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| NOTE: Neither "Hazard" or "Primal" are the pictogram or cave drawing mercenaries' official names, and are just nicknames created by the community. |
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The Mercenaries are major antagonists in Season 3 of the Animator vs. Animation web series.
Led by Agent, they are three unusual and powerful stick figures that are assisting Victim in his plans of getting revenge on the Animator. All with their own unique powers, they are extremely dangerous and have no care for any casualties that might happen during their mission.
Appearances[]
The pictogram mercenary, "Hazard", is a pictogram stick figure one would see on various signs. He is tall, gray/black, his solid head is separate from the rest of his body, he has a light gray outline and, unlike the others, noticeably has an actual "body" of sorts and isn't just a flat line. For whatever reason, he has very limited movement and moves on a lower framerate. He is also completely flat.
Ballista is a short, pixelated stick figure with a white solid head. He can shapeshift his body to various degrees (such as splitting his head in half to reveal a gun), and he also possesses gigantic teeth, making him the only stick figure capable of showing emotions through means other than body language.
The cave drawing mercenary, "Primal", is a sentient caveman drawing and can shapeshift, though his base form is a brown painted stick figure with a solid head. His body is a bit thicker than with most stick figures, though not as much as the grey one. He also seems to be wearing pants, though they're the same color as the rest of his body and it depends on the animation frame.
Biography[]
Mercenary Tryouts[]
Following the events of episode 11, Rocket Corp held auditions at their headquarter in desperate search for new mercenaries to recruit for the company. Many stick figures headed over to Rocket Corp to put their skills into play to become the next potential mercenary to join Agent and Victim in their quest for vengeance by being placed in a box to attack a worker and show their divergent abilities. After each stick figure was done with their audition, Agent would then rank their efficiency and effectiveness on a graded scale with the top three stick figures joining Agent as a team. The three selected were Hazard, Ballista, and Primal as they now walk out with Agent on their quest to capture the Chosen One.
Wanted - Animator vs. Animation 9[]
At the very beginning of their debut episode, the Mercenaries are already chasing after the Chosen One in a city, endangering its citizens and remaining apathetic towards it. They are riding flying scooters that shoot out glitch-bombs that corrupt anything they touch, including living beings. Eventually, the Chosen One gets the idea of distracting them while he goes to get the Second Coming to help. After trapping Primal in ice and sending Ballista and Hazard flying, Agent chases after him alone, and the Chosen One creates a storm and thunder to distract him. When that fails, he attacks him with a powerful ice attack, but not before being hit by more glitch-bombs.
When the Chosen One returns for the Second Coming, he deliberately gets the Mercs' attention before fleeing to the forest. There, he leaves his friend to defeat them, although he can't do it due to the lacking the superpowers the Chosen One thought he had. The original target ultimately decides to help the orange stick figure, but Agent attacks him with a bullet that shocks him, leaving him in pain and unable to fight. Using the pencil, he brought with him, the Second Coming creates drawings to fight the Mercs.
Upon being given the order, Ballista attacks the Second Coming with several guns, including one inside his head, before swiftly defeating the two sharks that were drawn to defeat him; however, he is crushed by one of them once he sends it flying into the air. Primal then starts shooting at the Second Coming with his bow but is distracted once a rhino charges at him. Hazard then confronts the Second Coming in a one-for-one fight before being attacked by a bird his opponent drew.
Once all three get past the animal drawings, they prepare to kill their enemy, but are interrupted by Agent, who has been given the order to take the Second Coming alive. He decides to take on the Second Coming in a one-for-one battle where he swiftly defeats his opponent: he then uses his toolbar to pause both him and the Chosen One.
Back in their base, the Mercs deliver their enemies to their co-workers to be imprisoned before informing their boss, Victim, that they succeeded in their mission.
The Box - Animator vs. Animation 10[]
The five villains go visit the Chosen One, Victim entering the box he's trapped in while Agent operates it from a computer. The mercs watch as Victim decides to toy with the Chosen One and torment him; All three seem to be bored, Hazard even falling asleep. After more torture, Victim decides to question the Chosen One about the Animator.
Halfway through, some scientists come in with the Second Coming, who was briefly questioned. At the same time, Victim decides to search through the Chosen One's memories to see anything; they find out the Second Coming possesses superpowers, causing everyone present to react in shock; even the Second Coming is surprised, having amnesia from the one time he used them. After Agent locks up the Second Coming in a steel cage, Victim searches through more of the Chosen One's memories and finds out one of the Fighting Stick Figures, Yellow, found a way to summon the Animator to the Outernet. He immediately puts a bounty on his head, only to turn out Yellow and his friends sneaked into the organization's building. Agent arrests him while Victim prepares his revenge against the Animator.
Hacker - Animator vs. Animation 12[]
With Victim and Agent now set on taking revenge on the Animator, the two leave and the three Mercs are left at the headquarters to guard it while they are gone. The three remaining members of the Fighting Stick Figures infiltrate the headquarters and encounter each of the Merc trio. Ballista for Red, Hazard for Blue, and Primal for Green. All three Fighting Stick Figures defeat the Mercs and detain them by utilizing the environment around them.
Trivia[]
- Ballista, the pixelated mercenary, is an adaptation of the stick figure from the Stickman vs. Door animation. While his name was never officially stated for the reasons described below, the stickman from the door animation was confirmed to be named "Ballista" by its creator, and thus it can be assumed this is also the name of his Animator vs. Animation counterpart.
- While the Mercenaries have official names, series creator Alan Becker decided to not reveal them so the fans could make their own names. As a result, the wiki has decided to use the fan names Hazard and Primal for the pictogram and cave drawing mercenaries so they can have some sort of names.
- A friend of Alan's, DJ Welch, came up with his own names for them. Hazard is "Bathroom Sign Guy", Primal is "Poop", and Ballista is Henry Stickmin. It's been confirmed these are not in any way official.
- While Becker later used the name Bathroom Sign Guy himself, he didn't outright say that's his official name and it was more than likely just a joke.
- Both Becker and DJ later said they also like the name "Pixel" for Ballista. Meanwhile, while faced with "Charcoal" for Primal and "Pedestrian" for Hazard, DJ insisted their names are Poop and Bathroom Sign Guy while Becker remained silent.
- During a Q&A, it's been revealed that Primal and Ballista's production names were Lasco and EZToon, respectively, but that these names are not considered canon. Hazard's was not revealed.
- During the same Q&A, the nickname The Pedestrian was also brought up for Hazard.
- The Mercenaries made a quick cameo in the Actual Shorts episode "Corn Dog Guy", showing the events of "Wanted" through the perspective of an unlucky corn dog salesman.
External Links[]
- The Mercenaries on the Animator vs. Animation Wiki
- Hazard on the Animator vs. Animation Wiki
- Ballista on the Animator vs. Animation Wiki
- Primal on the Animator vs. Animation Wiki
- The Mercenaries on the Antagonists Wiki
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