Lord Nooth

"The age of stone is over! Long live the age of bronze!"

- Lord Nooth's most famous line. "A caveman?!"

- Lord Nooth

Lord Nooth is the main antagonist of Aardman Animations' 2018 animated feature film Early Man. He is the leader of the Bronze Revolution and is Dug's archenemy.

He was voiced by Tom Hiddleston, who also portrayed Loki Laufeyson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Captain James Hook in The Pirate Fairy.

Appearance
Nooth is completely bald and his nose sticks out. His clothing is a purple gown with a bronze football sash in the middle, a maroon cape, and boots. If one to look real close, Nooth is shown to have a gold tooth.

Personality
Despite being the leader of the Bronze Age, Lord Nooth is a buffoonish person to put it bluntly. He is territorial and possessive, and invaded the Stone Age Valley without a second thought. Beneath all this, he is secretly a weakling, as when the Queen arrives to berate him for playing a football game with the Stone Age, he panics.

Biography
Lord Nooth is first seen when he invades the Stone Age Valley, proclaiming that 'the age of stone is over'. Banishing the tribe (except Dug) to the Badlands, he is unaware that Dug has accidentally snuck onto a truck and made it to the Bronze Age City. When Dug invades a football game and challenges his team to a match for the safety of his valley (despite not knowing what football is), Nooth accepts, realizing it could be a good moneymaking opportunity.

After being visited by a "message bird" sent by Queen Oofeefa, he tries another tactic: he had discovered some mysterious cave paintings showing that Dug's tribe in the past were actually proper rubbish at football, and despite inventing it, had never won a game. Nooth attempts to discourage Dug, but he and his tribesmen go on with the game.

In the climax of the movie, the big game, Nooth gets incredibly antsy when the Tribe are looking to be winning. To counter this, he knocks the referee out, takes his place, and makes up a ton of bogus rules, allowing his team to violently attack the tribe. He pushes the game in his complete favour, but not until the tribe manage to score a winning goal in the closing minutes of the game and win 4-3. In a final bid, Nooth tries to steal money and escape in a Rat mascot costume, but is caught by the giant Duck and is taking of the bronze back to the audience before he is knocked out by a bronze plate. During the credits, there's a paint of him working on a mine, meaning that has been arrested and was forced to do the mine ore.

Quotes
"Excelant."

- Nooth's first words when he finds the ore.

"Alright. Start mining the ore."

"Let them rot in the bad lands."

"How dare you set foot on our grounds?"

- Nooth speaking to Dug.

"For the valley?"

- Nooth liking the idea of a challage.

"That old croak. How dare she speaks to me like that?"

- Nooth insulting the Queen

"No! My Goldscmicles!"

- Lord Nooth final words before being droop down in the ground and being knock by a golden plate

Trivia

 * Nooth is the only Aardman main antagonist who is really bossed about by someone of a higher order.
 * He has a relatively similar appearance to Victor Quartermaine, the key difference being that Nooth is bald (though Victor wears a wig).