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!Pre-Simian Flu

!!!'''Gen-Sys Laboratories'''

[[folder:Steven Jacobs]]
!!Steven Jacobs
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/StevenJacobs_9863.jpg]]
[[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: He pushes the testing of ALZ-113, [[spoiler:and is killed by Koba]].
* BigBad: Jacobs is the closest thing the film has to a BigBad. He's Will's boss, 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "STUPID MONKEY!"]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: He was responsible for mankind's downfall, and for the animosity between humans and apes.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Jacobs is killed by an ape infected with virus he so carelessly pushed to be engineered.]]
* KickTheDog: Forcing Franklin to put down the ape test subjects.
* OhCrap: His reaction when [[spoiler: he is precariously hanging for his life and ''[[BloodKnight Koba]]'' shows up above him.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He can barely go a few sentences without mentioning how important money is to him.
* SharpDressedMan: He is constantly dressed in a business suit.
* ShoutOut: 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]]

[[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)
->'''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''.]]
* 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.
* HopeSpot: He's bombarded with these (such as [[spoiler:his father getting better]]) and they always get yanked away from him.
* HotScientist: Caroline seems to think so.
* 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.
* 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.
* ShoutOut: Will's surname, Rodman, is a reference to [[Creator/RodSerling Rodman "Rod" Serling]], writer of the first ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' screenplay.
* 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:''' Tyler Labine
->'''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.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Helped in developing the drug that became the cause of his death.]]
* TheLabRat: He is in charge of looking after the chimpanzees used to test the drugs.
* NiceGuy: He genuinely cares about the apes in his care.
* PatientZero: [[spoiler:He is infected with ALZ-113 and accidentally infects Hunsiker when trying to get in touch with Will]].
* ShoutOut: His surname is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner Franklin J. Schaffner]], director of the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' film.
* 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]]

!!!'''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'' (2011)

-->''"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.
* ShoutOut: His full name is a reference to one of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' film.
* TheStoic: Very little fazes him. He only ever loses his temper when Dodge is irritating him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not revealed what happened to him by the end of the film.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: This is his attitude, and it certainly isn't a good attitude for someone who supposedly works in a sanctuary for primates.
-->''"I can't say I approve. They're not people, you know."''
** 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' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!"'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomFelton
->'''Voiced by:''' Shūhei Sakaguchi (Japanese dub)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' (2011)

-->''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: [[spoiler:Dodge is the first human casualty of the apes, but it's hard to say he didn't have it coming considering how he brutalized them at every opportunity.]]
* 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.
* HighVoltageDeath: [[spoiler:Caesar blasts Dodge with a hose, causing the latter's taser to short circuit and electrocute him]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is killed by a combination of his taser and hose... two things he used to torture the apes.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Dodge is a repulsive bully and sadist with low intelligence. He's needlessly cruel to the apes, especially Caesar.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Dodge is killed by attacking Caesar with an electric prod; when Caesar blasts him with the hose, Dodge is electrocuted. Both of those items were tools that Dodge used to torture the apes.]]
* LargeHam: In sharp contrast to his stoical father, Dodge tends to be very expressive and short-tempered.
* 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.
* ShoutOut: Dodge gets two of Charlton Heston's [[LargeHam hammiest]] lines from the original.[[note]]"Take your stinkin' paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!" and "It's a MAAAADHOUSE!"[[/note]]
** In addition, his first and last names are references to two of the astronauts in the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' film.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It's not wise to pull a taser on a super-intelligent ape wielding a firehose. Not only that but there was twenty or more apes in the room and he planned to fight them all with his taser.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: He should of 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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* AmbiguousDisorder: He never seems entirely put together: he's nervous, stuttering, awkward, slack-jawed, and submissive.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Rodney is mostly pushed around by Dodge, his much younger 'boss'.
* ExtremeDoormat: To Dodge, who walks all over him.
* MercifulMinion: Caesar recognizes that he's not a sadist or a bully, just a weak-willed flunky who bore no ill will toward the apes.
%%* PunchClockVillain
* OhCrap: Cornered by angry apes, and the door doesn't open... [[spoiler:Also when Caesar speaks. Luckily for him, the apes just lock him up cause he at least bothered to take care of them.]]
* OlderSidekick: To Dodge.
* OnlyOneName: His last name isn't revealed.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the AntiVillain variety.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He didn't appear in [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]], thus it is ambiguous if he's in a refugee camp somewhere or suffered a BusCrash due to the outbreak.
* YouCanTalk: He's as shocked as anyone when [[spoiler:Caesar speaks.]]
* YouWillBeSpared: The apes [[spoiler:spare his life during their breakout, at Caesar's behest.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!'''Other Pre-Simian Flu Humans'''

