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| “ | Whoever wears the Amulet of Merlin, I shall destroy him, just as I have done with every single one of them. | „ |
| ~ Bular. |
| “ | Bular: Yield, Kanjigar. Kanjigar: A Trollhunter never yields. I'd rather die. Bular: Terms, accepted. Kanjigar: Your turn, Bular. Yield. Bular: There is nowhere left for you to run, Trollhunter. Give me the amulet. [Get the better of Kanjigar] It all ends here. It's me or the sun. Either way, you're doomed. Kanjigar: No. The amulet will find a champion. We will stop you, and your master. I may end, but the fight will not. |
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| ~ Bular's first words, confronting Kanjigar in a fight to the death. |
| “ | I'll drink your blood out of a goblet made of your skull! I'll carve you open, let your guts spill out! | „ |
| ~ Bular to King Arthur. |
Bular is a major antagonist in Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia and Wizards: Tales of Arcadia.
He is the second-in-command of the Gumm-Gumms whose goal is to release their leader and his father, Gunmar, from the Darklands so they can eradicate the Trollhunters and all of humanity, he is Jim's first enemy and Steve Palchuk's archenemy.
In Trollhunters, he was voiced by Ron Perlman, who also played Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Pap Finn in The Adventures of Huck Finn, Mr. Grasping in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, Drekk in Men in Black: The Series, Count Nikolas Rokoff in The Legend of Tarzan, Dieter Reinhardt in Blade II, the Viceroy in Star Trek: Nemesis, the High Mage in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Slade in Teen Titans, Bane, Killer Croc and Rumor in The Batman, Kago in Tarzan II, Hoodoo Brown in Gun, Sheriff Collie Entragian in Desperation, Biff Wellington in Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Justice in Afro Samurai, Warhok in Kim Possible, Sozin in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, Gha Nachkt in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Nicola in Bunraku, the Stabbington Brothers in the Tangled franchise, The Lich in Adventure Time, Nino in Drive, Sinestro in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Deathstroke in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Polyphemus in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Rust in Payday 2, Xibalba in The Book of Life, Armaggon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Gnarlak in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the Podestà in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.
In Wizards, he was voiced by Darin De Paul, who also voiced Zeron Alpha in 3Below, Ardyn Izunia in the English version of Final Fantasy XV, Vitiate from Star Wars: The Old Republic, Quan Chi from Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, Trade Prince Gallywix from World of Warcraft: Legion, Samuel Hayden from 2016s Doom, J. Jonah Jameson from Marvel's Spider-Man video game, the Great Shinobi Owl in the English version of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Chef Pepper Jack from Skylanders: Trap Team, and Luxaar from Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Personality[]
| “ | Lancelot: Bular the Butcher! Galahad: The Gumm-Gumm prince himself! |
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| ~ Lancelot and Galahad about Bular. |
| “ | As the last remaining Gumm-Gumm soldier in the human world, Bular has one goal: to free his father, Gunmar, from the Darklands. Due to his limitation of not being able to maneuver in the daylight, Bular must initially concede to falling in line and letting Strickler take the lead. | „ |
| ~ Bular's description in The Art of Trollhunters |
Bular is monstrously arrogant, impulsive, bloodthirsty, vicious, and cruel to friend and foe alike, but he claims to nevertheless respect the strong. He is quick to anger and quick to act and enjoys lording himself over his subordinates. Like many trolls, Bular is dismissive of changelings, seeing them as fodder or cheap labor to further his plans while qualifying them as "Impure", showing that he despises them about as much as he despises humanity. Bular is devoted to his father Gunmar and will stop at nothing to bring him back to the surface world. He is also extremely impulsive and impatient, something Gunmar himself has admitted. Bular prefers the use of brute force to conspiracy, which always puts him in conflict with Strickler due to their opposite personalities.
In Wizards, Bular is the same monster even 900 years earlier but without the compulsion to free his father, he shows great pleasure in slaughtering his enemies, while displaying great contempt for King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. He also appears to respect Morgana for setting him free, ignoring the Changeling she sent. However, he still underestimates his opponents on the physical side as he was first depicted centuries later.
Appearance []
Bular is a large and muscular Gumm-Gumm Troll measuring 9 feet tall with black skin, yellow eyes with red orange pupils, wide dorsal fur and a set of horns curled around his face, the right horn end chipped off after his fight with AAARRRGGHH!!! during the first Battle of Killahead Bridge. In "Young Atlas", he gains a small scar under his left eye after getting cut by Jim's sword. He has sharp claws, claw toes on his feet, and spikes sticking out of his elbows.
