“ | Papa Zola is a legendary superhero in his own self-titled television series. He was pulled out of the game into real world when BoBoiBoy and Gopal was warped out. He has since taken a job working as a teacher at BoBoiBoy's school where he teaches a huge range of subjects in hillarious ways. |
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— Description from BoBoiBoy Galaxy website |
Papa Zola is a character in BoBoiBoy and Papa Pipi.
History
Early Life
When Zola was young, he apparently was very ambitious. He had wanted to be a lot of things, as seen in a flashback. He had said he wanted to be a superhero, a math teacher, a soccer referee, and a physical education teacher, all of which he seemed to have achieved at the time of his adulthood. It is also briefly stated in What Yaya Says that he had also wanted to be a chef.
Later on in his life, he settled down and got married to Mama Zila.
Original Series
Season 1
In his first appearance, he was first seen in the movie, he gets mad as his enemy the Sleep Monster, came to Earth which destroys it's beauty. Later he enters to Tok Aba's house at the time BoBoiBoy and Gopal had came out inside the game in Season 1, Episode 8 and Gopal mentioned his name, then he finds out that Sleep Monster also came to the Real World along with Adu Du and Probe and attack BoBoiBoy's friends with the help of Adu Du and Probe.
BoBoiBoy, Gopal and Papa Zola entered Sleeping Monster's dream when Papa Zola and Sleep Monster was about to fight, but Gopal challenged them to play checkers. As soon as they are playing in the first round, Papa Zola loose because he doesn't know how to play. In the second round he was replaced by Tok Aba, who is good at playing checkers, then he wins. In the third round, Both Tok Aba and Sleep Monster used their own Powers to win but Sleeping Monster destroyed the checker table and Papa Zola's foot got stuck which make him pass away. Finally BoBoiBoy defeated the monster by using combo moves with the three BoBoiBoys.
Season 2
He failed on some his interview to get a job until once day he get a job as a Math and P.E. teacher in Rintis Island Primary School, which surprised BoBoiBoy and his friends.
Season 3
Papa Zola used Yaya's power to attack Ejo Jo, he chose her powers because the power band was color pink. He entered the game world again to save his wife Mama Zila.
BoBoiBoy Galaxy
Since the events of the movie, Papa Zola has presumably continued his job at Rintis Primary School. He was there when Koko Ci arrived on Earth. Later he decided that he wished to tag along on BoBoiBoy's adventure, stowawaying on their ship when they left.
Papa Zola later was promoted to TAPOPS Captain, after he managed to defeat a space mosquito from hurting BoBoiBoy, officially joining the team on their adventures.
Papa Pipi
Papa Zola and his daughter Pipi Zola spend their time together to go on small adventures in Rintis Island.
Appearance
Papa Zola is wearing a superman-style blue suit, complete with a red eye mask and a gold belt that has the emblem like a "P" car sticker on its studs. His body was fit but his waist was a bit slender enough to cause his belt to fall.
Personality
Original Series
Papa Zola is known for his "paternity" superhero style. The purpose of being a superhero is to "uphold the justice". He also showed his wisdom when training Gopal . Papa Zola always cares about the truth and loves to use the word "justice" in any situation.
After Papa Zola came out of his gaming world, Papa Zola tried to find a new job to earn a living by interviewing every company on Rintis Island. After trying for a long time, Papa Zola finally became a Mathematics teacher and loved to ask complicated test questions in the 5 Honest. Apart from that, Papa Zola is also a Physical Education teacher and referee in football games.
Despite seriously carrying out his duties as an officer, he has a childish and sometimes selfish nature. This shows that his character remains a joke for the viewer and is also a comic relief from the entire series and franchise. However, Papa Zola also has one major drawback: being too hasty and lacking in preparation to face the enemy. Especially when challenging the Sleeping Monster to play checkers in the dream world.
Skills and Abilities
Attack |
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Defence |
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Courage |
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Speed |
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3/5 |
Skills
Papa Zola does not have any supernatural abilities given to him, like BoBoiBoy and his friends, but he does seem to be rather physically strong. He is strong enough to lift BoBoiBoy with ease.
He likes to announce his 'moves' with gusto, even though they might not have that much of an impact. Some of which include, but not limited to:
- Wisdom Kick (Tendangan Kematangan) - used to kick his enemy, Sleep Monster.
- Enlargement Belt (Tali Pingang Pembesaran) - used to enlarge himself like his enemy, this is also used by Gopal and BoBoiBoy.
- Repentance Whip (Rotan Keinsafan) - used to defend himself, because it's powerful, it can cut foods like fried bananas (Season 1, Episode 9).
- Flaming Crockery (Pinggan Mangkuk Berapi) - used to attack the enemies by shooting fire shaped bowls after Papa Zola upgraded to his new power (Season 3, Episode 10).
- Handsome Blaze Kick (Tendangan Berapi Kacak) - used to attack the enemies by unleashing a fiery kick after Papa Zola upgraded to his new power (Season 3, Episode 10).
Abilities
Although temporary, Papa Zola utilizes Yaya's Power Band and has the temporary Gravitational abilities that Yaya had in Season 3; however, he later returned them.
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Trivia
- His superhero-like outfit might be inspiring from popular superhero from DC Comics Superman.
- Although Papa Zola failed in his interviews, it is still unknown how he is accepted by the Principal of Rintis Island Primary School to be a teacher.
- He has his own book named The 1001 Interview Mistakes, which tell why he always failed in the interview to get a job.
- He also appeared in the Papa Zola Comic where he encountered the Crooked Monster.
- Aside from Gopal, Probe is also a fan of Papa Zola, he bought Papa Zola 5 video game. His sleeping hat also have a head of Papa Zola hanged on it.
- According to Season 2, Episode 11, date time is February 25, 2013. It could be that his age is 37 years old, 18 months and 8 days, and his birthday is June 7, 1975, so he's the only character in the series who has a complete age.
- Since the time skip of BoBoiBoy Galaxy from the Original series is 3 years: Papa Zola is 42 years old.
- He is not able to play checkers.
- He is the second character that can yell like a girl as seen in Season 2, Episode 12. The first is Fang in Season 2, Episode 8, the third is Iwan while the fourth is Adu Du in Season 3, Episode 5. Nurasyikin Abdul Khalit provided his screaming voice.
- His girly scream is definitely reminiscent of both Ned Flanders from The Simpsons and Mr. Turner from The Fairly OddParents.
- His Handsome Blaze Kick Move is referring to the Fire Type Move called Blaze Kick from Pokemon.
- His hobby is taking selfies as seen in BoBoiBoy: The Movie.
- In BoBoiBoy Galaxy Episode 7, he claims himself as the Kampung Champion in card duels.
- People in Pulau Rintis might think of him being a man in his 30's still on his cosplaying phase.
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