Doctor Zed
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| Dr. Zed ゼッド博士 Dr. Zed | |
 Dr. Zed | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Gray |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unknown |
| Anime debut | Secrets of the Jungle |
| English voice actor | |
| Japanese voice actor | Kōichi Yamadera |
(Japanese: ゼッド博士 Dr. Zed) is the main antagonist of Secrets of the Jungle. He works for the Biotope Company, studying the secrets of the Forest of Okoya.
History
Ten years prior to the events of the movie, Dr. Zed was a colleague of Doctors Chrom and Rin Molybden at the Biotope Company. He aspired to locate the Great Tree hidden somewhere within the Forest of Okoya, hoping that it would lead him to decipher the secrets of the jungle's Healing Springs. He became aware that Chrom and Rin had in fact discovered the Great Tree's location sometime earlier, but after realizing it was a sacred place to the troop of Zarude living there, they had decided to seek out the secret of the Healing Springs in a more respectful manner to the Great Tree's residents. Enraged by this, Dr. Zed pursued the couple and forced them into accidentally crashing their car, then stole the data on the Great Tree and left them behind to perish in the wreck. This act orphaned their infant son Al, who was later found by one of the Zarude and given the name Koko.
In the present day, Dr. Zed continued pursuing the secrets of the Great Tree for the Biotope Company, working alongside his assistant Karen.
Character
Dr. Zed portrays himself as a calm and reasonable scientist, but this is merely a persona to mask his cruel, ambitious nature. He prioritizes the well-being of humans over Pokémon and is willing to destroy natural environments without any regard for the Pokémon living there. His ambition is so great that he even has little hesitation to eliminate people who stand in his way, not caring if his actions directly lead to their deaths, so long as he gets what he desires. His mask of sanity slips at the slightest sign of others' doubting his plans, revealing his true, maniacal personality. He has no loyalty to his colleagues; besides killing the Molybdens to obtain their research and prevent their interference in his ambitions, he is later seen throwing another colleague out of his mecha's cockpit in order to pilot it himself, not caring how far down the other researcher had to fall.
In additon to his cruel and sociopathic behavior, Dr. Zed is also cowardly. When his mecha's battery was destroyed, he fled, even going as far as attempting to jump off a cliff into a river rather than face his defeat. He remained defiant to the very end, glaring maniacally at the camera filming his arrest before being taken away.
Voice actors
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Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ゼッド博士 Dr. Zed |
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