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Panther King
| Panther King | |
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| Gender | Male |
| First appearance | Conker's Bad Fur Day |
| Species | Panther |
| Color | Gray |
| Eye color | Black (with yellow sclera) |
- “I don't want to have to get the duct tape out again!”
- —Panther King
The Fabled Panther King, also known as The Fairy Panther King but usually just named the Panther King, is a giant panther and one of the main antagonists of Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker: Live & Reloaded as well as Professor Von Kriplespac. The Panther King is the former ruler of the Panther Kingdom, and is known to have an obsession of drinking Milk.
Appearance
The Panther King has gray fur, and he wears a robe colored dark gray and purple, with yellow outlines. He wears a necklace of a red triangle. He has four fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot. Each toe and finger has a large claw on it. The Panther King wears a small crown on his head.
Aside from a more realistic look, the Panther King had some minor aesthetic changes in Live & Reloaded. He wore a multi-sided triangular necklace, the yellow outlines from his robe were removed, and various patterns and shapes were added to the purple of his robe.
Personality
Given that the Panther King is a villain, he obviously has the personality of one. His personality is also obviously inspired from a typical king. The Panther King bosses his minions, the Weasel Guards, around to either solve his problems or to fetch him Milk. The Panther King is self-centered and easily angered, which he shows when his milk table falls over. He is also ruthless and abusive, as he threatens his servants with "duct tape" and follows through with Von Kriplespac's plan to replace his milk table's missing leg with a red squirrel, specifically Conker. The Panther King is also lazy, as he nearly always just sits on his throne.
The Panther King has an obsessive and one-track mind. He mostly just thinks about Milk and a missing leg for his milk table.
History
Milk Wars
In the Spooky chapter, Count Batula tells Conker about a war over 300 years back, the Milk Wars. In it, the panthers and the oldest family of squirrels, the Kulas of Conk, waged war against the weasels and the Weasel King. The panthers and their king, the Panther King, rose to power, and the king cut the legs off the Weasel King and overtook the kingdom, which he rechristened the "Panther Kingdom". The panthers betrayed the Kulas of Conk, and banished them to the darkest regions of the kingdom.
Some believe that Batula's story is false. The Weasel King is assumed to be Kriplespac, who actually lost his legs from a missile launched by an SHC member at the end of the mission, Beach Dead. This story is also summarized in the Panther King's description in the manual of Bad Fur Day. There, it also states that it is unknown if the story is true.
Panther King's rule
The Panther King is first shown in the opening cutscene of Bad Fur Day and Live & Reloaded. In it, a Weasel Guard offers milk to the Panther King, to which he wants. The Weasel Guard pours milk into the Panther King's cup. The Panther King puts it on his table, which is missing one of its legs. The table tips, and the glass of milk falls off and breaks. The Panther King roars in outrage.
In the opening cutscene of the chapter Windy, the Panther King calls in Kriplespac to research a table leg replacement. He threatened to use the "duct tape" on Kriplespac if the table is unsuccessfully repaired. After much scientific research, Kriplespac concluded that a red squirrel would be an ideal table leg. The Weasel Guards then search after a red squirrel, specifically Conker.
In the Heist chapter, Don Weaso orders Conker and Berri into robbing the Feral Reserve Bank. After Conker collects hundreds of Cash bundles in the bank's vault, the Panther King reveals himself, on his throne. The heist was a trap. At first Conker did not recognize the Panther King but quickly realized his identity. Conker had previously thought the Panther King was fictional, as he was featured in bedtime stories that Conker's mom read to Conker at a young age. Don Weaso from behind the Panther King's throne and reveals he was also involved in the trap. The Panther King paid Weaso a bounty of Cash and then shoots Berri to death, which the Panther King ordered him to shortly aftward.
The Panther King suddenly feels indigestion and calls in Von Kriplespac (who also appears from behind his throne) to fetch him Milk. He believes it would help with his indigestion, which gets worsens. He is then unable breathe, until a xenomorph suddenly bursts out of his heart, killing him. Kriplespac names the alien Heinrich, the actual final boss. Previously, the player would presume that the Panther King is the last boss.
After Conker pulls a lever, a window opens a portal into space. The Panther King's corpse is sucked out in space along with other objects in the room. Conker's allies inaugurate him as the Panther Kingdom's new king after he kills Heinrich.
Future War
200 years later, in the Future War of Live & Reloaded, the Panther King (known as "The Thing" by the SHC and Tediz) was reportedly frozen in carbonite and sealed away in a tomb on the Three Towers map (possibly based on how Template:W was trapped in carbonite in Template:W). The events leading up from the Heist chapter to this are unknown.
The SHC and Tediz started another war over which battalion would discover and use "The Thing", which was originally thought to be a weapon. The Tediz eventually found "The Thing" first and took his tomb to their home world, Doon.
The final mission is set on the Tediz' homeworld. They attempt to revive Panther King by bringing his heart back. Then they would use the Panther King to destroy the SHC. Kriplespac's army reviving the Panther King is considered as odd, because their leader, Kriplespac, hated and killed him in the events of Bad Fur Day. If the Tediz win the battle, the Panther King becomes successfully revived. He then demands the Tediz to fetch him Milk. The war ends as the Tediz army cheer over their victory.
