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{{Character box
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| name = Emile Danko
| name = Emile Danko
| sortname = Danko, Emile
| sortname = Danko, Emile
| image = The Hunter.jpg
| image = The Hunter.jpg
| portrayer =Željko Ivanek
| portrayer = Željko Ivanek
| debut = Under the Bridge, Part 2
| debut = Under the Bridge, Part 2
| mention =
| mention =
| nick = The Hunter
| known powers = None
| known powers = None
| alias = The Hunter
| alias = Jakob Pradasa
| gender = Male
| gender = Male
| home = [[Washington, DC]]
| home = [[Washington, DC]]
| residence = [[Danko's apartment]]
| residence = [[Danko's apartment|Apartment in Washington, DC]]
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| died = Post-[[March 2007]]
| occupation = Senior Agent of [[Homeland Security]]
| occupation = formerly Senior Agent of [[Homeland Security]]
| significant other = formerly [[Alena]]
| parent = Unnamed father
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'''Emile Danko''', also referred to as '''"the Hunter"''', is a senior agent of the [[Department of Homeland Security]], who currently serves as the leader of [[Danko's team|a team]] of soldiers hunting [[evolved humans]]. He was originally doing this on behalf of his superior, Senator [[Nathan Petrelli]], but since Nathan's [[Flight|ability]] has been exposed, he no longer answers to him, leaving Danko in full charge of the operation.
'''Emile Danko''', also referred to as '''"the Hunter"''', was a former senior agent of the [[Department of Homeland Security]], who served as the leader of [[Danko's team|a team]] of soldiers hunting [[evolved humans]]. He was originally doing this on behalf of his superior, Senator [[Nathan Petrelli]], but since Nathan's [[Flight|ability]] has been exposed, Danko was left in full charge of the operation. He was framed by [[Sylar]], who [[Shape shifting|took on]] Danko's identity and killed some of his agents. After being given a [[compass]] by [[Joseph Sullivan]], Danko was killed by [[Edgar]], whom [[Samuel Sullivan]] had ordered to murder Danko and retrieve the compass before Danko could take him in.


==Character History==
==Character History==
===[[Graphic Novel:Under the Bridge, Part 2]]===
===[[Season Three]]===
{{season summary|season=Three}}
When two of [[Nathan]]'s bodyguards try to apprehend [[Donald Essex]], they are subdued by Donald's [[Water mimicry|ability]]. Danko sprays an unknown spray into Donald's face, which causes Donald to lose consciousness. Soon after, Nathan arrives and asks if Donald is dead. Danko says that it is hard to tell, and Nathan says to wrap it up and head back to [[New York]]. When Danko asks what to do with all the water in the room (which is actually Donald's dissolved remains), Nathan says to pour it away into the Mississippi River.
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===[[A Clear and Present Danger]]===
===[[Episode:Orientation|Orientation]]===
Danko and his team capture [[Tracy]] at her home. He then tells Nathan that he has captured the first of them. Later, Danko gets into [[Mohinder]]'s cab, right after [[Peter Petrelli]] leaves it and forces him to drive to a car park where Danko's team is waiting. Mohinder overpowers Danko and starts to run away, but is intercepted by [[Noah]], who makes out like he is there to help but instead he brings Mohinder back to Danko. Danko delivers the posthumans to Nathan at an aircraft hanger and informs him of [[Sylar]] and [[Claire]].


[[image:Edgar kills Danko.jpg|thumb|right|Danko is killed by [[Edgar]].]]
===[[Trust and Blood]]===
After the plane crash, Danko orders an air strike, much to Nathan's frustration. Danko and Nathan begin to argue, with Danko comparing the [[evolved humans]] to rabid dogs, and that they must be "[[Death|put down]]". After [[Daphne]] is shot by Danko's team, Matt manages to [[Telepathy|control the mind of a soldier]] and escape. Danko manages to shoot the soldier, and capture Claire. He threatens Claire and blames her for the deaths of many soldiers, before pulling out his gun and almost shooting her in the back of the head. [[Nathan]] quickly stops Danko, and sends Claire home. Danko and Nathan argue again, and Danko continues to label the [[evolved humans]] as animals. When Nathan and Tracy meet out in the woods, Nathan secretly brings Danko and Noah; even though he promises to meet Tracy alone. When Peter reveals himself out in the open, Danko and Noah prepare to aim at Tracy and Peter. Noah is persistent in shooting Peter, and tells Danko that he doesn't have the proper shot on Peter. When Peter flies away and escapes, Danko is frustrated and stares at Nathan coldly before leaving. According to a [[:Image:Angolacoup.jpg|file]] Angela read, he was linked to civilian deaths in a Angolan coup.


