- "Dashed unfair... Being left behind, a herd of youngsters! (They're our future, Captain Broom, there is nothing more important than keeping them safe.) No, of course not. That's what happens when you hit my age, the past is more important than the future."
- — Captain Broom and Primrose before a battle.
Captain Broom is an old friendly rabbit who used to live at Redstone Warren and was a captain. He now lives at Watership Down Warren with Hazel and the rest of the Warren.
Personality[]
Captain Broom has a tendency to ramble due to his age. As a result of loneliness, he has gone slightly mentally unwell and believes that he can still see and speak to the dead members of his warren. These delusions appear to go away once Primrose accepts that they are gone and Broom joins the Watership Down warren. Broom is a knowledgeable, intelligent and experienced rabbit, he warns that they will have trouble when a herd of sheep comes to Watership Down.
During General Woundwort's attempted raid on Redstone, Broom displays that he still possesses the courage and cunning of a Captain of Owsla. Not only does he face several bloodthirsty rabbits, including Woundwort himself, all alone with a cheerful act of a senile old rabbit, but he also successfully fools all of them into thinking that he has an infectious disease which causes them to retreat. Despite his age, Broom is able to fight two Efrafan warriors at once and survive without any serious injury.
As a result of being old, he believes that it's unfair to leave a group of young kits behind during the final battle, when Primrose reminds him it is nothing more important than keeping the kits safe, he agrees, saying that's what happens when one hits his age, the past is more important than the future.
TV Series[]
Season 1[]
In The Vision, he tells Primrose and Hazel about what happened moons ago. At the end of the episode, he asks where everyone went to the two. In The Stand, he acts like a sick, old, friendly rabbit, scaring off General Woundwort and his Owsla by making them believe Redstone is a diseased warren and that Captain Broom is also diseased.
Season 2[]
In The Invasion, Captain Broom tells everyone that sheep are trouble and later on tells Hazel how to get rid of them. The Homecoming, he is seen with Dandelion protecting a tunnel and later fights two Efrafan soldiers.
Season 3[]
In The Last Battle, Captain Broom complains about how the war isn't a rabbit on rabbit (As Darkling, the water-rats and other species are involved). Later, he asks why they're leaving a herd of youngsters behind, Primrose replies that they're the future and there's nothing more important than keeping them safe. He replies by saying "Oh well, once I was a warrior!".
Trivia[]
- Broom was voiced by Richard Briers, the same person who voiced Fiver in the 1978 film.
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Seasons 1-2[]
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