Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes
Occupation	Ape Prince Soldier in the Ape Army Member of the Ape Council
Race	Chimpanzee
Gender	Male
Age	5 or 6
Status	Alive
Family	Caesar (Father) Cornelia (Mother) Milo (Younger Brother) Alpha (Paternal Grandfather; deceased) Bright Eyes (Paternal Grandmother; deceased) Will Rodman (Adoptive Grandfather; deceased) Caroline Aranha (Adoptive Grandmother; deceased) Charles Rodman (Adoptive Great-Grandfather; deceased)
Continuity	Movies (CE)

Father. Let...me...help you.

Blue Eyes speaking for the first time to Caesar.

Blue Eyes is an evolved chimpanzee, he is the eldest son of Ape King Caesar and his Queen, Cornelia, and the older brother of Milo. As Caesar's eldest son, Blue Eyes is the heir to his father's ape colony. Through Caesar, Blue Eyes is the adoptive great-grandson of the late Charles Rodman, the adoptive grandson of the late Will Rodman and the late Caroline Aranha, as well as the biological grandson of late chimpanzees Bright Eyes and Alpha. As Caesar's son, he is a member of the Ape Council as well as a soldier of the Ape Army. Upon the rediscovery of humans, Blue Eyes becomes the ape counterpart of Alexander. During Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Blue Eyes serves as a secondary ape protagonist.

History

Birth and Childhood

In the years after the famous Battle on the Golden Gate Bridge and after the establishment of the Ape Village, Blue Eyes was born to Caesar and Cornelia, the king and queen of the Ape Colony. Unlike the other apes born into his generation and many of the elder generation, Blue Eyes was named because of his abnormal eye color. Growing up, he became close to his father's honorary nephew, Ash, the son of Rocket. Blue Eyes would idolized Rocket and Koba for their strength seeing the two as honorary uncles. Over this time, Blue Eyes becomes extremely close to Koba who teaches him along with his other honorary uncle Maurice.

For most of his childhood, he was the treasured heir, being Caesar's only child which changed in Blue Eyes' adolescent years when his parents were about to have a second child. As Caesar's eldest son, Blue Eyes inherited a lot of his father's personality traits and some of his mother's which include stubbornness, rebelliousness and defiance which become two of Blue Eyes' most identifiable traits.

Early in his adolescent years, Caesar assigns Blue Eyes to be a member of not only his army but his council, both skills that Blue Eyes would later need when he eventually succeeds his father as king. Also, Blue Eyes, like many of the other young apes, learns to wield weapons as a way of defending himself if the need ever arose.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Elk Hunt and Bear Attack

Blue Eyes first appears with his father in the forest standing on a tree branch during an elk hunt. He asks his father if they should attack the deer now only for him to be silenced by Caesar who then order the apes to attack. When Caesar manages to ensnare an elk, he tells his son to stay put and quiet but is ignored. Blue Eyes wanders off to kill the seemingly trapped deer, only to be attacked by a bear, resulting in the elk escaping and Blue Eyes receiving scars. Caesar intervened, keeping the bear at bay until Koba heard Caesar's cry and ran towards the bear, stabbing it in the back, killing the bear which falls onto Caesar. When Caesar is freed, he goes to tell his son to think before he acts and tries to check out Blue Eyes' injuries, but the young ape stubbornly brushes off his father's concern and goes to his horse.

A New Sibling

As they return to their village, Koba comforts the prince by telling Blue Eyes to be proud of his new scars as they show he is strong and durable. When his father is summoned by Cornelia's midwives, Blue Eyes reluctantly follows and stands awkwardly in the doorway before his father summons him over to meet his little brother Milo for the first time. Blue Eyes is shown to be nervous about the situation, but bonds with his new brother anyway, happy to be an older sibling to a new ape.

Encounter with Humans

Later, Blue Eyes is out by the lake fishing with his best friend and honorary cousin, Ash. Ash begins to tease him about the bear incident and playfully shoves him which results in Blue Eyes taking the comments in stride and playfully shoving him back. On the way back to the village, the teenagers stumble across a human named Carver who suddenly becomes frightened and shoots Ash in the shoulder. Blue Eyes stays to protect him until their fathers and the other apes appear. The humans would then be scared off by the adult apes shouting (in English) at them to leave the forest. Back in the village, Blue Eyes sits with his father and his uncles in a council meeting. The apes argue over what is to be done about the humans and what they must do to avenge Ash's shooting. Blue Eyes agrees with Koba that something has to be done to show the humans they mean business. Ash, being present tells them that the humans didn't mean to shoot him and that it was an accident. Blue Eyes argues with him saying that the humans need to be taught a lesson. Caesar would tell his son that he plans on telling the humans a loud message that they'll understand clearly. The next morning, Caesar leads the army into San Francisco to issue the threat of war to the humans, Blue Eyes rides with him, carrying Alexander's lost bag. On Caesar's orders, he dismounts from his horse and throws the bag at Malcolm's feet as his father tells the human not to come back to the forest. The ape army would then leave for the forest after giving their warning to the humans.

