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| Thade | |
| Aliases: | General Thade |
| Continuity: | Planet of the Apes |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Military personnel |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Evolved ape |
| Location: | Derkein, Ashlar |
| Relatives: | Zaius (father) |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Planet of the Apes (2001) |
| Actor: | Tim Roth |
Overview[]
Biography[]
Thade is depicted as an evolved evil ape general living on an alien planet like all the rest of his species and ruling it's armies. When astronaut Leo Anderson crash lands on the planet after having fallen through an electromagnetic storm Thade captures him and enslaves him like all the rest of the human beings on the planet. He is the general of the ape army and a respected individual until an ape female named Ari sympathises with the humans and frees Leo and others. Upon knowing that Thade hunts after them and eventually meets with them in front of the relic of a fallen spaceship that Leo discoveres it belongs to his own crew who crashed on the planet and comes to know that he has really travelled through time by entering the electromagnetic storm.
He also discovers that one of the monkey pets on board of the ship was more intelligent and is the cause for the now evolved apes. After a fierce battle between apes and humans (as well as a few rebel apes) Leo manages to stop Thade by trapping him inside the spaceship, the other apes find out that Thade knew everything about the spaceship and Humans but kept it secret so he could be the ruler of the planet of the apes. Thade asks for his soldier's help but upon discovering the treacheries he has committed against his own race they turn there backs on him and join the humans. When Leo finally manages to return to earth and his own time he remains shocked to the site of earth being now populated by apes instead of humans, and that the Lincoln Memorial now is a memorial for Thade.
Notes & Trivia[]
- How Thade achieved his journey to Earth isn't explained, though an insert in the DVD release suggested that he took Leo Davidson's crashed spacepod, went to a point earlier in Earth's history and became a prominent leader in an ape uprising. In contrast, Dark Horse Comics' The Human War suggested that he died in disgrace on Ashlar.[1] His disappearance could possibly have been assumed on his home planet to be a sign of weakness. The ending was intended to form the basis of a movie sequel, plans for which were soon abandoned.
- His role in the movie is very reminiscent of Dr. Zaius.