Stupid Question thats been bugging me...hell, for over 10 years

[Dice]

wtf is Lavos' final form?!!?!??!  I always saw a Scottish Terrier.. .I jsut can't make out what si supposed to be, even alien...just scot terr. x(
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[ZeaLitY]

Yeah, looked like a dog to me, too. With Nu arms...

[Dice]

Yeah, looked like a dog to me, too. With Nu arms...

Coming from you, Zeal, it means a lot. xD

[maggiekarp]

...I don't see it. How is that a dog?

[Kebrel]

I don't know about looking like a dog but  this avatar always reminded me of Silent Hill.

[Thought]

Here I always thought lavos just had a white foo manchu, but in reality he absorbed the DNA of a scottish terrier, a Nu, and a duck (the feet).

I understand why they wanted to have multiple forms for the boss, but really the outershell always seemed like a much cooler final boss. Fighting a mutant dog/nu/duck just seems anti-climatic.

[Mavix]

he looks like a freeza space man.

[Nickolz]

Dog? O.o

Hmm, I'd agree with the duck thing only.

[Dice]

lol, I agree, theTwo forms before were a million times cooler.  The two things beside his final form reminded me of snoopy when he dances.....  I guess now isnt a good time to say I like pups...

[nightmare975]

It does have a DBZ look to it...

[Corona!01]

It does have a DBZ look to it...

But that could just be because Toriyama was the character designer. I personally think it looks like some kind of horrible mix of humanoid, reptile and robot.

[V_Translanka]

It looks like some kinda alien *shock*

[Chrono'99]

...which is kinda curious in fact, since it's supposed to have been created from the DNA of the planet's living beings :/

[V_Translanka]

I'm fairly sure that the DNA of the planet's living beings were used to create Lavos's spawn.

[Chrono'99]

Why do you think that? The statement about the DNA usage is given only during the battle against Lavos, when the party members first see Lavos' second form (and apparently deduce the fact just by looking at the creature). The DNA is probably passed on to the spawns for evolution purpose, but I don't think it's absolutely necessary to their birth per se. Well, or maybe it is, but it seems it has to affect the parent Lavos first, before the spawning.

Well, I guess I have my answer now... The Lavos Core looks alien because he also possesses the DNA of the planet he was born on. (Could it have been a planet of humanoid ducks with Scottish Terrier heads?)