Spear was a minor supporting character in the 2017 film War for the Planet of the Apes. He is a member of Caesar's ape army, and fought in the Human-Ape War. He was played by Alessandro Juliani.
History[]
Background[]
As a child, Spear earned his name from when he used to fearlessly hurl himself through the air from branch to branch. Spear at some point joined Caesar's ape colony during the Simian Flu Pandemic.
Crisis on the Planet of the Apes[]
Five years after the Simian Flu Pandemic, Spear, and another ape army soldier named Bone, were captured by a faction of the military and taken to a quarantine zone, where they were experimented on along with other apes by Dr. Eva Devons, in order to find a cure for the virus. He is later freed by Bone, and another ape called Specimen 139. They armed themselves and fought their way out with the other imprisoned apes. Spear's group managed to reach the end of the quarantine zone killing many soldiers along the way. When a soldier shot Bone in the back and tried to shoot Specimen 139, Spear lunged at him and impaled him in the back with his spear. Spear then violently beat the soldier to death. Spear comforted Bone as he died before escaping with Specimen 139. The two eventually made it back to the Ape Colony.
War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations[]
After the battleship Daedalus commandeered by Colonel McCullough and his forces arrived from the North to go to war with the apes, Caesar ordered Rocket to send two scouts to find out where the ship and humans were going. Rocket initially suggested Grey, but Caesar instead suggested Singe, who took Spear with him. Spear later personally leads an attack on a group of humans to lead them away from the main group of apes. Spear succeeded in his mission and retreated to Caesar's base. After a group of Koba's Loyalists led by Red and Grey kidnapped the female and children apes as they fled, Spear reports that he overheard one of them say they were heading East.
Spear, along with Oak and Barbar, later find the Ape Colony's new hideout in the Waterfall. Spear eventually earned enough of Caesar's trust to get a seat on Caesar's council.
War for the Planet of the Apes[]
Spear was stationed at the wooden trench in Muir Woods. When the Alpha-Omega attacked, Spear quickly fled on his horse, and called for reinforcements as the apes inside the trench did their best to hold off the soldiers despite suffering heavy casualties. Spear was soon met by a huge wave of chimp scouts on horses that he led into battle. Arriving at the trench, Spear signaled the reinforcement to shoot arrows while they threw smoke grenades at the soldiers. Spear led the apes to victory and later stood guard over four surviving soldiers and Red, who was captured during the battle. Spear lets Caesar through to talk with the prisoners. When Red started taunting Caesar with their eventual demise, Spear angrily shoved him to the ground before Caesar ordered him to stop.
Spear was present when the apes placed the sixty-three deceased apes into the water stream, until they were alerted about unknown individuals approaching their home. The two individuals were revealed to be Rocket, and Caesar's son Blue Eyes, who returned after two years of searching for a new home for the colony. As Caesar led Rocket and Blue Eyes into their refuge, Spear and Luca kept their flank to keep an eye out. Later in the day, he participated in the council meeting to discuss the location of the tribe's new home, an oasis beyond a grand desert. When Caesar's wife Cornelia and Blue Eyes were killed by Colonel McCullough, the leader of Alpha-Omega, Spear was present when Caesar left his youngest son in Lake's care while he embarked on a solo mission to hunt down the Colonel. As Maurice, Luca, and Rocket followed Caesar, Spear was left to lead the colony to the oasis.
During the journey, however, they were ambushed and captured by McCullough and his forces, and were taken to their base, where they were forced into slavery to build a wall. Spear, along with three chimp soldiers, were beaten and crucified out in the cold. Spear was the only one to last longer than the other three as Caesar finds them tied to X-shaped crosses and the colony imprisoned in a large pin. He heard Spear's painful moans and quickly freed him, learning of their capture by McCullough's forces. He told Caesar the apes were being forced to work against their will before they died, and as Caesar asked what they were being forced to build, Spear succumbed to his wounds. Caesar attempted to wake him, asking him if Cornelius was also there as Red knocked him out from behind.
Trivia[]
- Spear has a part of his ear missing, similar to a few other apes.
- He is the only character in the movies to appear in a video game.
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