TJ is a character from Lakewood Town. He accompanies the player throughout their journey, initially travelling with them, but breaks away from the group later on.
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What role does TJ play in the player's journey through Lakewood Town?
What is the significance of TJ's encounter with Mister Riffraff?
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What happens to TJ after Riffraff is defeated?
Story[]
Lakewood Town & Sewers[]
TJ is first met at the end of Route 2, to show the player around Lakewood Town. He later reappears after Mister Riffraff abducts the DoodleCo employee on Route 3, and warns them about Riffraff. Once the player defeats Riffraff in his lair, TJ shows up to aid with the rescue. Once Riffraff is defeated, he agrees to accompany the player on their key hunt.
Graphite Lodge & Crystal Caverns[]
When he and the player meet up in Graphite Lodge, he volunteers to do a Help Center task involving a finding a sewing needle in a haystack. Upon finally finishing the task, he rushes to Crystal Caverns, only to discover that Craig has already been defeated. On his way out, he scolds the old lady who gave him the task, but then feels bad afterwards. Then, Inari runs up to him and steals the Opal Orb from him.
He and Portia meet up with the player at the end of Graphite Forest in front of a wooden door. Once the door is cleared, the trio proceeds through Graphite Maze. At the portal to Graphite Temple, TJ requests a battle. Upon defeating him, he heads back to Graphite Lodge to start his search for the second key.
Von Sweetsville[]
The player and Quincy meet up with TJ again in Von Sweetsville, where he and Suzie were formulating a plan to get into von Sweets' Factory. Upon seeing the player, he hits his head against a wall, out of frustration that the player had caught up to him. Regardless, he explains that the best chance they have of getting into the factory is if they steal the clothes of a factory employee. Conveniently, there is a Von Sweets goon who is wandering around the town on their one-hour break. TJ and the player confront him, and he agrees to give TJ a uniform if one of them can beat him in battle. After defeating the goon, he takes TJ to his house to give him a spare uniform.
Afterwards, TJ, dressed as a von Sweets goon, shows up to help Quincy, Suzie, and the player enter von Sweets' Factory, by lying to the secretary about how Pandishi had entered the factory. Much to his frustration, the secretary keeps him outside the factory as a guard, stopping any chances he has from obtaining the second key.
After defeating von Sweets and obtaining the Tasty Key, TJ is waiting outside the factory and tasks the player with tracking down Suzie and Quincy who are located somewhere in von Sweetsville. Afterwards, him, Suzie and Quincy all leave for Route 6, as Mister Riffraff teleports in to tell the player TJ, but he cuts himself off mid-sentence.
DoodleCo Academy[]
At Route 6, he assists in questioning Erika about the whereabouts of the third key. After the confrontation, Quincy asks him why he is still wearing the von Sweets outfit, and he tells him that he has grown to appreciate the look.
At DoodleCo Academy, the player meets up with TJ at the cafeteria after locating Teneson, battling the students who are pestering Quincy, and meeting the Student Council President. Erika tells him, the player, and Quincy to split up and look for Teneson in order to inform him that Qilintel's treasure vault was ransacked.
After the player defeats Qilintel in the gymnasium, they must go to the academy's Help Center, where they wait for TJ. After defeating Helper Henry, he calls Erika, who brings the rest of the group to the Help Center. The player explains how they encountered Zavier and battled Qilintel. Erika tells the player to seek permission from the Student Council President to enter the Arid Mines, while the rest of the group heads in.
Arid Mines[]
Inside the Arid Mines, TJ is found standing at the vault's entrance while the player must collect the vases to unlock the door. After defeating the Ostigon within, the group begins to comb through the treasure and look for clues, with TJ commenting on how he's never actually managed to see Zavier. Suddenly, Zavier enters the vault, blocking the exit. Erika warns the group that he is with his Chronos meaning Zavier is able to rewind time to redo situations with unfavourable outcomes. However, upon seeing TJ, Zavier immediately starts to panic.
He says that he's seen many timelines of the current moment, but TJ has never appeared once. He questions TJ's origin, and so TJ just says that he's just a very ordinary, almost boring person from Lakewood Town. Zavier deduces that TJ must be from another timeline and orders his Chronos to eliminate him. However, Chronos doesn't want to follow his orders, and it walks away, possibly because its original owner gave it strict orders to not kill anyone outside of the timeline. Zavier then claims that he is still able to destroy the group using the rest of his Doodles. Then, the player steps forward and challenges him to a battle.
