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!Pre-Simian Flu
!!!'''Gen-Sys Laboratories'''
[[folder:Will Rodman]]
!!Dr. William "Will" Rodman
[[quoteright:350:https://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."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesFranco
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese dub), Creator/AnatoleDeBodinat (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' | ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' [[note]]footage of Caesar's childhood on a camera[[/note]]
->''"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''.]] [[invoked]]
* 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.
* {{Expy}}: Of Armando of ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Both characters raised their own Caesar incarnation from birth, keeping them on leashes while in public, and died before getting a chance to see their Caesars starting their respective ape communities. Will's surname could also be seen as a partial anagram to Armando's name.
* ForScience: Partly his reason for developing the drugs, although his primary motivation is his father.
* GoodParents: Despite the circumstances, Will is a genuinely loving and devoted father to Caesar, who never stops loving him in return. Even after [[spoiler: Will's death]] and his conflict with humanity in ''Dawn'', it's obvious that much of Caesar's compassion and strength comes from his childhood with the Rodmans. When talking with Malcolm about Will, Caesar describes Will as simply "A good man", favourably comparing Will and Malcolm.
* HopeSpot: He's bombarded with these (such as [[spoiler:his father getting better]]) and they always get yanked away from him.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Despite everything he does to educate Caesar and promote his development, Will never seems to notice the little ways in which he still treats Caesar like a pet, rather than a person. This is what ultimately leads to Caesar's IChooseToStay moment in the San Bruno Primate Shelter.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Will's surname, Rodman, is a reference to [[Creator/RodSerling Rodman "Rod" Serling]], writer of the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' screenplay.
* NiceGuy: He genuinely loves Caesar and tries to help him.
* NerdsAreSexy: Caroline seems to think so.
* 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.
* ParentsAsPeople: Even though Will dearly loves Caesar, he makes quite a few mistakes in his upbringing and by the end of ''Rise'', it's pretty clear that [[InterspeciesAdoption the species-gap]] will always prevent them from fully understanding each other.
* 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.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He dies from the Simian Flu in between ''Rise'' and ''Dawn''.]]
* 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:Robert Franklin]]
!!Robert Franklin
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2d9a021551b1ddd6398eff432a3b746c.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[InsistentTerminology He's not a monkey; he's an ape.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TylerLabine
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KozoShioya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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. It's {{deconstructed|trope}} since that kindness leads him to convince Will to take Caesar home instead of killing him, unwittingly leading to the downfall of humanity.
* 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.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Becomes the Patient Zero after contacting ALZ-113 solely due to ''his own recklessness'', then spreads the virus to an airplane pilot. The rest is history.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner Franklin J. Schaffner]], director of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
* 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.
* TooDumbToLive: When testing an aerosolized retroviral drug, it's bad form to [[spoiler:get your mask knocked off by the test subject, have no tests or checkups done to ensure you're okay, not try and contact the scientist who invented the drug except by going to his house when he's not there, not mentioning anything might be wrong when you start sneezing blood, and not trying to get in touch with anyone else at the research company you work for as your condition deteriorates]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Steven Jacobs]]
!!Steven Jacobs
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make history. I...make...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney money.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidOyelowo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Koji Ochiai (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: [[spoiler:Jacobs was ''such'' an asshole that Caesar broke his ThouShaltNotKill rule solely so Koba could have the pleasure of sending him to a well-deserved, watery grave.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Jacobs is willing to allow the torture of innocent apes to make money, and even have healthy apes put down when it suits him.
* BigBad: Jacobs is the closest thing ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' has to a BigBad. He's Will's boss, pushes the mass-production of ALZ-113 despite warnings over the potential disaster it could cause, and helps lead the failed attempt by police to neutralize Caesar and the other apes.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's the closest thing to a main antagonist for ''Rise'', being the CEO of the corporation that set the film's events (including Caesar's journey) into motion, but he never meets the main protagonist, Caesar, until [[spoiler:the end of his life]], and even then, he doesn't seem to regard him as anything more than just another ape. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he oversees the experimentation of many apes, and he was never made aware that Will had taken in a by-product of ALZ-112's success story.
* BreakThemByTalking: More like enrage and hateify them by talking. Jacobs makes this cruel, but truthful speech that serves as the final tipping point that turns Koba into a savage, vengeful misanthrope:
-->'''Jacobs:''' Well by god, if it isn't the ugliest ape in the world. My fortunes have changed, but I would say yours haven't noticeably improved. Rest assured, there will be no hand-talking nonsense here. You're not human, you know, even if you think you are. You are a chimp, an animal, and you'll act like one.
* TheBully: He's this to Koba in ''Firestorm'' and ''Rise'', as he not only orders painful experiments to be done on the poor bonobo, but also mocks his scars and suffering, and dismisses his obvious intelligence.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Played with. Koba had already suffered a lot at the hands of many different humans before he even met Jacobs, but ultimately it was Jacobs' mistreatment of Koba; mocking his scars and suffering, deriding him as a simple animal, and supervising several of the experiments performed on him, including the one that increases his intelligence, that cemented and then intensified the bonobo's hatred of humanity.
* 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.
* DirtyCoward: He shows his true colors during the climax of the film, begging for help from the ape he had previously tried to kill [[spoiler: and then sent screaming like a little girl to a watery death]].
* 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.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be polite, but it's just a front for the callous and greedy man he really is.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He was partly responsible for mankind's downfall, for Koba's hatred of humans, and the animosity between humans and apes.
* HateSink: As the film progresses, Jacobs becomes increasingly aware of the apes' sapience, yet continues to torture them like guinea pigs and goes out of his way to mock and demean Koba for no real reason, with the tie-in novel ''Firestorm'' shining more light on just how vile his treatment of Koba truly was. [[spoiler:Then he exposes his [[DirtyCoward spinelessness]] by begging Caesar to save him after gunning down the latter's friend moments before, thus cementing both the audience's hatred for him and [[KarmicDeath his own fate]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Even at the beginning of the film, Jacobs snarky at best and downright apathetic at worst towards Will, the apes, and any ethical concerns that get in the way of profit.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jacobs is killed by an ape infected with the virus he so carelessly pushed to be engineered.]]
* KickTheDog:
** Forcing Franklin to put down the ape test subjects.
** Deriding Koba as a "stupid monkey."
* LaughablyEvil: His snarky quips are pretty funny.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''Rise'', he goes into the testing room to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba due to his personal history with the bonobo. Koba uses this as an opportunity to try to attack Jacobs, which results in Franklin getting infected with the virus, which in turns leads to the Simian Flu Pandemic and the near total destruction of humanity. Had Jacobs just stayed the hell out of it, civilization would still be standing in ''Dawn''.
* OhCrap: His reaction when he is precariously hanging for his life and Caesar decides to leave him at the mercy of [[BloodKnight Koba]], the ape he brutally experimented on. [[TheDogBitesBack Koba has none for him.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He can barely go a few sentences without mentioning how important money is to him.
* {{Sadist}}: He shows mild signs of being one, as in ''Firestorm'' he at one point mocks the long-suffering Koba with a "terrifying smile". In ''Rise'', Jacobs also goes to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba under the claim that he "wants to watch Will's progress", but considering his personal history with Koba and the glare he gives the bonobo as he is being strapped onto the experimentation table, it's very probable he just went to watch Koba being experimented on for the sake of it.
* SharpDressedMan: He is constantly dressed in a business suit.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_P._Jacobs Arthur P. Jacobs]], producer of the original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series.
* TheUnfettered: He's willing to do whatever it takes to make money and please the shareholders.
* VillainsWantMercy: He pleads with Caesar to save him. [[spoiler:Since Jacobs had just killed Buck, Caesar refuses to do so, and leaves the choice up to Koba, who predictably declines to give Jacobs any mercy either.]]
[[/folder]]
!!!'''San Bruno Primate Shelter'''
[[folder:John Landon]]
!!John Landon
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JohnLandon_6058.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"They're not people, y'know."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrianCox
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Inagaki (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: He has a Van Dyke-style beard in addition to being deeply corrupt.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he seems like an easy-going fellow. He seems to know a great deal about how apes manage in captivity and takes the time to reassure Will, talking about how he'll thrive within the sanctuary. In reality, he's a greedy and corrupt man who doesn't give a damn about the apes.
* CoolShades: He can usually be seen wearing nifty pair of shades and rarely takes them off.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:It seems he truly does love his son Dodge, despite their difficult relationship. When the footage of Dodge's death is played back, Landon can only watch in silent shock and clear grief.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Landon doesn't care about the apes in his shelter one iota. He only wants to make money and is apathetic to their needs at best.
* PragmaticVillainy: Unlike his son, John isn't a sadist or a bully but rather an amoral opportunist. He isn't motivated by malice, just money.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His full name is a reference to one of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheStoic: Very little fazes him. He only ever loses his temper when Dodge is irritating him.
* 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."''
** Also makes him something of a {{Foil}} to Caroline, who admits that while she loves chimpanzees, she's afraid of them, and it's right to be afraid since they are very powerful animals. Landon knows full well how animal the apes are, but has none of Caroline's compassion for or understanding of them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dodge Landon]]
!!Dodge Landon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Take your stinkin' paw off me, you damn dirty ape!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomFelton
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shūhei Sakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"''
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's an animal abusing piece of shit, [[spoiler: so no tears are shed by anyone except his father when Caesar accidentally fries him by shooting his own taser with a jet of water.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He spends his time tormenting the apes at the shelter, from hosing them down to electrocuting them.
* TheBully: Dodge's only real joy seems to come from the sadistic pleasure he gains by tormenting anyone who's unable to defend themselves, like poor stupid Rodney or the apes under his supposed care.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: He's needlessly cruel to the apes for the sake of being cruel to them. Every ape in the sanctuary has learned to despise him.
* 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.
* HateSink: He only exists to be despised by the audience with his cruel and sadistic personality.
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Caesar blasts Dodge with a hose as he activates his taser, causing the 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.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: If he had any, he wouldn't be mistreating others, especially the apes, so badly for his own amusement.
* LargeHam: In sharp contrast to his stoical father, Dodge tends to be very expressive and short-tempered.
* LaughablyEvil: He's an unrepentantly cruel and somewhat sociopathic dick, but his hamminess and quips are some of the funniest parts of the film.
* MythologyGag: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original first film.[[note]]"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"[[/note]]
* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:He wasn't able to (or didn't at all) dodge any of Caesar's attacks.]]
* OhCrap: Is left shocked and speechless after Caesar drops a BigNo.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His first and last names are references to two of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheSociopath: His sadism, lack of empathy, and his inability to tell the difference between right and wrong certainly makes him one. His low intelligence also makes him a low functioning example.
* StarterVillain: He's Caesar's first human antagonist, being his main obstacle to escaping the primate shelter. Caesar overcoming Dodge is the beginning of his role as leader of the apes.
* StupidEvil: His cruelty towards the apes ends up being his own undoing.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It's not wise to pull a taser on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose. Not only that but there were twenty or more apes in the room and he planned to fight them all with his taser.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: He should've been grateful for the fact that Caesar was merciful by locking him in a cage despite his abusive actions, but instead, he unlocks the cage and tries to fight and kill Caesar as well as the other primates.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: From what we see of his interactions with his father, it seems that their relationship is a contentious one. John accurately considers Dodge to be a moron, while Dodge shows his most vulnerable side by apologizing for irritating his father.
* YouCanTalk: He's shocked when Caesar speaks.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rodney]]
!!Rodney
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"He spoke! Your ape. He spoke."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jamie Harris
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Akimitsu Takase (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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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* 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.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's not evil like Dodge and is [[PunchClockVillain only simply doing his job which is only bad because of the administration]].
* 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 because he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't revealed.
* OnlySaneMan: Between his bullying partner and the angry apes, he's one of the only reasonable people in the facility.
* PetTheDog: The apes spare him from the same fate as Dodge, if mainly because he hasn't been a sadistic bully to the apes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.
* 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 Pre-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Charles Rodman]]
!!Charles Rodman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CharlesRodman_3540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"No way to live...no way to live?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnLithgow
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Osamu Saka (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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]].
* 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.]]
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: The ALZ-112 cures his Alzheimer's for eight years, [[spoiler:but then it resurfaces with a vengeance]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's the one who names Caesar and encourages Will to look after him.
* GoodParents: Charles is a lovely fellow and Will has a great relationship with him. This transfers down to Caesar, who dearly loves Charles and is devastated by his death.
* GuineaPigFamily: Will tested the ALZ-112 on him in the hopes that it would cure his Alzheimer's.
* NiceGuy: He's a loving father, grandfather, 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 Caesar.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Caroline Aranha]]
!!Caroline Aranha
[[quoteright:350:https://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."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreidaPinto
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Shinobu Satō (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
%%* NerdsAreSexy: 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.]]
* 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]]
!!Douglas Hunsiker
[[quoteright:350:https://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..."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidHewlett
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Goto (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A pilot for Global Airlines and a neighbor of Charles Rodman and Will Rodman. He had a violent temper, resented the Rodmans 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.
* BullyingTheDisabled: Hunsiker's harassment of the dementia-stricken Charles and the ill Robert would qualify as this.
* DirtyCoward: He's very confrontational and tries to intimidate people with his rage, but when Caesar rages at him, Hunsiker runs for his life and doesn't even try to fight back.
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off when he rescues Charles from Hunsiker's assault.
* {{Greed}}: He was infected with the Simian Flu which in its first days gives him a bad headache and bleeding nose (that would develop into hemorrhagic fever) but he wants to get paid anyways and proceeded to go to the airport to do another shift as a pilot. [[spoiler: Humanity gets screwed]].
* 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. Despite having some [[JerkassHasAPoint understandable reasons behind his hostility]], he undermines it with his violent overreactions to whatever the Rodmans do. It is also implied that Hunsiker could be an ableist, hating the disabled like Charles with a passion without any pity towards them.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his ill-temper and poor choices he makes in the film, the fact that he is a pilot, not to mention a commercial one, which requires a lengthy period of training and lots of mathematical and aeronautical knowledge, means he's a lot more smarter than what is shown. He is also a plane captain too, which indicates he's been flying for many years.
* 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 resented neighbors backfires on him big time when catching Will's friend Franklin red-handed for seemingly trespassing, only to get infected with ALZ-113]].
* {{Jerkass}}: While some of his displeasure is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you consider the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to [[BullyingTheDisabled 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 than just what Charles did.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Subverted. Hunsiker initially should have the audience sympathy when he finds a chimpanzee in his home, ''[[PapaWolf near his children]]'' but he immediately squanders it when he chooses to beat up a helpless curled up animal ''after'' his children haven gotten far away from it. Also, his assault of a dementia-stricken elderly man could have been understandable given the circumstances over the damage of his car, if it wasn't for the fact that he knew him personally and was aware of his problems and had no reason to not expect compensation.
* KarmicButtMonkey: He only turns up when something bad is about to happen. To him. Which he most deserved due to his reactions to his misfortunes.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Ends up unwittingly spreading the Simian Flu across the globe after contacting the virus and failing to notice its symptoms.]]
* NoSympathy: After the clearly ill Franklin sneezes blood on him, he tells him to leave due to his IrrationalHatred of the Rodmans and anything to do with them being that strong, unbeknown to him, this ignorance to such a serious condition chains off the slow undoing of the entire human species.
* 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]]. [[spoiler:But in the end, his love for them doesn't matter 'cause he presumably infected them with ALZ-113]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his IrrationalHatred of the dementia-stricken Charles and the clearly ill Franklin and his LackOfEmpathy towards their disabilities and conditions is any indication, Hunsiker appeared to be a passionally vehement ableist.
* TheResenter: He deeply resents the Rodmans and any friends of theirs for no apparent reason.
* 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 ignoring his condition, and in spreading the virus through air transport, Hunsiker played a central role in the fall of mankind]].
* TooDumbToLive: He gets infected by the ALZ-113 infection and ignores its symptoms, which [[spoiler:leads to him dooming mankind]].
* TyphoidMary: While he ''does'' display symptoms, he ignores them [[spoiler:and winds up transmitting ALZ-113 around the world. He had no way of knowing what he was infected with.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's this for ''the entire human race'' as [[spoiler: his coming to work while sick causes him to spread the ALZ-113 infection across the world, wiping out a vast portion of the human race and setting the stage for the Apes to take over.]]
* VeryPunchableMan: He receives misfortunes in his appearances and turned out to be well-deserved due to his despicable behavior.
* WouldHarmASenior: He has no qualms of borderline assaulting a dementia-stricken old man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dottie]]
!!Dottie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dottie_8.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' BJ Harrison
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A landlord of Franklin's apartment who comes in wondering why he hasn't paid rent yet.
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* OhCrap: How she reacts to seeing Franklin (Patient Zero of the Simian Flu) being deceased and having black blood pouring around his body and rotting away.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her main purpose is to show us what the Simian Flu does to humans. She then reported her death to the authorities, which led to Gen-Sys finding out the Simian Flu could kill humans and trigger a worldwide pandemic.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She was only a few feet away from Franklin, meaning she contracted the Simian Flu.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Hamil]]
!!John Hamil
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_hamil.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ty Olsson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The chief of the San Bruno Police Department.
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* DirtyCop: It's implied that he's in Jacobs' pocket, given the leeway he gives him in dealing with the apes.
* HeroAntagonist: Subverted. He has no reason to believe the apes are anything but dangerous, but he takes way too much pleasure in gunning them down.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He fatally wounds Buck during the climax.]]
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:Immediately after he mortally wounds Buck, he's killed when the gorilla jumps aboard Hamil and Jacobs's helicopter and causes it to crash.]]
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans
!!!'''Malcolm's Family'''
[[folder:Malcolm]]
!!Malcolm
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolm_9162.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I need to speak to Caesar!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JasonClarke
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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."
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:WordOfGod states that the reason Malcolm doesn't return for ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' is because he's killed by Colonel [=McCullough=]. A deleted scene for that movie more or less confirms it with the Colonel telling Caesar that he shot Malcolm.]]
* 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. When Caesar talks with Malcolm about Will Rodman, Caesar compares Malcolm to Will by simply describing them both as "good men".
* NumberTwo: He is Dreyfus' second-in-command in the Colony.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates have to say.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In the lead-up to the climax of ''Dawn'', he grabs the IdiotBall with both hands by not even trying to reason with Dreyfus [[spoiler: about his plan to detonate the tower. Instead he picks up a rifle and aims it at the other three members of the party, and the best explanation he can offer doesn't even offer a clue about why they might want Caesar to succeed at deposing Koba]].
* PutOnABus: At Caesar's advice, he flees San Francisco with Ellie and Alexander before the military arrives, and he does not return in ''War'', [[spoiler:with WordOfGod confirming that he was killed by the Colonel]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He disobeys Dreyfus [[spoiler:and even holds a gun on him]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Will Rodman. Caesar even says that Will 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 proves to be enough to derail any chance of peace.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ellie]]
!!Ellie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"It was a virus created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeriRussell
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mayumi Sako (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* 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.
* SecondLove: She is Malcolm's second wife.
* SingleTear: When telling Alexander about her deceased daughter.
* SuckSessor: It is implied that Alex is initially distant to her because he sees her as "someone trying to replace his late mother".
* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue tanktop.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alexander]]
!!Alexander
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexander_1577.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's he taking us?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Keigo Nakanishi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* TheBusCameBack: He pops up alive in an anthology comic, set years after the events of ''Dawn'', living with a new makeshift family in some mountains.
* 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 Malcolm 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.
* OddFriendship: He starts one with Maurice by showing him his artbook and a graphic novel.
* TheQuietOne: Alexander doesn't have much to say.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''San Francisco Colony'''
[[folder:Dreyfus]]
!!Dreyfus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreyfus_9040.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm saving the human race."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GaryOldman
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"Now, they may have got their hands on some of our guns, but that does not make them men. '''They are animals!'''"''
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.
* 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.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after the apes attack the colony, becoming convinced that there can be no peace between humans and apes.]]
* FantasticRacism: Dreyfus holds the apes in ''very'' low regard, to the point that he doubts their obvious intelligence and ability to communicate. [[spoiler:During Koba's attack on San Francisco, Dreyfus assures his troops that the apes can't hope to win because they're nothing more than dumb animals, while the humans are superior beings who survived the apocalypse.]] Justified, as the humans haven't interacted with the apes enough to understand their intelligence, and they were told by the government that the apes were to blame for the Simian Flu.
* 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. Subverted with the implication that what he did made both sides' situations much worse. Though at least his suicide resulted in the death of [[BigBad Koba]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's ruthless, but also a caring, genuinely benevolent leader willing to listen to his subordinates.
* 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?
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He is a WastelandElder who has police combat training, joins his soldiers in firing at invaders from the walls, and knows how to rig explosives in an effort to take out the Ape leadership.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say and gives Malcolm's plan a fair chance before moving ahead with his more aggressive approach.
** In the ''Firestorm'' prequel novel, he took sensible approaches to try and keep the citizens of San Francisco from spreading panic and violence, even before becoming the Mayor of the city, and overall tried his best to keep the situation under control. [[ForegoneConclusion It didn't do much, sadly]].
* RedHerring: The movie initially sets him up as the BigBad, as he's desperate enough to lead the humans to war against the apes to restore power to their settlement. But he's reasonable enough to give Malcolm and his family time to resolve things peacefully and was content to leave the apes be once they successfully acquired power from the dam. This allows Koba to take over the vacant BigBad spot and stage his own attack on the human settlement instead.
* 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 when he blows up the communications tower.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: ''"They're ANIMALS! THEY ATTACKED US!"''
* TragicVillain: Part of what makes his arc so tragic is that Dreyfuss was never a bad person. He wasn't even an irrational fanatic, giving Malcolm's plan a legitimate chance to succeed and having good reason to believe the apes were trying to start a war. He never wanted things to go down the way they did.
** To make things worse, he had a family who he lost before the events of the film. As shown when his community regains electricty, he views pictures of them on his iPad and he breaks into tears.
* WastelandElder: Dreyfus is TheLeader of the Colony, and one of the older members.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he gave Malcolm'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.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: In the prequel novel to Dawn, he is thrust into the mayoral position after the previous Mayor of San Francisco [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating loses the public trust]] and the other one falls sick with ALZ-113.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foster]]
!!Foster
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foster_1.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jon Eyez
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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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* IntergenerationalFriendship: He seems to be a decade older than his friends Malcolm and Ellie, and certainly several decades older than their son Alexander.
* MartialPacifist: Much like Malcolm, violence is never a first choice for him.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most level headed members of the group.
* OlderSidekick: He is years older than his boss Malcolm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carver]]
!!Carver
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carver_6669.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't take orders from monkeys!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"They're apes, man! You think they understand what you're saying?"''
A redneck member of Malcolm's group.
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* AsianRudeness: Downplayed; his actor is indeed of Chinese descent next to his Puerto Rican descent, but he appears to be mostly Caucasian and behaves like a white trash redneck with a FantasticRacism of the apes.
* 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 be completed.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved bald, and although 'evil' is debatable, he's certainly enough of an asshole to be an antagonist.
