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'''Erek King''' is the persona used by one of the [[Chee]] androids living on Earth. He becomes friends with the animorphs in book #10.
  
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|image = [[Image:Erek King tv.png|250 px]]
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|name = Erek King
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|species = [[Chee]]
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|gender = Male
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|eyes = Brown
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|hair = Brown
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|born = Created thousands of years ago
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|family = [[Mr. King]] <small>("father")</small>
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|job = Student<br>Slave <small>(formerly)</small><br>Butler <small>(formerly)</small>
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|affiliation = [[Pemalite]]<br>[[Chee]]<br>[[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]] <small>(formerly)</small>
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|first = ''[[The Android]]''
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|last = ''[[The Beginning]]''
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|portrayer = Dov Tiefenbach}}
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{{Quote|He appears to be a normal [[human]] boy. But of course that is merely a very advanced holographic illusion. Beneath the hologram is an android of gray and white metals, somewhat resembling an [[Earth]] [[dog]] walking on two legs. [...] However, even though they cannot do battle, the [[Chee]] have managed to infiltrate the [[Yeerk]] organization on Earth. And from time to time Erek brings us useful information.|[[Ax]]|The Decision}}
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'''Erek King''' is a pacifistic android called a [[Chee]] and an ally of the [[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]].
   
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==Biography==
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Erek King is a member of [[The Sharing]], but is not a controller, due to the fact that he doesn't have a biological brain, or ears.
  
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===History===
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Erek King is a [[Chee]], an android race created to be pacifists, much like their makers, the [[Pemalites]]. After the destruction of the Pemalites at the hands of the [[Howler]]s, Erek, along with the rest of the Chee, escaped to Earth, and has lived there for thousands of years, using incredibly advanced holographic technology to pass as human.<ref>''[[The Android]]''</ref>
   
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===Past Identities on [[Earth]]===
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He doesn't give out much information about who he was in his past lives, but it is said that he was Cleopatra's barber and Roosevelt's butler.
  
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{{Quote|A normal-looking boy. Or that's what you'd think. The "boy" was a holographic projection. Inside the illusion was an android. An android who'd helped build the pyramids, who had taken on a hundred different human forms, letting each one seem to age, letting each one seem to die, then reappearing as some new holographic projection.|[[Jake]]|The Attack}}Erek's previous lives include a laborer that assisted in the construction of the Great Pyramids of Giza for the Ancient Egyptian empire, a citizen of a country ravaged by Attila the Hun, a witness of the first performance of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in the 16th century, Catherine the Great's hair dresser, Ludwig van Beethoven's valet, and President Franklin Roosevelt's butler.<ref>''[[The Android]]''</ref>
   
