| “ | Mech-Xecute! | ” |
— Ryan's Catchphrase
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Ryan Peanut Walker is a main character and the protagonist in MECH-X4. He is portrayed by Nathaniel Potvin.
Description[]
Ryan is a freshman at Bay City High who has technopathy – the extraordinary ability to control technology with his mind. His talent mysteriously awakens MECH-X4, a giant 150-foot robot built by an elusive genius (who was imprisoned) to defend their town against impending doom in the form of monsters.
Personality[]
Ryan is the leader of the MECH-X4 Team. He has a great attitude and tries to do what's best for the team, but sometimes loses focus of what's right. He also rises to occasions and is not afraid to stand up to his older brother, Mark, or other forms of authority, like his mother, Grace.
One of Ryan’s most defining traits is his near-unshakeable bravery. From facing countless monsters with his team to risking his life multiple times to protect Bay City and his loved ones, Ryan tends to face things head on for the sale of others without a concern for his well-being. Even when at the mercy of individuals as powerful as Traeger, Ryan refused to back down, going as far as to activate the escape pod with everyone but himself in it, effectively sacrificing himself to protect them.
That said, his bravery isn’t always a positive and at times is more akin to overconfidence or impulsiveness. Such as the time when he refused to listen to Mark and Harris about the potential danger they could face in rescuing Leo without proper underwater scanners, causing them to hit a mine and damage Mech-X4’s hull. This reckless attitude is often shown when Ryan is faced with either a high-stress situation or his emotions are running high.
Another trait that Ryan possesses is compassion. While he can at times do things for personal gain, he more often than not makes decisions based on what is in the best interest of everyone. This can be seen when he decides to try and cure Leo’s test subjects of their technopathic energy, even at the risk of his own health or the time he convinced Leo OS in Mech-X3 to spare the team and help them find Leo by appealing to the artificial intelligence’s humanity and loyalty to Leo. Even in lesser instances, such as the recruitment of Veracity to the team, he is (apart from Spyder) the most supportive of her addition to the team, recognizing her worth to the crew in spite of her lacking collaboration skills.
Even with his own enemies, Ryan can be merciful at times, refusing to kill human enemies even if they intend to kill him. That said, although Ryan is a selfless young man with a kind heart, he has had moments of wrath against his enemies, the most prominent example being Seth Harper. As the man who had essentially persecuted and antagonized him from the day he was born, Ryan holds a deep-seated hatred for Harper. So much so that he had to promise Mark he wouldn’t kill him and after capturing him, threatened to render Harper catatonic with Leo’s mind splicer. If not for Harper toying with Ryan’s morality long enough to subdue him and make his escape, he likely would have.
Overall, Ryan is far from perfect, but when all is said and done, he is as much a hero as he is a good person. He may make mistakes, but he is more than willing to push past them and grow.
History[]
Early Life[]
In the past, as an infant, Ryan unknowingly utilized his powers to dismantle the source of light. However, he lacked comprehension of his actions. Fast forward 15 years later, Ryan remained oblivious to the fact that he possessed such abilities. He encountered a series of technological attacks from alarm clocks, toasters, and even televisions. It was only when Ryan awakened and focused his attention on the alarm clock that he discovered his capability to manipulate technology with his gaze, effortlessly turning it on and off.
Discovering his powers[]
Ryan is a teenage boy that has been living under his brother's shadow. When he suddenly gets Technopathy, he thinks he gets more recognition. Ever since, Ryan has been the pilot of Mech-X4. Ryan was adopted by Grace and Davis Walker. His biological parents left him for adoption because Seth Harper was looking for his parents.
Ryan starts to the power of controlling technology, in Let's Call It MECH-X4!, he doesn't know where he got it from but he gradually got answers from when they found Leo in Let's Get Leo!. His teammates include Spyder, Harris and Mark. Ryan at first was using his powers for fun and now he's getting the hang of it. They've become pretty good at fighting monsters and fighting enemies.
