Emperor Zurg (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)

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Villain Overview

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Evil-doer

Full Name

Zurg

Alias

Evil Emperor Zurg

Emperor Zurg
Sworn Enemy of the Galactic Alliance
Father
Massive Robot
The Robot

Origin

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Occupation

Ruler of the Zurg Empire

Powers / Skills

Making and utilizing weapons

Leadership
Marksmanship
High intelligence
Superhuman strength
Hypnosis via Uni-Mind
Combat proficiency
Flight via rocket boots
Control over his army
Anger and rage
Electrokenisis
Intimidation

Hobby

Testing his weapons on Buzz Lightyear.

Goals

Destroy Buzz Lightyear and all of Star Command.

Take over the universe.
Kill everybody and everything that isn't in his army (all failed).

Crimes

Attempted mass murder
Attempted mundicide
Attempted genocide
Attempted universal domination
Mass destruction
World domination
Invasion
War crimes
Crimes against peace
Crimes against humanity and alienkind
Forced transmutation
Incitement of violence
Illegal weapons development
Brainwashing
Slavery
Oppression
Weapons dealing
Pollution
Defilement
Corruption
Abuse
Torture
Sabotage
Extortion
Terrorism
Theft

Type of Villain

Egotistical Warlord

“	CURSE YOU, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!!	„
	~ Zurg's most famous catchphrase whenever he is defeated.

“	Evil rules!	„
	~ Zurg's catchphrase in The Adventure Begins.

“	And so ends Star Command. Ooh, I'm so evil! I just gave myself chills! Even my goosebumps have goosebumps! (Evilly laughs) I'M A BAD BOY! (Continues evilly laughing)	„
	~ Zurg in The Adventure Begins.

Zurg, better known as the Evil Emperor Zurg, is the main antagonist of the television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and its 2000 film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins. He is the TV counterpart of the Evil Emperor Zurg toys in the Toy Story franchise.

He was voiced by Wayne Knight, who also played The Penguin in Harley Quinn, Al McWhiggin in Toy Story 2, Krudsky in Scooby-Doo! and The Goblin King, Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, and Newman in Seinfeld. In the Disney Park attraction "Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin", he was voiced by Ken Mitchroney.

Biography[]

In the series, which is presumably where the Buzz Lightyear character originates in-universe, Zurg is the main antagonist, and rules an empire on Planet Z, and wants to rule the entire galaxy while destroying Star Command. Emperor Zurg considers Buzz his archenemy and often takes any opportunity to eliminate him. Most of his subjects are robots. His feet double as rockets and he can transform his arms into a variety of weapons.

His most personal ally is Warp Darkmatter, who was a Space Ranger and Buzz's partner until his betrayal. Despite often breaking the seriousness of otherwise purely evil statements, Zurg is widely considered the evilest person in the galaxy, especially by the other villains. In the series, Zurg is a flamboyant villain who is just as much a comic relief character and has many comedic habits, though he remains as a competent, formidable, and influential opponent similar to his role in Toy Story 2.

The episode "War, and Peace and War" was notably the only episode where Zurg was forced to team up with Buzz Lightyear to defeat the Heed (led by Guzelian), a common enemy that was trying to take over their galaxy by tricking all planets to dismantle their defense system for peace.

In Stranger Invasion, he revealed himself to be Buzz's father (a parody upon The Empire Strikes Back and a nearly identical scene in Toy Story 2), but quickly took it back, using the statement as a "Made You Look" to stun Buzz and gain the upper hand.

Military[]

On the show, Zurg had many minions to do his bidding.

Grubs (voiced by Frank Welker) - Zurg's equivalents to the LGMs of Star Command (though far less competent). They perform mechanical and technical duties. The Grubs work for Zurg against their will and also desire freedom, but many of them are simply too afraid to try to defect.
Brain Pods (various voices for each one) - Cybernetic brains in mobile jars, who serve Zurg as scientists and researchers. Although they take pride in their creations, they secretly harbor a desire to escape from Zurg's control (two of which are shown succeeding in doing so on-screen).
Hornets - The Hornets are Zurg's robotic foot soldiers, extremely expendable, lousy shots, and always get vaporized in mass numbers by Lightyear's team. Hornets come in different models, but the most frequently seen are yellow and of average height.

Appearance[]

Zurg appears as a tall, thin-built but broad-chested humanoid of unknown species dressed in royal purple armor and robes. His head is invariably encased in a massive helmet crested with grey horns, through which a pair of piercing red eyes and a grille of yellow teeth (or, at the at least, a frowning bevor or mouthpiece) peer. His chest is covered with a grey and purple chassis, probably made of steel, and his arms are wrapped in steel gauntlets capped with deadly claws. His feet are encased in long, royal purple robes, and he wears a dramatic black cloak lined with scarlet, with raised lapels in vampiric manner. The clasp on his cape is inscribed with "Z," and it appears to work as a type of control panel for his numerous systems, since he can activate his rocket boots, allowing him to fly. He does, in fact, have feet, despite the fact that his garments obscure them.

Since Zurg was physically reduced to a blob-like monster in The Crawling Flesh, when he wore his helmet atop a blob-like helmet with a newly visible mouth, it is clear that his face is that of an armor-clad humanoid rather than some robotic form. Despite this, Zurg's genuine look has never been revealed, making it impossible to determine what species he actually belongs to.

Personality[]

Zurg was known to be the evilest and most destructive villain in his galaxy, dedicated to ruling it with an iron fist by all means necessary. He is shown to be manipulative, intelligent and ruthless, as he was willing to take down anyone that serves as an obstacle to himself or his plans. He can be quite campy and comedic in nature, as he tends to engage in various comical antics such as videotaping Buzz's speeches for his own amusement, keeping a Troll doll collection, and mentioning an equally evil "Nana Zurg". He is also shown to be somewhat picky and conscientious about his schemes, claiming when politicians were being kidnapped that he would never do something "so obvious".

Trivia[]

Zurg's species is an issue of much debate. The four predominant theories are that he is either a human, an alien, a robot, or a cyborg. To this day, there is no concrete answer, but there is theoretically enough evidence to rule out Zurg being a robot due to his eating and sleeping habits.
Unlike his usual appearence, his signature ion blaster has a slightly different design such has having a lack of a cage held on his back connected to it via a hose storing his ammo, and is instead only held and somehow operated by putting his hand into it. Its also uncertain as to how the ammo works.
Zurg sometimes speaks in a slight British accent.