List of minor characters

This is a list of minor characters from the Animorphs book series.

A

Alahar 7865

Alahar 7865 appeared only in The Hork-Bajir Chronicles. He was the Yeerk that piloted Esplin 9466's Bug Fighter, and he was often panicked.

Arklan

Arklan had a Gedd host and was severely wounded by Shredder backfire during the Hork-Bajir Campaign.

B

Barry

The "Barry" of The Barry and Cindy Sue Show. He is a reference to Regis Philbin of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. Only appears in #12 The Reaction.

Bart Jacobs

Bart Jacobs appears in #12 The Reaction as a guest on the Barry and Cindy Sue Show. He is an animal trainer who brings his animals on the set. He may be a reference to Jack Hanna, who is known to bring live animals onto a talk show stage at times.

Berman

The doctor and namesake of the Berman Clinic. Mentioned in #6: The Capture.

Bobby McIntire

Bobby McIntire was a young boy who appeared in #43 The Test. He is deaf, and in the book, Tobias finds him lost in the woods, and helps a search party rescue Bobby.

Breeyar

A Prince, Breeyar commands of the Andalite fighter contingent stationed on the StarSword. Prince Breeyar is not as cold nor as arrogant as other Andalite Princes.

Buster

Buster was a pit bull with rabies that bit Marco in book 42. Marco referred to him as "Cujo" before discovering his name. Marco is forced to morph in order to hide from Buster's owner, and in the process destroys the virus that might otherwise have killed him.

C

Calarass

A fighter pilot on board the Intrepid.

Caysath-Winwall-Esgarrouth

A Prince under the command of Captain-Prince Asculan on the Dome Ship Elfangor.

Coaldwin-Ashul-Tahaylik

The ship's physician aboard the Andalite assault cruiser Ascalin, he was fascinated by the strange biological make-up of the other five Animorphs.

The Carpenters

Richard, Lewis, and Emily Carpenter are three campers whom the Animorphs meet in the novel #47 The Resistance in the Hork-Bajir valley. Richard is the father, while Lewis and Emily are his two kids. They are avid Star Trek fans. In that book, the Yeerks capture a free Hork-Bajir. Although the Animorphs want the other Hork-Bajir to evacuate, they want to stay and fight. Tobias conducts aerial reconnaissance and finds three campers. Jake and Tobias attempt to frighten them off, but they do not believe it, so they tell them the truth. The Carpenters are then only too eager to help the "good aliens" against the "bad aliens".

However, Richard did not quite understand what Jake meant, and thought that "killed" meant "stunned" or temporarily paralyzed or captured (despite Jake's warning about "spilled guts, severed limbs, and psychological horror"). When he found out, he wanted to leave, but Lewis wanted to stay and fight. The Animorphs could not let him go anyway because the battle was about to begin. The Animorphs stage a successful defense and force the Yeerks to retreat before evacuating the valley. Tragically, during the intense fighting, Richard is killed. Emily and Lewis' fates after they are evacuated are unknown.

Chester's Friend

Chester's friend (who wears a baseball cap), appear in the first two chapters of The Visitor. Chester shoots at Rachel, Tobias, and Jake when they are in bird-of-prey morphs for fun while his friend is drinking a beer. The three Animorphs attack the two young men as they sit in the bed of their pickup truck. Rachel swipes Chester's rifle, and Marco steals the other's beer can.

In the graphic novel, the friend is drinking soda rather than beer, and they later appear on a street as Rachel passes by.

Cindy Sue

The "Cindy" of The Barry and Cindy Sue Show. Her name and job are a reference to Kathie Lee Gifford of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. Only appears in #12 The Reaction.

CJ

CJ is one of the four baby skunks that the Animorphs protected in #9: The Secret. They were named by Marco, who named them after CJ Ramone of The Ramones.

D

Davis

Davis was a man in the 1930s at Princeton University who appeared in Elfangor's Secret. He called Cassie the n-word. Cassie, having just experienced Jake and Rachel's deaths (temporary, but unknown to her at the time), focused her anger on Davis. She said "You don't like black people, Mr. Davis? No problem. I can turn white. Watch me." She morphs into a polar bear, pins him to a wall, and roars in his face.

