Professor Cobra
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Character Bio
Professor Thelonious Viper, known in Japan as Professor Cobra (プロフェッサー・コブラ, Purofessā Kobura) is a professor hailing from West Academy. While performing military services in a war-ravaged country, Viper came upon an infant who he believed saved his life by drawing his attention away from an area which was suddenly detonated. In the English dub it simply stated that the rest of the unit he was with was ambushed and captured while he left them. He adopted the child, Pierce, and came to regard him as the "angel" in his otherwise torturous life. Years later, chasing after Duel Monsters cards given to him by Viper as a present swept up in the wind, Pierce was run over by an oncoming vehicle (the English version that scene is cut, here, he died of an illness). Later on, Viper enters Duel Academy in the third year and in a desperate attempt to aid Yubel, who promised raise his son from the dead, Professor Viper pits students against one another in Survival Duels. The only concern he has is that Adrian Gecko grew suspicious of him. Viper attempted to rid of him by forcing him to into Survival Duel and setting the bio band drainage level to maximum in an attempt to kill him knowing that Adrian would still duel, but Adrian force Viper to lower the level when he got the entire Ra and Obelisk dorms to duel. When Jaden and his friends break into Viper's hideout, Viper finds that Yubel still need more energy and faced off against Jaden in a duel (in the English version, part of the reason was that Yubel wanted to see Jaden suffer). When he loses, Yubel, disappointed that Jaden has not suffered sufficiently, appears as an avatar of energy in the shape of his son. Before disposing of him, it mimics Pierce's voice, adding insult to injury by saying that Viper failed him prior to "disposing" of him. (Cobra's death is different in the Japanese version: Yubel, manifesting in energy form as Cobra's son, instead re-writes Cobra's memories of Rick's death, tricking him into believing that Rick never died. In a stupor, Viper follows his "son" to the edge of the platform where he seemingly falls to his death. All of this was cut from the US version: after Yubel grabs Viper's face, he simply disappears, which heavily implies his death though this is not specifically stated. Footage was taken from the beginning of the following episode to cover the time otherwise noticeably large cuts.) Viper is seen one more time prior to Jaden's duel with Yubel, as Jaden remembers all the people Yubel has wronged. In the Japanese version, Viper is voiced by Masaya Takatsuka and US by Sean Schemmel.
Deck
Viper plays a Venom Deck, themed on the distribution of "Venom Counters" through his Reptile-type monsters (such as Venom Snake and Venom Boa) to an opponent's monsters as means of weakening and ultimately destroying them. Several of his monsters are based on the nāga, a serpent-like race in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. One of these creatures, Viper's signature card Venominaga the Deity of Venomous Serpents, is able to circulate poison in the opponent's body upon inflicting damage, declaring an automatic victory for its owner within three turns. To see his full deck visit http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Viper
| Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Characters | ||||||||
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| Protagonists | | |||||||
| Antagonists | Society of Light - Professor Cobra (Professor Viper) - Martin Empire - Haou the Supreme King - Brron, Mad King of Dark World - Yubel - Trueman | |||||||
| Other | Ed Phoenix (Aster Phoenix) - Johan Andersen (Jesse Anderson) - Amon Garam (Adrian Gecko) - Austin O'Brien (Axel Brodie) Jim Crocodile Cook - Yusuke Fujihara - Duel Academy Staff - (Mizuchi Saiou) Sarina Minor Characters - Manga only Characters - Duel Monsters Spirits | |||||||
