#zert

Name: Zert

Debut: Kid Icarus: Uprising

Zoinks! Zounds! This zany zesty zapper is Zert. What a thing Zert is! If you just read its name, you can probably tell you are in for something good, but would you expect something THIS good? I think I would, honestly, because the Uprising enemy designs go harder than diamonds.

Zert is immediately a very striking (tee hee!) design! The silhouette of a general cartoon tree, but with storm clouds in place of bushy leaves. And of course, those two yellow eyes that stare right through you! Its face reminds me of a robber fly, with those bulging eyes on either side of its head, and the pointy roots underneath like the fly's bristly mustache. Maybe those roots stick out every which way because of the electricity, like hair. Aieee! That's what you might say if you get zapped a minor degree.

Zert gained its electric abilities after being struck by lightning, but I'm not sure it was a NORMAL tree before this. Like, maybe it still had those wonderful freak eyes, but was otherwise a pretty standard tree. Maybe it used to scuttle on its roots like a crab instead of flying. Anyway, for its big attacks, Zert will split open to reveal some kind of magical crystal staff! What's the deal with that! That's not Plant. Is Zert a plant capable of tool use? So smart! Or maybe the crystal is made of Zert's own hardened sap? Wow... the power was inside all along!

I would also like to point out Pew Pew, a member of the Forces of Nature alongside Zert, for its rather similar appearance! I must assume these are closely related creatures, and maybe Zert had a similar style of mobile root before its Electrical Ascension.