Predator
Cloaked alien stalker
Predator refers to the 1987 science fiction film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, featuring an alien hunter that stalks humans in a Central American jungle.
The franchise spawned sequels, crossovers with the Alien series, and made the creature's distinctive mandibles and thermal vision iconic in pop culture.
The term often appears in references to the films: He quoted Predator lines all through the hike. (Lowercase predator is an animal that hunts prey, or a person who exploits others.)
Austrian bodybuilder politician
- ArnoldMasculine Germanic name
- alienNon-native being
- jungleDense tropical forest
- DutchOf the Netherlands
creature · mandibles · thermal vision · cloaking · invisibility · hunter · trophy · skull
Foreign biological entity
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- comicsSequential art medium
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
Schwarzenegger
Austrian bodybuilder politician
Dutch · creature · mandibles · thermal vision · cloaking · invisibility · hunter · trophy · skull · spine
xenomorph
Foreign biological entity
one-liner
Brief standalone joke
- Sci-Fi/Fantasywand, spell, potion, rune, incantation
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- SchwarzeneggerTerminator, Terminator 2, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop, The Running Man
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club
- 80s sci-fiBlade Runner, E.T., The Terminator, Back to the Future, Aliens
PredatorRipley
- natural predatorsAnimals that inherently hunt others
- sexual predatorOne who exploits others
- apex predatorsDominant hunters, no natural enemies
- predatory lendingExploitative loan terms
- predatory fishCarnivore of the waters
- predator and prey
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