He has two friends named Friedman and "Blue Eyes".

DeGroot

Mr. DeGroot (pronounced 'de-groat' and rhymes with 'boat') is Elfangor's (Alan Fangor) lawyer. Although the Ellimist had erased all traces of Elfangor and Alan Fangor's existence on Earth, he was able to leave a final testament. DeGroot found the letter, and brought Tobias in, as it stated that it would be read on his birthday. However, it is revealed that DeGroot is a Controller, and that Visser Three is using the letter to try to trap Tobias (although the letter is genuine). Appears in #23 The Pretender

Derek

Derek is an Esquimau/Eskimo teenager who lives in the Arctic where the Animorphs visit for a mission in #25 The Extreme. He believes that the Animorphs are special spirits; thus, the Animorphs feel friendly and do not try to hide anything. He helped the Animorphs acquire "Nanook" the Polar Bear for a cold-weather morph. He trades fur pelts and likes Star Trek. Marco says Derek has "a large, round face, with slightly slanted black eyes", and tough thick skin.

Doctor Kaehler

Dr. Kaehler was the head doctor in charge of overseeing Saddler's condition in the children's hospital in #22 The Solution. He shows disbelief when "Saddler" suddenly makes a full recovery after being badly injured in a bike/car crash where death was probable. He explains how the elevator "jammed" when the two doctors were taking Saddler to the operating room and were "knocked out". When they woke up, the elevator was working again and "Saddler" was fully healthy by the time they had rushed him to the operating room. "Saddler" was actually David in morph, and no one except Jake and Rachel suspect this.

E

Ellen

Ellen was a friend of Darlene's who attended her pool party in The Andalite's Gift.

Ellway

Coach Ellway oversaw Rachel and Melissa Chapman's gymnastics class at the YMCA in The Visitor.

F

Fal Tagut

A free Hork-Bajir who fought with Tobias while he was infested. He has a long scar on his face from Tobias attacking him, leaving him blind in one eye, but does not hold it personally against him because Fal now has freedom (ironically due, in part, to Tobias).

Fet Mashar

Fet Mashar was Esplin 9466's second Hork-Bajir host.

Frank Hallowell

Frank is the owner of Frank's Safari Land and Putt-Putt Golf, a dodgy roadside zoo/amusement park, which Rachel describes as "one of those crappy roadside zoo things." He keeps his animals in small cages and feeds them poorly. One day, a man comes by who says he found a strange creature (Bek) "wandering around the side of the highway." Frank pays $50 for Bek and keeps him in a cage. At "Aria's" suggestion, he changes the sign outside his business from "All New! Deadly Midget Freak! The Living Razor!" to advertising "the first ever actual space alien," which attracts many more customers. The Animorphs, along with Toby Hamee and the free Hork-Bajir, raid the mini park to rescue Bek. Appears in #23 The Pretender.

G

Mr. Grant

An office worker who appears only in #30 The Reunion. Marco describes him as "stocky" and "well-dressed", and he uses Mr. Grant to get inside the Sutherland Tower by acquiring his DNA to put him in a trance. The security officer tells Marco (thinking that Mr. Grant is Marco's father) that Mr. Grant is very important. Later, Marco finds he must morph Mr. Grant to avoid detection in an upstairs office. Marco discovers Mr. Grant's receding hairline, pale blotches on his knuckles, a light beard close to forming, and a double chin. Mr. Grant is about the same height as Marco, which isn't as high as Marco's other friends. Two of Mr. Grant's coworkers are an unnamed woman and Carlos.

Grath

Grath was the leader of the Blue Band Hork-Bajir, who fought Rachel in The Revelation.

H

Had Kalpak

A male Hork-Bajir on the Hork-Bajir homeworld during the time of the Yeerks' invasion of that planet. He was the first to notice the space battles going on when the Andalite fleet first showed up in the Hork-Bajir planet's atmosphere, at night.

Hahn Tunad

A free Hork-Bajir and Jara Hamee's best friend. Died in The Mutation as a result of mutations forced upon him when Visser Three was trying to recreate Hork-Bajir for underwater use, despite Cassie's best efforts to save him. He was one of 50 Hork-Bajir whom the Yeerks experimented on; their Yeerks abandoned them, they died, and Toby Hamee and her team rescued Hahn.

