Lance (Character)

"Ignorant fools!" - Lance, A Somari Summer

Lance "Gearhead" Stevie (simply known as Lance) is the main antagonist of the Somari Adventures web series and the oldest sibling of Somari and Alex Stevie. He was created by Tye Hiser, who is best known for voicing him with a French accent. Although Lance was created in 2017 and appeared in various Swapdoodle notes created by Hiser under the name of "Evil Somari", he wouldn't make his first animated media appearance until Somari Strikes Back, where he gained his official name, "Lance." He would make his first appearance on 'the big screen" with 2018's A Somari Summer.

Personality
Lance is an energetic, extremely intelligent, yet, very quirky young adult that loves to invent and create machines. Due to his experiences with society, Lance considers technology to be more reliable than other people, and thus surrounds himself with robots and gadgets rather than companions. Lance also has a flamboyant side to him, and a sense of style, as well as a short temper. Despite his tough outside, Lance has an emotional inside due to his troubled past with other people.

Backstory
When Lance was younger, he was a lot more like his brother Somari. Lance would try to make friends with other kids at school, but most rejected him for his unique quirks. Teachers would even start to tell Lance to change himself, which would lead to him feeling depressed and worthless, wondering what to do. When Lance got older, he grew spiteful and bitter towards the world. Eventually he joined an underground club in his school called the X-Clan, filled with other kids and teens with similar feelings hellbent on overtaking the school. After the group was eventually disbanded by Somari and his friends, Lance moved on to creating his own plans. "If I owned this world, it would be under my control. I could show everyone true freedom. I will prove to these losers my true power, and they will ALL bow down to me!" It was from this point that Lance's goal in life became to conquer the world- by any means necessary; for he wanted to create his own unified government.

Appearance
Lance is an angry or malicious looking human character with a purple tee, black sweat pants, and matching purple shoes. He is sometimes depicted with spiky black hair and / or a mustache (either curly, wavy, or average.) Like other American characters, he has white skin. Lance is usually portrayed with exaggerated, bushy eyebrows. Lance's appearance differs greatly between shorts and animations. In more modern iterations, he is usually seen sporting a pair of safety goggles.

Powers
Lance is extremely intelligent with a very high IQ, able to create things and come up with plans that most people can't. This leads to inventions and schemes that pose a real challenge for Somari. Most of Lance's plans pose threats to the peace of society and other people, with Lance doing whatever he needs to accomplish his goals. Lance also seems to know how to spin dash, as seen in Dead For Real. It's unknown if Somari taught him this or if he picked it up himself.

Somari
Somari and Lance are bitter enemies, with Lance showing an obvious hatred towards his younger brother, and Somari showing a cockiness and confidence towards his older sibling. Despite the two's constant back-and-forth, it is shown on some occasions that the two still have some brotherly love for each other, and a little mutual respect.

Alex
Lance and Alex have not interacted in any media, though Somari and Alex are known for playing pranks on their eldest sibling. It is likely that Lance and Alex butt heads, but not as much as with Lance and Somari.

Boris
Although Lance is harsh on Boris at times, he also treats him as his son. Boris is also Lance's only friend and his own creation.

Aden
When Lance hears of Adenator's rising popularity on Butterfly Animation in A Somari Summer, Lance gets jealous, and plagues the lake of their family's summerhouse with bombs. It is unknown if the two have any previous interactions, or how Lance knew about Aden.

Creation
Lance was originally created as an alternate version of his creator's mii named "Evil Somari" to be used in the Nintendo 3DS application Swapdoodle, in order to tell stories using the note sending feature. Originally just an "evil Somari," Lance would do things such as steal Somari's face and ask trivia questions in order to set him free. Eventually in 2018, Hiser had the idea of making an anime inspired Somari reboot based on Sonic X called Somari Strikes Back. For the reboot, he decided to bring back Evil Somari as the main antagonist. In order for his existence in canon to make sense, however, he was made to be Somari's brother and "Evil Somari" to be an unaffectionate nickname created by Somari to make him seem "like an evil knockoff."

Butterfly Shorts
Somari and Lance make notable appearances in the Butterfly Shorts web series, having side roles in certain episodes and even having dedicated episodes to themselves. Lance makes notable appearances in Color is missing, DOGFIGHT!, and Prison Escape. Three Somari-based episodes were made by Tye Hiser for Butterfly Shorts and featured Somari. These are Somari & Son, UNO!, and Somari Meets Somari, though Lance oddly does not make an appearance in any of them. Despite this, he was intended to be included in UNO!, but was cut to save time.

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Lance makes an appearance in MattMovies599's original channel trailer in a purple airplane.

Butterfly Brawl
Lance appears alongside his brother Somari as a playable fighter in the Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II fighting game BUTTERFLY BRAWL (1.0) for Game Builder Garage, where they fight on the Mount Nick stage from ''Somari Go! Rally.''

Legacy
Lance is a fan favorite characters among Somari fans, and is arguably one of the most recognizable Butterfly Animation villains. Lance makes appearances outside of Somari Adventures media quite frequently.

Trivia

 * According to Hiser, Lance does not consider himself the bad guy.
 * In fact, he sees himself as the hero.
 * Lance's favorite song is Come Together by The Beatles.
 * The song is one from Hiser's childhood.
 * Lance's accent is likely mimicry, as he is canonically American.
 * Lance's accent is a partial reference to Dexter's Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky stating that "all scientists have accents."
 * Lance has no set age, though is said to be in his late adolescence.
 * Lance's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
 * Like his brother, Lance is religiously agnostic.
 * Lance's exact sexuality is unknown, as he has never had a canonical relationship.
 * Lance likes to study Greek mythology.
 * Lance's name comes from a previous landlord of Hiser's grandfather.
 * Lance's signature evil laugh is the Butterfly Animation stock sound effect "laugh" sped up to 0.25%.
 * Tye Hiser often references a joke ship between Somari and Lance called "Somance" or simply just "Somari x Lance" for the sake of trolling.