Eddie Plant

"It's totally tubular!" -Eddie Plant

Eddie Plant, better known as The Fire Blaster, is a well known video game "champion" turned criminal who eventually joined the Arcaders in their mission to stop video game-shaped aliens from conquering Earth.

### Early Life

In his early days, Eddie was an avid video game player, but he was never good at any of the ones he played. As a result, his friends always made fun of him growing up. One day, he had enough, and decided to learn the mystic art of cheat codes in order to seem better. His friends started to love him, and always asked him to beat games for them. Because of how fast he seemed to press buttons, he earned the name "The Fire Blaster"

### The Fire Blaster

Now very well known the world over as The Fire Blaster, Eddie Plant became a video game champion in the early 1980s. His accomplishments include beating Sam Brenner at Donkey Kong, leading Sam to believe he sucked at the game for his whole life. Eddie later turned to crime, and eventually became a member of The Arcaders.

###### PAC-MAN battle

During the Arcaders' battle with PAC-MAN, Eddie was able to use the PAC-MAN super speed cheat code and defeat the yellow monster with ease (It is unknown how Eddie input the code into the car, allowing for it to achieve super speed, as well as not being PAC-MAN himself in this scenario).

### Aftermath

After the Arcaders defended New York from alien invaders in the original Pixels, Eddie decided he had enough of saving the universe for one lifetime and went off the radar. He figured out in secret that he had the super power of cheating. He initially used this ability to get high government clearance. With this clearance, he was able to co-found S.H.I.E.L.D. with peers Peggy Carter, Hank Pym, and Howard Stark. After this, he decided to hop between alternate universes and take on alternate personas in said realities.

### Days of Future Past Timeline

The first time Eddie realized he could hop between alternate realities is when he transported himself using an out of bounds cheat. After he realized his cheat powers needed to recharge, he decided to use his government clearance cheat again, and decided to write plans to kill minorities known as mutants for fun (at this time, he went by the name 'Trask'). He worked with Quest Aerospace on a design document for 'Sentinels', giant mutant hunting machines that deal with mutants. A decorated member of the United States military agreed with Eddie on a lot of his points about mutants being a menace to society, however the project wasn't greenlit at this time due to lack of funding.

### Spider-Man

Eddie once had a brief stint impersonating the superhero known as Spider-Man. However, this didn't last for long, as he was too short to be convincing.

### Miles Finch

After all the senseless violence in the public eye, Eddie decided to become a wholesome children's author. During this time, he went by the name Miles Finch. He left the children's book industry when some guy called him an angry elf.

### Pixels 5

In Pixels 5, Eddie returned in the year 2099, impersonating the YouTuber named Markiplier. Eventually, Eddie was outed for being much too short to be Mark. Realizing there's no point in continuing fake identities any longer (in addition to realizing he was back in his native universe), Eddie reveals his true identity.

### Meeting the True Markiplier

When Markiplier killed the Sweeping Man, it was all over the news. When Eddie learned about this, he felt immediate adoration and looked up to the new criminal.

### Trivia

* Peter Dinklage was one of the most praised parts of the original Pixels.
* When Pixels 2 was released, audiences were cited as being "disappointed that Dinklage did not return"
* The decision to retcon Eddie to be every version of Peter Dinklage in every movie ever was made because of the fan outcry for Eddie to return to the franchise. Director Chris Columbus was quoted on the subject, saying "I guess if that's what they want".
* Eddie's eventual return in Pixels 5 was mind-blowing, since it was never advertised.