Fluke

Fluke is an American science-fiction comedy video game series created by Diane Schmidt, being developed by and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment since October 13th, 2017.

Synopsis
A purple, virus-shaped creature named Fluke escapes from a secret lab after being created for an experiment since scientists wanted to make their own biological organisms. Soon, he encounters a human named Anna who befriends him and tries to keep him safe from various situations.

First Game
A purple, virus-shaped creature named Fluke escapes from a secret lab after being created for an experiment since scientists wanted to make their own biological organisms. Soon, he encounters a human named Anna who befriends him and tries to keep him safe from various situations.

New Breed
A mad scientist named Lena, who hears about Fluke and Anna, decides to create a larger and more evil version of Fluke. (More coming soon...)

The Lost Lab
After escaping from Nexus, Fluke and Anna come across a strange abandoned lab, where things get rather interesting when Fluke and Anna find out that there are creatures habiting inside that are just like Fluke.

Bigger and Better
Fluke discovers a strange chemical burrowed underwater while at a beach and drinks it out of curiosity, as it ends up making him bigger and stronger. This, however, somehow ends up getting the attention of giant monsters as Fluke has to fight them off.

Main

 * 1) Fluke (2017)
 * 2) Fluke: New Breed (2019)
 * 3) Fluke: The Lost Lab (2020)
 * 4) Fluke: Bigger and Better (2021)
 * 5) Fluke: Fellow Followers (2022)
 * 6) Fluke: Drained (2024)

Main

 * Fluke (voiced by Mark Hamill) - a purple, virus-shaped creature who was part of an experiment gone wrong.
 * /Anna Lois Carmichael/ (voiced by Janice Kawaye) - a human woman who works as a private investigator and encounters Fluke and ends up befriending him.

Introduced in First Game

 * Luke Jones (voiced by Troy Baker) - a human man who is Anna's love interest.
 * /Ludwig/ (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a black Labrador who is Anna's pet.
 * Clément Aveline (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a French cop who is a close ally to Anna, despite his sometimes cowardly nature.
 * Chief Mark Hedge (voiced by TBD) - the anger prone police chief who believes Anna to be weird although he knows what she does may be right.
 * Joan Cirks (voiced by Olivia d'Abo) - a doctor who is close friends with Anna and is willing to help.

Introduced in The Lost Lab

 * Becky (voiced by Tara Strong) - a blue, bacteria-shaped creature who became attracted to Fluke.
 * Venge (voiced by Jamieson Price) - a green, virus-shaped creature.
 * Bite (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a large, bacteriophage-shaped creature.
 * Platon and Annie (voiced by Nick Jameson and respectively) - two plant and animal cell-shaped creatures.
 * The Cellings (vocal effects by Frank Welker, Eric Bauza and Jeff Bergman) - red and white blood cell-shaped creatures that roam around the lost laboratory.

Introduced in First Game

 * Christoph Dumas (voiced by JB Blanc) - a rich billionaire who tries to kidnap Fluke and return him to the laboratory just so he can have a lot more money.
 * Erin Steelheart (voiced by Audrey Wasilewski) - one of the many mercenaries hired by Christoph to hunt down Fluke.
 * Owen Killarm (voiced by TBD) - another one of Christoph's mercenaries that were hired to hunt down Fluke.

Introduced in New Breed

 * /Nexus/ (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - a giant, yellow, virus-shaped creature who is a nemesis of Fluke.
 * /Dr. Lena Austin/ (voiced by Jen Taylor) - a mad scientist who created Nexus to terrorize the place.

Introduced in The Lost Lab

 * Erad (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - a slender virus-shaped creature who lurks around the lost lab for victims.
 * Purge (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a bacteria-shaped creature who is Erad's assistant.
 * E. Cooleye (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a bacteria-shaped creature who has a habit of snapping his fingers and making himself look cool while also making distractions in order for him to do something menacing.

Introduced in Bigger and Better

 * The Converter (vocal effects by Tom Kenny) - a giant sentient alien parasite who converts people to its will.
 * Gigacrypt (vocal effects by Frank Welker) - a monstrous, giant ape-plesiosaur hybrid alien creature who has been sent from another planet to the deepest parts of Earth's oceans.
 * Butterocka (vocal effects by Tara Strong) - a menacing butterfly-like alien rock creature who is able to breathe in outer space as it flew to Earth to cause chaos.
 * Shinesquawk (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a quick and bloodthirsty shining parrot-like alien creature who also flew to Earth and is able to shoot a giant beam out of its beak.
 * Burrowolf (vocal effects by TBD) - a sinister and dangerous wolf-like alien creature who was sent from an another planet, has an ability to dig around, using it to its advantage to wreck havoc.

Common gameplay
The game plays as a collectathon platformer as Fluke gets thrust into one world, having to collect whatever the primary collectible is. When Fluke collects a certain amount from the world, both a boss fight and an access to a new world opens up. Fluke is able to learn new powers which allows him to progress through worlds easier.

Television

 * Fluke (Cartoon Network/WB Kids, 2020-present)

Theatrical

 * Fluke: Lab Mania (2022)

Comic books

 * Fluke (2018-present)

Merchandise
See Fluke/Merchandise.

Critical response
The franchise received generally positive reviews from critics and fans, being praised for its writing, TBD.

Tropes
See Fluke/Tropes.

Trivia

 * It is considerably darker than the other family-friendly WBIE game series, mainly since TBD.