King Joe

is an alien robot created by the Alien Pedan, from the TV series, Ultraseven. It first appeared in episodes 14 and 15. As a result of its iconic two-part debut in Ultraseven, King Joe has become one of the most famous robots in the Ultraman Series, and has since made many further appearances in the franchise.
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*Beatstar: 
*STORAGE Custom: https://m-78.jp/z/robot/
== Conception ==
=== Etymology ===
King Joe was originally named after Tetsuo Kinjo, the head writer for the early entries in the Ultraman Series.
==History==
===Ultraseven===
Appearing first in the form of four ships, King Joe was sent by the Alien Pedan as their main weapon to conquer Earth. The four ships first appeared attacking and destroying a submarine as they alerted an SOS to the UG. Before the Ultra Guard arrived (along with a mysterious woman in tow, who would soon be revealed to be working for the Pedan Aliens) went onto the harbor, they were too late. The four ships then arrived at a U.N. Embassy, where they soon rejoined to reveal King Joe's true form. Even with hidden gun turrets beneath the embassy, nothing could damage King Joe. Ultraseven soon arrived to do battle with the robot, but King Joe's Pedantic Armor proved to be far more powerful than anticipated, with nothing Ultraseven could do stop him. Soon Ultraseven was pinned to the ground and received crippling palm slams by King Joe until Ultraseven fell seemingly unconscious.
However as the robot's back was turned, the hero lunged forward and knocked King Joe down. Incapable of getting back up again, King Joe turned back into the four ships and fled with Ultraseven following it. It was then revealed that the reason for King Joe's attack on the Embassy was due to a scientist whom had found a chemical that is highly reactive with Pedantic Armor, which also explained why the Pedan Aliens have come to Earth as well. The Pedan Aliens erasing Dorothy's memories to prevent the Ultra Guard from creating the special chemical. King Joe later returned, arriving in Kobe Bay where it wrecked havoc on local oil tankers. The Ultra Guard came to the scene, but after nothing seemed to phase him, Dan turned into Ultraseven once again. Again King Joe proved his great strength despite Ultraseven's maneuverability. However once the Ultra Guard loaded the special chemical into a missile launcher, it was fired at King Joe, short-circuiting the robot. King Joe fell in the harbor and self-destructed, its masters' ship arose out of his wreckage only to be destroyed by Seven's Wide Shot. 
====Trivia====
*Originally, King Joe's assembly from the ships would be more complex and make for more body parts, but due to technology at the time, this was too hard to make and so King Joe's 4-ship separation ability was made.
*King Joe was one of the monsters/aliens seen in stock footage of Seven's past battles in episode 48.
*King Joe's original design was to call for its upper body to be bigger, but due to the bulkiness of the suit it was toned down. This design would later be used for the Manga Sofubi toy line.
*Due to it's name being a pun on Tetsuo Kinjo's name, King Joe was not considered to be among the preceding 'King' opponents that inspired Kingsaurus III's title in Return of Ultraman.
*In Ultraman Taro, after Taro defeats Re-Eleking, the monster's unknown controller remarks how he regretted not reviving King Joe.
*In the TNT dub, King Joe is called the "Monster Rodan Robot", to accommodate the Alien Pedans' name change to the "Rodanians".
===Andro Melos===
A King Joe unit appeared in the Andro Melos magazine series in 1982, where it was under the Gua Army's possession and transformed into , boasting 30 times the power than the original unit.
First appearing in the January 1982 issue of Televi-Kun, the King Joe was manipulated by the Remodeled Alien Nackle of the same army (after losing his Black King no less) to attack a radar station and endangering several ships along the way. The King Joe fought Andro Melos in underwater until Andro Wolf destroyed the control device on Alien Nackle, and the villainous pair were defeated by Melos and Wolf's Beam Hurricane.
King Joe would later be revived alongside other of the Remodeled monster battalions that served Gua Army. The team try to trap the Andro Warriors duo in a whirlpool of fire, but Melos and Wolf were able to escape and defeated the entire team.
====Trivia====
*According to Shinichi Wakasa, the photograph where King Joe and Alien Nackle were attacking the radar station was taken at the Arasaki Beach.https://twitter.com/shinichiwakasa/status/1313697715935559681
===Heisei Ultraseven===
King Joe reappeared in the Ultraseven 1999: The Final Chapters Hexalogy as .
Having located the wreckage of King Joe in the years following its battle with Seven, the JSDF opted to rebuild the machine as a means to defend Japan. However when Kaji blurted out to the Rahakam Stone that King Joe is a weapon of destruction, the stone heeded his "wish" as a last laugh before it disappeared, hacking the former Pedanian robot back to its destructive ways. The UG was called in to face it but their weapons were useless against its armor. Dan was forced to transform into Ultraseven and face the machine again. While he put up a better fight than last time, Seven was again eventually being manhandled by the machine. At one point Seven fell on a building with the robot on top of him. Seven struggled to protect himself as the robot attempted to crush his head. Thanks to the Ultra Guard's distraction, Seven was able to get out of that pinch. In the end Seven destroyed the rebuilt King Joe by hammering the same spot over and over again with the Eye Slugger, finally tearing through and destroying it, but breaking a piece off the Eye Slugger. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Koichi Toshima
*In the original planning, the King Joe suit was meant to be as soft as the original, but eventually changed into a hardened texture.
===Ultraman Max===
King Joe reappeared in episode 14 of the series Ultraman Max.
After Zetton was destroyed by Ultraman Max and Ultraman Xenon, Alien Zetton sent for the "Four Fighters" to deal with Ultraman Max, quickly to be revealed as the ships that make King Joe. It first arrived as its ship forms and disguised himself as a 7-foot creation for one of Kaito's friends that was showing off the robot to a preschool. The next day, King Joe returned to his true master's orders as the four ships took off to attack Japan. King Joe easily out did DASH and every futile assault they made on him. Once the ships combined, Natsumi (a brainwashed servant being controlled by Alien Zetton) began piloting King Joe herself to cause havoc. Kaito turned into Ultraman Max to stop the alien robot, but King Joe's separation ability and sturdy armor made the fight difficult for Max. Eventually, Max was forced to use the Max Galaxy to weaken King Joe in order to release Natty from inside. Once she was safe and rescued, Max destroyed King Joe with the Maxium Cannon. 
====Trivia====
*The separation ship components are different from the original Showa Era, in that it legs and waist components are separated vertically. The designs were made by Ichiro Itano, who also made the CGI for their aerial combat within the period of a month. The components are:
**Head and limb: 
**Torso: 
**Right leg: 
**Left leg: 
===Ark Bogarl Appears! Fight, Ultra Brothers!===
While patrolling the outer space with Ultraseven under Father of Ultra's orders, Ultraman Hikari encountered an army of King Joes in their separate ship forms. Hikari and Seven were able to defeat them despite the challenge they posed.
====Trivia====
*Despite being a video content, the entire battle with King Joes are portrayed using still photos as they are recollections from Hikari's perspective. The King Joes were portrayed by Soul of Chogokin figures and editing together Seven and Hikari into the composition.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
:;Elderly Pedan's King Joe
A regular King Joe unit was piloted by an Alien Pedan soldier to fight against a fleet of space battleships, but the robot was defeated and reduced to a head unit, causing Pedan to be stranded on an unnamed alien planet for years. While surviving on the planet's harsh condition, Pedan occasionally repaired the King Joe head in hopes of getting him out of it. One day when Io Mikura and his Pigmon companion got stranded there as well from Bullton's powers, the pair encountered this head unit and together helped the elderly Pedan in fixing it. The unnamed Pedan was initially planning to get out of the planet alone, abandoning his new friends to their fight with Alien Hipporit, but returned after remembering Io's gesture of kindness. The King Joe head unit provided cover for Gomora by firing on Hipporit, but as it began to take damage, Pedan performs a Kamikaze attack on the giant alien, taking them both out and sinking to the depths of the ocean.
:;Alien Pedan military
The race of Alien Pedan were initially in a war against Alien Nackle, the King Joes were used to fight against Black Kings. As the war getting intense, two upgraded variants were introduced; as an all black unit with a Pedanium Launcher and for leading officers like Dorothy.
The King Joe Black was first deployed by Dorothy and her men to kill a Vakishim that Yapool sent out to kill Io, and once again deployed outside their mothership to defend it from an Ace Killer. On Planet Pedan, when the Nackles sent out Black Kings and Terrible Monsters to attack the planet's military base, several King Joe Blacks are deployed en masse with the regular King Joe units to take on the advancing monster army. At least a King Joe Black unit is able to use Pedanium Hurricane and take out a group of Black King, while another was defeated mid-combination process by Firemons' Fire Sword. Dorothy then join in the frontlines in King Joe Scarlet and at least kill the Firemons. When Nackle send out EX Tyant, Dorothy try to manipulate it and successfully defeated Nackle's monster army, but the gestalt monster break free and even the odds by destroying the rest of the King Joe units, reducing Scarlet to a head unit. After Gomora vibrated the ground to sink EX Tyrant, the monster rose again as EX Tyrant (Deathborn). Dorothy/Scarlet's head grabbed Io and his Pigmon into her cockpit and stab Deathborn's skull to properly kill it, at the cost of taking the brunt of its attack. With her last breath, Dorothy set her King Joe to autopilot before succumbing to her injuries. Io sought his Bemular to coat Scarlet's head unit in a Travel Sphere as a boost to get back to Earth, but the party was rerouted to Planet Aval by a stray Geranda.