* BlameGame: Chooses to blame the apes for the Simian Flu rather than his own humankind who's really responsible.
* 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.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied his nasty attitude comes from having seen the horrors of the Simian Flu firsthand.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Koba beating him to death is kept out of frame.]]
* HateSink: Whereas most of the human characters in ''Dawn'' are well-intentioned, good people just trying to survive, Carver is a xenophobic asshole whose only purpose is to jeopardize peace between the humans and the apes with his paranoia and incompetence.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He gets killed just after he starts lightening up.]]
* 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.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames the apes for the Simian Flu despite it being created by the humans.
* IRejectYourReality: Carver refuses to accept the fact that humanity caused its own downfall; he instead chooses to blame the apes despite being well-aware of the fact that the virus that spawned the "Simian Flu" was man-made and the apes barely had anything to do with it's spread. In the novelization, it is shown that he ''honestly'' believes his accusatons.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a selfish, aggressive, ignorant and miserable redneck. 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]].
* KickTheDog: He loses his temper when Cornelius, an infant, goes near the shotgun he kept hidden and pulls a gun on Blue Eyes when he tries to defend his brother.
* LampshadeHanging: "Okay, so ''I'm'' the asshole."
* TheLoad: See InformedAbility above for more information.
* LowerClassLout: His past blue-collar worker job as a dam worker, his PermaStubble and unkempt appearance and deplorable {{Jerkass}} characterization could social-class-wise qualify him as a redneck.
* TheMillstone: His actions only increases friction between the apes and the humans.
* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors. This fits him well with his despicable redneck attitude and appearance.
* PetTheDog: After behaving like a belligerent, troublemaking white trash yokel throughout most of his screentime, Carver finally shows a silver of good lining when he [[spoiler: expresses genuine happiness at seeing the power restored to the city and privately congratulates Malcolm for completing their mission by calling him a "son of a bitch" as he takes a smoke; [[HeelFaceDoorSlam unfortunately, this takes place just before he is beaten to death by Koba]]]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Kemp]]
!!Kemp
[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kempt2.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EnriqueMurciano
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A quiet member of Malcolm's group.
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* FlatCharacter: His entire purpose is to provide an extra member of Malcolm's group.
* TheGenericGuy: He gets the least characterization out of Malcolm's group, not even getting a line.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say a word throughout the entire film, and prefers to stand off by himself.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He's last seen being chased off into the woods along with Foster. While Foster shows up again back at the colony, Kemp is nowhere to be seen, though it can be assumed he was captured or killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Finney]]
!!Finney
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/finney.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeirODonnell
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A member of the colony.
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* MauveShirt: He gets little characterization, but he nevertheless survives most of ''Dawn'' and is a recurring presence throughout.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Werner]]
!!Werner
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/werner_3.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JockoSims
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The colony's communications expert.
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* ActionSurvivor: He's somewhat cowardly and never seen engaging in fighting, but he still manages to evade being captured or killed by the apes.
* {{Determinator}}: He's constantly monitoring the communications equipment, looking for other survivors. [[spoiler:His efforts ultimately pay off when he makes contact with a military base.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:He has a massive one when he realizes that Dreyfus is going to blow up the communications tower.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[=McVeigh=] and Terry]]
!![=McVeigh=] and Terry
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/900px_dotpota_382.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinRankin and Creator/LombardoBoyar
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
Two sentries.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Mcveigh silently begged as Koba pointed the rifle at him, but Koba pulled the trigger, killing him.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: They drink while on guard duty and let an Ape pick up one of their guns despite the threat of a war with Apes. This gets them killed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are bunglers who get along well and share their screen time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Old Man]]
!!Old Man
[[quoteright:246:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/80907_1_front.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ThomasRosalesJr
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A citizen of San Francisco.
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* BadassBystander: His lack of a gun indicates he is a non-combatant and not part of the large colony army, but he grabs a stanchion post and tries to keep the invading Apes at bay with it.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is unknown.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only has one short scene, but Ash sparing his life despite his resistance against the Apes causes [[spoiler:Koba to kill Ash, which has large ripple effects on the command Koba holds over the other Apes and how determined Caesar is to fight Koba.]]
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Alpha-Omega'''
[[folder:[=Wesley McCullough=]]]
!!Colonel Wesley [=McCullough=]
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d52e1914a21d42b22099353f876d90c3.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:299:''"The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"We find ourselves on the eve of battle against these beasts, and years from now, you can tell your children 'I fought to protect this world'."''
An iron-fisted soldier obsessed with wiping out Caesar and his tribe to defend his people from destruction.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:By the time Caesar finally reaches him, he's been infected with the Simian Flu, making him unable to talk, and is so pathetic the Ape actually pities him before he blows his own brains out.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: His goal involves the genocide of an entire people, and the ones captured by his forces live in a below-Spartan quality labor camp.
* AntiClimaxBoss: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Caesar is ready to go on a SuicideMission to finally end the Colonel once and for all, only to find he's succumbed to the same mutated virus that his son did. In the Colonel's view, this makes him a danger to humanity and he's a drunken, despairing mess when Caesar finds him.]]
* AntiVillain: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he is often excessively cruel towards the apes, and runs an entire concentration camp for apes, but he is motivated by a mostly genuine desire to save humanity, albeit by his way of doing it.
* ArchEnemy: To Caesar, in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' Have you come to save your apes?\\
'''Caesar:''' I came for ''you''.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: As crazy as he is, he's aware enough to give Caesar this when he recognizes that the ape leader has conflicting priorities.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' What do you think my men would've done to your apes if you'd killed me? Or is killing me more important?
* AxCrazy: He is absolutely batshit insane.
* BaldOfEvil: He keeps his head shaven clean, and regardless of how well-intentioned he might be, he's a ruthless and violent man.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'', being the one leading the human forces against Caesar and his apes.
* BigBadWannabe: While his group is sizable enough that their weapons and training can threaten the apes, Alpha-Omega is revealed to be a rogue element of the much larger Northern Army that's calling for his head after he murdered his superiors for going against his plans. He only keeps the apes alive to use them as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from the Northern Army, and when said army descends upon his base, his forces are soundly crushed.
* ClashOfEvolutionaryLevels: He espouses this viewpoint to Caesar.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' No matter what you say, eventually you'd replace us. That's the law of nature.
** Also why he [[spoiler:kills the members of his own army infected with the mutated Simian Flu strain, as he considers them to have lost the very things that make them human, and the communicability of the disease makes them a threat.]]
* ColonelBadass: An [[ColonelKilgore evil version since he's a very dangerous soldier]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Both he and Koba are [[FantasticRacist hateful and prejudiced toward the opposing species]], and their fight against them leads them to do horrible things to their own kind in the process. However, while Koba's hatred manifests in him being psychotically overemotional and acting erratically, the Colonel's hatred manifests in him shutting down all emotions and acting with cold, calculating precision.
* CrusadingWidower: His wife, Maggie, died in the original Simian Flu outbreak.
* DarkMessiah: He considers his fight a "holy war," and refers to Caesar's Alpha Male position as a "demonic throne." He's also a genocidal monster who's ANaziByAnyOtherName.
* DespairEventHorizon: He vaults right over it after getting infected and losing his voice. By the time Caesar finds him, he's a pathetic wretch curled in his bed, surrounded by alcohol. Even when Caesar gives up on his revenge and spares him, [=McCullough=] can't bear the thought of losing what makes him human, the thought that he may well have murdered his son for nothing, and kills himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After losing his own voice, he tearfully shoots himself in the head.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: He holds himself up in his quarters and drinks excessively, [[spoiler:once he realizes he's contracted the mutated Simian Flu.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son, John, who died before the events of the movie. [[spoiler:It turns out his son was a soldier serving [=McCullough=], and when he was infected with a mutated strain of the Simian Flu that stole his voice, [=McCullough=] killed him to stop the spread of the virus and "save humanity." Despite [=McCullough=] claiming it was necessary, he still clearly loves his son and feels some guilt off his death, displayed by holding onto a photo of him as a boy.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: His full name (J. Wesley [=McCullough=]) [[AllThereInTheScript only appears in the script]]. His surname is only mentioned once, though it is prominently displayed on the nametag of his uniform. Even in the credits, he is only ever referred to as "the Colonel". Might verge on RedBaron territory given that Red mentions that to his soldiers the Colonel is "more than human".
* {{Expy}}: He's a loose one of Kolp from ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''. The studio also cited Colonel Kurtz from ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' as a direct inspiration.
** Like Doctor Hasslein from ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'', [=McCullough=] is presented with telltale signs of what he sees as the final, definitive end of his species. Obsessed with preventing humanity's downfall by any means necessary, he becomes a genocidal madman who murders Caesar's family in a case of MisplacedRetribution. Instead of preventing the bad future he feared ([[YouCannotFightFate an impossible goal to begin with]]), his actions turn out to ''expedite'' it. The comic adaptations of ''Escape'' and ''War'' [[spoiler: paint their deaths in a similar light, with both men realizing that all their work was for nothing in their final moments.]]
** His bald head, his cult of personality he fosters with his soldiers, and the fact that his hide-out is an abandoned military base also brings to mind Inquisitor Mendez from ''Film/{{Beneath the Planet of the Apes}}''.
* FantasticRacism: Towards the apes, [[spoiler:to the point that he'd [[DrivenToSuicide rather kill himself]] than become like them]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He keeps up a polite and soft-spoken tone when talking to Caesar, but his sheer contempt towards the apes and delusions of righteousness cause his respectfulness to ring hollow.
* HeroKiller: He's the most dangerous antagonist Caesar and his group has faced and has literally killed [[spoiler:Cornelia]] and [[spoiler:Blue Eyes]], and possibly many other apes. [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, he also killed Malcolm, the human protagonist of ''Dawn''.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:He claims that speech is what makes a human, and therefore someone better than an ape. The fact that his own people lose their speech but don't necessarily have any real loss of intellect, on top of the fact that his primary targets are {{Talking Animal}}s (and thereby disproving his entire motive), never seems to occur to him.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:When the virus mutates resulting in the loss of people's voices, the Colonel fears this will lead to people being turned into work-cattle for the apes. He goes completely mad, killing his son, cutting off the heads of his superiors and holing up in the side of a mountain. He also forces the apes to build a wall to protect himself from a military force he can't possibly hope to outmatch.]]
* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler:After killing those rendered speechless by the mutated virus, he finds himself infected in the climax.]]
* KickTheDog: Admits to Caesar that he didn't intend to kill Blue Eyes (having mistook the latter for the former), but then says he's glad he did. Made all the more cruel given [=McCullough=] himself was a father with a son.
* KnightTemplar: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt At least he admits it]]:
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' There are times when it is necessary to [[NecessarilyEvil abandon our humanity]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to save humanity]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He kills anyone who contracts the mutated Simian Flu, whether they be his soldiers or [[spoiler:his own son]], then burns their possessions. All of his evil actions are done to curb the spread of the flu to protect humanity. [[spoiler:Then he ends up contracting the flu himself when he finds the infected Nova's doll, and sinks into a pitiable wretch afterwards. Caesar only came into contact with Nova because her father was a soldier in [=McCullough's=] army and deserted rather than kill his own child as [=McCullough=] did.]]
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: By the time Caesar is able to exact his vengeance on [=McCullough=], he has already succumbed to the mutated Simian Flu, and drunk from drowning his sorrows. Caesar prepares to execute him, but looking into the eyes of his opponent, he sees not the monster he anticipated heroically slaying, but a broken man who has lost everything he ever cared about. He stays his hand, but leaves the pistol within [=McCullough=]'s reach. As Caesar walks away, [=McCullough=] uses the pistol to commit suicide.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:His son John, as shown in the prequel novel, ''Revelations''. Unfortunately, being forced to kill John caused the chain to break, and the Colonel [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope rapidly descended]] into the warlord seen in the film.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He insists that killing his son, John, was a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessary decision]] that he doesn't regret. [[spoiler:Yet when Caesar enters the Colonel's quarters, he finds a picture of the [=McCullough=] and John sitting out in the open surrounded by bottles of alcohol as the Colonel himself is now infected with the Simian Flu, implying that his guilt has finally managed to catch up to him.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: [=McCullough=] begins killing any of his soldiers who show symptoms of the mutated virus. When the body count rises a little too high, his superiors put all of their remaining forces together to stop him, which also results in an avalanche that kills what remains of the entire military. Though he did not live to see it, [=McCullough's=] attempts to preserve humanity ultimately resulted in humanity using all the power it had left to destroy itself, without even needing the virus]].
** [[spoiler: It becomes even harsher in hindsight 300 years later: while [=McCullough=] was correct about the mutated Simian Flu robbing humans of intelligence in addition to speech, there are small pockets of intelligent humans operating in technologically advanced settlements. Some have a natural immunity, while others keep the virus at bay with traditional quarantine measures[[note]]a technician is seen venturing outside in a biohazard suit, then decontaminating before she returns to the rest of the group[[/note]]. This means that [=McCullough=]'s superiors were ''correct'', the crisis could be solved medically. By declaring war on his own government, he splintered the surviving human forces, costing resources which could have been used to save what was left of human civilization.]]
* NothingPersonal: He claims this about [[spoiler:killing Caesar's wife and older son, identifying them as casualties of war]]. Granted, he also doesn't make any effort to actually feel bad about it.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler: Caesar ultimately finds him too pathetic to kill and spares his life instead.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:When his son lost his voice due to the mutation of the original virus, the Colonel decided to stop the spread right there and then... by shooting him in the head.]]
* RogueAgent: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's not leading the remaining United States Army, he's leading what amounts to a splinter group. He and his superiors had, uh, 'creative differences' which led to him going rogue with his own men.]]
* SanitySlippage: It's implied that [[spoiler:shooting his own son to try and contain the mutated Simian Flu]] drastically accelerated his plunge into murderous psychopathy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: He's been desperately trying to stave off the Simian Flu by hunting down evolved apes [[spoiler:and killing humans infected by the mutated virus that would devolve them and rob their humanities. Eventually, his effort is proven to be futile as [=McCullough=] himself ends up infected by the very virus he's been trying to fight against, as well as failing to protect his men or at least his own definition of "humanity" toward the end]].
* SilentAntagonist: [[spoiler:In his final hours due to the final stages of the Simian Flu finally kicking in.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: He very rarely raises his voice, preferring to let his actions speak for themselves.
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler:In his final hours, he, as a sufferer of the Simian Flu, loses his ability to speak.]]
* ThisMeansWarpaint: He goes into combat himself after putting on some intimidating black camouflage warpaint.
* TitleDrop: [=McCullough=] drops the franchise's title in his BreakingSpeech towards Caesar.
-->''"This is a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose, we will be the last of our kind... it will be a Planet of Apes, and we will become your cattle."''
* TragicKeepsake: He keeps a photo of his lost child. [[spoiler: That's his son, who grew up to be a soldier in his army, but lost his ability to speak as a result of the dormant Simian Flu virus mutating. [=McCullough=] killed him to try and stop the mutated virus spreading further, as he does with all soldiers who exhibit symptoms.]]
* TheUnfettered: He tells Caesar that he had a "moment of clarity" with regards to the mutated virus, and afterwards was prepared to sacrifice anything to save the human race. He proved this by [[spoiler:killing his son, whom he loved, after he was infected by the mutated virus]], and now demands that all of his soldiers be willing to make the same kind of sacrifice as he did, if necessary.
* VillainRespect: Despite his hatred and fear of the apes, The Colonel proves to be impressed by Caesar's intelligence and views him as a worthy adversary.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The loss of his voice results in him having an off-screen breakdown. When Caesar sneaks into his office, the doors are barricaded, he's rid himself of weaponry, he'd been through a few bottles of booze and has his son's photograph laid out. It's clear he's been wrestling with guilt and his own fragmented sanity, and when Caesar locates him, he's a pathetic shirtless drunk.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Views Caesar as one, complimenting his skill as a leader and warrior.
* YouWillBeSpared: Inverted, where [[spoiler:Caesar doesn't give in to his darker instincts and spares an infected Colonel, who instead takes his own life]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Preacher]]
!!Lieutenant Preacher
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GabrielChavarria
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuheiSakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A human soldier and the right-hand man of Colonel [=McCullough=].
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, [[spoiler:in contrast to Will and Malcolm, Preacher comes to represent the worst traits of humanity in his relationship with Caesar, retaining full use of his voice and mentality, but continuing to unthinkingly antagonise the apes under the orders of a delusional madman out of misplaced loyalty, ultimately savagely wounding Caesar during the final battle [[TheFarmerAndTheViper despite him sparing him earlier]], an injury that costs him his life in the end. Unlike Nova, the ''actual'' human ally of the film, Preacher comes to represent how "civilised" humans have wasted their chance to remain in charge, and how their higher intelligence falls to the wayside in the face of a changing world that brings their inner savagery to the forefront, ultimately leaving ape kind as the true inheritors of the planet]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Seems insignificant at first, only to end up being the one who inflicts the fatal wound that ends up killing [[spoiler:Caesar]].
* ColdSniper: Uses a high-tech crossbow to silently dispatch his targets.
* DeadHatShot: [[spoiler:After he gets blown up by Red, the only thing left of Preacher is his helmet, which comes flying out of the dust and lands next to Caesar.]]
* TheDragon: [[YouAreInCommandNow Eventually]] becomes the second-in-command in the Alpha-Omega military.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler:Caesar allows Preacher and his fellow soldiers to live so they can give the Colonel a message to end the war. In repayment for his mercy, Preacher ultimately kills Caesar in the end. Played with in that Preacher's not a transparently evil monster, he does have some reservations about his job, and the possibility of him undergoing a HeelFaceTurn is implied, it's just that he decides to remain loyal to the Colonel and is killed because of it.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He's visually shown to be internally-conflicted with his position as [=McCullough's=] [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] throughout the movie and was even spared by Caesar himself, which would give him motivation to pull a HeelFaceTurn, but in the end, he ultimately seals his fate by remaining loyal to Alpha-Omega and attempting to kill Caesar.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: He inflicts the wound that ultimately kills Caesar.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After shooting Caesar, despite the ape having shown him mercy earlier, Preacher gets killed by Red before he can finish Caesar off.]]
* MookPromotion: Is only a MookLieutenant at the start of the film, but when TheCaptain is killed in the opening battle, he moves up.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:He's blown-up by a rocket launcher, courtesy of Red.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't seem like a psychotic fanatic, doesn't relish cruelty against the apes, and is [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied to have moral hang-ups with his job.]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately he never ends up undergoing a HeelFaceTurn, mortally wounds Caesar and ends up dying at the hands of Red, who did decide to redeem himself in the end.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: It looks like he may perform a HeelFaceTurn but doesn't, and it's actually Red who ends up performing one, killing Preacher in the process.]]
* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:He was given several chances to have a change of heart, but choose to remain loyal to the Colonel up to his death. Also, in a deleted scene, Caesar offers Preacher to desert while he still can due to being different from the other soldiers, only for Preacher to [[BerserkButton vehemently refuse the offer and fanatically defend the Colonel as "a great man."]]]]
-->'''Preacher:''' "[[BerserkButton Who are you to judge him?]] I was trying to give you a heads up, keep you out of his way, I don't even know why. But if you think you and I have some kind of relationship -- that you're gonna give me, what, advice? [[ShutUpKirk You can disavow yourself of that notion right fucking now]]."
* RuleOfThree: As with Will and Malcolm, Preacher is a WhiteMaleLead in the "enemy" faction of humans who gains something of a cordial relationship with Caesar, with signs he's even considering [[HeelFaceTurn siding with the apes]] over [=McCullough=]'s more extreme measures to combat the Simian Flu. [[spoiler:It's ultimately {{Subverted}} for drama by the end, as despite the hints, a deleted scene has Preacher [[RedemptionRejection vehemently rejects Caesar's offers to defect from Alpha-Omega to avoid getting in the crossfire of his vendetta against the Colonel, defending him as a "great man" to whom he owes his life, and even wounds Caesar during the final battle, an injury that costs him his life]]]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:Despite being TheDragon with little screentime, he is directly responsible for Caesar's death.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:To the Colonel. A deleted scene has him converse with an imprisoned Caesar as to why he serves the Colonel, in that he personally owes the Colonel his life]].
* UngratefulBastard: He's one of the soldiers Caesar spared as a symbolic olive branch. He also sold out Caesar's colony, and [[spoiler: inadvertently kills Caesar, all things considered. Subverted in a deleted scene, when Preacher expresses how he owes Caesar one for sparing his life and tries to warn him not to incite the Colonel's wrath. Double-subverted in the next deleted scene when Caesar offers him to desert his post to escape the Colonel, only to have his BerserkButton pressed that prompts him to lose respect for Caesar, refusing the offer to defect and then defending the Colonel until the end of the film where he causes Caesar's death]].
* WalkingSpoiler: As [[spoiler:the killer of Caesar]], many of his tropes are naturally marked as spoilers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boyle]]
!!Boyle
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChadRook
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier stationed at the border. He is incredibly volatile to both apes and humans, and participates the most in abusing the former.
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* TheBully: As the apes' primary abuser in ''War'', this is a natural description of him.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dodge Landon of ''Rise''. Out of all the apes' captors, he is the most abusive and even directs his antagonistic tendencies towards his fellow humans.
%%* HairTriggerTemper: And how!
* DigAttack: He gets pulled down a tunnel by Maurice, killing him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Without a doubt. He's even this towards his fellow humans.
%%* KarmicDeath
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gasping Soldier]]
!!Gasping Soldier
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyWickman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier who is [[spoiler:rendered mute by the Simian Flu, and is shot and left to die, before being found and put down by Caesar]].
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%%* BloodFromTheMouth
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler: In the snow, to be more precise, after being shot and left for dead before being dug up by Caesar and revealed to still be alive, albeit slowly dying]].
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Put down by Caesar due to already dying from his wounds]].
* NoNameGiven: Never referred to by name, only shown in the credits and the promotional material.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: His role, while very small, serves to show how extreme the Colonel is in containing the Simian Flu, even killing his own men if they are infected]].
* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: As a result of the Simian Flu]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only gets one scene during which he is killed]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''The Northern Army'''
[[folder:In General]]
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The remainder of the United States Army, who seek to execute [=McCullough=] and any of his remaining soldiers for murdering several of his own men after they became victims of the mutated Simian Flu, as they believe there is still a cure.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:They ''all'' have an avalanche dropped on them.]]
* TheFaceless: Their entire bodies and faces are covered in snow gear, making them more reminiscent to faceless drones than humans.
* FantasticRacism: According to the Colonel, the only thing they hate more than him are apes.
* GreaterScopeVillain: They're a much larger, better armed, and more powerful force than Alpha-Omega, and are the reason [=McCullough=] resorts to using the apes as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from their wrath. In a twist, despite the threat they'd pose to the apes, they all wind up dying shortly after Alpha-Omega is wiped out.
* HollywoodTactics: They throw their entire collective of infantry, tanks, trucks, and helicopters directly at the Alpha-Omega base all at the same time despite visible anti-air weapons and the base itself being nestled between mountains and having only one frontal entrance. Once their entire army comes to a dead stop within this confined space, the subsequent avalanche kills them all.
