List of Cowboy Xbox characters

Here is a list of characters from the Cowboy Xbox franchise.

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Cowboy Xbox

Main article: Cowboy Xbox

Cowboy Xbox (voiced by Phil Spencer) is the titular main protagonist of the Cowboy Xbox franchise. He is the owner of Nice and Friendly Corners and is considered a cowboy console. He is also inspired by the Xbox console series (currently Xbox Series X). Cowboy Xbox also uses and twirls his lasso, plays video games (whether he's playing video games alone or with someone), rides his horse named X-Steed, and plays his acoustic guitar called X-Strings. His girlfriend's name is Sheriff Callie. Sheriff Callie is also Cowboy Xbox's best friend. Cowboy Xbox's other best friends include Arthur Morgan and John Marston. Cowboy Xbox has some possessed video game series such as Halo, Forza, Gears of War, and Minecraft. Cowboy Xbox's catchphrases include:

• "Yeehaw!"
• "Game on!
• "Giddy up, X-Steed!"

Cowboy Xbox's Possessed Video Games

• Halo is one of Cowboy Xbox's male possessed video game series.
• Forza is one of Cowboy Xbox's female possessed video game series.
• Gears of War is one of Cowboy Xbox's male possessed video game series.
• Minecraft is one of Cowboy Xbox's male possessed video game series.
• and more

Sheriff Callie

Sheriff Callie is deuteragonist of the Cowboy Xbox franchise. She is a calico cat. A self-described cowgirl, she serves as the sheriff to Nice and Friendly Corners. She is able to ride a horse, do a front flip, and do a flexed arm hanging on a rope carrying a horse between her thighs for over 5 seconds. She sings, writes songs and plays her guitar called "Sweet Strings". Her catchphrases are "Sweet sassafras!". "Leaping lassos!" and "What in whiskers?". In the original Oki's Oasis, she was to be named "Oki". In the opening she claims that some say she is the "best in the west". She is a skilled lassoer, using a magic noodle lasso that can turn into different shapes for different purposes, such as in "Peck's Bent Beak" when she is able to form it into a stairway to help a dangling Peck down, or a hammer to pound in loose nails.

Arthur Morgan

Arthur Morgan (voiced by Roger Clark) is the protagonist and main playable character of Red Dead Redemption 2 and is one of the two tritagonists (alongside John Marston) in the Cowboy Xbox franchise. He joined the Van der Linde gang when he was 14 years old, having lost his parents at a young age, and soon became Dutch's first protégé. Over time, Arthur transformed from a lost cause into Dutch's most dedicated enforcer. He is unwaveringly loyal to the gang, though the failed robbery in Blackwater troubles him. During the events of the game, Arthur helps the gang to survive during a blizzard, moving to Horseshoe Overlook before relocating to Clemens Point. There, Arthur becomes involved in a conflict between the warring Gray and Braithwaite families.

Further exploits lead the gang to Saint Denis where a failed bank heist forces Arthur and some other members of the gang out of town; they soon shipwreck on Guarma, but fight alongside Hercule Fontaine in exchange for a ship back to the mainland. Reuniting with the rest of the gang, Arthur and Sadie save the captured John, much to the disdain of Dutch. Arthur reveals his growing doubts about Dutch. Arthur is soon diagnosed with tuberculosis. Shocked by the grim reality of his imminent death, he contemplates his decisions and reflects on his morals, driving his desire to protect the remnants of the gang. When Dutch ignores Arthur's plea to rescue Abigail, Arthur disavows the gang. Arthur discovers that Micah Bell has been betraying the gang. He informs Dutch, but the latter turns on Arthur and the newly returned John. Arthur and John flee, and Arthur begs John to return to his family. Arthur is soon ambushed by the vengeful Micah, and Dutch intervenes in their fight. Arthur convinces Dutch to abandon Micah and leave. If the player has high honor, Arthur succumbs to his injuries and disease and dies peacefully; if the player has low honor, Micah executes him.

For his portrayal as Arthur, Clark took main inspiration from Toshiro Mifune. He found that Mifune's characters were very stoic while also having a "crazy" sense of humor, a complexity he wanted to portray within Arthur. Clark also took inspiration from The Proposition (2005) as it involved a similar situation to Arthur's, wherein he is forced to betray some of his loyalties. Clark wanted to portray a character that was complex enough for the player to choose his path and still make sense. He aimed to portray vulnerability with Arthur's ego. Clark looked to Rob Wiethoff's portrayal as John in the first game for inspiration with his performance. A second love interest for Arthur was cut from the game during development. Vice President of Creativity Dan Houser was interested in subverting the trope of the protagonist starting as weak and becoming stronger as the story progresses; instead, Arthur is already tough at the beginning of the game, and is "taken on a more intellectual roller coaster when his world view gets taken apart". Houser felt that the decline of the American frontier has a deep impact on Arthur, noting that the character is "caught between the nastiness of nature and the brutality of encroaching industrialization in civilization". Houser avoided meeting Clark on set to avoid hearing his real voice.

John Marston

John Marston (voiced by Rob Wiethoff) is the secondary protagonist and playable character of Red Dead Redemption 2 and is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Arthur Morgan) in the Cowboy Xbox franchise. When John was threatened to be lynched after being caught stealing at the age of 12, he was saved by Dutch van der Linde, who took him into his gang and raised him. When Abigail Roberts joined the gang, she and John fell in love and had a son, Jack. During the failed robbery in Blackwater, John is badly wounded. He gets lost after scouting ahead of the gang in the blizzard, and is attacked by wolves, leaving him with facial scars. Arthur Morgan and Javier Escuella save him. Once he has recovered, he joins the gang on some tasks before planning and executing a successful train robbery. During a failed bank robbery, John is captured and incarcerated. Arthur and Sadie rescue him, much to the disdain of Dutch; protective of John's family, Arthur warns John to leave the gang when the time is right. John is later left for dead by Dutch during a train robbery but returns to the camp as Arthur is confronting Dutch and Micah. When Pinkertons invade the camp, Arthur and John flee. John returns to his family at Arthur's wishes.

Eight years later, in 1907, John finds honest work with Abigail, but when John fights back against outlaws threatening his employer, Abigail leaves with Jack. John works to get her back by earning enough money to buy a property at Beecher's Hope. He builds a ranch with the help of Uncle and Charles Smith, while Sadie provides him with bounty hunting jobs to pay off his loans. After Abigail returns, John proposes. With Sadie and Charles, John attacks Micah's new gang, where they find Dutch. In a Mexican standoff, Dutch shoots Micah, letting John finish him off, before leaving. John takes the money from the Blackwater robbery and later marries Abigail at their ranch. During the events of Red Dead Redemption in 1911, John tracks down Bill, Javier, and Dutch, before being killed by the government.

When developing John, who is also the protagonist of the original game, the writers felt that his previous appearance could be limiting to them, since players have already resonated with the character. Wiethoff, who reprises his role as John, looked to his own life when returning to the character; he always looked up to his older sister's male friends for approval in the same way that John looks up to the rest of the gang for validation. He also took inspiration from the "pretty tough dudes" in his home town for John's personality. Game Informer staff felt that, by the end of the game, John had developed into "the man we knew him to be in the original game: loving, faithful, honorable, and tragically doomed".

Supporting

• Master Chief is the main protagonist in the Halo franchise.
• Cortana is a character in the Halo franchise.
• Marcus Fenix is the main protagonist in the Gears of War franchise.
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