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Characters of ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', and ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''.

[[index]]
* [[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesApes Evolved Apes]]
* [[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesHumanity Humanity]]
[[/index]]

* [[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesHumanity Humanity]][[note]]Steven Jacobs, Will Rodman, Robert Franklin, John Landon, Dodge Landon, Rodney, Charles Landon, Caroline Aranha, Douglas Hunsiker, Malcolm, Ellie, Alexander, Dreyfus, Foster, Carver, The Colonel, Nova[[/note]]

* ''[[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesApes Evolved Apes]]''
* ''[[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesHumanity Humanity]]''[[note]]Steven Jacobs, Will Rodman, Robert Franklin, John Landon, Dodge Landon, Rodney, Charles Landon, Caroline Aranha, Douglas Hunsiker, Malcolm, Ellie, Alexander, Dreyfus, Foster, Carver, The Colonel, Nova[[/note]]

* ''[[Characters/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApesHumanity Humanity]]''

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!Gen-Sys

[[folder:Dr. William 'Will' Rodman]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodman_william_7185.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"All I'm saying is that this is a good thing. Caesar's proof of that. So is my father."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesFranco

-->''"Caesar. I'm sorry. This is my fault. This has to stop. This isn't the way, you know what they're capable of. Please come home. If you come home, I'll protect you."''

The son of Charles Rodman, the adoptive human father of Caesar, and the boyfriend of Caroline Aranha. Through his connection to Caesar, Will unknowingly became the adoptive human grandfather of Caesar's two young sons, Blue Eyes and his infant brother. He was the scientist who was responsible for the creation of ALZ-112, the so-called cure for Alzheimer's Disease. Like Robert Franklin, Will was one of the rare employees at Gen-Sys Laboratories who actually did care for animal test subjects, such as Bright Eyes, and did not simply see them as experiments.
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* BusCrash: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, Will and Caroline die (likely from the Simian Flu) in the interlude between ''Rise'' and ''Dawn''.]]
* TheCaretaker: For his father, who has Alzheimer's.
* DecoyProtagonist: His name comes first in the credits, but Caesar is the real protagonist.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Despite being the DecoyProtagonist, he is still the secondary focus of the story after Caesar.
* ForScience: Partly his reason for developing the drugs, although his primary motivation is his father.
* HopeSpot: He's bombarded with these (such as [[spoiler:his father getting better]]) and they always get yanked away from him.
* HotScientist: Caroline seems to think so.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Will dies from the Simian Flu, which he was responsible for creating, however inadvertently.]]
* PapaWolf: Toward Caesar. He attacks Dodge when he realizes Caesar is being abused.
* ParentalSubstitute: He and his father took care of Caesar after the latter's mother died.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Will drops the ball many times. He doesn't fess up about taking the cure home and its effect on his father until his father is starting to relapse. He doesn't fess up and point out that one of the test apes' intelligence is off the charts. Despite knowing the intelligence level of Caesar, and knowing full well there are children out in the street Will doesn't have "the talk" with him.
* PromotionToParent: After taking Caesar home, he becomes his father in every respect.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Will's drug gives his father full reversal of Alzheimer's for eight years (followed by a rapid regression and progression). A potential pharmaceutical gold mine he dumps and starts over from scratch because it wasn't permanent. Granted, his father's death messed with his judgment, but still.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His work (although enabled by Jacobs and spread by others) ultimately dooms most of humanity.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets one from Caroline when she discovers Caesar's true nature, although it falls a little flat since she's trying to say that curing Alzheimer's is wrong.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Steven Jacobs]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make history. I...make...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney money.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' David Oyelowo

->''"I run a business. Not a petting zoo!"''

The head of Polytechnic Solutions' Gen-Sys Laboratories, and superior to Dr. Will Rodman, the creator of the Simian Flu.
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* AssholeVictim: He pushes the testing of ALZ-113, [[spoiler:and is killed by Koba]].
* BigBad: Jacobs is the closest thing the film has to a BigBad. He's Will's boss, and pushes the mass-production of ALZ-113 despite warnings over the potential disaster it could cause.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's the CEO of [=GenSys=] and is only interested in money. He becomes aware of Will's ethical breach, and tries to blackmail him into continuing the tests using that information.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:He is trapped in a wrecked helicopter, which Koba kicks off the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge]].
* EvilBrit: He has a British accent and is certainly an antagonist.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He was responsible for mankind's downfall, and declrared war againist to humans and apes.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jacobs is killed by an ape infected with virus he so carelessly pushed to be engineered.]]
* KickTheDog: Forcing Franklin to put down the ape test subjects.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He can barely go a few sentences without mentioning how important money is to him.
* SharpDressedMan: He is constantly dressed in a business suit.
* TheUnfettered: He's willing to do whatever it takes to make money and please the shareholders.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robert Franklin]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2d9a021551b1ddd6398eff432a3b746c.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[InsistentTerminology He's not a monkey; he's an ape.]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Tyler Labine

A clumsy but good-natured chimpanzee handler at the Gen-Sys Laboratories, where Dr. Will Rodman was researching a cure to Alzheimer's Disease. After being ordered to exterminate all chimpanzees exposed to a potentially dangerous drug, Robert discovered a new-born baby chimpanzee who he could not bring himself to euthanize. Unable to rescue the chimpanzee himself, due to his brother-in-law working in security, Robert asked Will to raise the chimpanzee, who was later named Caesar.
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* BigFun: He's overweight and very attached to the apes who the experiments are carried out on.
* ButtMonkey: He's the nicest guy in the movie, but he suffers for it.
* ChewToy: He suffers greatly throughout the film for no reason, as he's one of the nicest people there.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:He dies off-screen and is found in his apartment]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Despite working in an animal testing lab, he has real affection for the apes and all the tests appear to be humane.
* TheHeart: He is ''the'' kindest person in Gen-Sys.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Helped in developing the drug that became the cause of his death.]]
* TheLabRat: He is in charge of looking after the chimpanzees used to test the drugs.
* NiceGuy: He genuinely cares about the apes in his care.
* PatientZero: [[spoiler:He is infected with ALZ-113 and accidentally infects Hunsiker when trying to get in touch with Will]].
* TokenGoodTeammate: He ''is'' TheHeart of Gen-Sys. Jacobs is greedy and selfish, and even Will is selfish to an extent but Franklin is considerate of everyone.
* TwoFirstNames: Franklin is traditionally used as a given name.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:After being infected by ALZ-113, he inadvertently ends up spreading the infection to most everyone he comes into contact with, including Hunsiker.]]
[[/folder]]

!Primate Shelter

[[folder:John Landon]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JohnLandon_6058.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"They're not people, y'know."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrianCox

-->''"You wouldn't be tryin' to entrap me now, would you?"''

The owner of the primate sanctuary. Initially a helpful and friendly enough guy, in reality he's a shrewd and immoral opportunist.
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* BeardOfEvil: A Van Dyke.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he seems like an understanding guy who reassures Will. However, he's really just a greedy, corrupt man.
* CoolShades: He's seen wearing a nifty pair of shades more often than not.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Landon doesn't care about the apes in his shelter, he only wants to make money and is apathetic to their needs at best.
* PragmaticVillainy: He isn't motivated by malice, just money.
* TheStoic: Very little fazes him, except his son's antics.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not revealed what happened to him by the end of the film.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: This is his attitude, and it certainly isn't a good attitude for someone who supposedly works in a sanctuary for primates.
-->''"I can't say I approve. They're not people, you know."''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dodge Landon]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TomFelton

