History Characters / HannibalMinorCharacters

* AnimalLover: His barn is full of animals. When he learns the FBI discovered the starling in a murder victim's body, he voices his concern about who's caring for it. [[spoiler:Even when he's locked up, he keeps a rat in his sleeve.]] He also asks Will not to blame the animal in a murder by animal attack, since "man is the only animal that kills to kill." His love for animals and desire to protect them is the first, and most obvious, sign that he isn't a vicious killer.

* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: He loves animals and is very compassionate towards them, but he's not very good at interacting with other people due to a traumatic brain injury.

[[center: [- [[Characters/{{Hannibal}} Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/HannibalMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/HannibalWillGraham Will Graham]], [[Characters/HannibalHannibalLecter Hannibal Lecter]]) | [[Characters/HannibalFBI F.B.I.]] | [[Characters/HannibalVergerFamily Verger Family]] | [[Characters/HannibalSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/HannibalNotableKillers Notable Killers]] | '''Minor Characters''']] -]

* [[spoiler: To be fair, as a former cop, he couldn't reveal he was investigating citizens without massive reprecussions. Furthermore, since he was already disgraced precisely because he accused the "innocent" Hannibal, it makes sense that he wouldn't want to expose how he was still targeting Hannibal.]]

* [[spoiler: To be fair, as a former cop, he couldn't have revealed he was still investigating apparently random citizens without massive reprecussions. Furthermore, he was already disgraced precisely because he accused the "innocent" Hannibal, so it makes sense that he wouldn't expose the fact he was still targeting Hannibal.]]

* [[spoiler: To be fair, as a former cop, he couldn't investigate a random citizen without being arrested by the cops. Plus, he was already disgraced precisely because he went after Hannibal.]]

* [[To be fair, as a former cop, he couldn't investigate a random citizen without being arrested by the cops. Plus, he was already disgraced precisely because he went after Hannibal.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Claims Mason Verger's bounty rather than catch Hannibal through legal means. This leads directly to his death when he has no backup to rescue him.
* To be fair, as a former cop, he couldn't investigate a random citizen without being arrested by the cops. Plus, he was already disgraced precisely because he went after Hannibal.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Claims Mason Verger's bounty rather than catch Hannibal through legal means. This leads directly to his death when he has no backup to rescue him.]]

* NotGoodWithPeople: He loves animals and is very compassionate towards them, but he's not very good at interacting with other people due to a traumatic brain injury.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"We can [[DoubleEntendre twist ourselves into all manner of uncomfortable positions]], just to maintain appearances."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Please don't blame the animals. Man is the only creature that kills to kill."'']]

->'''Played By:''' Dan Fogler

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Clark Ingram releases all his animals and kills a horse in his barn.]]

* [[AdoptTheDog Adopt The Animal]]: Peter's first and foremost concern is ''always'' about the animals in his care, or even those that he's never seen or interacted with before. The sheer amount of animals he's able to successfully care for, all by himself, is quite impressive.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: His barn is full of animals. When he learns the FBI discovered the starling in a murder victim's body, he voices his concern about who's caring for it. [[spoiler:Even when he's locked up, he keeps a rat in his sleeve.]] He also asks Will not to blame the animal in a murder by animal attack, since "man is the only animal that kills to kill."

* [[KindHeartedCatLover Kind Hearted Animal Lover]]: His love for animals and desire to protect them is the first, and most obvious, sign that he isn't a vicious killer.

* NotSoDifferent: From Will Graham. [[spoiler:Both Peter and Will were manipulated and framed by men who were supposed to help them. And both of them love animals.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in a flashback and is already dead prior to the series, and his death is a major part of Bedelia's story. [[spoiler:The flashback reveals that Hannibal hypnotized him into choking on his tongue when he gets upset, and is actually nothing more than another innocent victim. Bedelia was even going to prescribe the same therapy he was getting from Hannibal. When he calls her out on it and starts to choke, she shoved his tongue down his throat instead of saving him. In other words, she lied about his death, which throws her previous characterization for a loop and implies she's actually NotSoDifferent from Hannibal when talking to Will.]]