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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E25PeopleAreAlikeAllOver People Are Alike All Over]]" ends with [[spoiler:apprehensive astronaut Conrad finding that the house the seemingly-kind aliens have built for him is actually a cage in a zoo exhibit]].
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover in a Quiet Town]]", a married couple wake up in a small, deserted town, only to find out at the end that they are toys in a giant alien's playset.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Stranger in Possum Meadows", Scout was sent to Earth to collect specimens of numerous life forms, including a deer and a dog, for his people to study. Danny Wilkins is chosen as the human specimen and is briefly [[HumanPopsicle placed in cryostasis]] aboard Scout's ship. However, he is soon freed as Scout's thoughts turn to his own family and how he would feel if something happened to one of them.

A variation sometimes seen in children's shows has the collector stealing the character's unusual/unique pet. Vulnerable to InterrogationByVandalism. If they have somewhat altruistic motives, their "collection" will be a comfortable FantasticNatureReserve. Of course, it may just be a GildedCage... Compare LivingDollCollector.

* Trazyn the Infinite, a Necron Overlord in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', has this as his particular quirk, and has a whole planet dedicated to his obsession. Artefacts of note include the preserved head of Sebastian Thor (Which then begs the question what happened to the body), the husk of an Enslaver, and a giant man clad in barqoue power armour whose face is locked forever in a tormented scream. It's partially for his own amusement, and mostly because he wants to save important pieces of history.

* While ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s origins vary, his goal is always to collect a piece of every civilization on all worlds. Since the 1990's, this has usually been followed by an attempt to then destroy the rest of that civilization.
* Larfleeze, the ONLY Orange Lantern in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' comics has this as his defining character trait. He's powered by greed itself and will not be sated until every single treasure in existence is his and the "other" Orange Lanterns are constructs of his ring, with their personalities powered by the souls of victims he's collected.
* In 2007, an alien villain named [[https://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/who/who-intro.php?topic=auctioneer The Auctioneer]] captured Franchise/{{Superman}} and several dozen other heroes. Guess what he planned to do with them?

* At the height of his madness, Kraven the Hunter's son Alyosha kidnapped [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing animal-themed superhumans]] (including Bushmaster, Gargoyle, Tiger Shark, Kangaroo, Aragorn, Vulture, Mongoose, Man-Bull, Dragon Man, Swarm, Mandrill, Grizzly, Frog-Man, and Rhino) and kept them in a "zoo", until it was sabotaged by ComicBook/ThePunisher.)
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The Curator has an odd version of this shtick. Eye contact with him turns the victim to stone until the next sunrise, so his "exhibits" are temporary but he still likes to build them out of as many people as possible (with a preference for those who are "interesting") and walk among his collection of "art".

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] #106: Tooroo , a giant alien, tries to collect Diana for his significant other Rikkaa who has a charm bracelet decorated with "souvenirs" from other planets.

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has the Grandmaster, a hedonistic egomaniac who collects strange and unusual beings to fight each other in gladiator battles[[note]]according to the creators the two are brothers, but other than a picture of the two together in the aforementioned ride there's no canon confirmation of that[[/note]]. The film focuses on two - namely, Thor and Hulk - but others include Korg, a being made completely of rocks, and Miek, a small, larva-like alien in a metal exoskeleton. The edifice of his palace suggests that Comicbook/{{Ares|Marvel}} and ComicBook/BetaRayBill were once champions of his as well.

* The US government is this according to ''Series/EerieIndiana'': an especial agency named the Bureau of the Lost steals things (and keeps them) in order to force people to buy new stuffs.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has [[spoiler: Collectors, which are mysterious cosmic beings who like to observe all living things, and them, as the name implies, collect them so that they can be preserved for all eternity. If the life-forms don’t give in, then they [[DisproportionateRetribution just destroy their planets]]. The show features one particular Collector, simply called “[[ADogNamedDog The Collector]]”, who is young member of their species. The Collector doesn’t seem to know many other members of their species, so they aren’t fully aware of what they like to do. They view other life forms as their playmates, and in their own, strange way, seem to care about their playmates deep down]].

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* Big Mitch, the EvilPoacher from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb.''
* As in the films, General Grievous repeatedly mentions his collection in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars.''
* In what may be the strangest example ever, Music/RingoStarr from the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles''. In the episode "Ticket to Ride", the others are revealing their hobbies (painting, science, etc.), and it turns out that Ringo likes to kidnap women and ''put them in bird cages'' ("bird" being Liverpool slang for "girl"). Fortunately, he's really bad at it; he's only managed to trap one girl, and she escapes during the course of the episode.

