Rachel
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| Rachel | |
|---|---|
| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Female |
| Eye color |
Blue |
| Hair color |
Blonde |
| Born |
1985 |
| Died |
2001 |
| Family |
Father: Dan |
| Affiliation | |
| Behind the scenes | |
| First appearance | |
| Last appearance | |
| Cause |
Killed by controller in polar bear morph |
Rachel was the most violent member of the Animorphs. She is Jake's cousin, and was in love with Tobias. Before the war, she trained in gymnastics. Marco's nickname for her is Xena, Warrior Princess.
Rachel has two younger sisters, Sarah and Jordan, who make very few cameo appearences in the books with no real significance. Rachel's parents are divorced, and though she had a stronger bond with her father, she chose to live with her mother in favor of staying near the Animorphs.
Arguably, Rachel was the character that changed the most during the war. Before the war, she was characterized by her involvement in gymnastics, her friendship with Melissa Chapman, and her incurable mall-crawling and shopping addiction. An attractive girl, she was also smart, confident and very bold. After the groups' meeting with Elfangor, her relationship with Melissa faded, and her obsession with the war took the place of her older shopping hobby. Out of all the animorphs, Rachel was the only one that seemed to enjoy the war, always eager to jump into a crazy mission. Her catchphrase of sorts was "Let's do it!". Soon her daring and love of action grew to a dark, almost sadistic love of fighting and aggression.
Rachel's violence was noticed, and "exploited" by Jake and the Animorphs, and later, even Crayak. Though her will to battle and sacrifice herself was a powerful asset to the team, it disturbed all of the groups' members, including Rachel herself. In #32 - The Separation, Rachel is accidentally split into two different beings, possessing different qualities of Rachel; most easily described as "Mean Rachel" and "Wimp Rachel." Her violent side was far stronger than her kinder side, a fact that haunted Rachel throughout the series.
Rachel and Tobias have only had a few dates, at a dance in #33 - The Illusion, and other "flying dates" have been referenced to. Though the two's relationship seems fairly casual, Rachel and Tobias show serious feelings for each other. Despite her violent nature, Rachel repeatedly urges Tobias to become a nothlit in his human form and quit participating in the war. And gets mad at the Ellimist for not returning Tobias to his human body when he promised when Tobias, instead, he only gets back his morphing powers.
Most notable about Rachel is that though many of the Animorphs' victories were attributed to her (David, Tom Berenson), Rachel was not supposed to be an Animorph. In The Ellimist Chronicles, the The Ellimist tells Rachel in her last minutes of life that she was nothing but "a happy mistake," and was not supposed to be with Jake, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco that night. In book 54 - The Beginning she dies. In the last chapters of the book Jake, Marco and Tobias commandeer a prototype Yeerk warship from the Andalites and name it the Rachel. Its fate is ambiguous as the story ends with Jake giving the command to use it to ram the Blade ship the group has been chasing.
Suffers from near-sightedness and claustophobia.
[edit] Morphs
| Morph | Book Acquired |
|---|---|
| African Elephant | The Invasion |
| Bald Eagle | The Visitor |
| Shrew | |
| Cat ("Fluffer McKitty") | |
| Female Wolf | The Encounter |
| Trout | |
| Bottlenose Dolphin | The Message |
| Seagull | |
| Ant | The Predator |
| Cockroach | The Capture |
| Fly | |
| Great Horned Owl | The Stranger |
| Grizzly Bear | |
| White Rat | The Secret |
| Termite | |
| Mother Skunk | |
| Bat | The Android |
| Spider Monkey (Unusable Sario Rip morph) | The Forgotten |
| Jaguar (Unusable Sario Rip morph) | |
| Crocodile (Unusable, Hereth illnit) (She "burped" it out) | The Reaction |
| Hork-Bajir (Jara Hamee) | The Change |
| Racehorse | The Unknown |
| Parrot | The Escape |
| Hammerhead Shark | |
| Mole | The Underground |
| Mosquito | The Decision |
| Deinonychus (Unusable Sario Rip morph) | In the Time of Dinosaurs |
| Flea | The Threat |
| Anteater | The Suspicion |
| Baby Seal | The Extreme |
| Polar Bear | |
| Sperm Whale | The Exposed |
| Giant Squid | |
| Chimpanzee | The Experiment |
| Eel | The Sickness |
| Starfish | The Separation |
| Squirrel | The Proposal |
| Cockatiel | |
| Orca Whale | The Mutation |
| Cheetah | The Weakness |
| Honeybee | The Other |
| Female Fighter Pilot | The Deception |
| Beaver | The Resistance |
According to the Anibase, which can be downloaded here, Rachel has a total 43 morphs in the series.
