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Overview

Gameplay

Eyedol

KI 2013
KI 1994

Information

Name

Eyedol

Age

Unknown

Race

Demonic bicephalous cyclops (KI 1994)
Undead ogre, formerly human (KI 2013)

Affiliation

Himself

Status

Reanimated

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Allies

None (destruction and violence incarnate)

The Alliance (temporary)

Enemies

Gargos (eternal rival)
Omen
Shadow Jago
Kim Wu
Tusk
(Shin) Hisako
Kan-Ra
Ultratech
Night Guard
Glacius
Thunder
Eagle
Sabrewulf
Aganos

Fighting Style

Rushdown (Savage Head)
Zoning (Warlock Head)

Weapons

Spiked Mace (KI 1994)
Skull-laced Club (KI 2013)

Stages

Eyedol's Lair & Warehouse Basement (KI 1994)
Skull Chamber (alternate stage, KI 1994)
Forbidden Archive (temporary) (KI 2013)

Appears in

Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct (2013)

Voiced By

Henry Sterchi & Isaac Marshall (KI 1994)
Zachary Quarles (KI 2013)

“	I... serve... NO ONE!	„
— Eyedol's intro quote

Eyedol is a fearsome, bicephalous monstrosity and a primary antagonist of the Killer Instinct series ever since he featured as the franchise's original last boss in Killer Instinct (1994). One of the two demon warlords that were banished from Earth in the ancient past, the other being Gargos, in Killer Instinct (2013), Eyedol is a corrupted champion who was slain by Gargos, his nemesis, and who was thereafter foolishly resurrected by the sorcerer Kan-Ra. Eyedol made his return to Killer Instinct after twenty-two years on July 27m 2016, as the eighth and final playable character to be released in KI 2013's Season Three.

Biography[]

Appearance[]

In Eyedol's classic design, he appears as a massive, gray- (or green- or brown-) skinned, two-headed cyclops with glowing red eyes, and goat-like legs with cloven hooves. He wields a massive, spiked mace and is the tallest character in the game.

In Killer Instinct (2013), Eyedol received a substantial overhaul. Unlike before, he now appears to have only one head; however, it has been split completely in half down the middle, so one eye is on each side of the cleft. His brain is visible within the massive gap, and purple and red lightning darts across the divide, connecting the two pieces of his head. His left eye glows purple, his right eye glows red, and the horn on the right side of his head is broken off at the end. He retains his gray skin, but now has swirling tattoos running along half of his body that glow purple, and also has ropes slung around his torso. He is less muscular and more pot-bellied, like a stereotypical ogre, though still very large in stature. He wears a single pauldron on his right shoulder and a loincloth with human skulls attached to it around his waist. His legs are digitigrade like those of Gargos's, but his three-toed feet appear to have large, blunt toenails rather than sharp claws like his foe. He wields a massive club or mace laced with human skulls. When focusing on physical combat, his red-eyed side takes control, and when he focuses on magical combat, his purple-eyed side takes over.

Eyedol's retro costume largely mirrors his original 1994 appearance, though he is much bulkier than he was in the original game. Each head only shows one horn instead of two and lacks his original chain ear piercings. He still has a purple-colored eye for one head and a red-colored eye for the other and keeps his new skull-laced club from his default KI 2013 costume.

Personality[]

Eyedolraging — "*Power corrupts, and ♫ absolute power corrupts absolutely! ♫*"

Eyedol is a dread example of John Dalberg-Acton's famous observation: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Once a champion who was chosen by an angelic race of demi-gods to save the world from Gargos, Eyedol's body and soul were consumed utterly by manifold factors: The magically enhanced abilities granted to him by those benevolent beings, his own pride and arrogance over the supreme victory that he managed to achieve over Gargos, and him seizing a large portion of the Astral Tyrant's dark power. Together, they caused Eyedol's essence to slowly but surely turn a sinful black, and over time, they hideously transformed him into the very thing he once was empowered to destroy—a fiend and an ungodly monster.

Crowning himself the god-king of a vast empire in a time now long forgotten, when countless humans sang his praises and worshiped him as a divinity who walked the Earth, Eyedol's boundless lust for god-like status and power absolute seemed his greatest strength, yet it became his downfall. His corrupted being lost control over all its base impulses and Eyedol went berserk with greed, pride and wrath, almost completely wiping out the ancient heroes of the world who tried to contain his rampage and tyranny; which led to him being banished to the Astral Realm through the bravery of the immortal warrior Tunth-ska. There, Eyedol finally met his demise at the claws of a cunning Gargos, who had been waiting for him in the darkness of the Void.

After being slain by the Shadow Lord and getting his head spliced in two, and after having been reanimated by the arch-sorcerer Kan-Ra, the fallen god-beast Eyedol is now extremely obsessed with one thing: Total annihilation for the sake of its unbridled retribution. To this end, he violently turns against Kan-Ra upon his resurrection and immediately goes on the war path. His one-track (or, should we say, "two-track") mind becomes his only guide as he demolishes, brutalizes and magically destroys everything and everyone on his dark path to exact merciless vengeance on Gargos.

Powers & Abilities[]

Ever since his head was split in half by Gargos, Eyedol's tremendous might has been diminished in two different ways. All of his power -and indeed his very mind itself- has become divided up into two separate entities: his red-eyed "savage head" and his purple-eyed "warlock head". The personality of the "savage" head is excessively violent, rushing over with abandon and impulsively lashing out with sheer ferocity and utter bloodlust. The "warlock" head's personality, however, is ominously calculating as well as deviously patient, and utilizes cataclysmically powerful magicks to ruin Eyedol's enemies with from afar.

