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King Joe is an alien robot created by the Alien Pedan, from the TV series, Ultraseven. It appeared in episodes 14 and 15. As a result of its iconic two-part debut in Ultraseven, King Joe has become one of the most famous robots in the Ultra Series, and has since made many further appearances in the franchise.
Subtitles:
- Space Robot
- Robot Monster
- Ultraman Max: Invasion Robot
- Beatstar: Celestial Sphere Robot
- STORAGE Custom: Special Airborne Armor 3 (SAA-3)
History
Ultraseven
Appearing first in the form of four ships, King Joe was sent by the Alien Pedan as their main weapon to conquer Earth. The four ships first appeared attacking and destroying a submarine as they alerted an SOS to the Ultra Garrison came. Before the Ultra Garrison arrived (along with a mysterious woman in tow, who would soon be revealed to be working for the Pedan Aliens) went onto the harbor, they were too late.The four ships then arrived at a U.N. Embassy, where they soon rejoined to reveal King Joe's true form. Even with hidden gun turrets beneath the embassy, nothing could damage King Joe. Ultraseven soon arrived to do battle with the robot, but King Joe's Pedantic Armor proved to be far more powerful than anticipated, with nothing Ultraseven could do stop him. Soon Ultraseven was pinned to the ground and received crippling palm slams by King Joe until Ultraseven fell seemingly unconscious.
However as the robot's back was turned, the hero lunged forward and knocked King Joe down. Incapable of getting back up again, King Joe turned back into the four ships and fled with Ultraseven following it. It was then revealed that the reason for King Joe's attack on the Embassy was due to a scientist whom had found a chemical that is highly reactive with Pedantic Armor, which also explained why the Pedan Aliens have come to Earth as well. The Pedan Aliens erasing Dorothy's memories to prevent the Ultra Garrison from creating the special chemical. King Joe later returned, arriving in Kobe Bay where it wrecked havoc on local oil tankers. The Ultra Garrison came to the scene, but after nothing seemed to phase him, Dan turned into Ultraseven once again. Again King Joe proved his great strength despite Ultraseven's maneuverability. However once the Ultra Garrison loaded the special chemical into a missile launcher, it was fired at King Joe, short-circuiting the robot. King Joe fell in the harbor and self-destructed, its masters' ship arose out of his wreckage only to be destroyed by Seven's Wide Shot.
Trivia
- Originally, King Joe's assembly from the ships would be more complex and make for more body parts, but due to technology at the time, this was too hard to make and so King Joe's 4-ship separation ability was made.
- King Joe was one of the monsters/aliens seen in one of the stock footages of Seven's past battles in episode 48.
- King Joe's original design was to call for its upper body to be bigger, but due to the bulkiness of the suit it was toned down. This design would later be used for the Manga Sofubi toy line.
- This episode was later featured in episode 56 of Ultraman Retsuden, "Defeat King Joe! Westward, Ultra Garrison!!".
- King Joe was originally named after Tetsuo Kinjo, the head writer for the early entries in the Ultra Series.
- In Ultraman Taro, after Taro defeats Re-Eleking, the monster's unknown controller remarks how he regretted not reviving King Joe.
- In the TNT dub, King Joe is called the "Monster Rodan Robot", to accommodate the Alien Pedans' name change to the "Rodanians".
Heisei Ultraseven
King Joe reappeared in the Ultraseven: The Final Chapters series in "The Imitated Man," as King Joe II .
Here humans rebuilt the machine from the remains of the original King Joe to be used for Earth's protection or a weapon. However the robot eventually went on a rampage as its original programming still remained in effect. The Ultra Garrison was called in to face it but their weapons were useless against its armor. Dan was forced to transform into Ultraseven and face the machine again. While he put up a better fight than last time, Seven was again eventually being manhandled by the machine. At one point Seven fell on a building with the robot on top of him. Seven struggled to protect himself as the robot attempted to crush his head. Thanks to the Ultra Garrison's distraction, Seven was able to get out of that pinch. In the end Seven destroyed the rebuilt King Joe by hammering the same spot over and over again with the Eye Slugger, finally tearing through and destroying it, but breaking a piece off the Eye Slugger.
Trivia
- Suit actor: Koichi Toshima
- This episode was later featured in episode 92 of Ultraman Retsuden, "Revive! King Joe! Ultraseven's Decisive battle!".
Ultraman Max
King Joe reappeared in episode 14 of the series Ultraman Max.
