Hopps

Sheriff Hopps is the sheriff of Antsmine and an alligator +Anima in the non-canon chapter Shining in the Darkness.

Appearance
Sheriff Hopps is a tall man with long black hair. He wears a black cowboy hat with a campaign cord, a buckskin jacket with his sheriff's badge pinned on, a neckerchief, and two belts holding up his pants.

In his Anima form, his upper body transforms into that of an alligator.

Plot
As Cooro and friends re-enter Antsmine, Sheriff Hopps recognizes them as having been thrown out of the inn three days prior due to having no money. He tells them about rumors circulating of a +Anima saving people from bandits just outside of town, checking carefully for their reaction. Then he leaves, warning them to be careful of bandits. Later, Sheriff Hopps is with Husky at the entrance of mine tunnel three when Nana Alba, Cooro and Senri exit fleeing Gates. Hopps notes Nana and Senri's Animas which they had been using in their escape, although Nana quickly hides hers. Gates claims that the children had attacked him. Hopps takes Gates back into the mine under the pretense of listening to his side of the story, however Hopps attacks Gates and destroys his Pseudo Anima suit. Hopps then takes the children to the North Gate of Antsmine, gives them some food and kicks them out of town.

Trivia

 * The animal from which his Anima comes is never stated, so he could in fact be a crocodile or other kind of crocodilian. However, evidence suggests he is an alligator.
 * When partially transformed, he is shown to have a larger upper jaw which is a trait of alligators.
 * His character design is based on the 19th century Wild West, an area to which the American alligator is native, but no species of crocodile.