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Because this Kaiju is a character in the show instead of the monster-of-the-week, it has been given its own article. If you're looking for the main page, see Alien Pedan. |
This Alien Pedan is the de facto leader of the Star of Darkness and one of the antagonists of the manga ULTRAMAN. He was renamed to Alien Pedant for the anime adaptation.[1]
History[]
ULTRAMAN[]
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NOTE: Due to there being several differences between the manga and anime adaptation, the History section has been split into two tabs. |
Manga[]
The Star of Darkness made themselves known to humanity by hijacking all the screens in New York, announcing their plans to take over the Earth. The leader announced that their drugs had been spread throughout the city, causing mass hysteria and chaos as nobody would be held accountable for their actions while under the drug's influence. However, they later announced that what they said earlier was a lie, and had proven that humanity was unworthy to rule the Earth.
They started their plan to dominate Earth by sending their footsoldiers, but the Ultramen and their allies had arrived to stop them. Arriving in the city in person, he then summoned the Golden Fortress, but it was destroyed by Moroboshi. The terrorists then faced off against them and were defeated. Driven into a corner, the leader consumed a deadly dose of the drugs to become superpowered, now able to fire highly destructive beams form his mouth. The SSSP wanted him captured alive, but the Pedan revealed he could hear the order and said that there was a mole among them.
He invited Shinjiro, Shin to fire their Spacium Beams at him and give him a glorious death, since his role had already been completed. Their combined efforts were still not enough, so Shin asked Bemular for help. He agreed to lend a hand and fired his Spacium Beam, destroying most of the Pedan's body. All that was left was half of his face, still alive and talking about how justice was theirs. Taro disagreed, burning away the remains to ash.
Anime[]
Immediately after a wave of strange mass disappearances caused by cameras capturing the Life Force Energy of Earthlings, and a large fire breaking out in a city, a large hologram of an alien appeared. The alien introduced itself as Pedant, leader of the Star of Darkness. It told the world that they had 24 hours to surrender half of the human population, or the Star of Darkness would take half of the population by force. Flames of Fury
Later, Pedant appeared on his throne before Maaya and the other Alien Wadoran. Though he did declare the plan a success, he berated them for only being able to capture one Ultraman and being caught by the SSSP. He reminded them of their contract being teleporting away. Later, Pedant discovered that cameras around the globe were going offline, meaning the SSSP had discovered his plan. Maaya informed him that a human had discovered their plan, to which he replied that Phase 2 would need to be scrapped.The Man without the Light
Later, the Alien Wadoran engaged in combat with Taro, Jack, and Moroboshi in a shipyard. The trio of Ultramen discovered the location of a transporter owned by the Star of Darkness, which Pedant heard Maaya talking about over video with another Wadoran. Pedant appeared before her and told her to create a plan to lure the trio near the transporter, before detonating it. He then teleported away. Later on, one of the Star of Darkness' ships appeared over SSSP headquarters, and Pedant himself beamed down soon after. He killed the four SSSP Security Guards waiting for him below, before breaking into the building itself. He was engaged in combat with several other security guards, before Shin Hayata confronted him in the Protosuit. Hayata asked what Pedant wanted here, to which Pedant chuckled and pointed at Hayata. Hayata put his mask on, and jumped toward Pedant, engaging in combat with the alien. Somehow during this fight, Pedant appeared on video to Maaya, asking her why she was delaying the detonation of transporter unit. Maaya yelled at Pedant, saying that the other Wadoran would also be killed in the explosion, and that she could not kill one of her one. Pedant teleported right behind Maaya, choking her calling her species useless. He then pushed the button and detonated the transporter himself. Somehow during all this, Pedant was still locked in combat with Hayata. The two seemed to be evenly matched, but Pedant eventually gained the upper hand, incapacitating Hayata and teleporting both of them back to the ship. He later appeared on a worldwide broadcast to Earth telling them that they had very little time left as well as informing them of Hayata's capture. Attack on SSSP
