| NOTE: This page is only about the movie incarnation of Red King as his original comic book incarnation was not voted Pure Evil, and thus only the movie version of Red King's info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | Caiera: Sire, we need help! The Spikes have returned! Red King: I know. I sent them. Caiera: You what? Red King: Don't be so surprised. The Spikes have always been my greatest weapon. They helped me find you. And now they'll rid this world of that green monster and his friends. Caiera: You unleashed them onto my village! Red King: I needed an Oldstrong as my shadow, and was the only way to find one. Caiera: But... But my people, my parents! YOU KILLED THEM! Red King: Unless you want to join them, Caiera. I suggest you leave. Now. |
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| ~ Red King reveals to Caiera that he created the Spike virus, which started the Spike Wars and decimated the population of Sakaar, while also revealing he murdered her entire village and family. |
| “ | Don't look so glum, Lieutenant. This is a great day for all of Sakaar. My loyal citizens, you'll be relieved to know that the violent prisoners responsible for that destructive riot have been apprehended. Unfortunately, the most savage of them all will not have to feel the executioner's blade, for you cannot kill what is already dead. | „ |
| ~ Red King announces the capture of Warbound to the citizens of Sakaar and the "death" of the Hulk, before the latter awakens and fights the tyrant for the final time. |
The Red King is the main antagonist of the animated movie adaptation Planet Hulk. He was the deceptive and ruthless tyrant of the planet Sakaar until the arrival of the Hulk ended his despicable rule. He is also Hulk's archenemy during this story.
He was voiced by Mark Hildreth.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- While he had a somewhat sympathetic backstory and Freudian Excuse that he was not loved by his father, the previous emperor of Sakaar, but that doesn't excuse his horrible and atrocious actions, because he murdered his own family, including his own wife and children, to avoid being overthrown by his successors and he was willing to kill his own daughter when he learned that she survived and is now the rightful heir of the Sakaar's throne.
- In his most notorious moral event horizon, he created a bioweapon known as the Spikes, that infected his people and painfully transformed them into mutated feral monsters, which started a deadly conflict known as the Spike Wars. He did this with sole purpose of finding a warrior who possessed the power of the Old Strong and make them his personal bodyguard, because the Old Strong would be immune to the Spikes infection.
- While he did save Caiera, he did it only because she possessed the power of the Old Strong and needed her strength, not out of sympathy for the innocent girl, who lost her entire family, including her parents and younger sister, making this action purely pragmatic. He also later personally admitted this crime to her himself and later subverted saving her life, by personally ordering his soldiers to kill Caiera.
- He ordered his servants to weaken and capture any creatures, who arrive to Sakaar through the portals to serve as his slaves and gladiators of his unfair and violent arena battles.
- He enforces the unfair and cruel gladiator fights in his kingdom and forces slaves, former citizens, and aliens to fight to death in the arena. And while he pretends that he does this to entertain his people with fighting, but in reality he does it purely for his own entertainment.
- He turns Hulk and his Warbound against many robotic monsters and creatures, and the most horrifying thing was that he forced Korg to fight and kill Margus and his own brothers by brainwashing them and forcing the brainwashed Kronans to kill one of the Warbound members, Lavin Skee, who was loved by Elloe Kaifi, causing her a great grief and leaving a great psychological trauma on the minds of the Warbound.
- After Hulk attacks him, he fights and attempts to kill the Hulk, while also using his control disk to partially restrain him. He then has Caiera step in to fight in his place after Hulk cut his face, only to blast Hulk when he least expected it, making him a cheater and a coward.
- He controls Beta Ray Bill through a control disk and turned the heroic warrior into a murderous warrior, while also turning him against Hulk and his Warbound.
- When Hulk and his friends refused to kill Elloe in exchange for their freedom, he attempts to electrocute them to death by increasing the power on their control disks. Showing he never intended to free them even if they won the third gladiator match and would've succeeded in killing them if not for the interference of Bill.
- He orders Caiera to hunt down and kill Hulk after he threatened him and escaped with his Warbound. Despite Caiera advising him she shouldn't leave his side after what happened, he tells her to do as she's told and shoves her to go.
- He orders Governor Churik to kill the Warbound, after they sought refuge in An-Sara and assumed Churik was on their side.
- He unleashed the Spikes on An-Sara after Governor Churik failed to kill the Warbound, putting millions of innocent lives on Sakaar on the risk, just to kill Hulk and his friends. After An-Sara was overrun with Spike monsters, he dropped a bomb on the village that wiped out the monsters and any villagers that weren't saved by the Warbound.
- This also leads to Hulk getting infected with the Spikes and causes the tragic hero a great pain and torture with this.
- This action also leads to Caiera turning on him after he smugly revealed to her that he sent them to An-Sara and unleashed the Spikes on her village, showing no remorse for killing her parents or people.
- He and his armies capture Hulk's friends and he prepared to personally execute them for treason against the ruler of Sakaar. He also has them and Hulk's body paraded through the streets of Crown City in order to cause sorrow from the citizens.
- After being defeated by Hulk, he showed absolutely no remorse for his atrocities and only pathetically begged them for mercy, only to be infected by Caiera with his own Spikes. He also subverted any care he had, or at least feigned towards Caiera, when he personally ordered his Dead Heads soldiers to kill her along with Hulk and his friends. Overall, there was nothing sympathetic in his death, and it was treated like a deserved karma for his tyranny and mass murder, no matter how horrible it seemed.
Trivia[]
- Only the movie version of Red King qualifies as Pure Evil, because this version of the character never redeemed himself and is completely evil with nothing prevents this, but his original comic book counterpart redeemed himself genuinely and shows remorse for his crimes to his daughter.
- He is currently the only Hulk Pure Evil to originate from the movies.
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