Weasel (Watership Down)

"One by one I get you, longears. One by one..."

- Weasel

The Weasel is the secondary antagonist to the Watership Down rabbits, who appeared only in the first season of Watership Down TV series.

History
The Weasel made his debut in the second episode, Home on the Down, where he has been living on Watership Down for quite some time, calling it his hunting ground and having preyed on the rabbits who lived there in the past. When Hazel and his rabbit companions first arrived on Watership Down, they were unaware that the Weasel was lurking around the hills, hunting for prey. He eventually caught the rabbit's scent and found Pipkin alone in the hills looking for worms to help feed the gull, Kehaar. The Weasel would've kill the young buck right there and then if Bigwig and Hawkbit hadn't intervened and drove the carnivore off, having been warned by the mouse, Hannah, of the carnivore lurking around.

The Weasel later discovered where the rabbits were living atop Watership Down, and plotted to attack them that very night. The attempt failed when Kehaar woke up and alerted the rabbits to the carnivore's presence. Knowing that he was outnumbered by the bucks, the Weasel fled back into the hills where he vowed to get the rabbits 'one by one'. True to his word, the Weasel returned to the warren the following night for a second attempt to hunt the rabbits. He was lured into a rock tunnel within the warren by Hannah as part of Hazel's plan to get rid of the weasel. Once inside, the carnivore was locked within the tunnel and forced to go to the far side of Watership Down, hopefully to never to return to cause anymore trouble for the rabbits.

Although he arrived on the far side of the Down, the Weasel developed a hatred for the rabbits for sealing him underground. He made a reappearance in the ninth episode, The Vision, where he was seen traveling across the hills to return to Watership Down to seek revenge upon the Watership Down rabbits. Fortunately by the time he attacked the warren, the Weasel was driven off after falling into a pit, getting impaled in the underbelly by the quills of two hedgehogs, and finally chased out of the warren by Bigwig and his Owsla, who had prepared themselves for the carnivore's arrival thanks to Fiver's vision of the approaching animal. The Weasel however, was still persistent on having his revenge, vowing that he would wait out in the hills until the rabbits come sooner or later.

While hunting desperately for food, the Weasel found Fiver alone in the hills, who was sad and upset about seemingly bringing bad things to Watership Down because of his visions. The carnivore attacked the young buck, only for Bigwig and his Owsla to rescue the young buck just in time to deal with the evil carnivore once and for all. It is unknown what happened to the Weasel after Bigwig and his Owsla jumped on him to save Fiver. Since the scene was rushed, most figure that the carnivore was driven away from Watership Down for good after the rabbits attacked him, or he was possibly killed by them for the future safety of their warren.

Personality
The Weasel possesses a sinister nature and seemingly considers rabbits his favorite choice of prey. Due to this, Fiver calls the carnivore a killer. He soon developed a hatred for the rabbits of Watership Down after they locked him underground, calling them 'stupid' for thinking that the carnivore won't come back to their warren. The Weasel is also vengeful, as the vengeance in his heart and his hatred for the Watership Down rabbits are what drove him to travel all the way back to his old hunting ground to kill the rabbits as revenge for sealing him in the rock tunnel.

When he is outnumbered in his attempt to hunt his prey, the Weasel knows when to back down and make his leave, but plots to strike again later.

Quotes

 * "Lucky for you, I got other things to do. I got places to go, old friend longears to visit."
 * "It time to feed, little longears. It time."
 * "Welcome back to hunting ground, longear."
 * "I wait out here till you come. Sooner or later, you come."
 * "Longears locked me underground. They think I won't come back. Stupid rabbits..."