Coupé/Janelle

Coupé, real name Janelle, is a supporting character and possible antagonist in Described as cold and merciless, Coupé is a mysterious and efficient assassin. She takes pride in her abilities, cursing herself and asking what ‘all of [her] training was for’ when failing a mission, and seeing a retrieval of a child’s balloon as beneath her. Similarly, she expects her missions to be difficult, expressing confusion when remarking it was ‘easier than [she] thought it’d be,’ and occasionally showing interest that she will finally be dealing with ‘criminals with class.’ While Coupé presents herself as someone willing to take job offers solely for financial gain, her loyalty is rooted not only money but the respect and unexpected support she receives from Superhero Dispatch Network, willing to "kill and protect as they see fit". When she was downed in Synergy, she confides to Robert that she never felt needed before and was willing to rise back to help the team. If Robert fired Sonar, she voices her complaint that cutting Sonar left the team vulnerable—yet she also finds herself strangely relieved to remain in the program; this later follows up in a later event in Episode 5: Team Building, where she told Robert that she is in his debt and would kill in his command if necessary. Despite being described as cold and merciless, Coupé's tone of speech reveals her current emotion. When dispatched to rescue Waterboy, her hasty tone implied she was concerned with Waterboy's safety. If she stayed in the Z-Team, she expresses sorrow for Sonar's absence such as stating that "he may be a pervert, but he was our pervert", or when Malevola's question about "negotiating" reminded her of Sonar. Coupé cannot maintain her persona when she is intoxicated with drugs, expressing g and one of the two protagonists of "Pas de Deux" comic. She is a former assassin and reformed villain employed by the Phoenix Program of the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN) and a member of the Z-Team.