Doctor Viper
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| Dr. Viper / Dr. Elrod Purvis | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Vehicle | N/A |
| Color | Yellow (As Dr. Purvis) Green (As Dr. Viper) |
| Hair | Black |
| Eyes | Brown (As Dr. Purvis) Yellow (As Dr. Viper) |
| First appearance | The Giant Bacteria |
| Voice actor | Frank Welker |
Dr. Viper is a part cat part snake mad scientist in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, voiced by Frank Welker. Once, he was Dr. Elrod Purvis, an unremarkable biochemist who worked at Megakat Biochemical Labs. He helped Dr. N. Zyme create Viper Mutagen 368, then tried to steal it to sell to the highest bidder. Zyme, however, caught him, and a fight broke out, which ended with Purvis taking a fall down a flight of stairs (which it happened when Zyme kicks his briefcase that Purvis steps on it) and spilling the chemical on himself. He was believed dead, but instead the mutagen mutated him into a half cat-half snake. Purvis went to live in Megakat Swamp and named himself Dr. Viper, and since then has tried repeatedly to take over to turn Megakat City into his own swampland (alteratively referring to it as either "Megaswamp City" or "Mutation City").
He first appears in the episode The Giant Bacteria, wherein he mutates his fellow evildoer Morbulus into a Giant Bacteria monster and uses him in an attempt to steal Katalyst 99 from Megakat Biochemical Labs. In Destructive Nature, he takes over the 300-story office building known as the Megakat Tower with his army of acid-spitting Plantimals, placing a gigantic spore pod on the roof so that it will explode and shower the city with spores, turning it into a swamp.
Later, in the episode Katastrophe, Viper teams up with Dark Kat and The Metallikats in a bid to destroy the SWAT Kats, but their alliance falls apart because the villains cannot work together. When Dark Kat fails to suicide-bomb the SWAT Kats, his lair blows up, but somehow Viper survives In Mutation City, Viper floods Megakat City with a chemical called Katalyst X-63 in a second attempt to turn the city into a swamp. This time he nearly succeeds, but the Swat Kats are able to retrieve the anti-mutagens from Megakat Biochemical and restore the city to normal, despite T-Bone being mutated and Viper using the Katalyst on himself to become a skyscraper-sized monster.
Later, in The Origin of Dr. Viper, it was revealed that before the events of The Giant Bacteria, Dr. Elrod Purvis, after being mutated into Dr. Viper, blamed Dr. Zyme for his mutation. Viper attempted to get his vengeance complete by kidnapping Zyme, Mayor Manx, and Callie Briggs to transfrom them into creatures like himself with an another batch of the viper mutagen.
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[edit] Quotes
[edit] As Dr. Purvis
- "You really think the viper extract is the key, Dr. Zyme?"
- "The formula like this would be worth millions to the right bidder and that fool Zyme is gonna give it away to the city."
- "You go ahead, Dr. Zyme. I wanna tidy up my office before the mayor arrives."
- (about Zyme) "What an idealistic fool. Now's my chance."
- (to Zyme) "I'm taking the formula, Zyme. It's gonna make me rich."
- "Now look what you made me do, but don't worry, I'll just use your notes to whip up another ba-baaaatch!"
[edit] As Dr. Viper
- "You won't be telling Manx anything, Zyme." (The Origin of Dr. Viper)
- "Not anymore! Just call me Viper, Dr. Viper." (The Origin of Dr. Viper)
- "Dr. Zyme is a little disposed at the moment." (The Origin of Dr. Viper)
- "I used to be Dr. Purvis, but now you can call me Dr. Viper." (The Origin of Dr. Viper)
- "You're always an arrogant fool, Dr. Zyme. My bacterias are immune to antibiotics." (The Giant Bacteria)
- "My spore pod? Why, it's going to explode. And in this height, its beautiful spores will cover the entire city. I can see it all now, the expecticular new Megakat City. No more metal and plastic, only beautiful swamp ruled by me, Dr. Viper's Megaswamp City. It could be so beautiful." (Destructive Nature)
- "Let those fools waste their time. In fifteen minutes, Megakat City will be mine!" (Destructive Nature)
- "It's you and me now, sweetness. Feral is helpless, and the SWAT Kats are running away in their stupid jet! You're so beautiful! It's a shame to have you explode." (Destructive Nature)
- "Now that you have your dinner, let's get down to business, shall we? We're looking for Katalyst 100. With it, I can bring the city to its knees!" (Katastrophe)
- "Curse those SWAT Kats. I was this close to obtain Katalyst 100." (Katastrophe)
- "Soon, my little creatures, you will roam free in my new swamp city." (Mutation City)
- "So long, SWAT Kats. Too bad you didn't get to live as your precious Megakat City become Dr. Viper's Mutation City." (Mutation City)
- "You're looking for this?" (Katastrophe)
[edit] Trivia
- In episodes The Giant Bacteria and Katastrophe, it was revealed that the reason Viper tries to steal Katalyst 99 in The Giant Bacteria and Katalyst 100 in Katastrophe is that he planned to use the Katalyst to turn the city into Mutation City. However, in his origin episode, he also uses Katalyst 96.
- Viper was revealed to be the only villain in the series who was able to escape capture in every of his episode appearances except in Mutation City which it was unknown of what happened to him after Razor manages to use the antibiotics to save the city. In the original script for Katastrophe, entitled "Blowout," however, Viper was in fact arrested by Commander Feral.