* An Anti-Villain called The Collector appears in the episode "The Brooklyn Triangle" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. He has been "collecting" random things for 10,000 years trying to find the key to escape, as he was an ancient Ghostbuster imprisoned by a demon. When he finally finds it, he escapes and returns everything back to Earth.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': General Tsin in "The Most Dangerous Po", who capturing the most dangerous villains in China and imprisoning them as his personal collection. Also an example of HuntingTheMostDangerousGame and TheJailer.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter'' is about a man trying to end laughter by imprisoning the characters from the Sunday funnies.
* The episode "Freebird" from ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' had a couple collecting birds by tempting people into drinking tea from their magic tea pot so they could turn themselves into birds and enjoy the freedom of it. After the person had had their fun and returned for the antidote, they would be put in a cage until they succumbed to TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody.
* The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' episode "A Zoo Out There" features the Chlorms, who regard every other species as "lesser beings", kidnapping members of the Galactic Senate (and eventually Team Lightyear) to put in their zoo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has [[spoiler: Collectors, which are mysterious cosmic beings who like to observe all living things, and them, as the name implies, collect them so that they can be preserved for all eternity. If the life-forms don’t give in, then they [[DisproportionateRetribution just destroy their planets]]. The show features one particular Collector, simply called “[[ADogNamedDog The Collector]]”, who is young member of their species. The Collector doesn’t seem to know many other members of their species, so they aren’t fully aware of what they like to do. They view other life forms as their playmates, and in their own, strange way, seem to care about their playmates deep down]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has a minor character named Giese Hunt, a self-stylized Duel Spirit hunter after Johan's prized (and - until Episode 130, nonexistent) ''Rainbow Dragon'' Duel Spirit to add to his collection of trophies, even capturing his ''Sapphire Pegasus'' Duel Spirit as bait. Not surprisingly, this fixation stemmed from a childhood trauma where ''he'' was the victim of Duel Spirit theft.

* Mikogami Hayato from ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'', who aggressively pursues any Sekirei that [[StalkerWithACrush catches his fancy]] in an effort to grow his collection. His behavior is very much like a Pokemon master, even declaring that he wants one because it's a [[ShoutOut rare fire-type]]!
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giolla/Jora]] is a MadArtist who turns people, usually combatants she defeats, into works of art she keeps at her residence once they're dead as part of her "permanent collection."
** And then we have Big Mom, who collects strange creatures and uses the power of one of her sons to trap them in books forever, the victims are alive by the way.
* In ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', Ukuleleman says that he collects "smiles." What he means by this is playing MagicMusic from his ukulele to his victims, causing them to uncontrollably smile and laugh which eventually petrifies them, then puts their bodies in his backyard. When Space Dandy takes a visit to Ukuleleman's mansion, he discovers at least fifty victims, including both of Dandy's friends. Due to Ukuleleman's BlueAndOrangeMorality though, he doesn't see anything wrong with what he does, and he only really gets upset if anyone removes anything from his collection.

* Kate ran into one of these in ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' while trying to find an alchemical guide that would let them rebuild Roger the Homunculus. He would only give it to them if Abe became his prisoner. Kate ended up freeing the demon The Collector had enslaved and it killed him.

* Larfleeze, the ONLY Orange Lantern in Franchise/GreenLantern comics has this as his defining character trait. He's powered by greed itself and will not be sated until every single treasure in existence is his and the "other" Orange Lanterns are constructs of his ring, with their personalities powered by the souls of victims he's collected.
* In 2007, an alien villain named [[https://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/who/who-intro.php?topic=auctioneer The Auctioneer]] captured Franchise/{{Superman}} and several dozen other heroes. Guess what he planned to do with them?
* ComicBook/TomStrong was once captured and imprisoned in a comic book with other "science-heroes" by Horatio Hogg, Collector of Champions.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Sillage}}'' #2, Enshu Atsukau wants to add Nävis to his "collection".
* While ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s origins vary, his goal is always to collect a piece of every civilization on all worlds. Since the 1990's, this has usually been followed by an attempt to then destroy the rest of that civilization.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The Curator has an odd version of this shtick. Eye contact with him turns the victim to stone until the next sunrise, so his "exhibits" are temporary but he still likes to build them out of as many people as possible (with a preference for those who are "interesting") and walk among his collection of "art".
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] #106: Tooroo , a giant alien, tries to collect Diana for his significant other Rikkaa who has a charm bracelet decorated with "souvenirs" from other planets.