When his Instinct Mode is activated, Eyedol's split personalities merge and his true strength will temporarily return to him. He becomes a god-like force to be reckoned with: An unholy beast embodying the ultimate power, brutality and sorcerous might.

Killer Instinct (1994)[]

EYEDOL SUPREME — Eyedol's original appearance in *Killer Instinct (1994)*

Eyedolretrointro — Eyedol's retro appearance in *Killer Instinct (2013)*

Story[]

Eyedol is Ultratech's trump card. Remember the warlords from the Prologue story? Well, Eyedol is one of them. Ultratech's scientists snatched him out of Limbo to do battle with the finalist in this year's Killer Instinct tournament. Little did they realize what kind of power they were releasing when they set Eyedol free from his magical prison...

Extended Story[]

Eyedol and his greatest rival, Gargos - known only in the modern world to the Monks of the Tiger as the great Spirit they serve - were the last surviving Warlords of ancient times, battling for ultimate control of the land. The heroes of the age joined together to banish them to Limbo, and for 2000 years there they stayed: but now Ultratech's meddling has resulted in a device that can scan the void for life, and despite their efforts to shut it down before anything nasty gets out, a weakened Eyedol manages to break through at the last minute, right into the company's scheming hands.

Ending[]

Eyedol's ending is actually a joke ending that parodies Blanka's ending from Street Fighter II. The name was changed from Jimmy to Billy, probably as a reference to British pop singer Billy Idol.

If he wins, a random woman approaches Eyedol after the tournament and sets into motion a rather strange ending with the following dialogue:

Woman: "Billy... Are you my long lost son Billy...?"
Eyedol: "Why would I be your son?... My name's Eyedol."
Woman: "My son was lost in a car crash... I gave him those bracelets for his birthday....."
Eyedol: (Eyedol's heads give each other a confused look) "Somehow.......... we don't think so." (Eyedol smashes the woman into the pavement with his club)

Stage[]

Main article: Eyedol's Lair / Warehouse Basement

Character Selection[]

Being a secret character, Eyedol can only be selected by players through a built-in cheat code.

Arcade v1.4: Select Riptor. Begin holding Left. Once the versus screen appears, begin holding Right and press MP, FP, and then FK. The announcer saying "Eyedol" will confirm the selection, making Eyedol playable for the next battle.
Arcade v1.5/SNES: Select Cinder. Begin holding Right. Once the versus screen appears, press QP, QK, FP, MK, MP, and then FK (on the controller: L, R, X, B, Y, and then A). The announcer saying "Eyedol" will confirm the selection, making Eyedol playable for the next battle.

Killer Instinct (2013)[]

Eyedol Wallpaper 1920x1080 — Eyedol's new appearance in *Killer Instinct (2013)*

Story[]

Eyedol suffered his ultimate defeat at the hands of his rival Gargos, who split his head completely in half down to the neck. However, Eyedol's remains were somehow located by Kan-Ra, who sought to reanimate the fallen god-beast in order to use it as his trump card against the Shadow Lord and his forces. But even Kan-Ra's necromancy lacked the power needed to fully resurrect and control Eyedol, causing the mighty demon lord to quickly break free from the sorcerer's bonds and once again rampage across the Earth as destruction and violence incarnate.

Extended Story[]

The Reawakened:

Main article: The Reawakened

Music[]

A_Shattered_Eyedol_-_Killer_Instinct_OST_by_Atlas_&_Celldweller — A Shattered Eyedol - Killer Instinct OST by Atlas & Celldweller

Eyedol's new theme for KI 2013, titled "A Shattered Eyedol", was composed by the duo Celldweller & Atlas Plug. It is an industrial-techno remix of his classic 1994 boss theme, "The Extreme", and features an 1980s horror vibe that is similar to the soundtracks of John Carpenter's movies, notably to the opening theme of The Thing and some elements from Klayton's Scandroid project.

When both combatants remain idle for a short period while using Eyedol's music on any stage, then a synthesized remix of the KI main theme, "The Instinct," will start playing.

Gallery[]

Killer Instinct (1994)

Killer Instinct (2013)

Killer Instinct Comics

Quotes[]

“	The plight of mortals yields no interest to me. My mind, though severed in two by the Shadow Tyrant, has but one resolve - vengeance for my suffering! You will not sway me to your cause.	„
—Eyedol's proclamations during the events of Shadow Lords (KI 2013)

“	So my ancient adversary now battles me through you? What a coward he has become.	„
—Eyedol in the Killer Instinct comics (1996)

“	Somehow............ we don't think so.	„
—Eyedol's famous line from his 1994 arcade ending

Trivia[]

During Eyedol's first reveal for Season 3, designer Adam "Keits" Heart summarized the character as "two heads, two characters", and mentioned that the "combat head" is a "berserking, close range, rushdown character", while the "mage head" is a "smart, screen-controlling, zoning character".
Eyedol is referred to as "Panda" in the game files for Killer Instinct on PC.
Eyedol's name is a portmanteau of the words "eye" (being a cyclops) and "idol" (due to his reference in the original timeline as an ancient spirit by the Monks of the Tiger or being "worshipped" by Ultratech and the spectators of the Killer Instinct tournament).
- Following the new timeline introduced in the 2013 reboot, the "idol" part now references him being worshipped by humans who praised his original victory over Gargos and subsequently saving the world, eventually crowning himself king of a vast empire. The "eye" part references his split head and how his eyes are presently separated from each other.