:;Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS
In the game's story mode adaptation, King Joe Black was directly assigned to fight the protagonist and rises up after being defeated, overwhelming their monster with a barrage of Pedanium Hurricane. This led to player and Pigmon's capture by Alien Pedan in their spaceship until they were freed when a lone Nackle and his Black King attacked the Pedan fleet. After fighting against the Nackle, Yapool's Tyrant and Ace Killer, and then EX Tyrant, the pair were able to board a King Joe Black's head and escape the planetoid. Vittorio then tells the players of what they wanted to know before he left back to his ship. The King Joe Black head is then rerouted to Planet Aval by Geranda, but this time, the player has the chance of fighting the monster.
====Trivia====
*While King Joe Black was already debuting earlier for Ultraman Mebius Gaiden Super Galaxy Wars multimedia, King Joe Scarlet is an original addition to the manga. Scarlet was designed by Shinji Nishikawa after being impressed seeing King Joe Black, especially when it appeared in Ultra Galaxy (below) and made his own design of it. Scarlet's name and red color are feminine traits, designating the robot to higher ranking Pedan soldiers (especially women), Dorothy being the most prominent example.
*King Joe Scarlet's display of Pedanium Lancer becomes the inspiration for Io's Gomora to learn and initiate Ultra Oscillation Wave in its Zero Shoot variant, instead of automatically knowing how to do so like Rei's Gomora.
===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle===
King Joe Black arrived on Planet Boris and went berserk, killing several roaming monsters (Angross, Gromite, Lunaticks, and Saramandora) on the planet before finally confronting Rei and the ZAP SPACY. Even the combined powers of Rei's monsters (Gomora, Litra, and Eleking) could not scratch King Joe Black's armor and they were forced to retreat before taking any serious damage. 
When a rescue squadron arrived to help the stranded Pendragon crew, King Joe Black intercepted the fleet and annihilated them all. His attack also caused Boris's artifical sun to malfunction, leaving less than 2 days before it would collide with the planet and destroy everything on its surface. 
He returned during the series finale, interrupting the final battle between Kate's Zetton and Rei's Gomora, fighting Zetton to a standstill. However after Rei turned into Reimon and Gomora powered up into EX Gomora, King Joe Black was impaled by EX Gomora's tail, crippling the robot for the rest of the fight. Still functioning, King Joe Black tried to stop the Pendragon from escaping Planet Boris and grabbed onto the ship. However, the recently revived Ultraman arrived and sliced its arm off with an Ultra Slash, then dragged it down to the planet's surface as it was destroyed by the manmade artificial sun. 
====Trivia====
*Kate dubbed this robot as .
*His fight against Zetton and Gomora was referenced by the Spark Doll Troupe in New Ultraman Retsuden episode 16.
*The King Joe suit from Ultraman Max was reused and modified into this version of King Joe.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
The result of Nackle's collaboration with Yapool and their war on Planet Pedan ended with its destruction. Survivors blame the Reionics for their part in this misfortune (despite Io himself was drafted to help them instead of willingly lending his cooperation) and eventually reform into Reionics Hunters. The King Joe Black became the Reionics Huters' signature mecha as they travel back in time 50 years into Planet Hammer to intervene and wipe out the Reionics.
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, several King Joe Blacks fought the protagonist/Kanegon's Battlenizer monster and Vittorio's EX Gomora. What's left of the King Joe Black army were reduced to a pile of scraps.
===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey===
King Joe Blacks are sent by the Reionics Hunters to exterminate monsters that belong to Reionics. One is seen killing Alien Hook's Re-Dorako, and Alien Zetton's Telesdon. Another was summoned to deal with Rei, who uses Gomora to face the robot. At first Gomora's attacks again seemed useless against King Joe Black until he turned into Reionic Burst Gomora. Now able to control the power, Reionic Burst Gomora had no trouble destroying the King Joe Black. Another one would be summoned to attack Grande but his Red King was summoned and King Joe Black was quickly destroyed. 