* MassOhCrap: Their reaction to [[spoiler: the incoming avalanche that ultimately kills them off]].
* TheSpeechless: They do not speak, and the only vocalizations they make are unsettling roars of cheering when they successfully purge the entire Alpha-Omega base of human life, though at least 2 soldiers seem to try screaming "Yeah!". This may be an implication that they have all lost their ability to speak due to the virus, but still possess their higher brain functions, as evidenced by their coordinated tank, truck, and helicopter attack.
* YankTheDogsChain: Shortly after what seems like an apparent victory for them, [[spoiler: they're all killed by an avalanche]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Other Post-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Nova]]
!!Nova
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Amiah Miller
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mute orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, she comes to represent the best and most noble aspects of humanity in regards to her relationship with Caesar and the other apes, despite losing the full use of her voice and her higher brain functions potentially having been affected by the virus. Unlike the Colonel and [[spoiler:Preacher]], who symbolise "civilised" humans wasting their chance to remain in charge and as a consequence of their arrogance being reduced to a seemingly primitive and savage state, Nova represent the genuine tragedy of humanity's downfall and how there is still hope for the species, as despite the Colonel's beliefs she does show far more intelligence and self-awareness than what the Colonel described the infected as being. This is apparent by her being able to quickly pick up and understand sign language after a few days with Maurice which lets her communicate with him and Caesar, proving that despite the Colonel's fears that humanity will be reduced to mindless beasts are completely wrong. In the end, her kindness towards the apes means that she's [[spoiler:the only human to survive the final battle and leave with the apes to their new home]].
* AndStarring: Her actress is given an "Introducing" citation in her debut film.
* AnimalMotifs: The orangutan; she's adopted into ape society by Maurice the orangutan and she wears hoods and a parka which bring to mind their facial crests.
* CuteMute: An adorable child who can't speak due to TheVirus.
* FamilyOfChoice: She joins the apes in the "Apes Together Strong" gesture.
* HappilyAdopted: She's adopted by the apes, who thoroughly accept her after witnessing the help she brought to Caesar. And Maurice is gentle to her from second one.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Maurice adopts her into Caesar's group.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Maurice.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She's the most innocent being in ''War'', and she has blue eyes.
* LegacyCharacter: Three centuries later in ''Kingdom'', it turns out that it's tradition that whenever an ape encounters a seemingly friendly human, they call them Nova.
* LineOfSightName: Maurice eventually gives the little girl the name "Nova" from a badge off a Chevy Nova that Bad Ape gives to her.
* MoralityPet: She has shades of this with Caesar, reminding him of all the good in humans.
* MythologyGag: Outside-universe, she was named after the human female lead of the original ''Apes'' movie who was also a mute though this Nova is [[AdaptationalIntelligence considerably smarter]] and knows sign language as while 1968 Nova didn't know any language at all. Her doll also counts as an Easter Egg too.
* NiceGirl: Feeds a starving Caesar deprived of food and water as a favor return for him helping her out from being thirsty.[[note]]Interestingly, until this film Creator/AmiahMiller has only played cold-hearted and anti-social characters.[[/note]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father was killed by Caesar in self-defense while [[MissingMom nothing is known about her mother]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: She gives a doll to Caesar when he's being imprisoned, [[spoiler:which ends up taken away by [=McCullough=] and is implied to be the very thing that infects him with the mutated virus towards the end.]]
* TheSpeechless: As a result of the virus she carries, she's mute.
* TokenHuman: She is the only human in Caesar's group of apes, let alone the only human who befriends the apes.
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans introduced in ''Kingdom''
[[folder:Mae]]
!!Mae
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreyaAllan
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mysterious young woman who is born 300 years after the deaths of Caesar and [=McCullough=], where nature appears to finally reclaimed what's left of human civilization. She joins Noa and Raka on their quest to find Noa's missing clan.
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* ActionGirl: Mae is quite skilled in fighting when pushed or cornered.
* AntiVillain: What she is ultimately revealed to be, particularly from the point of view of the heroic apes. Mae seeks the technology inside Proximus' vault to [[spoiler:allow a group of intelligent humans to reconnect with others around the globe, the first step to hopefully rebuilding human society. While this is a noble goal on its face, when Noa asks if it's possible for apes and humans to coexist she answers in the negative, suggesting that while Mae may not ''hate'' apes per se, she is willing to sacrifice the lot of them so that mankind can rise again, which she more than proves already by condemning innocent ape slaves, including Noa's people, to die alongside Proximus and his soldiers]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Mae asks Noa to forgive her as she triggers the explosives at the ape-built dam built to keep the beach water away from the US bunker, which also washes Noa into the bunker. When the two dourly reunite, Mae then tells Noa to accept her efforts that she is working to bring humans back to being the dominant species saying it was their world before even if it means conflict with apes.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite being initially robbed of her supplies and equipment, Mae never looks anything less than attractive.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mae has a meek and disarming appearance, and she exploits it for all its worth by pretending to be a lot friendlier and more benevolent than she actually is towards the heroic apes who care for her, especially Noa. By the end of ''Kingdom'', she reveals herself to be [[spoiler:a treacherous and manipulative schemer who is solely intent on advancing humanity's interest to get back to the top of society's pecking order. Despite having a conscience, she willingly tramples over the lives of any innocent apes caught in the crossfire of her mission and callously disregards Apekind's own rights as a sapient species, including the ones who simply wish to live alongside humanity in peace]].
* CombatPragmatist: Mae ruthlessly murders Trevathan when his back is turned by a headlock. She hides a revolver in her bag and guns down an ape to make her escape. Mae will do whatever it takes.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's essentially an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. ''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, [[spoiler:Mae's stance has always been human-first despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it benefits her goals]].
* {{Determinator}}: She will stop at nothing to complete her mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the second main focus of the story after Noa and the main human character in ''Kingdom''.
* FalseFriend: To Noa. For much of the film, she presents herself as a harmless person who merely wishes for more of her kind to learn speech again and gets Noa to believe that she shares the same hope as he does for Apes and humankind to one day coexist in peace and prosperity. In truth, Mae has been [[spoiler:feeding him nothing but lies, because her actual goal is to help re-establish mankind as Earth's dominant species, and is more than willing to sacrifice the lives of innocent apes, including Noa's people, to reach that goal]].
* FantasticRacism: Has shades of this in how she objects to Proximus [[spoiler: and Noa]] entering and misusing "human" places and "human" technology in a way that suggests that she sees apes as inherently inferior to humans. [[spoiler:Noa is implied to have picked up on this by the end, noting sadly that Mae has proven Proximus' warning about humans being inherently untrustworthy ''completely correct'', and even seems to note the fact she's carrying a concealed gun on her at their last meeting, souring whatever heartwarming last words they could have shared by her implicit perception of Noa as a dangerous animal she feels the need to potentially defend herself from, rather than a friend who risked his life alongside hers. His last words to her about their different species cooperating rather than trying to subjugate each other seems as much a plea for Mae to recognise that Apekind deserves their sapience just as much as humanity deserves its chance to rebuild, with it being unclear by the end if Mae took the words to heart, or merely considered Noa [[YouAreACreditToYourRace the outlier to the rest of his kind]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with different perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the benefit of humanity]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the feral humans wear pelts, Mae wears a fitted top and trousers, hinting at the technology and sapience required to make such garments.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is the justification Mae gives any time she undertakes a morally questionable action. Her mission to [[spoiler:bring humanity back to the status of Earth's dominant species trumps anything else, including friendship, loyalty or even basic compassion]].
* TheImmune: Seems to have a natural immunity to all variants of the Simian Flu. It's particularly telling that when Mae [[spoiler:hands off the decryption key to Korina, and Korina is wearing a decontamination suit]].
* LegacyCharacter: Raka calls her Nova at first, a tradition that began so long ago apes are unaware it was the name of Caesar's human ally in ''War'', before she reveals her real name.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Pretends to be as feral as the "echoes" Noa and Raka are familiar with so they'll think she's just a harmless animal.
* SoleSurvivor: Mae claims to be the only survivor from a settlement of intelligent humans that was previously wiped out by Proximus's forces, [[spoiler:but this is a lie. She's the sole survivor of an expeditionary party sent out on a mission by said settlement]].
* TokenHuman: She is the only human main character amongst the otherwise ape cast, [[spoiler: she is also one of only two sapient human characters for the majority of the movie until the ending reveals a bunker with a population of intelligent humans.]]
* UnscrupulousHero: Strongly driven by the idea of restoring humanity to the top of the food chain (whose time as the dominant species is already done for), Mae is willing to commit [[spoiler:morally questionable and even downright heinous actions in order to achieve it, ranging from lying and manipulating to murder, up to and including the mass slaughter of all of Proximus' soldiers and slaves (save for Eagle Clan who manage to escape) to prevent the ape tyrant from getting his hands on the arsenal inside the bunker. While she does have a conscience, it's also made clear that her drive to see through her goals far outweighs any sense of guilt she may have towards innocent apes caught in the crossfire]].
* VillainousUnderdog: As someone who belongs to one of the few pockets of non-feral humans living in a world ruled and dominated by Apekind, Mae struggles to secure a better future for herself and her people, and has to rely on her wits and cunning to be able to stand a chance against the much more imposing and physically superior Apes. She's also a [[spoiler:dangerously amoral person who lies, manipulates, betrays, and murders her way to success (up to and including innocents), while harboring racist views towards Apes herself]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mae is dedicated to the cause of making humanity Earth's dominant species again, and she's willing to [[spoiler:cross many lines for the sake of it, including betrayal, murder, and mass condemnation of innocent Apes, who, in her eyes, are ultimately expendable and beneath her own kind. By the end of ''Kingdom'', Noa even remarks that Mae isn't really all that different from Proximus due to her militant views]].
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: At the end of ''Kingdom'', Mae chooses to have a [[spoiler:final goodbye with Noa, despite his understandable animosity towards her for nearly killing his entire tribe in the crossfire of destroying Proximus' kingdom, having come to see him as a "good" ape of his kind for all the aid and support they gave each other. Most notably, Mae had already completed her mission with the decryption key, so there was no real motivation for their talk other than a final goodbye between two former allies. Noa for his part, can only disappointedly comment that Mae isn't better than the rest of her kind like he thought, and only proved Proximus' warning about humankind's deceitful and manipulative nature true in the end. At best, her treating him as better than the rest of his kind was mere CondescendingCompassion from her side as well]].
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[[folder:Trevathan]]
!!Trevathan
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WilliamHMacy
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
An opportunistic man who teaches human history and repairs old human tech for Proximus Caesar and his clan.
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* AffablyEvil: Is always polite to Mae.
* AmbiguousSituation: Reveals very little of his past and what led him to Proximus. Was he with others or how he survived he does not reveal.
* BrilliantButLazy: Has rigged up electrical equipment for Proximus and attempts to teach him history. But is unable or unwilling to go further and try to improve mankind's lot.
* CategoryTraitor: Mae holds him in contempt for helping the apes in general and Proximus in particular to gain access to a "human" place, and all the technology and weapons contained therein.
* {{Foil}}: To Mae. [[spoiler:His relationship with Proximus is similar to Mae's relationship with Noa. However, Trevathan does display some semblance of loyalty to Proximus, and the ape fondly reminisces about him after his death. Meanwhile, Mae is ultimately on her own side, and they both part on bad terms.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Has rigged up electric cattle rods as weapons for Proximus.
* HappinessInSlavery: While once a prisoner scared of Proximus Caesar, he has since been brainwashed into being a humble servant once Proximus made his imprisonment lavishly comfortable with many books on history, literature and science and personally dining with him at dinner, a such privilege denied to even other apes. It's also implied that he fears if he betrays Proximus Caesar then he will only run into another ape tyrant who might turn out to be worse.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: He only works to serve Proximus Caesar and refuses to engage in any effort to overturn the planet of the apes back to the humans as he knows that time is many centuries gone.
* MyNaymeIs: His name Trevathan is likely a combination of the more common humans names '''Trev'''or and Jon'''athan'''.
* NotUsedToFreedom: He chooses not to join Mae or any other human in an effort to overthrow Proximus Caesar, making [[spoiler:Mae off him with a chokehold]].
* TheQuisling: Won't help with Mae's mission and attempts to procure her to his side.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: He isn't featured in any of the trailers or TV spots, possibly to avoid spoilers.
* TokenHuman: He is the only human member of Proximus Caesar's faction.
* VillainousFriendship: Zig-zagged. He is Proximus' prisoner, but the ape has gone out of his way to make Trevathan's life as comfortable as possible, and they do seem to enjoy each other's company to an extent.
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[[folder:Korina]]
!!Korina
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DichenLachman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A technician who works [[spoiler: at the human settlement Mae is from.]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is never mentioned in the film, it only appears in the credits.
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Three centuries after the mutated Simian Flu ravaged humanity, Korina dons a biohazard suit before interacting with the outside world and then undergoes decontamination before rejoining the rest of her team. This shows that while some humans (like Mae) may have a natural immunity to the mutated Simian Flu and any new diseases that may have cropped up since the fall of humanity, some might not, and the survivors are not taking their chances. It also shows that Colonel [=McCullough=] was ''wrong'' - the pandemic could indeed be treated medicallly.]]
%%* SoleSurvivingScientist
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It is difficult, if not impossible, to mention her without spoiling the ending reveal of ''Kingdom''.]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Pre-Simian Flu
!!!'''Gen-Sys Laboratories'''
[[folder:Will Rodman]]
!!Dr. William "Will" Rodman
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"All I'm saying is that this is a good thing. Caesar's proof of that. So is my father."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesFranco
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese dub), Creator/AnatoleDeBodinat (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' | ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' [[note]]footage of Caesar's childhood on a camera[[/note]]
->''"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''.]] [[invoked]]
* 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.
* {{Expy}}: Of Armando of ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Both characters raised their own Caesar incarnation from birth, keeping them on leashes while in public, and died before getting a chance to see their Caesars starting their respective ape communities. Will's surname could also be seen as a partial anagram to Armando's name.
* ForScience: Partly his reason for developing the drugs, although his primary motivation is his father.
* GoodParents: Despite the circumstances, Will is a genuinely loving and devoted father to Caesar, who never stops loving him in return. Even after [[spoiler: Will's death]] and his conflict with humanity in ''Dawn'', it's obvious that much of Caesar's compassion and strength comes from his childhood with the Rodmans. When talking with Malcolm about Will, Caesar describes Will as simply "A good man", favourably comparing Will and Malcolm.
* HopeSpot: He's bombarded with these (such as [[spoiler:his father getting better]]) and they always get yanked away from him.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Despite everything he does to educate Caesar and promote his development, Will never seems to notice the little ways in which he still treats Caesar like a pet, rather than a person. This is what ultimately leads to Caesar's IChooseToStay moment in the San Bruno Primate Shelter.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Will's surname, Rodman, is a reference to [[Creator/RodSerling Rodman "Rod" Serling]], writer of the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' screenplay.
* NiceGuy: He genuinely loves Caesar and tries to help him.
* NerdsAreSexy: Caroline seems to think so.
* 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.
* ParentsAsPeople: Even though Will dearly loves Caesar, he makes quite a few mistakes in his upbringing and by the end of ''Rise'', it's pretty clear that [[InterspeciesAdoption the species-gap]] will always prevent them from fully understanding each other.
* 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.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He dies from the Simian Flu in between ''Rise'' and ''Dawn''.]]
* 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:Robert Franklin]]
!!Robert Franklin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[InsistentTerminology He's not a monkey; he's an ape.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TylerLabine
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KozoShioya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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. It's {{deconstructed|trope}} since that kindness leads him to convince Will to take Caesar home instead of killing him, unwittingly leading to the downfall of humanity.
* 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.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Becomes the Patient Zero after contacting ALZ-113 solely due to ''his own recklessness'', then spreads the virus to an airplane pilot. The rest is history.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner Franklin J. Schaffner]], director of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
* 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.
* TooDumbToLive: When testing an aerosolized retroviral drug, it's bad form to [[spoiler:get your mask knocked off by the test subject, have no tests or checkups done to ensure you're okay, not try and contact the scientist who invented the drug except by going to his house when he's not there, not mentioning anything might be wrong when you start sneezing blood, and not trying to get in touch with anyone else at the research company you work for as your condition deteriorates]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Steven Jacobs]]
!!Steven Jacobs
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make history. I...make...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney money.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidOyelowo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Koji Ochiai (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: [[spoiler:Jacobs was ''such'' an asshole that Caesar broke his ThouShaltNotKill rule solely so Koba could have the pleasure of sending him to a well-deserved, watery grave.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Jacobs is willing to allow the torture of innocent apes to make money, and even have healthy apes put down when it suits him.
* BigBad: Jacobs is the closest thing ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' has to a BigBad. He's Will's boss, pushes the mass-production of ALZ-113 despite warnings over the potential disaster it could cause, and helps lead the failed attempt by police to neutralize Caesar and the other apes.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's the closest thing to a main antagonist for ''Rise'', being the CEO of the corporation that set the film's events (including Caesar's journey) into motion, but he never meets the main protagonist, Caesar, until [[spoiler:the end of his life]], and even then, he doesn't seem to regard him as anything more than just another ape. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he oversees the experimentation of many apes, and he was never made aware that Will had taken in a by-product of ALZ-112's success story.
* BreakThemByTalking: More like enrage and hateify them by talking. Jacobs makes this cruel, but truthful speech that serves as the final tipping point that turns Koba into a savage, vengeful misanthrope:
-->'''Jacobs:''' Well by god, if it isn't the ugliest ape in the world. My fortunes have changed, but I would say yours haven't noticeably improved. Rest assured, there will be no hand-talking nonsense here. You're not human, you know, even if you think you are. You are a chimp, an animal, and you'll act like one.
* TheBully: He's this to Koba in ''Firestorm'' and ''Rise'', as he not only orders painful experiments to be done on the poor bonobo, but also mocks his scars and suffering, and dismisses his obvious intelligence.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Played with. Koba had already suffered a lot at the hands of many different humans before he even met Jacobs, but ultimately it was Jacobs' mistreatment of Koba; mocking his scars and suffering, deriding him as a simple animal, and supervising several of the experiments performed on him, including the one that increases his intelligence, that cemented and then intensified the bonobo's hatred of humanity.
* 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.
* DirtyCoward: He shows his true colors during the climax of the film, begging for help from the ape he had previously tried to kill [[spoiler: and then sent screaming like a little girl to a watery death]].
* 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.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be polite, but it's just a front for the callous and greedy man he really is.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He was partly responsible for mankind's downfall, for Koba's hatred of humans, and the animosity between humans and apes.
* HateSink: As the film progresses, Jacobs becomes increasingly aware of the apes' sapience, yet continues to torture them like guinea pigs and goes out of his way to mock and demean Koba for no real reason, with the tie-in novel ''Firestorm'' shining more light on just how vile his treatment of Koba truly was. [[spoiler:Then he exposes his [[DirtyCoward spinelessness]] by begging Caesar to save him after gunning down the latter's friend moments before, thus cementing both the audience's hatred for him and [[KarmicDeath his own fate]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Even at the beginning of the film, Jacobs snarky at best and downright apathetic at worst towards Will, the apes, and any ethical concerns that get in the way of profit.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jacobs is killed by an ape infected with the virus he so carelessly pushed to be engineered.]]
* KickTheDog:
** Forcing Franklin to put down the ape test subjects.
** Deriding Koba as a "stupid monkey."
* LaughablyEvil: His snarky quips are pretty funny.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''Rise'', he goes into the testing room to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba due to his personal history with the bonobo. Koba uses this as an opportunity to try to attack Jacobs, which results in Franklin getting infected with the virus, which in turns leads to the Simian Flu Pandemic and the near total destruction of humanity. Had Jacobs just stayed the hell out of it, civilization would still be standing in ''Dawn''.
* OhCrap: His reaction when he is precariously hanging for his life and Caesar decides to leave him at the mercy of [[BloodKnight Koba]], the ape he brutally experimented on. [[TheDogBitesBack Koba has none for him.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He can barely go a few sentences without mentioning how important money is to him.
* {{Sadist}}: He shows mild signs of being one, as in ''Firestorm'' he at one point mocks the long-suffering Koba with a "terrifying smile". In ''Rise'', Jacobs also goes to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba under the claim that he "wants to watch Will's progress", but considering his personal history with Koba and the glare he gives the bonobo as he is being strapped onto the experimentation table, it's very probable he just went to watch Koba being experimented on for the sake of it.
* SharpDressedMan: He is constantly dressed in a business suit.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_P._Jacobs Arthur P. Jacobs]], producer of the original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series.
* TheUnfettered: He's willing to do whatever it takes to make money and please the shareholders.
* VillainsWantMercy: He pleads with Caesar to save him. [[spoiler:Since Jacobs had just killed Buck, Caesar refuses to do so, and leaves the choice up to Koba, who predictably declines to give Jacobs any mercy either.]]
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!!!'''San Bruno Primate Shelter'''
[[folder:John Landon]]
!!John Landon
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JohnLandon_6058.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"They're not people, y'know."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrianCox
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Inagaki (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: He has a Van Dyke-style beard in addition to being deeply corrupt.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he seems like an easy-going fellow. He seems to know a great deal about how apes manage in captivity and takes the time to reassure Will, talking about how he'll thrive within the sanctuary. In reality, he's a greedy and corrupt man who doesn't give a damn about the apes.
* CoolShades: He can usually be seen wearing nifty pair of shades and rarely takes them off.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:It seems he truly does love his son Dodge, despite their difficult relationship. When the footage of Dodge's death is played back, Landon can only watch in silent shock and clear grief.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Landon doesn't care about the apes in his shelter one iota. He only wants to make money and is apathetic to their needs at best.
* PragmaticVillainy: Unlike his son, John isn't a sadist or a bully but rather an amoral opportunist. He isn't motivated by malice, just money.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His full name is a reference to one of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheStoic: Very little fazes him. He only ever loses his temper when Dodge is irritating him.
* 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."''
** Also makes him something of a {{Foil}} to Caroline, who admits that while she loves chimpanzees, she's afraid of them, and it's right to be afraid since they are very powerful animals. Landon knows full well how animal the apes are, but has none of Caroline's compassion for or understanding of them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dodge Landon]]
!!Dodge Landon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Take your stinkin' paw off me, you damn dirty ape!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomFelton
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shūhei Sakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"''
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's an animal abusing piece of shit, [[spoiler: so no tears are shed by anyone except his father when Caesar accidentally fries him by shooting his own taser with a jet of water.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He spends his time tormenting the apes at the shelter, from hosing them down to electrocuting them.
* TheBully: Dodge's only real joy seems to come from the sadistic pleasure he gains by tormenting anyone who's unable to defend themselves, like poor stupid Rodney or the apes under his supposed care.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: He's needlessly cruel to the apes for the sake of being cruel to them. Every ape in the sanctuary has learned to despise him.
* 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.
* HateSink: He only exists to be despised by the audience with his cruel and sadistic personality.
