General William Timothy Shanker, more commonly known as General Shanker, or simply by his surname Shanker, is the main antagonist of the 2013 Canadian animated film Escape from Planet Earth. He is the tyrannical head of Area 51 who is bent on eradicating all of the intelligent life from the galaxy and making humans as the sole race. He is in an alliance with Lena Thackleman, an alien woman whom he has tricked into sending him Blubonium, which can power his weapons to destroy every alien planet in the Solar System. He is also both Gary and Scorch's arch-nemesis.