Hannibal Roy Bean
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Hannibal Roy Bean is a fictional character from the animated television series Xiaolin Showdown. He is voiced by Tom Kenny.
He is a bean with a southern accent (he shares his name with eccentric Texas judge Roy Bean), but surprisingly is one of the most dangerous and evil forces in the universe. He is possily as strong as Chase Young. He controls the Ying-Ying Bird which is his messenger, which he needs since he is locked in the Ying-Yang World. A master manipulator, Hannibal is the one who turned Chase Young to the Heylin Side. Soon after this, he was betrayed by Chase Young (who felt there was only room for one greatest warrior of all time), who imprisoned him in the Ying Yang World. He is set free when Jack Spicer and the Xiaolin Warriors follow the Ying-Yang Bird into the Ying-Yang World. Omi accidentally sets Hannibal free when Hannibal impersonates Jack Spicer using the Moby Morpher. Hannibal seems to be very skilled in fighting, which he demonstrated when he easily defeated the Xiaolin Warriors (after they became Wudai Warriors) using the Moby Morpher. He escaped the Ying-Yang World by impersonating Clay. Hannibal has also used the Moby Morpher to gain an upper hand in a lot of his fights. He is often shown as changing size, most notably during Omi's trip into the future where he discovers a majorly over-sized Hannibal Roy Bean in a cage with a sign reading "Musical Fruit" (though the Ying-Ying Bird was nowhere to be seen during this period; however, this could be caused by the Moby Morpher).
Hannibal Bean has been one of the main villains of season three. In the episodes "Return of Master Monk Guan" and "Dream Stalker", he tried to get Raimundo to break down and join him. This episode showed the suit of armor that he uses occasionally for the second time. It has spikes on it and it's about nine or ten feet tall. When he fights Raimundo in their showdown during "Dream Stalker" while inside Raimundo's dream, he transforms into a creature exactly like the giant goo zombie in Kimiko's showdown with Pandabubba in season 2 during "Return of Panda Bubba". The only difference is that the creature has Hannibal's face and it is Hannibal's color. Raimundo used his Wudai powers combined with his innerself's Wudai powers to defeat Hannibal, win the showdown, and get Hannibal out of his head.
One of his recent plots in "Wu Got the Power" involved tricking Omi into absorbing the elemental powers of the four Elemental Shen Gong Wu, each of which allow the user to use a Wudai technique. Hannibal Bean then put Omi into a machine so that he could absorb all of Omi's power. Omi broke out, however, and they were both turned into pure energy. They fought above the machine, and Hannibal Bean was winning until Omi, who still had all four elements at his command, focused on Water. He was then forced to retreat, calling it a draw. This makes Omi the second person to actually fight Hannibal Bean in the series (Raimundo being the first). After that, in "Hannibal's Revenge", Bean spied on Kimiko and learned that Chase Young would grow weak during the Heylin Eclipse, and tried to destroy him during this time, teaming up with Wuya. The Xiaolin Warriors intervened, preventing either side from winning - Kimiko disguised herself as Jack and won their Xiaolin Showdown Trio, during which time the eclipse passed and Chase regained his power. Bean swore to one day destroy him as both parted ways.
When Omi altered history, Hannibal Bean turned Master Monk Guan evil instead of Chase Young. Together with evil Guan and Wuya, Hannibal had succeeded in leaving the Xiaolin Dragons virtually helpless. When alternate Chase was corrupted to the Heylin side, he joined Hannibal and the others in a battle against the Xiaolin Dragons. Despite their cheating tactics, the Xiaolin Dragons were victorious.
Chase Young has noted that Hannibal Bean is "the greatest evil ever known". When asked by Raimundo if that meant "end of the world time", Chase cryptically replied: "No, it is far worse than that".
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| Omi | Raimundo | Kimiko | Clay | Dojo Jack Spicer | Wuya | Chase Young | Hannibal Roy Bean |
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