Once Zavier is then defeated, Quincy and TJ both don’t want to battle Erika for her key, allowing the player to battle her for the key. The player and Erika both battle, ending with the player defeating her. Erika gives the player her key afterwards.
After completing the events in Arid Mines, the player must meet the group back at the academy's Help Center. From there, Suzie, after studying at the libary for so long, explains that the next key may be located at the Oasis and that they should proceed through the Arid Mines to Route 7, but TJ is not there. He is found in the Student Council room, asking the president if he is able to enroll in the school. TJ explains to the player that he was unnerved by what Zavier told him and wants to quit the key hunt as he doesn't want to be a pawn in Zavier's scheme. Then, Mister Riffraff appears to inform TJ that he must continue on his journey to collect the keys and explains that Zavier has come from a future in which DoodleCo collects all the keys and unlocks a catastrophic Doodle that was sealed away during the Doodle War that took place around 500 years ago. Zavier's mission is apparently to stop DoodleCo from collecting all the keys, and since TJ hasn't appeared in any of Mister Riffraff's prophetic dreams, he claims that TJ may play a major role in preventing the apocalypse. Reluctantly, TJ agrees to continue with the journey.
Route 7 & The Oasis[]
At the far end of Route 7 in front of the Oasis gate, where he and the rest of the group are stopped by a security guard who tells them that Ellen, one of the executives of DoodleCo, has rented out the entire Oasis so nobody else can get the fourth key. However, the group is approached by an explorer who introduces himself as Kentucky Smith. He tells the player that if he can help him with something out at the Ruined Castle, he will help the group get into the city. TJ and the others must wait outside the Oasis as the player goes to help Kentucky at the Ruined Castle.
After the player helps the explorer and enters the Oasis, they meet up with TJ and the others. Kentucky Smith then explains that Oasis Energy owns 60% of the city, DoodleCo owns 30% of it. Suzie asks who owns the other 10%. The explorer continues on and reveals that a man known as Zane owns the other 10% of the Oasis. The explorer leaves the group of friends afterwards. A goon known as Ziggy accidentally bumps into TJ and steals his wallet in the process. Portia battles Ziggy to use TJ’s wallet as an excuse to talk to Quincy.
After defeating Ziggy, Portia teleports herself to the group of friends and hands TJ his wallet back. She says that she can set up an appointment with Ellen which can help the group find the next key. Quincy asks her to set up the appointment. Portia ecstatically exclaims that Quincy asking her a favor is a dream come true for her. The group meets at the DoodleCo Office J building nearby to talk to Ellen. Once they approach Ellen, TJ learns that Ellen is hunting for keys as well and tells her that he wants to make an offer with her. Ellen is intrigued by this mysterious offer and allows him to enter her office. Portia and Quincy also want to join TJ and Ellen at her office.
Oasis Underground Meeting[]
After Zane is defeated at his hideout, Suzie, the player, and Zane enter the Oasis Underground. Meanwhile, a meeting at Ellen's office begins involving her, Portia, Quincy, and TJ. An officer named Terry is told to lock the doors. Then, Ellen explains that DoodleCo wishes to purchase the Miracle Key from Victor Solis. TJ is surprised, saying that he thought Zane was the Key Guardian. Ellen continues to explain that Solis has imprisoned the Legendary Doodle Zerzura and is using it to power the city. She explains that law enforcement is closing in on him, so TJ and Quincy will have to obtain the Key first. Quincy protests, saying that there's no way either him or TJ are strong enough to stop the player from obtaining the Key first. Then, Ellen explains that Portia has been working on something which will increase their strength.
Portia begins by explaining the Doodle War. She says that 500 years ago, there was a war that encompassed the entire island, and it was fought between two Legendary Doodles: Verdrok, the representation of reality, and Somniere, the representation of dreams. Despite Verdrok being significantly weaker than Somniere, it was able to defeat Somniere and win the war. Any Doodle that fought on Somniere's side was punished by having their power sealed away within a Runestone, and when a Doodle gets ahold of its respective Runestone, it is able to take on its old form. In order to prevent another war, Verdrok created a limitation which only allowed tamers to awaken one Doodle per battle.
