Daddy Ricochet

Ricochet Rabbit III is a tan-furred buck who serves as the sheriff of Ricochet Rabbit's hometown, Carrottop Canyon. A third-generation sheriff, Ricochet III’s journey to the path of the badge was a rough one, and it’s said that what he experienced warped him into the man he is now—although he comes from a blended background, his strong prejudices are one of the glaring flaws in his character. He is the current patriarch of the Rabbit Family after the deaths of his grandfather and father, respectively, although his handling of family affairs has not endeared him with his children or extended family—Ricochet, Roxanne and Mireya in particular. 
Though he doesn’t appear in the original Blazin’ Trails, Ricochet III makes a few appearances in both Redux and its supplementary materials. 
==Personality==
In contrast to his grandfather, father and several of his sons, Ricochet III is a serious and strong-minded person, often bordering on annoyingly stubborn. According to his son Rudolph, he “hit the jackpot with the family bullheadedness”. Indeed, he is so set in his ways that even his own grandfather, who was a notorious stubborn man himself, noted it was hard to get him to see things from other points of view. He cares deeply for his children, especially his daughters, but the way he was raised prevents him from outwardly showing affection towards his children, often holding back; according to him, showering kids with too much love and affection results in them being coddled and irresponsible, which he refuses to allow his children to become. To this end, his taciturn nature doesn't bring him close to his children, Rudy and Ricochet in particular, the former with whom he doesn't get along well with at all. Ricochet is on speaking terms with his father, but their relationship has become strained due to the younger Ricochet taking his great-grandfather’s views to heart, not to mention his misogynistic views of how women should behave as well as his racist views on predators, which the younger Ricochet refuses to uphold. Because of this, he somewhat resented the closeness that Ricochet had with his great-grandfather, feeling as though he were inferior.
Although he comes from a blended family himself, the senior Ricochet is known to be prejudiced towards certain species, especially towards coyotes, and taught Ricochet to fear them; when he was first starting out as a deputy, his best friend was beaten to death and then eaten by a band of coyotes. When Ricochet befriended and later hired Droop-a-Long Coyote to be his deputy, the older Ricochet didn't treat him with much kindness, but later years he would soften up towards Droop-a-Long, though he is much more blunt on the coyote's weaknesses than his son is.
As a sheriff, he is more by the book than Ricochet, and one thing they do share in common is their hatred towards sheriffs who go rogue. Unlike his son, he believes that all criminals, regardless of the severity of their crimes, have lost their chance for redemption and that they deserve to rot in jail or die, and won't hesitate to tell them that, either. This stance led to him being named “Ricochet the Vengeful”, as once his wrath is incurred, it’s like that of a furious judge—fitting, as his father served as a lawyer before becoming a sheriff. The death of his daughter Rose only intensified that thought, and as such, he and Ricochet often clash on this viewpoint. 
==History==
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