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===Erek King and the [[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]]===
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{{Quote|The [[Chee]] are incapable of violence. A prohibition against violence is written into their programming. Yet with our help, Erek was [[The Android|once able to disable that programming]]. He saved our lives in a terrible battle. But he chose then to surrender the power to do violence.|[[Ax]]|The Decision}}[[Marco]] discovered his friend Erek King is an android with a hologram covering. Erek explained about the Chee secretly living on Earth to the Animorphs. Additionally, several Chee, including Erek, had infiltrated the [[Yeerk]] forces on Earth, specifically [[The Sharing]]. The Yeerk's technology is not sufficient to distinguish them from humans, allowing them to easily enter undetected. These Chee have taking in Yeerks willingly, keeping the parasitic slugs captive while providing their own [[Kandrona Rays]] to the Yeerks inside them and accessing their knowledge. When the time then came to return to the [[Yeerk pool]], they simply project a holographic Yeerk leaving them and "struggle" like an average host.<ref>''[[The Android]]''</ref>
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Erek wanted to want help stop the Yeerks from invading his adopted planet and through the use of the [[Pemalite crystal]], he reprogrammed himself to remove his inability to do violence and slaughtered about two dozen [[Hork-Bajir]], but, unable to cope with the memory of violence and unable to forget it, he vowed never to fight again. The Pemalite crystal was discarded.<ref>''[[The Android]]''</ref>
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[[File:Animorphs 10 the android inside cover only high res.jpg|thumb|222px|Erek in Android form, as seen by Marco's spider morph (from the inside cover of Book 10 The Android)]]
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Erek and the Chee continued and aid the Animorphs by providing intell and masquerading as the human Animorphs while the real Animorphs were away on a mission, or even assisting the Animorphs on some of the missions.<ref>''[[The Attack]]''</ref> Generally Erek was the Animorphs' default Chee ally, although on one occasion [[Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill|Ax]] asked the Chee posing as Erek's father for assistance in hacking into an Andalite computer.<ref>''[[The Arrival]]''</ref>
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During the final battle against the Yeerks, the Animorphs forced Erek's hand, taking advantage of his non-violent programming to force him into acting in situations that he felt were morally reprehensible. After the defeat of the [[Yeerk empire]], [[Cassie]] told Erek that [[Jake]] said for him to leave the ship if Erek wanted to keep the Chee identity secret since the [[Andalite]]s were coming on board. This was not a friendly parting since Jake (and maybe others) blamed Erek for the death of [[Rachel]], since Erek drained the Dracon beam so Jake would not be able to defend the ship and possibly kill others, while Erek was horrified by Jake's decision to vent the Yeerk pool, killing those Yeerks feeding therein. The Blade Ship manned by Jake's brother [[Tom]] was going to fire on the Pool Ship, thus Rachel had to attack Tom to stop it. Both ended up dying. Erek left telling Cassie to take care of Jake since Jake would need her.<ref>''[[The Answer]]'' and ''[[The Beginning]]''</ref>
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==In the Animorphs TV Series==
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[[File:TV_Erek_King.png|thumb|Erek, as he appears in the TV series.]]
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Erek's portrayal in the TV series is much like that of the books. He follows Jake and Marco back to the barn, where he confronts the Animorphs with the knowledge that he's aware that they're the "Andalite Bandits" that [[Visser Three]]'s looking for. He then asks for the Animorphs' help in retrieving the [[Chee holographic crystal]].
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No mention is made of the Pemalites in the TV series.
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==Appearances==
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===Books===
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*''[[The Android]]''
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*''[[The Escape]]''
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*''[[The Decision]]''
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*''[[In the Time of Dinosaurs]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Departure]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Discovery]]''
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*''[[The Threat]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Solution]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Extreme]]''
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*''[[The Attack]]''
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*''[[The Exposed]]''
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*''[[The Experiment]]''
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*''[[The Sickness]]''
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*''[[The Reunion]]''
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*''[[The Conspiracy]]''
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*''[[The Separation]]''
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*''[[The Illusion]]''
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*''[[The Prophecy]]''
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*''[[The Hidden]]''
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*''[[The Journey]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Unexpected]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Revelation]]''
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*''[[The Resistance]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*''[[The Diversion]]''
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*''[[The Answer]]''
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*''[[The Beginning]]''
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===TV series===
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*''[[My Name is Erek]]''
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*''[[The Front]]''
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==Trivia==
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*"Erek King" was the name of a real ''[[Animorphs (book series)|Animorphs]]'' fan who won a competition on the Animorphs Official Site to have his name included in one of the books.
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*Erek has passed as [[Marco]] on several occasions, despite his tendency to clean Marco's room, much to the [[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]]' dismay. Marco has complained to Erek about this on several occasions, but Erek has ignored him.
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*Erek's worth in U.S. dollars is, according to himself, "well into the billions."<ref>''[[The Exposed]]''</ref>
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Animorphs contest meet the real erek king final.jpg|Erek King in real life
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erek king winning entry.png|Erek's winning entry (from the scholastic web site)
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Erek-Chee android morph.gif|Erek "morphing" from his human to Chee form in the TV series
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</gallery>
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==References==
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[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Males]]
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[[Category:Supporting Characters]]
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[[Category:Chee]]

Revision as of 06:11, 19 February 2020

Erek King tv
Erek King
Biographical information
Species

Chee

Gender

Male

Hair color

Brown

Eye color

Brown

Born

Created thousands of years ago

Family

Mr. King ("father")

Occupation

Student
Slave (formerly)
Butler (formerly)

Affiliation

Pemalite
Chee
Animorphs (formerly)

Behind the scenes
First appearance

The Android

Last appearance

The Beginning

Portrayer

Dov Tiefenbach

"He appears to be a normal human boy. But of course that is merely a very advanced holographic illusion. Beneath the hologram is an android of gray and white metals, somewhat resembling an Earth dog walking on two legs. [...] However, even though they cannot do battle, the Chee have managed to infiltrate the Yeerk organization on Earth. And from time to time Erek brings us useful information."
―Ax[src]

Erek King is a pacifistic android called a Chee and an ally of the Animorphs.

