Maxwell (Scribblenauts)

“	I learned that ideas can't be created or destroyed. So instead of CREATING heroes to fight for us, we BECOME the best of what those heroes represent.	„
	― Maxwell

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Maxwell' is the central protagonist of the Scribblenauts series, appearing in Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts, Scribblenauts Remix, Scribblenauts Unlimited, and Scribblenauts Unmasked. His primary objective is to collect Starites and Starite Shards from various locations, often as part of his efforts to help others or solve problems.

Names	Maxwell
Gender	Male ♂
Race	Human
Occupation	Scribblenaut, Student
Origin	Scribblenauts (September 15, 2009)
Alignment	Hero
Age	12
Created By	5th Cell, Jeremiah Slaczka,

Appearance

Maxwell is instantly recognizable by his distinctive outfit. He wears a Rooster Helmet, gray headphones, a blue-gray hoodie featuring a star emblem (possibly representing a Starite), white gloves, green shorts, blue-gray shoes, and red socks. His eyes are small and square in Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts, likely due to technical limitations, while later games and concept art depict him with small round eyes. His default expression is a smile, though in Scribblenauts Unmasked, his expression changes to an unamused look upon death.

In Scribblenauts Showdown, the avatar creator reveals that Maxwell has hair beneath his Rooster Helmet, styled with three small tufts resembling the helmet's design. His helmet and star emblem align with the Scribblenaut aesthetic, which could be a deliberate choice to blend in or an inherited family trait, as many of his siblings—including his sister Lily—wear personalized variations of the Rooster Helmet.

Personality

Maxwell's personality is shaped by his adventurous spirit, creativity, and growth throughout the Scribblenauts series. Initially, he is portrayed as mischievous and arrogant, a child who takes his magical notebook for granted and enjoys using it for pranks, as seen in Scribblenauts Unlimited when he tricks a beggar with a rotten apple. However, his journey to save his sister Lily reveals a deeper side to his character.

Maxwell demonstrates resilience, determination, and an evolving sense of responsibility as he learns the value of helping others. Despite his playful and imaginative nature, he is willing to face challenges, solve complex problems, and even confront adversaries to achieve his goals. Maxwell's resourcefulness and boundless creativity are central to his character, as he uses the notebook to craft solutions that range from practical to absurdly inventive.

While Maxwell's primary goal is often altruistic, he occasionally indulges in creating worlds and scenarios purely for fun, reflecting his youthful curiosity. Over time, his experiences teach him humility and empathy, transforming him from a carefree prankster into a thoughtful and heroic figure.

Biography

In Scribblenauts Unlimited, Maxwell is introduced as one of 42 siblings in a family with 41 brothers, one sister, and two adventurous parents, Edgar and Julie. Each child received a magical gift from their parents' travels. Maxwell's gift was a magical notebook capable of bringing anything he wrote to life, while his sister Lily was given a globe that could teleport her anywhere in the world. The nature of the other siblings' gifts remains unknown.

Maxwell's journey begins when he uses the notebook to trick a beggar into eating a rotten apple, causing the beggar to curse Lily, slowly turning her to stone. To save her, Maxwell learns he must collect Starites, magical objects created from the happiness of others, by helping people solve their problems. After lifting the curse, Maxwell continues his quest to find Starites, often creating entire worlds—whether paradisiacal or nightmarish—and tackling challenges along the way.

Scribblenauts

In the original game, Maxwell is enrolled in a mysterious university for "Scribblenauts" and tasked with collecting Starites. The reasons behind this quest are unexplained, but he uses his magical notebook to solve puzzles, trials, and other challenges to obtain them.

Super Scribblenauts and Scribblenauts Remix

In these games, Maxwell's motivation is similarly ambiguous. He is shown observing constellations, suggesting he might be imagining adventures among the stars or actually exploring them. The exact storyline remains uncertain.

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Unlike earlier games, Unlimited introduces a clear storyline. Maxwell's arrogance as a child leads to Lily's curse, prompting his quest to collect Starites by helping others. He learns a valuable lesson about kindness and responsibility, which is revealed to be a clever ruse orchestrated by his father, disguised as the beggar, to teach Maxwell and Lily the importance of empathy and humility.

Scribblenauts Unmasked

Maxwell and Lily engage in a playful argument about comic book heroes, leading Maxwell to write "Gotham" on a notebook page and touch it to Lily's globe. This transports them to Gotham City in the DC Universe. Unbeknownst to Maxwell, the word "Doppelganger" was written on the back of the page, bringing his sinister counterpart to life. Maxwell and Lily must team up with DC heroes to stop the Doppelganger and restore order.

