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“Buzz Lightyear, spreading evil to infinity... and beyond!”
—Evil Buzz's spin on the catchphrase

Buzz Lightyear, more commonly referred to as Evil Buzz Lightyear, is Buzz Lightyear's evil counterpart from the alternate universe.

Physical description

As the alternate universe copy of Buzz, he is identical to his counterpart Buzz Lightyear in every way, except for having facial hair colored dark blue.

He wears armor similar to Zurg's, but with pants and without a cape, and the letter L in the center of his chest instead of the letter Z. At one point, he wore good Buzz’s Shiv Katall outfit, which consists of a blue helmet and armor.

History

Background

Not much is known about the Evil Buzz Lightyear's past or how he came to be evil in the first place. He is, however, in possession of the forces and staff which formerly belonged to the Zurg in his dimension; and once mentioned that the Zurg in his world didn't have what it took to be evil. This leads us to believe that it was after acquiring Zurg's forces that he went on to conquer his dimension, destroying most planets along with the headquarters of the Galactic Alliance and Star Command.

The Lightyear Factor

One of Zurg's brain pods accidentally creates a rip in the fabric of the universe, leading the Evil Emperor and his forces to an alternate dimension, where planets like Jo-Ad, Tangea, Bathyos and Capital Planet lie in ruin and Star Command is nothing but cosmic dust. Excited at the prospect of meeting his other self, Zurg boards the counterpart dreadnaught, but comes face to face with an evil Buzz Lightyear instead. Quickly shifting gears, he proposes that he and Evil Buzz work together to conquer his dimension, aptly suggesting that there is a worthy enough opponent for him to face there; none other than his own counterpart, Buzz Lightyear. Though at first reluctant to repeat what he had already done, this intrigues him and Evil Buzz agrees to follow Zurg into his dimension.

Evil Buzz and Zurg teamed up to attack Zurg's Star Command, after first stranding Buzz in the other reality on one of Evil Buzz's prison planets. However, Buzz managed to escape and ally himself with the Space Rangers of Evil Buzz's universe, who traveled to his home universe with him. Together, the Space Rangers of both dimensions succeeded in defeating Evil Buzz's forces, and the primary universe Rangers supplied their counterparts with resources that allowed them to retake their home dimension.

Evil Buzz survived the ship exploding and was now stranded in the main universe. He silently vowed revenge against his counterpart and his team for depriving him of his power.

Sunquake

Feeling that Buzz had "ruined" his home universe, Evil Buzz has decided to return the favor by forming a partnership--both professional (and romantic)--with Gravitina, who found him while he was lost in space. She initially mistook him for the good Buzz until seeing otherwise and was more than pleased to find a version of Buzz that was already evil and they started making plans.

Adopting Buzz's old persona of the bounty hunter Shiv Katall, he stole various materials needed for a space station in orbit around the sun. This station was positioned, so that Gravitina could use her powers to produce devastating sunquakes that would send streaks of molten plasma hurtling around the galaxy. Eventually, his true identity and survival were revealed to the Space Rangers. He fled and his intentions were discovered, and Buzz and Mira Nova confronted him and Gravitina aboard their space station. Evil Buzz showed his true colors by abandoning Gravitina when the station stated to come apart, and seemingly fell into the sun and perished after being incinerated.

Unbeknownst to Buzz (although he suspected it) and the others, however, Evil Buzz managed to survive by clinging to a piece of debris that floated away from the sun.

Personality and traits

Essentially a nastier, more consistently evil villain than Zurg. He was shown to apparently be in love, but it was revealed that he was just using Gravitina. He is shown to be totally uncaring, as he simply leaves his former lover Gravitina to die or be captured by the Space Rangers to save his own skin. Evil Buzz acknowledges his evil nature and makes no attempts at changing, even when Buzz tries to point out that he will never win.

He dislikes his heroic counterpart for his stance against him and for causing him to lose control of his universe after he supplied weapons to the resistance. While he does not think much of him, he knows for a fact to not underestimate good Buzz, as they have similar methods of thinking and can perform what others consider impossible acts. In return, Good Buzz even viewed him as a dangerous enemy and correctly deduced he survived nearly falling into the sun.

