Tad

Thaddius D. Blakk
Personal Information
Name	Thaddius D. Blakk
Nickname(s)	Tad Little Blakk Junior Tad Blakk
Slug(s)	Pieper Sparcx Hop Rock (Formerly) Frostcrawler (Formerly) All Ghouls
Favourite Slug(s)	Pieper
Favorite Ghoul(s)	Disastiped
Favourite Blaster	Slingshot Gattling Omnishot Ultimate
Favorite Mecha Beast	Horse Mecha
Residence	Currently The Deep Caverns Formerly The Surface The Citadel Shane Hideout
Affiliation	Shane Gang (Formerly) Scrap Force
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Hair Colour	Reddish Brown w/h orange highlight
Eye Colour	Green
Status	Alive; in the Deep Caverns 13 years old
Race	Human
Family	Dr. Harlan E. Blakk (Paternal Grandfather) Dr. Thaddius Blakk (Father) Unknown mother
Media
Voiced By	Adrian Petriw
First Appearance	"Slugterra: Into the Shadows"

“Thaddeus D. Blakk, at your service. Or should I say, your demise?”

―Tad

Thaddius D. Blakk, better known as Tad, is the biological son of series' main antagonist, Dr. Thaddeus Blakk, and appears as the main antagonist in the movie, "Slugterra: Into the Shadows".

Description

13-year-old Tad is from The Surface and took a drop down to Slugterra with his slug Pieper who can emit soundwaves that hypnotize slugs. But soon this newcomer casts his own shadow on the chaos.

Personality

Tad initially seemed like a kind, caring person who wanted to protect Slugterra from all dangers even getting along with the Shane Gang. However, this was all a ruse as he only got close to them to learn more about the Slugs and Slugterra. He is actually cold, ruthless, manipulative, and has a desire to rule all of Slugterra and other traits he shares with his father, Dr. Blakk. In spite of following in his father's footsteps he doesn't have respect for him due to the fact he was beaten by Eli Shane a kid who was his age and wants to be better than his father, which is what motivates him rather than a desire to avenge Blakk. The only thing he cares about is his slug Pieper, as he doesn't turn her into a ghoul and comforts her when they were stranded in the Deep Caverns, showing a deep affection for her, which she returns, being fiercely loyal to him. Unlike his father, Tad is perfectly capable of bonding with Slugs, as shown with his relationship with Pieper. He even shows affection to his Ghouls as well.

Biography

Much like Eli Shane, Tad is from The Surface and took a drop down to SlugTerra with his slug Pieper. The Shane Gang took Tad under their wing, training him to blast like a pro with Eli's old blaster and teaching him to live by the Slugslinger's code. Tad takes to it like a natural, and as Kord says, it looks like they have another "slugslinging savant from the Surface" on their hands.

After his first day of training, Tad helps the Shane Gang in stopping Locke and Lode from committing a theft; a little later, the Gang has a Slugout with the Scrap Force: in the slugout, Shadow Clan appear and Eli tries to reason them, but a Slug that Tad shoots makes the negotiation with Eli fail. Tad is still missing after the slug-out with the Shadow Clan, but the Gang have to set off without him when reports start coming in of Slugs disappearing all across the 99 caverns. As they pursue the trail of missing slugs, the mystery grows darker when it leads them straight to Dr. Blakk's old stronghold!

Tad is found to be using Ghouls to realize Dr. Blakk's original plan: he manages to reactivate Blakk's old Ghouling machine and to recruit the Scrap Force to work with him, by offering them the newly created Ghouls. As a fight ensues after Eli and his friends break into the building, Tad reveals that he was not the only one who knew Dr. Blakk, but is also his son, and to has been organizing his plan for quite some time already. He keeps fighting with Eli and the Shadow Clan, until later he meets the same fate as his dad, as he falls into the Deep Caverns, followed by Pieper.

At the end of the episode, Tad and Pieper landed in the Deep Caverns and looking around them, and Tad comforting his Slug as if everything will be all right.

Family Tree

Harlan E. Blakk				Unknown
		Thaddeus Blakk				Unknown
				Thaddeus D. Blakk

Trivia

• Tad is one of the two Shane Gang members, and of the show, to have their exact age stated, the first one is Eli.
• The Drop that Tad found to travel down to Slugterra is The Drop that The Shanes used.
  • This may hint that Tad lived around Eli's neighborhood.
    • It is currently unknown if Tad's mother originated from the Surface or was from the Caverns, nor if Tad was born before or after his father's first encounter with the Darkbane.
• Tad got Pieper when he saved her from a cat back in the Surface when he was a kid.
• Tad has a map of the underground tunnels in his smartphone to find The Drop thanks to Pieper.
• As revealed when he tries to catch a Hop Rock, Tad likes popcorn, scary movies and rainy days.
• Tad starts his training with Eli's first Blaster, that actually was broken apparently in an irreversible way by use, many months before, in the episode The Slugout; Eli's words could mean maybe that the model of this Blaster is used by Tad, unless Eli's real first Blaster was somehow mended sometime in the show.
• In the episode Back to Blakk, Thaddius Blakk tries to get some information about The Surface, as if the scientist did not know about its existence but suspected it. However, considering that Tad comes from there, how much Dr. Blakk knows about "The Burning World" is still uncertain.

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