[[folder: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]].
* DotingGrandparent: To Caesar, who sees him as just as important as his father, Will.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: After his Alzheimer's comes back with a vengeance, he refuses another treatment from Will and spends his last hours with his son, ending his suffering.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's the one who names Caesar and encourages Will to look after him.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: The ALZ-112 cures his Alzheimer's for eight years, [[spoiler:but then it resurfaces with a vengeance]].
* GoodParents: Charles is a lovely fellow and Will has a great relationship with him. 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]]
[[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:''' Freida Pinto
->'''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.
* HotScientist: It's Freida Pinto, for God's sake. Will certainly thinks she's hot.
* NiceGirl: Sweet, thoughtful, and sensitive.
* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as a motherly figure towards Caesar.
* WeNeedADistraction: Distracts [[spoiler:the cops to let Will sneak past the barricade and find Caesar.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: She gives one to Will when she discovers Caesar's true nature, although it falls a little flat since she's trying to say that curing Alzheimer's is wrong.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Douglas Hunsiker]]
[[quoteright:350: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:''' David Hewlett
->'''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.
* AssholeVictim: He's a colossal jerk [[spoiler:and winds up infected with ALZ-113, transmitting it around the world]].
* ButtMonkey: He only turns up when something bad is about to happen. To him. [[AssholeVictim Which he most deserved due to his reactions to his misfortunes]].
* {{Fingore}}: Caesar bites his finger off 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 is still a despicable character as bad as Dodge and Jacobs.
* 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 a lot of his behavior is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you consider the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to blow your lid at a clearly senile old man. The best thing to do was to speak to his carer and/or family member rather than borderline assault someone who clearly didn't know what was going on. However, his angry reaction is so suspiciously extreme that it feels more out of IrrationalHatred of his neighbors than just what Charles did.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Hunsiker initially gains audience sympathy when he finds a chimpanzee in his home, ''[[PapaWolf near his children]]'', and has the nerve to fend off what he obviously believed is a dangerous wild animal. Also, he assaulted a dementia-stricken elderly man, but is arguably understandable given the circumstances over the damage of his car.
* 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]].
* 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. Seriously, what was he thinking?
** "Oh, my nose is bleeding. And my head is killing me. But I can't miss work again, I already missed so many hours from my finger. I have to get paid!"
* 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.]]
* VeryPunchableMan: He receives misfortunes in his appearances and turned out to be well-deserved due to his despicable behavior.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dottie]]
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]]

!Post-Simian Flu Humans

!!!'''Malcolm's Family'''

[[folder: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 The Colonel. A deleted scene for that movie more or less confirms it with the Colonel telling Caesar that he shot him.]]
* CrusadingWidower: His wife was killed during the outbreak.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Much like Will before him, he is the main human character in ''Dawn'', but Caesar is still TheHero of the film and in this film takes his rightful place as the top billed actor.
* MartialPacifist: Violence is never a first choice for him.
* NiceGuy: He is very respectful of the Apes' culture, earning him their (sans [[TokenEvilTeammate Koba and his lackeys]]) respect in return.
* NotSoDifferent: He's very much like Caesar.
* NumberTwo: He is Dreyfus' second-in-command in the Colony.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates have to say.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In the lead-up to Dawn's climax, 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''.
* 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 proved to be enough to derail any chance of peace.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ellie]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ellie_9089.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"It was a virus was created by scientists in a lab. You can't honestly blame the apes."'']]
->'''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.
* TheChick: Of Malcolm's scouting party.
* HospitalHottie: She's a nurse before the outbreak.
* MaleGaze: When [[spoiler:she's doing surgery on Caesar]], she takes her coat/jacket off and is wearing a very tight and low-cut tanktop. You're welcome.
* TheMedic: Her main role being a former nurse.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She has a daughter that died during the outbreak.
* ReplacementScrappy: Invoked in-universe. It is implied that Alex is initially distant to her because he sees her as "someone trying to replace his late mother".
* SecondLove: She is Malcolm's second wife.
* SingleTear: When telling Alexander about her deceased daughter.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue tanktop.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:We do not know whether she was killed by the Colonel or succumbed to the mutated virus.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alexander]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexander_1577.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Where's he taking us?"'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=]
->'''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.
* 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.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Blue Eyes.
* OddFriendship: He starts one with Maurice by showing him his artbook and a graphic novel.
* TheQuietOne: Alexander doesn't have much to say.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:We do not know whether he was killed by the Colonel or succumbed to the mutated virus.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!'''San Francisco Colony'''

[[folder: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''

