General Shanker

"You actually think I'm in love with an alien? As soon as she leaves your planet with my Blubonium, I'm gonna blow it up. But Baab's just the beginning, I'm going to wipe out the alien infestation one planet at a time"

- Shanker revealing his plot to use the Blubonium to charge his weapon that will destroy every alien-inhabited planet in the galaxy to a captured Gary

General Shanker is the main antagonist of Escape From Planet Earth. He is an evil army general who is hell-bent on eradicating all intelligent life from the stars. He is voiced by William Shatner who is famous for portraying James Kirk in most of the Star Trek franchise

Early Life & Growing Up
Shanker is seen in a flashback when he was a young boy and his father and him were stargazing when a flying saucer comes crashing down to Earth, it kills Shanker's father and causes him to scream in rage.

After an unknown period of years, Shanker enrols in the army and eventually becomes a general. He gained control of Area 51 and lured countless aliens to his base and then forced them to create technology such as the Internet and iPods and then makes deals with Steve Jobs and Apple.

Eventually over a universal dating website he becomes engaged to Lena Theckleman and strikes a deal with her.

Welcome to Earth & Alien Prisoner
Shanker sends a decoy distress signal from Earth and it's received by Planet Baab and so they send their hometown hero Scorch Supernova. When Scorch lands the first thing he sees is a 7-Eleven and is distracted by a balloon-man and this serves as a distraction. Shanker's men ambushes the alien