Kanraeyedol — Eyedol's "savage" personality, featuring Kan-Ra

Eyedol Default Color Unknown1 — Eyedol's "warlock" personality

Eyedol's Savage and Warlock "Heads" are somewhat inconsistent in placement due to the mirroring of his in-game model, and sometimes the Savage Head will be active while the Warlock Head should be or vice versa.
- During gameplay, confusion from this can be avoided by looking at Eyedol's Rage/Control Meter, since flames appear on the half of his head that is currently active. One can also tell by the color of the eye of the active head, the color of his club's sparks, or the appearance of Eyedol's neutral stance (upright with club held high, or hunched over with club held low).
- Eyedol's Savage and Warlock heads are similar to Street Fighter 3's Gill when he uses both pyrokinesis and cryokinesis. Their heads also relate to He-Man's Two-Bad.
His two retro costume colors in KI 2013 - brown and green - are a throwback to his physical appearance in the arcade version and SNES version of the original Killer Instinct, respectively.
Following Rash, Mira and General RAAM over the course of Season Three, Eyedol doesn't have his own stage in Killer Instinct, but does have his own selectable theme for any stage. Interestingly, Eyedol shares Kan-Ra's Forbidden Archive (same with Rash) as his stage in the game, likely as a placeholder, similar to the situation with Omen sharing the Shadow Tiger's Lair with Shadow Jago and Gargos (temporarily), and Mira sharing the Alchemical Lab with Sabrewulf in Survival Mode. This makes him the sixth overall fighter as well as the fourth character in Season 3 amongst the roster who does not have a stage, but shares an arena with another combatant.
Eyedol shares his Killer Instinct (2013) voice actor, Zachary Quarles, with Riptor and Aganos.
On July 17, 2014 (coincidently, just two years before Eyedol's return to KI 2013), former KI composer Robin Beanland posted on his official SoundCloud page an unused track that was supposed to be Eyedol's main theme but was immediately scrapped after hearing it in-game.

External links[]

Eyedol's character page at the official Killer Instinct Website
Eyedol's gameplay profile at Infil's The Complete Killer Instinct Guide

Media[]

Eyedol's trailer - Eyedol's official trailer reveal for Killer Instinct (2013) by Iron Galaxy
Creating the music for "Eyedol" - Celldweller and Atlas Plug offer an exclusive look into how they created Eyedol's theme for KI 2013
Delta Rayquaza (Eyedol) vs. SonicDolphin117 (Arbiter) - Video compilation of pro gamer matchups with Eyedol