Soon after, Llubihc, one of Pedant's henchmen, informed him that Maaya had betrayed the Star of Darkness and was working with the Ultramen. Pedant then approached the restrained Shin Hayata, who asked why Pedant had not killed him yet. Pedant told him that it not be long before he dies, but he has another purpose for the Ultraman. He later appeared on video to the SSSP, saying that Earth only had 10 minutes to respond to the Star of Darkness' demands. Ide pleaded with the alien to settle this peacefully, but Pedant would not budge. When Ide refused to surrender half of the human population, Pedant told him that they would destroy the entire human population. Later, all of the Star of Darkness ships appeared over a city, fusing together to create a massive robot called the Golden Fortress. Pedant remained inside the robot along with Hayata, as the Golden Fortress began destroying the city. The Golden Fortress
He left Hayata's side and returned to his throne soon after, noticing on the security footage that Jack and Taro had broken into the Golden Fortress. He sent Delar to kill them, saying he had no use for the two. Jack started a fight to the death, with Delar, while Taro continued on to go destroy the Golden Fortress' power core. Taro broke into the room which contained the core, but found it to indestructible. Pedant teleported behind him, saying as much. Pedant pulled up a hologram of the Golden Fortress approaching SSSP headquarters, leaving Taro helpless. As the two stood there, Taro began blasting fire out of the vents attached to him, overheating and eventually self destructing and causing a massive explosion that managed to destroy the Golden Fortress' power core. The robot collapsed, with all the Ultramen beside Taro gathering outside and celebrating. This was short lived however, as Pedant floated down, saying that the destruction of his weapon would not affect his plans. Jack, Ace, and Moroboshi all attempted to fight Pedant, but he easily managed to knock the three of them back, using his doppelgänger ability to pin all of them to the ground and blast them with electricity. He began a fight with Shinjiro Hayata and Shin Hayata, which was seemingly an even fight. He knocked Shin back and kicked Shinjiro to the ground, preparing to strike at Shinjiro with his claws, but a figure soon kicked him back, revealing itself to be Shin in an updated suit. Pedant remarked that Shin looked "so much more Ultraman-like" and the emblem on his chest began to glow, eventually turning him a red, silver, and gold color scheme. Shinjiro released his limiter, and the duo charged toward Pedant, with him blocking their attack with his arms. It soon became clear that the two Ultraman had the upper hand, with Shin doing a rolling suplex of Pedant and Shinjiro pushing the alien up into space, before kicking him back down. Still, Pedant stood back up, telling them to shoot him with their Specium Beam, which they did. Pedant created a massive forcefield around himself, which the Specium Beams could not breach whatsoever. The father and son duo remarked to eachother that they had very little power left, before a third Specium Beam appeared, soon reveling that it belonged to Bemular. Pedant's forcefield began to break down, but he was not worried, and remarked that his death would result in his plan coming to fruition, before his forcefield was destroyed and he was finally killed. ULTRAMAN No.6
Powers and Weapons[]
- Golden Fortress:The Alien Pedan's main invasion weapon, created and launched from his planet.
- Drug-Enhanced Form: Upon taking a lethal amount of drugs, the Alien Pedan transformed into a hulking, incredibly durable brute capable of withstanding Specium Beams fired by two Ultraman Suits.
- Destruction Beam: The enhanced form is capable of spitting a powerful beam that can level buildings with ease.
- Golden Fortress: Pedant's invasion weapon and base of operations.
- Expert Combatant: Pedant is highly proficient in combat and can defeat multiple opponents at once. He even defeated Shin Hayata in his Protosuit rather easily.
- Doppelgänger: Pedant has some sort of duplication ability, which can split him into three exact copies.
- Forcefield: Pedant has a forcefield coating him which nullifies any damage from bullets.
- Power-Up State: Pedant can alter his suit to provide him with a power up. His colours change and he becomes far more powerful.
- Electrical Bolts: Pedant unleashes electricity in an aura around him.
- Extreme Durability: Pedant can withstand Shin and Shinjiro's attacks and get up seemingly without having taken any damage, even when the former had a new and improved suit and the latter had released his Limiter.
- Energy Barrier: An extremely tough energy barrier that can block Shin and Shinjiro's Spacium Beams. Only with Bemular's help did the barrier shatter.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This Alien Pedan combines the aspect of both of his race's iterations from the live action medias of Ultraman Series: he wears a helmet similar to Reionics Hunter troops which bears the design of Ultraseven incarnation's head. This however leaves his true face being ambiguous, either human-like (Heisei Era) or based on its Showa incarnation.
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