Alien Pedan

https://m-78.jp/taiga/kaiju/ is an alien race from Ultraseven. A race of aliens known for their highly advanced technology, the Pedan are warmongerers, intent on conquering other planets through the use of their military might, and are best known for being the original creators of King Joe, one of the Ultraman Series' most iconic robots.
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==Conception==
===Etymology===
Their name comes from the katakana translation of the word "Pedantic".
==History==
===Ultraseven===
After an observation rocket sent by TDF to Planet Pedan was mistaken as an invasion attempt, the people of Pedan began retaliate by first sending off their threat to Washington. In the present day, they secretly arrived and kidnapped the American scientist Dorothy Anderson who was on her way to Japan, replacing her with an impostor and destroy identification documents of her escort Melvin Webb. "Dorothy" soon made her way to Japan and assassinate three other foreign scientists that went undercover before taking refuge in UG. After the submarine escort Arthur was destroyed, "Dorothy" escaped when Melvin exposed her and left King Joe to attack the Defense Center in Rokko Mountains.
The next day, Dan Moroboshi confronted "Dorothy" and try to clarify the true intentions of the Earthlings. Seeing through his true nature, she complies and return the original Dorothy amnesiac but double crosses the deal after taking a liking towards Earth's beauty and wanted to take it as their own. The Earth agent already made their move by having King Joe attack the Kobe pier while a troop of spaceships were already on their way. Dan participated and fought as Seven after being duped by the Pedan spy. After King Joe's destruction by the Ryton R30 Bomb (manufactured with the real Dorothy's help), the Pedan agents try to escape with a saucer until Seven gunned them, forcing the rest of the invasion fleets to retreat.
====Trivia====
*Voice actor: Shun Yashiro, Hiroshi Tanabe
*Actress: Linda Hardisty ("Dorothy Anderson")
*The appearance of Alien Pedan were originally silhouetted until a blink-and-you-miss-it scene where Seven open fired on their escape ship with the Wide Shot. This caused the interior to explode and partially exposing the alien himself. He is portrayed as a black wetsuit with a green head and a pair of antennae, which was later clarified by series director Kazuho Mitsuta in 2012.
*In the TNT/Cinar English dub, they are called the Rodanians (no connection to the Toho monster Rodan).
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
The Alien Pedans are a race of aliens at war with Alien Nackles, fighting in an endless battle using King Joes and Black Kings on respective sides. Io Mikura recognized their race for being barbaric, due to their history with Ultraseven and King Joe back in 1967. Dorothy likewise acknowledge this relation too, comparing both Earthlings and Pedan as not too different from one another for their constant war.
:;Alien Pedan elder
An unnamed elderly Alien Pedan was an officer from his planet's military, who piloted a King Joe unit to fight off against several alien saucers. His King Joe suffered heavy damage and was reduced to a head unit before he crash landed on an unnamed planet. Stranded for several years, the elder Pedan continuously fixed the King Joe head and building a hut and a fireplace as his own form of shelter. He also resorted to whatever methods to sustain himself, including eating meats of other monsters such as Twin Tail and Gudon.
One day when Io and his Pigmon companion stranded on that planet as a result of Bullton's power, they met the elderly Pedan who rescued them from the Suflan and invited them to his hut. After providing them hospitality, Pedan noticed Io's Battlenizer when the young boy summoned Gomora to fight off a pair of Satan Beetles and tells him the story behind Alien Reiblood and his reputation across the universe. The next day, Io and Pigmon helped the Pedan in fixing the King Joe head to get it functioning, but the Pedan left the boy and Pigmon after distracting them with fishing duties, as well as Alien Hipporit coincidentally appearing to take their Battlenizer. However while exiting the planet's stratosphere, Pedan reminisces Io's act of kindness and changes his mind, driving the King Joe head to fire on Hipporit before killing the alien in a kamikaze attack. His death was mourned by Io and Pigmon, the two took the time to erect a grave marker out of respect.
:;Alien Pedan soldiers
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Detecting the elderly Alien Pedan's signature wave from his King Joe head, a group of Alien Pedan troops led by Dorothy tracked it to the unnamed planet where they discover his grave marker and immediately inducted Io into their cause to seek his help in turning the tide of their war with Nackle to Planet Pedan's favor, having saved the boy from Yapool's Vakishim with their King Joe Black unit. Despite Yapool promising to leave them alone if they surrender Io, Dorothy's defiance led to Yapool siding with the Nackles. On Planet Pedan, the scientists study Io's Battlenizer and managed to create an artificial copy that can only control monsters, since the original device being too complex due to the mixture of organic and technology. Nackle then unleashed the Black King army and Terrible-Monsters from Yapool's collaboration against the Pedan's King Joe troops. A few Pedans were killed in the line of duty, followed by the rest of Planet Pedan being destroyed when Nackle sent down an EX Tyrant.
:;Adaptation in Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS
In ULTRA MONSTERS, the Alien Pedan are portrayed faceless, with the elderly Pedan was un-adapted to the arcade game. Instead, the featureless protagonist and Pigmon were kidnapped by Alien Pedan fleet in one of their saucers after King Joe Black defeated their Battlenizer monster. En route to their home planet, a lone Nackle and his Black King attacked the fleet, causing some to fell onto a planetoid where the protagonist and Pigmon used this confusion to escape captivity.