Then, Portia explains that they have recently been able to awaken Doodles that did not participate in the war. This is done by harnessing the energy from when a Runestone is activated and applying that to any Doodle. By placing this energy into an item, that item functions as a runestone. Then, Officer Terry asks which Doodles have been artifically awakened, and Portia tells the group that so far, they have been able to awaken Owol and Hypnotl. Quincy asks if she did all of this by herself, and Portia tells him that these were her mother's last notes before she died.
Then, Terry explains that he "can't take this anymore" and teleports away with a blue glow. Then, he reappears without his disguise, revealing himself to be Mister Riffraff. He complains that he wasn't invited to the "exposition dump" and tells Ellen that there is no point in calling security, as Teneson, the only person capable of catching him, is in the faraway DoodleCo City. Then, he explains that Ellen wants to get the Key because she's desperate to escape demotion. He pulls up a list of the seven executives of DoodleCo in descending order: CEO Charles, Teneson, Cortes, Ellen, Yami, Joseph, and Portia. Riffraff explains that one of Yami's subordinates was able to steal a Key, meaning Yami will soon be promoted.
However, Portia interrupts him, saying that she knows the real reason why he is here: to learn more about the uses of her mother's research. She identifies Riffraff by his real name, and explains he was one of the three original founders of DoodleCo. She also claims that he is the man who killed her mother, Rebecca. Riffraff does not deny this, and instead warns Portia to not continue her mother's research, as it "consumed her." He says it's for Portia's safety, since Rebecca was his best friend as they constantly worked together. Then, Riffraff teleports away, saying that the group will have to hurry if they want to get the Miracle Key before the player. Ellen then gives one artificial runestone each to TJ and Quincy.
Oasis Energy[]
TJ later appears at the Oasis Energy Laboratory, ready to defeat the player with his new awakened doodle, alongside with Quincy. They tell the player, Suzie, and Zane that Quincy and TJ are now part-time DoodleCo Employees and are trying to obtain the Miracle Key. Quincy tells Suzie, Zane, and the player that TJ’s awakened doodle had completely countered his, therefore he lost and won’t be able to obtain the Miracle Key or free Zerzura. TJ challenges the player to a battle. If TJ wins, the player has to let TJ obtain the Miracle Key and free Zerzura. After the player defeats TJ, TJ exclaims that he is always destined to lose to the player. He and Quincy leave and return to DoodleCo Office J.
Oasis Story Wrap Up[]
After the events at the Oasis Underground end, the player and their group meet with Zane, Portia, and Ellen at DoodleCo Office J. Ellen talks about how that she is annoyed that Quincy and TJ weren’t able to retrieve the Miracle Key for her and she is now going to be demoted to the fifth ranked DoodleCo Executive since a member of the ShadowClan retrieved a key for “Yami”. Portia, who also isn’t in a good mood, also demands for TJ and Quincy to give her the artificial runestones back. She then decides to let Quincy battle with his Hypnotl Antigen against the player. Once the player defeats Quincy, Portia decides to give the antigen to the player since she decides that they are more capable of wielding it. She still has to work on some technical issues with the Owol Artificial Runestone, however.
Suzie explains that the player made a deal with Victor Solis in order to get the Miracle Key as it would be a much safer bet. Zane then chimes in as he asks if Solis was caught, but Suzie tells him that the authorities hasn’t found him yet. Ellen decides to make Zane the interim CEO of Oasis Energy since he knows the area very and that he deeply cared for it for a long time. Suzie asks if the Oasis wouldn’t run out of power since Zerzura has been freed, but Ellen replies swifly to her, telling Suzie that Zerzura simply gave even more energy and power to the Oasis than needed. She says that the next time she comes across with the player, she would have permission to use her team which also includes her powerful Prismare. After Ellen and Portia teleport to DoodleCo City, Quincy explains to TJ about why Portia lost her team for a few months. The reason why she is using a weaker team than her normal team was because she got in trouble with Teneson for creating the Quincy Fan Club. Soon enough, a mailman arrives to hand a letter to the player and their group.