When [[Tracy Strauss]] attempts to [[Freezing|drown]] [[Noah Bennet]] in his car, Danko shoots in the window, saving him. He proposes that Bennet and he team up to kill Tracy before she kills them and reveals that despite his operation being shut down, he's still hunting evolved humans. Later at an abandoned [[Building 26]], Bennet attempts to save Tracy, himself and Danko by removing Danko's memories of Tracy. [[The Haitian]] [[mental manipulation|erases]] his memories, but later Tracy approaches him in his apartment. Finding him with no memory of her she decides not to kill him. Danko then finds [[Edgar]] in his apartment who demands that he give him something. When Danko refuses, telling Edgar that he would never get it, Edgar [[Edgar's victims|kills him]].
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===[[Episode:Building 26|Building 26]]===
Danko is in the control center of Building 26, discussing surveillance efforts and the status of their operation. He stares at a wall of photographs of evolved humans, while telling his men that Claire is "on probation" — for now. Nathan comes in and clarifies he wants this operation to be as gentle as possible, which is the opposite to what Danko wants. There is palpable tension between the two men. Later, Danko and Nathan meet [[Abby Collins]], who informs them that their operation is worrying the [[The President|president]]'s handlers, and Homeland Security are now overseeing their team. Danko resents the intrusion of yet another politician, while Nathan suggests a tour and talks to Abby alone. After [[Tracy]] kills [[Mark Leggett]], Nathan talks to Danko revealing that he knows Danko let Tracy escape deliberately. Danko says he did it to protect the agency.


===[[Cold Wars]]===
===[[Episode:Jump, Push, Fall|Jump, Push, Fall]]===
[[Tracy]] calls [[Noah]] over to [[Danko's apartment]], and he finds her crouching over Danko's body. She explains she had decided not to kill Danko when he had [[Mental manipulation|no memory of her]], but [[Edgar|a man]] arrived and killed him before she left. Noah notices all the wounds are around the stomach, and reaches inside, pulling out a key. He tracks the key to a safety deposit box that contained a [[compass]] which [[Samuel]] sent Edgar to retrieve.
After Noah being drugged by Peter, Mohinder and Matt, Emile Danko becomes concerned that Noah hasn't checked in, and orders his team to find him. Nathan is surprised they are having Noah under surveillance, but Danko also reveals they are doing the same to him. Danko says Noah and Nathan's connections to Claire Bennet and Peter, who they have been somewhat partial to, compromises their decision making. At the storage unit, Peter begins procuring weapons and gear, all the while being watched by Nathan's agency due to a security camera. Danko has his men move in, but Peter manages to distract them with a flash grenade and flies off with the weapons.


===[[Graphic Novel:Running in Circles]]===
Matt decides to discover more about Danko, and delves into Noah's mind once more. In a flashback one week prior, Noah is seen paying a visit to Danko's house. The two seem to be at odds, but Noah assures him he'll obey his orders. Peter flies off to confront Danko, while it is also shown Danko's men are mobilizing outside the hotel. Before Danko can give the order to move in, he is stopped by Peter. Danko tries to get Peter to shoot him to prove his point that people like him are dangerous, but Nathan arrives at the scene (Danko is surprised how he got there so quickly). Peter shoots Danko in the arm, but Nathan warns Peter that by killing Danko he will effectively be writing a kill order on all people with abilities. Nathan also informs Peter of the imminent raid on Matt and Suresh, causing Peter to fly off. Danko then orders his men to move in.
[[Edgar]] is sent by [[Samuel]] to retrieve [[Joseph Sullivan|Joseph's]] [[compass]] from Danko. Samuel tells him to kill Danko because it is what Joseph would have wanted.


