Predator (Predator)

Yautja, also known as Hunter and Predator, is the titular main villains from the Predator series.
== Charactah Account ==
The Yautja, known colloquially as the Predators or Hunters, are an extraterrestrial species characterized by their hunting of other dangerous species for sport and honor, including humans. The Yautja are a sentient, humanoid race that breathe an atmosphere similar to that of Earth's, but possess a level of technological advancement far in excess of anything available to humans.
The Predators stalk and kill their prey using a combination of highly advanced technology, such as active camouflage and energy weapons, combined with comparatively primitive traditional weapons, such as blades, spears and nets. The Predators often ritualistically mutilate their prey and usually claim a trophy from their kills. Capable of interstellar travel in star ships, the Predators have hunted on Earth for centuries and have also had prior contact with the Engineers.
Aside from their repeated conflicts with humans, the Predators have notably been associated with Xenomorph XX121, known to them as kiande amedha ("hard meat"), whom they revere as perhaps the most worthy of all prey. They have been known to deliberately breed the creatures from captive Queens in order to hunt them, often as part of initiation rituals for young Predators.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Rick and Morty Season 7
=== Comics ===
* Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator
* Alien vs. Predator: Civilized Beasts
* Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone
* Alien vs. Predator: Life and Death
* Alien vs. Predator: Sand Trap
* Alien vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood
* Alien vs. Predator: Thrill of the Hunt
* Alien vs. Predator: Whoever Wins... We Lose
* Aliens vs. Predator
* Aliens vs. Predator 2
* Aliens vs. Predator Annual
* Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus: Volume 1
* Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus: Volume 2
* Aliens vs. Predator Special Collector's Edition
* Aliens vs. Predator: Blood Time
* Aliens vs. Predator: Booty
* Aliens vs. Predator: Deadspace
* Aliens vs. Predator: Duel
* Aliens vs. Predator: Deadliest of the Species
* Aliens vs. Predator: Eternal
* Aliens vs. Predator: The Web
* Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War
* Aliens vs. Predator: War
* Aliens vs. Predator: Xenogenesis
* Archie vs. Predator
* Archie vs. Predator II
* Batman versus Predator
* Batman versus Predator II: Bloodmatch
* Batman versus Predator III
* JLA versus Predator
* Mindhunter
* Overkill
* Predator
* Predator 2
* Predator versus Judge Dredd
* Predator versus Magnus Robot Fighter
* Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Splice and Dice
* Predator vs. Wolverine
* Predator: Bad Blood
* Predator: Big Game
* Predator: Captive
* Predator: Cold War
* Predator: Dark River
* Predator: Day of the Hunter
* Predator: Fire and Stone
* Predator: Hell & Hot Water
* Predator: Hell Come A-Walkin'
* Predator: Homeworld
* Predator: Hunters
* Predator: Hunters II
* Predator: Hunters III
* Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension
* Predator: Jungle Tales
* Predator: Kindred
* Predator: Life and Death
* Predator: Nemesis
* Predator: Primal
* Predator: Race War
* Predator: Strange Roux
* Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time
* Predator: The Last Hunt
* Predator: The Preserve
* Predator: Xenogenesis
* Predators
* Predators Movie Adaptation
* Predators: Preserve the Game
* Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator
* Superman vs. Predator
* Tarzan versus Predator: At the Earth's Core
* The Transformers UK
=== Literature ===
* Predator
* Predator 2
* Predator: Big Game
* Predator: Cold War
* Predator: Concrete Jungle
* Predator: Flesh and Blood
* Predator: Forever Midnight
* Predator: If It Bleeds
* Predator: Incursion
* Predator: Prey to the Heavens
* Predator: South China Sea
* Predator: Stalking Shadows
* Predator: Turnabout
* The Predator
* The Predator: Hunters And Hunted
=== Movies ===
* Alien vs. Predator
* Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
* Predator
* Predator 2
* Predators
* Prey
* The Predator
=== Video Games ===
* Alien vs. Predator
* Alien vs. Predator 2 2D: Requiem
* Alien vs. Predator 3D
* Alien vs. Predator: The Last of His Clan
* Aliens versus Predator
* Aliens versus Predator 2
* Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt
* Aliens versus Predator: Extinction
* Aliens vs. Predator
* Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
* AVPR: Combat Evolved
* AVP: Evolution
* AVP: PredAlien Builder and Game
* AVP: VU
* Call of Duty: Ghosts
* CR: Alien vs. Predator
* Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
* Fortnite Battle Royale
* Monster Breeder
* Mortal Kombat X
* Pinball FX 2
* Pinball FX 3
* Predator
* Predator 2 (1990)
* Predator 2 (1992)
* Predator or Prey
* Predator VR
* Predator: Concrete Jungle
* Predator: Hunting Grounds
* Predator: The Duel
* Predators
* Predators: The Great Hunt
* Sci-Fi Pinball
* Soldiers Inc.
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
* Zen Pinball 2
== Trivia ==
* The goblin spider genus Predatoroonops is named after the Predator, owing to the perceived similarity between the spider's mouthparts and the Predator's mandibles. Additionally, the various sub-species of Predatoroonops all have taxonomic names that reference aspects of Predator, including Predatoroonops schwarzeneggeri (named for Arnold Schwarzenegger), Predatoroonops maceliot (named for Mac Eliot), Predatoroonops vallarta (named for Puerto Vallarta, one of the filming locations on the movie) and Predatoroonops peterhalli (named for Kevin Peter Hall). There is even a species called Predatoroonops yautja.
* On March 20, 2015, the Predator was accidentally confirmed (via the Xbox One store) as a guest DLC character in the fighting video game Mortal Kombat X.. The Predator Bundle was eventually released in July 2015.
* In some books, the name Yautja is used by the predators to define themselves, but in other books, some clans -- such as the Widow Clan -- do not recognize the term and tilt their heads in confusion when humans use it to address them.
* Given that two of the stats in the Predator campaign of Aliens vs Predator 2010 are to not use the plasma caster and not to use a health shard, it is implied that while using the plasma caster is seen as honorable, it is still disliked or frowned upon as it still involves a ranged weapon. Similarly, it is implied that a Predator who avoids any form of injury is seen as truly honorable, as they managed to hunt their prey without being injured at all.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yautja at Xenopedia
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