Animators
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Bert begins out in the series as Anita's boss at Animators Inc although as the series progresses he becomes less of a boss and more of a business manager. Anita describes him as a businessman, showman, money maker, scalawag and borderline cheat. Technically he is not an actual Animator but I think that he should be listed here.
He likes the staff to bring in personal mugs but does not seem to like those that Anita brings in. But hers are certainly the most amusing mugs I have ever heard of.
Loved this quote from Bert in Incubus Dreams and had to include it here.
To Anita -" 'So you've become a what, a nympho?' Trust Bert to find just the right thing to say."
Evans is a semi-crazy clairvoyant who is on retainer to Animators Inc, which is why I have included him on this particular page. He lives as a hermit in a trailer to avoid the visions that plague him.
He had previously tried to cut off his hands but by Incubus Dreams was working again and Anita intended to approach him with a view to helping the Browns whose son had been murdered.
Evans had once brushed up against Anita accidentally and had not liked what it was that he had seen. She has never offered him her hand.
Peter Burke was an animator who was murdered. He had raised a killer zombie with Dominga.
Larry is Anita's protégé. He is an animator and his ultimate goal is to become a vampire executioner. We first see him hired in Circus of the Damned for a semester at college where he is studying preternatural biology. He later graduates with a degree in preternatural biology.
He is young but strong. He can raise more than two zombies in a night but can't control the third. Anita trains him and he remembers all she tells him. It is one of the jokes that he is learning from Anita how to be a pain in the a**.
Anita tries to protect him by keeping him away from the monsters. He does not like this but does not stay angry or hold a grudge.
His zombie equipment bag has Ninja Turtles on it.
He is dating Detective Tammy Reynolds and are expecting their first child. The wedding is pending.
Larry is now married to Detective Tammy after a Halloween wedding.
Craig is the talkative night receptionist at Animators Inc. Since he is only seen in the capacity of his job with the Animators I am putting him on this page.
Mary is the day receptionist at Animators Inc. Like Craig, since she is only seen in the capacity of her job with Animators I am putting her on this page.
In Incubus Dreams Mary is shown to be a very sensible and competent woman and is quite happy to patch up Nathaniel and is smart enough to know that his lycanthropy is not contagious in human form. She refers to most people as "silly" for not wanting to take the chance when coming into contact with a human who is infected.
Zachary is an animator who works for Nikolaos. He is dead himself but not a vampire. He is a vampire killer, who by killing them has the power to stay "alive" himself. He has the ability to control the ghouls.
Anita defeated him by putting human blood on the gris-gris which was keeping him alive.
Phillipa is a powerful Animator with Resurrection Co. She is believed to be as powerful as Anita, however that is only at the start of the series.
Jamison is on the staff of Animators Inc and is remembered as the man who once had two lawyers come to blows over a grave.
In Guilty Pleasures he talks to Mrs Franks and her son about her son joining the Church of Eternal Life.
Not as powerful as Anita, he can only raise two zombies in a night. He is the only animator in the company to try and raise Marilyn Monroe. Anita refused.
Anita believes that he would bring a woman to the office if he thought it would impress her. He also has three ex-wives.
Charles is a squeamish animator with Animators Inc. He works with Anita in looking into the working conditions of zombies. He can only raise two zombies a night.
He is married to a registered nurse.
Manuel "Manny" Rodriguez and Rosita
Manny was an Animator with Animators Inc. He trained Anita as both an animator and a vampire hunter. He has been attacked by vampires and no longer hunts them.
He is married to Rosita and they have four children. She converted him to Christianity. Rosita is the one who asked Anita not to let Manny hunt any more.
Manny is also the ex-lover of Domingo and did human sacrifices for her. He was a Vaudum and Necromancer. His wife does not know about this part of his past.
Rosita incidentally fancies herself as a bit of matchmaker and tries matchmaking Anita.
Manny has a daughter at college.
Dominga was a female voodoo priest who was the former lover of Manny.
She has the power and ability to return souls to zombies so that they don't rot.
It was Dominga who helped Peter Burke to raise the killer zombie for Gaynor.
Dominga was killed by Zombies raised by Anita. Not trace of her was ever found and we later discover that she was eventually listed as a missing person.
John is the brother of Peter Burke. He is a chauvenistic animator and vampire killer. He is also a Vaudun priest accused of ritual murders.
He is hired by Animators Inc and is not one of Anita's fans. They went on two dates but things did not work out because he did not like her profession, i.e. the female version of himself. Anita thinks he's a jerk.
Dominic meets Anita at the same time as she meets Sabin. He is a necromancer and a friend of Sabin. He is very powerful and could even be more powerful than Anita is at the time of their meeting. He is the human servant of Sabin, at least until he is shot dead by Edward.