TJ reads the letter which is from a resident of Icyridge called Anna who is the key guardian of the Frigid Key and is currently being threatened by rogue ShadowClan members. Quincy exclaims that he dislikes Icyridge while TJ continues on. She promises to give the key to the player and their group if they help her. Once TJ finishes reading the letter, Zane tells the group that they need to take a short hike from his hideout to Route 8 which would eventually lead to Icyridge. Quincy replies to Zane that Icyridge is full of backward savages who hate change and tells the group that his father would always be enraged whenever he would visit Icyridge, due to their residents not accepting his deal to turn it into a DoodleCo town.
Suzie questions about why the Shadow Clan is acting strange, but TJ exclaims that it doesn’t matter to him as since he is a “Universal Anomaly”, the situation won’t bother him. This annoys Suzie as she tells TJ that she is starting to get sick of him acting like that as it is getting old for her. TJ tells the group that it is now time for him to leave as he believes he can get the Frigid Key all on his own. He leaves the building afterwards. Suzie then tells the group that she has heard of a Legendary Doodle with the power to change the climate of Icyridge. She and Quincy then head out to Zane’s hideout while Zane tells the player to come visit him at Oasis Energy once they obtain the Frigid Key.
Icyridge[]
When the player, along with Quincy and Suzie arrive at Icyridge, TJ is nowhere to be seen. That is until the group goes to the guard house to have a meeting with Captain Silvier, and who should defend Anna from the Shadow Clan. TJ was recruited by the Alchemists, one of the three main groups in Icyridge, and by the end of the meeting, not only does Suzie get arrested, but the duty of protecting Anna is given to TJ and the Alchemists.
Alchemist Bunker[]
The Alchemist Bunker is located in Alchemist's Grotto. It can only be found by using a secret passcode, that only a small number of alchemists know of. The plan was to hide Anna within the bunker, since the Shadow Clan most likely cannot find the bunker. TJ would meet The Witch here, and despite Flammesbury's warnings, would act disrespectful towards her. As punishment, The Witch ends up transforming two of the alchemists into Doodles. More specifically, a Fruitoad and Ruffire. Not so long later, the player would arrive with Suzie, Quincy, and Desmond. Captain Silvier steps in to battle the player, and to stop them, despite TJ begging him not to fight. After the player beats Captain Silvier, and after TJ forgetting to call him by captain, Captain Silvier gives the duties of protecting Anna to the player instead of TJ. Shortly afterwards, the Shadow Clan rogues are able to find the bunker. They are outnumbered, and Kaze threatens them to hand over the key. Anna then reveals she left it in the castle. After Kaze promises that nobody will be hurt if she brings him to the key, Anna reluctantly leaves with Kaze to the Icyridge Hold. Desmond then summons The Witch and gives her his soul to teleport the player and their friends outside of the bunker. Once everyone is teleported, Desmond makes his last stand against the Shadow Clan.
Icyridge Hold[]
When the player reaches the Icyridge Hold, Quincy, and everybody else is waiting there. Kaze has been able to easily defeat the Stone Guardians defending the key, and now, Kaze demands for the key to be given to him. Anna is able to make Kaze believe there is one last obstacle for him to pass for the key, and that is defeating a champion chosen by her. Knowing who will be picked, TJ decides to leave to find Captain Silvier. And as expected, a battle between Kaze and the player for the Frigid Key begins. Once Kaze is defeated, TJ returns with Captain Silvier. Captain Silvier reveals that all of his followers have been arrested already, and Kaze will be joining them. Kaze mentions how he will easily escape, Captain Silvier corrects him, saying that nobody has truly escaped the dungeon. Yami and Inari reveal themselves to have been watching the whole time, and Yami is able to convince Captain Silvier to give him Kaze so that he could punish him himself, which causes Kaze to yell for help. As they leave, Captain Silvier tells Anna that he'll be there for her when she needs it, and he leaves the area, leaving Anna confused. Desmond appears behind Anna as a spirit, and the two share an emotional moment before Desmond vanishes forever.
