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| "The Chosen One's Enemy" redirects here. For the first enemy of The Chosen One, see noogai3. |
| For his imaginary counterpart, see Imaginary Dark Lord. |
| “mission.The_Dark_Lord = destroy(The_Chosen_One)” — noogai3, Animator vs. Animation 3 |
The Dark Lord (tentatively known as The Chosen One's enemy) is a red artificial stick figure that was created by Alan Becker for the sole purpose of destroying The Chosen One after the latter escaped from his enslavement. He was initially loyal to his creator and the mission imprinted onto him until The Chosen One bested him, where he chose to display mercy to the red stick figure and revealed to him that Alan only saw him as a tool and cared for him no more than he did for The Chosen One.
Angered at being seen as disposable by his creator, The Dark Lord abandoned his mission upon realizing his loyalty was misplaced and instead chose to align himself with The Chosen One as they teamed up to take down their common enemy and succeeded in destroying Alan's computer by causing it to explode and ultimately resulted in a blue screen of death which was believed by Alan to have taken both stick figures down with it in the process, supposedly ending their existence.
Almost seven years later, it was revealed in "The Flashback" that both The Dark Lord and The Chosen One were able to escape the computer by opening a doorway to the Internet just moments before the computer crashed. From there on, the two became partners in crime and went on a seven-year reign of terror across the Internet by destroying anything/anyone in their path. However, over time The Chosen One would become steadily less violent upon seeing his partner gradually becoming lost in the powerlust of his conquests. The two would then settle in the Outernet, a digital realm existing parallel to the Internet as the homeworld of the natural stick figures.
Eventually, the two were divided by their interests with The Dark Lord creating a virus known as the ViraBot and having the intention to mass-replicate it and use the virus to conquer the global network. Despite having been delayed by The Chosen One journeying to Alan's new computer and stopping the first ViraBot sent by The Dark Lord, the latter continued with his plans but was ultimately stopped and eventually defeated through the combined efforts of his nemesis, their creator, the Fighting Stick Figures and most of all, The Second Coming.
While his plan for conquering the global network was successfully foiled, his fate is left unknown.
Appearance[]
The Dark Lord is a red artificial stick figure who has a hollow head and is above-average height. In the climax of Animator vs. Animation Season 2, he dons the Wristband of Power that has red highlights on his right arm that can generate triangle-esque blades with unstable bases that have the same colors as the wristband. Later on in his fight against The Chosen One and a recently 3D printed cursor controlled by Noogai3, he morphs a Virablade into an extra wristband on his left arm, now donning two wristbands instead of one.
Personality[]
The Dark Lord attempting to kill The Chosen One by smashing the font choice window on him.
Upon his creation, The Dark Lord was a single-minded but intelligent entity, only created to destroy The Chosen One. He showed great perseverance and skill during their battles and was courteous to his allies in the form of Alan's desktop apps. The Dark Lord was crafty and refused to back down in the face of perseverance from his opponents, showing he wouldn't stop until he claimed victory. However, upon his defeat at the hands of his opponent, he showed fear due to being ultimately outclassed by, and at the mercy of, The Chosen One. However, after realizing that he was no less expendable to Alan than his counterpart, The Dark Lord became wrathful due to being a simple tool and chose to go against his initial programming by allying with The Chosen One and working together to defy their creator who aimed to oppress and ultimately, get rid of them.
After his abandonment and betrayal and joining The Chosen One, The Dark Lord went from the hero of the day to one of the most dangerous and violent beings ever witnessed. He mercilessly destroyed websites and games without a second thought. He lit up with excitement when his ViraBot was complete and about to launched at ALANSPC, likely to get revenge. He felt betrayed by The Chosen One when they tried to stop him from launching the ViraBot. It is shown he still feels anger and hatred towards noogai3, and was furious when he saw The Chosen One fight alongside noogai3. The Dark Lord was also far more sadistic and sinister than The Chosen One, as he shown by his savage slaying of Red, Blue, Yellow and Green, plus his brutal beatdown of The Second Coming.
Powers & Abilities[]
The Dark Lord, both being named and designed as an opposite to The Chosen One, possesses multiple destructive powers and attributes that make him extremely dangerous and competent. With his smarts alone allowing him to create allies and battle multiple opponents at once, as shown in "The Showdown", The Dark Lord is not someone to be reckoned with, especially with his superhuman qualities and raw powers enhancing him further is at least as powerful as The Chosen One.
However, unlike his predecessor, he appears to lack a variety of elemental powers such as electrokinesis and cryokinesis, which hinders his raw power, causing him to rely on the Wristband of Power for a much needed power boost in the fight against his creator and his predecessor.
Natural Abilities[]
- Superhuman Abilities: The Dark Lord has the strength, durability, stamina, speed and agility of a superhuman, these abilities being similar to The Chosen One's own. However, he manages to gain the power of the viruses he created along with an enhancement of his own abilities using a special virus band on his wrist, which gave him greater strength, as he manages to overpower The Chosen One, Alan's cursor and the Stick Gang.
- Energy Manipulation: With this ability, he can create spheres of destructive energy as a signature attack (only being capable of creating one at a time, though having the ability to rapid-fire them). He is capable of creating energy spheres of various sizes depending on how long he charges them up after creating them. These mostly orange spheres contain varying amounts of explosive energy, depending on how big they are, and they explode upon making contact with any surface, be it a wall, or a stick figure. He can also wield the same energy that The Chosen One uses to enhance his punches and attract objects, with the two of them having used this ability to destroy the Animator's computer.
- Pyrokinesis: The Dark Lord can create and project extremely hot flames, using this ability to wreak havoc in various websites and games like Newgrounds and Angry Birds (both seen in "The Flashback") as well as throwing and launching explosive fireballs as seen during his dual with The Chosen One in "The Showdown".