After Zetton was destroyed by Ultraman Max and Ultraman Xenon, Alien Zetton sent for the "Four Fighters" to deal with Ultraman Max, quickly to be revealed as the ships that make King Joe. It first arrived as its ship forms and disguised himself as a 7-foot creation for one of Kaito's friends that was showing off the robot to a preschool. The next day, King Joe returned to his true master's orders as the four ships took off to attack Japan. King Joe easily out did DASH and every futile assault they made on him. Once the ships combined, Natty (a brainwashed servant being controlled by Alien Zetton and friend of Kaito) began piloting King Joe herself to cause havoc. Kaito turned into Ultraman Max to stop the alien robot, but King Joe's separation ability and sturdy armor made the fight difficult for Max. Eventually, Max was forced to use the Max Galaxy to weaken King Joe in order to release Natty from inside. Once she was safe and rescued, Max destroyed King Joe with the Maxium Cannon.
Trivia
- The separation ship components are different from the original Showa Era, in that it legs and waist components are separated vertically. The designs were made by Ichiro Itano, who also made the CGI for their aerial combat within the period of a month. The components are:
- Head and limb: King Alpha
- Torso: King Beta
- Right leg: King Gamma
- Left leg: King Delta
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle
"I knew it, it's King Joe! It was once an invasion machine used by the Alien Pedan to invade Earth long ago. But it's different than we used to know. Black metallic body, King Joe Black!"
- ―Kumano's explaination, episode 10
King Joe reappeared throughout the series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle as King Joe Black .
In this series, a King Joe appears as an upgraded former version of himself known as "King Joe Black", a black version of his former self who is also given a powerful cannon arm attachment that replaces his right hand. Unfortunately, this King Joe Black went berserk and came to the planet Boris. Throughout the series it serves as a secondary antagonist, killing several roaming monsters (Angross, Gromite, Lunaticks, and Saramandora) on the planet before finally confronting Rei and the ZAP SPACY. Even Rei's monsters (Gomora, Litra, and Eleking) combined powers could not scratch King Joe Black's armor and they were forced to retreat before taking anymore serious damage. He returns during the series finale, interrupting the final battle between Kate's Zetton and Rei's Gomora, fighting Zetton to a standstill. However after Rei turns into Reimon and Gomora powers up into EX Gomora, King Joe Black is impaled by EX Gomora's tail, crippling the robot for the rest of the fight. King Joe Black returns to try and stop the Pendragon from escaping the planet but Ultraman, (who was revived by Rei) attacks him, surprisingly slices off his arm with rather ease despite it's notorius defense and dragged him down to the planet as it is destroyed by the manmade artificial sun.
Trivia
- Kate dubbed this robot as "the berserk robot from Planet Pedan" .
- His fight against Zetton and Gomora was referenced by the Spark Doll Troupe in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 16.
- The King Joe suit from Ultraman Max was reused and modified into this version of King Joe.
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
King Joe Black returned in episodes 10 and 11 of the sequel series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey.
In this series, King Joe Blacks appear as mass production models. It is revealed that the King Joe Black from the previous series was but one of an entire army of King Joe Blacks, whom serve as soldiers to the Alien Pedan, whom have arrived on Planet Hammer. It is also revealed that the reason for King Joe Black's attack against Rei and Kate was due to the Alien Pedan's desire to wipe out all Reionics.
Much like the previous King Joe Black's role, King Joe Blacks are sent this time by the Alien Pedan (known throughout the series as the "Reionics Hunters") to exterminate monsters that belong to Raybloods. One is seen killing Alien Hook's Re-Dorako, and Alien Zetton's Telesdon. Another was summoned to deal with Rei, who uses Gomora to face the robot. At first Gomora's attacks again seemed useless against King Joe Black until he turned into Reionic Burst Gomora. Now able to control the power, Reionic Burst Gomora had no trouble destroying the King Joe Black. Another one would be summoned to attack Grande but his Red King was summoned and King Joe Black was quickly destroyed.
Eventually, the Reionics Hunters capture the ZAP SPACY crew and reveal themselves to be the Alien Pedan, as well as their desire on wiping out all Reionics. Summoning an army of King Joe Blacks (as well as the unique model of King Joe Scarlet,) Gomora (as well as Litra and Miclas) were sent to uselessly fight off against the armies of the coming King Joes. As it seemed the numbers and the tide of battle was in favor of the endless King Joe army, one of the Pedan Aliens, Dail managed to use his last bit of strength to free the ZAP SPACY crew before dying at the hands of his fellow aliens. Soon the Space Pendragon fired their latest weapon, called the "Pedanium Launcher" and annihilated the army of King Joes. With their leader, Harlan, crushed under King Joe Scarlet's head, the rest of the Reionics Hunters to flee the planet.
Trivia
- The King Joe suit from season one is reused and copied into CGI for several scenes.
- During the battle between Rei's Monsters and the King Joe Black army, upon closer inspection some of the props used to display the multiple King Joe Blacks are actually toys of themselves in the "Soul of Chogokin" line.
- Another version of King Joe appears in this series known as King Joe Scarlet
- The damaged head of King Joe Scarlet was seen again during the credits of episode 11.
