Purple Alien

"What the f— WHAT?! What the fuck is that?!"

- Purple Alien seeing a coconut for the first time Purple Alien (also called the purple alien, or just the alien) is one of two protagonists from the web series Fast Jerma and Purple Alien, alongside Fast Jerma, who is his best friend and rival. An extra-terrestrial from the Purple Planet, he is physically identical to Fast Jerma in appearance, save for the fact that he is purple. He has a tendency to mirror whatever Fast Jerma does. Jeremy "Jerma985" Harrington, plays both characters, originally without knowing.

Background
Purple Alien was born on the Purple Planet and belongs to a species of purple humanoid aliens that inhabit it. Even though every member of his species looks different, for some reason, Purple Alien is identical to Fast Jerma (save for being purple). His known family consists of Uncle Nose, but his proportions are quite different in appearance to the other purple humanoids of the planet, making it unclear if they are indeed part of the same species.

Initial Run-In
Purple Alien's story began when one day Fast Jerma decided to make fun of the chapstick that Purple Alien was applying at E1M1. Enraged, Purple Alien retaliated, and jumped after him, chasing him all the way back to his home planet. There, he applied his battle chapstick, and fought an awesome battle against Jerma with his fisticuffs. After realizing that the battle was evenly matched and wouldn't end soon (because their fists only managed to hit the air), Purple Alien and Jerma decided to call a truce, and with a handshake, they became friends.

The Cool Guy Contest
Now back on Earth, the two friends were walking on a street one day to get burgers, when they spotted a billboard advertising a Cool Guy Contest with a prize of $50. Thinking it was pretty cool, the two friends became excited and decided that they would participate in the contest. Purple Alien said he'll win the contest, challenging Fast Jerma. The two of them proceeded to show off their skills to impress and outdo each other. Unfazed by Purple Alien's challenge, Fast Jerma showed how cool he was by running really fast. Unimpressed, Purple Alien showed that he was cool by doing a wheelie on a dirtbike, which Jerma dismissed. Fast Jerma showed Purple Alien a bunch of cool tricks he could do on his skateboard. Still unperturbed, Purple Alien showed Fast Jerma that he was cool by beating up nasty monsters, the prospect of which terrified Fast Jerma. During their feud of deciding who was cooler, Purple Alien hit Fast Jerma on the head while the latter was trying to show off his scooter skills. But as the contest was starting, the two of them stopped fooling around and arrived at the contest venue.

There at the contest, the two of them looked around and sized up their competition, noticing Fever Steve and Frosty. A computer then calculated the results of the competition, and displayed each contestant's temperature, with Fast Jerma and Purple Alien both reaching 98.6°F. Frosty, with a temperature of 32°F won the contest. The two friends had assumed that the word "cool" in this context implied impressive and stylish, but in reality, the contest used the word literally, and was all about who's body temperature was coldest. Upon realizing this, Fast Jerma and Purple Alien became quite miffed.

Stranded on a Desert Island
Fast Jerma and Purple Alien eventually came into possession of a helicopter, and were flying it over the ocean one day near a tropical desert island. Unfortunately, during their flight, they flew right into a giant bird, which exploded and sent the helicopter spinning out of control, until it crash landed on the island, sending Fast Jerma and Purple Alien flying out of the helicopter, knocking them out. Several hours later, the two of them awoke, and were horrified to see that they had become stranded on a desert island. They decided that the two of them would need to work together to survive.

Purple Alien's job was to look for food, while Fast Jerma would build a wooden shelter with his Minecraft pickaxe. Purple Alien spotted a coconut in a tree, but was very scared and confused about what it was. So instead, being careful to not step on a plate of turkey, Purple Alien walked past a Burger King, and came across a rock. Picking up the rock and eating it, he decided that it was pretty good, so he gathered a bucket full of rocks, and tossed it back towards the recently completed shelter that Fast Jerma made, completely demolishing the shelter, much to Fast Jerma's disbelief. Now getting dark, Fast Jerma and Purple Alien now had no food and no shelter. So instead, they decided to reverse-crash their helicopter, and flew away from the island, headed into the sunset.