Biography

History

Erek King is a Chee, an android race created to be pacifists, much like their makers, the Pemalites. After the destruction of the Pemalites at the hands of the Howlers, Erek, along with the rest of the Chee, escaped to Earth, and has lived there for thousands of years, using incredibly advanced holographic technology to pass as human.[1]

Past Identities on Earth

"A normal-looking boy. Or that's what you'd think. The "boy" was a holographic projection. Inside the illusion was an android. An android who'd helped build the pyramids, who had taken on a hundred different human forms, letting each one seem to age, letting each one seem to die, then reappearing as some new holographic projection."
―Jake[src]

Erek's previous lives include a laborer that assisted in the construction of the Great Pyramids of Giza for the Ancient Egyptian empire, a citizen of a country ravaged by Attila the Hun, a witness of the first performance of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in the 16th century, Catherine the Great's hair dresser, Ludwig van Beethoven's valet, and President Franklin Roosevelt's butler.[2]

Erek King and the Animorphs

"The Chee are incapable of violence. A prohibition against violence is written into their programming. Yet with our help, Erek was once able to disable that programming. He saved our lives in a terrible battle. But he chose then to surrender the power to do violence."
―Ax[src]

Marco discovered his friend Erek King is an android with a hologram covering. Erek explained about the Chee secretly living on Earth to the Animorphs. Additionally, several Chee, including Erek, had infiltrated the Yeerk forces on Earth, specifically The Sharing. The Yeerk's technology is not sufficient to distinguish them from humans, allowing them to easily enter undetected. These Chee have taking in Yeerks willingly, keeping the parasitic slugs captive while providing their own Kandrona Rays to the Yeerks inside them and accessing their knowledge. When the time then came to return to the Yeerk pool, they simply project a holographic Yeerk leaving them and "struggle" like an average host.[3]

Erek wanted to want help stop the Yeerks from invading his adopted planet and through the use of the Pemalite crystal, he reprogrammed himself to remove his inability to do violence and slaughtered about two dozen Hork-Bajir, but, unable to cope with the memory of violence and unable to forget it, he vowed never to fight again. The Pemalite crystal was discarded.[4]

Animorphs 10 the android inside cover only high res

Erek in Android form, as seen by Marco's spider morph (from the inside cover of Book 10 The Android)

Erek and the Chee continued and aid the Animorphs by providing intell and masquerading as the human Animorphs while the real Animorphs were away on a mission, or even assisting the Animorphs on some of the missions.[5] Generally Erek was the Animorphs' default Chee ally, although on one occasion Ax asked the Chee posing as Erek's father for assistance in hacking into an Andalite computer.[6]

During the final battle against the Yeerks, the Animorphs forced Erek's hand, taking advantage of his non-violent programming to force him into acting in situations that he felt were morally reprehensible. After the defeat of the Yeerk empire, Cassie told Erek that Jake said for him to leave the ship if Erek wanted to keep the Chee identity secret since the Andalites were coming on board. This was not a friendly parting since Jake (and maybe others) blamed Erek for the death of Rachel, since Erek drained the Dracon beam so Jake would not be able to defend the ship and possibly kill others, while Erek was horrified by Jake's decision to vent the Yeerk pool, killing those Yeerks feeding therein. The Blade Ship manned by Jake's brother Tom was going to fire on the Pool Ship, thus Rachel had to attack Tom to stop it. Both ended up dying. Erek left telling Cassie to take care of Jake since Jake would need her.[7]

In the Animorphs TV Series

TV Erek King

Erek, as he appears in the TV series.

Erek's portrayal in the TV series is much like that of the books. He follows Jake and Marco back to the barn, where he confronts the Animorphs with the knowledge that he's aware that they're the "Andalite Bandits" that Visser Three's looking for. He then asks for the Animorphs' help in retrieving the Chee holographic crystal.

No mention is made of the Pemalites in the TV series.

Appearances

Books

TV series

Trivia

  • "Erek King" was the name of a real Animorphs fan who won a competition on the Animorphs Official Site to have his name included in one of the books.
  • Erek has passed as Marco on several occasions, despite his tendency to clean Marco's room, much to the Animorphs' dismay. Marco has complained to Erek about this on several occasions, but Erek has ignored him.
  • Erek's worth in U.S. dollars is, according to himself, "well into the billions."[8]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ The Android
  2. ↑ The Android
  3. ↑ The Android
  4. ↑ The Android
  5. ↑ The Attack
  6. ↑ The Arrival
  7. ↑ The Answer and The Beginning
  8. ↑ The Exposed
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