He wears a kilt with a wide belt, decorated with skulls, and two belts across his chest, which hold his swords. He also has a leather wrap on his right arm, and what appears to be black hair going down his back.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Bular is considerably stronger than humans and the average troll, easily able to throw a car into the air, easily knock over trolls his size, punch through rocky matter and lifting a truck over his head and throwing it ten yards. He is also able to rival in terms of physical strength with AAARRRGGHH!!!, a Krubera troll barely bigger than him. His legs are also very strong, allowing him to jump high and deliver powerful kicks that knock an opponent down.
- Superhuman Durability: Bular's rocky skin is very tough and can withstand most blows that would be lethal to a human. He once took a blow to the face with a metal mace but did not sustain any injuries. His thick skin is also used to sharpen his blades. Due to being a troll, Bular is fatally vulnerable to the sun, a mere ray of sunlight being able to turn his skin to stone. During all of his fights, Bular took a number of blows with minimal injuries, including a scar under his left eye from the Sword of Daylight.
- Superhuman Stamina: Bular is able to fight or stalk for a long time without getting too exhausted and even return to the charge once enraged enough. He was able to chain a confrontation against Draal then against AAARRRGGGHHH!!! without even weakening.
- Agility/Mobility: Despite his imposing size, Bular is surprisingly agile for a troll, being able to move as dexterously and quickly as a primate. Bular's particular morphology notably allows him to move both bipedally and quadrupedally, running faster on his four limbs.
- Troll anatomy: Bular has sharp claws that can tear through rock and a massive horns that he sometimes uses in frontal attacks. He can also use his tail to strike.
- Longevity: Bular is over 900 years old at the start of Trollhunters and compared to his appearance in Wizards he has shown no significant signs of aging or physical decrease.
- Expert Fighter: Bular is one of the most battle-hardened Gumm-Gumms, having defeated and killed other Trollhunters over the centuries. He was a formidable opponent against Kanjigar and had the upper hand before Kanjigar chose to kill himself. Against Draal, Bular faced him on a par but ended up winning, only to be interrupted by AAARRRGGGHHH!!! then faced Gunmar's former general in a showdown. Bular was also able to overpower several Knights of the Round Table at once. Above all, Bular was one of Jim's most formidable opponents, constantly gaining the advantage over the young human and might have been able to kill him in their final confrontation if Bular had been more focused.
- Swordsmanship: Bular is an expert at wielding blades, possessing twin swords which he uses as his primary weapon. He turns out to be a swordsman formidable enough to face King Arthur armed with Excalibur and ultimately won.
Plot[]
Trollhunters[]
Part 1[]
Bular faces the Trollhunter, Kanjigar, in the world of humans. After a long battle ending under a bridge, Bular gained the upper hand over him, Kanjigar confesses to being defeated but refuses to give Trollhunter's amulet to Bular. Kanjigar chooses to commit suicide through the solar rays that are deadly for the trolls and is then changed into stone and destroyed when he reaches the ground. The sun's rays preventing him from recovering the amulet, Bular leaves the bridge.
Later a young human boy named Jim Lake finds the amulet and becomes the new Trollhunter, When Bular learns it he waits for the night to attack the young man who runs away with his best friend Toby Domzalski. Bular and Jim end up fighting after Jim is discovered the power of the amulet but he is no match against the despicable Troll and to flee to the world of trolls where Bular could not enter.
Although also determined to kill this new Trollhunter, the main objective of Bular was always to release his father, with the help of goblins and changelings, creatures can transform into a human he was able to rebuild the portal but it needed the amulet to make it walk. He sent Stricklander, a changeling who pretended to be a human named Waltolemew Strickler (whom he replaced) and became Jim's history teacher, to take the amulet better and another changeling named Nomura to collect more bridge parts. First having to follow Strickler's directives, such as being refused to go after Jim and his mother in their house, Bular regained the leadership after informing Gunmar by projection thanks to the Killahead Bridge of Strickler's too passive methods against Jim. When Gunmar begins to doubt Strickler's loyalty, he orders his son to test him. To go about it, Bular deliberately blew Strickler's cover by calling Jim "Young Atlas" a nickname only Strickler ever used of him as the Trollhunter and the Gumms-Gumms clashed in the sewers. Bular enjoyed breaking the trust Jim had in Strickler.
In the end, the portal would finally be opened but it needed the Trollhunter so that the portal opens correctly. When Blinky searched the portal he was captured by Bular as a bargaining chip. After Jim gave himself up to save his friend, the portal prepared to breathe until the intervention of Jim's friends. Bular entered into a fight with Draal, the son of Kanjigar who wanted to avenge his father. Bular wins the fight and then confronts Aaarrrggghhh the former Gumm-Gumms general of Gunmar, Bular openly expressing his disgust at his former comrade Gumms-Gumms, giving Jim enough time to retrieve the amulet and destroy the portal.
