Thanatos
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Thanatos (タナトス Tanatosu) is the God of Death and a major villain in Kid Icarus: Uprising. He is revealed to be the reincarnation of Tanatos from the original Kid Icarus, and now serves as Medusa's second-in-command.
Characteristics
Thanatos is shown to be a flamboyant genie with a green skin tone and fish-like characteristics. He has two red eyes with cross-shaped pupils, as well as a large, smiling mouth with blue lips and two fangs. He also has a short, stubby nose, a red jewel embedded in his belly, and a skull ornament at the tip of his head, which also seems to have a mind of its own. Thanatos seemingly wears silver shoulder armor, a red scarf, and a pair of large, genie-like trousers also decorated with yellow and red stripes. In addition, the armor on his shoulders appears to be covered with various branch-like structures that have jewelry hanging from them, as well as bolts of energy swirling around them. Thanatos is also a shapeshifter and has a multitude transformations that he uses during battle, including a doll-like version of himself, a pot with his face in it, and a bat-like creature. He can also change into a cloud of bats to warp around the room he is battled in. In addition, some of his transformations include various items and objects from the game, such as the Atlas Foot and the blade of Magnus.
Appearances
Kid Icarus
Thanatos originally appeared as Tanatos in this game, where he hid in Medusa's hair during the final battle. He was originally though to be a group of enemies rather than a singular character, with the snake form actually being just one of his many transformations.
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Thanatos is the boss of The Seafloor Palace, and undergoes multiple unique transformations during the battle. He later reappears during Lightning Battle, having apparently been revived by Hades due to good health insurance. Thanatos once again takes on his snake form (although described as being a "glow dragon"), but he proves to be no match against the lightning goddess Phosphora, and is defeated once again fairly early in the chapter.
Kid Icarus Anime
Thanatos is the central villain of a trio of Kid Icarus Anime shorts, collectively known as Thanatos Uprising. During the shorts, he attacks a human army and takes control of one of its vessels, which resembles a Trojan Horse Walker. Pit eventually chases Thanatos into the heart of the machine, and causes it to collapse on him. Despite this, the death god reappears at the very end comically yelling "RAGE QUIT" before flying away.
Trivia
- Thanatos has the same origins as the Tanatos enemy from the original Kid Icarus, although the latter was likely a mistranslation of the original name.
- The mistranslated name was referenced in the chapter The Seafloor Palace. Thanatos corrects Palutena for referring to him as Tanatos, stating that he changed his name to Thanatos because the added "H" makes it sound "hamazing".
- Although Thanatos and his Tanatos form look very different physically, they both share certain qualities such as a green skin tone and blue lips.