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

A former San Francisco police chief who became Mayor shortly after the beginning of the Simian Flu outbreak which subsequently claimed the lives of his wife and children. He retained his position of authority in the rapidly depopulated city for a decade, and took a militant stance against the Evolved Apes.
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* AntiVillain: While he becomes an antagonist, he is not an evil person. He's merely misguided, ill-informed and desperate to save his people.
* BadassLongcoat: He's usually seen wearing one of these.
* BadassMustache: Sports one.
* BenevolentBoss: He is a well-meaning leader to the San Francisco refugees.
* {{BFG}}: At one point Dreyfus wields a rocket launcher.
* CoolOldGuy: A badass FatherToHisMen.
* CrusadingWidower: His entire family was killed during the outbreak.
* AFatherToHisMen: Dreyfus is seen reassuring his troops and is very upset when harm comes to them.
* FamousLastWords: [["I'm saving the human race."]]
* 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]].]]
* TheLeader: Of the Colony.
* NotSoDifferent: To Koba in his final scene, as even WordOfGod points out in the commentary. Whereas prior to this he was a noble character, once he'd reached his breaking point he is driven only by hatred of the opposing species, justifying his actions by saying he's saving his kind even when it only makes things worse for them.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His two kids died during the outbreak.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The victim of this; [[spoiler: from Dreyfus' viewpoint, the humans are fighting in self-defense. Just when the colony receives power and starts communication, Koba leads the apes to start slaughtering and imprisoning the humans. So when Malcolm, at gunpoint, starts making peace talk, it's understandable why Dreyfus refused to give him the benefit of the doubt.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Gives one to [[spoiler:Malcolm]] during the film's climax.
-->'''Dreyfus:''' Are you out of your fucking mind?
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes time to listen to what his subordinates has to say.
* RousingSpeech: He makes a couple of them. First, when he gets everyone behind his plan to reclaim the dam's power. He delivers another one when [[spoiler:the apes are on their way to attack the Colony.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Attempted this at the sequel's climax.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: ''"They're ANIMALS! THEY ATTACKED US!"''
* WastelandElder: Dreyfus is TheLeader of the Colony, and one of the older members.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he gave 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.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: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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* AngryBlackMan: Only towards Carver, who certainly deserves all the scolding.
* BadassBeard: He sports one.
* BadassGrandpa: He's around his forties to fifties.
* BaldOfAwesome: He is bald and a badass.
* BlackBestFriend: To Malcolm and his family.
* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath]]: [[spoiler: Gets caught in the explosion triggered by Dreyfus at the end of ''Dawn'' while attempting to communicate with military forces on the radio.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: He seems to be a decade older than Malcolm and Ellie, and certainly several decades older to Alexander.
* MartialPacifist: Much like Malcolm, violence is never a first choice for him.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Maurice: strong, loyal and intelligent.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most level headed members of the group.
* OlderSidekick: To Malcolm.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: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 complete.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved bald, and although 'evil' is debatable he's certainly enough of an asshole to be an antagonist.
* DirtyCoward: Shoots Ash in the beginning of the film out of blind terror. His continued fear and distrust of the apes leads him to sneak a shotgun to the dam, which only serves to increase the friction between the apes and Malcolm's group [[spoiler:and make him a believable scapegoat for Koba's FalseFlagOperation]].
* FantasticRacism: He absolutely '''hates''' the apes, blaming them for the Simian Flu.
* HateSink: It's likely he is designated as the most despicable character in the first sequel, almost all the tropes that described him are negative.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:He gets killed just after expressing a genuine moment of happiness.]]
* HotBlooded: He's in a permanently foul mood, and it only takes the slightest nudge to send him into violence.
* InformedAbility: Malcolm's reason for bringing Carver along is that he worked on the dam, but we never see him offer any real help in getting the dam fixed, in fact they manage just fine without him, thus narrowing his role in the film to just being the perpetual fuck-up.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Blames the apes for the Simian Flu despite it being created by the humans.
* {{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.]]
* 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.
* NotSoDifferent: He is practically a human Koba. Both are distrustful, angry and violent. [[spoiler: Makes it ironic since the latter killed him.]]
* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors. This fits him well with his despicable redneck attitude and appearance.
* 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]]

!!!'''Alpha-Omega'''

[[folder:[=McCullough=]]]
!!Colonel [=McCullough=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/picture1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us ever since.'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WoodyHarrelson
->'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''

