The Phoenix Defenders Character Trivia

 Main Characters (Star Guardians) 

Hunter Betty Jean Jonas/Cursechanter (voiced by Elizabeth Gillies)- a 16 year old Scotch-Irish American self proclaimed yet unofficial leader of the current Star Guardians and is Julie's redheaded older sister. She and her sister have alien heritage from an alien species called Anodite, through their deceased father.Hunter is vastly powerful thanks to her abilities and some of these abilities are include immense strength, the ability to emit destructive scream, capable of transforming between her human and Anodite form more freely, a talented gymnast and martial artist and a "strong" magical aura. She can easily manipulate and control a supernatural substance called mana from her aura to create numerous things(energy blasts, shields, etc.) Hunter is shown to be a capable leader, is fiercely serious and is willing to help people in need and won't stop at nothing to protect her family, friends and anyone in danger. Through their father, Her and Julie are the paternal cousins of Ben and Gwen Tennyson. Her Star Guardian mask is black.

Julianna "Julie" Verdona Jonas/ManaStar (voiced by Ariel Winter)- a 15 year old member of the Star Guardians who can manipulate and control mana but can't manipulate magic(unless she turned evil) and is the younger sister of Hunter. She is portrayed as a high school outcast, and gets severely bullied, harassed, teased, verbally and physically abused by her peers. Julie is shown to be very self-conscious, sensitive, shy and insecure. She is a coward who ,when becoming a Star Guardian, normally stays in the shadows and letting her friends fight against villains. However, she is later became somewhat confident, courageous and outspoken. She, along with Sheila and Wendy, became part of Lakewood High's cheerleading squad.

Indira Cooper/Shield (voiced by Kate Micucci)- a 16 year old member of the Star Guardians who is Hunter's "best friend" and is a super powered girl with elemental abilities to control, manipulate and reshape earthen materials, particularly soil, dirt, stone, concrete, and rock. She is sometimes immature, simple minded, and eccentric, but is very friendly and can be serious if necessary. At some point, she entered a same sex relationship with Vanessa. Her Star Guardian mask is brown.

Sandra Rowen/Stormwind (voiced by Sabrina Carpenter)- a 16 year old Canadian American girl who can control and manipulate weather and is Paul's older sister. It is revealed in I Can't Believe It's Saturday, that she and Paul are half human half cryptid. She is in a relationship with Zak Saturday. Her Star Guardian mask is light gray.

Robby Gooden/Venus (voiced by Jennette McCurdy)- a 16 year old girl who is quite intelligent and has a scientific mind. Robby is born with chlorophyll as her blood is only 56 percent chlorophyll and has to take pills to keep her chlorophyll in check from becoming too much for her body or otherwise, she could die. She has a strange connection with plants and has the ability to mentally control and animates all forms of plant life on a molecular level. This plant growth can occur in an instant, allowing her to use plants in the environment to attack or ensnare her opponents. a plant manipulator. Her Star Guardian mask is green.

Wendy Lee/Sandstorm (voiced by Brenda Song)- a 14 year old Hmong-American goth and the youngest and shortest member of the Star Guardians. She can manipulate. Like Julie, she is considered a freak and an outcast by her peers but unlike Julie, she is more independent and outspoken when it comes to people making fun of her. She, along with Sheila and Julie, became part of the cheerleading squad.

Tanya Carmelita Martinez/Voltage (voiced by Keshia Chante)-a 16 year old Latino American member of the Star Guardians, the older sister of Maya and Antonio and is Lakewood High's class president. She has the ability to control and manipulate electromagnetism. She is very energetic and is very focused, strong willed and clearheaded. She also has a bit of an aggressive side that only shows when those closest to her are hurt or injured in some way.

Amaya "Maya" Nikita Martinez/Hyrr (voiced by Becky G)- the 15 year old delinquent younger sister of Tanya and older fraternal twin sister of Antonio and a member of the Star Guardians but is more of an uncharismatic antihero. She has an elemental ability to control, manipulate and reshape fire. Maya is a grumpy, tomboyish, critical and selfish girl who is very cruel and dismissive towards everyone including Julie and is visibly annoyed by her. As the series progresses, Maya somewhat matures a bit and her feelings toward Julie eventually improves causing her to become Julie's closest confidant and eventual love interest, much to Paul's dismay. She is later revealed to be Tanya and Antonio's adoptive sister and is actually their cousin. She was born to a couple who decides to get rid of her because she was born a girl. Years later, she is then adopted by her uncle and aunt who eventually became her adoptive parents. The reason why she is so cruel to everybody is because she is afraid of getting close to them. Her Star Guardian mask is red

Antonio Carlos Martinez/ElasticAmigo (voiced by Carlos PenaVega)-the 15 year old younger brother of Tanya and younger fraternal twin brother of Maya and a member of the Star Guardians who can manipulate elasticity. Unlike his twin sister, he is friendlier and more. As of "Prom Edition", he is in a close romantic relationship with a Middle Eastern American girl named Shani.

