King Orange is the main antagonist of Season 3 of the AvM Shorts. He is also a minor character in both Season 4 and the Actual Shorts miniseries.
The former master of Purple and leader of a Piglin Brute army, he is a tall orange stick figure seeking to gain the Minecraft Game Icon from the Animator's computer to destroy all of Minecraft as revenge for losing his son, Gold, to it.
However, after realizing that he lost his one chance to move on from Gold's death by betraying Purple, King Orange redeems himself and reconciles with his former subject, becoming his surrogate/possibly adoptive father.
Appearance[]
King Orange is a tall, dark orange solid-headed stick figure who wears a crown, although he took it off in the Season 3 finale.
Personality[]
King Orange was first presented as a cruel monarch with a lust of power, seeking to obtain the Minecraft Game Icon to destroy everything. He is also a terrible ruler, turning a Piglin Brute into a mindless husk just for learning about Green's escape. In comparison to the Dark Lord, who didn't bother hiding his evilness in favor of spreading death everywhere he goes, King Orange is a very charismatic and manipulative person who hides his true nature, being able to trick a village into being hailed as a hero, persuade Blue and Yellow into joining his side, and tricking Purple with the false promise of finding his father, only revealing his true colors once he gets what he wants. He also displayed a lack of foresight, throwing his previous blocks - such as the command block or gold block - away when he gained a stronger weapon, which resulted in both of them being used to fight against him. He seems to have finally learned his lesson by the end of "The Raid", destroying the netherite block after gaining his staff back.
However, it's been stated by series creator Alan Becker and his friend DJ that King Orange might have a heart, as he chooses to imprison his opponents or have somewhat-equal fights with them instead of killing them right away with the power he holds - This also proves to be his fatal flaw, as it always allows his opponents to defeat him or get away. This was later shown in "The King", where it's revealed he was once a normal stick figure who was driven to wanting to destroy all of Minecraft due to blaming it for his son's death. When he realized he lost his one chance at moving on by betraying and seemingly killing Purple, he started to feel remorse for his actions and tried to save him, before apologizing for his actions following his revival and moving to a city with Purple, where they began a father-son relationship.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immense durability - King Orange's most important power (other than the staff), and arguably one of the main reasons why he got as far as he did, is how he can tank practically anything and recover almost immediately. He survives two very huge falls without any injuries (although the first one left him knocked out for several minutes), can take a beating from the Warden (who can kill players in netherite armor with just two hits), recovers near immediately after being blasted into the air by his netherite-powered staff, gets hit by several fireworks, gets punched in the back of his neck by the netherite-powered staff and survives many assaults from Herobrine, who is strong enough to break bedrock, but walks it all of without a single scratch, ready to continue fighting mere seconds afterwards.
- It also helps that it's heavily implied his durability gets even higher when he gets more powerful. During "The King", where he was at his strongest, he took a hit from the Warden to the back and barely even flinched, despite that sending him flying just a few episodes earlier. Additionally, it's been confirmed King Orange is unkillable with the Game Icon, which does nothing but raise his already high durability.
- Genius-level intelligence - King Orange is shown to be extremely smart and has an impressive levels of intellect, which rivals and possibly surpasses that of Yellow and/or the Dark Lord. This is demonstrated in "The King", where after being heavily affected and motivated by the loss of Gold, he started thoroughly studying nearly everything about Minecraft, physics, engineering, and possibly mathematics. He is shown to quickly grasp and apply intricate concepts and formulas of physics, and singlehandedly built his own staff capable of siphoning any block's powers, as well as system and machines that can teleport him to the Nether under his basement. He's also a skilled planner and strategist, which is shown in "Parkour" where he schemes on trapping the Stick Gang as well as studies nearly everything about their background to complete his plan. He is also a quick learner, which allows him to use every tool proficiently and holds himself very well against the Stick Gang and their allies, despite how powerful they are, and basically achieved his will of destroying Minecraft, even if it was later reversed.
- Leadership - He's the leader of a Piglin Brute army that's in the dozens, and has Purple as his right hand man. After "The Ultimate Weapon", he loses this ability as Purple abandons him while his Piglin Brutes are wiped out.
- Knowledge of command blocks - He's shown to perfectly execute commands when the command block is equipped on his staff.
