Emperor
The Emperor is the only position that exists at more than one site. It is also among the oldest traditions. The Emperor and Empress are the people who traditionally preside over the Passionfruit, and are usually quite knowledgeable about tradition.
Carlisle
At both sessions, the Emperor and Empress have traditional headgear that are passed down to succeeding royalty. First Session's Emperor and Empress have a crown and a tiara respectively. Second Session instead has two crowns handmade from colored duct tape for both the Emperor and the Empress.
The role of the royalty at Carlisle is to act as sort of student administrators. For example, when there was a conflict about Goth Day, the Empress made the final verdict. Their main duty is to run every aspect of Passionfruit. It is traditional for the Emperor to make the first toast, and the Empress, the last. The Emperor and Empress are responsible for coming up with devirginizations/den00bifications to initiate those to those who are new to the site or were absent the year before. The administration has disallowed both these terms in recent years, so they are now referred to as Passionfruit Games.
Quite some time ago, the Empress and Emperor were referred to as the "juice coordinators" who would traditionally purchase a large amount of Passionfruit juice for the whole circle. Then, people realized the ineffectiveness of this and started to bring their own juice, soda, water, etc., to Passionfruit. In addition, upon the departure of Gary Noritz, who facilitated finding and purchasing cases of passionfruit juice, the drink became difficult to obtain. However, for Passionfruit 10.1, Liam McNamara, the Jesus for the session, managed to acquire several containers of passionfruit juice. The mixing of passionfruit juice with red Powerade during the Last Supper became a tradition soon after. (Passionfruit juice is available at some farmer markets, as well as supermarkets such as Whole Foods).
For session 1 in the following list, the first person listed was Empress and the latter is Emperor, and for session 2 the first listed is Emperor and the latter is Empress
- 2001
- First Session:
- Second Session: Owen Gentry and Pammy Woodward
- 2002
- First Session:
- Second Session: Lizzie Wade
- 2003
- First Session:
- Second Session: Laura and ???
- 2004
- First Session: Adria Simon and ???
- Second Session: Annie and George
- 2005
- First Session: Franklyn Cantor and Nabil Hasmi
- Second Session: Ben and Tini
- 2006
- First Session: Ali Greenberg and Matt Carroll
- Second Session: McKenzie Hull and Holly Murray
- 2007
- First Session: Clara Pelaez and Kimmi Cheng
- Second Session: Mike Schumacher and Jackie Mora
- 2008
- First Session: NEW: Ryan Heaney and Ross "Sarge" Slaughter
- Second Session: Allie Prescott and Rachel Hull
- 2009
- First Session: Jeanette Kim and Alex "Jake" Jacobsen
- Second Session: Jake Meyers and Eddie Cytryn
- 2010
- First Session: Rosalie Nathans and Albert Han
- Second Session: Patrick Kennedy and Micaela Rodríguez
- 2011
- First Session: Colin Mark
- Second Session: Julia Gureck and Jonathan Kirby
- 2012
- First Session: Michelle Kim and Bobby Zipp
- Second Session: Fish Stark and Rebecca Trickey
- 2013
- First Session: Maya Hoke and Julia Gollin
- Second Session: Duncan Rheingans-Yoo and Dayna Levine
- 2014
- First Session: Alexis Onsi and Andrew Scheirer
- Second Session: Max Holmes and Adonis Doherty
- 2015
- First Session: Matthew Sims and Anshuman Sinha
- Second Session: Zak Klein and Nathan Pugh
- 2016
- First Session: Jared Brunner and M Benesch
- Second Session: Ilana Miller and Sarah Baldino
- 2017
- First Session: Quinn Filler and Leah Branstetter
- Second Session: Mark Johnson and Kat Xie
- 2018
- First Session: Tanwi Wangikar and MJ Smith
- Second Session: Kat Kobetitsch and CB Roman
Lancaster
The Emperor/Empress is the person who makes the first speech at Passionfruit. Unlike other positions, it is not decided the previous year but rather at by application at the no-more meeting. There can be more than one; for example, in 06.2 there were two, and at 05.2 there were four (two males and two females, in reference to The Chronicles of Narnia).
- 1998
- First Session: ?
- Second Session: Jon Rin and ?
- 1999
- First Session: Michael Mishkin and ?
- Second Session: ?
