The Legendary Zoid
The Legendary Zoid is an episode from the anime series Zoids: Fuzors based on TOMY's Zoids model franchise.
The Energy Liger saves RD, but then turns on him in a viscous duel.
Overview
This episode begins with a flashback of RD's father, and his desire to meet the legendary Alpha Zoid. Dr. Pierce sends a message to Blake, claiming that he can lead him to Luke. Simultaneously, RD monitors the city with the help of Vareth, Dart and Sabre. the four of them stage a jailbreak and rescue the Zi fighters. They escape into the Zoid Battle Dome, but are swarmed by dozens of Chimera drones. These don't last long, as the Energy Liger obliterates all of them and Mach Strom escape, though RD splits from the team to seek out the Energy Liger.
Meanwhile, Sandra is met by Haldo, who, as it turns out, is an old acquaintance of hers.
RD catches up to the Energy Liger, believing it to be the legendary Alpha Zoid, however, these illusions are quickly dispelled as Dr Pierce is revealed to be the pilot. He combines the Gorilla Tron with the Energy Liger to form the Energy Ray Liger. The Professor attacks RD, claiming to have always hated him. He proceeds to explain that Alpha and he had been researching the ultimate Zoid. While Peirce believed in the Liger Zero, the others believed in the Berserk Fury. To prove them wrong, Dr. Pierce poured his research into the Energy Liger, as opposed to the simultaneously-developed Gairyuki. Alpha scorned his Energy Liger and refused to accept the Zoid, leading to Dr. Pierce's eventual betrayal (he also scorned the Gairyuki in the end as well, choosing the Seismosaurus and Chimera drones over both Zoids). Thus, Pierce reveals that he had been using RD to simply collect data for his Zoid, and was simply focused on perfecting the Energy Liger. He never explains why he had gone out of his way to save RD on so many occasions though.
He attempts to destroy RD as the Energy Liger's "first victim" (despite destroying countless Zoids only moments ago) but is stopped when Blake arrives and attacks him. With RD in shock over Pierce's revaluations and thus out of the battle, the Energy Liger instead attacks Blake, who retaliates by slamming headlong into the Liger, destroying his Evo Flyer in the process. He fails to defeat the Energy Liger, but RD reactivates his own Liger and confronts Dr Pierce. His Zoid powers up and charges the Energy Liger head-on, overpowering, impaling, and destroying the Energy Liger.
Characters
- Introduced character(s): NIL
- Featured characters: RD, Blake, Dr. Pierce, Vareth and friends
Zoids
- Energy Liger
- Liger Zero
- Jet Falcon
- Gravity Wolf
- Gravity Saurer
- Gravity Saix
- Gairyuki
- Evo Flyer
- Gorilla Tron
See also:Zoids: Fuzors