"Doctor" Hyde Algae

## Human Form

Biology

The color blue

His random transformations (That's more of an annoyance, though)

Hyde Algae (ハイド 藻類 *Haid Sorui*) is (or rather, *was*) a doctor associated with the Soras branch of Reversal's medical department, helping human and Pokemon alike. He was particularly involved with genetics and biology. During Melvin's plan to turn everyone into a Zeratoed, he heard whispers of it among his colleagues. This interested him, being a tad bit too fascinated with the medical fields he worked in. He immediately went to work making a copy formula, using a sample from one of his Politoed clients that showed many recessive genes and a streak of yellow fur that sparked with static. After completing this solution, he took it, and it worked! Only downside was that he transformed from human to Zeratoed at random, so not only did he have to make his own clothes that would change to fit his ever-changing body, he also now has to find a way to control these random transformations... or, at the very least, curb them. He's totally fine being either though, it's just a little annoying, but it's surprisingly not painful at all when switching between forms. What's a lot *more* annoying is that he lost his medical license, likely due to this. His human form is voiced by Natsuki Hanae (Japanese) and [**TBA**] (English) (The former being Nine from *Lord of Heroes*). His Zeratoed form is voiced by [**TBA**].

## Physical Appearance

### Human Form

It's a 50/50 chance someone will see him in his human form. He sports almost the same outfit, a specially made blue bodysuit with white, angular patterns, bags on his waist, and yellow digital clock-like zeroes. He also has a pair of two white bands for both his legs and arms, yellow goggles with a white strap, and yellow shoes with blue highlights coming out from one of his anklets. His skin is obviously tanned, with tan lines visible on several parts of his body. His short, somewhat shoulder-length and fluffy hair is a highlighter yellow, and is his natural hair color. Occasionally, he will wear a custom made white lab coat, with an equally white nametag and pocket, that has wristcuffs and zippers on the shoulders and around the waist to adjust size. He has naturally sharp teeth.

### Zeratoed Form

Much like his human form, it's also a 50/50 chance you will see him like this. One of his most notable changes is his skin tone, going from tan to a *very* blue hued green. His skin is like this because of the Politoed sample he used. Oddly enough, his hands and feet are webbed with slight claw-like nails and pink pawpads, also because of the samples he used. The typical Zeratoed ears look a tad more Zeraora-like, sporting the same colored stripe that is seen in the ears of the mythical pokemon, his being yellow like it's shiny. His tail actually has some fur to it, but it feels like petting a dog with a particularly short, scruffy hide. He wears the same bodsuit (and occasionally coat) as his human form, as it was made specifically to fit him in both forms. Wether or not he can be considered a true Zeratoed is completely up to you, the reader.

## Personality

Hyde can be described as a mad scientist, and he especially was amongst his peers. He has a knack for studying and experimenting, the latter more often than not being on himself. He claims that he "Doesn't know fear" because of this. Outside of his absolutely questionable studies and experiments, he can most accurately be described as a lovable idiot. Making good decisions is absolutely ***not*** his forte. He is surprisingly impulsive, and its highly likely that his Zeratoed form was the result of his impulses. He is also a self described "people-person", talking to just about anyone who vaguely piques his interest, and is especially drawn by people who may or may not also be a Zeratoed. Algae is also known to be friendly to everyone and everyone, and it is often question on wether or not he has the capacity to hate anyone. This personality is the same across both forms.

## Pokémon

**Trainer's Pokemon:** Algae's Poliwrath, Maki

**Debut Episode:** [**TBA**]

**Description:** His starter and loyal pokebuddy. Looks rough and tough but is honestly just a huge love bug. Maki loves pets and cuddles, making her a big softie. She knows submission, dive, hydro pump, and drain punch.

**Trainer's Pokemon:** Algae's Gallade, Scalpel

**Debut Episode:** [**TBA**]

**Description:** Found by Algae as a particularly clingy Kirlia who wouldn’t go down without a fight, especially when his new trainer friend was getting attacked! A protector at heart, and a friend at soul. Complements get to his head. He knows future sight, psycho cut, throat chop, and close combat.

**Trainer's Pokemon:** Algae's Latios (Shiny), Tourmaline

**Debut Episode:** [**TBA**]

**Description:** The runt of one of the few sparse Latias/Latios nests, left to fend for himself after developing a chronic illness. Algae found the struggling runt, finding a proper diagnosis and treating him accordingly. Like a lost dog, the Latios would just not leave the “doctor’s” side, and being the big hearted man he is, he took in the poor rascal. Turns out, the illness has to do with energy emitted from mega evolution, and more research is going into this condition… despite not being a doctor anymore. Ever thankful, Tourmaline is. He knows luster purge, dragon dance, breaking swipe, and psychic.

## Trivia

* Algae's first name, Hyde, is a reference to the book *Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* by Robert Louis Stevenson.
	+ Algae's last name.... Algae, was chosen because of how his hair looks similar to the colored glow a bioluminescent plant, like some species of algae, might give.
* The 00 on Algae's bodysuit refers to the time of day he actually got the copy formula done, which was surprisingly the strike of midnight, or 12:00.
* Algae is half Hoennian, half Alolan.
* He has to legally put quotes (or air quotes) around the title of doctor when referring to himself.

## Gallery

Algae's initial reference sheet.A painting of Algae's humanoid form.A painting of Algae's Zeratoed form.