The son of John Landon, owner of the San Bruno Primate Shelter where Caesar was incarcerated following his attack on Hunsiker. He worked as a guard at the facility under his father, but he administered horrible treatment and cruelty to the primates there, bordering on torture for no apparent reason.
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* AssholeVictim: He is [[spoiler:electrocuted with his own taser]].
* TheBully: He acts as the warden of the primate sanctuary, and takes sadistic pleasure out of tormenting the apes.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dodge is killed by Caesar in self-defense.]]
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: He's needlessly cruel to the apes for the sake of being cruel to them.
* EvilIsPetty: Dodge reacts to the apes as if they're human beings who are laughing at him, as opposed to animals who are just reacting. Dodge is petty and stupid enough to think he's being made fun of by apes.
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Caesar blasts Dodge with a hose, causing the latter's taser to short circuit and electrocute him]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is killed by a combination of his taser and hose... two things he used to torture the apes.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Dodge is a repulsive bully and sadist with low intelligence. He's needlessly cruel to the apes, especially Caesar.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dodge is killed by attacking Caesar with an electric prod; when Caesar blasts him with the hose, Dodge is electrocuted. Both of those items were tools that Dodge used to torture the apes.]]
* LargeHam: In sharp contrast to his stoical father.
* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:He wasn't able to (or didn't at all) dodge any of Caesar's attacks.]]
* ShoutOut: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original.[[note]]"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"[[/note]]
* TooDumbToLive: It's not wise to pull a taser [[spoiler:on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose]] that soon.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He wants his father's approval, but doesn't get it.
* YouCanTalk: He's shocked when [[spoiler:Caesar speaks]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rodney]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"He spoke! Your ape. He spoke."]]
->'''Played by:''' Jamie Harris

A worker at the San Bruno Primate Facility, run by John Landon. Landon's son, Dodge, bullied both Rodney and the ape inmates. Rodney remained neutral, believing that Dodge was cruel to the apes, but was mostly too afraid - either of Dodge or his father's position - to question orders. Adding to this, Dodge would rudely ignore Rodney's advice on how to treat them.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He never seems entirely put together: he's nervous, stuttering, awkward, slack-jawed and submissive.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Rodney is mostly pushed around by Dodge, his much younger 'boss'.
* ExtremeDoormat: To Dodge, who walks all over him.
* MercifulMinion: Caesar recognizes that he's not a sadist or a bully, just a weak-willed flunky who bore no ill will toward the apes.
%%* PunchClockVillain
* OhCrap: Cornered by angry apes, and the door doesn't open... [[spoiler:Also when Caesar speaks. Luckily for him, the apes just lock him up cause he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't revealed.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He didn't appear in [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]], thus it is ambiguous if he's in a refugee camp somewhere or suffered a BusCrash due to the outbreak.
* YouCanTalk: He's as shocked as anyone when [[spoiler:Caesar speaks.]]
* YouWillBeSpared: The apes [[spoiler:spare his life during their breakout, at Caesar's behest.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Humans

[[folder:Charles Rodman]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CharlesRodman_3540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"No way to live...no way to live?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnLithgow

-->''"And as for Caesar, kneel down, kneel down and wonder."''

The father of Will Rodman, and the adoptive human grandfather of Caesar.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Charles dies from Alzheimer's after the cure fails.]]
* CoolOldGuy: A music teacher who quotes Shakespeare and doesn't have a bad bone in his body.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: He [[spoiler:dies in his son's arms]].
* DotingGrandparent: To Caesar, who sees him as just as important as his father, Will.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After his Alzheimer's comes back with a vengeance, he refuses another treatment from Will and spends his last hours with his son, ending his suffering.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's the one who names Caesar and encourages Will to look after him.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: The ALZ-112 cures his Alzheimer's for eight years, [[spoiler:but then it resurfaces with a vengeance]].
* GoodParents: Charles is a lovely fellow and Will has a great relationship with him.
* GuineaPigFamily: Will tested the ALZ-112 on him in the hopes that it would cure his Alzheimer's.
* NiceGuy: He's a loving father and genuinely good man.
* ParentalSubstitute: He and his son took care of Caesar after the latter's mother died.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: The driving force behind his son's push to make a cure for Alzheimer's is the fact that he has it.
* TeamDad: To the main characters: Will, Caroline and of course Caesar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caroline Aranha]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Caroline_276.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I love chimpanzees. I'm also afraid of them...and it's appropriate to be afraid of them."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Freida Pinto

A veterinarian working with primates at the San Francisco Zoo infirmary. She was also the girlfriend of Will Rodman, and the adoptive human mother of Caesar.
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* BrainyBrunette: An intelligent veterinarian.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, Will and Caroline die (likely from the Simian Flu) in the interlude between ''Rise'' and ''Dawn''.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She genuinely cares for the animals she treats.
* KindlyVet: She first meets Will while giving Caesar stitches after he is beaten by Hunsiker.
* HospitalHottie: She is a very attractive veterinarian, as is noticed by Will.
* HotScientist: It's Freida Pinto, for God's sake. Will certainly thinks she's hot.
* NiceGirl: Sweet, thoughtful, and sensitive.
* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as a motherly figure towards Caesar.
* WeNeedADistraction: Distracts [[spoiler:the cops to let Will sneak past the barricade and find Caesar.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not revealed what happened to her [[spoiler:after the cops drag her off.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: She gives one to Will when she discovers Caesar's true nature, although it falls a little flat since she's trying to say that curing Alzheimer's is wrong.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Douglas Hunsiker]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/douglas_hunsiker.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"If I see that animal near my house or my kids again…"]]
->'''Played by:''' David Hewlett

A pilot for Global Airlines and a neighbour of Charles Rodman and Will Rodman. He had a bad temper, despised the Rodmans with deep hatred for no apparent reason, and clashed with them when three-year-old Caesar escaped and frightened his children when the curious chimpanzee wanted to ride a bicycle found in Hunsiker's garage.
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* ArtificialLimbs: After being {{Fingore}}d by Caesar, his lost finger was replaced by a metal-looking one.
* AssholeVictim: He's a colossal jerk [[spoiler:and winds up infected with ALZ-113, transmitting it around the world]].
* ButtMonkey: He only turns up when something bad is about to happen. To him. [[AssholeVictim Which he most deserved due to his reactions to his misfortunes]].
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off.
* HairTriggerTemper: He has a razor-sharp temper, which usually kicks in just in time to screw him over.
* HateSink: Before the inclusion of Dodge and Jacobs' more pivotal role later in the film, Hunsiker's role basically stands in as the first example of HumansAreTheRealMonsters that Caesar learns and most of his appearances was just to show his IrrationalHatred towards the film's protagonists even though their actions are not directly against him on purpose.
* HotBlooded: He is very temperamental and not afraid to get physical. This backfires ''constantly''.
* IrrationalHatred: Apparently of his neighbors the Rodmans (even if one of them is a senile old man) and any friends of theirs, [[spoiler: his animosity towards anything related to his hated neighbors backfires on him big time when catching Will's friend red-handed for seemingly trespassing, only to get infected with ALZ-113]].
* {{Jerkass}}: While a lot of his behavior is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you considerable the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to blow your lid at a clearly senile old man. The best thing to do was to speak to his carer and/or family member rather than borderline assault someone who clearly didn't know what was going on. However, his angry reaction is so suspiciously extreme that it feels more out of IrrationalHatred of his neighbors then just what Charles did.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Hunsiker initially gains audience sympathy when he finds a chimpanzee in his home, ''[[PapaWolf near his children]]'', and has the nerve to fend off what he obviously believed is a dangerous wild animal. Also, he assaulted a dementia-stricken elderly man, but is arguably understandable given the circumstances over the damage of his car.
* PapaWolf: He has kids, and is somewhat [[JerkassHasAPoint justified in his anger at Caesar since he's just protecting them as best as he can. There was no way to know that Caesar wasn't dangerous]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:He winds up being the one to infecting the world with ALZ-113. Through his actions in provoking Caesar, in confronting Franklin and in spreading the virus through air transport, Hunsiker played a central role in the fall of mankind]].
* TyphoidMary: While he ''does'' display symptoms, he ignores them [[spoiler:and winds up transmitting ALZ-113 around the world. Of course, he had no way of knowing what he was infected with.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Colonel]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/picture1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since."]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson
->'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2017)

A ruthless Colonel who wants to destroy the Apes.
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* BaldOfEvil: The Colonel is shown shaving his head clean.
* BigBad: Of the third film.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He had a son, who has been died.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: He keeps a photo of his deceased son.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nova]]
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->'''Played By:''' Amiah Miller
->'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2017)

An orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Apparently with Maurice.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She has these.
* TheVoiceless: According to Matt Reeves, she's mute.
* UnexpectedCharacter: ''Nobody'' expected Nova to appear this early in the reboot.
[[/folder]]

!The Colony

[[folder:Dreyfus]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreyfus_9040.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm saving the human race."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/GaryOldman

-->''"You all know what we're up against."''