Skills and abilities

He possesses excellent fighting skills, weapons training, etc. He also wields a laser gun which can blow up places in one shot, and a jetpack that is identical to the real Buzz's.

Overall, he is very much the same as the good ('normal') Buzz. This is best seen when he is able to survive things like a ship's explosion or nearly falling into the sun.

Quotes

The Lightyear Factor

"Yes! It all makes sense now. How could I have been so wrong? I'll change my evil ways... (pulls up gun) Or not!"

Sunquake

"Hello, Lightyear, so nice to see myself again."
"You ruined my universe, Buzz; now I'm going to return the favor."

Trivia

File:Rogues' Gallery Game - Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile.png

Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile in the DVD bonus content.

Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile in the Rogues' Gallery Game -- a bonus feature in the DVD release of The Adventure Begins -- mistakenly says that Zurg defeated Star Command in the alternate universe, when the episode "The Lightyear Factor" directly contradicts this.
It is interesting to note that Spock from Star Trek also had an evil alternate universe counterpart whose distinguishing characteristic was his beard.
Fans tend to call him "Evilyear" or "Darkyear" as an abbreviation.
Evil Buzz Lightyear is the first "evil duplicate" of Buzz Lightyear featured in the series. The second duplicate is Zzub, an adolescent evil clone of Buzz created by Zurg.

