Torkulon
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- Torkulon is a planet from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Torkulon is a semi-sentient planet which is used as an enormous psychiatric ward, and is composed of a web-like substance which its ape-like inhabitants can control freely.
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Cyclonus was tricked by a Quintesson into commiting the terminally insane Galvatron to Torkulon's care. Initially, they attempted more baseline therapies such as word association, arts and cratfs, and a good scream. He nearly killed his therapist in the first one, somehow built a gun in the second one, and scared all the other patients in the third one.
Due to Galvatron's unprecedented level of dementia, the therapists of Torkulon were unable to heal him and were forced to let Torkulon absorb Galvatron's mind by letting the Alia bugs "eat his madness" (effectively lobotomizing him). Cyclonus protested at this point and insisted the Torkulons stop the treatment, but he was also restrained and forced to watch. However, merely touching Galvatron's mind drove the planet itself stark-raving crazy.
With the planet rapidly losing its own sanity (and the therapists losing their ability to control the planet), Galvatron broke free and traveled to Torkulon's core, which he promptly destroyed. This effectively killed the planet and released all of its patients. Webworld
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- It is generally accepted that Torkulon, its therapists, and their practices are largely intended to satirize the western psychiatric medicine industry, as well as traditional images of lunatic asylums (ala One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).
