Doctor Drakken
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Dr. Drakken is a fictional character in Disney's animated television series Kim Possible.
Dr. Drakken (real name Drew Theodore P. Lipsky) is a mad scientist bent on world domination. He is the show's most frequently recurring villain, and the arch-enemy of the titular heroine, Kim Possible.
He was the first villain Kim fought in episode 1; in which he attempts to use technology stolen from a Japanese games manufacturer to create a giant robot.[1] and was the last villain that she fought in the three part finale of season 3[2] He often serves as a comic straight man to the dry humor and comic humor supplied by Shego and Ron respectively.
Drakken is voiced by John DiMaggio[citation needed].
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[edit] History
[edit] Origins
Doctor Drakken was born Drew Theodore P. Lipsky,[3] he had an overprotective mother[3] and was regularly teased by other children at school who thought that he was creepy and a nerd.[4] His genius and villainous tendencies manifested early on in life, as demonstrated by one notable incident when he was ten years old, in which he designed and built a device that could manipulate anything that was made out of rubber. Thus allowing him to become a near unbeatable dodge ball player.[5]
However, as a teenager, Lipsky appeared to be more inclined towards geekdom rather than villainy. He developed an interest in robotics and attended college with James Possible with whom he became firm friends. However, at some point in time, Lipsky promised to find dates for Possible, himself, and their mutual friends Chen and Ramesh, for an upcoming dance. However, unable to get real dates, he ended up constructing a group of crude robots (the forerunners to the Killer Bebes) to act as their dates. The robots malfunctioned within minutes of being introduced, and Lipsky, who had been expecting adulation, became a laughing stock to Possible, Chen, and Ramesh. Embarrassed and feeling scorned by his friends, Lipsky vowed revenge and promised that one day he would perfect his robots and prove his genius. Soon afterwards he dropped out of college and off of the radar.[6]
Prior to the start of season 1 Lipsky took up the reins of super-villainy, changed both his name and his appearance. He discarded his old identity as Drew Lipsky and took on the moniker Dr. Drakken. He also acquired a large scar underneath his left eye, grew his hair into a ponytail and, for reasons that were never fully explained, his skin also changed color from Caucasian to blue.[6][7]
[edit] Broadcast Order
Dr. Drakken was first introduced in the series' pilot episode, “Crush”, as Kim Possible's arch-enemy, a mad scientist bent on world domination. He was also the main villain in “Bueno Nacho”, the first episode of the show to be produced. The episode Tick-Tick-Tick depicts the first time Kim Possible and Dr. Drakken encountered each other, making it the series' first episode based on in-universe chronology, although the episode was actually produced after Crush and Bueno Nacho. Drakken would go on to serve as the primary villain for the 1st, 4th, 6th, and 8th episodes of the show, although minimum detail about his background was revealed, other than his desire to rule the world and the fact that he was teased as a child.
The full details of Drakken's history were finally revealed in episode 9, in which he attempted to take his long awaited revenge on Doctor Possible, Professors Chen, and Professor Ramesh, by constructing a “perfect” version of his failed robot dates (See Killer Bebes), which he subsequently used to kidnap his former friends. It was during this encounter Kim's relationship to Dr. Possible was revealed to Dr. Drakken, and her father's former relationship with Dr. Drakken was revealed to Kim. (Based on production code, Drakken was introduced with minimal history in episodes 1-2, and his past relationship with Dr. Possible was revealed in episode 4).
From his introduction in Season 1, Drakken went on to appear in approximately 1/3 of all Kim Posisble episodes, including the feature length productions So the Drama and A Sitch in Time, as well as in 5 of the 6 Kim Possible computer games.
His final appearance was initially scheduled to be in the third part of So the Drama[citation needed], which was supposed to mark the end of the franchise. However, his character was reprized when the series returned for a fourth season; making a cameo in Car Alarm, before returning as a primary villain in Mad Dogs and Aliens.
[edit] Alternative History
In the episode Rewriting History, Dr. Drakken credits one of his ancestors, Bart Lipsky, with inspiring him to pursue evil, but also concedes that his college experience played a large part as well. Various inventions that he used to torture his childhood toys and action figures were also seen. Indicating that, even as a small child, he had “all the trappings of a villain”, and an above average level of intelligence.
However, the events of this episode took place as part of a Kim/Ron dream sequence and their canon is unknown.[8]
[edit] Personality
A comedic villain, Drakken is high on bluster but relatively low on actual competence. Despite being a self-described evil genius, characters in the shown often remark that Drakken's behavior is neither particularly evil, or genius.[9] Due to his frequent failures, he is a very frustrated individual, and also has a tendency to sulk after particularly embarrassing defeats. Over the course of the series, he has been described by other characters as "weird", "creepy", "annoying", and "petulant". Drakken is also frequently shown suffering extreme amounts of physical injury, usually as a result of his own impatience or lack of competence.
