John Robert Vanson is an original character created by JVM, who played a secondary role in many of the author's older works. He has been permanently retired in his creator's works since early 2011. He has made a few cameos in other authors' fics, and occasionally been used in fan videos and fan art as well, even after his original author retired him. He makes some notable, silent cameos in the South Park - Rodel and Clare Chronicles series, alongside Rodel Madla. The character design depicted in the infobox is from these appearances.