- "You are messing with the natural order of things here, Riddick. And when that happens, well, as you can see, people can get hurt."
- —Abbott
Abbott is the secondary antagonist of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. He is the head of security at the Butcher Bay Correctional Facility.
Biography[]
Background[]
Abbott was a senior prison security officer, second only to the warden, Hoxie. Not much is known about his background, although Monster mentions that "Hoxie and Abbott go way back," implying that Abbott could have received his position through Hoxie's influence.
Single-max Clash With Riddick[]
Abbott maintained order in Butcher Bay through fear, violence, and corruption. He used prison gang leaders as puppets, giving them privileges and making an illegal profit in return. When Riddick came to Butcher Bay, Abbott suspected he would cause trouble. Sure enough, Riddick soon killed Rust, the leader of the Aquilans and one of Abbott's puppets, and later humiliated Abbott by refusing an offer to take Rust's place. Following the prison riot, Riddick infiltrated Abbott's quarters, planning to use his eyes to bypass a retinal scanner to get to the spaceport, resulting in a showdown between the two. Before Riddick could deal a final blow, he was stopped by Johns and sent to the double-max unit.
Double-max Death[]
Riddick had to confront Abbott again in the double-max unit to get the keycard to access the mines. After getting caught with drugs (or by defeating the arena champion prison guard, Bam), guards apprehend Riddick and take him to a room with no prison surveillance. Abbott, who had developed a personal grudge, was waiting for him. Riddick decimated the surrounding guards in a blast of fury, leaving only Abbott alive. Fighting face-to-face, Riddick defeats and kills Abbott, obtaining the keycard to get to the mines.
Trivia[]
- Abbott is voiced and portrayed by rapper Xzibit.
- Initially, a regular prison guard voiced by John DiMaggio was supposed to convoy Riddick into Butcher Bay. Later, developers realized that the sequence would be more expressive if it were Abbott who would bring Riddick in.
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