Steve Stinger

> I like money.
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> Steve Stinger

**Steve Stinger** (スティーブ スティンガー *Sutību Sutingā*) is an Alien Darazs businessman, the former founder and CEO of Stinger Industries and the co-executive of Mad Piranha Corps.

## Personality

Sleazy, sly, slick, greedy, blunt, egotistical, pompous and smug, Steve Stinger is one of the slimiest characters to grace Mad Piranha Corps and is essentially "The Starscream" of the group. While Dr. Piranha and his cohorts are pretty silly, Steve Stinger means business and takes his job more seriously. Despite being Dr. Piranha's longtime second-in-command, in truth Steve Stinger loathes Dr. Piranha and sees him as unfit as a leader and plans to takeover as Executive Director of Mad Piranha Corps. However, he never succeeds.

Steve Stinger is notably more quick to criticize Dr. Piranha's plans and snarks on him often, although unlike Ceania, there is no playfulness in sight and only spite. While more competent than his cohorts his luck is immensely terrible, often getting socked around by both his allies and enemies alike. Out of the Mad Piranha Corps members, Steve Stinger is shown to get along with Quadrel the most. Like Dr. Piranha, he too also harbors a strong hatred for GrasshopperMask and KamaMask, although he hates KamaMask more, seeing him as the bigger threat as he's actually competent.

## History

### *Pre-Nokutan Rider*

Prior to joining Mad Piranha Corps, Steve Stinger was once a stock broker Darazs who then evolved into becoming a ruthless businessman who owned a company named after himself known as Stinger Industries, where he practiced very many shady business deals. While already notorious, Steve Stinger's notoriety reached it's peak when he bought a planet (named Planet Cheep) that he drove to it's destruction due to destroying it from poor business decisions, pollution and so on. It's destruction led to subsequent legal battles, resulting in the closure of his own company. Eventually, he met Dr. Piranha and grew to have a successful albeit strained relationship that got them both to Mad Piranha Corps.

## Abilities & Weapons

* **Flight:** Steve Stinger can fly at Mach 13 with his wings.
* **Venomous Stinger:** Steve Stinger has a very deadly stinger that he can use to deliver very lethal does of venom into his opponents if they get too close to him. Smaller doses will make his opponents sick.
* **Human Disguise:** Steve Stinger can take on a human form as means of disguise.
* **Extra Limbs:** Steve Stinger has an extra pair of limbs that he can also retract if he doesn't need them.
* **Acidic Spray:** Steve Stinger can spray a stream of acid from his mouth at his opponents.
* **Mandibles:** Steve Stinger has very sharp mandibles that he can use to bite and tear at his opponents's flesh.
* **Giant Form:** Steve Stinger is able to take on a bigger, more monstrous form.

## Weaknesses

* **Low Strength & Durability:** Steve Stinger has very low strength and durability, meaning his physical combat power is low. Therefore, he relies mainly on his special/long rage attacks.

## Trivia

* Prior to becoming a character for *Nokutan Rider*, he was originally going to be a character used for a *Hazbin Hotel* RP server Gallibon the Destroyer is in.
* In terms of appearance and personality, he was based off Patrick Bateman from *American Psycho*.
* While he in general seems to spoof more Western-themed villains, he is also a parody of Salamander from *Condorman* (1975) (in the sense he's a monster man of high rank whose human form is a businessman) and Mason from *Bioman* (in the sense he's the treacherous second-in-command).
	+ He was also meant to be a parody of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
* Steve Stinger is:
	+ The only core Mad Piranha Corps member to be capable of flight.
	+ The only male core Mad Piranha Corps member to have hair.
	+ The only Mad Piranha Corps member to have a history as a villain prior to Mad Piranha Corps.
* Steve Stinger is set to get his own brand of monsters that are not needed to be made by Quadrel's Monster Making Machine known as "Contract Monsters" soon in the show.
* Like Alien Scunge, Ceania and Quadrel, Steve Stinger did not appear in the original pilot, however a character similar to Steve Stinger appeared instead, named Hisster, who was a cobra/corporate executive themed villain. Unlike Steve Stinger, he was loyal. He was ultimately scrapped in favor of Steve Stinger, however Hisster will still appear at some point in *Nokutan Rider*.