Pluto (Astroboy)



Pluto (プルートウ Purūtō) (also known as Bruton in the english dub of the 1980's version) Is the central antagonist of The World's Strongest Robot arc in the classic manga Astroboy, and also the titular anti-villain of Naoki Urasawa's Pluto. is a giant fighting robot with horns and red stripes on his face and a power level of one million horsepower. He was built by a power hungry sultan to murder the strongest robots in the world, including Astro. At first, he wants nothing more than to fulfill his duty but soon he realized that strenght isn't everything and befriended Astro before meeting his tragic demise.

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A Sultan wants to be the ultimate authority in the robot world, so he hires a scientist to build a giant robot with the amazing power level of 1.000.000 horsepower, plus various powers in order for it to become the "Strongest Robot in the World". Named Pluto, his first target is a Swiss mountain robot with 135,000 horsepower named Montblanc, which was an easy victim as Pluto was a complete stranger to him and he was unprepared for the attack. With Montblanc finished, Pluto then goes on to fight Astro, who was not at home, plus Professor Ochanomizu insisted on Astro not fighting, much to the annoyance of his sister Uran). As Astro himself does not engage in battle, Uran disguises herself as Astro in order to fight Pluto, however, she is no match for Pluto's horsepower and strength. Overcome, Pluto holds Uran captive as a way of forcing Astro to fight. Enraged, Astro follows in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, Pluto then goes to fight North MK II, a cutting edge battle robot that was reprogrammed as a butler. North is no match for Pluto's strength, being defeated almost instantly.

Seeking Astro, he and Astro again meet (which so happens to be in Turkey) which by chance is the residence of the next robot victim, Brando. Sharing similar strengths and weaknesses, Brando turns out to be a more difficult opponent for Pluto and as a consequence, he was heavily damaged and could die if his masters do not come instantly. In order for them to come, a button on his chest has to be pushed which sends a distress signal. However, as there is no-one else nearby and he himself is unable to move, the only way for the button to be pushed is if Astro pushes it. Pluto quickly hands over Uran and begs Astro to push the button. After much thought and consideration, Astro agrees. The sultan comes to recover Pluto and plant a suicide bomb in his chest; should someone defeat him, that someone would also be destroyed. Pluto then faces his next target, a German robot detective named Gesicht, made out of a unique material named "Zeronium", which takes the form of a protective metal alloy. Gesicht's weapons prove ineffective against Pluto's armor, and he is also destroyed.

Now, Astro knows Pluto is coming after him, so he demands that Prof. Ochanomizu upgrade his output from 100,000 horsepower to 1,000,001 horsepower so he can defeat Pluto. In a twist, Ochanomizu refuses to do that for two reasons: one, Astro was never meant to be a fighting robot, and he refuses to upgrade Astro in a way meant almost exclusively for combat and violence. Two, because he believes that raw power wasn't everything in a fight.

So when Astro and Pluto have their final duel, the sultan reveals he had another super robot built; an even bigger one called Bora, who has two million horsepower. And this new robot destroys Pluto in a tragic scene. But Astro manages to defeat this big robot because he's so small, he could pry his way into the giant robot's armor and dismantle him from the inside. A 100,000 horsepower naked robot kid beats a death machine with extreme power by using creativity.

Trivia

 * Pluto appears as a boss in the videogames Tetsuwan Atom for the Super Famicom and Astroboy: Omega Factor.