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Vanessa Tempo is an all-around character introduced in 2021. She is a student at Rainbow High that focuses in Music - Drums.
Character Description
Sometimes your destiny is decided before you're even born. Enter the Tempo Family: renown musicians for the world's biggest stars and rock royalty. Since Vanessa can remember, she's been in and out of recording studios, tour buses, and private jets around the world with her touring family. Her dad is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer and he taught her everything he knows. But she started the band and enrolled of Rainbow High to get out of his shadow and find her own light.
Looks
Physical Appearance[]
Vanessa is a teenage girl with a medium build and dark brown skin. She has hip length brown braided hair with braided rainbow highlights pulled up into a high ponytail and baby hairs. She has bright brown eyes. Her makeup consists of gradient blue to pink eyeshadow and gold glitter in the creases. Her lips are a dark nude color.
Outfit[]
Vanessa wears a white printed graphic t-shirt that says "Rainbow High", over a cropped white corset-looking top with gold stitching and fake buttons, and ripped blue denim pants with fraying. For her footwear she wears brown ankle boots with paint splash details. For accessories she wears 2 gold watches, big gold earrings, a gold choker, black gloves with red and gold stitching and a scrunchie that uses the same fabric as her pants.
Vanessa's second outfit consists of a blue denim dress with leather strips and buckles, a graphic printed t-shirt that says "Sparkle is Life", over a moss green jacket with a hoodie and various prints on it. For her shoes she wears black platform heels with buckles and blue accents. The heels also say "Rainbow".
Personality
Vanessa has a very peaceful and relaxed attitude, strongly resembling hippie culture. She is also a strong advocate for the environment and does not like to create waste, instead choosing to thrift. She is also shown to avoid conflict, not getting involved when Lyric and Carmen argued.
Relationships
Friends[]
Carmen Major[]
While not much is known, they are bandmates. Carmen and Lyric tend to have the most creative conflicts, with Vanessa acting as mediator.
Lyric Lucas[]
While not much is known, they are bandmates. Lyric and Carmen tend to have the most creative conflicts, with Vanessa acting as mediator.
Sunny Madison[]
She appears to respect Sunny as the Rainbow Dream’s director.
Poppy Rowan[]
They worked together for the music video and Radiant Week.
Daria Roselyn[]
Just like Poppy, she also worked with them for the music video and the Radiant Week project.
Episodes Seen In
Season 2[]
- The 12 Hour Countdown!
- Rainbow High Radiant Week Kick-Off!
- All Nighter!
- Radiant Week SHOW DAY FINALE!
Season 3[]
- Not A Typical Day
- Out of the Shadows
- Drama in the Wings
- Here Comes Something New
- Defending the Title!
Specials[]
Timeline
- August 12th, 2021: Target listings pop up for her and other Rockstar dolls.
- August 23rd, 2021: Prototype stock photos show up on the Rockstar dolls listings.
- September 8th, 2021: Official stock photos and descriptions are up on Target.
- October 3rd, 2021: Her doll is officially released.
- November 5th, 2021: She debuts in "The 12 Hour Countdown!" with speaking lines.
Trivia
- She is the first character to have braided hair.
- She advocates in sustainability in the environment.
- Originally, her last name was going to be Nova instead of Tempo.
- In some episodes, the credits list her last name as “Forte” instead of Tempo. “Forte” is a reference to musical notes.
- The print on text her shirt is based off Van Halen's logo.
- Vanessa's last name means the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
- She has a secondary artwork that was shown in the episode 12 Hour Countdown!.
References