Mansk

Mansk was once one of Miles Quaritch's best soldiers until his death on Pandora during the battle between the Na'vi and the RDA. He was later restored along with Quaritch and several others as a Recombinant under Project Phoenix, and was sent back to Pandora in order to find and kill Jake Sully for his betrayal of the RDA.
== Avatar: The Way of Water ==
During the skirmish at the Three Brothers, Mansk was positioned near Wainfleet on the lower deck of the SeaDragon when Jake and Neytiri attempted their rescue of Tuktirey and Kiri; he was last fully seen getting a SecOps trooper thrown at him by Jake. Part of Mansk's body can then briefly be seen falling from Jake right before Jake throws his empty weapon at an approaching SecOps trooper, implying the body was enough force to make Mansk lose consciousness.
In an extended version of the scene, however, Jake realizes he has no bullets, so he attacks Mansk by bashing him with his gun, knocking him unconscious. Jake takes Mansk's gun and uses the bullets in it to shoot some oncoming soldiers, while using an unconscious Mansk as a meat shield. After the soldiers are dead, Jake drops Mansk to the floor.
According to sources, Quaritch and Wainfleet are the only surviving recoms, which implies Mansk's death,but Mansk's death is not directly confirmed, suggesting that he could have disappeared without a trace.Amazon Trivia One possibility is the blunt trauma from Jake may have been enough to kill him. If not, his unconscious body would have likely drowned when the SeaDragon sank, if he did not regain consciousness.
== Trivia ==
*In the original script, Mansk gets an arrow in his throat during the forest skirmish, but it does not explicitly say if Neytiri or Neteyam killed him.
*Although his death is not explicitly shown, information from the digital version of Amazon Prime implies that Quaritch and Waynfleet are the only recoms who survived the final battle, but does not directly confirm Mansk's death, so Mansk's fate will remain unknown until the release of Part 3.[1]
*Mansk's death was cut from the final version of the film, likely to tone down the violence.
* Actor Kevin Dorman previously played an RDA Bulldozer operator in the first movie. He also portrays other characters in The Way of Water such as Payakan and Frances Ardmore's aide.
* Mansk's signature weapon is the Recom Hydra Machine Gun. He later switched to the Recom M-69 AR with an underslung grenade launcher after he tamed a banshee. This is probably because the Hydra is too heavy and not practical for banshee riding.
*Mansk's appearance has become the subject of internet memes parodying the American south and conservative/right-wing politics, due to his army outfit and sunglasses, which are commonly worn amongst the aforementioned demographics. An early occurrence of this meme was on Twitter on January 3, 2023, including a picture of Mansk with the caption "U know the burgers and dogs are insane if this guy is on the grill".https://web.archive.org/web/20230221030911/https://twitter.com/gatorsafterdark/status/1610429843891445761
*Kevin Dorman, the actor who portrays Mansk, is very interactive with fans on social media regarding the character, often liking art, Tweets, and writings. He even said he liked the idea of the character's first name being Devin as an homage to his performance in the Avatar Crew Film: The Volume as put forth by a fan on Twitter.https://twitter.com/KevinJdorman/status/1652381089804206080?s=20
== Gallery ==
2022-12-18-19-18-48-01.jpg|Concept art
File:Mansk being decanted.png|Mansk being decanted aboard an ISV
File:Mansk without sunglasses.jpg|Without his sunglasses
File:Mansk full shot.jpg|Mansk in the forest
File:Mansk on lookout.jpg|Mansk on lookout preparing to fire at Neteyam
==Reference==
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Category:Recombinants
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