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Caesar blasts Dodge with a hose as he activates his taser, causing the 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.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: If he had any, he wouldn't be mistreating others, especially the apes, so badly for his own amusement.
* LargeHam: In sharp contrast to his stoical father, Dodge tends to be very expressive and short-tempered.
* LaughablyEvil: He's an unrepentantly cruel and somewhat sociopathic dick, but his hamminess and quips are some of the funniest parts of the film.
* MythologyGag: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original first film.[[note]]"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"[[/note]]
* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:He wasn't able to (or didn't at all) dodge any of Caesar's attacks.]]
* OhCrap: Is left shocked and speechless after Caesar drops a BigNo.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His first and last names are references to two of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheSociopath: His sadism, lack of empathy, and his inability to tell the difference between right and wrong certainly makes him one. His low intelligence also makes him a low functioning example.
* StarterVillain: He's Caesar's first human antagonist, being his main obstacle to escaping the primate shelter. Caesar overcoming Dodge is the beginning of his role as leader of the apes.
* StupidEvil: His cruelty towards the apes ends up being his own undoing.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It's not wise to pull a taser on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose. Not only that but there were twenty or more apes in the room and he planned to fight them all with his taser.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: He should've been grateful for the fact that Caesar was merciful by locking him in a cage despite his abusive actions, but instead, he unlocks the cage and tries to fight and kill Caesar as well as the other primates.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: From what we see of his interactions with his father, it seems that their relationship is a contentious one. John accurately considers Dodge to be a moron, while Dodge shows his most vulnerable side by apologizing for irritating his father.
* YouCanTalk: He's shocked when Caesar speaks.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rodney]]
!!Rodney
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"He spoke! Your ape. He spoke."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jamie Harris
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Akimitsu Takase (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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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* 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.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's not evil like Dodge and is [[PunchClockVillain only simply doing his job which is only bad because of the administration]].
* 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 because he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't revealed.
* OnlySaneMan: Between his bullying partner and the angry apes, he's one of the only reasonable people in the facility.
* PetTheDog: The apes spare him from the same fate as Dodge, if mainly because he hasn't been a sadistic bully to the apes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.
* 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 Pre-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Charles Rodman]]
!!Charles Rodman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CharlesRodman_3540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"No way to live...no way to live?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnLithgow
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Osamu Saka (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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]].
* 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.]]
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: The ALZ-112 cures his Alzheimer's for eight years, [[spoiler:but then it resurfaces with a vengeance]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's the one who names Caesar and encourages Will to look after him.
* GoodParents: Charles is a lovely fellow and Will has a great relationship with him. This transfers down to Caesar, who dearly loves Charles and is devastated by his death.
* GuineaPigFamily: Will tested the ALZ-112 on him in the hopes that it would cure his Alzheimer's.
* NiceGuy: He's a loving father, grandfather, 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 Caesar.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Caroline Aranha]]
!!Caroline Aranha
[[quoteright:350:https://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."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreidaPinto
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Shinobu Satō (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
%%* NerdsAreSexy: 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.]]
* 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]]
!!Douglas Hunsiker
[[quoteright:350:https://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..."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidHewlett
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Goto (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A pilot for Global Airlines and a neighbor of Charles Rodman and Will Rodman. He had a violent temper, resented the Rodmans 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.
* BullyingTheDisabled: Hunsiker's harassment of the dementia-stricken Charles and the ill Robert would qualify as this.
* DirtyCoward: He's very confrontational and tries to intimidate people with his rage, but when Caesar rages at him, Hunsiker runs for his life and doesn't even try to fight back.
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off when he rescues Charles from Hunsiker's assault.
* {{Greed}}: He was infected with the Simian Flu which in its first days gives him a bad headache and bleeding nose (that would develop into hemorrhagic fever) but he wants to get paid anyways and proceeded to go to the airport to do another shift as a pilot. [[spoiler: Humanity gets screwed]].
* 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. Despite having some [[JerkassHasAPoint understandable reasons behind his hostility]], he undermines it with his violent overreactions to whatever the Rodmans do. It is also implied that Hunsiker could be an ableist, hating the disabled like Charles with a passion without any pity towards them.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his ill-temper and poor choices he makes in the film, the fact that he is a pilot, not to mention a commercial one, which requires a lengthy period of training and lots of mathematical and aeronautical knowledge, means he's a lot more smarter than what is shown. He is also a plane captain too, which indicates he's been flying for many years.
* 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 resented neighbors backfires on him big time when catching Will's friend Franklin red-handed for seemingly trespassing, only to get infected with ALZ-113]].
* {{Jerkass}}: While some of his displeasure is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you consider the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to [[BullyingTheDisabled 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 than just what Charles did.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Subverted. Hunsiker initially should have the audience sympathy when he finds a chimpanzee in his home, ''[[PapaWolf near his children]]'' but he immediately squanders it when he chooses to beat up a helpless curled up animal ''after'' his children haven gotten far away from it. Also, his assault of a dementia-stricken elderly man could have been understandable given the circumstances over the damage of his car, if it wasn't for the fact that he knew him personally and was aware of his problems and had no reason to not expect compensation.
* KarmicButtMonkey: He only turns up when something bad is about to happen. To him. Which he most deserved due to his reactions to his misfortunes.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Ends up unwittingly spreading the Simian Flu across the globe after contacting the virus and failing to notice its symptoms.]]
* NoSympathy: After the clearly ill Franklin sneezes blood on him, he tells him to leave due to his IrrationalHatred of the Rodmans and anything to do with them being that strong, unbeknown to him, this ignorance to such a serious condition chains off the slow undoing of the entire human species.
* 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]]. [[spoiler:But in the end, his love for them doesn't matter 'cause he presumably infected them with ALZ-113]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his IrrationalHatred of the dementia-stricken Charles and the clearly ill Franklin and his LackOfEmpathy towards their disabilities and conditions is any indication, Hunsiker appeared to be a passionally vehement ableist.
* TheResenter: He deeply resents the Rodmans and any friends of theirs for no apparent reason.
* 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 ignoring his condition, and in spreading the virus through air transport, Hunsiker played a central role in the fall of mankind]].
* TooDumbToLive: He gets infected by the ALZ-113 infection and ignores its symptoms, which [[spoiler:leads to him dooming mankind]].
* TyphoidMary: While he ''does'' display symptoms, he ignores them [[spoiler:and winds up transmitting ALZ-113 around the world. He had no way of knowing what he was infected with.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's this for ''the entire human race'' as [[spoiler: his coming to work while sick causes him to spread the ALZ-113 infection across the world, wiping out a vast portion of the human race and setting the stage for the Apes to take over.]]
* VeryPunchableMan: He receives misfortunes in his appearances and turned out to be well-deserved due to his despicable behavior.
* WouldHarmASenior: He has no qualms of borderline assaulting a dementia-stricken old man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dottie]]
!!Dottie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dottie_8.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' BJ Harrison
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A landlord of Franklin's apartment who comes in wondering why he hasn't paid rent yet.
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* OhCrap: How she reacts to seeing Franklin (Patient Zero of the Simian Flu) being deceased and having black blood pouring around his body and rotting away.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her main purpose is to show us what the Simian Flu does to humans. She then reported her death to the authorities, which led to Gen-Sys finding out the Simian Flu could kill humans and trigger a worldwide pandemic.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She was only a few feet away from Franklin, meaning she contracted the Simian Flu.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Hamil]]
!!John Hamil
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_hamil.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ty Olsson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The chief of the San Bruno Police Department.
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* DirtyCop: It's implied that he's in Jacobs' pocket, given the leeway he gives him in dealing with the apes.
* HeroAntagonist: Subverted. He has no reason to believe the apes are anything but dangerous, but he takes way too much pleasure in gunning them down.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He fatally wounds Buck during the climax.]]
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:Immediately after he mortally wounds Buck, he's killed when the gorilla jumps aboard Hamil and Jacobs's helicopter and causes it to crash.]]
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans
!!!'''Malcolm's Family'''
[[folder:Malcolm]]
!!Malcolm
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolm_9162.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I need to speak to Caesar!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JasonClarke
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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."
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:WordOfGod states that the reason Malcolm doesn't return for ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' is because he's killed by Colonel [=McCullough=]. A deleted scene for that movie more or less confirms it with the Colonel telling Caesar that he shot Malcolm.]]
* 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. When Caesar talks with Malcolm about Will Rodman, Caesar compares Malcolm to Will by simply describing them both as "good men".
* NumberTwo: He is Dreyfus' second-in-command in the Colony.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates have to say.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In the lead-up to the climax of ''Dawn'', he grabs the IdiotBall with both hands by not even trying to reason with Dreyfus [[spoiler: about his plan to detonate the tower. Instead he picks up a rifle and aims it at the other three members of the party, and the best explanation he can offer doesn't even offer a clue about why they might want Caesar to succeed at deposing Koba]].
* PutOnABus: At Caesar's advice, he flees San Francisco with Ellie and Alexander before the military arrives, and he does not return in ''War'', [[spoiler:with WordOfGod confirming that he was killed by the Colonel]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He disobeys Dreyfus [[spoiler:and even holds a gun on him]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Will Rodman. Caesar even says that Will 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 proves to be enough to derail any chance of peace.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ellie]]
!!Ellie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"It was a virus created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeriRussell
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mayumi Sako (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* 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.
* SecondLove: She is Malcolm's second wife.
* SingleTear: When telling Alexander about her deceased daughter.
* SuckSessor: It is implied that Alex is initially distant to her because he sees her as "someone trying to replace his late mother".
* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue tanktop.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alexander]]
!!Alexander
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexander_1577.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's he taking us?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Keigo Nakanishi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* TheBusCameBack: He pops up alive in an anthology comic, set years after the events of ''Dawn'', living with a new makeshift family in some mountains.
* 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 Malcolm 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.
* OddFriendship: He starts one with Maurice by showing him his artbook and a graphic novel.
* TheQuietOne: Alexander doesn't have much to say.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''San Francisco Colony'''
[[folder:Dreyfus]]
!!Dreyfus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreyfus_9040.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm saving the human race."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GaryOldman
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"Now, they may have got their hands on some of our guns, but that does not make them men. '''They are animals!'''"''
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.
* 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.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after the apes attack the colony, becoming convinced that there can be no peace between humans and apes.]]
* FantasticRacism: Dreyfus holds the apes in ''very'' low regard, to the point that he doubts their obvious intelligence and ability to communicate. [[spoiler:During Koba's attack on San Francisco, Dreyfus assures his troops that the apes can't hope to win because they're nothing more than dumb animals, while the humans are superior beings who survived the apocalypse.]] Justified, as the humans haven't interacted with the apes enough to understand their intelligence, and they were told by the government that the apes were to blame for the Simian Flu.
* 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. Subverted with the implication that what he did made both sides' situations much worse. Though at least his suicide resulted in the death of [[BigBad Koba]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's ruthless, but also a caring, genuinely benevolent leader willing to listen to his subordinates.
* 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?
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He is a WastelandElder who has police combat training, joins his soldiers in firing at invaders from the walls, and knows how to rig explosives in an effort to take out the Ape leadership.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say and gives Malcolm's plan a fair chance before moving ahead with his more aggressive approach.
** In the ''Firestorm'' prequel novel, he took sensible approaches to try and keep the citizens of San Francisco from spreading panic and violence, even before becoming the Mayor of the city, and overall tried his best to keep the situation under control. [[ForegoneConclusion It didn't do much, sadly]].
* RedHerring: The movie initially sets him up as the BigBad, as he's desperate enough to lead the humans to war against the apes to restore power to their settlement. But he's reasonable enough to give Malcolm and his family time to resolve things peacefully and was content to leave the apes be once they successfully acquired power from the dam. This allows Koba to take over the vacant BigBad spot and stage his own attack on the human settlement instead.
* 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 when he blows up the communications tower.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: ''"They're ANIMALS! THEY ATTACKED US!"''
* TragicVillain: Part of what makes his arc so tragic is that Dreyfuss was never a bad person. He wasn't even an irrational fanatic, giving Malcolm's plan a legitimate chance to succeed and having good reason to believe the apes were trying to start a war. He never wanted things to go down the way they did.
** To make things worse, he had a family who he lost before the events of the film. As shown when his community regains electricty, he views pictures of them on his iPad and he breaks into tears.
* WastelandElder: Dreyfus is TheLeader of the Colony, and one of the older members.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he gave Malcolm'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.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: In the prequel novel to Dawn, he is thrust into the mayoral position after the previous Mayor of San Francisco [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating loses the public trust]] and the other one falls sick with ALZ-113.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foster]]
!!Foster
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foster_1.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jon Eyez
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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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* IntergenerationalFriendship: He seems to be a decade older than his friends Malcolm and Ellie, and certainly several decades older than their son Alexander.
* MartialPacifist: Much like Malcolm, violence is never a first choice for him.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most level headed members of the group.
* OlderSidekick: He is years older than his boss Malcolm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carver]]
!!Carver
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carver_6669.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't take orders from monkeys!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"They're apes, man! You think they understand what you're saying?"''
A redneck member of Malcolm's group.
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* AsianRudeness: Downplayed; his actor is indeed of Chinese descent next to his Puerto Rican descent, but he appears to be mostly Caucasian and behaves like a white trash redneck with a FantasticRacism of the apes.
* 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 be completed.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved bald, and although 'evil' is debatable, he's certainly enough of an asshole to be an antagonist.
* BlameGame: Chooses to blame the apes for the Simian Flu rather than his own humankind who's really responsible.
* 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.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied his nasty attitude comes from having seen the horrors of the Simian Flu firsthand.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Koba beating him to death is kept out of frame.]]
* HateSink: Whereas most of the human characters in ''Dawn'' are well-intentioned, good people just trying to survive, Carver is a xenophobic asshole whose only purpose is to jeopardize peace between the humans and the apes with his paranoia and incompetence.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He gets killed just after he starts lightening up.]]
* 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.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames the apes for the Simian Flu despite it being created by the humans.
* IRejectYourReality: Carver refuses to accept the fact that humanity caused its own downfall; he instead chooses to blame the apes despite being well-aware of the fact that the virus that spawned the "Simian Flu" was man-made and the apes barely had anything to do with it's spread. In the novelization, it is shown that he ''honestly'' believes his accusatons.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a selfish, aggressive, ignorant and miserable redneck. 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]].
* KickTheDog: He loses his temper when Cornelius, an infant, goes near the shotgun he kept hidden and pulls a gun on Blue Eyes when he tries to defend his brother.
* LampshadeHanging: "Okay, so ''I'm'' the asshole."
* TheLoad: See InformedAbility above for more information.
* LowerClassLout: His past blue-collar worker job as a dam worker, his PermaStubble and unkempt appearance and deplorable {{Jerkass}} characterization could social-class-wise qualify him as a redneck.
* TheMillstone: His actions only increases friction between the apes and the humans.
* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors. This fits him well with his despicable redneck attitude and appearance.
* PetTheDog: After behaving like a belligerent, troublemaking white trash yokel throughout most of his screentime, Carver finally shows a silver of good lining when he [[spoiler: expresses genuine happiness at seeing the power restored to the city and privately congratulates Malcolm for completing their mission by calling him a "son of a bitch" as he takes a smoke; [[HeelFaceDoorSlam unfortunately, this takes place just before he is beaten to death by Koba]]]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Kemp]]
!!Kemp
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EnriqueMurciano
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A quiet member of Malcolm's group.
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* FlatCharacter: His entire purpose is to provide an extra member of Malcolm's group.
* TheGenericGuy: He gets the least characterization out of Malcolm's group, not even getting a line.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say a word throughout the entire film, and prefers to stand off by himself.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He's last seen being chased off into the woods along with Foster. While Foster shows up again back at the colony, Kemp is nowhere to be seen, though it can be assumed he was captured or killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Finney]]
!!Finney
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeirODonnell
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A member of the colony.
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* MauveShirt: He gets little characterization, but he nevertheless survives most of ''Dawn'' and is a recurring presence throughout.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Werner]]
!!Werner
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JockoSims
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The colony's communications expert.
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* ActionSurvivor: He's somewhat cowardly and never seen engaging in fighting, but he still manages to evade being captured or killed by the apes.
* {{Determinator}}: He's constantly monitoring the communications equipment, looking for other survivors. [[spoiler:His efforts ultimately pay off when he makes contact with a military base.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:He has a massive one when he realizes that Dreyfus is going to blow up the communications tower.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[=McVeigh=] and Terry]]
!![=McVeigh=] and Terry
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinRankin and Creator/LombardoBoyar
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
Two sentries.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Mcveigh silently begged as Koba pointed the rifle at him, but Koba pulled the trigger, killing him.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: They drink while on guard duty and let an Ape pick up one of their guns despite the threat of a war with Apes. This gets them killed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are bunglers who get along well and share their screen time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Old Man]]
!!Old Man
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ThomasRosalesJr
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A citizen of San Francisco.
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* BadassBystander: His lack of a gun indicates he is a non-combatant and not part of the large colony army, but he grabs a stanchion post and tries to keep the invading Apes at bay with it.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is unknown.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only has one short scene, but Ash sparing his life despite his resistance against the Apes causes [[spoiler:Koba to kill Ash, which has large ripple effects on the command Koba holds over the other Apes and how determined Caesar is to fight Koba.]]
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!!!'''Alpha-Omega'''
[[folder:[=Wesley McCullough=]]]
!!Colonel Wesley [=McCullough=]
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"We find ourselves on the eve of battle against these beasts, and years from now, you can tell your children 'I fought to protect this world'."''
An iron-fisted soldier obsessed with wiping out Caesar and his tribe to defend his people from destruction.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:By the time Caesar finally reaches him, he's been infected with the Simian Flu, making him unable to talk, and is so pathetic the Ape actually pities him before he blows his own brains out.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: His goal involves the genocide of an entire people, and the ones captured by his forces live in a below-Spartan quality labor camp.
* AntiClimaxBoss: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Caesar is ready to go on a SuicideMission to finally end the Colonel once and for all, only to find he's succumbed to the same mutated virus that his son did. In the Colonel's view, this makes him a danger to humanity and he's a drunken, despairing mess when Caesar finds him.]]
* AntiVillain: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he is often excessively cruel towards the apes, and runs an entire concentration camp for apes, but he is motivated by a mostly genuine desire to save humanity, albeit by his way of doing it.
* ArchEnemy: To Caesar, in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' Have you come to save your apes?\\
'''Caesar:''' I came for ''you''.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: As crazy as he is, he's aware enough to give Caesar this when he recognizes that the ape leader has conflicting priorities.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' What do you think my men would've done to your apes if you'd killed me? Or is killing me more important?
* AxCrazy: He is absolutely batshit insane.
* BaldOfEvil: He keeps his head shaven clean, and regardless of how well-intentioned he might be, he's a ruthless and violent man.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'', being the one leading the human forces against Caesar and his apes.
* BigBadWannabe: While his group is sizable enough that their weapons and training can threaten the apes, Alpha-Omega is revealed to be a rogue element of the much larger Northern Army that's calling for his head after he murdered his superiors for going against his plans. He only keeps the apes alive to use them as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from the Northern Army, and when said army descends upon his base, his forces are soundly crushed.
* ClashOfEvolutionaryLevels: He espouses this viewpoint to Caesar.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' No matter what you say, eventually you'd replace us. That's the law of nature.
** Also why he [[spoiler:kills the members of his own army infected with the mutated Simian Flu strain, as he considers them to have lost the very things that make them human, and the communicability of the disease makes them a threat.]]
* ColonelBadass: An [[ColonelKilgore evil version since he's a very dangerous soldier]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Both he and Koba are [[FantasticRacist hateful and prejudiced toward the opposing species]], and their fight against them leads them to do horrible things to their own kind in the process. However, while Koba's hatred manifests in him being psychotically overemotional and acting erratically, the Colonel's hatred manifests in him shutting down all emotions and acting with cold, calculating precision.
* CrusadingWidower: His wife, Maggie, died in the original Simian Flu outbreak.
* DarkMessiah: He considers his fight a "holy war," and refers to Caesar's Alpha Male position as a "demonic throne." He's also a genocidal monster who's ANaziByAnyOtherName.
* DespairEventHorizon: He vaults right over it after getting infected and losing his voice. By the time Caesar finds him, he's a pathetic wretch curled in his bed, surrounded by alcohol. Even when Caesar gives up on his revenge and spares him, [=McCullough=] can't bear the thought of losing what makes him human, the thought that he may well have murdered his son for nothing, and kills himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After losing his own voice, he tearfully shoots himself in the head.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: He holds himself up in his quarters and drinks excessively, [[spoiler:once he realizes he's contracted the mutated Simian Flu.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son, John, who died before the events of the movie. [[spoiler:It turns out his son was a soldier serving [=McCullough=], and when he was infected with a mutated strain of the Simian Flu that stole his voice, [=McCullough=] killed him to stop the spread of the virus and "save humanity." Despite [=McCullough=] claiming it was necessary, he still clearly loves his son and feels some guilt off his death, displayed by holding onto a photo of him as a boy.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: His full name (J. Wesley [=McCullough=]) [[AllThereInTheScript only appears in the script]]. His surname is only mentioned once, though it is prominently displayed on the nametag of his uniform. Even in the credits, he is only ever referred to as "the Colonel". Might verge on RedBaron territory given that Red mentions that to his soldiers the Colonel is "more than human".
* {{Expy}}: He's a loose one of Kolp from ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''. The studio also cited Colonel Kurtz from ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' as a direct inspiration.
** Like Doctor Hasslein from ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'', [=McCullough=] is presented with telltale signs of what he sees as the final, definitive end of his species. Obsessed with preventing humanity's downfall by any means necessary, he becomes a genocidal madman who murders Caesar's family in a case of MisplacedRetribution. Instead of preventing the bad future he feared ([[YouCannotFightFate an impossible goal to begin with]]), his actions turn out to ''expedite'' it. The comic adaptations of ''Escape'' and ''War'' [[spoiler: paint their deaths in a similar light, with both men realizing that all their work was for nothing in their final moments.]]
** His bald head, his cult of personality he fosters with his soldiers, and the fact that his hide-out is an abandoned military base also brings to mind Inquisitor Mendez from ''Film/{{Beneath the Planet of the Apes}}''.
* FantasticRacism: Towards the apes, [[spoiler:to the point that he'd [[DrivenToSuicide rather kill himself]] than become like them]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He keeps up a polite and soft-spoken tone when talking to Caesar, but his sheer contempt towards the apes and delusions of righteousness cause his respectfulness to ring hollow.
* HeroKiller: He's the most dangerous antagonist Caesar and his group has faced and has literally killed [[spoiler:Cornelia]] and [[spoiler:Blue Eyes]], and possibly many other apes. [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, he also killed Malcolm, the human protagonist of ''Dawn''.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:He claims that speech is what makes a human, and therefore someone better than an ape. The fact that his own people lose their speech but don't necessarily have any real loss of intellect, on top of the fact that his primary targets are {{Talking Animal}}s (and thereby disproving his entire motive), never seems to occur to him.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:When the virus mutates resulting in the loss of people's voices, the Colonel fears this will lead to people being turned into work-cattle for the apes. He goes completely mad, killing his son, cutting off the heads of his superiors and holing up in the side of a mountain. He also forces the apes to build a wall to protect himself from a military force he can't possibly hope to outmatch.]]
* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler:After killing those rendered speechless by the mutated virus, he finds himself infected in the climax.]]
* KickTheDog: Admits to Caesar that he didn't intend to kill Blue Eyes (having mistook the latter for the former), but then says he's glad he did. Made all the more cruel given [=McCullough=] himself was a father with a son.
* KnightTemplar: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt At least he admits it]]:
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' There are times when it is necessary to [[NecessarilyEvil abandon our humanity]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to save humanity]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He kills anyone who contracts the mutated Simian Flu, whether they be his soldiers or [[spoiler:his own son]], then burns their possessions. All of his evil actions are done to curb the spread of the flu to protect humanity. [[spoiler:Then he ends up contracting the flu himself when he finds the infected Nova's doll, and sinks into a pitiable wretch afterwards. Caesar only came into contact with Nova because her father was a soldier in [=McCullough's=] army and deserted rather than kill his own child as [=McCullough=] did.]]
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: By the time Caesar is able to exact his vengeance on [=McCullough=], he has already succumbed to the mutated Simian Flu, and drunk from drowning his sorrows. Caesar prepares to execute him, but looking into the eyes of his opponent, he sees not the monster he anticipated heroically slaying, but a broken man who has lost everything he ever cared about. He stays his hand, but leaves the pistol within [=McCullough=]'s reach. As Caesar walks away, [=McCullough=] uses the pistol to commit suicide.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:His son John, as shown in the prequel novel, ''Revelations''. Unfortunately, being forced to kill John caused the chain to break, and the Colonel [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope rapidly descended]] into the warlord seen in the film.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He insists that killing his son, John, was a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessary decision]] that he doesn't regret. [[spoiler:Yet when Caesar enters the Colonel's quarters, he finds a picture of the [=McCullough=] and John sitting out in the open surrounded by bottles of alcohol as the Colonel himself is now infected with the Simian Flu, implying that his guilt has finally managed to catch up to him.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: [=McCullough=] begins killing any of his soldiers who show symptoms of the mutated virus. When the body count rises a little too high, his superiors put all of their remaining forces together to stop him, which also results in an avalanche that kills what remains of the entire military. Though he did not live to see it, [=McCullough's=] attempts to preserve humanity ultimately resulted in humanity using all the power it had left to destroy itself, without even needing the virus]].
** [[spoiler: It becomes even harsher in hindsight 300 years later: while [=McCullough=] was correct about the mutated Simian Flu robbing humans of intelligence in addition to speech, there are small pockets of intelligent humans operating in technologically advanced settlements. Some have a natural immunity, while others keep the virus at bay with traditional quarantine measures[[note]]a technician is seen venturing outside in a biohazard suit, then decontaminating before she returns to the rest of the group[[/note]]. This means that [=McCullough=]'s superiors were ''correct'', the crisis could be solved medically. By declaring war on his own government, he splintered the surviving human forces, costing resources which could have been used to save what was left of human civilization.]]
* NothingPersonal: He claims this about [[spoiler:killing Caesar's wife and older son, identifying them as casualties of war]]. Granted, he also doesn't make any effort to actually feel bad about it.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler: Caesar ultimately finds him too pathetic to kill and spares his life instead.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:When his son lost his voice due to the mutation of the original virus, the Colonel decided to stop the spread right there and then... by shooting him in the head.]]
* RogueAgent: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's not leading the remaining United States Army, he's leading what amounts to a splinter group. He and his superiors had, uh, 'creative differences' which led to him going rogue with his own men.]]
* SanitySlippage: It's implied that [[spoiler:shooting his own son to try and contain the mutated Simian Flu]] drastically accelerated his plunge into murderous psychopathy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: He's been desperately trying to stave off the Simian Flu by hunting down evolved apes [[spoiler:and killing humans infected by the mutated virus that would devolve them and rob their humanities. Eventually, his effort is proven to be futile as [=McCullough=] himself ends up infected by the very virus he's been trying to fight against, as well as failing to protect his men or at least his own definition of "humanity" toward the end]].
* SilentAntagonist: [[spoiler:In his final hours due to the final stages of the Simian Flu finally kicking in.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: He very rarely raises his voice, preferring to let his actions speak for themselves.
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler:In his final hours, he, as a sufferer of the Simian Flu, loses his ability to speak.]]
* ThisMeansWarpaint: He goes into combat himself after putting on some intimidating black camouflage warpaint.
* TitleDrop: [=McCullough=] drops the franchise's title in his BreakingSpeech towards Caesar.
-->''"This is a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose, we will be the last of our kind... it will be a Planet of Apes, and we will become your cattle."''
* TragicKeepsake: He keeps a photo of his lost child. [[spoiler: That's his son, who grew up to be a soldier in his army, but lost his ability to speak as a result of the dormant Simian Flu virus mutating. [=McCullough=] killed him to try and stop the mutated virus spreading further, as he does with all soldiers who exhibit symptoms.]]
* TheUnfettered: He tells Caesar that he had a "moment of clarity" with regards to the mutated virus, and afterwards was prepared to sacrifice anything to save the human race. He proved this by [[spoiler:killing his son, whom he loved, after he was infected by the mutated virus]], and now demands that all of his soldiers be willing to make the same kind of sacrifice as he did, if necessary.
* VillainRespect: Despite his hatred and fear of the apes, The Colonel proves to be impressed by Caesar's intelligence and views him as a worthy adversary.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The loss of his voice results in him having an off-screen breakdown. When Caesar sneaks into his office, the doors are barricaded, he's rid himself of weaponry, he'd been through a few bottles of booze and has his son's photograph laid out. It's clear he's been wrestling with guilt and his own fragmented sanity, and when Caesar locates him, he's a pathetic shirtless drunk.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Views Caesar as one, complimenting his skill as a leader and warrior.
* YouWillBeSpared: Inverted, where [[spoiler:Caesar doesn't give in to his darker instincts and spares an infected Colonel, who instead takes his own life]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Preacher]]
!!Lieutenant Preacher
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GabrielChavarria
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuheiSakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A human soldier and the right-hand man of Colonel [=McCullough=].
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, [[spoiler:in contrast to Will and Malcolm, Preacher comes to represent the worst traits of humanity in his relationship with Caesar, retaining full use of his voice and mentality, but continuing to unthinkingly antagonise the apes under the orders of a delusional madman out of misplaced loyalty, ultimately savagely wounding Caesar during the final battle [[TheFarmerAndTheViper despite him sparing him earlier]], an injury that costs him his life in the end. Unlike Nova, the ''actual'' human ally of the film, Preacher comes to represent how "civilised" humans have wasted their chance to remain in charge, and how their higher intelligence falls to the wayside in the face of a changing world that brings their inner savagery to the forefront, ultimately leaving ape kind as the true inheritors of the planet]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Seems insignificant at first, only to end up being the one who inflicts the fatal wound that ends up killing [[spoiler:Caesar]].
* ColdSniper: Uses a high-tech crossbow to silently dispatch his targets.
* DeadHatShot: [[spoiler:After he gets blown up by Red, the only thing left of Preacher is his helmet, which comes flying out of the dust and lands next to Caesar.]]
* TheDragon: [[YouAreInCommandNow Eventually]] becomes the second-in-command in the Alpha-Omega military.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler:Caesar allows Preacher and his fellow soldiers to live so they can give the Colonel a message to end the war. In repayment for his mercy, Preacher ultimately kills Caesar in the end. Played with in that Preacher's not a transparently evil monster, he does have some reservations about his job, and the possibility of him undergoing a HeelFaceTurn is implied, it's just that he decides to remain loyal to the Colonel and is killed because of it.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He's visually shown to be internally-conflicted with his position as [=McCullough's=] [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] throughout the movie and was even spared by Caesar himself, which would give him motivation to pull a HeelFaceTurn, but in the end, he ultimately seals his fate by remaining loyal to Alpha-Omega and attempting to kill Caesar.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: He inflicts the wound that ultimately kills Caesar.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After shooting Caesar, despite the ape having shown him mercy earlier, Preacher gets killed by Red before he can finish Caesar off.]]
* MookPromotion: Is only a MookLieutenant at the start of the film, but when TheCaptain is killed in the opening battle, he moves up.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:He's blown-up by a rocket launcher, courtesy of Red.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't seem like a psychotic fanatic, doesn't relish cruelty against the apes, and is [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied to have moral hang-ups with his job.]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately he never ends up undergoing a HeelFaceTurn, mortally wounds Caesar and ends up dying at the hands of Red, who did decide to redeem himself in the end.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: It looks like he may perform a HeelFaceTurn but doesn't, and it's actually Red who ends up performing one, killing Preacher in the process.]]
* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:He was given several chances to have a change of heart, but choose to remain loyal to the Colonel up to his death. Also, in a deleted scene, Caesar offers Preacher to desert while he still can due to being different from the other soldiers, only for Preacher to [[BerserkButton vehemently refuse the offer and fanatically defend the Colonel as "a great man."]]]]
-->'''Preacher:''' "[[BerserkButton Who are you to judge him?]] I was trying to give you a heads up, keep you out of his way, I don't even know why. But if you think you and I have some kind of relationship -- that you're gonna give me, what, advice? [[ShutUpKirk You can disavow yourself of that notion right fucking now]]."
* RuleOfThree: As with Will and Malcolm, Preacher is a WhiteMaleLead in the "enemy" faction of humans who gains something of a cordial relationship with Caesar, with signs he's even considering [[HeelFaceTurn siding with the apes]] over [=McCullough=]'s more extreme measures to combat the Simian Flu. [[spoiler:It's ultimately {{Subverted}} for drama by the end, as despite the hints, a deleted scene has Preacher [[RedemptionRejection vehemently rejects Caesar's offers to defect from Alpha-Omega to avoid getting in the crossfire of his vendetta against the Colonel, defending him as a "great man" to whom he owes his life, and even wounds Caesar during the final battle, an injury that costs him his life]]]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:Despite being TheDragon with little screentime, he is directly responsible for Caesar's death.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:To the Colonel. A deleted scene has him converse with an imprisoned Caesar as to why he serves the Colonel, in that he personally owes the Colonel his life]].
* UngratefulBastard: He's one of the soldiers Caesar spared as a symbolic olive branch. He also sold out Caesar's colony, and [[spoiler: inadvertently kills Caesar, all things considered. Subverted in a deleted scene, when Preacher expresses how he owes Caesar one for sparing his life and tries to warn him not to incite the Colonel's wrath. Double-subverted in the next deleted scene when Caesar offers him to desert his post to escape the Colonel, only to have his BerserkButton pressed that prompts him to lose respect for Caesar, refusing the offer to defect and then defending the Colonel until the end of the film where he causes Caesar's death]].
* WalkingSpoiler: As [[spoiler:the killer of Caesar]], many of his tropes are naturally marked as spoilers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boyle]]
!!Boyle
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChadRook
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier stationed at the border. He is incredibly volatile to both apes and humans, and participates the most in abusing the former.
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* TheBully: As the apes' primary abuser in ''War'', this is a natural description of him.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dodge Landon of ''Rise''. Out of all the apes' captors, he is the most abusive and even directs his antagonistic tendencies towards his fellow humans.
%%* HairTriggerTemper: And how!
* DigAttack: He gets pulled down a tunnel by Maurice, killing him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Without a doubt. He's even this towards his fellow humans.
%%* KarmicDeath
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gasping Soldier]]
!!Gasping Soldier
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault2_59.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyWickman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier who is [[spoiler:rendered mute by the Simian Flu, and is shot and left to die, before being found and put down by Caesar]].
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%%* BloodFromTheMouth
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler: In the snow, to be more precise, after being shot and left for dead before being dug up by Caesar and revealed to still be alive, albeit slowly dying]].
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Put down by Caesar due to already dying from his wounds]].
* NoNameGiven: Never referred to by name, only shown in the credits and the promotional material.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: His role, while very small, serves to show how extreme the Colonel is in containing the Simian Flu, even killing his own men if they are infected]].
* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: As a result of the Simian Flu]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only gets one scene during which he is killed]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''The Northern Army'''
[[folder:In General]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winter_soliders_war_of_the_planet_of_the_apes_497.png]]
The remainder of the United States Army, who seek to execute [=McCullough=] and any of his remaining soldiers for murdering several of his own men after they became victims of the mutated Simian Flu, as they believe there is still a cure.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:They ''all'' have an avalanche dropped on them.]]
* TheFaceless: Their entire bodies and faces are covered in snow gear, making them more reminiscent to faceless drones than humans.
* FantasticRacism: According to the Colonel, the only thing they hate more than him are apes.
* GreaterScopeVillain: They're a much larger, better armed, and more powerful force than Alpha-Omega, and are the reason [=McCullough=] resorts to using the apes as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from their wrath. In a twist, despite the threat they'd pose to the apes, they all wind up dying shortly after Alpha-Omega is wiped out.
* HollywoodTactics: They throw their entire collective of infantry, tanks, trucks, and helicopters directly at the Alpha-Omega base all at the same time despite visible anti-air weapons and the base itself being nestled between mountains and having only one frontal entrance. Once their entire army comes to a dead stop within this confined space, the subsequent avalanche kills them all.
* MassOhCrap: Their reaction to [[spoiler: the incoming avalanche that ultimately kills them off]].
* TheSpeechless: They do not speak, and the only vocalizations they make are unsettling roars of cheering when they successfully purge the entire Alpha-Omega base of human life, though at least 2 soldiers seem to try screaming "Yeah!". This may be an implication that they have all lost their ability to speak due to the virus, but still possess their higher brain functions, as evidenced by their coordinated tank, truck, and helicopter attack.
* YankTheDogsChain: Shortly after what seems like an apparent victory for them, [[spoiler: they're all killed by an avalanche]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Other Post-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Nova]]
!!Nova
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nova_frowns.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Amiah Miller
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mute orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, she comes to represent the best and most noble aspects of humanity in regards to her relationship with Caesar and the other apes, despite losing the full use of her voice and her higher brain functions potentially having been affected by the virus. Unlike the Colonel and [[spoiler:Preacher]], who symbolise "civilised" humans wasting their chance to remain in charge and as a consequence of their arrogance being reduced to a seemingly primitive and savage state, Nova represent the genuine tragedy of humanity's downfall and how there is still hope for the species, as despite the Colonel's beliefs she does show far more intelligence and self-awareness than what the Colonel described the infected as being. This is apparent by her being able to quickly pick up and understand sign language after a few days with Maurice which lets her communicate with him and Caesar, proving that despite the Colonel's fears that humanity will be reduced to mindless beasts are completely wrong. In the end, her kindness towards the apes means that she's [[spoiler:the only human to survive the final battle and leave with the apes to their new home]].
* AndStarring: Her actress is given an "Introducing" citation in her debut film.
* AnimalMotifs: The orangutan; she's adopted into ape society by Maurice the orangutan and she wears hoods and a parka which bring to mind their facial crests.
* CuteMute: An adorable child who can't speak due to TheVirus.
* FamilyOfChoice: She joins the apes in the "Apes Together Strong" gesture.
* HappilyAdopted: She's adopted by the apes, who thoroughly accept her after witnessing the help she brought to Caesar. And Maurice is gentle to her from second one.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Maurice adopts her into Caesar's group.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Maurice.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She's the most innocent being in ''War'', and she has blue eyes.
* LegacyCharacter: Three centuries later in ''Kingdom'', it turns out that it's tradition that whenever an ape encounters a seemingly friendly human, they call them Nova.
* LineOfSightName: Maurice eventually gives the little girl the name "Nova" from a badge off a Chevy Nova that Bad Ape gives to her.
* MoralityPet: She has shades of this with Caesar, reminding him of all the good in humans.
* MythologyGag: Outside-universe, she was named after the human female lead of the original ''Apes'' movie who was also a mute though this Nova is [[AdaptationalIntelligence considerably smarter]] and knows sign language as while 1968 Nova didn't know any language at all. Her doll also counts as an Easter Egg too.
* NiceGirl: Feeds a starving Caesar deprived of food and water as a favor return for him helping her out from being thirsty.[[note]]Interestingly, until this film Creator/AmiahMiller has only played cold-hearted and anti-social characters.[[/note]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father was killed by Caesar in self-defense while [[MissingMom nothing is known about her mother]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: She gives a doll to Caesar when he's being imprisoned, [[spoiler:which ends up taken away by [=McCullough=] and is implied to be the very thing that infects him with the mutated virus towards the end.]]
* TheSpeechless: As a result of the virus she carries, she's mute.
* TokenHuman: She is the only human in Caesar's group of apes, let alone the only human who befriends the apes.
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans introduced in ''Kingdom''
[[folder:Mae]]
!!Mae
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreyaAllan
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mysterious young woman who is born 300 years after the deaths of Caesar and [=McCullough=], where nature appears to finally reclaimed what's left of human civilization. She joins Noa and Raka on their quest to find Noa's missing clan.
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* ActionGirl: Mae is quite skilled in fighting when pushed or cornered.
* AntiVillain: What she is ultimately revealed to be, particularly from the point of view of the heroic apes. Mae seeks the technology inside Proximus' vault to [[spoiler:allow a group of intelligent humans to reconnect with others around the globe, the first step to hopefully rebuilding human society. While this is a noble goal on its face, when Noa asks if it's possible for apes and humans to coexist she answers in the negative, suggesting that while Mae may not ''hate'' apes per se, she is willing to sacrifice the lot of them so that mankind can rise again, which she more than proves already by condemning innocent ape slaves, including Noa's people, to die alongside Proximus and his soldiers]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Mae asks Noa to forgive her as she triggers the explosives at the ape-built dam built to keep the beach water away from the US bunker, which also washes Noa into the bunker. When the two dourly reunite, Mae then tells Noa to accept her efforts that she is working to bring humans back to being the dominant species saying it was their world before even if it means conflict with apes.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite being initially robbed of her supplies and equipment, Mae never looks anything less than attractive.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mae has a meek and disarming appearance, and she exploits it for all its worth by pretending to be a lot friendlier and more benevolent than she actually is towards the heroic apes who care for her, especially Noa. By the end of ''Kingdom'', she reveals herself to be [[spoiler:a treacherous and manipulative schemer who is solely intent on advancing humanity's interest to get back to the top of society's pecking order. Despite having a conscience, she willingly tramples over the lives of any innocent apes caught in the crossfire of her mission and callously disregards Apekind's own rights as a sapient species, including the ones who simply wish to live alongside humanity in peace]].
* CombatPragmatist: Mae ruthlessly murders Trevathan when his back is turned by a headlock. She hides a revolver in her bag and guns down an ape to make her escape. Mae will do whatever it takes.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's essentially an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. ''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, [[spoiler:Mae's stance has always been human-first despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it benefits her goals]].
* {{Determinator}}: She will stop at nothing to complete her mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the second main focus of the story after Noa and the main human character in ''Kingdom''.
* FalseFriend: To Noa. For much of the film, she presents herself as a harmless person who merely wishes for more of her kind to learn speech again and gets Noa to believe that she shares the same hope as he does for Apes and humankind to one day coexist in peace and prosperity. In truth, Mae has been [[spoiler:feeding him nothing but lies, because her actual goal is to help re-establish mankind as Earth's dominant species, and is more than willing to sacrifice the lives of innocent apes, including Noa's people, to reach that goal]].
* FantasticRacism: Has shades of this in how she objects to Proximus [[spoiler: and Noa]] entering and misusing "human" places and "human" technology in a way that suggests that she sees apes as inherently inferior to humans. [[spoiler:Noa is implied to have picked up on this by the end, noting sadly that Mae has proven Proximus' warning about humans being inherently untrustworthy ''completely correct'', and even seems to note the fact she's carrying a concealed gun on her at their last meeting, souring whatever heartwarming last words they could have shared by her implicit perception of Noa as a dangerous animal she feels the need to potentially defend herself from, rather than a friend who risked his life alongside hers. His last words to her about their different species cooperating rather than trying to subjugate each other seems as much a plea for Mae to recognise that Apekind deserves their sapience just as much as humanity deserves its chance to rebuild, with it being unclear by the end if Mae took the words to heart, or merely considered Noa [[YouAreACreditToYourRace the outlier to the rest of his kind]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with different perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the benefit of humanity]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the feral humans wear pelts, Mae wears a fitted top and trousers, hinting at the technology and sapience required to make such garments.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is the justification Mae gives any time she undertakes a morally questionable action. Her mission to [[spoiler:bring humanity back to the status of Earth's dominant species trumps anything else, including friendship, loyalty or even basic compassion]].
* TheImmune: Seems to have a natural immunity to all variants of the Simian Flu. It's particularly telling that when Mae [[spoiler:hands off the decryption key to Korina, and Korina is wearing a decontamination suit]].
* LegacyCharacter: Raka calls her Nova at first, a tradition that began so long ago apes are unaware it was the name of Caesar's human ally in ''War'', before she reveals her real name.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Pretends to be as feral as the "echoes" Noa and Raka are familiar with so they'll think she's just a harmless animal.
* SoleSurvivor: Mae claims to be the only survivor from a settlement of intelligent humans that was previously wiped out by Proximus's forces, [[spoiler:but this is a lie. She's the sole survivor of an expeditionary party sent out on a mission by said settlement]].
* TokenHuman: She is the only human main character amongst the otherwise ape cast, [[spoiler: she is also one of only two sapient human characters for the majority of the movie until the ending reveals a bunker with a population of intelligent humans.]]
* UnscrupulousHero: Strongly driven by the idea of restoring humanity to the top of the food chain (whose time as the dominant species is already done for), Mae is willing to commit [[spoiler:morally questionable and even downright heinous actions in order to achieve it, ranging from lying and manipulating to murder, up to and including the mass slaughter of all of Proximus' soldiers and slaves (save for Eagle Clan who manage to escape) to prevent the ape tyrant from getting his hands on the arsenal inside the bunker. While she does have a conscience, it's also made clear that her drive to see through her goals far outweighs any sense of guilt she may have towards innocent apes caught in the crossfire]].
* VillainousUnderdog: As someone who belongs to one of the few pockets of non-feral humans living in a world ruled and dominated by Apekind, Mae struggles to secure a better future for herself and her people, and has to rely on her wits and cunning to be able to stand a chance against the much more imposing and physically superior Apes. She's also a [[spoiler:dangerously amoral person who lies, manipulates, betrays, and murders her way to success (up to and including innocents), while harboring racist views towards Apes herself]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mae is dedicated to the cause of making humanity Earth's dominant species again, and she's willing to [[spoiler:cross many lines for the sake of it, including betrayal, murder, and mass condemnation of innocent Apes, who, in her eyes, are ultimately expendable and beneath her own kind. By the end of ''Kingdom'', Noa even remarks that Mae isn't really all that different from Proximus due to her militant views]].
