Melvin Nightsworth

## Human Form

Pokémon

### Friends

Giro [Formerly], Team Bleed [Formerly], Luis, Eli, Ivan, Mirandda, Sara, Professor Davies, Raven, Henry, Korra Leon, Etai, Joyce, and Travis

### Enemies

Eli and the gang [Formerly], Giro Nightsworth

### Likes

Evil laughs, monologuing, planning, Zeratoeds, science, magic, oran berries, and people who treat him with respect.

### Dislikes

Getting treated as a pet, being called "cute," purring, his father, stress, and his plans going awry.

Melvin Nightsworth (Japanese: メルビン・ブラックハート *Merubin Burakkuhaato (Melvin Blackheart)*) is the main (and former) antagonist of Pokémon Soras Adventures who, instead of taking over the world, decides to create a human/Zeratoed master race. Unfortunately, his plans had backfired when Eli came to stop him and gave him a taste of his own medicine, turning him unintentionally into an impure Zeratoed due to having little to no heart in him. In headcanon, he is voiced by the Japanese and English voice actors for Roger Clifford from Detective Pikachu.

## Physical Appearance

### Human Form

Melvin has pale tan skin, unusually purple eyes and short black hair that's a bit greased up. Like Eli, he sports a vandren lab coat with a star button in the middle that the Aether Foundation employees used to wear before switching to a clothing-like attire. He has a grey name tag with his name on it and a pen pocket with three pens in a specific color order (purple, red, and then blue) on the upper part of his lab coat. On the back, it has an upside down V-like snip in the middle and acts like a cape when running. Below his lab coat, Melvin is seen wearing casual grey jeans, white socks, and black shoes.

### Impure Zeratoed Form

When Melvin was turned into an impure Zeratoed, he became so small that his lab coat or any clothing for that matter cannot fit him anymore. He had became four legged, with his hands and feet becoming paws. His fur is green with a tan lightning bolt on the back and a fluffy tail that's the same color of his fur. Surrounding his neck is even more fur to where it kind of looks like a scarf. He now has a muzzle where his nose once was and big cat-like ears that poke out of his black hair.

## Personality

### Human Form

Back when Melvin was human, his personality was similar to any stereotypical monologuing villain. Unlike his father who is a master manipulator, he is pretty bad at hiding plans when he gets really close to succeeding. Because he was blessed with a handsome voice, he somehow is able to sway some people despite him being revealing. Unlike most stereotypical villains, however, Melvin plays it cool when revealing his plans and has some level of control over these traits. He is egotistical, intelligent, goal-focused, and very cold at heart.

### Impure Zeratoed Form

Now that he looks like a tiny Pokémon, Melvin has become quite vulnerable, soft, and is even more open than his human counterpart when it comes to belting out emotions or plans. He is a little more scared and grumpy due to having a cuter appearance. Because he had abandoned his evil ways, Melvin uses his intelligence and laser-focus on goals to help Eli and the gang out, like when he used his knowledge on magic to help Korra out with his Pichu curse.

## History

### Before the Aether Foundation

Melvin was born from Lily and Giro Nightsworth, but since his father was half Giratina, he had unusually unnatural purple eyes. He didn't know much about his mother since she was killed off by his own father due to wanting him to grow up as evil as he was. Since he was taught to be bad instead of good by his father and never went to school, Melvin's moral compass became messed up and thought that doing awful things was good. Despite not going to school, Melvin was an extremely bright kid due to having the supernatural genes of his father enhancing his brain power, and was able to speak fluently at age 2 and eventually read and write at a 6th grade level by the age of 3. Because of his ability to read really well, Melvin only had a taste of what true goodness was from literature and TV shows. He was also really obsessed with natural Zeratoeds, with how powerful they are despite being small and how vicious they were when feral. Sadly, he never had any friends to share his knowledge with due to his father constantly isolating him or making him manipulate and kill his friends. When Melvin turned 10, his father had given him a Noibat to train up to do his bidding, but Melvin saw his own partner Pokemon as his only friend rather than a slave. Secretly, despite slowly liking his evil nature, all he ever wanted was to have a normal life and a normal dad to play catch with. Every time he asked his dad about this, he was shunned with a "Not now, my little Distortion World-spawn. Daddy's really busy with evil stuff at the moment." Once he became a teenager, Melvin finally had a plan and goal in mind that wasn't world domination based like his father's was: To transform everyone into Zeratoed/human hybrids because they were the master race that humans could be all along. His father was all for this plan and suggested to work at the Aether Foundation to manipulate others into achieving his goal; the only catch being he wasn't allowed to fail, else his father would be disappointed in him.