===[[Episode:Exposed|Exposed]]===
===[[Episode:Shadowboxing|Shadowboxing]]===
[[Samuel]] claimed that Danko was the one who [[Danko's victims|killed]] [[Joseph Sullivan|his brother]], although it was [[Samuel's victims|really]] him.
In Building 26's control room, Danko is informed of [[Matt Parkman|Parkman]] and [[Peter]]'s intrusion into the building. Despite being warned by [[Noah]] not to go after them, he attempts to hunt them down. However, his hunt is cut short when he suddenly finds himself at gunpoint - two of the guards are being [[telepathy|telepathically controlled]] by the intruders. Noah formulates a strategy to counter the telepaths, and Danko helps capture Parkman.


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===[[Episode:Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving]]===
Later, Nathan makes a deal with his brother - all of the information that he stole in exchange for Parkman and [[Daphne]], but Danko refuses to hand over the prisoners, saying that he takes his orders directly from [[the President]]. The exchange becomes a trap, and Danko looks on through the sights of a sniper rifle as Peter arrives at the agreed meeting place. He takes a shot at Peter, causing him to stumble over the edge of the roof. Danko and Noah watch in disbelief as Peter appears to fly off unharmed, seemingly unaware that it was Nathan who saved him.
[[Samuel]] and [[Joseph]] go walking near [[Sullivan Bros. Carnival|the Carnival]]. Joseph explains to Samuel about his ability while [[Hiro]] and [[Lydia]] watch on. Joseph tells Samuel that he has given a [[compass]] to a [[Danko|man from the government]] and that he was coming to get him. Hearing this, Samuel kills Joseph. Later on, Samuel changes his story that it was not Danko that killed Joseph, but [[Edgar]].


===[[Episode:The Fifth Stage|The Fifth Stage]]===
The [[Flight 195's security footage|footage]] stolen by Peter is picked up by local news outlets. Danko watches from Building 26. After re-examining the [[Matt's art|paintings]] found by agents in [[Isaac's loft]], Danko is inspired to make them come true, strapping an explosive vest to Parkman and dropping him off, dazed and drugged, before the Capitol building.
Danko's name and a [[picture]] of his corpse are on [[Noah|Noah's]] wall as he is trying to figure out what the [[compass]] means.


===[[Episode:Shades of Gray|Shades of Gray]]===
===[[Graphic Novel:Bloodlines, Part 2]]===
[[Lydia]] uses her [[empathy]] to discover that [[Arnold]]'s son [[Melvin Crum|Mel]] has been captured and killed by Danko. Later, [[Joseph]] meets with Danko and tells him about the [[carnival]]. Interested, Danko agrees to Joseph's deal and is given a [[compass]]. Joseph tells him that he will need [[evolved humans|one of them]] to use it and tells him that he must only take [[Samuel]].
Danko's plan of strapping [[Matt]] with explosives is discovered by [[Nathan]], who [[flight|flies]] to the Capitol to help him. In [[Building 26]], Danko and an [[analyst]] watch the events on screen and try to detonate the bomb, but [[Rebel]] hacks into the system to stop them. Danko manages to regain control, but not before Matt Parkman has disarmed the device. Later, Nathan tells Danko he will attempt to have him removed from the agency, but Danko responds by playing some video footage of [[Tracy Strauss]] shouting that Nathan is "one of us."


===[[Episode:Upon This Rock|Upon This Rock]]===
Danko brings Tracy in for questioning but Nathan meets with her first and urges her to not to divulge anything. When Danko enters her cell to ask if Nathan has an ability, she replies she has no idea, adding that Nathan was "lousy in bed". Later, Danko talks with Noah Bennet, who suggests confronting [[Angela Petrelli]] about Nathan. Noah then warns Angela that Danko has set his sights on her. Danko meets with Angela in a New York restaurant, and asks her about [[ability heredity]], pointing out that Nathan's [[Peter|brother]], parents, and [[Claire|daughter]] all have powers. Angela refuses to confirm Danko's theories, and says she has known many men like him: their lack of friends and family make them disposable. She also mentions Danko's involvement in an incident in [[Angola]] that resulted in many civilian deaths. At this, Danko is visibly stirred and leaves. Afterwards, Nathan tells Danko that he's been fired, after consultation with [[the President]]. Danko confronts Nathan with a gun, but instead of killing him, he shoots at the window behind Nathan and pushes him through it. Nathan activates his [[flight|ability]] to stop his fall, but in clear view of Danko; Nathan then flies away, leaving a furious Danko to ask Noah if he knew about Nathan's power.
[[Samuel]] attempts to justify killing [[Joseph Sullivan|his brother]] by saying to [[Claire]] that he was only protecting [[Sullivan Bros. Carnival|the family]]. Samuel tells Claire that Danko and the other men from the government lured Joseph in. He claims that Joseph led him right to the carnival. Samuel continues to say that Danko worked with [[Noah|her father]] and that Danko imprisoned her. He then asks Claire how she thought her father got the [[compass]], implying that Danko gave it to him.


