Detective Focci

Detective Focci (real name Bryce Vargas) is a vigilante serving as the protector of Coldsteel and one of Antarctica's greatest detectives. He is incredibly stealthy and is skilled with a wide variety of weapons and combat forms. In his public persona, he operates his own detective firm, but ironically struggles to obtain clients as a result of his own vigilante work. Due to this, he is very frugal and often has trouble obtaining new gadgets.

Focci does not consider himself a superhero as he does not like the idea of gaining publicity just for doing the right thing. He also sees the publicity as a potential hindrance to his investigations, preferring to keep a low profile. Despite this, he is a founding member of the superhero team the New Protectors, seeing its existence as being beneficial for the greater good of Antarctica.

Early life
Bryce was hatched into an influential crime family in the United States of Antarctica. During Bryce's teenage years, his older brother was kidnapped by a rivaling family with the intention of forcing the Vargas family to pay a hefty ransom to get him back. However, rather than pay the ransom, Bryce's parents opted to leave their son to his fate. This decision shocked and appalled Bryce, and he immediately vowed to leave this world that he had been hatched into. In the middle of the night, Bryce gathered some of his things into an old suitcase and left home for good.

Unfortunately for Bryce, living life alone on the streets was much more difficult than he anticipated, especially in contrast to his old life.

Focci Begins
A low-quality photo of one of Bryce's calling cards eventually made it onto the internet, which was mostly used by the Dorkugese at the time. Interpreting the bat wing symbol as a Focci wing, they nicknamed him "Detective Focci" on various internet forums. While other less popular names such as "Detective Bat" and "Detective Flying Fox" were occasionally used, mostly by non-Dorkugese, Detective Focci was the only name that caught on and eventually stuck, although Bryce himself never officially adopted it.

Involvement

 * Detective - Focci is one of Antarctica's greatest detectives. In his public persona as Bryce Vargas, he runs his own detective firm in Coldsteel. Ironically, he struggles for clients as a direct result of his work as Focci, in a way stealing his own business.
 * Vigilante

Personality
Detective Focci is a loner and doesn't particularly enjoy the company of others. He doesn't like having any sort of partner or sidekick, as he feels they would only slow him down and that his work is done best by him alone. Although reluctant to be part of the New Protectors because of this, he recognizes the necessity of its existence and continues to work with them for the greater good.

Focci is a very old-fashioned penguin. He is apprehensive about using new technology, often not seeing the point of its developments. For example, he hates smartphones, as he thinks having a clock and calendar on your phone is pointless when you can just use a wristwatch and a physical calendar, and considers the ability to browse the internet or play games on a phone a pointless waste of time. Since joining the New Protectors, he has become somewhat overwhelmed with the frequent use of Iron Walrus' cutting-edge technology.

Equipment

 * Baton
 * Foccicycle - A motorcycle serving as Focci's main mode of transportation. To avoid blowing his cover, it is both unlicensed and uninsured.
 * Foccidrone - An ordinary drone that Focci sometimes flies over the city to keep an eye on things without going out. To save money, he bought a heavily discounted drone that was returned to the store after Christmas.
 * Foccipoon
 * Focciscope - A fairly old microscope that Focci purchased at a thrift store. It's not really in the best shape, but it usually gets the job done.
 * Smoke Bombs

Hobbies
Detective Focci enjoys keeping up on current events, but is somewhat old-fashioned and prefers the medium of newspapers.

Diet
Detective Focci's beverage of choice is coffee. He feels that he does his best thinking after having some.

Portrayal in media
Focci considers certain media such as comic books and video games to be frivolous pastimes meant for chicks. Because of this, he refuses to give anyone the license to use his likeness and has not appeared in any form of media, in stark contrast to other heroes and fellow New Protectors like Shadow Guy, Gamma Gal, and Iron Walrus. After refusing to give SHAZAM Comics the rights to run a comic book based on him, this led to the creation of a suspiciously similar character known as "the Bat-tective". These comics sold poorly and were eventually cancelled after a short run, although the character still appears in Defenders comics. Other pitches, such as including Focci as a fighter in Super Smash Mates U.B.E.R., were similarly rejected.

Relationships

 * Darty - Darty's hyperactive nature doesn't mesh very well with Focci's dark and brooding personality.