White Rabbit, or simply the Rabbit, is the main antagonist of the first season of Netflix's Devil May Cry. Formerly a human turned Artificial Demon, he led a group of Demons in a plot to destroy the barrier separating the Human World and Makai with the end-goal of enacting revenge against Darkcom and to save the low-level Demons from oppression on both sides. He was also responsible of revealing Vergil's status to be alive to Dante.
Appearance[]
White Rabbit is a tall and slim, bunny-looking type of a artificial demon wearing a black suit, with a white cravat and ruffles around his hands, as well as a golden monocle on his left eye. He has two visible scars, stitched with seams on his head, framing his face. His eyes shine with a bright yellowish-orange color. Underneath the rabbit mask, he is a human with long dark hair and several scars across his body, and an artificial heart implanted in the left side of his chest that pumps demon blood into his body. After devouring Blood-Strike and assimilating even more demon blood, he assumed a monstrous form, becoming much larger and more muscular, with red skin and the upper part of his body covered in black fur with spikes. His only human part is his face, and his left arm fused with Force Edge.
Personality[]
When he was human, the White Rabbit was a kind and optimistic person, with faith and hope that low-level demons could have a new life on Earth, believing that he could save their lives from the precarious conditions of Makai. When his dream was frustrated by Darkcom soldiers massacring all his friends and family, leaving him as the only survivor, his life was completely robbed when he ended up going mad, adopting sadistic and brutal methods in order to take revenge on Darkcom and its agents, not measuring scruples in applying experiments on the people he once swore to protect in order to achieve a greater good now distorted by his trauma and desire for revenge. He sees Dante and Lady as his equals, both are abandoned and aimless orphans who seek to punish the world for the trauma that happened in their past, with him being the darkest reflection of this trio.
Despite his justifications, Rabbit is a hypocrite and is just as bad as the humans he claims to despise. Not only he is just as ruthless as them but constantly excuses his atrocities as "something that had to be done". Rabbit was experimenting on the lesser demons and forcing them to work with him even though they just want to live peacefully in the human world. Rabbit doesn't even see how illogical his plan is as he is literally damning both the humans and lesser demons to suffer by breaking the barrier, which would lead the powerful and evil demons to cross over. He also doesn't care if humans are suffering and end up dying from his attempts to open the hell gate. As revealed by Mary, he is mainly upset with DARKCOM for killing his foster family and with it being the centerpiece of his revenge scheme. All in all, Rabbit is so hyper fixated on his quest for revenge on DARKCOM that he is willing to destroy humanity and even members of demonkind as payback for his suffering.
Biography[]
White Rabbit was originally a young human boy with a strong love for Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland, carrying the book around everywhere. An orphan, he was left with a cruel, selfish and unkind foster family as a child, but he was constantly bullied by his foster siblings and abused by his foster parents. Despite his pleas to the social worker, the worker ignored his situation and left him in those circumstances. Eventually, a portal to Makai happened to open near the boy and he, likening the situation to Alice in the novel, walked through it. After finding himself in Makai, he quickly realized that air was hard to breathe and he was chased by a giant demon, being saved by a friendly Makaian. the Makaian took the boy back to his refugee camp and the boy quickly became friends with his family. One day, while playing, the boy noticed a glowing light and found a gem. Soon after that one of his friends, a younger one succumbed to the toxic air of Makai and died. At their funeral, the boy sacrificed his book to her. Desperate to not allow such a thing to happen again, the boy began using his gem to create a device that allowed him to open portals to and from the human world.
The boy, now grew up to be a young man, would go on to use these portals to allow Makaians to flee Makai and live peacefully in the human world. However, after one of these expeditions where they were fleeing a massive demon, they arrived only to see several makaians slaughtered by Darkcom forces, led by Lady. The man attempted to explain the situation, but the demon they were fleeing came through the portal and began attacking, causing Darkcom to slaughter all the makaians present, including those who were simply trying to flee. Alive, but physically and mentally scarred, the man went insane. He investigated Darkcom, vowing to destroy the agency. He also created an artificial heart to pump demon blood through his body, greatly enhanced his physical capabilities. Finally, he created a rabbit-themed mask, in which he proceeded to sow to his head.
White Rabbit would go on to lure numerous other Makaians to earth. The strong would join his army while the weak were used for experiments. While families were generally left alone, they were only allowed to live in a building that he controlled. At some point, he was approached by Nelo Angelo, who gave him half of the perfect amulet and informed him of Dante's status as a son of Sparda. Together, the two concocted a plan to open the gate between Earth and Makai.
During the events of the series[]
The white rabbit escaped from Makai to begin his plan, stealing Sparda's sword from the museum in Vatican. Steals Force Edge, a sword once owned by the legendary demon Sparda, who turned against his own kind and created a magical barrier between Hell and Earth. The Rabbit massacres the men he hired before blowing up the building, and announces his plan to destroy the barrier between realms and usher in the apocalypse
Relationship[]
Low-Level Demons[]
The White Rabbit originally sympathized with the cause of low-level demons seeking to give them a better life on Earth, after the trauma of losing his friends and family he began to perform experiments on those he swore to protect claiming it was to achieve a greater good.
Agni and Rudra[]
They are both companions who serve the White Rabbit because they believe in his cause of freeing the demons of Makai, although they are not willing to follow his plans completely.
Echidna[]
She is a companion who serves the White Rabbit because she believes in his cause of freeing the demons of Makai. Unlike Agni and Rudra, she is more willing to follow the Rabbit's plans.