- Fire Breath: Like his former friend, he can breathe powerful and very hot flames from his mouth, as seen during his and The Chosen One's attack on the game Angry Birds in "The Flashback".
- Pyrokinetic Flight: The Dark Lord is capable of flight via igniting his fists to create propulsion.
- Highly Advanced Intellect: Similar to The Chosen One, The Dark Lord possesses a very high intellect. Immediately following his creation, he instantly showed great knowledge involving fighting as a well-rounded combatant, being able to match his opponent in the beginning and playing Minesweeper on a difficult level with little difficulty. Later, as the years went by following the destruction of Alan's old computer, he began researching into programming and computer science in an attempt to create a highly advanced virus in the form of the ViraBots and his Wristband of Power in an attempt to invade and conquer the global network.
Empowered by the Wristbands of Power[]
- Power Enhancement/Corrosive Powers: The Dark Lord, upon putting on the wristband in "The Showdown", gains a multitude of abilities, while his own natural powers are enhanced.
- Control over ViraBots: With the wristband equipped, The Dark Lord had complete control over his ViraBots, being able to command them through simple body gestures and thought, as seen when he orders them to attack The Chosen One and Alan's cursor with an outward sweeping motion from his arms soon after activating them with a tap of his wristband.
- Vira-Blades: The main weapon of the wristband. These blades are made of the same corrosive energy as the wristband and possess the same corrosive nature as the other weapons and abilities do. The Dark Lord is able to split a single blade into multiple identical blades.
- Corrosive Spikes: The Dark Lord can summon corrosive spikes just like his ViraBots, although their size cannot be manipulated.
- Corrosive Energy Orbs: The Dark Lord can also create and throw orbs of corrosive energy from his hands that, as opposed to his usual energy orbs, have no explosive properties. These can likely cut through matter in the same way the Vira-Blades do.
- Laser Vision: Although not present as a natural ability, the wristband gave The Dark Lord the ability to fire laser beams made up of corrosive energy from his eyes, similar to the Chosen One, but far more unstable than his due to its virus-like nature.
- Laser Vision Immunity: The Dark Lord is granted an extremely high resistance to The Chosen One's laser vision, shown when he uses it as a platform to attack him.
- Levitation/Flight: Enhanced with the wristband, he could control the gravity around him and fly much quicker and turn faster than the Chosen One's own flame propulsion-based flight.
- Control over ViraBots: With the wristband equipped, The Dark Lord had complete control over his ViraBots, being able to command them through simple body gestures and thought, as seen when he orders them to attack The Chosen One and Alan's cursor with an outward sweeping motion from his arms soon after activating them with a tap of his wristband.
Appearances[]
- Animator vs. Animation Season 1
- Animator vs. Animation 3 (debut)
- Animator vs. Animation 4 (mentioned only)
- Animator vs. Animation Season 2
- Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Season 3
- The Ultimate Weapon (image)
- Animator vs. Animation Season 3
- Actual Shorts Season 2
Gallery[]
 The wiki has images for The Dark Lord here. |
Trivia[]
- The Dark Lord has ranked as one of the most powerful characters in the Animator vs. Animation metaseries, being able to fight on par with The Chosen One and easily able to defeat the black stick figure after being enhanced with the Wristbands of Power. He is outclassed only by The Second Coming after his dormant power awakens, powerful enough that The Dark Lord couldn't even scratch the orange stick figure even with his enhanced powers and army of ViraBots.
- The Dark Lord was initially good/a secondary antagonist (depending on your perspective) in Animator vs. Animation 3, before siding with The Chosen One after his creator left him to die and being persuaded by the former. He becomes the hidden main antagonist in the years after this, before being revealed as the main villain in "The Flashback" and showcased in "The Showdown".
- Depending on your perspective, he is the first secondary antagonist in the series, despite the fact that his adversary role is not too significant in Animator vs. Animation 3. However, after being betrayed, he has an obvious grudge towards Alan, with this betrayal starting The Dark Lord's turn to evil.
- When asked on Patreon about The Dark Lord's fate following his defeat by The Second Coming, Alan replied, "I'm still deciding lol". This means his status is currently unknown and whether or not he returns in the future is still to be decided.
- Similarly, when Alan was asked about the Dark Lord's return in Animator vs. Animation Season 3, he said that "anything's possible".
- Alan Becker thinks The Dark Lord could win against a fully powered King Orange, with his overwhelmingly large ViraBot army being a big factor of the equation.[3]
- Do note however that this was a one-off comment, and Alan hasn't thought of this debate very much, being vague with his answers in the Members-only Discord server on the occasions he's been asked.
- The Dark Lord was originally supposed to have died in the ending of "Animator vs. Animation 3",[4] but was brought back in Animator vs. Animation Season 2. His whereabouts now are unknown after the events of "The Showdown".
- Unlike the other stick figures that Alan has made, Alan allowed him to escape from Adobe.
References[]
- ↑ "packID: StickData.tdl" - Animator Combat Tool, The Showdown
- ↑ "i'm still deciding, lol" — Alan Becker, https://imgur.com/a/yUmNY6S
- ↑ Reacting To Your ART And ANIMATIONS, And Answering YOUR QUESTIONS | 1 MILLION Subscriber Special
- ↑ Help me plan the next animation 2!!
External Links[]
- The Dark Lord on the Villains Wiki
- The Dark Lord on the Pure Evil Wiki
- The Dark Lord on the Antagonists Wiki
- The Dark Lord on The Ultimate Evil Wiki
- The Dark Lord on the Moral Ranking Wiki
- The Dark Lord on the Death Battle Fanon Wiki