdman is an anthropromorphic bird with white feathers and a spherical head with black beady eyes and a small black beak, though he also appears to be balding.

Personality According to those that had known him, Birdman was a kind and well-meaning man that cared for his son. He also seems to take great care in the conditions of his island, as following the destruction of the factory, Birdman attempts to bring life back to it by planting magic seeds all around.

Biography Birdman was once the keeper of the island's lighthouse, one of its most crucial landmarks, as it allowed sailors to navigate around the surrounding oceans while fishing. All the while, he took care of his son, who at the time was still an infant.

Following the destruction of a nearby factory however, this caused the destruction of much of the island's wildlife and industries. This would force officials to shut down the lighthouse, putting Birdman out of a job. He would then adapt the "Birdman" persona, and with a slew of birds, plant some magical seeds that he had found all across the island in an attempt to revive it after the incident.

However, due to stigmas surrounding a rise in drug dealing on the island, the leader of the officials had presumed the seeds to be drugs, and had them try to kill him for it. One day, The Sergeant shoots Birdman in the head, killing him.

Dinky A cynical, yet emotionally bruised teenager who's still dealing with the loss of her father and both her stepfather and mother's neglect, due to being The Un-Favorite to her half-brother Jonathan.

Adaptational Nice Guy: In the original short, Dinky was much more rude toward her stepfather and mother, even though in that case they were at worst less passive-aggressive. In particular, her sore spot was the stepfather's claim of being her dad, even recasting several memories of the deceased father as his own. In the movie, Dinky is distant but rarerly acerbic and more resigned to her family's criticisms. All Girls Want Bad Boys: Zigzagged. Dinky loves Birdboy, the "dangerous" outcast. However, rather than his bad reputation or disheveled looks, her love comes from seeing the "real" him: a tender person who's rejected by the world at large and is just trying to find a place to call his own. The Cynic: In spite of her hidden softer side, Dinky is very much convinced her parents (read: her mother) don't love her, there's nothing in the island guaranteeing a prosperous future and her best option is to escape. Sadly, she's not given much of a rebuttal on most of these points except the "prosperous" part should the island be restored to its former glory, courtesy of Birdboy's spirit. Daddy's Girl: As shown in the prequel, Dinky was very close to her father when he was alive. Her relationship with his stepfather and mother being so fractured makes her miss this connection even more. Disappointing Older Sibling: To Jonathan, who clearly sees himself as superior to her. In a variation of the trope, Dinky is the more sympathetic of the two. Hates Their Parent: From their first scene together, it's clear Dinky disdains her stepfather for his judgy, religious manners. More subtle, however, is the silent resentment she directs toward her mother for marrying the guy and thus "replacing" her dear father. She's also resigned to their addiction to pills and how the family routine consists on them putting her down emotionally and unfavorably comparing her to Jonathan. Interspecies Romance: She loves Birdboy, which is pretty self-explanatory. Morality Chain: Birdboy isn't evil but it's clear he'd have given into his demons a long time ago if it weren't for Dinky's support. Nice Mice: Downplayed. Dinky can be nice, but mostly, she's too jaded and cynical to try unless it's with her friends or Birdboy. The Only One: She's the only one who fully believes Birdboy to be a good person and thus the only one to support him. Only Sane by Comparison: She's got her own baggage but out of the group, she's the only one who's mostly okay. Sandra has her episodes, Little Fox is too meek, Zacharias has become a drug dealer and Birdboy is sane but not emotionally stable. Troubled Child: Granted, most of her peers smoke as well; yet in the prequel short, Dinky is shown as cheerfully walking with her father to school without a hint of her smoking, implying she started shortly after the factory's destruction and her father's death.

Sandra - A rabbit, friends with Dinky and Little Fox. She regularly suffers hallucinations trying to extort her to harm her friends.

Hearing Voices: Frequently has little demons appear on her shoulders telling her to hurt others, especially Little Fox, something she doesn't want to do. At one point, they tell her to push him off a cliff he's standing nearby. The Mentally Disturbed: It’s heavily implied that she suffers from schizophrenia, as she constantly hears voices in the form of small, black rabbits who constantly nag her to harm people or herself, only for her to barely snap herself out of it with her own willpower.

Little Fox - Friends with Dinky and Sandra, he's the weakest member of the group and often the target of bullies at school.

Ambiguous Innocence: Smokes just like his classmates yet retains a level of childhood naivete the others have since discarded. Bully Magnet: While it never excuses any of his mistreatment, Little Fox is often shown to be way too soft and innocent for the world around him, all the more easier for him to be labeled as a target. Butt-Monkey: Easily the most unfortunate and abused of the core trio. As his first scene demonstrates, he's a prime target for the school bullies with Sandra needing to step in to save him (nevermind how often she has to resist the impulse to harm him as well). In the film's climax, as the group is brought in as prisoners of the Forgotten Children, on top of getting a shiner, the group's leader decides he will be the one most likely to be sacrificed before Birdboy comes to their rescue.

Zacharias - A young pig fisherman who has to provide for both him and his mother. Due to fish being nearly extint on the island, he has taken to being a peddler, with Birdboy his main customer.

Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: He didn't became a drug dealer just for fun. Most of the fish in the island are dead and gone; to even scrape some living, he had to get creative. The fact Birdboy, his sole seen customer, owes him a lot of money which he simply ineffectively tries to remind him to pay shows just how unfit he is for the role of "pusher".

The Officers - Two dog policemen who chase Birdboy throught the movie. Tropes associated with both' Would Hurt a Child: Both soldiers are willing to shoot Birdboy due to him being considered a dangerous criminal. At the end of the film, the young soldier ultimately kills the boy. Tropes associated with the Sergeant Fantastic Racism: He has a huge distain for birds, as he believes that they help Birdman and Birdboy in their drug trafficking. Hate Sink: He is a ineffectual and paranoid officier that had done far more damage to the island than he tried to stop, having his officers cut down the remaining tress on the island to ward off birds, and even killing Birdboy's father just because he assumed he was smuggling drugs. If that weren't bad enough, he chases after Birdboy for the majority of his life in an attempt to kill him, causing him to get shunned by society, and making Birdboy the broken-down mess he is. When his recruit finally kills Birdboy, he gloats about it, despite said recruit clearly feeling guilty about it. No Sympathy: He shows no sympathy for Birdboy's death, congratulating his trainee for killing him.

"The Forgotten Children" - The remnants of those that survived the factory explosion on the island in the area.

Every character that is dead is actually alive, but rather injured or/and traumatized.

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