Characters

Here you can find short biographies of the various characters in Phantom 2040 and which media they appear in.

Portrait	About
Example	Kit Walker/ The Phantom Voiced by: Scott Valentine Appears in: Series, Game The 24th Phantom, Kit was not trained for the role like his ancestors were. His father died under mysterious circumstances when he was only a baby, and he grew up not knowing about his heritage. When Guran tells him about the Phantom on his eighteenth birthday, he is initially disbelieving but takes on the role with increasing conviction. His equipment includes optical camouflage for invisibility, a wristband that contains a powerful computer ("Analytical"), and another that contains a smart inductance rope. He has several vehicles, including a nimble airborne Hypercycle, a cloaking multi-passenger cruiser, and an upgraded 1999 Mustang named "Hero", after the 21st Phantom's horse. After defeating Maximum Inc, he looks towards a long vacation, until the day the Phantom is needed again.
Example	Guran Voiced by: J. D. Hall. Appears in: Series, Game Kit's mentor, whose family have been aiding the Phantom for generations. Together with Jack Archer, Guran instructs the Phantom in combat, morality, and life itself, and is frequently seen reciting insightful "old jungle sayings" to Kit and others. After the 23rd Phantom's death, Guran blamed himself, and consumed in his sadness and self-hatred he became the legendary Shadow Panther until he was freed from his mourning forever by Kit Walker Jr.
Example	Dr. Jack Archer Voiced by: Alan Oppenheimer Appears in: Series, Game A scientist and professor in biology at Kit's university. After Kit dons the identity of the Phantom, Archer takes only a short time to deduce that they are one and the same and becomes one of the few who know the Phantom's true identity. Together with Guran, Archer takes on the role of Kit's mentor, particularly in scientific and contemporary parts of his education. Later on, (due to his wishes to work for the greater good like Kit), opens a small Detective agency like his family before him.
image	Daniel Aguilar AKA "Sparks" Voiced by: Pamela Adlon Appears in: Series, Game A young, orphaned cyber-surfer who is rescued by Kit after Maximum mistakes Sparks as the Phantom. Sparks is unofficially adopted into the Phantom's lair, and assists in the technological parts of their endeavours. When he was three, Sparks’ parents, Esteban and María, were kidnapped by Maximum and cruelly used as the mental tissue for the biomechanical "living building" Project Gauntlet, Cyberville's security system.
image	Sagan Cruz Voiced by: Leah Remini Appears in: Series, Game A Metropian policewoman, or "Enforcer", who is attracted to Kit but was initially unaware of his dual identity, and was skeptical about the Phantom's motives. She later figures out his secret and eventually becomes Kit's love interest and partner. She has a genetically engineering police dog named D.V.L. (a reference to the 21st Phantom's wolf, Devil) and in combat dons a well-armoured Enforcer suit.
image	Heloise Walker Voiced by: Carrie Snodgress Appears in: Series only Kit's only living relative, Heloise is the daughter of the 21st Phantom, the sister of the 22nd Phantom, the aunt of the 23rd Phantom, and the great-aunt of Kit Walker, Jr. – The 24th Phantom. She kept the truth from Kit, hoping he could lead a normal life, but accepts Kit's choice to become the 24th Phantom and assists him in his plans to stop Maximum Inc.
image	Rebecca Madison Voiced by: Margot Kidder Appears in: Series, Game Chairperson of Maximum Inc. and widow of Maxwell Madison Sr., the 23rd Phantom's killer. Rebecca plans to construct Cyberville, a technological and impenetrable fortress where the select wealthy and elite may seek refuge when the Earth begins to deteriorate (something Rebecca's underground biot army will ensure takes place relatively soon), but her plans of domination are frequently being foiled by the Phantom. Despite her evil ways, she does have some redeeming qualities, such as wishing to know that her son is safe before evacuating from an attack, as well as Kit suggesting she is a very lonely woman. Other than Graft and her son, Maxwell Madison Jr., no other humans are employed by Maximum, which has its own biots perform all labour. In the end, with all of her crimes revealed to the world, she is quickly arrested and sent to prison.
image	Maxwell Madison Jr. Voiced by: Jeff Bennett Appears in: Series, Game Rebecca's psychopathic son whose intelligence is belied by his laziness and outward disinterest in almost everything. When he does have an opinion on something, he presents it as coming from his cat who is named after philosopher Charles Baudelaire. He is psychologically disturbed with the disorders being rooted in the loss of his father at such an early age. His cat, perhaps the last remaining symbol of his father's love for him, is his only and most trusted friend. In the end, after Rebecca is arrested, both he and his cat are sent to a mental asylum, or as Cruz puts it, a "padded prison".
image	Hubert Graft Voiced by: Ron Perlman (season one)/ Richard Lynch (season two) Appears in: Series, Game Rebecca Madison's Chief of Security and main enforcer, a cyborg. He was formerly an environmentalist who fought against Maximum to protect the Amazon rainforest, before losing his whole body below the shoulders in combat. Maximum rebuilt Graft's body using BIOT parts, giving Rebecca Madison complete control over Graft's life. Graft's BIOT torso can be disconnected (a painful process) at the hip and integrated into other robotic systems over which Graft has complete control, most commonly the Urban Combat BIOT Walker, a ten-foot steel exoskeleton armed with lasers and claws. Despite this, he still has a desire to protect nature. Several times the Phantom asks Graft if he wants help to escape Maximum's clutches, but he always turns this offer down. He also is against harming children, even if that child trespassed and destroyed invaluable company technology. In the end, after Maximum Inc is defeated, he is mentioned to have been sent to a halfway house.
image	Doctor Jak Voiced by: Mark Hamill Appears in: Series, Game A cynical sensationalist TV yellow journalist who reports the Phantom's activities with a negative spin. His arrogance and vanity bring him to believe that rather than being merely a reporter of news, he "is the news", and therefore anything he does not see (such as purposely covering his eye when it is revealed the Phantom was being framed) is not the news. In the episode *Matter Over Mind*, it is discovered that after Jak's wife perished in the Grand Central Station crash, he attempted an illegal operation to integrate an analytical computer into his mind, but the operation was interrupted and the analytical program thought lost. Dr. Jak was left part-BIOT, with sensory implants on his head and a multi-purpose eyepiece which he uses to film his news program, *The Dr. Jak Show*. His character and how he criminalizes the Phantom are comparable to that of J. Jonah Jameson.