Ross - Spooky Month

Ross is an average height guy, with a round face. He has long black hair that goes down to his shoulders, which juts outward with two spikes on both sides of his head. He wears a dark grey beanie, which is drawn as covering the top half of his eyes, and his mouth is usually drawn with a V-like shape. Ross' default outfit consists of a long-sleeved button-up blue t-shirt with a slightly lighter collar, and a pair of dark blue pants with black shoes.

Of the Hatzgang members, Ross is defined by his relaxed nature. He is very calm and laid-back, and doesn't seem to talk much unless he is directly spoken to. He is introverted, seems to enjoy being out of the spotlight, evidenced by his dark clothing and that he almost always keeps his hands in his pockets. Ross doesn't seem to show strong emotions very often, only being scared when faced with the Eyes of the Universe and Bob Velseb (an eldritch horror and serial killer, respectively), and being angered when called a plebeian by Carmen (Roy's mom) or whenever Roy harasses Skid and Pump. He was most angry when Roy told Skid and Pump to "give [him] their clothes," and tried to explain to Roy that what his uncle was doing to him was wrong, showing that he has a limit to what actions someone can take before he gives up one them.

While Ross did used to bully Skid and Pump, he has long since outgrown that habit and has good relations with them. He constantly tries to get Roy to leave them alone, holding him back or pulling him away whenever possible. He tries to get Roy to give them their Happy Fella back when they ask, and he punches Roy on the arm after he needlessly beats them up. Still, he deeply cares for Roy and is frequently seen trying to comfort him whenever possible, and often reassures him that everything will be fine and that he is always there for him.

He is a member of the Hatzgang, who frequently have encounters with Skid and Pump. Ross is the most laid-back and chill member of the group who, alongside Robert, tries to keep Roy and his negative traits in-check.

-He enjoys TTRPGs.
-He is an only child.
-Out of Hatzgang, Ross is the only one to wash his hat.
-While he would not want to, Lila, Jaune, and Aaron would allow Ross to babysit Skid.
-Ross studies (or remembers) for his school tests, and his grades are likely to be around 90% (or the A letter grade range in most schools).
-Ross admires his dad and wants to be like him when he grows up. Additionally, he is more inclined to enjoy the things Aaron likes too.
-Ross wouldn't like frogs.
-He enjoys metal music: Some examples of Ross' music tastes includes Beast In Black's Cry out for a Hero, IN FLAMES's End The Transmission, Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast, and Slipknot's Spit It Out.

•Aaron: Dad
Appearance: A tall man with broad shoulders. He has mid-shoulder length brown hair with parted bangs and sideburns, along with a circle beard. He has notable arm hair and on his right arm is a snake tattoo that reaches to his palm. His normal outfit consists of a black leather jacket, blue shirt, and black pants. He also wears a black headband or sweatband under his bangs. At home, he takes off his jacket.

Personality: Not much can be said, although he is shown to be nonchalant and quiet. He is also seen as extremely protective of his family, showing his disdain at Kevin for the children's disapperance.

•Juane: Mom
Apparence: Her mouth forms a v-shape similar to her son Ross'. She has spiky blonde hair that is often styled in a short ponytail, tied back by a yellow scrunchie. When it's down, her hair falls a little way past her shoulders. In her normal outfit, Jaune sports a loose, yellow, wide-necked shirt over a pair of pale-yellow shorts that go to her mid-thigh. Her shorts are layered over a pair black tights or leggings. Like most other Spooky Month characters, she wears black shoes. She also wears a light-yellow pearl necklace.
Personality: Jaune is shown to be supportive and generous, notably when she brought an extra Happy Fella Doll for Skid and Pump, despite not knowing what the duo and Lila had just gone through right before she showed up. Fitting into her role of Lila's best friend, she greatly cares about the well-being of her and Skid, as she was immediately ready to help her find the latter and Pump after realizing a murderous cannibal was chasing them. She seems to have a rather odd sense of humor. This is indicated when Lila tells her that a man is at the door of her house and Jaune initially mistakes it for her wanting to hook up, before getting cut off and corrected by the former. Similar to Lila, Jaune lets her son, Ross, freely go out to spend time with his with friends. Both mothers seem to hold good responsibility for their kids.

• Robert: Friend
Apparence: He is a tall guy, with an oval-shaped face. He has fluffy, curly blonde hair. His eyes are often drawn as semicircles, with a strong eyebrow line that droops downwards and dark bags beneath them. He is often depicted with a comically large smile. He also has a mole under his right eye that matches Radford’s.
Personality: Of the Hatzgang members, Robert is defined by his energetic nature and big smile. He is often energetic, and is very prone to cheering whenever he sees something he - or someone he cares about - likes. Robert does show other emotions though, most notably fear when faced with the Eyes of the Universe and Bob Velseb (an eldritch horror and serial killer, respectively), and being angered when called a plebeian by Carmen or whenever Roy harasses Skid and Pump. He was most angry when Roy told Skid and Pump to "give [him] their clothes," just like Ross.
While Robert did bully Skid and Pump before, he has long since outgrown that habit and has good relations with them. He constantly tries to get Roy to leave them alone, holding him back or pulling him away whenever possible. He immediately tries to give them their Happy Fella back as soon as they ask, and he politely asks for some of their candy rather than just taking it. Still, he deeply cares for Roy and is frequently seen trying to comfort him whenever possible. He also seems to care deeply for his family, like when he goes trick-or-treating for his little sister, who was sick at the time. He gets genuinely angry after Bob Velseb takes all of his candy, since he had intended to give most, if not all, of it to her.

