| “ | Now, where's the beast, huh? | „ |
| ~ Hunter's first line. |
The unnamed Hunter is the main antagonist of the 2010 German animated film Animals United. He is a poacher that works as the gunmen and protector of the dam built in the Okavango Delta.
He was voiced by Thomas Nero Wolff in German and by Doug Preis in the English version.
Biography[]
The Hunter was first seen was in a flashback of Socrates the lion where he killed Socrates brother and was standing on a cliff holding a rifle in the light. Later on Mr. Smith (who owns the dam) calls Hunter to get rid of Billy the meerkat and Socrates, he barges in and only finds Billy on the desk then takes fire and chase after him, he follows Billy outside and shoots him in the arm and loses Billy after he jumps down from his site, after Billy gets out of the pool Hunter sees him again and push the button the drain the water and Billy away.
The Hunter goes back to Mr. Smith who instructs him to not to shoot the animals but instead sell them to a casino in Las Vegas, he walks of the room only to find Toto outside but he has a feeling that Toto might be up to something. The Hunter finds Billy again at the bottom of the dam and tries to take him down but only to shoot Socrates instead, he takes fire again at Toby the kangaroo and Smiley the Tasmanian devil but misses and presses a button to stop the water from coming out.
After Billy, Toby and Smiley escapes and the Hunter comes back in a jeep to run them over especially Toby but Toby jumps over him hitting Hunter with cans from his pocket and causing the Hunter to crash into the front of the dam, he reverses and tries to stop them again but Smiley goes behind him who tries to stop the vehicle but instead puts the back wheel down but gets hit by the Hunter, Billy and Toby got away but Charles comes in to stop the Hunter, he starts to go full speed at Charles but flies up into the air by Winston and Winifred and crashes causing Charles to hit the wheel to get the air bags to finish him. The Hunter is back at the dam and see the Animals coming towards him, he gets into a dog fighter plane and tries to stop them by dropping a missile but Toto the chimpanzee was in the plane too and distracts the Hunter by putting a banana into his mouth, the Hunter gets out of the plane and now tries to shoot Toto but he is hit in the head by a stone given by Bongo the Maroon leaf monkey.
The Hunter gets back to his armory to get another rifle to finish off Socrates only to find out that he escaped and keeps searching for him but when he went outside Socrates was above him ready to attack, Hunter takes fire but gets a flashback of Socrates's brother getting shot by him, the Hunter lows down his rifle but falls into the pool and gets drained down by Socrates. The hunter then is thrown out of the dam's ducts, where he is fought by Smiley who ends up defeating him by farting. Knocking him into disgust, however after Billy uses a stick to thrown a small stone into the ducts (where the missile thrown by Toto was located) to destroy the dam and free the water. It is unknown if the hunter survived or not.
Personality[]
The Hunter is a skilled and murderous poacher who will do anything to kill animals. Not much else is known about his character. He also takes great delight in poaching. He is shown to be a manipulative man as well.
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