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: At the end of ''Kingdom'', Mae chooses to have a [[spoiler:final goodbye with Noa, despite his understandable animosity towards her for nearly killing his entire tribe in the crossfire of destroying Proximus' kingdom, having come to see him as a "good" ape of his kind for all the aid and support they gave each other. Most notably, Mae had already completed her mission with the decryption key, so there was no real motivation for their talk other than a final goodbye between two former allies. Noa for his part, can only disappointedly comment that Mae isn't better than the rest of her kind like he thought, and only proved Proximus' warning about humankind's deceitful and manipulative nature true in the end. At best, her treating him as better than the rest of his kind was mere CondescendingCompassion from her side as well]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Trevathan]]
!!Trevathan
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WilliamHMacy
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
An opportunistic man who teaches human history and repairs old human tech for Proximus Caesar and his clan.
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* AffablyEvil: Is always polite to Mae.
* AmbiguousSituation: Reveals very little of his past and what led him to Proximus. Was he with others or how he survived he does not reveal.
* BrilliantButLazy: Has rigged up electrical equipment for Proximus and attempts to teach him history. But is unable or unwilling to go further and try to improve mankind's lot.
* CategoryTraitor: Mae holds him in contempt for helping the apes in general and Proximus in particular to gain access to a "human" place, and all the technology and weapons contained therein.
* {{Foil}}: To Mae. [[spoiler:His relationship with Proximus is similar to Mae's relationship with Noa. However, Trevathan does display some semblance of loyalty to Proximus, and the ape fondly reminisces about him after his death. Meanwhile, Mae is ultimately on her own side, and they both part on bad terms.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Has rigged up electric cattle rods as weapons for Proximus.
* HappinessInSlavery: While once a prisoner scared of Proximus Caesar, he has since been brainwashed into being a humble servant once Proximus made his imprisonment lavishly comfortable with many books on history, literature and science and personally dining with him at dinner, a such privilege denied to even other apes. It's also implied that he fears if he betrays Proximus Caesar then he will only run into another ape tyrant who might turn out to be worse.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: He only works to serve Proximus Caesar and refuses to engage in any effort to overturn the planet of the apes back to the humans as he knows that time is many centuries gone.
* MyNaymeIs: His name Trevathan is likely a combination of the more common humans names '''Trev'''or and Jon'''athan'''.
* NotUsedToFreedom: He chooses not to join Mae or any other human in an effort to overthrow Proximus Caesar, making [[spoiler:Mae off him with a chokehold]].
* TheQuisling: Won't help with Mae's mission and attempts to procure her to his side.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: He isn't featured in any of the trailers or TV spots, possibly to avoid spoilers.
* TokenHuman: He is the only human member of Proximus Caesar's faction.
* VillainousFriendship: Zig-zagged. He is Proximus' prisoner, but the ape has gone out of his way to make Trevathan's life as comfortable as possible, and they do seem to enjoy each other's company to an extent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Korina]]
!!Korina
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DichenLachman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A technician who works [[spoiler: at the human settlement Mae is from.]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is never mentioned in the film, it only appears in the credits.
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Three centuries after the mutated Simian Flu ravaged humanity, Korina dons a biohazard suit before interacting with the outside world and then undergoes decontamination before rejoining the rest of her team. This shows that while some humans (like Mae) may have a natural immunity to the mutated Simian Flu and any new diseases that may have cropped up since the fall of humanity, some might not, and the survivors are not taking their chances. It also shows that Colonel [=McCullough=] was ''wrong'' - the pandemic could indeed be treated medicallly.]]
%%* SoleSurvivingScientist
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It is difficult, if not impossible, to mention her without spoiling the ending reveal of ''Kingdom''.]]
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Pre-Simian Flu
!!!'''Gen-Sys Laboratories'''
[[folder:Will Rodman]]
!!Dr. William "Will" Rodman
[[quoteright:350:https://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."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesFranco
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese dub), Creator/AnatoleDeBodinat (European French dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' | ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' [[note]]footage of Caesar's childhood on a camera[[/note]]
->''"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''.]] [[invoked]]
* 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.
* {{Expy}}: Of Armando of ''Film/ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Both characters raised their own Caesar incarnation from birth, keeping them on leashes while in public, and died before getting a chance to see their Caesars starting their respective ape communities. Will's surname could also be seen as a partial anagram to Armando's name.
* ForScience: Partly his reason for developing the drugs, although his primary motivation is his father.
* GoodParents: Despite the circumstances, Will is a genuinely loving and devoted father to Caesar, who never stops loving him in return. Even after [[spoiler: Will's death]] and his conflict with humanity in ''Dawn'', it's obvious that much of Caesar's compassion and strength comes from his childhood with the Rodmans. When talking with Malcolm about Will, Caesar describes Will as simply "A good man", favourably comparing Will and Malcolm.
* HopeSpot: He's bombarded with these (such as [[spoiler:his father getting better]]) and they always get yanked away from him.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Despite everything he does to educate Caesar and promote his development, Will never seems to notice the little ways in which he still treats Caesar like a pet, rather than a person. This is what ultimately leads to Caesar's IChooseToStay moment in the San Bruno Primate Shelter.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Will's surname, Rodman, is a reference to [[Creator/RodSerling Rodman "Rod" Serling]], writer of the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' screenplay.
* NiceGuy: He genuinely loves Caesar and tries to help him.
* NerdsAreSexy: Caroline seems to think so.
* 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.
* ParentsAsPeople: Even though Will dearly loves Caesar, he makes quite a few mistakes in his upbringing and by the end of ''Rise'', it's pretty clear that [[InterspeciesAdoption the species-gap]] will always prevent them from fully understanding each other.
* 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.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He dies from the Simian Flu in between ''Rise'' and ''Dawn''.]]
* 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:Robert Franklin]]
!!Robert Franklin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[InsistentTerminology He's not a monkey; he's an ape.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TylerLabine
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KozoShioya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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. It's {{deconstructed|trope}} since that kindness leads him to convince Will to take Caesar home instead of killing him, unwittingly leading to the downfall of humanity.
* 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.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Becomes the Patient Zero after contacting ALZ-113 solely due to ''his own recklessness'', then spreads the virus to an airplane pilot. The rest is history.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner Franklin J. Schaffner]], director of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
* 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.
* TooDumbToLive: When testing an aerosolized retroviral drug, it's bad form to [[spoiler:get your mask knocked off by the test subject, have no tests or checkups done to ensure you're okay, not try and contact the scientist who invented the drug except by going to his house when he's not there, not mentioning anything might be wrong when you start sneezing blood, and not trying to get in touch with anyone else at the research company you work for as your condition deteriorates]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Steven Jacobs]]
!!Steven Jacobs
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make history. I...make...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney money.]]"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidOyelowo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Koji Ochiai (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: [[spoiler:Jacobs was ''such'' an asshole that Caesar broke his ThouShaltNotKill rule solely so Koba could have the pleasure of sending him to a well-deserved, watery grave.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Jacobs is willing to allow the torture of innocent apes to make money, and even have healthy apes put down when it suits him.
* BigBad: Jacobs is the closest thing ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' has to a BigBad. He's Will's boss, pushes the mass-production of ALZ-113 despite warnings over the potential disaster it could cause, and helps lead the failed attempt by police to neutralize Caesar and the other apes.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's the closest thing to a main antagonist for ''Rise'', being the CEO of the corporation that set the film's events (including Caesar's journey) into motion, but he never meets the main protagonist, Caesar, until [[spoiler:the end of his life]], and even then, he doesn't seem to regard him as anything more than just another ape. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he oversees the experimentation of many apes, and he was never made aware that Will had taken in a by-product of ALZ-112's success story.
* BreakThemByTalking: More like enrage and hateify them by talking. Jacobs makes this cruel, but truthful speech that serves as the final tipping point that turns Koba into a savage, vengeful misanthrope:
-->'''Jacobs:''' Well by god, if it isn't the ugliest ape in the world. My fortunes have changed, but I would say yours haven't noticeably improved. Rest assured, there will be no hand-talking nonsense here. You're not human, you know, even if you think you are. You are a chimp, an animal, and you'll act like one.
* TheBully: He's this to Koba in ''Firestorm'' and ''Rise'', as he not only orders painful experiments to be done on the poor bonobo, but also mocks his scars and suffering, and dismisses his obvious intelligence.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Played with. Koba had already suffered a lot at the hands of many different humans before he even met Jacobs, but ultimately it was Jacobs' mistreatment of Koba; mocking his scars and suffering, deriding him as a simple animal, and supervising several of the experiments performed on him, including the one that increases his intelligence, that cemented and then intensified the bonobo's hatred of humanity.
* 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.
* DirtyCoward: He shows his true colors during the climax of the film, begging for help from the ape he had previously tried to kill [[spoiler: and then sent screaming like a little girl to a watery death]].
* 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.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be polite, but it's just a front for the callous and greedy man he really is.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He was partly responsible for mankind's downfall, for Koba's hatred of humans, and the animosity between humans and apes.
* HateSink: As the film progresses, Jacobs becomes increasingly aware of the apes' sapience, yet continues to torture them like guinea pigs and goes out of his way to mock and demean Koba for no real reason, with the tie-in novel ''Firestorm'' shining more light on just how vile his treatment of Koba truly was. [[spoiler:Then he exposes his [[DirtyCoward spinelessness]] by begging Caesar to save him after gunning down the latter's friend moments before, thus cementing both the audience's hatred for him and [[KarmicDeath his own fate]].]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Even at the beginning of the film, Jacobs snarky at best and downright apathetic at worst towards Will, the apes, and any ethical concerns that get in the way of profit.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jacobs is killed by an ape infected with the virus he so carelessly pushed to be engineered.]]
* KickTheDog:
** Forcing Franklin to put down the ape test subjects.
** Deriding Koba as a "stupid monkey."
* LaughablyEvil: His snarky quips are pretty funny.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''Rise'', he goes into the testing room to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba due to his personal history with the bonobo. Koba uses this as an opportunity to try to attack Jacobs, which results in Franklin getting infected with the virus, which in turns leads to the Simian Flu Pandemic and the near total destruction of humanity. Had Jacobs just stayed the hell out of it, civilization would still be standing in ''Dawn''.
* OhCrap: His reaction when he is precariously hanging for his life and Caesar decides to leave him at the mercy of [[BloodKnight Koba]], the ape he brutally experimented on. [[TheDogBitesBack Koba has none for him.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He can barely go a few sentences without mentioning how important money is to him.
* {{Sadist}}: He shows mild signs of being one, as in ''Firestorm'' he at one point mocks the long-suffering Koba with a "terrifying smile". In ''Rise'', Jacobs also goes to watch the ALZ-113 being tested on Koba under the claim that he "wants to watch Will's progress", but considering his personal history with Koba and the glare he gives the bonobo as he is being strapped onto the experimentation table, it's very probable he just went to watch Koba being experimented on for the sake of it.
* SharpDressedMan: He is constantly dressed in a business suit.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_P._Jacobs Arthur P. Jacobs]], producer of the original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series.
* TheUnfettered: He's willing to do whatever it takes to make money and please the shareholders.
* VillainsWantMercy: He pleads with Caesar to save him. [[spoiler:Since Jacobs had just killed Buck, Caesar refuses to do so, and leaves the choice up to Koba, who predictably declines to give Jacobs any mercy either.]]
[[/folder]]
!!!'''San Bruno Primate Shelter'''
[[folder:John Landon]]
!!John Landon
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JohnLandon_6058.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"They're not people, y'know."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrianCox
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Inagaki (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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: He has a Van Dyke-style beard in addition to being deeply corrupt.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he seems like an easy-going fellow. He seems to know a great deal about how apes manage in captivity and takes the time to reassure Will, talking about how he'll thrive within the sanctuary. In reality, he's a greedy and corrupt man who doesn't give a damn about the apes.
* CoolShades: He can usually be seen wearing nifty pair of shades and rarely takes them off.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:It seems he truly does love his son Dodge, despite their difficult relationship. When the footage of Dodge's death is played back, Landon can only watch in silent shock and clear grief.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Landon doesn't care about the apes in his shelter one iota. He only wants to make money and is apathetic to their needs at best.
* PragmaticVillainy: Unlike his son, John isn't a sadist or a bully but rather an amoral opportunist. He isn't motivated by malice, just money.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His full name is a reference to one of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheStoic: Very little fazes him. He only ever loses his temper when Dodge is irritating him.
* 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."''
** Also makes him something of a {{Foil}} to Caroline, who admits that while she loves chimpanzees, she's afraid of them, and it's right to be afraid since they are very powerful animals. Landon knows full well how animal the apes are, but has none of Caroline's compassion for or understanding of them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dodge Landon]]
!!Dodge Landon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Take your stinkin' paw off me, you damn dirty ape!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomFelton
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shūhei Sakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"''
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's an animal abusing piece of shit, [[spoiler: so no tears are shed by anyone except his father when Caesar accidentally fries him by shooting his own taser with a jet of water.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He spends his time tormenting the apes at the shelter, from hosing them down to electrocuting them.
* TheBully: Dodge's only real joy seems to come from the sadistic pleasure he gains by tormenting anyone who's unable to defend themselves, like poor stupid Rodney or the apes under his supposed care.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: He's needlessly cruel to the apes for the sake of being cruel to them. Every ape in the sanctuary has learned to despise him.
* 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.
* HateSink: He only exists to be despised by the audience with his cruel and sadistic personality.
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Caesar blasts Dodge with a hose as he activates his taser, causing the 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.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: If he had any, he wouldn't be mistreating others, especially the apes, so badly for his own amusement.
* LargeHam: In sharp contrast to his stoical father, Dodge tends to be very expressive and short-tempered.
* LaughablyEvil: He's an unrepentantly cruel and somewhat sociopathic dick, but his hamminess and quips are some of the funniest parts of the film.
* MythologyGag: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original first film.[[note]]"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"[[/note]]
* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:He wasn't able to (or didn't at all) dodge any of Caesar's attacks.]]
* OhCrap: Is left shocked and speechless after Caesar drops a BigNo.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: His first and last names are references to two of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' film.
* TheSociopath: His sadism, lack of empathy, and his inability to tell the difference between right and wrong certainly makes him one. His low intelligence also makes him a low functioning example.
* StarterVillain: He's Caesar's first human antagonist, being his main obstacle to escaping the primate shelter. Caesar overcoming Dodge is the beginning of his role as leader of the apes.
* StupidEvil: His cruelty towards the apes ends up being his own undoing.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It's not wise to pull a taser on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose. Not only that but there were twenty or more apes in the room and he planned to fight them all with his taser.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: He should've been grateful for the fact that Caesar was merciful by locking him in a cage despite his abusive actions, but instead, he unlocks the cage and tries to fight and kill Caesar as well as the other primates.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: From what we see of his interactions with his father, it seems that their relationship is a contentious one. John accurately considers Dodge to be a moron, while Dodge shows his most vulnerable side by apologizing for irritating his father.
* YouCanTalk: He's shocked when Caesar speaks.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rodney]]
!!Rodney
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"He spoke! Your ape. He spoke."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jamie Harris
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Akimitsu Takase (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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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* 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.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's not evil like Dodge and is [[PunchClockVillain only simply doing his job which is only bad because of the administration]].
* 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 because he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't revealed.
* OnlySaneMan: Between his bullying partner and the angry apes, he's one of the only reasonable people in the facility.
* PetTheDog: The apes spare him from the same fate as Dodge, if mainly because he hasn't been a sadistic bully to the apes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.
* 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 Pre-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Charles Rodman]]
!!Charles Rodman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/CharlesRodman_3540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"No way to live...no way to live?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnLithgow
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Osamu Saka (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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]].
* 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.]]
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: The ALZ-112 cures his Alzheimer's for eight years, [[spoiler:but then it resurfaces with a vengeance]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's the one who names Caesar and encourages Will to look after him.
* GoodParents: Charles is a lovely fellow and Will has a great relationship with him. This transfers down to Caesar, who dearly loves Charles and is devastated by his death.
* GuineaPigFamily: Will tested the ALZ-112 on him in the hopes that it would cure his Alzheimer's.
* NiceGuy: He's a loving father, grandfather, 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 Caesar.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Caroline Aranha]]
!!Caroline Aranha
[[quoteright:350:https://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."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreidaPinto
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Shinobu Satō (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
%%* NerdsAreSexy: 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.]]
* 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]]
!!Douglas Hunsiker
[[quoteright:350:https://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..."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidHewlett
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Goto (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A pilot for Global Airlines and a neighbor of Charles Rodman and Will Rodman. He had a violent temper, resented the Rodmans 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.
* BullyingTheDisabled: Hunsiker's harassment of the dementia-stricken Charles and the ill Robert would qualify as this.
* DirtyCoward: He's very confrontational and tries to intimidate people with his rage, but when Caesar rages at him, Hunsiker runs for his life and doesn't even try to fight back.
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off when he rescues Charles from Hunsiker's assault.
* {{Greed}}: He was infected with the Simian Flu which in its first days gives him a bad headache and bleeding nose (that would develop into hemorrhagic fever) but he wants to get paid anyways and proceeded to go to the airport to do another shift as a pilot. [[spoiler: Humanity gets screwed]].
* 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. Despite having some [[JerkassHasAPoint understandable reasons behind his hostility]], he undermines it with his violent overreactions to whatever the Rodmans do. It is also implied that Hunsiker could be an ableist, hating the disabled like Charles with a passion without any pity towards them.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his ill-temper and poor choices he makes in the film, the fact that he is a pilot, not to mention a commercial one, which requires a lengthy period of training and lots of mathematical and aeronautical knowledge, means he's a lot more smarter than what is shown. He is also a plane captain too, which indicates he's been flying for many years.
* 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 resented neighbors backfires on him big time when catching Will's friend Franklin red-handed for seemingly trespassing, only to get infected with ALZ-113]].
* {{Jerkass}}: While some of his displeasure is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you consider the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to [[BullyingTheDisabled 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 than just what Charles did.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Subverted. Hunsiker initially should have the audience sympathy when he finds a chimpanzee in his home, ''[[PapaWolf near his children]]'' but he immediately squanders it when he chooses to beat up a helpless curled up animal ''after'' his children haven gotten far away from it. Also, his assault of a dementia-stricken elderly man could have been understandable given the circumstances over the damage of his car, if it wasn't for the fact that he knew him personally and was aware of his problems and had no reason to not expect compensation.
* KarmicButtMonkey: He only turns up when something bad is about to happen. To him. Which he most deserved due to his reactions to his misfortunes.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Ends up unwittingly spreading the Simian Flu across the globe after contacting the virus and failing to notice its symptoms.]]
* NoSympathy: After the clearly ill Franklin sneezes blood on him, he tells him to leave due to his IrrationalHatred of the Rodmans and anything to do with them being that strong, unbeknown to him, this ignorance to such a serious condition chains off the slow undoing of the entire human species.
* 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]]. [[spoiler:But in the end, his love for them doesn't matter 'cause he presumably infected them with ALZ-113]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his IrrationalHatred of the dementia-stricken Charles and the clearly ill Franklin and his LackOfEmpathy towards their disabilities and conditions is any indication, Hunsiker appeared to be a passionally vehement ableist.
* TheResenter: He deeply resents the Rodmans and any friends of theirs for no apparent reason.
* 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 ignoring his condition, and in spreading the virus through air transport, Hunsiker played a central role in the fall of mankind]].
* TooDumbToLive: He gets infected by the ALZ-113 infection and ignores its symptoms, which [[spoiler:leads to him dooming mankind]].
* TyphoidMary: While he ''does'' display symptoms, he ignores them [[spoiler:and winds up transmitting ALZ-113 around the world. He had no way of knowing what he was infected with.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's this for ''the entire human race'' as [[spoiler: his coming to work while sick causes him to spread the ALZ-113 infection across the world, wiping out a vast portion of the human race and setting the stage for the Apes to take over.]]
* VeryPunchableMan: He receives misfortunes in his appearances and turned out to be well-deserved due to his despicable behavior.
* WouldHarmASenior: He has no qualms of borderline assaulting a dementia-stricken old man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dottie]]
!!Dottie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dottie_8.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' BJ Harrison
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A landlord of Franklin's apartment who comes in wondering why he hasn't paid rent yet.
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* OhCrap: How she reacts to seeing Franklin (Patient Zero of the Simian Flu) being deceased and having black blood pouring around his body and rotting away.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her main purpose is to show us what the Simian Flu does to humans. She then reported her death to the authorities, which led to Gen-Sys finding out the Simian Flu could kill humans and trigger a worldwide pandemic.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She was only a few feet away from Franklin, meaning she contracted the Simian Flu.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:John Hamil]]
!!John Hamil
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_hamil.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ty Olsson
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The chief of the San Bruno Police Department.
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* DirtyCop: It's implied that he's in Jacobs' pocket, given the leeway he gives him in dealing with the apes.
* HeroAntagonist: Subverted. He has no reason to believe the apes are anything but dangerous, but he takes way too much pleasure in gunning them down.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He fatally wounds Buck during the climax.]]
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:Immediately after he mortally wounds Buck, he's killed when the gorilla jumps aboard Hamil and Jacobs's helicopter and causes it to crash.]]
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans
!!!'''Malcolm's Family'''
[[folder:Malcolm]]
!!Malcolm
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolm_9162.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I need to speak to Caesar!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JasonClarke
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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."
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:WordOfGod states that the reason Malcolm doesn't return for ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' is because he's killed by Colonel [=McCullough=]. A deleted scene for that movie more or less confirms it with the Colonel telling Caesar that he shot Malcolm.]]
* 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. When Caesar talks with Malcolm about Will Rodman, Caesar compares Malcolm to Will by simply describing them both as "good men".
* NumberTwo: He is Dreyfus' second-in-command in the Colony.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates have to say.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In the lead-up to the climax of ''Dawn'', he grabs the IdiotBall with both hands by not even trying to reason with Dreyfus [[spoiler: about his plan to detonate the tower. Instead he picks up a rifle and aims it at the other three members of the party, and the best explanation he can offer doesn't even offer a clue about why they might want Caesar to succeed at deposing Koba]].
* PutOnABus: At Caesar's advice, he flees San Francisco with Ellie and Alexander before the military arrives, and he does not return in ''War'', [[spoiler:with WordOfGod confirming that he was killed by the Colonel]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He disobeys Dreyfus [[spoiler:and even holds a gun on him]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Will Rodman. Caesar even says that Will 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 proves to be enough to derail any chance of peace.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ellie]]
!!Ellie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"It was a virus created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeriRussell
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mayumi Sako (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* 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.
* SecondLove: She is Malcolm's second wife.
* SingleTear: When telling Alexander about her deceased daughter.
* SuckSessor: It is implied that Alex is initially distant to her because he sees her as "someone trying to replace his late mother".
* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue tanktop.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alexander]]
!!Alexander
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexander_1577.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's he taking us?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Keigo Nakanishi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
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.
* TheBusCameBack: He pops up alive in an anthology comic, set years after the events of ''Dawn'', living with a new makeshift family in some mountains.
* 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 Malcolm 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.
* OddFriendship: He starts one with Maurice by showing him his artbook and a graphic novel.
