Theory: weāre watching Z3 evolve
(Iām not going to count any media that isnāt part of the canon; that means the video game or the Star Trek video donāt factor into this.)
If youāre new to Super Science Friends (maybe you found the show during the fandom activity spike after the season finale came out) then itāll do you good to read the 2099 comic. This comic came out before the show even aired, and itās important to read it because it gives an added layer of tension to every interaction the team has with Z3.
This isnāt a spoiler; in the 1980ā²s, Z3 becomes a dictator that takes over the planet.
But in episode 1, he shows no sign of having any malicious intent.
He starts out as well-mannered and polite. He calls the Prime MinisterĀ āHerr Churchillā as a sign of respecting his authority.Ā
In episodes 1, 2, and 3, he is incapable of moving around. Heās rooted to wherever someone else places him. He speaks only when spoken to, and when he does speak, itās from an objective point-of-view.
Episode 4 is where Z3 starts to assert himself as a true team member. He is given a hand of cards, but isnāt holding them. This is probably just to feel included in the game that the other team members are playing. He laughs at Curieās story, and when Freud and Jung startle him, he cries out in fear.
This is also the first time we see him control his own movement; he starts to swivel in place to look around.
In episode 5, heās developed a sense of free will. When he isnāt occupied, he fills his free time by playing video games. This also means that he has the ability to feel boredom.
When Curie interrupts his game, Z3 sarcastically saysĀ āItās fine, I wasnāt doing anything.ā Before this point, heās never been rude to a human being.
Episode 6 is tricky because we donāt know exactly which fine details are canon, and which parts are just an exaggeration of the canonical events displayed through anime tropes. We only got a brief run-down of the big things (literally, since the giant robot and 40-foot kaiju Shiva didnāt actually happen) given by Brett and Laurel.
It might be safe to say that Z3 is the reason that Shiva was killed, but I wouldnāt go so far as to claim that he chose this moment to display a hologram of a human body, especially since it wasnāt mentioned or used in episode 7. The theory could still work either way.
In episode 7, now Z3 can move around whenever he wants to by hopping. More notably, heās learned how to hold objects. (This is probably just VeggitalesĀ āshut-up-and-watch-the-showā logic, but if you pointed a gun to my head to make me explain it, I would say itās electromagnetism.)
Crying after killing the Nazis shows that he now has the emotional maturity to process the weight of a traumatizing situation.
Heās definitely learning. What have we seen him learn? That he can do what he wants, move around how he wants, and talk to the team how he wants. And now, he knows heās strong enough to kill.
Is this how he starts believing that humans are inferior to machines, or even that theyāre disposable?
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