====Trivia====
*Designer: Shinji Nishikawa
**Different from the ranks of the Reionics Hunter, the future Pedanians had their armor inspired from Alien Hook, Alien Shaplay and Alien Ghose.Shinji Nishikawa Design Works, pg 133, preview at Amazon
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
Due to the destruction of Planet Pedan brought about by Yapool throwing his lot to the Nackle, surviving Alien Pedan came to the consensus that the Reionics are also to be blamed for their planet's destruction, ignoring their fault at recruiting Io's help to win their war with the Nackle. Survivors then formed the Reionics Hunter and created a time travel device to jump 50 years into the past with the intention of killing all Reionics and (hopefully) avoiding the fate that befell their planet.
===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey===
===Ultraman X===
Alien Pedan are mentioned in episode 11 of Ultraman X. After King Joe lands on Earth and begins assaulting the planet, Gourman theorizes that King Joe is being owned by a group of Alien Pedan, after it is discovered that King Joe's armor has been reinforced with Pedanium.
===Ultraman Geed===
An Alien Pedan reappears in this series as an AIB agent. He, along with his colleagues watched the activities of Kei Fukuide from the AIB base. When Kei discovered them observing him, he destroyed the field agent's disguising device and compromised the mission, leading to the control panel where the alien stood to malfunction.
===Ultraman Taiga===
A Pedan was one of the aliens Homare Soya had to fight before his days at EGIS. 
In episode 17, a few Pedan thugs hunted down Alien Semon Meed, who had stolen a monster-controlling device they had made. Meed went to EGIS to escort him as he knew he was being hunted down, and needed to reach his contact. The Pedans eventually caught up with him, starting a brawl between them and the EGIS members. Kirisaki also killed one of the Pedan thugs and stole their blaster, which he then later used to "accidentally" kill Meed during his arrest. 
===Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond===
An Alien Pedan was one of the lackeys of Professor Gibellus, who set his sights on Earth for his latest experiment. The Tactical Alien also had a King Joe unit which he used to fight Terraphaser and Ultraman Dinas, only for it to be destroyed. During the final battle, the Pedan was knocked out by Gregore Grace, who disguised himself as the former to rescue the trapped GUTS-Select members.
==Data==
==Other Media==
===Kaiju Busters POWERED===
Two known Alien Pedan appeared in this game installment, both of which wears a set of Reionics Hunter armors.
====Larva====
 is a young Alien Pedan that the player encountered in his mission. Despite his rash behavior and pride in his planet's science, he is in fact a Tsundere nice guy to the player.
His rash behavior stems from his frantic and fear of Belial taking over his planet and held the entire population as hostages. After said Ultra defeated, he decided to join the player in maintaining peace in galaxy, at the same time forming a rival/older brother-like figure to the latter.
====Ash====
 is the leader of a Planet Pedan caravan troop. After the player liberated their planet from Ultraman Belial, Ash serve as a supplier to the former.
===Ultra Zone===
The late night series Ultra Zone introduced the character named .
She was originally an Alien Pedan invader who defected after falling in love with a defense force member named Yamamoto. Sometime after marrying him, she was revealed to be 3 months pregnant.
====Trivia====
*Actress: Kei Ishibashi
**Kei herself is known for her portrayal in the Ultraman Series' First Wave of Heisei.
*Her husband Yamamoto is portrayed by Yu Kamio, who would portray Shotaro Kamiki, captain of Xio in Ultraman X.
*She is the first female Alien Pedan not to have her hair colored white and to a lesser extent, copying Dorothy Anderson's archetype.
===ULTRAMAN manga===
An Alien Pedan is revealed to be the leader of an organization called Star of Darkness. He is also in possession of a man-sized combat robot called as Golden Fortress.
==Merchandise==
===HG Ultraman Series===
*Alien Pedan (Seven Generation) (HG Ultraman Series, 2014)
**Release Date: 2014/7/25
***Shipping Date: 2014/11 (Estimated)
**Material: PVC
**Age recommendation: 15 years and up
**Size: About 75 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.
====Notes====
*The picture shown was a prototype as of the actual figure might appear to be different.
*The Alien Pedan that was released in this set was a depiction from their silhouetted appearance in their series.
==Gallery==
===Ultraseven===
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===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey===
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===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
Male Pedanian soldier.png|Armored Alien Pedan (male) in Ultra Adventure.
Female Pedanian soldier.png|Armored Alien Pedan (female) in Ultra Adventure.
Dorothy_and_King_Joe_Scarlet_by_MASH.png|Dorothy and King Joe Scarlet (art by Shinji Nishikawa).https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/248372
===Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond===
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===Miscellaneous===
reionics_hunter_dail.jpg|Reionics Hunter Dail
Pedan alien.png|The classic Alien Pedan in the stage show.
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Screenshot (163).png|Alien Pedan's "Dorothy Anderson" disguise in Ultraseven manga
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==References==
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