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| “ | For years, I tried. I wanted you to fit in. To be one of us... but your destiny is to walk between two worlds... never belonging with the humans... never belonging with the monkeys... yet keeping them both safe. Wear the suit. Be what you're meant to be. A killer of killers. | „ |
| ~ Alpha Monkey |
Hit-Monkey is the main protagonist of the comic book of the same name. He is a simian hit-man, seeking to avenge the deaths of his tribe members using skills he learned from the world's greatest assassin.
In the TV series, he is voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
History
According to legend, an assassin, fleeing from a failed political coup, made his way through the mountains trying to escape those that would collect the bounty on his head. As his strength waned due to the cold and his injuries, he fell in the snow, high up in the mountains. He awoke in the hidden hot springs within the mountain, saved by indigenous monkeys.
All but one of the monkeys helped heal the assassin with the hot springs and medicinal herbs that the tribe would bring to him. The one dissenter saw that the human would bring nothing but disaster to his tribe. He tried to tell his fellow simians, but they would not listen. One day he watched the assassin train near the hot springs. The assassin was low on ammunition, so he trained his hand-to-hand skills.
The one distrusting monkey had finally had enough and as his tribes-mates brought herbs to the assassin, who'd began to grow ill, the monkey snatched them away from them and again tried to warn them of the impending doom the outsider would bring. He was sick of their naivety and struck several of them with the moves he'd learned from watching the assassin.
On his way to Tokyo, Monkey discovered that Bryce's spirit was now bound to him, unable to leave Monkey's presence and constantly pestering him with advice. Arriving at Tokyo, Monkey killed the Old Fish Lady, who was the only lead that Bryce had. Returning to the scene of the crime later, he was able to follow General Kato to the funeral of Ken Takahara, where he took notice of Akiko Yokohama.
The Monkey and Bryce came across a monk who could see and understand both of them and urged them to work together. Following up on the leads of the now deceased General Kato, Monkey and Bryce visited his apartment, where they learned of Yakuza members Keppei and Teppei. The Monkey followed to their casino and, after winning a bunch of money, managed to kill the two as well, but not before learning of the one called "the Accountant".
The Monkey snuck into Sugano Prison and, after neutralizing its Warden, made his way to the section where the Accountant was kept. He fought and defeated Fat Cobra but spared his life, earning Fat Cobra's friendship. Fat Cobra helped Monkey get the next lead from the Accountant - a man known as "the Rooster".
The Rooster and the rest of the Yakuza were by now sick of the Monkey and put a ¥150,000,000 yen bounty on him. After evading multiple assassins and earning the respect of undead assassin Yuki, the Monkey got to the Yakuza and managed to kill most of those present, although the Rooster managed to escape. After this, the Monkey finally found courage to come and see Akiko at her home.
The Rooster tried to mask his trail by employing numerous lookalikes, which the Monkey eliminated one by one, eventually taking out the Rooster himself. This put even more serious attention on him in the shape of Lady Bullseye.
Believing that everyone involved in his tragedy was taken out, the Monkey visited the monk again and was told that he had to follow his own pass and not be led by Bryce. Lady Bullseye attacked Monkey at Akiko's home, blowing it up. Bryce urged Monkey to leave Akiko and run for her own safety. Although Monkey did run, he then did the opposite of what Bryce urged him to do at every turn. Finally wishing to be rid of rim, Monkey trapped Bryce's spirit inside a circle of salt inside a McDonald's bathroom stall. He then departed Tokyo and went back to his mountain home.
Monkey found that another tribe of macaques had moved into his pool, and they agreed to take them in, after which Monkey put aside his suit and weapons and tried living as a normal monkey again. However, when the tribe of Red-Stripes tried to force to move, Monkey urged his new tribe to stay and fight instead. Unfortunately, this ended in a disaster when a child of his tribe was killed. In fury, Monkey put his suit back on and massacred the attackers with firearms, only to scare his new tribe away anyway. After this, a spirit of his old tribe's elderly alpha appeared to him for the last time, telling Monkey that he was destined to protect both the human and monkey worlds, while never belonging to either one. Monkey then returned to where he left Bryce and freed him.
Monkey and Bryce returned to Tokyo on the day of the election for the position of the Prime Minister. Akiko and her new ally Detective Haruka believed that one of the candidates Itaru Ozu was behind the hit on Ken Takahara and were able to uncover that the Bonsai Master was the one who had funded Ozu. Monkey went to the Bonsai Master's compound and, after fighting through the guards, managed to kill him; however, Ozu claimed to be innocent, revealing that Akiko's uncle Shinji Yokohama was behind the original hit all along and had just become the new Prime Minister.
Monkey went after the new Prime Minister, who was protected by both Lady Bullseye and the Silver Samurai. Bryce managed to enlist the help of Yuki who, along with the suddenly-appearing Fat Cobra, managed to distract the Silver Samurai and allow Monkey to reach the top of the tower where Shinji was. Monkey faced Lady Bullseye and was outmatched once more, being saved only by the joint actions of Bryce and Haruka. Finally coming face to face with Shinji who had just revealed the truth to Akiko, Monkey was persuaded not to kill him by Bryce, who thus redeemed himself and managed to ascend. However, when Shinji grabbed Haruka's pistol and tried to shoot her, Monkey had no choice but to kill him, earning Akiko's unending hatred. Left with no others after having killed the Prime Minister, Monkey was smuggled out of the country by Haruka, who put him on a place to the U.S.. While in transit, Monkey reunited with Bryce, who asked to leave Hell to be with his friend once again and had signed a contract with the devil that allowed him to do so.
Personality
Abilities
While the Hit-Monkey seems to have no actual powers, it has incredible agility and martial arts skills, and is able to use these in concert to perform an almost bullet-time like effect. The Hit-Monkey has shown the ability to take on groups of assassins despite no previous training with firearms, out maneuver both Spider-Man and Deadpool, and also shows incredible intellect as it can distinguish between who's a hit-man and who's not. The monkeys tribe also seems to have had a lot of experience with healing herbs, so it's conceivable that Hit-Monkey is at least trained in some forms of medical arts.
Trivia
External Links
- Hit-Monkey on the Marvel Wiki