“ | Today, we hunt the most dangerous game - aside from lawn darts. | „ |
~ The Master of the Hunt. |
The Master of the Hunt is the main antagonist of the Futurama episode "31st Century Fox". He is the Grand Master of Robotic Fox Hunting, which is already illegal, but he becomes even more evil after trying to hunt Bender as his quarry, being a replacement to the robotic fox that got away.
He was voiced by Sir Patrick Stewart, who also played Locutus in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dr. Jonas in Conspiracy Theory, Rafe Bentley in Masterminds, Pharaoh Seti I in The Prince of Egypt, Napoleon in the 1999 Animal Farm film, King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Avery Bullock in American Dad!, King Claudius in the 2008 Hamlet stage play, Zobek in the Castlevania video game series, Darcy Banker in Green Room, John Bosley in the 2019 Charlie's Angels film and Nettlebrand in Dragon Rider.
Appearance[]
The Master of the Hunt, while disguised as a human wears sophisticated hunting attire, including a red blazer with a white jabot, baggily pants and racing boots, as well as fingerless gloves. He also has a gray beard and moustache.
Biography[]
When Bender discovers that the foxes used for illegal fox hunting are robots, he is outraged by the result in which he gets stuck in the cage. Later, the Master of the Hunt and the Pine Barrens Hunt Club find an angry Bender, and because the fox got away the decide to use Bender as the hunting quarry. They give Bender a thirty minute head start, but because he kept debating which path to go down, they give him another thirty minute head start. While running, Bender finds that the fox had been caught in a trap in which it chewed it's foot off, and in revenge, Bender set up a trap for the hunters.
When the hunters fall into Bender's trap, he manages to get a hold of the weapon, but then foolishly gives it back to the Master of the Hunt. When he decides to finally shoot Bender, Leela and Fry he is attacked by the robotic fox. In a twist of fate, it is revealed that the hunter is a robot himself which gives the trio quite the shock. This makes the trio decide that what the Master is doing was fine, but when he head is bitten off they hang it in the Planet Express living room, atop the fire place.
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