Afterwards, as Anna is able to give the player the key, TJ steps in, saying he deserves a chance. Anna allows it, as TJ played a big part in defending her, and has TJ battle the player. Quincy asks if the player trusts him, regardless of what the player says, Quincy steps in to battle TJ in the player's place. Anna allows it, and TJ taunts Quincy, saying how his chances just went from 1% to 99%. The player hears a voice, saying that Quincy will lose. The player then possesses Quincy, and battles TJ using Quincy's team. Once TJ loses, TJ begins to doubt himself, and he leaves the area to think about the chain of events that just occurred.
Battles[]
Graphite Maze[]
| Tamer | Doodle | Lvl | Trait | Held Item | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamer TJ |  Wvyarn 
|
Lvl. 20 | Stitching | Air Taffy 
|
Air Strike |
 Needling
|
Lvl. 19 | Arid | Used Crayons 
|
Parasitic Seeds, Life Sap, Protect | |
 Elektiel
|
Lvl. 19 | Conductor | Glasses 
|
Air Strike, Taser, Shock | |
 Boulduo
|
Lvl. 18 | Rugged | Earth Taffy 
|
Double Bite, Icy Bite, Pebble | |
| Reward | $3000 | ||||
Oasis Energy[]
| Tamer | Doodle | Lvl | Trait | Held Item | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamer TJ | Wvyarn
|
Lvl. 39 | Stitching | Determination Jelly 
|
Yarn Snare, Body Slam, Air Strike, ??? |
 Prickles
|
Lvl. 40 | Arid | ??? | 1,000 Needles, Counter Punch, Parasitic Seeds, Protect | |
 Voltatoo
|
Lvl. 41 | Conductor | Used Crayons
|
Air Strike, Shock Wave, Shock Therapy, Taser | |
 Vigimantè
|
Lvl. 42 | Avenger | ??? | Daze, Capsize, ???, ??? | |
 Monolugg
|
Lvl. 43 | Rugged | ??? | Fiery Bite, Double Bite, Earth Lance, Icy Bite | |
 A-Owol
|
Lvl. 44 | Phoenix | Owol Rune 
|
Slash, Heat Bash, Aerial, ??? | |
| Reward | $4,000 | ||||
Icyridge Hold[]
| Tamer | Doodle | Lvl | Trait | Held Item | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamer TJ |  Medikrow 
|
Lvl. 50 | ??? | ??? | Dark Blast, ???, ???, ??? |
 Djinneko 
|
Lvl. 50 | Wish For Power | ??? | Bee Summon, Taunt, ???, ??? | |
 Exovul
|
Lvl. 50 | Chemical Explosion | ??? | Wave Shot, Alloy Missiles, ???, ??? | |
| Vigimantè
|
Lvl. 50 | ??? | ??? | Daze, Capsize, Dark Slash, Rip Current | |
 Snowclowne 
|
Lvl. 50 | ??? | ??? | Cone Cannon | |
| Monolugg
|
Lvl. 50 | Rugged | ??? | Fiery Bite, Double Bite, Earth Lance, Icy Bite | |
| Reward | None | ||||
Personality[]
TJ is shown to be friendly, but is constantly angered by the stream of bad luck that he is subjected to throughout the journey, with the exception of owning a triple tinted Doodle, which is ironic. Despite helping the player, he shows frustration when they best him in something. Later on in the story, TJ gets a confidence and ego boost due to Zavier calling him a “Universal Anomaly” at the Arid Mines. This is because he apparently does not exist in previous timelines. Once the location of the fifth key is revealed, he leaves the group and heads to Icyridge.
Trivia[]
- TJ is the first and only NPC to own a tinted Doodle, being a Boulduo/Monolugg with three tints. This is a 1 in 250K chance to encounter in the wild.
- The tint colors are Green, Cyan, and Teal, in that order.
- TJ is the second known NPC who has been seen with a different outfit than usual, With the two others being Mister Riffraff and the unnamed Goon from TJ stole his von Sweets worker disguise.
- TJ is one of the only NPC's that breaks the fourth wall as he says in a piece of dialogue, "Why is her theme still playing? She isn't even here."
- This happens before the player enters Graphite Forest when Portia teleports away via her teleportation device.
- wish_z stated on Discord that TJ was originally based off a real person but as the story has progressed, their personalities couldn't be any more different.
- It is also stated that TJ's birthday is on July 7th.