, whom is red in color and has a sword attachment replacing its gun-hand attachment, is seen in the background. However, there is only one of its kind and its appearance is in the form of a remodeled Soul of Chogokin King Joe with a red paint job. It is assumed to be a personal weapon of the Alien Pedan's Commander Harlan.
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie
King Joe Black returns in the film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie as one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was first seen as a spirit in a shot of the Monster Graveyard along with Doragory, Red King, Alien Babarue, an unknown kaiju, and Telesdon. He was then seen rising out of the ground along with Nova, Verokron, Antlar, Gomess (S), and Alien Baltan before being recaptured by Belial. He then teamed up with Fire Golza, Eleking, Banpira, Gan Q, Alien Metron, Nova, Verokron, Doragory, King Pandon, and Alien Guts to take on Ultraseven. King Joe was called back by Belial to watch Reionic Burst Gomora fight the Ultras and was sent back out along with the remaining monsters to fight Ultraman Zero. King Joe Black was the fourth monster to be killed by Zero's Zero Slugger Attack behind Alien Valky, Fire Golza, and Alien Guts followed by Zetton and Tyrant.
Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar
King Joe reappeared in this side story coinciding the film, Ultraman Saga. Using the data of Alien Pedan's famed robot, Beatstar mass produced several units as King Joe (BS) as part of his Mecha Robot Army.
In part 1 of the special, after Gomora destroys a Legionoid Beta, King Joe (as well as Inpelaizer and Ace Killer) appear and together team up and beat down Gomora, forcing the monster back into Rei's Battle Nizer. Shortly after, The Ultimate Force Zero arrives on the scene and battles the robots. Ultraman Zero battles with King Joe and eventually destroys the robot by chopping him in half with his Zero Sluggers.
In part 2 of the special, it is revealed that an army of King Joes have been constructed to serve Beatstar, Gomora and Jean-Bot are thus seen working together to stop the army from attacking while Ultraman Zero fought with Beatstar himself. After Beatstar is defeated, the King Joe army is destroyed in the planet's destruction.
Trivia
- The King Joe Black suit from the original Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle was modified back into the original King Joe for its appearance in the film.
Ultraman Ginga S
Another variant of King Joe appeared in this series where this robot was a Spark Doll under the name King Joe Custom . This variant made an appearance in episode 3 of Ultraman Ginga S.
When the Inpelaizers started to lose to Ultraman Victory, Vorst used his Chibull Spark to "MonsLive" into him to fight Victory. They both put up a good fight, but eventually, King Joe Custom managed to send Victory flying with help from the Inpelaizers. Before he could finish off Victory, however, Ultraman Ginga showed up to protect him, despite his injury from the last fight. He transfroms into his newest form, Ultraman Ginga Strium, destroys the remaining Inpelaizers, and fights King Joe Custom before he finishes off the robot with his Wide Shot. After the fight, Hikaru gives King Joe's Spark Doll to Shou.
In episode 8, King Joe Custom reappeared as the last monster UltraLived by Hikaru Raido to fight Five King. The robot fired his energy blasts at the chimera, but Five King shrugged them off easily and defeated him by grabbed hold of him with his Reigubas Pincer and firing Gan Q Beam from his Gan Q Hand.
Trivia
- When King Joe Custom's Spark Doll scanned, the Chibull Spark and Victory Lancer read it as King Joe. This is probably due to King Joe Custom being merely a model of the original King Joe and not an entirely unique variant.
Ultraman X
King Joe reappeared in episode 11 of Ultraman X, "An Unknown Friend".
A robot built by the barbaric Alien Pedan, it was sent to attack Earth as their recent target. Ultraman X soon arrived to battle him, but King Joe proved to be a tough enemy and X was powerless when confronting his assaults, even his Zetton armor proved to be ineffective against the robot and his tough armor. As it targeted Asuna, X stepped in and shielded her, which awakened Cyber Gomora's consciousness, as it agreed to help Daichi and materialized.
Soon, Cyber Gomora and X team up to take down the robot, as Gomora landed the first blow with his Cyber Super Oscillatory Wave his before X used Max's Max Galaxy to deliver the finishing attack, the Galaxy Cannon. King Joe was last seen exploding from the attack and reduced to scraps pieces, ending Alien Pedan's invasion.An Unknown Friend
A cybernetic version of King Joe, Cyber King Joe Cyber Card. In episode 19, Wataru used the Cyber King Joe card sent by Rui and Mamoru to equip the Sky Musketty with King Joe's Destroy Cannon, along with the Ultlaser, to stop EX Gomora from rampaging. Living Together It was used again in an attempt to halt Zaigorg's efforts from destroying Carlos Industries, alongside Cyber Gomora and the Land Musketty's Red King Armor Piercing Bullet.Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman
, was created based on the Spark Doll, now contained in aIn the final episode of Ultraman X, after Greeza destroyed the Xio base, King Joe's Spark Doll was absorbed by Greeza. After speaking out to Gomora and striking Greeza right in the center of his chest, King Joe, along with all of the other Spark Dolls, traveled to X and united with him. Cyber King Joe's power was used to help form the Hybrid Armor and power up the Ultimate Xanadium to defeat Greeza once and for all. King Joe, along with the numerous other Cyber Cards and Spark Dolls, then appeared and thanked Daichi as he thanked them.The Rainbow Land
Trivia
- Suit actor: Daisuke Terai
- In the original planning, it was supposed to be King Joe Custom instead of the original one, and is one of the most dangerous opponents faced by Xio. In said planning, King Joe Custom's power was enhanced to the point of hacking Xio's base and their technologies, rendering them useless.