In the earlier episodes of the show, Drakken was presented as a more-or-less standard supervillain, whose behavior was somewhat buffoonish and petulant, but who was nonetheless a genuine threat to the free world. However, the show's creators have acknowledged that Drakken's character has become "stupider and stupider" throughout the series[citation needed]; as a result, his schemes and mannerisms have also become progressively more bizarre, especially in the show's 3rd Season (in one notable episode, he attempts to take over the world using hip hop music to promote his brainwashing shampoo).
Drakken usually comes up with grandiose, overly-complicated plans, typically involving mad scientist staples such as killer robots, mind control, and death rays. He has also attempted to take over the world with such unorthodox weapons as giant dinosaurs, doomsday Humvees, mosquitoes, and rap music.
Some of these devices are based on his own technology, but a significant number are either based on advanced technology taken from others, or have been stolen outright; a practice which he refers to as "outsourcing." In fact, when Drakken builds something himself, the resulting invention often either malfunctions horribly, or tries to kill him.[6][10] Additionally, Drakken frequently steals other people's inventions without actually knowing what they do,[3][11] a practice which often causes him trouble.
It is mentioned several times on the show that Drakken suffers from financial difficulties,[12][11] and while in earlier episodes he was depicted as controlling an entire evil organization complete with an army of uniformed henchmen, in many later episodes his resources appear to be limited to just himself, his enforcer Shego, and (occasionally) a few out-of-shape grunts. Strangely, in So The Drama, he appears to have the entire organization complete with henchmen and scientists.
Like many supervillains[citation needed], Drakken frequently fails to pay attention to minor details, and on several occasions he's been foiled by his own poor planning rather than by Kim herself. Drakken is also one of the few villains who prefers to not fight Kim one-on-one, evidenced when he assembled the ultimate robot warrior for him to control, although he has had a few hand-to-hand skirmishes with Ron.
[edit] Catchphrase
Dr. Drakken's catchphrase is "Kim Possible! You think you're all that, but you're NOT!", which he usually utters at the end of the episode after suffering a humilating defeat. He has also modified the phrase to suit various situations. Modifications include:
- "You think your car's all that, but it's not!" -Car Trouble
- "Nana Possible! You think your lemon squares are all that, but they're not!" -Golden Years
- "You think you're all that, but you're- EEEEP!" -Bad Boy
- "You think you're all that, but they are!" -Team Impossible
- "You think you're all that, but you're not even close!" -So The Drama
- "Okay, maybe she IS all that..." -So The Drama
- "You can't possibly be all that! You're not, you're not, you're not!" -Mad Dogs and Aliens
- "You think your new mission clothes are all that, but they're not!" -Clothes Minded
[edit] Lair
Drakken often has a different lair each episode, some of which he uses on a time share basis with other villains. These lairs are notoriously easy to find, something which Drakken credits it to a magazine subscription he once took out.[13]
However, Drakken does possess a primary lair that he uses on a recurring basis; a castle with a cave-like interior, situated on a remote Caribbean island. In the Season 4 episode "Mad Dogs and Aliens" (the first Season 4 episode to feature Drakken as a primary villain), Drakken returned to it only to find it destroyed and vandalized.
[edit] Family
[edit] Edward Lipsky
Edward Lipsky, better known as Motor Ed, is Dr. Drakken's mullet-headed cousin. He was introduced in episode 45 (season 2)[14]
[edit] Mrs. Lipsky
Dr. Drakken's embarrassing and overbearing mother is introduced in In episode 44. She believes that he is a radio self-help doctor (a pun on the similarity between his name Lipsky and that of real-life radio psychologist Dr. Drew Pinsky).[15]
Mrs. Lipsky is voiced by Estelle Harris.
[edit] Bartholemew Lipsky
Drakken's ancestor who attempted to steal the "electrostatic illuminator" 100 years prior to the present day. Seen only in a non-canonical dream sequence.
[edit] Commodore Puddles
Drakken's dog has made two appearances. However, they are inconsistent. In Kimitation Nation, Puddles is white and violent. In Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles, he's pink and slightly nicer. Shego also implies that Drakken never had a dog before then.
[edit] Associates
[edit] Shego
Shego works under contract as Drakken's evil "sidekick" and does much of the actual work for his schemes[citation needed]. She has a "No Cloning" clause in her contract[citation needed] and is openly hostile towards her employer. She often criticizes Drakken for his outlandish schemes, and has made many wisecracks as a result.[citation needed] In the beginning of Season 4, Shego operated independently from Drakken for a couple of episodes, but eventually returned to work with Drakken. The working relationship between buffoonish Drakken and far more competent Shego is somewhat similar to the relationship between Kim and Ron, minus the friendship[citation needed].