===[[Episode:Let It Bleed|Let It Bleed]]===
Later, Danko arrives home and discovers a stuffed [[rabbit]] in his [[Danko's apartment|apartment]], and [[Sylar]] is shown hiding behind a wall.
[[Edgar]] tells [[Noah]] that [[Samuel]] ordered him to kill Danko and to slice Noah open.

===[[Cold Snap]]===
Danko is shaving in the bathroom of [[Danko's apartment|his apartment]] when an alarm goes off, saying that his front door is open. He wipes his face, grabs his gun and goes to investigate. In front of the living-room window he finds [[Eric Doyle]], hanging like a puppet on strings with curtains on either side of him and a big bow and gift tag attached. The gift tag says "My Gift To You."

In [[Building 26]], Danko brings [[Mohinder]] to a room marked "Human Resources", which is full of drugged and unconscious [[evolved humans]] on hospital beds. Mohinder is shocked and asks why Danko doesn't do it the old fashioned way and dig a ditch. Danko calls it gun control; he sees everyone in the room as dangerous, including Mohinder. Mohinder asks why Daphne has been moved from the medical facility, but Danko says there was the American taxpayer to consider. Mohinder examines her and says she needs to be taken to the hospital because he can't help her here, but Danko explains that he doesn't want Mohinder to help her - he only brought him to this room so he wouldn't have to carry him. An operative [[taser|tasers]] Mohinder and Danko says to hook him up to an IV and prepare a bed for [[Tracy]].

Danko brings [[Noah Bennet]] to the same room, saying that it's important that they get along. He shows him Doyle's unconscious body, and says that he thought Noah might like to see the [[puppet master]] strung up, after what he did to [[Sandra]] and [[Claire]]. When Bennet asks how Doyle was captured, Danko takes the credit himself. Bennet asks to return the favor by bringing in [[Rebel]], and suggests using Tracy Strauss as bait. Danko doesn't like the plan at first, pointing out that Tracy is a killer. Noah promises to kill Tracy himself if the plan goes wrong and chalk it up to self-defense. Danko agrees. Later, Noah tells Danko that the team lost [[Angela Petrelli]]. Danko believes someone tipped her off, but Noah points out that Angela can [[precognitive dreaming|see things coming]], and that she can still be tracked using her cellphone.

After Tracy's "[[freezing|cold snap]]" kills a squad of his agents, Danko walks up to her frozen body and shoots her point blank, making her fall to pieces on the ground. When Noah arrives, Danko asks if there was any sign of Rebel and HRG says no. As Danko walks away, the remains of Tracy's face wink.

===[[Into Asylum]]===
Danko and [[Noah Bennet]] go to a [[James Martin's home|house]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. [[Agent Jenkins]] tells Danko that his teammates were shot when they came to arrest [[James Martin]], and throws up in shock. When Jenkins has gone, Danko tells Noah that James Martin's DNA is in the national database but they don't know what his ability is. Noah lectures Danko, saying that they should never go in blind and every ability requires a different tactic. Danko argues that his orders are to take in all [[evolved humans]], and goes out to his car. He turns on the radio and is about to light a cigarette when [[Sylar]] suddenly appears in the back seat. He asks whether Danko received the "gifts" he left -- the [[Rabbit|stuffed rabbit]] and [[Eric Doyle|Doyle]] . He and Danko both want the same thing -- to kill [[evolved humans]] -- so he offers his help in tracking James Martin. Danko slowly reaches for a gun, but Sylar disappears before Danko can pull the weapon.