Encounter with the Witch
Flying away from the island, Fast Jerma and Purple Alien intended to head home in their helicopter. However, their previous crash landing on the island damaged their onboard navigation system, so the two were stuck figuring out where to go. Flying for days without any real idea of where they were headed, they came into a swamp. The dark sky and thick fog impaired their vision, and accidentally chipped their helicopter against a stone hut, which exploded. Luckily, the pair managed to land the helicopter safely (if clumsily), and exited the vehicle to inspect the damage that they had incurred. Just then, however, a ghastly witch suddenly appeared in front of them, enraged that the two had destroyed her hut with their poor flying. Declaring that the two would pay, she laughed maniacally before vanishing. Just a moment later, Fast Jerma and Purple Alien found themselves shrunken down to a minuscule size, with Jerma screaming in terror. Regaining their composure, the two friends decided to see if they could find a cure for the curse the witch had placed on them, and began looking around for a solution.

Out of the darkness, however, a figure began to emerge, and the pair began to feel unperturbed, until they realized the figure was a frog. Still cautious, the frog miraculously began to speak to the two, referring to the two as "brave warriors." The frog revealed that they were once a powerful wizard, who challenged the witch's oppressive rule of the swamp in a magic duel, but lost, and was transformed into a frog. The wizard-turned-frog is greatly weakened in this form, and has only enough power to grant a single wish, and offers to give it to the pair, on the condition that they help them to usurp the witch's evil rule, and restore them to their original body. The two of them agree to the terms, and introduce themselves to the frog. Asking what their wish is, the two think long and hard, before deciding on being teleported to a scientist who can make them big again. The frog promptly grants their wish, first teleporting Jerma out of the swamp, promptly followed by Purple Alien.

Trouble in the Lab
Purple Alien arrived in the lab shortly after Fast Jerma. After greeting each other, they spotted the scientist, and tried to get his attention. However, the scientist's old age prevented him from seeing or hearing the tiny duo, and in fact, sneezed, forcing the two to dive out of the way. Just when they thought they were clear of danger however, a shadow appeared above the two of them, and they were forced once again, to dive out of the way of a falling rock, into the adjacent sink. Looking up, they saw their assailant was a black cat, who the pair quickly realized was the swamp witch's evil minion. The cat proceeded to drop a box full of nails into the sink, followed by a box full of hammers. The two were miraculously unscathed, so the cat resorted to dropping a box of pills labelled "Viagra" into the sink. Ever so eager to take the pills, Fast Jerma grabbed one and immediately swallowed it. However, Purple Alien, suspicious, sniffed the pill, causing him to gag. Nonetheless, he reluctantly swallowed the pill as well. However, the "Viagra" label on the box was an illusion, and after fading away, revealed that the two had taken diarrhea pills.

At that moment, Purple Alien and Jerma immediately felt the effects, and began to violently and profusely defecate in their pants. The cat teleported elsewhere, and the duo, still stuck in the sink, began to flap their arms, perhaps to waft away the terrible odors emanating from themselves, or to fly out of the sink, or perhaps both. Screaming from their debacle, the scientist still didn't hear the two, and turned on the sink, submerging the two. Now underwater, the two were still uncontrollably evacuating their bowels, but managed to swim to the surface, and made their way to the edge of the sink, managing to climb out. Making their way across the scientist's counter top, they heard a familiar cat meow, and looked across the room to see the cat once again. Equipping a bazooka, the cat aimed and fired a rocket at the two. Purple Alien, thinking quickly on his feet, managed to deflect the rocket by swinging his baseball bat at it, and it flew straight back at the cat, blowing it up, and forcing it to lose one of its nine lives. The scientist however, still unaware of his surroundings, clumsily knocked over two glasses onto the pair, trapping them. With their air supply cut off, Purple Alien and Jerma began to panic, until their air supply ran out and they suffocated to death.

