Moltar

Moltar
Species	Humanoid alien
Gender	Male
Member of	Council of Doom
Affiliation	Space Ghost in Space Ghost Coast to Coast Zorak in Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Occupation	Director and producer in Space Ghost Coast to Coast Host of Toonami
Goals	To destroy Space Ghost and take over the universe To do his job properly, in Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Marital status	Single
First appearance	SG: The Ovens of Moltor
Played by	Regis Cordic (1966-68) C. Martin Croker (1994-2016)
File:C2C Moltar.png Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Moltar is a masked archenemy of Space Ghost and an antagonist of the Space Ghost animated franchise. His voice was originated by Regis Cordic.

Character description

Moltar normally wears an orange and gray full-body containment suit, which has a breathing receptacle. Although what is inside of Moltar's suit was unknown in the original series, it was later established in Space Ghost Coast to Coast that his body is made entirely of lava.

Appearances

TV series

• Space Ghost
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• Cartoon Planet
• The Brak Show

Comics

• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • #19 Space Cases"

Biography

Debut Series

Moltar in his first appearance.

In the original series, the character's name was alternately spelled "Moltar" and "Moltor," and his clothing originally started with a white and yellow color scheme.

In The Ovens of Moltor, Moltar was a brilliant scientist who made a base on the uninhabited molten planet Moltor. He created the powerful "Magma Men" who were giant and could easily destroy entire armies on their own. He planned to conquer the galaxy with them, but was thwarted by Space Ghost, who destroyed his planet.

Yeah, Whatever

In Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Moltar is the director and producer of Space Ghost's talk show. He acts as the most competent person in the series, sometimes presenting himself as being smarter than he seems. He tends to be very good friends with Zorak, even though Zorak does not have the same feelings for him.

Moltar Sells Out

From 1997 to 1999, Moltar was the original host of Cartoon Network's Toonami block, where he would broadcast action cartoons such as The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and Thundercats at the Ghost Planet Industries building, and give out moral advise to viewers. He would also broadcast Japanese anime series at around this time, including Sailor Moon, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Dragon Ball Z. After Toonami went through a brand refresh in 1999, Moltar passed his hosting duties to TOM (short for Toonami Operations Module), who permanently became its host in addition to several incarnations throughout its run (and the block's revival on Adult Swim since 2012). Moltar was mentioned by TOM 1 during his first introduction, proclaiming himself as "the new Moltar." Later in a 2016 bumper, as tribute to the late C. Martin Croker, TOM 5 recieves an old transmission from Moltar, which SARA deciphered into a message of him quitting his role on Toonami:

Hey, TOM.

I've been called back to Moltor and I won't be coming back. There's a money oven waiting for me. Just wanted you to know, I always thought I was a better Toonami host than you. Good luck never being able to fill my boots, sucker.

Following the transmision, TOM wishes Moltar the best of future endavours and to keep his oven forever lit.

In 2000, Moltar made an appearance in the Cartoon Network special "The Big Game XXVIII," where during the "halftime" segment, he and Fred Jones discuss on the latter's experience with the events of The Scooby-Doo Project.

Gallery

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