Eventually, the Reionics Hunters capture the ZAP SPACY crew and reveal themselves to be the Alien Pedan, as well as their desire on wiping out all Reionics. Summoning an army of King Joe Blacks (as well as the unique model of King Joe Scarlet,) Gomora (as well as Litra and Miclas) were sent to uselessly fight off against the armies of the coming King Joes. As it seemed the numbers and the tide of battle was in favor of the endless King Joe army, one of the Pedan Aliens, Dail managed to use his last bit of strength to free the ZAP SPACY crew before dying at the hands of his fellow aliens. Soon the Space Pendragon fired their latest weapon, called the "Pedanium Launcher" and annihilated the army of King Joes. With their leader, Harlan, crushed under King Joe Scarlet's head, the rest of the Reionics Hunters fled the planet. 
====Trivia====
*The King Joe Black suit and its CGI sequences from Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle are reused for its appearances.
**A second King Joe Black suit was created for the fights between Rei's monsters.
*During the battle between Rei's monsters and the King Joe Black army, upon closer inspection some of the props used to display the multiple King Joe Blacks are actually toys of themselves in the "Soul of Chogokin" line.
*When filming for Ultra Galaxy NEO, the filming crew discover King Joe Scarlet from Ultra Adventure manga and liked the design of it, sought Nishikawa's permission to include Scarlet as one of Harlan's King Joe army. Since there was no spare suit to be prepared, Scarlet was represented with a modified Soul of Chogokin figurine.
**The damaged head of King Joe Scarlet was seen again during the credits of episode 11.
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
King Joe Black is one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. It was first seen as a spirit in a shot of the Monster Graveyard along with Doragory, Red King, Alien Babarue, Arigera, and Telesdon. It was then seen rising out of the ground along with Nova, Verokron, Antlar, Gomess (S), and Alien Baltan before being recaptured by Belial. It then teamed up with Fire Golza, Eleking, Banpira, Gan-Q, Alien Metron, Nova, Verokron, Doragory, King Pandon, and Alien Guts to take on Ultraseven. King Joe was called back by Belial to watch Reionic Burst Gomora fight the Ultras and was sent back out along with the remaining monsters to fight Ultraman Zero. King Joe Black was the fourth monster to be killed by Zero's Zero Slugger Attack behind Alien Valky, Fire Golza, and Alien Guts followed by Zetton and Tyrant. 
====Trivia====
*Although King Joe Black is one of Belial's 100 Monster Army, the original King Joe is one of Belyudra's components. The robot is located on Belyudra's left arm.
===Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar===
King Joe reappeared in this side story coinciding the film, Ultraman Saga. Using the data of Alien Pedan's famed robot, Beatstar mass produced several units as as part of his Mecha Robot Army.
In part 1 of the special, after Gomora destroys a Legionoid Beta, King Joe (as well as Inpelaizer and Ace Killer) appear and together team up and beat down Gomora, forcing the monster back into Rei's Battlenizer. Shortly after, The Ultimate Force Zero arrives on the scene and battles the robots. Ultraman Zero battles with King Joe and eventually destroys the robot by chopping him in half with his Zero Sluggers.
In part 2 of the special, it is revealed that an army of King Joes have been constructed to serve Beatstar, Gomora and Jean-Bot are thus seen working together to stop the army from attacking while Ultraman Zero fought with Beatstar himself. After Beatstar is defeated, the King Joe army is destroyed in the planet's destruction. 
====Trivia====
*The King Joe Black suit from the original Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle was modified back into the original King Joe for its appearance in the film.
===Ultraman Ginga===
King Joe and King Joe Black participated in the Dark Spark War along with many monsters and aliens. They along with everyone else present were turned into Spark Dolls by Dark Lugiel.
King Joe and King Joe Black's Spark Dolls were seen in Dark Lugiel's collection alongside Sadola, Deathfacer, Gan-Q, Birdon, Kabuto the Killer, Bogarl, Legionoid Alpha, Twin Tail and many others.
===Ultraman Ginga S===
Another variant of King Joe called appeared in Ultraman Ginga S.
In episode 3, when the Inpelaizers started to lose to Ultraman Victory, Vorst used his Chibull Spark and a King Joe Spark Doll to "MonsLive" into the robot and fight Victory. They both put up a good fight, but eventually, King Joe Custom managed to send Victory flying with help from the Inpelaizers. Before he could finish off Victory, however, Ultraman Ginga showed up to protect him, despite his injury from the last fight. He transfroms into his newest form, Ultraman Ginga Strium, destroys the remaining Inpelaizers, and fights King Joe Custom before he finishes off the robot with his Wide Shot. After the fight, Hikaru gives King Joe's Spark Doll to Sho. 
