General Coby

### Likes

Mixed martial arts, dangerous stunts, extreme sports, his family, working out, his scar

### Dislikes

Danger, nonsense, clumsiness, threats to Basel's Garden,

### Powers and abilities

Physical strength and speed
Master Martial art skills
Flexibility

## Family information

### Other relatives

Unnamed father †
King Basel † (paternal uncle)
Queen Efua (paternal aunt by marriage)
Prince Theodore and Benjamin (paternal cousins)
Abby (first cousin, removed)
Flash (second cousin, removed)
Barry (third cousin, removed)

**General Coby** is a major character in the feature film, *Animal Planet* and in the *Enchanted Pup* franchise. He's the captain of the Basel army and the distant cousin of Prince Theodore and King Benjamin. When Red Bird threatens the safety of Basel's Garden, Coby assists the Enchanted Pup on his mission to save the kingdom.

## Background

Coby was born to an unnamed general who was King Basel's brother. Coby was very close with his cousins, Benjamin and Theodore and often spend the night in the castle with them when his father was out of town. Coby had dreams of joining the army, leading him to enroll himself in the academy after graduating from high school. Years later, Coby graduated from the academy as a valedictorian and went off to form his own powerful and unstoppable army, while at the same time maintaining a close bond with his family.

### Development

General Coby is based off two Disney characters. But when the storywriter was creating characters for Animal Town, the storywriter decided to have the army general be as tough-as-nails. However, as the film progressed, Coby's rough and harsh personality would be eventually soothed. The two Disney characters that Coby is based off is General Li Shang from Disney's 1998, *Mulan* and Sergeant Calhoun from Disney's 2012, *Wreck-It Ralph.* There's not really difference between the two Disney characters and the Wooten character. It's just that they're both tough, authoritative and is willing to do everything they can to protect innocent civilians.

### Personality

As the general of the Basel's Garden and being under the authority of Mayor Robinson and the late Animal King gave Coby, a rather harsh and mature outlook. He always strives to do his best and supports his cadets to do the same thing. In the film, when the mammals proved to inexperienced and clumsy, Coby began to lose his patience as they failed. He was so impatient that he can sometimes coldly insult his cadets or tell them that they're not suitable enough to even fight for honor or for what they love. Nonetheless, Coby's determination and resourcefulness inspired to never give up on himself or his cadets. He deeply cared for his cadets and hoped that they would succeed with their goal.

Coby's rough and harsh personality was smoothed when the cadets proved themselves worthy to the general, himself. He showed a great degree of honor and dignity by admitting that he was wrong and that he shouldn't have doubted the cadets, when he should've believed in them. For the rest of the film, Coby supported his cadets with battling Red Bird's army and by giving Hugo, his full trust in the end of the film. Giving Hugo his trust and supporting his cadets confirmed that the general's rough and harsh demeanor has been soothed for a calm and supportive one.

In the cartoon series, Coby begins to support his soldiers with battling a threat that comes to Animal Town and by proving his loyalty to the Animal King by helping him with his adventures.

### Physical appearance

General Coby is a slender and muscular Siberian tiger with orange fur with black stripes. His outfit is a green shirt with grey jeans.

### Powers and abilities

* **Tiger Physiology:** Coby is an anthropomorphic tiger.
* **Physical strength:** Coby proves to be incredibly strong as he battles Red Bird's robots and the rest of his army. Most of Coby's strength was developed throughout his years of training.
* **Martial art skills:** Coby is shown to be a master martial artist when he was training his cadets.

## Appearances

### Animal Planet

General Coby is introduced on the first day of training. He tells the new recruits about how they're going to fight Red Bird and his army. Just then, the training begins and there were a few struggles along with the way. But most of the struggles was between Hugo, who was struggling to complete his training, due to the constant bullying of Rockhead, Rockeye and Rocktail. On one night, Coby personally confronts Hugo and tells him to go home, saying that he's not fit to be a solider. To prove himself worthy to Coby and the other soldiers, Hugo activated several Red Bird robots and fought them off with his martial art skills. Coby sees the boy's skills and smiles in admiration.

Just then, Hugo's skills inspired the other cadets to train more at camp. By the end of the week, the soldiers were ready to battle Red Bird. Before traveling to the Sahara Desert, Coby congratulated all of his soldiers on a job well done. The gang traveled to the Sahara Desert and battled "Red Bird" and his robotic army. As more robots are destroyed, more of them come out to attack the soldiers. Worst of all, the soldiers only had one laser cartridge. Hugo, who had an idea, used the last cartridge to set off a cataclysmic explosion that destroys "Red Bird," his army and lair.

Knowing that Hugo and Ben have survived the explosion, Coby and the soldiers cheers for them and carries Hugo back to Animal Town, as their hero. It is later revealed that Red Bird is still alive and somewhere in Animal Town. He abducts all of the mammals and sentences them to their painful deaths. Luckily, for them, Hugo returns to Animal Town to defeat his foe. Red Bird is defeated, the mammals are released from their cages and once again praise Hugo as the hero of Animal Town.

At Benjamin's coronation, Coby becomes a resident of Basel's Castle along with his friends.

### The Nature Dragon: The Series

Coby appears in the cartoon series as a supporting character.