Gabriele Rustico

Gabriele Rustico is the head scientist of a secret U.S. Government lab in Peach Valley, California.

Physical appareance
Gabriele is a muscular Italian man with fair skin, light gray receding hair and mustache, and blue-gray eyes.

Civilian attire
He wears a white lab gown that stretches down to his knees. Beneath it he wears a white undershirt and black pants, and his shoes are black. He wears an eagle talon necklace around his neck and black-framed glasses on his head.

Personality
As a government scientist, his mindset revolves around the experiments his team is commissioned to do. He will go to any length to get the best results, such as cloning a dinosaur to create a hybrid super-soldier. Although he may seem excitable, especially around successful experiments and his daughter, he is actually willing to torture his subjects and keep his experiments secret. However, he is easily distracted by the thought of money.

Abilities
Gabriele is a brilliant scientist. As the head of a secret government lab, he is well-versed at running it, capable of procuring exotic specimens and specialist equipment. A skilled player of emotions, he knows his subjects' weakness and exploits them to create the "optimum" results. He is also adept at keeping secrets, succesfully hiding his lab and experiments for a very long time.

Will, Kate, Irene and Pepper
Gabriele sees his scientists as perfect for the job and likes having them on his team.

Dana
Although thrilled when she was born, Gabriele sees Dana only as a lab rat and not the sentient being she is. He knowingly forces her to take intelligence tests even though she is obviously fed up. He was okay with Irene and Pepper manipulating Dana into doing his bidding. When she turned on him and tied him up in a trash bag, he wanted to be set free.

Marietta
Gabriele seems to be cheerful towards his daughter, letting her enter his lab without considering the safety of his experiments.

Season 1

 * "Adventure of a Lifetime"

Trivia

 * Gabriele Rustico's name means "rustic Gabriel" in Italian.
 * It is a direct translation of "Gabriel Agreste", the name of an antagonist in the French series Miraculous Ladybug.
 * Agreste is a French word that means "rustic", but it could also refer to the grayling butterfly.
 * Gabriele's facial features are heavily based on Bob Roth, a minor antagonist from Miraculous Ladybug.