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Hunter is the main antagonist of the 2016 film, Storks. He is zen, wise, cunning, kind, pleasant, serious, stern, distant, charismatic but later egotistical, treacherous, selfish, manipulative, evil, arrogant, sadistic. In the battle, he is ruthless, aggressive, vengeful, egocentric, murderous and vain.
Character[]
Not much is known about his life, only that he was apparently among the storks of Stork Mountain, back when they still delivered babies. 18 years before the film, Jasper accidentally destroyed the beacon of a baby he was supposed to deliver, after trying to keep for himself (the baby which happened to be Tulip). He then went into exile following this blunder, which left the storks unable to complete the delivery. With the address beacon gone and unable to deliver the orphaned girl, the storks adopted her under the name Tulip. Hunter took action and had the Baby Factory shut down, discontinuing the production and delivery of babies in favor of switching the company to package delivery. He then became the CEO at Cornerstore.
Appearance[]
Hunter is a stork who wears a black suit with a white tie. Unlike most storks in the movie, Hunter stands out from the rest of his kind by having something of a more burly build, having broader shoulders and being slightly taller than the other storks at Stork Mountain, giving him something of a more intimidating build.
Personality[]
Hunter seemed somewhat friendly, charismatic and pleasant at first, albeit stern and distant, but as the film goes on, he shows a more sinister side to his personality. For an unspecified reason, Hunter hated baby delivery, to the point that he had the baby factory closed down upon switching the company to a postal service.
Fitting for the boss of a company, Hunter proved to be rather business-minded and was proud of his position and act of leading Cornerstore to success. At the same time, he was also in some ways unsympathetic to others, or at least to the incompetent, mainly Tulip, as her previous attempts in trying to help the company by promoting new ideas had caused them to lose stocks in the past. He even kept a chart that indicates the profits made and stocks lost because of her. As such, he ordered Junior to fire her due to her being a liability and used the charts to justify this. He also had no qualms to have her fired on her birthday which she was now legally old enough to live alone, (an opportunity he saw), nor did he seem to care about the rough life she led as an orphan.
Hunter, however, did have unpleasant qualities shown early on in the movie, specifically abusing small and helpless birds by using them as stress balls and golf balls, showing that Hunter was something of a sadist. He also stated that he had his office built-in entirely out (even though none of his kind, nor any other bird) can see the glass, which he declared to be a "power move", likely to establish his position as CEO. This indicates a certain amount of arrogance behind Hunter.
Plot[]
Goodness[]
He is shown when he tells Junior about his promotion (He is going to be named "Chairman" and Junior is going to be named "Boss"). At the same time, he blows Junior's mind. But, He asks Junior to fire the last baby (Tulip) created before he can be Boss. Hunter also tells Junior that now Tulip is 18, he can able to return Tulip to the human world. Before Junior go fire Tulip, he asks Hunter that "she is no trouble, right?". Hunter answers his question by showing his chart ( Tulip already make a lot of mistakes). So Junior agrees ( at first) to liberate Tulip to the Human World. On that day (when Junior suppose to fire tulip) it was Tulip's birthday. She makes one more mistake when Junior meets her. But Junior doesn't want to fire Tulip since he knows it was her birthday. Hunter showed back his chart so that Junior fire Tulip. But Junior puts her in the Baby Factory.
Junior tells Hunter that he already liberate Tulip to the human world (but he put her at the baby factory). Hunter says that Monday it will be Junior's first day of being a boss. Also, he tells Junior how fun it is to be a boss (together with him).
True Nature[]
Later, when Pigeon Toady tells him that Junior and Tulip are delivering a baby (so that means Junior is not firing Tulip), he asks Pigeon Toady to change the address of the Gardener's Family home. Then, he designed a home that looks just like the Gardener's Family home and he sends police to go at the real Gardener's Family Home. Junior goes to the fake Gardener's Family Home and Hunter told Junior that he is fired. He also asks Pigeon Toady to tie him on a green chair and the penguins put a deadly time gas bomb device behind it. After Pigeon Toady tied Junior, He goes out of the fake Gardener's Family Home he has one of the penguins locks Junior inside and set off to Cornerstore as he goes to Storkcon.
