Professor Venomous

I am vengeance. I am the night. I am V-MAN!

### Aliases

Laserblast (Formerly), Professor Venomous, Boss (By Fink), Pops (By Turbo), Big Boss (By Sandy), One Blade (By Cattus)

### Relatives

Carol (Ex-Wife), K.O. (Son), Fink (Minion/Step-Daughter), Boxman (Boyfriend)

### Affiliation

Voxmore (Formerly Boxmore), Secret Toon Force, Cattus the Ultimate

### Enemies

Just About Every Hero in OK K.O., The Syndicate, Toon God/Mawgu Virus, Black Hat

## Production Information

### Other Appearances

Toon Wars: Shorts

Professor Venomous (Formerly known as Laserblast) is a supervillain from OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes and the main character of Toon Wars Legacy's Venomous Syndicate. He was once a superhero for the P.O.I.N.T. organization famous for his energy-based powers typically drawn from his helmet. But due to his insecurities about being weaker or having less abilities than his comrades, he began experimenting trying to gain new powers only to accidentally lose what he already had. He then abandoned his hero-identity and would pursue a life of crime, becoming a shareholder and eventual owner of Boxmore thanks to his experiments and contributions to the villain circuit. He also found and raised an anthro named Fink into becoming his personal minion and even learned the existence of a son, K.O., whom he had with his ex-wife Carol from his time at P.O.I.N.T.

Around this era, an alter ego of his created on accident from one of his experiments called Shadowy Figure had manifested itself in physical form like a werewolf whenever Venomous was at his weakest. He took advantage of his knowledge on different substances and the criminal circuit when he discovered an energy source known as Glorbs, using them to give villains even more destructive capabilities and to manipulate K.O. into becoming a monster due to his own insecurities. It was also by now that the Toon Wars began and Venomous saw the Syndicate army as a threat to his and Lord Boxman's work. He reluctantly joined a top secret division of the Toon Force to disable key Syndicate operations within the criminal market, finding himself working closely with Cattus the One Blade throughout the war. By the end of it, when the Mawgu Virus spread across the cartoon multiverse, Venomous was slowly corrupted but didn't become a monster like a majority of the heroes and villains of his world due to his Shadowy-half and physiology. Deleting his normal persona would have transformed him into Shadowy Laserblast; an all-powerful enforcer for the Toon God along the lines of the Toon Goddess. It was thanks to the efforts of an unleashed Turbo K.O. and Fink that they were able to save him before he was deleted along with the world with his parting words being that he was proud of them. It was also thanks to them and the Toon Force that he and all of reality would be restored following the Toon God's demise.

Once his Shadowy side took over, Venomous was unable to stop himself from being completely consumed by darkness, unleashing Shadowy Venomous and T.K.O. on the world. He intended to use his son as a weapon to drain the lifeforce of every being on Earth and become the ultimate evil. But in his moment of triumph, he was killed by the same weapon he knew as his son, freeing Venomous from him. Although he too would be drained by T.K.O., this wouldn't last as everyone was restored thanks to a perfected, balanced K.O.

By the time of Venomous Syndicate many years after the original series, Venomous continued to run Voxmore with Boxman to a smaller capacity but was secretly being hunted by members of the same crime circuit Shadowy used to manage, now ruled over by Black Hat. Due to his part in the Horde Syndicate's development, giving Cyber Catra artificial glorbs to fuel her forces around the time Shadowy was still alive, the Professor was also being searched for by the Toon Force for prosecution, as well as new heroes from his own world as a priority target. After a failed assassination when he met up with Cosma at his facility, Cattus, now king of Lyvsheria, rescued them and saw the potential in them defeating Black Hat, with it being Venomous' intention to retake his criminal enterprise when he topples the head supervillain. Reluctantly though with purpose, the Professor became an acolyte of Cattus and would form his own syndicate to get to the bottom of everything.

## Appearance

Before the show, Laserblast was a tall, muscular man around the upper region of his body with broad shoulders and a prominent square jaw. He wore tank top and a pair of pants, fingerless gloves, and long boots with a red and black color scheme. But perhaps the most noticeable part of his outfit was the helmet with small cat-like ears and a wide red visor matching the stripe around his costume.

As Professor Venomous, he became slender with lilac skin (due to an experiment trying to get his powers back). He has black, spiky, slicked-back hair, a thin mouth with thin eyebrows, and dark purple eyelids. His nose is pointed and has dots representing stubble along his chin and lower jaw. His attire consists of a white coat with matching boots, a navy blue turtleneck underneath his coat, and black pants.

This look was carried over to Venomous Syndicate, but by now, his hair has a light streak visible to the side in some shots due to age. This streak also seems to have popped up in the waves over his forehead along with two thick strands poking out from his widow's peak. For a majority of the story, while he hasn't ditched his original attire, he is seen wearing a One Blade uniform which was originally an exact copy of Cattus' old look from Mighty Magiswords. However, has hyper modified it to fit a dark trenchoat with heavy shoulder guards able to connect a long red cape. He's also equipped with a holster for his Magisword, shaped like a traditional longsword but with the same powers as the Whirlwhind.