Plasma[]
He is a companion who serves the White Rabbit because he believes in his cause of freeing the demons of Makai. He proves to be the most loyal follower of the Rabbit's cause as he is willing to sacrifice his own life in order to kill all the Darkcom agents who killed his companions.
Cavaliere Angelo[]
He is a companion who serves the White Rabbit because he believes in his cause of freeing the demons of Makai, he mainly acts as the commander of the demonic forces that serve him.
Blood-Strike[]
He is an orphaned demon child who was unwillingly subjected to experiments and brainwashing by the White Rabbit to serve as a living weapon in the realization of his plan. After his failure to stop Lady, the White Rabbit finds him seriously injured and decides to give him another use by devouring him without remorse or empathy in order to gain more power.
Darkcom[]
They are responsible for taking away his family and friends, as well leaving him on the brink of death. He has sworn revenge on them and is willing to use the most brutal methods in order to achieve his revenge. Although, he did manage to wipe out most of the Darkcom battalion members.
Lady[]
He had a strong grudge against her because she was responsible for leading the Darkcom battalion that decimated his friends, but even so, he still sees her as an equal because they are both orphans who lost everything.
Dante[]
He sees him as the final instrument to carry out his revenge, doing everything he can to awaken his demonic side in order to use his blood to open the barrier between the worlds. Although their relationship is antagonistic, the rabbit does not feel resentment towards him because he sees a common past and even offered him a place alongside him in his cause because he believes he will be on the side of the demons. In his verge of death, the White Rabbit tells Dante that he will be welcomed by nobody.
Vergil[]
Although they are allies who seek to free the demons from the suffering of Makai, he views the White Rabbit with disdain, seeing him as an inferior being unworthy of wielding the Force Edge, something he retorts knowing his real identity and emphasizing his place in the plane.
Powers & Abilities[]
Powers[]
After undergoing surgery to implant an artificial heart to pump demon blood into him, he became a very strong artificial demon, he surpasses the power of low-level demons and can massacre human soldiers with ease. After devouring Blood-Strike and absorbing more demonic blood from him, he undergoes a transformation that makes him even more powerful, surpassing Dante in his human form.
- Superhuman Strength: The White Rabbit possesses certain degree of superhuman strength, being able to effortlessly tear apart human bodies, wielding the Force Edge he easily massacred a group of mercenaries easily shredding them to pieces and threw one of them with such force that it opened a large crater in a wall. After devouring Blood-Strike and transforming into a more demonic form, he became strong enough to overcome Dante in his human form, where with one punch he threw him through several buildings, making him bleed.
- Superhuman Durability: The White Rabbit has demonstrated extraordinary resistance to pain, breaking his own fingers and walking through fire while burning to death without showing any discomfort as if he did not even feel pain or agony. After devouring Blood-Strike and transforming into a more demonic form, he became invulnerable to bullets fired from machine guns in helicopters and even missiles. Only when Dante used his Devil Trigger was he able to fatally wound him.
- Superhuman Speed and Agility: The White Rabbit appears to move faster than the human eye can see able to cut several human mercenaries into pieces in an instant, he can easily keep up with and block bullets with the blade of a sword, taking only a graze to the arm.
- Accelerated Healing: The White Rabbit displayed regenerative abilities when healing a wound from one of Darkcon's special bullets designed to kill demons.
- Anti-Demon Bullet Immunity: Due to the White Rabbit being an Artificial Demon, his human DNA nullifies the lethal effects of bullets that would kill other demons.
Abilities[]
- Swordsmanship: The White Rabbit demonstrated himself to be a very skilled swordsman as he easily blocked bullets and managed to fight on equal terms against Dante in his human form.
- Disguise: The White Rabbit managed to deceive the United States government and Darkcom agents by making them believe that he was a demon with the appearance of a rabbit due to the demon blood running through his veins. DNA testing identifies him as a pure demon, hiding his appearance and human origins.
- Genius Intellect: Even with few resources and without the proper knowledge, he managed to create a device that opens rifts from Makai to Earth, allowing low-level demons to pass through. He performed an experimental surgery on himself to make him an artificial demon, allowing him to breathe the toxic air of Makai normally and surpass most low-level demons in power. He applied experiments on demons in order to improve them, greatly increasing their powers. He managed to orchestrate an almost perfect plan to reunite the Force Edge with the two amulets to open the barrier that separates the two worlds and almost succeeded.
Equipment[]
- Artificial Rift Device: A device created by White Rabbit himself that can open rifts from Makai to Earth for an indefinite period of time, allowing low-level demons to freely pass through to Earth.
- Artificial Heart: After almost being killed by Dark Com soldiers, he implanted an artificial heart in himself that pumps demonic blood into himself, making him an Artificial Demon.
- Force Edge: The legendary sword of Sparda which he stole from the Vatican in order to execute his plan.
Trivia[]
- The White Rabbit is voiced by Hoon Lee, best known as Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in the 2012 animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- The White Rabbit's real name is never revealed throughout the story, always being referred to by the demonic identity he assumed.
- The White Rabbit, as the name suggests, is based on a character from the tale of Alice in Wonderland, being his favorite character in the story on which he based his identity as a demon.
- The White Rabbit, as a young man, was the first human in franchise history to go to the Demon World and survive, being the others human-demon hybrids.
- The White Rabbit differs in some aspects from his Devil May Cry 3 manga counterpart. Unlike his original version who was always a demon, in the series he was a human who became an artificial demon after performing an experiment on himself.
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