He explains the new edition box "SPHERICUS". When he is talking about "SPHERICUS", he heard Tulip and Junior arguing and he asks "What is THAT". Two of the storks open Tulip and Junior "SPHERICUS" disguise. So Hunter and every stork (excluding Junior) chase Junior Chicken Emu Quail and Tulip. When Hunter arrives at the baby factory (which is where Junior and Tulip run) he tries and tries to blow Junior's mind (so Junior joins him and said that he is very cool) but it didn't work. So he attempts to destroy the baby factory (that he want to do many years ago). Diamond Destiny plays the buttons of the machine (that he used to destroy the baby factory) so the machine goes up and down and backward.
Death[]
At the crack of dawn, the Machine gets stuck in the support cables that hold up Cornerstore. He tries to open the Machine's emergency exit hatch, but it's caught in cables, leaving him trapped. Some of the cables snap and the Cornerstore.com warehouse starts to rotate and a cable hangs by a single bolt. He sees a robin and asks it to get him out but it lands on the Machine and hundreds of them land on it. Seven robins carry Hunter's golf club to the bolt hanging and the birds swing at it with the golf club, freeing it and the cable. The Cornerstore warehouse starts to tilt and shipping boxes and machinery start to tumble in the unoccupied building. The sun is rising and as everyone watches with a scared look, the massive warehouse tilts completely sideways. The final cables snap, the giant main support strut gives way and the entire warehouse falls, dragging Hunter in the Machine down as he plummets to his doom along with the warehouse. He uses a robot claw to grab the ledge Junior and Tulip stand on, breaking it off, and Junior and Tulip plummet down the mountain as well, but they fly back up the mountain and leave Hunter falling. It is unknown if Hunter survived or not.
Quotes[]
- "You know why I built my office entirely out of glass even though birds can't see glass? (Junior: I do not.) Power move."
- —Hunter's introduction[src]
Trivia[]
- In the teaser trailer, Hunter possesses a different physical appearance from that in the actual film. He has a slightly smaller body, lacks black hair at the back of his head, and merely wears a white dress collar and black tie. He also bears a striking resemblance to Junior. This was meant to hide his villainy.
- In the film, his slightly larger size, black hair, and black suit symbolize his villainy.
- He is very similar to Lord Farquaad from DreamWorks Animation's Shrek, Sid Phillips from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story and Henry J. Waternoose III from Monsters Inc.
- There are chances that he survived his fall.
- Though Hunter's villainy does not become entirely clear until the film progresses, there are some hints in the previews and on the film's promotion poster the foreshadow his villainy.
- In the previews, Hunter is shown to abuse robins by using them to make a newton's cradle and as golf ball; having his office wall made of glass despite the fact birds can't see glass so to overpower his employees; and when he finds out that Junior and Tulip have attempted to deliver the baby Junior accidentally produced, he declares the baby dangerous, and orders penguins to take her away. Since the penguins fight for the baby against Junior and Tulip as if they're villains, some viewers may begin to assume Hunter is the antagonist.
- It is also noteworthy that Pigeon Toady appears to be the main antagonist in the previews. Toady is also positioned next to Hunter on the poster promoting the film, which is another give-away hint to wise viewers.
- In the previews, Hunter is shown to abuse robins by using them to make a newton's cradle and as golf ball; having his office wall made of glass despite the fact birds can't see glass so to overpower his employees; and when he finds out that Junior and Tulip have attempted to deliver the baby Junior accidentally produced, he declares the baby dangerous, and orders penguins to take her away. Since the penguins fight for the baby against Junior and Tulip as if they're villains, some viewers may begin to assume Hunter is the antagonist.
References[]
| Storks Characters | |
|---|---|
| Stork Mountain | Junior • Tulip • Baby • Toady • Jasper • Hunter |
| Gardner Family | Nate • Henry • Sarah |
| Animals | Wolves • Chicken • Quail • Emu • Bunny • Polar Bear • Baboo • Penguins |
| Humans | Babies • Tulip's Family •
Police Officer • Dock Security 1 • Dock Security 2 |
| Living characters appear in green. Presumed Dead characters appear in yellow. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Determinant characters (meaning that their status is variable based off of player choices) appear in purple. Characters with an unknown status appear in blue. | |