Bular enraged chased Jim to the bridge where he had killed Kanjigar. After a violent fight and despite many swords, Bular managed to catch Jim and hold him at his mercy. Jim reminded him that without him he could not bring his father back, Bular replied that there would be another Trollhunters and kept taunting him on the fact that he was a weak meat bag and try to grind it almost killed him. Jim managed to break free and drill Bullar into his blank hurting him mortally and he fell into the sun's rays, petrified he fell into the water and sank. But as Jim and his friends celebrate their victory, Bular turned out to be still alive and began to petrify slowly but he still had time to kill Toby, yet Aaarrrggghhh grabbed his hand and hit him hard enough to break him, mesmerizing really end the life of Bular and thus avenging Kanjigar.
From the depths of the Darklands, Gunmar felt the death of his son and swore revenge both against Jim and everyone he cares about.
| “ | Bular: Impure. Strickler: Who—? It... It can't be. Bular? I thought you were dead. Bular: I lived. Only to find you've left my father to rot in the Darklands? You dare to conspire to steal my father's throne? Strickler: No! I would never betray... Bular: The Inferna Copula? You think Angor Rot will bring your reign? Abandon the ring now. Before I feast on your corpse and floss with your intestines. Strickler: Bular, please! Bular: Oh, you shall beg. Abandon the ring! |
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| ~ Bular's hallucination. |
With the loss of Bular, Strickler went to revive an old enemy of the Trollshunters, Angor Rot, for helping him accomplish what Gunmar’s son failed to do. A Bular's hallucination produced by Angor comes terrified Strickler in an attempt to free himself from Changeling's submission but Strickler is able to see through the ruse.
Part 2[]
| “ | Tell me, Trollhunter, what should a father do to the one who MURDERED his only son?! | „ |
| ~ Gunmar confronting Jim for killing Bular. |
Due to his death, Bular does not actually appear or is just mentioned.
When Gunmar had a Jim captured in front of him, the king of the Gumm-Gumms tried to kill him while mentioning the fate he should inflict on the one who murdered his son.
Bular appeared in a timeline where Jim never had the amulet. He blocks Jim and Stricklander's way in a car before he is joined by his father and the two hunt the changeling.
Wizards[]
Despite his death, Bular reappears centuries before Trollhunters in the 12th century, long before his death. He makes his first appearance with Gunmar after they are encountered by King Arthur and his troops, but not before Gunmar warns King Arthur about an upcoming war. However, Bular is captured by King Arthur, who has him chained and taken to the kingdom of Camelot following a confrontation with the king and his knights when they entered the forest, and Gunmar's messenger even tells him that Bular was missing after Arthur crossed Killahead Bridge.
At Camelot, a restrained Bular is brought before the court as part of his tournament where the winner will have the honor of slaying Bular himself. Halfway through the tournament, Bular watches with boredom two children roleplay as King Arthur and his sister, Morgana, even though Arthur gets the two children to stop. However, a Changeling who is a devout follower of Morgana, free Bular from his chains then the Butcher briefly confronts Arthur again and runs free from Camelot even though the Changeling is later killed by Merlin and Douxie in a fiery explosion. He eventually encounters Gunmar striking an alliance with Morgana, telling him that Morgana freed him from his chains, referring to the Changeling freeing him, who served her. Morgana then declares that they will have victory in the Eternal Night.
