History Characters / RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes

* InnocentBlueEyes: The Colonel is shown shaving his head clean.

A ruthless Colonel who wants to destroy apes.

->'''Appeared In:''' War for the Planet of Apes (2017)

* WarIsHell: He knows fully well how terrible war would be. And War for the Planet of the Apes shows that two years of fighting has really pushed him.

* PosthumousCharacter: WordOfGod says that during ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', Koba will be weighing heavily on Caesar's mind.

->'''Appeared In:''' War for the Planet of Apes (2017

* GreaterScopeVillain: WordOfGod says that during ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', Koba will be weighing heavily on Caesar's mind.

* WeakButSkilled: As a bonobo, he's the weakest of all the apes. However, his hunting skills, adaptability, quickness at mastering modern weaponry, and willingness to charge headfirst into danger have enabled him to [[spoiler: take down bears, turn the tides against human soldiers, and even keep Caesar on his toes.]]

* WeakButSkilled: As a bonobo, he's the weakest of all the apes. However, his hunting skills, adaptability, quickness at mastering modern weaponry, and willingness to charge headfirst into danger have enabled him to take down bears, turn the tides against human soldiers, and even keep Caesar on his toes.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Is killed by a combination of his taser and hose... two things he used to torture the apes.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Pulling a taser [[spoiler:on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose was a bad idea]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: WordOfGod says that during ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', Koba will be weighing heavily on Caesar's mind,

* GreaterScopeVillian: WordOfGod essentially says that during War for the Planet of the Apes, Koba will be weighing heavily on Caesar's mind.

* IdealHero: In contrast to the bleak setting, Caesar is compassionate, highly opposed to killing, revenge and war, and extremely forgiving, always attempting to find the most peaceful solution possible to a problem.

* TheCaligula: [[spoiler:After taking over the apes, he proves to be an AxCrazy tyrant]].

* MessianicArchetype: In spades. He is the "saviour" of the Apes, conceived from a miraculous birth (the only ape born intelligent rather than artificial brain modification) gives all Apekind the gift of Intelligence (ALZ-113) and leads them to an exodus away from the Human oppressors to the "Promised Land" of the forests where they can live in peace. Everyone, even Koba, looked up to him as a sort of GodEmperor but despite all this he retained an overwhelming sense of compassion, understanding and tolerance to all sapient life- human and ape alike. He follows a strict self-imposed morality of ApeShallNotKillApe, seeking to avoid war whenever is possible, though if you cause him trouble, he definitely knows how to kick your ass. Of course, no Ape version of Christ can be complete without a catastrophic betrayal caused by his most trusted "brother": [[spoiler:Koba, who "killed" him, dismantled all of Caesar's work and led the Apes to immoral brutality and persecution of both humans and Caesar's remaining apostles. Caesar even metaphorically "rose from the dead" when Malcolm found him, brought him back to Heaven (Will Rodman's house) and returned to Apekind injured but stronger, ending in [[DisneyVillainDeath Koba's damnation into Hell]].]] His personal symbol, the sequin-like window of Rodman's house even became the universal symbol of Ape liberation ala the Chi-Rho of early Christians.

* AscendedExtra: In ''Rise'', he's overshadowed by the other named apes and his only effect on the plot is [[spoiler: killing Jacobs]]. In ''Dawn'', he is far more important to the story and is the one who instigates most of the conflicts in the film.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: By the end of ''Dawn'', he has become much more like human than ape, down to [[spoiler:using guns and rounding up enemies in cages. He probably doesn't even consider that a bad thing, since he seems to think that if humans are evil, then the best way to beat them is to be even ''more'' evil than they are.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: literally; he kicks [[AssholeVictim Jacobs']] helicopter off the bridge in ''Rise.'']]

* TheParanoiac: He is bitter and vengeful for all of the experiments done to him by humans, and is utterly convinced that the humans mean to do apes harm. [[spoiler: He's perfectly willing and even eager to strike them first, tries to kill Caesar and actually kills Ash for being "weak"- ie. not being murderous bastards like himself-, and he devolves into a psycho ControlFreak who puts humans and rival apes alike in cages just like he had been.]] Like many paranoiacs, he is far more concerned with the suffering [[ItsAllAboutMe he has gone through]] than with the troubles of anybody else, and if other apes aren't, he'll just have to convince them different.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Is killed by a combination of his taser and hose…two things he used to torture the apes.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: His proves this with [[spoiler:his FalseFlagOperation that instigates the apes to going to war with the humans, and when he launches his attack the first thing he goes after is the humans armoury, knowing the apes have no chance without any guns.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In ''Dawn'', Koba approaches a duo of stragglers with guns, acting like a "dumb ape" and screeching. He tries some of the alcohol they're drinking, then spits it out. Then he picks up one of their assault rifles, toys around with it a bit until he up and [[MoodWhiplash shoots one of them to death]]. He looks at the other guy with a ''very'' unnerving SlasherSmile and shoots him up in [[AxCrazy joyous glee]].

* RedHeadedHero: Well, he has red fur.

%%* TheObiWan: To Caesar.

* DemotedToExtra: Despite being TheLancer in ''Rise'', he has less screentime in ''Dawn' and Koba becomes the more assertive NumberTwo.

* {{Badass}}: Apparently, he served in the military. [[spoiler:It shows during Koba's attack, even with the stolen guns he manages to launch a fierce defense that takes advantage of the buildings funneling the apes into predictable path, ensuring that taking the tower wasn't an easy fight.]]

* CoolOldGuy: A {{Badass}} FatherToHisMen.

* ActionDad: Has a teenage son and is a {{Badass}}.

* BaldOfAwesome: He is bald and a {{Badass}}.

* ActionDad: He becomes a father of two in [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]], and is even more {{Badass}}.

* RatedMForManly: Big, {{Badass}} ScreamingWarrior who goes out in a DyingMomentOfAwesome.

* RatedMForManly: He may count as a {{Deconstruction}} of this concept, as he is a {{Badass}} fighter who thinks that WarIsGlorious but only does it to sooth his UnstoppableRage.

* {{Badass}}: Not only is he charged with guarding the ape colony's gates, he also later [[spoiler: pulls apes out of the line of fire during Koba's assault on the human encampment.]]

* BlondGuysAreEvil: He is the least sympathetic and cruelest person in the film, and has blond hair.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If Carver hadn't shot first without thinking, the apes and humans would have gotten off to a much better start. ''[[ChronicVillainy And]]'' if Carver didn't [[spoiler: sneak a gun into the apes' home, he wouldn't have been kicked out and used as the ScapeGoat to instigate the war.]]