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  |Proper name            = Petasos (ペタソス<ref>URL="http://www.bssm.sailordream.com/information/blueball/Youma.php"</ref>, or “Petasosu [Romanisation] <ref>URL="http://www.bssm.sailordream.com/information/blueball/Youma.php"</ref>”)
  |Name source            = Derived from the name of a type of floppy wide-brimmed hat commonly worn by hunters, travellers, garderners and farmers in ancient Greece. "This is a clear reference to the hat in which the youma was planted <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php</ref>". The word is also used to refer to the name of the hat worn by the messenger of the Gods Hermes in Greek Mythology.
  |Alignment              = [[Negaverse|Dark Kingdom (Negaverse)]]
  |Species                = [[Negaverse monster|Youma (Negaverse monster)]]
  |Gender                 = Female
  |Master                 = [[Neflite|Nephrite (Neflite)]]
  |Mission                = Collect energy from victim Mr Kunitachi (Baxter).
  |Death                  = [[Tuxedo Mask]] striking her in the face with his rose followed by [[Sailor Moon]]'s [[Moon Tiara Magic|Moon Tiara]]
  |Episode                = '''15'''-(An Unnatural Phenomenon / Usagi is Impatient! Rei-chan's First Date) in the anime
  |Voice actor (original) = Noriko Uemura <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Petasos"</ref>
  |Voice actor (dub)      = Loretta Jafelice <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Petasos"</ref>
  }} 
  
  '''Petasos''' was the second female [[youma]] owned by [[Neflite|Nephrite]] in episode #15. Her mission was to help him gather the energy <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php"</ref> belonging to the caretaker of a public (Fairview) park that was scheduled to be demolished in one week to make room for a business district. Upon locating his next victim (Mr [Baxter] Kunitachi), [[Neflite|Nephrite]] notices how vulnerable he is as an individual and decides to indiscriminately attack him.
  As Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi was lamenting the loss of the animals and his work (planting and tendering to trees and flowers at the soon-to-be demolished park), [[Neflite|Nephrite]] (who was disguised as Maxfield Stanton) exploited Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi emotions by suggesting of a way that he can protect the park. Not only did [[Neflite|Nephrite]] use his evil crest to implant his loyal [[youma]] essence inside Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi’s hat, Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi used the power of the [[youma]] Petasos to control the park’s animals and insect’s at will. However, “every time he drew upon the [[youma]]'s power it caused his energy level to rise<ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Petasos"</ref>” “thereby hastening the man's approach towards his maximum energy potential<ref>URL="http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/P/petasos1.html"</ref>”. After being given this “gift”, Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi used it to send a swarm of butterflies to drive away a construction group’s employees and their equipment as they were clearing sections of the park. He again used this gift to drive away a park official that he was seeing. 
  “As he confronted [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno (Amy Anderson)]], [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]], and [[Luna]] in the park <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Petasos"</ref>”,  Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi’s energy potential finally peaked giving Petasos the opportunity to emerge from the hat she was hiding in and “drained him of his energy <ref>URL="http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/P/petasos1.html"</ref>”. After draining Mr (Baxter) Kunitachi’s energy, she controlled the minds of all animals in the park, ordering them to attack any human within the parks vicinity <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php"</ref> including [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno (Amy Anderson)]] and [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]] who transformed into [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Sailor Mercury]].  She was successful for a while but was countered by [[Sailor Mercury]] who used her ''Sabão Spray (Mercury bubbles)'' to weaken the attack. In response, she attempted her ''Hand Flower'' attack (renamed ''Pollen'' attack in the dubbed North American version of the anime) by turning one of her hands “into a giant flower which shot a net and ensnared [[Sailor Moon]] <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php"</ref>, followed by a ''Petasos Rope'' attack where tentacular vines originating from Petasos’s hair “wrapped themselves around [[Sailor Mercury]] <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php</ref>” and tried to squeeze  her to death; though [[Sailor Mars|Rei (Raye) Hino]], who was also in the park rescued both [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Sailor Mercury]] by incinerating the vine bonds with her ''Fire Soul (Mars Fire Ignite)'' attack after transforming to [[Sailor Mars]]. Now with [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] together, Petasos attempted to again attack the trio with her ''Hand Flower'' attack (this time using both her hands) but was stunned in the face by [[Tuxedo Mask]] who distraction gave [[Sailor Moon]] the opportunity to destroy Petasos with her [[Moon Tiara Magic|Moon Tiara]] <ref>URL="http://www.soul-hunter.com/sailormoon/profiles/villains/motd/petasos.php"</ref> <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Petasos"</ref>.
  
  {|width="200" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
  |+'''Images pertinent to Petasos in the Anime'''
  |[[File:CS015-084.jpg|thumb|Nephrite locating his victim Mr Kunitachi (Baxter)]] 
  |[[File:CS015-353.jpg|thumb|Petasos appearing out of the hat she was hiding in and draining Mr Kunitachi (Baxter) of all his energy]] 
  |[[File:CS015-361.jpg|thumb|Petasos ordering the animals in the park to attack any human within the parks vicinity]] 
  |-
  |[[File:CS015-404.jpg|thumb|Petasos attempting her "Petasos Rope" attack]]
  |[[File:CS015-460.jpg|thumb|Petasos attempting her "Hand Flower" attack]]
  |[[File:CS015-470.jpg|thumb|Death of the youma Petasos]]
  |}
  
  == References ==
  <references/>
  [[Category:Youma]]
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diff.text: |+'''Images pertinent to Petasos in the Anime'''
diff.text: |[[File:CS015-084.jpg|thumb|Nephrite locating his victim Mr Kunitachi (Baxter)]] 
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diff.text: |[[File:CS015-353.jpg|thumb|Petasos appearing out of the hat she was hiding in and draining Mr Kunitachi (Baxter) of all his energy]] 
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diff.text: |[[File:CS015-361.jpg|thumb|Petasos ordering the animals in the park to attack any human within the parks vicinity]] 
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diff.text: |[[File:CS015-404.jpg|thumb|Petasos attempting her "Petasos Rope" attack]]
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diff.text: |[[File:CS015-460.jpg|thumb|Petasos attempting her "Hand Flower" attack]] 
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diff.text: |[[File:CS015-470.jpg|thumb|Death of the youma Petasos]]
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