Pilat

Pilat (ピラ) is Skunk Kusai's right-hand man in the 1980 series. He is a small, slightly inept young man most often seen working alongside Skunk and the rest of his gang. His Japanese voice actor is Shigeru Chiba, and his American English voice actor is Richard Ganoung.

Personality
Pilat is a member of Skunk's gang, usually appearing as Skunk's driver or shoe-shiner. He is a short European young man who comes off as one of the less dangerous members of the gang, but he can be just as shady and scheming as Skunk. He and Skunk tend to act like friends, with the two of them pulling smaller heists together. However, Pilat is still a henchman, and has been yelled at for not completing tasks fast enough or for questioning his boss's authority. As well, Pilat is the only member of Skunk's gang to ever be given a name. In the early episodes of the series that he appears in, the Japanese credits contain his voice actor alongside the katakana of Pilat's name. However, later episodes credit him as Henchman A (手下A). Skunk very rarely calls Pilat by name in the Japanese version, and in English dubs he remains nameless.

Alternate design
Pilat is occasionally drawn off-model by the secondary animation team. This "alternate" character design appears in only three episodes, "The Devil Balloons", "Goliath's Head", and "The White Planet." This design has Pilat looking smaller, older, and hunched over, with a lot of his more refined details (i.e. freckles) missing.