Toonman Villain: Pep-Rally (Patreon)

UPDATE 08/04/25 - Origin update to now include Brittany's abusive relationship with Toonman villain Deathcap.

And rounding out the new Toonman villains is Toonman's own obsessive stalker, cheerleader and number one fan "in love" with Toonman, Pep-Rally!!

ORIGIN

Brittany Peterson was a professional cheerleader who had been trapped in an extremely toxic and abusive relationship with celebrity chef Gordon Morel. Following the scandal in which Morel had almost unintentionally killed Toonman as a result of a deadly allergic reaction to mushrooms, Morel’s signature ingredients in all his restaurants, Brittany had attempted to use the scandal as a cover to leave Morel only to be caught and be on the receiving end of his frustraitions. Had it not been for the timely arrival of Toonman who come to set things right with Morel and had heard the screams of terror from their apartment, Brittany would have died. Thankfully, the Animated Ace’s intervention saved Brittany and he got her Morel sent to prison, kickstarting the events that would cause Morel to become the monstrous villain Deathcap. 

Even though Toonman had just been doing his heroic duty, in Brittany’s mind it meant something more. After being trapped in such a toxic relationship for so long with no help from anyone, Brittany’s damaged psyche had convinced herself that Toonman’s reasons for saving her was that he loved her, that he was the only one who genuinely cared about her. And so, deciding to repay her savior in any and every way she could, Brittany devoted her life to becoming Toonman’s number one fan, cheering him on at all of his battles and ensuring that her love for him was known. However, Brittany’s damaged psyche resulted in a stalker personality, to the point where she wasn’t just putting herself in danger by cheering Toonman at his battles, but full on attack those like Mara Mason who were outspoken against him or his friends like Anny or Carmen out of extreme jealousy under the assumption Toonman was wrongfully in love with them. After Brittany’s latest attempt at proving her love involved allying herself with a collective group of other crazed super Toonman fans known as The Fooligans' resulted in major chaos, Toonman was forced to arrest Brittany and send her to jail. It was there that Ryker’s inside men tricked the crazed Brittany into letting the Superpower Broker experiment on her. After being exposed to Ryker’s psionic modifier, Brittany gained the ability to split her essence into multiple copies of herself, allowing her to turn herself into a one-woman, pep rally army. Now feeling she was more of Toonman’s equal, Brittany continued her efforts to prove her love for the Animated Ace, whether he wanted her to or not.

Powers/Abilities:

Replication: Pep-Rally is able to split her essence in a form of mitosis that allows her to create duplicates of herself.

Combined with her years of athleticism and gymnastics this effectively makes her a one-woman ninja army.

Enhanced strength, speed, and agility.

Leader of her own factions of the Fooligans

Crazed superfan and stalker who believes herself to be in love with Toonman and that he loves her, and is obsessed with proving her love for Toonman.

One of my absolute favorite villain types in comics are those like Thor's Amora or Green Arrow's Cupid. Villains who's goals are not to money or power or to kill the hero opposing them, but instead they desire the hero themselves because they are in love with them and want the hero to love them back, but ultimately going about it the wrong way. IDK, I just think it's a very unique goal for a villain since most villains want to kill the hero instead these villains want to live happily ever after with them. So when I had this fun idea to give Toonman his own personal cheerleader who annoys him in his adventures, I knew I had to take it a step-further and make this cheerleader into one of those villains.

So yeah, Pep-Rally is a villainous cheerleader, which was really a hard concept to solidify, but David Velasquez did an amazing job I think. To give her a battling edge over Toonman I gave her the ability to multiply herself into a one-woman cheerleading team. She's also an honorary Fooligan.

Hope you guys like this new Toonman villain! Let us know what you think with a comment below!

Toonman: The Animated Ace © NRG Comics

Design by David Velasquez

Art by Danilo Cassonato