Dester is the main antagonist of the anime movie Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom. He initially poses as Queen Jeanne's robot advisor, but is later revealed to be the true mastermind behind the "Robot Reproduction Plan" and manipulates her from the shadows, with his ultimate goal being to overthrow her and become the king of the Robot Kingdom. He is also ultimately revealed to not even be a robot at all, but Dr. Chapek's younger twin brother.
He was voiced by the late Shūichirō Moriyama, who had previously voiced Napogistra in Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth.
History[]
Dester and his older twin brother Chapek travelled alongside their parents to the Robot Kingdom as kids. Growing up, both of them became scientists. However, Dester grew more power hungry over time and concocted a plan to become the king. He posed himself as a robot and became King Atom's advisor.
When King Atom died due to sacrificing himself to save robots, Dester manipulated his daughter, Queen Jeanne, into believing that Atom's death was due to believing that robots also had emotions like humans. As such, Jeanne started the "Robot Reproduction Plan", removing the robots' emotions. Jeanne's robot adoptive mother and brother, Maria and Poko, ran away upon learning this. Poko escaped but Maria was captured. However, Jeanne can't bring herself to remove Maria's emotion, having still seen the latter as her mother. This irritates Dester as Maria and Poko become obstacles in his plans.
When Poko is trying to return to the castle to find Maria, he is chased by Jeanne's robot soldiers. Doraemon rescues him but is captured in the process. Amused to find out that Doraemon is a robot from Earth, Dester forces him to fight Kongfighter. Doraemon wins and is rescued by his friends, but Jeanne and Dester spot Poko in the process. As the group escape, Dester and Jeanne chase after them. It is at this point that Dester openly betrays Jeanne by pushing her into a cliff. Believing her to be dead, he returns to the castle and declares himself king.
However, Jeanne survives the fall and is rescued by Poko. Nurtured back to health in the Rainbow Valley where humans and robots co-exist, she realizes the error of her ways and leads the main group and the valley's inhabitants to return to the castle in order to abolish the "Robot Reproduction Plan". Dester tries to stop them, but as the soldiers are programmed not to harm humans, they malfunction, allow the group to cross over. Angered, Dester activates the castle, which itself is a gigantic robot, forcing the group to flee. Nobita then controls "Robot Arena" to fight the castle, but fails due to his own incompetence. However, he manages to destroy one leg of the castle, causing it to collapse.
Doraemon then invades the castle to defeat Dester and accidentally falls onto him, knocking Dester unconscious due to Doraemon's solid head. He then rescues Maria, but Dester accidentally turns the castle into a rocket before falling completely to the floor, and it is about to crash into the moon. Thankfully, with Poko's help, Dr. Chapek manages to rescue Doraemon, Maria and Dester. Dester is then arrested and imprisoned within Chapek's basement until he learns his lesson.
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Trivia[]
- In the manga, Dester's armor is actually a robot that he pilots.
- Ironically, Shūichirō Moriyama had previously voiced Napogistra, who is a robot that believes robots to be superior to humans.
External Links[]
- Dester on the Doraemon Wiki.
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