Humans in Ape Territory

Later on, the human Malcolm would enter the Ape Village leading to him being captured by Luca and the other Gorilla Guardians who would drag him through the village and bring him for Caesar to pass his judgment. Blue Eyes would growl at the human for disobeying his father's warning but is forced to watch as his father spares the human and allows him and his group to work on the city dam. Blue Eyes would speak with his father about his decision saying that he agrees with Koba about humans being evil and how they should finish them off. Caesar attempts to explain to his son that not all humans are bad but Blue Eyes refuses to listen and stalks off much to Caesar's utter annoyance. When Caesar agrees to help Malcolm and his family, Blue Eyes accompanies him and his uncles, Maurice and Rocket and carries his little brother, Milo. When Milo climbs out of his arms and off the horse, Blue Eyes hurries after him and stops and watches nervously as the little one interacts with Ellie and Alexander before he wanders over to a supply box, revealing a hidden gun. Blue Eyes leaps into action and rescues his little brother from Carver who threatens to kill him as well only to be punched by Caesar who threatens the humans with the exposed weapon before throwing it over the dam wall and ordering them to leave.

Koba's Usurpation

Blue Eyes is present when Malcolm and Ellie enter the family home to apologize for Carver's behavior. He watches as the humans plead with Caesar to help Cornelia, who is very sick. He tries to dissuade his father for continuing to allow humans in their territory only to be ignored when his father says the apes will help the humans, Blue Eyes firmly states that he will not help the humans. He remains in the village sharpening spears with the younger apes until Koba returned to tell Caesar that the humans are more dangerous than he thought. The bonobo then asked Blue Eyes where his father is. Blue Eyes told Koba he is at the dam with the humans. Blue Eyes then accompanies Koba, Grey and Stone to the dam where he watches Koba angrily confronts Caesar stating that humans had attacked his sons and yet he still lets them work. Koba goes on ranting that Caesar loves humans more than apes and his sons, which caused Caesar to lash out and attack Koba. Blue Eyes watching this unsure of who to help until his father stopped himself from beating Koba stating "Ape not kill ape" law. Koba begged Caesar to forgive him and leave the dam afterwards. Blue Eyes glared at his father.

At night, in the Ape Village Blue Eyes is seen eating until his father tries to speak with him about humans but Blue Eyes to caught up in what with Koba has told him stalks off much to Caesar's dismay. The teen then goes to sit by a sulking Koba who tells him to protect his father as he believes his (Caesar) love for humans has clouded his judgment to the point of where he won't listen to reason to which Blue Eyes agrees. Later on, the apes and humans celebrate the restoration of power of San Francisco in the Ape Village. Blue Eyes is shown bemoaning the events remembering the fight his father had with Koba but his spirits are lifted when he sees his sick mother emerge from their home. Blue Eyes runs and embraces Cornelia happy that she is now okay and able to walk. His happiness was to be cut short when the sound of a gunshot, a from hidden Koba who used a gun acquired from the city, and he saw his father fall from their home. The Ape Village was then set ablaze, by Grey secretly, forcing the apes to flee for dear lives.Blue Eyes then appears with Carver's baseball cap and gun, showing it to the colony. Koba, appearing out of nowhere is given the items the bonobo while assuming leadership states that the humans assassinated their king and burned the village. He then commands the apes to fight back and attack the humans while they still have the chance. Koba approaches the sadden Blue Eyes, telling him that they will avenge his father, believing his father to truly be dead decides to join in the assault of attacking the San Francisco shelter.

Human-Ape War

The ape army would attack the city's armory and would steal all the weapons before moving to launch a full assault on the shelter. Once they reached the gate, they are confronted by the human militia guarding the wall. A huge battle breaks out resulting the in the deaths of many apes and humans as well causing chaos to the already damaged city in the process. Koba would then steal a tank which allowed the apes to enter the city and chase or terrorize defenseless humans. As he enters the city with his people, Blue Eyes (while holding Ash back) saw the utter horror and madness that his father would not condone. The next day, the apes took over most of the city and forced many humans to run in a building for safety. As the apes group up, Blue Eyes and Ash, headed up the stairs as one human swung a lamp post at an ape while Koba approached from behind and disarmed the human. Koba then tossed the post to Ash, ordering him to kill the defenseless human. Ash declines, stating Caesar would not want this, and threw the post on the floor. Koba walked up to Ash, patting him on the back, only to suddenly grab the young chimpanzee and dragged him up the stairs. Blue Eyes and the other apes followed Koba, worried about what Koba was planning to do. Koba reached a balcony and threw Ash to his death, horrifying Blue Eyes and the other apes. Koba tells the apes that Caesar is gone and he leads the apes now. After witnessing the death of his best friend and cousin, Blue Eyes now begins to see Koba's true colors. Afterwards, the apes took full control of the city and Koba imprisoned all the remaining humans in cages so they would know what life was in cage. Koba also imprisoned all the apes still loyal to Caesar, these apes include Maurice, Rocket, Luca and many others. Seeing them chained in a bus, Blue Eyes is beyond horrified at this action, asking Maurice why they were chained. Maurice told Blue Eyes that Koba views them as too loyal to Caesar, meaning they will never give in to Koba's tyranny. He is then is told by his uncle to watch out for himself and stay safe.

