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Pharaoh 90

Character

In the Sailor Moon S anime, Master Pharaoh 90 is a world-ending presence drifting out of the Tau Nebula, the engine behind the coming Silence and every Daimon. As the hidden ruler of the Death Busters, it hungers to grind Earth into nothing.

English Voice: John Eric Bentley
Japanese Voice: Takaya Hashi
Alignment: Death Busters; Heart Snatchers (CWi dub)
Allegiances: Mistress 9, Germatoid
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Appearance

The animated version looks nothing like its manga or Crystal counterparts. Here it is a colossal, planet-sized sphere of black energy trailing dark tentacles, with no eyes to speak of, communicating only in growls and low moans. At its center it can tear open a vast hole and loose its attacks straight through that opening.

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Personality

Its single obsession is unleashing the Silence upon Earth, an unstoppable wave of ruin, and it counts on the planet's destruction to draw the Holy Grail to it. Beneath that goal runs a streak of cruelty and calculation: it steers Professor Tomoe into hosting Germatoid and plants Mistress 9 inside Hotaru. Loyalty means nothing to it, and it registers not a flicker of feeling when one of its own energy blasts badly wounds Mistress 9.

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History

The entity supplies Professor Tomoe with the Daimon pod carrying Mistress 9 and sends Germatoid to seize the professor's body after a laboratory blast engulfs him and his young daughter Hotaru. Its scheme relies on Tomoe harvesting Pure Heart Crystals to revive Mistress 9, the Messiah of Silence, so she can claim the Holy Grail and call the Silence into being. Once that groundwork is laid, it begins wiping out all life. Struck from Earth, it answers with a massive beam fired from orbit, strong enough to nullify Moon Cosmic Power, and after the Grail summons it, sweeping energy blasts carve open the ground in every direction.

Hotaru undoes Mistress 9 and rises as Sailor Saturn, slipping inside Pharaoh 90 to strike its core. Unable to keep Saturn from spending her own life in the effort, Sailor Moon produces a Pure Heart brighter than the Holy Grail itself and becomes Super Sailor Moon. Carrying the strength of the other Guardians, she enters the entity at the last moment and adds her power to Saturn's final blow, wiping it out for good. Many take it to be the Silence itself given form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Pharaoh 90 in Sailor Moon?

Pharaoh 90 is the hidden ruler of the Death Busters in the Sailor Moon S anime, a world-ending presence drifting from the Tau Nebula that powers every Daimon and seeks to unleash the Silence on Earth.

What does Pharaoh 90 look like in the anime?

In the anime, Pharaoh 90 appears as a colossal, planet-sized sphere of black energy trailing dark tentacles, with no eyes and a voice limited to growls and low moans.

What is Pharaoh 90's plan in Sailor Moon S?

Pharaoh 90's goal is to unleash the Silence, an unstoppable wave of destruction, so that Earth's ruin will draw the Holy Grail to it, and it manipulates Professor Tomoe into hosting Germatoid and planting Mistress 9 inside his daughter Hotaru to make this happen.

How is Pharaoh 90 defeated?

Hotaru awakens as Sailor Saturn and strikes Pharaoh 90's core from within, and though the effort threatens to cost Saturn her life, Sailor Moon becomes Super Sailor Moon and adds her power to finish it off for good.

How is Pharaoh 90 connected to Professor Tomoe and Mistress 9?

Pharaoh 90 supplies Professor Tomoe with the Daimon pod carrying Mistress 9 and sends Germatoid to take over his body, using Tomoe's harvested Pure Heart Crystals to revive Mistress 9 inside Hotaru as part of its scheme.

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