Synapse

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Pierre Baton (French)

Synapse **(Teknocratus in French/NA Dub)** is an engineer and the brains of the kruds.

## Appearance

Synapse is a blue and yellow weevil with black goggles and a cone nose with four rings connected to it. He has leopardprint patterned elytra and thorax, and long antennae that look similar to a trident wand. The central point on the top of his head is meant to resemble a weevil's rostrum.

## Personality

Synapse is intelligent and usually remains calm and neutral when other Kruds are ill-tempered and volatile. He is mostly seen with Draffsack, giving out advice and suggestions to his underlings and Queen Katheter. He greatly enjoys designing and building war machines; he plans them meticulously using miniatures. A lot of his machines are highly flawed and easily turned against the other Kruds by Flynn, but Synapse does learn from his mistakes.

When his inventions break down or are sabotaged, he investigates them to reflect on what went wrong. It's possible Synapse cares more for his machines than he cares for other Kruds, as he is very protective over his smaller inventions and miniatures. It's quite rare for Synapse to express his emotions; he has a near permanent half-lidded lazy expression and flat tone of voice. However, he has demonstrated more expressive displays of fear and joy, usually in the presence of pollen. He admires things such as the snowflakes from his cloud clearer.

His original name, Teknocratus, is derived from the word 'Technocracy'. A technocracy is a system of government where experts in scientific fields have control over society. As the smartest Yuk in Yukdom (or at least, within The Stump), Teknocratus is something of a technocrat himself. He holds considerable power over the other Yuks as their only known doctor and engineer.

## Relationship

### Magus

He and Magus were once colleagues, not much is known about their life apart they've been inventing things and getting along. In Krud Konfession, He tells Flynn that Magus was a good scientist, while he doesn't have any major involvement before Magus's capture, he knows Magus refuse to make weapons for war and how it will make him ill if overworked.

## Episode Appearances

### Season 1

* The MusiKal Kolour Gun
* FrogBuKket
* The ResKue
* The BlaKk Planet
* The Daffiodil Kollektor
* The MeKhaniKal Digger
* The Weather ForeKast
* Klose Enkounters
* The DiplomatiK Bridge
* Godfrey's Sekret

### Season 2

* Krud Konfession
* SiKk at Heart
* If Khickens Could Fly
* AthletiKs
* The Komet
* Ruling Klasses
* AKKused
* EpidemiK
* The Kure
* Sparkie and Co
* A Spektre Kalls
* The Kave (Flashback Only)

### Specials

* No Presents for Khristmas
* Insektors The Game (Character Selection Only)

## Trivia

* Overall in the series, Synapse has invented 16 machines.
* In the UK VHS covers and the Insektors Annual Book, He is named is spelled as Sinapse.
* He was coloured seven times. Which is also the same amount as Fugg and Wasabi.
* When coloured he would be shown either Blue or Yellow.
* He is the only krud to get coloured more than once in a single episode, which is shown on No Presents for Khristmas.
* Synapse technically has two noses: the cone nose attached to his face, and the decorative rostrum on top of his head.