A former San Francisco police chief who became Mayor shortly after the beginning of the Simian Flu outbreak which subsequently claimed the lives of his wife and children. He retained his position of authority in the rapidly depopulated city for a decade, and took a militant stance against the Evolved Apes.
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* AntiVillain: While he becomes an antagonist, he is not an evil person. He's merely misguided, ill-informed and desperate to save his people.
* BadassLongcoat: He's usually seen wearing one of these.
* BadassMustache: Sports one.
* BenevolentBoss: He is a well-meaning leader to the San Francisco refugees.
* {{BFG}}: At one point Dreyfus wields a rocket launcher.
* CoolOldGuy: A badass FatherToHisMen.
* CrusadingWidower: His entire family was killed during the outbreak.
* AFatherToHisMen: Dreyfus is seen reassuring his troops and is very upset when harm comes to them.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He dies believing that he did it for the human race.]]
* TheLeader: Of the Colony.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His two kids died during the outbreak.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The victim of this; [[spoiler: from Dreyfus' viewpoint, the humans are fighting in self-defense. Just when the colony receives power and starts communication, Koba leads the apes to start slaughtering and imprisoning the humans. So when Malcolm, at gunpoint, starts making peace talk, it's understandable why Dreyfus refused to give him the benefit of the doubt.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Gives one to [[spoiler:Malcolm]] during the film's climax.
-->'''Dreyfus:''' Are you out of your fucking mind?
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say.
* RousingSpeech: He makes a couple of them. First, when he gets everyone behind his plan to reclaim the dam's power. He delivers another one when [[spoiler:the apes are on their way to attack the Colony.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Attempted this at the sequel's climax.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: ''"They're ANIMALS! THEY ATTACKED US!"''
* WastelandElder: Dreyfus is TheLeader of the Colony, and one of the older members.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he gave Malcom's plan a chance, before that he was planning to wipe out the apes in order to get to the generator at the dam and planned to go ahead with it if he didn't hear back from him in time. And the film makes it very clear that the refugees will not survive for long without the power from the generator. [[spoiler:After Koba's attack, he tries to blow up the entire tower the apes are occupying to kill as many of them as possible, believing that after the attack, they cannot be reasoned with and for the sake of humanity, they must die.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Malcolm]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolm_9162.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I need to speak to Caesar!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonClarke

-->''"I've seen things, I've seen the way they are, they want what we want: to survive."''

A leader of a small group that formed a strong bond with Caesar and the other apes.
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* ActionDad: Has a teenage son and is a badass.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: When Caesar demonstrates the ability to speak, his reaction is one of awe rather than fear, outright calling Caesar "more than just an ape."
* CrusadingWidower: His wife was killed during the outbreak.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Much like Will before him, he is the main human character in ''Dawn'', but Caesar is still TheHero of the film and in this film takes his rightful place as the top billed actor.
* MartialPacifist: Violence is never a first choice for him.
* NiceGuy: He is very respectful of the Apes' culture, earning him their (sans [[TokenEvilTeammate Koba and his lackeys]]) respect in return.
* NotSoDifferent: He's very much like Caesar.
* NumberTwo: He is Dreyfus' second-in-command in the Colony.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He disobeys Dreyfus [[spoiler: and even holds a gun on him.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Will Rodman. Caesar even says that Rodman was "a good man like you."
* WideEyedIdealist: Believes in the best of humans and apes.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Believes that the apes aren't the violent monsters Dreyfus fears they are. Unfortunately for him, one of the apes is, and that ape proved to be enough to derail any chance of peace.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ellie]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"It was a virus was created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeriRussell

The second wife of Malcolm and step-mother to Alexander. She is a member of a struggling group of human survivors who meets Caesar and his colony under difficult circumstances.
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* BrainyBrunette: Along with Malcolm, she's the most level-headed and intelligent of the humans.
* TheChick: Of Malcolm's scouting party.
* HospitalHottie: She's a nurse before the outbreak.
* MaleGaze: When [[spoiler:she's doing surgery on Caesar]], she takes her coat/jacket off and is wearing a very tight and low-cut tanktop. You're welcome.
* TheMedic: Her main role being a former nurse.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She has a daughter that died during the outbreak.
* ReplacementScrappy: Invoked in-universe. It is implied that Alex is initially distant to her because he sees her as "someone trying to replace his late mother".
* SecondLove: She is Malcolm's second wife.
* SingleTear: When telling Alexander about her deceased daughter.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue tanktop.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alexander]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexander_1577.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's he taking us?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]

Malcolm's teenage son who is coping with the death of his mother and the arrival of his father's new wife and his new step-mother, Ellie. Upon meeting the apes, he befriends Maurice, the kind Orangutan who becomes fond of him.
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* BadassBookworm: He is seen reading from time-to-time.
* DefrostingIceKing: He is initially distant, but eventually warms up.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He is very, very pale.
* EmoTeen: His screentime usually involves him angry or sulking. As Malcom points out, [[JustifiedTrope we can hardly blame him]]; he watched the planet die around him for most of his life.
* {{Foil}}: To Blue Eyes. Both are the EmoTeen sons of the two factions' main characters. But while Blue Eyes is initially distant to Caesar, Alex has always been close to Malcolm.
* KidHero: The apocalyptic Earth forces him to be one.
* MissingMom: She died during the outbreak.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Blue Eyes.
* OddFriendship: He starts one with Maurice by showing him his artbook and a graphic novel.
* TheQuietOne: Alexander doesn't have much to say.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Foster]]
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->'''Played By:''' Jon Eyez

-->''"You know the scary thing about them? They don't need power, lights, heat; that's their advantage. That's what makes them stronger."''

A member of the Colony and is a good friend to Malcolm and his family.
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* AngryBlackMan: Only towards Carver, who certainly deserves all the scolding.
* BadassBeard: He sports one.
* BadassGrandpa: He's around his forties to fifties.
* BaldOfAwesome: He is bald and a badass.
* BlackBestFriend: To Malcolm and his family.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: He seems to be a decade older than Malcolm and Ellie, and certainly several decades older to Alexander.
* MartialPacifist: Much like Malcolm, violence is never a first choice for him.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Maurice: strong, loyal and intelligent.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most level headed members of the group.
* OlderSidekick: To Malcolm.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's not seen again after Koba has the apes chase the humans when he falsely accuses them of killing Caesar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carver]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't take orders from monkeys!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo

-->''""They're apes, man! You think they understand what you're saying?"''

