!RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes

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[[folder: Humans]]

!!Will Rodman
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[[caption-width:350:''"All I'm saying is that this is a good thing. Caesar's proof of that. So is my father."'']]

->'''Played by''': [[SpiderMan James Franco]]

A young, brilliant biochemist and creator of the ALZ-112 and -113 drugs. He adopts Caesar in order to study the effects that the ALZ-112 had upon Caesar and serves as a surrogate father to the ape.
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* TheCaretaker: For his father.
* DecoyProtagonist
* ForScience
* HopeSpot
* HotScientist
* MrFanservice
* NiceJobBreakingItHero
* PapaWolf
* PromotionToParent
* ReedRichardsIsUseless
* TookALevelInBadass

!!Charles Rodman
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[[caption-width:350:''"No way to live...no way to live?"'']]

->'''Played by''': JohnLithgow

Will's kind-hearted father who is afflicted with Alzheimer's. He is the reason Will created the ALZ-112 and is also the one who named Caesar.
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* CoolOldGuy
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome
* NiceGuy
* TeamDad

!!Caroline Aranha
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[[caption-width:350:''"I love chimpanzees. I'm also afraid of them...and it's appropriate to be afraid of them."'']]

->'''Played by''': [[SlumdogMillionaire Freida Pinto]]

A veterinarian for the San Francisco Zoo and Will's girlfriend.
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* BrainyBrunette
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* KindlyVet
* HospitalHottie
* HotScientist
* WeNeedADistraction
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Will.

!!Steven Jacobs
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[[caption-width:350:''"You make history. I...make...[[OnlyInItForTheMoney money.]]"'']]

->'''Played by''': [[TheLastKingOfScotland David Oyelowo]]

The head of [[MegaCorp GenSys]]. He is funding Will's research, but he's only interested in the money that would result from the ALZ-112 and -113.
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* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
* BigBad
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver]]
* [[spoiler: DisneyVillainDeath]]
* EntitledBastard
* EvilBrit
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* SharpDressedMan
* TheUnfettered
* WellIntentionedExtremist

!!John Landon
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[[caption-width:350:''"They're not people, y'know."'']]

->'''Played by''': [[Film/X2XMenUnited Brian Cox]]

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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* AffablyEvil
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* CoolShades
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PragmaticVillainy
* TheStoic
* WellDoneSonGuy: He doesn't seem to like his son that much.
** [[EvenEvilHasStandards Who would?]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman

!!Dodge Landon
->'''Played by''': TomFelton
->''"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!"''

The son of John Landon, Dodge works at the primate sanctuary. Sadistic and petty, he's especially cruel to Caesar.

* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* TheBully
* EnemyToAllLivingThings
* EvilIsPetty: Dodge reacts to the apes as if they're human beings who are laughing at him.
* [[spoiler: [[YouCanTalk He Can Talk?]]]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* LargeHam
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Is killed by a combination of his taser and hose…two things he used to torture the apes.]]
* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:He wasn't able to (or didn't at all) dodge any of Caesar's attacks.]]
* ShoutOut: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original.[[hottip:*:"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"]]
* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive]]
* WellDoneSonGuy

!!Robert Franklin
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[[caption-width:350:''"[[InsistentTerminology He's not a monkey; he's an ape.]]"'']]

->'''Played by''': [[{{Reaper}} Tyler Labine]]

Will's good-hearted assistant at [[MegaCorp GenSys]].
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* BigFun
* [[ButtMonkey Butt Human]]
* ChewToy
* [[spoiler: DyingAlone]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Despite working in an animal testing lab, he has real affection for the apes and all the tests appear to be humane.
* TheHeart
* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Helped in developing the drug that became the cause of his death.]]
* TheLabRat
* NiceGuy

!!Douglas Hunsiker
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->'''Played by''': [[StargateAtlantis David Hewlett]]

Will's short-tempered neighbor. Hunsiker tends to react with anger and violence towards any situation, even if it means overreacting.
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* ArtificialLimbs: After being {{Fingore}}d by Caesar, his lost finger was replaced by a metal-looking one.
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]
* [[ButtMonkey Butt Human]]
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off.
* {{Jerkass}}
* HairTriggerTemper
* HotBlooded
* PapaWolf

!!Rodney
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[[caption-width:350:''"S-shouldn't be ''in'' here..."'']]

->'''Played by''': [[Series/AmericanHorrorStory Jamie Harris]]

A weak but compassionate worker at the primate sanctuary.
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* ActionSurvivor
* AmbiguousDisorder
* [[ButtMonkey Butt Human]]
* [[spoiler: [[YouCanTalk He Can Talk?]]]]
* MercifulMinion
* PunchClockVillain
* OhCrap: Cornered by angry apes, and the door doesn't open... [[spoiler: Also when Caesar speaks.]]
** [[spoiler: Luckily for him, the apes just lock him up cause he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.