Appearances

References

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+{{Headquote|Buzz Lightyear, spreading evil to infinity... and beyond!|Evil Buzz's spin on the catchphrase}}
+'''Buzz Lightyear''', more commonly referred to as '''Evil Buzz Lightyear''', is [[Buzz Lightyear]]'s evil counterpart from the [[alternate universe]].
-:''For the original universe counterpart, please see [[Buzz Lightyear]].''
+==Physical description==
+As the alternate universe copy of Buzz, he is identical to his counterpart Buzz Lightyear in every way, except for having facial hair colored dark blue.
-{{Headquote|I am the supreme high commander of this entire universe - and if you touch me again, I'll atomize you.}}
+He wears armor similar to [[Zurg]]'s, but with pants and without a cape, and the letter L in the center of his chest instead of the letter Z. At one point, he wore good Buzz’s [[Shiv Katall]] outfit, which consists of a blue helmet and armor.
-'''Paul Denton''' is the older brother of [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/JC Denton|JC]] and [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Alex Denton|Alex Denton]]. He's the deuteragonist in ''Deus Ex''.
-==Physical Appearance==
-He is identical to Buzz Lightyear in every way, except for having facial hair colored dark blue. He wears armour similar to [[Zurg]]'s, but with pants and without a cape, and the letter L in the center of his chest instead of the letter Z.
 ==History==
-Paul Denton was born in 2018 to an unnamed couple. When Paul was five, [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Majestic 12|Majestic 12]] scientists determined that his physique and genetic makeup were the most suitable for the nano-augmentation project. His immune system was excellent and he had no allergic reactions to non-biological foreign materials in his body. He also had no predispositions to myopia, obesity or heart disease and he was highly intelligent. Since Paul himself was considered too valuable to experiment on, Majestic 12 scientists created a number of clones of Paul in an attempt to find the "sweet spots" in the brain that would allow the clones to control nanites and receive information. Meanwhile, Paul started to grow up, blissfully unaware of the experiments being carried out in his name. When JC (a cloned embryo of Paul) was born, the two were raised as brothers under the careful and clandestine scrutiny of Majestic 12. Their parents never knew that the children were identical twins born eleven years apart.
+===Background===
+Not much is known about the Evil Buzz Lightyear's past or how he came to be evil in the first place. He is, however, in possession of the forces and staff which formerly belonged to the [[Zurg (alternate universe)|Zurg in his dimension]]; and once mentioned that the Zurg in his world didn't have what it took to be evil. This leads us to believe that it was after acquiring Zurg's forces that he went on to conquer his dimension, destroying most planets along with the headquarters of the [[Galactic Alliance]] and [[Star Command]].
-When Paul was 17 and JC was 6, it was becoming clear that Paul was a bit too unpredictable and independent for Majestic 12's tastes and sent JC into a special Swiss school (actually a front for Majestic 12) where his development could be more carefully controlled. To that end, they arranged to have their parents killed, their death was covered up as a car accident.
-In 2040, at the age of 22 years, Paul joined UNATCO and formed a team with agent [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Anna Navarre|Anna Navarre]], whom he disappointed on several occasions due to his disdain for killing people. Although Paul was busy with his duties at UNATCO, he still visited JC as often as he could. In 2050, Paul accepts an offer of [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Nano-augmentation|nano-augmentation]] from UNATCO (secretly through Majestic 12), becoming the first successfully nano-augmented human.
-===2052===
+===The Lightyear Factor===
-Paul starts as a seemingly pro-UNATCO character who appears frequently, giving JC his UNATCO mission objectives. When JC reaches [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Hell's Kitchen|Hell's Kitchen]], he discovers that Paul has been issuing [[javascript:void(0)|tear gas]] to the troops instead of ammunition. To compound this strange behavior, when JC returns to [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/UNATCO HQ|UNATCO HQ]], he realizes that Paul had failed the raid on the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Osgood and Sons Imports|NSF warehouse]] and was fired.
+One of Zurg's [[Brain Pod|brain pods]] accidentally creates a rip in the fabric of the universe, leading the Evil Emperor and his forces to an alternate dimension, where planets like [[Jo-Ad (alternate universe)|Jo-Ad]], [[Tangea (alternate universe)|Tangea]], [[Bathyos]] and [[Capital Planet]] lie in ruin and Star Command is nothing but cosmic dust. Excited at the prospect of meeting his other self, [[Zurg]] boards the counterpart dreadnaught, but comes face to face with an evil Buzz Lightyear instead. Quickly shifting gears, he proposes that he and Evil Buzz work together to conquer his dimension, aptly suggesting that there is a worthy enough opponent for him to face there; none other than his own counterpart, Buzz Lightyear. Though at first reluctant to repeat what he had already done, this intrigues him and Evil Buzz agrees to follow [[Zurg]] into his dimension.