Powers and Statistics

Tier: 9-A, possibly higher, 2-A with the Notebook, Varies from 10-C to 2-A with Creation | 2-A, Varies from 10-C to 2-A with Creation

Key: Base | Hope and Determination

Powers and Abilities:

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Weapon Mastery
• Extrasensory Perception, Information Analysis (Is able to see what beings are, what powers they have, what adjectives they have and what they are thinking and he is able to see and sense people that need help, can also see tips to aid him in battle)
• Self-Sustenance (Type 1)
• Non-Physical Interaction (Can hit intangible, non-corporeal and conceptual beings)
• Vehicular Mastery (Can drive cars, boats, planes, mechas, rocket ships, etc.)
• Telekinesis and Existence Erasure (Maxwell can drag certain objects wherever he wants, and to the trash can to delete them)
• Reality Warping, Spatial Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (4-D, Type 2. He can manipulate, remove (to nullify abilities or passives), and add 'adjectives' onto objects, people and himself, which grant him a large variety of effects. Maxwell can also use Object Editor to create things which are completely new to the reality, he is able to manipulate concepts which was shown to exist even after the multiverse was erased, he can also make stuff conceptual with the conceptual adjective) via the Notebook
• Creation
• Transmutation (Can turn people and objects into rabbits and roses with a spell book, transform others into skeleton warriors with the Necronomicon, turn weapons into roses with the Fairy Godmother's Wand)
• Ice Manipulation, Heat Vision With the Superman costume
• Pocket Reality Manipulation and Dimensional Storage with his Backpack
• Teleportation, BFR, Dimensional Travel (Thought, Can use his sister's globe to teleport himself and send beings to any place, different realities and universes)
• Magic, Life Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Forcefield Creation, Attack Reflection, Summoning, Antimatter Manipulation, Necromancy, Petrification (1 Layer), Void Manipulation, Power Nullification, Duplication, Radiation Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Status Effect Inducement, Durability Negation, Matter Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Morality Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Transmutation, Disease Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Hair Manipulation, Resurrection, Light Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Energy Manipulation , Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation , Data Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Black Hole Creation, Soul Manipulation, Existence Erasure (1 Layer), Madness Manipulation, Age Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Subjective Reality, Memory Manipulation, Fragrance Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Density Manipulation via the Notebook
• Power Bestowal (Which grant the following. Immortality (Type 1, 3, and 5), Invulnerability, Incorporeality, Flight, Invisibility, Regeneration (Low-Mid), Telekinesis, Small Size (Type 0-2), Large Size (Type 0), Inorganic Physiology, Cyberization, Bodily Weaponry, Telepathy) via the Notebook

Resistance to

• Petrification (Is able to move freely after being turned to stone, he is also not affected by "Gorgon")
• Transmutation (Maxwell is immune to the "Witch" who uses her spells to turn almost anyone she meets into a frog and to the "Vampire" who turns everyone they meet into a ghoul or another vampire)
• Existence Erasure (Tanked an energy beam from the Anti-Monitor which can erase beings)

Attack Potency: Small Building level, possibly higher (Destroyed a tower, without the influence of a strengthening adjective, should be comparable to his durability), Multiverse level+ with the Notebook (Converted the energy let off by the destruction of the Anti-Monitor to Starites & absorbed it, and remade infinite universes), Varies from Below Average Human level to Multiverse level+ with Creation (Is capable of creating beings that vary from small animals to beings such as The Thought Robot, The Spectre, Anti-Monitor, The Monitor and Anti-Anti-Monitor) | Multiverse level+ (Capable of hurting and fighting on part against Anti-Monitor who easily erased the entire Multiverse with his Hope and Determination Adjective), Varies from Below Average Human level to Multiverse level+ with Creation

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Should be comparable Larfleeze who flew from Vega System to Oa in a short period of time) | Massively FTL+

Lifting Strength: Unknown (Can lift pretty much anything with adjective 'liftable' though it is unknown if Maxwell can do this because of his strength or because of the adjective)

Striking Strength: Small Building level, possibly higher | Multiverse level+

Durability: Small Building level, possibly higher (Is capable of tanking nukes) | Multiverse level+ (Was able to trade blows with the Anti-Monitor)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, Several Meters with weapons, Multiversal+ with Notebook and Globe | Same as before

Standard Equipment: Notebook, Pencil, Backpack, Globe, Superhero suits

Intelligence: Gifted mostly, Genius with Adjectives (Rather considerable. He knows a lot about monsters and real-life creatures, weapons, and complex machines; he is highly imaginative. Can make himself a genius)

Weaknesses: He needs to write the item first to use it