Oscar Pine

"You know… the weirdest part is how it feels. Leaving home is crazy. Going to the city is crazy. Everything you’ve told me is completely crazy. But it doesn’t feel crazy anymore. It feels like I’m doing the right thing."

- Oscar, to Ozpin. Oscar Pine is one of the main protagonists in RWBY. He first appeared in "The Next Step". It is later revealed that his Aura and soul have combined with that of Ozpin's.

He is voiced by Aaron Dismuke, who also voices Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchermist. (English dub), and voiced by Rie Kugimiya, who also voices Happy from Fairy Tail, Kagura from Gintama, Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchermist, and Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4. (Japanese dub).

Background
Oscar's home was with his aunt on a farm somewhere in the Kingdom of Mistral.

Volume 4
One day, Oscar wakes up from a dream and begins doing chores around the farm.

After he finishes his work and heads back into the barn with his tools, he notices something strange in the mirror. Looking at his reflection, he nervously calls out "Hello?". After a pause, he hears Ozpin introduce himself and flies backward into a stack of hay. His aunt calls out from the farmhouse and tells him to be careful with his tools.

In the middle of the night, he refuses to Ozpin's orders to leave the farm and go to the City of Mistral.

An unspecified amount of time later, Oscar decides to leave the farm and begin his journey to the City of Mistral. He encounters Hazel Rainart, who Ozpin tells him is not someone to be taken lightly. He boards the train and sees an advertisement for Haven Academy.

After arriving in Mistral, he finds Qrow Branwen in a tavern. Ozpin pressures him to talk, so he asks Qrow to return Ozpin's cane. Oscar accompanies a drunk Qrow back to the house in Mistral where he and Team RNJRare staying. As the inebriated Qrow incoherently rambles, claiming "[he] found him", Oscar introduces himself to the team as Oscar Pine and Professor Ozpin.

Volume 5
Oscar sits as Team RNJR wonders about his identity. He shares an awkward moment with Ruby Rose, saying he never met Huntsmen before. Oscar gives Ozpin control over his body and is present mentally when Ozpin reveals his true nature. Ozpin plans that the group gather more Huntsmen and train before ensuring the safety of the relicof knowledge. As a part of this, Oscar questions what Ozpin means that Oscar must strengthen his body and Aura.

Oscar trains with Team RNJR outside. He practices hand-to-hand combat with Ruby only to be knocked down after not engaging his Aura. He gives Ozpin physical control, and after Ozpin spars with Ruby, Oscar is visibly tired from the energy spent. He learns the difficulty of training his Aura and that he can eventually unlock his Semblance with enough practice.

One night, Oscar trains by himself with Ozpin’s cane in the training room when Ruby comes downstairs. He admits to her that he feels like he has had the weapon for more than a lifetime. After Ruby encourages him that he will be ready for combat in no time, Oscar admits to her his fears of the inevitable conflict. When she tries to cheer him up, he bursts out his anger as to how she seems so calm in the midst of all of the chaos surrounding her. After Oscar calms down, Ruby shares with him how she came to lose two of her dearest friends: Penny Polendina and Pyrrha Nikos. She admits that she is frightened because Salem is willing to kill both her enemies and innocent bystanders, but she is moving forward in memory of her fallen friends because they would have done the same for her. As she goes back upstairs, Ruby acknowledges Oscar for his bravery and perseverance. Ozpin then remarks that despite Ruby’s faults, she possesses a spark to inspire others even in dark times. Oscar concludes that their situation is tough on Ruby, to Ozpin’s agreement.

Appearance
Oscar is a boy with a tanned complexion, freckles and black hair. His eyes have central heterochromia, with green as the main color of the iris and a ring of yellow around the pupils. Also Oscar is rather short for his age.

He wears a dirty white collared shirt that has a low v-neck, with crisscrossing laces across the gap in the neck. Over his shirt, he wears orange suspenders that hold up his olive pants, which have a brown patch sewn onto both knees. The ends of his pant legs are tucked into his dark brown work boots. Around his neck is a small white scarf, and he wears orange gloves with dark gray straps on them. A multicolored, striped scarf hangs from the left pocket of his pants.

Personality
Oscar seems to be of a calm and passive disposition; and generally seems to enjoy his life as a farmhand, working on his chores as soon as he wakes up. He works with a visible smile on his face, implying he enjoys his work.

When Ozpin makes contact with him, he initially brushes off any of Ozpin's requests, wishing to instead remain as a farmhand and not accepting Ozpin as anything more than a voice in his head. However, in "Kuroyuri", he gives in and begins his journey to Haven Academy. According to Ozpin and later stated by himself, Oscar desires to be someone more than just a farmhand.

Oscar seems uncomfortable in new social situations, as shown when he approaches Qrow Branwen on behalf of Ozpin and first conversing with the members of Team RNJR. His slow pace of speech and looking down while talking suggest awkwardness when engaging with strangers. Oscar also sounded nervous when Ozpin mentions he must strengthen his body and Aura and struggled at first to converse with Team RNJR.

Though he trains diligently under Ozpin's tutelage from within him, Oscar is incredibly frightened at the prospect of the world going to war again. After conversing with Ruby and then Oz, Oscar appears to have taken a great step in conquering his fears of war, as Ruby disclosed to him the reason why she fights, transferring a piece of her unquantifiable spark to Oscar. This shows his progress in becoming the warrior that he is meant to be, taking one step at a time.

Powers and Abilities
His Aura is fused together with Ozpin's and has access to the former headmaster's memories.

In "Unforeseen Complications", it is revealed that Oscar can temporarily relinquish control of his body to Ozpin. However, this ability only lasts for a specific period of time as Oscar is still present mentally in his body. While Ozpin is in control, Oscar's physical body appears to gain the dexterity and motor control of Ozpin and is able to leap and flip in the air. However, once Oscar regains control of his body, he loses this level of coordination.

Due to Ozpin's reincarnating and merging with Oscar's soul, Oscar will eventually gain all of Ozpin's martial prowess.

In "Necessary Sacrifice", Oscar claims he has fought the occasional small Grimm before.

As a former farmhand, he's agriculturally inclined.

Trivia

 * The name "Oscar" likely alludes to a species of fish called the "Oscar", which comes in sub-species and different types of colors, including yellow or velvety brown varieties.
 * "Oscar Gold" is also a color, based on the color of the famous Oscar statues.
 * His surname "Pine" corresponds to the evergreen tree species of the same name, which are evocative of green colors.
 * Oscar is the first name of The Wizard of Oz, the character Ozpin alludes to.