Gustavo

Gustavo was a scientist and the main antagonist of Mike & Revio Adventures: Cold War DX, as well as a major antagonist in Mike & Revio Adventures: Lost Men's Madness.

## Biography

Gustavo joined Professor E. Gadd and convinced him to help build a drill, under the guise of wanting to help break through the ice in Cool Cool Mountain. However, as soon as it was finished, he took it to use for his own nefarious purposes.

Gustavo created a combat robot named Blario to absorb everyone in the world. However, this scheme failed when Mike Saber and his companions destroyed the robot. They had also supposedly been led to Gustavo's lab thanks to Homer Kyber and James Starr, but they later learned that it was a decoy lab. Gustavo, elsewhere in his real lab, learned of this, and created Metal Mike to terrorize the Jedi further.

Homer managed to track down the real lab, and attempted to kill Gustavo to avenge LuigiGaming2, who had been killed by IgiulNaf654, one of Blario's creations. However, he was stopped by Schm2000, who teleported Gustavo to a prison cell. Mike went on to destroy Metal Mike.

Later on, Schm visited Gustavo in his cell, and demanded to know if he was working with anyone. Under threats, he confirmed that he had been working for an all-powerful entity known only as Namus, and stated that everything he did up until that point was under his guidance. As Schm was leaving, Gustavo dropped hints that he wouldn't be around much longer, which Schm unfortunately did not catch.

Schm came back to the cell some time later to get some more information, and found that Gustavo had committed suicide with a cyanide pill. He had left a note that read "Death is better than bondage," and his hints finally clicked for Schm, too late. His corpse was later buried in an unmarked grave in the PowerStar Tribe cemetery.

## Powers and Abilities

Gustavo was not known to have any special powers, but he made up for it with his excellent scientific mind, and amazing engineering skills, creating killer robots and powerful drills that could drill through the toughest ice in the Mushroom Kingdom. He was also gifted at dodging espionage, as he set up a decoy lab to give himself extra protection, shaking off even James Starr, who excelled at tracking.

## Personality

Gustavo was a power-hungry, manipulative and narcissistic man. He used his brilliant mind and engineering skills for his own evil purposes, and never stopped at anything. He never gave a single thought to all who had died for his diabolical ends. He was not afraid of death, as he was quick to commit suicide when faced with a lifetime behind bars.

## Trivia

* DJThunderX lost Gustavo's original color code, so a replica made by SecretBlue64 was used for Lost Men's Madness: Chapter 4.
* He is the first villain in the franchise who never directly kills people, preferring to create doppelgangers and robots to do it for him.
* His actions have a lasting impact that shapes the entire franchise.
* His lab being a decoy was written in at the last second by SecretBlue64, as was his suicide at the end.
* His citing of "Death is better than bondage" is a reference to what Erik Killmonger/N'Jadaka said right before pulling the knife out of his chest and bleeding out at the end of Black Panther.