Afzel

Afzel is a character in the Puppet Master Franchise. Afzel plays a pivotal role in one of the series, having taught Andre Toulon the ancient Egyptian secret of life. Afzel only makes an physical appearances as a main role in Retro Puppet Master. Afzel is portrayed by an American actor Jack Donner in Retro Puppet Master. The franchise tells of two different origins of how Toulon learned the secret of bringing inanimate objects of life, however the second one has only been featured only in Retro Puppet Master and doesn't seem to be reinforced in any of the other films.

Retro Puppet Master
The second origin that is given in the series is in Retro Puppet Master. At the beginning on this film, Afzel has stolen the Egyptian secret of life from the evil god Sutekh. In retaliation, Sutekh resurrects three mummies to help him find and kill Afzel, and they disguise themselves in suits, sunglasses, and hats in order to keep their identities hidden. Eventually, they find Afzel and badly beat him up. Elsa runs up on the men and they run away. Toulon finds him as well after his show and takes him into his room.

Afzel then tells him that he is actually a 3000 year old sorcerer and teaches him the secret of life hoping some good will come from it. Afzel's first experiement after teaching Toulon the secret is on Retro-Pinhead, who contains the soul of a beggar Toulon befriended. However, in this film, Toulon must insert a ring into the dead body of someone, then into the puppet before muttering the phrase that brings them to life, (In all the other films, Toulon just simply injects them with life essence via a needle and mutters the phrase). The mummies eventually corner Afzel, and realizing he has nowhere to run, decides to kill himself rather than give up the secret to them. Afzel sticks his hand to his chest, allowing his powerful magic to run through his body and kill himself.

When Andre returns he transfers the souls of all the dead to puppets. The mystic is placed in the body of Retro-Six-Shooter. After this he refuses his former identity.

Relationships

 * Andre Toulon: Student (Teaches him the secret)
 * Sutekh: Egyptian God (Stoled the secret from him)

Memorable Quotes

 * It cannot speak, of coarse, but it lives.

Appearances

 * Puppet Master II
 * Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (Flashback)
 * Puppet Master 7: Retro Puppet Master
 * Puppet Master 8: The Legacy (Archival footage)