Captain Scarlet (character)

Captain Scarlet is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's supermarionation-science fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and its CGI remake Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet. In both series, he is the main character.

Scarlet is just a code name. His real name is Paul Metcalfe. His voice was in the original series done by Francis Matthews, and in the new series by Wayne Forrester.



Content
[hide] *1 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons  ==Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons[ Edit] == In the original series Captain Scarlet is a field agent of the secret organization Spectrum, and a confidant of Colonel White. He always gets the most dangerous and most crucial missions assigned.
 * 1.1 Death
 * 1.2 personality and skills
 * 2 Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
 * 3 Trivia

Scarlet is a good friend of Captain Blue, with whom he goes on most of the missions. In addition, he has a relationship with Destiny Angel ===Death[ Edit] === Scarlet came already in the first episode of the series ("The Mysterons"), killed in a car accident caused by the Mysterons, including Captain Brown died. Both men were then reconstructed by the aliens to serve as Mysteronagenten. They were instructed to kill the president of the world. For this goal was Brown turned into a walking bomb. When this attempt failed, Scarlet kidnapped the president from cloudbase and brought him to the top of a London car park. Scarlet was shot by Captain Blue before he could do something about the president, and fell 800 feet down.

Scarlet survived this fall because he by the reconstruction process of the Mysterons virtually indestructible had become. But the blow broke though the control that the Mysterons had about him. Scarlet was one of the most important agents of Spectrum in their fight with the Mysterons. ===Personality and skills[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There he is the main character, is the most developed character Scarlets throughout the series. He talks with a British accent. It is claimed that he was born in Winchester, Hampshire on 17 december 2036. He is not unfamiliar with gambling and alcohol addiction. In the episode "Special Assignment" he plays a game of roulette what he loses heavily.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Scarlet is a very experienced pilot and can handle almost any vehicle. He is also a good astronaut. In many ways he is a stereotypical hero in the sense that one can count on him and he always succeeds in his commands. However, he has also a lighter, more humorous side, with a dry and sarcastic sense of humor. This is mainly reflected in conversations with other Spectrum agents.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Because he is reconstructed by the Mysterons is Captain Scarlet virtually invulnerable. He can survive things that would be deadly for a normal human being and cures within hours of a heavy injury. Can a heavy injury him a while off. He also feels the effects of everything that happens with him. Scarlet can change his hands in weapons such as pistols and electric cables.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Scarlet is a close friend of Captain Blue and trust him blindly. In the episode "Special Assignment" was their band only really clear when Blue tried to stop Scarlets spiral of self-destruction.

<p lang="en" len="277" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Scarlet is also good friends with Lieutenant Green, Scarlet and Blue who regularly accompanied on missions. ==Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet<span class="mw-editsection" len="369" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the remake series Captain Scarlet is half British, half American and he speaks with an accent from New England. Many of his character traits from the original series are still present in the remake, but Scarlets love interests become stronger emerged. In addition, Scarlet in the new series present at the mission on Mars where the Mysterons popping up for the first time. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Scarlet came in the episode "Attack On cloudbase" actually once to life (later revealed this to be a dream by Symphony Angel).
 * Although there are claims that he is indestructible, it is likely that Scarlet like all Mysterons and Mysteronagenten vulnerable to electricity.
 * It is not known why Scarlet is the only mysteron agent which is completely indestructible. One theory is that the Mysterons initially wanted to make all their earthly agents indestructible, but lost their control over when she saw Scarlet.
 * In the episode "Flight 104" turns out to be Scarlet crazy on steak.
 * Scarlets face, and also his voice in the original series, are based on a young Cary Grant.