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[[folder: Apes]]

!!Caesar
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[[caption-width:350:[[spoiler: ''"Caesar ''is'' home."'']]]]

->'''Played by''': Creator/AndySerkis

The main protagonist. His mother was subjected to ALZ-112 when she was still pregnant with him, resulting in him inheriting the effects and becoming super intelligent. Caesar was raised by Will until an attack on Hunsiker forced the police to place him in the primate sanctuary, where he seized control of the apes and planned his rebellion against the humans who had wronged him.
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* ActorAllusion: Caesar [[Film/LordOfTheRings bites the finger]] of Hunsiker in a fit of rage.
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem
* [[spoiler:BadassBaritone: He has a ''very'' deep voice.]]
* [[spoiler:BigNo]]
* BreakTheCutie
* BrokenBird
* ClothingDamage
* CombatPragmatist
* ComingOfAgeStory
* TheDogBitesBack
* GuileHero
* GreenEyes
* TheCaptain
* TheHero
* IChooseToStay: Chooses to remain in confinement in order to free the other apes rather than go back home with Will. [[spoiler: His "Caesar is home" line by the end also counts.]]
* ItCanThink
* TheLeader
* MagneticHero
* MeaningfulName
* NaiveNewcomer: When he first arrives at the primate "sanctuary".
* NeverTrustATrailer: Most of them will make you think that Caesar is the film's villain. [[spoiler: He is the hero.]]
* NonHumanSidekick: To the Rodmans, at first.
* RaisedByHumans
* SerkisFolk
* [[SmartPeoplePlayChess Smart Apes Play Chess]]
* ShipperOnDeck: When Will and Caroline first met early in the film, he was the first to suggest they go out together.
* TheStrategist
* ThouShaltNotKill
* UnstoppableRage: [[ThouShaltNotKill Except if it means killing]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* YouCanTalk?: He asks it to Maurice when the orangutan uses sign language to communicate with him. [[spoiler: Caesar himself learns to talk later, prompting this reaction from humans (although they do not make the question)]]

!!Maurice
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[[caption-width:350:''"Apes stupid."'']]

->'''Played by''': Karin Konoval

An orangutan who is Caesar's first ally . Having been part of a circus before arriving in the primate sanctuary, Maurice is the only other ape who knows sign language.
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* DeadpanSnarker
* GeniusBruiser
* HulkSpeak: When he speaks in sign language.
* NotSoStoic: When he sees an ape shot off the Golden Gate bridge, he gets very angry.
* SerkisFolk
* ShoutOut: He is a wise orangutan, the species that formed the intellectual elite in ape society in the original films, and is named after actor Maurice Evans, who played Dr. Zaius.
* TheSmartGuy

!!Rocket
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->'''Played by''': Terry Notary

The original leader of the apes in the primate sanctuary, a bald male chimpanzee. He initially challenges Caesar but accepts his leadership after being defeated by him.
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* AntiHero: Type III
* BaldOfEvil: When he runs the tribe, having them all bully Caesar.
** BaldOfAwesome: After Caesar lets him live and he helps spearhead the invasion.
* DefeatMeansFriendship
* HotBlooded
* TheLancer
* UndyingLoyalty
* SerkisFolk

!!Buck
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->'''Played by''': Richard Ridings

A male silverback gorilla that Caesar befriends at the primate sanctuary. Buck helps Caesar seize control of the apes from Rocket after being freed by the intelligent chimp.
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* [[ManChild Ape Child]]: Watch the scene when he first touches un-cemented ground in a very long time. He's bursting in joy!
* {{Badass}}: Enough to ''wrestle a helicopter''.
* TheBigGuy
* [[spoiler: BigGuyFatalitySyndrome]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Granted that the apes are loud, but he's the one who always scream.
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* IOweYouMyLife: He becomes a trusted underling of Caesar after he freeds him from his small cage.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* LightningBruiser
* SerkisFolk
* ShoutOut: Named after Buck Kartalian, who played gorilla characters in ''Planet of the Apes'' and ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes''.
* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet: He saves a small chimp from being gunned by a machine gun.]]
* UndyingLoyalty

!!Koba
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[[caption-width:350:''"J-A-C-O-B-S"'']]

->'''Played by''': Christopher Gordon

An old, angry, scarred bonobo with a long history as an experimentation subject and the first ape at [=GenSys=] to be tested with the ALZ-113. He has a special hatred for [=GenSys=]' CEO, Steve Jacobs.
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* AxCrazy
* AntiHero
** NominalHero
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil
* DeathGlare
* EvilGenius: Possibly. He was chosen to test the ALZ-113 after displaying his cunningness.
* [[GoodScarsEvilScars Evil Scars]]
* MeaningfulName: "Koba" was the nickname used by JosephStalin before the Russian Revolution.
* ObviouslyEvil
* PsychoticSmirk
* SerkisFolk
* SixthRanger
* TokenEvilTeammate

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