History Main / EgomaniacHunter

** Apparently, one of the deer heads on his wall was meant to be a cameo of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'''s mom, which led [[{{Fanon}} fans to suggest that he was the hunter who shot her]].

For the heroic counterpart, see GreatWhiteHunter. For an appropriate fantasy or sci-fi analogue, see ProudWarriorRaceGuy and replace the 'Warrior' bit with 'Hunter'.

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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' gives a surprisingly early example of this trope being portrayed in a negative light-and not because the author disapproves of hunting either. Celegorm, son of Fëanor, fits this trope quite well. For starters, his name literally means "quick riser": a reference to his quick temper. He was the favorite of the [[ClassicalHunter Vala Oromë]] back in Valinor. While in his younger days he was apparently a half-way decent guy, by the time he appears in the story proper he's a selfish and power-hungry {{Jerkass}}. He is one of only two elves ever shown contemplating a forced marriage, and only doesn't go through with it because the girl escapes. While he isn't technically a villain, he manages to do almost as much damage to TheHeroes as the actual villains: the Second Kinslaying, involving the invasion and sacking of Doriath, was his idea. Oh, yes, and despite being an excellent hunter he conspicuously doesn't bother trying to find and rescue his own brother from the BigBad. Celegorm even has the gall to object when Maedhros abdicates in favor of the father of the guy who DID rescue him. He'll "hunt" almost anything: the Silmarils, Lúthien, his cousin's throne, his own dog even. Except that when there's an actual monster to hunt, Carcharoth the werewolf, Celegorm is nowhere to be seen. Tolkien started to write the start where Celegorm first appears in the 1920s, although he originally wrote it in verse and titled it "The Lay of Leithian". But Celegorm is one of the few characters who is completely unchanged between the first drafts and the final version: a notable fact given Tolkien's habit of rewriting his work.

* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (whose assassination triggered WWI), according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, had a love of trophy hunting far in excess of the norm of his time. His diaries kept track of some 300,000 trophy kills (which means that, strictly on average, he killed over 18 animals ''every single day of his life''), 5,000 of which were deer.

* In an episode of the ''Dial M for Monkey'' shorts in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', the titular hero Monkey fought an alien hunter named, appropriately enough, ''Huntor'', who targeted the most dangerous game of all: heroes. Monkey defeated the heavily-armed hunter by relying on his jungle instincts rather than his superpowers, then ditches him on a planet inhabited by giant redneck aliens so he would feel what it's like to be hunted. Huntor would later have a cameo in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', still up to his old tricks.

** [[UpToEleven Apparently]], one of the deer heads on his wall was meant to be a cameo of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'''s mom, which led [[{{Fanon}} fans to suggest that he was the hunter who shot her]].

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* Captain [=DuBois=] in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'' is supposed to be an Animal Control officer but in-practice is an insane animal-killing huntress whose goal is to kill Alex and mount his head on her wall, which includes an insane amount of animal heads (including housecats and dogs).

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* Garza in Zatch Bell is a first notch hunter from Africa, and nearly uses his skills along with Baransha's spells to defeat Zatch and Kiyo, which would have been the main duo's first defeat.

* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'': Minor antagonist Jack Marlin, from the original Mirage comic books, initially plays the trope completely straight. His animated counterpart, on the other hand, is simultaneously more nutters and more affable than most examples of the trope.

* In the old [[UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} Rhodesia]], when the British colony declared its own unilateral independence and attempted to go it alone as a white-run apartheid state, the de facto number two in the administration was Peter Kenyon Fleming Voltelyn van der Byl. Coming from an AmoralAfrikaner family that was as near to royalty as you could get in Southern Africa, the autocratic P.K. van der Byl was an obsessive big-game hunter. A sociopath who got into a position of high power, there are well-founded stories that given the opportunity offered by an undeclared civil war and neighbouring black states offering safe haven to insurgents, he took advantage of his power to go out and hunt the biggest game of all. It is entirely possible that van der Byl hunted human beings for fun and personally executied captured black guerillas.

This guy just loves to hunt. He doesn't do it for food, or because [[HunterOfMonsters his prey is a danger to mankind]], not even because ItsPersonal. He will hunt anything that tickles his fancy and he does it for [[BloodKnight the thrill and the glory]]. He is an adventurer and egomaniac.

'''Ringo:''' (''holding teacup to his ear like a telephone receiver'') I'm sorry...[[IncrediblyLamePun the lion is busy!]]

* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' -- Green Arrow's foe Big Game.

* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' -- Otto Orion, a.k.a. the Hunter, captured The Legion and subjected them to a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario in ''Adventure Comics'' #358. His son Adam later adopted his father's alias and M.O. and attempted to avenge his father, eventually becoming a member of [[LegionOfDoom The Legion of Supervillains]].
* Creator/MarvelComics: Cosmic Villain The Obliterator. An Elder of the Universe, he obtained immortality by being monomaniacally obsessed with one thing -- in his case, killing. He is the last member of his own species, as he hunted them all down and killed them one by one (by his own admission, twenty billion of them). He has exterminated huge numbers of worlds in the five billion years of his existence -- one living creature at a time.
* Minor ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' antagonist Jack Marlin, from the original Mirage comic books, initially plays the trope completely straight. His animated counterpart, on the other hand, is simultaneously more nutters and more affable than most examples of the trope.
* Jaeger from the ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' comic book in Franchise/TheDCU.

* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' -- UpperClassTwit and uber-jackass Maximillian Ramhoff from Will Pfeiffer's brief run was one of these; he makes a habit of hunting the rarest creatures possible and making elaborate trophies just because. For instance, he not only kills the last California Condor, he ''eats'' it. He also killed the Yeti, has a stuffed thunder lizard, made a coat out of the skunk ape, and sets his sights on Swamp Thing as the plot moves forward.

* ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' -- Otto Orion, a.k.a. the Hunter, captured The Legion and subjected them to a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario in ''Adventure Comics'' #358. His son Adam later adopted his father's alias and M.O. and attempted to avenge his father, eventually becoming a member of [[LegionOfDoom The Legion of Supervillains]].

* Kraven the Hunter from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''.

* Minor ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' antagonist Jack Marlin, from the original Mirage comic books, initially plays the trope completely straight. His animated counterpart, on the other hand, is simultaneously more nutters and more affable than most examples of the trope.

* ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' -- UpperClassTwit and uber-jackass Maximillian Ramhoff from Will Pfeiffer's brief run was one of these; he makes a habit of hunting the rarest creatures possible and making elaborate trophies just because. For instance, he not only kills the last California Condor, he ''eats'' it. He also killed the Yeti, has a stuffed thunder lizard, made a coat out of the skunk ape, and sets his sights on Swamp Thing as the plot moves forward.

** Lady Aurelia from ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' is a wealthy heiress who travels the galaxy for dangerous game who came to Elpis on a hunting expedition. What separates her from her brother, GentlemanAdventurer Sir Alistair Hammerlock from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is that she's a RichBitch who mainly does it to alleviate her boredom. Unsurprisingly, Sir Hammerlock and his sister do not get along.
** We also have [=FL4K=] from ''Videogame/Borderlands3'', who's a robotic version of this trope. They are obsessed with "The Hunt" and proving themselves as the biggest Alpha around.

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* Grimmel the Grisly from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' is an arrogant, cunning, tenacious, ruthlessly pragmatic, [[FantasticRacism dragon-hating]] hunter who eliminated all the Night Fury dragons... except for one called Toothless. Described as a single-minded predator who loves getting under the skin of his prey and [[TheChessmaster pulling their strings]], Grimmel will do anything to [[FinalSolution finish the job]], even if it means murdering fellow humans.

* Grimmel the Grisly from ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World}}'' is an arrogant, cunning, tenacious, ruthlessly pragmatic, [[FantasticRacism dragon-hating]] hunter who eliminated all the Night Fury dragons... except for one called Toothless. Described as a single-minded predator who loves getting under the skin of his prey and [[TheChessmaster pulling their strings]], Grimmel will do anything to [[FinalSolution finish the job]], even if it means murdering fellow humans.

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* Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' plays the character type straight. "''I use antlers in all of my decorating!''" [[UpToEleven Apparently]], one of the deer heads on his wall was meant to be ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'s mom''.

* Grimmel the Grisly from ''WesternAnimation/ {{How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World}}'' is an arrogant, cunning, tenacious, ruthlessly pragmatic, [[FantasticRacism dragon-hating]] hunter who eliminated all the Night Fury dragons... except for one called Toothless. Described as a single-minded predator who loves getting under the skin of his prey and [[TheChessmaster pulling their strings]], Grimmel will do anything to [[FinalSolution finish the job]], even if it means murdering fellow humans.