Dr. Pacu

**Dr. Helmut von Paküstein,** better known as **Dr. Pacu** is an evil scientist and a major antagonist in Raymond vs The World and George and Raymond. In the comics, he creates large, over-the-top gadgets that always either malfunction or backfire. His lab assistant is usually Chuck, creating a comedic duo between the two.

## Background

### Early Life

Dr. Pacu was born near Prussia in the Baltic Sea at around 1897. He was the offspring of Brazilian immigrants who were captured and shipped to Prussia in the 1890s. His father was slaughtered and sold as seafood, and his mother died during his birth, leaving the young Helmut orphaned. He was subsequently adopted originally as an exotic pet by a rich, noble family of lions known as the Von Paküstein dynasty, where they named the young boy Helmut.

It was very clear early on that Helmut was a child prodigy, and unlike his parents before him, he was able to gain sentience, allowing him to learn speech and build inventions. Thus, his adoptive parents enrolled him in the top Gymnasium of Germany at that time.

Throughout his years at the Gymnasium, Helmut was constantly picked on and bullied by his fellow classmates due to the fact that he was a fish and required a robotic suit to walk and complete tasks. His original suit was very simplistic and scrawny and gave him little protection. Thus, he began to develop a much bulkier, advanced suit, which would give him much more protection from bullies.He put this suit to the test one day when he attacked his long-time bully Friedrich. The hard metal fists of his suit shattered the boy's rib cage and caused severe internal bleeding, killing him. Because of this, Helmut was expelled from the Gymnasium and abandoned by his family, who now saw him as a failure to their hierarchy.

### World War I

Now homeless and without a family that loved him, Helmut fell into a deep depression and even heavily contemplated suicide. This was until 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, kickstarting the Great War. This motivated a 17-year old Von Paküstein to enlist in the German Army, serving as an infantryman during the beginning war. His officers did not see potential in the fish, and thus did not allow him to promote or seek other occupations.

This humiliated him further as he was not able to put his unorthodox metal suit to use. It became especially devastating when the young fish's suit was damaged, and the tank containing him was shattered, leaving him to die. Thankfully though, he was able to survive by hopping his way into a pond. Thus, he was forced to not only go AWOL, but also abandon his suit. However, he was able to learn martial arts without his suit during this time, such as boxing and wrestling.

When he finally returned to society in a German-occupied Luxembourgish town, he immediately began working on a new suit. He added enhancements to the suit, such as a built-in buzzsaw, flamethrower, and a gun-storage cabinet built into the robot's chest. When he returned to his camp, he found his fellow soldiers being raided and decapitated by French troops. The fish was able to finally prove his worthiness by firing at the French troops with his newly-acquired weapons.

Single-handedly defeating an entire platoon proved to be the young engineer's greatest achievement to date, and he was immediately promoted from the enlisted ranks into the officer ranks. This is where the young scientist felt that he had found his true calling. This is also where his famous nickname, "Dr. Pacu" was finally coined by his fellow officers.

### Post World War I

After Germany had lost WWI, Dr. Pacu had lost his position that he once had due to the falling economy of the country at the time, and he began to work alone in order to avoid being mutinied. He made more modifications to his armor, allowing for more mobility and using a more durable glass that would further protect himself in combat.

### World War II

Proving to be both a skilled warrior and a scientific genius, Dr. Pacu was easily able to climb the ranks of the German military, and, as the 1932 election rolled around, he became a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. After Germany was reorganized into Nazi Germany, Pacu became a member of the SS, where he would become one of the army's top combat and aerospace engineers. Dr. Pacu laid out several plans that he had for German weapons that he believed would help Germany conquer the world. However, Hitler rejected all of these ideas, instead wanting the scientist to focus instead on creating missiles. This heavily disappointed Dr. Pacu as he felt his creative genius wasn't being put to work at all, and thus left the Nazi Party and the German military entirely, instead wanting to create his own inventions.

### Post World War II

Narrowly dodging the Nuremberg Trials, Dr. Pacu sought amnesty in the United States. Eventually being granted such amnesty, the German scientist was hired to work on a top-secret project for the US Government. He was eventually stationed in Tapir Island, the new 51st state, where he remains today.

## In the Comics

Dr. Pacu initially made rare appearances in the comics, where he appeared often times as a villain to Raymond and other characters. He often attempts to torture Raymond or use him as an experiment. He is also associated with Chuck and Bluey, whom he hires to capture the caiman.