Reunion with Father

Blue Eyes then went on patrol looking around the city for any free humans. As he does, he encounters Malcolm in an abandoned apartment room pointing his gun at the human who pleas for him to not do it, but remembering the death of his friend and the madness Koba started Blue Eyes decides to lower it, sparing the human. The young ape then turns to leave but Malcolm quickly stops him by telling him his father is alive. Shocked, Blue Eyes travels with Malcolm to the Rodman House where he spots his wounded but still living father laying on the couch. The prince puts down his gun and quickly goes to tend to his father as Caesar asks if Cornelia and Milo were safe, Blue Eyes confirmed their safety relieving his father. He then sees Caesar's gun shot wound and thinking the humans are responsible immediately snarls at them. Only for Caesar to tell Blue Eyes it was not the humans who shot him but Koba, leaving Blue Eyes shocked and ashamed at himself for following the treacherous ape's reign. When Ellie prepares to operate on Caesar, Blue Eyes holds his father's hand the whole time during the surgery and stays with him as he recovers.

Discovering his father's Past & Apologizing

As his father rests from surgery, Blue Eyes examines a portrait of Caesar when he was young and Will Rodman together which made him realize that his father was raised by humans hence the reason for his compassion and sympathy toward them. He is soon startled by his father, who suddenly wakes up and grunts in pain from the sewn up wound. Blue Eyes apologizes for his actions and behavior in the past days, but Caesar states the fault is his alone. Blue Eyes became confused, stating that Koba betrayed him. Caesar replied that it was his choice to trust Koba due to his previous views apes being better than humans, but after witnessing Koba's betrayal he now sees that apes and humans are exactly alike and asks for Koba's current location. Blue Eyes signed that Koba resides in the human survivors' tower with all the apes that have pledge their loyalty to him. Caesar then asks about the apes who refuse to follow Koba, to which Blue Eyes replied that they have become prisoners, he states among them were Maurice and Rocket. Blue Eyes also said Koba killed Ash, saying the apes only follow out of fear. Blue Eyes tries to reassure his father by stating that once the apes see Caesar alive they will turn from Koba, but Caesar said not if he's weak. Despite his injury, Caesar tries to rise, saying he must do something to stop Koba, or he will endanger the entire ape race. Blue Eyes stopped him, speaking clearly for the first time. Caesar became proud of seeing Blue Eyes finally learning.

Helping his Father

After making the plan to free Koba's prisoners, both apes and humans, Blue Eyes returned to the city heading for the bus containing Caesar's loyalists, drawing Caesar's symbol to renew their strength then told them of the plan. Caesar's loyalists executed the plan at night, freeing themselves and the humans. Blue Eyes then led them back to Caesar, telling him Koba calls for the female and young apes to come to the city, Cornelia included. Startled by this revelation, Caesar decides to confront Koba. Blue Eyes silently watched as his father and former uncle do battle for power and knowing it's for the best he stays on the sidelines as the fierce duel continues. When Koba opened fire on the apes to kill Caesar, Blue Eyes moves many of the injured to safety before throwing a series of pipes at Koba who angrily fires at him leading to one of his stray bullets hitting and scarring Maurice. Blue Eyes would then tend to his wounded his uncle and worry about his life. Afterwards, Blue Eyes witnessed his father throwing Koba to his death.

Preparing For War

As Caesar takes back his place as Ape King, Blue Eyes embraces his parents and little brother as the other apes bow down to Caesar awaiting his guidance for the impending war with humans to come.

Personality

Blue Eyes is seen as a misguided young chimpanzee who struggles to determine good from bad. Known to be stubborn and rebellious, traits he developed from both his parents, Blue Eyes is also seen to be kind and is seen to be protective over those he loves, especially his family and those closest to him, examples being his cousin Ash and his uncles Maurice and Rocket.

As the son of the Ape King, Blue Eyes is a capable leader and fighter, but tends to take his warriorness a step too far as seen with he attempted to attack on an incapacitated deer which led to him receiving scars from a nearby bear and his confrontation with Carver when the human goes to hurt his little brother Milo. His recklessness and rebelliousness is seen to be counter balanced by his father with whom he has a rocky relationship to begin with. His love for his little brother and his mother is seen to be strong as seen when he shields them after his father has been shot and his playfulness with his honorary cousin Ash is seen to be also very strong.

