Fanon:Tank

Hoopz
Characteristics
Species	Raposa
Gender	Male
Age	Unknown
Fur Color	Orange
Information
Home	The Void
Story Role	Guardian
Occupation	N/A
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“...”

–Hoopz

Ore is a cut character from a beta version of Drawn to Life, and it is unknown what his role would have been in the game. He formally appears in the short story Blank Slates as one of the Four Guardians, along with Flash, Paint, and Hose. After being killed, he was eventually revived as Hoopz in Blank Slates 2, possessing the body of Barks.

Appearance

Ore has orange fur and a thick, brown mustache. He carries a pickaxe and wears a yellow safety helmet, a red jacket, white undershirt, and blue shorts.

Hoopz has orange fur and a collar with a bell, much like Jowee. He has two, silver rings around his ears with green earrings on each of them. He also wears a green shirt and brown pants.

Story

Pre-Blank Slates

Ore, along with the rest of the Four Guardians, was commissioned by Joe to make decisions in The Void alongside the screeners Willham and Mayo. He was also tasked with lowering beings into the Void after they were cut or deemed unused. After the development cycle of each game, he would be deleted until the next game started development.

Blank Slates

During the development cycle for Drawn to Life: Two Realms, Joe called the Guardians to the Discussion Grounds to pick a character to revive for the upcoming game. Ore was silent during the entire process, but he did give the final vote for Mildew. This allowed the group to decide to send him Mildew to the game, angering Shadow Mari. She attacks the group and threatens to bring life to the void if they didn't bring Mildew back down. Because the decision was irreversible, Shadow Mari ends up attacking the void, killing Willham and covering Ore in Shadow in the process.

After Shadow Mari's attack subsides, the other three Guardians take Ore to the color vat in Lavasteam and revert him to his Raposa form. They return to the Discussion Grounds and find Joe, Franco, and Mildew. After looking around at the landscape, the devs ask about the Shadow Hole and ask how it came to be. After learning about Shadow Mari, Joe asks why she was in the void without the dev's knowing. Flash comments that only one other person they know could create life - Mayo.

Shortly after, Drakon and Dinofrog attack the Discussion Grounds. Drakon kidnaps Joe, Franco, and Mildew, leaving the Guardians to fight Dinofrog. During their fight, the Discussion Grounds are destroyed, and the Guardians are in a stalemate with Dinofrog. As Ore fights the beast, Hose gets Alana to go summon the Droogle Killer, and Flash gets Willham to delete Dinofrog. After this, Willham, Rocko, and Crawler continue on their journey to the Shadow Hole, and Mayo asks the Guardians if they want a ride. Ore tries to ignore her, suspicious of her involvement with Shadow Mari, but reluctantly agrees to a ride to the Shadow Hole.

When they arrive, Shadow Mari summons an army of Shadow and Ink creatures from the hole, forcing Ore to fight the horde of enemies, alongside the other three Guardians, Rocko, Crawler, Fiora, Nolan. After Drakon and the Droogle Killer jump into the Hole, Shadow Mari calls off her army, and Mayo urges Shadow Mari to kill Willham, which she does. This causes Paint, along with the rest of the void, to chastise Mayo's alliances and morality. Eventually, Mayo breaks down and begins to yell at the Guardians for seemingly hating her. After her outburst, she collapses to the ground and begins to cry. As Mayo cries on the ground, Ore, along with Paint, guard Mayo and keep other beings away from her. Eventually, Flash and Hose join them, and Flash tells Mayo to get up since Willham and Shadow Mari had left using the Shadow Hole.

Just then, Joe makes two announcements into the void. He grants Hose's request to keep the void full of life, and then says that he has to delete Mayo from the void due to her actions. Mayo begins to disappear, begging for help. After Mayo is deleted, Ore joins the rest of the beings of the void as they wish Alana, now known as Aly, luck in the next game. He is also the first to laugh when Fiora names Sandal, her new pet.

Salem Rose Pt. 1

Ore is first seen when Salem Rose, a corrupted version of Miles, comes to The Void. When Salem Rose jumps into the Color Vat and absorbs its power, Ore, along with the other Guardians, surround the vat, preparing to fight Salem Rose. Suddenly, the color erupts from the vat, knocking the Guardians down and covering them. He, along with the rest of the Guardians, were killed in this attack.

Blank Slates 2

After being killed, a cloud of blue smoke was released from Ore's body, and it shot off towards the Drawn to Life Village, possessing the body of Barks and waking up. He finds himself surrounded by Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, who had jumped Barks only moments prior. Hoopz uses his energy to release a wave of green energy from the hoops on his ears, knocking the four bullies unconscious. He is then found by Fox, who still believes he is Barks. Hoopz explains the mix-up after spotting Gingerfre and Red Dragon flying towards the Drawn to Life Village, chasing after them.

