Post by Tracy Strauss on Apr 19, 2009 0:23:10 GMT -7
First Name: Tracy
Last Name: Strauss
Middle Name: None
Age: In her 20s
Height/Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Character description:
Persuasion: Good
Type of Creature: Engineered Mutant, genetically modified by Dr Zimmerman
Powers: Freezing
History: Villains
In "The Second Coming" we first see Tracy with The Governer of New York, someone whom she was seeing romantically as well as working with at the time.
In "The Butterfly Effect" Tracy has no knowledge of her origins and ability until Nathan mistakes her for Niki Sanders. A reporter shows her evidence of Niki's sexual endeavors and attempts to blackmail her. This instance causes a trigger in her powers to inadvertantly freeze and kill him leaving her shocked and frightened as she flees the scene.
In "One of Us, One of Them" Tracy eventually visits Niki's funeral in New Orleans, and meets Niki's orphaned son, Micah Sanders, who helps her discover that she and Niki were born on the same day to the same mother, Kelly Sullivan, and delivered by the same doctor, Dr. Zimmerman. After visiting Dr. Zimmerman, who mistakely calls her "Barbara" he tells her that there is no way to remove her ability. In this episode she also accidentally freezes him and it is seen that she can unfreeze humans without killing them.
In "I Am Become Death" Tracy attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge due to the guilt of previously killing the reporter. However, under advice from Linderman, Nathan flies in and saves her. Later, she shows Nathan her powers by freezing his glass. The two then kiss.
In "Angels and Monsters" The two visit Angela Petrelli, where they learn more about the Company's experiments, and Mohinder Suresh, who captures them as part of his experimental research. Tracy tries to freeze Mohinder so that they can escape, however this does not work although Tracy is still able to freeze and destroy her restraints causing Mohinder to flee carrying Maya Herrera.
In "It's Coming", Tracy accompanies Nathan to Pinehearst, and watches as he confronts his father. After Nathan then heads to Primatech, Tracy goes back into Pinehearst and tells Arthur that she thinks she can get Nathan to side with him. Nathan eventually comes around, and Tracy introduces him to the team of Marines they intend to use the formula on.
In "Dual", she saves Nathan's life by freezing Knox, who was about to kill him. With Peter and Flint destroying the lab and formula, she tells Nathan that they can get the formula and start over, but Nathan fires her. She tries to take the formula from the safe in Arthur's office, but Hiro and Daphne steal it from her. She is last seen picking up Mohinder, cured of his mutations by the completed formula, as he stumbles along the side of the road.
In the Heroes graphic novel "What We Have Wrought", during the car ride Tracy reveals that she salvaged a vial of the formula under her dress. She asks Mohinder if he can reproduce another batch of formula; he responds by running out of the car and crushing the vial. He walks off in the distance, leaving an angry and upset Tracy.
Fugitives
Two months later, in "A Clear and Present Danger", Tracy is back working for the government. However, she is soon captured by one of Nathan's teams, and is later loaded onto the plane with the other captured posthumans. Whilst the flight is in progress, Claire frees her, and Peter absorbs her ability without knowing. He touches the wall of the aircraft, and it freezes, creating a large hole that causes the plane to go down.
In "Trust and Blood" after the crash, she is found by Peter, whom she offers to Nathan in exchange for her freedom. However, Nathan double-crosses her, and she is recaptured.
In "Building 26", she is chained to a chair under large heaters to prevent her from using her abilities. When her old friend from the government comes to examine Nathan's plans and sees Tracy, she immediately goes off to stop his funding. The Hunter, however, secretly loosens Tracy's chains and leaves the door unlocked. Falling into his trap, Tracy escapes and takes a man hostage, eventually killing him when she realizes that she can't escape. Her friend, seeing this, promises all the funding that Nathan needs. Believing Nathan to be responsible for her allowed escape, Tracy tells him that she knows what he did.
In "Shades of Gray", Tracy gets a message from "Rebel" telling her help is on the way. Nathan, afraid of Tracy outing to Danko about his ability, reminds her that he his only chance of help and survival. Trusting Nathan, she lies to Danko for him.
In the episode "Cold Snap", Tracy is freed from her prison by "Rebel", and is allowed by Danko and Bennet to escape (freeing Parkman, Mohinder and Daphne in the process), so that she can lead them to "Rebel"; Bennett warns her to go along with the scheme, and she'll be allowed to disappear into the country. She leads Danko's men to "Rebel", who is revealed to be her nephew, Micah Sanders; after Micah chastises her for betraying him, she regrets it and aids him in escaping. Tracy tells Micah to set off the sprinkler system, and as he flees she walks into the open, presenting herself to the troops, and releases a massive outburst of her ability, freezing everything and everyone in her surroundings, including herself. Afterward, her frozen form is shot by Danko, and she shatters. However, after the shattering of her body, her right eye can be seen blinking and a tear rolls across her icy "cheek" just before the camera moves on to the next scene.
Character is from (series, book, creator, or author, if it applies): Heroes.