* Done in the ''Manga/{{xxxHOLiC}}'' film, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when Yuuko gets an invitation stating that her 'collection' is not complete. She brings Watanuki and Doumeki along with her into a mansion where there are several other collectors that collect rare things. It later turns out that the person that invited them there [[spoiler: is a collector that collects collectors who collect unusual things. He keeps both their souls and their collections in individual rooms. He started because someone who was close to him collected something, and asked him to start a collection too]].

* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', Blackbeard shrinks the ships of defeated crews, seals them in bottles, and stores his collection of them in a cupboard. He has several dozen.

* In a similar vein, ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has the Grandmaster, a hedonistic egomaniac who collects strange and unusual beings to fight each other in gladiator battles[[note]]according to the creators the two are brothers, but other than a picture of the two together in the aforementioned ride there's no canon confirmation of that[[/note]]. The film focuses on two - namely, Thor and Hulk - but others include Korg, a being made completely of rocks, and Miek, a small, larva-like alien in a metal exoskeleton. The edifice of his palace suggests that Comicbook/{{Ares|Marvel}} and ComicBook/BetaRayBill were once champions of his as well.

* The Trafalmadorians in ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'' kidnap the main character, take him to their planet, and display him in a zoo. Lessons about free will and predestination are learned.

* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' book, the heroes visit {{Medusa}}'s garden-statue store. Guess [[WaxMuseumMorgue how she makes the statues]].
* In the ''{{Literature/Nightside}}'' novels by Creator/SimonRGreen there is a character who is called "The Collector." He has unique items from the past, the future, and alternate time-lines. He is also fairly paranoid about other collectors stealing from his collection. He once went so far as to store his collection ''on the Moon.'' Didn't stop [[FirstPersonSmartass John]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Taylor]] from accessing it, though.
* In the Literature/StrangeMatter series, the villain of the first ''Strange Forces'' novel was named The Collector. He possessed a collection of supernatural horrors from all parts of the world that he used to attack Fairfield from Fairchild Manor.

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'': Prince Ozymardien is the cousin of King Sellik XXI. He gets the wealth and prestige of royalty with none of the responsibilities of it, so he just lives in the city of Tai-tastigon being incredibly wealthy and collecting stuff.
-->'''Cleppetty:''' He collects things. Jewels, furs, ivory, people. Last year, for example, he took to wife the most beautiful virgin in the Eastern Lands--and rumor has it he's kept her just as received, in a collection like his, you understand, there's no place for a damaged article.\\
'''Jame:''' How frustrating for her.\\
'''Cleppetty:''' As you say, but the point is this: if you dance particularly well before him, he's liable to collect ''you''.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E25PeopleAreAlikeAllOver People Are Alike All Over]]" ends with [[spoiler:apprehensive astronaut Conrad finding that the house the seemingly-kind aliens have built for him is actually a cage in a zoo exhibit]].
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E150StopoverInAQuietTown Stopover in a Quiet Town]]", a married couple wake up in a small, deserted town, only to find out at the end that they are toys in a giant alien's playset.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]", Data is kidnapped by Kivas Fajo to add to his collection of unique objects. At the time, everyone (including Data) thought that Lore, the only other sentient android in the known world, was dead.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
** "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E22TheFisherKingPart1 The Fisher King, Part One]]" and "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS2E1TheFisherKingPart2 Part Two]]" use the trope-naming book as an important story key. The [=UnSub=] is almost like the psychotic protagonist of the book.
** The show makes use of the "collector" subtype of SerialKiller later on in "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS5E12TheUncannyValley The Uncanny Valley]]", with a damaged woman who puts other women in a state of [[AndIMustScream chemically induced paralysis]] and makes them up as dolls.
* In the ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' episode "Cigarette Burns", the millionaire collector Bellinger collects various films depicting extreme acts. He's also keeping a mutilated angelic creature locked up in his gallery as part of his collection of ''[[ArtifactOfDoom La Fin Absolue du Monde]]''.
* In an episode of ''Series/NightGallery'', a gangster seeking safety from his many enemies ends up under the "care" of a retired doctor who collects rarities, and promises the gangster a safe, long and comfortable life -- as part of the doctor's collection.