Paul Rowen/Zephyr (voiced by Michael Cera) -Sandra's 15 year old younger brother who is a very passionate and honest person. who can manipulate winds and is the younger brother of Sandra. He is in a relationship with Julie and has feelings for her, despite knowing Maya is in love with her too.Paul aspires to join the SWAT team one day because they get a lot of action, despite it being dangerous. His Star Guardian mask is gold.

Sheila Jelani/ Whirlpool (voiced by Chanel Iman) -the 17 year old girl and is the team's only mixed raced member due to the fact that her mother is Korean American and her father is African American. She can use hydrokinesis, the ability to increase the local specific density of water and manipulate its shape. She, along with Julie and Wendy, became part of the Lakewood High's cheerleading squad. She is romantically interested in Ezekiel

Ezekiel Sanders/Beam Boy (voiced by Drake Bell)- the fun loving 17 year old jock and member of the Star Guardians who is able to shoot laser beams from his eyes. He is romantically attracted to Sheila and is currently lives with Trent, Beau, Jan and Wendy. It was confirmed in the episode Switched, that he never knew his biological parents, thus making him an orphan.

Vanessa Black/Oz(voiced by Abigail Breslin)- the 17 year old girl who is somewhat apathetic who is usually depicted with a stoic expression on her face. Vanessa's main powers are invulnerability, telekinesis and energy absorbing. At some point, she entered a same sex relationship with Indira.

Lisa Sato/Velocity (voiced by Sophie Oda)- the 16 year old Japanese American who is capable of running at hypersonic speed. She is very spunky, bright and perky. Lisa is shown to have a mutual attraction with Richie Foley. Her Star Guardian mask is yellow.

Trent McGuire/LightMan (voiced by Jerry Trainor) -the ditzy, laid back and good natured 17 year old member of the Star Guardians who can manipulate and control light. He is very good friends with Ezekiel and is in a relationship with Wendy.

 Recurring Characters 

Melanie Cooper (voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos)-Indira's 24 year old punk-grunge cousin.

Howard Cooper (voiced by Brad Garrett) -Indira's father and Melanie's uncle. He is a police officer who works for The Goldmoor Police Station.

Debbie Cooper (voiced by Laura Bailey)- Indira's mother and Melanie's aunt who can be stern and strict when it comes to Indira and Melanie.

Samantha Rowen (voiced by Grey Griffin)- Sandra and Paul's mother who works as a customer service employee at Walmart as seen in Radda, Do you speak it?.

Fred Gooden (voiced by Rino Romano) -Robby's father who works as a Blaccu-Weather Forecast reporter for Channel WGPN.

Judith Gooden (voiced by Tara Strong) -Robby's mother.

Steve Sato (voiced by Eric Bauza )-Lisa's father.

Daphne Sato (voiced by Stephanie Sheh)- Lisa's mother who works for Channel WGPN as a reporter.

Heather Jelani (voiced by Linda Park)- Sheila's Korean American mother.

Donovan Jelani (voiced by Kevin Hart) -Sheila's African American father. Donovan has a father who is dyslexic.

Beatrix "Trixie" Jonas (voiced by Colleen Villard)- Hunter and Julie's 30 year old widowed mother who is a member of the Jonas family, a family of extremely wealthy socialites. She chose to be a middle class citizen rather than live the life of luxury just so she could be with Manny. She is very anxious about both of her daughters and cares for their well being while trying to live her life as a single mother. She is currently in a romantic relationship with Agent Six.

Candace Jonas (voiced by Megan Hilty)- Trixie's 27 year old younger sister and the maternal aunt of Hunter and Julie. She despises Paul ,like she previously did with Manny, for dating a member of the Jonas family and for being a commoner.

Miguel Martinez (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) -Tanya,Maya and Antonio's father.

Elena Martinez (voiced by Nika Futterman) -Tanya,Maya and Antonio's mother and the maternal aunt of Ophelia Ramirez.

Jason Friday (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz)- the male anchor at Channel WGPN.

Eileen Kimble (voiced by Leigh-Allyn Baker )- the co-anchor at Channel WGPN.

Jan McGuire (voiced by Katie Crown)- Trent and Brent's 14 year old younger sister. She is a generally happy and naive person and is relentlessly kind and polite to everyone.

Beau McGuire (voiced by Josh Keaton)-Trent and Brent's hipster 18 year old older brother who is the leader of a group of hipsters and dislike cars. He is shown to have a thing for Doc Martens.

Shani (voiced by Rowan Blanchard)- a Middle Eastern American girl who appeared in The Freaks Come Out At Night. After talking to Antonio, she and Antonio had formed a close romantic relationship with each other.

