Cassandra

"I've been listening to goth music all my life... It never said anything about apples!"

―Cassandra, Pico's School

Cassandra is the main antagonist and final boss of Pico's School. She is the leader of the Goth Punks and the main perpetrator of the school shooting. She is secretly a Penilian, an alien species from outer space, disguised as a human.

General information[]

Physical appearance[]

Cassandra has short red hair with two points at the front, comparable to demon horns, white eyes and a red sweater. She wears a gray jacket and boots with red soles and bright yellow upside-down crosses. She also has short red nails and has red lipstick on her bottom lip. Cassandra carries a TEC-9 in her right hand and a small dark gray book in her left with a yellow pentagram on it. She is also sometimes shown with a pair of Penilian eyes, which have yellow sclerae and black irises. She never seems to smile and is constantly scowling. In MindChamber's redesign for a proposed Pico's School remake, she has a more pronounced feminine figure.

As a Penilian, Cassandra looks like every other Penilian. She has two horns protruding down with six horns on the side of her head, and her eyes are reptilian-like. She is also scowling, just like in her human form.

Personality[]

Superficially, Cassandra appears to be an aloof, angry goth kid who hates society and rules. In reality, Cassandra is a shapeshifting alien mastermind merely manipulating social outcasts to do her dirty work, and actively despises the goth culture she mimics. Cassandra is cunning and manipulative, but also crass, foul-mouthed, arrogant, and impatient. She views herself as superior to humans, much like the rest of her species. She shows no respect for human life, even killing her own henchmen for no other reason than frustration.

In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, despite her disdain for the human race and goth subculture, she genuinely enjoys their music; so much that when Pico expresses a mutual interest in it, it stops her from shooting up the school. This also seems to suggest that beneath her intimidating and conniving exterior, Cassandra is also very lonely and will jump at any chance for a genuine connection with another person. She is also a furry.

Relationships[]

The following is based solely on canonical information.
Characters unrelated to the Pico franchise are not included.

Goth Punks[]

Cassandra is the leader of the Goth Punks. She convinced them to help her commit the school shooting in Pico's School. However, she is only using them as a means to an end, as she has no qualms about killing two of them with her own hands and, by her own words, "[she doesn't] give a shit about any of this society crap".

Hanzo[]

In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, it is revealed that Hanzo didn't want to kill anyone, but took part in the school shooting anyway because he didn't want to disappoint Cassandra, who was the only person that had treated him well.

History[]

Pico's School[]

In Pico's School, Cassandra is first seen at the beginning of the game in Pico's class. When the teacher asks the class who has ever eaten a banana, she runs to the front of the class mad and states that she never heard about apples in the songs she listened to, proceeding to shoot the teacher and kids but leaving Pico alive. It is later revealed by Cyclops that she kept Pico alive because she had a crush on him.

She is later seen introducing Pico to Alucard, telling him that he has interesting telekinetic powers and that Pico has never heard of him because he was always "too busy being popular."

Once Pico defeats Hanzo and enters the Teacher's Lounge, Cassandra is found alongside two other goth punks. After a conversation with Pico, she kills the goths alongside her and transforms into her Penilian form. The fight begins and Pico needs to shoot her penis to deal damage. If he shoots the flammable barrel above her, it will explode, causing the wall behind her to collapse. After that, the police will help him fight Cassandra, which unlocks the "Bruckheimer" achievement. She ends up castrated and is presumed dead.

Pico Roulette[]

In Pico Roulette, Cassandra appears as a playable character.

Pico's School: Love Conquers All[]

In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, the game begins as normal, except Pico reveals he has similar interests to Cassandra. He then takes her on a walk and redeems her gang, showing her the beauty of the world. She is afraid to live with humans due to them being homophobic and Penilians being naturally gay, but Pico shows her that not all humans are anti-gay, by introducing her to his boyfriend. They all agree to take Cassandra to a museum to teach her about culture. However, Cassandra reveals herself to be a furry who enjoys arousing art, leaving Pico and Boyfriend in shocked silence.

Friday Night Funkin'[]

In a livestream, Cassandra was confirmed as an upcoming character in Friday Night Funkin' by one of the developers, PhantomArcade.

The content below is not official to the Pico franchise.

Newgrounds Rumble[]

In Newgrounds Rumble, Cassandra (in her Penilian form) makes a cameo appearance in the background of the Pico's School stage.

Pico Blast[]

In Pico Blast, Cassandra makes a short cameo in an onscreen photograph during the game's intro, where The Commissioner guesses that goths could've hijacked the train-yard.

Indie Game Battle[]

In Indie Game Battle, one of Pico's alternative costumes references Cassandra, using her color scheme.

Quotes[]

"Enough of this crap!"

―Cassandra, Pico's School

"The American education system is bullshit! Rip the system! End fascism! KEIN MEHRHEIT FÜR DIE MITLEID! BeRzErKeR!"

―Cassandra, Pico's School

"You sure are a nosey bastard, Pico. Have you ever met Alucard? You're always too busy being popular. He has interesting telekinetic powers. Observe!"

―Cassandra, Pico's School

"Not bad, Prico. You are already too late, however. The time of the punk rock/goth gestapo has come! Wish you were part of it? You could have been a nonconformist just like the rest of us! But no - you had to express your individuality in forms other than your clothing."

―Cassandra, Pico's School

"You think I need these fucks to help me kill you?! To be honest, I don't give a shit about any of this society crap. I have other plans for this world."

―Cassandra, Pico's School

"Weird, I didn't think any kids at this school listened to the same music as me."