In episode 8, King Joe Custom reappeared as the last monster UltraLived by Hikaru Raido to fight Five King. The robot fired his energy blasts at the chimera, but Five King shrugged them off easily and defeated him by grabbed hold of him with his Reicubas Pincer and firing Gan-Q Beam from his Gan-Q Hand. 
====Trivia====
*When King Joe Custom's Spark Doll scanned, the Chibull Spark and Victory Lancer read it as King Joe. This is probably due to King Joe Custom being merely a model of the original King Joe and not an entirely unique variant.
===Ultraman X===
King Joe was a robot built by the barbaric Alien Pedan, it was sent to attack Earth as their recent target. Ultraman X soon arrived to battle him, but King Joe proved to be a tough enemy and X was powerless when confronting his assaults, even his Zetton armor proved to be ineffective against the robot and his tough armor. As it targeted Asuna, X stepped in and shielded her, which awakened Cyber Gomora's consciousness, as it agreed to help Daichi and materialized.
Soon, Cyber Gomora and X team up to take down the robot, as Gomora landed the first blow with his Cyber Ultra Oscillation Wave his before X used Max's Max Galaxy to deliver the finishing attack, the Galaxy Cannon. King Joe was last seen exploding from the attack and reduced to scraps pieces, ending Alien Pedan's invasion. 
A cybernetic version of King Joe, ,​ was created based on the Spark Doll, now contained in a Cyber Card. In episode 19, Wataru used the Cyber King Joe card sent by Rui and Mamoru to equip the Sky Musketty with King Joe's Destroy Cannon, along with the Ultlaser, to stop EX Gomora from rampaging. It was used again in an attempt to halt Zaigorg's efforts from destroying Carlos Industries, alongside Cyber Gomora and the Land Musketty's Red King Armor Piercing Bullet. 
In the final episode of Ultraman X, after Greeza destroyed the Xio base, King Joe's Spark Doll was absorbed by Greeza. After speaking out to Gomora and striking Greeza right in the center of his chest, King Joe, along with all of the other Spark Dolls, traveled to X and united with him. Cyber King Joe's power was used to help form the Hybrid Armor and power up the Ultimate Xanadium to defeat Greeza once and for all. King Joe, along with the numerous other Cyber Cards and Spark Dolls, then appeared and thanked Daichi as he thanked them. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Daisuke Terai
*In the original planning, it was supposed to be King Joe Custom instead of the original one, and is one of the most dangerous opponents faced by Xio. In said planning, King Joe Custom's power was enhanced to the point of hacking Xio's base and their technologies, rendering them useless.
===Ultraman Orb===
King Joe reappeared in episode six of the series Ultraman Orb as a Kaiju Card used by Jugglus Juggler in a card game with Alien Nackle Nagus and Alien Metron Tarude. 
===Ultra Fight Orb===
King Joe was revived by Reibatos alongside Gudon, Twin Tail, Birdon, Vict Lugiel, and Hyper Zetton to fight Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Orb.
He teamed up with Birdon and Vict Lugiel to take on Orb, but despite the fact that three of them outnumbered him, Orb kept all three of them at bay with his combat skills and got the long end of his sword. After Vict Lugiel and Hyper Zetton were defeated, King Joe managed to overpower Orb in his Hurricane Slash form for a little while by grabbing his sword before he could attack, but the latter broke free and transformed into Spacium Zeperion form to chase after Reibatos. He and Gudon tried to go after Orb, but Zero stopped them from going any further by attacking them, but this left him wide open for Birdon's fireball attack. When Ultraseven showed up to help Zero, the robot found himself fighting his old archrival once again.
King Joe fights with Seven without defending himself much to the point that he is thrown to the ground and hit multiple times by Seven. At the end, Seven uses his Eye Slugger to slash around his body to King Joe. After being damaged with the weapon of Seven in his head, King Joe explodes. 
===Ultraman Geed===
King Joe's Kaiju Capsule is used by Kei Fukuide as a component of Pedanium Zetton and King Galactron.
===Ultraman R/B===
King Joe was built at some point of time by the Cereza-possessed Makoto Aizen beneath the Aizen Tech as part of his AZ Plan, wanting said robot to be used by his own established Earth attack team should his plan to become an Ultraman be successful. Unfortunately the entire plan fell through because of the Minato brothers and Saki's intervention caused the alien parasite to be purged and the real Makoto went globe trotting with his bicycle.