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: He wants to save humanity by killing the apes, which, when taking into account what for example Koba did in previous films, is quite an understandable goal. [[spoiler: His sympathetic death contributes to this, having become what he always feared]].
* ArchEnemy: To Caesar, in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''.
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' Have you come to save your apes?\\
'''Caesar:''' I came for ''you''.
* 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''.
* BigBadWannabe: He's Caesar's nemesis in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' but [[spoiler:his group is only a splinter faction of the army. His group's training and weapons make them a definite threat to Caesar's group, but once his forces fight the far larger remnant of the military, they're swiftly defeated. Even if he didn't contract the virus and could still lead before they attacked, his forces still would've been [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped.]]]]
* 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]].
* 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.
* 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, 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: He is only very rarely called Colonel [=McCullough=] in the film, perhaps only once or twice. 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.
* FantasticRacism: Towards apes.
* 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.
* KnightTemplar: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt At least he admits it]]:
-->'''[=McCullough=]:''' There are times when it is necessary to [[NecessaryEvil 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.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: [=McCullough=] begins killing any of his soldiers who show symptoms of the mutated virus. When the body count rises a [[{{Understatement}} 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]].
* 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.
* NotSoDifferent: If Dreyfus was similar to Koba in his final scene, the Colonel is similar to Koba throughout his entire run, utterly ruthless and so obsessed with killing the species he hates that he ends up harming his ''own'' species as well.
* 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 film title (a little clumsily) in his speech to his troops.
-->''"This is our last stand. And if we lose... it will be a Planet of Apes."''
* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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
->'''Portrayed by:''' Gabriel Chavarria
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''

A human soldier and the right-hand man of Colonel [=McCullough=].
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* 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.
* 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 more or less abusing the apes for too long. Preacher gets killed by Red when he's trying to kill Caesar.]]
* 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."]]]]
* 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]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Chad Rook
->'''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.
* {{Jerkass}}: Without a doubt. He's even this towards his fellow humans.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gasping Soldier]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Billy Wickman
->'''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]]
The remainder of the United States Army, who seek to execute [=McCullough=] and any of his remaining soldiers for murdering several 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]].
* 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.
* 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.
* 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]]
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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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* AndStarring: Her actress is given an "Introducing" citation in her debut film.
* 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.
* IdiotBall: She just walks up to Caesar imprisoned in the Alpha-Omega base to feed him even though there are soldiers on patrol. Your call on whether she did this out of naivety due to her young age or the effects of the Simian Flu [=McCullough=] claims it has on human intelligence.
* 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.
* 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.
* NiceGirl: Feeds a starving Caesar deprived of food and water as a favor return for him helping her out from being thirsty.
* 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.
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* 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]].

AntiVillain: He wants to save humanity by killing the apes, which, when taking into account what for example Koba did in previous films, is quite an understandable goal. [[spoiler: His sympathetic death contributes to this, having become what he always feared]].

* 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''.]]

* TeamDad: To the main characters: Will, Caroline, and of course, Caesar.

* {{Jerkass}}: While a lot of his behavior is [[JerkassHasAPoint somewhat reasonable if you consider the circumstances from an impartial viewpoint]], it's still bad form to blow your lid at a clearly senile old man. The best thing to do was to speak to his carer and/or family member rather than borderline assault someone who clearly didn't know what was going on. However, his angry reaction is so suspiciously extreme that it feels more out of IrrationalHatred of his neighbors then just what Charles did.

* TyphoidMary: While he ''does'' display symptoms, he ignores them [[spoiler:and winds up transmitting ALZ-113 around the world. Of course, he had no way of knowing what he was infected with.]]

* LowerClassLout: His blue-collar worker past job as a dam worker, his PermaStubble and unkempt appearance and deplorable {{Jerkass}} characterization could social-class-wise qualify him as a redneck.

A member of Malcolm's group.

* {{Jerkass}}: He's selfish, aggressive, ignorant and miserable. He insults Malcolm and Ellie by bringing up their dead loved ones in an accusatory tone and his unchecked temper ultimately helps [[spoiler: Koba to take power by framing him.]]

* PermaStubble: Like many male survivors.

* ColonelBadass: An evil version since he's a very dangerous soldier.

[[folder:Landon]]

[[folder:Dodge]]

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: He should of 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.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: He never seems entirely put together: he's nervous, stuttering, awkward, slack-jawed and submissive.

An orphan girl who is taken in by the apes.

* TokenHuman: She is the only human in Caesar's group of apes.

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An Alpha Omega soldier stationed at the border. He is incredibly volatile to both apes and humans, and participates the most in abusing the apes.

* 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 refuses the offer and fanatically defending the Colonel for being "a great man."]]]]

* 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 his death]].

* 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 vehemently refuses the offer and fanatically defending the Colonel for being "a great man."]]

* 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]].

* 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.]]