- 2000
- First Session: Elspeth (Beth) Kursh and Tom Weingarten
- Second Session: Rose Ginsberg and Daniel Vitolo
- 2001
- First Session: Ken Levin and Chelsea Seachord
- Second Session: Kayla Armstrong and Deb Streusand
- 2002
- First Session: Maura Spiegelman and "The Original" Andy Bartholomew
- Second Session: Belle Saxton and Andy "UnAndy" Schlesinger
- 2003
- First Session: Natalie Bau and Tim Hwang
- Second Session: Maddie Morrison, Tom "Lord of Lemmings" Wilson, and Jai Dhyani
- 2004
- First Session: Liz and Dave
- Second Session:
- 2005
- First Session: Alyssa Gottschlich
- Second Session: Will Colmer, David "Pickle" Kotsonis , Marley Teter, Nikka Rosenstein
- 2006
- First Session: Alexa "Lexxie" Kottmeyer and Aliza Alperin-Sheriff
- Second Session: Alexander James Maestro Quinones Leroy Bangs a.k.a. QB, Colin Mahaffey
- 2007
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Alexa Fredston-Hermann and Julia "Juice" Revzin
- 2008
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Noelle Aly, Caroline, Maddy Jennewein, Julie Leghorn
- 2009
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Daniel Tracht, Lena Beckenstein, Bee Lockwood
- 2010
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Declan Kennedy
- 2011
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Jess Weber
- 2011
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Lilly Clark
- 2013
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Anne Mancini
- 2014
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Christian Wolpert
- 2015
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Hannah Hildebolt
- 2016
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Via Barr
- 2017
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Elizabeth Hawk
Trinity
- Main article: Trinity (Session 1)
In 07.1, the Emperor position of First Session was replaced with a new trio of positions called the Trinity, based on the Catholic Holy Trinity and in reference to the verse in Don McLean's "American Pie" which goes:
- "And the three men I admire most
- The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
- They caught the last train for the coast
- The day the music died."
The Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost now fill the roles of Emperors of Passionfruit and execute the Last Supper.
Saratoga Springs
The royalty at Saratoga Springs, besides being knowledgeable about tradition and making the last Passionfruit speeches, organize Blammo and Spirit Days. These are the Emperors and Empresses listed by year of reign. Two Emperors and two Empresses are crowned each session just to make sure at least one comes back the following year. This tradition began in 2005 when Riley O'Neill was the only one to return of four royalty chosen. It was passed down to Session 2 when David "Bex" Becker and Lina Huo (First Session Royalty) attended the Second Session Passionfruit of 2006 and told Youngin Lim to pick four, just in case.
Note: For session 1, please organize in order so that we can preserve who picked who. EX: 2005: a, b, c, d - 2006: a's pick, b's pick, c's pick, d's pick.
- 2005
- Session 1: Keane Tzong, Julia Wagner, Claire Kelley, Alex Micciche
- Session 2: Nick Fabiani, Stacy Toesland
- 2006
- Session 1: Riley O'Neill
- Session 2: Youngin Lim, Zemelia Miller
- 2007
- Session 1: David "Bex" Becker, Jay Margherio, Charlotte Coates, Lina Huo
- Session 2: Primary: Edison Huff, Stef Siller Secondary: Mike Feblowitz, Hilary (the lovely) Ludlow
- 2008
- Session 1: Gage Wright, Zach Gerstein, Neha Srivastava, Liv Stillman
- Replaced by: Peter Yang, Jesse Muse, Aliya Dincer, Rachel Lin
- Session 2: Bill Landis, David Clemens-Sewall, Christine Maroti, Gaby Garbasz
- Session 1: Gage Wright, Zach Gerstein, Neha Srivastava, Liv Stillman
- 2009
- Session 1: Will Pearl, Mark McGurrin, Sabrina Zeller, Laura Spake
- Session 2: Primary: Alex DeBerardinis and Sam Kwan, Secondary: Nick Kwan and Jennie Robbiano
- 2010
- Session 1: Max Hengeveld, Young Guang, Katrina Ungewitter, Ivy Shen