King Joe was brought into action when D.R.L.N. was hacked by an unknown source, being assembled in the underground. Its first action was to imprison Asahi Minato inside its cockpit, which was being filled with deadly Pedanium gas. Coming up with a plan to rescue Asahi, Saki Mitsurugi entered the cockpit via jetpack while Ultraman Rosso distracted the robot but he was unable to make a dent in it. After Isami Minato finished restoring D.R.L.N. to normal, he joined the battle as Ultraman Blu when Saki managed to get herself and Asahi out of the robot. Unfortunately, D.R.L.N. was unable to stop King Joe. The two Ultramen then used the opposing elements of fire and water via their R/B Sluggers, the difference in temperature causing King Joe's armor to crack. Ultraman Ruebe then had a brief fight with King Joe, until D.R.L.N. used the Monster Restraint System to stun King Joe. Ruebe then finished it off via the Ruebe Vortex Buster. From its remains, Saki used her Gyro to create its R/B Crystal. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Yuto Nagachi
*King Joe's kidnapping of Asahi is similar to Galactron's kidnapping of Naomi in Ultraman Orb. Its internal parts where it stored Asahi was newly built as well.
*The use of King Joe was meant for the hacked AI, D.R.L.N., to operate in a robot. Before King Joe, there were many robot Kaiju considered for its episode.
*The underground hangar which stored King Joe was created by using both elements of CG and miniature props.
===Ultraman Z===
====Alien Barossa's King Joe====
A King Joe was stolen from Planet Pedan by an Alien Barossa who fought Ultraman Zero. 
Barossa used King Joe to invade the Earth and retrieve the Ultra Medals that had scattered after Genegarg's defeat. Once obtaining the first three set (Zoffy, Jack and Father of Ultra), he set his sight on the other three by using King Joe's separative tactic and took them from Hebikura and Yuka, only for the package to turn out as a dummy.
Having been duped, Barossa set off to find the Medals and used King Joe to attack the JAERC research center. Ultraman Z attempted to fight off the robot but was overwhelmed by its power. The robot attempted to use its tractor beam on the box containing the medals, only for Z to obtain them instead. He changed into Gamma Future after being told by Yuka that its weak points were exposed when it separated, and finished it off using the Lightning Generade from the Cosmos, Nexus, and Mebius' Medals which he had just obtained.
Though King Joe was blown apart into its four component ships at the conclusion of the previous battle, the resultant ships were still in excellent condition, allowing STORAGE to mount an operation to recover them for research purposes. STORAGE successfully salvaged all four components under Director Kuriyama's orders, reassembling the machine into its standard configuration. The still-surviving Alien Barossa broke into the base to reclaim his robot and reactivate it, but a carefully planned attack from Kojiro Inaba and Haruki forced the alien out while King Joe was deactivated once more. 
====King Joe STORAGE Custom====
At some point of time, STORAGE built their own King Joe through reverse-engineering of the original one, dubbing it King Joe STORAGE Custom, abbreviated to King Joe SC. The main pilot is Yoko Nakashima (due to her passing the required test) and was first used in the fight against the Red King couple in Fukama City. After the feedback from firing against the Red Kings, Yuka installed a limiter into the Breast Tank to control the mecha's firepower, reducing it to twice per every sortie.
Following the success of King Joe STORAGE Custom in defeating Grigio Raiden, GAFJ became interested in using mechas in other branches of the organisation. The exemplary performance of King Joe during the battle also meant that it would become Sevenger's replacement, with the older machine getting a well deserved (and ultimately temporary) retirement to be preserved at a museum. 
King Joe SC was used as a testbed robot for GAFJ's newly-developed D4 superweapon. Though STORAGE attempted to prevent the use of the weapon until the very last second, Yoko was given no choice but to fire the D4 Ray against a plague of Kelbim that had been attracted to the energy given off by the test of a previous prototype D4, resulting in King Joe SC sustaining critical damage to its own systems. Ultraman Z proceeded to save it from destruction when the aftereffects of the D4 Ray began to consume Tokyo, halting the destruction with his Zestium Ray then grabbing hold of the machine to shield it. 
Alongside Windom, King Joe STORAGE Custom was seized by GAFJ after STORAGE's disbandment and reassigned to be used by SAAG. King Joe SC was controlled by an unnamed GAFJ pilot when Alien Barossa III and Juggler decided to team up, but his inexperience at controlling the machine forced him to eject once Juggler/Tri-King used it as a meat shield. The data gathered from this incident was pivotal in improving the D4 Ray's stability, and also led to the finalisation of Ultroid Zero's construction. 
