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== Overview ==
Viscous' wish and motivation in the [[ritual]] is to kill [[The Deep#The Adversary|the Adversary]].<ref name=":6">{{HeroIcon|Viscous}}' backstory</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Hidden King|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#patrons|context=(Viscous start)|transcription=The landwalkers don't understand what horrors await them if you fail today. But you are strong, in heart and body. You will not falter. You will complete the ritual, and together with the Hidden King, you will kill the Adversary.}}</ref>

=== Biography ===
Viscous is a psychic [[wikipedia:Sea_anemone|sea anemone]] from [[The Deep]] who left the ocean to seek help after the Adversary arrived and started killing everyone.<ref name=":7">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Abrams|number=3}}</ref> Constructing an ectoplasmic goo body to traverse the surface, Viscous seeks the [[Patron|Patrons]] in order to save the Deep.<ref name=":6" />

Viscous is commonly referred to as a "tourist".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Vyper}}'s in-game [[Vyper/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Viscous): ''"I swear to God, that is the first tourist I have legitimate guilt about killing."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Viscous): ''"Tourists..."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Enemies|voice lines]] (Killed Viscous): ''"This isn't the place for tourists."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Holliday): ''"I hate fighting a fellow tourist."''</ref> While on the surface, he wants to watch [[wikipedia:South_Pacific_(musical)|South Pacific]],<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"The Patrons can wait. I want to see South Pacific."''</ref> free his "brothers" from New York's aquariums,<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"I'm going to go free my brothers from the prison known as 'The Aquarium'."''</ref> try climbing some stairs in his goo body,<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"I was planning on trying to use stairs today anyway."''</ref> and visit a variety of locations in New York, including Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey and Secaucus.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect)</ref> While enjoying his time on the surface, Viscous is still researching the Adversary.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#unselect|context=(unselect)|transcription=I need to do research on the Adversary.}}</ref>

Unlike Viscous, the other denizens of the Deep find legs "unnerving".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Select|context=(select)|transcription=Most of my kind find legs to be unnerving, but I rather enjoy them.}}</ref>

=== Personality ===
Viscous is innocent and optimistic, eager to learn about the surface world and make new friends. He likes to compliment others,<ref name=":8">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Lady Geist|number=3|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=I don't have a nose, but if I did, I bet your hair would smell like flowers.}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> although he's "socially awkward" and unfamiliar with the customs of human society.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=I didn't mean to offend you. I'm just socially awkward!}}</ref> Viscous likes people-watching,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Infernus|number=2|hero_quote1=Infernus|quote1=How you liking New York?|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=People-watching is fun!|hero_quote3=Infernus|quote3=You should stop by Jezebel's sometime. If you like people watching, you'll see all types there.}}</ref> and enjoys violence, which surprises him.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes|context=(kill)|transcription=I never realised violence would be so exciting!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Kill Enemy Hero|context=(melee kill)|transcription=Who would have thought that punching strangers would feel so good?}}</ref> Viscous commonly refers to people as "surface dwellers".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=viscous/Quotes#unselect|context=(unselect)|transcription=Surface dwellers aren't so scary after all!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#situational|context=(search for escaped enemy)|transcription=Come back, surface dweller, I want to be friends! But first I have to shoot you!}}</ref>

Despite his upbeat nature, Viscous takes his mission to stop the [[Adversary]] very seriously.<ref name=":4">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Seven|number=3|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=The Adversary. He comes for the Deep. And if I don't stop him, he'll come for everything.|hero_quote2=Seven|quote2=There's more to you than I expected, Viscous.}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Dynamo|number=3|hero_quote1=Dynamo|quote1=So, this Adversary...|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=Is dangerous. And it's only a matter of time before he tires of the Deep and comes for you on land.}}</ref> He believes that others underestimate him and ignore the problems of the [[The Deep|Deep]].<ref name=":2">{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (Select): ''"I was hoping that this suit would make people take the problems of the Deep seriously. I'm not sure it's working."''</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=viscous/Quotes#unselect|context=(unselect)|transcription=Once again, the needs of the Deep are ignored.}}</ref> The other heroes don't know or don't take the threat of the Adversary seriously.<ref>{{HeroIcon|Viscous}}' [[Viscous/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|enemy interactions]]</ref>