Halloram

Mr. Halloram was a teacher at the junior high school that saw Rachel, Jessica, and Marco involved in a physical altercation in the lunchroom and sent them to Chapman's office. He appeared in The Predator.

I

The Inspector

The Inspector was sent to check up on Visser Three's progress on the invasion of Earth. His host is a Garatron, an alien similar to an Andalite, but one that moves much faster. However, he is bitten by Marco in cobra morph. Visser Three decides not to help him, because he knows the Inspector would have given him a bad review. The Inspector dies from the poison.

Instant messaging individuals

The following people appeared in #16 The Warning, as members of a chat room on a secret website dedicated to Yeerks. Listed in order of appearance.

• YeerKiller9 - Claims he was once a host to a Yeerk, and that he escaped "by a miracle". He only speaks twice in the chat room while the Animorphs watch.
• GoVikes - Marco calls him "your standard chat room moron", also a "jerk" and an "idiot." He repeatedly talks about chopping Yeerks up ("If you just cut them in half they just grow again") and comparing them to worms and snails without shells.
• Chazz - Chazz appears to be more knowledgeable about the Yeerks than the other people in the chat room, and he wants to use the chat room to actually take action against the Yeerks, instead of just talking about them. He rebukes YrkH8er when he tells CDKsweet that The Sharing is a Yeerk front organization. He also warns Gump8293 to not talk to his father about his suspicions that he may be a controller.
• YrkH8er - The Animorphs identify YrkH8er as a Controller early on in the conversation they view. He periodically yells out "Kill all Yeerks!", but defends The Sharing, comparing it to the Boy Scouts. He also ecourages Gump8293 to talk to his father and "tell him what you think." By hacking, Ax and Marco later determine that the real name he uses for his Web Access America account is Edward Cheltingham. When Cassie looked up the name in the phone book, she found two female "Cheltingham"s, but no Edward, leading them to believe the name (and address) may be fake.
• Gump8293 - A nine-year-old boy whose father is a human-Controller. He tells how his dad seems "[nice] in some ways, but... too nice." His father recently "got all these new friends", and he also hears them whispering about a Visser. He mishears the word and MegMom corrects him. Through Ax and Marco's hacking, the Animorphs find his address, and at the end of the book, Cassie speaks to him as a wolf (at his school during recess, skipping her class), sadly telling him he can never fully trust his father.
• CKDsweet - An out-of-town chatter who inquires about The Sharing. He suspects they may all be Yeerks, which is confirmed by Chazz. He only speaks once in the book.
• Carlito - Also speaking only once, Carlito hypthesizes about the Yeerks' 3-day feeding cycle, theorizing that they must go someplace secret to "feed or replenish".
• MegMom - MegMom is knowledgeable, nice, and from out-of-town. She corrects Gump8293's spelling of "Visser", and suspects that it may be a rank "like a general or something." She also warns Gump8293 against talking to his father. She appears to trust Fitey777 as a reliable source of information, saying "Good, Fitey's here," when he enters the chat room.
• Fitey777 - The intelligence of the chat room community, he often brings in new information on suspected Controllers/known Yeerks. On the day the Animorphs watch, he reports on Charles J. Sofor, "the deputy police chief in the capital." He also says he is "close to getting the location of a Yeerk feeding area." In reality, he is actually Joe Bob Fenestre/Esplin 9466 Lesser, using his presence on the chat rooms and ability to find identities (as owner of WAA) to lure in human-Controllers so he can kill them and eat the (powdered) Yeerk inside.
• PrtyGirl802 - At first, Marco thinks that this user is his "online girlfriend", sending him flirty e-mails and IMs. Through the hacking that he and Ax do, he finds out that he/she is actually a 73-year-old retired postal worker.

Ingrid

Ingrid is DeGroot's secretary, who lets Tobias into the office and later brings him a Coke at DeGroot's request.

J

Jaham-Estalan-Forlan

Prince in charge of the Andalite military. Secretly communicates with Ax in The Sacrifice and instructs Ax to prevent the Animorphs' efforts to defeat the Yeerks on Earth.