Back at [[Building 26]], Danko delivers a speech about how the three agents' deaths will not be in vain, and places Martin's photograph at the top of his list of [[targets]], swapping it with Sylar's picture. Danko tells Noah that the team badly needs a win and asks for ideas, and Noah suggests the "one of us, one of them" approach. When Danko asks how it's even possible to work with [[evolved humans|the enemy]], Noah says that Danko has experience of exploiting the locals in his covert emergency operations in Cuba and Afghanistan. Danko denies any knowledge of this, but listens to Noah's reasoning that evolved humans can be viewed as assets; weapons to be mobilized. When Noah says that Sylar may be in [[Washington D.C.|D.C.]], Danko brushes off the idea of pursuing him, and gives Noah [[Angela Petrelli]]'s file instead.

Agent Jenkins comes to Danko's office to thank him for his speech and shakes his hand. A cellphone rings on top of a cardboard box and Danko answers it. When he finds it's Sylar, he excuses Jenkins. Sylar tells Danko to look in the box, and he does so, finding the severed head of [[Agent Jenkins]]. Sylar reveals that James Martin is a [[shape shifter]], and has replaced the real Jenkins. Danko looks up to see the fake Jenkins leaving the office, and Danko and several men go running after him. They pursue Martin through the parking lot, but Martin shapeshifts into the form of a [[janitor]] and manages to get away, to Danko's annoyance.

That evening, Danko finds Sylar in James Martin's home. Danko has read Sylar's file and tells him that he's predictable: he wants [[shape shifting|James Martin's ability]], because he's desperate to be anyone but himself. He also knows [[rapid cell regeneration|how to kill]] Sylar, and boasts that bringing him in would be an impressive achievement. Sylar reminds Danko that he's only one of a long list of targets, and offers him a deal -- he could help find all the other [[evolved humans]], then Danko could kill him. Danko hesitates but lowers his gun. The two then search for clues to Martin's motives, and Sylar comments that Danko is a "shape shifter" too: he has nothing in [[Danko's apartment|his home]] that defines him. In Martin's closet, Sylar finds costumes for various professions, all men in positions of power. He hands Danko a small stack of photographs, all of different men with attractive women, and Danko works out that all the men ''are'' Martin. Finally Sylar and Danko both find matchboxes from a nightclub called [[Garden of Eden]], so they go there and look around the crowd. To Sylar's amusement and Danko's shock, Martin has [[shape shifting|taken Danko's form]] and is embracing a woman. Danko doesn't understand why Martin would pretend to be him, but Sylar says that he must think Danko possesses power. Martin spots the real Danko through the crowd and runs off, with Sylar and Danko in pursuit.

Danko finds Sylar again and tells him that Martin has gone and they should leave. Sylar follows him to the door but suddenly pulls a gun. A trigger goes off, but it's Danko who has turned and shot James Martin, who is [[shape shifting|posing]] as Sylar. The real Sylar arrives, and Danko explains that Martin is still alive, so Sylar can [[Intuitive aptitude|take his ability]], though Danko requests that he does it without leaving any marks. Sylar grins and Martin whimpers in fear.

Noah Bennet later finds Danko kneeling over a body bag. In the bag is Sylar, with a shard of glass shoved into the back of his head. A female agent zips up the body bag, and then goes to Danko's car and gets in. Danko is sitting with the radio on, holding a cigarette, and asks the woman how it felt to zip up the body bag. The woman starts groaning in pain and [[shape shifting|shape shifts]] back into Sylar. Danko comments that if they go through with their plan, Sylar will be the only one left. He then starts the car, and the two drive away.


==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
===[[The Agent chapter summaries|The Agent]]===
===[[Gemini: Heroes Reborn]]===
In [[the Quarry]], [[Cassandra Hays]] finds [[:File:Gemini collectible letter from Danko.jpg|a letter]] from Danko to [[Trevor Mason]]. In the letter (written on [[Department of Homeland Security]] stationery), Danko thanks Mason for the job offer at the Quarry, but politely refuses the job. He also offers to give Mason a list of replacement candidates for the Quarry job.
In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 401|chapter 1 of The Agent]], [[Rachel Mills]] learns about Danko and is compared to him while in training. The other recruits call him "the Hunter" for being lethal, focused, and instinctive. She meets Danko for the first time on her first mission at the [[Flight 195 crash site]]. Rachel is told to report to him for orders and finds him talking with [[Nathan Petrelli|Senator Petrelli]]. The senator is arguing with Danko that the detainees are going back into custody--that they are not assassins, but Danko says that the detainees should be killed. Danko also notes that the [[Claire Bennet|senator's daughter]] turned the transport flight into a National security emergency and points to her.


