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The Gunslinger is the main antagonist of the film Westworld. Played By Yul Brynner, this foe is one of many robot attractions of Delos' Westworld resort.

Appearence

The Gunslinger on the surface, looks like a tough cowboy, with a black hat covering his bald head. A black shirt and pants covered by a black gunbelt with the holster on his right side. Upon close inspection, The Gunslinger appears to have metallic silver retinas showing more of his mechanical side, while at the same time, making him look more uncanny and intimidating. With his facial cover removed, The Gunslinger appears to have a special tube lined up to his mouth so that he could consume drinks without short circuiting.

Personality

The Gunslinger has two distinct personality traits. The first, being a snarky arrogant drunk who will goad any nearby humans into a gunfight. While later on, he demonstrates a cold, stubborn machine that won't stop until his opponent dies. On some level, he seems to enjoy killing humans as shown when he kills John Blane in a duel and smirking at Peter when he challenges him next. It also seems he remembers every lost duel even before the malfunction, since after his first fight he tracks down John and Peter in their hotel for a rematch.

History

The Gunslinger is first introduced at a saloon Peter Martin and John Blane attend during their first day at Westworld. Upon walking in he nudges Peter making him purposefully spill his whiskey shot, while Gunslinger pours his own. Criticizing him for being sloppy with his drink, to add insult to injury. After some goading from John, Peter challenges the Gunslinger to a duel and wins, prompting two other robots to drag his bullet riddled body away for maintenance and repairs.

He appears a second time, the morning after confronting John at gunpoint while he was shaving. Peter who just got back to the hotel after a bath, kicks the door in shooting The Gunslinger out of their bedroom window, prompting the sheriff of Westworld to arrest him for murder.

The Gunslinger appears the third time, again in the morning to confront the two once again. John, both hungover and unaware of the computer virus spread all over the resorts; decides to duel Gunslinger, prompting him to be shot and killed. He challenges Peter prompting the latter to run away from him, beginning the chase. The Gunslinger nonchalantly, strolls in pursuit of Peter, trying to shoot him every chance he gets, while Peter gets his horse and flees. The Gunslinger also gives chase on his own horse prompting, Peter to try to lose him in the canyon's outside of Westworld. Peter tries to get the drop on him using his gun, but The Gunslinger, who could hear him breathing, manages to foil his surpise attack. Causing Peter to ditch his gun and run. Peter comes across a Delos technician who warns him about the machines causing havoc and when Peter informs him on the Gunslinger and how to evade him. Before the Technician can tell him more, The Gunslinger kills him and chases Peter into Roman world. Peter finds a sewer that leads him to Delos' inner workings and The Gunslinger follows him relentlessly. He shoots at Peter, but runs out of ammo. Peter hides among the deactivated robots and surprises Gunslinger by throwing acid into his face messing with his vision. Peter then leads the Gunslinger to Medievalworld, where he uses the torches to burn him. The Gunslinger appears one last time as a charred machine barely able to reach Peter before it gives out and collapses exploding in sparks.

Abilities

While The Gunslinger is similar to the other Delos robots, there are a few things he's capable of that separates him from the others.

  • Thermal Vision: after his second fight with Peter, the technicians fit him with a thermal sensor to work in tandem with his regular vision. With it he can track humans down, by following the heat signature left behind by their footprints. When Peter throws acid in his face, it destroys his regular vision causing him to fully use thermal to compensate. The flaw is that it only senses heat so torches could throw off his vision.
  • Advanced Hearing: Along with his thermal vision, the technicians increased his hearing sensitivity allowing him to better hear noises most human ears can't from certain distances. This was used when Peter tried to ambush him, but The Gunslinger caught onto his vantage point by hearing him breathe.
  • Liquid Consumption: Unlike most androids who can't consume liquids without short circuiting. The Gunslinger is fitted with a tube like device behind his mouth so he could consume liquids, specifically whiskey to better play the part of a drunk arrogant gunfighter.

Weapons

The Gunslinger has been seen with the following:

  • Colt Single Action Army, Calvary
  • Winchester Model 1873

Trivia

  • The Gunslinger's appearance was inspired by Yul Brynner's previous role as Chris Adams from The Magnificent Seven.
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