Pierrot

King Pierrot (ピエーロ, Piēro)^?, (called Emperor Nogo in Glitter Force) is the ruler of Bad End Kingdom and the main antagonist of Smile Pretty Cure.

Bio[]

Appearance[]

Pierrot is based on the classic character from Commedia dell'Arte. He is named after the original character and is closely associated with the symbolism of human suffering, despair, and sadness. Pierrot retains the classic monochromatic facial makeup, a large ruffled collar around his neck, and dresses like a clown, as the classic Pierrot is most often portrayed.

When the four generals of the Bad Kingdom (Joker, Akaoni, Wolfrun, and Majorina) first tried to resurrect him, Pierrot resembled an enormous clown. He has a white face with red eyes and a red nose, and he wears a five-tailed black harlequin hat with five multicolored balls. At the top of his head is a purple flame. Around his neck is a large ruffled white collar. His suit is primarily black. On his chest are two red, spherical buttons, and around his stomach are multicolored diamonds. His sleeves are pink, with purple bands at the shoulders and wrists. His left sleeve is decorated with blue diamonds, while his right sleeve is adorned with red diamonds. The bottom edge of his suit is dark gray and ruffled.

After absorbing Joker, Pierrot is successfully revived at full power towards the very end of the series. His appearance drastically changes. Notably, he no longer has a clown nose and is much slimmer. The bands on his shoulders and wrists become larger and white. He has floating purple bands with three spikes around his arms each of one. The diamonds around his stomach disappear and are replaced by a column of multicolored diamonds that go down the center of his body. The bottom third of his outfit becomes light purple, with dark gray and dark purple triangles at the border of the black and purple sections. Large, black, and pointed shoes with purple balls at the tips stick out from under his robe. Pierrot also gains a giant set of bat wings.

Pierrot's true form is a claw-like black hole larger than the Earth. His appearance undergoes a drastic change, as he becomes a black circle surrounded by red gas tails with red eyes and a red mouth at the center.

Etymology[]

In popular culture, Pierrot is a term used to describe a sad clown and was a classic character from the stories of the play, Commedia dell'Arte. It is derived from the word "Pierre", which means "Peter" in French. This name became a Japanese loanword (piero ピエロ) which means "clown." More on Pierrot here.

While "Nogo" is an informal Spanish term for "creepy", "deceitful", or "of ill omen", it is plays on "Pogo the Clown", an alias for the famous serial killer John Wayne Gacy who inspired monstrous clown characters. It may also be a pun on the phrase "that's a no-go".

History[]

Leading an attack on Märchenland prior to the series, Pierrot weakens its ruler, Royale Queen, by stealing her Cure Decors. But she used what little strength she had left to seal Pierrot away within his domain, with the Bad End Kingdom spending the first half of the series amassing enough Bad Energy from Earth to revive him.^SmPC06 He was successfully revived before being obliterated by the Cures in Princess Mode. But a piece of Pierrot, revealed to be a cocoon housing his true form, managed to escape.^SmPC23

Pierrot is eventually reawakened once the Bad End Kingdom amassed enough Bad Energy to resurrect him, absorbing a dissolving Joker before manifesting a body while summoning his Despair Giants and army of monsters to overpower the Cures and Royale Candy. But when Cures assume Ultra mode to destroy Pierrot's puppet body, he absorbs his army while revealing his true planet-destroying form as he inflicted a mortal wound on the planet while disabling the Cures' transformation devices.^SmPC47 This forces the Cures and Candy to use the Miracle Jewel to restore the formers' transformation, destroying Pierrot at the cost of seemingly severing the link between Earth and Märchenland.^SmPC48

While not appearing in-person in the Smile! epilogue novel, it is revealed that Pierrot's powers and immortality were transferred to a revived Joker while they were fused.

Abilities[]

As the head of the villains, Pierrot is fierce and intense, and a blast of Bad Energy from his mouth easily defeats the Cures' Rainbow Healing attack. However, his just-awakened state was no match for the Cure's upgraded Princess Forms, and he was temporarily defeated by the new attack Rainbow Burst. He can also create magical black ink, which the Bad End Commanders use to create Bad End Space and gather Bad Energy from despair. When awakened, Pierrot can manipulate this ink into attacks or monsters, as well as absorb it to empower himself.

Trivia[]

Pierrot shares his voice actor, Genda Tesshou, with Howling, the main antagonist from the Suite Pretty Cure♪ movie.
His final form and role in the series finale bares similarities with Black Hole with his defeat similar to Dune's.