* The US government is this according to ''Series/EerieIndiana'': an especial agency named the Bureau of the Lost steals things (and keeps them) in order to force people to buy new stuffs.

* The vampire Luthor Harkon in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy Battles'' collects dead sailors (as zombie pirates in his fleet) and {{Mayincatec}} artefacts in a hope to get his magical powers back. He is also utterly insane.

* Admiral ZEX, in ''VideoGame/StarControl II'', who owns a "menagerie" of creatures that he personally finds fascinating. Unfortunately, among the creatures he finds fascinating are humans and other sentient life forms.

* Sirius in ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' ''3'' who collects planets and stars with a black hole.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' has a boss outright called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Collector]], who's responsible for all the captured grubs found across Hallownest and has many other captured specimens (alive or not) within its tower. If the player loses to it they'll find their shade captured as well upon respawning.
* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' has the roaming boss the Collector, who wanders the estate to collect the heads and souls of your fallen heroes. He keeps them under his yellow cloak, and can and will use them to defend himself should the player encounter him.

* Parodied in a Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', wherein the Comic Book Guy kidnaps his favorite celebrities, including Tom Baker, Matt Groening, and Lucy Lawless, and encases them in mylar bags. The villainous alias he chooses really ''is'' The Collector.
* Spoofed in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before," where a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien is the galaxy's biggest ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan (actually second biggest, after Fry), and kidnaps the cast of the show.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': The episode "Collect Her" finds our titular heroines being captured by Lenny Baxter, a comic book geek who has collected every piece of Powerpuff Girls merchandise in existence and, desperate for more, has decided to add the Girls themselves to his collection. He is defeated when the townsfolk track him down and torture their whereabouts out of him by removing his valuable toys from the boxes.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Three Men And A Booby" -- stop that snickering, unless it's because of the ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby'' reference -- an obsessed egg collector collects a booby egg. The mother booby enlists the Rangers' help in reuniting the egg with her. [[spoiler:They end up hatching his entire collection.]]
* D.N. Amy from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is an obsessive collector of Cuddle Buddy animal dolls, which plays a part in her MadScientist theme of creating animal hybrids. She eventually makes [[NonHumanSidekick Rufus]] and Steve Barkin into one giant living Cuddle Buddy for her collection.
* One villain from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'', a toon that collected other toons, was actually called "The Collector". [[spoiler: Only it turns out he wasn't actually a toon. He was a crazy human who ''thought'' he was a toon. He remained in denial even after his mask was torn off, screaming "I'm a toon! I'm a toon!"]] [[NightmareFuel It was incredibly creepy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had a VillainOfTheWeek, Skulker, who collected various kinds of ghosts, and wanted a [[UniquenessValue half-ghost]] for his collection.

''This page is about the trope. For the 1967 movie, go [[Film/LaCollectionneuse here]]. For the 2009 movie, [[Film/TheCollector2009 go here]]. For the Canadian TV series, [[Series/TheCollector2004 go here]]. For the 1963 novel by John Fowles or the film based on it, [[Literature/TheCollectorJohnFowles go here]].''

''This page is about the trope. For the 1967 movie, go [[Film/LaCollectionneuse here]]. For the 2009 movie, [[Film/TheCollector2009 go here]]. For the Canadian TV series, [[Series/TheCollector2004 go here]]. For the 1963 novel by John Fowles or the film based on it, [[Literature/TheCollector go here]].''

''This page is about the trope. For the 1967 movie, go [[Film/LaCollectionneuse here]]. For the 2009 movie, [[Film/TheCollector2009 go here]]. For the Canadian TV series, [[Series/TheCollector go here]]. For the 1963 novel by John Fowles or the film based on it, [[Literature/TheCollector go here]].''

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has the aptly named [[ADogNamedDog Collector]], who keeps slaves of different species and alien items, his collection ranging from various artifacts to [[spoiler: even [[ComicBook/HowardTheDuck Howard]] [[Film/HowardTheDuck The Duck]] himself.]] The non-canon ride ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout'' adds to his collection the eponymous Guardians, Creator/StanLee, [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]], and Harold the Yeti from the Matterhorn. It also has a [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron drone]], [[FridgeHorror which, assuming the ride takes place after Age of Ultron]] [[AndIMustScream means that Ultron's entire consciousness is trapped in a half-functioning android]].
* In a similar vein, ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has the Grandmaster, a hedonistic egomaniac who collects strange and unusual beings to fight each other in gladiator battles[[note]]according to the creators the two are brothers, but other than a picture of the two together in the aforementioned ride there's no canon confirmation of that[[/note]]. The film focuses on two - namely, Thor and Hulk - but others include Korg, a being made completely of rocks, and Miek, a small, larva-like alien in a metal exoskeleton. The edifice of his palace suggests that Comicbook/{{Ares|Marvel}} and Comicbook/BetaRayBill were once champions of his as well.

