History Characters / Predator

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: They believe in a fair fight above all else and will not target the weak or unarmed with their weaponry. Yet, when actually defeated in a fair fight, they [[TakingYouWithMe self]]-[[NoBodyLeftBehind destruct]] with an explosive device strapped to their wrist, although this may be a pragmatic step taken to ensure that their advanced technology won't fall into the hands of a lesser-developed race. Further, they have FTL-capable starships, incredibly advanced weaponry, and utilize extremely sophisticated technology like cloaking and thermal vision. All of this is indicative of a highly intelligent and well-learned race, with the capability of decimating most opponents they come across. In spite of this, all we see of their culture centers around hunting exclusively for sport, in some adaptations going so far as to found alien civilizations and seed worlds with dangerous organisms for the exclusive purpose of hunting those creatures down.

!!The Predators in General

[[folder:Predators / Hunters / Yautja]]

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KevinPeterHall, Ian Whyte, Creator/DerekMears, Carey Jones, Brian Steele, Brian A. Prince and Kyle Strauts, Dane [=DiLiegro=] (Prey)
->'''Vocal Effects By:''' Creator/PeterCullen (''Predator''), Hal Rayle (''Predator 2''), Matthew Charles Santoro and Creator/RobinAtkinDownes (''Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem''), Derek Mears, Creator/CindyRobinson and Creator/KarenStrassman (''Predators''), Brian A. Prince and Creator/LexLang (''The Predator'')

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Yautja will not tolerate the members of their kind who don't abide by their honor code. Such Yautja are known as 'Bad Bloods' and are exiled or killed.

* IAmNotLeftHanded: The Predators throughout the series who are actively "hunting" aren't actually using the species most advanced technology. In the same way a human would't use a GrenadeLauncher while wearing body armor to hunt a deer, they don't use their military level weapons to hunt either. When pressed by greater threats, as seen in ''[=AvP=] Requiem'' and ''The Predator'', they have access to ''far'' more powerful equipment such as PoweredArmor and multi-target weapons that make their hunters' plasma cannons look like toys.

* MadeOfIron: The Predators can take quite a bit of abuse,and they're usually wearing some kind of body mesh rather than actual armor. The first film alone has the Jungle Hunter take direct hits from a bodybuilder-sized man like Dutch, once with a arm-thick log and later with his fists. The log ''breaks'' against its raised arm to no effect and the punch to the face simply annoys it. It takes a log about as thick around as the Predator itself smashing down right into its head to put it down. In several instances Predators have sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body, any one of which would most likely be fatal to a fit, full-grown human and literally walked it off, even if they'd often heal with their medicine. They have also shrugged off falls from great heights, including the City Hunter who jumped off at least part of a six-story drop to attack King Willie and was unharmed by the impact.

* PlanetOfCopyhats: The first predator seen is a hunter who likes HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. This becomes the centerpiece of their entire culture