One small difference from how he was in the show is that his eyes were slightly yellow due to his experiment which gave him lilac skin. But in Venomous Syndicate, his eyes are a normal yellow. This was said to have been a coloring error early on in the project's development, but it was kept since it fit the character's physical changes as the story progressed. He's also noticeably broad, having more muscle thanks to his training with Cattus, albeit less bulky compared to his old hero persona.

## Personality

During the original series and carried over to Toon Wars: Shorts, Venomous was an incredibly calm and firm individual with an intellectual, albeit antagonistic worldview. When he met Boxman, he at first found his eccentricity and drive to destroy Lakewood Plaza to be annoying until he felt the thrill of loosening his restraints and going full-on evil for the fun of it. This coupled with his minion's attachment to other villains and heroes alike caused him to take his antics to a more calculative extreme, using his intellect along with Boxman's love of chaos to make Boxmore a major threat to the planet. At times, due to the influence of his darker side, he grew increasingly exhausted to the extent that he accidentally shouted at Boxman and Fink who both took notice of his odd behavior. However, he typically snapped out of it and apologized none the wiser on why he wasn't feeling right. It wouldn't be until K.O. and Fink revealed that Shadowy Figure was behind it, prompting Venomous to investigate how to erase his alter ego. Unfortunately, even with Venomous planning to defeat him, he was unable to stop himself from desiring actual superpowers again, allowing Shadowy to take full control and exploit his persona to create Shadowy Venomous. This, fortunately, did not last very long as T.K.O. expelled the mastermind from his father's body and destroyed him. After this moment, Venomous was even willing to let T.K.O. finish him off if it meant stopping his rampage on the world and cried out to Fink when she got in the way to save him.

This instance of vulnerability wouldn't be the first time he's done this as in Turbo your Fellow, he nearly deleted by the Mawgu Virus while trying to preserve the backup generator in his office, giving Fink and Turbo a power source to escape the facility. Like in the series, Shadowy was able to take complete control of his host's body, transforming it into a more ideal version of its original form: Laserblast. Seeing Turbo and Fink work together to defeat him, and seeing them exceed the limits of their cartoon however, Venomous broke free and allowed them to destroy Shadowy for good. This gave him enough time to tell them he was proud of them both before expiring due to the virus' programming.

In spite of everything described above, Venomous has remained a caring father and loving husband, taking Fink under his wing when he found her in a sewer and embracing K.O., acknowledging him as his son. As Cosma, Boxman, and even Cattus would point out on the other hand, perhaps his only weaknesses are his insecurities over being weaker than other heroes or lacking any power at all hearkening back to his time as Laserblast.

It wouldn't be until Venomous Syndicate during the flashforward of the finale to the main cartoon that the Professor was finally able to master himself, letting go of his fears to become a One Blade like Cattus. At first, like with Boxman, he was apprehensive, often questioning or second-guessing different lessons and advice. But even before training could fully commence, he was far more open to learn and stoop to a student's level if it meant protecting his loved ones from Black Hat; even going so far as to shield Cosma when she was struck in a failed assassination meant for him.

## Abilities

* Snake-like Maneuverability: Venomous is extremely quick when met face to face against attackers, often swerving, bobbing, and weaving to avoid blows that would otherwise demolish him. In motion, he tends to move like a snake (even hissing at Carol and Boxman briefly).
* Great Intellect: During his hero years, Laserblast took a fondness of chemistry, which became both a benefit and a detriment as it not only created Shadowy, but also removed his powers. The experiments that worked, however, quickly granted him wealth and notoriety, putting him in a shareholder's position and eventually giving him the means to exploit powers and build new weapons with Boxman and Fink.
* Magisword Proficiency: As of Venomous Syndicate, the Professor has learned the art of Magsiword-combat, primarily using a customized version of the Whirlwind Magisword to perform different strategies based around air.
* Clever Wordplay: Even with his mutation, there were many similarities between his current persona and his original heroic identity. However, those who've spoken to him were never able to tell based on his wording, which was often used to manipulate heroes and villains into doing his bidding or causing a momentary breakdown; the latter of which was used by his Shadowy alter ego to get under K.O.'s skin.

## Trivia

* Professor Venomous along with Cosma, Fink, and Turbo K.O. is one of Frozarburst's favorite characters from OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes
* Venomous was voiced by Steven Ogg who voiced Trevor Philips from *Grand Theft Auto V*, often leading to jokes by Frozar saying Trevor is what happens if Venomous fell into a drunken stupor.
* In early production of Venomous Syndicate, the One Blade outfit the Professor wore didn't include the trenchcoat and cape. They were both added in a few months before release.
* Venomous at times reacts like an actual snake, once dramatically transforming into a rattlesnake and hissing at someone.
* Frozar noticed Laserblast has a similar hairstyle to Danny Phantom's sparking some debate that had he not been insecure about his strength and powers, he might have looked somewhat closer to Danny in the series.
* The line in the Big Reveal "I am your father" was lifted directly from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
* When Simone smacks Venomous off a cliff, for a moment, he looks like he's dabbing. Let's just say he likes to go out in style