Ultraman Orb
"Red King, Eleking, King Guesra, King of Mons, King Joe. The Five Kings Cards"
- ―Jugglus Juggler
King Joe reappeared in episode six of the series Ultraman Orb as a Kaiju Card used by Jugglus Juggler in a card game with Alien Nackle Nagus and Alien Metron Tarude.
Ultra Fight Orb
King Joe was revived by Reibatos alongside Gudon, Twin Tail, Birdon, Vict Lugiel, and Hyper Zetton to fight Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Orb.
He teamed up with Birdon and Vict Lugiel to take on Orb, but despite the fact that three of them outnumbered him, Orb kept all three of them at bay with his combat skills and got the long end of his sword. After Vict Lugiel and Hyper Zetton were defeated, King Joe managed to overpower Orb in his Hurricane Slash form for a little while by grabbing his sword before he could attack, but the latter broke free and transformed into Specium Zeperion form to chase after Reibatos. He and Gudon tried to go after Orb, but Zero stopped them from going any further by attacking them, but this left him wide open for Birdon's fireball attack. When Ultraseven showed up to help Zero, the robot found himself fighting his old archrival once again.
King Joe fights with Seven without defending himself much to the point that he is thrown to the ground and hit multiple times by Seven. At the end, Seven uses his Eye Slugger to slash around his body to King Joe. After being damaged with the weapon of Seven in his head, King Joe explodes.
Ultraman Geed
- Main article: Pedanium Zetton
- Main article: King Galactron
Ultraman R/B
King Joe was built at some point of time by the Cereza-possessed Makoto Aizen beneath the Aizen Tech as part of his AZ Plan, wanting said robot to be used by his own established Earth attack team should his plan to become an Ultraman went successful. Unfortunately the entire plan fell through because of the Minato brothers and Saki's intervention caused the alien parasite to be purged and the real Makoto went globe throttling with his bicycle.
King Joe was brought into action when D.R.L.N. was hacked by an unknown source, being assembled in the underground. Its first action was to imprison Asahi Minato inside its cockpit, which was being filled with deadly Pedanium gas. Coming up with a plan to rescue Asahi, Saki Mitsurugi entered the cockpit via jetpack while Ultraman Rosso distracted the robot but he was unable to make a dent in it. After Isami Minato finished restoring D.R.L.N. to normal, he joined the battle as Ultraman Blu when Saki managed to get herself and Asahi out of the robot. Unfortunately, D.R.L.N. was unable to stop King Joe. The two Ultramen then used the opposing elements of fire and water via their R/B Sluggers, the difference in temperature causing King Joe's armor to crack. Ultraman Ruebe then had a brief fight with King Joe, until D.R.L.N. used the Monster Restraint System to stun King Joe. Ruebe then finished it off via the Ruebe Vortex Buster. From its remains, Saki used her Gyro to create its R/B Crystal.Good People and Bad People
Trivia
- King Joe's kidnapping of Asahi is similar to Galactron's kidnapping of Naomi in Ultraman Orb. Its internal parts where it stored Asahi was newly built as well.
- The use of King Joe was meant for the hacked AI, D.R.L.N., to operate in a robot. Before King Joe, there were many robot Kaiju considered for its episode.
- The King Joe suit had been repainted for its appearance in R/B, overall giving it a more modern and helping it look more in line with other things from Aizen Tech.
- The underground hangar which stored King Joe was created by using both elements of CG and miniature props.
Ultraman Z
King Joe is set to appear in the series alongside a new variant named King Joe STORAGE Custom
as the third of STORAGE's Special Airborne Armor robots to be created. This version of King Joe possesses advanced weaponry on each of its segments, and can split apart and combine into different configurations.Data
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 48,000 t, 50,000 t (Ultraman Zero Gaiden)
- Origin: Planet Pedan, Beatstar Celestial Sphere (Ultraman Zero Gaiden)
- Arm Strength: Enough to lift a battleship weighing 100,000 t.
- Weakness: As stated in episode 15 of Ultraseven, the only material that is able to counter Pedanium is the Ryton R30. This is evidenced when it was fired upon, causing King Joe to respond by ceasing its motion and tremble into explosion.