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 |alignment = Chaotic Evil
 |allies = None (destruction and violence incarnate)
+[[The Alliance]] (temporary)
 |enemies = [[Gargos]] (eternal rival) <br> [[Omen]] <br> [[Shadow Jago]] <br>[[Kim Wu]] <br> [[Tusk]] <br> [[Shin Hisako|(Shin)]] [[Hisako]] <br> [[Kan-Ra]] <br> [[Ultratech]] <br> [[Night Guard]] <br> [[Glacius]] <br> [[Thunder]] <br> [[Eagle]] <br> [[Sabrewulf]] <br> [[Aganos]]
 |fighting style = Rushdown (Savage Head) <br> Zoning (Warlock Head)
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 |voiced by = Henry Sterchi & Isaac Marshall (KI 1994) <br> Zachary Quarles (KI 2013)
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 <p style="font-size:11px;line-height:1em;text-align:right;">— Eyedol's intro quote</p>
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+'''Eyedol''' is a fearsome, bicephalous monstrosity and a primary antagonist of the [[Killer Instinct (series)|''Killer Instinct'']] series ever since he featured as the franchise's original last boss in ''[[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct (1994)]]''. One of the two demon warlords that were banished from Earth in the ancient past, the other being [[Gargos]], in ''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'', Eyedol is a corrupted champion who was slain by Gargos, his nemesis, and who was thereafter foolishly resurrected by the sorcerer [[Kan-Ra]]. Eyedol made his return to ''Killer Instinct'' after twenty-two years on July 27m 2016, as the eighth and final playable character to be released in KI 2013's Season Three.
-'''Eyedol''' is a fearsome, bicephalous monstrosity and a primary antagonist of the [[Killer Instinct (series)|''Killer Instinct'']] series ever since he featured as the franchise's original last boss in the ''[[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct (1994)]]'' arcade game. One of the two demon warlords that were banished from Earth in the ancient past, the other being [[Gargos]], in ''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'' Eyedol is a corrupted former champion who was slain by his nemesis Gargos, and who was thereafter foolishly resurrected by the sorcerer [[Kan-Ra]]. Eyedol made his return to ''Killer Instinct'' after twenty-two years on July 27th 2016, as the eighth and final playable character to be released in KI 2013's Season Three.
 ==Biography==
@@ Line 48: / Line 47: @@
 In Eyedol's classic design, he appears as a massive, gray- (or green- or brown-) skinned, two-headed cyclops with glowing red eyes, and goat-like legs with cloven hooves. He wields a massive, spiked mace and is the tallest character in the game.
-In ''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'', Eyedol received a substantial overhaul. Unlike before he now appears to have only one head, however it has been split completely in half down the middle; so one eye is on each side of the cleft. His brain is visible within the massive gap, and purple and red lightning darts across the divide, connecting the two pieces of his head. His left eye glows purple and his right eye glows red, and the horn on the right side of his head is broken off at the end. He retains his gray skin, but now has swirling tattoos running along half of his body that glow purple, and also has ropes slung around his torso. He is less muscular and more pot-bellied, like a stereotypical ogre, though still very large in stature. He wears a single pauldron on his right shoulder and a loincloth with human skulls attached to it around his waist. His legs are digitigrade like those of [[Gargos]]', but his three-toed feet appear to have large, blunt toenails rather than sharp claws like his foe. He wields a massive club or mace laced with human skulls. When focusing on physical combat his red-eyed side takes control, and when he focuses on magical combat his purple-eyed side takes over.
+In ''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'', Eyedol received a substantial overhaul. Unlike before, he now appears to have only one head; however, it has been split completely in half down the middle, so one eye is on each side of the cleft. His brain is visible within the massive gap, and purple and red lightning darts across the divide, connecting the two pieces of his head. His left eye glows purple, his right eye glows red, and the horn on the right side of his head is broken off at the end. He retains his gray skin, but now has swirling tattoos running along half of his body that glow purple, and also has ropes slung around his torso. He is less muscular and more pot-bellied, like a stereotypical ogre, though still very large in stature. He wears a single pauldron on his right shoulder and a loincloth with human skulls attached to it around his waist. His legs are digitigrade like those of [[Gargos]]'s, but his three-toed feet appear to have large, blunt toenails rather than sharp claws like his foe. He wields a massive club or mace laced with human skulls. When focusing on physical combat, his red-eyed side takes control, and when he focuses on magical combat, his purple-eyed side takes over.
-Eyedol's retro costume largely mirrors his original 1994 appearance, though he now is much bulkier than he was in the original game, each head now shows only one horn instead of two, and he has a purple-colored eye for one head and a red-colored eye for the other, and he lacks his original chain ear piercings. Eyedol still keeps his new skull-laced club from his default KI 2013 costume.
+Eyedol's retro costume largely mirrors his original 1994 appearance, though he is much bulkier than he was in the original game. Each head only shows one horn instead of two and lacks his original chain ear piercings. He still has a purple-colored eye for one head and a red-colored eye for the other and keeps his new skull-laced club from his default KI 2013 costume.
 === Personality ===
-[[File:eyedolraging.png|thumb|300px|"''Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.''"]]
+[[File:eyedolraging.png|thumb|300px|"''Power corrupts, and [https://youtu.be/rmrftSLca6c?t=163 ♫ absolute power corrupts absolutely! ♫]''"]]
 Eyedol is a dread example of [[Wikipedia:John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton|John Dalberg-Acton]]'s famous observation: ''"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."''
-Once a champion called upon by an angelic race of demi-gods to save the world from [[Gargos]], Eyedol's entire body and soul became consumed by a number of factors: The magically enhanced abilities granted to him by those benevolent beings, his own pride and arrogance over the supreme victory that he managed to achieve over the Astral tyrant, and him successfully seizing a portion of Gargos' dark power. Together, they caused his essence to slowly but surely turn a sinful black, and over time they hideously transformed him into the very thing that he was once empowered to destroy—a fiend and an ungodly monster.
+Once a champion who was chosen by an angelic race of demi-gods to save the world from [[Gargos]], Eyedol's body and soul were consumed utterly by manifold factors: The magically enhanced abilities granted to him by those benevolent beings, his own pride and arrogance over the supreme victory that he managed to achieve over Gargos, and him seizing a large portion of the Astral Tyrant's dark power. Together, they caused Eyedol's essence to slowly but surely turn a sinful black, and over time, they hideously transformed him into the very thing he once was empowered to destroy—a fiend and an ungodly monster.
