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Shaw

SHAW

Background information
Films: Open Season
Open Season: Scared Silly
Species: Human
Shorts: None
Games: Open Season: The Game
Voice: Gary Sinise (first film)
Trevor Devall (fourth film)
Darryl Kurylo (video game)
Other information
Gender: Male
Alias: The only nastiest Hunter in town
Friends: Lorraine
Hunters
Ed and Edna
Enemies: Boog (arch-enemy)
Elliot (2nd arch-enemy)
Beth (arch-rival)
Animals
Gordy
Quote: "Hello, Goldilocks."
Fate: Defeated by Boog and the wilds, then is taken away by Bob and Bobbie's RV (Open Season)
Defeated by Boog and the wilds, then is arrested (Open Season: Scared Silly)


Shaw is the main antagonist of the Open Season franchise, serving as the main antagonist of Open Season and Open Season: Scared Silly and the unseen overarching antagonist of Open Season 2, Open Season 3, and Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run. He is Boog and Elliot's arch-nemesis, Beth's arch-rival, one of the hunters, and Ed and Edna's leader, boss, and best friend.

Biography[]

Beginnings[]

Nothing of Shaw's past is known.

In Open Season[]

Shaw 2

Shaw arguing with Beth

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In Open Season: The Game[]

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In Open Season: Scared Silly[]

Open Season Scared Silly Shaw

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Personality[]

Shaw is a paranoid, mean-spirited, rude, hateful, violent sociopath. He has no regard for any life other than his own and is thus a selfish, greedy, arrogant, vain, careless, and overall evil person. This is shown in the first film by his sadistic, heartless, and insensitive mounting many forest animals on his cabin wall and how he drove his truck recklessly to try and kill Elliot, almost hitting several people along the way.

His appearance and demeanor in the first movie is also that of a stereotypical Hillbilly, oftentimes taking his American rights and freedom for granted and being somewhat uneducated.

He is very opprobrious, so he has no regards for the law, hunting in a national park and firing his gun into a crowd, despite being told by Gordy not to. This resulted in Shaw almost getting arrested by Gordy, but he managed to make a clean escape.

Open Season Shaw with Lorraine

Shaw with Lorraine

Shaw has a bizarre love for his gun Lorraine, talking to it and even offering it a blanket so it would not be cold. This proves he is a bit mental as he believes his own rifle to be a living being and/or at least passionately obsessed with her.

After a series of incidences, he begins to develop a paranoid belief that animals are becoming as smart as humans and are planning to overthrow mankind and take over the world. This was partially proven true after realizing the former was.

In Open Season: Scared Silly, it is revealed that he has been longtime friends with Ed and Edna, who also serve as his henchmen. It is also revealed at the end that he is allergic to hornets.

Appearance[]

Shaw has brownish-black hair and amber-brown eyes. He has a large hooked nose, a hunter-type mustache, and a developing beard. He bears crooked teeth and has a tall, slender body with a muscular chest in contrast to his slim head and limbs, oftentimes towering over most characters.

Shaw wears a copper-colored vest with a pinkish salmon under shirt with reddish pink plaid type shirt with rolled-up sleeves. He wears woodland-camo trousers alongside blackish-brown hunter boots.

Quotes[]

