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- "The Wonder-Liner extends the Wonderful Ones' Wonder-Energy to ordinary citizens, electroplating them with Tiny Wonder-Masks that both protect and transform the citizenry into Wonderful reinforcements."
- ―Narrator, Operation 000 Prologue
Citizens or Civilians are people that can be found in almost every level in The Wonderful 101. Citizens are powerless to defend themselves from the GEATHJERK invaders... or really any kind of danger at all for that matter, so it falls to the Wonderful Ones to protect them from harm. Rescued citizens can also return the favor by becoming Temporary Members of the team.
Rescuing citizens is one of the game's core gameplay mechanics and doing so offers a variety of rewards.
Citizens Overview[]
Citizens can be found almost anywhere in the game seeking help, from running around out in the open, knocked out from nearby disasters, captured inside of traps like Gatchas, and many other situations.
In the case of GDA Soldiers, they sometimes actually enter the battle with you to provide support, particularly in Boss battles where GDA reinforcements are the only source of "citizens" available.
It's important to note that citizens of any type are defenseless and vulnerable to harm: If a citizen is attacked by an enemy or encounters any other hazard, they will be killed. There are no penalties for allowing citizens to die, but you miss out on all the benefits from saving them (and will probably feel bad about it, too.)
Whether they're in immediate danger or simply minding their own business, citizens exist in the game to be rescued by circling them using the Wonder-Liner, which has three major effects:
Temporary Members[]
Any time your team is under its maximum size in a level, any rescued citizen will receive a Wonder-Mask and become transformed into a temporary team member for the remainder of the level. This allows you to increase your team size on the fly and reach 100 members (or more) without having every Minor Wonderful One recruited.
Temporary members receive a (mostly) random weapon and the ability to create Unite Morphs, and they function exactly the same as any real Wonderful One and are even playable if selected as the team leader, but they don't contribute to the Total Rank system in any way.
Justice Missiles[]
Any citizens you rescue after your team has already reached its maximum size will be teleported away to safety aboard the Virgin Victory, removing them from harm's way. These citizens don't just go to waste however, as anyone rescued in this way will increase a counter on the bottom left of the screen indicating your progress toward unlocking a special item reward: Every 10 citizens rescued will provide you with a Justice Missile, which are powerful single-use long-range weapons that can be used at any time in combat.
Operation Results Bonuses[]
Rescuing citizens also provides you with multiple O-Parts bonuses on the Operation Results screen. Every citizen rescued in a level will provide you with bonus O-Parts (the exact amount per citizen varies per level), and there's also a second 10,000P bonus for saving at least 100 citizens in any level it's possible to do so in.
Citizen Types[]
Over the course of the game you will encounter a wide variety of citizens that can be rescued or recruited (including people that logically aren't civilians, like Police and Soldiers.) The various types of citizens are each limited to particular appearances and Body Types, and they sometimes tend to favor specific Unite Morphs when possible, but otherwise every citizen functions the same.
- Student
- Citizen
- Police
- GDA Soldier
- Diver
- Explorer
- Native (Mt. Ogretoe)
- Native (Gocken Island)
- Virgin Victory Staff (automatically recruited during Operation 009-B/C if you begin these levels with fewer than 100 members)
Enemy Recruits[]
Apart from plain old human citizens, it's also possible to recruit GEATHJERK invaders into the team as temporary team members too: When Dough-Goos or Chew Dough-Goos are killed, they shine purple for a few moments before exploding. If these enemies are circled in this dying state they'll be revived and converted into a temporary member for the remainder of the level. Dough-Goos and Chew Dough-Goos can also be recruited by collecting a GEATH-Remote, which automatically recruits anything in battle.
Enemy recruits function a little bit differently from normal citizen recruits:
- Recruited Dough-Goos always become Unite Gun users.
- Recruited Chew Dough-Goos always become Unite Hand users.
- Recruited enemies aren't playable and can never be selected as the team leader.
- Recruiting enemies past your team's maximum size doesn't provide progress towards receiving a Justice Missile
- Recruiting enemies provides you with a separate O-Parts bonus during the Operation Results screen.
Additionally, during parts of the game where the Guyzoch join forces with the Wonderful Ones, members of the Guyzoch are considered Enemy Recruits according to the Operation Results screen, although they function like regular civilian recruits in that they are playable and have access to a wide variety of Unite Morphs.