-Crowning himself the god-king of a vast empire in a time now long forgotten, when countless humans sang his praises and openly worshiped him as a divinity that walked the Earth, Eyedol's boundless lust for a god-like status and absolute power seemed to be his greatest strength, yet it became his downfall. His corrupted being lost control over all its base impulses and Eyedol went berserk with greed, pride and wrath, almost wiping out the ancient heroes of the world who tried to contain his rampage and tyranny; which led to him being banished to the [[Astral Plane|Astral Realm]] through the bravery of the immortal warrior [[Tusk|Tunth-ska]]. There, Eyedol finally met his demise at the claws of a cunning Gargos who had been waiting for him in the darkness of the Void.
+Crowning himself the god-king of a vast empire in a time now long forgotten, when countless humans sang his praises and worshiped him as a divinity who walked the Earth, Eyedol's boundless lust for god-like status and power absolute seemed his greatest strength, yet it became his downfall. His corrupted being lost control over all its base impulses and Eyedol went berserk with greed, pride and wrath, almost completely wiping out the ancient heroes of the world who tried to contain his rampage and tyranny; which led to him being banished to the [[Astral Plane|Astral Realm]] through the bravery of the immortal warrior [[Tusk|Tunth-ska]]. There, Eyedol finally met his demise at the claws of a cunning Gargos, who had been waiting for him in the darkness of the Void.
-After having been slain by the Shadow Lord and getting his head spliced in two, and after being reanimated by the arch-sorcerer [[Kan-Ra]], Eyedol is now ''extremely'' obsessed over one thing: Total annihilation for the sake of his unbridled retribution. To this end, he violently turns against Kan-Ra upon his resurrection and immediately goes on the war path. His one-track (or should we say, "two-track") mind becomes his only guide as he demolishes, brutalizes and magically destroys everything and everyone on his dark path to exact merciless vengeance on Gargos.
+After being slain by the Shadow Lord and getting his head spliced in two, and after having been reanimated by the arch-sorcerer [[Kan-Ra]], the fallen god-beast Eyedol is now extremely obsessed with one thing: '''''Total''' annihilation'' for the sake of its unbridled retribution. To this end, he violently turns against Kan-Ra upon his resurrection and immediately goes on the war path. His one-track (or, should we say, "two-track") mind becomes his only guide as he demolishes, brutalizes and magically destroys everything and everyone on his dark path to exact merciless vengeance on Gargos.
 === Powers & Abilities ===
-Ever since his head was split in half by [[Gargos]], Eyedol's tremendous might has been diminished in two different ways. All of his power -and indeed his very mind itself- has become divided into two separate beings: The red-eyed "savage" head and the purple-eyed "warlock" head. The savage head's personality is excessively violent, rushing over with abandon and impulsively lashing out with sheer ferocity and utter bloodlust. The personality of the warlock head however is ominously calculated as well as deviously patient, and utilizes cataclysmically powerful magicks to ruin Eyedol's enemies from afar.
+Ever since his head was split in half by [[Gargos]], Eyedol's tremendous might has been diminished in two different ways. All of his power -and indeed his very mind itself- has become divided up into two separate entities: his red-eyed "savage head" and his purple-eyed "warlock head". The personality of the "savage" head is excessively violent, rushing over with abandon and impulsively lashing out with sheer ferocity and utter bloodlust. The "warlock" head's personality, however, is ominously calculating as well as deviously patient, and utilizes cataclysmically powerful magicks to ruin Eyedol's enemies with from afar.
-When his [[Instinct Mode]] is activated, Eyedol's split personalities merge and his true power will temporarily return to him. He becomes a god-like force to be reckoned with: An unholy beast embodying the ultimate power, savagery and sorcerous might.
+When his [[Instinct Mode]] is activated, Eyedol's split personalities merge and his true strength will temporarily return to him. He becomes a god-like force to be reckoned with: An unholy beast embodying the ultimate power, brutality and sorcerous might.
 ==''Killer Instinct (1994)''==
 [[File:EYEDOL SUPREME.jpg|thumb|250px|Eyedol's original appearance in [[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|''Killer Instinct (1994)'']]]]
 [[File:Eyedolretrointro.jpg|thumb|250px|Eyedol's retro appearance in  [[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|''Killer Instinct (2013)'']]]]
 === Story ===
 Eyedol is [[Ultratech]]'s trump card. Remember the warlords from the [[Killer_Instinct#Story|Prologue story]]? Well, Eyedol is one of them. Ultratech's scientists snatched him out of Limbo to do battle with the finalist in this year's Killer Instinct tournament. Little did they realize what kind of power they were releasing when they set Eyedol free from his magical prison...
 ==== Extended Story ====
-Eyedol and his greatest rival, [[Gargos]] - known only in the modern world to the Monks of the Tiger as the great Spirit they serve - were the last surviving Warlords of ancient times, battling for ultimate control of the land. The heroes of the age joined together to banish them to Limbo, and for 2000 years there they stayed: but now Ultratech's meddlings have resulted in a device that can scan the void for life, and despite their efforts to shut it down before anything nasty gets out, a weakened Eyedol manages to break through at the last minute, right into the company's scheming hands.
+Eyedol and his greatest rival, [[Gargos]] - known only in the modern world to the Monks of the Tiger as the great Spirit they serve - were the last surviving Warlords of ancient times, battling for ultimate control of the land. The heroes of the age joined together to banish them to Limbo, and for 2000 years there they stayed: but now Ultratech's meddling has resulted in a device that can scan the void for life, and despite their efforts to shut it down before anything nasty gets out, a weakened Eyedol manages to break through at the last minute, right into the company's scheming hands.
 ==== Ending ====
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 *Woman: "Billy... Are you my long lost son Billy...?"
 *Eyedol: "Why would I be your son?... My name's Eyedol."
-* Woman: "My son was lost in a car crash... I gave him those bracelets for his birthday....."
+*Woman: "My son was lost in a car crash... I gave him those bracelets for his birthday....."
 *Eyedol: ''(Eyedol's heads give each other a confused look)'' "Somehow.......... we don't think so." ''(Eyedol smashes the woman into the pavement with his club)''
