Sarmoti is the main antagonist in the animated series, Father of the Pride. He is Larry's arch-nemesis and father-in-law, Kate's father, Sierra and Hunter's grandfather, Bernie's boss and best friend, and the former star of Siegfried and Roy's show.
Background[]
Sarmoti is Kate's father who is not fond of his son-in-law Larry. Whenever he gets a chance, he often enjoys making fun of Larry and he takes it upon himself to mentor Hunter.
Sarmoti was born and raised in Africa. Other than this, not much else is known about him.
Personality[]
Though he genuinely cares for the family, Sarmoti is extremely jealous of Larry and tends to harass and yell at him a lot, claiming he hates him. He loves Kate, Sierra, and Hunter and is rather protective of his pride. He is disappointed with Kate for marrying Larry, thinking she could have done much better.
He can sometimes be a bit arrogant, self-righteous, and self-assured and is something of a braggart, praising himself and putting Larry down for not being born in Africa and never fails to spot an opportunity to remind him about it. Sarmoti loves objectifying young women, drinking alcohol, teaching Hunter new things (particularly masculinity), and playing poker with his friends.
Sarmoti has a manipulative, tricky side, such as when he purposely convinced Larry in "The Siegfried and Roy Fantasy Experience Movie" to forbid Kate from doing something if he doesn't like it. Later, after it fails, Sarmoti reveals to Larry that because he hates him, he will not give him good advice.
In "The Thanksgiving Episode," he is shown to be prejudiced towards turkeys.
Despite his antagonistic and grumpy behavior, Sarmoti has a softer side as he does not completely hate Larry and has actually helped him before (such as in "Road Trip") and he tries to help Hunter stand up for himself (albeit through traumatizing ways).
Physical Appearance[]
Sarmoti is a slender white lion with a tan mane. He has blue eyes.
He had a full mane when working on Siegfried and Roy's show ever since his debut as a younger adult. However, due to aging, he became bald and had to wear a wig onstage (a possible reference to Alan Brady from The Dick Van Dyke Show).
Trivia[]
- Sarmoti is sometimes thought to be the secondary and tertiary antagonist of the series. This is not true as he is a prominent character in the series and drives the story of most of the episodes, though Blake's actions are sometimes more unlikable.
- Sarmoti is similar to Cotton Hill from King of the Hill.
- He is also similar to Benny Lopez from George Lopez and Pearl Saghoople from the Flintstones franchise.
- Sarmoti is sometimes compared to Scar from The Lion King, even though they are nothing similar (as Scar was pure evil). The only thing in common is they are both sarcastic, mean, arrogant, greedy, and selfish.
- Sarmoti is not a true villain (as he has never done anything necessarily evil), but more of an anti-hero.
- Another reason for Sarmoti being the antagonist is due to him driving most of the synopsis.
- His name is the initials for Siegfried And Roy, Master Of The Impossible.
- His name is also used as a magic word.
- Sarmoti sometimes carries a cane.
- Sarmoti is a fan of Sammy Davis, Jr. He once said in "Stage Fright" that he misses him.
- He is also a fan of Bing Crosby.
- Sarmoti is said to have slept with every female woman in the compound, regardless of species.
- Following the death of his voice actor Carl Reiner, many fans have demanded the series not only be revived, but use pre-recorded material of Reiner for appropriate storylines.
- Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Bill Pullman, Alec Baldwin, Dustin Hoffman, Jeff Daniels, Michael Caine, Kirk Douglas, Woody Harrelson, Terence Stamp, Bill Nighy, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Billy Zane, Jeff Bridges, Stephen Lang, Julian McMahon, Warren Beatty, Thomas Haden Church, Dean Winters, Judd Hirsch, John Malkovich, Josh Brolin, Gary Busey, Sean Connery, James Earl Jones, Christopher Lloyd, Gerard Butler, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Spacey, Andy Garcia, Paul Newman, Liam Neeson, Jack Nicholson, Willem Dafoe, John Lithgow, James Woods, Bryan Cranston, Tim Curry, Gene Hackman, Charles Dance, Robert Patrick, Christopher Meloni, Christopher Walken, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Selleck, Anthony Hopkins, Albert Finney, Peter O'Toole, David Warner, Christopher Plummer, Greg Kinnear, William Shatner, Benjamin Bratt, Antonio Banderas, Alessandro Nivola, David Denman, Peter Greene, Nick Nolte & Hal Landon Jr. were all considered for the role of Sarmoti.