- Charisma and manipulation - King Orange was able to make Purple join his side under the false promise of his father, as well as trick the villagers by pretending to be a hero. He was also able to temporarily trick Yellow and Blue into joining him.
- Basic fighting skills - While no martial artist like the other stick figures, King Orange still knows how to fight, although mostly relying on brute force more than anything.
- Intimidation - He easily strikes fear into both Piglin Brutes as well as Purple himself.
- With the Game Icons:
- Flight - King Orange is regularly seen flying when he has a Game Icon with him.
- Omnipotence - As long as its within the limitations of Minecraft, King Orange can do basically anything he wants. This omnipotence grows the more power he gets, as with a Double Game Icon-equipped staff he is pretty much untouchable.
- Omnificence - With a Game Icon, King Orange can create anything he wants, from mobs to blocks to thunder. He also has that with a command block, but to a much lesser extent.
- Immortality - Due to the Game Icon giving the user Creative Mode, King Orange is completely unkillable while having it.
- Block manipulation - On top of creating any block he wants, King Orange is also able to manipulate blocks into being shaped like weapons, using that to create giant swords and bows when fighting the Titan Ravager and Herobrine.
- Telekinesis - Due to the way he manipulates blocks, this is a given.
- Creating Dark Mobs - When his staff corrupts a Game Icon, he's able to use it to create evil doppelgangers of various Minecraft mobs.
- Superhuman strength and speed - King Orange is already strong and fast while normal, but with the Game Icons he reaches superhuman levels that make him much more powerful.
The Staff[]
His signature item and other most powerful weapon (other than his durability) is his trusted staff, which extracts the energy from whatever block is placed on it, enhancing the staff and giving it supernatural power.
- Corruption - As seen with the Game Icon, the staff can corrupt blocks, as the block started glowing black while it glowed white beforehand.
- Power extraction - The staff takes power from whatever block is placed on it and extracts it, making both the staff and the wielder more powerful in the process.
In Season 3, the blocks placed on the staff are:
- Command Block - Makes the user able to execute commands within seconds with no problem, without the need to type them, essentially making them omnificent.
- Minecraft Game Icon - Gives the user Creative Mode and thus all of its power (flight, immortality, immunity to commands, omnipotence, etc.) while also giving some new ones, like blasting beams and black holes.
- Gold Block - Gives the user above-average strength, enough to go toe-to-toe with a Warden.
- Netherite Block - Extreme strength, able to blast people into the air, one-shot Dark Mobs and destroy netherite blocks.
- Double Game Icon - Created when two Game Icons are merged together, it has almost no limits and can do "anything Minecraft-ly possible". This includes even bigger black holes, Dark Mob hybrids, thunder, and absorbing mobs into itself, on top of everything a normal Game Icon can do.
Additionally, while not seen on-screen, we know King Orange has tested how other blocks would work in the staff, these being obsidian, diamond, emerald, iron and ancient debris. He considers obsidian, diamond and emerald blocks to be above gold but below netherite, iron blocks to be on the same level as gold blocks, and ancient debris to be weaker than gold.
The Season 4 episode "Lucky Block Staff" shows how many other blocks work when placed on the staff, but none of those have been used by King Orange nor are relevant to his character.
Trivia[]
- Before the debut of the Mercenaries, King Orange and Dark Blue (and possibly Pink) were the tallest stick figures in the series. However, they are dwarfed by Primal, and possibly shorter than Agent.
- King Orange was originally meant to be grey or light purple before Alan chose the color he has now. Grey was dropped because he blended with the background and light purple was dropped to avoid any Thanos jokes.
- Despite his official name being King Orange, fans have decided to call him Mango Tango, or simply Mango, to separate him from the Second Coming, who already has Orange as his fan-nickname. This nickname comes from a hex color website.
- Prior to the release of the "Monster School" episode, some fans speculated that King Orange is Herobrine after being resurrected with the game, and wished to obtain the Minecraft Game Icon once again to revert to his true form and gain back his power.
- Series creator Alan Becker and his friend DJ suggested that King Orange might "have a heart after all", given that he could easily kill his enemies with his staff and the powers he holds, but chooses not to. This was proven when he managed to redeem himself after Purple reminded him of his own son.