A member of Malcolm's group.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's beaten to death by Koba. Nobody mourns, except those who viewed his death as an AlasPoorScrappy moment for him after he shows a genuine moment of happiness upon witnessing their mission to restore the lights in the city complete.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved bald, and although 'evil' is debatable he's certainly enough of an asshole to be an antagonist.
* DirtyCoward: Shoots Ash in the beginning of the film out of blind terror. His continued fear and distrust of the apes leads him to sneak a shotgun to the dam, which only serves to increase the friction between the apes and Malcolm's group [[spoiler:and make him a believable scapegoat for Koba's FalseFlagOperation]].
* FantasticRacism: He absolutely '''hates''' the apes, blaming them for the Simian Flu.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He gets killed just after expressing a genuine moment of happiness.]]
* HotBlooded: He's in a permanently foul mood, and it only takes the slightest nudge to send him into violence.
* InformedAbility: Malcolm's reason for bringing Carver along is that he worked on the dam, but we never see him offer any real help in getting the dam fixed, in fact they manage just fine without him, thus narrowing his role in the film to just being the perpetual fuck-up.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's selfish, aggressive, ignorant and miserable. He insults Malcolm and Ellie by bringing up their dead loved ones in an accusatory tone and his unchecked temper ultimately helps [[spoiler: Koba to take power by framing him.]]
* LampshadeHanging: "Okay, so ''I'm'' the asshole."
* TheLoad: See InformedAbility above for more information.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Koba. Both are distrustful, angry and violent. [[spoiler: Makes it ironic since the latter killed him.]]
* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Carver straight-up admits that he's angry at the apes because he has nobody else to blame for the virus. He also ignorantly dismisses the Simian Flu's true origins - a virus created by humans and not spread by apes - as "hippy-dippy bullshit".
* TheScapegoat: See SmallRoleBigImpact below.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In comparison to the other human characters Carver is relatively minor (and [[spoiler:he's killed halfway through ''Dawn'']]) but he serves as an example to Caesar's apes of the possible threat humanity poses. Ultimately, he's used [[spoiler:as a scapegoat by Koba to incite war between ape and human.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of Malcolm's scouting party. [[spoiler: Koba even learns of this and sets him up (posthumously) to take the fall for his assassination of Caesar.]]
[[/folder]]

!Apes

[[folder:Caesar]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Apes do not want war!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AndySerkis

-->''"If we go to war, we could lose all we've built. Home. Family. Future."''

Biological son of the late Alpha and the late Bright Eyes, wild chimpanzees from the jungles of the Congo. Bright Eyes became a test subject for the drug ALZ-112, which greatly stimulated Caesar's mental development in utero. After the death of his mother, Caesar became an adoptive son to Will Rodman and Caroline Aranha. Through Will, Caesar became the adoptive grandson of the late Charles Rodman. Later in life, Caesar leads the captive apes to rebellion, and rules as king/leader of their newly formed colony. As king, he becomes the husband of fellow San Bruno Primate Shelter inmate, Cornelia and the father of two sons, Blue Eyes and a newborn son. As king of the ape colony, he is the patriarch of the Royal Ape Family.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:How Caesar kills Dodge; he clearly intended to just blast Dodge back with the hose, but when Dodge suddenly wields his electric prod he gets electrocuted to death. Caesar is very affected by his actions.]]
* ActionDad: He becomes a father of two in [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]], and is even more badass.
* AntiHero: The movie synopsis and WordOfGod clearly implies this, as Caesar will be struggling with his darker instincts.
* AndStarring: In ''Rise'' he is credited last as "And Andy Serkis", despite being the true protagonist of the sequel. This is amended in ''Dawn'' where he receives top billing.
* ArcSymbol: The window design of his room in the Rodmans' house becomes a symbol associated with him in the sequel.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Koba finds it out the hard way in the sequel.
* BadassBaritone: When he [[spoiler:finally speaks, he has a ''very'' deep voice]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He starts off very cheerful - if protective of his human family. He becomes ''very'' embittered as ''Rises'' progresses, [[spoiler:but he still disapproves of killing humans]].
* BigGood: For the apes in the ending of ''Rises'' and during ''Dawn''.
* BigNo:
** His very first [[spoiler:word is a shout of 'No!' when fighting with Dodge.]]
** [[spoiler: Does another one in ''Dawn'' when the apes suggest attacking the human settlement after discovering it, not wanting to sacrifice apes unless necessary.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Dodge's abuse and Will's inability to protect him destroy his innocence. The events of ''Dawn'' also did a number on him.
* BrokenBird: His experiences in the animal shelter leave him deeply embittered.
* TheCaptain: See TheHero section.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Starts to feel this in ''Dawn'' when he needs to try to keep a tense peace between apes and humans. [[spoiler:When war does break out, he puts the blame on himself for trusting the wrong people.]]
* CharacterDevelopment:
** In ''Rise'', he grows independent from his human upbringing, becoming the leader of the apes.
** In ''Dawn'', Caesar learns (in a harsh way) that humans and apes aren't as different as he thought.
* ClothingDamage: Caesar wears clothes for much of the film, but after being placed in the primate shelter, they mark him out as different. Rocket tears his shirt off to show his superiority. Later, Caesar takes his pants off himself when he [[IChooseToStay decides to stay]] and free the other apes.
* CombatPragmatist: In his second fight with Koba, he's not at full strength due to previous injuries. He makes up for this by using Koba's anger against him, letting Koba wear himself out with repeated attacks then retaliating when Koba's too tired to defend himself properly.
* ComingOfAgeStory: ''Rise'' serves as a coming of age story for him, detailing how he [[spoiler:came to lead the uprising of the apes]].
* DarkMessiah: See MessianicArchetype below. He does save Apekind but at a terrible price of humanity being wiped out; WordOfGod even says that [[spoiler:his only stepfather Will Rodman died from the pandemic Caesar helped unleash]]. After [[spoiler:Koba's betrayal he was forced into this role, rejecting Malcolm's offer of safety/escape and choosing to fight in the Human-Ape war]].
* DeathGlare: Quite a few in the animal sanctuary once Caesar starts getting pissed off.
* DoesntLikeGuns: ''Dawn'' shows that he'd rather not use firearms, though he definitely ''knows'' how to fire them.
* TheDogBitesBack: Aside from literally biting off Hunsiker's finger, he [[spoiler:accidentally kills Dodge with the very weapons used to torment him]].
* GradualGrinder: He adopts these tactics in the final battle with [[spoiler: Koba]] in ''Dawn'', [[spoiler: since the blood loss from Koba's previous assassination attempt was slowing him down]]. When [[spoiler: Koba]] grabs a piece of rebar to use as a sword, Caesar goes for [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe a metal plate as a shield]], and proceeds to [[IShallTauntYou taunt him]] into [[AttackItsWeakPoint exposing his newly-gashed side for Caesar to hit]].
* GreenEyes: He has flecks of green in his irises due to being enhanced by ALZ-112 and 113.
* GuileHero: He is ''very'' intelligent and [[spoiler:frees the other apes at the shelter through sheer cunning]].
* TheHero: Turns out the franchise is centered around Caesar and his journey as the leader of the apes.
* IChooseToStay: Chooses to remain in confinement in order to free the other apes rather than go back home with Will. [[spoiler:His "Caesar is home" line by the end also counts.]]
* 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. Whether or not he stays that way in War for the Planet of the Apes remains to be seen.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Caesar was adopted and loved by human Will for most of his life. {{Deconstructed}} later on when Caesar finds that Will won't always understand him. Doesn't mean they stopped loving each other, though.
* ItCanThink: [[spoiler:More like "it can speak" from the workers of the sanctuary.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: To Koba in ''Dawn'', when the latter claims that Caesar loves humans more than his sons. [[spoiler: He finally drops Koba to his death, after the latter betrayed the apes for his own selfish goals.]]
* TheLeader: He becomes the leader of the apes in the animal shelter.
* MagneticHero: He wins the allegiance of all the apes... with ''cookies''.
* MartialPacifist: He avoids violence as much as possible despite being a very competent ass-kicker.
* MoralityPet: Its implied that the human girl in War for the Planet of the Apes will be one to Caesar, reminding him of all the good in humans.
* MeaningfulName: He's names after UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, who conquered Rome to overthrow the corrupt government.
* 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 the apes "repenting" and [[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.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: War for the Planet of the Apes describe him as in danger of becoming this, as he struggles with his darker impulses.
* NaiveNewcomer: When he first arrives at the primate "sanctuary".
* NeverTrustATrailer: Most of them will make you think that Caesar is the film's villain. [[spoiler:He is the hero.]]
* NiceGuy: Caesar is a really sweet guy, [[BewareTheNiceOnes just don't piss him off.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Gives an outright brutal one to Koba in ''Dawn'' after his insults push him to far, but stops short of killing him. A mistake he corrects later.]]
* NonHumanSidekick: To the Rodmans, at first.
* PapaWolf:
** His berserk button was attacking Will or his father. He mangled their neighbor's finger when he got aggressive with Charles.
** In the sequel, it would be ''very'' wise that you '''don't''' harm a hair on his kids' heads.
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: He is the series' true protagonist.
* RaisedByHumans: Will adopted him after Jacobs gave the order for the test-facility apes to be terminated.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In ''Dawn''.
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: WordOfGod confirms that he will be going on this against the Colonel.
* SerkisFolk: Played by Andy Serkis himself, no less.
* ShipperOnDeck: When Will and Caroline first met early in the film, he was the first to suggest they go out together.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He has intelligence on par with - perhaps exceeding - a human, and beats Will in chess.
* TheStrategist: He is very cunning and uses his brain to solve problems such as [[spoiler:escaping the animal shelter and bypassing the police barricade]].
* ThouShaltNotKill: Caesar holds to this in ''Rise'', [[spoiler: only killing Dodge accidentally and going out of his way to prevent other apes from killing humans. He is finally pushed to a lethal extreme in ''Dawn'' when he lets the treacherous Koba fall to his death.]]
* TookALevelInCynic: His time in the ape penitentiary made him lose all of his innocence.
* TrashTalk: [[spoiler: Hits Koba with this coupled with YouMonster, calling him weak for relying on guns, and telling him he belongs in a cage.]]
* TrueCompanions: Prove your loyalty and the good in your heart to him, and you are his family. Koba, Maurice, Rocket, Buck, Stoned, Ash, and Malcolm's family learn this over course of the series.
* UnstoppableRage: [[ThouShaltNotKill Except if it means killing]].
* WeakButSkilled: He tends to win fights against stronger opponents by keeping his composure and fighting defensively until an opening presents itself or help arrives. By ''Dawn'' he has grown into a comparatively powerful LightningBruiser, but still avoids going on the offensive without a strategy in mind, in contrast to more HotBlooded apes like Buck, Rocket and Koba.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman[=/=]WhatMeasureIsANonCute: Probably because of his exposure to the ALZ-112 in the womb, Caesar looks more human-like than the other apes. He is, of course, the hero.
* WarIsHell: He knows fully well how terrible war would be. And ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' shows that two years of fighting has really pushed him.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Caeser's belief that all apes have a superior morality than humans. Koba proves this wrong.]]
* YouCanTalk: He asks it to Maurice when the orangutan uses sign language to communicate with him. [[spoiler:Caesar himself learns to talk later, prompting this reaction from humans (although they do not ask the question).]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maurice]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Careful. Human no like smart ape."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Karin Konoval

