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"Blasted gorillas! I'll hunt down every last one of them!"

—Clayton

Clayton is an antagonist fromKingdom Hearts, originally from the Disney animated film,Tarzan.

Story[edit]

BeforeKingdom Hearts[edit]

Clayton was a big game hunter one time, but he retired from the profession.Jane Porter hired him to be her guide and guard while on expedition to theDeep Jungle to study gorillas later on. Clayton agreed, hoping to see such magnificent creatures in person. To their shock, they encounteredTarzan, a human who was raised by gorillas since he was an infant. They taught him the basics of their language and attempted many times to persuade him to take them to see the nests. However, Tarzan would always decline, fearing for the safety of the gorillas. Clayton, due to his increasing disappointment, decided that if he was getting the chance, he would hunt down a few gorillas and sell them to zoos.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

Clayton findsDonald andGoofy in a bamboo thicket after they land in Deep Jungle. Suspicion over Clayton's activity arises when Clayton quips that Donald and Goofy are "not much use for hunting gorillas", despite Jane bringing them there for research. He cajolesTarzan into disclosing the location of their nesting grounds on the pretext of assisting Sora find his friends, but soon after Tarzan finally agrees, Clayton is caught at the Treehouse attempting to shoot the young gorillaTerk. Terk is rescued by Donald, and though Clayton attempts to deny his actions, he is strictly forbidden from seeing the gorillas by an outraged Jane.

Clayton plots to hunt the gorillas in defiance of Jane.

His fury and determination to hunt the gorillas lure the Heartless to him, and he shot at them in fear. However, the darkness in his heart takes control of him and Clayton decided to make use of these "animals" to carry out his plans. Commanding a small army of monkey-likePowerwilds andBouncywilds, Clayton sends them to round up the gorillas and imprison Jane and Terk in the Climbing Trees. While Sora and Tarzan rescue Jane and Terk, Clayton manages to corner the gorillas at the cliff; unknown to him, the gorillas' home was right on the other side. As Sora and Tarzan show up on the scene, Tarzan realizes that Clayton is no longer himself and they mop up his army before they turn against him. At this moment, Clayton calls on his most forceful "servant"—theStealth Sneak, a chameleon-like Heartless capable of turning invisible. Sitting atop its back, he fights the party alongside the enormous Heartless but eventually they’re defeated. As Clayton infuriatingly begins sighting down for another shot, the dizzy and dying Stealth Sneak comes up behind him and eventually collapses on top of the hapless hunter, crucifying him. After the Heartless' body disappears, Clayton's has also vanished.

Afterwards,Maleficent and her council of Disney villains comment on how the Heartless were drawn to Deep Jungle by Clayton and ridicule his failure to achieve his goals with the Heartless who joined him.Jafar takes this a step further by ridiculing that a weak-hearted fool like Clayton stood no chance against the Heartless.

Design[edit]

Clayton appears very tall, standing even larger than Tarzan and comparatively taller thanKerchak. He has thinning hair, which is slicked back, as well as a pencil thin mustache, which is mixed with his dignified English hunter attire.

Personality[edit]

Clayton has a very two-faced and manipulative demeanor. Oftentimes, he is seen being affable and law-abiding in front of Jane, but when he is alone, he mutters wicked plots to slaughter the gorillas. He is seen to be very persistent and will stop at nothing to get what he wants, which, in this particular case, is the gorillas. He seems to want to kill them simply for the thrill of the chase. He also appears weak-minded, as while they seemed attentive the Heartless were evidently controlling him instead.

Abilities[edit]

Main article:Game:Clayton

Clayton wields a shotgun in battle, which he uses to great effect for ranged attacks. He is not afraid to jump wildly around the battlefield to put some distance between himself and the party. He also fights alongsidePowerwild Heartless. When his strength drops low, he makes use of potions to replenish his health, although Clayton has a limited number of potions.

He later rides atop the Stealth Sneak, firing from the safety of its back. Although the Stealth Sneak turns itself invisible, Clayton riding it and its own shadow make this irrelevant. The strategy in this stage of the battle is to lower the Heartless' HP below half, at which point it bucks wildly and sends Clayton flying. Clayton can be defeated without killing the Stealth Sneak after that.

Origin[edit]

In the original Disney movieTarzan, Clayton is a hunter sent to escort Jane and her father to study the gorillas. Unlike inKingdom Hearts, where Clayton desired the gorillas as hunting trophies, Clayton is more interested in capturing them and selling them to the London zoo for a huge profit. After tricking Tarzan into showing him where the gorillas are, he has a band of criminals come to the jungle to take the gorillas, but Tarzan ignites a mutiny and thwarts his plans. In the ensuing battle, Clayton kills Kerchak, but after a long battle with Tarzan, he falls to his death from a tree and is hanged when a vine that was tightened around him violently cracks his neck.

Gallery[edit]

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  Clayton's journal portrait inKingdom Hearts.

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  Clayton's journal portrait inKingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX.

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  Clayton with the cast ofKingdom Hearts in an illustration for aTenyo jigsaw puzzle.

• Entelechy
• Deep Jungle
• Disney characters
• Kingdom Hearts characters
• Antagonists