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 === Character Selection ===
-Being a secret character, Eyedol can only be selected through a built-in cheat code.
+Being a secret character, Eyedol can only be selected by players through a built-in cheat code.
-*Arcade: Select [[Riptor]] and hold Left while pressing Quick Punch and Quick Kick. When the Versus Screen appears, start holding Right while pressing Medium Punch, Fierce Punch and Fierce Kick.
+* '''Arcade v1.4:''' Select [[Riptor]]. Begin holding ''Left''. Once the versus screen appears, begin holding ''Right'' and press ''MP'', ''FP'', and then ''FK''. The announcer saying "Eyedol" will confirm the selection, making Eyedol playable for the next battle.
-*Super Nintendo: Select [[Cinder]]. At the VS Screen, hold Right and press L, R, X, B, Y, A.
+* '''Arcade v1.5/SNES:''' Select [[Cinder]]. Begin holding ''Right''. Once the versus screen appears, press ''QP'', ''QK'', ''FP'', ''MK'', ''MP'', and then ''FK'' (on the controller: L, R, X, B, Y, and then A). The announcer saying "Eyedol" will confirm the selection, making Eyedol playable for the next battle.
 == ''Killer Instinct (2013)'' ==
 [[File:Eyedol Wallpaper 1920x1080.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Eyedol's new appearance in ''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'']]
 === Story ===
 Eyedol suffered his ultimate defeat at the hands of his rival [[Gargos]], who split his head completely in half down to the neck. However, Eyedol's remains were somehow located by [[Kan-Ra]], who sought to reanimate the fallen god-beast in order to use it as his trump card against the Shadow Lord and his [[Shadow Lords|forces]]. But even Kan-Ra's necromancy lacked the power needed to fully resurrect and control Eyedol, causing the mighty demon lord to quickly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjoe9ylFoi8 break free] from the sorcerer's bonds and once again rampage across the Earth as destruction and violence incarnate.
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 === Music ===
 [[File:A Shattered Eyedol - Killer Instinct OST by Atlas & Celldweller|thumb|300x300px]]
-Eyedol's new theme for KI 2013, titled ''"A Shattered Eyedol"'', was composed by the duo Celldweller & Atlas Plug. It is an industrial-techno remix of his classic 1994 boss theme, "[[Eyedol's Lair|The Extreme]]", and features an 1980s horror vibe that is similar to the soundtracks of John Carpenter's movies, notably to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnFc7D0ZoCc opening theme] of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Thing].
+Eyedol's new theme for KI 2013, titled ''"A Shattered Eyedol"'', was composed by the duo Celldweller & Atlas Plug. It is an industrial-techno remix of his classic 1994 boss theme, "[[Eyedol's Lair|The Extreme]]", and features an 1980s horror vibe that is similar to the soundtracks of John Carpenter's movies, notably to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnFc7D0ZoCc opening theme] of [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The Thing] and some elements from Klayton's Scandroid project.
-When both combatants remain idle for a short period while using Eyedol's music on any stage, then a synthesized remix of the KI main theme, "[[The Instinct]]", will start playing.
+When both combatants remain idle for a short period while using Eyedol's music on any stage, then a synthesized remix of the KI main theme, "[[The Instinct]]," will start playing.
 == Gallery ==
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 '''''[[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct (1994)]]'''''
 <gallery widths="200" spacing="small" position="center">
-Eyedolposter.jpg
 -ki_eyedol_render_large.jpg
+Eyedolposter.jpg
 EyeNSpinal.jpg
 Eyedol.gif|Eyedol's in-game sprite (original 1994 arcade)
+Eyedolselectsnes.png|Eyedol at the character select screen ([[Wikipedia: Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] port, 1995)
-EYEDOL COLOR.jpg|Eyedol's various color pallets
-Eyedol.jpg|Eyedol's sprite in the [[Wikipedia: Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] port of ''Killer Instinct'' (1995)
+Eyedol.jpg|Eyedol's unique green coloration in the 1995 SNES port
-Eyedolselectsnes.png|Eyedol at the character select screen (SNES)
 Eyedol Killer Instinct.jpg
+EYEDOL COLOR.jpg|Eyedol's arcade color pallets (original 1994)
 Eyedol Killer.jpg
 Kiboss-1.png|[[Eyedol's Lair]], his primary stage in the 1994 arcade game
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 Eyedollostbracelet.jpg|Eyedol's arcade ending (2)
 Eyedolarcadeending2.jpg|Eyedol's arcade ending (3)
-Knst-13.png|The secret to playing as Eyedol in the 1994 arcade game
+Knst-13.png|The secret to playing as Eyedol in the SNES port of ''Killer Instinct'' (1995)
 </gallery>
 {{!}}-{{!}}
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 '''''[[Killer Instinct (2013 video game)|Killer Instinct (2013)]]'''''
 <gallery widths="200" spacing="small" position="center">
-Eyedol Hero Art 4K No Logo.jpg|Eyedol's new ''Killer Instinct (2013)'' rendering
+Eyedol Hero Art 4K No Logo.jpg|Eyedol's ''Killer Instinct (2013)'' rendering
-EyedolHeroArt.png|Eyedol's KI 2013 in-game model
+EyedolHeroArt.png|Eyedol's new KI 2013 in-game model
 Eyedol Emblem2 Wallpaper 1920x1080.jpg|Eyedol's emblem: the personification of might & wrath
 Eyedol 2013.jpg|A bottomless rage...
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 Eyedololdfriends.jpg|Trying to reason with Eyedol worked out swell
 Eyedolpower.jpg|The wrecking ball in the background is fairly metaphorical
-Eyedololdfriends2.png|The mightiest heroes of Earth's past: Eyedol keeps his old allies close
+Eyedololdfriends2.png|The mightiest heroes of Earth's past—Eyedol keeps his former allies close
 fe782205fb4553b9bef48762cfe63e7705b5258.jpeg|Welcome to [[Wikipedia: Armageddon|Armageddon]]
 Eyedolnightmare.JPG|A long-forgotten nightmare returns to our world
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 Eyedolgargosenemy.jpg|Whoever wins–everything else loses
 Eyedol 2013 new.jpg
-Eyedol_Trailer_Revealed.jpg|Stills from Eyedol's trailer for ''Killer Instinct (2013)''
+Eyedol Trailer Revealed.jpg|Stills from Eyedol's trailer for ''Killer Instinct (2013)''
 Eyedolvisage.jpg
 Retro Eyedol leaked.jpg|Eyedol's 1994 arcade retro appearance ("savage" stance)
 Eyedol retro 2.jpg|Eyedol's retro color 2, resembling the green coloration he took on in the SNES port of ''Killer Instinct'' (1995)
 Eyedolscale.jpg|In-game character scale for KI 2013 ("warlock" stance)
-Eyedol_Default_Color_1.jpg|Default Color 1
+Eyedol Default Color 1.jpg|Default Color 1
-Eyedol_Default_Color_2.jpg|Default Color 2
+Eyedol Default Color 2.jpg|Default Color 2
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown6.jpg|Default Color 3
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown6.jpg|Default Color 3
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown1.jpg|Default Color 4
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown1.jpg|Default Color 4
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown2.jpg|Default Color 5
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown2.jpg|Default Color 5
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown3.jpg|Default Color 6