  • "WAA???"
  • "(Singing) You could say I'm in love! You could say I'm insane! But no one understands me like my darlin' Lorraine! (Imitates electric guitar riffs) Ha ha!"
  • "Looks like you're goin' from one grill to another. (Laughs)"
  • "Oh! The girl scouts are here!"
  • "What? It ain't my fault! He ran right in front, of my, truck!"
  • "Listen, girl scout! They're dumb animals! I'm just respectin' the natural order: Man on top, animals, on the bottom! But your bear-- now, now, your bear is special. He belongs somewhere in the middle. Between two slices of rye, smothered in gravy! (Hysterical laughing)"
  • "Put me down, for a box, of thin miss, will you sweetie? (Hysterical laughing)"
  • "But Gordy! (Almost losing his temper) Gord-- that bear leaned over and untied my buck! Didn't ya see that?!"
  • "Ughh they can't tell me what I seen cause only, I know what I've seen." *eye twitching*"
  • "My buck! My truck!"
  • "You? It walks... like a man."
  • "Ohhh I'll tail you, two-legged, latte drinker!"
  • "I knew it. That bear's corrupted my buck."
  • "Out of my way, move! SHOW'S over ya, four-legged, freaks of nature!!"
  • "Easy, now. Just line them up. Two heads, one bullet."
  • "Hope I'm not too late! Maybe not here all night. A bear, AND a deer working together! How far can this conspiracy go? What other animals are involved- God, Bless America! I hope the Bald Eagle hasn't turned!"
  • "Naw, naw naw maybe they're right, Hehe, maybe, MAYBE old Shaw is crazy, maybe-"
  • "(Gasp) Dog worship!"
  • "The enemy! The bear! THAT deer! ALL THEM ANIMALS!! I, have seen the future. It will start in small towns like Timberline. Soon, it'll spread. They will invade, from burrows, to caves, petting zoos! If I don't stop them.. it'll BE A TOTAL REVERSAL!! Of the natural, order! They LAUGH, at old Shaw, but you'll see. The truth... will be revealed."
  • "Homo say what?"
  • "Huh? Bigfoo- (facepalm) Ugh! I didn't realize I was talkin' to a couple of wack jobs!"
  • "Don't trust him. Pets are double agents. The moment ya turn your back, he'll shiv ya!"
  • "It's like fishing, and hunting, at the same time!"
  • "There you go Lorraine, here, when you get good and dry, till morning, we got a rebellion to crash... and then, I'll take back whats MINE!"
  • "Dang it, bear! There ain't nowhere you can hide from me!"
  • "Somebody's been eatin' my candy."
  • "Somebody's been stittin' my chair."
  • "Somebody forgot to FLUSH! And he's still here.. Come back for your bear, goldie? Ready or not, here, I come!"
  • "(Imitates electric sounds) So you think you're, so tough huh? (imitates electric sounds) You know what I think? (Holds onto the toy Dinkleman) I think you're just a, mama bear!"
  • "Alright come on! Mama's bear! You can do better than that! We'll see whatcha got!!"
  • "All right, Lorraine. Let's kiss this bear good night."
  • "Too long. Ever since they declared "Open Season" illegal, I had to find another use for my, unique talents. Good news is as a nature guide, I can still shoot whatever I see..... with a camera."
  • "There's no werewolf down there! That's crazy talk! A rumor propagated by the animals, do distract us from their OVERALL plan for World Domination!!"
  • "BEFORE that! I was a hunter! Best there I ever was. And now, there's something in the woods that needs hunting. Spotted in just outside a dead bear gulch. It was none other, than the wailing, Wampus, WERE-WOLF!!"
  • "You, moron this isn't live size! This thing is HUGE! This, monster, has got fury in it's eye! And hunger in it's belly!"
  • "Sure thing Sheriff! I will only shoot the werewolf. (To himself): And anything that gets me in between me and the werewolf, like saying a bear, or a deer. (Cackling)"
  • "Open Season, is open again. WE'VE got a monster to hunt. And whatever else gets in our way."

Trivia[]

  • Shaw is similar to Amos Slade from The Fox and the Hound: Both are hunters who are enemies with the protagonist's owner. As well, they are both the main antagonists of their films.
    • He is also similar to Victor Quartermaine from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Both are hunters, have no respect for animals, and want to kill the heroes. However, Victor has a much friendlier and likable personality compared to that of Shaw's.
  • Shaw is the reason for the war between the animals and hunters.
  • He can be considered the overarching antagonist of the Open Season franchise as he is the reason why Elliot lost one of his antlers and why Boog got sent back to the Timberline National Forest in the first place.

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