- Powers and Weapons
- Dest Ray [1]: King Joe can fire two electrical bolts from its eyes, that combine into one. The color may vary between appearances. /Eldritch Shot
- Separation Ships: King Joe can separate into four ships at will. These ships can fly at incredible speeds. The separation and reformation only take mere seconds.
- Separative Eldritch Shot /Separative Destructive Rays : In its separative ship form, all ships can launch the Eldritch Shot separately. These can also combine into one powerful beam of energy.
- Super Strength: King Joe is capable of lifting heavy objects, such as those of a delivery ship whose weight is 100,000 t.
- Escape Saucer: the first King Joe's torso contained a saucer bay which allows its pilot(s) to escape via a circular saucer should King Joe be destroyed in battle.
- Pedanium : King Joe's body is made up of a special metal armor called Pedanium, a type of alloy used by Alien Pedan. The metal is extremely strong and is completely impervious to all but the strongest attacks, even Ultraseven's Eye Slugger. This also gives him enough strength to toss opponents by simply countering their moves.
- Underwater Adaptation: Presumed to be a result of the Pedan's science, each of King Joe's ships (or presumably the robot itself) can normally operate underwater in a similar way to submarines.
- Pedanium Shutter : King Joe can surround its body in a shield of energy, capable of blocking attacks like Ultraseven's Emerium Ray, and zapping foes on contact.
- Autopilot: Although the model in Ultraseven and Ultraman Max were shown to be piloted by alien invaders, succeeding models and future appearances suggested that King Joe possess the ability to be set into autopilot, carrying orders through programming.
- Ultraman R/B
- Pedanium Tractor : A tractor beam used to abduct people into its cockpit.
- ULTRA MONSTERS
- Mount Chop Barrage : King Joe jumps and sits onto the opponent before it sends a barrage of chop attacks. This is an allusion to its first battle with Ultraseven.
- Pedanium Special : A tag-team attack with King Joe Black. Both King Joe models fire their Eldritch Shot in unison.
- Ultraman Festival 2009
In Ultraman Festival 2009, King Joe was given multiple arm attachments to entertain the spectators by choosing their ideal ones.
- Right Arm:
- King Joe Drill
- Pedanium Blade
- Emerium Beam Cannon
- Left Arm:
- Ultra Power Shovel
- Pedanium Shield
- King Metal Hammer
- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Unknown
- Stats
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 49,000 t
- Origin: Planet Pedan → dock in Heavy New Konan Industry
- Powers and Weapons
- Dest Ray [1]: King Joe can fire two electrical bolts from its eyes, that combines into one. Unlike the original, the color of this attack is now blue. /Eldritch Shot
- Enhanced speed and agility: Thanks to the modifications made by the New Konan Heavy Ariake factory, King Joe II's speed and agility increased greatly where he was able to separate into four ships and reform in a quick succession unlike the original.
- Separation Ships: When needed, King Joe II can become four different ships at will and separate itself into four different, separate attack spaceships at incredible speeds and allow him to fly through the air at fast speeds, each capable of swimming, flying, and shooting energy bolts. He's been shown to do this in less than a second, and reforming at the same speeds also in just a few seconds. While in this form each King Joe attack ship can fire homing missiles and a missile-strength bolt of electricity.
- Pedanium : King Joe II's body is made up of a special metal armor called Pedanium, a type of alloy used by Alien Pedan. The metal is extremely strong and being completely impervious to all but the strongest attacks, even Ultraseven's Eye Slugger. This also gives him enough strength to toss opponents by simply countering their moves.
- Stats
- Height: 2 m
- Weight: 75 kg
- Origin: Space
- Powers and Weapons
- Atomic Reconstruction: The small King Joe can return to its original giant size by spinning rapidly in midair.
- Stats
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 50,000 t
- Origin: Space
- Powers and Weapons
- Eldritch Shot : King Joe can fire two electrical bolts from its eyes, that combines into one.
- Zettonium : Since this King Joe is under ownership of Alien Zetton, he is built from the mineral of Planet Zetton, hence the differences of its interior mechanism compared to original model.
- Atomic Reconstruction: Thanks to the Zettonium metal's properties, King Joe can reconstitute itself within atomic scale.
- Size Change: King Joe can disguise itself as a harmless remote controlled man-sized robot. This diminutive form is rather different compared to its gigantic proportions.
- Separation Ships: Like the original King Joe, this model can separate into four different ships. The only differences is that two of its components are left and right legs instead of waist and lower leg. These parts also bore their own individual names:
- Head & Limb: King Alpha
- Torso: King Beta
- Right leg: King Gamma
- Left leg: King Delta
- Durability: The Zettonium metal is capable of surviving aerial assaults and being used as a ramming attack. It however falls down to the Max Galaxy's Galaxy Cannon.
- Atomic Reconstruction: Thanks to the Zettonium metal's properties, King Joe can reconstitute itself within atomic scale.
