Pluto (Astro Boy)
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Pluto is a fictional character in the manga and anime series, Astro Boy. He was first featured in the manga story arc, "The World's Strongest Robot", which was also remade into the ongoing manga serial, Pluto, by Naoki Urasawa.
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[edit] Pluto in the original Astro Boy manga
He is a giant dark green horned robot that was created to be the world's most powerful robot. In order to do so, he was ordered by his master, an evil fallen sultan called Chochi Chochi Ababa the Third, to fight all of Earth's other mightiest robots and destroy them, so that he could become "king of the robot world".
[edit] Confrontations
Pluto was sent to confront:
- Mont-Blanc, a Swiss mountain robot with 135.000 horsepower (100 MW). In the 2003 anime, he looks like a giant rooster. In the manga, he is a relatively plain humanoid robot, with no special powers.
- North #2, a Scottish butler robot with six mechanical armed arms
- Brando, a Turkish robot wrestler
- Gerhardt, a German robot inspector (covered with a protective gold-like alloy called "Zeronium")
- Hercules, a Greek gladiator robot with high sense of honour and bravery
- Epsilon, an Australian light-powered effeminate and sensitive robot who looks after local children and dislikes fighting. He is a female aquatic robot in the 2003 anime.
- Astro Boy, a Japanese boy robot with 100.000 horsepower (75 MW). During this encounter, Astro finds out he is too weak for Pluto, so he has Dr. Tenma multiply his power by ten.
- Bora, a mysterious and extremely strong robot with 2.000.000 horsepower (1500 MW) who can, such as his namesake, launch a destructive katabatic wind by screaming his name. He is the robot who finally defeats Pluto. (Astro smashes him, though.)
During his fights, Pluto doesn't show joy nor sadness by destroying his enemies, claiming he is only obeying his master. Pluto gets particularly attached to Uran, Astro Boy's sister, who senses that the giant horned robot is not evil, despite his deeds.
[edit] Powers
- Super-strength, which is about 1.000.000 horsepower (750 MW)
- Super-hard shell covering his body
- Power horns, which can send destructive thunder bolts
- Tornado spin
[edit] Naoki Urasawa's Pluto
See main article: Pluto
As the 2003 manga series, Pluto, is a modernized interpretation of the events in "The World's Strongest Robot", the character is significantly darker than the original. In addition, the series is currently an on-going monthly serial, and not all details have been revealed about the character.
In the original, his sole purpose was to destroy the world's other greatest robots. However, in Pluto, the robot also seems to murder humans, where in that universe, it is considered an atrocity for robots to be programmed with the capability to hurt other human beings. The series follows robot detective Gesicht (this series' version of Gerhardt) investigating the deaths of various pro-robot humans and robots across the globe after the mysterious death of Mont Blanc, one of the most powerful robots on Earth who is beloved by robots and humans alike. Throughout the series, Pluto encounters the same eight robots in duels and destroys them. It is implied there is some connection between the murders and anti-robot extremists who wish to see all robots destroyed.
In the universe of Pluto, each of the world's strongest robots, including Pluto, were involved in a massive war called the 39th Central Asia Conflict. Brought into a war under dubious claims to weapons of mass destruction being hidden in the country, the robots share a disillusionment with all the carnage they caused and witnessed, having fought together on the same side.
Pluto has two physical forms here. The first one is that of a derelict homeless man, where he seems to be powerless, psychologically disturbed, and either unaware or repentant for what he has done. In this guise, he makes friends with Uran, as in the original series. The other is the towering, destructive horned robot bearing a strong resemblance to his original Astro Boy version. In the manga he is rarely seen as more than a blur, constantly obscured from view by the generated tornado that surrounds him.
[edit] Other appearances
- Pluto also appears as a boss in the Game Boy Advance game loosely adapted from the 2003 animated series. The character - somewhat counter-intuitively - is best dealt with at the closest ranges possible, rather than from a distance.
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