Janath 429

A very old Yeerk and apparently one of some level of importance. He was present during the declaration of the Yeerk Empire and its plans to conquer the Hork-Bajir homeworld. Died during the Yeerk conquest of the Hork-Bajir.

Jillay 926

A Yeerk from book #14 The Unknown who was part of the mission to enter Zone 91 controlling a horse to find out what non-human thing was being hidden there. He was killed when he could not tell Visser Three what they had seen inside the base.

Jenny

Jenny is a Chee who plays the part of one of Erek's friends. She only appears in book 10.

Joey

Joey is one of the four baby skunks that the Animorphs protected in #9: The Secret. They were named by Marco, who named them after Joey Ramone of The Ramones.

Johnny

Johnny is one of the four baby skunks that the Animorphs protected in #9: The Secret. They were named by Marco, who named them after Johnny Ramone of The Ramones.

K

Kara

Kara was a friend of Darlene's who attended her pool party in The Andalite's Gift.

Kilgam 329

A Yeerk with a Gedd host, seen in chapter 2 of VISSER. He spoke up during Sub-Visser 409's lecture, and its host was killed by Edriss immediately after giving its name. Kilgam almost managed to crawl out of the Gedd's ear before the death completely reached it. He was then taken to the pool.

Korin 547

A Yeerk from book #14 The Unknown who was part of the mission to enter Zone 91 controlling a horse to find out what non-human thing was being hidden there. Called a "clumsy fool" by Visser Three, he dies when he is bitten by a snake.

L

Lacsar 454

One of the Yeerks on duty as a security guard at the new community center in book #33 The Illusion. He is mentioned by one of the security guards wearing boots, saying he "just left the entrance" and passed his shift off to Lascar 454.

Lambert

Ms. Lambert was a teacher at the junior high school. She gave Jake, Rachel, Cassie, and Marco papers to write in The Encounter.

M

Mab Kahet

A male Hork-Bajir elder before the Yeerk conquest.

Marky

Marky is one of the four baby skunks that the Animorphs protected in #9: The Secret. They were named by Marco, who named them after Marky Ramone of The Ramones.

Methit 572

Methit 572 appears in chapter two of VISSER, delivering news (from the Taxxon homeworld) to Sub-Visser 409 of a Class Five species. The report claims that humans may exist in billions. These humans are in fact Loren and Hedrick, in a scene that takes place in The Andalite Chronicles.

N

Nescord

Prince Nescord is the Tactical Officer (T.O.) on the StarSword.

Niss

In Book 41: The Familiar (narrated by Jake) Niss is the Yeerk who controls future Cassie. She is part of the Evolutionist Front (The EF), a group of Yeerks who wished to create artificial symbiotes rather than taking natural, sentient hosts.

O

Offeran-Jibril-Castant

Officer on the Dome Ship Elfangor.

P

Ponto Fallah

A Hork-Bajir elder before the Yeerk conquest.

R

Rich Huntley

Rich Huntley is the first ever voluntary Yeerk host, at one of the early meetings of the Sharing. In VISSER, when Edriss 562 (in Lore David Altman) asked him why he wanted to join the Inner-Sharing, he said it was because he really believed in all the things he/she was saying; because he wanted to be part of something big and important. Edriss gives him Essam 293, and makes history. She uses this example of the first voluntary human host to convince the Council of Thirteen that slow infiltration is possible. Edriss and Essam later "dispose of" Rich after they finish recording his infestation to show to the Council.

Rick Stathis

Rick Stathis, brawny with pale blue eyes, appears in a flashback of Tobias's in #33 The Illusion. He was a bully to Tobias, who waited for him at the top of a hill in the winter wearing a "heavy black coat." On one occasion, Rick also beat up Tobias against a school locker.

S

Salawan

An official legal observer at the trial of Visser One (the former Visser Three).

Sally Forensik

Sally Forensik first appears in #17 The Underground unnamed. While Rachel is in the Yeerk Pool complex pretending to be a Human-Controller, she and Rachel have a short conversation about how Visser Three will soon "take care of" the Andalite scum. Sally's Yeerk then makes an excuse for leaving that her host is a judge and that she has to prepare for an important case, but Rachel knows she just wants to avoid the visser.

