| “ | Never doubt the power of innocent dreamers. Never doubt the dreams of innocent children. Never doubt your worst nightmare. | „ |
| ~ Words of Zirconia. |
| “ | I zapped you, you zapped me. Play fair! | „ |
| ~ Zirconia |
Zirconia is the acting leader of the Dead Moon Circus and Queen Nehelenia's right-hand woman, revealed to be a clone of her mistress. She has a pet named Zircon, who has the appearance of an eyeball with wings and a flame, and usually resides on top of her staff.
She was voiced by Rowan Tichenor in the Cloverway dub and Barbara Goodson, who voiced Rita Repulsa of the Power Rangers franchise, in the Viz dub.
Manga and Sailor Moon Eternal[]
Zirconia was created by Nehelenia to exist in the real world when Nehelenia was trapped inside her mirror, being the one who found the Sailor Quartet and induct them into the Dead Moon as the Amazoness Quartet. After the Dead Moon Circus reach Earth during a solar eclipse, Zirconia oversaw the Quarter's missions until they begin to regain their memories as Sailor Senshi and trapps them in their Amazon Stones and trapped Sailor Chibi Moon and Sailor Saturn in mirror shards and put them in Nehelenia's mirror. She attacked and mortally injured Tuxedo Mask and Super Sailor Moon, but they were saved by Helios. Zirconia tried trapping the Sailor Guardians in a nightmare, but Tuxedo Mask was able to awaken them, and they used their combined powers to injure Zirconia. Zirconia fled into Nehelenia's mirror and Sailor Moon followed, facing Nehelenia and rescuing Chibi Moon and Saturn. Last seen adamant that Nehelenia cannot be defeated as the Dead Moon Circus retreat into Elysion, Zirconia ceases to exist when Nehelenia is defeated.
90s Anime[]
Zirconia was created from Nehelenia's fear of becoming an ugly crone, and came to exist in the real world when Nehelenia was trapped inside her mirror. She uses Zircon to take pictures of the Dead Moon's targets whose Dream Mirrors could hide Pegasus, originally using the Amazon Trio she created with her magic to find Pegasus and claim the Golden Crystal so Nehelenia could escape her mirror and conquer. Eventually, Zirconia has the Amazon Trio eliminated with the Amazoness Quartet taking over to find a golden Dream Mirror. Eventually, their search brings them to Chibiusa, whom Zirconia abducts so Nehelenia can take the Golden Crystal. Serving as a distraction to keep the Sailor Guardians at bay, Zirconia is overjoy to see her mistress having succeeded. But ceases to exist as Nehelenia, who considers Zirconia a disgusting reminder of her haggish form, no longer needed the offshoot while emerging from her prison.
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Trivia[]
- Zirconia was a woman in the Japanese version and later VIZ English Dub. Zirconia is one of the three characters to have their gender changed from the Japanese version (other two being Zoycite/Zoisite and Fish Eye), but the only one who was a woman in the uncut version and a man in the original English dub.
- Zirconia sounds a lot like Yoda in the Cloverway English dub.
- Zirconia (and Zircon) is the only major villain to permanently die in Sailor Moon Super S. All the others turn good. The only other ones to die are the Amazon Trio, who are revived.
- Interestingly, in the manga, Zirconia is never seen again after the Dead Moon Circus retreats to Elysion, therefore is the only villain in the manga that is not redeemed, nor seen destroyed. It could be assumed that Zirconia is a part of Nehelenia and was only acting in her stead. Once Nehelenia started taking an active role outside of her mirror, Zirconia didn't need to exist and returned to Nehelenia. This is further supported by the fact that Nehelenia's true elderly form in the manga resembles Zirconia.
- It is possible something could have been done to prevent Zirconia from disappearing after Nehelenia left her mirror, as she seemed to destroy her as punishment for his failures, and she was begging her for mercy. However, this is exclusive to the English Cloverway dub.
- Zirconia is one of the few villains to withstand Sailor Moon's Final Attack, the Moon Gorgeous Meditation.