An altered orangutan and a former circus ape who resided at the San Bruno Primate Shelter with Cornelia, Rocket and Buck. He watched over Caesar and discovered his intelligence, hence learning about his ability to communicate with Sign Language. Seeing Caesar's potential, Maurice befriended him becoming Caesar's best and most trusted friend. During the Ape Rebellion, Maurice served as the second of Caesar's lieutenants, the first being Rocket. Over the next ten years, Maurice remains loyal to Caesar and serves as the colony's seer and as a teacher to the new generation of apes.
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* BadassAdorable: His kindly demeanor and fierce loyalty make for an absolutely adorable combination.
* BadassBeard: Sports one par for the course of male orangutan, complete with complementary mustache.
* BadassGrandpa: If not in ''Rise'' then definitely by ''Dawn''.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Dawn'', steps in to protect Alexander from Koba, and when doing so stands upright showing off how big he is. Koba backs away.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Throughout ''Dawn'', he is one of the kindest apes in the film, but when Koba attacked Alexander, he promptly put his foot down and drove him off.
%%* CoolOldGuy: In ''Dawn''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Without actually speaking. Continued in ''Dawn'', when [[spoiler:Koba shoots Caesar, immediately blaming the humans]].
-->'''Maurice''' (to Malcolm's family): [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Run.]]
* DeathGlare: Gives a terrifying one to Koba when protecting Alexander.
* DemotedToExtra: He's less important in the sequel, though he didn't get it as bad as Rocket.
* CrossCastRole: '''He''' is portrayed by '''actress''' Karin Konoval.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from Caesar, he's the most intelligent of the apes. And aside from Buck, he's the biggest.
* GentleGiant: One of the largest apes, as well as one of the kindest.
* GutturalGrowler: His speaking voice is extremely deep and rumbly, even for an ape.
* HulkSpeak: Initially, in ''Rise'', both he and Caesar use sign language like this. After 10 years of practice and presumably exposure to the 113, they are more eloquent. When speaking English, though this remains in effect.
* MightyGlacier: He can hold his own with Buck and the other gorillas regarding strength. Speed, not so much.
* NumberTwo: He, Rocket and Koba are Caesar's right-hand apes by ''Dawn''.
* NotSoStoic: When he sees an ape shot off the Golden Gate bridge, he gets very angry.
* TheStoic: Maurice mostly lounges around with a droopy expression.
%%* SerkisFolk
* ShoutOut: He is a wise orangutan, the species that formed the intellectual elite in ape society in the original films, and is named after actor Maurice Evans, who played Dr. Zaius.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* UndyingLoyalty: To Caesar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rocket]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I follow Caesar."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Terry Notary

An altered chimpanzee who was the Alpha at the San Bruno Primate Shelter before and during Caesar's time at the shelter. He was a typical bully until Caesar outsmarted him and took his place as Alpha. Settling their differences aside, the two became the most unlikeliest of allies. During the Ape Rebellion, Caesar tasks Rocket as one of his lead lieutenants. After ten years, the two are still best friends and Rocket is still one of Caesar's closest companions.
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* ActionDad: He is a father by the time of ''Dawn''.
* BadassInDistress: In ''Dawn'', when [[spoiler:newly-ascended Koba has all of Caesar's loyalists rounded up]].
* BaldOfEvil: When he runs the tribe, having them all bully Caesar.
** BaldOfAwesome: After Caesar lets him live and he helps spearhead the invasion.
* TheBully: He became the leader of the shelter apes through bullying tactics and aggression.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Leading to...
** UndyingLoyalty: To Caesar.
* DemotedToExtra: Despite being TheLancer in ''Rise'', he has less screentime in ''Dawn'' and Koba becomes the more assertive NumberTwo.
* HotBlooded: He chases Caesar around the shelter and beats him up to assert his dominance in the first film.
* JackOfAllStats: He seems to have a decent combat performance.
* TheLancer: After being beaten by Caesar, he becomes his second-in-command. At least in the first film.
* NumberTwo: He, Koba and Maurice are Caesar's right-hand apes by ''Dawn''.
* [[spoiler:OutlivingOnesOffspring: Koba kills his son Ash.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Being humbled by Caesar and then given compassion turns Rocket into a much nicer ape who's fully devoted to Caesar and their society.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Buck]]
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->'''Played by:''' Richard Ridings

An extremely powerful gorilla housed in a specially-built cage at the San Bruno Primate Shelter. He was the only ape never harassed by Dodge Landon. He was bad tempered, strong and brave, and was seen trying to get out and banging his cage.
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* TheBigGuy: He is the largest of the apes Caesar recruits.
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: He [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to take down the police helicopter gunning down the apes]]. Caesar takes it hard.
* BoisterousBruiser: Granted that the apes are loud, but he's the one who always scream.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Close to the end of the first film, [[spoiler: Buck dies in Caesar's arms after taking on a helicopter.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: He tackles a [[spoiler:helicopter filled with armed men out of the sky, then survives long enough to have a DiedInYourArmsTonight moment with Caesar.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He takes several [[spoiler:bullets for Caesar and destroys the helicopter, which was both the biggest physical threat to the apes and carried their mortal enemy Jacobs.]]
* HiddenDepths: When Caesar first arrives in the sanctuary, Buck seems to be a stereotypical KillerGorilla that tries to hurt anything that comes near his cage. It turns out he is always angry ''because'' he is in a cage, a small one where he can barely move and whose ground is entirely of concrete. He is overjoyed when he can finally touch the grass outside.
* IOweYouMyLife: He becomes a trusted underling of Caesar after he freeds him from his small cage.
* KillerGorilla: When first introduced he was roaring at every chimp who came too close to his cage.
* LightningBruiser: Just like real gorillas, he's not only incredibly strong but moves at surprising speed.
* ManChild: Watch the scene when he first touches un-cemented ground in a very long time. He's bursting in joy!
* RatedMForManly: Big, badass ScreamingWarrior who goes out in a DyingMomentOfAwesome.
* ScreamingWarrior: While the apes scream from time-to-time, Buck and Koba are the ones constantly seen roaring.
%%* SerkisFolk
* ShoutOut: Named after Buck Kartalian, who played gorilla characters in ''Planet of the Apes'' and ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''.
* TakingTheBullet: He saves Caesar from [[spoiler:being gunned by the helicopter's co-pilot.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Caesar after he frees him from his cage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Koba]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Caesar loves humans more than apes!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Christopher Gordon & Toby Kebbell

-->''"For years I was a prisoner in their lab. They cut me...tortured me. You freed me, I would do anything you ask. But we must show strength!"''