Like his father, Blue Eyes is only violent and aggressive towards anyone who is a threat to the people he cares about, he also has a vengeful side, after his father was seemingly believed to be killed by Carver, he wanted to avenge his father's apparent death, only on the humans who were (supposedly) responsible for his father's death.

Blue Eyes used to believe Koba's stories about all humans being bad, this changed after he met Malcolm, Ellie and Alexander, and became friends with them. He would then see that Koba's beliefs about all humans being bad are completely wrong after finding out that his father was raised by humans who he would see as his grandparents.

Abilities

• Animal Strength: Like all chimpanzees Blue Eyes is very powerful and strong. Blue Eyes is shown to be strong enough to rip a cage off a window of the cage that Maurice, Rocket and Luca were being held in.
• Animal Speed: Like all chimpanzees, Blue Eyes is very fast.
• Animal Reflexes: Like all chimpanzees, Blue Eyes has good reflexes.
• Advanced Intelligence: As the son of two evolved apes, Blue Eyes is highly intelligent. Being the grandson of the late test chimpanzee, Bright Eyes, Blue Eyes is the second generation to be born with advanced intelligence, the first being his father, Caesar. Because both his parents inhaled the ALZ-113 drug earlier in life, Blue Eyes has a higher intelligence than both his parents combined.
• Speech: As the son of two altered chimpanzees, Blue Eyes was born with the ability of speech, while his father (and presumably his mother) learned to speak later in life. When he does speak, his English is very broken most likely from having used sign language for most of his life.
• Sign Language: Like his fellow apes, Blue Eyes knows American Sign Language. He uses it as a way of communication, to talk to other apes who cannot or have limited ability of verbal speech. He was either taught by his father Caesar, or his honorary uncle Maurice.
• Skilled Combatant: Due to him being a member of his father's Ape Army, Blue Eyes is a capable fighter. He is likely to have been taught by Caesar, Rocket or Koba.
• Skilled marksman: Despite the fact that he has never used a gun in his life, Blue Eyes is very proficient in the use of firearms.
• Skilled Leader: As the son of the Ape King, Blue Eyes is a capable leader, as seen when he leads Maurice, Rocket, Luca and the other rebel apes back to the Rodman House.

Relationships

Family

Caesar

Caesar, Blue Eyes' father.

Caesar is Blue Eyes' father. Being Caesar's son comes with ultimate consequences as Blue Eyes tends to defy his father more than he obeys him but this doesn't stop him from loving him dearly. When Blue Eyes becomes injured by a bear during a deer hunt, Caesar attempts to check him over but the teenager stubbornly brushes off his concern and walks away. When his mother, Cornelia gives birth, Caesar happily summons him over to meet his little brother for the first time. Later, Caesar attempts to talk to him about the humans but Blue Eyes, too caught up in believing everything Koba has told him, stalks off to his father's dismay. During the confrontation with Carver at the dam, Caesar shields him and Milo from harm. When Koba attempts to murder Caesar, Blue Eyes is utterly devastated and wants to help "avenge" his father's "death" whom he believes (like everyone else) to have been killed by Carver.

Later, when Malcolm takes him back to the rundown Rodman House, Blue Eyes is shocked and overjoyed to be reunited with his father and when asked about the safety of Cornelia and Milo and Blue Eyes tells him that they're safe for the moment. Blue Eyes noticed his father's wound and looked ready to attack the innocent humans only for Caesar to tell him that Koba was behind his shooting, not Carver. Blue Eyes then stays by his father's side during the surgery the kind humans have put on him. While his father rests from surgery, Blue Eyes looks at the portrait of a young Caesar and Will Rodman on the mantelpiece and realizes that his father was raised by humans hence the reason for his compassion and sympathy towards them. He is startled when Caesar wakes up and would apologize for everything he has done only for Caesar tell him that everything that has happened is his (Caesar's) fault due to his naivety. Blue Eyes then tells Caesar the state of their colony tearfully stating that Koba killed Ash and imprisoned any ape loyal to Caesar. Caesar, devastated over his nephew's death and what has transpired in his absence states he is going after Koba causing Blue Eyes to reveal his wish to join him only to be rejected but the young ape persists by begging (in broken English) to help his father resulting in his father to proudly look upon his son. With his father's approval, the young prince rescuing Maurice, Rocket and any other ape who had been imprisoned by Koba. After returning with the rebel apes, Blue Eyes reports to his father that Koba is now is planning on moving the females and young hiding out in the forest to the city. Caesar, realizing that Cornelia and the baby are now in danger, decides to immediately head to the tower with his son and ape loyalists to stop Koba. Blue Eyes watches with great concern as his father fights Koba. After the fight, Blue Eyes joins Caesar as they reunite with a relieved Cornelia and Milo.

