Glastonbury

Concept art for Glastonbury.

Glastonbury is a mecha in the video game No More Heroes. It is a large space battle Glaston and part of the in-game anime series Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly, where it is the result of the Glastons piloted by the titular characters combining together. It is capable of emitting laser attacks, and alternatively, tri-laser attacks. Glastonbury's signature attack is referred to as "Anarchy in the Galaxy," and is able to vaporize anything in sight.

It has been confirmed during an interview with Suda 51 that a full-sized giant mecha robot Glastonbury model will become a playable addition to 2010's Desperate Struggle, seen during the second boss battle when Travis faces Charlie MacDonald, a major league football player with eccentric mannerisms, who first summons his own giant mecha "Santa Death Parade" with the help of his apparently useful cheerleading squad inside of Destroy Stadium. When this happens, Travis (while sitting on the Schpeltiger Mk.II) casts his hand out and a beam seems to activate the Glastonbury from a hidden compartment beneath pool of the deceased Death Metal's mansion residence. Travis then speeds off while the Glastonbury soars above him and joins himself and the Schpeltiger inside of the Glastonbury's cockpit, similar to G-Gundam [1], piloting it against MacDonald's football-based mech. According to Travis, he had it custom-made by Dr. Naomi, who later points out that Travis "still owes her for that giant robot" and that she hasn't forgotten.

Of what has been seen so far, the actual Glastonbury robot's onboard weaponry includes the series traditional beam katana, although obviously one hundred times the size of any of Travis's (current) models and conclusively the largest beam katana in the entire No More Heroes franchise. Its special weapon abilities include jumping into the air and unleashing a barrage of similar-colored curve lasers that target MacDonald and strike him simultaneously, and another one where Travis gives a thumbs-up and the Glastonbury's beam katana suddenly charges to a purple color (one of the commentators, or possibly the translator himself jokingly referred to this attack as "Strawberry Shortcake") right before the Glastonbury dashes at the opponent and slashes through them in a flash, presumably performing massive damage.

Once Travis whittles down MacDonald's health, MacDonald is baffled at how he has lost to Touchdown right before the Glastonbury charges and impales his mecha on its guitar-shaped beam katana, spinning him around before launching him into orbit with a mighty swing. Following him into space, the Glastonbury transforms its katana into a gigantic sci-fi gun, firing a single pink blast at MacDonald which appears to instantly destroy his mecha, killing him and all twenty-four of his scantily-clad cheerleaders.

Right after the battle, Sylvia and the UAA confiscate the robot as it is a "too big and it is a public nuisance". Travis reluctantly agrees, and its fate remains unknown.

Trading cards

Glastonbury appears on two trading cards in the Design Materials set of No More Heroes. These are Trading Card No. 121 and Trading Card No. 123.

Trivia

• In No More Heroes, one of Travis Touchdown's Dark Side Mode trances is named Anarchy in the Galaxy, after Glastonbury's special ability.