Professor Icarus

Professor Icarus (Japanese: イモリ博士 Dr. Imori) is a character of the day who appeared in A UFO for Elgyem!. Professor Icarus first appeared in a flashback told by the townspeople of Area 28, who were recounting how they experienced random visions while visiting or being around his house. was intrigued by this and the trio decided to go investigate. Icarus invited them into his house and discussed the strange occurrences with them, but he suddenly got a vision of a machine exploding and rushed to his basement. ,, and Cilan followed him and found a large machine that was overloading and on the verge of exploding. Icarus tried to shut down the system but was not able to do so in time, so he ordered Ash and to unplug the machine. The plug was too heavy for them to pull out, however, so an appeared and used  to pull out the plug. Icarus then introduced the Elgyem as his friend. He informed them that he first saw an UFO at the age of eight and became inspired to create his own spacecraft. He taught at a university for some time but then left to build a miniature flying saucer, at which point he met Elgyem lying in the forest. He nursed it back to health and the two became close.

Later, Elgyem was kidnapped by and Icarus gave chase using his personal flying saucer. With the help of Cilan, Ash, and Iris, he managed to get Elgyem back. The pair later bade their new friends farewell.

Trivia

 * Professor Icarus may be named after of Greek mythology since both desired the ability to fly.
 * Concept art indicates that Professor Icarus is 57 years old.

Voice actors
Professeur Icarus Professor Icarus イモリ博士