Manny Jonas (ne Tennyson) (voiced by Clifford Chapin) -the late father of Hunter and Julie and the late husband of Trixie who was killed in a car crash four years prior the series. He is the third son of Max and Verdona Tennyson. It was later revealed that Manny was a criminal and has a rough history with Ciela's mother, which later results in a deadly car crash with Julie inside, taking away her courage and hope and was replaced with fear and hopelessness, leaving her vulnerable to bullying and harassment.

Macy (voiced by Pamela Adlon)- an insensitive ringleader of a small clique of mean girls who continually teased, harassed and mercilessly bullied Julie because she was involved in the same car crash that killed Ceila's mother and because of Manny's criminal past.

Mayor Spoons voiced by the Mayor of Goldmoor who is very cheerful, irresponsible and yet childish.

Ashley(voiced by)- a stuck up, snobby head of the cheerleader squad who has an unhealthy obsession with Paul and is constantly causing problems for Julie when it comes to winning over Paul's affection.

Evan Stone (voiced by) A jock who happens to be the ex boyfriend of Macy and has befriended Wendy.

 Villains 

Zatavia (voiced by Kate Winslet) - a wicked, ruthless witch who tries to take over Earth and kill the Star Guardians but always failed miserably. She was once one of the most powerful spokesperson in Arco Iris before her cousins were killed. In Star Guardians Unite! The Movie, it was revealed that she and her cousins are orphans because humans killed their family.

Thalia (voiced by Hynden Walch)-the younger cousin of Zatavia and the older sister of Serena who in 17th century Europe, was captured by the Spanish Inquisition and were hanged for witchcraft but was then later brought back by Zatavia. Although not as cunning as Zatavia, she is more competent, clever and observant than Serena. Thalia and her younger sister Serena were witches who used to lure children into their home so they could steal their life fore to restore their youth and vitality, only to be captured and killed. Zatavia mentions that they were only doing this because back then, half human and half witch hybrids didn't live half as long as their witch parent.In Star Guardians Unite! The Movie, it was revealed by Zatavia that she and her cousins were orphans because humans killed their family.

Serena (voiced by Jennifer Hale)-the younger cousin of Zatavia and the younger sister of Thalia who in 17th century Europe, was captured by the Spanish Inquisition and were hanged for witchcraft but was then later brought back by Zatavia. She is very sadistic and hyper but very obedient to her cousin Zatavia. Unlike Zatavia and Thalia, she is an airhead (due to the fact that she inherited the trait from Indira and much of Zatavia and Thalia's frustration). In Star Guardians Unite! The Movie, it was revealed by Zatavia that she and her cousins were orphans because humans killed their family.

Eliza J. MacKechnie (voiced by Kari Wahlgren)-the domineering, abusive, merciless and seriously criminally insane mother of Katie and is a hunter who is infamous for killing 225 people in 45 states because she believed that they were supernatural beings who bent on destroying humanity. She later tries to kill and kidnap Julie, mistaking her for the demon Ruby, but she was then stopped by Cursechanter. In the episode Let's Go Hunting, it is shown that she and her daughter has an extremely rocky yet complicated relationship due to her violent, disturbing behavior and Katie's wishes to be a normal girl. By seeing her as a servant/soldier who should slavishly obey her at all times rather than her own daughter, she intimidates her into being submissive towards her and would either berate or abuse Katie into submission if she disobeys her.

Katie MacKechnie (voiced by Madison Pettis)- the biracial 18 year old daughter of Eliza who along with her mother, appeared in Let's Go Hunting. She quickly befriend Julie but she was only doing that because of her mother, who is a hunter, wanted to kill her and used Katie as bait. However, thanks to Julie's influence,Katie eventually becomes disillusioned with her actions, and in the end she betrays her mother and gave herself up to the police and earning Julie's forgiveness.

Sinclair (voiced by Teresa Gallagher)-a necromancer who was imprisoned under Evergreen Valley Mansion by the current Star Guardians's ancestors centuries ago for causing mayhem upon humans. That was until in The Bitter Visit when Julie and Maya accidentally released her by opening the stone casket. She then possessed Candace and Candace made a deal with her in order to kill Paul but was then defeated by the current Star Guardians after Hunter told them that Candace is allergic to pollen. She appears again in Star Guardians Unite! The Movie: We All Fall Down but with the ability to manipulate knives but was defeated by Robby.

Ciela (voiced by Kathleen Barr)- a close friend of Macy who was at first kind to Julie until Julie accidentally squirted mustard all over Ciela's leather jacket which she had stated that it used to belong to her mother before she died and after that incident she became hostile towards Julie and thinks that she's "planning something". In I've Got The Golem on My Mind and My Mind on The Golem, She confront Julie and accused her for "planning something". When Julie tried to tell her that it was an accident, Ciela refuses to believe her and walked away. In, It was later revealed by Macy and her clique that Ciela has been missing for a month without a trace.