Cornelia

Cornelia, Blue Eyes' mother.

Cornelia is Blue Eyes' mother. Blue Eyes loves his mother dearly and is very protective over her. When she gives birth to his little brother, Blue Eyes is summoned by his father to join them as they privately celebrate the birth. When Cornelia is very sick, Blue Eyes sits at her side watching over her with his father and little brother. After the power has been restored to the city, Blue Eyes joins the celebrations with his father and is surprised when his mother emerges with his younger brother, full of health. He embraces her, happy that she is well but the moment comes to a devastating halt when Caesar is shot by Koba. Blue Eyes holds his mother as she cries over their beloved father and husband's apparent death. When Caesar later asks about Cornelia's fate, Blue Eyes tells him that she's safe for the time being. After his reunion with Caesar after returning to the Rodman House with the rebels, Blue Eyes tells his father about Koba going after the females and young, Caesar tells him that they have to act before Koba can get to them if they want to ensure Cornelia's safety. After Koba's defeat, Blue Eyes is reunited with Cornelia and embraces her tightly.

Milo

Milo is Blue Eyes' little brother. When Caesar is called by Cornelia's midwives, Blue Eyes follows him home and stands in the doorway as Caesar meets the baby for the first time. Seeing Blue Eyes standing in the doorway, he summons him over to meet his newborn brother.

Milo, Blue Eyes' little brother.

Blue Eyes wanders over and bonds with his little brother and their parents. Sometime later, Milo, now a few days old, rides with Blue Eyes as they, their father and uncles Maurice and Rocket meet up with Malcolm. Milo, curious about their new friends pulls himself free from Blue Eyes' grasp and wanders over to Ellie and Alexander, appearing at Ellie's shoulder as she checks Carver over for a suspected broken leg. Blue Eyes, having followed him watches nervously as he investigates the other humans before wandering over a box of supplies, uncovering a concealed weapon. Seeing his brother in danger, Blue Eyes jumps into the frey, attempting to make a grab for Milo while Carver, whom he has now hit, is down showing just how protective he is of his brother. Later, when the apes and Malcolm's family celebrate the restoration of the power to the city, Blue Eyes is surprised to see his mother well and carrying Milo. The trio embrace. Blue Eyes shields his mother and brother when Caesar is shot by Koba. As Caesar recovers, he asks Blue Eyes about the safety of Cornelia and Milo, Blue Eyes tells him they're safe for the time being. Two days later, Blue Eyes returns to the Rodman House and informs his father that Koba has sent for the females and young. Caesar, sensing his wife and youngest son are now in trouble, orders Blue Eyes, Maurice, Luca, Rocket and the other loyalists to help him stop Koba before he can make his move against the females and young. After Koba's defeat, Blue Eyes and Caesar are reunited with Cornelia and Milo.

Will Rodman

Will was Blue Eyes' adoptive human grandfather. When Caesar is taken to the Rodman House by Malcolm and his family for treatment after he is shot, Blue Eyes is later found in Malcolm's old apartment by Malcolm who takes him back to the house to find his father. Upon reuniting with his father and letting him rest from surgery, Blue Eyes examines an old portrait of his father as a young ape with a human man. Blue Eyes then realizes that his father was raised by humans which was why he was kind and sympathetic towards Malcolm and his family. He slowly begins to think of Will as his grandfather for raising his father, despite never having known him. It is most likely that Blue Eyes cares for his adoptive grandfather. It's also most likely that Will is (and possibly) one of the few humans that Blue Eyes cares about. But maybe the only actually human that Blue Eyes actually loves, if not that he (Blue Eyes) learns about his adoptive grandmother and great grandfather. When Blue Eyes was viewing the photo, it is possibly that Blue Eyes may now have a yearning to be with Will.

Friends and Allies

Ash

Ash, Blue Eyes' best friend and honorary cousin.

Ash is Blue Eyes' best friend and honorary cousin. Having grown up with Ash, Blue Eyes considers him his cousin and best friend. Like Ash, Blue Eyes loves to tease him and is seen to be very protective over him. When the teenagers stumble across Carver, Blue Eyes steps in front of him and growls at Carver. When Ash is shot, Blue Eyes guards him until Rocket shows up. Later, Blue Eyes argues with Ash during a session of council about what is to be done about the humans who shot him. When Koba decides to "avenge" Caesar's apparent death, Ash accompanies Blue Eyes and remains at his side. Later, when Ash refuses to kill a human, Blue Eyes watches in horror as Ash is thrown over a balcony to his death by Koba. Witnessing the death of his best friend would cause Blue Eyes to turn against Koba, after realizing that Caesar was right to be wary about Koba and not to trust him.

