Diablo

Owner/User(s):	Dr. Drakken
First Appearance:	"So the Drama"

Diablo was originally an incomplete character created by famed toymaker Mr. Nakasumi. The plans were stolen by Dr. Drakken and combined with the cybertronic technology of Dr. James Possible's Hephaestus Project. The end result was the Lil' Diablo toys, which could transform into an army of massive battle robots.

Abilities[]

Even as unassuming toy robots, each Diablo was capable of following the commands of Drakken's chosen henchman Lars, and they displayed limited intelligence, such as hiding themselves from potential witnesses who could expose Drakken's plans.

When their cybertronic circuitry was activated by a command signal, each Diablo grew to giant size and shifted into battle mode. Their weaponry consisted of transforming arms, which could toggle between pincers, energy cannons, razor-sharp buzzsaws, and flamethrowers. Once the command signal was interrupted, each Diablo would cease operation and revert to its original toy form.

Owners/Users[]

Diablo Character Designer: Mr. Nakasumi
Hephaestus Project Creator: Dr. James Possible
Diablo Robot Manufacturer: Dr. Drakken

Events[]

Prior to the events of So the Drama, the Diablo Robot started off as concept art that Mr. Nakasumi was creating as new merchandise for his company and stored it in his jacket. As Ron pointed out, "Oh come on. You just doodle a face on and, boom, every kid on the planet wants one?", which ironically is exactly what happened later on in the story. Drakken, deciding to target Nakasumi again and steal some technology again (the first time it happened was during Crush), sent Shego to kidnap Nakasumi for knowledge of the toy technology.

So the Drama[]

During the toy parade in Tokyo, Shego send in some ninjas to make an attempt to kidnap Nakasumi, only to be foiled by Kim and Ron. Shego later attempted to take Nakasumi herself, using her jet, but Ron was able to prevent it but not before Shego grabbed onto the jacket and retreated. At first, Drakken is outraged at the fact that Nakasumi avoided capture and tore up Nakasumi's business jacket out of frustration but he quickly changed his mind when he found a concept art of the Diablo toy. Seeing this, Drakken continues on with his complex plot which involved researching teenage wasteland.

However, needing knowledge on the advanced cybertronic technology to make the world domination scheme come into full fruition, both Drakken and Shego went to the Bermuda Triangle where they meet "Big Daddy" Brotherson. Despite Drakken being forced to play Brotherson's silly games, Brotherson points out that only one person was able to solve the problem: Dr. James Timothy Possible (Kim's father), who, earlier on, was working on the Hephaestus Project. Knowing that Kim would try and sabotage Drakken, had she immediately found out, he also modified one of his Synthodrones into a "Syntho-hottie" in the form of Eric to distract her from the mission, have him pretend to be Kim's new love interest and take her to the upcoming prom.

With the knowledge acquired, Drakken proceeds to kidnap Dr. James Possible, but James was able to delete the Hephaestus Project off his tablet. Though Drakken was shocked by this, James admits that he has the knowledge in his brain. Unfortunately, Drakken has brought his brain tap machine, originally intended for Nakasumi, which he used to extract the knowledge of the project as well as erase James' memory of him being kidnapped. Though Kim, Ron and Rufus were able to rescue her father, along with destroying most of the Synthodrones and his death ray, James has no knowledge of why he was kidnapped or what evil scheme Drakken was creating. Even Shego was also confused about Drakken's scheme which not even Drakken was willing to explain to her.

Later, using the Hephaestus Project, Drakken implanted them into the manufactured Diablo toys and sold them through Bueno Nacho kids meals after Drakken took over the Bueno Nacho franchise by force. Pretty soon, kids all over the world own at least one Diablo toy (including Kim's brothers, Jim and Tim). Nakasumi was even horrified by this exclaiming, "That is my character!"

What Drakken failed to acknowledge, however, was that Ron was feeling upset with the new changes in his favourite eatery. While eating at Bueno Nacho rather than going to the prom out of depression, Ned and Rufus warn Ron that something evil is afoot to which Ron misinterprets as running out of bendy straws. However, with the help from Wade, Ron contacts the main Bueno Nacho headquarters and learns that Drakken was in charge. However, Lars, one of Drakken's henchman who is the current manager, orders the Diablos to attack but Ron was able to escape.

Ron was able to make it to the prom and warn everyone about the Diablos but no one would believe him as the Diablos hid to avoid detection. However, Wade confirmed that Ron was right about his story as he bought one of the Diablo toys and found some advanced technology in it. Despite Eric's protests, Kim and Ron head back to Kim's place and ask her dad about it.

At the Possible's residence, Dr. James Possible confirmed that Dr. Drakken stole his Hephaestus Project and used it in the Diablo Toys. Meanwhile, Shego reveals that Kim and Ron were getting close to exposing Drakken's scheme but Drakken decides to activate the Diablos at Middleton immediately as well as have Shego collect Eric. At the same time, Dr. James Possible explains the various functions of the Hephaestus Project (self-repair, self-modify and change size) and how it cannot activate without a command signal. Immediately, the command signal from the taco billboard at Bueno Nacho activates enlarging the Diablos across Middleton causing them to attack the city. However, Kim and Ron were able to trick one of the Diablos into destroying the signal reverting the Diablos back into harmless toy figures. Drakken congratulates Kim on the easy win but is revealed to have Eric held "hostage" at the headquarters. Kim dons her battlesuit and, along with Ron, head off to the headquarters.

After Kim defeats Shego and Ron knocks out the sumo ninja, she is relieved that Eric was safe, only to reveal that he's actually a Synthodrone and affiliated with Drakken while he electrocutes Kim into unconsciousness. At the same time, Shego quickly recovers and knocks out Ron and traps the two in the storage area. Meanwhile, Drakken activates the main command signal causing all the Diablo Toys around the world to activate and cause destruction and gloats at his victory. Unfortunately, Kim, Ron (Kim's real love interest) and Rufus escaped captivity and foiled the scheme while also killing Eric in the process. Drakken, Shego and the rest of their henchman get arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, Kim's heroics are acknowledged on the news right before she and Ron go to the prom together, becoming a couple.^[1]