After supposedly defeating Grey, Ryan checked on her surveillance on him and finds a letter he's adopted. When he opens the letter, he freaks out because he thought Mark didn't want to be his brother. Following up on the supposed defeat of Seth, the team retrieves information about Ryan's birth parents. In Versus The Mountain, he finally meets his biological dad, Randall Anthony and in Versus The Thirty he meets his biological mom, Violet Anthony.
The MECH-X4 Team has been fighting through a series of monsters and found it not difficult. They soon realize that Grey, their own principal at Bay City High, was behind the attacks. Seth Harper was the one who was Grey's boss and they took him out too. However, Grey and Seth weren't really taken out and were still alive. Ryan meets a new enemy, called Traeger, who appears to be immortal to the team. Unexpectedly, when the team thinks Traeger, Traeger comes back alive and is controlling Harris so that Traeger could be closer to destroy Mech-X4.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Technopathy/Technopath physiology - Ryan has a unique ability of being able to control technology using his mind by manipulating the electrons in an electrical circuit of a piece of technology. He is capable of controlling the small, simplest appliances (such as lamps) or even bigger, heavier things (such as missiles and Mech-X4). People who have Technopathy are known as Technopaths and when using this ability, the irises of his eyes glow a light blue color. However, Ryan cannot control technology that isn't turned on. His biological makeup is also different from normal humans allowing him to withstand the technopathic energy he naturally produces without becoming sick like the failed technopaths. After absorbing the energy of the thirty into the capacitor, his powers were supercharged giving him a much greater range and versatility as well as much greater control over his powers until the capacitor energy was depleted.
- Explosion Inducement - Ryan is capable of making technology and electronics explode with his mind. This is a common effect of his power as he did it with phones, droids, missiles, etc. However, using this ability too much can cause mental pain or stress and can often time make him weak. (Let's Survive in the Woods!)
- Remote Control - Ryan is able of controlling MECH-X4 from outside the robot for short periods of time. His ability gradually improved when using it constantly. (Let's Go Clubbing!)
- Electrokinesis - Ryan has the ability to manipulate electrons allowing him to mentally interface with technology as well as generate energy. He sometimes, though, uses this ability for offensive purposes, as he did in the Harper tech data core room when he manipulated the electricity into a bolt to knock back an enemy.
- Energy Absorption: Ryan has the ability to absorb and disperse technopathic energy in others, such as the failed technopaths who got sick after Leo's experiments. However, this puts a huge strain on him and if it is done too much without rest, it will kill him. This ability is presumably link to his ability to generate electric energy.
- Flight/Levitation (formerly): After absorbing and storing the technopathic energy from the 30, Ryan gained the ability to fly by manipulating the electrons in the air to create repelling forces to keep him aloft. After the energy from the 30 was depleted, he apparently lost this ability. It possibly Ryan can regain this ability by absorbing other forms of energy. It unknown if Ryan lost this ability permanently or if it was just a temporal effect after absorbing the technopath energy from the other failed technopaths.
Abilities[]
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: Ryan has shown multiple types and forms of combat without using his powers.
- Skateboarding: In several episodes Ryan is shown to be a skilled skateboarder. In Let's End This! Part Two, he used a hoverboard to save Cassie Park with no difficulty.
Weaknesses[]
- Mech X4 Link: While controlling Mech X4, any damage that the robot sustains reflects itself appropriately on Ryan until fixed, as seen in Versus The Wolves at the Door, when Mech X4 was ripped in half, it seemed that Ryan's mind was also ripped in half with it.
- Emotional Turmoil: If Ryan is experiencing huge emotional turmoil, his powers will become uncontrollable and short out until the emotional turmoil is resolved.
- Technopathic visions: The very same visions seen by Ryan to lead him Mech-X4, were broadcast by a device created by Leo. These visions can be used against Ryan and can incapacitate him. This method was first used by Versus Harper's Ghost.