After rebelling against SAAG, STORAGE reclaim their assets and Haruki used King Joe SC alongside Juggler/Windom and Inaba/Sevenger during an operation to rescue Yoko from Destrudos. With the Pedanium Hammer, Haruki brute forced his way into the cockpit where Yoko had already freed from Celebro and successfully extracted. Haruki on the other hand exited King Joe SC to reclaim the Belial Medal and transform into Ultraman Z Delta Rise Claw, leaving said mecha to fall on its own. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Satoru Okabe
*Considering that Hebikura mentioned about Grigio Raiden as the progenitor of all SC units, it is presumed that King Joe STORAGE Custom also incorporates the cyborg monster's technology, or at the very least uses components based on it. 
*According to Kiyotaka Taguchi in his interview, King Joe SC was already made prior to the filming of the first episode. Its debut was carried over to episode 11 in order to emphasize STORAGE's growth of strength and to ensure that Ultraman Z would not be overshadowed by a stronger ally.
**Instead of being modified from the original King Joe, Taguchi admitted that it was simply a replica made by STORAGE. As a contrast to the original King Joe, the SC version went into many redesigns to appear as realistic as possible from human standards.
**The Tank Mode was Taguchi's suggestion when playing with King Joe SC's toys and receives the idea of forming into such position through the 1989 mecha film Gunhed.
*During the creation of Ultroid Zero, the fourth SC Unit incorporated both King Joe SC's combat data and its Pedanium Engine. 
===Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga===
King Joe SC was stolen by Alien Barossa IV. Yoko Nakashima chased after it using Space Sevenger with Ultraman Z's help, but the Barossa unleashed a Bullton that transported the robot, himself, and Z into Ultraman Trigger's universe. King Joe SC fell onto a stadium and GUTS-Select was sent to investigate, finding Haruki Natsukawa inside. 
King Joe SC was hacked into when Dada PDO-3 attacked. The cyber creature controlled King Joe, making it go on a rampage until Ultramen Z and Trigger appeared to fight against it. The Dada manifested and attempted to integrate itself with the robot, but had its core shot and destroyed by the Nursedessei when it had its controls recovered. Z and Trigger beat King Joe down and wrecked it, ending Dada's schemes. Z recovered the wreckage of King Joe SC and flew back to his universe using Beliarok to open a dimensional hole, hoping to rebuild it once again under STORAGE's care. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Shinnosuke Ishikawa
*Inaba's actor, Jun Hashizume, posted on Twitter of an aftermath of King Joe SC's destruction wherein played along as Inaba trying to rebuild the SC unit.https://twitter.com/Studio_Fuzios/status/1436620650156683268 Haruki's actor Kohshu Hirano and director Kiyotaka Taguchi joined in the roleplay by "apologizing" to Hashizume.https://twitter.com/TaguchiKiyotaka/status/1436624706304499713https://twitter.com/kohshu_hirano/status/1436663646185082882
===Ultraman Decker===
A King Joe was one of the many space robots that was littered around the TPU Moon Base by the Spheres as one of their intended vessel. 
===Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond===
An Alien Pedan, one of Gibellus' henchmen, deployed King Joe after Dinas managed to save the GUTS-Select team from Gibellus' Alien Army. HANE2, as Terraphaser, arrived on the scene to fight the space robot. After a brief battle, Terraphaser fires the TR Mega Buster but King Joe quickly separates itself into four ships and begins to fire several Eldritch Shots at Terraphaser, knocking it down. Dinas decided to transform into Ultraman Dinas while the team took care of the alien army and engaged in the fight with King Joe. Dinas manages to land several attacks but isn’t effective against the robot. King Joe then easily overwhelmed Dinas with its brute strength, making the Ultra's Color Timer begin to blink. When King Joe stepped on Dinas, Terraphaser got up and shot the TR Beam Cannon to push back the robot. Dinas rose up and finally destroyed King Joe by using Zetton's Mons Dimension Card ability to shoot fireballs. Realizing King Joe had been destroyed, the alien army retreated for their safety. 
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Yuto Nagachi
==Data==
==Spark Doll==
King Joe's Spark Doll was used in Ultraman Ginga S, where the item was revealed as part of Alien Chibull Exceller's collection. He gave it to Alien Guts Vorst for him to MonsLive with the Chibull Spark until it was lost to Sho, who used it for his own reasons.
:;Stats
*Height: 14 cm
*Weight: 150 g
:;Usage
*Alien Guts Vorst used it to MonsLive into the said robot to aid the Inpelaizers in fighting Ultraman Victory before losing to Ultraman Ginga Strium.