Alexander

Alexander is Blue Eyes' new human friend. They don't have any direct interaction but they do appear a few times together.

Alexander, Blue Eyes' new human friend and human counterpart.

The most recognizable moment is when Blue Eyes' little brother climbs out of his arms and over to Alexander and his step-mother, Ellie. Blue Eyes becomes nervous but sees that his brother is under no direct threat from Alexander or Ellie and approaches them both with caution. Also, Alexander is seen to attempt to stop Blue Eyes from hurting Carver who is about to hurt the baby.

Malcolm

Malcolm, Blue Eyes' new human friend and the counterpart of his father, Caesar.

Malcolm is Blue Eyes' new human friend. At first, Blue Eyes doesn't like Malcolm due to his strong influenced beliefs by Koba that humans are bad. Over time, Blue Eyes begins to see that Koba's beliefs are completely wrong and begins to bond with Malcolm. Their first interaction is in the woods where a member of Malcolm's group shot ash and in the city where Blue Eyes angrily tosses Alexander's lost satchel at Malcolm's feet. At the ape village, when Malcolm breaks Caesar's order to not cross the apes' territory and is taken to Caesar for judgement. Blue Eyes snarls at the human for defying his father. Later, Blue Eyes watches Malcolm and his wife Ellie plead with Caesar to allow Ellie to help Cornelia who is sick. A few days later after Caesar has been shot by Koba, Blue Eyes finds Malcolm hiding in his apartment. He is wary but decides to lower his gun and turns to leave only for Malcolm to tell him his father is alive. At first, he is unsure whether to believe Malcolm but after witnessing Koba's betrayal and Ash's death, Blue Eyes follows him to the rundown Rodman House where he finds Caesar alive. Blue Eyes was very grateful to the humans for taking care of his wounded father and this (along with finding out his father's past) made him see that not all humans were bad like koba always said.

Ellie

Ellie is Blue Eyes' new human friend.

Like with Alexander, Blue Eyes has no direct contact with

Ellie, Blue Eyes' new human friend and the counterpart of his mother, Cornelia.

Ellie but does appear in scenes with her. He nervously watches as she interacts with his brother and watches her plead with his father to allow her to help Cornelia. After arriving at the Rodman House, Blue Eyes is relieved to see her as he is grateful that she helped save his mother and that his father considers her a friend for helping them when they were lost in finding something to save Cornelia. He is also grateful towards her for saving his father when Koba shot him.

Maurice

Maurice, one of Blue Eyes' teachers and honorary uncle.

Maurice is one of Blue Eyes' teachers and honorary uncle due to his close friendship with Blue Eyes' father Caesar. The two are very close as Maurice has taught Blue Eyes and the other apes since they were young. Blue Eyes loves Maurice dearly and views him like an uncle as he does with Koba and Rocket. When Maurice is locked up by Koba for defying him, Blue Eyes finds him expressing concern for the latter as Maurice tells him to be careful and to take care of himself. Later, when Blue Eyes follows Malcolm to the Rodman House, he tells a recovering Caesar that Koba has had any apes loyal to him locked up and that Maurice and Rocket are among them. Caesar then orders his son to go back and to free them and to bring them back to the house. Finding the captured apes, Blue Eyes breaks a cage of one of the windows and helps Maurice and Rocket to safety and frees the humans in the process before leading the group back to the Rodman House. When the rebel apes confront Koba, Koba opens fire, trying to aim for Caesar but misses and accidentally wounds Maurice. Blue Eyes, horrified, tends to him.

Rocket

Rocket, Blue Eyes' honorary uncle.

Rocket is Blue Eyes' honorary uncle. Like Koba and Maurice, Blue Eyes thinks of Rocket as an uncle and admires him, like Koba, for his strength. Because of his friendship with Ash, Rocket in return is protective over Blue Eyes who he views as not only his nephew but as a second son. Both are friendly towards each other and serve as members of Caesar's council. When Ash is shot by Carver, Blue Eyes steps in to protect Ash until their fathers arrive. Later when Caesar calls a meeting to discuss what is to be done about the humans, Blue Eyes and Rocket are seen arguing alongside Koba and Ash over the shooting. Blue Eyes who, much like Koba wants to show the humans what happens when they mess with them, Rocket hits back saying that Ash's shooting was merely a freak accident and that he will agree with whatever Caesar decides. When Caesar takes his sons and Maurice to the dam where they meet up with Malcolm, Rocket accompanies them. After Caesar has been shot by Koba, Rocket is locked up for not being loyal to Koba. On the way to Malcolm's vacant apartment, Blue Eyes finds Rocket and Maurice locked up. Maurice tells the young prince to be careful and to look after himself. When Blue Eyes reports to Caesar at the Rodman House that Maurice and Rocket have been locked up, Caesar tells his son to go back and free them and to bring as many apes and humans back as he can. Blue Eyes, using his strength frees Rocket and Maurice and anyone else who has been caged by Koba before leading them back to the house. Later, Rocket and Blue Eyes are together when they watch Caesar fight Koba.