* TheQuietOne: Alexander doesn't have much to say.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''San Francisco Colony'''
[[folder:Dreyfus]]
!!Dreyfus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreyfus_9040.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm saving the human race."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GaryOldman
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"Now, they may have got their hands on some of our guns, but that does not make them men. '''They are animals!'''"''
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.
* 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.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it after the apes attack the colony, becoming convinced that there can be no peace between humans and apes.]]
* FantasticRacism: Dreyfus holds the apes in ''very'' low regard, to the point that he doubts their obvious intelligence and ability to communicate. [[spoiler:During Koba's attack on San Francisco, Dreyfus assures his troops that the apes can't hope to win because they're nothing more than dumb animals, while the humans are superior beings who survived the apocalypse.]] Justified, as the humans haven't interacted with the apes enough to understand their intelligence, and they were told by the government that the apes were to blame for the Simian Flu.
* 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. Subverted with the implication that what he did made both sides' situations much worse. Though at least his suicide resulted in the death of [[BigBad Koba]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's ruthless, but also a caring, genuinely benevolent leader willing to listen to his subordinates.
* 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?
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He is a WastelandElder who has police combat training, joins his soldiers in firing at invaders from the walls, and knows how to rig explosives in an effort to take out the Ape leadership.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say and gives Malcolm's plan a fair chance before moving ahead with his more aggressive approach.
** In the ''Firestorm'' prequel novel, he took sensible approaches to try and keep the citizens of San Francisco from spreading panic and violence, even before becoming the Mayor of the city, and overall tried his best to keep the situation under control. [[ForegoneConclusion It didn't do much, sadly]].
* RedHerring: The movie initially sets him up as the BigBad, as he's desperate enough to lead the humans to war against the apes to restore power to their settlement. But he's reasonable enough to give Malcolm and his family time to resolve things peacefully and was content to leave the apes be once they successfully acquired power from the dam. This allows Koba to take over the vacant BigBad spot and stage his own attack on the human settlement instead.
* 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 when he blows up the communications tower.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: ''"They're ANIMALS! THEY ATTACKED US!"''
* TragicVillain: Part of what makes his arc so tragic is that Dreyfuss was never a bad person. He wasn't even an irrational fanatic, giving Malcolm's plan a legitimate chance to succeed and having good reason to believe the apes were trying to start a war. He never wanted things to go down the way they did.
** To make things worse, he had a family who he lost before the events of the film. As shown when his community regains electricty, he views pictures of them on his iPad and he breaks into tears.
* WastelandElder: Dreyfus is TheLeader of the Colony, and one of the older members.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he gave Malcolm'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.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: In the prequel novel to Dawn, he is thrust into the mayoral position after the previous Mayor of San Francisco [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating loses the public trust]] and the other one falls sick with ALZ-113.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foster]]
!!Foster
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foster_1.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Jon Eyez
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"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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* IntergenerationalFriendship: He seems to be a decade older than his friends Malcolm and Ellie, and certainly several decades older than their son Alexander.
* MartialPacifist: Much like Malcolm, violence is never a first choice for him.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most level headed members of the group.
* OlderSidekick: He is years older than his boss Malcolm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carver]]
!!Carver
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carver_6669.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't take orders from monkeys!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"They're apes, man! You think they understand what you're saying?"''
A redneck member of Malcolm's group.
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* AsianRudeness: Downplayed; his actor is indeed of Chinese descent next to his Puerto Rican descent, but he appears to be mostly Caucasian and behaves like a white trash redneck with a FantasticRacism of the apes.
* 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 be completed.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved bald, and although 'evil' is debatable, he's certainly enough of an asshole to be an antagonist.
* BlameGame: Chooses to blame the apes for the Simian Flu rather than his own humankind who's really responsible.
* 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.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied his nasty attitude comes from having seen the horrors of the Simian Flu firsthand.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Koba beating him to death is kept out of frame.]]
* HateSink: Whereas most of the human characters in ''Dawn'' are well-intentioned, good people just trying to survive, Carver is a xenophobic asshole whose only purpose is to jeopardize peace between the humans and the apes with his paranoia and incompetence.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He gets killed just after he starts lightening up.]]
* 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.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames the apes for the Simian Flu despite it being created by the humans.
* IRejectYourReality: Carver refuses to accept the fact that humanity caused its own downfall; he instead chooses to blame the apes despite being well-aware of the fact that the virus that spawned the "Simian Flu" was man-made and the apes barely had anything to do with it's spread. In the novelization, it is shown that he ''honestly'' believes his accusatons.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a selfish, aggressive, ignorant and miserable redneck. 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]].
* KickTheDog: He loses his temper when Cornelius, an infant, goes near the shotgun he kept hidden and pulls a gun on Blue Eyes when he tries to defend his brother.
* LampshadeHanging: "Okay, so ''I'm'' the asshole."
* TheLoad: See InformedAbility above for more information.
* LowerClassLout: His past blue-collar worker job as a dam worker, his PermaStubble and unkempt appearance and deplorable {{Jerkass}} characterization could social-class-wise qualify him as a redneck.
* TheMillstone: His actions only increases friction between the apes and the humans.
* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors. This fits him well with his despicable redneck attitude and appearance.
* PetTheDog: After behaving like a belligerent, troublemaking white trash yokel throughout most of his screentime, Carver finally shows a silver of good lining when he [[spoiler: expresses genuine happiness at seeing the power restored to the city and privately congratulates Malcolm for completing their mission by calling him a "son of a bitch" as he takes a smoke; [[HeelFaceDoorSlam unfortunately, this takes place just before he is beaten to death by Koba]]]].
* 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]]
[[folder:Kemp]]
!!Kemp
[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kempt2.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EnriqueMurciano
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A quiet member of Malcolm's group.
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* FlatCharacter: His entire purpose is to provide an extra member of Malcolm's group.
* TheGenericGuy: He gets the least characterization out of Malcolm's group, not even getting a line.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say a word throughout the entire film, and prefers to stand off by himself.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He's last seen being chased off into the woods along with Foster. While Foster shows up again back at the colony, Kemp is nowhere to be seen, though it can be assumed he was captured or killed.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Finney]]
!!Finney
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/finney.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeirODonnell
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A member of the colony.
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* MauveShirt: He gets little characterization, but he nevertheless survives most of ''Dawn'' and is a recurring presence throughout.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Werner]]
!!Werner
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/werner_3.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JockoSims
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
The colony's communications expert.
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* ActionSurvivor: He's somewhat cowardly and never seen engaging in fighting, but he still manages to evade being captured or killed by the apes.
* {{Determinator}}: He's constantly monitoring the communications equipment, looking for other survivors. [[spoiler:His efforts ultimately pay off when he makes contact with a military base.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He's incinerated when Dreyfus blows up the communications tower.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:He has a massive one when he realizes that Dreyfus is going to blow up the communications tower.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[=McVeigh=] and Terry]]
!![=McVeigh=] and Terry
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/900px_dotpota_382.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinRankin and Creator/LombardoBoyar
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
Two sentries.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Mcveigh silently begged as Koba pointed the rifle at him, but Koba pulled the trigger, killing him.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: They drink while on guard duty and let an Ape pick up one of their guns despite the threat of a war with Apes. This gets them killed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They are bunglers who get along well and share their screen time.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Old Man]]
!!Old Man
[[quoteright:246:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/80907_1_front.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ThomasRosalesJr
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A citizen of San Francisco.
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* BadassBystander: His lack of a gun indicates he is a non-combatant and not part of the large colony army, but he grabs a stanchion post and tries to keep the invading Apes at bay with it.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is unknown.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only has one short scene, but Ash sparing his life despite his resistance against the Apes causes [[spoiler:Koba to kill Ash, which has large ripple effects on the command Koba holds over the other Apes and how determined Caesar is to fight Koba.]]
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Alpha-Omega'''
[[folder:[=Wesley McCullough=]]]
!!Colonel Wesley [=McCullough=]
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d52e1914a21d42b22099353f876d90c3.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:299:''"The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
->''"We find ourselves on the eve of battle against these beasts, and years from now, you can tell your children 'I fought to protect this world'."''
An iron-fisted soldier obsessed with wiping out Caesar and his tribe to defend his people from destruction.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:By the time Caesar finally reaches him, he's been infected with the Simian Flu, making him unable to talk, and is so pathetic the Ape actually pities him before he blows his own brains out.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: His goal involves the genocide of an entire people, and the ones captured by his forces live in a below-Spartan quality labor camp.
* AntiClimaxBoss: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Caesar is ready to go on a SuicideMission to finally end the Colonel once and for all, only to find he's succumbed to the same mutated virus that his son did. In the Colonel's view, this makes him a danger to humanity and he's a drunken, despairing mess when Caesar finds him.]]
* AntiVillain: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he is often excessively cruel towards the apes, and runs an entire concentration camp for apes, but he is motivated by a mostly genuine desire to save humanity, albeit by his way of doing it.
* ArchEnemy: To Caesar, in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' Have you come to save your apes?\\
'''Caesar:''' I came for ''you''.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: As crazy as he is, he's aware enough to give Caesar this when he recognizes that the ape leader has conflicting priorities.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' What do you think my men would've done to your apes if you'd killed me? Or is killing me more important?
* AxCrazy: He is absolutely batshit insane.
* BaldOfEvil: He keeps his head shaven clean, and regardless of how well-intentioned he might be, he's a ruthless and violent man.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'', being the one leading the human forces against Caesar and his apes.
* BigBadWannabe: While his group is sizable enough that their weapons and training can threaten the apes, Alpha-Omega is revealed to be a rogue element of the much larger Northern Army that's calling for his head after he murdered his superiors for going against his plans. He only keeps the apes alive to use them as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from the Northern Army, and when said army descends upon his base, his forces are soundly crushed.
* ClashOfEvolutionaryLevels: He espouses this viewpoint to Caesar.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' No matter what you say, eventually you'd replace us. That's the law of nature.
** Also why he [[spoiler:kills the members of his own army infected with the mutated Simian Flu strain, as he considers them to have lost the very things that make them human, and the communicability of the disease makes them a threat.]]
* ColonelBadass: An [[ColonelKilgore evil version since he's a very dangerous soldier]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Both he and Koba are [[FantasticRacist hateful and prejudiced toward the opposing species]], and their fight against them leads them to do horrible things to their own kind in the process. However, while Koba's hatred manifests in him being psychotically overemotional and acting erratically, the Colonel's hatred manifests in him shutting down all emotions and acting with cold, calculating precision.
* CrusadingWidower: His wife, Maggie, died in the original Simian Flu outbreak.
* DarkMessiah: He considers his fight a "holy war," and refers to Caesar's Alpha Male position as a "demonic throne." He's also a genocidal monster who's ANaziByAnyOtherName.
* DespairEventHorizon: He vaults right over it after getting infected and losing his voice. By the time Caesar finds him, he's a pathetic wretch curled in his bed, surrounded by alcohol. Even when Caesar gives up on his revenge and spares him, [=McCullough=] can't bear the thought of losing what makes him human, the thought that he may well have murdered his son for nothing, and kills himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After losing his own voice, he tearfully shoots himself in the head.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: He holds himself up in his quarters and drinks excessively, [[spoiler:once he realizes he's contracted the mutated Simian Flu.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son, John, who died before the events of the movie. [[spoiler:It turns out his son was a soldier serving [=McCullough=], and when he was infected with a mutated strain of the Simian Flu that stole his voice, [=McCullough=] killed him to stop the spread of the virus and "save humanity." Despite [=McCullough=] claiming it was necessary, he still clearly loves his son and feels some guilt off his death, displayed by holding onto a photo of him as a boy.]]
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: His full name (J. Wesley [=McCullough=]) [[AllThereInTheScript only appears in the script]]. His surname is only mentioned once, though it is prominently displayed on the nametag of his uniform. Even in the credits, he is only ever referred to as "the Colonel". Might verge on RedBaron territory given that Red mentions that to his soldiers the Colonel is "more than human".
* {{Expy}}: He's a loose one of Kolp from ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''. The studio also cited Colonel Kurtz from ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' as a direct inspiration.
** Like Doctor Hasslein from ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'', [=McCullough=] is presented with telltale signs of what he sees as the final, definitive end of his species. Obsessed with preventing humanity's downfall by any means necessary, he becomes a genocidal madman who murders Caesar's family in a case of MisplacedRetribution. Instead of preventing the bad future he feared ([[YouCannotFightFate an impossible goal to begin with]]), his actions turn out to ''expedite'' it. The comic adaptations of ''Escape'' and ''War'' [[spoiler: paint their deaths in a similar light, with both men realizing that all their work was for nothing in their final moments.]]
** His bald head, his cult of personality he fosters with his soldiers, and the fact that his hide-out is an abandoned military base also brings to mind Inquisitor Mendez from ''Film/{{Beneath the Planet of the Apes}}''.
* FantasticRacism: Towards the apes, [[spoiler:to the point that he'd [[DrivenToSuicide rather kill himself]] than become like them]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He keeps up a polite and soft-spoken tone when talking to Caesar, but his sheer contempt towards the apes and delusions of righteousness cause his respectfulness to ring hollow.
* HeroKiller: He's the most dangerous antagonist Caesar and his group has faced and has literally killed [[spoiler:Cornelia]] and [[spoiler:Blue Eyes]], and possibly many other apes. [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, he also killed Malcolm, the human protagonist of ''Dawn''.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:He claims that speech is what makes a human, and therefore someone better than an ape. The fact that his own people lose their speech but don't necessarily have any real loss of intellect, on top of the fact that his primary targets are {{Talking Animal}}s (and thereby disproving his entire motive), never seems to occur to him.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:When the virus mutates resulting in the loss of people's voices, the Colonel fears this will lead to people being turned into work-cattle for the apes. He goes completely mad, killing his son, cutting off the heads of his superiors and holing up in the side of a mountain. He also forces the apes to build a wall to protect himself from a military force he can't possibly hope to outmatch.]]
* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler:After killing those rendered speechless by the mutated virus, he finds himself infected in the climax.]]
* KickTheDog: Admits to Caesar that he didn't intend to kill Blue Eyes (having mistook the latter for the former), but then says he's glad he did. Made all the more cruel given [=McCullough=] himself was a father with a son.
* KnightTemplar: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt At least he admits it]]:
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' There are times when it is necessary to [[NecessarilyEvil abandon our humanity]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to save humanity]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He kills anyone who contracts the mutated Simian Flu, whether they be his soldiers or [[spoiler:his own son]], then burns their possessions. All of his evil actions are done to curb the spread of the flu to protect humanity. [[spoiler:Then he ends up contracting the flu himself when he finds the infected Nova's doll, and sinks into a pitiable wretch afterwards. Caesar only came into contact with Nova because her father was a soldier in [=McCullough's=] army and deserted rather than kill his own child as [=McCullough=] did.]]
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: By the time Caesar is able to exact his vengeance on [=McCullough=], he has already succumbed to the mutated Simian Flu, and drunk from drowning his sorrows. Caesar prepares to execute him, but looking into the eyes of his opponent, he sees not the monster he anticipated heroically slaying, but a broken man who has lost everything he ever cared about. He stays his hand, but leaves the pistol within [=McCullough=]'s reach. As Caesar walks away, [=McCullough=] uses the pistol to commit suicide.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:His son John, as shown in the prequel novel, ''Revelations''. Unfortunately, being forced to kill John caused the chain to break, and the Colonel [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope rapidly descended]] into the warlord seen in the film.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He insists that killing his son, John, was a [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessary decision]] that he doesn't regret. [[spoiler:Yet when Caesar enters the Colonel's quarters, he finds a picture of the [=McCullough=] and John sitting out in the open surrounded by bottles of alcohol as the Colonel himself is now infected with the Simian Flu, implying that his guilt has finally managed to catch up to him.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: [=McCullough=] begins killing any of his soldiers who show symptoms of the mutated virus. When the body count rises a little too high, his superiors put all of their remaining forces together to stop him, which also results in an avalanche that kills what remains of the entire military. Though he did not live to see it, [=McCullough's=] attempts to preserve humanity ultimately resulted in humanity using all the power it had left to destroy itself, without even needing the virus]].
** [[spoiler: It becomes even harsher in hindsight 300 years later: while [=McCullough=] was correct about the mutated Simian Flu robbing humans of intelligence in addition to speech, there are small pockets of intelligent humans operating in technologically advanced settlements. Some have a natural immunity, while others keep the virus at bay with traditional quarantine measures[[note]]a technician is seen venturing outside in a biohazard suit, then decontaminating before she returns to the rest of the group[[/note]]. This means that [=McCullough=]'s superiors were ''correct'', the crisis could be solved medically. By declaring war on his own government, he splintered the surviving human forces, costing resources which could have been used to save what was left of human civilization.]]
* NothingPersonal: He claims this about [[spoiler:killing Caesar's wife and older son, identifying them as casualties of war]]. Granted, he also doesn't make any effort to actually feel bad about it.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler: Caesar ultimately finds him too pathetic to kill and spares his life instead.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:When his son lost his voice due to the mutation of the original virus, the Colonel decided to stop the spread right there and then... by shooting him in the head.]]
* RogueAgent: [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's not leading the remaining United States Army, he's leading what amounts to a splinter group. He and his superiors had, uh, 'creative differences' which led to him going rogue with his own men.]]
* SanitySlippage: It's implied that [[spoiler:shooting his own son to try and contain the mutated Simian Flu]] drastically accelerated his plunge into murderous psychopathy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: He's been desperately trying to stave off the Simian Flu by hunting down evolved apes [[spoiler:and killing humans infected by the mutated virus that would devolve them and rob their humanities. Eventually, his effort is proven to be futile as [=McCullough=] himself ends up infected by the very virus he's been trying to fight against, as well as failing to protect his men or at least his own definition of "humanity" toward the end]].
* SilentAntagonist: [[spoiler:In his final hours due to the final stages of the Simian Flu finally kicking in.]]
* SoftSpokenSadist: He very rarely raises his voice, preferring to let his actions speak for themselves.
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler:In his final hours, he, as a sufferer of the Simian Flu, loses his ability to speak.]]
* ThisMeansWarpaint: He goes into combat himself after putting on some intimidating black camouflage warpaint.
* TitleDrop: [=McCullough=] drops the franchise's title in his BreakingSpeech towards Caesar.
-->''"This is a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose, we will be the last of our kind... it will be a Planet of Apes, and we will become your cattle."''
* TragicKeepsake: He keeps a photo of his lost child. [[spoiler: That's his son, who grew up to be a soldier in his army, but lost his ability to speak as a result of the dormant Simian Flu virus mutating. [=McCullough=] killed him to try and stop the mutated virus spreading further, as he does with all soldiers who exhibit symptoms.]]
* TheUnfettered: He tells Caesar that he had a "moment of clarity" with regards to the mutated virus, and afterwards was prepared to sacrifice anything to save the human race. He proved this by [[spoiler:killing his son, whom he loved, after he was infected by the mutated virus]], and now demands that all of his soldiers be willing to make the same kind of sacrifice as he did, if necessary.
* VillainRespect: Despite his hatred and fear of the apes, The Colonel proves to be impressed by Caesar's intelligence and views him as a worthy adversary.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The loss of his voice results in him having an off-screen breakdown. When Caesar sneaks into his office, the doors are barricaded, he's rid himself of weaponry, he'd been through a few bottles of booze and has his son's photograph laid out. It's clear he's been wrestling with guilt and his own fragmented sanity, and when Caesar locates him, he's a pathetic shirtless drunk.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Views Caesar as one, complimenting his skill as a leader and warrior.
* YouWillBeSpared: Inverted, where [[spoiler:Caesar doesn't give in to his darker instincts and spares an infected Colonel, who instead takes his own life]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Preacher]]
!!Lieutenant Preacher
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GabrielChavarria
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuheiSakaguchi (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A human soldier and the right-hand man of Colonel [=McCullough=].
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, [[spoiler:in contrast to Will and Malcolm, Preacher comes to represent the worst traits of humanity in his relationship with Caesar, retaining full use of his voice and mentality, but continuing to unthinkingly antagonise the apes under the orders of a delusional madman out of misplaced loyalty, ultimately savagely wounding Caesar during the final battle [[TheFarmerAndTheViper despite him sparing him earlier]], an injury that costs him his life in the end. Unlike Nova, the ''actual'' human ally of the film, Preacher comes to represent how "civilised" humans have wasted their chance to remain in charge, and how their higher intelligence falls to the wayside in the face of a changing world that brings their inner savagery to the forefront, ultimately leaving ape kind as the true inheritors of the planet]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Seems insignificant at first, only to end up being the one who inflicts the fatal wound that ends up killing [[spoiler:Caesar]].
* ColdSniper: Uses a high-tech crossbow to silently dispatch his targets.
* DeadHatShot: [[spoiler:After he gets blown up by Red, the only thing left of Preacher is his helmet, which comes flying out of the dust and lands next to Caesar.]]
* TheDragon: [[YouAreInCommandNow Eventually]] becomes the second-in-command in the Alpha-Omega military.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: [[spoiler:Caesar allows Preacher and his fellow soldiers to live so they can give the Colonel a message to end the war. In repayment for his mercy, Preacher ultimately kills Caesar in the end. Played with in that Preacher's not a transparently evil monster, he does have some reservations about his job, and the possibility of him undergoing a HeelFaceTurn is implied, it's just that he decides to remain loyal to the Colonel and is killed because of it.]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: He's visually shown to be internally-conflicted with his position as [=McCullough's=] [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] throughout the movie and was even spared by Caesar himself, which would give him motivation to pull a HeelFaceTurn, but in the end, he ultimately seals his fate by remaining loyal to Alpha-Omega and attempting to kill Caesar.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: He inflicts the wound that ultimately kills Caesar.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After shooting Caesar, despite the ape having shown him mercy earlier, Preacher gets killed by Red before he can finish Caesar off.]]
* MookPromotion: Is only a MookLieutenant at the start of the film, but when TheCaptain is killed in the opening battle, he moves up.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:He's blown-up by a rocket launcher, courtesy of Red.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He doesn't seem like a psychotic fanatic, doesn't relish cruelty against the apes, and is [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied to have moral hang-ups with his job.]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately he never ends up undergoing a HeelFaceTurn, mortally wounds Caesar and ends up dying at the hands of Red, who did decide to redeem himself in the end.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: It looks like he may perform a HeelFaceTurn but doesn't, and it's actually Red who ends up performing one, killing Preacher in the process.]]
* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:He was given several chances to have a change of heart, but choose to remain loyal to the Colonel up to his death. Also, in a deleted scene, Caesar offers Preacher to desert while he still can due to being different from the other soldiers, only for Preacher to [[BerserkButton vehemently refuse the offer and fanatically defend the Colonel as "a great man."]]]]
-->'''Preacher:''' "[[BerserkButton Who are you to judge him?]] I was trying to give you a heads up, keep you out of his way, I don't even know why. But if you think you and I have some kind of relationship -- that you're gonna give me, what, advice? [[ShutUpKirk You can disavow yourself of that notion right fucking now]]."
