Brain Pod 13

“Zurg can kiss my sweet cerebellum goodbye!”

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Brain Pod #13 was one of the numerous Brain Pods working for the Evil Emperor Zurg. Innovative, 13 made several of Zurg's favorite torture methods. Despite always being rather high-strung, he successfully defected at one point with the help of Team Lightyear and Commander Nebula.

Physical Description

13 possesses the pod all Brain Pods use to move around with; colored purple with three wheels and his number etched on, claw-like hands attached to cable arms, and a dome that protects his fleshy, brain-like body. Like all other Brain Pods, he is not really a brain, but an invertebrate-like being that has a mouth, eyes, six tendrils that serve as its arms and legs.

History

Early Life

Not much is known about 13 and when he entered Zurg's employment. However, he was the Brain Pod behind several of Zurg's favorite inventions, such as the "Incapacitor Beam", the "Malevolence Chamber" and the "Agony Pit".

The Adventure Begins

13 was present at Zurg's Subterranean Outpost in the Zeta Quadrant when he and several other Brain Pods and Grubs were trying to discover how the LGMs' mind-link worked.

Shiv Katall

13 defected from Zurg's employment.

(( However, instead of trying to kill the brain pod, Shiv Katall, who is really Buzz Lightyear in disguise, arranges to meet up with the Brain pod in a secret underground bunker located in Zurg space and take him to Star Command where he will be given a new identity.

After Mira , Booster and XR cause problems with this plan, XR comes up with a new idea to get Brain pod 13 out of Zurg Space and to freedom. He has Brain Pod 13 disguise as Brain Pod 18 , by simply using a pen to change the number "13" into "18." The rangers then hide and have the brain pod simply transfer them all off base. However, this plan meets with failure, when Emperor Zurg runs into the real Brain Pod 18 and realizes his mistake.

Commander Nebula also assuming the Shiv Katall persona also tries to mount a rescue. Again the plan is to sneak out right from under Zurg, with Shiv supposedly transporting them to Planet Z when in reality they would escape to Star Command. ))

Personality

Easily spooked and frightened, 13 tends to ramble when face-to-face with Zurg. He flips between being subservient and groveling, to being outright rude when he thought he successfully escaped.

He is very capable, having created some of Zurg's favorite torture methods.

Quotes

The Adventure Begins

• "Oh! He's not gonna like this..."
• "Oh, uh, E-Evil Emperor Zurg! H-hi, how are you? The torture tank is good to go here, as you can see, and I got everything--" (is smacked aside by Zurg) "--my bad..."

Shiv Katall

• "Woohoo! Oh, I made it! Zurg can kiss my sweet cerebellum goodbye! Oh, um, we're... not there yet... are we? Ehe..."
• "Save the dissident! Somebody save the dissident!"

Trivia

• Brain Pod #13 is mistakenly added in "Clone Rangers" as a background Brain Pod, which is chronologically set after the events of "Shiv Katall".

Appearances

• The Adventure Begins
• Shiv Katall
• Clone Rangers ^(cameo)