Luca

Luca, Blue Eyes good friend.

Luca is Blue Eyes' good friend. Luca is the fourth-in-command of the Ape Army and despite not having a lot of interaction it appears that he and Blue Eyes have a good relationship as they both serve on the ape council and ape army. Luca is one of the apes locked up by Koba for being loyal to Caesar and blue eyes looks as if he's worried about luca and the other imprisoned apes after the takeover of San Francisco. Serving as more as the muscle and guard force of the Ape Colony, Luca is seen saving wounded chimpanzees at the beginning of the invasion of the human colony, where he is wounded himself.

Enemies

Koba

Koba was Blue Eyes' mentor and former honorary uncle turned enemy. From a young age, Blue Eyes has always idolized Koba for his strength and his beliefs that all humans are bad, with this putting a massive strain of Blue Eyes' relationship with his father, who believes the opposite. When they return to the village after their bear hunt, Koba tell him to be proud of his new scars as they are a sign of strength. After Ash is shot, Blue Eyes agrees with Koba that something has to be done to show the humans that they will avenge their own if necessary.

Koba, Blue Eyes' former mentor, former honorary uncle and enemy.

Later, when Blue Eyes refuses to reason from his father, Koba sits with him. When an angry Koba asks where Caesar is, Blue Eyes tells him he's with the humans and follows him to where Caesar is helping the humans get the dam working again. There, Blue Eyes watches conflicted as Caesar beats Koba for his insolence before forgiving him. Later, when Caesar is shot and supposedly killed by Koba who frames the humans, Blue Eyes shares a moment with Koba who promises him, they'll avenge Caesar. Later, when Ash refuses to kill a human who has hurt another ape, Blue Eyes watches in horror as Koba drags his cousin up the stairs and throws him to his death. After this, Blue Eyes realizes that Caesar had every right to be wary about Koba and not to trust him, which results in the young prince turning on his mentor and allying himself with his father after he discovers that Malcolm had been telling the truth about Caesar being alive. Blue Eyes completely turns against him, when he finds out from Caesar that it was not Carver, but Koba who try to kill his father and burned down the Ape Village. During, Caesar's fight with Koba, Blue Eyes officially shows he is against Koba by throwing a series of pipes at the latter when Koba was shooting at the other apes. This angered Koba who had no qualms about firing a round of bullets at his former nephew. Despite his actions, Blue Eyes, along with most of the apes still mourn and grieve over Koba's death after he is killed by his father, as the latter had previously been like a uncle to Blue Eyes.

Carver

Carver was a human in which Blue Eyes had interact with. There were at least two occasions they had interact and they were both unpleasant experiences. Both times, Carver was willing to kill Blue Eyes and any apes present, for no apparent reason.

Carver, a human that Blue Eyes hates; for a good reason.

Blue Eyes attacks Carver when the human attempts to hurt his little brother who has become fascinated with the humans' box of supplies. Blue Eyes snarls at him and is himself shielded by Caesar who threatens to kill the humans if they harm his sons. When Caesar is shot by Koba, Carver was framed for the "murder" despite no one knowing he had already been beaten to death by Koba which prompts Blue Eyes to want revenge for his father's apparent murder.

Notes

• He served a similar role to that of Cornelius II from the Original films but does not share the same fate. Instead, Ash's death serves as a parallel to Cornelius II's death.
• Unlike his father, mother and younger brother, Blue Eyes has blue eyes, hence his name. It is possible that he was also partially named in honor of his biological paternal grandmother, who's name was derived from an anomaly in her eyes.
• Blue Eyes is the only ape in the colony to have blue eyes.
• Interestingly, Blue Eyes is not the first ape in the over-all Planet of the Apes franchise to have blue eyes. Zira, the main female chimpanzee in the first three original films had blue eyes.
• Despite being the son of two altered chimpanzees, Blue Eyes' speech is broken while his father and Koba can speak almost completely clearly. This may because Blue Eyes uses sign language as his main way of communication with the other apes. His lack of speech could also mean his vocal cords are underused and weak, causing his speaking to be raspy or underdeveloped.
• Blue Eyes is the fourth ape to speak. The first being his father, the second and third being his uncles Koba and Maurice.
• Previous to the release of the movie it was believed that Blue Eyes' name was River.
• It is currently unknown why Blue Eyes has blue colored eyes instead of green colored eyes, considering the fact that every ape exposed to the ALZ-112 and ALZ-113, or born with advanced intelligence has green-irises.
• Blue Eyes' iris color is most likely a genetic mutation, which was caused in nature's attempts to grant genetic variation to the evolved apes. Considering this theory, the mutation that caused his eye color would not have been random and will most likely appear in later generations of evolved ape, perhaps even in a variety of other colors.