-Further on in the game at [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Juan Lebedev|Juan Lebedev]]'s private hangar, JC finds out that Paul works for the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/NSF|NSF]] and he attempts to persuade JC to join, but UNATCO discovers Paul's treachery through JC's [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Infolink|infolink]], as [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Alex Jacobson|Alex Jacobson]] explains. [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/MJ12|MJ12]]/UNATCO activates Paul's [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Killswitch|killswitch]], eventually rendering him nearly immobile, so he returns to his [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/'Ton Hotel|apartment]] in Hell's kitchen and is forced to remain there in pain. The now former UNATCO pilot, [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Jock|Jock]], is told to take JC to Hell's kitchen, as Paul needs JC's help. Once there, Paul tells JC to send a distress signal to the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Silhouette|Silhouette]] leader [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Chad Dumier|Chad Dumier]] and to other NSF bases regarding evidence of a conspiracy between UNATCO and MJ12 stored on a [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Datacube|datacube]] nestled in the NSF HQ. When JC sends the signal, [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Walton Simons|Walton Simons]] tells the troops to kill JC.
+Evil Buzz and Zurg teamed up to attack Zurg's Star Command, after first stranding Buzz in the other reality on one of Evil Buzz's prison planets. However, Buzz managed to escape and ally himself with the [[Space Ranger (alternate universe)|Space Rangers]] of Evil Buzz's universe, who traveled to his home universe with him. Together, the Space Rangers of both dimensions succeeded in defeating Evil Buzz's forces, and the primary universe Rangers supplied their counterparts with resources that allowed them to retake their home dimension.
-Once JC returns to the apartment to take Paul to [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Tracer Tong|Tracer Tong]] in [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] to deactivate the killswitch, MJ12 and UNATCO troops storm the apartment, which leads to Paul's death if JC escapes out of the window or Paul's survival if JC stays with Paul through a firefight out of the front doors of the 'Ton hotel. As with other plot-centric, non-player characters, Paul remains invincible in the fight if the latter choice is made.
+Evil Buzz survived the ship exploding and was now stranded in the main universe. He silently vowed revenge against his counterpart and his team for depriving him of his power.
-Later, if JC helped Paul out of the attack, he encounters him in the medical lab of the MJ12 complex beneath UNATCO HQ, where Paul tells JC about the explosive killswitch of mechanically-augmented soldiers like [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Anna Navarre|Anna Navarre]] and [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Gunther Hermann|Gunther Hermann]], which is activated by uttering a single phrase (killphrase). JC again encounters Paul after arriving at Tong's base in Hong Kong, following the destruction of the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Universal Constructor|universal constructor]] at [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/VersaLife|VersaLife]], where Paul will say that he is recovering, but due to his present state, he cannot be of help. It is revealed that Smuggler helped Paul to get to Hong Kong. If JC escaped out of the apartment window and did not stay with Paul in the MJ12 attack, he will come across Paul's corpse in the same MJ12 medical lab within UNATCO HQ.
+===Sunquake===
+Feeling that Buzz had "ruined" his home universe, Evil Buzz has decided to return the favor by forming a partnership--both professional (and romantic)--with [[Gravitina]], who found him while he was lost in space. She initially mistook him for the good Buzz until seeing otherwise and was more than pleased to find a version of Buzz that was already evil and they started making plans.
-When JC finally reaches [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Area 51|Area 51]], Paul communicates via JC's Infolink and a [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Holocomm|holocomm]] at the base. In both cases, Paul encourages JC to trust his conscience and make his own choice as to who he should follow in the endgame.
+Adopting Buzz's old persona of the bounty hunter Shiv Katall, he stole various materials needed for a space station in orbit around the sun. This station was positioned, so that Gravitina could use her powers to produce devastating sunquakes that would send streaks of molten plasma hurtling around the galaxy. Eventually, his true identity and survival were revealed to the Space Rangers. He fled and his intentions were discovered, and Buzz and [[Mira Nova]] confronted him and Gravitina aboard their space station. Evil Buzz showed his true colors by abandoning Gravitina when the station stated to come apart, and seemingly fell into the sun and perished after being incinerated.
-===2072===
+Unbeknownst to Buzz (although he suspected it) and the others, however, Evil Buzz managed to survive by clinging to a piece of debris that floated away from the sun.
-Though he was the one who convinced JC that UNATCO was the pawn of a global network of conspirators, he has been reluctant to accept the decisions of his brother that led to the conspiracy’s demise and, with it, the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Collapse|Great Collapse]] of civilization. He is more inclined to blame people rather than systems for society’s troubles, yet gradually he has come to support a new vision for society that JC has been working on in isolation for twenty years. He even volunteered for what should have been the final test of the technology key to JC’s plan, with disastrous results.