Oh, and history from Wiki. Haven't seen some episodes in full yet, I'll rework the history in my own words when I own it on DVD
Last Name: Strauss
Middle Name: None
Age: In her 20s
Height/Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Character description:
Persuasion: Good
Type of Creature: Engineered Mutant, genetically modified by Dr Zimmerman
Powers: Freezing
History: Villains
In "The Second Coming" we first see Tracy with The Governer of New York, someone whom she was seeing romantically as well as working with at the time.
In "The Butterfly Effect" Tracy has no knowledge of her origins and ability until Nathan mistakes her for Niki Sanders. A reporter shows her evidence of Niki's sexual endeavors and attempts to blackmail her. This instance causes a trigger in her powers to inadvertantly freeze and kill him leaving her shocked and frightened as she flees the scene.
In "One of Us, One of Them" Tracy eventually visits Niki's funeral in New Orleans, and meets Niki's orphaned son, Micah Sanders, who helps her discover that she and Niki were born on the same day to the same mother, Kelly Sullivan, and delivered by the same doctor, Dr. Zimmerman. After visiting Dr. Zimmerman, who mistakely calls her "Barbara" he tells her that there is no way to remove her ability. In this episode she also accidentally freezes him and it is seen that she can unfreeze humans without killing them.
In "I Am Become Death" Tracy attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge due to the guilt of previously killing the reporter. However, under advice from Linderman, Nathan flies in and saves her. Later, she shows Nathan her powers by freezing his glass. The two then kiss.
In "Angels and Monsters" The two visit Angela Petrelli, where they learn more about the Company's experiments, and Mohinder Suresh, who captures them as part of his experimental research. Tracy tries to freeze Mohinder so that they can escape, however this does not work although Tracy is still able to freeze and destroy her restraints causing Mohinder to flee carrying Maya Herrera.
In "It's Coming", Tracy accompanies Nathan to Pinehearst, and watches as he confronts his father. After Nathan then heads to Primatech, Tracy goes back into Pinehearst and tells Arthur that she thinks she can get Nathan to side with him. Nathan eventually comes around, and Tracy introduces him to the team of Marines they intend to use the formula on.
In "Dual", she saves Nathan's life by freezing Knox, who was about to kill him. With Peter and Flint destroying the lab and formula, she tells Nathan that they can get the formula and start over, but Nathan fires her. She tries to take the formula from the safe in Arthur's office, but Hiro and Daphne steal it from her. She is last seen picking up Mohinder, cured of his mutations by the completed formula, as he stumbles along the side of the road.
In the Heroes graphic novel "What We Have Wrought", during the car ride Tracy reveals that she salvaged a vial of the formula under her dress. She asks Mohinder if he can reproduce another batch of formula; he responds by running out of the car and crushing the vial. He walks off in the distance, leaving an angry and upset Tracy.
Fugitives
Two months later, in "A Clear and Present Danger", Tracy is back working for the government. However, she is soon captured by one of Nathan's teams, and is later loaded onto the plane with the other captured posthumans. Whilst the flight is in progress, Claire frees her, and Peter absorbs her ability without knowing. He touches the wall of the aircraft, and it freezes, creating a large hole that causes the plane to go down.
In "Trust and Blood" after the crash, she is found by Peter, whom she offers to Nathan in exchange for her freedom. However, Nathan double-crosses her, and she is recaptured.
In "Building 26", she is chained to a chair under large heaters to prevent her from using her abilities. When her old friend from the government comes to examine Nathan's plans and sees Tracy, she immediately goes off to stop his funding. The Hunter, however, secretly loosens Tracy's chains and leaves the door unlocked. Falling into his trap, Tracy escapes and takes a man hostage, eventually killing him when she realizes that she can't escape. Her friend, seeing this, promises all the funding that Nathan needs. Believing Nathan to be responsible for her allowed escape, Tracy tells him that she knows what he did.
In "Shades of Gray", Tracy gets a message from "Rebel" telling her help is on the way. Nathan, afraid of Tracy outing to Danko about his ability, reminds her that he his only chance of help and survival. Trusting Nathan, she lies to Danko for him.
In the episode "Cold Snap", Tracy is freed from her prison by "Rebel", and is allowed by Danko and Bennet to escape (freeing Parkman, Mohinder and Daphne in the process), so that she can lead them to "Rebel"; Bennett warns her to go along with the scheme, and she'll be allowed to disappear into the country. She leads Danko's men to "Rebel", who is revealed to be her nephew, Micah Sanders; after Micah chastises her for betraying him, she regrets it and aids him in escaping. Tracy tells Micah to set off the sprinkler system, and as he flees she walks into the open, presenting herself to the troops, and releases a massive outburst of her ability, freezing everything and everyone in her surroundings, including herself. Afterward, her frozen form is shot by Danko, and she shatters. However, after the shattering of her body, her right eye can be seen blinking and a tear rolls across her icy "cheek" just before the camera moves on to the next scene.
Character is from (series, book, creator, or author, if it applies): Heroes.
Oh, and history from Wiki. Haven't seen some episodes in full yet, I'll rework the history in my own words when I own it on DVD
