History Characters / AmericanPsycho

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: He has enough money, free time and connections to live without a care in the world and maybe get some psychological help along the way. Instead, he dedicates his own life to any kind of depravity he can think of, only to be never satisfied.

** He dismisses Music/PeterGabriel's solo career as "lame" and informs us that a girl about to have his abortion doesn't deserve sympathy because she thinks Music/{{Sting}} is cool. He also dislikes {{punk rock}}, describing LA's punk scene as "best forgotten" and believes that RapIsCrap.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He finally receives his comeuppance in the novel ''Literature/LunarPark'' when he gets trapped in a pier fire. He really had it coming to say the least.]]
* AttentionWhore: [[spoiler: Confesses his crimes near the end because he wants people to ''know'' him and because he wants to ''matter''! It doesn't work as no one believes him and his crimes may have been all just a fantasy. In the end, no one will give a shit about him, no matter how hard he tries.]]

The titular psycho. A wealthy Wall Street investment banker and stereotypical late 80's Yuppie, who [[UnreliableNarrator also might be]] a murdering psychopath.

** He dismisses Music/PeterGabriel's solo career as "lame" and informs us that a girl about to have his abortion doesn't deserve sympathy because she thinks Music/{{Sting}} is cool. He also dislikes {{punk rock}}, describing LA's punk scene as "best forgotten".

* AccidentalDiscovery: At the end of the film, she finds Bateman's SignificantSketchbook inside his desk, containing pen-drawings of women being graphically raped and tortured (many of which are scenes from the book cut from the film). She looks through the pages weeping with horror.

* HorrifyingTheHorror:[[AxCrazy Patrick]] is openly ''unnerved'' by her and is at his [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness meekest]] when interacting with her in Paul's apartment, even backing away with a look of [[OhCrap naked fear]] when she coldly tells him to [[GetOut never come back]], to which he readily agrees to. The scene in the film ''really'' comes off as [[ForTheEvulz Patrick]] facing a [[AlwaysABiggerFish more dangerous predator.]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[AxCrazy Patrick]] is openly ''unnerved'' by her and is at his [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness
meekest]] when interacting with her in Paul's apartment, even backing away with a look of [[OhCrap naked fear]] when she coldly tells him to [[GetOut never come back]], to which he readily agrees to. The scene in the film ''really'' comes off as [[ForTheEvulz Patrick]] facing a [[AlwaysABiggerFish more dangerous predator.]]

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Near the end of the novel, Price shows back up with no real explanation as to where he was before. He then seamlessly integrates back with the rest of the group. In keeping with the book's themes, it's implied he has learned nothing and gained nothing from his experiences.]]

[[folder:Bethany]]

Bateman's ex-girlfriend.

* EatablishingCharacterMoment: In the movie, he barges onto the scene during Bateman's lunch, with real, genuine panic in Van Patten's voice as he notes "''they don't have a good bathroom to do cocaine in!''"

* DeathByAdaptation: In the musical, Bateman winds up biting off a chunk of Luis's face and very likely killing him, unlike the novel and film where Luis comes out relatively unscathed.

* FinalGirl: In the movie, she's a twisted variation of this. She's the final major character that Patrick targets before the end of the film, and she gets the expected dramatic chase sequence as he chases her. Only difference between her and most versions of this trope being that she ''doesn't'' survive Bateman.

* InTheBack: She's killed when Patrick drops a ''chainsaw'' down a stairwell straight into her back.

-> "''I have all the characteristics of a human being. Flesh, blood, skin, hair, but not a single clear identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust.''"

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Hallucinates that an ATM tells him to feed it a stray cat. He actually tries to do it in the movie.

* {{Hallucinations}}: Caused by stress, and extremely bizarre, but he believes every one of them.

* ItsAllAboutMe: The only people he refuses to kill are ones who profess some affection for him, all of which he coldly discards.

* MisanthropeSupreme: With the exception of Jean, Patrick seems to utterly despise everyone around him. And he even comes close to killing her.

* DumbBlonde: She's just as clueless as everyone else about Bateman's true nature, and her hair is a strikingly blonde.

[[folder: Jean]]

[[folder: Donald Kimball]]

[[folder: Evelyn Richards]]

[[folder: Christie]]

[[folder: Bethany]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: If the conversation isn't directly about her interests, looks or hopes and dreams, she doesn't care to listen.

[[folder: Bethany]]

Bateman's ex-girlfriend.