If you are looking for the movie of the same name (which includes such a villain), [[Film/TheCollector see here.]]

* In ''Film/TheCollector'', a 2009 saw-esque movie by the writers of ''Saw 4'', ''5'', ''6'', and ''7''.

''This page is about the trope. For the 2009 movie, [[Film/TheCollector2009 go here]]. For the Canadian TV series, [[Series/TheCollector go here]]. For the 1963 novel by John Fowles or the film based on it, [[Literature/TheCollector go here]].''

''This page is about the trope. For the 2009 movie, [[Film/TheCollector go here]]. For the Canadian TV series, [[Series/TheCollector go here]]. For the 1963 novel by John Fowles or the film based on it, [[Literature/TheCollector go here]].''

-->'''Cleppetty''': He collects things. Jewels, furs, ivory, people. Last year, for example, he took to wife the most beautiful virgin in the Eastern Lands--and rumor has it he's kept her just as received, in a collection like his, you understand, there's no place for a damaged article.\\
'''Jame''': How frustrating for her.

-->'''Cleppetty''': As you say, but the point is this: if you dance particularly well before him, he's liable to collect ''you''.

** A variation on this in "The Space Museum".
** It also turns up in the ExpandedUniverse novel "The Last Dodo" [[spoiler: featuring a museum dedicated to endangered species throughout the universe with a curator ''quite'' interested in a certain LastOfHisKind Time Lord]].
** An example from the new series turns turns up in the [[TheNthDoctor Ninth Doctor]] episode ''Dalek'', where the eponymous Dalek is the prize specimen in Henry van Statten's museum of alien artefacts. Upon realizing what the Doctor is, van Statten tries to collect him too.

** In "Stopover in a Quiet Town", a married couple wake up in a small, deserted town, only to find out at the end that they are toys in a giant alien's playset.
** "People Are Alike All Over" ends with [[spoiler:apprehensive astronaut Conrad finding that the house the seemingly-kind aliens have built for him is actually a cage in a zoo exhibit]].
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Most Toys": Data is kidnapped by Kivas Fajo to add to his collection of unique objects. At the time, everyone (including Data) thought that Lore, the only other sentient android in the known world, was dead.

** The Fisher King two-episode story uses the trope-naming book as an important story key. The [=UnSub=] is almost like the psychotic protagonist of the book.
** The show makes use of the "collector" subtype of serial killer later on in "The Uncanny Valley," with a damaged woman who puts other women in a state of [[AndIMustScream chemically-induced paralysis]] and makes them up as dolls.

-->'''Jame''': How frustrating for her.

'''Jame''': How frustrating for her.\\

'''Cleppetty''': As you say, but the point is this: if you dance particularly well before him, he's liable to collect ''you''.

* ''Anime/{{Maburaho}}'' has a collector as a full-time character after her introduction. Her stated goal is to make a certain ghost a part of her collection.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': the episode "Collect Her" finds our titular heroines being captured by Lenny Baxter, a comic book geek who has collected every piece of Powerpuff Girls merchandise in existence and, desperate for more, has decided to add the Girls themselves to his collection. He is defeated when the townsfolk track him down and torture their whereabouts out of him by removing his valuable toys from the boxes.

-->-- '''Al [=McWhiggin=]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCglkc12GA "The Collector"]] from the ''Toy Story 2: Sing-Along'' cassette

->''"The collector comes, the collector buys,\\
and the kids who wait get a rude surprise.\\
It isn't for the joy of the toys.\\
Expect the collector to be there,\\
just to collect."''

* In a similar vein, ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has the Grandmaster, a hedonistic egomaniac who collects strange and unusual beings to fight each other in gladiator battles[[note]]according to the creators the two are brothers, but other than a picture of the two together in the aforementioned ride there's no canon confirmation of that[[/note]]. The film focuses on two - namely, Thor and Hulk - but others include Korg, a being made completely of rocks, and Miek, a small, larva-like alien in a metal exoskeleton. The edifice of his palace suggests that Comicbook/{{Ares}} and Comicbook/BetaRayBill were once champions of his as well.