Hans Gruber

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## Evil-doer

### Alias

Bubbi (by Ellis)
Bill Clay

### Allies

Volksfrei Movement (formerly)
John Mcclane (falsely)
Ellis (briefly)
Karl Vreski
Theo
Tony Vreski
Eddie
Franco
Fritz
Uli
Kristoff
Heinrich
Marco
James
Alexander

### Occupation

Member of Volksfrei (formerly)Terrorist leader

### Resources

Very high intelligence
Vast resources
Leadership
Manipulation
Mastery of tactics and strategy
Charisma
Access to military weapons
Technical resources
Disguise and deception
Exceptional marksmanship
Sophistication

### Hobby

Eliminating any obstacle that intervenes with his plans.
Antagonizing John McClane.

### Goals

Steal $640,000,000 from Nakatomi Plaza.
Kill John McClane (both failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Executing Mr. Takagi for not knowing the vault's code key.
Planning a robbery at Nakatomi Plaza with the intent to steal $640,000,000 and cause over 30 deaths.
Indirectly letting his fellow terrorists shoot down a few helicopters and kill multiple police officers.
Trying to blow up the hostages on the roof as a distraction.

### Kill Count

8 (directly)
Numerous (indirectly)
Over 30 (attempted)

### Crimes

Mass murder
Vandalism
Attempted robbery
Identity theft
Theft
Destruction of property
Incrimination
Stalking
Kidnapping
Unlawful imprisonment
Blackmail
Attempted infanticide by proxy
Conspiracy
Treason
Assault
Senicide (implied)
Public endangerment
Terrorism
Possession

### Type of Villain

Charismatic Terrorist

**Hans Gruber** is the main antagonist of the 1988 action thriller film *Die Hard* and the posthumous overarching antagonist in its 1995 threequel *Die Hard With a Vengeance*.

He is the leader of a group of German terrorists who organized the takeover of the Nakatomi Plaza skyscraper in Los Angeles, and the younger brother of Simon Gruber as well as John McClane's arch-nemesis. Hans was a cold-hearted and calculating mastermind with high intelligence.

He was portrayed by the late Alan Rickman.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* He attempted to murder over 30 hostages by blowing up the roof of the Nakatomi Plaza skyscraper, one of them being a pregnant woman.
* Shows no sympathy for Karl after McClane killed his brother Tony, insisting that the priority is the plan.
* He murdered Joseph Takagi and Harry Ellis in cold blood. Takagi was murdered after he told Hans he was going to have to kill him because he didn't know the code to the vault, horrifying John when he witnessed it. Hans murdered Ellis after he tried to reason with John by using his life and lives of the hostages as bargaining chips for John to surrender, causing panic to the hostages.
* He didn't care whatsoever that Karl was still on the roof when he detonated the explosives.
* Held John McClane's wife hostage while trying to escape with the stolen bonds.
	+ He then attempted to kill her and John after he was hanging from a ledge, trying to take them down with him as a last resort.
* He never cared even about his own brother. The fact that said brother wanted to avenge him despite everything makes him ungrateful and even worse.
* The fact that he found no joy in committing his atrocities doesn't downplay his villainy, because he was shown to not care about anyone else and did all in his power to cause as much misery as possible for no reason other than greed.