Professor Pester

Professor Pester (formerly Lester) is the villain of Viva Piñata, and the only human character to appear in all VP media. He frequently hatches plots to derail islanders' activities to varying degrees of success. He often shouts his catchphrase, "Victory is mine!".

Professor Pester
Professor Pester
I'm not sure what Pester is actually a professor of. I don't know where he studied either. I do know he likes to make 'evil' plans, and he hangs around with a lot of Ruffians, so I don't really want to get close enough to ask him.
Role	Main Villain
Relationships	Jardiniero (Enemies) Langston Lickatoad (Enemies) Ruffians (Minions) Dastardos (Corrupted)
Voiced by	David Brimmer

Despite his title and accompanying Oxford cap, Pester's academic credentials are nebulous and largely unknown.

Biography

Lore

Many years ago, Jardiniero hired a Helper named Lester. Lester’s job was to help with the more menial tasks around the garden, while Jardiniero raised and trained his young son, Stardos.

Lester was a lackluster employee in Jardiniero’s eyes, spending more time taking notes and making plans than actually doing what the gardener asked of him. He would often try to take shortcuts, trying to pack as many piñatas into a crate as he could.

One day, Lester would be working on his latest scheme, attempting to meddle with piñata candy and create a new red and black sweet. Unfortunately, Jardiniero would stumble upon Lester in the midst of stirring the sour liquid.

Horrified by the idea of meddling with piñata candy, Jardiniero fired Lester on the spot. Lester would become furious by this, only more so upon discovering that the young Stardos would come to replace him. With nothing but revenge on his mind, Lester would leave the garden, and disappear from the family’s mind for many years.

Eventually, Lester would finally return to Jardiniero’s garden. He claimed he had found an old map, one that would lead to an island where an old man lived. This old man was said to be the last person to have ever laid eyes upon the legendary Dragonache. The Dragonache was the only piñata that Jardiniero was yet to attract to his garden, and eagerly accepted Lester’s offer. Joined by his wife, Jardiniero would leave Piñata Island, leaving Stardos in charge of his garden while he was away.

With the children’s parents gone, Lester would take the opportunity to approach Stardos. He’d offer to help him, like he had helped his father. He told the boy he had created a new red and black sweet, one that could attract any piñata to the garden. Intrigued, Stardos would agree to his offer, and follow Lester into the jungle…

As soon as Stardos was out of sight of the garden, Ruffians would attack. They would smash up the garden, tearing up the Journal and stealing all the piñatas to bring to Lester. The remaining children would scatter in the chaos, leaving only Leafos to tell her father the news when he finally returned.

Furious, Jardiniero would be the first to call Lester “Pester”. Lester would end up adopting the name, now being known across Piñata Island as Professor Pester. He and his Ruffian lackeys would take to terrorizing gardens, smashing piñatas and generally just causing trouble.

Some time later, Pester and his Ruffians would attempt to break into Piñata Central. Hoping to steal the files on every piñata species, Pester would break down the door to Langston’s office, and attempt to hack into his computer. Unfortunately, the Ruffians would instead end up deleting all of the piñata files, leading to the events of Trouble in Paradise.