Lie Köpflen

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### Goals

Uncover the truth about his origins.Become the leader of Mess and take over the Earth.

### Crimes

Child militarizationAbuse

Abduction

Unethical experimentation

“ They're running. They're flying. They're swimming. They're shining! They're breathing! All manner of life lives here. This world with such strong signs of life is the ideal place. Great Emperor Lah Deus! Earth is truly a magnificent planet. „ ~ Lie Köpflen identifying Earth and its biodiversity as ideal to be harvested.

**Great Doctor Lie Köpflen** is the secondary antagonist of *Choushinsei Flashman*. He is the geneticist of the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess responsible for operating the Gene Synthesizer.

He was originally the Great Emperor Lah Deus' right-hand man and creator of the empire's generals as well as Beast Warriors by using a keyboard-like device called DNA Synthesizer. The centuries gave Köpflen a god complex as he turns his back on Lah Deus to become the ruler of Mess, eventually becoming the final antagonist of the series.

He was portrayed by Koji Shimizu.

## Biography

### Past

Similar to the Flashman members, Lie Köpflen was born on Earth three-hundred years prior to the start of the series. While he was still an infant, Kopflen was abducted by Lah Deus, who taught him the ways of genetic manipulations in order to groom him into being his ideal assistant to reach his goal of becoming an ultimate perfect lifeform.

To gather genetic samples for his experiments, Kopflen sent Sir Cowler and his Alien Hunters to hunt down children on Earth, abducting those who would become the Flashmen in process. Before the five children could be delivered however, they were rescued by the Flash race and raised to one day fight the Mess.

### Invading Earth

Kopflen would eventually arrive at Earth with the rest of Mess on board Laboh, hoping to conquer it so its genetic material could be harvested. During the Mess' advance attack however, they were fought off by the Flashmen, who returned to Earth to find their parents and defend the planet from Mess.

However, Köpflen had developed a serious God Complex and became bitter towards the Alien Hunters, being dissatisfied with the latter's own way and eventually abandoned them. In addition, he grew distrustful towards Lah Deus and attempted to pry into the secret of his leader's true form. Eventually, after Cowler rebelled against Lah Deus and apparently killed him, Köpflen took over Mess and used Lah Deus' genetics to create Deus Beast Warriors. Kopflen's reign would be cut short when Lah Deus returned from the dead to reclaim his spot as ruler, revealing Kopflen's true identity as an Earth human he abducted. Köpflen refused to hear and threw Lah Deus into Gene Synthesizer, remodifying Lah Deus himself into a Deus Beast Warrior named The Deusura.

After Lah Deus was destroyed, Köpflen used Lah Deus' mask and fused it with Kuragen, creating his final Deus Beast Warrior named The Demoss and attacked the Flashmen with it. Though dying because of the Anti-Flash Phenomenon, the Flashmen were able to destroy the Flashmen before it reached full effect. The Flashmen then confronted Köpflen, killing Leh Näfel in the process. Köpflen made one last attempt to bargain with the Flashmen by using the Gene Synthesizer to turn them back to normal human beings, so that they would never suffer from their malady. However, Sara rejected Köpflen's bargain and destroyed the Gene Synthesizer, starting a chain reaction that crumbled the Mess mothership. When the Flashmen fled in time, Köpflen could only laughed in insanity and despair as he was engulfed by the explosion.

## Trivia

* His name is pronounced "Lee Keflen".
* In some ways, Köpflen parallels the Flashmen as he too was a human abducted by the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess.