Lord Hater

Lord Hater (or simply "Hater") is the tritagonist as well as the main antagonist of the Disney Channel animated TV series Wander Over Yonder. He serves as the main antagonist of Season 1 and the tritagonist as well as the secondary antagonist of Season 2.

Lord Hater is the supreme leader of the Hater Empire and once considered to be the greatest villain in the Yonder galaxy until later on. He resides on the Skullship and leads a personal army of cycloptic creatures called Watchdogs with one named Commander Peepers serving as his right-hand man. He is also the archenemy of Wander and Sylvia.

## Personality

Lord Hater is a power-hungry, short-tempered, evil and cruel dictator. He hates being told what to do by those he declares lower than him, including his own henchman, and Peepers. What he desires most is absolute rule of the entire galaxy, with no one to stand in his way. He despises Wander, as he is the physical opposite of everything that Hater is, and cannot stand him due to his superfluous optimism and oblivious edge to complete impulsiveness and attempts to obliterate Wander, even putting his plans aside just to do so to the point that he even blames him as the sole threat to his plans. He is arrogant and can be easily distracted when he believes he has the upper hand in a situation.

Lord Hater's anger can also be his drive to focus completely on the task at hand, for instance when he realized his other nemesis Emperor Awesome was going to receive the chance of universal control before he could, Hater abandoned his war against Wander and easily took out the entire Fist Fighter army with one punch while rushing to Awesome, defeating him instantly.

Despite his reputation as a feared galactic conqueror and all-around tyrant, Hater is exceedingly immature, prone to throwing temper tantrums and reacting irrationally to even the slightest grievance. His behavior thus, at times, resembles that of a petulant child rather than an intergalactic villain. In "The Rager", he had a fit and argued with Peepers like a little kid when he asked him to wait until the morning to destroy the kings. He also has TERRIBLE table manners, as shown in "The Date", when he eats messily in front of Lin, who was really Sylvia. Commander Peepers fathers him sometimes.

As seen on several occasions, Lord Hater is incredibly awkward and bashful around women and always gets his tongue-tied when speaking to one. He has pointed out that he does not have a girlfriend but desperately wants one, implying that he is a tad lonely in life. When forced to confront attractive women, Lord Hater ends up babbling like a buffoon and saying incomprehensible gibberish.

In many episodes we see Lord Hater get seduced by ladies (or anyone wearing girls clothing). An example of this would be when he almost married Sylvia and believed Wander was a lady when the latter crashed his wedding in a dress and makeup. Another example is The Show Stopper, when Peepers and Sylvia team up to stop Hater and Wander's concert by dressing up as girls, cheering them on and making them do several crazy things, such as singing FASTER, in Spanish and even backward. Lord Hater is also seen going to ridiculous lengths to earn Dominator's affection, such as sending her flowers and nearly getting him and his followers annihilated.

However, besides his evil terror ways deep down the only two things he cares about is Captain Tim and Commander Peepers. If one of them gets lost, in danger, or if someone threatens to harm them, Hater would go on an unstoppable rage and becomes more powerful than before. However, with Peepers he would usually try to cover up his feelings toward him and sometimes act like he doesn't care about him or need him. With Captain Tim, he treats him like a dog, baby talking to him and letting him maul him, believing it's the way that Captain Tim shows love toward him.

## Powers and Abilities

* Energy Manipulation: Lord Hater has been shown projecting yellow-green energy as his main offense and defense. This energy is fueled by his emotions, which is usually his anger.
	+ Lightning Bolts: Hater can project bolts of lightning from his hands as a means of attacking his foes and punishing his minions. It is also one of the few powers shown to neutralize Lord Dominator's power over lava.
	+ Telekinesis: Hater's shown he can use his energy abilities to lift and manipulate objects and people.
	+ Force-field generation: Hater can project a large force-field durable enough to keep out Emperor Awesome, his Battle Dinosaur, and his Fist Fighter army. With enough motivation from people, he can project a planetary force-field to protect it from Lord Dominator's drill, which destroys planets.
	+ Teleportation: Hater can also teleport to different locations, which causes the entire screen to be lit up with lightning and burns up the immediate area he stood in beforehand.
	+ Flight: Hater can also levitate and even fly through the air.
* Superhuman Strength: Hater can produce enough strength to punch Emperor Awesome through a planet and throw his Battle Dinosaur into space. Like his electricity powers, his emotions can affect his strength.
* Thermal Resistance: Hater is incredibly resistant to fire, to the point of emerging from pools of lava virtually unharmed.
* Cybernetic Limb: Following the events of "The Hole...Lotta Nuthin'", Hater had his entire right arm replaced with a mechanical look-alike to avoid being stuck with Wander indefinitely.

## Role in the series

His role as a villain remains unchanged, most notably in The Chronicles of Lord Dominator.

It is revealed that after the events of Punch Time Exploders Meet Shrek, he has joined up with Dr. Nefarious, who has formed Team Nefarious. With their help, he has placed a ridiculously high bounty on Wander's head, but because he mistakenly spelled the latter's name as "Wanderr", the United Universal Bounty Hunter Collective has labelled him as "The Wanderer", the UUBHC'S most wanted.

## Role Outside the Series

### Masked Toon Singer

This version of Hater was a contestant on Season 3 of HeavyHitterConnor's version of The Masked Toon Singer. He wanted to compete to get away from Wander, but after the first performance, the latter followed him, eliminating himself from the competition. This revelation further cemented his decision to join Team Nefarious.