Sally Forensik appears again in #37 The Weakness. Here, Rachel describes her as a "distinguished-looking older woman". The Animorphs break into her courtroom and cause mayhem, and Sally hides under her big maple-wood desk, cowering and bawling in fear.

Seerian

A warrior based from the StarSword.

Sub-Visser 19

Sub-Visser Nineteen is Aftran's commander, mentioned in The Departure.

Sub-Visser 51

Sub-Visser Fifty-one is the Yeerk controlling the human Taylor. Sub-Visser 51 previously only had infested a Hork-Bajir. Taylor is its/her second host, and first human host. More information on the relationship between Sub-Visser 51 and Taylor can be found here.

Sub-Visser 74

Sub-Visser Seventy-four appears in book #54 The Beginning. She controls a Hork-Bajir female, and serves as the spokesperson for the Yeerk prisoners of war when speaking to Jake after the capture of Visser One.

Sub-Visser 92

In chapter 24 of VISSER, Edriss 562 describes to the Council of Thirteen how she reported to Sub-Visser Ninety-two that she had found a Class-Five species, in the early 1990s. Sub-Visser 92 is surprised that there are five billion, rather than million, Class-Five humans on Earth, so much so that he cuts himself with his own Hork-Bajir blades by sitting up too quickly.

Schoolmates

Minor characters whom the Animorphs go to school with:

• Allison - Rachel and Cassie know red-haired Allison, who voices her intent to ask Jake to the upcoming dance. When Rachel tells them that Jake is already taking Cassie to the dance (something she made up then and there), Allison and Brittany point out that Jake (and Marco) is on the other side of the cafeteria, and question Rachel (ignoring Cassie) as to if Jake really asked Cassie out. Later, at the dance, she stares at Ax in his human morph, and asks to dance with him, but Ax scares her away by playing with the sound that the word "body" makes. Appears in #29 The Sickness.
• Bailey - A minor character in the beginning of #32 The Separation. Rachel is not sure if Bailey is his first or last name, but he tries to make conversation with her before she drives him off so she can morph a starfish to retrieve her earring.
• Beth - A girl that Jake knows; she has braces, and she was at the school assembly in #26 The Attack when the Ellimist froze time to talk to the Animorphs. He took the image of Beth and used her for the majority of his appearance in the auditorium.
• Brittany - Allison's friend who urges her to go out with Jake. Appears in #29 The Sickness and #33 The Illusion.
• Charles and Jawan - Two boys who, while familiar with Rachel, mistakenly call Cassie "Carla" and "Kendra" respectively in #14 The Unknown.
• Dahlia - In #32 The Separation, Dahlia asks Nice Rachel (due to a starfish-related split) if she's okay, but Nice Rachel's overly submissive and passive (nice) attitude lead Dahlia to believe Rachel is being sarcastic, saying "You were always stuck-up, Rachel, but lately you're just this total, like, witch." Nice Rachel is deeply hurt by this.
• Danielle - Works out a lot and is "very strong", according to Marco. She misunderstands Marco's compliment and thinks he meant that she looks like a boy. Appears in #20 The Discovery
• Drake and Woo - Two bullies who are divers on the school's swim team. Drake is better than Woo, who has "the I.Q. of cheese," according to Marco. Appear in #15 The Escape
• Elizabeth - In #32 The Separation, Elizabeth sees Nice Rachel on the bus after the beach field trip and comments on Rachel's "cute sweater". Nice Rachel responds pleasantly, saying she got it at Abercrombie for $27.95, marked down from $42.50. Elizabeth asks if Rachel is going to the mall after school, but Nice Rachel gets lost in her thoughts (narrating to the reader), causing her to forget the question. Elizabeth then says "Forget it."
• Joe - A friend of Cassie's who had once gone horse riding with her. He has trouble recognizing her new outfit in #14 The Unknown.
• Justin Mullins - A boy that Danielle likes, who was named after a real-life Animorphs fan. Appears in #20 The Discovery.
• Marian - An attractive girl that Marco gets a date with in #25 The Extreme. She has "long, black hair, deep, dark eyes, and dimples." She is impressed with Marco's apparent knowledge of classical music, and asks him out to the Symphony Hall concert after their music appreciation class. One of the pieces that is played at the concert is Beethoven's Third. Tobias, Ax, and the other Animorphs watch her for three days and determine that she isn't a Controller. Unfortunately, Marco falls asleep at the concert, and she leaves along with everyone else without him.
• T. T. - Appears in #27 The Exposed. Rachel thinks he is cute, and he is taller than her, with blue eyes (like her) and dimples (unlike her). Rachel considers going out on a date with him, as it would be a nice change from having a hawk for a boyfriend, but she denies him before giving it a second thought.
• T'Shondra - A "beautiful girl" with a "beautiful name," according to Marco. She misunderstands Marco, thinking he meant that she wasn't beautiful enough for her name. Appears in #20 The Discovery.