==[[Heroes Reborn App]]==
After a [[Daphne|fast girl]] rescues Claire, Danko spots Rachel and approaches her while calling out her name. He tells Rachel to pick three men and follow the main search party. He adds that if that party gets into trouble, her squad is to ignore everything else and capture Claire by any means possible. Rachel asks what if they can't capture her, and he instructs her to shoot her in the back of the skull. He then leaves to make other preparations for the search.
Prior to ''[[Heroes Reborn]]'' starting, the {{Heroes Reborn app}} was released with a video summary of Danko's history. The summary included:
* Ability: none
* Emile Danko is the government's new chief operative for rounding up [[evolved humans]]. {{epp|317}}
* Seeing "specials" as a worldwide threat, Danko takes few prisoners. {{epp|315}}
* Begrudgingly partnered with [[Nathan Petrelli]], Danko decides to force the issue of who's who. {{epp|319}}
* Targeted by [[Matt Parkman]], Danko must choose between [[Alena|his mistress]] and his mission. {{epp|322}}
* Danko is doomed when two separate killers come to take him down. {{epp|401a}}


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=={{MQ}}==
Danko follows the main search party as well. When Gibson gets [[telepathy|forced]] to shoot all the members of the main search party and the other members of Rachel's squad, Danko shoots and kills Gibson just before he can shoot Rachel. He then approaches Claire, pulls out a tie and takes her prisoner.
"''There are times in war when someone has to fall on a grenade.''"


: - Emile Danko (''[[Building 26]]'').
In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 402|chapter 2 of The Agent]], Danko sends a [[Rachel's partner|male agent]] to deliver a file to Rachel Mills regarding the "special project" she is working on.


Rachel recalls that Danko has had her searching through some old websites, stuff that used to be run by people with abilities. They were just trying to understand more about how they think when Rachel found the first message. When Rachel reported it, Danko instructed Rachel to keep the project off the grid as he thinks there might be a security breach.


"''You're a dime a dozen, and eleven of the twelve are unreliable.''"
In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 403|chapter 3 of The Agent]], the day prior to [[Peter Petrelli|one of the fugitives]] breaking in to his apartment and almost killing him, Danko is driving a van carrying [[Jason]] in the back seat. Danko waits for [[Rachel Mills]] when she misses her check-in time. When she finally arrives and enters the van, Danko asks where she was and then hits gas, getting them out of the area before the cops arrive.


: - Danko, to [[Noah Bennet]] (''[[Cold Wars]]'')
Some of the agents started looking at Danko differently after the incident when one of the fugitives broke into Danko's apartment, but Rachel Mills didn't, so he rewarded that loyalty with an assignment following day. Danko finds Rachel Mills and Jason at the shooting range and tells them to get their gear together--that they need to be on a plane to [[Costa Verde, CA|Costa Verde]] in fifteen minutes. When Rachel prompts him with questions, he explains that their mission is to find and capture [[Alex Woolsly]]. In addition, Danko informs Rachel they think that Alex had help escaping them before, and that the [[Claire Bennet|cheerleader]] is in the same town. Regarding the cheerleader, he instructs Rachel to inform him if they can find any evidence that the cheerleader is involved, and await further orders. He then leaves, walking out the door.


In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 406|chapter 6 of The Agent]], [[Jason]] recalls delivering a message from Danko to [[Rachel Mills]] the first day he met her. Later, after witnessing Rachel use [[teleportation|her ability]], Jason tells Rachel that he promised Danko turning Rachel in would go smoothly. Rachel replies that is a lie and that if Danko knew he would be there with a SWAT team, hoping Rachel would make a break for it so he could kill her. Rachel adds that she thinks Danko will kill her after making her suffer. Jason says he thinks she is wrong, and Rachel responds that is cause he is not like Danko or her.


