Planarian Man
is a half human/half planarian person who spends his time
fighting crime. He was created when a young boy accidentaly cut off the end
of his finger while cutting up planaria in a biology experiment. In a freak
chain of events, a previously-cut planarian attached itself to the exposed
area of the finger (the source of this planarian's extraordinary ability would
be explained much later), permanently attaching itself. Over the years, his
body slowly, yet steadily, changed into a complex mixture of a human and a
planarian. As shown in the second Planarian Man movie, he simply accepted his
body and continued to try to live a normal life. He married, only to lose his
wife soon after the wedding. He tried to cope with the loss by becoming a
superhero at the suggestion of a friend, The Quagga. Together the
two protected the city zoo from thieves and thugs. It kept Planarian
Man's mind
occupied for the time being. But the death of his wife brought on a case of
mental illness, resulting in a suicide attempt. He had tried to end his life
by cutting off his right hand, hoping to bleed to death. Instead, in the
first display of his abilities, his hand grew back, and the hand he cut off
also regrew its missing body, forming the Mad Dr. Planarian.
The Mad Dr.
Planarian is Planarian Man's arch enemy. He was the first clone made
of
Planarian Man and took with him what some would call Planarian Man's id,
also curing Planarian Man
of his mental illness. The insanity itself had actually been the personality
of the Mad Dr. Planarian growing inside Planarian Man's head, just waiting to
get out. When he did get out, he began a streak of terror that was so
devastating Planarian Man nearly died stopping it. The Mad Dr. Planarian has
since become the classic super villain, staying in hiding until he has a new
sinister plan to unleash.
The Masked
Planarian was the second
clone of Planarian Man. He demonstrated the planarian's ability to store
memories chemically when he discovered the location of Planarian Man's secret
headquarters immediately after being "born." Each planarian person has the
memories of its parent planarian up until the point of creation. This can be
both an asset and a liability, depending on the personality of the new clone.
After the clone that would be the Masked Planarian found the headquarters, he
saw a television ad that inspired him to be a masked vigilante. He
conveniently found a costume in a closet and dubbed himself The Masked
Planarian. He first encountered Planarian Man in a battle with the Mad Dr.
Planarian at the restaurant Dairy Chief. The two have been allies
ever since.
The Human
Planarian was the third clone and the second "good guy" to come from
Planarian Man. He was found by elderly superhero Granddaddy
Longlegs and
became his pupil. He learned the art of disguise and also how to handle
himself on the streets of the city. After Granddaddy Longlegs died in battle,
this clone decided to carry on his tradition. Instead of a human dressing up
like a spider like Granddaddy Longlegs did, he decided to be a planarian
dressing up like a human, thus the Human Planarian was born.
The Smart
Planarian is one of the newests clone, but also one of the most
valuable. He
not
only has the incredible physical strength and agility of a planarian person,
but he also has an unmatched intellect. He has helped the Planarian Patrol
battle Blueface the Pirate Planarian and designed and built the
Petri Dish 2000.
The Russian Midget is the only
non-planarian person to ever be on the Planarian Patrol. Planarian
Man and the Russian Midget first met at a birthday part for the 'Midget's
cousin, the Dashing Diminuative of Democracy, also a superhero. The
Russian Midget's most recent task was to head the Planarian Patrol
International, although after the break up of the Planarian
Patrol, he is most often found selling used cars.
The Bavarian Planarian was
one of
the Planarian Patrol Reserves rounded up by the Russian Midget in
Planarian Patrol £2. He was a key figure in defeating Blueface the
Pirate Planarian. The Bavarian Planarian is a cook by nature, and uses
his skills to bake deadly do-gooding doughnuts which explode, release
concussive gases and more! After the break up of the Planarian Patrol,
the Bavarian Planarian took up the chores of running Uranus Boy Land while
Uranus Boy took a vacation.
The Mysterious Cloaked Planarian
Without a Name That Can Do Weird Things, or Bob for short,
had a very brief but important career as a member of the Other Planarian
Patrol. A victim of issue #1, Bob still remains as one of the most
popular Planarian characters despite his relatively non-existant span.
Rumors surface now and then that a man like Bob could not die so
easily...
Sergeant Planarian was
initially a member of the Other Planarian Patrol under Jeff and moved on
to become a founding member of Planarian Patrol: West Coast. His gruff
nature hasn't earned him friends, but it gets the job done. Most of the
time.
Uranus Man is an alien
coincidentally enough from the planet Uranus. He lived in secrecy amongst
earthlings for several decades before his supply of Uranoid (a chemical
which allowed his body to become acclamated to our atmosphere and society
by virtually making him human) became depleted. He recently returned to
his home planet after aiding the Planarian Patrol in issue #2.
Uranus Boy is the son of
Uranus
Man and an earth woman. His actual name is "Snert the Alien from Uranus
II" or "Stafu 2" for short. He is the owner and manager of Uranus Boy
Land, but after the events of Planarian Patrol #2 he has left the park
under temporary control of the Bavarian Planarian.
The Wise Old Planarian Who
Lives on
Top of a Mountain has no real significance as far as most readers
know. All he visibly does is open and close the Planarian Patrol stories.
But considering Planarian Man was the first planarian person and that the
Wise Old Planarian That Lives On Top of a Mountain is elderly, you know
that there has to be more to the story than meets the eye...
The Ninja Planarian has a
much
more formidable reputation in the unprinted world of the Planaria than he
does in the printed. For one thing, all he has done in the comics so far
is get killed. His army of ninja soldiers is second to none, and his
intellect is exceeded only by the Mad Dr. Planarian when it comes to
evilness. And due to the revelations at the end of issue #1, one can
easily deduce that he is still alive somewhere...
Blueface the Pirate
Planarian
was the official Bad Guy of issue #2, and he earned the title. Born in
Uranus Boy Land due to poor sanitation practices, he attacked the outside
world under the misconception that he was a pirate. Blueface's actions
would come to affect the Planarian Patrol in a way that no villain has
ever done before.
The Planarian Patrol After a battle
with Planarian Man aboard his space ship, the Mad Dr. Planarian's escape pod
was launched into the darkness, assumed to be gone forever. By that time of
peace, there was a total of five planarian people still on earth. They were
Planarian Man, the Masked Planarian, the Human Planarian, the Lunar
Planarian,
and the Hydro Planarian. The Hydro Planarian had his headquarters
in the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, the Lunar Planarian was stationed on the moon,
the Human Planarian and the Masked Planarian both operated in the city, and
Planarian Man was still using his original headquarters in the forest. They
would all fight evil independently and help each other out when needed.
One
day a meteorite struck earth. It had landed very close to the Hydro
Planarian's base. He went to examine it and found it to be the Mad Dr.
Planarian's escape pod. There was no sign of the evil scientist anywhere near
it, though. He reported his findings to the other planarian people and soon
after, the Mad Dr. Planarian resurfaced. They realized that a threat like
this could only be successfully met with a team effort, resulting in the birth
of the Planarian Patrol.
After hours and hours of battling and the death of
the Hydro Planarian, the battle had moved its way up to the Lunar Planarian's
moon base. In a selfless move to save the world, the Lunar Planarian
teleported the other members of the Planarian Patrol to earth and then
teleported his base, with the Mad Dr. Planarian and himself still inside, to
the bottom of the ocean. The great amount of artificial air pressure inside
the base combined with the water pressure crushed the building and its
inhabitants, killing the Lunar Planarian and hopefully the Mad Dr. Planarian
too (but of course he didn't die).