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Chopper, also called the Gill Predator, was a Young Blood who visited Antarctica with his clan in 2004.
This was to hunt Xenomorph prey during a coming-of-age ritual which would take place in an ancient Pyramid every 100 years.
Chopper was the middle brother of the three, with Scar being younger, and Celtic older.
Alongside the other two Yautja, he killed the drilling team and mercenaries stationed outside the entrance to the tunnel.
He then attacked Lex Woods inside the pyramid, but a Xenomorph approached from behind and killed him.
Chopper looked similar to his two brothers, sharing the same skin patterns and dreadlock colour.
However, he did have his own unique Biomask with a rounded, layered design to it, and a single visor. His alternate name, Gill, comes from the cheek areas of the mask looking like gills.
While he’s not seen unmasked in the movie, the Hot Toy version of the character includes an unmasked head where he looks the same as Scar did.
He had the same armour as Scar and Celtic, except where Scar had both thigh pieces, and Celtic had 1, Chopper didn’t have either; and like Celtic, he also lacked the insert that would cover the abdomen.
Carried on his back, are a twin pair of Ceremonial Spears with Human skulls stuck on top, giving the impression these Predators have in fact hunted Humans before. On the other end, they are sharpened, presumably for throwing and impaling with, but were never seen being used.
Unique to the Chopper Predator, are his main weapons which take the form of underslung blades beneath both of his forearm gauntlets named Scimitars, these are retractable like the traditional Wristblades, and serve the same function, but are much larger.
These blades are where his name Chopper comes from.
Not much is known about his personality, as he has very little screen time, but when we did see him, he tended to stick close to his older brother Celtic, and followed his lead. Perhaps he was more of a follower and less independent, as opposed to Scar who went off on his own shortly after they entered the pyramid.
His equipment and weapons include:
A Biomask with Vision modes and Vocal Mimicry, A Cloaking device, Body Armour, Wrist Computer and Self Destruct device, Medicomp, Ceremonial spears, Scimitars, WristBlades, A Shuriken style Smart disc, Combistick, and a Ceremonial Dagger.
Chopper reached the surface along with his two brothers, and killed the members of Weyland’s expedition at the Whaling Station.
They then proceeded towards the pyramid to find their Plasmacasters and begin the hunt, but discovered they’d been taken by the other Humans.
Their leader, Celtic, ordered Scar to split off, and for Chopper to stay with him.
When Chopper and Celtic found them, Celtic began the attack; and while choking Sebastian, Lex reached for an axe, but Chopper approached and kicked her against a Temple Pillar, as he was about to kill her, the Grid Alien snook up from behind and impaled him, then lifted him up, and finished him with a headbite.
Chopper was then thrown to the floor, and the Alien attacked his brother Celtic.

So while Chopper had only a very small role in AVP, I enjoyed his design, and thought he had a cool death, especially where you see him and the Alien meet, giving us that iconic image.
Although at the same time, it was a shame that we didn’t get to see him in action, especially with those huge arm blades he had, I think it would have been really cool to see them be used.
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