Sinegert and Singh

Visser Three's "two devoted scientists". They are not very large for humans, and when Tobias sees them in #33 The Illusion, they look "haggard, like they hadn't slept in days." It is possible that their "day jobs" are true doctors/scientists, but Visser Three also made them work on the Anti-Morphing Ray during their off-time, leaving them no rest. Due to their "failure" at the AMR not working (Tobias was already demorphed as a hawk, so it didn't affect him), Visser Three has both of them thrown to the Taxxons to be eaten. In reality, their work was likely perfect and the AMR would have worked if directed on a morphed individual.

• Sheila is another staff member of the White House that Tony knows. Visser Three, as Tony, speaks to her and another male staff member while Jake listens in under the table they're at.

Steve's Associates

• Pete and Dominick - Two of Steve's friends who come over to his house in #11 The Forgotten to watch boxing on pay-per-view for $40. Steve looks forward to spending "quality time" with his sons, and one of the things he likes to do is watch sports events on TV.
• Joe Johnson - Steve's (and the family's) insurance agent, likely of car insurance if not also home and/or life. Mentioned in #31 The Conspiracy.
• Jeannie and Mary Anne - Two of Steve's coworkers at the doctor's office where he works. Also mentioned in #31 The Conspiracy.

Strake

Mentioned in #27 The Exposed. The Chee suspect he may be a Controller, and he is known to engage in illegal drug fencing in an abandoned building where Lourdes is hiding. When the police (and the Animorphs) raid the building, Rachel discovers that he is a Controller, as he aimed a gun at her as an elephant and uttered "Andalite!". After shooting her, she throws him out into the street, where the cops identify him as Strake.

T

Tasset

A known human-Controller host. He appears in #33 The Illusion. Jake says that Tasset works in a sporting goods store, and was identified as a Controller at the Yeerk pool. The Animorphs use Tasset to find their way into a new pool entrance built into the playground at the new Sharing-financed community center.

Tila Fashat

The female senior Hork-Bajir elder before the Yeerk conquest.

Tracy

Tracy was a guest at Darlene's pool party in The Andalite's Gift who ran screaming as she was chased by Marco and Ax in mouse morph.

Tjala

Tjala is Yami's dog. Cassie describes him as "a sturdy little dog, not more than a half-grown pup, with dark speckles all over his coat and sharp ears."

Tyler

A kid from #12 The Reaction that Rachel rescues after he falls into the crocodile pit at The Gardens.

W

Warlatan

A pilot on board the Intrepid.

Wuss

"Wuss" is a male Helmacron who serves as a teacher for Cassie and Marco when they are captured by the Helmacron ship. His nickname is derived from their first conversation; Cassie asks for a name, but the Helmacron does not know how to answer (implying that Helmacrons, or at least the oppressed male Helmacrons, don't have names), so Marco starts calling him a wuss. He shows them that the Helmacrons have killed all high-ranking officers because they cannot trust them. The logic in that is that a captain (or anyone else in a high-ranking position) would inevitably make several mistakes, and since they cannot allow that, all Helmacrons have to be dead before they can rise to a position of power.

Y

Yaheen 747

Known to Aftran 942, Yaheen 747 is a Controller with a state policeman for a host. He is a member of the search party looking for Karen and Aftran in the woods in book #19 The Departure.