Trivia

• He was mentioned at Comic Con 2013 by Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Dylan Clark and Matt Reeves.
• Because Caesar is the King of the Apes and Cornelia is his Queen, their son is the Prince and heir to the Ape Colony.
• Nick Thurston posted the first official still from the film on his Facebook page and commented that Caesar was in fact the father of his character. He later commented and confirmed that his character's name was River. This name was never used in the movie and the character is now named Blue Eyes.
• Nick Thurston revealed on his Facebook page, that Blue Eyes will share scenes with Kodi Smit-McPhee's character, Alexander.
• It is currently unknown how old (in ape years) Blue Eyes will be when we meet him. It has been revealed that Blue Eyes' age in ape years is equal to that of a human teenager aged 15. It could be possible that in human years, Blue Eyes is 5 or 6 years of age as 8 can be classified as late teens or adult years as seen with Caesar in Rise.
• Nick Thurston mentioned in a post on his Facebook page that he had intense days of filming with Andy Serkis. This could imply that there might be a rift in the relationship between Caesar and Blue Eyes.
• Nick Thurston mentioned on Facebook that he will share scenes with Keri (Ellie), Jason (Malcolm) and Judy Greer (Cornelia) but how much interaction Blue Eyes will have with these characters is unknown at this point.
• The production team has mentioned that the offspring of the original genetically modified apes can speak much better than their parents, because they were born and raised with these abilities instead of picking them up as adults.
• In a recent Facebook post, Nick Thurston mentioned sign language with a follow on comment from the sign language consultant on the film, indicating that though the new generation of apes can learn and talk at a faster rate then their parents, they also use sign language as another means of communication.
• Nick Thurston recently put up the Behind the Scenes still of an ape handing Koba (Toby Kebbell) a gun on his Facebook page. Turns out the ape that hands the gun to Koba is Blue Eyes. This takes place after Caesar is shot by Koba in which the bonobo claims to want to avenge Caesar.
• Andy Serkis mentioned in a recent interview that he knows how it is to have a teenage son, but he doesn't have the problems that Caesar has with Blue Eyes.
• While the film was in production, the character was known as River but for unknown reasons, the name was changed in Post-Production to Blue Eyes.
• According to the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Official Movie Novelization, to begin with, Blue Eyes was jealous of Milo getting all the attention from Caesar but grew to love him, knowing that their parents loved them equally and didn't intentionally play favorites.
• It is possible that Blue Eyes will learn more of the humans in his family.

Image Gallery

BTS: Toby Kebbell (Koba) is handed a gun by Nick Thurston (Blue Eyes) and Lee Ross (Grey).

Blue Eyes stares at Koba as Koba gives him a gun.

Blue Eyes with his father.

Blue Eyes watches his father's speech during a session of the council.

Blue Eyes' resolve to "avenge" his father.

Blue Eyes joins the celebrations of his new brother's birth with his parents.

Blue Eyes holds his younger brother while on horseback with his father and Maurice and Rocket.

Blue Eyes (in the background) watches his brother play with Ellie and Alexander.

Blue Eyes with Malcolm and Koba.

Blue Eyes on the defensive in the forest.

BTS: Nick Thurston acts with Motion Capture to bring the character of Blue Eyes to life.

Blue Eyes makes an appearance in the sixth official poster.

Blue Eyes watches his brother with their mother.

Blue Eyes snarls at Carver.

Blue Eyes and Ash return from fishing.

Blue Eyes witnesses his brother's birth.

Blue Eyes and Koba in the burning Ape Village.

Blue Eyes cries after learning of Caesar's true shooter.

Blue Eyes protects Milo from Carver.

Blue Eyes and Milo at the Dam.

Blue Eyes armed with a gun.

Blue Eyes watches Milo play with humans.

Blue Eyes screeches at Carver for threatening his brother.

Blue Eyes by his father's side during the hunt.

Caesar introduces Blue Eyes to Milo.

Blue Eyes with his father, mother and baby brother.

Blue Eyes with the Ape Army.

Blue Eyes by his mother's side

Blue Eyes with his father and Uncle Maurice.

Blue Eyes' assault rifle.

Blue Eyes armed.

Blue Eyes turns to Caesar when he tells him the humans were not responsible for shooting him.

Blue Eyes drops Alexander's bag by Malcolm's feet

Blue Eyes on patrol.

Blue Eyes' scars from a bear.

Blue Eyes hears Koba's claim.

Blue Eyes with his mother.

Blue Eyes during the Battle in San Francisco.

Blue Eyes witnesses the madness between apes and humanity

Proof of Blue Eyes having different eye colors