In an alternate future, Shego was the only villain to take over the world, and enslaved Drakken to fight Kim Possible. She also genetically modified Drakken to grant him enhanced strength.
[edit] Warmonga
A ten foot tall, alien woman introduced in the Season 4 episode, Mad Dogs and Aliens. She breaks him out of prison after Shego refuses to when she is broken out by several other villains. Warmonga helped Drakken because she believed that he was "The Great Blue", a figure from her planet's legends.
[edit] Trivia
- Running gags -- Drakken often fails to pay attention to seemingly minor details which often foil his plans without any help from Kim (such as Rappin Drakken and Clothes Minded). He even has trouble remembering Kim's sidekicks' names especially Ron, whom he refers to as "that buffoon" and on one occasion (Mother's Day) he called Mrs. Possible "her sister".
- Drakken appeared in Disney Channel Games 2006 mini-show. In the show, he is the co-host, and was upset that he never gets to have fun such as making a super rock to beat paper and overheating the earth's core to flood the arena with magma.
- In a crossover with Lilo & Stitch: The Series Drakken was hired by Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel to capture Experiment 626 (Stitch) and clone him. According to Drakken, their cut was 50/50.
- In the episode Rewriting History, Drakken learns of his 1900's ancestor, Bart Lipsky, and his attempt to steal a revolutionary invention dubbed the "Electro-Static Illuminator". Drakken stated that it was Bart's evil genius that convinced him to become an evil genius himself (although, as Shego points out, his original motivation was to get revenge on his old college partners). The incident formed part of a dream sequence so its canon is unknown.[8]
- Throughout the series it's shown that Drakken is not well respected by the villain community.[citation needed] During the Season 4 people keep breaking out just Shego but not him, and has been, on several occasions, mistaken for Professor Demantor. On several episodes several other villains and even other characters don't even know his name, much to Drakken's disappointment and frustration (Partners and Go Team Go).
- Referring to the last paragraph even Kim and Ron had trouble knowing who he was at least in Tick Tick Tick.[citation needed]
- Drakken, like many supervillains, has an inflated, grandiose, even arrogant view of himself[citation needed]and as a result does not see that most of the criminal world views him as a fool. Even his rival Professor Dementor says that it is amusing to watch him in action (Ron the Man).
- In spite of their rivalry, Drakken has Dementor on his speed dial (The Talent Show).
[edit] References
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 1, Crush (7 June 2002)
- ^ Kim Possible, episodes 63-65, So the Drama (parts 1,2,3) (8 April 2005)
- ^ a b c Kim Possible, episode 47, Mother's Day (7 May 2004)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 4, Tick Tick Tick (14 June 2002)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 17, The Twin Factor (27 December 2002)
- ^ a b c Kim Possible, episode 9, Attack of the Killer Bebes, (2 August 2002)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 59, Rappin’ Drakken (25 June 2005)
- ^ a b Kim Possible, episode 48, Rewriting History (5 August 2004)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 55, Bad Boy (14 January 2005)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 26, Car Trouble(15 August 2003)
- ^ a b Kim Possible, episode 20, Ron the Man (25 April 2003)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 49, Ron Millionaire (4 June 2004)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 52, Steal Wheels (25 September 2004)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 45, Motor Ed, (21 May 2004)
- ^ Kim Possible, episode 44, Mother's Day (7 May 2004)
| Kim Possible | |
| Team Possible: | Kim Possible | Ron Stoppable | Rufus | Wade | Monique |
| Villains: | Dr. Drakken | Shego | Monkey Fist | Duff Killigan | The Seniors | Dementor | DNAmy | Bebes | Gill | Motor Ed | Camille Leon | Adrena Lynn | Warmonga | Zorpox | Other minor villains |
| Family: | Mr. Dr. P. | Mrs. Dr. P. | Jim and Tim | Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable | Joss Possible | Slim Possible | Other family members |
| Supporting: | Bonnie Rockwaller | Steve Barkin | Bobo | Other minor allies | Other supporting characters |
| Locations: | Middleton | Bueno Nacho | Club Banana | Smarty Mart | Camp Wannaweep |
| Other: | Cuddle Buddies |
| Episodes & films: | List of episodes | A Sitch In Time | So The Drama |
| Other Media | |
| Soundtrack | Kim Possible soundtrack |
| Video games: | Revenge of Monkey Fist | Drakken's Demise | Team Possible | Kimmunicator | What's The Switch | Global Gemini |
