Protozoa is a microorganism-themed masked wrestler who attends the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha. He is a minor character of the ¡Mucha Lucha! series.
Appearance[]
Protozoa is a short, chubby boy with brown skin and a blob-shaped head. His mask and costume are both periwinkle with lighter-colored spots that are outlined in purple. Interestingly, he is one of the few Luchadores in the series whose mask is not fastened in the back with laces. He also wears short white boots with black laces.
Personality[]
In the episode "El Nino Loco", Protozoa is shown to be interested in science and have some knowledge of chemistry, as the signature move he used involved shrinking down to microscopic size and causing water to evaporate.
Background[]
Under Construction!
Abilities[]
Signature Moves[]
- Protoplasm ("Weight Gaining") - turns into a living cell that blocks and traps opponents
- Evaporation ("El Niño Loco") - shrinks into a cell and kicks out organisms
- Lucha Lighthouse of Submission with Rikochet, Buena Girl, The Flea, Megawatt, Zero Kelvin, and Pierre Del Fuego ("El Niño Loco")
Sightings[]
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1A. "Back to School": | Absent | 1B. "Weight Gaining": | Debut | |||||||||
| 2A. "How Rikochet Got His Move Back": | Appears | 2B. "Heart of Lucha": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3A. "Woulda Coulda Hasbeena": | Absent | 3B. "The Anger of Cindy Slam": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4A. "The Fantastic Backpack": | Absent | 4B. "The Naked and the Masked": | Appears | |||||||||
| 5A. "Curse of the Masked Toilet": | Absent | 5B. "The Mummy with the Golden Mask": | Appears | |||||||||
| 6A. "Bring Your Dad to Lucha Day": | Absent | 6B. "Our Founder": | Appears | |||||||||
| 7A. "Tooth or Dare": | Appears | 7B. "Mask Mitzvah": | Appears | |||||||||
| 8A. "The Flea's Fighting Fish": | Absent | 8B. "La Flamencita": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9A. "Will the Real El Rey Please Stand Up?": | Absent | 9B. "The Musica Man": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10A. "Pinball Wizard": | Absent | 10B. "Not So Buena Girl": | Absent | |||||||||
| 11A. "Honor Thy Lucha": | Absent | 11B. "Chinche": | Absent | |||||||||
| 12A. "Timmy of a Thousand Masks": | Appears | 12B. "All Creatures Masked & Small": | Appears | |||||||||
| 13. "Mask-Away": | Appears | |||||||||||
| Direct-to-Video Movie | ||||||||||||
| The Return of El Maléfico: | Non-speaking | |||||||||||
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1A. "Buena Basura": | Appears | 1B. "Shamrock 'n Roll": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2A. "The Spider and the Flea": | Absent | 2B. "The Incredible Penny Plutonium": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3A. "Dare to Lucha": | Appears | 3B. "Monkey Business": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4A. "Dawn of the... Donuts": | Absent | 4B. "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Horchata": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5A. "Banditos De Los Muertos": | Absent | 5B. "Field of Screams": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6A. "Medico Mayhem": | Appears | 6B. "Big Worm": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7A. "Slamazon and On": | Absent | 7B. "Buena on Wheels": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8A. "A Whole Lotta El Reys": | Absent | 8B. "Doomien": | Appears | |||||||||
| 9. "The Match Before Xmas": | Appears | |||||||||||
| 10. "Call of the Mild": | Absent | |||||||||||
| 11A. "Smarticus": | Absent | 11B. "Niko Sushi's Happy Battle Funtime Dome 3000!": | Absent | |||||||||
| 12A. "Mars Madness": | Appears | 12B. "Fears of a Clown": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "The Magnificent Three": | Absent | |||||||||||
Trivia[]
- He is one of the few luchadores in the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha whose hair color is unknown.
- In "Kid Wombat", he is voiced by Colin Murdock.
- He was originally had three different names before considering his actual name for the show: Osmosis, Protozoa and Amiba. However, Protozoa was chosen to be his actual name, while other two names were not chosen.
- One of the original names, "Osmosis" is based on the main character, "Ozzy" (aka Osmosis) who is also a cell from the Warner Bros. Animated movie, "Osmosis Jones".
- Ironically, his signature move, "Protoplasm" was originally going to be called "Osmosis", based on his original name.
- His name is based on the single-celled organism with the same name who are also known as eukaryotes.
Gallery[]
Click here to visit Protozoa's Gallery!