*As Ultraman Victory, Sho used the doll to UlTrans with his Victory Lancer to turn his right arm into the weapon of King Joe Custom, . He used it against Gudon, Vakishim, Gan-Q, his clones, Birdon, Vict Lugiel, Aribunta, and Alien Magma.
*King Joe Custom was among the three Spark Dolls that Hikaru borrowed from Sho while the other UPG members were busy reviving Ginga and Victory. As the last Spark Doll to be used, Hikaru/King Joe Custom fired at Five King but the bullets were repelled and destroyed. King Joe was finally replaced with Ginga in the end.
*Yapool took the data taken from studying Victory's UlTrans and used it to modify Victory Killer so that he can use the King Joe Launcher. First used on Ultraman Ace.
==Other Media==
===Ultraman Story 0===
King Joe appeared, with his masters, the Alien Pedans, attacking Planet Buffalo. He fought and defeated Ultraseven in space, sending him falling to the planet. He later abducted several of the cow like creatures native to the planet for his master's tests.
Later he fought with Miclas, breaking of his horn, and fought with Ultraseven who eventually fell victim to the planet's cold weather. Seven was saved when Miclas used his fire breath to pierce the clouds and provide sunlight, and he then defeated King Joe, using a boomerang made from Miclas's horn (the creature Miclas mutated from was known for having incredibly strong horns), which pierced his strong armor and destroyed the robots and its masters together.
===Kaiju Busters===
King Joe appears in the game among the many Kaiju that the player may fight in combat.
King Joe is seen in two different forms, one being the normal design, while the other is designated as the . The "Newest Version" has notable design variations, such as purple eyes and an arm that rotates between being a gun and a blade.
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===Ultraman: Another Genesis===
The Another Genesis version of King Joe is a giant robot whose gigantic even to a normal Ultra.
===Ultra Zone===
King Joe appeared in Ultra Zone performing on a live talk show with Nurse as puppets.
===Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier===
A Plasma Kaiju King Joe made an appearance in the TV Short Series version of the Ultra Frontier Arcade game. This particular King Joe was one of the hardest Plasma Kaiju to defeat due to its Plasma Soul only appearing when it combines or releases its parts. Guts Gunner・Garm had a personal vendetta against this particular Plasma Kaiju due to it being the cause of his brother's demise. After being injured when King Joe attacked the asteroid they were hiding, Magma Master・Magna took his place in sniping the Plasma Soul. Magna successfully destroyed the Kaiju with the help of Baltan Battler・Barel, who purposely let himself get defeated to install his Thunder Boomerang on the unsuspecting King Joe's connection joints, leaving a clear opening in the Plasma Kaiju's body. It reappeared at the end of Plasma Killersaurus Hunting alongside Red King, Dinosaur Tank, Antlar, Eleking, Verokron, Neronga, Gandar, and Super Earth Gomora and about to face off against the trio and along with many Alien Metron, Waroga, Kyrieloid, Alien Zarab, other Alien Guts, Alien Babarue, Alien Chibull in exosuits, Yapool, Alien Temperor, Alien Nackle, and other Alien Magma.
==Cultural References==
===Haitai Nanafa===
A moe anthropomorphism of King Joe appears in episode 20 of anime Haitai Nanafa.
==Merchandise==
===HG Ultraman Series===
*King Joe table cockpit (HG Ultraman Series, 2014)
**Release Date: 2014/7/25
***Shipping Date: 2014/11 (Estimated)
**Material: PVC・ABS
**Age recommendation: 15 years and up
**Size:
***Chair: About 25 X 35 X 95 mm
***Table:
****Diameter: 130 mm
****Height: 80 mm
**Made in: China
As part of the "HG Ultraman Series" gashapon toy celebration, three sets of aliens that had fought the Showa Ultras, Yapool Man, Alien Pedan and Black Directive was released. The set can be sold on available gashapon machines at Japan while shipping would be available in November 2014.
Alien Pedan was released alongside with a table cockpit that used to pilot King Joe.
SoC King Joe.jpeg|Soul of Chokogin King Joe
SoC King Joe Black.jpeg|Soul of Chokogin King Joe Black
1991 King Joe.jpeg|1991 King Joe figure
KJB 1.jpeg|First King Joe Black from Bandai
KJB 2.jpeg|Second King Joe Black from Bandai
710AMOmbFIL. AC UL320 SR228,320 .jpg|S.H.Figuarts King Joe
KingJoeToyJanuary2017Raf01.jpg|King Joe Bandai figure
King Joe eraser.png|King Joe eraser
King_Joe_eraser_2.png|King Joe's second eraser
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