When they find the two bosses, Hoopz knocks the two of them unconscious shortly after Gingerfre finds a Shadow Stone, and Fox kicks the stone away. After the bosses wake up, Hoopz and Fox interrogate them, but Gingerfre outsmarts them, escaping towards the Two Realms Plains with Red Dragon and his Shadow Stone. Hoopz decides to summon the Droogle Killer to chase after them, so he and Fox go to revive it.

After summoning the Droogle Killer and giving it a task, Hoopz and Fox run into Nolan and Rocko, who had been sent to find them by Mill. Hoopz joins them and the four of them give chase to the Droogle Killer. After watching it get defeated by the bosses, they decide to go to the Guardians' HQ, where they meet Violet. The five of them realize that the other Guardians were at the Color Vat fighting the Tree King, so they go to The Next Chapter Village to join the fight.

When they arrive, Hoopz and Violet, along with Mill, Sparky, Sandal, and eventually Lambert, work together to take down the Tree King, Squid, and the Jungle Creature. However, Mill thinks that the two bosses haven't been defeated, so they go back to the Two Realms Plains to find a piece of the Jungle Creature. Once there, a fragment of the Jungle Creature absorbs some of the Shadow and Ink creatures it created, forming the Shadow Squid and reopening the Shadow Hole.

During the battle, Hoopz attacks the Shadow Squid with his energy, but it is unable to do much damage. The same is true for when the Guardians leave to fight the new Tree King in the Wii Village. However, Hoopz keeps attacking the Tree King until he's eventually defeated by Willham, Lambert, and Mill. Hoopz then works with the rest of the Guardians, the screeners, and various other characters to help clear the battlefield of injured and deceased characters. One week later, Hoopz goes to check up on the Wii Village after the fight.

Quotes

“…” –Ore “You don’t have the guts! And if you do, your face’ll get a nice, warm welcome from my ol’ pickaxe ‘ere!” –Ore “Plus, if one of us leaves the ground, we’ll have lost this fight by the time we regroup!” –Ore “Willham! Look out!” –Ore “Sandal it is then!” –Ore

“So this is the new body I got.” –Tank “Hoops? That’s not a bad name. Now, let’s see what these hoops can do.” –Tank “…” –Tank “They’re coming from the Wii Village.” –Tank “Call me Hoopz, but yeah, it’s me.” –Tank “Barks is gone now. Even if I leave, he’s not coming back.” –Tank “Why would we ever do something for you?” –Tank “I’m knocking them out again.” –Tank “How did you…” –Tank “Can you fly? If not, then we don’t have much of a choice!” –Tank “I can’t choose my powers; I just get what I get! Now listen. There’s only one way that the two of us can catch them from here.” –Tank “We need to redraw the Droogle Killer.” –Tank “Aye, I did. Call me Hoopz. Now c’mon you two; let’s go catch that dragon.” –Tank “Flash and Paint are at the Color Vat and Hose is flying there now.” –Tank “Nolan. Fox. Rocko. Are you guys coming with us?” –Tank “Then you better start running! Let’s go!” –Tank “Hoopz – used to be Ore. Ear blasts.” –Tank “What’re we gonna do? Nothing we can do is gonna take it out!” –Tank “I’m sure we’ll find it eventually. For now, why don’t we get these guys off the battlefield and back to the Drawn to Life Village.” –Tank

Relationships

Allies

• Joe - Superior
• David Franco/Franco Key - Former Colleague
• Four Guardians - Colleagues
  • Flash/Mill
  • Hose/Violet
  • Paint/Sparky
  • Lambert
• Mildew
• Shadow Mari - Colleague and Former Enemy
• Repair Guy
• Fox
• Alana/Aly
• Nolan
• Fiora
• Crawler's LARPing Group
  • Crawler - Former Enemy
  • Rocket Vulture - Former Enemy
  • Rata, Tat & Tat - Former Enemies
  • Beta King † - Former Enemy
  • Tomohawk † - Former Enemy
  • Jinxy
  • Pot - Former Enemy
• Droogle Killer †
• Sandal
• Barks † - Thrall
• Red Dragon - Former Enemy
• Gingerfre - Former Enemy
• SuperRapo
• Apprentice
• Sorcerer

Enemies

• Mayo † - Former Colleague and Former Ally
• Droogle Leader - Former Colleague
• Drakon †
• Dinofrog †
• Miles/Salem Rose † - Killer
• Red
• Green
• Blue
• Yellow
• Tree King - Victim
• Squid † - Victim
• Jungle Creature/Shadow Squid - Victim

Trivia

• Although not explicitly stated in Blank Slates, Ore is able to control both rocks and minerals and use them to attack opponents.
  • This is how he fought Dinofrog and the cut Shadow and Ink monsters.

Media

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  The image on Chern Fai's website Ore was first seen in.