Lord Fear

"For Lord Fear villain in Knightmare see Knightmare"

Lord Fear is a fictional character from the BBC television programme, Ace Lightning. Acting as the primary antagonist for the first season, and a secondary for the second, Lord Fear is portrayed as being the arch nemesis to the show's protagonist, Ace Lightning. A 352-year old skeletal mastermind and villain, Lord Fear leads a small band of villains, their homebase located within the gloomy Carnival of Doom. Lord Fear's aim is to conquer all dimensions by gaining the powers of the Amulet of Zoar, but after a battle between him and Ace Lightning, the Amulet was shattered and opened a portal to Earth, where the events of the series take place. Lord Fear is not without his weaknesses, crippled with a limp in his right leg which he gained after being accidentally injured by Ace. Lord Fear holds a personal grudge against Ace for this, as well as previously imprisoning him in the Sixth Dimension. Lord Fear battles with Staff Head, a winged frog creature perched on a staff who can fire energy blasts. Lord Fear is very wise and intelligent, but has very little knowledge of Earth's cultures.

Abilities

* Lord Fear has a Mister Fantastic-like ability, allowing him to stretch his limbs to great lengths, and wrap them around his foes and suffocate them in a move like a boa constrictor.
* Lord Fear appears to have impressive skills in both organ playing and golf.
* Staff Head, Lord Fear's loyal weapon, can fire energy blasts from the orb on his head at foes.
* In the Ace Lightning videogame Lord Fear has the power to revive his defeated minions at will.

Staff Head

Staff Head is Lord Fear's loyal servant and apparently only friend, also doubling as a weapon and a walking stalk. Staff Head is fanatically loyal to Lord Fear and resembles a fat winged toad perched on a bone-shaped stick carrying a glass orb in his hands. He can fire energy blasts from this orb during battle. His stiff wooden body can also move about like a snake's, although this ability to removed in Season 2, when Staff Head's physical appearance is altered to look for realistic.

Staff Head is a rather proud person and something of a boot-licker to Lord Fear who usually agrees with him but does occasionally snap at Staff Head when angry. Staff Head seems to look down at the rest of the villains and also seems to have a hatred for Lady Illusion. He often insults Duff Kent and Dirty Rat, who are usually the primary targets of Lord Fear's rage. Staff Head apparently has a cousin named Benny, who he compares to a tree branch when in a forest.

Staff Head arrives on Earth with Lord Fear and his small band of villains, Staff Head tripping up Ace so Lord Fear can wound him. Staff Head immediately expressed signs of superiority to Duff upon first meeting, which led to him making empty threats to Duff (e.g. "Speak to Lord Fear only when spoken to, understood?"). Staff Head's role was limited in the first season, often being in "sleep mode" where he didn't seem to be alive, only as a figurehead on Lord Fear's staff. Staff Head eventually learnt about Lady Illusion's affair with Ace Lightning when he spotted her kissing a frozen Ace. He revealed he knew of it and blackmailed Lady Illusion into doing his dirtywork, otherwise he'd spill to Lord Fear. Lady Illusion had no choice but to comply. On Fear's day of triumph, Lady Illusion got so aggitated with Staff Head that she strangled him right in front of Lord Fear who didn't seem particularly bothered. Staff Head was the first of the villains to die when Mark located and destroyed the Amulet.

His role was initially the same as Season 2, although he had many more appearances and often encouraged Lord Fear to torture Lady Illusion, despite the fact Lord Fear seemed to not wish to at times. Staff Head fled with Lord Fear and Dirty Rat at the end of Season 2 after he wounded and killed Lady Illusion. In the cancelled Season 3, he was to hide out with Lord Fear, Dity Rat and Mr. Cheseborough, who was to help Lord Fear release his minions without use of the Amulet.

The Doom Wagon

After achieving to convince science teacher, Mr. Cheseborough, to help him destroy Ace Lightning, Kilobyte rewards him with by creating the Doom Wagon. The Doom Wagon is a demonic motorcycle-like vehicle, created from a cart of one the Carnival of Doom's rides. It has the properties of a motorcycle including the front and wheels, but is bulky and has a coffin built into it. A pair of rocket boosters are built into the back of the Doom Wagon, and two skeleton models act somewhat as figureheads armed with a chainsaw. Lord Fear uses it as transport, in replacement of Duff Kent's ice cream truck. Fear first uses it to chase Mark Hollander during his first Driver's Ed test, attempting to saw the car to pieces. He was stopped by Ace, who is does have enough strength to halt the Doom Wagon. The Doom Wagon can move at great speeds on the road, and also has flight capabilities, acting as a rival and threat to Sparx's Lightning Flash vehicle.