Viscous often speaks in a very literal way.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Enemies|context=(unkillable ally Abrams)|transcription=Abrams is a killing machine! But not a literal machine. Because he's made of flesh and bone. But you can't see the bone. It's under his skin.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=I couldn't let Shiv kill me, because then I'd be dead.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Haze)|transcription=Haze won't hurt us anymore. Until she's back, then she'll probably shoot us.}}</ref> The concept of sarcasm seems to be new to him.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed Lash)|transcription=Sorry, Lash! That was sarcasm. I'm not actually sorry.}}</ref> Viscous can't read and doesn't have a mouth or nose (though he's likely referring to his goo body, since sea anemones do have mouths).<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Abrams|number=3|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=I can't read!}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Viscous|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|context=(unselect)|transcription=If I had a mouth, I'd eat my feelings.}}</ref><ref name=":8" />
[[File:Viscous psd.png|thumb|141x141px|"Tourist" Viscous]]

=== Appearance ===
Viscous' current model is a modified version of {{HeroIcon|Kelvin}}'s [[Neon Prime|''Neon Prime'']] model. He has a green goo body shaped like an astronaut suit, with black shoes and gloves, and a black patch on his right shoulder. His head is a green sphere with a black neck connection and two misshapen black dots for eyes (the right one is slightly bigger). A thin black skeleton with ball joints can be seen inside his body. His weapon is a futuristic two-handed gun, similar to Kelvin's but black.

Viscous has had two proposed redesigns in the files, one in which he had a large body with a coral arm and an octopus-like creature inside his head, and another in which he was characterized as a tourist wearing shorts, sunglasses, an orange cap and a portable camera. His current portrait artwork and icon depict Viscous with a bulky featureless goo body, more similar to his current model.

=== Information ===
{{AbilityIcon|The Cube}} is a cube made of [[wikipedia:Protoplasm|protoplasmic]] goo.<ref name=":1">{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"When you need to be trapped in a protoplasmic cube, you're going to be thinking, 'man, I wish I had Viscous' help. He seems like a nice person who would trap me in a protoplasmic cube'."''</ref> The Cube nullifies all pain, even for characters like {{PageRef|name=Victor}}.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Clutch Cube): ''"I... I don't feel pain!"''</ref> Viscous doesn't question how the Cube works, even when it can heal non-organic bodies like {{PageRef|name=Bebop}}'s.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Bebop|number=2|hero_quote1=Bebop|quote1=Hey, Viscous! I'm not organic. Why does the cube heal me?|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=We don't question the cube.}}</ref> Viscous spends time in the Cube whenever he feels sad.<ref name=":0">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Grey Talon|number=1|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=Do you want to spend time in the cube? It's where I go when I'm sad. Or injured. Or just want to be in the cube.}}</ref>

== Character Relationships ==

=== [[The Deep#The Adversary|The Adversary]] ===
The Adversary is massacring the denizens of the Deep,<ref name=":7" /> and Viscous believes that, if he can't stop the Adversary, it's only a matter of time before the Adversary starts killing everything on the surface.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":9" /> Viscous has entered the ritual to stop the Adversary, hoping to get rid of it to save the Deep.<ref name=":6" />

=== {{HeroIcon|Haze}} ===

Haze takes Viscous and his problems seriously.<ref name=":3">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Haze|number=3|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=Thanks for your help, Haze. Not everyone takes the problems of the Deep seriously.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=We don't live in a vacuum. If there's a problem in the Deep, it's only a matter of time before it's a problem on land.}}</ref> 

Haze wants to know more about the Adversary in case more creatures like it come through the Deep's [[Astral Gates|astral gate]].<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Haze|number=1|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=Viscous, after the ritual, I need you to tell me about the Adversary.|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=But after the ritual, the Adversary will be gone!|hero_quote3=Haze|quote3=Yes, but there may be others, and the OSIC needs to be prepared.}}</ref>