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 50,000 t
- Origin: Planet Pedan
- Attack: 1400 (Galaxy), 1200 (NEO)
- Defense: 1600 (Galaxy), 1400 (NEO)
- Speed: 400 (Galaxy), 400 (NEO)
- Powers and Weapons
- King Joe Black Flight Mode
- Separative Eldritch Shot : In its separative ship form, all ships can launch the Eldritch Shot in unison.
- Hyper Pedanium Buster : Fired from his arm cannon, King Joe Black can launch a powerful, large, purple orb blast of energy from his arm cannon when in Flight Mode. Each unit releases energy and it meets at the cannon. This orb is capable of following an opponent’s every move before striking, homing in on its enemies, and has enough power to rival Gomora's Super Oscillatory Wave and kill monsters in one shot.
: King Joe Black can separate its body into four sections within seconds. This not only allows him to fly long distances, even in space, but can also be used to escape enemy attacks.
- Pedanium Launcher
- Pedanium Air Raid : King Joe Black fires rapidly at targets while flying.
- Launcher Ray: In Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, King Joe Black was able to fire a powerful purple colored ray from the Pedanium Launcher. This could be exclusive to its revived state.
: King Joe Black is equipped with a large cannon as in place of a right hand/arm. This cannon is extremely powerful, able to create massive explosions just as big as he and can fire missile-strength shots in rapid succession that can destroy most monsters in a single shot and also bring down monsters like Gomora, Litra, and Eleking in a single assault. Not only does this cannon work well as a ranged attack, but it can also even be used as an effective melee weapon, swung as if a hammer, bludgeoning his opponents.
- Pedanium : King Joe Black's body has and is made up of a highly reinforced, special metal armor, called Pedanium, a type of alloy used by Alien Pedan. The metal is extremely strong and being completely impervious to even the toughest of attacks. It can withstand nearly any physical attack and also allows him to stand up to powerful assaults like Gomora's Super Oscillatory Wave, Litra's fireballs, and Eleking's electric discs at once and not receive so much as a scratch. Most physical attacks have little to no effect and can simply swipe attacks like Zetton's rechannel ray. This also gives him enough strength to toss opponents by simply countering their moves.
- ULTRA MONSTERS
- Hyper Dest Ray : King Joe Black can fire two electrical bolts from its eyes, the bolts will then come together and combine into a missile-strength energy bolt of electricity.
- Pedanium Hurricane : King Joe Black spins while firing with his Pedanium Launcher.
- Pedanium Special : A tag-team attack with a normal King Joe. Both King Joe models fire their Eldritch Shot in unison.
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Planet Pedan
- Powers and Weapons
- Pedanium Lancer : King Joe Scarlet's right hand has a lance that can be used in both direct and long range combat.
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 48,000 t
- Origin: Planet Molisiss
- Weakness: Despite the superiority this King Joe held, its attack range is reduced to players who run counterclockwise.
- Powers and Weapons
- Pedanium Launcher : King Joe's main arm cannon.
- Pedanium Blade : King Joe's alternate weapon, an arm blade which can be switched from the Pedanium Launcher to Pedanium Blade. The blade itself is absurdly sharp and can cut through almost any material.
- Enhancement Program : Should King Joe received injuries, its attack would gradually increase.
- Overboost : If King Joe received heavy damage or its life gauge nearing depletion, King Joe can activate Overboost, a failsafe program that instantly heightens the strength of its attacks.
Plasma Metal King Joe
is one of the bosses of Mega Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier. It was stated to be a normal King Joe whose interior taps into the power of Plasma Soul, causing its entire body to undergo a major reconstruction.- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Unknown
Orichalcum King Joe Orichalcum-type Plasma Soul reacted with its interior.
is one of the hidden bosses of Mega Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier. It basically shares the same history as Plasma Metal King Joe, only that instead of a Plasma Metal, a rare- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Unknown
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 50,000 t
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Pedanium Launcher : King Joe Custom is equipped with a large cannon as in place of a right hand.
- Ultraman Festival 2015
- Separation Ships: King Joe can separate its body into four sections within seconds. This not only allows him to fly long distances, even in space, but can also be used to escape enemy attacks.
- Separative Eldritch Shot : In this state, the King Joe Custom can launch its infamous lightning bolt attack at the opponent.
- Stats
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 48,000 t
- Origin: Xio headquarters
- Cyber Power: 18/25
- Powers and Weapons
- King Joe Destroy Cannon : Cyber King Joe's main attack, launching a powerful red laser.
Perfect King Joe Alien Pedan with the collaboration of three other aliens, who contributed their invasion robots' parts.
is a robot that appears in the second stage of Ultraman Festival 2017. It was built by an- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Unknown
- Powers and Weapons
- Cannons: From Iron Rocks, King Joe possess three barrel cannons on its back.
- Tail Whip: From Nurse's own torso.
- Pincer: From Crazygon's pincer, although King Joe incorporates it to its left arm instead of right.