• Roy: Friend
Apparence: He is a short boy, with a round face, stout torso, and small legs. He has medium-length reddish-brown curly hair that he wears a blue baseball cap over, and his eyes are usually drawn as half-circles, with black lines along the top that taper off to look like eyelashes or eyeliner. Roy's default outfit consists of an orange-brown sweater with several pale-yellow horizontal stripes going around it, and a pair of black pants and shoes.

Personality: Seemingly because of his upbringing, Roy is most commonly seen acting out of line and with immense disrespect. His rich parents have high standards for him, and this causes him to act out of line whenever he is away from them, dressing and acting like a stereotypical bully. While he will disrespect almost anyone, seen when he stole from CandyClub, he most often harasses and abuses those who are younger and less powerful than him, most principally being Skid and Pump. Roy has no issue with physically and verbally abusing them at any opportunity he can, even when Ross and Robert constantly tell him not to.
Despite it not being seen very often, Roy does have a softer side when around those he trusts. The few times the Hatzgang is seen by their lonesome, Roy is talking with Ross and Robert in a very emotional and sincere way, and genuinely cares for them and their well-being. After his parents pulled him away from them on Halloween, Roy went out of his way to give them the giant bag of candy that was in the back seat of their limousine, regardless of the eventual consequences. He also helped defeat Aspen the witch despite being fearful of her. That said, he doesn't seem to listen to Ross and Robert often, since they constantly tell him to leave Skid and Pump alone, but he never does.
As a child, Roy also seems to be fairly innocent, since he doesn't understand that the things his uncle does to him are immoral and is genuinely confused when Ross and Robert explain it to him.

• Skid: (It's unclear, since Ross used to bully him but not anymore. In fact, he seems to defend them.)
Apparence: Skid wears a white full head-covering mask that resembles a skull, with 4 black lines on the mouth area resembling teeth. Also a black skeleton costume with white lines on it respectively resembling a skeletal system

Personality: Like a stereotypical kiddo, he is cheerful, naive, and very optimistic. He loves Spooky Month to the point where he insists it lasts year-round instead of limiting it to just October.
However, despite his immense gullibility and inability to tell right from wrong, Skid can be a bit skeptical about certain people if he notices something odd about them, motivation-wise, this being shown in The Stars, where he caught two thieves robbing his house and skeptically asked what their intentions were.

•Pump: (It's unclear, since Ross used to bully him but not anymore. In fact, he seems to defend them.)
Apparence: He wears an orange pumpkin mask that covers his entire head. The mask has a square bucktooth on the upper-left lip, and a light green stem on top. He also wears a heavily simplified version of what could possibly be a tuxedo, that consists of white gloves, black pants, black shoes, and a black V-neck shirt which seems to have a white undershirt beneath it

Personality: Pump is more cautious than Skid, but is also just as optimistic. Pump's gullibility also matches Skid's, yet his rare clever moments only seem to happen when his eyes turn cyan to warn others of upcoming danger.
Just like Skid, Pump also enjoys Spooky Month, but despite his young age, it is possible that he has a dark-humored side, evidenced by him suggesting that he and Skid ignite a Happy Fella doll into flames to "see if it screams", and when he indirectly tells Moloch to snap his neck and kill himself. Pump is also caring too, This is shown when he got mad at the Happy Fella doll for getting him in trouble with his sister.

Roy first appears alongside the rest of the Hatzgang, stopping Skid and Pump on the sidewalk outside of Mr. Wonder's house. After Roy calls the two "losers," Ross spits on them and stomps on their feet alongside Robert. Once Skid and Pump say that it is 'spooky month,' he and Robert get excited and begin to do the Spooky Dance behind Roy. After Skid and Pump run off to the mansion on the hill, Roy remarks that "that's where [his] uncle takes [him]," which causes Ross to take an uncomfortable step to the side.
Not long after, Ross is seen with Robert talking to Roy about how immoral his uncle is, something that Roy doesn't seem to understand. The trio are interrupted by Skid and Pump, who are riding atop the Eyes of the Universe. After the Hatzgang all turn to look at it, they are hypnotized, which Skid and Pump misinterpret as them "having fun." Skid, Pump, and the Eyes then leave to get candy.