-Paul founded [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/ApostleCorp|ApostleCorp]] with Tracer Tong, the organization centered around the ideals of the merged JC/[[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Helios|Helios]], in other words, the biomodification of mankind. ApostleCorp developed biomod infusions, enhancements akin to augmentations, and planned to distribute these infusions worldwide, enhancing people without them knowing it. These infusions were tested on Paul, but Paul's body violently rejected the infusion, so he had to be cryogenically frozen to avoid dying. At some point, Paul was abducted by the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Knights Templar|Templars]] during a raid on the ApostleCorp's [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Cairo|Cairo]] facility. If the player ([[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Alex Denton|Alex Denton]]) chooses to side with the Templars in the second [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Cairo|Cairo]] mission, Paul will be detained at the Statue of Liberty in the final mission. If the player sides with the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Illuminati|Illuminati]], the player is ordered to kill Paul by cutting off his life support. Otherwise, Paul can be revived.
+==Personality and traits==
+Essentially a nastier, more consistently evil villain than Zurg. He was shown to apparently be in love, but it was revealed that he was just using Gravitina. He is shown to be totally uncaring, as he simply leaves his former lover Gravitina to die or be captured by the Space Rangers to save his own skin. Evil Buzz acknowledges his evil nature and makes no attempts at changing, even when Buzz tries to point out that he will never win.
-The player encounters Paul again on [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Liberty Island|Liberty Island]]. If he is detained, you have the option of rescuing him. Otherwise, you will find him in the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Statue of Liberty|Statue]] base with JC. He, along with JC, tries to convince Alex to send the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Aquinas|Aquinas]] Hub protocol hidden in the UNATCO HQ ruins (the computer protocol used for global communications at Area 51 in the first game, and now necessary for [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Nanite|nanite]] distribution worldwide) to ApostleCorp, and if the player agrees, Paul and JC then ask Alex to step into their infusion chamber at their home-base in the rebuilt Statue so that Alex's nanites (now perfected) can be distributed globally. If the player refuses, Paul and JC try to kill Alex.
+He dislikes his heroic counterpart for his stance against him and for causing him to lose control of his universe after he supplied weapons to the resistance. While he does not think much of him, he knows for a fact to not underestimate good Buzz, as they have similar methods of thinking and can perform what others consider impossible acts. In return, Good Buzz even viewed him as a dangerous enemy and correctly deduced he survived  nearly falling into the sun.
-===<nowiki/>===
-==Personality==
+==Skills and abilities==
-Essentially a nastier, more consistently evil villain than Zurg.
+He possesses excellent fighting skills, weapons training, etc. He also wields a laser gun which can blow up places in one shot, and a jetpack that is identical to the real Buzz's.
-==Abilities==
+Overall, he is very much the same as the good ('normal') Buzz. This is best seen when he is able to survive things like a ship's explosion or nearly falling into the sun.
-He possesses excellent fighting skills, weapons training, etc. He also wields a laser gun which can blow up places in one shot, and a jetpack that is identical to the real Buzz's. Overall, he is very much the same as the good ('normal') Buzz.
 ==Quotes==
-===[[The Lightyear Factor]]===
+===The Lightyear Factor===
 *"Yes! It all makes sense now. How could I have been so wrong? I'll change my evil ways... ''(pulls up gun)'' Or not!"
-===[[Sunquake]]===
+===Sunquake===
+*"Hello, Lightyear, so nice to see myself again."
+*"You ruined my universe, Buzz; now I'm going to return the favor."
 ==Trivia==
-*[[File:Tumblr_inline_nmo4u4vDRc1sawqm3_1280.png|thumb]]According to the Adventure Begins DVD game, he was originally going to be from an alternate universe ruled by Zurg.
+[[File:Rogues' Gallery Game - Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile.png|250px|thumb|right|Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile in the DVD bonus content.]]
-*Fans tend to call him "Evilyear" as an abbreviation.
+* Evil Buzz Lightyear's profile in the Rogues' Gallery Game -- a bonus feature in the DVD release of ''[[The Adventure Begins]]'' -- mistakenly says that Zurg defeated Star Command in the alternate universe, when the episode "The Lightyear Factor" directly contradicts this.
-*Spock from ''Star Trek'' had an evil alternate universe counterpart whose distinguishing characteristic was also facial hair.
+* It is interesting to note that [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spock Spock] from ''Star Trek'' also had an [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spock_(mirror) evil alternate universe] counterpart whose distinguishing characteristic was his beard.
+* Fans tend to call him "Evilyear" or "Darkyear" as an abbreviation.
+* Evil Buzz Lightyear is the first "evil duplicate" of Buzz Lightyear featured in the series. The second duplicate is [[Zzub]], an adolescent evil clone of Buzz created by Zurg.
 ==Appearances==
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 ==References==
-<references/>
+{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Characters|Lightyear Buzz (alternate universe)]]
+[[Category:Individuals]]
-[[Category:Humans|Lightyear Buzz (alternate universe)]]
+[[Category:Humans]]
-[[Category:Antagonists]]
+[[Category:Individuals from the alternate universe]]
-[[Category:Alternate Universe characters|Lightyear Buzz]]