Panzo

Panzo is one of the deuteragonists of the Combonauts series. He is son of one of the greatest and most famous chefs in the world, Panzo is the muscles and the heart of the team, he is an intelligent, affectionate, playful, adventurous, courageous, gregarious and a little melodramatic young man, who from time to time serves as team leader.

APPEARANCE:
Panzo is a young black man with brown eyes of tall stature, most of the time he wears a dark red vest, an egg yellow blouse with long sleeves underneath, bluish gray jeans and white sneakers. In battle attire, Panzo wears a dark red tank top with vibrant red details, dark gray shorts, gray and orange boots, several gray bandages spread across his arms and legs, and a red headband on his forehead.

PERSONALITY:
Blessed with gigantic biceps and an even bigger heart, Panzo is like a guardian angel, he can't see someone sad or scared, he goes there and tries to support the individual, he is smart, affectionate, playful, adventurous, courageous, gregarious and a little bit melodramatic. He loves animals and children, and something that bothers him a lot is people who mess with animals or children. Many of his exploits are talked about among the other teenagers on the island, such as the time he jumped in front of a truck to save a puppy and emerged unharmed, while the truck was completely destroyed. Panzo is like the mother of the group, always trying to keep everything under control and breaking up fights, which results in certain conflicts with Lupe, but in the end everything ends well.

HISTORY:
Panzo Itapetinga is from a family of Iwakinbese immigrants who came to Sambáia when Panzo was just a child, his father is a professional cook, who gained fame after being a judge on Masterchef, and his mother is an elementary school teacher, who along with his 3 older brothers and 3 younger brothers, moved to Glowville when he was just 7 years old. One day, Panzo's friend, Eko, convinced him to go to a strange place, which was interdicted with army stuff, even with a lot of prescription, Panzo enters the interdicted place, inside, they find a crater, with a object right in the middle of it, this object resembled a kind of huge sword, Eko says that he tried to lift that hammer and couldn't, and also said that none of his friends, and not even the military who installed the protection managed to lift the such a sword, but Panzo lifts the shovel with extreme ease, and gains the skills to manipulate and transform into any type of metal, and began to fight the various threats that plague the island of Piracicaba, even though he was rejected by several guilds of Heroes.

COMBONAUTS ORIGIN SPECIAL:
Panzo appears for the first time defending a student who was being beaten by Vinícius and Jazão, but as he knew that his family's life could be ruined if he laid a finger on Vinícius, he retreated. Later in the special, he appears along with Guto and Vega, trying to neutralize Lupe at Marquinho's house, Marquinho then explains that he needed a team of successors, formed by young people who were rejected by the guilds of Heroes, since only one would not be enough, and also says that that very night they already have their first job. After Monochrom's escape, Panzo has the idea of trying to stop him, but he can't convince Lupe or Guto, so he and Vega go alone, but minutes later, Guto changes his mind and also convinces Lupe to try to catch Monochrom. They deliver the artifact to the customer and get paid from them and all is well.

Lupe:
Panzo and Lupe's love-hate relationship has always been complicated, Panzo has always seen Lupe's potential, which has always frustrated him, since Lupe was never able to reach that potential. Among all the other Combonauts, Lupe is the one Panzo has the most disagreements with, due to his opinions clashing several times, but this never shakes the respect they have for each other. Panzo is always there for Lupe to have someone to vent to, the closer the two get, the more one begins to better understand each other's point of view.

Guto:
Panzo has always shown a kind of protective instinct towards Guto, almost as if he were Guto's bodyguard of sorts. Panzo always saw Guto as someone fragile, and as much as Guto was bothered by this, Panzo never stopped being a great protector of Guto. It was Panzo who always motivated and inspired Guto to always be the best he could be, no matter what the obstacle.

Vega:
For Panzo, Vega is like a little sister, Panzo respects and has immense affection for Vega, no matter how much she annoys Panzo with her noises and pranks, Panzo cannot stay mad at her. Panzo also has a great professional relationship with Vega, as they work very well together, and at times, Vega is the only one who doesn't question Panzo's orders and leadership methods. Panzo sometimes helps Vega even with love advice

Yelena:
The two get along quite well, sometimes Panzo seems to be the only one who takes Yelena's technical support seriously, which must be why they are such partners. Panzo even pretended to be Yelena's older brother to scare away the bullies who were tormenting her.

Marquinho:
Panzo is the closest member of the group to Marquinho, and also the most loyal, Panzo takes Marquinho's orders and teachings very seriously, a mission given by Marquinho, a mission accomplished for Panzo. The two keep talking privately, as Panzo is always asking Marquinho for advice on how to be a better person and leader.

Julia:
The two never interacted much, but all of their interactions were a little awkward but still friendly enough, even if Panzo doesn't have as much patience for her reporter tics.

Santana:
Panzo doesn't like Santana very much, as he considers him very arrogant and grumpy, as Panzo gets very irritated every time Lupe calls Santana "Honorary Combonaut".

Vinícius:
Panzo hates Vinícius as much as Lupe, since Panzo is the biggest target of all Vinícius' racist offenses and insults, Panzo has almost reached the point of trying to kill Vinícius, he is so exhausted from all his racism.

TRIVIA:

 * Panzo's main inspirations were Marvel's Luke Cage in the general concept part, Berserk's Guts in the look and Superman in the personality part.