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown3.jpg|Default Color 6
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown4.jpg|Default Color 7
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown4.jpg|Default Color 7
-Eyedol_Default_Color_Unknown5.jpg|Default Color 8
+Eyedol Default Color Unknown5.jpg|Default Color 8
-Eyedol_Default_Color_9.jpg|Default Color 9
+Eyedol Default Color 9.jpg|Default Color 9
 Warlord.png|"Warlord" accessories
 Scavenger.png|"Scavenger" accessories
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 Eyedol Mimic Skin in Retro Costume.PNG|Eyedol's Mimic skin with "Conflicted" accessories (retro costume)
 Eyedol Shadow Skin.PNG|Eyedol's Shadow skin
-Gold Skin Pack 7.png| As part of the "Gold Skin" along with [[ARIA]] and a Silver [[Shadow Jago]] Skin.
+Gold Skin Pack 7.png|As part of the "Gold Skin" along with [[ARIA]] and a Silver [[Shadow Jago]] Skin.
+Eyedol Wallpaper2 1920x1080.jpg
+Eyedol Wallpaper 1920x1080.jpg
+Eyedol Emblem Wallpaper 1920x1080.jpg
+EYEDOL.png
+Eyedol_entry-scaled.jpg
+Eyedol_rune.png
 </gallery>
 }}
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-<p style="font-size:11px;line-height:1em;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:13px;">—Eyedol in the 1996 ''Killer Instinct'' comics </span></p>
+<p style="font-size:11px;line-height:1em;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:13px;">—Eyedol in the ''Killer Instinct'' comics (1996) </span></p>
+|}
+{| style="border-collapse:collapse;"
+|-
+| style="border:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden;margin:0px0px1em;color:purple;font-size:3.6em;font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;" |
+“
+| style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;overflow:hidden;padding:0px1em;font-style:italic;" |
+<span style="font-size:16px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;">Somehow............ we don't think so.</span>
+| style="border:0px;vertical-align:bottom;overflow:hidden;color:red;font-size:3.6em;font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;" |
+„
+|-
+| colspan="3" style="border:0px;" |
+<p style="font-size:11px;line-height:1em;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:13px;">—Eyedol's famous line from his [[Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|1994]] arcade ending</span></p>
 |}
 == Trivia ==
 *During Eyedol's first reveal for Season 3, designer Adam "Keits" Heart summarized the character as "two heads, two characters", and mentioned that the "combat head" is a "berserking, close range, rushdown character", while the "mage head" is a "smart, screen-controlling, zoning character".
+*Eyedol is referred to as "Panda" in the game files for ''Killer Instinct'' on PC.
 *Eyedol's name is a portmanteau of the words "eye" (being a cyclops) and "idol" (due to his reference in the original timeline as an ancient spirit by the Monks of the Tiger or being "worshipped" by Ultratech and the spectators of the Killer Instinct tournament).
-**Following the new timeline introduced in the 2013 reboot, the "idol" part now references him being worshipped by humans who praised his original victory over Gargos and subsequently saving the world, eventually crowning himself king of a vast empire. And the "eye" part now references his split head and how his eyes are ''literally'' seperated from each other.
+**Following the new timeline introduced in the 2013 reboot, the "idol" part now references him being worshipped by humans who praised his original victory over Gargos and subsequently saving the world, eventually crowning himself king of a vast empire. The "eye" part references his split head and how his eyes are presently separated from each other.
 [[File:Kanraeyedol.gif|thumb|275px|Eyedol's "savage" personality, featuring [[Kan-Ra]]]]
 [[File:Eyedol Default Color Unknown1.jpg|thumb|275px|Eyedol's "warlock" personality]]
-*Eyedol's Savage and Warlock "Heads" are somewhat inconsistent in placement due to the mirroring of his in-game model, and sometimes the Savage Head will be active while the Warlock Head should be, or vice versa.
+*Eyedol's Savage and Warlock "Heads" are somewhat inconsistent in placement due to the mirroring of his in-game model, and sometimes the Savage Head will be active while the Warlock Head should be or vice versa.
 **During gameplay, confusion from this can be avoided by looking at Eyedol's Rage/Control Meter, since flames appear on the half of his head that is currently active. One can also tell by the color of the eye of the active head, the color of his club's sparks, or the appearance of Eyedol's neutral stance (upright with club held high, or hunched over with club held low).
-**Eyedol's Savage and Warlock heads are similar to Street Fighter 3's Gill when he uses both pyrokinesis & cryokinesis. Their heads also relate to He-Man's Two-Bad.
+**Eyedol's Savage and Warlock heads are similar to Street Fighter 3's Gill when he uses both pyrokinesis and cryokinesis. Their heads also relate to He-Man's Two-Bad.
 *His two retro costume colors in ''KI 2013'' - brown and green - are a throwback to his physical appearance in the arcade version and SNES version of the original ''Killer Instinct'', respectively.
 *Following [[Rash]], [[Mira]] and [[General RAAM]] over the course of Season Three, Eyedol doesn't have his own stage in Killer Instinct, but does have his own selectable theme for any stage. Interestingly, Eyedol shares Kan-Ra's [[Forbidden Archive]] (same with [[Rash]]) as his stage in the game, likely as a placeholder, similar to the situation with [[Omen]] sharing the [[Shadow Tiger's Lair]] with [[Shadow Jago]] and [[Gargos]] (temporarily), and [[Mira]] sharing the [[Alchemical Lab]] with [[Sabrewulf]] in Survival Mode. This makes him the sixth overall fighter as well as the fourth character in Season 3 amongst the roster who does not have a stage, but shares an arena with another combatant.
-*Eyedol shares his ''[[Killer Instinct (2013)]] ''voice actor, Zachary Quarles who also voiced [[Riptor]] and [[Aganos]].
+*Eyedol shares his ''[[Killer Instinct (2013)]]'' voice actor, Zachary Quarles, with [[Riptor]] and [[Aganos]].
+*On July 17, 2014 (coincidently, just two years before Eyedol's return to ''KI 2013''), former KI composer Robin Beanland posted on his official SoundCloud page [https://soundcloud.com/robin-beanland/throwbackthursday-killer-instinct-eyedol-v1-unused-1994 an unused track] that was supposed to be Eyedol's main theme but was immediately scrapped after hearing it in-game.
-**Coincidentally, both Bosco and Quarles (excluding Riptor) voiced the character with their perspective rivalies (Kan-Ra and Aganos in Season 2 and Gargos and Eyedol in Season 3).
-*Eyedol, along with Gargos, are the only boss characters years before the release of Season 3 of ''Killer Instinct (2013)'' to not have an [[Ultra Combo]] nor an [[Ultimate Combo]] finisher (nor a [[Humiliation]] for Eyedol).
-*On July 17, 2014 (coincidently, just 2 years before Eyedol's return to ''KI 2013''), former KI composer Robin Beanland posted on his official SoundCloud page [https://soundcloud.com/robin-beanland/throwbackthursday-killer-instinct-eyedol-v1-unused-1994 an unused track] that was supposed to be Eyedol's main theme, but immediately scrapped after hearing it in-game.
 == External links ==

