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|character_name=Ani-Mator
|real_name=Dr. Frederick Animus
|species=[[human]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 1 #59 (Jan 1988)
|creators=[[Louise Simonson]] and [[Bret Blevins]]
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|alliances=Creatures of Paradise<br/>[[The Right (comics)|The Right]]
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The '''Ani-Mator''' ('''Dr. Frederick Animus''') is a [[fictional character]] in the [[Marvel Universe]].
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==Publication history==
The Ani-Mator appeared in ''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 1 #59-60 (January-February 1988), and was created by [[Louise Simonson]] and [[Bret Blevins]].
The Ani-Mator received an entry in the ''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89]]'' #1.
==Fictional character biography==
The Ani-Mator was a geneticist employed by [[Cameron Hodge]] to research a means of stopping the process that creates [[Mutant (Marvel comics)|mutants]]. Dr. Animus instead created a race of "Ani-Mates", which combined the characteristics of human beings and other animals, intending them to be a slave race for humanity.
One of the Ani-Mates, [[Bird-Brain]], escaped the Ani-Mator's island and ultimately befriends the [[New Mutants]]. The New Mutants returned to the island with Bird-Brain to stop the mad scientist's experiments. They succeeded in defeating Animus' creations, but right afterwards they were captured by Hodge and agents of [[The Right (comics)|The Right]], who had become suspicious of the doctor's activities. Bird-Brain rallied the surviving Ani-Mates to help rescue his human friends.{{issue}}
During the fight with the Right troopers, Animus broke free and procured a gun. He attempted to shoot and kill [[Wolfsbane (comics)|Wolfsbane]], whom - due to her shapeshifting power - he considered too valuable a specimen to be captured by the Right. But as he fired, he instead hit and killed [[Cypher (comics)|Cypher]], who had pushed Rahne out of the way. In retailiation, [[Magik (comics)|Magik]] exiled the Ani-Mator to the dimension of [[Otherplace|Limbo]], where he presumably perished. Bird-Brain stayed on the island to help his animal friends.{{issue}}
==External links==
*[http://en.marveldatabase.com/Ani-Mator_%28Earth-616%29 Marvel Database entry]
[[Category:Fictional scientists]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics supervillains]]
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