- Components
- Body: King Joe
- Back: Iron Rocks
- Arms: Nurse
- Legs: Crazygon
Spark Doll
"MonsLive, King Joe!"
- ―MonsLive announcement via the Chibull Spark
"UlTrans, King Joe Launcher!"
- ―UlTrans announcement via the Victory Lancer
King Joe's Spark Doll was used in Ultraman Ginga S, where the item was revealed as part of Alien Chibull Exceller's collection. He gave it to Alien Guts Vorst for him to MonsLive with the Chibull Spark until it was lost to Shou, who used it for his own reasons.
- Stats
- Height: 14 cm
- Weight: 150 g
- Usage
- Alien Guts Vorst used it to MonsLive into the said robot to aid the Inpelaizers in fighting Ultraman Victory before losing to Ultraman Ginga Strium.
- As Ultraman Victory, Shou used the doll to UlTrans with his Victory Lancer to turn his right arm into the weapon of King Joe Custom, King Joe Launcher Gudon, Vakishim, Gan Q, his clones, Birdon, Vict Lugiel, Aribunta, and Alien Magma. . He used it against
- King Joe Custom was among the three Spark Dolls that Hikaru borrowed from Shou while the other UPG members were busy reviving Ginga and Victory. As the last Spark Doll to be used, Hikaru/King Joe Custom fired at Five King but the bullets were repelled and destroyed. King Joe was finally replaced with Ginga in the end.
- Yapool took the data taken from studying Victory's UlTrans and used it to modify Victory Killer so that he can use the King Joe Launcher. First used on Ultraman Ace.
Other Media
Ultra Zone
King Joe appeared in Ultra Zone performing on a live talk show with Nurse as puppets.
Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier
A Plasma Kaiju King Joe made an appearance in the TV Short Series version of the Ultra Frontier Arcade game. This particular King Joe was one of the hardest Plasma Kaiju to defeat due to its Plasma Soul only appearing when it combines or releases its parts. Guts Gunner Garm had a personal vendetta against this particular Plasma Kaiju due to it being the cause of his brother's demise. After being injured when King Joe attacked the asteroid they were hiding, Magma Master Magna took his place in sniping the Plasma Soul. Magna successfully destroyed the Kaiju with the help of Baltan Battler・Barel, who purposely let himself get defeated to install his Thunder Boomerang on the unsuspecting King Joe's connection joints, leaving a clear opening in the Plasma Kaiju's body. It reappeared at the end of Plasma Killersaurus Hunting alongside Red King, Dinosaur Tank, Antlar, Eleking, Verokron, Neronga, Gandar, and Super Earth Gomora and about to face off against the trio and along with many Alien Metron, Waroga, Kyrieloid, Alien Zarab, other Alien Guts, Alien Babarue, Alien Chibull in exosuits, Yapool, Alien Temperor, Alien Nackle, and other Alien Magma.
Ultraman: Another Genesis
The Another Genesis version of King Joe is a giant robot whose gigantic even to a normal Ultra.
Ultraman Story 0
King Joe appeared, with his masters, the Alien Pedans, attacking Planet Buffalo. He fought and defeated Ultraseven in space, sending him falling to the planet. He later abducted several of the cow like creatures native to the planet for his master's tests.
Later he fought with Miclas, breaking of his horn, and fought with Ultraseven who eventually fell victim to the planet's cold weather. Seven was saved when Miclas used his fire breath to pierce the clouds and provide sunlight, and he then defeated King Joe, using a boomerang made from Miclas's horn (the creature Miclas mutated from was known for having incredibly strong horns), which pierced his strong armor and destroyed the robots and its masters together.
Kaiju Busters
King Joe appears in the game among the many Kaiju that the player may fight in combat.
King Joe is seen in two different forms, one being the normal design, while the other is designated as the King Joe (Newest Model)
. The "Newest Version" has notable design variations, such as purple eyes and an arm that rotates between being a gun and a blade.Cultural References
Haitai Nanafa
A moe anthropomorphism of King Joe appears in episode 20 of anime Haitai Nanafa.
Merchandise
HG Ultra Series
- King Joe table cockpit (HG Ultra Series, 2014)
- Release Date: 2014/7/25
- Shipping Date: 2014/11 (Estimated)
- Material: PVC・ABS
- Age recommendation: 15 years and up
- Size:
- Chair: About 25 X 35 X 95 mm
- Table:
- Diameter: 130 mm
- Height: 80 mm
- Made in: China
- Release Date: 2014/7/25
As part of the "HG Ultra Series" gashapon toy celebration, three sets of aliens that had fought the Showa Ultras, Yapool Man, Alien Pedan and Black Directive was released. The set can be sold on available gashapon machines at Japan while shipping would be available in November 2014.
Alien Pedan was released alongside with a table cockpit that used to pilot King Joe.
