Michael J. Caboose

Michael J. Caboose is member of Blue Team and the Reds and Blues. He serves as a main character from Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue, voiced by Joel Heyman (2003-2020) and Michael Malconian (2020-present). Caboose also serves as a secondary protagonist in RvBvRWBY: Retribution and the main protagonist of RvBvRWBY: A Soldier's Debt.

Born into a large and loving family on Earth's Moon, Caboose eventually joined the UNSC during the Great War (believing that he signed up for a college scholarship in Paris, France.). Due to his lack of intelligence, he proved useless on the zero-gravity outpost he was stationed at. Upon arriving in Blood Gulch, Caboose immediately killed his command officer, Pvt. Leonard Church, compromising one of the UNSC's most expensive artificial intelligence units. He later helped his team and Red Team in the takedown of the Omega AI and later met Team RWBY, forming a friendship with Ruby Rose.

In Retribution, Caboose is in possession of the Epsilon AI and with the help of Red Team, Team WBY, and Team JNPR. He successfully reactivates Epsilon, kills CT, and begins a relationship with Ruby.

In the Remnant Timeline, Caboose begins to have visions of Ruby dying at the hands of Cinder Fall. Not wanting to lose her, he and the Reds and Blues travel to Remnant and uncover a plot to destroy Beacon Academy. They then ignite the Remnant Wars to stop terrorism across the planet and keep the entity Salem at bay.

Physical Appearance
Despite appearing in his armor most of the time, Caboose is a young man standing at around 6 feet. He has fair skin, messy light blonde hair that's slightly spikey in the front, and light blue eyes.

Armor
Like his fellow Red and Blue soldiers, Caboose were UNSC-grade power armor. The color he wears prominently is the standard regulation blue. There have been sometimes when he has changed the colors of his armor however, either being black or even maroon once.

Retribution
In Retribution, Caboose's armor was a very simple. It consisted of several bright blue armor plates, linked to a black techsuit underneath. Blue lights emitted from the shoulders, lower thighs, and sides of the helmet. Caboose also utilized an older style of helmet compared to his friends.

Insurgence
During the war on Chorus, Caboose a new design of armor. While it retained his traditional color; blue. The new suit was more bulkier in a appearance. The shoulder plates were much wider, and the chest plate was a different design. The visor on his helmet was also changed from gold to orange. The techsuit underneath was also black and blue to "blend in" with his armor.

A Soldier's Debt
While the Reds and Blues prepared to travel to Remnant, each of them donned a new suit of armor as well. Unlike the previous armor they wore, which were all made by the UNSC, the new armor was designed and created by themselves. Each armor plate was made of plastic-like mineral that was extremely tuff. The design of the suit was very similar to the one Caboose wore in Retribution, but it did combine some elements from the bulkier armor he wore other the years. The armor retained the original blue paint job, but a cobalt blue stripe down the chest plate was added to honor the late Leonard Church/Epsilon. Both shoulder plates also had symbols of the Reds and Blues and Blue Team.

Personality
Caboose can be considered, by far, the most unintelligent member of the Reds and Blues, which in a way pays him a huge compliment. During his his early time in Blood Gulch, Caboose was known to have a dim-witted and less eccentric personality. However as time went on, from being infected by the Omega AI to meeting Team RWBY, his attitude changed from dim-witted to completely detached from reality at all times. It is unknown how he came to be like this, however there have been theories. Omega may have caused severe mental trauma during his time using Caboose as a host. Church and Tucker also claimed to have reboot Caboose's armor, however it took longer than they expected, forcing Caboose to hold his breath for a long period of time. Because of his intelligence and unusual behavior, he acts very childish: treating serious situations like a game, envious for not being favored at some points, and having illogical reasons for his actions, which frequently earns him the scorn and disrespect of both friends and enemies.

Despite his childish personality, his friends still care for him, including the Reds, who Caboose initially treated as neighbors rather than enemies. Ruby Rose generally saw Caboose as a friendly individual, and was not bothered by his mental health in anyway. Even Church, who Caboose claimed was his "best friend" cared for the blue soldier's well-being. A trait that Epsilon, a fragment of Church, later inherited.

Caboose has also shown great loyalty to his team and friends. Such as when he was in possession of the Epsilon Unit, he tried to resurrect Church into Tex's body, which he later succeeded in but in the body of a monitor. He even went out of his way to convince his friends to travel to Remnant and find Team RWBY, expressing fear for their presumed demise. Overall, Caboose may act like a child, but is very loyal and brave when the situation calls for it. He's also incessantly cheerful; always expressing enthusiasm and adopting an optimistic mentality on missions and in the face of danger.

Due to his mental stability however, Caboose can be easily annoyed, angered, and abused if insulted. Such as when Weiss revealed her hatred of the Reds and Blues and the death of Epsilon.

By the events of A Soldier's Debt, Caboose's overall attitude became more reminiscent of his dim-witted personality. However he still acted childish from time to time. He became somewhat isolated from the rest of his team, mostly to admire Ruby's pendant that she gave to him.

Armor
Like the rest of the Reds and Blues, Caboose utilizes a suit of armor that allows protection and energy shields. The armor Caboose has used also gives him the ability to breath in space, water, and many environments deemed hazardous for humans. His armor color is primarily blue.

Mrk. V Helmet
However unlike the rest of his team, Caboose uses an older style of helmet. This particularly allows him to be immune to armor lockdown, but at the cost of the protection of said setting.

MA5 Assault Rifle
Caboose primary weapon was the MA series of Assault rifles, unlike his friends, most of whom utilizes the BR series of service rifles. The assault rifle is fully automatic with a 32 round box magazine, and a slot for an AI chip, which Caboose used to store Freckles in. There have been many versions of the rifle, including the MA37, 5B, 5C, 5D, and 40. The latter of which had a 40 round box magazine unlike the standard 32.

M6 Pistol
Caboose used the M6 series of service pistols aka the "Magnum", much like the rest of the Reds and Blues. He gave one of his sidearms to Ruby before she and her friends left at the end of Retribution, which was later modified into Sapphire's Rage.

Crescent Rose
Caboose briefly wielded Crescent during his fight with C.T. Which ended with the latter being mortally wounded by the weapon's blade.

Trivia

 * Caboose is one of two members of Blue Team and the Reds and Blues not to be born on Earth. The other being Agent Washington.
 * Caboose's middle initial, stands for the Spanish name "Jesus".
 * Caboose was the first member of his family to attend high school.
 * At the beginning of his tour in Blood Gulch, Caboose initially believed he was an exchange student visiting France.
 * The origin of Caboose's name (along with Donut's) came from the computer-generated names for temporary multiplayer profiles in Halo: Combat Evolved.
 * His full name, may be a reference to actor Michael J. Fox, or Red vs. Blue creator Michael J. Burns.
 * According to Tucker, Caboose divides everything into two categories: He doesn't know, or he doesn't care.
 * Caboose can only operate a manual gear system on vehicles, not automatic. The reason for this remains unknown.
 * Caboose is one of the highest ranking soldiers amongst the Reds and Blues, as he is a Captain along with Tucker, Grif, and Simmons.
 * Caboose can apparently understand the font Wing-Dings, calling it a very misunderstood language.