* RuleOfThree: As with Will and Malcolm, Preacher is a WhiteMaleLead in the "enemy" faction of humans who gains something of a cordial relationship with Caesar, with signs he's even considering [[HeelFaceTurn siding with the apes]] over [=McCullough=]'s more extreme measures to combat the Simian Flu. [[spoiler:It's ultimately {{Subverted}} for drama by the end, as despite the hints, a deleted scene has Preacher [[RedemptionRejection vehemently rejects Caesar's offers to defect from Alpha-Omega to avoid getting in the crossfire of his vendetta against the Colonel, defending him as a "great man" to whom he owes his life, and even wounds Caesar during the final battle, an injury that costs him his life]]]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:Despite being TheDragon with little screentime, he is directly responsible for Caesar's death.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:To the Colonel. A deleted scene has him converse with an imprisoned Caesar as to why he serves the Colonel, in that he personally owes the Colonel his life]].
* UngratefulBastard: He's one of the soldiers Caesar spared as a symbolic olive branch. He also sold out Caesar's colony, and [[spoiler: inadvertently kills Caesar, all things considered. Subverted in a deleted scene, when Preacher expresses how he owes Caesar one for sparing his life and tries to warn him not to incite the Colonel's wrath. Double-subverted in the next deleted scene when Caesar offers him to desert his post to escape the Colonel, only to have his BerserkButton pressed that prompts him to lose respect for Caesar, refusing the offer to defect and then defending the Colonel until the end of the film where he causes Caesar's death]].
* WalkingSpoiler: As [[spoiler:the killer of Caesar]], many of his tropes are naturally marked as spoilers.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boyle]]
!!Boyle
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bmjy1mgvhzjgtotrmzs00ogy4lwi3mtqtyzrhyjfjmwm3mdc1xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymjqwmdg0ng_v1_2.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChadRook
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier stationed at the border. He is incredibly volatile to both apes and humans, and participates the most in abusing the former.
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* TheBully: As the apes' primary abuser in ''War'', this is a natural description of him.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dodge Landon of ''Rise''. Out of all the apes' captors, he is the most abusive and even directs his antagonistic tendencies towards his fellow humans.
%%* HairTriggerTemper: And how!
* DigAttack: He gets pulled down a tunnel by Maurice, killing him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Without a doubt. He's even this towards his fellow humans.
%%* KarmicDeath
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gasping Soldier]]
!!Gasping Soldier
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault2_59.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyWickman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
An Alpha Omega soldier who is [[spoiler:rendered mute by the Simian Flu, and is shot and left to die, before being found and put down by Caesar]].
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%%* BloodFromTheMouth
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler: In the snow, to be more precise, after being shot and left for dead before being dug up by Caesar and revealed to still be alive, albeit slowly dying]].
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Put down by Caesar due to already dying from his wounds]].
* NoNameGiven: Never referred to by name, only shown in the credits and the promotional material.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: His role, while very small, serves to show how extreme the Colonel is in containing the Simian Flu, even killing his own men if they are infected]].
* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: As a result of the Simian Flu]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only gets one scene during which he is killed]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''The Northern Army'''
[[folder:In General]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winter_soliders_war_of_the_planet_of_the_apes_497.png]]
The remainder of the United States Army, who seek to execute [=McCullough=] and any of his remaining soldiers for murdering several of his own men after they became victims of the mutated Simian Flu, as they believe there is still a cure.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:They ''all'' have an avalanche dropped on them.]]
* TheFaceless: Their entire bodies and faces are covered in snow gear, making them more reminiscent to faceless drones than humans.
* FantasticRacism: According to the Colonel, the only thing they hate more than him are apes.
* GreaterScopeVillain: They're a much larger, better armed, and more powerful force than Alpha-Omega, and are the reason [=McCullough=] resorts to using the apes as a labor force to build a wall to protect himself from their wrath. In a twist, despite the threat they'd pose to the apes, they all wind up dying shortly after Alpha-Omega is wiped out.
* HollywoodTactics: They throw their entire collective of infantry, tanks, trucks, and helicopters directly at the Alpha-Omega base all at the same time despite visible anti-air weapons and the base itself being nestled between mountains and having only one frontal entrance. Once their entire army comes to a dead stop within this confined space, the subsequent avalanche kills them all.
* MassOhCrap: Their reaction to [[spoiler: the incoming avalanche that ultimately kills them off]].
* TheSpeechless: They do not speak, and the only vocalizations they make are unsettling roars of cheering when they successfully purge the entire Alpha-Omega base of human life, though at least 2 soldiers seem to try screaming "Yeah!". This may be an implication that they have all lost their ability to speak due to the virus, but still possess their higher brain functions, as evidenced by their coordinated tank, truck, and helicopter attack.
* YankTheDogsChain: Shortly after what seems like an apparent victory for them, [[spoiler: they're all killed by an avalanche]].
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Other Post-Simian Flu Humans'''
[[folder:Nova]]
!!Nova
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nova_frowns.png]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Amiah Miller
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mute orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.
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* AllegoricalCharacter: By the end of the film, she comes to represent the best and most noble aspects of humanity in regards to her relationship with Caesar and the other apes, despite losing the full use of her voice and her higher brain functions potentially having been affected by the virus. Unlike the Colonel and [[spoiler:Preacher]], who symbolise "civilised" humans wasting their chance to remain in charge and as a consequence of their arrogance being reduced to a seemingly primitive and savage state, Nova represent the genuine tragedy of humanity's downfall and how there is still hope for the species, as despite the Colonel's beliefs she does show far more intelligence and self-awareness than what the Colonel described the infected as being. This is apparent by her being able to quickly pick up and understand sign language after a few days with Maurice which lets her communicate with him and Caesar, proving that despite the Colonel's fears that humanity will be reduced to mindless beasts are completely wrong. In the end, her kindness towards the apes means that she's [[spoiler:the only human to survive the final battle and leave with the apes to their new home]].
* AndStarring: Her actress is given an "Introducing" citation in her debut film.
* AnimalMotifs: The orangutan; she's adopted into ape society by Maurice the orangutan and she wears hoods and a parka which bring to mind their facial crests.
* CuteMute: An adorable child who can't speak due to TheVirus.
* FamilyOfChoice: She joins the apes in the "Apes Together Strong" gesture.
* HappilyAdopted: She's adopted by the apes, who thoroughly accept her after witnessing the help she brought to Caesar. And Maurice is gentle to her from second one.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Maurice adopts her into Caesar's group.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Maurice.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She's the most innocent being in ''War'', and she has blue eyes.
* LegacyCharacter: Three centuries later in ''Kingdom'', it turns out that it's tradition that whenever an ape encounters a seemingly friendly human, they call them Nova.
* LineOfSightName: Maurice eventually gives the little girl the name "Nova" from a badge off a Chevy Nova that Bad Ape gives to her.
* MoralityPet: She has shades of this with Caesar, reminding him of all the good in humans.
* MythologyGag: Outside-universe, she was named after the human female lead of the original ''Apes'' movie who was also a mute though this Nova is [[AdaptationalIntelligence considerably smarter]] and knows sign language as while 1968 Nova didn't know any language at all. Her doll also counts as an Easter Egg too.
* NiceGirl: Feeds a starving Caesar deprived of food and water as a favor return for him helping her out from being thirsty.[[note]]Interestingly, until this film Creator/AmiahMiller has only played cold-hearted and anti-social characters.[[/note]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father was killed by Caesar in self-defense while [[MissingMom nothing is known about her mother]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: She gives a doll to Caesar when he's being imprisoned, [[spoiler:which ends up taken away by [=McCullough=] and is implied to be the very thing that infects him with the mutated virus towards the end.]]
* TheSpeechless: As a result of the virus she carries, she's mute.
* TokenHuman: She is the only human in Caesar's group of apes, let alone the only human who befriends the apes.
[[/folder]]
!Post-Simian Flu Humans introduced in ''Kingdom''
[[folder:Mae]]
!!Mae
[[quoteright:600:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20240510_101433.jpg]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FreyaAllan
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A mysterious young woman who is born 300 years after the deaths of Caesar and [=McCullough=], where nature appears to finally reclaimed what's left of human civilization. She joins Noa and Raka on their quest to find Noa's missing clan.
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* ActionGirl: Mae is quite skilled in fighting when pushed or cornered.
* AntiVillain: What she is ultimately revealed to be, particularly from the point of view of the heroic apes. Mae seeks the technology inside Proximus' vault to [[spoiler:allow a group of intelligent humans to reconnect with others around the globe, the first step to hopefully rebuilding human society. While this is a noble goal on its face, when Noa asks if it's possible for apes and humans to coexist she answers in the negative, suggesting that while Mae may not ''hate'' apes per se, she is willing to sacrifice the lot of them so that mankind can rise again, which she more than proves already by condemning innocent ape slaves, including Noa's people, to die alongside Proximus and his soldiers]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Mae asks Noa to forgive her as she triggers the explosives at the ape-built dam built to keep the beach water away from the US bunker, which also washes Noa into the bunker. When the two dourly reunite, Mae then tells Noa to accept her efforts that she is working to bring humans back to being the dominant species saying it was their world before even if it means conflict with apes.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite being initially robbed of her supplies and equipment, Mae never looks anything less than attractive.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mae has a meek and disarming appearance, and she exploits it for all its worth by pretending to be a lot friendlier and more benevolent than she actually is towards the heroic apes who care for her, especially Noa. By the end of ''Kingdom'', she reveals herself to be [[spoiler:a treacherous and manipulative schemer who is solely intent on advancing humanity's interest to get back to the top of society's pecking order. Despite having a conscience, she willingly tramples over the lives of any innocent apes caught in the crossfire of her mission and callously disregards Apekind's own rights as a sapient species, including the ones who simply wish to live alongside humanity in peace]].
* CombatPragmatist: Mae ruthlessly murders Trevathan when his back is turned by a headlock. She hides a revolver in her bag and guns down an ape to make her escape. Mae will do whatever it takes.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's essentially an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. ''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, [[spoiler:Mae's stance has always been human-first despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it benefits her goals]].
* {{Determinator}}: She will stop at nothing to complete her mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the second main focus of the story after Noa and the main human character in ''Kingdom''.
* FalseFriend: To Noa. For much of the film, she presents herself as a harmless person who merely wishes for more of her kind to learn speech again and gets Noa to believe that she shares the same hope as he does for Apes and humankind to one day coexist in peace and prosperity. In truth, Mae has been [[spoiler:feeding him nothing but lies, because her actual goal is to help re-establish mankind as Earth's dominant species, and is more than willing to sacrifice the lives of innocent apes, including Noa's people, to reach that goal]].
* FantasticRacism: Has shades of this in how she objects to Proximus [[spoiler: and Noa]] entering and misusing "human" places and "human" technology in a way that suggests that she sees apes as inherently inferior to humans. [[spoiler:Noa is implied to have picked up on this by the end, noting sadly that Mae has proven Proximus' warning about humans being inherently untrustworthy ''completely correct'', and even seems to note the fact she's carrying a concealed gun on her at their last meeting, souring whatever heartwarming last words they could have shared by her implicit perception of Noa as a dangerous animal she feels the need to potentially defend herself from, rather than a friend who risked his life alongside hers. His last words to her about their different species cooperating rather than trying to subjugate each other seems as much a plea for Mae to recognise that Apekind deserves their sapience just as much as humanity deserves its chance to rebuild, with it being unclear by the end if Mae took the words to heart, or merely considered Noa [[YouAreACreditToYourRace the outlier to the rest of his kind]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with different perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the benefit of humanity]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the feral humans wear pelts, Mae wears a fitted top and trousers, hinting at the technology and sapience required to make such garments.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is the justification Mae gives any time she undertakes a morally questionable action. Her mission to [[spoiler:bring humanity back to the status of Earth's dominant species trumps anything else, including friendship, loyalty or even basic compassion]].
* TheImmune: Seems to have a natural immunity to all variants of the Simian Flu. It's particularly telling that when Mae [[spoiler:hands off the decryption key to Korina, and Korina is wearing a decontamination suit]].
* LegacyCharacter: Raka calls her Nova at first, a tradition that began so long ago apes are unaware it was the name of Caesar's human ally in ''War'', before she reveals her real name.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Pretends to be as feral as the "echoes" Noa and Raka are familiar with so they'll think she's just a harmless animal.
* SoleSurvivor: Mae claims to be the only survivor from a settlement of intelligent humans that was previously wiped out by Proximus's forces, [[spoiler:but this is a lie. She's the sole survivor of an expeditionary party sent out on a mission by said settlement]].
* TokenHuman: She is the only human main character amongst the otherwise ape cast, [[spoiler: she is also one of only two sapient human characters for the majority of the movie until the ending reveals a bunker with a population of intelligent humans.]]
* UnscrupulousHero: Strongly driven by the idea of restoring humanity to the top of the food chain (whose time as the dominant species is already done for), Mae is willing to commit [[spoiler:morally questionable and even downright heinous actions in order to achieve it, ranging from lying and manipulating to murder, up to and including the mass slaughter of all of Proximus' soldiers and slaves (save for Eagle Clan who manage to escape) to prevent the ape tyrant from getting his hands on the arsenal inside the bunker. While she does have a conscience, it's also made clear that her drive to see through her goals far outweighs any sense of guilt she may have towards innocent apes caught in the crossfire]].
* VillainousUnderdog: As someone who belongs to one of the few pockets of non-feral humans living in a world ruled and dominated by Apekind, Mae struggles to secure a better future for herself and her people, and has to rely on her wits and cunning to be able to stand a chance against the much more imposing and physically superior Apes. She's also a [[spoiler:dangerously amoral person who lies, manipulates, betrays, and murders her way to success (up to and including innocents), while harboring racist views towards Apes herself]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mae is dedicated to the cause of making humanity Earth's dominant species again, and she's willing to [[spoiler:cross many lines for the sake of it, including betrayal, murder, and mass condemnation of innocent Apes, who, in her eyes, are ultimately expendable and beneath her own kind. By the end of ''Kingdom'', Noa even remarks that Mae isn't really all that different from Proximus due to her militant views]].
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: At the end of ''Kingdom'', Mae chooses to have a [[spoiler:final goodbye with Noa, despite his understandable animosity towards her for nearly killing his entire tribe in the crossfire of destroying Proximus' kingdom, having come to see him as a "good" ape of his kind for all the aid and support they gave each other. Most notably, Mae had already completed her mission with the decryption key, so there was no real motivation for their talk other than a final goodbye between two former allies. Noa for his part, can only disappointedly comment that Mae isn't better than the rest of her kind like he thought, and only proved Proximus' warning about humankind's deceitful and manipulative nature true in the end. At best, her treating him as better than the rest of his kind was mere CondescendingCompassion from her side as well]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Trevathan]]
!!Trevathan
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WilliamHMacy
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
An opportunistic man who teaches human history and repairs old human tech for Proximus Caesar and his clan.
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* AffablyEvil: Is always polite to Mae.
* AmbiguousSituation: Reveals very little of his past and what led him to Proximus. Was he with others or how he survived he does not reveal.
* BrilliantButLazy: Has rigged up electrical equipment for Proximus and attempts to teach him history. But is unable or unwilling to go further and try to improve mankind's lot.
* CategoryTraitor: Mae holds him in contempt for helping the apes in general and Proximus in particular to gain access to a "human" place, and all the technology and weapons contained therein.
* {{Foil}}: To Mae. [[spoiler:His relationship with Proximus is similar to Mae's relationship with Noa. However, Trevathan does display some semblance of loyalty to Proximus, and the ape fondly reminisces about him after his death. Meanwhile, Mae is ultimately on her own side, and they both part on bad terms.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Has rigged up electric cattle rods as weapons for Proximus.
* HappinessInSlavery: While once a prisoner scared of Proximus Caesar, he has since been brainwashed into being a humble servant once Proximus made his imprisonment lavishly comfortable with many books on history, literature and science and personally dining with him at dinner, a such privilege denied to even other apes. It's also implied that he fears if he betrays Proximus Caesar then he will only run into another ape tyrant who might turn out to be worse.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: He only works to serve Proximus Caesar and refuses to engage in any effort to overturn the planet of the apes back to the humans as he knows that time is many centuries gone.
* MyNaymeIs: His name Trevathan is likely a combination of the more common humans names '''Trev'''or and Jon'''athan'''.
* NotUsedToFreedom: He chooses not to join Mae or any other human in an effort to overthrow Proximus Caesar, making [[spoiler:Mae off him with a chokehold]].
* TheQuisling: Won't help with Mae's mission and attempts to procure her to his side.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: He isn't featured in any of the trailers or TV spots, possibly to avoid spoilers.
* TokenHuman: He is the only human member of Proximus Caesar's faction.
* VillainousFriendship: Zig-zagged. He is Proximus' prisoner, but the ape has gone out of his way to make Trevathan's life as comfortable as possible, and they do seem to enjoy each other's company to an extent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Korina]]
!!Korina
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DichenLachman
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
A technician who works [[spoiler: at the human settlement Mae is from.]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is never mentioned in the film, it only appears in the credits.
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Three centuries after the mutated Simian Flu ravaged humanity, Korina dons a biohazard suit before interacting with the outside world and then undergoes decontamination before rejoining the rest of her team. This shows that while some humans (like Mae) may have a natural immunity to the mutated Simian Flu and any new diseases that may have cropped up since the fall of humanity, some might not, and the survivors are not taking their chances. It also shows that Colonel [=McCullough=] was ''wrong'' - the pandemic could indeed be treated medicallly.]]
%%* SoleSurvivingScientist
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It is difficult, if not impossible, to mention her without spoiling the ending reveal of ''Kingdom''.]]
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* AntiVillain: What she is ultimately revealed to be, particularly from the point of view of the heroic apes. Mae seeks the technology inside Proximus' vault to [[spoiler:allow a group of intelligent humans to reconnect with others around the globe, the first step to hopefully rebuilding human society. While this is a noble goal on its face, when Noa asks if it's possible for apes and humans to coexist she answers in the negative, suggesting that while Mae may not ''hate'' apes per se, she is willing to sacrifice the lot of them so that mankind can rise again, which she more than proves already by condemning innocent ape slaves, including Noa's people, to die alongside Proximus and his soldiers]].
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* AntiVillain: What she is ultimately revealed to be, particularly from the point of view of the heroic apes. Mae seeks the technology inside Proximus' vault to [[spoiler:allow a group of intelligent humans to reconnect with others around the globe, the first step to hopefully rebuilding human society. While this is a noble goal on its face, when Noa asks if it's possible for apes and humans to coexist she answers in the negative, suggesting that while Mae may not ''hate'' apes per se, she is willing to sacrifice the lot of them so that mankind can rise again, which she more than proves already by condemning innocent ape slaves, including Noa's people, to die alongside Proximus and his soldiers]].
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* {{Determinator}}: She will stop at nothing to complete her mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
* {{Determinator}}: She will stop at nothing to complete her mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
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* TokenHuman: She is the only human main character amongst the otherwise ape cast, [[spoiler: she is also one of only two sapient human characters for the majority of the movie until the ending reveals a bunker with a population of intelligent humans.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with new perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these new discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the advancement of humanity]].
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* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with new different perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these new discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the advancement benefit of humanity]].
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* {{Foil}}: To Noa. Both are young adults forced to journey into dangerous and unknown territory in order to help their suffering people (Noa for his tribe and Mae for her enclave of intelligent humans), and along the way, meet new people outside their circle who present them with new perspectives about the world. Noa, being genuinely curious and open-minded, takes these new discoveries to heart and sincerely extends his friendship and compassion beyond Apekind, whereas Mae [[spoiler:proves to be a bigoted deceiver who only feigns friendship towards the apes so she could exploit them for the advancement of humanity]].
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* AllThereInTheScript: Her name is never mentioned in the film, it only appears in the credits.
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* AssholeVictim: He's an animal abusing piece of shit, [[spoiler: so no tears are shed by anyone except his father when Caesar accidentally fries him by shooting his own taser with a jet of water.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mae has a meek and disarming appearance, and she exploits it for all its worth by pretending to be a lot friendlier and more benevolent than she actually is towards the heroic apes who care for her, especially Noa. By the end of ''Kingdom'', she reveals herself to be [[spoiler:a treacherous and manipulative schemer who is solely intent on advancing humanity's interest to get back to the top of society's pecking order, willingly tramples over the lives of any innocent apes caught in the crossfire of her mission, and callously disregards Apekind's own rights as a sapient species, including the ones who simply wish to live alongside humanity in peace]].
* {{Determinator}}: Will stop at nothing to complete her mission. [[spoiler:This isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending pretty much shows that to be a vain hope]].
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* {{Determinator}}:Will She will stop at nothing to complete her mission. [[spoiler:This mission, [[spoiler:which isn't really a good thing for Noa and his tribe, and even he seems to realise whatever bond they had from their time together won't really hold up if it comes into conflict with Mae's desire to restore humanity to the top of the social order. That said, he does still leave her a necklace of the ape religion as a parting gift, speaking wistfully that there might yet be a future where their species cooperates together, rather than tries to dominate. The film's ending pretty much effectively shows that to be a vain hope]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's pretty much an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. [[spoiler:''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, Mae's preference has always been human-first despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it means she can accomplish her goals.]]
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's pretty much essentially an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. [[spoiler:''Unlike'' ''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, Mae's preference [[spoiler:Mae's stance has always been human-first despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it means she can accomplish benefits her goals.]] goals]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: She's pretty much an antithesis of all the 'good-aligned' human characters of Caesar's trilogy. Just like Will, Malcolm, and Nova, who started to bond with the apes after spending some time with them and eventually became their staunch allies, Mae also went along a similar character arc as the three characters before her as she spends most of the movie on a journey and bond with Noa and Raka. [[spoiler:''Unlike'' the three humans of Caesar's time, however, Mae's preference has always been human-first and despite her bonding with Noa and she does not hesitate to manipulate her ape companions for humanity's benefit, and the ending implies that she's not above willing to gun down Noa if he proves to be hostile. In the end, Mae is a FalseFriend who's looking out for human interest first and foremost, and even if she ''does'' have some moments of friendship with her ape companions, it won't stop her from throwing all of them under the bus if it means she can accomplish her goals.]]
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* LegacyCharacter: Three centuries later in ''Kingdom'', it turns out that it's tradition that whenever an ape encounters a seemingly friendly human, they call them Nova.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mae has a meek and disarming appearance, and she exploits it for all its worth by pretending to be a lot friendlier and more benevolent than she actually is towards the heroic apes who care for her, especially Noa. By the end of ''Kingdom'', she reveals herself to be [[spoiler:a treacherous and manipulative schemer who is solely intent on advancing humanity's interest to get back to the top of society's pecking order, with a callous disregard for Apekind's own rights as a sapient species, including the ones who simply wish to live alongside humanity in peace]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Pretty much This is the justification Mae gives any time she undertakes a morally questionable action. [[spoiler:Her Her mission to bring to [[spoiler:bring humanity back to the status of Earth's dominant species trumps anything else, including friendship, loyalty or even basic compassion.]]compassion]].