Finally, Bular fights alongside Gunmar at the Battle of Killahead Bridge, and also kills Sir Lancelot by slashing his face brutally, with Steve Palchuk watching in horror. As he comes close to Steve, the latter runs away, so Bular calls him out for being a coward. When Steve returns to face Bular, he summons Nimue, the Lady of the Lake, to fight him instead. Nimue tells Bular that he is not worthy, and tosses him far away from the battle with her tentacles, indirectly saving him from ending up locked in the Darklands with his father and the Gumms-Gumms army for centuries to come.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Gunmar - Father
Allies[]
Enemies[]
- Kanjigar - Victim
- Draal
- Jim Lake Jr. - Attempted victim and killer
- AAARRRGGHH!!! -
- Steve Palchuck -
- Lancelot - Victim
Quotes[]
Trollhunters[]
| “ | You are not fit to wield the amulet! I'll tear the armor off you, along with your skin! | „ |
| ~ Bular overpowers Jim in their first confrontation. |
| “ | Strickler: You shouldn't be here. Bular: Why aren't I feeling his neck snap in my hands right now? Burning his hut to the ground? Strickler: That certainly wouldn't draw any attention. Bular: I could take the amulet and be done with it. Strickler: Your attempt to do so earlier was not only unsuccessful, it risked exposing our agenda to both humans and trolls. First human Trollhunter. This will require finesse, patience. Bular: I resent your weak, devious ways, Impure. I only respect force. Strickler: And I respect your father. If you want any chance of ever seeing him again, adapt. |
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| ~ Bular and Strickler spying on Jim from the garden. |
| “ | Gunmar: What has become of Stricklander? He appears to have grown soft. Bular: In his human guise, he has become the boy's teacher. I believe he has affection for the child. Gunmar: You question his loyalties? Bular: I do, Father. Gunmar: If his heart has turned, we must know. Test him. Bular: With pleasure. |
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| ~ Bular expressing his doubts about Strickler to his father. |
| “ | A Grit-Shaka. [Chuckling] Now I understand why you are so quick to race to your death. | „ |
| ~ Bular facing an absurdly reckless Jim. |
| “ | Pathetic that you meet your end in a sewer, Young Atlas. | „ |
| ~ Bular deliberately blowing Strickler's blanket as he thinks he has Jim at his mercy. |
| “ | Bular: For centuries, Father, we have awaited your glorious return. Tonight, we take back the surface lands. Tonight, we feast! Gunmar: Finally, after centuries of being in the Darklands... Bular: Something is wrong! Strickler: Take out the amulet! Take it out now! Gunmar: The portal is closing! My son... Bular: Father! Gunmar: My son, what have you done? Bular: Father! |
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| ~ Bular communicates briefly with his father Gunmar, for the last time. |
| “ | Draal: I am Draal the Deadly, son of Kanjigar, and you will suffer for my father's death!(...) Bular: Like father, like son. |
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| ~ Bular confronts and defeats Draal. |
| “ | If my father were to see you now! You were a killer! His general! You're not a pacifist. You are a pet! | „ |
| ~ Bular facing AAARRGGHHH!!! while calling him a disgrace to the Gumm-Gumms. |
| “ | Yet another Trollhunter killed under the same bridge. | „ |
| ~ Bular confronting Jim on the same bridge where Kanjigar perished. |
| “ | Bular: You want to know where the baby is? Don't you? I can give him back to you. [Jim tries to attack him from behind, only for Bular to grab him by the arm.] Jim: You kill me and the amulet will never open the Bridge. Bular: There will always be other Trollhunters. |
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| ~ Bular using Jim's desire to save Claire's brother from him. |
| “ | Bular: Shame. I'd hoped your death would be more entertaining than Kanjigar's. The amulet should never have chosen a human. You're too soft. Easy to kill. [Jim's friends arrive] Just in time to see their Trollhunter slain. Jim: But I'm not a troll. [Jim stabs him] Now, that's daylight for you! |
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| ~ Bular's last words before being fatally injured by Jim and later destroyed by AAARRRGGGHHH!!!. |
Wizards[]
| “ | Bular: Finish it, then, fleshbag! King Arthur: The spawn of Gunmar. I won't dull Excalibur's edge with you. Drag this monster back to Camelot! I have plans for him. The rest, with me! My blade hungers. |
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| ~ Bular is captured by King Arthur. |
| “ | Merlin's witch speaks truth! She broke my chains, freed me. | „ |
| ~ Bular about Morgana. |
| “ | Gunmar: Fight by my side, my son. We'll carve a path to the bridge! Bular: They will suffer! |
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| ~ Gunmar and Bular to the Killahead battle. |
| “ | Take down the bridge! | „ |
| ~ Bular to his troops. |
| “ | Steve: Hey, elephant neck! Bular: Back for more? You fight like a lady. Steve: Oh, I don't, but I have a friend who does. Nimue: You are not worthy! Steve: Ha! That was for Lancelot! Thank you, scary fish lady. |
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| ~ Bular before he was kicked out of battle by Nimue, sparing him from being sealed off in the Darklands with his father. |
Trivia[]
- Bular is expressed in French by actor Thierry Murzeau.
- Although Bular is given a scar under his left eye in "Young Atlas", in Wizards which takes place hundreds of years before this event, Bular is shown with the same scar.
- Also in Wizards, Bular's right horn is shown complete while it is broken in Trollhunters.
- In many ways, Bular can be considered a dark foil of Draal; both are arrogant, dismissive of those that they consider weaker than themselves, and rash. They both also wish to live up to their fathers' expectations of them. However, unlike Draal, Bular never learns humility and the value of true friendship, which leads to him dying alone against the might of Jim and his friends.
- By the events of Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans concluding the franchise, the timeline is altered, leaving Bular alive again at the end of the film.
- Although Bular hasn't been an adversary for as long as the following major antagonists due to being killed off at the end of the first half of Trollhunters, he is the very first antagonist introduced to the Tales of Arcadia franchise.
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