Douglas Hunsiker

"If I see that animal near my house or my kids again…"

- Douglas Hunsiker

Douglas Hunsiker was a pilot for Global Airlines and a neighbor of Charles Rodman and Will Rodman.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
He had a bad temper, despised the Rodmans with deep hatred for no apparent reason, and clashed with them when an all too curious three-year-old Caesar (who was at the age of a human toddler) escaped and frightened his children when the curious chimpanzee wanted to ride a bicycle found in Hunsiker's garage, propelling Hunsiker to run at Caesar with a baseball bat. Hunsiker chased Caesar around his garden, causing the frightened chimp to fall off the fence and slash his thigh on gardening tools, and almost struck him before Will and Charles arrived to save him from any beatings. Even though Charles insisted that Caesar was simply being playful, Hunsiker warned the Rodmans to not let Caesar near his house or his children again.

Five years later, Hunsiker attacked Charles - then suffering from Alzheimer's Disease - over damage to his car. He refused to show any mercy to Charles, who tried to prevent him from calling the police. Hunsiker started threatening and poking Charles, which provoked an angry Caesar to retaliate and bite on Hunsiker's right index finger. Witnesses called the police, and Animal Control captured and deported Caesar to the San Bruno Primate Shelter.

Soon after this incident, Hunsiker confronted Robert Franklin, who was trying to warn Will about the danger of their new ALZ-113 drug to humans, and was infected by Franklin with the same virus through a sneeze. After forcibly seeing Franklin off, Hunsiker continued with his job and headed to the airport days later with a nosebleed and mild headache, but thought nothing of it.

Through his occupation as a pilot, he later flew his plane to Paris, France, which led to all European regions being infected before it spread to Africa, then Asia and then back to North America. Through his actions in provoking Caesar, in confronting Franklin and in spreading the virus through air transport, Hunsiker played a central role in the fall of mankind. He died soon after.

Personality
Douglas was a crass and bad tempered man who seemed to be almost paranoid concerning the well-being and security of his property and his children, which manifested itself in acting in a hostile fashion towards the Rodmans, including their associates such as Caesar and Robert Franklin.

This behavior, however, would backfire on him as his unjustified attempt on the harmless Caesar's life resulted in the ape gaining a grudge, and Hunsiker's injuries resulted from this when he abused Charles. Hunsiker's tendency to meddle in neighbourly affairs also exposed him to the ALZ-113 virus carried by Robert Franklin, which Hunsiker then spread through air travel.