- Session 2: Primary: Aaron Forrest and Sophia Keskey, Secondary: Matt Simon and Sarah Woolf
- 2011
- Session 1: AJ Langevin, Aaron Wan, Gwen Luvara, Emily Gartenberg
- Session 2: Primary: Muki Barkan and Haizen Poole, Secondary:
Brandon NguyenPeter Pak and Camille Goering (Brandon missed the session due to scheduling conflicts, Peter took over from being third in line)
- 2012
- Session 1: Alex Libby, James Gan, Liz Lvov,
Cathy KuangHeather Shen - Session 2: Primary: Alex Libby and Leah Forrest, Secondary: Daniel "Ginger" Heins and Paroma Mallick
- Session 1: Alex Libby, James Gan, Liz Lvov,
- 2013
- Session 1: Eric Chen, Albert Kong, Danielle Gutman, Octavia Fitzmaurice
- Session 2: Primary:
Teddy NiMax Dunsker and Livvy Cashen, Secondary:Max DunskerRachel Novick and David Bai (Teddy Ni could not return due to scheduling conflicts)
- 2014
- Session 1: TJ Noel-Sullivan, Alex Eishingdrelo,
Anusha PurakayasthaKatie Miles, Charlotte Keeley - Session 2: Primary: Suraag Srinivas and
Kimberly KatzNellie Spektor, Secondary: Luke Stocker andAleah NewhouseEmma Nance
- Session 1: TJ Noel-Sullivan, Alex Eishingdrelo,
- 2015
- Session 1: Griffin Badalamente, Ryan Guo, Ashley Lee,
Maya AmitaiQing Woon - Session 2: Primary: Kunal Sengupta and Leila Eshghi (BATMAN), Secondary: Jack Schumann and Evelyn Mesler
- Session 1: Griffin Badalamente, Ryan Guo, Ashley Lee,
- 2016
- Session 1: Duncan Freeman, Byron Sun, Carly James, Viky Filippou
- Session 2: Primary: Duncan Freeman and Dheivanai "D." Moorthy, Secondary: Michael Chen and Emily Leibiger
- 2017
- Session 1: Alexandre Jabor,
Alex "D'Jamuel" NecakovGabe Ruoff, Zivia Lichtenberg, Kaiya Vicioso - Session 2: Primary: Franz O'Hanna and Enyo Adoboe, Secondary: Luke Farrell and Divya Popat
- Session 1: Alexandre Jabor,
- 2018
- Session 1: Nelson Lin, Spencer Wood, Charlotte Murphy, Kaiti Filippou
- Session 2: Primary: Ethan Lee and Amy Hidalgo, Secondary: Edward Rigney and Ella Parker
Princeton
At Princeton, it was decided that the Passionfruit Emperor and Empress should come from different CTY sites to show the combining of sites within the Princeton site. Together, the sites create a happy family. The royal family of 2009 was...
- 2009
- Emperor: Julie of Lancaster and Rachel Hall of Carlisle
- Empress: Johnine Licht of Siena (she also attended Lancaster 08.1)
Johns Hopkins
Beginning in 10.2, The Emperor/Empress of JHU wears a "crown," which in reality is a comically large blue and yellow sparkly hat. At Passionfruit, the reigning Emperor/Empress crowns their successor by passing on said hat. The transition of BLAMMO divinity is also incorporated into Passionfruit, and involves the passing of the Most Epic Tome of BLAMMO to the next God/Goddess. In 11.2, new artefacts such as the Duct Tape Tie and the Emperor's New Shoes were introduced by Karl Heinlein.
In the "Wilderness Year" of 12.2, there was much confusion and anarchy involved in deciding who would succeed the self-proclaimed God. The said God had decided to declare himself as Emperor, but relinquished his powers last minute to a flying squirrel, who then crowned a separate Empress from the already-crowned Goddess.
In 2016, following the death of BLAMMO, Empress Tea named two successors, an emperor and an empress, to complete the Holy Trinity, along with a Rave King. In order to sort out the conflict of which successor gets the Holy Book of Love, Empress Tea wrote out another copy by hand.
- 2009
- Session One:
- Session Two: Katelin Schutz, Kitty Bernardo (two Empresses, no Emperor)
- 2010
- Session One:
- Session Two: Trinity King
- 2011
- Session One:
- Session Two: Karl Heinlein
- 2013
- Session One: Mina, Bryan Li (two Emperors, no Empress)
- Session Two: Amanda Sin
- 2014
- Session One:
- Session Two: Michael Todd
- 2015
- Session One:
- Session Two: Milo Richards
- 2016
- Session One:
- Session Two: Tea Moore
- 2017
- Session One:
- Session Two:
- Emperor: Neal Krishna
- Empress: Jess Shannon(to note: Neither Jess nor Neal were able to attend, so Shelby Chatterton was instead the empress in 2017)
- Rave God: