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* AmbiguouslyBrown : While the actor is of mixed heritage (including Chinese, Korean, and Blackfeet, among others) , his passing resemblance to Creator/LouDiamondPhillips prompts the asshole redneck in the bar 0to call him "La Bamba." It doesn't go well for the redneck.
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* AddledAddict : Part of Johnny's DescentIntoAddiction includes a night when he's in heroin withdrawal, too sick to perform.
--> Elias: Shoot him up...and get him home.


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* FunctionalAddict : Unlike Johnny, Lily can always get motivated to perform, and has been using heroin occasionally for some time.
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* FatAndSkinny : The "skinny" to Leo's "fat."


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* FatAndSkinny : The "fat" to Leo's "skinny."
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-> Played by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell (film)
-> Played by Brooke Lyons (series)

* AdaptationalAttractiveness : From McDowell to a young woman!
* GenderFlip : Played by an elderly man in the film and a young, attractive woman in the series.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands : Pops up in many strange and unexpected places. In the series, she is a LoonyFan, an Uber driver, a seller of bootlegged t-shirts, and so on.


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[[folder: Gabriel]]
-> Played by Bill Duke (film)
-> Played by Hopsin (series)
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[[folder: Adam Stone]]
-> Played by Rhys Coiro
Manager for The Relentless

* LawOfInverseFertility : Adam and his wife Janis are trying to get pregnant. We're introduced to them at a fertility clinic called Sowing The Seeds Of Love (a ShoutOut to the song of the same name by Tears For Fears).

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!The Scene

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-> Played by Creator/CameronBoyce
High school student making a name for himself as a booking agent for indie shows, son of Oliver and Natalie

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[[folder: Fritz]]
-> Played by Sid Wilson
An aspiring rapper

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-> Played by Juliet Simms
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* AscendedExtra : In the film, she's only known as "The Virgin," but has a substantial part in the series.
* BurgerFool : Works in a Subway-style fast food restaurant.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin : Had sex once, got pregnant with a rock star who wants nothing to do with her.
* NatureAbhorsAVirgin : In the film, Vivian (only credited as "The Virgin") dreamed of losing her virginity to Johnny. Her mother (also not given a name in the film) manipulated their way onto the tour bus, and Johnny fulfilled the dream. It went about as well as you'd expect.


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-> Played by Creator/DreaDeMatteo

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[[folder: Oliver Ostergaard]]
-> Played by Creator/RyanHurst

* DisappearedDad : Wants nothing to do with his son, Simon, and tried to bribe Natalie to have an abortion by offering her a great musical career.
* NoodleIncident : Had a falling out with Elias but it's never said why.

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* MeaningfulName : It's not stated but the character might be named for Creator/HenryRollins and possibly "Ricky," the protagonist of Skid Row's "18 And Life," which plays on the film's soundtrack, or one of several rock'n'roll "Ricky"s, including Ricky Nelson or "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Music/SteelyDan.




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* MeaningfulName : Elias means "The Lord Is My God."
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* TheIngenue : She practically ''glows''.



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Characters appearing in ''Film/AmericanSatan'' and its follow up series, ''Paradise City''.


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[[folder: Ricky Rollins]]
-> Played by John Bradley

Band manager for The Relentless

* BlatantLies : How he and Leo convince Dylan to travel to LA with them.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Ricky gets pushed out of the way as the band gets important, leaving him lost.
* HeterosexualLifePartners : He and Leo have known each other a long time.
* HookersAndBlow : [[spoiler: How he meets his unfortunate end]].
* ThoseTwoGuys : Rarely seen without Leo near him.

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! Johnny's Relationships

[[folder: Kat Faust]]

-> Played by Creator/DeniseRichards

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother : Downplayed. Denise Richards is old enough to be Andy Biersack's mother, but she doesn't look old enough.
* AdaptedOut : While she plays a secondary but important role in the film, as one of Johnny's moral compasses, Kat is absent from the series.
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[[folder: Gretchen]]
-> Played by Olivia Culpo

* MoralityPet : For Johnny. She is the reason he decides to clean up and follow a sober path.

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!The Business

[[folder: Elias]]
-> Played by Creator/MarkBooneJunior

* CorruptCorporateExecutive : Averted. Elias is one of the more honest, CloserToEarth characters in the business, and has been screwed over because of it.

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* UnproblematicProstitution : The only issue with Lily's job in a high end brothel is that she doesn't tell anyone what she does. Everyone is cool with it when they find out. She also sets clear boundaries and is fully in control.

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* UnproblematicProstitution : The only issue with Lily's job in a high end brothel is that she doesn't tell anyone what she does. Everyone is cool with it when they find out. She also sets clear boundaries and is fully in control.control.
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Guitarist for The Relentless



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[[folder: Dylan James]]
-> Played by Sebastian Gregory

Drummer for The Relentless

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[[folder: Lily Mayflower]]
-> Played by Jesse Sullivan

Bassist for The Relentless

* DepravedBisexual : ZigZagged. At first, she claims not to like boys...until she tempts Johnny with heroin and gets him to cheat on Gretchen.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot : How she tempts Johnny a second time in ''Series/ParadiseCity''.
* InsistentTerminology : She prefers "bordello" to brothel.
* MeaningfulName : "Lily" is clearly a ShoutOut to Lillith, a Hebrew demon and Adam's first wife, who was expelled from the Garden of Eden for insisting on being on top during sex.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple : The only woman (and a genderfluid one at that) in a group of guys.
* UnproblematicProstitution : The only issue with Lily's job in a high end brothel is that she doesn't tell anyone what she does. Everyone is cool with it when they find out. She also sets clear boundaries and is fully in control.
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!The Relentless

[[folder: Johnny Faust]]
-> Played by Creator/AndyBiersack

Frontman for The Relentless.

* BecomingTheMask : When the band starts, Satanism is just a gimmick. Until it's not.
* DealWithTheDevil : As an Expy of the Faust character, Johnny is the most susceptible to bad influences.
* MommasBoy : Johnny is devoted to his mother and has a close relationship with her. Averted in the series, when Kat is AdaptedOut.
* RagsToRiches : The film is the story of the rise and fall, after Johnny leaves the Midwest to find stardom in LA.

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[[folder: Leo Donovan]]
-> Played by Creator/BenBruce

Guitarist for The Relentless.

* BritishRockStar : Travels from the UK, where he has been collaborating with Johnny, to LA to become a proper band.
* HeterosexualLifePartners : With Ricky.
* ThoseTwoGuys : Rarely does anything without his good friend Ricky.

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[[folder: Vic Lakota]]
-> Played by Creator/BooBoo Stewart

* AmbiguouslyBrown : While the actor is of mixed heritage (including Chinese, Korean, and Blackfeet, among others) , his passing resemblance to Creator/LouDiamondPhillips prompts the asshole redneck in the bar 0to call him "La Bamba." It doesn't go well for the redneck.
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