Zev Bellringer

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{{Short description|Fictional character from TV series Lexx}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Zev
| series = [[Lexx]]
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| caption = Eva Habermann as Zevzev bellringer
| first = "I Worship His Shadow"
| last = "Terminal"
| creator = [[Paul Donovan (filmmaker)|Paul Donovan]]
| portrayer = [[Eva Habermann]]
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| gender = Female
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| nationality = From planet B3K
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{{Infobox character
| name = Xev
| series = [[Lexx]]
| image =
| caption = Xenia Seeberg as Xev
| first = "Lyekka"
| last = "Yo Way Yo"
| creator = [[Paul Donovan (filmmaker)|Paul Donovan]]
| portrayer = [[Xenia Seeberg]]
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| nationality = From planet B3K
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{{Infobox character
| name = Original Zev
| series = [[Lexx]]
| image =
| caption = Lisa Hynes as Zev
| first = "I Worship His Shadow"
| last = "Woz"
| creator = [[Paul Donovan (filmmaker)|Paul Donovan]]
| portrayer = Lisa Hynes
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'''Zev Bellringer''' (later spelled '''Xev''') is a fictional character from the sci-fi television series ''[[Lexx]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clarke|first=Frederick S.|title=Cinefantastique, Volume 28|year=1996|publisher=Cinefantastique|pages=ccxxxvii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyEnAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cluster+Lizard%22}}</ref> The character of Zev was portrayed by three actresses during the series' run and the character of Zev has had three incarnations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Favorite Ladies from Other Planets|url=http://www.ugo.com/the-goods/lexx-zev-bellringer-hot-alien-women|publisher=Ugo Networks|access-date=16 November 2012|archive-date=16 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616151719/http://www.ugo.com/the-goods/lexx-zev-bellringer-hot-alien-women|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zev's character was originally played by Lisa Hynes, after which she was portrayed by [[Eva Habermann]] and [[Xenia Seeberg]]. Habermann portrayed Zev for the first six episodes of the series, after which the character was renamed Xev and portrayed by Seeberg.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web|title=Love Slaves, Beehives and Lots of Attitude in Outer Space|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-18-ca-6312-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>

==Background==
The character was born on the planet B3K, where she was sold by her parents to the Wife Bank. During her initial years Zev was raised by computers that taught her to become a perfect wife. As a result, the character became overweight and was rejected by her bridegroom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786433056|pages=868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rRsqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cluster+Lizard%22|year=2009}}</ref> Zev was then sentenced to become a love slave by being run through a device called the Lusticon, intended to transform her into a beautiful and brainless servant. Before the process could be successfully completed, a carnivorous reptile called a cluster lizard attempted to eat her but was fused to her [[DNA]] in the process. This enabled Zev to free herself. She then substituted the detached robot head of a [[790 (robot)|790]] robot in the machine to be subjected to brainwashing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grahnke|first=Lon|title='Tales' mixes mysticism, wit, gore|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB42316D8AB36E6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=16 November 2012|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 17, 1997}}</ref> This prompted the robot to fall in love with her.<ref>{{cite web|title=790, the Robot Head Who Loved a Goth Assassin in Canada|url=https://www.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2007/02/790_the_robot_h/|publisher=Wired|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>

Zev's character died early in the second season in the episode "Terminal", but was re-animated in the next episode by the character [[Lyekka]] as a present for [[Stanley Tweedle]]. The character was renamed Xev (the pronunciation remaining the same) and was thereafter portrayed by a different actress, [[Xenia Seeberg]]. During the series' run the character has had feelings for [[Kai (Lexx)|Kai]], which remained unrequited throughout the series. Seeberg has described the character as being one of the more moral characters of the show, but that her aspect as a potential love slave still factored heavily into the character's motivations.<ref name=LAT />

==Cluster lizard==
As Zev and Xev, the character has the ability to transform into a cluster lizard and shares many similarities with the fictional creature. Cluster Lizards are portrayed as being very vicious reptilian creatures resembling [[centipedes]] that can curl up into a wheel-like shape and travel at considerable speeds. Otherwise they resemble by appearance a small [[Sandworm (Dune)|Sandworm]]. They reproduce in mating cycles every seven years and are used as a form of capital punishment by [[His Divine Shadow]].

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