Ross appears outside of Eden Hospital alongside the other Hatzgang members, where he begins shivering upon seeing Skid and Pump. After Roy yells at the duo for a second, he turns around to see why he and Robert are shaking. Ross and Robert remined him about what happened last time they tormented Skid and Pump, which causes Roy to freeze for a moment. Once Roy begins to yell at them again, Ross attempts to calm him down by assuring him that everything is okay, which just makes him angrier. Presumably, Ross did not partake in the beating of Skid and Pump afterwards.

Ross is seen alongside the other Hatzgang members, where they are in the process of leaving CandyClub after getting sweets. After Kevin notices that Roy had stuffed some candy into his sweatshirt, he yells at the Hatzgang. Roy tells Ross and Robert to run, and they escape.
A few minutes later, Ross and the others are chilling in the back alley of CandyClub, where they find a Happy Fella doll walking up to and laughing at a cat. The Hatzgang briefly question why it is alive, but Skid and Pump walk up to them and ask for the doll back, explaining that they had lost it earlier. Roy immediately begins to taunt them with it, but Ross tells him to "just give it back." After Roy tells Skid and Pump to "give [him] their clothes" in exchange for the doll, Ross begins to yell at him alongside Robert and the Happy Fella, which causes Roy to clarify that he's talking about their winter sweaters.

Ross is explaining to Roy that trick-or-treating would be much easier if he had just brought a costume. Robert suggests Roy get a costume where they currently are, which causes him to steal some costume pieces from a couple of trick-or-treaters who were walking past at that moment. Ross is confused as to what Roy is, and he declares himself a "rapper."

Skid and Pump then walk past the Hatzgang, carrying a giant box of sweets they got from CandyClub. Roy stops them with the intention of stealing it, but Ross pulls him away and explains that he didn't bring a costume, and should just leave them alone. After Robert nicely asks for permission to take some candy for his little sister, Ross and Roy then take some from the box, and Skid and Pump leave.

The Hatzgang prepare to leave to find more candy, but are ambushed by Bob Velseb, who was following Skid and Pump. He threatens them with a knife, and the three offer their newly-acquired candy as peace offerings, which he takes and walks away with. Robert gets angry at losing all the candy, but Ross comforts him and says they can get more. Before they can leave, Roy's parents pull up in a limousine and begin to chew out their son, which Ross watches in silence. Once inside the limo, Roy throws Ross and Robert the bag of candy his parents had gotten from CandyClub earlier, and Ross gives him a thumbs up as he is driven away

Ross is first seen during a montage where Skid and Pump are goofing around. He, alongside Robert, is talking with Roy about something serious when Skid and Pump run up and poke Roy on the cheek, and telling him he is "it" like a game of tag. Roy gets infuriated and lunges at them, but Ross and Robert restrain him before he can do any damage, which causes Skid and Pump to leave.

He is seen with the other Hatzgang members again in the middle of the episode. After Father Gregor tells Skid and Pump that they should be nice to everyone, regardless of how they are treated, the duo see the Hatzgang and run over to them so they can apologize for earlier. The two of them again interrupt Roy while he is being sincere, which again angers him, but Ross and Robert restrain him again. After Skid and Pump apologize, Ross and Robert tell them that they hadn't done anything wrong, but Roy disagrees with them. Skid tells him that it's okay, and they appreciate him regardless, which causes Ross and Robert to question what he had done to them since they never act that way. In retaliation, Roy goes to beat them up before he can be stopped, although Ross tries to tell him not to. Roy asks if Ross and Robert are happy now, which causes them to yell at him. When Skid and Pump leave, Ross punches Roy on the arm.

Ross makes a final appearance during the ending montage of Moloch rampaging through the town, where the demon possesses Roy. Father Gregor quickly exorcizes him, and then runs off with Skid and Pump to continue pursuing him. Ross places a hand on Roy's shoulder, and watches them all run off.

Ross followed Robert, Roy and Susie into the woods to look for Skid and Pump. He and the others are quickly put under Aspen's influence and taken to her game world. Aspen asks for the groups names, and Ross is one of the children that tells Aspen his name. When Aspen offers them food, he asks for tacos. During the song "What do you Wanna to Play?" he is seen throughout the different games Aspen suggests, participating with the others. Ross chooses a roleplaying game called "Terror and Tremors" during his turn at the wheel. In the Doom parody he and Robert stick together.

During Pump's turn to pick the game, he is seen in a Binding of Isaac styled game. Ross joins the other kids against Aspen in a game of hide and seek before escaping their hallucination. Ross also partakes in the snowball fight against Aspen to defeat her. He, Robert, Susie, Pump, and Skid Spooky Dance in victory. Ross reunites with his mother and father before being taken to the hospital to be checked over. That night, Ross has a nightmare about Aspen.

Is treated simply as an ordinary-looking suburban town where bizarre, supernatural, and creepy events constantly happen.

-Key Landmarks: Important places in the town include Skid and Pump's houses, the local police station, Kevin's candy store (CandyClub), and a mysterious mansion on the outskirts tied to a cult (yeah, the town also has that, and it's related to the supernatural things that happen there :0).