== Character Interactions ==

* Viscous offers the Cube to [[Shelly Fisher|Ms. Shelly]] and {{PageRef|name=Grey Talon}}.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Bebop|number=1|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=Ms. Shelly sounds like a nice lady.|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=Do you think she'd like being in a cube?}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
* Viscous likes {{PageRef|name=Holliday}}'s hat and wants to wear it.<ref name=":5">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Holliday|number=1}}</ref>
* Viscous thinks {{PageRef|name=Seven}} and {{PageRef|name=Warden}} are scary.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Pass Seven on Zipline): ''"It's the scary criminal..."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' in-game [[Viscous/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Warden Multikill): ''"Warden is scary."''</ref>
* When {{HeroIcon|Seven}} learns about Viscous' mission, he admits there's more to Viscous than he expected.<ref name=":4" />
* {{PageRef|name=Abrams}},<ref>{{PageRef|name=Abrams}}' in-game [[Abrams/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Pass Viscous on Zipline): ''"Don't die on me, goo boy!"''</ref> {{PageRef|name=Bebop}}, {{PageRef|name=Holliday}}, {{PageRef|name=Lash}}, {{PageRef|name=Mina}}, {{PageRef|name=Mo & Krill}} and {{PageRef|name=Paradox}} refer to Viscous as "goo boy".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Viscous}}' [[Viscous/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|enemy hero interactions]]</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Grey Talon}} offers to have [[The Baxter Society]] help Viscous defeat the Adversary should they fail the ritual.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Grey Talon|number=3|hero_quote1=Viscous|quote1=The Baxter Society hunts monsters, right? (...) If we fail to summon the Patron, do you think they can help stop the Adversary?|hero_quote2=Grey Talon|quote2=[Sigh]... Bring them my bow. They'll listen to what you have to say.}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Holliday}} mistakes Viscous' home, [[The Deep]], for the American Deep South. She asks if he's from [[wikipedia:Mobile,_Alabama|Mobile, Alabama]].<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Viscous|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=So, where you from?|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=The Deep.|hero_quote3=Holliday|quote3=So like, Mobile?}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}} and {{HeroIcon|McGinnis}} want to salvage some of Viscous' goo for themselves.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}'s in-game [[Lady Geist/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Viscous): ''"I wonder if I could scoop some of him up for a moisturizer."''</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill viscous 04.mp3|context=(Killed Viscous)|transcription=Dibs on Viscous' goo!}}</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Calico}} is interested in Viscous' suit.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Calico|file=Calico kill viscous 02.mp3|context=(killed Viscous)|transcription=I wonder how that suit works.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Paige}} wants to take Viscous home and give him a hug.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Paige}}'s in-game [[Paige/Quotes#Allies|voice lines]] (Pass Viscous on Zipline): ''"I just want to take that ball of go-home and give him a hug..."''</ref>
* {{HeroIcon|Infernus}} advises Viscous to decline {{HeroIcon|Wraith}}'s offers to play cards.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Infernus|hero2=Viscous|number=3|hero_quote1=Infernus|quote1=If Wraith invites you to play cards, say no.|hero_quote2=Viscous|quote2=But that would be rude.|hero_quote3=Infernus|quote3=Trust me.}}</ref>
* {{PageRef|name=Apollo}} accidentally invites Viscous to one of his father's galas.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Apollo|hero2=Viscous|number=1}}</ref>

== Removed Lore ==
[[File:Viscous Neon Prime.png|thumb|166x166px|Viscous (Neon Prime)]]Viscous seemingly used to have a different backstory. According to old [[Patron]] lines, Viscous was shunned by humanity<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Amber Hand|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Old Patrons|transcription=You yearn to understand humanity even as it shuns you. Summon me, Viscous, and make your dreams reality.}}</ref> and seen as "a mistake" and "an abomination".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Amber Hand|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Old Patrons|transcription=They call you a mistake, an abomination, but none of that is true. Complete the ritual and find peace.}}</ref> Viscous was ambitious<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Sapphire Flame|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Old Patrons|transcription=Viscous, soon your power will match your ambition.}}</ref> and wanted his name etched in history, instead of "remembered with the fondness of a bus driver he couldn't bother to learn the name of".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Sapphire Flame|quotes=Viscous/Quotes#Old Patrons|transcription=Today you face a choice, Viscous. Do you want your life to be etched into history? Or remembered with the fondness of a bus driver you couldn't bother to learn the name of?}}</ref>

=== Removed character interactions ===

* {{PageRef|name=Fathom}} was another hero from the Deep, like Viscous. It's unknown how Fathom and Viscous were related, as they didn't have voice lines for each other.

=== Neon Prime ===
In ''[[Neon Prime]],'' Viscous looked the same as the first version of his current model, but he had an icon in which he was depicted with a pufferfish inside his head.

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