An altered bonobo with a strong hatred for humans, stemming from years of neglect and abuse. He had a scar over his blind eye and looks more feral than the other apes held at Gen-Sys Laboratories. Ten years after escaping the Gen-Sys Laboratories, Koba became a member of Caesar's colony of 2000 apes. He was initially a staunch ally of Caesar, but later became disillusioned with him after seeing his sympathy and compassion towards humans.
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* AntiHero: In ''Rise''. He's on the side of the apes, and he's experienced the same injustices they've endured. He's notably more angry, aggressive and even sadistic.
* 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 the main Antagonist who instigates most of the conflicts in the film.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Is a firm believer of this principle in ''Dawn''. [[spoiler:He successfully usurps Caesar and becomes a very violent leader.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Killed while begging for mercy, and nobody in either film deserved to die more than him.]]
* AxCrazy: He is the most bloodthirsty of the apes, showing an enjoyment for violence, which is ironic considering he's a bonobo. [[spoiler:In the assault on San Francisco, he goes absolutely mental, shrieking and shooting like the wild animal he is at heart.]]
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:When he becomes a traitor to Caesar and briefly becomes the apes' leader, he kills or imprisons anyone who questions/defies his authority.]]
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: It's mentioned off-handedly that Koba has a history of being a lab subject, and the scars show. In ''Dawn'', when Caesar decides to let Malcolm do his "human work", Koba gets one of the most poignant moments in the film.
-->'''Caesar''': Just let them do their human work, and they'll go.
-->'''Koba''' (''almost chuckles''): Human work?
-->(''points to a scar'')
-->'''Koba''' (''more aggressively''): ''Human'' work.
-->(''points to another'')
-->'''Koba''': ''Human'' work!
-->(''points to his eye'')
-->'''Koba: HUMAN WORK!'''
* BigBad: He [[spoiler:betrays Caesar in ''Dawn'' and takes over the ape community.]]
* BloodKnight: Given the fact [[spoiler: that during the invasion of the human city he fires in the air with two machine gun laughing maniacally and doing the same thing later to some apes while he tries to kill Caesar we could say he loves carnage.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Caesar's eldest son Blue Eyes looks up to him... until the young ape sees him for what he really is. Koba also demonstrates loyalty and friendship to Caesar, considering him a brother. The extended interaction with humans and Caesar's care for them, however, breaks Koba's loyalty.
* TheCaligula: [[spoiler:After taking over the apes, he proves to be an AxCrazy tyrant]].
* CompositeCharacter: In ''Dawn'', he's got traits of Dr. Zaius (intense hatred for humans), Aldo (believes/knows that guns will give him and the apes the ultimate advantage and gets very trigger happy), and Thade (the first two, plus is a ManipulativeBastard who isn't above turning on his own kind to stay in power) from previous films.
* ConsummateLiar: Spouts nothing but lies in ''Dawn''. Very convincing ones.
* ControlFreak: Revealed as this once he [[spoiler:takes over as the apes' leader. He has no tolerance for insubordination, killing or imprisoning any ape that defies him or retains their loyalty to Caesar]].
* DeathGlare: Jacobs should have know that Koba had it out for him just from the look he gave him.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Taunts Caesar in his last moments]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He dies a DisneyVillainDeath in the sequel, similar to Jacobs' in the first film and Ash as caused by him in the sequel.]]
* DevilInPlainSight: He is covered in scars and frequently sports a SlasherSmile.
* EvilCounterpart. To Caesar. Unlike him he's more violent and loves killing [[spoiler: even his fellow apes.]]
* EvilMentor: He is a very bad influence to Caesar's son Blue Eyes in ''Dawn''.
* {{Expy}}: He shares many similar traits to Aldo from ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* TheExtremistWasRight: WordOfGod has confirmed that much of the third film will consist of Caesar wondering if Koba's beliefs were actually correct.
* FangsAreEvil: While all the apes have fangs, he shows them off the most.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In ''Dawn'', he pretends to be a fun playful ape in front of two gunmen, before revealing his true nature to them later in the film.
* {{Foil}}: To Caesar.
* FreudianExcuse: He's been cruelly tortured all his life and treated worse than a rat lab. However in ''Dawn'', seeing that the only true responsible for his pain (Jacobs) died long ago since he killed him personally, this doesn't justify his hatred for all humans anymore. The human survivalists have nothing to do with his past.
* GeneralRipper: [[spoiler:Admittedly he doesn't have any military training, but even then, he couldn't think of much strategy for attacking the humans' compound besides throwing more and more apes at against the humans' automatic weapons.]]
* GlassCannon: Koba mainly prioritizes offense. [[spoiler: This came to bite him in the ass several times in ''Dawn''.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Very evil. Just look at that picture!
* GunsAkimbo: Wielded two assault rifles in the sequel.
* GutturalGrowler: Unlike [[BadassBaritone Caesar]], Koba has a raspy voice.
* 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.]] After gaining power, he even primarily walks in a bipedal position moreso than the other apes, ala Napoleon from ''Literature/AnimalFarm''. [[spoiler:He eventually dies in almost the same way as Jacobs, as a final point on how human he has become.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After Dreyfus tries to kill the apes by blowing the tower up, Koba surviving the explosion prompts him to wildly fire a gun off at Caesar and the other surviving apes who Caesar is trying to rescue them from the wreckage. Seeing his true colors, the rest of the apes turn on him and let Caesar kill him.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Has the audacity to utter the words "[[ArcWords Ape not kill ape]]". Guess how he spends his screentime in the last half of the sequel?]]
* {{Irony}}: In RealLife, bonobos are considered by many, such as primatologist Frans de Waal, to be the more gentle cousins of the often aggressive chimpanzees, mostly based on their "Make love, not war" behavior in regards to disputes amongst themselves. Koba is anything but a peace loving hippie version of a regular chimp. Justified though, given [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil his past]], and bonobos under stressful captive conditions [[ShowingTheirWork do become as cruel as chimpanzees]].
* InsultBackfire: [[spoiler:Calls Caesar weak while preparing to shoot; Caesar replies "Koba weaker" since he's relying on a gun, prompting him to drop it and fight with his hands.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:He claims to be fighting for all apes and he might even believe it, but even if it was true at one point, by the final act of the movie his one and only concern is personal revenge and taking out his UnstoppableRage on humans and any ape who doesn't side with him; by the climax, even they aren't safe from this AxCrazy homicidal maniac. Caesar even calls him out on it.]]
-->'''Koba:''' Caesar brother to humans! Koba fight for ape! Free ape!
-->'''Caesar:''' You killed ape. Koba fight for Koba. [[BerserkButton Koba belong in cage.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Before his undying hatred for humans completely takes over later in ''Dawn'', Koba points out to Caesar that the apes should not appear weak to humanity. Caesar immediately agrees, and organizes his envoy to the human colony out of what appears to be every fighting ape in his colony. His general behavior in the early portions of the film are also generally reasonable considering his and Caesar's experience in human hands; it's when his unwavering hatred and desire for revenge overcomes all thought for his fellow apes that he goes off the deep end.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: In ''Dawn'', Caesar kills Koba the exact same way Koba killed Jacobs in ''Rise'' - watching him holding onto a ledge and begging for help, only to disregard his pleas and let him fall.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Ash refuses to kill some defenseless humans; Koba responds by grabbing him and dropping him to his death. A lesser example occurs later during his fight with Caesar, after the tower partly collapses. Koba moves a piece of debris trapping another ape, only to simply retrieve the gun the ape was carrying and drop the debris back on him.]]
* KillAllHumans: Koba's main goal in life.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: literally; he kicks [[AssholeVictim Jacobs']] helicopter off the bridge in ''Rise''. And he himself gets this treatment from Caesar.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: When he charges the human barricade on his horse while DualWielding rifles,]] his constant roaring sounds more than a little bit like deranged laughter.
* ManiacMonkeys: He's a bonobo, which are usually peaceful in comparison to chimpanzees. However, he's the most bloodthirsty of all the apes.
* ManipulativeBastard: Demonstrates aptitude with this skill, as shown not only when [[spoiler:[[ObfuscatingStupidity he tricks a couple of humans into underestimating him]], but also when he seizes control of ape society through lies and xenophobia. Blue Eyes is one of the main targets of his manipulations.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Koba" was the nickname used by UsefulNotes/JosephStalin before the Russian Revolution.
* NumberTwo: He, Maurice, and Rocket are Caesar's right-hand apes by ''Dawn'', though he clearly asserts his authority more than the other two.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He uses BlackComedy and {{Slapstick}} as ploys against two human antagonists in the sequel.
* ObviouslyEvil: The deep scars on his face and his default DeathGlare expression should clue you in to what type of ape he is.
* 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 assassinate 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.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Subverted. When Ash refuses to kill some unarmed humans, Koba initially looks like he's going over to help him (or at least kill the humans himself), but instead drags him up and drops him to his death. It's played a little straighter when his first order is to keep the women and children safe, but he may have just been savvy enough to know he shouldn't risk them.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Averted in ''Rises'', where he's reasonably loyal to Caesar. [[spoiler:In ''Dawn''....things change.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: WordOfGod says that during ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'', Koba will be weighing heavily on Caesar's mind.
* PsychoticSmirk: Gets one when [[spoiler:he gets the chance to kill Jacobs.]] He does it far more often in ''Dawn''.
* PyrrhicVictory: Koba did get what he wanted; a war against humanity. [[spoiler: Posthumously.]]
* RatedMForManly: He may count as a {{Deconstruction}} of this concept, as he is a fighter who thinks that WarIsGlorious but only does it to sooth his UnstoppableRage.
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: In the final act he is gunning down humans with hateful glee left, right and centre; he also has them- and his ape enemies- rounded up and caged just as he was, seeing it as poetic revenge. He revels in the power guns and violence give him, and tries to force young ape Ash to murder a human so he can turn him into a killer like Koba himself- when Ash refuses, Koba kills him.]]
* ScreamingWarrior: While the apes scream from time-to-time, Buck and Koba are the ones constantly seen roaring.
* SerkisFolk: Like the other apes.
* SixthRanger: He swings in as a last minute addition to Caesar's primate shelter team. He and Caesar are the only named apes that 'belong' to Gen-Sys.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Reveals himself as one when he [[spoiler:imprisons Maurice, Rocket and several other apes who refuse to kill humans, because they are "weak". He clearly wants to create a situation where the powerful rule and the weak are wiped out.]]
* TheStrategist: Averted. Whereas Caesar can plan and coordinate complex operations, Koba's strategy for the attack on the humans' tower is to just [[ZergRush throw more apes at the humans]] despite mounting casualties.
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Despite his hatred of humans making him much more bloodthirsty, he's an otherwise loyal ally of Caesar's in ''Rise'' [[spoiler: and the main villain who tries to kill him in ''Dawn''.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Apes that break away from society. [[spoiler: Turns into a full-blown villain.]]
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After [[spoiler:injuring Caesar and leaving him to die, he proves himself to be a tyrannical leader, imprisoning all those who defy him and executing Ash, to serve as an example]].
* TheUnfettered: He wants to kill humans, and he doesn't care how many apes die while he's at it.
* UngratefulBastard: After Caesar rescues him, he becomes a traitor in ''Dawn''.
* UnstoppableRage: His driving motivation is revenge on humans - ''all'' humans - for the cruel treatment he received in the labs.
* VictoriousLoser: He's [[spoiler: defeated and killed by Caesar at the end of ''Dawn'' but though he doesn't live to see it, he gets what he wants in the form of an all-out war between apes and humans]].
* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After all he did in ''Dawn'', he seems to do this by [[YouWouldntShootMe saying that Caesar won't kill him or let him die]], invoking ApeShallNeverKillApe. [[NoTrueScotsman He isn't considered an ape]] by Caesar, so he doesn't grant him mercy.]]
* WarIsGlorious: Repeatedly urges Caesar to go to war against the humans because he ''both'' hates them and loves violence. [[spoiler:When Caesar calls him out for starting a war, Koba readily brags about winning it and doesn't think about all the apes he saw die.]]
* 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, defeat an army of human survivors who have more practice with guns than apes do, and even pose a serious threat to Caesar in their final battle.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:At the beginning of ''Dawn'', Koba has a pretty strong friendship with Caesar and they get along well. When humans arrive, their differences become very apparent and they wind up bitter enemies.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: {{Downplayed}}. Koba may become a monster, but his hatred of humans is not completely without merit, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil as he points out all over his body.]] However, given the fact that other monkeys like him suffered the same fate but no one became evil and vicious like him, it's kinda hard feeling sorry for him.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He hates human because he considers'em all evil. [[spoiler: He later betrays Caesar and becomes exactly evil like the humans he hates.]]
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[[folder:Cornelia]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cornelia_witnesses_her_husband_get_shot.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You worry about the humans."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Devyn Dalton and Creator/JudyGreer

