History Main / TheHunter

* GreenArrow when Mike Grell wrote him was portrayed this way. Probably because Mike Grell is a big game hunter.
* {{Huntress}}, by default.

* The ''{{Gantz}}'' are alien hunters. They don't know why, hell, they don't even know what they're hunting half the time.

* One could argue this of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]].

* The ''{{Gantz}}'' hunters hunt all sorts of things. They don't know why, hell, they don't even know what they're hunting half the time.

* [[World of Warcraft]] has a playable class called a Hunter[[note]]ChuckNorris plays a hunter, but he does not hunt, because hunting implies the possibility of failure[[/note]], but this trope is more closely represented by the NPC demon hunters.

* Subversion: Elmer Fudd from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.

* In WebAnimation/RWBY, the continent named Vytal trains teenagers into becoming Hunters of the [[TheHeartless Grimm]]. They are not directly called Hunters, however; it's "Huntsmen" if male and "Huntress" if female.

--> '''Dying Reaper''': [[AC: Harbinger speaks of you!]]
** Even [[spoiler:Leviathan, one of the beings who created the AI that eventually created the Reapers]] says that Shepard is the ''only'' being that the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] have ever feared, in their billion plus years of existence.

* Commander Shepard of ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is revered across the Galaxy as the ''only'' person who has managed to kill ''several'' [[BigBad Reapers]], most of the time doing so entirely ''on foot'', either through clever tactics, or while practically [[StaringDownCthulhu staring them down]]. Even the Reapers know their name and are frankly terrified of them.

* Commander Shepard of ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is revered across the Galaxy as the ''only'' person who has managed to kill ''several'' [[BigBad Reapers]], most of the time doing so entirely ''on foot''. Even the Reapers know their name and are frankly terrified of them.

** Even [[spoiler:Leviathan, one of the beings who created the AI that eventually created the Reapers]] says that Shepard is the ''only'' being that the Reapers have ever feared, in their billion plus years of existence.

* The Auzora (Blue Sky) Association from ''KamenRiderKiva'' is this to the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent fangires]] and to a lesser extent the other monster races. How extreme it is taken varies between members though. Some are content to allow fangires to live as long as [[VegetarianVampire don't feed on humans]] whereas others will kill all fangires on site. Almost all of them warm up the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-fangire]] protagonist though.

** In {{ComicBook/The Tomb Of Dracula}}, where Blade was first introduced, there's also Quincy Harker and ''his'' band of vampire hunters working occasionally alongside Blade.

The most common kind nowadays is the VampireHunter, though {{Demon Slayer}}s, and [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Men]] who target criminals are also common. TheWitchHunter is the least sympathetic variety. TheDragonslayer however is almost never a subtrope of The Hunter. Some other non-supernatural varieties are the SerialKillerKiller and the NaziHunter.

** The Inquisition of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} is this ([[UpToEleven on a much larger scale]]. Here the Inquisitor can essentially requisition entire planets, regiments of Guardsmen and even SpaceMarines if he so chooses, and often the dangers they hunt require that kind of firepower to destroy. The Inquisition is divided into three groups specializing in rooting out traitors and heretics, dealing with Chaos and learning about aliens to better defeat them.

** Crosses into [[HeWhoFightsMonsters HeWhoHuntsMonsters]] when he attempts to massacre an entire Fire Nation village, men, women, children, elderly, bender or not.

A Hunter with no fixed home is probably also a KnightErrant. Depending on the Hunter, may end up committing VanHelsingHateCrimes. Not to be confused with a [[Left4Dead zombie using the same name.]] See also MarySueHunter for the [[MarySue sue killing]] type.

* Dean and Sam Winchester from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' and a large part of their supporting cast.

-->--'''''VideoGame/DiabloIII''''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByqPqwBrzs Demon Hunter trailer]]

* Commander Shepard of ''MassEffect'' is revered across the Galaxy as the ''only'' person who has managed to kill ''several'' [[BigBad Reapers]], most of the time doing so entirely ''on foot''. Even the Reapers know their name and are frankly terrified of them.

* Rayne of the ''BloodRayne'' series. She's dedicated her life to hunting down [[IHateYouVampireDad her vampire father]], Kagan, and his other offspring. She has since also become an assassin and agent for the Brimstone society, who dispatch her against supernatural threats. During WorldWarII she carried out assassinations of Nazi officers and scientists involved in paranormal warfare and research on behalf of the Allies on Brimstone's orders.

* Pleasure. It was once acceptable for the GreatWhiteHunter to kill tigers, but today they are too endangered for that. So why not start hunting a creature that is just as dangerous as TheMostDangerousGame, but [[WhatMeasureIsANonhuman but which it is much more ethical to kill?]]

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