- King Orange has shown himself to be extremely durable given that he was hit by a Warden (who can kill players in netherite armor in two hits) several times and came out perfectly fine. This is shown once again once he's blasted away by a netherite-powered staff, giving it insane super strength, only to come back fine and well just seconds later. This is especially surprising given that, without the Game Icon, he possesses zero known supernatural abilities.
- As mentioned above, the fact that there is another orange stick figure that already got the fan-nickname of Orange (a nickname which was eventually canonized by Alan Becker) led to several debates about how this orange stick figure should be named. Usually, he's referred to King Orange (which eventually became his canon name), Orange Giant/Giant Orange (the name given to him by DJ Welch, a friend of Alan's and helper in the series), Basic Orange (another nickname given by DJ, referring to his "basic", full-headed design that is given to any stick figure not created by the Animator), Dark Orange, or Evil Orange (the same way the Dark Lord is sometimes called "Evil Red"). Some people just started calling him colors other than orange, such as the aforementioned Mango Tango/Mango.
- His true name was revealed when Yellow used the command block on him during "The Raid", and it is simply "King". That said, he will still be referred to as King Orange as this is another canonized nickname.
- Interestingly enough, he doesn't become a king until very late into his life, only after Animation vs. League of Legends.
- Additionally, when Yellow uses the command block on the Second Coming in "Ultimate Minecart Race", he's referred to as Orange, which is not his real name. Because of this, it's possible King was just a title/nickname, with his true name remaining unknown.
- He was also called "The Orange King" during one of the videos on the Alan Becker Clips channel, a side channel on YouTube that, as the name says, posts short clips of the AVA episodes. Another video also referred to him as simply Orange.
- His true name was revealed when Yellow used the command block on him during "The Raid", and it is simply "King". That said, he will still be referred to as King Orange as this is another canonized nickname.
- Purple and King Orange met somewhere after Animation vs. League of Legends, as King Orange lost his son in mid-2020, while AvLOL took place in 2018.
- During the "Previously on AvM Shorts" segment of "Lush Caves", there is a blooper that accidentally shows the prototype design of King Orange's staff, rather than the final version. It's much more simple, and made of netherite, meaning it was made using resources from Minecraft. The final version of the staff was crafted by King Orange himself, without using Minecraft.
- It was speculated by fans that King Orange is actually Dark Blue, Purple's abusive father who managed to change his color under unknown circumstances. This is because the two are heavily associated in "Note Block Universe", both are taller than Purple (and by extension the entire cast; in fact, they're the same height), and it would explain why Purple is so loyal to King "Orange"; assuming he knows he's his father.
- Ultimately, the Season 3 finale manages to connect the two even more (at one point outright showing King Orange glitching into Dark Blue) while also making it clear they aren't the same person. King Orange had his son die in front of him without being shown to have a spouse while Dark Blue abandoned the still-alive Purple and left him and his wife alone, not to mention that they all have different colors. King Orange and Dark Blue glitching into each other most likely represents how the former essentially became Purple's surrogate father after he was abandoned by the latter, the same way Purple glitching into Gold represented him becoming the king's surrogate son.
- It's unknown if King Orange had devised a plan for him to escape the Minecraft world before it evaporated. While it's possible he would be willing to die with the game due to the despair he felt at his son's death, nothing was confirmed. Given how the Game Icon makes its holder immortal, it's also possible he thought he would survive.
- King Orange's son was never given a proper name in-universe. However, it was decided on Discord that it's Gold. Despite this, a short clip on the aforementioned Alan Becker Clips channel referred to him as Yellow. For simplicity's sake and due to there already being a stick figure called Yellow, this wiki will continue referring to as the son as Gold.
- According to one of the people who worked on "King Orange vs. The Dark Lord", the former would've won if he used netherite or bedrock, which is proven by one of the Dark Lord's fireballs barely damaging an obsidian wall. By extension, this means that King Orange with the Double Game Icon is essentially the second most powerful character in the franchise, behind only a superpowered Second Coming.
- King Orange's signature on the waiver for the Minecraft simulator is practically unreadable, but several fans have tried to decode it. It appears to have Jr. at the end of it, though the first word remains unknown; it might be Arthur. Additionally, it's unknown if King Orange used his name or Gold's.
External Links[]
- King Orange on the Antagonists Wiki
- King Orange on the Animator vs. Animation Wiki
- King Orange on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
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