An altered chimpanzee, the wife of Caesar and queen of the apes. She was a fellow inmate of Rocket, Maurice and Buck at the San Bruno Primate Shelter. She meets Caesar during his stay at the shelter and forms a romantic bond with him. After Caesar's rise of power, she becomes his wife and bears him two sons, an heir, Blue Eyes and an infant son. Because of her status as Caesar's wife, Cornelia is the matriarch of the Royal Ape Family.
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* AscendedExtra: Has more importance in ''Dawn'' than in the first film.
* TheChick: Offers a lot of warmth and encouragement for Caesar.
* {{Expy}}: Of Lisa from ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' and ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes''.
* FlatCharacter: She never interacted with the other apes. She does in ''Dawn'', and gets a decent amount of screen time after giving birth. However, she disappears completely after [[spoiler:Koba shoots Caesar and seizes control]], not appearing until the final few shots of the film when Caesar [[spoiler:reclaims his throne and prepares to wage war with the humans]].
* GoodParents: Her kind and loving personality makes her the ideal mother to her two young sons, Blue Eyes and Milo.
* TheHighQueen: To the Ape kingdom. She even has a crown!
* IllGirl: Spends most of the sequel being sick.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Caesar. Seeing what her husband must endure on a daily basis as the leader of the ape colony, Cornelia serves as a calming presence to keep him grounded.
* MeaningfulName: Named from UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's first wife, Cornelia Cinna Minor. Cornelia is also the feminine form of Cornelius, the name of original series Caesar's father.
* NiceGirl: She is kind and is willing to help those who need it, whether it be ape or human.
* SatelliteCharacter: She never had a scene alone.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only named female ape in the shelter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blue Eyes]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blue_eyes_5243.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Father. Let...me...help you. "'']]
->'''Played by:''' Nick Thurston

