History Characters / BlacKkKlansman

* TokenEvilTeammate: He's the one cop on the Colorado Springs Police Force that's openly racist and violent. [[spoiler:It gets bad to the point where him revealing his true colors with his co-workers overhearing him ultimately getting him]] ''arrested'']].

* CommonalityConnection: With Patrice over Black liberation (despite their other differences in ideological perspectives)and, later, with Flip, as minorities hated by the KKK working together to infiltrate their local Klan chapter. Ron also invokes this on the phone with Duke and other Klan members in his ability to imitate the rhetoric and ideology of white supremacists.

* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practising Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK. Also while Ron is a talkative, charismatic, SharpDressedMan with a carefully maintained Afro, Flip is reserved, taciturn, and does not seem to own an outfit not consisting of blue jeans and flannel.

* RefugeInAudacity: A black man infiltrating the KKK and becoming so friendly with the Grand Wizard that he's appointed the leader of a local chapter. If it wasn't a true story you'd never accept it.

* ArtisticLicense: Although the real Ron Stallworth did rely on a white undercover narcotics officer to interface with the Klan (for obvious reasons), the identity of his partner has never been made public for privacy reasons. Thus Flip is a largely fictionalized character and it was film's decision to make him Jewish.

* NotSoAboveItAll:Unable to stop snickering alongside Ron after their Sarge describes his bureaucratic situation as a "circle jerk." More seriously, although Flip claims to be able to detach himself from his mission and see it as a "job," it evidently affects him emotionally more and more as he gets deeper into his role.

* LaserGuidedKarma: He antagonizes Patrice while arresting her. [[spoiler:Close to the film's ending,]] ''[[spoiler:he's]]'' [[spoiler:the one getting arrested when he reveals his true colors with the rest of his co-workers listening]].

* TokenEvilTeammate: He's the one cop on the Colorado Springs Police Force that's openly racist and violent. [[spoiler:It gets bad to the point where him revealing his true colors with his co-workers overhearing him ultimately getting him]] ''[[spoiler:arrested]]''.

* AmbiguousSituation: It is not clear if she and Ron are going to stay together at the end of the film. [[spoiler:On another level, the movie has a BolivianArmyEnding that leaves ambiguous whether or not Patrice and Ron get into a literal or metaphorical shoot out with potential white supremacists (who still know Ron's address). Given that the real life Ron Stallworth is alive and well and that Patrice appears to be a fictionalized character, we can assume that they either survive an assassination attempt or that the final classic Spike Lee dolley shot into the future is meant to be symbolic]].

!The Klu Klux Klan

* PragmaticVillainy: He tries to stop Felix from interrogating Flip at gunpoint with the "jew detector" polygraph, not for moral reasons but because it hurts recruitment.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Breachway's blue oni. Breachway is friendly and even-tempered while Felix is violent and paranoid. Breachway even comments that Felix's paranoia hurts recruitment.

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnDavidWashington

* IndyPloy: Although he is [[{{GuileHero}} key architect]] behind the entire mission, he also has a tendency to improv on the spot when necessary (such as when he needs to break a window to save Flip's life) or wants to troll David Duke.

* RookieRedRanger
* SharpDressedMan: When off-duty, in that 70's way.

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AdamDriver

* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up at the end just in the nick of time [[spoiler: to save Ron from police brutality at the hands of their fellow cops. Of course, by this point the bomb in Patrice's car has already been detonated and she escapes harm due to luck and Felix's stupidity]].

** Despite Flip's claim that he keeps the professional and personal separate, it seems that Ron has told Flip at some point that he is still dating Patrice which implies that Flip has not ratted Ron out. Ironically, we get this information in a cut-away during the scene where [[spoiler: Ron finally confesses to Patrice that he is a cop]] in the context of Flip rebuking Ron for prioritizing his relationship with her over the investigation (in Flip's eyes).

* AmbiguousSituation: It is not clear if Ron and Patrice are going to stay together at the end of the film. [[spoiler: On another level, the movie has a BolivianArmyEnding that leaves ambiguous whether or not Patrice and Ron get into a literal or metaphorical shoot out with potential white supremacists (who still know Ron's address). Given that the real Ron Stallworth is alive and well, and that Patrice appears to be a fictionalized character, we can assume that they either survive an assassination attempt or that the final classic Spike Lee dolley shot into the future is meant to be symbolic]].

* CowboyCop: Comes up with the idea to infiltrate the KKK on his own despite being a rookie, and repeatedly gets personally involved to further the case. Several times he does heroic but procedurally questionable actions, like throwing a brick through Felix's window when he thinks Flip is in trouble, or personally tackling [[spoiler: Connie when he thinks she has the bomb.]]

* OhCrap!: When he hears Flip causally mention that Felix is holding him at gun point over the wire, and, later, when Flip forgets a key detail in "Ron Stallworth"'s cover story.

* DeadpanSnarker

* [[{{OhCrapSmile}} "Oh Crap! Smile]]: Flip's artificial smile and clearly panicky eyes when Felix shows him the Klan's weapons arsenal. It may be the only time in the film Flip is visibly fighting back pure panic when undercover. Also, he cannot stop smiling nervously in the banquet scene after Felix calls him by his real name, hinting that a nervous smile might be Flip's [[{{TheTell}} tell]] (as Flip is normally [[{{TheStoic}} stoic]] in both his Klan persona and his regular life).

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FredWeller

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobertJohnBurke

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LauraHarrier

* AmbiguousSituation: It is not clear if she and Ron are going to stay together at the end of the film. [[spoiler: On another level, the movie has a BolivianArmyEnding that leaves ambiguous whether or not Patrice and Ron get into a literal or metaphorical shoot out with potential white supremacists (who still know Ron's address). Given that the real life Ron Stallworth is alive and well and that Patrice appears to be a fictionalized character, we can assume that they either survive an assassination attempt or that the final classic Spike Lee dolley shot into the future is meant to be symbolic]].

* DatingCatwoman: From her point of view, [[spoiler: at the end of the movie, after finding out that Ron is a cop given her belief that the police cannot be reformed from the inside]].

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CoreyHawkins

* HistoricalDomainCharacter

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TopherGrace

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]].]]

* ObviouslyEvil: While Walter and David Duke are affable and courteous to new acquaintances (as long as those acquaintances are [=WASP=], of course), Felix is every bit the stereotypical hate-mongering, cross-burning Klansman --and ''proud'' of it.

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Ryan Eggold

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PaulWalterHauser

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]].]]
* ICallItVera: Has a gun named “Betsy”.

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AshlieAtkinson

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NicholasTurturro

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* TokenEvilTeammate

* MoreDespicableMinion: He's far from the ranks of David Duke and Walter, but he's the most violent and psycho of the Klan. It's actually bad to the point where Walter attempts to restrain him a few times (albeit for pragmatic reasons).

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain

%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain

* ArtisticLicense: Although the real Ron Stallworth did rely on a white undercover narcotics officer to interface with the Klan (for obvious reasons), the identity of his partner has never been made public. Thus Flip is a largely fictionalized character and it was film's decision to make him Jewish.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite his polite exterior, there are hints that Duke isn't so differenr from the more openly malicious Felix. When (unknowingly) interacting directly with Ron he is much less friendly than he is with the other characters, and when Ron tricks him into taking a picture with him, Duke is visibly angered and is clearly moments away from showing his true, hateful colours.

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse, along with a case of OnceDoneNeverForgotten. His biggest claim-to-fame was also very much a complete IdiotBall, as he ingratiates himself to the Klan during his first call ''as himself.''
-->'''Flip''': Did I just hear you use your real name?
-->'''Ron''': ''({{Beat}})'' [[OhCrap Oh, motherfucker!]]
-->''([[ActuallyPrettyFunny Entire precinct proceeds to laugh their asses off]])''
-->'''Jimmy''': Motherfucker amateur hour.
-->'''Flip''': ''({{Beat}})'' [[DeadpanSnarker That's your real name, isn't it? Ron Stallworth? Right, isn't that his real name?]]
-->'''Jimmy''': I believe he said that.

* FatBitch: Connie is aa rotund as she is evil.

-> '''Portrayed by:''' Frederick Weller

-->''(ActuallyPrettyFunny Entire precinct proceeds to laugh their asses off)''

* WhatAnIdiot: His biggest claim-to-fame was also very much a complete IdiotBall, as he ingratiates himself to the Klan during his first call ''as himself.''

* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite his polite exterior, there are hints that Duke is NotSoDifferent from the more openly malicious Felix. When (unknowingly) interacting directly with Ron he is much less friendly than he is with the other characters, and when Ron tricks him into taking a picture with him, Duke is visibly angered and is clearly moments away from showing his true, hateful colours.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Duke gives off the air of an educated and cultured man but in reality is nothing but an ignorant racist. [[spoiler:The moment Ron reveals to him that his organization was infiltrated by a black but shows how foolish he truly is and serves as one of the most satisfying moments in the film]].

* AxCrazy: One of the few KKK members willing to rely on terrorism to achieve the clan's ends.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Breachway's blue oni. Breachway is friendly and even-tempered while Felix is violent and paranoid. Breachway even comments that Felix's attitude hurts recruitment.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red oni to Breachway's blue oni. Breachway is friendly and even-tempered while Felix is violent and paranoid. Breachway even comments that Felix's attitude hurts recruitment.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Her husband is killed by the very bomb that she intended to use on Patrice.