Personality and Relationships

An immensely proud and quite insecure individual, Lord Fear has a variety of forms in his personality, although his usual one displays him as an intelligent schemer who speaks with long words and alliteration to his minions (e.g. Totem of Terror). He does have a fiery temper however and will frequently lash out at his minions when enraged. While Fear is intent on destroying Ace, he does enjoy his comforts such as playing golf and watching the television, as well playing the organ in the Haunted House. The pipe-organ is frequently employed by tortured villain characters as a way of venting their frustration with the world, an example being Davy Jones. Lord Fear doesn't take betrayal or defeat well and often takes ages to recover from a defeat, although he never has recovered from Lady Illusion's treachery. His most consistent relationship is with Staff Head, who he sees as a friend. They do have the odd fight but Lord Fear is always supported by Staff Head. He also had a close relationship to Lady Illusion, and they appeared to be in love, but this turned into a deep hatred in Season 2. However Fear is deeply paranoid and doesn't seem to trust anyone. He largely looks down on everyone around him and so his relationship with the minions is limited, but he seems to have admiration for Googler. Anvil is treated like a large pet at times (as seen in Episode 5 when Lord Fear pets him, and also a friendly but brief placement of loyalty in Episode 26). He thinks little of Pigface, Rotgut and Dirty Rat. As for Kilobyte, he deeply hates him although at times they agree on things, and Kilobyte is even kind enough to give Fear the Doom Wagon. Fear is a vicious and formidable opponent who even intimidates Ace at times although he is somewhat cowardly and is not above begging for his life or attacking his opponents when their attention is turned.

History

Ace and Lord Fear have been enemies for many years now, and nothing will probably stop their rivalry. Lord Fear also gained a limp at some point, thanks to Ace. It is hinted in the first episode that Ace and Fear used to friends, but Ace accidentally gave him the limp. In the game, it claims Lord Fear was imprisoned by the Lightning Knights, but escaped and stole the Amulet of Zoar, but Ace caught up to him and shattered the Amulet. Lord Fear along with his minions, fled through a portal into our world, followed by Ace. Lord Fear set up camp in the Kent Bros. Carnival, owned by Duff Kent. Lord Fear soon took over the carnival and began operations to destroy Ace.

Throughout the first series, Lord Fear concocted clever plots to snag Ace's pieces of the Amulet, but all his plans failed. Although he did get several pieces and summoned Googler to the world, Lord Fear failed to obtain Ace's fragments of the Amulet. Eventually, Dirty Rat found the final piece of the Amulet and rebelled against Lord Fear, the other minions soon following. Lord Fear collected all the pieces of the Amulet, with a little help from Lady Illusion and Dirty Rat (who decided to rejoin Fear).

Lord Fear and his minions grew in strength while the Lightning Knights' powers all began to fade. Ace, Sparx and Random ventured into the carnival and fought back against Lord Fear, until they were nearly destroyed. But Mark discovered the Amulet hidden in the Haunted House and shattered, causing a chain reaction to flow through Lord Fear and his minions, destroying them and sending them back to the Sixth Dimension, Lord Fear himself imprisoned in a skeleton doll.

"I had the world in the palm of my hands, and you ruined it! You, and your scrawny sidekick! This isn't over Lightning; I'll see you in the next dimension!""

Three months onwards, the Master Programmer freed Lord Fear who began to rebuild his army, rehiring Lady Illusion who had betrayed him for Ace. Lord Fear planned to destroy Lady Illusion after he'd collected the Amulet pieces once again. Lord Fear quickly rebuilt his defence, bringing Anvil, Dirty Rat and Rotgut back from the Sixth Dimension. Soon Kilobyte appeared, took over the carnival and downgraded Lord Fear into the shadows.

Lord Fear was, however, given a chance by Kilobyte to prove himself. Lord Fear convinced Mark's science teacher, Mr. Chesebrough, to join his cause, tricking him into believing Ace was an evil alien determined to conquer the world, while he himself was a good alien. As a reward for his efforts, Kilobyte created for Lord Fear the Doom Wagon, a motorbike-like hovercraft. Lord Fear put the Doom Wagon to good use by disrupting Mark's driving lesson.

Lord Fear collected two more pieces of the Amulet and summoned Pigface and Googler back from the Sixth Dimension. Kilobyte soon broke free from Rick's programming and decided to destroy the Lightning Knights and conquer the planet. Lord Fear was most disgruntled, but assisted Kilobyte in capturing Random Virus and Mr. Chesebrough. Lord Fear failed to impress Kilobyte (not to mention fail at playing a bowling match against Googler). Lord Fear decided to form an alliance with Ace to destroy Kilobyte, both of them getting what they want: Fear gets the carnival back and Ace can save humanity again.

That night, Lord Fear and Ace venture into the carnival as Kilobyte and his minions cause havoc. Lord Fear blasts down his own minions and helps Ace find Mark who is at the mercy of Kilobyte. Lord Fear, Ace and Mark all combine their powers and blast Kilobyte into the Sixth Dimension. But Lord Fear then turns on Ace and fires a new orange blast from Staff Head at Ace, knocking him to the floor. But suddenly, another Ace appears from the shadows and approaches Lord Fear. The one on the ground is really Lady Illusion in disguise. Ace and Mark chase Lord Fear away, who is last seeing flying into the sky with Dirty Rat not far behind.

Rumour has it in Season 3, Lord Fear will team up with Mr. Chesebrough for a while, but he secretly is plotting to use Chesebrough's technology to get his henchmen out of the game without the Amulet of Zoar.

In the Videogame

Lord Fear is the boss of the final world in the videogame, the Haunted House. He watches safely from a balcony while Anvil and Pigface take on Ace. If Ace defeats both of them Lord Fear jumps down to the center of the room to bring them back to life, making himself vulnerable. He shoots out a bombardment of fireballs to keep Ace at bay before flying back to the balcony.

ee also

*Skeletor
*Lord Voldemort