A teenage chimp in ''Dawn'' and the eldest son of Caesar and Cornelia.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Immediately attacks Carver for being aggressive to his baby brother.
* EmoTeen: His screentime usually involves him angry or sulking.
* {{Expy}}: Of Cornelius in ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes''.
* {{Foil}}: To Alexander. Both are the EmoTeen sons of the two factions' main characters. But while Alex has always been close to Malcolm, Blue Eyes is initially distant to Caesar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Earns a nasty, but pretty cool looking triple scar from a bear attack.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ash.
* InnocentBlueEyes: To showcase his naiveté throughout the entire conflict between humans and chimps in ''Dawn''.
* MeaningfulName: Guess what color eyes ''Blue Eyes'' has? Also, his name seems to be patterned over his late grandmother, Bright Eyes.
* TheResenter: Towards his father for trusting the humans. [[spoiler:That's until he sees Koba's true colors.]]
* WarIsHell: Finally realized this near the end of the ''Dawn''. [[BrokenPedestal Seeing his idol Koba's true colors helped]].
* WarriorPrince: His father is practically the Ape King, so yeah.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His relationship with Caesar is more than a little complicated.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ash]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ash_8293.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Caesar wouldn't want this."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Doc Shaw

Another teen chimp, best friend of Blue Eyes, and son of Rocket.
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* ButtMonkey: Nothing good happens to him in all his screentime.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Koba]].
* {{Foil}}: He and Blue Eyes have been friends presumably since birth, in stark contrast to their fathers who have an initially rocky relationship.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Blue Eyes.
* TheLancer: To Blue Eyes.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Ash is the first ape to realize what they're becoming in the attack on San Francisco and refuses Koba's urging to beat an unarmed man to death because it's not what Caesar would want. [[spoiler:Koba furiously murders him to prove a point after this.]]
* ThePollyanna: He seems to deal with being the [[ButtMonkey Butt Ape]] of the film just fine in contrast to Blue Eyes, who goes EmoTeen.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:His death serves to show Blue Eyes how much of a monster Koba is, and serves as further motive for Caesar to kill Koba.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Caesar. [[spoiler:It gets him killed.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Luca]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dpota_luca_0.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Or why they came up here?"'']]
->'''Played by''': Scott Lang & Michael Adamthwaite

A huge, imposing gorilla loyal to Caesar. Leader of the Gorilla Guardians who guard the gates of the ape's home.
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* AscendedExtra: Becomes a part of the main ape cast of ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' after being a minor character in ''Dawn''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very kind ape and utterly loyal to his comrades, but he's also an immensely strong gorilla.
* TheBigGuy: He's huge, strong, and tough, and also carries equipment on his back for any apes going hunting.
* {{Expy}}: A downplayed example, one of Buck, in that while he fills the role of a gorilla loyal to Caesar, he's far less prominent of a character likely to avoid portraying the same character twice.
* GeniusBruiser: Not only is he powerful, but he's also fairly intelligent, having earned a seat at the ape council.
* GentleGiant: He's huge and can be quite intimidating, but he loves his fellow apes and immediately throws himself out there to help save them, whether it's during [[spoiler: Koba's assault on the humans or when Koba fires wildly on Caesar]]. In ''War'', he sweetly puts a flower in a little girl's hair and smiles.
* KillerGorilla: Averted; while he is seen fighting in the [[spoiler: battle at Dreyfus' gate, he focuses more on getting fellow wounded apes out of the line of fire and later is seen doing the same when Koba fights Caesar.]]
* KneelBeforeZod: In this case, he's the one forcing Malcolm to kneel before Caesar (who is not a villain).
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: He gets shot trying to drag apes out of harm's way in the human-ape battle. How does he follow up on this? ''By throwing a barrel of gasoline as big as he is at the humans and blowing shit up good''.]]
* MauveShirt: The novelization names him, and while he's often in the backgrounds of scenes, he only has one minor scene of note when he confronts Malcolm at the gates of the colony, but is otherwise an extra.
* NoManLeftBehind: He's seen helping apes out of harm's way during the battles in the latter part of the film.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Caesar, [[spoiler: which gets him locked up by Koba when he takes power.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Milo]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Come meet your new brother."'']]
->'''Played by:''' N/A

A newborn chimp in ''Dawn'' and the youngest son of Caesar and Cornelia.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His name wasn't revealed in the sequel, but in supplementary materials.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: The youngest of his family.
* CheerfulChild: Wastes no time playing around in his first outing.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: He's blissfully unaware of what's happening around him.
* TagalongKid: Justified, being recently born and all.
[[/folder]]

* BerserkButton: while a very kind, laid back ape, hurting his fellow apes or innocent people inspire Maurice to the only times he ever shows rape onscreen.

** NotSoStoic: When he sees an ape shot off the Golden Gate bridge, he gets very angry.

* AscendedExtra: Has more importance than in the first film.

* TheBigGuy: He's huge, strong, and tough, and also (since gorillas are too heavy to ride horses) carries equipment on his back for any apes going hunting.

* GentleGiant: He's huge and can be quite intimidating, but he loves his fellow apes and immediately throws himself out there to help save them, whether it's during [[spoiler: Koba's assault on the humans or when Koba fires wildly on Caesar]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not revealed what happened to him by the end of the film [[spoiler:though he's unlikely to survive. See Karma Houdini above.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: While a lot of his behavior is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you considerable the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to blow your lid at a clearly senile old man. The best thing to do was to speak to his carer and/or family member rather than borderline assault someone who clearly didn't know what was going on.

* MeaningfulName: Named from Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar's first wife, Cornelia Cinna Minor. Cornelia is also the feminine form of Cornelius, the name of original series Caesar's father.

* MeaningfulName: He's names after [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar Julius Caesar]], who conquered Rome to overthrow the corrupt government.

* SocialDarwinist: Reveals himself as one when he [[spoiler:imprisons Maurice, Rocket and several other apes who refuse to kill humans, because they are "weak". He clearly wants to create a situation where the powerful rule and the weak are wiped out.]]
* TheStrategist: Averted. Whereas Caesar can plan and coordinate complex operations, Koba's strategy for the attack on the humans' tower is to just throw more apes at the humans despite mounting casualties.

* TheExtremistWasRight: WordOfGod has confirmed that much of the third film will consist of Caesar wondering if Koba's beliefs were actually correct.

* 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.]] After gaining power, he even primarily walks in a bipedal position moreso than the other apes, ala Napoleon from AnimalFarm. [[spoiler:He eventually dies in almost the same way as Jacobs, as a final point on how human he has become.]]

-->'''Caesar''': Let them do their human work.
-->'''Koba''': Human work?

-->(''more aggressively'')'''Koba''': Human ''work''.
-->(''points to another'') '''Koba''': ''Human work!''
-->(''points to his eye'') '''Koba: HUMAN WORK!'''

* FauxAffablyEvil: In ''Dawn'', he pretends to be a fun playful ape in front of two gun-man, before revealing his true nature to them later 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.]] After gaining power, he even primarily walks bipedally moreso than the other apes, ala Napoleon from AnimalFarm.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Caesar lets him die in ''Dawn'' the exact same way he let Jacobs die in ''Rise'' - holding onto a ledge begging for help, only to be ignored until he loses his grip and falls.]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: WordOfGod has confirmed that much of the third film will consist of Caesar wondering if Koba's beliefs were actually correct
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Ash refuses to kill some defenceless humans; Koba responds by grabbing him and dropping him to his death. A lesser example occurs later during his fight with Caesar, after the tower partly collapses. Koba moves a piece of debris trapping another ape, only to simply retrieve the gun the ape was carrying and drop the debris back on him.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: literally; he kicks [[AssholeVictim Jacobs']] helicopter off the bridge in ''Rise.'' And he himself gets this treatment from Caesar.]]

* TakingTheBullet: He saves Caesar from [[spoiler:being gunned by a machine gun.]]

* TakingTheBullet: He saves a small chimp and Caesar from [[spoiler:being gunned by a machine gun.]]

* AdmiringTheAbomination: When Caesar demonstrates the ability to speak, his reaction is one of awe rather than fear, outright calling Caesar "remarkable."

-->''"You know what we're up against."''

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"The virus was created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's not seen again after briefly dancing to the restored gas station's music.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Careful. Humans don't like smart ape."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:"You worry about the humans."]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Father. Let...me...help you. "]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Caesar wouldn't want this."]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Or why they came up here?"]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Come meet your new brother."]]

->''Played by:'''Scott Lang'''

A orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.

* InterspeciesFriendship: With Cornelius it seems.

[[caption-width-right:350:"The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since.]]