Killer Instinct (1994) Characters
Playable	Jago ·Black Orchid ·TJ Combo ·Glacius ·Chief Thunder ·Sabrewulf ·Spinal ·Cinder ·Riptor ·Fulgore
Boss	Eyedol

Killer Instinct (2013) Characters
Season 1	Jago ·Sabrewulf ·Glacius ·Thunder ·Sadira ·Orchid ·Spinal ·Fulgore ·Shadow Jago
Season 2	TJ Combo ·Maya ·Kan-Ra ·Riptor ·Omen ·Aganos ·Hisako ·Cinder ·ARIA
Season 3	Kim Wu ·Tusk ·Arbiter ·Rash ·Mira ·Gargos ·General RAAM ·Eyedol
Season 3+	Kilgore ·Shin Hisako ·Eagle

Killer Instinct Universe
Playable Characters
		Jago ·Orchid ·TJ Combo ·Glacius ·Thunder ·Sabrewulf ·Spinal ·Riptor ·Cinder ·Fulgore ·Eyedol
		Kim Wu ·Maya ·Tusk ·Gargos
	Season 1	Sadira ·Shadow Jago
	Season 2	Kan-Ra ·Omen ·Aganos ·Hisako ·ARIA
	Season 3	Mira ·Rash ·Arbiter ·General RAAM
	Season 3+	Kilgore ·Shin Hisako ·Eagle
Non-Playable Characters and Organizations
	Minor Characters	The Chairman ·Ryat Adams ·Babylonian King ·The Master ·Yeouiju ·True Tsar
	Enemies	Mimics
	Organizations	Ultratech ·Red Eyes of Rylai ·Disavowed ·Night Guard ·The Coven ·The Alliance
Others
	Extended Stories	The Secrets of the Tiger ·The Lycanthrope's Tale ·The Ice-man Cometh ·Murder of Crows ·The Widow's Bite ·The Firecat's Summoning ·The Quest of the Searing Skull ·Fulgore Mark 03 Field Manual-L ·Glory Days ·Temperance and Vengeance ·Death is no Obstacle ·You and Your Riptor Unit ·The Herald of Gargos ·Peacemaker ·The Everlasting Child ·The Third Degree ·Evolve or Die ·The Dragon Spirit ·The Watchman Of The Gods ·Blood For My Blood ·Flayer Of Souls ·The Reawakened ·Rash's Extended Story ·Arbiter's Extended Story ·For The Queen
	Killer Instinct Novella	The Road to Ravensburg ·The Watchman Awakes ·Dragon's Choice ·Conflux ·ARIA for Noömorph ·Shadows at Dawn
	Gameplay	Combo & Counter Breaker ·Ultra Combo ·Ultimate Combo ·Humiliation ·Combo System ·Instinct Mode ·Shadow Meter ·Shadow Moves ·Shadow Counter ·Knockdown Value ·Lock out ·Frame Data ·Character Accessories ·Arcade Mode ·Rivals Mode ·Shadow Lords Mode