Is there a way to make an unlockable character?

[RoseaMarie]

In my dating sim, I have multiple characters you can pick from at the start. I want there to be a way to unlock a character by doing a certain action in the game you can select. If you select the option, I have it set as

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label food_menu_colette:
     menu:
         "Seafood platter.":
             $ unlock_mermaid = True
             W "Right away, sir"
         "Chicken parm":
             W "Of course, sir"
             C "Ah, I do love chicken parm"
             $ chicken_parm = True
         "Rib eye steak":
             W "Right away."
             
             jump colette_2

and so, for the seafood platter you unlock a datable mermaid that I want to appear on the main selection screen. How do you make it appear if you reset the game and start over? Is it possible?

[Yomuchan]

I believe you have to set up variables, then use conditional menus. Like this.

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menu:
	"Buy her a box of white panties":
		$ gift = "panties"
		me "Here, please wrap it up. It's a special present."
	"Buy her a cute hat":
		$ gift = "hat"
		me "I'll take that sunhat, my good man!"
	"Buy her a sexy swimsuit":
		$ gift = "swimsuit"
		me "I'll be buying this swimsuit..."

##TIMESKIP

menu:
     "I'd like to go to the park!":
          jump park_date
     "I hear there's a new menu in the cafe! Wanna go?":
          jump cafe_date
     "Can we go to the beach?" if gift == "swimsuit":
          jump beach_date

Explanation - if the variable named gift is 'swimsuit', a new menu option is unlocked. In your case, you can use a variable called "metmermaidgirl==1" or something. Is this what you needed?