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Hello, Nicholas. I was like you once; I believed in the immutable word of the law, that is until the night Mrs. Butterman was taken from me. You see, no one loved Sanford more than her; she was head of the Women's Institute, chair of the floral committee. When they started the Village of the Year contest she worked around the clock; I've never seen such dedication. On the evening of the adjudicator's arrival some travelers moved in to Callahan Park, and before you could say 'gypsy scum', we were knee-deep in dog muck, thieving kids, and crusty jugglers. We lost the title. And Irene lost her mind. She drove her Datsun Cherry into Sandford Gorge. From that moment on, I swore that I would do her proud and whatever the cost, we would make Sandford great again.
~ Frank Butterman explaining his motivations to Nicholas Angel.

Francis "Frank" Butterman is the main antagonist of the 2007 action comedy film Hot Fuzz. He was a rogue chief of the Sanford Police Service and the secret leader of the Neighborhood Watch Alliance. He was a good man who followed the law religiously; however, after the tragic loss of his wife, Irene, he was driven to the point of insanity and began the Neighborhood Watch Alliance in order to eradicate all those he deemed imperfect for Sanford to win the Village of the Year contest.

He was portrayed by Jim Broadbent, who also played Lord Kelvin in Around the World in 80 Days, Wackford Squeers in Nicholas Nickelby, Boss Tweed in Gangs of New York, Madame Gasket in Robots, and Lord Thomas Badgley in Dolittle.

Biography[]

Frank Butterman was the Chief Inspector in the small English village of Sandford. His son, Danny Butterman, is the constable. Frank appears charming, likable, humorous and good-natured when Nicholas Angel first meets him but later on Frank, when people in the village start to be murdered, starts to act to the murders with cold indifference, and tries to convince Angel that they are nothing more then accidents.

Later, Angel discovered that the NWA is behind all the murders in order to get rid of anyone that would risk Sandford winning the title of village of the year.

Butterman reveals that he will do anything to make Sandford the best village because his wife killed herself when they lost the title in the past, after a group of gypsies ruined all of her preparations. After Nicholas escapes the NWA with the help of the Danny he returns to Sandford to arrest the NWA. Nicholas frees the police of Sandford from Frank's evil influence, and exposes Frank as the mastermind behind the killings. With Danny and the rest of the police assisting him, Nicholas defeats all the members except for Butterman and Simon Skinner, owner of the local supermarket.

Butterman and Skinner try to get away in a police car, but crash while trying to avoid a swan. Nicholas tosses the swan into the back of the car to get it out of the way and then proceeds to knock out Skinner. But Butterman gets into Nicolas' car, prompting his son Danny to attempt to shoot him (coincidentally reenacting a favourite movie scene of his from Point Break) and when Danny cannot shoot his own father, Butterman flees over the fields, but, when driving, notices the swan looming behind. In the ensuing chaos, Frank is bitten by the swan causing him to crash into a tree. He is then arrested by the police.

Personality[]

Frank was previously a "by the book" police officer just like Nicholas, until his wife, Irene, committed suicide after Sandford lost the competition for Village of the Year. This drove Frank insane, and decided he would kill everyone that Irene hated in the town, and anyone else that prevented Sandford from looking like an perfect town, which he would carry on for 20 years straight until he was finally stopped by Nicholas and his team in 2006, and was sentenced to life in prison.

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Shaun of the Dead: David Fastidious | Pete | Zombies
Hot Fuzz: Neighbourhood Watch Alliance (Frank Butterman, Simon Skinner, Tom Weaver, Michael Armstrong, Reverend Philip Shooter, Robin Hatcher, Joyce Cooper, Amanda Paver, Annette Roper, James Reaper, Roy and Mary Porter, Leslie Tiller, Mr. Treacher, Greg and Sheree Fowler & Somerfield Employees)
The World's End: The Network | Blanks (Oliver Chamberlain, Guy Shepherd, Shane Hawkins, Marmalade Sandwich & Twins)

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