R. Dorothy Wayneright

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R. Dorothy Wainwright is a female anime and manga character who features in The Big O.

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Biography

R. Dorothy Wayneright (Japanese: アール・ドロシー・ウェインライト, Hepburn: Āru Doroshī Weinraito) was a female android that was commissioned by Timothy Wayneright. Introduced in Roger the Negotiator as Dorothy Soldano, daughter of rich scientist Miguel Soldano, she is later revealed to be an android constructed by him. Her actual 'father' was Timothy Wayneright, the man who commissioned her construction and biological father of the deceased human Dorothy Wayneright. To show her gratitude, and as a form of payment for Roger's help, she chose to occupy the mansion to assist with domestic work. However, as time passed, her responsibilities expanded to include aiding Norman Burg with maintenance on Big O and often accompanying Roger on negotiations and other assignments.

To retrieve Dorothy, Roger Smith the top negotiator of Paradigm City was hired to oversee the retrieval of the kidnapped 'daughter' of the wealthy scientist Miguel Soldano. The thugs try to escape with the briefcase of ransom money until Roger finds out that Dorothy is really an android, a replacement of her deceased human counterpart. After destroying the briefcase and returning home, Roger is visited by Dorothy, who requests that Roger protect her. Roger unwillingly takes Dorothy to her father's factory, only to see it in ruins as her father passes away in front of them. The thugs from before begin to shoot missiles at Roger and Dorothy, yet the two manage to defeat them with the use of a diversion. A giant Megadeus, known as Dorothy-1, roaming the city was seen attacking the bureau building, overpowering the military police. Roger summons his Megadeus, the Big O, from underground and prevents Dorothy-1 from stealing printing plates from the bureau building.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Dorothy was seemingly a female human who stood under 5 feet (150 cm) tall where she had red hair, chalk-white skin and much more body weight than her slender appearance revealed. It was revealed that she was named after the deceased daughter of Timothy Wayneright. Initially, she went by the name of Dorothy Soldano where it was said that she was the daughter of rich scientist Miguel Soldano.

While capable of normal human facial expressions, in film noir tradition she typically maintains a pouty contour and a mildly sarcastic personality. She was at one point described by Angel as being "perpetually foul-tempered". She possessed a dry and exceptionally sharp wit, often calling Roger a louse and on more than one occasion openly deriding other personality traits of his, such as his sense of fashion.

To show her gratitude, and as a form of payment for Roger's help, she decides to move in with him and help out Norman with the chores. Her role is that of helping Norman with chores around the Smith Mansion. Norman, no doubt, immediately sees a kinship and welcomes her with open arms into the Roger's home.

With regard to Roger, she demonstrated throughout the series that she enjoys getting under his skin in annoying ways, such as loudly playing Roger's piano to rouse him when he sleeps in. Offsetting her straightforward attitude is her general likability; she gets along rather well with virtually everyone, even those towards whom she harbors suspicion. From her conversation and behavior, it is evident that Dorothy has the capacity for human emotions.

She has shown genuine fear on a number of occasions, and at one point revealed jealousy toward Angel's relationship with Roger and satisfaction from its failure to become romantic.

Powers and abilities

Though appearing human, Dorothy was in fact a highly complex female android. Her forehead housed an illuminated disc drive, which was tray loaded made to resemble a hair band. Despite being quite petite, she was extremely heavy; enough so that a grown man revealed to have difficulty so much as budging her. Dorothy was quite durable and much stronger than any human, able to punch down a brick wall with one blow or leap several dozen feet into the air. She has amazing balance, as seen during her moments of contemplation while standing precariously on the edge of Roger's rooftop balcony. She can run or bicycle at superhuman speed and does not require oxygen to operate. She possesses superhuman coordination, performing effortless gymnastic feats; at one point she even demonstrated the ability to steer a car with her foot while riding on its hood.

Alongside her, Soldano had also created a Megadeus named Dorothy-1. Dorothy and Dorothy-1 are considered sisters to each other by Soldano. Upon merging with the giant mecha, both became intertwined technologically with R. Dorothy serving as a power regulator circuit control unit of her sister unit. Dorothy-1 is equipped with a pair of claws on each arm from which long metallic tentacles and power drills extend. The tips of Dorothy-1's arm extensions contain hidden laser beams that are powerful enough to cut through reinforced metal.

Notes

  • R. Dorothy Wayneright was created by series head writer Chiaki J. Konaka where she featured in the setting of The Big O universe.

In other media

Television

  • In The Big O, R. Dorothy Wayneright appeared in the setting of the anime television series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Akiko Yajima and by English actress Lia Sargent in the dubbed series.

Appearances

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