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| “ | That healing power could have saved so many people, but to appease mere Pokémon...?! He made the wrong choice! If I were in charge I could lead the research so much better. I am right. That's it, I just have to get the power and prove I am right! If I just get rid of the Molybdenums... | „ |
| ~ Dr. Zed in a video log. |
Dr. Zed is the main antagonist of the Pokémon film Secrets of the Jungle. He is a corrupt scientist working for the Biotope Company who seeks to obtain a special healing power found in the Forest of Okoya, but will stop at nothing to obtain it.
He was voiced by Kōichi Yamadera in the original Japanese and the late Billy Kametz in the English dub.
History[]
A decade before the film's events he worked for the Biotope Company which was investigating the source of the forest's healing spring. When the project's leaders, Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum, found that the source was the Sacred Tree and that it was important to the Zarude, they suspended the project until they could work out a compromise. This infuriated Dr. Zed who maintained that the healing power could save many lives and that they could not afford to wait. He recorded a video log where he fumed about this and concluded that only he had the will to see the project through, and that if he was in charge he would prove that his way was correct. He then chased after the Molybdenums in his car, demanding their data on the project. When they revealed that they had destroyed it, Zed became enraged and ran them off the road, stealing a sample of the healing spring and leaving them to die in a fiery explosion.
Zed subsequently took over the project and spent the next ten years searching for the tree, but without success. One day however, he met Ash who was accompanied by the Molybdenums' son Koko, who had been raised by the Zarude. Upon learning this Zed urged Koko to tell him where the spring was, but Koko refused and ran away. However it's then revealed that Zed planted a tracker on the boy so he would lead Zed and his scientists to the spring. Zed had his men attack Ash and Koko and hold them captive, and after it was confirmed that the spring did possess the healing water, Zed ordered his men to fire on the Sacred Tree. This shocked his scientists but Zed explained that the tree was the true source of the power and he would sacrifice anything needed to obtain it.
At this point, Ash and Koko, who had managed to escape, arrived to confront Zed, who gloatingly told Koko that he was the one who killed his parents, calling Koko's survival "a fortunate miscalculation." The Zarude, who had been persuaded to fight, arrived to defend their tree, and Zed piloted a mecha in an attempt to kill Ash, Koko, and the Zarude for standing in his way. At one point he nearly killed Koko but the Zarude that had raised the boy intercepted the blast and was lethally injured, but Koko was able to replicate a healing move used by Zarude to save his life. Ash's Pikachu then disabled Zed's mecha and he tried to escape, but was chased by Koko who cornered him over a river. Zed attempted to jump into the river, but Koko stopped him and Zed was taken into custody. As Team Rocket had hacked into Zed's files and found the video evidence of him killing the Molybdenums, which they then leaked to the public, Zed was charged with their murders and sent to prison.
Personality[]
He appears at first glance to be a reasonable man who wants to use the healing spring to help people, but he is swiftly revealed to be a selfish egomaniac who is intent on obtaining all the healing energy even at the cost of ruining the Zarude's ecosystem and killing anyone in his way. He is also a skilled manipulator, appearing remorseful when meeting Koko and deceiving him about the cause of his parents' deaths, as well as deceiving his team of scientists into thinking that he only wants to study the spring. He is also shown to have supremacist views as he prioritizes the welfare of humans over Pokémon, believing humans alone are entitled to the healing energy.
Trivia[]
- He is the first Pokémon villain who commits an onscreen murder of other humans.
External Links[]
- Dr. Zed on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Dr. Zed on Bulbapedia
