| “ | General Suitor at your service. | „ |
| ~ General Suitor |
General Suitor is the main antagonist of the 1991 sci-fi comedy film Suburban Commando.
He is a evil galactic overlord and the archenemy of the interstellar warrior named Shep Ramsey.
He was portrayed by the late William Ball, and his alien form was portrayed by Vincent Hammond with Frank Welker providing the alien vocals.
Personality[]
Suitor is very cruel and power-hungry. He is also extremely egotistical and arrogant by the way he always praises himself when things are going his way. Any weakness that can be used against his enemies he uses to his advantage, this was shown when he held Charlie Wilcox and his family hostage.
Biography[]
General Suitor kidnaps the president of one planet at the start of the film and so the Galactic Confederation send in Shep to save the president, but when the president injures Suitor, his hand falls off, and he morphs into a berserk reptilian alien. Shep can only flee as the General kills the president, and sets several limpet bombs to destroy Suitor's ship.
It is revealed that Suitor survived and has found out that Shep has been living on Earth with Charlie and his wife and two children (after their last encounter, Shep accidentally blew the power to his own spaceship and had to land on that particular planet to make repairs). This may of happened after his men sent the two intergalactic bounty hunters to kill Shep after his landlord accidentally sent off traceable signals by turning on Shep's high tech suit and equipment.
After the bounty hunters are defeated, Suitor breaks into Charlie's house, knowing his association with Shep and takes him and his family hostage at laser blaster gunpoint, forcing them to take him to Shep.
They drive to an old abandoned club where Shep's ship landed. Suitor blackmails Shep into surrendering or he will kill the Wilcoxs.
Unknown to Suitor, Shep set his ship to self destruct and agrees to surrender only if he lets Charlie and the others go.
Suitor reluctantly agrees seeing them as just "flies" compared to Shep and lets them go. After telling him how Shep's death will rebuild his plans for galaxy domination, he then precedes to torture the warrior, enjoying himself before he kills him.
Before he can finish Shep off, Charlie drives through the club, knocking him to one side, making him lose his weapon.
He sees Charlie stooping over Shep's body and gloats that the warrior is now dead and he was next. A furious Charlie rushes over to him, but the villain easily overpowers him and asks him mockingly what he could possibly do to harm him.
Charlie however has a piece of Shep's high tech suit and uses it to crush Suitor's crotch.
The resulting injury causes Suitor to morph into his monstrous form. He knocks Charlie unconscious and when he tries to kill him, Shep gets up and tries to fight him, but the alien overpowers him. Finally Shep uses some electrical wires to stun Suitor while he and Charlie escape the club before it explodes which kills Suitor for good, saving the galaxy from his reign of terror.
Quotes[]
| “ | I don't think of myself as egotistical. Proud maybe but... | „ |
| ~ General Suitor |
| “ | Did you think I was so stupid not to have planned for every contingency? There were many gunnery bubbles on that ship, you know. | „ |
| ~ General Suitor boasting to Shep on how he escaped his ship's destruction |
| “ | This is pleasant! I've dreamed about this moment ever since you blew up my ship. I didn't like that. How fitting then that your death will be the catalyst that starts my rebuilding to ultimate power! | „ |
| ~ General Suitor to Shep |
| “ | (Shep: So this is how you're gonna do me in: by boring me to death with speeches) Oh unfortunately for you, you're going to die much more painfully! | „ |
| ~ General Suitor planning to kill Shep |
| “ | You stupid little man! What do you hope to do to me? To me! The almighty Suitor! Why I could crush your neck with my bare ha..agggh! | „ |
| ~ General Suitor before he is injured by Charlie and morphs into his alien form. |
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Trivia[]
- General Suitor was William Ball's final role before his death on July 30, 1991. Suburban Commando itself was released on October 4, nearly 3 months after his passing.