### Aether Takeover

After a bit of applying, Melvin had finally got accepted into the Aether Foundation. This was his chance for him to make his father proud so he could start being a normal, good dad like he always wanted. From there, he met Eli Wolftree, a quirky, bubbly, naive woman who joined the foundation a few weeks after Melvin did. Although he found her annoying at first, Melvin could use her as the first test subject in his plans to turn everyone into a Zeratoed, and when hearing that she was making a cure-all potion, this made his chances of succeeding even higher than he thought he would get. Once nighttime fell and Eli was asleep, Melvin sneaked into her room and placed the Zeraora fur and Politoed spit into her potion, which blended in perfectly without a trace. And a few hours later, the plan worked. Eli was now a Zeratoed/human hybrid like he envisioned. However, he kept low and decided not to tell her that he did this, outright lying to her by saying she put in the wrong ingredients in and that there was nothing she could do to cure her form. However, there was a bit of good in him that made him feel bad about doing this to her, since she was the only person at the foundation that treated him like a good friend. Regardless, he still persisted and shook off the feeling. Besides, his ultimate goal was to achieve his plans so he could live the life he always wanted. After Eli ran away, Melvin used the leftover potion that the former Aether lady didn't take along to place into everybody's drinks, turning them all into Zeratoeds as well. After Lusamine found out the culprit, she pulled the man aside to ask why he was doing this. And with the powers of easy manipulation given by his father, he told her that this was all a part of the greater good for the human race to properly interact with Pokemon and become one with nature itself. And with that, he spared Lusamine of her Zeratoed fate and became the new assistant of the foundation, spreading his Zeratoed potion around disguised as an energy drink to quote, "Bring you closer with your Pokemon."

### Melvin's Downfall

Things seemed to be going well with his Zeratoed transformation plans. Half the population of Alola had turned into Zeratoeds (this does not include Eli's parents), and was now about to spread his potion worldwide by dumping it into every region's water supply. His first destination: A hidden region right below Unova called the Soras region. If he succeeded, he could be able to take out two Pidgeys with one stone. Along the way, he transformed a couple victims into Zeratoeds casually as different aliases, including Henry. But unfortunately, he was cornered by Eli and the gang after he transformed Professor Davies' parents into Zeratoeds. The Zeratoed-obsessed man was just about to fly away and have Noivern attack the crew, but they were too strong for him. For the first time in forever, he was stuck; defeated by the heroes of this tale. Melvin had became furious and insane. How could he lose to these cotton candy hearted losers!? And so, Melvin was about to get a taste of his own medicine... He had seemingly transformed into a normal Zeratoed. This annoyed him beyond belief, since he wanted to transform himself after everyone else was. And so, he was at the mercy of Eli and the gang, being leashed up to not be noticed by the general public and run away. But the transformation didn't end there. He suddenly wanted to walk on all fours to make himself look more pet-like, but in reality, it was starting to be the more comfortable way of getting around. And after curling up to fall asleep under a table in Mirandda's Mom's Restaurant, Melvin had slowly transformed into an impure Zeratoed while he slept; growing fur, having his cat-like ears positioned upward to make himself look like a cat Pokemon, his hands and feet became paws, his nose became a muzzle, his tail became fluffy, and shrank down to a mere foot. His internal skeleton also adjusted itself to look more cat Pokemon-like rather than human. After waking up, something felt different about himself, but was dragged to the gang's hotel before he could think about what just happened.

### Melvin Reborn

After they had reached the hotel, Melvin had realized he had transformed into an impure Zeratoed, all because his heart was filled with nothing but darkness, just like his father's, and nothing could ever cure himself, even if he turned good. Embarrassed about what he's become, both physically and mentally, he decided to give into true goodness, but also try and cure himself on the side, because he believed nothing was impossible. A few shenanigans later, Melvin was given permission by Eli to cure himself at her lab. Despite looking like a quadruped being, he was able to adjust to his form just fine and find ways to move stuff around even though he didn't have hands anymore. After a bit of testing and research, he realized that curing himself was impossible, as he was starting to become more and more Pokemon-like by the day. He even lost his taste for normal food in favor of Oran berries. After a nightmare regarding a stern confrontation with his now-dead father, he decided to abandon his evil ways and try to be good for a change, even trying to say "friend" correctly due to it not being in his vocabulary. Overtime, Melvin became a decent person, or Pokemon, to be around, and even when he had a few chances to escape, he chose to stay because something in him wanted to be near his new friends and protect them. He had truly felt goodness in his heart, and seeing that he was rewarded by his friends for his deeds made him feel like he was accepted by his peers and finally felt like he belonged.