- Ore: In Versus The Infected, there were special rocks that block electronic signals allowing the 30 failed technopaths to stay healthy and not get sick from technology. It also prevents the farm from satellites or radar
Equipment[]
- Technopath Capacitor: After digging around in Mech-X4, Veracity found and adapted a component into a capacitor capable of storing technopathic energy. Ryan used this to absorb the energy from the thirty and store it in the capacitor for use later. This supercharged his powers giving him a much greater range and the ability to fly until the energy was depleted.
- Gravity Pucks: In Let's Be Idiots!, when Ryan knocked into a secret compartment, it opened Gravity Pucks and a Bounce Belt. Gravity Pucks are devices capable of negating the effects of gravity. It was possibly created by Leo Mendel. They're used by Ryan Walker and Mark Walker to allow their personal vehicles to fly.
- MECH-Link: is a wrist communicator which are used by the MECH-X4 Team. It was created by Harris so they could communicate with each other while Harris was at Harper Futuristics. It was going to be used to get Leo back but was later used for different kinds of things.
- Mech-X4 (formerly): It is a giant 150-foot robot created by Leo Mendel. The robot is mysteriously awakened by Ryan's technopathy. MECH-X4 resides inside of an Abandoned Ferry in a junkyard. MECH-X4 was destroyed by the X-Weapon in Versus The End. While piloting it Ryan and his friend had various weapon systems MECH-X4 has a bond with the technopath Ryan Walker, which allows him to control the robot's movements and attacks.
Relationships[]
Mark Walker[]
- Main article: Ryan and Mark
Mark is Ryan's adoptive (Ryan is adopted, not Mark) older brother. They are quite the opposite, since Mark is a confident athlete while Ryan isn't. However, Mark has shown to be there for his brother despite his popularity and vice-versa. Mark has shown to care deeply about Ryan and showed great concern when Ryan almost got brain damaged when he traveled into Harper's brain and was stuck in there for too long. Mark also broke down into tears in the episode versus the arctic when Ryan chose to stay in the robot as it was about to be destroyed by Traeger.
Harris[]
- Main article: Ryan and Harris
Harris is one of Ryan's best friends and the intelligent one of the four. Ryan was deeply concerned and shocked when he thought Harris was dead in Let's Call It Mech-X4!. They might not think alike sometimes, but they always have each others' backs.
Spyder[]
- Main article: Ryan and Spyder
Spyder is one of Ryan's best friends and the daredevil of the three. Instead of training and being responsible, like Harris probably prays for every day, he and Ryan like having fun and being reckless (like playing hockey with a monster heart). Ryan felt bad for doubting Spyder in Let's Get Some Air! after Spyder gave up his one chance to hangout with Cassie, his crush, to help his friends out in a time of need.
Yasmin[]
A girl that went with Ryan to his old school Bay City High. It is implied that Ryan and Yasmin have a romantic attraction to each other as shown in Let's Go Clubbing!, Versus Harper's Ghost, and Versus The Infected.
Cassie Park[]
Quotes[]
| “ | Mech-Xecute! | ” |
— Ryan Walker
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| “ | I'm a hero, Leo. And I'm gonna do what any hero does with a secret identity...I'm gonna lie to my mom! | ” |
— Ryan Walker
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Trivia[]
- He is a technopath.
- He is the pilot of Mech-X4.
- He uses skateboarding as a way to unwind.
- He loves to camp.
- He has a habit of saying "I love you, bye!" really quickly when he's nervous.
- His nickname is "Ry Guy", which is only used by his family and close friends.
- He still wears the "Save Spyder" t-shirt that was made to support a crowdfunding campaign to fix Spyder's leg.
- He still has his childhood teddy bear, Mr. Woobie, which Principal Grey thinks he's too old for.
- He likes playing pranks on people to get back at them, but it doesn't always work out for him.
- His middle name is revealed in “Versus the X-Weapon” when Grace says his full name.
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