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"''How did you catch [[Eric Doyle|him]]?''"
In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 407|chapter 7 of The Agent]], the [[New York commander|site commander]] for an operation targeting fugitives in an [[abandoned office building]] asks Rachel if she has talked with Danko about the mission. He also informs Rachel that Danko has gone off the grid, and that he is asking because he thinks Rachel is Danko's buddy or something.


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"''I'm smarter than the average bear.''"
In [[The Agent chapter summaries#Chapter 408|chapter 8 of The Agent]], Rachel notes to herself that [[Commander Klassen]] is one of Danko's most trusted lieutenants. After the fugitives escape, Danko text messages Rachel instructions to report immediately to him.


: - [[Noah Bennet]], Danko (''[[Cold Snap]]'')
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=={{MQ}}==
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"''How did you catch him?''"

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"''I'm smarter than the average bear.''"


==Trivia==
: - [[Danko]] (to [[Noah Bennet]], referring to [[Sylar | the capture]] of [[Eric Doyle]]) (''[[Cold Snap]]'')
* According to Bryan Fuller "There was some talk about making Danko gay," but "it was decided it was best to not have our first gay character be a villain." [http://www.afterelton.com/askmonkey/04-07-2009]
* After [[shape shifting]] into Danko, Sylar notes that Danko has a mole. (''[[Turn and Face the Strange]]'')
* Danko speaks six languages. (''[[I Am Sylar]]'')
* [[Danko's pocket watch]] has Russian writing on it, suggesting that Danko, or at least his father, was born in Soviet Russia.
* In the [[commentary]] for ''[[Turn and Face the Strange]]'', [[Mark Verheiden]] said that he named Danko in ''[[Trust and Blood]]'' because it became increasingly frustrating to continue referring to the character as "The Hunter". He chose to name the character after [[Wikipedia:Rick Danko|Rick Danko]], a member of The Band. Mark also felt that the name was fitting because he felt Danko's character had a European feel.
* According to a sticky note on Danko's computer, his passcode is 4289721. {{epp|319}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
*For a list of his victims, see '''[[Danko's victims]]'''.
*For a list of his victims, see '''[[Danko's victims]]'''.
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 26 February 2016

Emile Danko
Portrayed by Željko Ivanek
First appearance Under the Bridge, Part 2
In-story stats
Known ability None
Alias Jakob Pradasa
Nickname The Hunter
Gender
Date of death Post-March 2007
Home Washington, DC
Residences Apartment in Washington, DC
Occupation formerly Senior Agent of Homeland Security
Significant other formerly Alena
Parent Unnamed father

Emile Danko, also referred to as "the Hunter", was a former senior agent of the Department of Homeland Security, who served as the leader of a team of soldiers hunting evolved humans. He was originally doing this on behalf of his superior, Senator Nathan Petrelli, but since Nathan's ability has been exposed, Danko was left in full charge of the operation. He was framed by Sylar, who took on Danko's identity and killed some of his agents. After being given a compass by Joseph Sullivan, Danko was killed by Edgar, whom Samuel Sullivan had ordered to murder Danko and retrieve the compass before Danko could take him in.

Character History

Season Three

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Emile Danko: Season Three History.

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Orientation

Danko is killed by Edgar.

When Tracy Strauss attempts to drown Noah Bennet in his car, Danko shoots in the window, saving him. He proposes that Bennet and he team up to kill Tracy before she kills them and reveals that despite his operation being shut down, he's still hunting evolved humans. Later at an abandoned Building 26, Bennet attempts to save Tracy, himself and Danko by removing Danko's memories of Tracy. The Haitian erases his memories, but later Tracy approaches him in his apartment. Finding him with no memory of her she decides not to kill him. Danko then finds Edgar in his apartment who demands that he give him something. When Danko refuses, telling Edgar that he would never get it, Edgar kills him.

Jump, Push, Fall

Tracy calls Noah over to Danko's apartment, and he finds her crouching over Danko's body. She explains she had decided not to kill Danko when he had no memory of her, but a man arrived and killed him before she left. Noah notices all the wounds are around the stomach, and reaches inside, pulling out a key. He tracks the key to a safety deposit box that contained a compass which Samuel sent Edgar to retrieve.