Notes
- The picture shown was a prototype as of the actual figure might appear to be different.
References
Ultra Zone Kaiju | |
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Sadola | Alien Temperor | Bemstar | Hoe | Eleking | Telesdon | Gudon | Alien Zarab | King Guesra | Gan-Q | Deathrem | Alien Magma | Alien Babarue | Zetton | Red King | Alien Guts | Alien Valky | Alien Pitt | Alien Metron | Dada | Suflan | Birdon | Pigmon | Banpira | Lunaticks | Alien Mefilas | King Joe | Bemular |
Ultraman Max Kaiju | |
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Grangon | Lagoras | Eleking | Baby Eleking | Reguila | Alien Sran | Pigmon | Red King | Salamadon | Paragler | People of Nebula KJ-K5 (Kesam, Kerus, Kedam) | Bugdalas | Natsunomeryu | Metacisus | Antlar | Halen | Alien Zetton | Zetton | King Joe | IF | Mike, Kuro and Tama | Nina | Eraga | Alien Shamer | Alien Tarla | Gilfas | Cloudos | Gomora III | Madeus | Flygler | Alien Metron | Alien Neril | Alien Godley | Unizin | Alien Pitt | Luganoger | Lilika | Geronga | Lagoras Evo | Alien Moetaranga | Tiny Baltan | Dark Baltan | Hophop | Adam | Eve | Red King II | Alien Satun | Keplus | Delos People | Auto Maton | Scout Berserke | Satellite Berserke | Giga Berserke |
Ultraman Zero Kaiju | |
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Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire | Alien Esmeralda Emerana | Iaron | Darkgone | Legionoid | Delust | Brigante | Two-Dimensional People | Darklops | Malebrandes | Arch Belial |
Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar | Beatstar | Rei's Gomora | Ace Killer | Inpelaizer | King Joe | Rei's Litra (S) | Alien Bat |
Ultraman Saga | Hyper Zetton | Alien Bat | Sphere | Gubila | Gomess (S) | Arstron | Legionoid | Chaos Header 0 | Lidorias | Bolgils | Mogrudon | Golmede | Mienin | Eligal | Tyrant | Black King | King Pandon | Antlar | Verokron |
Ultra Zero Fight | Bemular | Telesdon | Gudon | Sadola | Alien Bat Gurashie | Red King | Galberos | Gan-Q | Bemstar | Pigmon Moroboshi-kun | Illusion Ultraman Zero | Alien Mefilas Sly | Alien Hipporit Jatar | Alien Temperor Villainous | Alien Groza Grocken | Alien Deathre Deathlogue | Silvergon | Fanegon People | Tyrant | Armored Darkness | Kaiser Darkness |
Ultra Zone Kaiju | |
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Sadola | Alien Temperor | Bemstar | Hoe | Eleking | Telesdon | Gudon | Alien Zarab | King Guesra | Gan-Q | Deathrem | Alien Magma | Alien Babarue | Zetton | Red King | Alien Guts | Alien Valky | Alien Pitt | Alien Metron | Dada | Suflan | Birdon | Pigmon | Banpira | Lunaticks | Alien Mefilas | King Joe | Bemular |
Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier Kaiju | |
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Rush Hunters | Baltan Battler・Barel | Guts Gunner・Garm | Magma Master・Magna | Alien Meflias・Gent |
Dada Team | |
Alien Hunters | Kanegon-a-Kindo | Alien Metron・Meld | Chibu Loader Strong | Alien Metron・Destroy | Alien Chibull (Chibu Loader Strong) | Guts Alien・Seeds | Alien Magma・Hoog | Alien Groza・Granzer | Alien Deathre・Deflame |
Plasma Kaiju | Eleking | Antlar | Neronga | Bemstar | Dinosaur Tank | Red King | Gomora | Zetton | Reicubas | Birdon | Golza | Gandar | Tyrant | Pestar | King Joe | Grand King | Verokron | U-Killersaurus |
Ultraman R/B Kaiju | |
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Ultraman R/B | Grigio Bone | Cereza | Black King | Gargorgon | Red King | Guebasser | Mecha Gomora | Aribunta | Ultraman Orb Dark | Gomess (S) | Horoboros | Bezelb | Gubila | Grigio King | Neronga | Pigmon | Booska | Dada | Alien Zarab | Alien Mefilas | Alien Chibull | Alien Bado | Alien Pitt | Alien Nackle | King Joe | Grand King Megalos | Gomora | Kamisori Demaaga | Grigio Regina | Leugocyte |
Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond | Bemstar | Gan-Q | Alien Pegassa Pega | Mecha Gomora | Snake Darkness | Pigmon | Grigio Regina |
Ultraman R/B Novel: The Blue-Eyed Girl Whose Name is Gray | Bakubarba | Nero | Margodon | Grigio | Fearmonger | Alien Egon Ciel | Barrigator No. 1 and 2 | Leugocyte |