Terriboar

A savage alien gladiator looking to make a career change

“I’ll take any role, really. Projecting yourself into a new persona requires both physical and emotional training, and every new role is a fresh challenge.”

A few years ago, a new villain appeared. He was a massive, muscular powerhouse who looked vaguely like a humanoid wild boar. He would pick a fight with any hero on the scene, seemingly to test his strength against them. He didn’t seem very bright. His English was broken at best. His plans were nonexistent. The only time he seemed to show any kind of real cunning was when it came time to retreat, and he could somehow escape all attempts to follow or track him.

In reality, “Terriboar” is the stage name of an alien performer. He is a trained gladiator, to be sure. But he is a thespian at heart, and wants to branch out once he’s gained sufficient popularity here on Earth. He doesn’t quite get that to some people, hero-villain fights aren’t simply spectacle. To him, it’s just another stage where he can express his newest character. He operates out of a “trailer” spacecraft positioned on one of Earth’s LaGrange points. The ship includes a long-ranged teleporter, letting him come and go as he pleases.

Terriboar doesn’t take hostages or plan heists. He simply shows up and escalates the violence inherent in a scene. He’s actually smart enough to avoid endangering civilians. As an ethical performer, he has grown increasingly conflicted lately. Genuine accidents do happen, and real people have gotten hurt. Should he come clean and somehow atone? Or is it all part of the show?

Playing Terriboar

On the surface, Terriboar looks like another “alien gladiator” type, a feral and violent brute from the stars who’s here to challenge Earth’s strongest. In Terriboar’s mind, he’s a heel-type wrestler performing on a new stage, trying to build up a following that lets him pivot to other kinds of acting. Everything he does in front of the cameras is a performance of some kind. The heroes should only rarely glimpse his real, far more intelligent, personality.

Terriboar is inspired by alien brutes like Bolphunga the Unrelenting, but also by real-life wrestlers such as Dave Bautista and Dwayne Johnson who have moved into other forms of entertainment.

Plots

Deal with Terriboar as he suddenly teleports into an existing super-battle
Bait Terriboar away from an existing fight, and fight it out where no civilians or buildings are nearby
Try to restrain Terriboar once and for all

Dialogue

“TERRIBOAR CRUSH!”
“WEAK HUMANS FEAR TERRIBOAR!”
“Honestly, I’m worried about battling Mack Atlas. Oh, certainly it’ll be an exciting combat. But look at his costume. His colors, accents. We’re not going to contrast very well. What can I do to make the spectacle visually distinct for the audience, without it looking like I’ve changed just for him?”

Comic Book Panels

Terriboar plows through the wall of a bank, where a hero is stopping a villain from robbing it! Suddenly the hero must fend off this mighty opponent, leaving the villain to cash in and escape.

Terriboar interrupts a live news broadcast to announce a vendetta against some hero, and threatens to cause pain and destruction if the hero doesn’t appear immediately.

Terriboar stops a three-way battle to suddenly attack a villain who’s threatening innocent people. The heroes look on, baffled, as two villains duke it out.

Variations

Crew

One version of Terriboar has him working solo, or at least with a manager who helps him “book” his fights. He’s more like Rocky than the Rock, just trying to get some attention.
Other versions might have more people behind the scenes. Terriboar might have an armorer equipping him with high-tech weapons and gadgets, a group of henchmen setting things up for him, or even someone acting as a promoter on Earth.
Terriboar might have ring rivals from space, who follow him to Earth. Will they have the same scruples about civilians that he does?

Earthly Cooperation

The default interpretation of Terriboar is that basically nobody on Earth knows what he’s up to, at least at first.
What if he’s working with people, such as supervillains or megacorp CEOs, who want to take advantage of him to achieve their own agenda? They might promise him promotion and support if he only goes and attacks certain key heroes.