## Abilities (Impure Zeratoed Form)

As an Impure Zeratoed, Melvin shares similar yet different quirks compared to their much-similar cousin.

**Increased Durability -** As an Impure Zeratoed, Melvin can survive and land from large distances and regenerate any scratches below his fur caused by it.

**Non-Senescence -** Like any other Zeratoed, Melvin can now live up to 500 years.

**Night Vision -** Whenever the area she is in gets dark, Melvin will be able to see as clearly as he would in the daytime without any restrictions on his vision.

**High-Pitched Squeaking -** Unlike normal Zeratoeds, Melvin's voice does not change as an impure Zeratoed, but he is still capable of squeaking like one. In fact, to the not-so-sensitive ear, they would only be able to hear him squeaking because he is now mostly a Pokémon.

**Feral Nature -** Like any Zeratoed, when Melvin gets insulted or stressed out multiple times to the point of piling up on him, he will temporarily lose his humanity and behave like a feral wild animal. This unfortunately can't be controlled by the user and will need to be reversed by a Pokémon with psychic or mind-manipulating powers like Mewtwo or Marshadow to bring him back to normal.

**Height Permanence -** Like Eli, Melvin cannot get any bigger or smaller through any means (including shrinking/growth rays), and is pretty much stuck at that height forever.

**Glowing Saliva and Vomit -** Melvin is able to produce glowing green saliva from his mouth instead of the clear spit humans make. Thankfully, it is not radioactive, and the only difference from regular spit is that it glows in the dark. His vomit also takes on the same color as his spit, except without all the gross chunks normal barf would have.

**Cold Resistance -** Due to his thick fur, Melvin can now survive any cold temperature. All his body does in response to the cold weather is shiver, but this does not mean he is suffering from the cold.

**Heat Resistance -** Melvin can endure any warm temperature without needing any water or sunscreen. He is also immune to mirages and warmth-related illnesses like heat syncope.

**Regeneration -** When Melvin suffers a fatal injury, he can regenerate any body parts that have suffered a lot of damage. However, it takes around 10 seconds for a body part to regenerate, regardless of what it is.

**Feral Tastes and Hyper Consumption -** Because Melvin is an impure Zeratoed, his former human tastes have now gone away in favor of Pokémon ones like Oran and Sitrus Berries. He is now able to eat large amounts of food much faster than normal despite having a small stomach, but the digestion process is rather slow, so his body tells him to instinctively burn off the weight by forcing himself to run around all over the place until he is tired.

**Purring and Purr-like Snoring -** Like Eli, Melvin will purr in his sleep regardless of nightmares and when happy or being petted.

**Increased Jumping Power -** Due to being half Politoed and extremely lightweight, Melvin is able to jump twice as normal than a regular Zeratoed. However, this requires him to get into a jumping position to do so.

**Enhanced Hearing -** Because of his cat-like ears, Melvin is able to hear things clearly, understand Pokemon, and pick up sensitive sounds like those in ASMR videos. Unfortunately, this heightened sensitivity in hearing leaves him vulnerable to really loud noises or even dog whistles.

**Super Scent -** As an impure Zeratoed, Melvin now has an enhanced sense of smell due to gaining a rather wet muzzle. Because he can smell more than your average Zeratoed, he can detect and lock onto not just food, but people through their aura and can sense whether or not they are good or bad people. However, when he is hungry, his nose will only pick up food until he's satisfied of his appetite.

**Pokemon Moves -** Because he is mostly a Pokémon now, Melvin can learn up to four moves from the Politoed and Zeraora lines except for Plasma Fists (since, well, he has paws now). However, he prefers not to have any Pokémon moves, mainly because he doesn't know yet that he has any to begin with.

## Trivia

* Despite being a common name, Melvin's first name specifically came from a character of the same name from Uncle Grandpa.
* Although at first Melvin was a stereotypical villain with no redeeming qualities, Eli the Zeratoed decided to flesh him out and give him a backstory as time went on because she believes that there is good in everyone, even in the darkest of hearts.
* Melvin as a character is loosely based off of Roger Clifford from Detective Pikachu due to them being friends of the protagonist before turning on them to fulfill their malicious desires. They even share the same voice actor in headcanon.
* Melvin's design looks rather similar to Laserblast's from OK KO, but that is merely coincidental.

## Gallery

A more recent design of Melvin in a meme.