Resurrection
At some point, the deceased bodies of Fast Jerma and Purple alien were summoned by the Magical Frog to his hidden tree lair within the swamp. There, along with the help of Purple Alien's Uncle Nose, the two of them were magically revived by the frog. Purple Alien was revived first, cracking his neck and knuckles, followed by Fast Jerma, singing a heavenly note of joy for being alive. Just then, a breaking news report began playing on the television, explaining that the scientist pled guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and was awaiting execution via being shot out of a cannon into the ocean, scheduled to occur in ten minutes. Anxious, the Magical Frog urged Fast Jerma, Purple Alien, and Uncle Nose to head out to save him at once.

Possessions

 * Battle chapstick: Purple Alien possessed a stick of chapstick, which not only helped to keep his purple lips rejuvinated, but also to served as some sort of energizing supplement or perhaps war paint.
 * Phone: Purple Alien has a phone that he texts on.
 * Dirtbike: Purple Alien owns a purple dirtbike that he can do a wheelie on.
 * Nunchucks: Purple Alien likes to use nunchucks while fighting nasty monsters.
 * Baseball bat: Purple Alien owns a purple baseball bat that he uses as a weapon. One time, while angry at Jerma, he hit him with the bat. Another time, while facing the Witch's Cat, he managed to use his bat to deflect the cat's miniature rocket back at it.
 * Helicopter: Purple Alien appears to have come into co-ownership of a helicopter with Fast Jerma. It may have some anomalous time-travelling abilities.

Abilities

 * Being purple: As an extra-terrestrial, Purple Alien is uniquely purple in appearance.
 * Jumping: It appears that Purple Alien is really talented at jumping and yelling at the same time.
 * Breathing in Space: Purple Alien was able to jump and yell through space unharmed with nothing but the clothes on his back.
 * Dirtbike wheelieing: Purple Alien is so good at riding his dirt bike, he can even do wheelies.
 * Fighting: While he wasn't able to hit Jerma during their awesome battle, he did demonstrate a talent for beating up nasty monsters.
 * Projectile reflection: Purple Alien, while shrunken down, was able to use his baseball bat to reflect a miniature rocket back at the cat who fired it, taking out one of its lives in the process.
 * Diplomacy: Decided to call a truce with Fast Jerma, and they subsequently became friends. Purple Alien was also able to instantly gain the trust of and befriend a Magical Frog simply by saying "Yeah."
 * Healthy body temperature: Purple Alien has a body temperature of 98.6°F. While it is unknown if this is technically a healthy temperature for an alien of his species, he appears identical to Jerma in many ways and appeared just fine walking around at that temperature. While this admittedly does not make him very cool, this does enable him to live a healthy lifestyle, unlike Fever Steve.
 * Helicopter piloting: Purple Alien possesses at least basic ability to fly a helicopter, but then again he did manage to fly right into a bird which caused it to crash.
 * Lithophagia: Purple Alien, being an alien, has an appetite for rocks, being able to chew and swallow them with ease, while completely ignoring typical human food like roasted turkey, or the nearby Burger King.
 * Time reversal?: Fast Jerma and Purple Alien were able to fly off the island despite crashing their helicopter. As the helicopter crashed in reverse, this may provide evidence of them having the ability to reverse time.
 * Laxative detection?: Purple Alien, somewhat suspicious of the disguised diarrhea pills sniffed one and promptly gagged, perhaps indicating some ability to detect poisons, or at the very least, laxatives, by sense of smell. But then again, maybe he just hates human pills like he does food.
 * Swimming: Purple Alien demonstrated an ability to swim, being able to get out of a kitchen sink while shrunken down.
 * Superior reflexes: Purple Alien can react so quickly that he managed to deflect a rocket flying full speed back to it's original sender.

Behind the Scenes

 * The footage used for Purple Alien originates from Jerma's Green Screen stream, found here, shaded purple. Starting from, footage was also used from Jerma's Second Green Screen stream found here.

Trivia

 * In the initial episode,, Purple Alien's hue was inconsistent, sometimes becoming a lighter magenta shade.
 * Purple Alien probably—though not certainly—has nothing to do with Purple Francis.
 * In real life Jerma eats rocks, just like Purple Alien.