Graphic Novel:Running in Circles

Edgar is sent by Samuel to retrieve Joseph's compass from Danko. Samuel tells him to kill Danko because it is what Joseph would have wanted.

Shadowboxing

Samuel claimed that Danko was the one who killed his brother, although it was really him.

Thanksgiving

Samuel and Joseph go walking near the Carnival. Joseph explains to Samuel about his ability while Hiro and Lydia watch on. Joseph tells Samuel that he has given a compass to a man from the government and that he was coming to get him. Hearing this, Samuel kills Joseph. Later on, Samuel changes his story that it was not Danko that killed Joseph, but Edgar.

The Fifth Stage

Danko's name and a picture of his corpse are on Noah's wall as he is trying to figure out what the compass means.

Graphic Novel:Bloodlines, Part 2

Lydia uses her empathy to discover that Arnold's son Mel has been captured and killed by Danko. Later, Joseph meets with Danko and tells him about the carnival. Interested, Danko agrees to Joseph's deal and is given a compass. Joseph tells him that he will need one of them to use it and tells him that he must only take Samuel.

Upon This Rock

Samuel attempts to justify killing his brother by saying to Claire that he was only protecting the family. Samuel tells Claire that Danko and the other men from the government lured Joseph in. He claims that Joseph led him right to the carnival. Samuel continues to say that Danko worked with her father and that Danko imprisoned her. He then asks Claire how she thought her father got the compass, implying that Danko gave it to him.

Let It Bleed

Edgar tells Noah that Samuel ordered him to kill Danko and to slice Noah open.

Heroes Evolutions

Gemini: Heroes Reborn

In the Quarry, Cassandra Hays finds a letter from Danko to Trevor Mason. In the letter (written on Department of Homeland Security stationery), Danko thanks Mason for the job offer at the Quarry, but politely refuses the job. He also offers to give Mason a list of replacement candidates for the Quarry job.

Heroes Reborn App

Prior to Heroes Reborn starting, the Heroes Reborn app was released with a video summary of Danko's history. The summary included:

Memorable Quotes

"There are times in war when someone has to fall on a grenade."

- Emile Danko (Building 26).


"You're a dime a dozen, and eleven of the twelve are unreliable."

- Danko, to Noah Bennet (Cold Wars)


"How did you catch him?"

"I'm smarter than the average bear."

- Noah Bennet, Danko (Cold Snap)

Trivia

  • According to Bryan Fuller "There was some talk about making Danko gay," but "it was decided it was best to not have our first gay character be a villain." [1]
  • After shape shifting into Danko, Sylar notes that Danko has a mole. (Turn and Face the Strange)
  • Danko speaks six languages. (I Am Sylar)
  • Danko's pocket watch has Russian writing on it, suggesting that Danko, or at least his father, was born in Soviet Russia.
  • In the commentary for Turn and Face the Strange, Mark Verheiden said that he named Danko in Trust and Blood because it became increasingly frustrating to continue referring to the character as "The Hunter". He chose to name the character after Rick Danko, a member of The Band. Mark also felt that the name was fitting because he felt Danko's character had a European feel.
  • According to a sticky note on Danko's computer, his passcode is 4289721. (Shades of Gray)

See Also

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Emile Danko for fan-created theories and other speculation.

  Season Four Characters edit
Main

Claire Bennet • Noah Bennet • Ando Masahashi • Hiro Nakamura • Matt Parkman • Angela Petrelli • Nathan Petrelli • Peter Petrelli • Tracy Strauss • Samuel Sullivan • Mohinder Suresh • Sylar

Recurring

Allison • Charlie Andrews • Gretchen Berg • Chris Bowman • Emma Coolidge • Damian • Evan Davis • Eric Doyle • Edgar • Eli • Ezekiel • Lauren Gilmore • Nurse Hammer • Lydia • Kimiko Nakamura • Janice Parkman • Matt Parkman, Jr. • Pregnant carny • Psychic carny • René • Reginald Stanley • Amanda Strazzulla • Tiger pants carny

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Graphic Novel Characters • iStory Characters • Evolutions Characters • Book Characters • Unaired Characters • Cast
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